The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, January 18, 1871, Image 2
ORB:
, D.D., CnliuubijL S. C.
A.M., Stanntln, Va.
m non etu
u Tn essenbpk, itity j
liberty^ in 0I things, charii
1 - '• - t ■*
Reiuitt
Office Ord
if possible.
sciMt the 1
ter. All
ivkist«r lei
Papers
an expre
oeived* hi
required
number of
ftcient.
All com
sertbera
distinctly,
are old ai
Not only
but also t
X*. NOTICES.
1st ’be made
■ Checks, or
can not be obi
a Reoistkke
re are ■■
required,
tmbseribers
discontinue
are
Post
> rafts,
icd,
JLet-
to
lug h
• snf-
oiih relating tc sub-
ve their names rerv
fully indicate Much
are now aubschbers.
of the post I office,
ie county and State
necessary, in tinier
may be promptly
ituary uot ice a and
led for public ition,-
parutely, and 1 ot in
receive proper Jtten-
of each sii
that the prnlier
and occurs ti >ly m*
Nfarriapre and ’ ,
other mattqr inte
should be w iftte
business let ere,
lion. \jji' f
XK|rSFA.fafc DECISIONS
l. Auv pefcoii jr
ulrnly from!the
reeled to his
he has subscribe
for the i*a>
. 2. If a pet sou
tinned, Vic : anst.
the publish r nuij
until payrni at isr'
whole an jo nt,
taken from 1 ie <
3. The courts
singr to take
from the j
leaving thei
evidence of
•end at once a copy to “Lntberan-
• ui,” that he may become enlightened
Mid satisfied “that it has the mark%
of genuine Lutheranism.*
Wo know that the Observer loves to
circulate free copies in the Southern
church ; wo know that it labors hard
to be all things to all men, that it
may gain ‘ttho weak;** but we do
not know what the true churchly
standard of the Obscrrer in. The
Observer moreover represents but a
fragment, a limited portion of the
'Northern church, ami evep of the
General Hynod, North. Is not the
American Lutheran rttao a church
paper, sustained by ministers *and
members of that body! ,1s not the
American Lutheran opposed to the
Hook of Worship of the General Spn
o*i, North f Does not that very Hook
impose upon the church a now sym
bol—the Order of Nalvation f * And
does it not perpetuate the accommo
dating, compromising, and equivo-
:al, u in a manner substantially cor
cct T*
* —, . v r.
o takes* a paper
it office—wheth
another's, or w
is rcspoi
Tea*
tli-
licr
bk>
The XL
chased by
& Co. Th
l>e the rest
lere his paper (lilrou-
ry all arrearages, or
continue to sejid it
side, and collect the
lether the paper is
r not.
decided that iefu-
pers nml periodicals
- or removinglaiHl
for, is primt J'<ic#V
1 fraud.
Mir
ton
rill
We lave
iug at the ifsta
has been
i J. H. Livinj
(pal of the firm
editor.
eu absent, as
ion of Rev. W
Houck, at 9jt. Mifc lael’s Church,
1^1
ington couhty, S» £L which accon
for the
We have nqt bet liable to scissor
exchanges.
st
A.
s*.
ts
“Ecclesiastical."
ur
The Deni ^tliqron Literary S<
ety of Roai
an invitati
Celebration
0
Committee
grateful
courtesy extfendejl
could be t lere
do not pay t p l
that delinqu outs ’ i lvariably demui
the. stoppag 5 of ft
they hartllj ev
ber, while ptyin
same offices! nev
a*
plaints ?
ci-
ike y dlcgc has sent us
to the Aanivcre tio
Juki t^ry 19th. Tlie
ill please accept <iir
inotjedguieut of the
Would thnt re
But—subserilx
hat is the reas
ie paper, becaupt*
rtecive a nu
inbscribers at t
make auy co
Bettei
han Never.
Rev. write!) “I would sta
as an item of fi terest that B
commenced on Saturd
Greever
preceding
October, a
ehurch, wbi
Since this
up by the
meetings,
far between p0
versions; aiyi ovt
1 Sunday
in his Shai
ted eight day|
has been ke
holding pray<
t has been
10 hopeful cof
1*0 accessions
9 or 10 to ti|e
Numbers d
wiring the \v;|y
» -The mem
illy blessed ai
-the Lutherap,
Methodist < hu
still anxiously e
of life and s^lvatjofi
ship has
encouraged.
We hope to lic^i| again from 01
corresponded^
The pubf
our thanks
York Observ
nac for 187
uable
table of
of Almanacs
Department
ment;
Statistics of
Churches,
grega
theraus,
South, ot
Tresb;
ies~;
Moravians,
—with
of
rs ;"Wlli please acce
r a| <opy of the Aisle
book and Aim i-
unds with va -
We give tl e
; Uistoi y
and Commercii 1
iastical Depai r
AVorld; Geners 1
ity; Protestai t
Baptists, Coil
ipalians, Li -
North an l
Churchei,
distinct hot -
b and Gerniar,
rethrmi in Chris L
listers ; Chare
Bevivals. ^
We asked a leading member of thw
ennessce Synod: a Whv do yon m»t
m utate the Lutheran Visitor Y* The
answer was: “We have no objections
to your doctrinal standpoint, but your
l u|H*r is objectionable to ns, bccimse
. publishes re^’iN’al notices.” Now
»»H is a matter of life ami death.
A church which has no—call them
ivUat you please—revivals, awaken-
itigs. jirotraet«Hl meetings, time* of
jredx'.shing from the lxml, is dead.
.Vs earth has its seed time and liar-
,j vlogt, so should W*e church also have
its. What hushandnmu would he lx*,
wlv> always sowed and never reap
ed ? Who would willmgly prolong
the winter season. There are in
niamy places measures employed,
and things done at revivals, of which
we disapprove; but onr church is
gradually correcting these extrav
agances ; revivals are Ixvoming more
cljituvhly; the good work is being
dope decently and in order; and the
elidreh is prosiierouk We iuahitain
tiidt wherever the ehurch oeeupies
missionarj' ground, it must be built
up by special efforts. What these
.should be, is for each minister amt
dick individual ekirreh to deride.
We do not believe that l»ccanxe
auy one is an Evangelical Luther
an, and true to the Confession and
H.^iges of the church, that be there
fore must be a dead man. We do
not pelieve that a minister‘should
live, in state, even if the spirit has
departed ; still less should he be so
deftinct,' while a Bring.*|pan, to
refuse to follow thb apostolic rule,
though it may not be laid down in
th$ Book. The Tennessee brother
referred to, added: u Thc Lutheran
and Missionary never* reports amp re
rivals.* We'^re sorry for’it; but
tli^n it is waiting ‘for the second
advent; the works of the first com
ing^ are nothing to it.
Our most active, energetic jand
liberal givers are found in the true
reifival churches. We write “true”
purposely, for it can not be denied
tltijt wo have some ministers and
ehhrches who, although they are
constantly revived, ami txxixt of
nuiny conversions and large acce*
siojns, yet never have anything for
tho | Lord’s cause. All such serve
God with rnneh noise autl confusion,
and that is offensive, unnecessary
and unscriptural. These features are,
however, passing away.
Sfce will continue to publish accounts
of revivals, and hope, strictly eoafes-
iouAl and eveu symlx>lical though
we are, to have many awakenings
to communicate to the churches ilur-
lists 1 of m
Work Department^ Educational D<y
partmenfc ; ^Vgi icultnral Department^
Miscellaneoup Dej
tisements. 5ie
New York, tin
copy of whieftffour
$100, is re-pr lited
The price I"
scribers to
advance for
gratuitously.
lie
The Lutheran 1
The
•Lntheranus^ in
U 0ur paper
eminently am
the Observer, then
that it favosa u
that it neltl er
vacates revivalA,”
Lutheran doe\ vines
Observer alsc( very
t ; Advei
Directory
in 1786, on#
ago brotigb
the work,
oilar. All sub
, paying
will receive i
and Lutheranuii
plains because
article says
4s Lutheran,
so” And
to show
Of \fror,
nor
that 4 Ht defends
usages.” The
y offers to
11
the year 1871.
That Free Conference.
e are always thankful for “Lin
s’’ articles. His contributions
ar|i usually both .instructive and
iuijgrestiug. This time, however, he
do|» not please us. Ho is throwing
audapple of discord amongst us, as
if we had not troubles enough of our
OTilft! Yes, and as if the Gixieral
Council had not its hands full iu
endeavoring to bold on to the
nesptians.
We have no doctrinal differences
iu ^ur General Synod, and are wait
ing quietly until the General Council
hasi discussed the Confession, which,
fron the progress made at its last
convention, will not be for many
years. We differ among ourselves
about non-essentials, local matters,
i4cksures altogether confined witbiu
oui own borders, and of whieb really
oh| Northern brethren know next to
nothing. We can decide all such
things best, if left to ourselves.
^Toreover, we do not see that the
lea#t good can be effected. “Liipl«ii r
that the leaders of the two
Northern bodies will be pres-
and participate in the Confer-
Well, if they do, it will be
free fight.”, We do not expect
thehi to? agree auy better south
ship,* of jthe Potomac than north of it.
' u ad- Southern ministers would of course
fcakk sides; brethren, who are now
agreed, woukl become estranged. ;dt
would go our Bynod as it went the
“-Xv-A T
Northern Hyncxl
We would divide.
There are meu in the South who
believe that the whole Southern
church is in favor of the Connell.
This is a mistake. A respeetable,
large and influential portion of min
inters and churches prefer the Gat- of onij article*, but he don't
furnished ua with the formula
ta projx*r to use in «mum«o#tnf
upon the nttennoet of oar brethren
himself, of enure*, included j
vehiole of interefenmaiicotUMi In aetroMi let there reinemls r ire lire
their own body. Now a paper moot and swim in one oommoB ocean, l^t
bo gonrralb circitoted. in ortlir tie rn not mistake ns f«r
•0 diarming in Dr. Kraitth. tp
not lay the b<*ok down until » f
flniabed it if* have hitmdoeij
that the ioformation inteoded Ibr! faifn—a, ready to annp at and fol> theae hooka into oor acbool, am] m
cral Synod, North. Kren the Ten
nessee Rynod keeps nteay from the
Council
Our individual opinion is that the
Northern churchea had better have
a “Free Conference,” any in Phila
delphia, and that they settle all
disputed points, without goihg to
law as in the case of Rev. Mr. Groff
and tho trustees of the Trindle
Bpriug church iu rennsylvtinla.*
When tlnuie two bodies, oeoapying
the same territory, serving God in
the same cities, villages, counties
ami Htatea, have come to an agree
ment, thru can the North, with pro*
prietjr, propose a free conference to
us. But not till then, aa we view it.
No good would come out of it now.
•The A men can Lutheran tells that
Rev. Groff, pastor of the Triadic
Bpring church, near Meclianicaburg,
took it iuto bis head to leave the
General Byuixl and unite with the
Council. The Pennsylvania Hyuod
received him Against the protest
of the West Pennsylvania ftynod.
When Mr. Groff's year was out, the
trustees locked the church. Mr.
Groff amt his adherents broke open
the church, aud be iwvaehed. The
eon tent to accept that farm- that body may be generally known. I4e up every titbit that may be cast
merely tay, therefore, be | This would pmooppoM a reema- J to os, without ouee wwmlNeriHg
has Mgivwi rather a harsh mx'ount mendatten «»f that pai*er on the part whether there may not be a hook
1 - * * -* * 1 H UTil KUANUB.
a any
if.” Is It allowable to add,
able to do us nay harm, if hi
it r x.
For the l.utherau Yldtor; 1
Io^msaul'a Chmreh. Ttnaiaw
fritr l)»ct»r ; Iu peniaing the I'hn
of the peetora. An the Lutheran concealed.
Visitor la an|»ported by many mem
brm In North < 'aroltaa, it would also
prv snp|MMe an o|»poritin*i to the
Visitor, iu the chaste phraseology
of Rev. U 0. Groaeeloae. Now,
mark yoa, the ink that printed these
For the 1 .athr**u Visitor.
Philadelphia
delighted with them, and wish Mr.
Bliryork all the sitcn sM his i nter-
prize deserves, lie is supplying ^
long felt want in oar riitmlsY-atlNMii
! literatim 1 , aud should lie lilM-rally
Niip|x>ri<*d by the whole ohnrdi.
UNDKN.
t
KKKK (ONPKItUtpB. 1
We have been anxious to hear J
tran 8 net ions had scarcely beeon»e j what kind of a sound the 1 isttor ;
it.** t * —f “ ^ _ • 5 1 dr>*, before we find a very smiling, would give upon tho call for a free
_ l,* ! Tl\ *** i siwooth faced ami loving snggeetion uoaftwmr. This ptopo^thm origi
|r talhioa, -L f j M> colnmthi of the Im~ f—tfi with «me whos«‘ <l<
j them*, lav iting the rmtire 8#mth to
a free conference, at whlrh said
For the l.ntlmua \ i4mr.
High too a* Judgment
Judin 1 not .icctmtiuK tin-
^l*«t j«d»rr- riirtiteoss *
muhuiiLons from the different con
ions of Lutherans. Here is
one frimi Inuuiunier* lv L. Chofrh,
Itnwijl Ov. k, SuUiraa ouunt,, Kaat " l,tor * <U > ,B,1 “ M
Tt-nn. j Imuaw to be present This
th<*iaaelves
suggee
There is nothing, (terhaps, In wl^i#
a «iip | we err so greatly as iu the utHtter
lo« wbqM nil II..- UvH.rn.. of tbe (jw|ra ..„, K jJ ctxrM X u „ j( -
tb. Urtkenit. am. So „ kuprrjudicen, bat Ife!
the 1 ktKiws Dr. SeU« can for a moment *- i " ^
ii'hmt iu ur [nwiii, i urn j queetioll the »il8rrit) a|I<l llOWStJ
■ nirni k «,«.kd four Mdfc s » wsMmaasiJU ssm
a haif Lb-. aortb of llb.uotr.il., ib* . ,lon * «'■*' P»«> , Tl " «*» CTTY!..
.-..uotr ml of 8..U1V..I, in u thriv U> * “» i,k ^ oouU<nr.l nn taok*.-.! bid or 1,^, m ^ thillg , othm> . ^
luR, Moving, Improving «^b». ^ Ikduro^* .nd »oftri. rr,«M«l »to f«J«-forunj Hvuod or *-vl.on, bot whro u tl>c rtrbrtimll ,. utirelj .
m «"«' Thr rditor w.< k h» «n«llv wrought for thr |««t . ... " nun?
gu.rdrd in bk Ungu»gr, un.l so prrity of oar 7.ioo la Irvr |Mintj, 1
prodiM* iu hb. |.rolr«t»tHH.« »» to 1 «itbont |utnklily and vith.mt hj
overdo the thing. Not satisfied jmcrisy. . j
with one (Mildication of his friemlfy U proposeil that the brethren of j
ts the Christian arho does not allow
hi-4 prejudices to enter more or fa*
into all his judgments! He is ta
“look uot on hia owu tilings, but
eoaotn*. As an evidence of this, the
Lutherans have, within the past two
years, erix*ted a neat, comtorteble
chorefa^ nt a com of between $2,000
and $1,00l>. The church, under the
care of ita much loved pastor, Rev.
Btot JL J. Brawn, has cxjierirnord
many trefrtyiliing showers of grace,
and i» daily reoalring comfort and
encouragement through the admin
i<«tr.iti<itt of i tod’s Word ami sacra
menta. It has a fine, flourishing
SabltullhMhuot
, . 4 . , , conaerted with it,
trustoen thru pMWU b.n. <br | aod l vkh .-bkdj
' TT.^u r 7" J*,. '» ‘l-O S.tkk timr. Thr viJi
rv.d«t lh at Mr. (in.IT and bl. party WM TJ ..rg««k«l l„. April, hat
would t* voratod, tbry **«*»* rywllrn. M
effected a compromise. Rev. u . . ”, . M M
. .. , | R* worthy Su|x*nntei.deat, Mr. Mar
Gmfl s friends paid the i-osts and . V.,. ,. . .
h-maa __i , . . . . , tin llafr, and with the blnoungs of
$200 salary due him { and he aud
hi* party relinquished all chum to
the church, which couttuueu to be
huig to tlie West Peuosylvaata Hvn
od.
We suppose that there will now
be two week churchea at Trindle
Bpring instead of one strong ehurch,
and that for years, brethren of the
sarotf name, ehurch, and fiuth, will
be to Pish other as Jews anil Kumar
itans.
We are afraid of such a state
of things. We have urea the evils
of two distinct Imtheran By noils
God. i(
both i«
that »t
of
has continued to
numbers ami hitrrest, so
present the total number
is tea, and of
onr church meet ia five, unofficial
and fraternal conference, in onk*r to
cousider the situation, talk about
Zxsi. sod suggest ways and m«m*
j for hiwliug the breach and restoring
old aud t-ndoaring relations. No
bitter in a ptll, why sugar e»»at R at 1 official m tion eonU-mpUtid ia the
all! and if the iagredienta are milk priwarv call, nor is it in aiiy sente
am! hooey, why sugar cunt It dowMyf
This free mstfmmm Imsinewi is evi
snggeation, he seems to have Iren
so ill at ease, as to repeat the done
of lavish friendship and brotherly
1 kiudueaa, In some additional pro
testothma, iu a anlMeqneat issue.
It there ia nothing nauseous ur
exclusive. It in meant and deeired
that brethren! from tbe time general
dently male tbe Ml^eet of remark bodies of our rhnrrli cornu together ,
iu certain j»n\ate eiretes in the and fraternally oouwder thoM* things ■
North, for ia a business letter from “ * 1 ^ ^ “ J
a friend, R is allmkd to in suc h a
ment in his view s aud opinion*'! W«
are too apt to judge according ta
the appearance* even in msuem
which do not personally affect us.
And we are inclined to judge ha*,
tfly and harshly in those thingt
which we but too iuqierfeetly mi-
derstsnd. We’suffer our imagis*.
tiou to supply the place of intelligent
information, and we thns jump at
concluatous aometioHw involving er
rors of the gnwMeat kind and of the
moat serious nature.
Hi is haatv judgment has inti*,
much of the skepticism, of
which apiwrlain to our |*e*r« and V!". moh rf ^
,Hf.m W.. I*, tbu jJr,,,— "J » m ™S
*«v M U> ri»« m. 14a.nl, tbal tb» ' «*•! brih-v. Il.at (f tlw- mnra«aut la * ***** "y' ^ W%
. a”J^Ti ^ I 4 ...I! 'tones to cause tbe kingdom of.
j < 'hriat to suffer even iu its defence
—the Saviour, to he wounded is
seventy^ It Ium an excel lent Nhrw
n\ qintstHMi hooka, Ac., aud Iu ar
eompiidiing much good in the sor
itMindu^g eoontry. liud grant it
may retutimic ubtU every member
of this comma m ty shell con fires tied
nn their Fsttur, aud Christ mi their
guide.
At the suggwutina of the pastor,
on Saturday night, ('hintma» ret,»
they Iu»4 averyideaaaut time arviuod
occupying the same ground in \ ir i, . . - " «.
. .' .IV tbe ( hrimas tree. Tim tree was
guu.i. mhere fffiMi the N irgima k
aud the TcnueMsce Syiuxls were mu
stoutly troubling each other; and, ^ ... , .
a as it any la-tWr iu North * arultna f (*"
Far the t.uth« run Vustur I
Installation.
The Rev. J. .H. Elmore was install
ed {xiAtor of Mount Pilgrim •rhufrh,
Coweta, county, Ga., on New Tear’s
day, by the 1’residcnt of Bynod (Rev.
K. Klmore), and the former pastor,
Rev. L Reden hough. The servicea
were sohyun aud inipmudve. After
plmwkl Im-ut the pulpit, and heavily
bulea a ah pn wuu of nwry
to the ,
of $.MI or $40. The serviom were 5
eommemord by Kev. Wdl»a«u.\V<d T/ ,
fonl, w|th Binging, prayer, ami a 1 ** **
short liiwuurw tt.Mit Issish ix : A—
“For unto us a child is tmru, aato
ns a lid U giteu: and the govern
went *lial| be W|Min bis shoukter ;
and his name shall lw ralhsl Won
derfol, Counselor, the mighty God,
the e ve| last iug Fattier, the l*nace
of Pcac^,~ R#v. I'ruf. A. J. Brow n
a
I i* not only disruwwd. mmfo good wUl certainly ensue. Aud
Imt iu results antiri|sRrei and e*ti I we know that, iu the event of a coo
mated. The suggewthm is s|»cdten j firmer, many np here w ill gladly
of by mjr frietid «ith the atmost cooic *b»wn Sooth ntu\ sor ><hi. You
(vxiftdenee. because R outae* from r -*« coni dently expect Dr*. Betas,
the Ijnthsmn and Jttismonory. Kranth, S<-h.kffer. K rot cl and other*,
*t turn H4r Orarti. including par bumble eorrespoml-
V«»4 whre I spe m% lips, let ao dug twwk f* t mt. Ami there is no <k>idit DrC
Following up this hadwm. 1 am (Vmrad, Stork and Butler, and shall
informed of private letters from wo not any Brother Au*todt f may
in the General he there. These are all, alt honors
I And we know thorn to be
South all about the free reqfvvrnce. ’ good uatured men In a talk, sltlwingh
Fur these remams I asked the qne» they do asaetmtes srratch with tbe
' tits* ia my rapthm. srhmfs npt I am |sw. let ua come together aod have
not naturally anaptriooa, hut aurfi a) * meeting which will be like the
chain of nrvamfttanor*. all linked
together, is apt to lead tu
t'wuttcil, to certain individuals hi the 1
precious ointment that tan down
upon the branl, even Aartgi’a Uard, i
the house of his frienda.
There ia a targe class of srteu-
tific men who mum me that the Bible
is constantly cm trial, that the ob
ject of science is to detooitstrafe
troth, and in caar of auy want of
agreement with each other, the Bi
lik* most give way to science j for
science must of necessity be true.
These turn hare found apparent
fuels in wieiioe which they lieliereff
contradict the declaratimis of the
Bible, and they have heralded
tlM«*e things to the workl as won
derfal diacoveries. and luve that
U «o uak. p«d a.Kl I.if ,b.-«b, a. iTr 1 „ ,n T t .° J r U ' ,W ,r9ai ,
Daria I
Yuuwr, as
of a free
to
m all this,
from l*rof.
friend. I‘ref
him, ia foor
I would kindly
to begin
, their sperrhew fnr a free renferrnee ? having a trmprst iu a tFajpot.
• La.- — ‘
hi inaugurate lucau* by wrliich we
shouhl
who care*
L”
KlNiUATTO.
Just now tW Houian t'afholk-s are
The
of God'* Word, aod, as a rouse-
which, oar yoang brother gave a* follownRh a few a|«proprtatr
n very appropriate New Year’s dis ; remarkaddressed to thr Niiklrea.
course, on the subject of the “vir 1 After whtch the srereiarv wf the
rumcknon of Christ and the name school nfiale a short okiivw to the
Jesus.” scholari, aod then proceeded to ilia
Bro. Klmore has also taken charge tribute the prescata. The ladies had
of the “Haralson High Reboot,” lo- pretwre*! a Cbrtslmaa trap* Ibr all
catcd in the midst of this charge. present, of cakes, Ac.. %n* h no the
We trust that this will be Um» be J Ueeily ff
ginning of good times in our midst; | for.
’reek ladies are proverbial
that old prejudices will die away ;
that party feeling and strife will for
ever be buried, and Unit tbe rbmvb
will come np to the help of the Ixml
against the mighty in every good
word and work.
Wishing you a happy New Year,
and abundant success to yonr ]m»
per, and above all in your church
an<l theological department as Pro
fessor, we clone for tbe prewent, by-
sending you a few new subscribers
and several renewals, with the mon
ey for yonr ptt]>er for the present
new year. We like it, and are not
ashamed to own ft.
Yours, truly,
* l. n.
AU p4sf*xl off quietly and plena
thns nurty. ft* they might he
petted to#icliver them to n very
1 indietxw.
Vow, Mr Kditur, I a
tu the whole busmens of s
«mfrrmnm, My reasons 1 will
luieffy nod honestlx t
1. It vmkl be pewlnetire of no
good. A body of that kind, having
no authority, no rules «* regulations
cxiwjH those extemporised for the
nernokm. and no means of enforcing
evea soeh. emu Id result in nn good
to the church. Mere talk and a
number of ngly soggesttauw, rerrimi
Uol\ father bus been nacriiigeouxlv |
spotistc-d, su4 sieetiugs
held to protewt ugaitist •«,
miniU«- soau hu-tarchid fiivrk fire
sgsiuwt Yicior Emmanusl, aU of
which w ill amount to about ue much
as the Pope’* bulk The whim* and
H«ir the Lutheran Visitor.
The Amende Honorable
auUy, h*td to t&> s.vtu»faoti.»« of all nations, amt what not, totereperwed,
concertwel. The writer of this ortl follmred by resolmiotis binding upon
cle has seen many Christmas treea. none, yet insisted upon by the
bat rousidenng thr time given for mover* and abettor*, eouhl result in
picimrolfon (one weak), tbe torient no goral.
eocy of!'tbe weather, A4-. il woe 2. Horh a gathering hi without
,11 p. ... .hr «..H- HMl. -«hv. 21! M, .° Qi and
.rr. f -A.m» tt-t-m ,<« *3* «” *' ^eli <•> thrir .l.am
, rnwgraro that their ignorance
of fuels, and tliejr ha.*4f judgment*,
pr<qx»gatcd errors which further in-
| ve*itigutioii* revealed and « \plained.
Defender* of the Bible, on the con
trary, not familiar with the totimony
4i«* sxug n f science, and z<*aU>us for tlie cause
U, and ful f truth, as taught iu tbe sacred vol-1
»ume, have t.»k*-U up the gtuuittet-
and manfully cotitciMhd that all «ci-
ctwe must l»e nt owce alandoned
* that rome* in conflict with the tench-
th... tlu* '
tH* «Hl *11^1* foiXV of Kino , .. kicL w Mi< i
»* the must mln-ulou* thipg «if the j ^
age. and in the light of the |m»vt .
excites unmitigated disgust. Tbe
great cathedral lien*, on yesterday,
f Sunday,) was crammed with an , .. -
. ! that Udh pai-tu-x are imrsuiug* ven
tmtigusnt Latholk* max* meeting, , ■ . . . ;
, | ’ | . .... narrow and illogical coarse, and al-
i’l u thrir 2i *M,
r ,,U “ Ur “ I^jrnlkv* to rurrr lar C rlv ioto .heir
tatty. Tbe different piuceaaiotts were ; n ,. (rt „ r*^?
beadrei with bands of mmuc, a tri Tha ■jm-q.,' ♦ f
, . , . , i Tlie w ortliy stu<H*nt of science pro-
bon, WM >v«l..uou* .rrv iwd „ op< „ tllo gnm ,.. A tlult th( , Bi .
fiercely proclaimed, and the des|xsler ^| r
of science
dixprore tbe declaration of Scrip
ture are to be dismissed from oar
school* as dangerous and uuworthy
the study of a Christian. It is ]4am
decnkwily sujtchor to any he ever prerrelent ta onr chwreh in tlie South,) «f th^ IV,|m eonsigued to infamy , j ™ mt fm ® (itM ^
wituensed. sml the |*receclent ooee set, a series The h*d handed liariot is begin mug
t . - ■
he ts uot to trespass upon the
Uuc Won! to the l irifnr, aod 1 of free toufermors might folios , to
don#- I am proud that the disease matters of leas importance
l.utherau Church has soch a noble and diguity titan those contemplated
choaipioa os your wort excellent ^ the Lutheran and Tdimionmrp.
paiwr. May God abundantly Ideas x j, eml in a “free flght,”
and proper you, and may you u , frir(ld ^ mllM , nggenU in a
nuver halve ocraakNi to sell the IT* privmU Wh ea men, Christian
nwm sml ministers of Jeans Christ,
can. Mum-time**, ncurredy he restrain
ed from strife and the use of hard
wonU. guarded a* they are hy time
tionored taw b sih! roles, how would
iSor to * "Lutheran Hook •tore”
RF.KDY CKKF.K.
J
Fur the I.it the ran VUotnr.
upt
If the writer of tbe article hembwl. Dear Doctor: I have been watch ! *hr>' be restrained by extemponmc
U A Response from North Carolina * ing witli some interest, and with on* rules made for tbe ocrauion t I
and who signs himself “Dalktti,” ‘ no little- anxiety, the denouentent wo* preorut once, some years ago, at
of certain mysterious troiinactioro j nffiree ^nfrremce in aehareh Hi Phils
of late date. My ausjdcious ore delphta, aud saw a Dorter of Diriui
Aroused, ’ and certain conjectures, i ^ shake his flst in the fore of a
to do, we are now and f then, jh»|» into my* mind, layman, and, in real bar roon hrava
to accept hi* , let ns oomuictu-c with the N. C., utter this must nnrierical Isn
is authorized to speak for Synod
and for his By nod’s delegation' to
the lost Convention of General Hyn
od, as he assume*
more than pleased
assurance that we misapprehendixi Sy nod
the recent action of the Bynod of
North Carolina; that neither that
body nor her representatives at Win
cheater “meant any harm by” their
Report aud Resolutions; and we here
transaction*. Here let ns guige, 44 Yon ore a bar, sir P Tbia
report of ita delegates to j »*• In a church aud tbe editor* of the
Synod, the suboequent. Luthernn end Missionary were pre-
or as they will have it, With the recoUeetnni of this
aud we find a hidden, scabs upon their tniitda, at home,
masked, ^ucxpnmsed dissatisfaction they »hould think lief ore recommend
by express our sincere regret if, an- \ with our General Body. This die i i"ff «/ror eoaferemec to othera.
satisfoftidn is so guardedly oliscured 4. It would be the eml of all
as to cropjout only in the suggestions, htumony sad jieare iu our Southern
_ **»d when exposed by logical dedur chttruh. Bari would want to go
It is true, that “^jxxjctb*' makes tkms, l»y *id of this obscurity, Its. North, part Booth, part Hast and
lit. rule of •'flianty. ot which be Authors attribute such deduetjous to part West. Distraction wooM he onr
has a good deal to say, work only mere conjecture. For instsore, after folo. The ffiee cotfrrmoe would be
in one way. He does not admit the j the half Oppressed dies*tiofoction ’ the very apple of diet**! in our
tier such misapprehension, we hate
written anything offensive to our
N. C. brethren.
to writlMV The curses of tlie
can are taking a rebound, aud the
blond «f niaughtcxix! HttiuU is begin
ning to cry from tbe ground; Thank
God, that the times have (‘hanged,
•ml that this is no council of Lateral)
f* j ological criticism aud inferpretatioa,
but develop the truths which hi*
science modestly tem'hex, and hand
them over to the Biblical student,
without nouimeut. The student of
tta- Bible, on the contrary, look*
upon Nature bs the handiwork of
renctiouiug murder and condemning iu ^ , iible int4?Itllll ^
iMn i .-x. ii »« tin howl of tin* boast ,. x t(*ruai evideiR-e of its truth, ami
«Mrt. on.* OniKhwl (be t.liw a.,.1 iB hi , b,-)^ of that tnith, but
atrrrt. ot lk« r« aud Uvau. a itb h. rooriv,-, the witness u hieh S.
tdoojl. fattened 0---.-l~u.of U I tuw induces, the le«U
«•"** "W* Alh.K.M.ses, .hfak rt, b / n|JS jn Um . H it
a, .T? 51 " - ,,f r ‘ u<r “ Wor ’ 1 . a "‘> -centu it if
-Hotyttamons hounded do,n the Ke find, it valuable, as collate™.
poor tt^de™rs an..d.Vlp,oe ,esti,oon.v. valuable 1,,-uuse h.n.isb-
mteheml otMawIluguenoiK, plant,si ^ b) . ^ , iam , wtlicll
the !«,«.«,in... and li*ht«l tho , ltm tlle BiWc , i t lwo sUidco0>
ST.. ,TT*‘!!r , v ' »'«1 ««1 they do not
Sp-MU, and the .Netherlands .gpnr, U .ev la" thorn asii. au.1
And tbu )u«at u ,«,w ,u «ck. Mr witl , th , ulod .
am he«U«, about a hired I eat hope of further discovery in both,
am. ami nputuOu. he- „, iu ^ ^ t m . uue)
e„u«- M bn, urn ,U,an ot lw .„a«ul M[ , „, llt wll « both are umle,stood,
|a.aor! U tf not Inte, as Petra,vh .they ' wi" In- found m-rfecdvW
ha* wntU-u of Rome; “False, »»d ngrtfi. 7
25rtrTh«* it AonU 1* in onr judgment
? tl,c- Uv.ng u will 0)Km R „ t ,„ It should in- “riglit
b. . CMU m *r |rl >< t'hr.«t » H,u eona’tu every napect; aevrding.o
It..-
fc* I
M
4C
angrv with thqp at last P
THK runs AUK.
truth, right and justice; according
to all tlie facta, and not according to
possibility that see may have written
under a misapprehension, for he writes,
“J arraign ‘A.’ and hold him up be
fore the church amt tha world (1! f)
as having wilfully perverted that ac
tion of the N. C. Bynod, and having
done so that ho might poor upon her
nil tho odium he could ;* but, then, the
brother lives in North Carolina, and
chairman of the delegation, Utile body* So frm confer
thei question—which the Lu
Obyrrrer
bn* (I
t id the
question
culls significant—
Genera! Synod ban
good it can ucooiu
follow* the appointment
to the TenneaacM) 8vnod,
a resolution to um the
ed ^Iffsn^MiTry a* the
for
If uur northorn brettiren, thaae
eccleaUslaeal wholes, who, like Bti
1 1 can tafih the ocean of lit era tarns
into a froth, aod snort, snd blow.
And spont afinsuus of theologieol loro,
do look upou us, in the Booth, as
sardines, in aompariaon with them
Tins is tha 18th of thrae elegant ( onr preeonceived notions aud pr^jo-
and charming books—-The Father- J dlic-8 nwakenod by appcnirHiu-es. *
land BerieU" •published by the Lu- ; 'Firtte the provhlciicr of God, about
thcrau Book House, 4$ North Ninth which we know no more than ti.<
Ht.. i’lnladciphin. I little child knot's of*the actions of
It ia followed by a historic sketch hi* fother, and how ready do we find
of the thirty year*’ wftr, by Rev. I)r. men to interpret It, aud bow often
Kranth, ami to ns this Is thr most-
interesting pwst of tlie book. It 1s a say, “the ways of God are not
m porno, turd give* us 1fi a
short and simple skeU*h wliat would mot of his ways—which are “in the
require much Mine and trouble to
cuU. As it ia written in that vein
do we “chargo God foolishlyy" and
equal,* when we are entirely igno-
jt* i
m
s 3H
i;jP
and his path* in the groat
water*.” It well becomes us to be
Made* ... .
peciaBy » wheu »H> ,rta,ll
trr invaHi^' ||fc
^rere led
to those r»*t|
bv'^udinK/" »?<* >» 1,1 I
j- .nr imt. -f Ort..Vv.
id ^
..How Aaott" um>
i*sfroRs
help
which
I
many nrtk **
„ rt , to mnk»* I*,
dels wbo jmigr from »Pi*^ 1
from rigl.f.'«-»* )**&"' 1
nartiaH' excusH»*le f«w tfo it
Uilc ministers of the jpnny
single oversight—» little ’Cij
tKHnime re*|»on*ible U.r tin*
tion * self-righti-ou- Jtn^e
TUe iiidtvid».d who chard
loss *'1 *** tn Th *‘ wi
|Jlflae( j over u'A t'e* evidj
In.
pi
all the
IS
ebristiaoity,
internal eviden<*«‘ fo*
(iod’s WowL all
Ix-neflcial effeH of tin- »
Christ ujwn liumHiiity, and i
I'lwful exense for hi* infid. !|
he supposed, ft A little U
part of » minuter- I i
ment was erroneous liecfius. .
^ of foundation. : It w.x>
ixs^ause rtwas j»«tul. It w
righteous because it J took
imiiortaiit testimony. H*
wholly fro® *iq*earan«e. >N J I
The article is ealeufattd t - I
a wrong impression. Tie
dimposition to bold minister'
xiblc Tor things over fbic
have no control, and 6»r aid*
are not amenable. Jnxt ax \i
too prone to pack off all om
coming* on ptxir human nu:
excuse ourselves on the groutt
“to err i* human,” so we m
jxised to ekense the mii* of
by throwing them <*u the ^h r
of ministers. W* d<) not jrr ^ 'K~..
luinistev in his levity; but « B
crate him from tl«wreMp*.nsil. I
the man’s damnation.
BAM SM V" . j
■I
Far the I.nliH rau V i-I
; The Heart of Ghutavus Adolpta
« 1 ——- • '
What! i»m it far awav
That it too may decay.
This npWe heart once full of Ti; |
This-heart that wax tlie neat
Of lave both jmre and *w< et, I
Yet did to glorifHis (hnl* : I
lliix heart that never vn< c<*v. ‘1
1 Hat never buxely
hi fear before a mortal foe; A
And aitli the fin- of youth I
Fought laavelv far n in ' J
Yet bowed to Hint in luimagv 1<> I
Ob ln-n*, great tin
FabLemioiied <*ludi
UablemLiit-d »ludi thy flame
hesceud to all posterity ;
Thy ever (xmqtieritic xwonl
Secured tlu- high reward
Of conscience set at lilteny. “ .
F«»r this thy <*\vwrd was rtiav ,
u ta*
.y (hiwn
And *oou tae
Of lihextj' re*»e m Lie s («hi;
For this that heart was *br.
And wot for palm gaint
For this thy banner 'xw* mifuried.
L'*?r a.
L- - v
-x
Ah no! HI never taut
la life from thie (sr^at heart,
But dream my hero hovers near.
1 know it is uot cold,
And lo\-eV sad story told
Will move it e'en in jd»n '- (nft< . *
1 know it n ma th ud. N
. For sweetest wonis oft said
I declared tta love would uever tli*
And here this heart shall rest
l ikhb my faithful breast,
And surely then he’ll linger uitrh
If we may venture to <•:
«o opinion we should say, 1 1
‘•hildren of Lutliersu patent
ioppfied with literature fun |
by the Lutheran Church; n
create denominational bigotry.I
to foster within them a brod
feeling of ehaixdi love and intervj
her history; because we bolieve
publications well adapted, if a*-
pamed by the blessing of G. I
make then* true, earnest, prtu j
Christ lotto. Nor do we mean by!
to s*-lfishly exclude what is exe- L
in the pi'oductious of oihor deal
nations, bat to give Lutherau lif
ture that pre-eminence to which
entitled. ’
. Much of tlie*Sundsy-scbool 1;;|
ture tliat is now afloat in otir h<
<* « flippant, ami superficial, ui<
m **ty instances, of a highly »nL r
tioualde character; aud we tin B"~~
important that this should be ft
idaced by ^something *»f a nB
healthful and vigorous nature,
fra have We felt like removing *
touthful hands many of the i*< ft
that we have seen iu circulatio;:ft
v ' e their great inferior! t
'he contents of tbe meagre Ubr.ift
«uud^y.s<,ho,>ls of former d.ft-
few, but their heal I
vsson* were more deeply impri T
-«pon the heart„from the frequl
.taodiugs. It ia of paramount iurj
that the youug should he J
9 tfd with )Sure and sound read ib T
»at may interest, and, at the
afford instruction and q.vL
,n “fiuation. Tlie morbid tost* I
/'*? that is so charactei.ft
u ‘ m vitiating in nft
aright distaste fai .-.ft
•»»gsolil is created, Rad the n I
i* bx> nudiscipliiMHl to-apft.-
«elf to anvriiiHrr J
y:
j- . Anything that requiivJ
* dog*- attention and eanita i
,} ught. TTiis is » most iqjii!
t Use< iuenro, hut it is the inevit .R
inat ^ 0t W,at Wi * iodi^nl
titi/ ' ool, <fomn all stori* 1 * or
‘tterature. Much sound
U) Z ' ^ U ‘ conveyed «n tl
ti( ! a,1<1 m fiC'h valuable iiifoi ®
alwavs 1 ^^ 1 * hnl *** 8tor -> 8lH '
be subordinate to these en
1