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wr. -- r . ” >" ,* M ■ *•• • .Jf f>s ^r -. * r <* i -'V‘ft y *» *i *»&■*t ■ «m ,r T'^w5rr .. jj r ttll<can THE LUTHERAN VISITOR, COLUMBIA, 8. ().. FEBRUARY 1, 1871. • idfr« We dn -UMBIA* S. C. Rev. A. Rxv. J. I. : “In essen «M9 -1 r~ sews lay, February 1, -rr ' lteodti Office Oi if poesibl send the TVT» an ceriafT, mniiretS number floient. All scribcra. ♦listiuctl; are old Not only but also of each that the And EDITORS ►UDE, D.D., Columbia, s. C. ILtER, A.M. tauntoo, Va. ii3~= r.-=r^-^rj£^= ifcr, unify ; in i on-essentials in all things, charity” i" irEClAT. XOTlCff}. must be uiadc ini Post Bank Checks, or Drafts, M ibe< :i> Ij»T ig^r to other m should business tion. be ulariy rcctedto he has for the 3. If a tinned, the in until whole taken 3. The .fougto from the leaving evidence If these can not be obtained, ty in a Hzgi $terei>!I 'ostmasters «r» obli i when reqnir d. seut to subn rtibera {until order to disco itinne all arrearages are law. Merely retui [be paper by m^il, is nett miications relating to sph- Md give their names wn carefully ir ilicate ulflni which are ne\ -subac fibers, tc name of th i post nfftce, of the conn ;y and State eriber is necest siy, in omer pr entries mawbe promptly ly made. [and obituary notices, and r intended foal public ation. I Mussing by on the other side, are still fresh in oar remembrance* Vte bear no til wiU; we ouly lack confidence in the professions now. made. We appealed in vain I We forgive; but we are not ready to say, still leas to write: We art gf one hearty and qf one mind. Our (load rise up from their graves at the very thought ; they stand, a mighty army, between the destroyed and the destroyers; their wounds gape afresh, their blood Hows again in pnrple streams, their skeleton arms beckon, their tle&hless lips whisper: We mere true to you ; he true to ms! We are willing to work for the same cause, with the same means, for the same faith with' those who oppress us, but wo can not, and we will not bow down and worship them. itten separate era, to receive >roper IrsPAPER DEC1S OXS. who takes ja pat [the post office -whe inrap or anothe's, or w ilK3d or not—k res] and iof iu ti lt4eil- ent. orders his nat pay all may contin is made, t, whether ■ office or not. xts have deeid newspapers *fc office, or t uncalled for, u nteutional fram as We will noi tions, h pleasant^ the pa] brother ppe: ago, an bfesay on HDn€ a crowj, : loud of ill know aui .suppose less the fool ; for lie down cap. Ti ed, and r d seon aragt s. or to ft Mid it collet t the e pa ifcr is thai peri n|movi pri not, and, increove )turu rejectee g learned, fro n ver; rieuce, that ami ourselves! t us, not so dediuod y o publish, been ise it uu-Lutliej Mi. We yielded tc urgeut rt quest to retnru is rowans tg our simplici y by doing all he c»i jagaiusfc the Ia thcrai < IT# iior. If is had preserve|l municatidt s, there is no doubt, but that he would us juuchvltnd worked for con! wo injure by it A very whicl l long we was his it, and he his com the least ave oved e pafper. lies the head Ihat wears a friend of oi rs is very ting, though <1 b deep not about it; nor <lo we ybody else ev *r did, un- ividual was a | downright jto man, in liis sei ises, would rath a crown for his night- ■ quotation must be amend* proi>ose to re. d it thus: “Uneasy j|its the editor in his chair.” The chj^ir is not at Lv ilt, nop the editor; h# is always at >eace with himself, if id the rest of mn ikind; but he is troubled, worried, sc Looled, dic tated to, and abused, v liether he writes or I) silent. We givff an instance. Lately our Southern Church has boei threaten ed with si| fall of stars. | Please do not umsuw lerstand us ; wTite folia t- stars, but fa that is, sltf s that are yet miuarics, tp tough they do AVe said iiqthing,-wo publ iug; w e t iqu^jht that the i §ole tiring was a caaaiird. A letter *ame, how ever, fr rd. A letter a high authority iu the e do not of stai$; bright lu- not warm, shell noth- Churcb, Himth, informing us that it really is if fact, that thej chief ma chinists ;{(the grand ciiiiis intend to favor tia with such a display; but we are code seled to say not bing about it. We Eifu of coarse co ifirmod in our deterii nation to be ri eut. Next comes a co nmunicatiou fr >m another of the uicp, whose judgme it, church love anil '' ate, whic is made onr opini in hon motives; same spi though Then younger let the . c iristiau spirit we vener t ;Us us that the] rogramnie ;; but he wan s to know We write in good faith, sincerity, and from pure reads our an. 1 wer in Die and we are brei liren still, has not writi eu to us. a letter from a third and jjother, who call \ on us to rch know th ough tlio pdper wjib :her we are gc iug to see the shovrit listen to the i lusic, and l>ow dovrii and worship he lights. We writjo,| we print, we!are reml, and now we are catching it; because we dareq^to have an opimon of onr own ; be^tose we expressefi it freely ; because ve did not agree jwith both sides. Ai d arc not a trim ner, bnt a Lnther.u .; 1 Knowledge is i much, hut grace is jnfiore. We loot at those stars fro ij. a distance thr mgh a iel- escojm; tHe tube is male of the todoke of oikr burnt homes, tnd towns, and cithj if; the glasses ard made Out of tlio comforts we once had stkud 18 and cem slain onfes. nstructed of ■ he with the blbo<l of The smell of the garnl&its of the chief the crj r (‘destroy” is in our ears ; the cchc shout <1 ‘ trinmpb, when bowed ( bwn in heavines and deei) Wistrecs, is still in our impost heart; the pharasaieal together of the fire is on magician ; ringing of |the 1 should pollute {t, aud Die mf ii r - ; jiecU Umui may other school place did at its drat aeaaion. / It dfipeuds ou the Luthcnut •hurch of the South if thia school tfhall be an (gimmeiit to her, or a disgrace. In conclusion, 1 beg to assure “J.” that 1 have uot written a word in nnkindneaa, but his communication mode it necessary that some one should speak a word for “Btauntou Female Seminary." . A LUTHERAN. Tor the Lutheran Visitor. Our Female Seminary. StaurtOn, Va., I January IS, 1871. | Your correspondent, “J.,” in your issue of the ith of January, has, in his article ou the duties of imstors aud congregations as regards lib«T- ality towards the Lutheran Chnrch, fallen into an error. This was, no doubt, uuiuteutioual, but as it may produce wrong impressions, I beg leave to offer the following in forma tion tq “J.,” and others similarly situated. * r • “ “J., after referring to the closing of Wytheville Female Seminary in this State, says: u (h*r daughters must seek an asylum in institutions of sister denominations, or groir up in ignorance.** A year ago, a few Lutherans in Staunton, Va., starteil the project of opening a Female Seminary iu thia place. An article appeared in the Lutheran Visitor, setting forth the reasons why Staunton ought to be the place, and after many obstacles had been overcome, aud innumerable de lays had been euoountered, Rev. J. I. Miller, with a few devoted Luther ans, started a subscription {taper with the following hcadiug: “We, the undersigued, pledge ourselves to pay the sums auuexed to our names for the purpose of o{>ening a Female Seminary under the auspices of the Evangelical Lutheran ChurchThe money was raised, a lot and a house secured, an additional building erect ed, and a Lutheran Female Seminary had its existence, which stauds not ouly an ornament to our Church, but also to our beautiful city. We have —besides school room, diuiug room and kitcheu—nineteen rooms for rvei tation, music rooms, and for dormi tories. Onr eutire community knows it, and speaks of “Stauntou Female Seminaryas the Lutheran Semina ry, and' to their praise be it recorded that they have given such substan tial support to our euterpri.se, as uo such phrase as, “I hope you will succeed,” or “you ought to have a school,” can give, when property is to be bought and paid for; especially when some stockholders iure either members of, or attendants at other churches, and there being here al ready, in fall operation and donrish- iug condition, schools of the Kpis copal, Presbyterian, and Methodist churches, with a prospect of tl»c Baptists o{>eiiing one tlio 1st of Feb ruary next. At a meeting of the Board of Trus tees, Rev. J. I. Miller was elected Principal of “Staunton Female Seui inaryWho he is, all your readers know, and that he would not conduct a school under auy but Lutheran auspices, ought to be known to all a^ well from his past course, as from the fact that be has staked everything on a Lutheran school. In his Circular, Rev. M. says: “StAnnton Female riemiuary being under the auspices of the Lutheran Church, the religious features of the institution will be conducted accord ing to her usages.” The pupils at tend the Sunday-school, anil worship at the Lutheran church. Now, all tiutt we ask of the Luther an CUtircli is, that she may give us that countenance which the efforts of the faculty of “Staunton Femalcr Seminary” deserve. That faculty is now composed of four gentlemen and two ladies, who give instruction iu all that .pertains to a solid and finish ed education of woman. Let parents choose betwi^en the Lutheran schools of the South, for we ask uo more thau our share of the public patronage, but I beseech all not td stifle our efforts in the start by ignoring us altogether. The advertisement of Staunton Female Seminary was iu the col umns of the Visitor t aud if auy overlooked it, or should ever have foi%otteu the existence of our school, I hope they will remember, that it has an existen&i Shall it receive that support of the Church which it ought to have ? -- _— It seems to me that ty an honest we v#ro Lutheran this query would be sn{»er- fltious. yet wheu we see the fate of other institutions, to which “J. n in his communication alludes, we may well ask such a question. Stanntou Female Seminary opened with more pupils and brighter proa- For the Lutheran VMtor. The Lutheran Observer Jknr I doctor: .'“For sometime I have had in contemplation some strictures u|h>ii the Lutheran Oh server t but have Ibrebonie, until I fear, further forbearance woohl not be a virtue. I have Just read, and laid aside the issue of Dae. Nth, amt I feel impelled to notice certain tliiug* that seem to demand animad version. Ia this unnitier of the paper there arc uo less than sis articles purely political, aud directly in op position to the .views entertained by a majority in the South, counting yankccs and negroes. Those articles art* not iu that column headed “wen lar,” but iu the body of the paper, and in tin* editorial columns. The articles referred to, though offensive, might have escaped censure aud l»eeu {Missed over in silence, were not two of them insulting to the memory of Oen. Robt. K. Lee, ear dead. fail not the tiead be spared in reft- gious journals T The gross langn&ge used is unworthy of an editor of a religious pa|ter. This great man if most unsparingly and nnblaahingly loaded with such epithets as, “trai tor," “cut throat," “{**rjnred," “a ould- be destroyer of his country," “Bene^ diet Arnold," Kliuhis Iscariot,"faml the like. These are the decorations strewn u|m»h the tomb of Robt. R. Lee, b^ the hand of F. W. ('onrail, D.D., Editor of the Lutheran Ob server ! ! ! Yet this |wiper is seeking patronage in [the HoutJb« and so liciting a return of the Southern 8ynods to tlio •♦motherly embrace of the good old tienend Synod." 1s t, us now plan* in contrast some other matters in the sdme l>a|M*r, and thereby sec bow very unkind, unjust and {airtial an* such remarks by the editor. Theodore Tilton is noticed as having retired from the known as the l*. a Congress, and expope all the ipetntam in their true chaffceter, the d|ght agd smell of the rufifeeu concern Would drive eves the niggers from their pensioned seats in the galleries, anil cause them to rush with disgust from the Capitol. Again, MeOeery, from Kentucky, is moat unmercifully berated aud held up to universal scorn and eon tempt, for daring to propone that certain property, which (too. Lee once occupied, but to which he never laid claim, (fur it belongs to his wife iu her own right,) be restored to ita proper and law fa I owner; because property purchased in default of taxes can not be legally held by the purchaser, after back taxes with in terest thereon shall have been ten dered by the proper owner. The l>r. allows himself the use of rather underioal language against BfoCree- ry for proposing so horrid a thing; but not one word in regard to the infamous bill ot B. F. Butler, which, the Radicals being the expounders, aims at preventing legal {wucras, now and forever, against himself aud others, who, during the war and since, euricbetl then*selves by steal ing Southern |*n»perty, from a spoon up to the contents of bank vaults. NW one word from the impartial editor. 1 think it was good old Isaae Watts, who once said that he ex- pectsd to see three wonders in heav en : First, to find some {wrauus there j "horn be did not expect to see; so condlpy to find some absent whom be expected to see; thirdly, the greatest wonder of all, to find himself there. May this not be the exiwneoce of Dr. C. upon his arrival ia heaven f Hnppose he should see Gen. Lee there! Yrom th« La thr ran Vkfttor. Rev. Wm. A.rHouck was <p Bog day the 8th January installed M Pastor of Si Andrew's, St. Michael’s and Bethel churches, constituting {maturate No. 9 of the Synod of South Carolina. The service* were coinmetioed on Saturday with a sermon by the writer, and though the weather was bitter cold there were persons who came from 10 to 12 miles, to he present at the in stallation of their new pastor. On Sunday morning the cfaurrb waa well filled, and the solemn service commenced, the Rev. A. It Rude, D.D., preaching the installs tiua sermon, and 1 need not add that it was just the kind of a sermon that all our people need, for those who know the Doctor, and have beard him preach on each special ocra mods, understand fail well that be knows jest what to my, and when to my it. It waa a real practical and pointed discourse upon the duties of a people to their pastor, and shonkl thorn- to whom the sermon was delivered approach in aaywiae to the standard wffnch the IVirtor net before them, the position of our good brother Hoorfc will be enviable In deed. . After thr on, the Inntallation performed by Rev. T. 8. Hot neat, and Rev. Wm. A. Houck inducted into his new |iastoral reln- 1 tion. The brethren composing this I*as to rate aecm jiartially, at least, im pressed with the im|Kirt«u»ee of the Pastoral relation, and have begun a good work. They have purchased a lew acre* of land, and are engaged Summer the blood of Jwu. 1 ^ w,rtk, • <* * whWi, ‘ 1 1 “ t ‘ _ “ ' with a little additional expeoditnre. < Uriel has bean aoUrirst —, . OTI .. , . , might hare been reodereil verv com away wren Ida aitra, treason and ial. t >. . # btllitm loeltMlrd! Si*j»|»o-m- the sig iitfi* am {imuting upward of hui fin grr, a«(i»ui|vuin*d with the joyful and fortabie, indeed. As it is, however, it is an exhibition of what can be aeromplished by a united and well . - , , , . . . . , directed effort to iirovide for their ho|H*ful Imemiug of his eountruancr, . , ,. T. .. 7 7 7T ’ ] aturilaal lustrurttua and improve alien his son, Lartis, »|>oke to him * o( lifr. .««, ,«j„Hv .^1, ^ ^ ^ by his wct-piug friends at his bed- ... . , . . . , u . .... npou this dear brother, aud the good siile! BopisMi* thr rr{«eate«l dm la- 1 ’ . ’ . " . * ' people among w born he now begins only his second |iastoral retataon, in a ministry of some eighteen yearn. s T. 8. R. rataous of peace in ilinst, given to his pastor, (ten. IVudU ton. were real and not hy imcritacsl ! In a word, suppose Gen. Lee was saved, and what would be Dr. CourntTs aston ' ishmeut! Thr Doctor will Ur as For the Lutheran Visitor. editorship of the Imlrpendenty be much astonished as he was at the cause his views did not accord; with General Synod ia York. Pa., whea j those of II.'C. Bowen, the proprietor, he rushed into the room ocrapied by “IsiUieranus* gave us au an*ount i wi some “mighty qocer doiagw" re The Observer does not say one word that laxly in session, and cried out, cratly, and be might, with profit, to expose, o(»pn*e or those “peculiar views* Not one wonl of his wild disapprove ! “Stop, Mr. lV-wuieot, sto|i! Glorious , haw “drawi of TilUm. fanaticism. out other honors by m ws! victory ! victory ! Geo. Is*e the locks bum the vasty deep." for h.as Ixjen (lefewted ” He then called . there yet He many there that look his woman's rights his ujhmi all to knee*, ami he led off in mighty {bwr. Judged by the crite- a{M>logk*s for free lowisni, his rant- thanks to towl for the victory. He non of one's ow n belief, tin* arts aud ings about everything new. iu short then sprang to his fret and led off ufiinmosof other people are generally his—I had almost said—downright in, infidelity. Again, he lauds the . r. Tribune. , Not one word is said of the ecccntrici ! I‘msr (»*sl fiow." from wl all 14c—iugs | not leniently dealt with when they THqt go to church and Hit expectant on their seats, on the qtd vitt for w|*i comes next They hoar the hymn read aud tlm cbidr sing It, while they consider it—well, they are uot certain what—whether praise to God or an entertainment for themnrive*. (Joe Sunday we atteud ed Arab Btreet Presbyterian chnrch, Philadelphia, a fashionable chnrch, which draws large Audience*—fash- ionaUcs, belles and beaux, artistes and critics. Now the people do not say : “Let us attend to bear the elo quent expounding of divine truths,” but, “Let ns attend to hear that grand choir ; hear Taylor, tlm great basso." Now thia church always calls young ministers, and of them, only such as dress a la mode Paris- ianney and preach popular, fresh, cur rent sermons, s la Ikxxdier. But he (days second fiddle in al! cases to the choir with au $800 per auuum basso aud 9G00 tenor. But we do not complain. They like the bus iness, and if we do not like it we can stay away without diaootnnro ding them, but we only remark, “and our language is ptaiu," that it fa mighty qheer. We are reminded of a scene that occurred in one of these modem, non apostolic snecessiou churches. Now, you must remember that all congregational singing iu these places fa ostracised, and although the hymn is fonnd, none join ia the singing. An up-country* singing master step- lied iu one day during service, and when the hymn was announced be lifted on high his voice, which waa somewhat notable for befrjg aided by a pair of first-class lungs. Onr coun tryman prided himself somewhat on his musical talent, and was not sur prised to see all eyes turned upon him. He was uot disconcerted l»y snch a move at all; it rather pleaaed him to think that be was appreci ated. He King louder ami allegro, pi* allegro, presto., After thr* sermon the diaronrerted ftastor thought to cross the wings of the sortiug sing er, by remarking that there wise some |w*r*oa« who had a good voice for staging, bat bad not cultivated it sufficiently to indulge it much in pnldic, and when they wore needed they would be iuvited to the singer's postUon. The new comer made him self scarce the balance of the ser rices. X It is queer, to say the least, that those who undertake to reprove others for uaing harsh language, do themselves use the very harshest, under the pretense of just reprimand. Tty.' perstringe with a veugeauce. Now •• Lutheran us* gave us a jft»od example of genteel pcrstriugiltg. but not ran* gave ns snch ui reference to thr N. C. affair. It is queer that editors do not “put down the breaks" ou such unchristian “conversation.” 4. It ia queer that the |taprr rep Church Abdication—Incidents, the. On Wednesday evening, December 14th, I left home to be present at the consecration of a Lutheran ebunh located among the mountains of West Virginia. An boor's ride by raff brought me to the ancient town of AVinchestrr ; and a few moment's ties of the editor of that delectable sheet. Horace Grcely, in one of Ins late issues of bis |«a|ter mentions a woman os having preached in the Academy of Masic, at which preach ing he was preaent. Her text waa Charles Dickens. Greely reports her as having said, there was u<dkin§ in th$ Bible rtjual to one of fHekeud Christ mon lalm. He tbeu sajs edito rially, that it a as the beat sertuou in* ever heard. I do ho}ie that lie j has had the pleasure <*t hearing Dr. Conrad presell. ITie lefr handed compliment might per h»*|»s bring the ’ Doctor to n-fliS't1(Hi, and, for a time at least, fiennit General Lee to rest quiatly in Ufa grave, shilat he ud ministers so merited a rebuke to I Horace Greely* as bia sneer at re ligibn deaerveaj * The" Christian i'niou, for some weeks {Mist held up in the moat fnlsome ndnlntion by the Observer, makes some inmxent remarks *in referente to the Ifreaident’s message. vary from that criterion. But judged by the criterion of the rhumb's be Ito* u„i ,b, v , 1M| US. W, «, mUf MMidrr ib >M . 'U«- Hymn. North, befotr thr Khun oI OM llau.lrrj “ U ~ t mb « 1 l»»v, thr 1 ' krt * °" t - «>“» kml rnuod to n-vorbnolo. a mttm-n 'Ooou.i«.Dfif« aud vagmrif. of llkW ger euteml ami announced tl»e fact •*“*** opposition to that belief leads that they wars a Utile too fast. “The | t * w * ni *° ® M ‘- boi4 was on the other f*s4," and Oen. \ 1- "«* think it wiglity queiT that Lee had been rietorioms. ¥m may ( lUo,,p * ho ^mmiice crnc.ftxea, P*»d imagine the Ifortoris tSSSfanm. : “NP» of Bible scene* and sy mbolic Just so will be be astonished when representations, as Romanism, and be finds that Geo. Lee has beeu vie formalism, and lucb. the .ssetues *4 CM had a prominent, half column edito rial on Senator M<<*reery*s resolutioa in reference to the Arlington <*statr 1 denouncing him ati«l liis in the most unmeasured terms. “What commu- nkm hath light with darkness,” reli gion with politics f What right have they to offend a chrfatuin sense of Inxior dwrlleth." tortous in the rreal Imttle of life in ^ dflsfaos, shnffhl place hmlwsie i l ,ro l ,ri< ‘ t y g°dhucss by faith iu the Uread Osmqumm of Death valla of Ihefr “hoiy plaara, where J tjrailMH#v ^ ^ ami I ML . ... , ^^SB| l*he ustouishmerit of aindher. who I preaches H’hriat's religion." may be eipiallv great. This ooe had a pie 1 tore of a certain man suspended in » , , .. , ■ . , tl iaymbofa, and did not «ant across, his pulpit at lii'hannn, IVnn. IIef~ 7” _ . ... ^ made use of the fidlowing blasjdie mixts language: “When I get to | heaven. 1 will find pay my respect* i to Jcstui Christ, and then f shall mqnire for him, 9 wheeling around theatrically, and planting to the portrait lirhind him. Bujipner now I L mod fr»*oh»rity of religion, not germaiti in , brother, who Ualgea in a goodly land , an * ^ ^ ** "think among our mountains, has a iibenil ’ ^ *- T ujxai lieing people, whoee libr«ultt\ tank .» turn nl ®** ,u l H ’*‘ l " ^ ’“rthodox in L* the fine arts. Now Im* hated for they insist updii the for mer and leave the tatter to individ ual convenience and caj»rice. HOI1 EX. or a picture of Christ, or auy likeness of auy thing that fa iu heaven above, or in the earth lieneatti, or in the maters nttder the earth, if it had a«v Rrflptanl reference. Bo the artist mas instructed in reference to tlie forbidden things, ami in order to tSafe.—Mr. Uviugstouc, the long lost African explorer, has arrived at Mozamliique. The items is received m ith the liveliest gratification. The , , . . . . that thia man. whom thia portrait Tb» I. .»! lb. K tm ,, utimen tfully iduised for daring to differ from the general tenor of the message. Bo earnest Is I>r. C. in hi« ilefeucc of Gen. Grant, that he compnre* him to Milton'* Ithuriel. Tliis net me to thinking, mid I tried my best to see in what respect Gen. Giant and Ithuriel were alike. I proceeded thus: IHd Ithuriel smoke f strike clear of them altogether, be* mystery which ha* so long hung came very uigh making a something over ids lifesis now to be at last dis- mliieb has no likeness (o any thing pHhd. A rich budget of infoi ma in either of the proscribed place*, j tion c<»ncerning his mauderinga may It is, however, iuteuded to repre be looked for in due time, sent koine range of Kaiuschatka or unmeet valley in mane undisouvcrv<l A <J«err One.—Christian Hishnp, Uairut* m hence no traveller bus ever a missionary of the United Brethren, returned to give au aceouuL All Otterbeiuers, is misaionatiug iu Ger- this exteuds widely behind the pul piauy. He mas in Bavaria corn et. Another church goes mie better j plained of jis disturbing the {teopie on thia, and bas tlie mnemonics of a , by his uoisy night meetings. He secret society pn its m alls. Iluu ; said iu defence, “that he had joined A red* of otiiers havo the very bent the United Brethren in America, but a - .’Tj— " T I" ’, talent of the laml employed to orna till now had still held his member* thr truili ftObn.ti.mtT; 1 *u*c« wtth frwco I d,i|. in tho Utherw .Chumh and diligently attended upon her wor ship/ tired, **N«» hand Had tnrrd therriMMpottltfainfant brow,"’ nor in t'onflrmation rwt«l on his IhimI. SopjKiae he had never pro fcaned .leans Christ, nor owneil the personal claims of onr holy religion; had acareely ever attewled worship and bowed in reverence before the negro sol { ^‘ n * ,,ot * ,hwl,n ‘’ ,n ,ho paintingK, representing—wliat f Hodiligently ittefiM up^n her Georgia to i " c* mkI kHtanty, and had died jj IH . ,7f fa-aiity run toextrava- i ship.” that be No.* Did he ever get drunk f No., Did he »tt«»l hor*- nw«.» No. Dki " ,ru "' ,,f "«'> • w,,l > <io,r * P« l.« attend all the a^rtenllnral rxbi 1 ,,<> * —• "I""' thr •»*"»' #<-ld bitinna in the eonntry r and bold », <* OntjSmf, mfMrrlmtl, .n-knowl sjiortinaii’s watch to time fast trot ters ! No. Dki lie send diers into Missouri aud Georgia J | __Ml _ control the Bfate elections I No. ,IM ^ ^ lived. Bnmioae IMd be npjioiiit all his relations to fniU * of I**™' * the fat offices, so that his fnmily drew -"toni*hwent of our preacher, sfter nearly half a million of dollars from "^onld have “{mid his reafiects to the U. 8. Treasury, annually f Na ( hrist, and ti|sm in<|uiry for Did he have anything to do with the friend, be tohl that his name is sudden rise of gold iu Wall Btreet f " nt rmror dad in the Book of fdfe / No. Did he own any vacant lota iu LUTHER AN U8. St. Domingo T Na Did Ithnriel ever talk horse t No. I Mopped,! If you feel dull, drowsy, debtlito- for I found the similarity I was seek ted, have frequent headache, mouth ing strangely diverging aud con verg taate bml, {>oor sp|>etiP aud tongue ing rapidly towards a similarity be | coated, yon are suffenug from Torpid tween tlie General aud lie one Itku Uver or “Biliousuces," aad nothing rid was sent after. Then 1 thought, will cure you so speedily and per- suppose Oen. Grant were like Ithu mauently as Dr. riiwre's Alt. K\t. riel, and woo hi toneh, with hts spear f or Golden Medical Diaeovery. Bold of truth, that body of oorroptioii. I by all druggists. * gauce! Circles aud triaugles, aud angles, (they don't let the r get be fore the ly) and geometry generally l But a cross, or a Bible, or a dove, or a biblical quotation, never! 2. It is right queer that Hume who object to the beautiful and easy chanting of the inspired words of the prophets, or to liturgic worship, iu which the people regain that which was takeu from them by the church of Rome, should, in their great liberty in forms of mormhip, allow the ministers to conduct the service according to caprice or cir cumstances, ami the choir to monop otixe the singing. These queer jieople can met "with all over the land. Infallibility.—Ninety five per pent, of tlie lay professors, and eighty per cent, of the theological professors in the Roman Catholic institutions in Germany oppose the dogma of lnfkl libility. The Bavarian Government supports Doelliuger and the Univer sity of Munich. The li. C. professors of Breslau have protested against the decree. Of forty-five bishops iu Austria aud Hungary who were in the opposition in Rome, ninofrea still remain flmu. Six German prelates, including Bishop llefeJe, have with lield their signature*. Bishop Clif- ford of England fa still antago nistic. walk along it* well fiaved mu****, to the oounnodions and comfortahfa parsonage ot our beloved brother Rev. Dosli. Boated beside a glowing Oriental, aud sore of our weioeme, we felt at homo. Supper ended, w« went to the chnrch, where I deliver, ed a lecture, which had at Wsmt one good {K>iut—brevity. The evening waa spent in a running conversation, in which we discussed the protest condition of our church in the South, and its probable future. On Thursday morning we left Wfa. cheater; Bra Dosh to attend the dedication of a Lutheran church ia the city of Wheeling, on the of DiMXMtber, and the writer to as sist in like services on the same day near Brandon vine, Trenton count j. W. Va. We had a very pleasant ride, passing ou our way the impor tant railroad towns of Harper's Fer ry, Martinsborg, Cumberland, Tfad rnont. Oakland, and many other points of less moment to the traveler. Wheu we left the Valley it waa not unpleasantly cold, but aa we ed the mountain* beyond Iledmant, Bro. Doth thought he saw suow upon the roadside; and lie thought right for npon getting out of the can at Cranberry Summit, about 9, p. JL, we found plenty of snow and ice, aud a piercing wind that seemed to be in au ill humor with everybody and everything. Here are were cost teooaly met by one of onr “moontafa pastors.” Rev. Cupp, who had osme on horseback some ten miles acrtJM the hills aud glades, to join os and *ee to our comfort iu a strange land. Our considerate brother conducted us to the hotel, where we enjoyed a good sup|ier, talked some, west to bed, and in the soft embram of . I Mil my sleep, forgot the day's ride ef 250 uules, and its attendant rim- ' stances. On Friday morning we awoke to be unmistakably assured that at Cranberry Butnmit winter reigned supreme, with none his right to dfa- * {Hite. Here 1 learned that the new church {<> which I was bound fay distant across these frowning, snowy mountain* some twenty mile*, sad the |K>iut was to be reached by t mode of conveyance which as yet was not very well defined. Neither sleigh nor buggy could be procured from the villagers, but our landlord kindly proffered his horse, and 1 partly made up my mind to try it on horseback iu oouqwuy with Bra. Cupp. My clothing being uot alto get her suited to such a vigorous cli mate, Bro. Dosh aud 1 started out to hunt up some additional garments; but we failed, signally failed. I then determined to remaiu until a suitable conveyance was sent to convey me to my place of destination. The “mountain pastor," moulded on a black Selim, left early in the morning, intending to make his way to Brandourille, notify the {Mistor loci of my arrival at Cranberry Sub mit, aud have him provide some mode of transit. Bro. Dosh soon after took the cars for Wheeling, and I being left all alone in my glory, immediately went into winter quarters at tlie hotel bokiud a coal stove which 1 put up to 2.44k I now flattered myself with the idea that I would at least spend the day and night comfortably, and so composed ly road the newspapers—looked oat occasionally upon the icy streets, the snow-clad roofa aud mountains, and sympathised with the shivering inhabitants as they {Kissed rapidly along the street ou their varioas errands of business or pleasure. But alas! to all human calcula tion*; for il the very midst of my cherished scheme, the gentlemanly landlord announced, “there fa s mw here, sir, that wishes to see you; and suppose he lias come for yoa. I was sad, and (ileased by turns- Soim in be came, a good brother? belonging to the charge; said h«* had come for me, aud would Ik ready to start iu a tew minutes- Making sure first of my diuucr, 1 ate all I could, {mid an exceedingly moderate bill for a railroad toss? borrowed a comfort from the laod lord, aud wrapped myself up as well as I could. Thus arrayed, mil dot pc random, stepped boldly out i»K> the snow and fierce wind, aud like the late lamented, planted my ffa* very firmly, as 1 turned an oblique eye UJX)U the conveyance aud motive power. Ah, me l I inwardly sigb«d» these are m*t the iron horses have been riding behind for 25® - miles, but a real mountain tea** of fleab aud some lamas My «** I aw tat ions. 1 must here confess, went not brilliant as I climbed over the . side of a sea tie** mountain *kd, kicking off the snow as I got in aad nestled among tlie straw. I did not say anything, lor de» sn I n assort t will never was »t h i anti after consid *. worked ititotf 'f- great narrow .V ; 00«lu BO« i-wlBUrt, Ou»t whilM bun.«l. I , talk ««*, y«*. hki of ttinkln*; tap** prMttW* “ ,u “»” r “ “ public. Oor motion, at l— 1 l*it to my back to » sullen, cautious walk, and I mo. jnstioe publicly to this gait was kept up p f0 | regularity, and pfirsfat the entire distance of eigi ta in miles- I feN indni to gn^; ‘»ot ! ’ objects on the road «id»> that we were actufiM' though at a ptonfa«3 As the piercing wind the face, and drove us through every part of u flame, I drew the friendi dosely around me. an- up all my fortiode. ’ solved, to do or die. The tormina* of our |. m . many bmndred feet below our .leparture, and we F pr down, and kept ou going l c«tnre of the road etc i t* Q unity and suspicion Bo rlearlv saw that if we k. ; j he y K 1 dearly saw that|^ same rate of descent i . miles, there was no tell I I dominion* we might ffnalitl-^ Cogitating upon what i: |L^ {Missible consequence* K, * event, aud convinced fron I ; ing motion of the > i tendency was coutimnii depth, I ventured to imp we not near the bottom sir,” my friend repli' i .get to the botton at l»i fra* even there it keep/ down.” Tliis auuouti*^ isbed all my anjdeaaa; dons, and my Mwa^ having beeu restoreil. while away the tedium. and evaporate the ciiiiim r-reeping over me. by fallt scnq*s of poetry, and m. # I skeleton sermons; but . mental and emutiouai active aiul ample play, fingers were the text* that * obtruded themselves x* a aud manipulation. On this ever memoi: v.§-. noticed that the sehoo abroad, traversiag the aud defiles of West Vir,'i- upon approaching a de» mountain gorge, I uot | school house sit«ate<l fo-rw it* deep bosom, oeerhilu' v >»ive evergreens, ubw UTf*' < tlieir buyden of suoW troop of white headesl Ik. cheeked girt* were eq.ji--#' receas. They seemed to r.T show drifts, and set at dp {•inciting cold. TIk* *<. Nid and pleasant memo daysof“auld laug syne H . not just now inclined to > I use or moralise. Massive grim aud silent sentiueltC : j {•ass, whilst all around profound silence, btt»ken I aionally by the shout* of 11 play, or the dee|> ino.u > I wind* as they swept 6u , ■dong the ragged peaks Vii I tains. At length nigfrt » shut out the world from shut ourselves is from i - uothiug now to do but ; —nut for our bleed!n I . J'ut for ourselves. Leisurely old Dobbin, a u ’ or partner by some biKiged along with weai 71 takers and bumpers, seeming a league, mid evvrl a perfod of long protracte«i j it was a fortunate thing I when things are at the • j (literally grow^ better, or : I fohing what might have i Sorrowfully rumiu ’ °ur dreau-y »Mid monoUm. .. We wer ^ aroused from mia revi^rie by the cheering j meut, “Soon be there, su ^ the storm-toseetl sailor, 01 . Wear J watcher, oo.uld m l welcome tidiugs thau thi< 1 to ns. \V o unfoldevl om> ,1 conscunuiues.s breathed. u| hopefully longed to m&k. ♦'flee of a humati habit. J were uot long kept in su.- t ®°° n realized the cousin i l wWioutly wislied. j)j enrJ l>tt ^ «y>cr .itHffgT of Br. 4 ; J “cat »0e base of the uni i j with joy the ebe- I U jieepell from the var: J IM ^ S » lM *d 1 poked out opouj . in ff» -aow-elad streets. I*!®’ ^ town, onr steed . | j 11 ^ words au<l Wov j ,r . ,to ^ agonizing tror—I ( ‘hiq»ed merrily—the old \ U ° frozen mud and k| ** 8 "odden halt and pi '. ari ’ We were made am « ride had cotae i.| ^ were vociferonslv hj ^‘"vetod by the stalwart “I