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THE LUTHERAN VISITOR, COLUMBIA, 8. ().. FEBRUARY 1, 1871.
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-UMBIA* S. C.
Rev. A.
Rxv. J. I. :
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if poesibl
send the
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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