The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, February 16, 1871, Image 2
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hli.it Awning men will catch at
1 »traw^ The Couuoil baited the hook
■with a chameleon, which reflected
the different shades of Lutheranism
iu America * jral Missouri weald not
bite, Ohio kept away, Minnesota only
nibbled* the General Synod North
will not aa mneh as look at it* aad
now the despairing aogler flings the
naked hook to aa* thinking we are
r but—gudgeom /
Oh, bat won’t we be abased be-
r enaae we will not bite 1
in atriking
Bev. E. Chughuiaft, frotn Leffmi
to Granite fllle, Edge Add O©., 8. 0,
LUMfflA
foateriag a spirit of liberality, church
tore aad genuine charity. The bed
We take the liberty kindly to net
aright the writer of the communica
tion, “North Carolina Synod,” in the
. .. a •#. . M m
EDITORS :
tJDE, D.D., Columbia, 8. C-
LLER, A.NK Htnont©*, Vs.
Far ths 1 thiasr Vitiuw
hand—the brief bat tender “God
Ideas you"—the tearful eye, and
choked utterance of deep emotion.
Small groups lingered, aa if unwit
ting to leave the ooorta of the Lord’s
boose, bat gradually one by am
; in aU thing*, iharity.'
•ay, that be did not mhtd a rain
or a snow-atom, bat when tt got
down the back of kia neck, and com-
manned running along hla baric-bone,
H cowed him. I did not perepire any
that day, and there was no necessity
to sing “Bhoo fly, shoo, don’t bodder
me,” flw, aa the old lady quaintly re
marked, “ff ana, aad it him, nnd it
frit-
A gifted poet has sung “Troth
crush'd to earth will rise again,* but
upon what principle he has fatted to
state. I am certain that we mat
agate, and again, and kept on rifling
upon the “go ahead” principle, until
the test ridge was crossed; when
and where we received a parting
salutation from “air put in motion
that would have been far more agree
able to a blabber eating Esquimaux
than It was to us. A “abort, sharp
and derisive” descent brought ns to
Cranberry Summit (now called Port-
land I, with its icy street*, pafltag
i vi- notice
e* imwt be un
*, Bank Check
If these cam not
gfltshnd, dm echo of the last foot
fall died away, and the little church
was toft in unbroken sflenes to the
guardianship of Hhn whose eye
Dsar Brother Buds. Permit me,
through the Lutheran Visitor, to in
form the church and those interested,
of the success of the work securing
aid to the college.
lift names have been secured on
the scholarship plan, via., #20 per
annum for A ooosccuuve yearn 35
more are wanting to secure the num
ber naked by the Board of Trustees.
This number we confidently expect
to got, as 30 have already promised
but have not yet given their names.
A number of subscribers have not
yet paid their first installment. This
is now due. They are requested to
semi it to me at Walhaila, 8. CL, by
registered letter or some other safe
way.
In addition to the scholarships
of opinion on topics of
As it was oar intention to reach
Cranberry Bammit the next day, at
as early an hour as possible, we were
under the necessity of returning im
mediately to Brandon ville. It waa
cold and dark, and the village lay
some four mttea distant; bat there
was only one choice left, and that
was to go. The paatoria sleigh was
already drawn np in Aunt of the
church; In we climbed, and away
it gilded—the cheerfbl chirping of
the merry bells making melody upon
the dull ear of the frosty' night-
Talking over the many pleasant in-
ridsoie of tbs tori lew days, we
day waa very wen,
in his atteotfcms: and ii
under hia dexterous m
the dreary waste of oil
w b8e china and barm
aMgamed a cheerful a
appearance. He plied
with the choicest flavo
book wheat cakes, red
with oar friend, Ur. 1., and his big
lantern, which verily proved “a leap
to oar feet, aad a light to oar psfe*
as we traversed the uneven g||g
slippery aide walks of that Biberiaa
town. Happily we were act kept b
ship. It is farther stated that ao
idea to contemplated or uuteriained
of disturbing or disrupting the gen
eral organisation of oar Ohareh in
the 8oath. We assume that the
above statements are true, aad that
the movers of this project are high
minded, chrieliaa gentlemen, and
only desirous of promoting the peace
and prosperity of our beloved Zion ;
aad that, aa sock, they would not
knowingly eeaay to inaugurate a
measure that would probably create
discs ftofarihm, and defeat the very
ends wbtoh it to said they have in
view.
Without intending to impugn the
motives of these geottriacu for a
mem eat, we bat axpcaas our delib
erate coavtoheae when we say chat
publication
miny white aa the erf
sad last, though not tea I
of fere, broiled vwaiaoit y
naif the moat fastidi**' h |
cuisine was in the bigl l
the art, and we made a I'
bat did not enjoy it,
been under other ci F:
We act done, a st n
strangers—ate in pro’ll i-
name or unotbeifs, or
for the
orders his fiaper discon
must pay all air
er may continue
nt is made, and
ant, whether tyi<
he office or not.
irt* have decided
newspapers and
>st oince, or ran
i uncalled for, if
intentional fraw .
to send it
collect the
e paper is
l that refn-
pevioilicals
noving and
prima /fine
from collection* and individual dona
tioos- The names of each will be
published in the Visitor at the efeae
of the work, it required by the
BoartJ, J. P. 8MELTZEK, Aft.
(band a comfortable room awaiting
our reception, and the pleasant wife
of the pastor had quickly prepared
aa excellent cup of tea, with other
inviting dishes, among which were
peaches almost aa luscious and fra
grant aa if recently taken from the
tree. Although fatigued with the la
bora of the day, (yet they were ended
and oar minds freed from perplexing
study,) we greatly eqjoyed oar oppor
tune repast, aad retired early ia
quest of pleasant dreams and re
freshing sleep
We awoke to the tweet conscious
ness that in a few boor* we would
tarn oar coarse in the direction of
home. The two horse sleigh of the
pastor was easily adjusted to the
aervtoe of black Mia—Bro. Cupp's
saddle and other trappings, togeth
er with a large buffalo robe, were
thrown in—aad all things being
ready for the journey, we bade aa
affectionate farewell to oar kind
brother and his household, and pans
rd out of ii at a merry rate,
attended with some little aflbrted
indocility aad want of gravity, upon
the part of the amautatn pastor's
aing to
from tl
leaving
Paris has surrendered, and the
Prussians are now feeding the in
habitants. Manteufel—a good name
for a soldier—has compelled Hour
baki with 80,000 men to seek safety
in Switzerland. Thousands of Boar
baki’s soldiers died from exposure
and starvation in the Java moun
tains. Favre and Gambetta are the
virtual rulers of the French ; Napo
leon is a prisoner in Germauy, and
Eugenia with her son are in Eng
land. The king of Prussia has been
elected emperor of Germany. The
war is becoming more and more in
human. The French franetirenrs are
half Mexican guerillas and half Ken
tucky bush-whackers. The Prussian*
are anxious to make peace; Germany
is suffering from the war uearly as
much as France; bat the Prussians
want Esaz and Lothringen, and hun
dreds of millions of francs in addition
to pay their traveling expenses with,
as a mill grinds corn, ex
were filling our hopp* r
emptying it...
We were forcibly reu
very pleasant meeting-o
tk>t* at the Exehai -
Va., then on its way to
Bynod in Booth Carols
had the fellowship of co
pany, and there too w
excellent fare. J think
soon forget oar happ;
the breakfast tgble; w-h«*
brother had on specia
of mulatto boys brie-
dishes of fresh fish for h
dataon ; not that be ca
lariy about them as a
diet, bat the eminent s.
gratified to hav* i Jft. Sidney
a on our mail look. Rey.
. will pleas© itcoept our
£ his kindness. He knows
*\T© and esteem dm highly
r t’s sake. ' *
For thr UUwna V til tor
—aad we were oo oar way to
Grafton, the eoonty seat of Taylor
county, Weal Virginia, about forty
miles distant. ,
Upon entering the car we nodes!
that ft was pretty well filled, mas;
of Its occupants bating disposed of
tWisrlvos far the night, «(%
once
Dear Doctor: I am delighted to
see the decided stand which you aad
“Lutheran us" have taken against a
free conference. And I am sarprised
to know that other brethren, whom
we love, and for whom we entertain
ths highest regard, have expressed
themselves in its favor.
1 am opposed to a free conference,
because 1 can not ace that say ad
vantage would be gained by it, eith
er to the Northern or the Southern
wing of the cln;:,
If the object of this conference be
to unite the Meveral general bodies ia
a closer relation, then those who pro
pose it would do better, in nay humble
judgment, to r«UHj to a closer relation
ship among tfcsfeastirM fir*t— tbeu.
-MU mm mam %mv pt+ituttu ou WUICS
they are united, it will be tune
enough for us to discuss the pro
priety of uuiting with (I do not know
what—it—wttl - be named —probably,
General Synodical Council) the great
united body of Lutheranism ia the
North. Until then I think we may
safely remain in oar present condi
tion. Up to the present time 1 have
ssen no reason to regret our aeparu
lion from the old General Synod—oo
reasou for oar return to it—sad none
why we should seek a union with the
two combiued, if that were posai
We were conducted by Bro. G. to
the residence of Mr. I , by whom
ami his family, we were courteously
received, aad at ouce commenced
patting aside oar frosra trappings
and exposing oar benumbed feat and
aching Angara to the genial heat of
a cheerful fire. After thawing awhile,
sad removing from the hirsute sec
tions of oar facial department sec
— * [:
i;l ulebtcd to the! Ciceronian
yf Roanoke College, for is
invitation to thlir celebra
te 22d of this mejath.
and augraoeftil attitude*. Some
were evidently oblivious to afl sur
roundings, for they were puffing
and blowing like porpoises is a
rolling sea; whilst others wm
vainly courting the friendship of
Morphea*. bat were evidently ia
that condition of provoking equi
poise when man is neither asleep
nor awake, and from which there
seems to be no way of delireraae*.
For a while we were am cued at fee
ticket t
tion od
Hereafter the Lutheran Visitor will
be issued on Thursday of feoeh week,
instead : of Wednesday, j Arrange
ments tii the Printing O Bee make
the chined necessary. We hope the
change Mil be egm-ald s to most
fish as all important t<-
ishsseot, and as he wa
to a convention of chun
ha desired to be libera
with brain power. V
proprietor of the Exeha
of the theory of the n;
the practice of the div il
informed; but as the “IT I
hath it, u Esk fobulo do I
theory of. the natur<u ;l
true, yet under peculia: i
ees may prove iuuneu*> 1 I
to fish, and pecuniar|\ 1
to landlords.
Mr. Editor and reader K
been able to get out of Ci I
out protracting this cons
to an unreasonable len.I
next article I ;*ro;»os< *-il E
town—adding wncli item I
interest as come under I
tionj and by' M#pko
whole with some reflect a I
cral character.
YALI.fl
bers at least.
however that It “did not pay”oor
uhiquitoo* shawl was transformed
into a pillow, and we lay down to
rest, bat not to sleep. In a little
over an hour we expected to disem
bark, and beside* had to ran dowa
s grade of one hundred and sixteea
feet to the mile, and float id the
atmosphere whilst crossing a long
tresale-work at an elevation of soam
ninety or a hundred feet from toe
bed of Cheat river. Although con
scious that 1 was of no account, tai
the night ao dark that all otyeeti
outside were invisible, yet If any
mishap occurred I wished to be wide
awake.
Nothing happened to excite sa-
pleasaut apprehension*, and the
train rotted smoothly along, pass
ing one station after another, until
we reached the vicinity of Grafton,
when the iron tongue of the brama-
mouthed sentinel announced to all
whom it might coooera, to gut oat
of the way and give the iron horse
a wide berth. The blazing furnaces
of the machine shops, the steuch of
atone coal, uumerou* gas lights, and
countless trains, with their hissiag
engines and horrible shrieking, gave
assurance that the end of our jour
ney had been reached. Thanking
God for his kind protection by the
way, we left oar moving palace and
stepped upon the platform, anxious
ly looking about for Bro Dosh, whom
we here expected to meet on bis re
turn from Wheeling; but he was
so* ret We were now in a qaaa-
dory and without a plan; but just
at the critical moment, our young
friend, Kohlhousea, came to the res
cue and conducted us into the Rail
road Company’s splendid hotel, which
occupies the triangle or space form
ed by the junction ot the Parkersburg
branch with the main stem. We chat
ted awhile, and as U was growing
late, we parted for the night, aad I
retired to rest—the w^y bring led by
a polite servant of sable hue, or,
as the eloquent Currau remarked,
“God’s image carved in ebony.”
Gas lights burned in the main
halls all night—train* were oontin-
o*Uy arriving and departing—aad
with the ouafuston and clatter inside
and outside, we did not sleep very
soundly, nor long at any one time.
1 am loth to giro, satisfied that
least publicly said the better far
Church both North aad Booth.
& Hofiouau, of the Balti-
eartising Agency, have been
Not long after starting, the great
■ton- boose of the sky again dis
persed with a liberal hand it* ample
supplio* of supw, aad we were coat
ed at all tangible point*, of whirb as
few as possible were left exposed.
The read eras almost a continuous
ascent, literally aa uphill boaioess
for eighteen miles. Occasionally we
passed a large ban* aad comfortable
farm boose, bat generally the dwel
lings were log, small in sue, and
aaooatb ia appearaaoc. Far as the
eye extended on either bead, every
object was clothed ia a mantle of
white, and the leafless forests, ioe
bound streams, cold looking rocks,
and glaring fields preaented a pros
peel anything bat inviting. Way ap
along the Weak sules of the wouu
tains the winds were having * hob
day, sail occasionally sent down a
greeting to all outsiders in the val
leys below. After awhile we came
within the sphere of tbrir wild
■port—when the snow, almost frozen
to fee, would strike os by toms, in
its playful moods, front aud rear,
right and left. We bore these' pro
vokiag sallies of good humor with
great coolness of body aud compo
sure of mind, never shifting oar
more.
ootnpc
busim
from }
South
baildii
oar Boa there Church, that the pro
jectors of the free conference, U|*>b
mature aud prayerful reflection, wifl
abandon It as both impolitic and
premature. J. F. ( VMPBELL
count tf>
tinue b i
la its present organization the La
theran Church in the South W (level
oping itself, and
Incidents nf Trend.
On Bstiday evening when we came
in sight of the ohareh, it waa man-
Jflmt from external indicstfems that
the attendance w** large. The re
usmtiy fallen now had much im
proved the roods—the evening was
fair—the new place of worship had
its attraction*—and the people were
not inclined to “neglect the ssscai
bling of themselves together, as the
maimer of same fe.” The exeirises
commenced at aa early hoar, and
Bro Capp held forth the word of
life in bis usually clear, logical, and
impressive manner. The services
preerritied for smreinealal seasons
being had, the disciples of the Lord
Jesas present devoutly approached
Free Confer
growing more rap
idly than it ever did before,
now united, with
hap*, of a portion of the North Car
olina Synod; and a greater degree
of harmony and churrb love prevail
amongst us than heretofore. The
church is just now in good working
order under the new regime; why
then shonld we break up—dirinto
grate—and lose all that we have
gained f and make another *ammer
sault, not knowing where or how we
It is
ths exception, per
Tcnca :—“The thermometer was 26°
below zero several days aud nights
Christmas week.
ii from the Stand ird : | i
|e Conference lie ween the
Df the General C >unctt and
(he General Syr »d of the
strongly urged y the Im-
4 ‘.Missionary. T iere is no
(reason. why this]should be
' the movers in t le matter,
s Hot apply eqn fly in the
Edit<
' I
mctnbej
those o
South i
theran <
doubt i
desired
which (3
case ol
Soutbrt
the Get
an opp
of. the
South \
It certainly was
the coldest weather I ever felt. The
wind wa* blowing all the time a
perfect gnle. When I see in your
paper, the Lutheran Visitor, that
you have flowers blooming in the
open air, I think, oh I if I only lived
climate ( I
Ecclesiasti
-- LUTHERAN
Kanzel Gemeinechaft
Davenport, Iowa, united
giving day with Mfitiwx
au d Oongregatioaalists i^t
ship. Glsd he did. If h
have done H on earth, h
hsve had the privilege
k * *~- — — -
m such a nice, warm
could not live out here, it seems to
me, if I did not get my Visitor. I
look as anxiously for it, every Tues
day, as I would for the arrival ot an
old dear friend. My paper of the
11th of January did not come nntil
the 18th, owing to the snow at Chi
cago which detained the mail.”
Maryland 1 “I am growing more
and more in love with yonr paper
prefer it to auy of our church organs.
will land f
I am opposed to a free conference,
because I believe the majority of our
minister* aud fey men are not ki favor
of having it. This being the case,
the Bouthern church would be bat
imperfectly represented. Those who
are favorable to it would attend, aud
those who are opposed to it would re
main at home. The same would be
true in regard to the two general
bodies in the North
in the South i who arej
to the Conferei ce, there
i ; he move-
suspicion—all 'the more,
because the s roe men
o anxious to hf ve a free
with the Sooth fire rather
with the
are 80i
favorab
are oth<
ineut vp
no donl
who an
j aliQ look upon
i Suspicion—all
1 because the slime
Hufleriugs and death (we trust) in
ti»« exercise of that faith which ap
propriates the unspeakable blessing*
of hia sacrifice se an offering ooce
for the aioa of ths world, it was to
your correspondent a deeply noleinu
and interesting occasion. We were
fiu- from boom, and among strangers,
except in holy sympathies. We were
among the first ia the new temple of
ths Most High “to show forth tbs
Saviour** death until be domeand
as oar glad traversed the shadowy
future of coming years, the thought
arose, who will be the lost witnesses
for Jesus ia the neat church that
crown* the brew of this commanding
summit T Long may It be preserved
a* the pteosof God's holy habitation.
There may kia name* be recorded,
and there may lie continue to visit
and bless hia people, from generation
to generation.
Before the
with the
shy of
West”
a conference
sight in the deep and gloomy ravine.
Troops of laaghing boys aud girl*
were oat aa before, sliding dowu the
hills—snow-balling each other—vo
cifaraasly shouting—and generally
giving vent to the peut-ap forces
of young life. 1 wondered then, am
wondering now, and always expect
to wonder, what poerible motive
could have induced the location of
a school boas* la such s place. In
riding along I was particularly struck
with, and greatly admired the inag -
m tilde and symmetry of trees not
un frequently to be met with upon
these mountain height*. On my way
1 also passed several burial ground*
of these natives of the mountain*,
and looked with a sad heart upon
their massive forms, now prostrate
upon the earth, yet impressive in
death. Erect, and with commanding
mien, had they met the fury of the
blast, and defied the destructive want
of the whirlwind and the storm.
Swayed to and fro for oeotimea by
the angry elements, they hod yielded
at last; and, like grim warrior* upon
the field of battle, lay, in proatfeca
oa* rain, to feed the growing decay'.
cral Cotjn
thinks jjr<
The advocates
of the free conference would go, with
their preambles, resolutions aud
speeches aU ready, and have every
thing their own wop.
This, then, would be the entering
wedge of discord iu the Southern
General Bynod.
Synods
we can
proves tl
spirit dji
the Gori
the Council in i egard to
ifins. The West s passed
General Synod,.! forth, rtf-
: adneements, but j he litt*e
general, the graft Lovitp
Please
Virginia .-—“There is too much of
a revolutionary spirit amongst us,
and so little of that moderation and
Christian fineness and conservatism
without which we will go to pieces.
Let us discuss freely and fully what
ever is conscientiously regarded a*
y<>od for the church by her ministers
and people. If an article betrays
.Suppose the disso
lution of the General Synod, Sooth—
Aa a body, ws will not
fords iu
■V r .j;
.Souther
than tliii
do not a
what then f
go to the old General Synod, or to
the General Council. Nor, os Byn
od*, wiM we go to any of these. The
disintegration once commenced, who
can tell where it will stop f As ma
jorities or minorities of district Byn
ods, some may go to one, and some
to the other; while some of as do
not, under existing ciroainstance*,
intend to go to either. Then, instead
of a united ebarcli in the Booth,
strengthening every day, we woakl
be divided into flfetions—and instead
of helping end strengthening each
other, end laboring together for the
if© an easy prej.
(4a t :
.MO. 1 .
drked out of thi
Nothing waa
to .save frtofi destruction, to|]
from utter (annihilation, tl*
Ioffe us
ireserVe
< Evan-
I of our
Af Christ, but J the fo£
the General Sfinod in
And that {little as
ongh nnmerieatty weak,
and morally! jBtrong,
, jgutded and preserved
! It occupies 4ntheran
has-a Confession, Lit-
paiMfr, aljfe from
u^ath of life, <jf truth,
destroy it—an —chaos
pi'llaiion and eon lition. - v
tiou of the vessels are seat to Balti
more, and from thenoe shipped to
the West Indies, where they are
have ret,
'•oliege at Boorboo, find.
Jfntly, it is said, th.
ha* been oppose <
!*■“ *y»te!n* Of education
Has fully determined to ti
lm Portant institation >f»e
of /Vwyer.—-Tht
remind* its n
the hour of nine on Sat
,m, £, ha* fong been act
,nany ebriatians as a sea
W oooeerted pray*
■“K upon the preaching ,
follni, ir> rr
gelical
•agar, or other staple prodoetions,
and seat to the various markets
of the world.. The original inhabi
Oqx chamber had bat ooe window,
aud that was closed by heavy bii»d»;
and although unobserved when we
retired, the cousequeucc was, we
were anable to deteiuuue when night
ended and day be«au. The doabt-
fsl point, after considerable reac
tion, was decided by au exploration.
The blinds were thrown open, the
pore light of day let ia, and oar
toilet made; when we descended to
North) A
of fit Peter’*
were finally brought to a close, the
opportunity was embraced to apeak
a few parting wards of enooarage-
■rent to the Utile flock among ths
aociatiooji
Their descendants love the moun
tains, ood turn its immense forests
to profitable account; and by this
racaas put iu circulation a large
amount of money of which they
would otherwise be destitute,
It was- late in the day when we
closed our investigations at the
was bUtthi
by the Ibi
ground ; 1
urgy, n e
abfivc, tj ic
of
trill lw odr
I