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THE LUTHERAN VISITOR. COLUMBIA, S. C., JUNE 23, 1871 Columbia, &. Staunton, ‘/n essenit £4, hm ly • in non essential* t *1 -A- _» _ft **• ft M »« fl/f things, charity” :== w ! l ffCI44. KOTICXS. motet to-made Baik Checks. or tJ»e< r can not to obtained, i4 a Reoistkrro Let- tets an' oblig'd to required. gent to subscribers until der Eo discontinue is 1 r©- aifraragea are paid; m w. Merely retwroii mg a itfef- distinct are old Not only but also of <vwb Ml that the and accnrw Marriagf* "IS business li tiou. pniter by mail, is not ns relating to *ub- gfve their names very carefully indicate which hich are new an torn here, name of the pout office, of t Tie county and State r is necessary, in order eut iet> may to promptly mm 1 e. *1 c hituarv notices, intruded for publics en separately, and to receive proper fttten- Organ Church. *? Wo left Mfc. Pleasant on Friday morning, in a very pleasant mood. We felt well; we had passed our time profitably and most agreeably ; had found out that we were right in thinking that the good brethren on the Mount did not differ as much from those who dwell in the plain, as diffcreuco iu locality and altitude made it appear; the day was pleas ant ; the country charming, present ing the rich variety of scenery which a well watered and rolling country always excels in; the crops looked promising; the clover fields scented the air with their delicious fragrance; Selim stepped out as if driven by Henry Ward Beecher; and we, that is, Brother Cone and onr own self, were in a few hoars after starting, enjoying the comforts of the parson- are pointed. The whole does credit did Aaron and Onr the hands of Mo- both to pastor and to peopla. The , sea, and sastain*and onnnwage hint organ, from which the church ha* it* in hi* labors of love among os, with name, is silent; the intention is, 1 oar prayers, oar labors, oar Christian however, to procure another. Organ j sympathy and loro. •church must jmve no shams in it; its i Aa n church we adept members must be faithful servants the tender, loving and pathetic lan of the Lord; its organ most have ***** of Rath, I: Id—“We ea rn ask in it. itiwnt thee not In leave en, or to re The congregatiou wss large, and tnrn town following after ns; thy into itn possessor Is destiny. “Children, Lord,) how hard is it for that trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God! It is for a camel to go through the eye of s needle, than for a rich man to eater into the kingdom of God!” The Iloty Hptrit every where its solemn votes against the >f Address. The Poqfioffice address of Rev KSchelber# n is c langed from Gfave Hffl to Is ray, page county, Va. Correspondents \fill please note the change. Rev. J. tie meat, still have subscril you the glad that tinue the and kuow ont it by deeds Honor Rev. H. S.O., with the think now theran 1 ont, and n Brother he contril obtains sul the paper and persev er brother per to puff from his wonderful never sent learn that ever he thij near to tak< The cup of lull. A Word! of Cheer. , Cu^p, of .German Set- Yirgima, writes : “1 promise of several uew >r ujhich I hope to send soon. W© all hoit we could all would say [ well is by words; truly to cou ve it, o with much Honor is Due “ ? Tingard, of Netoberry, [us two new subscribers, itifyitig statement: 41 my people take the Im- |f not, I ^ill tiud ;ce them to subscribe.” is a working nmn; uable articles; he ribe -s, and works for ieerfdly, gratuitously, iglyi We have anoth- always wants the pa- 0 publish Extracts ty piper concerning his biletlc feats, yet he has ubseriber, and we it aud us, when- it there 'is * no one rt of the absent, iniquity will jpoon be I A person Brandt; tlieran minis < vinity, is like by the name of aims to he a Lu d a Doctc r of Di na what v c learn, to turn np so {nowhere in Sou ;h Caro- for a br ef time , he next appear- which lu left for letter wi us found aied jthat, wea; y of lifo t himself to t he deep, t hold lijim. Ho. gton, H C.; ap- Charlctte; did lina. He in Alexan ed in Norf< parts nn in which he would but the deep then went to ^ peared not pay his I leaving a effect that, apprecia sphere. Hi not born to pur ministers their guard.! exactly what we like a worshipping assembly to he. They are Lutheran in doctrine ami practice. We frit at home—and our prayer is: “Lord! bless both pastor and people.* 1 We met after services with several friends, whose utxjtmiuUncc we had made In former days, and were ha;v py to fiud that they were fntthfol. true, aud happy in aud blessed by the Lord. One we missed—Colonel Paul Ileilig; we learned, however, that tie had removed to Salisbury, age. How we could have rented ! nni | had not, like many of whom w© How we could have indulged in the! drier far nicate! How we have sat on that porch and dreamed, aud thought poetry—we can not writo it—and almost lost to the pres ent, lived over the past and antici pated the future! But there is no paradise on earth without a tempter. Brother Cone was ours! lie had so much to con verse aliout, and the conversation was pleasant He had so much to could tell, left his Kvangelical Lutb could era n ism behind him. How we do abhor scalawags! those who went out from among, but were not of us. Rev. I>r. Mayer, of Philadelphia, nsed to say of snch: “They are de serter*, and ought to be shot 11 We do not think it necessary to waste powder and lead on them; they coot tnit suicide fast enough. If the man whose lot God cast* in the Lntheruu church will not serve God within her show us, and it was worth showing, j pale, such an one will not be permit He has got a flue place, aud is—His a pity though—a very good farmer. Why a pity T Ought not a man to ted to serve Him anywhere elae. All he boihlit is wood, bay sad stubbie. “Every man's work shall be made people shall be our people, ami God our God.” U* For the Lathmaa Viator Ths Danger of Rishat. be a good farmer 1 To be sum, if he j manifest; for the day shall declare is a farmer. But a good farmer is it, because it shall be revealed by apt to be a’ poor preacher, and a' lire j aud the fire shall try every good preacher is apt to be an indif [ mao's work, of what sort it to.* ferenfc farmer. We sjieak from ex perience. We do not object to a small' piece of laud, say ten acres, which the minister, with the aid of a boy, can work without robbing his study or hU jiastoral work of valua ble time; uay, we believe the manual labor will prove beneficial to the minister's physique, and the change of pursuit rest and iuvigorate his mind ; but uufortunately, what man, minister or not, is satisfied with a farm of ten acres ? Nevertheless, Brother Cone has a delightful tabernacle; he lives liter ally and figuratively in clover; hi* home is cheerfal ami sunny, and Mrs. Cone understands to perfection the ways of the doth. She does not interfere! We are under the great est obligations to both for their nn remitting and unobtrusive kindness and hospitality, and are fully resolv- After services, wt* went to Mr. Moses BarrtarV We stayed aith him when the Genera! By trad met at Organ Synod ; we met a* old friend*. ’ *"9 *•* ^ ctaring and grasping, Mrx Barringer, ou wfioin time sits ■ ted the highest happiness in Uftcd aphis rjr*. XTl: M. 1 The great intrresta of the soul are not only endangered by the prof ligate expenditure of richen npou nn worthy object*, but may be a lan through the dotihtoM or hsordfaf disposition of it* poaseasor. A non receives the d map; a-ofti tiou of the Lonl. TV servant to whom waa committed the one pound, and laid R up in a napkin, wa* expected and required to make a profitable use of it, and because be foiled so to do, wo* adjndgrd and condemned. There in a rlaa* of wealthy men who have no disposition to lavish their means in empty show sod extrara gant living, and they * consequently do not stand ia peril from this qoar ter, lait froai a eraviag dealer to la rreone their wealth and hoard their riche*. lake the remocseta— daagh ter of the home leach, their inert as lag cry ia for awre. If miarrlj ia dbponitioy. gold ia their gnd, and they lore it and worship it parrly and sapronely, for its ask# Oa the other hand. If lightly, is a* kind and a* intent on serving a* ever; and Mia* Barringer, wluvn we left a little child, is now an accompliabcrl young lady, and we do not wonder that no many travel the nan! that lead* to Mr. Barrier’s mill. We enjoyed ourselvea; oar appetite was good ; and the milk- why the valley of Virginia doc* not afford better; we wanted to stay, but Brother Cone vetoed it, and dragged ns off four, five, six, e%cr! so many mile* to Tenners church, where be had another ap|s»iutment for us. But, oh! lie did make a* work, aud travel, and get subscriber*. The very recollect ion of all we went wearing farther arqaisitiaaa. inducements ana tempt the « part aith his god, and Influence the other to any portion of his means apua object* that do not |Wtuniar a naturally disposed to place in riches; and by preorpt and example points to the awtttl doom of snob as disre gard its admonitions. To all in their wealth, In the multitude of their it a tiers it© waraiag eeveet: “If riches Increase, set not your upon them.” “Ye can not God and Mammon.* Trust ia Hj destroys trpst in God; and he who devoutly kneels at a shrine of gold, con not “warship Odd, who is a Spirit, hi spirit aod in troth.” Trusting in riahes Is a Irons for of the heart Si affection from the fVeatoe to the malars It to giar log idolatry ; and “all tdolstors shall have their port in the lake which jmrnclh with fin* sod brimstone, which to the aroood death ’ A Wealth to calculated to foster a proud, selfish and tyrannical spirit; to the neqatoitioa ef power and not a ufreqneatly wgto of ;»rotertioa to the character of an nupiincipled end iafamow* nun It thus lead* to aa and presumption; to itself undo* aod predisposes its poearaaur to dis regard law and public opinion. The -rich man wrap* himself up ia the tie ef inordinate self esteem to adc aod in sales t ia his iater- aith othara—to impatiewt of md aablushingty im pugns the nrrrrideatiai rarrmarnt of God. He look* with UTO- by vanity, or the self import ©are, he to be the creator ef tmwpertif e ef aa evevH himself over rohog t “U not than g ykm that I have built for of the tuagvkmi hp At Bab sad Aw the csty r This a Mini sSmI of my auy ottered than timeot ed, if duty docs not forbid, to eujoy through make* n* tired; we ttore- ag-aiu the pleasure of feeling that we fore tog leave to tell the rest of onr arc among true friend*, eveu though ! ejjdoits in our next. Brother Cone will ride aiul walk us j •• • • abont. However, we think we hud For ths Lathersn Yhitar. the advantage of him : the country , rom men cement Week at Wal halls nir always makes us sleepy ; it i* iy* i toil and ftyu*)8e epist ifinutierstood would seek ever, as il eparted, e to tbh^ and not another t seeing Wle advise j.people tb be on |»nre, unadulterated ox gin, and we an- request. <1 to ai.aoouce that 4 did some lengthy sleeping iu that mtUMl tri P will he tosoerf from same parsonage. StOtkme on the Greenville A Co- Sunday came, however, bright, j hmibia iUilnwiI, to A tale rum, f»r beautiful, and cxliilirating. iVhat *wh persons as may desire to visit s the reason that nature always j" *!balla on the above (wcasioa. rears a smiling face, a happy look, j ^ ,r tfoket* t(* ■ <n©a»etire aa [ iind her most brilliant colors ou “the j an4 * 0n the Sfltli | the day of all the week the beet T \V© privilege to return free cm said tick were bonud for Organ churcA, and l ‘* s *° expire oa the 1st day of 3eliu» was not slow iu taking n* here. Sena years have iwwwed Ticket* inti*t In ufl rsm^ Is* pur since we saw it; but the whole wa* rha*ed from the Agents, or tlieprivi familiar to us. It is the same grove, n,n not u ' available, exr.*|H In with the same grand oKl tree*, real i tickets air not *.»»«! at patriarohs; the graveyard, too, is point where parin'* take the the same, only it contains many fresh tra * ,w - graves. It ought to be hallowed ft ta thonifht the Bine Ridge Rail ground to all Lutherans, for many of road wiU extra,\ the *amc privilege, the saints sleep there, anti among ald Wf> attendance them Rev. C. A. O. Stork, the father (tom •*> q«*rters np«m the eUming Of Dr. T. Stork, of Hiladelphia, « xeret*e© at College and the laying of 1831; Rev. H. Graebcr, 1843; Rev. the stone. Daring the we. k J. A* Linn, 1862 ;^nd Rev. D. I.! there will be nddreMes by Itev. W. erete* 4inl hides away from the knowledge of the world Ids cherish ed treasure*, whilst the other forest* his mmdi as rapidly aa they acrwmv late ia lands, stocks or bostnsro Approach them when yoa will, io behalf of wane good objert, or char ity small or great, they have lag to give—©re always ne*d> hard prv—d to meet their »et»u! With them u ia try to be always ia debt, whteh aa •wen* the • too his pqrpose of a spar display of Gad's to stimulate to effort, aod ©too sen es •*» record tor a* a plausible pretext for not adnto * foarfol proof that Jte guards with teriag to the neersaitoes of othsrw, or "wropoloos jrakmsy the aboolate ©ov cootrttmtiog to the csunr of God io eveigwty of Tit* throne, and that He the erection of church**, or the |<rop- will by no moons spore the guilty, * gat ion of the Gospel. who forget Him ia the day of prow The rich prodigal and the board |<er»ty, and fewnaptawii) reotsre , opkrto mm tto its false was signally lent king smitten to the is awooder- fol infatuation about wealth. It is a snare skiltfelly and adroitly set; and alas t ft to eminently sooeessftil. The arch fiend even essayed its blandishments in connection with earthly aggrandisement npon the Boo of God himself, bat the bane bribe was rejected, sad the foal spirit rebaked. Book, in oooclaskm, are some of the considerations tending to ©stab- lish the troth of oot proposition, that riehea are daagwroos; not that ia nod of themselves they done the door of mercy against the opulent miit for with God all things are possible—bat on account of the rs- spomsibihty growing oat of their pos session, and the various temptation* to evil which they originate aod pre •eat A for inferences, by way of im prove a»ent, and we are dooe. L The poor of this world, who ore rich ia faith aod beira of the king dom which be hath promised to thorn that love him, may derive oowtfort from this doctrine. f#;Your appointment iu life to by divine direction, or iwrmissiou; for the Lord maketh poor and moketh rich, he bringeth low and lifteth up. God to the judge; he patteth down one, and sHteth up another ; and the judge of all ths earth doetb right Therefore, cultivate a spirit of resig tiou to yoar M is life; because, god lines* with coats*tme*it to great gain; for w* brought nothing into the world, and U to certain we can carry nothing oat; and having food aud raiment, tot os be therewith con teat; for the liUk that a righteous man bath is better than the riche* of assay wicked. fajYoor reeponoiMity to not so great. The Lord, it stoy lie, in hi© providence, has only entrusted to you one tolnt; but It to accurding to your ability, as ranch as you con skilfully handle and profitably use, and for the wise administration of which yoa only will be bckl ac countable. Murmur not hecattaoyoa have not received more; neither through tooth fatness bide It in the earth; hat cheerfully put it ont to the exchanger*, that w hen the Lord rerknoeth with thee at his coming be may reoriv# his own with usury . “Ocenpy nntH I come" is aa injnnc tkm the Master has laid ajms all, without respect to ooodHion ia life. The Lord to not a banl man, reaping where he ha© not sown, and gather ing woridliag mntoally reproach «|«m Ills other, whilst neither calmly them (Taal t* Thnothyj that are rich weighs hto rewfHatsibiiity to God. at >• this world, that they he not high sppamitly take* a serums thought mioded, nor trust In uncertain riches, of a future reckoning, t'ootrolied but iu the living God, rto pirHh m* hr > rfok/g Hy guhl, every <1 warfe«l, every mmI the nrh m<tn lives to and for himself, irrespective gareliraw of the rlaiass of t»ml and man. There to then, aa w© have seen, great rnysntihly in fanner (too with riches, ami great peril Io Deliver us from Such Friends The Lutl fesses to Southern ch 1 »or ton ity torily and pass by. Not long which it to keep a would be number is A ians. Strang Southern min a sheet,' and We give thfi| Lands /hr are beginnin inevitable. 1 estates flkHl now for sal©.; Winchester bordering u thousands ed by the cultural the papers oversowing Missionary. ana Missionary pro- frieudlyi to the lets, no op- speak deroga; y of the South, Abstinence stated in an gregational a unanimous - j . *\ r 4 • of wine attj doubt our deemed many a mod t had an article in Swedish emigrants us, because they and iu a lato useer at Virgin- ing strange, that sre jail-1 support Such its high priest^ aspersion : te- -The Virginians i acknowledge the ds of the finest coibmon wealth are the valley near m Loudon County, this Potomac, are cjfland unsnrpass- ndaj of Ohio for The columns the State are hind sales.—Luth. Dreher, 1871. All good and true S- men, whose memory is precious, beside* the whom many bless; and we trust * stn dooU. that while Christ has a people and . an Evangelical church, descendants of those men of God and servants of Christ may stand before Him for ever. ij The church, too, i* the same, aud yet it seems to have undergone a Change, aud that for the better. We examine and find ont at last what is the matter; the doors aud window ©hntters have been painted. Well done, think we. We like to see the bouse of God kept neatly and iu to repof * Rirkc* gratification bf the sod high minded si* the too* by which the wealthy are lnort ou all from within *od from without world smtlrs, flatter* am! fawn* ti|«n* them, and oothuig but the grarr of God can rouateroct their |mrwly xiag ittflaroor, sod «avr the *wul from |>rr dltfon. The fmstoie graces of bnaiti if i, merkmos, pntlmrr and gudlimos are aanall.v exotic* in the abodes of wealth, demandfag nn weary tag at hto own selfish aggrsiHiiarmei<t tentlon to *cr*re rffloriacmcr and ( 3. Wraith engender* a strong dm- |*Mk*| vitality. The soil and clt |Kisitioti fa place a falfo estimate mate are sot congenial; aud *{i<iita*J Bowpisti aod R«v. J. Hawkins upon its impnrtaace, ami tba* leads lifo to the prirr of toecfdeas i igilaaor. the soul, arming from the fact that man ia nstarally predtopuarel either fa lavish hto sealth upon improper object*. or fa steel hto heart against every call of merry, and pander fa IIVIIil | exercises by the T. a B. For the bothers* Visiter. Rev W. 8 A meeting of the coogregation of the Wentworth 8t Luthcnm Chwrrb, ('harleston, wa* held after morning service ou Huuday, June 11, 1871, when the follow tag preamble aud reelv lutious were adopted and ordered to be published in the dally pn|>era, and the Lutheran Visitor: Rum into the temptatloa of trust tog fa it a* aa end. sad not hi “the liv ing God r This truth to faaght aod strikingly illustrated ia the «ad hto tory of the rirh worldling fa the Gos pel, who said to hto soul t “Boat, tboa hast mnrh good* Hud np for •may years; take thine ease, drink and be mem P Bat God In the gay hall* of the rich work) ling, where fanhtoualde foUy and oatcufatinns display are wont to role the hour, the more* generous and noble impulse* of the soul are dwarf , ed and finally crushed out. Koch a •fate of mind and heart to exceed eat, ’ ingly odious in the sight of God ; sod , said S Wiikkkah, our Iwloved Pastor, layetli n|* tromuire for himself and in Rev. W. & Bowman, having recently nut rich toaanl Oui" laui -We see it! that the Con- ordcr. We do not think much of received a call from a sister cbnreh,! cure* t * the religion of men who live in fine ; in the city of Savannah, accompanied , teem, and booses, and fare sumptuously every 4<ty, while they worship God on Hi* day in a rickety, roady-to-tnmble- down—and unfinished at that—slmit- tjf, which they are ashamed to call ‘four chnrchand if they, in addi tion to this, withhold from the taborer 0 bis hire, and thus starve the preacher, we are done with them. They may go to the Foxes, who have holes. We entered the chtinph, and did not believe our own eyes. We re raembered Organ church fixed np a* a kind of Noah's ark; now It is a cheerful, handsome sanctuary. The no mnrh security H ought not fa Mirprtor u* that lie unto him, “Tboa fool, tbt* night thy w ho "setteth the solitary in families." j *»ml »lt*U la re«|itireil of Ihn*: thru toumhl dstoi in pasws the huuarhokl whom' sliall tluor things be which gods, and scalier fa the winds the thou has prmotod I Ko to be * h*« l» ill gotten gain* of fiwntl and oyqirea man. Far “God will brtog dnara high looks, and hia» that hath a high look unyl a pnntd heart * ill to not snflrr." Yea, yoa may look fa vnia by a pecuniary proffer, greater than and happiness, that it to diflkwK for for him that was ia great power, sad the amount which we, as a church, in the carnal mind fa realm© the truth <q»ra*d Itimrelf as a green hay tree, j onr impoverished condition, are able fulnessGod’s Word, that “riche© . Yon may seek him, but be con not to beatow, (though not unwilling,), certainly make themselves wings and he found; for the finger at the land and whereas Brother Bowman hat fly away a© an eagle toward heaven.", hath touched him, and hi* boarded promptly declined it* acceptance, The fata! effort of tbi* indisfMWtioa wealth hath penahed. thereby giving additional proof (were to fB© fall credit to the testimony , a. Ftaally. Ukhea are “* mm, it nceiicd) of hto affection for tbto of inspiration, aa fa the tree nature j and lead into temptation and into chnrch, and pioo© devotion to its and tendency of riches, ia area fa many and hurtful last* which drown { spiritual welfare and iutercuta, chocs- the lamentable fart, that the heart to men in destruction aud perdition.” lag rather to suffer affliction with oa, alienated from God, wh© in tto ooly They wrnfcs a fair preteoee and prom j aud share in onr sorrows and joya, fonudathm of unfailing security mid ia© much, bat cheat Urn aoal out «*f , than enjoy plenty, comfort and ease ©olid comfort, and treat reposed fa the' eqjoymeut and comfort* of the among others, though of the siitne uncertain riches. Of all who tiros tree rich©*, and reader its condition ] faith; therefore who Uivaaoii ami act, it most he arid, ©La!. one of hfipeleaa poverty and misery;, swallow’s nest, high up against the Resolved', That the Wentworth thto to the mail that made not God - Morey ia a templing bait, aod to t Akron, has, byj wall, has disappeared ;yn its place street Lutheran Chnrch gratefully his strength, bat traatad fa the acquire mum . led the mion table. No! wofd and work arc, jof improvement by’ rou <1 be-reformer. it and are there is a neat, modern pulpit; the acknowledge their obligation* to Rev. abundance of hto riches, and atroagth l maned, and avaa life itself imimriled. ugly box that served a* nn altar is W». S, Bow man, for hto prompt ami coed himndf ia bto wu-keducaa.” The The “lore of it to the root of all evil, gone ftltey have now a chancel, with positive declination of the tempting tendency of rirlica to to harden the whicb, a bile some coveted after, an altar and a reading desk; the proffer, and. will endeavor, with h* art, beget * «k fiaet *|Hrit toward© Ibvjr hare «rrcd from the faith, ami j pews, galleries and all the wood work ! Ood’H helm to hold up bto hand*, a* ! God, and prcduti* the impression pierced through with he does demand a faithful improve meat at the talents which fa hto providence he ha* committed to onr keeping. (e/Dae poor are shielded from maay trmptatin— fa which the rich sre exposed, ia consequence at their affluent eirrnmstanees, with its nsw ally aUetHlaat profligacy at lifo and forgwtfnlness of God. Your* to aa humble *plw*re. and far imoved ftoo the and faidiiows,' that make the daily routine of n higher *urud lifo. All your artificial desires •wit not be gratified, and y on are are •ilively alive to yoar decadent po Your treasure* are not on rib. and your trine and Attention not entirely engrossed with the management of yoar temjiorwl inter esta. Ton have oppnrtnnity for re Anri fan. and yoar thoughts instinct ivety torn from the present and perishing, to the fatme and eternal; where the chafing distinctions of earthly society are unknown—where the aching heart Is at rest; and where all who ktpiw the I xml Jeans Christ, whether rich or poor, are kings and priest* unto God forever. “Blessed be ye poor, for yours to the kingdom of God.* “Bat wroe unto you that are rich, for ye have receiv ed your consolation* Be recon rag ed. and comforted by the example of Chriwl, who “though he was rich, for nor ashes lire*roe poor, that ye through hto poverty might be rich and by the exultant language of holy Ifanl, expires!ve of his own foldings, “aa poor yet making many rich $ aa having nothing, and yet possessing •II things.* lli* wa* a lifo of toil and privation, terminating fa a bloody death ; Hot he had been emi nently diligent ia the nar of hto IxmTs talent*, and now as the rich reward of hto stewardship, be w ear* a crow* of exceeding and eternal weight of glory. 11. The rich should be admonished of their jerll-of the danger and deceitfatness of riches, ami of their finty fa God aod man fa the wise administration of their wealth. Y«jThere to a danger on the one hand, lest H he footfahly squandered j and on the oilier, lest it be boarded for Its own sake. There to danger arising from a disposition to trout in it—to “make guhl oar hope, and fine gold our confidence.* And there Is danger growing ont of the many temptations it presents to depart from the living God, and indulge fa a grotificatkai of the fasts of the flesh and th« pride of tUb. (bfthe rich man should remember that hto wealth to the grit God »* that be to but a steward of hto Lord’s goods, aod that as such be must ren der on account of his xtewantokto- that be moot seek the glory of God is the disposition of hto property and “honor the Lord with hto ^ stance;* “that be be rich fa works, ready to distribute, willing t* communicate, faying up fa ator« for himself a good foundation agafaa the time to oome.” (cjfn eondndtng this exposition (> f scripture, we remark that they ore rich should be warned of tfa danger eoaoectod with It, by the HA death, and doom of the rich mat* \ n the narrative. He was prodigal of bis means—fan wealthy men *l*©ut hi© Lord*© money a© if % _ been hto own, and without the fam reference to hi© fiduciary relation. At death be waa summoned to q* dcr ou areoant ©€ bto treat a*| it* ruanagreront He ftmd rornfafa much, aod “nnia vtonmi to given, of him shall be quired.” He was accused of wasted bto Lord's judged an unprofitable coat into outer the deep ahyaa of bell be liftad ©p hto eyes, being fa torment*. Obj mtoerable red of a toiaapret Ufa And rest ran never dwell! That conn to all; but torture end 8tit! urges — * KIWHKAFRKISD. edited by aix miutotora fa tbs Gro ws! Council, difforinc from each other fa regard fa the actio© An General Council should hare taken, and the meaning at the official otter suer given by fa Btateofanto me made by one and contradicted fa the other. The other of unioau of ignorance and crime, of Inrdifa Hr- Betoa will be enmpeUed t© taka his amt with men ia the IVoasyir* nto By nod, ami Rev. R. Laird fa the Pittsburg Synod, who regard Mi- ICimrian opioiona as an! if they kiwi the power they exclude them, and all the and leaders whose divergencies sad criminatioos and recriminations wa have presented above, will be earn polled to ait together in tlm €1 enrol Council and accord to each otter / And aa the Lutheran giver its ^■■Ito opinion of the of the Ohaerrar, its editor obfoet fa onr giving onr renders tte judgment of “X. W n * a ent of the Standard, present character of the lAOheraa: “When Dr. Kraath edited the La lheron, it wras a noble and powerfid luntrwment for good, no far aa hit editorial* were concerned. Biaoette w v,- ■ , present editors have charge at tte paper, it has sadly degenerated ftwm its masentine character into decided weakness, or rather weaknesses. I pity the Council for not having bet ter advocates of its cans©, than tte f**ur dortors who edit the only paper «lcvated to it* interest*.” I a roly Time* Ahead.—The tost Zritnrkrift may lie styled an rote astiral Itotnb thrown into the camp of the General (Vmndl. whose «x* ploKion will wound if it does sot kit. It contains a nmfetoro ami declara tion from Prof. Wsltber, origiaafly published fa the IjUtheraner, a re joinder fa Dr. Weis*' answer Is tte history of the “mbsriteteP foam pss- tor Stoker, of Minnesota, six colaiam long, with a column and a half rf editorial comments, and the ptton toed history amt defense of the “OH Primsylvonia Standpoint," which jMistor Brobat maintain* he ha* re- enpied for more than twenty ye** It also covers aix columns. Tte ver sion of the substitute given by Br- Hein* is denied, the charge of havfaf been deceived by the last action st the General Council on the fear |toints made, and the votes p*** for ita l *incaster declaratimM nadrt' *neh mi«M|>prehetiftNHi, a ithdraw* both by Rev. Brobat and 1***" BH*kw. From the matter and ama- Dcr of tb(>ne deliverances, liwly lirore may be expected, if not at tte meeting of the Pennsylvania Kyaod, fa Easton, certainly at tte tteti meeting of the Genera! Council, *• Rochester. 1 Sunday Observance Among the Gff- mem*.—Pastor Grahnn, in hto Lie Warhende Kirch*, gives on a Lfr t heron Sunday tow which was to force 13fi years agtv HMmrieW* drag, boy* and girl* and aH rite**' are liereby tekMim, duriag divto* service, to loiter Iwforr tte rimn^h, er in the grsveysrd ; further, chorte ter* aud schoolmasters an* hereby commanded not to udmit any per**** • into the choir gallery who do not be long fa it, aud to prevent all talk tap and looking sboot. They ttt also to be careful that none of tte scholar* slip ont of church duriwP the sermon'Ve wish «uch » l 51 * were in foree now. •f Mbfoo the Ifatik Giirrit «■ ■ 1 / s-srjr 1 a—i co, ^0 l ©^iective b c *» A, TiI r 1 ^ gpoo tte folte* K : • ankm tetweei Jfo » * mcrHt p UT.-ORn f la order fa thto Uni te Doctrine to n©cf ^ in praoiro* tle^i ITtte Holy ^ only tofoWble rote ^ y. The tree hood of I*i - < m - - “to th m k Ute frmtr- 1 '} tmtod, Orel Tte nitolteml Aup- i* the tree bond *x Ik© O-horehes of i.| letter*** Bynod*. 3*. Th© three Ancient oW rfc.r<*.m. ««» l the oaaltered Aogrimrg < u »getter with ths Apolog Artfalro, Cotter»s larger a.j < rieehtoma, and the Form owi ftitfeMl) «xbibit «b. taught fa tte Word of Go to be ree filh. The right of privsi pretfagwoy ailicto of the Creed, with tte design of uurotrqrrtnn th; it by tte acknowleilj • Cbnreh to i versivc of a onsoon fail s: k Br. at strifo nod fa believe and tenc ia our 8yi to tteir Holy Boersm, ■‘N - \ S. • >- t |\ ' y . K S *.V t tte iu tte wxmto (Mat xxvrif : Iff.) (Mat.«^ (IriCreit»-3jk) 8th. Tte Word of God are tte only and are saffictout i to convert the shim taMtoh the believer. Ml It to admitte*! that t should be preached, (2d Tin ^,)aoi that the Holy Spi modem to ©ffeeanal; but it that Bto divine influence* snfaect Id tte human will. A) By thto however, we 4* tend to tench, that tte op-rJ the Holy Bptrit u;*on tinj heart, may not be restated t| Htraotton at tte soul. 10th. In regard fa the ro<*| ducting public wondiip. ij eansmence Khowkl not Is* i »ith. tart there should be i miiformity aa pmwftiie. wrhit! ftdteriou fa gennim' Lotta sew 11th. As tte reiiginti of l*ei to something that midiv? I the undemanding and tbff '-tt- •N, I V-.' : .v donbt, a wise and jwdk-iou > «f tte Church, far etdiglitr format and exciting the affi^ the latter and therefore, n nj nary eirtumstanc©*, shoul< l.v adhered to in reforence dates far Chnrch menibersi therefore dtoapfirove of tin •f any meamre that neoe*s; to it* abritahmem, or that 00 °todrretl fa it* naturv tute. 12th. A unifortti system p Diacipliue should be adopt-« forced. ■■ctiox 2d.—srKoi.v Of the Person of Ckn S|]Kv Chrtot ia both Gotl bold tbe God-mnu soft ^ a, d that now lie ta, J .to bath natures every when Human Depravity. Depravity ta tii fy ^ Adam’s sin, uauvci aU Adam's |K»sif-i hn it effect* the wbole i totter* to all evil. * *bummu nar innste • * tmih^al moral diau< netxemsarv to > 7**y <* Adam, a* t ' fatne of Christ s ttal, mork ’ iH W i _ Jaatijkatiaa. is jnuiM by faith |p^. -«f Christ. - works ore the toga »i fruits of Jauifoa Regeneration. grueratioti is a new liiV J m "8bt fa ,„ Mtl %ty tfe, fIl) , o *w*nw ..*■ a- Mio • • o -v w . . Roptixm. ** ve and teach tUnt au<i i# ,,M •"-l-v i, ,T K ' u< ‘ rHti " n; I s.w 1,1 t,l '‘ Wlse of childn UtarL ^ baptism, a* to ui.i j A*. ■ i. i J • f