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■. » a k ■ % j.. ✓*v Friday, August 4, 1871. Hkv. a. 4-fctDE, 1).D., Columbia,k C. [.ER, A. M., Staunton, Va. Kkv. J. 1. ^'.xJMEdMk: seiibcrs, distinctly, arc old a Not only Iffilti YHlifoi. A^MBIA, S. C* © EDITORS KemiHapces! uniat bo made hooka, tit Hunk Cl ten »r ML If these can not no obbUnetl, u<mey in a Rboistkkrd Lkt- ’[iWtiniiators are obligt'd to Office < Milinfs, if posnibb 1 send the Tkr. M remaster iqflqrBjwheB nsqnired. ijent to subscriber* until order to discontinue is re al Arrearages art* paid, a* taw. Merely rot timing * he l>oiK*r by mail, is not anf- Ih % unity ; in non c**ential* i» all thing*, charity." rnt'iAL womens. lu Fret capers an expire** reived, a4^ required number o ' ficient. All con inun eat ion* relating to *ul>- ’ijnnld give their names very ifid carefully indicate ; which which are new subscribers. _ name of the post office, Hut also lult >f tbewcoimtv and State * necessai , lu Cb ia able tj ami iu KuoedI nesflee. H|-4 of each si bkcriWr ia Wboeasary, in artier that the pi t>j er entries may bo promptly and accun h ly made Marriag | an(d obituary notices, and other mat hi * Intended for publication, should lie ih itten separately, and uait in business 1 tt ei>, to receive proper atten tion. Hail H iiiSAtaresaiitaoiMMnaiMmta Minister Wanted J ,& #fl| nboga, Tenu. One who pijeacb both in German nglisli. Addrtvss John ^ip,* Ohattanooga, Teu- RflWrn of a Missionary. The vt Heye.r, instant, ninth bit The im ginin is of the 2lt on the eerued wi «rap Missionary, Father wl from India the Oth celebrated his oeventy- ln£r last week. f Correction. Received StephentSljHi acceptable perfectly fipujtis had not f of the Synod of Vir- printed in the Visitor nly, on the 12th, Bit >f August. All J lease bear this in miujd. tameless ately a letter from T. Va., which \?as wonhl have name. fffl! add actory brkotteu Ors Dear is higbWj who liavti good wc am doii within tl this StaC -^4 the writer to sign rom Mississippi. For ni. r iiv 'our excellent ppper dated by all it, and is.doitjg u the church hen. I I can to circulate it bounds of our Chore i in Ret r« |Dr. Jacobs, vjears a I'rofesso 1‘ennsyltJ nia College, is dead. Jacobs Wiis opu among the purest, meekest i pd most couscidntioti a of men.* T|< se rlo knew him the pest loved hirfi the most. has redeemed us; we have three on- failing tokens of God’s pardon of peace, and of eternal life—eveu the water with which we ate washed, and the blood with which we are re deemed, and the Spirit which is a witness to us who believe. “By grace are ye saved through faith." Does your heart burn within you t Or is it cold and dead T While in Charleston wo went with Mr. It. O. Chisolm, the devoted superintendent of St. John's Sunday- school) to the new chapel erected for the school. O, but it is a beautiful structure. We kuow how to admire it, how to coinmend the superinten dent for his faithful and zealous per severance itt the cause, to which he is so entirely devoted; bnt we know not how to give an intelligent, and “as it ought to be done," ac count of the edifice, and avail our selves therefore of the skillful pen of our friend, Miyor J. Mnrrel, of the Charleston Courier: ; An Attractive Edifice.—A contract of a similar kind he has evar at- that claas; he applies the torture to no one can dester to aee repeated, tempted. The building ta on » brick ns to the best of his ability, and TV* equal righto of all American dt- fonndatiou, three and a half feet watobea smilingly for the effect* ia*)» were vindicated by violence, high, and ia pointed with cement for In eomdueion, what right has ami Md oersf be disputed again, preaervatiou. IU frame is nearly all rani* to dictate to tut True, iht — Hoston /W. of seasoned lumber. Both that and South i* conquered, hot the church i* ^ — the flooriug are oontributioiiM to the »tiU independent. So carpet hag w * oblf Wo,i * school, tlie ceiling* are nineteen large enough to hold it. m , f«-t hiKh, with thw bn>utift.l ra-nlrr l« »«■ «rtN*« pleon (IrooratlaK thrnl, .ml an.wrr Dr. Sum ud Um Y. ■ C tmdMiu "" l tiemt too'id wWHi >;• tug admirably tha puV|mM- of vrnHU ' # "—«*• Xo right .ni.ala.1 and tors. Very large and high windows, A little more than a year ago. Dr. j honorable man is guillx «»l such con together with a deep cornice ami Seiss belaltored the Young Men’s t«*u»|»U!>le am! heavy brackets, add very much, ia- Christian Association, in a dennnria ^ ** deed, to the beauty and comfort also tory editorial in the /.afhrras.^ Ills of the edifice. The Sabi with school building of 8t John’s church nf therefore, as w« now understand it, and have de scribed tt, complete and ready for orcn|»ancy, provided the fencing, necessary ftimitnre or seats and bookcases were in their proper places. A confident e*|*ectation ia entertained that St. John's wilt, aa she has hitherto contribnted nothing towards this enterprise, give to her to reconstruct on a much larger and* future church—to her children—all the I • We h friendly had gone| Id Bachman sorry to feeble h he has and his who in a leader the he who wliq.co who w every of field see min tiring gospel i healing still lo has no to labor preacher, for Ct the hot more Lord; Christ, ardent the Charleaton. ,je j isjt returned from) the the sea, where we the venerable Dr. many friends will be that he is in frery yet rejoice because assurance of fhith, i nndimmed. • He, er d^ys was a prince and ng the men who made nafiure their text book, byi name every plant, tell by its note every bird, on iitimate terms with of the indigenous denizens wild, has forgotten all; he <who was an un- who loved to carry the every family and to pou r its in ^very wound, though work of holy love, r jthe physical strength d be, the evangelical ho was wise to win souls nore able to enter in which he for century served the has not forgotten lov(e4 the church with e awaits cheerfully le is at peace; he prays. We joined of praises with hiri|| in ipkayer, and he also pray of a rigi much. Does Gdc hearts o the longs to loving brance amen? is, the the “We si Blessed and what it are unwi before tl We sec the law Guilty; Christ fervent prayer ms man, which availeth te‘ been thinking: the minds and saints here by of lal) that is of^and be Does God in his out the remem- is not a yea aud abd feeble though he went with ns to last words were: l meet in the beyond/ *ance, certainty, e shall meet! See in Christ. We e stand condemned nal of conscience. Judge point to we hear him say: we tremble not; our stead; Christ an improved plan the Sabbath school building of St* JohuV Lutheran church, which was destroyed by fire during the late war, was awarded to Mr. Walter Cade on the first day of February last, aud, like all other contracts which Mr. Cade has ever entered into, has beeu carried out to the complete satisfaction of all in terested—indeed he has turned over to its projectors and owners a build iug that is not only at ouoe an orna ment to that portiou of the city iu which it has beengreeted, but it is also one that challenges, equally as quickly, the admiratiou of all who can claim auy knowledge whatever of what constitutes the beautiful iu architecture, or that which is taste ful and appropriate iu art. Whether by design or otherwise, we are uoa ble to say, but as we write that the foundation of this beautiful buildiug was laid on the fourth day of Feb ruary last, we recollect that day as having beeu the eighty first anniver sary of the birth of the venerable man who bus filled the pulpit of 8t. John’s nearly fifty seven years. U will be apiairent to every oue that this work has been very rapidly pushed forward, when we state that the frame of the building was com meuoed ou the l.'Uh February, and that the workmeu were putting that frame up as early as the 27th of the same month. The tiuuiug of the roof, which does infinite credit to T. W. Bliss, Esq., was done as early as April. That which strikes us, however, as the most remarkable feature iu the achievement, of which we are writing, is the fact that so far all the money required to carry on work on as large a scale as this is, has, with the exception of a little over #300, made by a concert given ou the 9th May last, been contri buted solely by the 8abl>ath school of St. John's itself. The plan and desigu of this very* tasteful buildiug were conceived by Robert G. Chisolm, Esq., the able Superintendent of St. John's Luther an Sabbath school, as far back as when the former building was de stroyed, but owing to the poverty that befel the Southern people from the waste of their substance by tbe effects of the late war, bis cherished hope in regard to the entire work, was forced to slumber, until, as we have already stated, the work com menced. r The building, which is thirty by seventy-five feet, is in tbe shape of a cross, the arms forming two class rooms—one arm designed for a Bible class, the other for an infant class, and each, when necessa ry, separated by large folding doors from the main room. The bead of the cross, made semi circular con tains four recesses, designed for the libraries. This paction of the build ing will be lighted by a large win dow of ground glass, which will add greatly to the magnificent appear ance of the room. The building will seat comfortably 300 children with their teachers. Its walls are colored with tbe most delicate tints. The cornice that surround and adorn thpm is very haudsomely painted. All of the inside wood work is grain ed in imitation of very light oak. The great object of the Superintend ent seems to have been that this buildiug be made as light and as cheerful in all its appointments as possible, and entirely in keeping with the glad and blithe young hearts who expect to be gathered within its attractive and comfortable walls. This design Seems also to have influenced outside as well as in. The exterior of the building, which is a wooden structure, has been given one of the most beautiful and delicate tints perhaps that oonld have been chosen. The roof, too, dissimilar from onr old-fashioned Spanish brown, is alternated with two modest dresses, which gives the building a complete finish, and will quickly attract the beholder. Tbo beautiful painting done t6 execute this contract, was by T. A. Beamish, Esq., and reflects that great credit on him which has followed the com- they now lack, aa just mentioned. These children, wr understand, in tend making an appeal soon in that direction, and as nothing can be more reasonable, we doubt not their apiieal will be at once favorably en tertained and answered. dishonorable rahan the man who does not honor and esteem woman; be oawlMMMtfcMi of the organisation he j proclaims his own baseness, and declared aa follows: ‘ bmmU himself as the com|an.ion of “We have no fhith iu what are M" creatures. How dif called «Yonny Men'* Christian Assort ftrcotl.v Lulher thought and wrote of her whom God appointed to he “a help meet for man !• When once Sebastian Frank expressed himself in unseemly language about woman in a pamphlet, I ait her wrote : “Who ever likes to read such thingas is as pious and aa hottest as this Berlsetnib Frank." An Apology atious,' made up of all sorts of reli gionist* They are essentially anti churrhly, aud more worldly tbau Christian. With all that can bc aaid to their credit, their tendencies are evil, and in many ways misrhievoo* They tend to make an empty, creed lea* arntlm.-ntahMii, a half woridly< religiousness answer fbr the faith, the church, and the religion of God." We were, therefore, somewhat ear prised that the Yontig Men's Chris tian AsauciatkA of Roanoke College, Virginia, hail iuvited Dr. 8. to deliver the aunual address before them, and still more So to Imrn that he had srcejHed tbe Invitation. We, accordingly, wondered what theme Far the La the rail fa Vi Reiicgiulr* have alwa}« been tbe the Philadelphia doctor wonkl regard bitterest and most reckless enemies as befitting to discuss before an of the ixtnse ami the men they apoata asam*iation of which he disapproved, tize from. They all have the spirit, ami whoar influence l»e regardrd as and they all Mo tbe work of Jmla* pernicious; ami whether lie would In order to convince their new candidly tell them what the true friends of their sincerity and seal for character of the organization was, the new course, and in onler to in *ml advise them to dissolve, in order gratiate themselves with their new that they might efirapr the evil ten' masters they are apt to be seolous deneiea to which, in his judgment. “over much." Knowing tbe weak points of tbe cause ami the mm to whom they in former day* belonged, they are able to inflict painful wound* they naturally lead. Hence, we read the aeranut of the Com metier m*-nt at Roanoke Id the l.ntheram of laid week, j by Her. A. J. Brown, with special interest, bnt confess that we were History, both sacred ami profane, disappointed, because the information furnishes bnt too many instances of we exported was not given. AH that men who by snch a course have Mr. II. aays if the address i* that covered themselves with lasting in “ it was repk-tc with momentous famy. Atwl onr age add* to that truth* wholesome slvicr, am) |u long and black roll of degradation theta* appeal* all clothe*I in highlv many a name once held in high ornate language, and eloquent!\ and honor. Amoog the oppressor* and impressively delivered.' detractor* of the Houth are men The charitythat **hopet hall thing*' who were at the commencement oi might have induced aa to conclude the war shrieking secessionists; an# 1 that Ihr. ririsa had, since he wrote in tbe rhureh North are found in j the article referred to, «hanged hi* dividual* of ami from the Hnnth. who mind, were it not for the fart that are doing all they can to foarent in denouncing Dr. fsther’s moral discon! in the Hi mi them ehnreh. who wiener moment, not long ago, he j set brother against brother, who aar ■ «leriarrd that R deserved to be char the gifts God has given them to acteriard hy the name mural no break up tbe Southern ehnreh. more tbsa the asannatiotts of the We fault no man for going wbrr ■**** draenrrel to he designated ever the Lord semis him. We honor, f hr^fian, thn* precluding tb* lu»j»* love, and fellowship with every hi " bostilitv to worker in the vinevanl of the Lord, friendship f**« the 'tonng Men's We do not care in tbe le*»t fbr a Clfldim Amfathm «f this coon | man's politic* nor «lo we ask «u ® ,M ^ Knrape. H not rirrmrd im j phat latitndin.il degree be Hveo; | we take the liberty of provided lie ia an evangelical better j rcqnrefsng the «hs*t«w to unravel the er and worker we are content, ami »***»*" «**• more than content: we heartily re wl»jot. aaonig him that hi* ***Ju spond Amen to bis prayer, aiid re " ,I * M " i,, ' interear »•% At a meeting of the congregation of Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran ehnreh, near Waynesboro, Augusta county, Va_ held ou the Ifith of July, H*7I, Rev. T. Courier being present, was requested to art as Chairman, and the following |treanible and rnso lutiuus were nuauiatuusly a*lopted : Wuuikax, oar la-loved I’aator, Rev. Jarol» Kiiltaa, who labored so acceptably and prafitaiiiy atnongst u* from the orgaaixatxMi of this con gregation until hm late tilnea* a period of about aevcateeu year* wa* by an ail-wise Provident*, siitnmoued to tits rest ou the >th nit. | though muuruing and deeply aormwiug in wuerquenor of the kuas of one so much toted, we humbly submit with reaigualMo to the dealings of Oue who h» too wise to err, or too good uevdkwaly lo afflict; therefure, kmmieod. That we do here and now express nor high appreciation of hm service* and that we will rhermh hm memory hr the fidelity and dexutmn which he has mam (rated, and the kind others he has l»erformi«d for as during hm long mtnmtmal career. Ifaoslrerf, That the rfaurrh resaain draped in mourning for ;*l day* krmmlcrd. That a copy of three pmrredtttg* he qiread upon the record of tin- eougregmthm, a coj»v tnrnmhed the family of the tkwued, aud a copy each forwarded to the Mumiasmey aud Lmtherrau l uihr for poldieattuu. joice over the good he dub. lint many others Iw-m*I*‘ th« r*lit«>t >*t tl>*- ^ || in this reapet, than to say any man leaves hi* own field to lira <**rrrcr.—lAtthcmn uhserrrr. past* upon ours; if he leaves his ap The Riot ia flew Tork For the Latherwn Ymitur. Ths JsvsUa hy a Lathers* Horh is the brief but significant title of a book of 387 page*, just issued from the press by the Lathe rati Book Store, Philadelphia. Ho far as the mechanical executioti of the work is concerned, it is all that could hr desired even by tbe Betel fastidiua*. It need* and we can express no higher reunmemlatinti it is mt> Ip of the of Sherman era! Hynod, North, aud tbe Missouri ansand their sympathizers on the celebrated "four point*" Very earnestly ami MMMhAltly does it ex pone tbe duplicity find inconsis tency of the General Hynod iu pro fessing to In* Lutheran, whilst they at the same time either absolutely reject ami even o|»poae every thing distinctive in Lutheranism, or at least do not require their ministers to brlieve and preach the confession of the Gburch in iu integrity. With equal clearness and success does the Jacetin show that tbe Missouriaus are not strictly in harmony, on the “ four points," with the Confessions of tbe church, but occupy an extra cnnfrsaioual positiou. In additlou to this the author expose# and trium phantly refutes certain charges, of error in doctrine brought against our church by other* successfully repels several severe thrusts made at ns by Roman Catholics and I’ssey- ite* and administers a most wither iug rebuke to the spirit of proaelyt- ism exhibited by a dignitary iu a leading Proteataut denomination. But I must close this notice already extended beyond what I had intend- rd when I commenced. I would ad vise all who desire correct aud full informat ton ujtou tbe great and vital questions which now agitate the Lutheran Church, and which are likely to coutiuoc to agitate it for sometime it# come, to iworure aud read and stody the Javelin. As stated iu the preface, it has lawn crested by the times, ami is emphati cally a book for the time* It ia useless for us to attempt to ignore or conceal the fact that our ehnreh in this country* ia in an unset tied condition. The elements are all ia commotion. Hbe is in an abnor mal condition. The work of diwinte gratton and reemi*fruction to some extent mnst take place. She must be more extensively and ehiaely united if she is ever successfully to actvMnplifth her great mission, and attain that prominent and command ing powitiou to which she is so eminently entitled as the first boru at tin- n-fonustiou. A crisis is upon a* which we must meet. We owe a duty to tbe church which we can not evade with impunity. A responaibil tty rests u|H*n us which we can not shift from ua if we would. To dis charge oar duty faithfully aud meet our re«p<Nt«tbUities fully, we must inform • hi twelve* u|mmi the great ami vital question* now before n* , IT pou these the Jaeetim throws much light. A. J. BROWN. pointed task o* bnihling op where be occnpie* and undertakes instead to (Htr ^ h^Theant of the kale poll 118 down, who ilo not folrrfrrw ^ Nr . T<-fc lhr with him ; if be instead of preaching the gospel, slstwler* backbite* anti stabs his elder brother under tbe fifth rib privately, and then becomes theatrically indignant because his victims will not silently • submit to be abused and injured, then are we done with that man. Act* xx. 3. We do not hold serret omveatiele* We do not go say where to plot. W# do not write letters to pornou the minds ol brethren against each other, nor private letters of abase. We do not any that these things are dooe by any, we only state what we are sot guilty of. • It is also a strange fact that jrouag men are apt to write insulting letter* to elder brethren. We lately reeetv ed such a communication from a young man, in Pennsylvania who has wiped the dust of the Sooth off bta feet, and gone North where ministers are paid better than in the impover mlied South. We will if desired give the tetter in frill, only suppressing what might point out the writer. We do not wish to injure him, we make all possible allowances for him, aud feel confident that when a few Hibernians attacked the Irish Or angemeu, and at least 'em- hundred lives were saerillred. We present some of the after*nor* of the pres* Kooimimn ia always iwtoiecwwi. Id Protestants hewnre: The tdendsbed in the street fights la New York city is the result «*f the base and shsan-fnt tracfcling to the Irish t'uth**l»e voter* lit the nttg id [ robber* who have the city in therr grasp and have squandered #IU0. 0(10.000 within two year*—ffahaifi (Vmu merriat. The Koatan Catholic «'hnn-h ia America has this lesson to taunt— that If there were but one man living who differed from it, t(%at man has the mute right to flaunt hi* banner, and kindle bonfire* if he choose* that the ehnreh has to I mild rathe rival* and burn inerttar on ita altar* The rburrli in New York nerd* to Hot be itaetf m aackeloth ami ashes now, mit 1 treatise its enanset was fuming, hat Iteransc its |«st Uuu*hittg has Iteen sirli that in the very critical hour It could not «*attcr»l Ha member* — fit—tom Adrrrtiurr. gotten up in the jiMtl) ceirktrated 4 t o. * i As to the a»Ucr and maimer of the book, we do not know how wc can better ckararlerise it than to say it is a sqjrt of unique nondescript. By tki* as will he amt |treaeuUy, ae intend mithiug di*rvq*-ctful. We know of at other just aoch a Itook, or of tMie that hear* the slightest re Per the Lnthmiti Visitor. "The Coasenrative Reformation " Ita. Krauth’s work <m the (Vwi- servalive ltcfornistuMi ami its The ology, supidics a great dmideratmm, j and out- long felt in onr rhureh. K«|trrt:dly is every minister with a scanty library laid umier tribute of grani«ulc to thi» contribution to our literature. It is a great store house of lti*ltM-kr fact with rvfi*re«M*e to our coufcMaious and theology. It is a grant! ami noble defence of tlie Lu tlteran faith, and a work in every tetts* rnJt-ulstrd to iustruet Hitt! quicken. With tlie same material Mini learning, ohm preened in the tqmce * of Still pages, map v writers would have given tut a down volnuie*. put Knuitli Iteside Knapp in library for study and reference. It should hy all means lie a tr&t hook 1 iu onr Seminaries. It is a work al*t» logiiic laity. If any man desire* to seutblsute to it, ate I we tlouM \ lie aide to gi\‘e a reason for tin* Itelief whether another wit h exi*t«v T«t that i* lu him a* a Lutheran, let jiim tl*-—-tilte it * on U l n-tpnrc n* to give rcml tlie <'otiservative Reformation, i ant only its tabic of ruatruts fully, A rertaia layman in tmr ehnreh, who hut also much of the Itotly of tlie is in Iriqneut ctMitrovendes with the 1 wuak i Ur If. It is mainly a tvproduc sect* about tlie Lutheran dot*trinc* lam in a u»«»rv ooti»M* le»i, »> ntcuiatie ; at out*> pixxuirvtl a copy, ami (Hi ami rouventeut Iona, of numerous aud xarious cditonals which haie from lime to time appeared in tbe tAtihermn and Missionary, aud which reading it, remarked to us on oue occasion, “if only 1 had had this book long ago, wouldn't I have knocied (hosr fellow* J" It certainly has come at a good time, aud will : by lta. Sets* the Editor iu ehief of! make tt« mark upoa the age. that |sqsn. It treau of a gnat Ti»e Lutheran Visitor, I believe, is win t> of tuiDjt* t* all however of a the only pa|ier that cuutaiaed an strictly religious and mkwiartkwl auiKHtiKx-meut of this work several were, if we are ik4 mistaken, written character, and haling a direct aud im|Mirtaut U-anug on the doctrine, usage* slid interests of the Lutheran Church. Ite stand |m»iut t*distinctly, umquixucMlly and fully Lutherau. The auth«r is e\ idrutly dear headed, understand* his subject and wn>td* I ■ I • the pen of a ready w ntrr. , The dta Tlie supreinary of tlie law has Is-en efowhsa* n|lhaagh necessarily brief. mouths heftwe its npiieanince. LINDEN. years older, he wRl be both wiser and _ more charitable, ami not boast of ***** lished, amt in such a way that ^ iwverthdes* lucid, toasierly, kindliness at tbe very time be 11 " Ul iw naiclusixe, ami, in some distance* sparingly applies his rat-o’-niue tail* ,n fhwngc exbaurtive. The multum in parro is Onr reason for wishing topuhltah bta ' u " 11 ^ > >v< * ia< * prmiwsirm,and MH . of |s*iultar characteristkw letter i* to teach a leaaon to son ami to sliow to all what we have to bear. Many think that an editor is New Publications. StradfuMtsr*n in I hud rim and in IttUy. A sermon deli voted at tlie 142d : C(Hi vent ton of the Synod of Penn-! nylvanin, on Trinitv Snudav, bv Rev. O. F. Hchaffer, D.D. Instructive and timely. H<qm it will lie re*u exteiiKivdv. a dog who ta to bark and to be silent, to fetch and to carry, to lick their Iluchncr* Con&trdance. No* 2, 3, the principle ta fixed that they cam 1 mn| excelieocie* Whilst it beeitatM J # and 3. We have already noticed have one as often as it please* them. ^ (!}l || R,ing* by their true name, this invaluable aid to a thorough itnffato Courtre. ^,,,1 lm outapokeu in its op|XMMtiou to soquaintauce w-ith the Word of God, \\ bat right had tlie Irish t atIndie* error, inctmaisteucy ami nufaimea*, ft i»d wonhl urge our luiutate/M and to Combine ami resolve to attack tbe wherever iu the judgment of the lay men who read German to procure hands and to follow bwrahly in their procession Orangemen f Ntaw xnthot they may he found. Mill it is ^ D •’HI h** <*unplet<*l in ten footsteps when and where they whatever. It was an organised con .always fair ami reepectftil toward* nM>ut|»ly number* price js*r ntttalier please. Ixmta the XIN. said; “lam *P*rocy to brrak the public peace and those with wlmui It mav differ, and j M ci‘*it* To be hml feo« I. 4. Koh Violate tlie laws. And the attempt careful not to violate tbe taw of to curry out the criminal pur|**sc ehriatian charity or honorable txai was so unjustifiable that universal troversy, and substitute atm*e for iudignathni tmiM attach to them.— argument. Cincinnati Enquirer. Tbe JoceUn is tnniuty gotten up the state." Many a minister ajtealt* aud acta aa if he were tlie church. Au old puritan once* remarked: “Every man has a |>ope inside him." There are ministers who not only wonhl make popes, but also graud iuqui»i tar, Philadelphia. s Phrenological Journal. August New York. We prefer the articles on China, with original ‘H>lc.stial de signs Tin* German HcIkh>1 System ; — —L. * * r Tlie dread Ail scene* enacted iu the in tlie inh«r<-*t of the General Council, Tl.« (famu Labor Quest ion ; ami For the Lnfhenui Vi«aUir. A Card. mmmmumu * < ViLCXHtA. 8. a, I Jnly- 24, 1871. i Mr. Editor: Please allow me * siiihII sqace in yunr columns to return my sincere thanks to the kind frimfi of this city w ho last week prraeiihd me with a copy of tlie “< ^maervatire Reformation." by Ita. Kranth. Yonrs, truly, # g. a. Rough. Lutheranism Distinctive There ta in Ijuthenuitasi, aa tW»e is iu every other ism, something yi*. tinrtice. There are other doctrinal embraced in the Christian system h* sides those already enumqnqtfl. These our church ncitbet ignores o»»r oousidetw uuimjKirtant. 8be danw not do thin, for it would be to i*. (reach the wisdom and the goodness of its divine Author. In the chri* tian s> Ktem there i* neither deficteaej nor redundancy. Tlie Bible teaches nothing uuiinportauL “All Script tore ta given by iuspiratioa of God, and ta profitable for doctrine, for re proof, for correction, for instraetiea in righteousness; that the inati of God may be perfect, thoroughly 1 furnished unto all good works." As we value our eternal happiness, «e dare neither add to, nor take frow the w ord of God. “ If any umu shall odd unto these thing* God nhall add unto him tlie plagues that are wrik ten in this (took. And if nny man shall take away from the word* of the book of thi* proplmey, God niui] take away bta |»art (Hit of the book of life, and from the holy city, MN i from the thiugs which are writtex m this book." We are exhorted, there fore, “to take heed unto oursdres and the doctrine; continue ia tbeai; for iu doing this we shall both ssre ourselves and them that bear us." Every doctrine embraced ia say creed, is either taught, or it is not taught iu the word of God. if taught, we are bound, according to au indisputable principle already enunciated, to believe, oonfes* sad teach it; but it uot taught, w« are tt liberty u» reject it; aud it cuotraiy to the word of God, we are bound not only to reject it, but to opporeit lutereouug as it might be, 1 shall not now stop to iuquire, bow far we nxy depart from the teachings of the Bible, or bow far we may fail to cone tip fully to them, without vittatiag the great foundation, or eudangeriag our Ralvation. Time will not penait me to do thi* uor does the oocaaoa demand it Huftice it to say, that it ta not only iinportaut that we build ou the right foundation, but that we build of good material. “Now if say man build u|M>u this fouudstio* gold, silver, precious stone* wood, hay, atubide; every uiau’s work abatl be made manifest, for tlie day shall declare it, because it kIisII lie reveal ed by fire; and the tire shall try every man's work, of * hat sort it ia If any man's work abide which be hath built thereupon, Im-shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be btirne«l, be shall suffer low: but he hituaelf shall be saved; yet so a# • by fire." But to return. The poiuts tt|ioa which wc prit)ci|>al!y differ in doc trine from oilier Protestaut denwai ; nations are the Sacrament*. In cost- mon w ith them, unlike tlie t 'athaiia, who hold that there are seven sacra ment* we hold that there ore ou!v two, Baptism aud iIk* Lord’s8ngW> On them*, in our judgment, the Gat holies occupy one extreme, some Protestants occupy the othre extreme. We occupy an interme diate ground. • The human mind is strangely prone to extremes, it i* like the (leuduluui of the d«t#» which continually vibrates front «* extreme to the other. It ta extremely difficult to steer between Scylta *ad dmrybdta. Whilst ,we agree* with tbe great ltody of Protestant* as well ** Catholic* Imtli as reganls tta* pfiH Mtbjw.ts of baptism, and tin* pruprr mode of its administration, we attack much greater importance to it tko» do most Protestants. On the vow hand, w e reject aud -oppose os * d** gertnis heresy the cr open operate duetriiie of the Cat holies; «*« ii,f other hand, we reject him! «q*poae u» doctrine of riiooe who would deuwi*' baptism of any regenerating and »*'• ing (‘llieaey, and reduce it t« a external ceremony with which ** may disiM-usi- without any sertaa* detriineut to the soul. We hold that , it is necessary and au iai|a>rt«M means of grace. Ia*ss than thi* *"** ean not hold, with due the wisdom and benevotottOt iff th* tireat Head or the Ohureh. mission to earth eontwuplwfed the salvation of sinners. To stceuMl#* this he institnti-d various men ns. amongst these is baptism. Hi* tuttsl just such means, and neitta* more nor less, us He would eiu|*ko iu the cntNutunicaUnti of the refi® ■ ing and sanctify ing influence*^ Holy 8i»irit to the soul of the si»» M ‘ , ■ Our church, therefore, teaches, »!• most in the verv words of ihi* blessed pleticto of nearly hvbry ptdeo of wdrk ttirx. Oar young frit nil belong* to« xlrecta of New Y rk oa Wednesday, hi o)»po*ition to itt rival* the Geu-1 The Beautiful Suushiue, a poem. Redeemer, “of baptism, that it »* ICC ’ t s. *'■ r v. «v«' *• ,, taP tiv<i. * ho '•> l U1 ^.densl i»cee|.»tabl« «'#J *** . oi dare de g ' 4 umreu.- be l»ni »f »»« 2J.rfOo.ir BM »•«.«] hi. •i"' ,,u ' r " lMpr tlw w» mv ,,M ‘ : JL.. ,M* i’*<l «*‘ 11 "* ,t “»' Ljm* «*• a r ,n "7' r tbe a "f." rein-w niK of tb.' Ml! Til due, oof Veter r.-ibl euuttrw the *.«e he dectere*- tbot tbe -ii’S ..hereonto | ; The Lord’* Suppt On the subject of the J. IM . r we *l*> ah Ult I Lvamfc The Catholics hoi| irioe of transnbafantiatit I affiliated error* They ru:.i| tbeoficiating minister ita>' power by pronouncing t word* hoc e*i meum corp» I ing a pta«* of brf * A<1 in th ° ' l” wafer into the real body •< ^ ftHil and divinity of- the 1/ Christ- I» ac*^»r<lwioe monstrous heresy they wr cup from the laity, maint. in receiving Imdy.of < partake by eoncomitaney «>?' jdao. Hence, too. they • Host, sad t«n y it in aolen sion, and humbly and dev.J adoration to it. I need sot! same time to coutute t ie sirs. , * 8oineProtcsUut* shocked heresies, in guarding, sg-ai hare been driven, iu their oppositiou, into tl»e opposite They teach that there is no either substantial or iudul the glorified body of the i in tbe Eucharist. They n - wbole performsace into a /> manic act. It i* in our H impossible to haniiouixe aceordiugto the seknoirle«ld viptas of sacred exegesi-i- / explicit aud unequivocal Ini I tbe Bsviour, used iu the iie v and first adin in tat ration ol l**r. If this had been all intended to tern-h, it s*-e. that it would have been elf. folly express--<i by the w<- this iu remembrance of M those otln-r word* -This i-‘ which is broken for you," is the New Testament in ml •which ta shell for you dml j for the remission of sins.' I have beett wholly aud wo, I- ^ unmeaning and useless. L « ' Our chmvh regards b mf views, to which we have ; M"" as extremes and errors, ai ,.m f > them. She sees in the holy of the laird's Hiipja-r someth B , than mere bread and « ffy, “flisoenis the Lord's U*.i holds the doctrine of the iTft" vuee. Bnt she docs iu>t transuMamiation, imh* conJ> - tiation, uor subpauatiotq.n. >: ftc ,- e > 1km. with which she is n I ■ either intentionally and iik’K or ignorantly charged, j I; fN define the inode of the 1 presence in tlie Encharisi. -1 declines the attempt. ‘‘dtfing that it is a mysf. many other doctrine* tang Bible, incxplieable aud incivl sibta. We call it a s;«.-ij presencf-, to distinguish if ordinary presence #*f the and to indicate onr ignoian ni'Mta of this pres-Micc. wc Me iveeive Jesus in) cum, kh/.J Our (onfessioii. 0 i» jtlita hke qn the other surratnent, expressed in ainmst tlie Ye>l ot t,H * 8*vi(Mir Hinun-lf. . l i I Take, eat, thi* i* my body^ for you;" “Take. U ’Ml* is the New Tesiameii Ml W “‘ Kl * *hicli is shed lor R h*r many for the reuiissioo -uiguage could not la*-plait' la*en s:ii«l and M, * OM ***** vexed question A * ,5,,, Hrixa* eenturies, then '***: '* i ,ls l*irilUou, tin-. • M stand, and there they w *re\er. i j M ,„ m -^| s . >* rf. - \ ^4 v ^ V# / .Notliig gentlemen !.. ^unptated rl|(*ir finsdogtcai . L'olumbns, O lu „, Semin waters a library f„ u d i iJ buihl -a lnnn ” Itav.G. A. Stork, "".o b* osmptate, in smile lit? ,. ?V ; t,,e JPv‘»*er;d eiidowtm <t .lulling riuH»higi«*al 8»mm' some ,WIWT ^"l* 1 «l„ « ' V5,,,t rt-ctor-- tliinj of flrM-rate «. the vesf ,-c ,,n,V ' oft, * Kn}r “ s '”‘ not .1.. tr -' ,niM b as euiplovci -««•>...» U lbai 1 'i*i,’“'V S ™“*' Hall . I-'^Ukv^I ^iV t,ln n !.‘ | ,"la-. - k ; hidera ,» 1 ,n ! tbn r Jfrius. *. °ue for , esl ‘ tt,a b* low. ~ e lor each church. r I k |- .•