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AUGUST 25. 1871 THERAN VISITOR. COLUMBIA, S. < M iron itself—altogether unaided by a tutor, entirely prepared himself for Collage, graduated after a very short through the lueflfaiaocy of this both- naftttre. We boM that we hare a right to expect action from this committee. We hare waited until we are tired waiting, for an appeal from it, for money to establish a mission somewhere. But no appeal comes. Brother fkmh, how is this 1 Give us an explanation. Barely the General Hynod can not be satisfied to suffer two iireckma years to jiaas awajr without doiag anything at all in missionary work. The church it moved, mud harmony rrwtocfif. I on your visitiud our By nod.* We have published without note, comment or explanations the sum and anhstaaoe of the commonleatioa received. We can not, however, re frain from inquiring, why was Dr. Betas so determined about the hold iug of the Free ('oofrreocc, if it were to result only iu letting us alone, ami leaving us as we are f four pages, aad spiced lew dnnuneintKins and again fosist iUMBIA ooutae with high distinction, and bore off the first honor of his Alma Mater. Having been licensed, he next for a short time with great ac ceptability engaged in mission work, embracing near and at his home three congregations. He graduated in Theology under the. first masters in Philadelphia, l*a. His fame pre- (wdlog him) the first call be hid after his graduation was to the pulpit of St John’s Evangelical Lutheran church of this city. Accepting this call, l>r. Bachman arrived in Charles ton in January 1815, and from two days after that to the present time a period embracing nearly 57 years, be Has served the congregation of 8L John's as their Pastor, constantly, faithfully, usefully, acceptably. His great attainment*, added to his deep ptoty and attractive social worth, very quickly necessitated the erec- Uoo for him of the present spacious and chaste temple, known aa Bach man's Church in Arcbdek* street. Dr. Baohman’s health greatly fading him, be travelled for recuperation mainly,•exteoaivoly oa the continent of Europe in 1837. While thus rec reating, be added largely to the stock of his Library, already one of the most valuable ou this continent, many rare and invaluable works. That Library , however, with moan •eriftm that can never he replaced is now lost to the world, baring been rr moved foam Charleston to Colom bia for safety daring the late war, where it became a prey to the iaeeu diary torch of Sherman and his van tbo *tbrer onhffw.* on* rmatin! to the ministry, Hoch are the points of difference, ami it la unrmndid to August 25 Uoot» hypocri'*- Tb, k* *•* “l *** ,°i die mother and § ojtj. heard them pi ■' K aad the br«H. I SZ all «*»««• Uh- I to the Lord. I »•« ktloWD * bonac in H openly confirsee*! | wd do you know wlf. this story, woobl like# TO ur bearts—»».' • *>uni # of fire 1 It is your chriatianity con*| done, All talk is all 'Tbercol believer Ms mik | bo* He neither to God j The heartfelt convicts ■ . hypocrite I ■ inrr i by the coudm § believers on all who *1 tbe®; if that were del would be very differ.-j je. But most of the <1 but talk—hence lies a | It, teerefore. like Pilntl yes and release, pray | big aloue, confess aw I a* ctrcauMtaaues re«p not always lie preach :■ with whom you live, ml been called to be ft. I men. Tins does often (ban good. Bat to be and to walk as a Christ u to confess by your work tiaaity in all earuestnc dissemble or to lie eith to man, this it u, vrhi the bearts of the father drea, and the heart* o( to their fathers. When to convert people, I ntt I when I call on the Lon; to convert the people; same time lead an earn life before them, not b* pass for a Christian. I*i am one, v then God people. Tho Salem witches are famous, not because they were real sorcerers,* but because considered and treated as such ; and we have not the least doubt that Salem was iu the mouth of rouud houded. pilgrims aud fair maideus aud umtrons loug after the unhappy victims of iguoraut zeal had perished. lately Salem has aguiu agitated the miuds of not a few, caused iuk to flu*, harsii word* to be spoken, enmity between breth- reu to arise—and what is it after all! A tempest in a tea pot. We have received a full account of the whole affair, and hasten t it to our readers. But a In a failuret Our correapoudeut say* was no Free Conference, talked of as a matter of abother time aud place. The only warm advocate of it was , at whose urgent re quest a number’ of us met, thirteen iu all—eleven ministers and two lay men. Of the laymen, one is a trustee of the College; of the miuistera ! EDITORS: I i ,- l Mf'DE, D.D., Cohin l>ii|L S. C. MILLER, A.M., Stan atop, Va. ficial. liberal men will not oonarnt to be driven oat owe by ooe, nor will they* allow their Uftpoaers to pervert the Protestant Episcopal Church to t mmtial« ATsiriUa fauiM la devastating Parma. Over two ttiilliooa of the inhabitanU have perished. The dead being left uu buried have poisoned the ait mud the water. It is said that the ftah hi the rivers are dying; aud now, in addition to the seoargw of humor, the iieAtileuoe la raging. The rbol and the committee is responsible to the General Synod and to God. But its inactivity is crippling the moat be made in Pew Bank Checks, a ^Drafts ! these can not be 4>t*iued ty in » Rjwirrr.irii*' Lkt stnunSers aiv obliged t< i when required, sent to Knbecribttx nntf '.ier to discontiute is ve il an-earairrs are ]pmd, a. aw. Merely retnininir i i pai>er by mail, is not sut 15 r i lieationM relatiujct to nub* |d give their i untie* very The ('•mfrtfatiamalirt aUribntoa to a certain Boston minister the saying that “Baptism is tha application of water to the persoa, and not of the but who was so high-tempm**^ violent that he almost murder mote than once. He was considerably edraated it years, when one of his sons who t* studying law found the Saviour became converted while at the mj. vermity. It was but natural that fc ardently desired the salvation of hi parents and their whole tamily. g, poured oat his heart in his leasts to them, described what be bad exp* rienoed, and how happy be faith the assurance of the forgiven®* his sins, and the sure hope of «*. nal life. “Oh," be wrote, “that sfi meu were aa blessed as I am? ^ last be received a letter from hi father, wbo wyote: “My son, y«* fetters were formerly my and delight, bat now they **« sire and a cause of bitter grief 1 perceive that you are in dsageref becoming tike those hypocrites when I so often have told you shoal. 1 entreat you either to write at yta formerly did, or to stop altogether writing to me.” The son answered tenor of the church. As the matter now stands, the church cun work only through the committee, its authorised agent And if it dons not set, it virtually precludes the church foam doing (ta duty in this u*> eS Sbj rfqlul that the apothegm bids fair to im mortalise him. We are loath to pluck the laurel from any roan's brows, bat suggest that we have beard the terse .led a It ion a great many time* sinew the imblteatfon of a Utile English hook, entitled “t oo version from Baptism ia Water to Baptism with Water* The book ia certainly over t went? yean old, aad we think contains the snothewm. Mini carefully indica ml which are new su tl to name of the thj it ]of the county 11 sfe vefiber is necessary, toper entries may be ate lyjmacte. te and obituary not iter intended for pu wiitteo separately, tv doomed Persia, and ia spreading. It has readied to Russia. It ia ra ging at Moscow, It ia arvere ia St. Petersburg; and before we are swam it may claim ita victims in our midst. Ws do not say, that it will s we only say It may t lint suppose it does not t Death ia always among oa, and they wbo are truly wise are a! way* prepared A maa*s bouse m boa Id always bo set ia order; and that is a task which must ha reflect ed every day. Ask any boras-keef* nr, ask any basineae ansa, if it is not true that one day's uudteuttaa aad neglect makes the neat day's labor heavier, and ofreu ransee trouble aad difficulty. As the boner, so the beart, ao the hie. The heart should always be right before tied; the life should always be preferred to be ear rendered to them who gave it. Aod bow f By doing as taught in the Catechism: “The oh! man Adam in us is to be drowned by daily sorrow and repentance and die with all muss and aril lasts, and a aew man should daily come forth aad arise, that us nghUxmaocae aod parity shall lira fume There j<1 State in order promptly [*ri and other <i should lion t ion buaiiieBi ijteti era to receive pi fistthfally carried irver Jnbilan be befitiaed f*—Interim itdriill item tells of ladjl in Virginia, t jood lold Observer a: raiclij paper. How htfrn brethren are I tliat^ they have fr an in- !ho pre- a Lu lotions > make ends in •othieg ia the lloese Mlesioe Field. Aad it is not to be wondered at so ansch that the “Church of the North* ia dasmau of a Free Coa trreact, to eaitivetr friendly reiaUooa with aa, that this “deeiraMe* field as) be cadtaveted by it. If oar telligrti] fers tu i theruii y our jTql it sppe j the Spc Accepted Re^l S. C., (it froins-S! will oah of meu, for they even want eomagt to speak the truth; and now ym waat to force me to beooote a hr. 1 most either write yon aa sty been tells me—for neither can nor vffl I lie or diataaihlc—or 1 mast ds « you direct, and give up writing/ This filled his father with art raid menu He often had said to ha friends, “That boy does not lie; be will rather kme his heed.” He wrote to his sou. “AVcil then, write wbat yon please. If yon are not s hypo elite, then are yon an enUuuaHt Bat you mast not lie; in that yes are tight, and I was wrong.” Not Long after this correspondenor the vacation enabled the son to* ! turn home. HU mother received him with tears, and looked at bia ns if she thought hw mind wao affected. He caught her aroaad the neck, kissed her, and whispered: “Do not look so worried, mother! I have still my five senses.” Be then afiprouched hi* father, aad wauled to kiss him. The father would not permit it. But his u» asked, “Ate you not my kind aad dear father, and will yon not css ^nue such ? Am I no longer ysor sou 7 And why uot f Wbat crime have 1 done V The father the® kissed his son, and answered: “I must rea;tect the truth ; my soa hai done nothing that is base.” They conversed about the nsivn sity till they were called to sapper The son folded hi* hands, sad asked a btaasing. The father poshed sway bis choir and left the room; the terrified mother followed him. The sou remained, prayed earoestijfer his ) terra to, ate his sapper is tears, ami as his imrent* did not retain, ke went to his own rttom, poured esi his heart iu earnest sapplkatMa- and slept then quietly till theaeat morning. Of coarse the first thin* in the morning was prayer ; he sefl read a chapter in his Bible, vd went then into the sitting raoa, where his father was sitting is ks anu chair. He greeted hi* paeesh affectionately. “My son,” said tte father, “are yon mastic of tk>* house, or am IT The son ans«rr ed: “Who else but jaa, fath*^ “Why, then, will yon introduced iug grace at the table, wbr* yw know well enough that it »* not d custom here F “Father,” said son, “have I demanded that J* slioukl pray T I prayed, Lord Jsd be my guctU, although it b used k (tray, be our guest. 1 knew tfe* you do not pray; it would tkerstt* have lieeu a lie to have **k*d to be our guest. It would ^ have been presumptnoa* ia at* it would have appeared *• if wonted to lay a trap for you.” why did you not Id praying You know it is not the role “Not for yon, father, but for ia tlie rule; and if I had eat» *»* out praying, I would have been * liar before Oral, and you wbo «io want me to He to man, can not ’FT, that 1 should lie to God* said the father, “yon raH ** *** " lfoay tlien. but only when we alone, sml not wbetr Strang*** fig heiv, or we will be rhBaafed. | ther, 1 could uot be a ^* l * r God to please my dear father; *hte ^ I la* out* for- the sake of straiqf^ 1 usi uot ushauitd ‘d »»> ^5 Kjyfem before any man* uoi b*W BbWJMP?® If* «*-■*“*“ c0uut itself highly fa- v; Hawkins is an able a diligent pastor, bnt Ljevel! of God/* Twelve death* from rhotera have taken place at Koaigsbarg, and one irth Carolina. Heas^uti College opeued the e iat with thirty on t sta- th iu, twenty-terra, addi drrivife * have enlarge 1 the rljfo f ftyfeighL We co igrat- rtjL P ern auk Prof. Hi bbert twed upon his duties, fully L*d according to Genets ii>: o wish ti e Professor anil “die happiiiesn aud dtenl. Correspoudeut*. will fjpi oddrct> Prof. Hubi>trt at OS^ut, Cabamis county, p. C., of Saleui, Virginia. Alt. Ztti a dents tional befitting one with hi* commanding ■nnnirsli and dignified pnsillfm-y ia all aeaaonaof great public calaaiity nad distress ia this city, Dr. Bach maa was always to be foaad where duty called, admuusteriag ooaoola- toua, relief aad cocoaragemrat on WW) hand. His great public s|drit had fed him to imrform valuable New PublicaJ Dr. Martin Lather* Hi> ’■# Sennons on the Gt»l Sundays and princM s of the Church Year I from the German, -ft J. NAWKIM4, church of the North ; onr neglected cities were especially referred to. It was thought the proposal of this renewal of fraternal conference would couie most properly from those wbo were ou the victorious side of the war. If any harm has resulted to the Southern church, it is attribn table to false aocusatious of the mo tives and spirit of those who proposed it, aud the coarse of those who so bitterly opp&od the proposition. The projH>sition contained no poison. The 1 poison was not so much in the rejection as the manner of rejection by the Lutheran Visitor, aud the gagging process adopted; that Dr. Passavant—so Dr. Biess believed— was the first who suggested the hold ing of the Free Conference. This was the only meeting held. The proposition to hold another amount ed to nothing.” Our correspondent thinks “the whole matter has assumed an undue importance, that there was neither a disposition to sell the Booth, nor any disloyalty to the Southern Gen eral Synod manifested. ' The imyon ty met as Southern men, whose most acceptable ecclesiastical home is iu the ‘Booth, and the meeting—or meetings—assumed less formality than they would have done if Dr. Seiss hod not been present, for it Is customary for ministers meeting at Commencement at Roanoke College to hold a conference.” “And tlie fact that a second meetiug could not be held shows that there was no such bargain aud sale as has been inti mated. Prof. was the cause of the meeting, and some of ns went that we might not be left iu the dark.” Dr. Seiss stated further, “that the advocates of true Luther anism in the United Btate* were watching with pleasure the happy development whiefai our Boutheru Synods were undergoing in tbat di rection, through the use of the Book of Worship and our improved doc trinal basis, aud that it was hoped our Southern General Bynod would continue in tlie happy accomplish ment of its misssioo, and that the representatives of Confessional Lu- therauism, North, were uot unwilling to assist in the fulfillment of this end, both in men ami menus, if it were in accordance with the wishes of the Southern Chorch.” Onr correspondent add* n P. ft., which we copy verbatim : “Tlie pre vailing sentiment of the ministers who happened to meet at Salem was fidelity to oar Southern Church. Therefore any strictures upon the motives of those who . there * met might do injustice to the .majority* They worn sot schisms tics*-. I. (fo uttering them. No tree, no honest, no earnest man ran either leave or wilfrilly agitate and injure the ebanrh to whteh be was bora, in which be was taught all he knows of God. in which be was confirmed and find ra reived the “body broken* and (be “blood shed * Luther never left the Catholic ehurrh; the rbnrrb of Krone amatbematired him. 14)ther was utterly unwilling to do the work he did, bat necessity was laid upon bha. Luther opposed the Reformation aad according to some reformed too Httlc. Bnt this la what we admire hi La ther, and we have for this very reason perfect confidence hi his work. He was a God made Reformer He obeyed the word and the *)drit; was not wise above what hi written, aad the spirit spoke to him through and from the word. It hi different a tth DolHnger. He will never rrfWcai the Roman cbnreti. The utmost that he may effect, will be the formation of a party, which will have a very short lived existence. auR. 1871. Pp. 4-Vi.J per copy. t The second volume oi I We work coutaiu* thn I from Maundy Tbarsd. I mooday. Key. Prof. E. I Rev. 4. T. Iseneee are ilefi The jmblishers arc <Jpi work, for which they fl the thanks aud the sir I church. What Lathe: I tench is becoming asor I the question asked by ini the truth held bv the I church, and no one can question lietter than Ltil We hope that onr mil member* will not lie I obtaining these powei 1 quen t sermons. For rest fl Suudays, for family V.I espoctally for tbe use oil hold service* ia the a!>l ministers. Luthers “Hi is admirably adapted the Lo* that our Eng I People are being fnnii^bl Lutheran works, ami re) I the Umk 1 can uot be v JUAN Whet be arao friends i Corr^sp mind a; Those a should snbscrij rule is i spend m we ret® bills to i □her appears ny will kind brethren and h-western Vir ;ini;L will bear th s ia I cool till we «turn- jdebted to the pap* r w sending ou their I we return. 4 safe : Visitor befor: you |on yourself. When f we will send out bents. I , Uik. U7L I Ik. Borhman. baa lived a great*-* rhnstian life, sad 1 feel ia fully tire- pared to die tke death of tbe right eooo. May his hurt rad be yet for »"•> J. H. M. in Newberry coanty, tted $5 to purihase irk for the stu(tents, “hot to mentioii his otd knows hiui, al- 3 jof those who hever ; Jthe left hand know hand does. Would ke him! oopies of the ‘*Con- njation” sufficieht to resent necessities.— rant is an arm for a who lost his ifi de- to man’s rights. We S. C., ha Dr. Krajji but char name.” ^ though t is williuj what tl < we had Wei servatiri supply | What W< phymral bmag mm oar hood, white his an ml, hta apintaal aad teaawftal aoiare oa the other, is mode brighter aad clearer, bad belter be givea tke light, tkaa reaizia shut ap ia tke neoan of that and, an which tkrv have left aa imfireai hounded only There ia no greater came hi a con gregorion than meddlraoaw-. gnwwp Ing, lying hrmr bodies, male or female, wbo often keep ap a secret and open “strife of toe goes,” and destroy tke peace and prosperity of a roagriga Hon and embitter the life of a fan tor. The rrarnt death by ftufrfclr of Rev. Joaeph H. l'hipps, an excel lent and devoted Uaitariaa an mater si Kingwtou, Man, ia attributed to Umger uc*h1 to rwul War I and olkers to leant tin I Udirered to tke saints. s I The iSoHthcm Pre*byt< > I Columbia. S. C. Juk i Contents: Teetimouv Posters aud Evangelist | BuiqdieK. The Religion I tbe Life of the Natnu I Truth T Inauguration t’l I Hr. Wilson. Critiral N( I Ijthre and Wekrr. Auj I Themlofrisrhe Mnnatxfo f I 1871. ,* Twenty fifth (foerN/l General Byuod ui tb< I Uttemnui (Jfaurch in States. Daytou. 18717 I beteeed by all who knew him, for be was friendly, amiable, ami pre- pnwarssmg ia kis ways. Bat his kqaae eras (trayertews. Neither at tke table, nor in the mom iug, uor at oigbi was prayer offered. Qaiei d*Wt however in his bouse. Pa rents ami children hied in perfect harmony and sympathy with each other, the servants were well treated aad well conducted, and nothing im pro|ier or unseemly whs tolerated- For tke rest, every thing was accord lag to v the fashion of this world. Ihrds wore played, occasionally a party was given, and there was darning, now and tbeu an oath was altered, but outward propriety had to he observed; be was a stickler for that. The Bible was never read, although be had young ra fence off win need WV list T f this all important work. Bwt what has tke committee doaof If it has done anything, tke church has not I wen informed of the fact. And if it has door nothing, than, Mr. Editor, 1 submit tha qaestma to )wa, aod to the Presidual of tha Grasr-I hv nod, evil tongues. He was a man of great moral worth, of literary ar quire incuts, sod unselfish devotion to every good word am! w ork, ami the fault with bis preaching was, that it was “too ev aagnbeal,” which bmag interpreted, means too faithfnl twen against the in IkA, rights and priri Church I raved tu trust f If it dal nut, ami does not intend to art, then was it wot in doty howad to trader Its is MgustkMi tu the Preonfent, that he might aiqmint another committee to carry into effect the mirations of the General Bynod f Tbe chareh bos waited, sad waded, aod is WAirtXu still to bear from Una Caatnd Item milter, bat it mo tew uot—it speaks not, to oar k sow ledge, la U dead f la it ossified f Did it freer* to death last winter f Or, has it evaporated daring the bat samamr month* f M hat baa Imoar of I, Mr. Editor f Tell us. \V« are tmpatient. Umk sad joys of Heaven are ever prearpt high regard for ooe which he had inherited from his pious mother. It had the l»rat place tfi hi* book rase, but it was not uaed; and only taken down now <u>d thru to be floated. He had alao a large family of children, aud his wife was devoted to him. Often wheu she heard his step in tbe |tannage, she j wonld cull him in the room, ami when he asked what she wanted, her answer generally was, “O, 1 only 1 wanted to l«rha|«s now terw ouuutr), In allusion to the policy of ig noriog parties in th< EpiacafaU church, the Protestant Churchman than briefly rata forth tbe points of difference ou which that charch ia divided t The immnU of difference in oar church are felt to he vary important, and neither party can, or will, yield to the other, in writing or speak ing, it is soon apimreut whether ooe does, or does uot, believe every bap tized infant regenerated by. the Holy S|*nt4 w bother .our Luol in press* t to tbe ulemnats oo .thn. table oiler m the experii a very early age be exhibited evi donors of that gtffaaUc tateUcet whteh,ia afesr life, ranked him ass net ora list ia thin rooniry, the com pert of the Immortal Humboldt of ltaropr, snd as an Oraathokifiat, tc direct ns 1 ri what to advc lei loijncc. The ru liiu# we have b. maul in Pennsylv you ; you max go .* lu tem|K»nd matters be did well, lit* had s gnod pruiciiMuu, bai had also trial?. lie worked u*dM» luously, sud ssvvd so urn money Pu, ^ toertk am ««- TW Moksi-h. Kutliacliil ^ to tho Mayw of I’ 2V a uucoi port of the Ffonds and Tteet Ylrgfadz, aod tad aw wbidhcf jrg Jpiva upt • right la U uwimtfeut % . Xhw aaiacaraa. at the fibattk, w* bdfeygja twtpgirurfcd. ^hmfe fSTV^rui HbCUtpg