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THE LUTHERAN VISITOR. COLUMBIA. 8. C., 88PTKMBEB k 1874 oar heart*. we win mn unawares into this aril. Hut ran not tbi# align g|frii bo- tween brethren of the same feith aad with the same iutoreata be oaat aatefe, end holy, rhriatUui love be again entbrooed it their heart* V I think How t Let each pn) aarwestij, prey for the other, ami make dee arknowtedfWMUta for any and all reel or apparent unktodnras or week! rob us of tbe Bible, i Maiao, IfoUgmn, and all en*ri weeld triumph, aad iaftdet* *g, feel that the Bible which he h* long feared waa now shorn of strength, and that he Bight, tD , future, regard it with oouteBpt Well night Lather write «i>ob t UM«Af b ^ • i«rkev 1*9 : ^- v I**** 3 .• ng 00 s i! XtOO* ^oe! Why do tbe> ooaaiv for t^W*' H lK>rat Beeewar, r hon a German be*- himeelf by eating, are represented as guilty of tha body and blood of Christ, L a, the otyect of their abate is speaftcal |y stated to be, not bread and wine, either la theneelree or as symbols, bat the body aad blood ef UhlhL That which they treat with oonUine ly is said to he the body of the Lswd, aad their crime in that they do not discern it. But unbelief would be iU own safeguard if It were the comma nr reels uot the will and in* Hopper, are there distributed aad re uaired. This Bay be inferred from what haa been aakl, and It la cfehriy proven from I Our. a : 11, “The cup of blrosiag which we biros, la It not the September 1,1871 i EDITORS : I^.D., Columbia, 8. C. LLKR, A.M., Staunton, V*. Simple words, framed by i»s^ wisdom, ee aa to reamt the ehli^r with SI learning, iU cunnh*^ philosophy, aaaatf them ia r** They an aa immovable favdatim for faith ia the sacramental ayst_. and thegataa of bell roa net 2 the (hith of the church, that Lord Jeans, with the true body ^ tree blood which he gave tor J,' mlempuoo oa tha Oran, fc w present in the holy Sapper, to **»}’, the redemption through the m organs by which it was wrought mi. The sacrifice was made earn hr an Its application gw* on to the end* time. On the cross, aad at the table, the aaiaU discern the bady of t y unity; in non wentiah ia all iking*, charity. 1 * i must lie mad* in Post Rank Checks, or l>n»ft*. f these can not is' obtained, icy in a R*<hstkskd L«t- mSumuSsw are obtiptwd to x when required, sent to stibserdH'rs until Hrr to iUwuntilM is ro ll arrearages sir paid, as law. Merely returning a b pwjx r by mail, ia not suf- • nieshons relating to «nb- thl give their names very I carefully indicate which vtuch are new subscribers. ; same of the put other, i of the county oml State Hbet is necessary, iu order a*,**" rv*(«Mi.il«lil. Him te rvMmff STrf tb. .fTbe American ( o: ^ Evangelical AlHanc gereral interviews with chafcoff. who bus treate mag ^d cowteny aiK ! Although offered sump hgsat Peterhoff by expi the Emperor, the no (lelegation continue to ^p^rteients et then th *v axe ee*ete*tty jl» tiaguisbed Greek si l ('hnsti^nK- They sfa» eooraginly* of the 1*0*1* accomplishment of tbeir allude to Prince GorU dud reception aa an otn The Commission will b* andieooe with bis 1*1* aoae day next week T magnates who ere no^ ? burg piece strong bofie.- eoce which the Commit able to exert in behalf i at the coming interview * appropriate entries may be promptly made. id obituary notices, and m traded for publicalion. en separately, mul not in x, to receive proper litten- Now lot nay man weigh solemnly the import of the thought: “lie that auleth unworthily of thB bread Ia guilty of tha body of tha Lard; he that dnaketh unworthily of tkia cup la guilt) of the blood of the Lord;" lions let ua nil try to preach Gospel more faithfully, aad hi Cbriat mure dearly. Let ua aau dwulliag Iu hie hod) a symbol of hie badly of hi# body, oor flat waa pies far oa, t* labor and |wwy more oorwnsU the baptism of tha Holy tlbat us strive to eh soots to €4 Then ahull we “ore eye to ayo, 1 1 on your contributions must have tbnt imlis iber of a complete man Irting of South Carolina you ui one reapant, ami oil other ronpreta. Von have Ml path) and prayers. It ia impi to pfeoar oil. Of worse ywu bora imirfaubsw ami bum enoagh not to poodew to tho i or bidding of auy quo trail tier, and rigblrousaras must b gunle j yut the upiuioiis of that Id direct the attention of m! the Yhitot to the nblo levj W. A. Houck on the led* We rejoice that wo tern who can write doc yij and that we have id aymen who ai^ireciate at is indeed the change w jyears have wrought, inquire how it was effect “it^is Sknuih, Aug. 15th, 1871. Jkmr Brother : 1 have just rrtnrue«l home fixun two meetings; one of which waa held in C'leburue county, Ala., aud tha other iu what was in other days called Campbell county, but now is known as Douglas county, Geo. Iu Alabama service waa held twice a day, eight members were added to the church by Coufeaaiou, and five infants were baptised. A kind brother of the M. K. Church preached oue sermon for ua. I felt that the Lord was with ua, and feel assured that much good will raault from the humble efforts of hia ser vants to preach the everlasting Gospel. The time is not distant when there will tie a railroad near this place, aud then we hope to have a flourishing church at Salem, Ala baum. May the blessing of the Lord rest upon this people! I next visited Lulher chain), Douglas county, Georgia. Here a three days’ meeting was held, the sacrament of the I ami's Supper ad ministered, aud three children were baptized. The |>eoplc here are anxiously looking forward to the meeting of onr Bynod. 1 regret though that they think that they are too poor to takf the church pa|ier. The Lord bless them and make them rich in faith aud in good works. E. ELMOKE. testifying to such a praaauos, aad are equally tnenpnble of terifyiag agasnat them. There are probably things of nature, naturally present, of which the aenaca are wot enaiaiim. There are probably things In nstuv which the senses may be eohnij And if wholly igsornl I find again that uaa btuihar (aotl there may be slbrre} la a sinter S) nod haa an will tag! j adopted oor erroneous ufMRinqa of a# (I aseaa mt our Bynod,) for which he haa aot (he slightest grotsdi la truth| uml yet I doubt wot he badtevua he haa ampfcr reuaou for the npminas ha rotwtsias 1 giva hua credit for eaadns, aad Irtrd to dianbose hia miad uf the unjust charges whlrh he brought sgainst us. ce bnt one answer iloiSgs, it is marvellous in Tl|s is the first and the e of onr return to the O^ht in the time honored of (6ip Reformation. It is o«|y eueooraging sign of ami two feed confident that, re fiiay not see it, yet the thei Reformation will lie ig efciufeh. n In justice to Hou^k we state, that he J or «On the other hand, t at court affirm that tl Alliance will be tol<l neats in regard to the of the Lutherans in the Bees have been evident! sggerated. but that the 1 eromeut will order a tho tigatiou to be made in << EwtugHV. or feavt yon to judge. y ovef the abfe Wtpomulers dt^al tiew of the .Eucharist, 5 preceded him. He has iinfa'li of their laliors, and end lim for it. Nonejmt mpt Originality; notie but prqseiit new views. We the Hbntheni church have aa iioaailile, forget the pout, and pray for forgtveoeus, and for mure grwcw I/I the church awake to a hwIiisOm of the living interest# briars it. LH us nil rally around our Genetwl Hyu od. I#*! u# cultivate friemll) rsfa uuworthiljr, a veritable Cbnal, wUn-h could not be if the body nod blood of Vbrmt wore not thrrrwu present and odhred to every It is rejiorted that A' haa appeared in V Philadelphia. New York. Augusts of Health direct thirt * r tine for veoaels from s. yellow fever and cbolern -■ S U 4#^ • ■ l’ * if w Reliable reports ifro: sippi. North Louisiana. Alabama mention tin of the army and boll w iag bos just com in < n* • early appearance of t • shorten the croji. Mrs. Colt, the pis? Hartford, Conn., Him 1200,000 church in met husband and in behalf < men, is building a house on her armory gr- chiJdren other employ*'* 0{A to the i'ornix Mintom.—Mr. Robert 8 peek, Butler county. 1\ #0,009 to the Board ot «fens of the Camber!;* i nans, to be opidied a shall deem Kerry thiag ooutrary to this we the exchange of ilaly accredited dd rgaten from the arvrrol giuarol bodies j and if the we gooero! hmkem deeta it exprdarwt to bare a roofer eoce, as a higher erotral hood of union, let each appoint delegalrw for socb a coavrntkm. 1 do not are why such aa aorombiage of the wiodom and tafoat of the whole chnn h In Amoriea might not aaeom pil'd* WXDT gtwal. < owl«l sot sorb a meeting devise some plan for tha establishment of a Imtberon I"oivar sity in the rnite<l Htoteo, nod do something for the more eghrient pm* -Do not foil to read him. n£ of lit! He writes* “I ip(K>s*‘ y ou will think it pro mWishiit. I do n*»t know f it wauld be.” Aad pray, f My dear Juan, rte per- r with you. Write again ! Oriykl hudly ■ per to ’■T—f I reky nott ftetlgagh as all relmanlletic diwwrcea of the he#real) ekmota of Ghost's true hod) and blood from the earthly ole omata Ag am* gf thick they ore Fur Lite Lutheran Visitor. What Will be Bone With UI Dear Editor : It may look like pre sumption in ho obscure an individual as myself to send you a few thoughts of my own upoi) certain things eon nected with the inferests of our pa per and the welfare of the charrh. If it be presnmption, then let my earnest desire for the prosperity of our Master’s cause be any apology for these lines; snd though you may not agree with me in all that I shall say, I beg you set naught down in malice to my account, but all in love. Tbe proposed Free Conference has provoked not only some harsh words, but, I fear, also unfriendly feelings, in the bosoms of soifie hitherto warm friends. Much has been said against the propriety of holding such a Con ference^ and in the opposition which you have brought to bear against it, I bclfeve the greater portion of the 8onthem church has been with you. Bnt in the manner in which yon have opposed, yonr warmest friends and follow-opponents of the proposed Free Conference have sometimes been pained. And whilst ire have enjoyed the privilege of opposing it, I think it would have been a matter of justice to our brethren ou the other side of tbe question, to have also allowed them a hearing. No* thing has a^greateF tendency to alienate than proscription. I do not wonder that some of onr brethren, who favored this “new measure,” (aud whom wo love, though they differ with ns in opinion) are chafing under the restrictions laid upon th<-ir articles intended for publication. if God were bou nd to do nothiag aud reveal nothing, or as if a* uter pretatson of hit word shaM sUad which does not accord with osr 3i 1 >ip, Monday morning, ie Iron steed took us to .1C. then by the way of ihre we were welcomed 6n ijiy two dear friends to q U _GreenHljoro, where }[ I1 anville train, which it Bnrkeville, Va., at iSt wo iu the wee small e niorning. The entire ti Columbia to the stars appearance show the lie drouth; the corn and t j are utterly destroyed, ge fields of bumblebee fired cornstalks j with ler, nor ears. We do witi t the husbandmen, foiled in vain. But is ilewon iu it, which if ovell will amply reward Bat, finding my letter already too long, 1*8b*p*. I will floor there rambling thought*, with the eoraret anuiram-e that I am, aa ever, yoar friend am! brother. JI'AN. bnt feat vre be earn c tedious, we here dam, in the language of a lated» tingwished writer. He^says: *We kuow that to take oay' Savioar sI hia word here, to receive tbe teach iag# of the New Tesiameat ia thrir obvious intent, ia to incar with (be current religionism a reproach litti*- fere bitter than if we had taken q arms against the holiest troths of our faith. We are willing la eadarr tht* truly ia my bady, my true body truly ffo# for my «l>#iU|ile*. N* mm* who (qipuaro the literal interpret# Immi of the Intfam t'hwrrh ho# >ek proffer. A convocation of all I Ifehl denominations at onder the name of the ‘ ' Alliance,* and coreesv < Protestantisni the sanu f J menical Counsel to H»*r Poow, Is to be held in >1 1873. The Atlanta (Ga.) v *»ys: “Wf saw vest* P«re gold taken Grantville, Gs.. beautiful to - I w eigb«\ twenty-seven p I ar>< ! had the look, TWciiJ- (he pure metal al* ^ Ve, T *»ear picking up - v v «*7 doore. B i The Omyrofatiowli*! I ^ soity to fearu th;> of the American Board * I1 »' r hdow those of iasj J «*y, 1870, For years much ha# been written by ministers of our own and other communions, which might lead to tha inference, either that the Isrthersa rhnrch ha# no acknowledged tVuifo* sion, or that it is a dead letter, or at best, existing only os a mark at which ©very sqolb is to be dtw- churged, or the sUrting point of all manner of hab^ectlve speculation#. If Lutheranism be a system so* oeptfblc of indefinite and prof iewaive development, it Is time to renoanee ft a# having no foundation on the eternal rock of troth. If God’s word fe au ever varying saml bonk, changing its form nod shape with ever) tide that sweeps gprer ft, who could maiutnin his foot hold onltf But Lutheranism it tin met) baaefeos fabric— no such ever shifting sand bank. Her foondatfon has been can tlously laid, and every doctrine ©ore fully tested by Cod's word; amt every ordeal through which they pass pot I shed, Hat can not deatroy them. This is partlealarfy true of her view of the EttehariaL This doctrine, os tha Lutheran Church believe* ft set forth In tha New Testament, Is thus defined la tbe Augsbarg Confession i “Concerning tbe I/mi’s Sttpjwr w* teach as follow*: that tbe body and blood of Christ are truly prerent it the sacrament, in the form of bread and trifle, and there distributed and received: Therefore the opposite doetrifle Is rejected.’* ireafter ? solves, with all their fury, aga«s this doctrine of She word of G4 hicroaamowrresiKNisibiiities. Wife at a later and sadder period, yielded to subtlety what *#• ^ s already beuefitted.ua, ire ;tiretl. Well, before e fo take our last* tripw id kind Lord baa been e met friends all the id ?evefy thing in tlieir 1 a id make us comfort ;en lemen from Cplum pqMect strangers to us, > and untiring in their aad let her doctrine foil, tkt with U. When God lifted her tbe dust, he lifted her boaner ore fovonms; “ft am tha viae, ye are the broach ns ;* “I am the door;* “1 am tha bread of life.* But If the Ml “is # »ymb*4 of.* thou t hrill would say: “I am the symbol of a vine f “^nm the sym bol of a doer ;* “I *m tbe symbol of broad,*—whiah in absurd. A more lieuj they left, a geutle- Ld^more became our ?r, and he vvYll go wjth j Lynchburg—and the the -rest. There is more je ^orld than men hre uit. The way to fin<i it letufent, to be polite^ to [l consideration aud ,re- >this uaturally however, ice friendliness must ned—it must be felt^ it abiding feeling in tbe ••••lid ;*lk? tbot many of f| *)nr never heard of Bqrke- »d to sketch if. On the i Iff is as large as New ibotltnte should be man from the Mmptaero, bjr wbat priaB plait* nervosity wna to be peeoaa. In this, after a trial qffisunre (ban three eentnriro, they bare dfssMjf foiled, lotto rroiab seven of thrir eoafiirtiag npinfeaa, nr Inttrprsto tkmsi At tbe beginning of tbe 17th century there were aver twenty-Ova enatrndlrtory rfevra urged by i Wvit* Int# Tbe labored effiwt* «f tba ptea ent erotwry bnve produced no bettor they wen* they wer* < | 1T1 ®»8ler that the Tiv | a satisfactory rejK»| 8 ° ln * #80,000 will be u* [ ^Pteaber 7, a iurgo aau I without the aid of tip Ht •[ surriy the friends * I * l « give it. Dr. Clark ^stanUnople, a sboit bat Urn doctrine ItmU re|«ay« ^ for ad bar suffering. Da her it » » very small thing that she sbouki be judged af man’s jodgmeal; but the* is oue judgment she will »°*, dsn* uot hazard, tbe jmlgn»a'»( ^ UoO, ( kick tk#y ml ««! ^ tli**tua*‘UeH who will not discern (■* isMd’a bady in tbe °* tb * lioul.*’ Tbe next session of the suuLv will m readei ville i ^urrhw, wfil come to tiV e u»ay be clear of de!>t meaftlug. it vuu thrill of joy mul wnini mr evrey mission fort half a fttoe R . added eaarsg* ^gth it would iuspit , York d ■1 \ > i.'i t ■ c .. . • : • ‘'.