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* ■J tr ! % THfr LUTHERAN VISITOR. COLUMBIA, 8. SEPTEMBER 8. 1871. nffjttan YHsifot. - ..t| r=r-.-r^|: ffi At^jftcs, LUMBtA, S. IQ. y, September 8, 1871 EDITORS j RUDE, D.D., Columbia, fa C. MILLER, A. M., Staunioii, Vh. — TT.rrrr. JTrrAttgTiFgas unity; in HOH wential* in all tkingn, charity SPXCIAT, NOTIcXf*. i-«*« mn«t be nuult- in Feet rs, Rank Checks, or Draft*, If these can not be obtained, >1 money in » Kkoisteksd Lkt- Al Postmasters are obliged to >■ 1 dters when reqtrireA * are sent to sabecribeta until is order to (Uarontiuut- is re- id nil arrearages are paid, a* y law. Merely returning a [4f the paper by mail, is not suf- ntuniunications relating to sub- [{should give their names very ami carefully-indicate which ud which are new subscribers, onfirt the name of the post office, also (that of the county and State Subscriber is necessary * in order proper entries may be promptly ntately made. Marriage and obituary notices, and other jnajtter intended for publication, slionli be> writ ten Separately, and not in buainfefc etters, to receive proper atten- tion. Pi! I ! H lfft Burksville at one o’clock iu arrived at Lynchburg o’clock, and as the weather aud pleasant, concluded to . This part of Virginia has .1 as much from the drouth o Ca^pliuas have, and late e very much refreshed and egatatiou. 11 travel is not our forte; we k about when our eyes are we have uot yet learned to he road. Of course we saw most of our fellow’ travelers p; we found it rather find any sufficiently wide converse with, aud have but little to tell. One we with was a youth, about years old, and on bis way toort couuty, Va., to the sHiear Dublin. Ue was , had a pleasant coun- was well conducted, lost his parents (child, was thrown on the jsfrere he had to work bis r^yi—tl^at he never atteuded could (uot read a line, but iu- lit i go to school the coming A e pressed the necessity of jiqther things of the utmost on him, and hope be may oor boy/ none to care for ^o grow up negfected aud civilized and chnstiau It is a shame, a dot, a he eommuuity in which he 'row iip4 j I low great and how tiaay issiou of the professed SUS. ' ;* . | *•:. at oue time u itli a ae noticed another in of us leauing forward as if interested. Du- aitse |n the couversati jo he, intemiptiiq: us. do wdll him, e iguor iu|tf 41 a txmjimuiU#. crime jo “Yes, apologizing asked, bjkre you a minuter.” sir,* we of course answered. “\yjiat,’’ said he, £ *fs your view of, Baptism.’ 1 This is rather a vexed question. We knew wrf w ere in a Baptist region, that Baptist^ are great polemics, did not-wish to etrter iuto an improfitable controversy', nod answered therefore “It is name Ghost.*! the an the in bad well cautiouAV both valid, most sc# when h He then — » 7 Stern, realiti of sbjug with water iln the i Father, Son, and Holy I do not mean that,” was c l “I have reference to r suspicion tint we tty an immersionist seemed aided, and we answered ¥A8 Regards the mode, ion and immersion are I think sprinkling the ni-al.” Imagine ouii relief glreed perfectly with us. f|la fed, that he was thjeonly Presbyterian in his neighborhood, that his children baptizec that worry! a bar them,* the a the viduafc* a Ba] my own I could marked min brought to say.' distinejt New Tbs hogs in ed.” || We ni we met gentlemaa the chan ested in comm who had mouths, From ail the ruin great epgagiefj, larity sooner for > e was a Baptist, but their ere by mutual agreement a Presbyterian minister, ;ists were continually id, and that Re bad many battle with them. “I tell hie, ‘-that Baptism jis not tidn of an individual to biit of water to the indi lei added: “not long ago minister attacked: me iu use.” He said mor4 tliau t to, and at Iasi; I re r. , I alwayd treat espectfully, but yon have Of yourself what I am going find only oue express and tise of immersion in the te meut. It is that of the oin the devils had enter* : a tiou another geutietuan He was a young rendered us assistance at of cars, and we felt iinter- jijn. We learned he Was a traveler, alias drummer, on the wing for .three ng to and fro iir the land. learned we arrived at on that it nrast be the mporal and eternal of the rity of youug men thus hat it results in irrego- life and for the purity and holiness of hoOTcn. We are glad to loom that this matter is beginning to be disettnsed ; ilfaight to be al>ove all things, and hidepeii deut of its commercial bearing*, be cause of the many noble young men of Pennsylvania whom it destroys. Christian brother The broth ren, ami in fart all whom other an We met, received us kindly. Wo/ “ 8*It that it was gT»o*| to he them; we •ranted much, we forgot murk, sad we hope to benefit from it. Dr. Hies*, the delegate, front the 8j nod mot its as s a at with Jaofctto, “As for am and why bofo***, tf «0 the land * Mother* hr tike si tha TKkt A*Tk.h“t “Wr rwarhed Tekus at feltt. Near the middle of the alto are the rum* of a great church, nmtmg which are atvcrml fVagmeats of column*, aud a tiapllsmsl font of roaecolored liar !W. i, M. Wells. Alternate*: Rufus asaOOiatious being prejudicial totkiedr J. A. I*rice, M. <’aa*el, J. T. individual |»foty ami injurious t*tin. i.roaotlow. OMg» of our Eetleemer. R We fouml too oti the train, au Christian. AO diOerrncra weta for lit Mehnig, m Ravaria, thr lUanan atone mgiog into rnartde. The foul Englishman who hud bceu a wan gotten, all eatrwngesaeuU rrwornl; prWwt is ofipaai derer for over twenty years iu India, we met ami we parted aa brethren, infallibility, ami Australia, Texas and the North, and and althoogh it assy enae to paaa. every Brown; to North t'arolina Synod, IU \ *. H. Hclwrer atwl J. B. Greiner; to Tdinasw Hy nod, Revs. J. CL Re- la the <tug«M of *• octagonal, for fort hi fisaHer on |«m and I*. Hdtiekle; and to Penn * again*t it f, bat the vimr To Virginia Hynml. Rcva. H. A. j Tliat tl»e|swior»ca8tl». «jiaa* and P. Hcbkkhr; to IMston attention ot their clmreh council* ^ Ml, Iteva. A. IT»ilIi|»pi and .1. A. the i*n|Kirtanee of exeremiag <1^; line on all members who thus dem«* themselves. The Missiouar> and Kdatgf|j| .Society held its HtmiversHry the thi who now a lonely man, with but that we may diflbr limited means, was seeking a quiet measures, we both know that we resting place for the balance of his have one Lord, »»«“« i*i»w iwr iuo oaiance or m* nave one uara, mir faith ami ou« i» ww «»» iu*- ne* «««•»•*: m* up ^,.,1 *f Hi. %iIUj:. ; .. i.h;< m< • 1 ^ -- - days. His mother was a Christian bnpfisnt. We have burirsl Ktrot'on buhls papol inCaltitnlity, anil the «*i MU t tro*. like thr Kaglmli walnut, rebgwni, alihh we give in lull: tare of tha la favor of thr Hi) ■P We fo«r foH ««ft the inside, alar iachro deef* itrxa aorHMA npped for lunch a few rod* the village, under a lanw worn on, his father, be thought, was a I ference; we work in tha skeptic ; both had lott their thr the same troth, ami hope to sious on his mind; be wished be waa and to dwell in the a Christian, but coaid uot understand where time shall be no the mysteries, and therefore he doubt-1 . Brethren who differ shook! ed. The letter kilteth: bat the We dare say oor readers are uow countenance, the ebuqied hoods, the music of gentle spaech are persuasive, ami (motile. W# are glad and gratefal that we went to Booth western Virginia; glad and hopeful, because we met Dr. faros; glad ami happy breaaar we once more held sweet communion with our kindred in the Lord. The land hies* our peofdr. pastor*, and churches In South western Vir ginia. let them but be troe to the truth, the work, and the t hurrh of the Reformation, and their randlr atiek shall not lie removed. •f Child's* We are glad that the children, whose relation to the church and the 1 Redeemer baa of late been so little attended to by some, aud entirely ig tirerl. We too are tired—ami a as the traiu arrived at WythevtUe, we harried to Mr. Hancock’s, whi«*h we found to be a home, instead of, as we imagined, n hotel. Travelers who visit Wytheville, or thoae who go there to derive benefit from the pure and bracing air and mountain water, would do well to call on Mr. Hancock. At Wytheville we found the ac complished pastor Of Salem, Roanoke, and it was yet early iu the day when our frieud of a life time. Rev. Mr. Brown, appeared with bis white courser and roomy chariot to carry us to the parsonage. The <par*ou with his u^ost excellent wife live literally and figuratively iu clover. They have a most plduaut home, and understand to perfection the art of inakiug their friends wel come. But it is Thursday, we are on the way to Byuod, up hill and dowu hill, hills around us, mountains back of the hills,'but every thing is lwautifnl and graud. Such'green grass, such tall trees, aud such springs and creeks we have not often seen. To us it seems rather dangerous travel ing, but Rev. Brown smiles, says it is all right, and we know he ui all right A couple of hours’ ride briug* us to Kimberlin church, it ia a large and well constructed bouse, situated 01. the top of . kill—tb^ whole region I ,., Hlll(ll „ k ,. trh hereabout i. com poet. I of hill,. ... muning too p,., . which Stow the talleet oak. wad rna : fcWn(( Wkl. ,a,t to plea we have ever eeeu. «etneetwith |^,| t b.. rh.hlrei. to Jw u.nl thr. old brethren whop, we knew in maw karp |, Anir< | lr ,n.sr-~s ww hood’s prime, but they are now aged, yj tkm> ^ ^ mm ^ ^.jj tbeV are Uanlenc«l nrtada again*! WO tree wn the tree, a small mm altar, on which The walnut- within the pro church. Cuder (oolalna They to the their apiritowl it Id interfere, that the Lord’s day ho Oot dean rated, that the God he not tutwrd into a house, and that the mimmhi of t hrow do 00! 8r prnsitud •• art thr port of polithaal demagogues All see at once thr impropriety of each nwdad Hat we ask—if it hi wrong to odvorote dMRuot dogmas or teoehlnga (ruw the name polpM. and In the uoe rhorrh. roo it be right to do it thrwogh the nk|fou : organ of nay rhwrrk f thight. lor nswpir, the hotkrrmm ITsffisr in! one nomtier defend the Aogsbarg I’mfroin*. and io the vary next nnmhrr nhn«e nml denonmw it. Ought the I * ay hauls Hy«»od, Revs, A. IMiiflippi on Monday, the -HtU. Sevetnl a4 «ih1 s \ mm rtMtfiddMfi 4mmm mm delivered. i l<* piHdg^ paid and the collection taken »j, Rev. A. l‘hillip|»i (uenented a very amounted to #^08.00. flfiO.QQ ^ers lutervwting rof*ort ou tin state rtf pledged for next year. The Ministerium iiccmied Rev. j iMt on tint kmtk w i*. (Hm-uhIihui. .-Vw -n «.» r to meet at Ht. IVteFs rburrb. O. .ho a. Vw,« Tl...r»h.v hef " ,vw th.- -wk- of «bm • * s the f<dlowing statement on the coodi ^ ^ ^ ( K«*r l in- Lnthenui Vistosr. A Few Thoughts on Proviicaet. oftilll I snd siwo the an t«*i <*f the HmrehfU n*prr«M*iite«l in font «»f liUH-*to««e, thi* Hy and. Goil ha* granted to mir partly hwrfad In the ground. This |mator* such a degree of health ami hatter men wind five fart Iu diameter, strength that nearly or quite all tin* The question, bow doe* Ihvtot throe nml a half fart high, and two rougrogutious connected with the Providence manifest itself to huauut fart utoo inches dr* p * ithhi; tho in ! Hywnd low been irfuhrly aervod J obners'atioti ? is uot demoattfs- ■sdv bring eaiavate«i In the form of srttli tlir word and saeratnents du tively clear to every human atiml, a rtwsu. with the canen rownded.* ring the year. Norbtrv the bretb but is involved iu Home obscurity. it h nnastowory fkr ns U(nisi amt * nut labored in vain, itinre they haw It is a difficult subject to It may be considered aa <'\wrntktf ordinarily or extraoniiuarHy, ^enft ally or specially, directly or indhect- ly, authoriUtively or the mttrr im/ammAHity aft tmfHriuy ky •awnerofso, crrrspr mist im eitkrr mf \\ Itftkr i J.mthmm Yirytmta rtf Ch Kraafttipml * in kikilrHl* Va, or fitsruwd the p»#w«r of the Gospel in admit t*f the walk of the |wof»le. as well as in fawts. j the mnvi-ndoo of many sinners. Home of uor (mstorates haw enjoyed groat rofrewhmg* friun the presence of Theologvr* vary much in tlieir view*, iy, nored by other*, are at Uat beginning mend revivals, W*»d the suererding tho laud. 'flagtfny nefasds ami j»ra>er meet Mtg* ate kept op itt 4*111 neetion with many of oor y;—- am! are doing an cxoeffRit work for the rhnrrli, tail we are imiiol to state that with a fen 4-»*q«tirtoatb< n-(torts an silent am tin* snlifart of caterhet- wal instmetiou. C’on it be that our rail f for in (foe diMpfwmr out agniaat protraeted Ought the fathis* t’ni me nsmhr-r aftprove and of opro rummaaioa. the exrhnoge of polfHt*. n tjrthrraa nml fain to be rand for. We find in many of imr exrhiinge* articles on ••The t’esi version of <'hildrrn^ It i* insisted that the Humlay srlesd, a* at pr» * cut maiiageil. fails to accomplish all that it ought and ihoukl. One * ri | ter even maintaina, that while many j V irginia fadnlgwl in im Huuday school scholar* become amm I W gnk» mama; bers of the church, a still larger hln, and he has porntriely disliked nututier unite with the world, be *•* ***** done all come inmate* of jaila and penitentia i riW dam. Kl ries, and live and die in their sins. I Wdkr to td**w d raM with which atv diajswl a<w-ordiog to the general system of theology theyhare embraced, oepocially as to tlieir an tioos 6f the omniscience, fotckamri edge and foivortiination of all thing*, aud the application made of thro |*oinu to moral and inteilectaal sub jects. To fix the iwgmning andnd ing of the extraonliuary and ortii Tbtgeforv it U argued, what shonhl tb* the object of the Honda} school he— Hke the couveraion of the children. This ia all very well, but it ia not It hi great a ri*k. It is gray-baired aud failiug. We made the acquaintance id younger bretb reu, whom we had yet never seen, aud felt encouraged. The younger brethren of the Houth western Synod are workmen tliat iieiil not to be ashamed. We will tell the rest iu a 11 air struct. * Thi* Hvi i bun h. Wythe 34th, tall. Mtni*tei« pit-will, III; l*\ deh- gate* IA; Advisory members. 3; | |awtun< «w Miffering this time-boii • nary, authoritative aud iJcninusiv^ Rev. Ihr. faras, delegate fvtian the «»rod and heai en s(qmrt ed custom to involren tlw- difficulty of Hvmsd of hfoinhuta. and’, Kr\ . fall into dtMi*ef Huroly tbiyrau not »ng the luystericaof Brovi Ik Rod. fam the Hind of Huntk im at thi* time, wbm the (kw|id, ' iu the apfdu’atioti ot this doetrim ( sidiM. «h*ch is **» fully and clearly owned to thr* material world there is not at ttm\. J. I. N fovH n ns elerted *ad oofomd by our dnnvli. ia so much difficulty iu uuikritnfiig R I'rvatdrol; Rev. H, A. Rrpasa, fa**ra bitterly and shaqiefully opposed workiuga. The physical nuiverse hat »or>, and Rev*. J. A. Brown, Trvwa■! through the igooraoce sod j*rejudioe, be**n created directly in part, and * Im h at j»rescut exist against our (lortly modified by indirect action n church. If we aero to retain to our dei the oja* ration of the laws or pan- ehiirrh. aid in many t*aaes to christi- er* iinpie^aed upon nature by the asm itself, the Imjdised of oor i-om moulding baud of t»«»d at the tmtnxMi. *e can not. we .lare not »»eg- tiing. * *-ateelietowl instructitui. Tl»e Tlie atlvaoccmeut of F \% —a noble institution— serene**, and the study of it npfnwateil thr pro thms ymt on amendment* Ui the t ssamuws made an aide ro|Mrt, and the wrod item elicited an in trroatifog and qsntal dtscauwian, although faro from everything that rsnrid sound the iroiing* and duHurb d«ws nut do away with the office of astronomy an<f gixdogy. bare ifirwro The By nod of Bouth western Vir ginia has adjourned, the brethren have bidden farewell to each other, and are by this time on their way to their fields of labor, to plant, to water, to preach, and to build up the temple of God with living stone*. Though the journey was long amt wearisome to the flesh, we yet feel amply repaid, and have fnliy made np our mind to visit them again. But we forget, tomorrow, to-day, the next hour may be, nay must be ere many days, the summons may come, and all our jonrneying, on earth be closed with the unconscious jonrney to death’s qmet chamber. The Virginia brethren are a noble Godf I la* not JfMM ud, “Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, for «»f »orh ia thr kingdom of heaven. And hr last bis hands ou them.* I* thi* not said to all believiog . poroofa ? Are not their children now Iwought unto Him in holy bupti*ni * Do they not by l>apti*m become Ilia? Are they not henceforth member* of his rhun h ; and are they not to be trained ia the^'TVe aro Iwyood the (w*seal. Give New York Harold. We oor stood. We have comma. Wo aro of the Getwrol Hy nod. Sail It so* ed the Lnefl heritage «inrw»g the dark afod heart reading days of mevthros aud raia. It eorviveff the let reu we. It is G«*r* oatrk. And *hall we uos. while Northron men attempt to de •troy God* work, unite wad rrf operate with them. Forbid H God ! perfect iiauesv whu-h exista thr uutuhrro mi (Ida body. Thr tUm priifaMed: “That to or r that the By in*! tar twuught into § with the l eoflwaiMUel Imui the General tyuod, Houth, the d/nurwi>4l t’f*v*le S>m1 the Aug* tmrg I'oufasaaeu he reroixedi ua ear 1 tret t-Xpufortil* of thr Hy mdlcol < «*n stituUen.** Rrx. H. A lUfMMu odxonsted the c kaoge; Urv. I*, fa-ktrklr o|q»usrd it- Professor Vowro declared him «*Tf to Ur au wot aud oot Hoolherti the ftiterkirt. Oot pastor* must meet the yewitg. ami iwwft r m»aaj»j»robeii sintfox mm! pfeneut aud iiapmst the and aaviug troth* of the Gos- pack light ujhhi the wtodioos as to the principles on which Divine 1‘ruvhltnw acts. The basis of enu tiou has been (Hit into existeoae pel ua held and ntoterord by tie directly imh! extraordinarily by Gtd, ('hutch uf liar H» t»amation. The but 0*1 it and in it he haa- rnkhd h«at«iry of ehriwtianity jhist'lna ua iu common and ordinary powers, whitk saying that the future of <*tr 1 rimed < rhun h is m*l <toady rnnnerted with our fidelity ft* oor .dfice as tearbera, I raperially of the yoilg * the rat«|Mralive Mlenee of, the reports, it ia fufHrrcd that the i grace of giving hi a* not fully do Grueral Hy nod man. Itcv. Uliillippi vehiped among out pantor* ami |teo agreed moat heartily with IVofa—or | pie a* the iaten-4 «*f the Huink de Yonro and gate «%pn-«*Hj*i to ht* attachment to oor tiencta! Hy nod. work out their inUm.led result* for all time to <*mie. These )»hysteal (Miner* work oot iliffnwtt reula in difliront hwalities. Tliis will be *e«i by nrferriag to difobM (karts of oor globe. Under the taw of an effort to equalize the teiapcra tore of th*- air. as to cold and beak and of electricity-, &<-, we sec tRa* church for hi* sen ice, his kingdom, his heaven? Do not wait for them to become hi*; for they, when Imp tizrd, are bia. Bring them up ac cording to the orJrr and Ik# rate given in the word of God; even aa a Ham nel and a Timothy were twooght np. This is the teaching and the prac tiee of our church. Alaa, no, not the unanimous practice. The catechism is a dead letter. Many parents think they have done all that ia required of them, when they after weeks amt months of delay present their chi! dreu for baptism. Baptism ia utter ly iu vain for the liking child if not the devil a have hath Beware! the aad I The t 'orre*y»H*dtug Hrcrotury of the Hynod uf IVaosyhania ha* writ ten to Dr. Ibttle. of Hsleui. Va~, nfl rially, that they cannot give any sop port to any of the Theological ata deals of Virginia, beyond the aid given to Mr. Kart, of Highland la, Va., who has been one year ia their Theological flemiaary at l*hitadrl phis. Dr. BtGle proj■•***» t<> giVe theohigira) tost met km* at Hfolem. Va. It roo* *trangr that the Ifortof Hnm h are much greater. Our the onimary and indirect Vonr* 11 -|MHi.h*l: •*! am chunb iwntitiitkHMi, hai1«|r sttaitmd of divine prorideuoo. *V\ e now tak«- a ghuiri* at the mare band of devoted disciples, and they | improved by bringing tb« child np in utterly »gn.»ro- th* a*-t- - tof tin (im have a people among whom it ia pleasant to dwell. They are kind- hearted, hospitable, liberal, although they have not yet learned that they are bat the Lord’s stewards; and are therefore disposed to be a little or not a little slow, we are not quite prepared to say which, in houoriug the Lord with their sabstanoe. We are, how ever, inclined to think that it is for want of positive instruction. They have not been taught that not only they, but theirs, and their posses sions, belong to the Lord. Many Christians have rather coufused views “the nurture and admonition of the eral Hy no I. flouth Why is it fhat Lord/ 1 It ia not enoogh that parent* we do not art in harmony ? Why bring their children to Christ; they tbU arrikmaft *plrif among aa, which must teach them to know, lo love, to w- ke mn m boose diikied agnitmt trust In, and to serve Christ by dally itrolf? We have always been in fa precept sod example. The divine tar of larnMng oar Tbrotogtrnl fa-m rule for the religion* training of chi! inary at a central point. Columbia, dreu is laid down in Deaf. H T. ». CL, Is ton fir Hoafb | Salem 1* too “And these words Which l command f. r yjorth. The distance from the thee this day shall be in thioe heart, remote Hynofl* Is tort groat, f’har aud tboo shaft teach them diligently Ute, N. C\ K ami ha* always been auto thy children, and shall talk of fmr choice, j, (, reufral; it has a them when tbon slttcat in thine honor, Utbrnui popuiathm; theological *tu and when thou walkcst hy fhe way, aetifa will ^ivc atlvaafagrw there he w ill ana * Ret. Greeier thought It strange the body, that It has become nervosary to make a thougr now, whe h was not rrquir ed when the General Hynod «s* fotwol. and Wanted to know what right fro Genets! Hi food ha* lo re quire the H t****I to tkanrr now. To this Dr where I always *t»**l. in a* far aa 1 umlrtwtmMl the doctrine* of (lie Latheran t Tturoh. w h* 11 Brother Brow o mtokiad toe in Ht. John’* t*hnri-h; l*«t I un«|et*.tati«l Lutheran ion diflefi-ntly now in **»ine (Miints.* ltd. Grreier remarked then; “I think we are tort m» far ^p.irl All we hale t*» do I* to exercise nwtre rhurily, and to fod each other alone. I do lM*t mak other* to yielifo to me. and I (Mill aid. that I Hi- trot roqnirrd to change my iwndifon.* The Reftorl alao rromiw* miol a general m i*k*i of the t’oimllnifioo. || aa* oomk rnl by Item*, the item* were miofti-d. Imt the tied ton to ad«q*t a* a whole wa* The motile* eollerted fin the Then logical Semin*t\ Were, on motion, transferred to the Kdnratioti him! M manat an Fund. Tlie fotnter Tmi* nm Htatnl he did not know aist ds. Never in tin* liiMory of onr tratnl many phcttominalresults. Dsc example—on umim- {tuiota of oar globe it neter rate*. uitiMMigh then* i* soon* mouttaro—;»t other (mtatstbr w ater ri*e* and fall* in uforhMftMflRfo and at other ftoint* in (ne tempers*! l***1t. iu aitenrnring shower*or h«acr rain*. Such results v* 'escribe ta Synod have our 4**otritMitkm« fallen *0 far *hort uf meeting the ptx-ssing w ant* of the ehuroh as they d<* at the (o-noiI time. Nut that the lie fowolftiee ot the clmreh is lean now than it was in former year*, for this la m4 the rase. Imt the wants ot the a prominent (Mwutlott among the col W-ge* of the State, requite a much larger amount of material than they did Hi former year*. A larger mini her of m«Mt WTiMthr voting men have board ami rvafumded to the long and earnest i-qll of the iTinrrli for mote difficult Itranclt of GotlVi Kruvidencis in relation to moral ami iotrihO|Ml *nbjeet»*—in ndatiou to iiulft Hfil men, and communities of men, called uatioitM or govern menta. ITk- priiwiples *>f tbe gevermat** tttinioiefw, ami are now in a t*Hinw t»f of Gml of individuals aud of I believe to U* very much the 1 He put intellectual man upon «*arth endowed with certaitt and rospoii'oluTitieK. A liar of duty 1* also 'presented, ami thisi# to hr ia try to serve God and mammon. However we have no fault to find as yet. We were never better or kiud- lier entertained.- If we could have divided ourselves in iuuutperable parts, we wonld have found (host ac ceptable accommodations for each part. > These jieople love the church of their fathers; they came from near and from far off to attend Bynod. The congregations were large. Kim berlin church, where Synod met, has about sittings, and it waa and when thon lic*t down, aud when «|,ieh ran «a»|y hr had in alorgrritv; * n > Seminary bring in operation »«. • - - ** " Tit 1 re rhargv* were rcfroitfsl runt. A Mtrf (h*u 1 be Manlamt Sym*l signed by Rria. t(irli,in)*Mi, l*r. I'onrmland making overt tire* as regards giving; many give bat tbon rise*! op.” Bee also Drat, xi: u „d wr do hop. that sll who havn little, because they love but little; 18,19. The New Dispensation dor* welfare of »fa t l.ureli truly .it and others give next to nothing, be | not differ from the Old. Kph. «: 4. h*,,^ w iil mgrt* and cooperate f*K cause they love with a divided heart— : “And ye father* provoke Ml ret j^fi eml. \V» must rdlfofote uoi own children to wrfth: but bring thrni rorn • an d mm m«*t u> np in the nortnro and admonitkm of j f ^ irr the Tiord.” There are two extreme* prorouuinate. in our day. Home chihlren are brooght up in idlenesa; otbera to constant and hard labor. The small eat number are tanght to “br not slothful in Imsinens; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord/ 1 Rom. xil: II. The Christian house should br a honse of God, with Its reading desk, altar of prayer, and rioaet. The Christian family should be a family of Levitea, aye more, a family of royal priests. All should pray, ami all should praise. Parents look on Our Houth i’aroliim brethren may not agree with n*. Wr *|irak and art for the whole Southern church, ami not in tl|r interewl of any tangle fly find. All who iRtetuleil last Sim*! *»( Soulh t'aroHiia will remember we only consmted to act as thfologlrMl ioatructur befouM- necrnatty was Ufa] upon ua. We covet uot the |KMilkm. training for the Micml offiiw. Many «»f 1 i*«*iii hitve imt the mi**ii* to «*»m ptete t hi-fi stHdicf Hiid are now look iti-r to th«- ehtireh. * hich hn« *•» great fifed *»( them, amt ha* invited them with tesuw to the Master’* w«*rk. to l.-aymsl eithi-r by the light of nattie *n*ratti them in their preperat ion far for revelation, a* a general fiflh the mmiirtry . Now that God in an Throe lights ean lie modified ia *wet to much prayer ha* given it* a iufittettee by MrtwlflflfdfOl tic*t Ha** htc-rary in*ritutkm, .-«im< #•«**. Ttie early teochingw* and jmi into the hearts of so many of our p|f« of parents the young tm-n t«» (tnqmre themselves for v ailing vices in the eumaiMflMHj the ministry of reroweiltation. will the which • growing youth hahtflfifll ehneeh tmvt the n-*|xMi*ibility which move, and in the inheritance of Of they fneuirod iu asking there thing* <filiar moral and intellectual tenth* «»f God* TW work i* n great tme, <*ie*» frtim (Mrentage. all may h*'"** lait iiuiu*l effort ami untiring energy bearing for weal or woe. If wilt 1 nabh* u* to sn*tnin our etdlegi* vidual then shun all p<o*l infim-sw®* *nd alt they oung men who are hsAing give way to pnmioa, n.n iwtm faj to u* far akl* com {tatty,- and iuto diffesMlk^l He accompanying preamble ami rml lits career Hi au untimely rie to bring itlwHit * mdon of the Synods re*olntion* touching* Christian ittcon- lent death, can it be sittrilmtcd hrifa Houth and North, ami the anwwer *i<ue«ietes and irregularities were directing a ml ovturuling (uovtflflf? of the PresidgL lire. Prof. Yonre, >dwn adopted: of an omniscient God ? Surety »«* itKHKAM, hi tltccM;thli*hmcnt of lie is excusable and the erring wt - imt h«*1 y reltgivin. tin* divine author is culpable. The *;imc |»riatilfa ha* given lus (tnqtle not only nti in believe will apply to thr rfilfafl* ^ fallibte mb-of faith, but also rule** G<nl with uatioits. He lias bd**** h»r practiee. ami requireshtwpeople ho lutKies for well tloing in thr affordiSR to walk ns to exhibit before the work! of the same light; but if the ruto* the purity and qiiritoality of his re and the rnkd neglect f*e*r. a«d l*e filled to overflowing. On Sunday, although it rained, or more correctly speaking,, poured all the day, the your children as ('brist’s laniba, frml church was to our great astonish- them as such, pray for them when in meut, when we called to mind how ^fants in your arms, ami pray with fearful city people are of a few drops, them as soon as they can kneel at crowded. Aud on Monday, to give every one present au opportunity to your side. We bean! of a mother once who said she did not wfont her son* to be crammed with religion, and one Rev. • liaven. Secretary M IAMMMI* of Rev. Dr. Park At this city Pit nary, hi which GoodUn, of Lock were read Marion Male and Female High School, established by Rev J. 1. Hr he rer, wa* recommended to the mi), (•art ami (uttronage of the charebc*. In mder to reth-vc RonmAe Col lege front prenebig Ua bit it tea—#3,000 "i my mi*i*ier adopt n plan by lie realized from each rhnrrli l was required to ligkm; and whereas tImre is a grow- come overaolflab, haughty, All”-l' which fl might ittg dbqtotdtion amcag our inendwr ambitious and graeptng, Wtfakjjft ship to yield to tlie world ami partici strife come, anti God (irrmits the Board ^ kk ^1 k ^ ^ 111F Fl 1 ^ 4 ^ — _ General Hyond re*idtr*l a* dMtarwa: and .*ut foifly religion intit cofohwnpt, (excusable and they are ivH(K>ast ■flf tlM N. X. j (Irriral—Principal*, Ib-va. J. A. therefore, The history given in the Obi Tv*fa rlumlt in Brown. J. I. s*hcrer, P. HchbAel, • Rnmfrefl, |. That ret* a Hynod Ala- j am* of God's dcalhigs tbr finally n«reqit«*| (he fa A. RrpnMS Alternate*; Hem. i appftri* of (he mctnlierM of our j.ancient Israelite* fully illustrate tb* in 1 be rhirogo Semi- Prof. Yonce. 4. V. Kcpnoa. 4. 4. -duireh vidling theatres, cirenres, Muctline. t*dc* breo lOreever. lav—I Vi net pat* T. A. dancrog-pHrtios, tonrnwtnenta, or any Now n word ms to the import*** he has j ^ r -• The aaaonntM to be forwanhal pate in the fnahionsble nmmmmetits nation* to punish sinful nsli*flM|| toUfaTimoreror Rconokerollfgt-. iwml gay (deaaare parties, tin why tho- make war,as wejla« hun t. rhe elroGon af delegates to tint w *rt**‘g mm f“ ^ mt Pi-fir iirnftinuitm that aeoept it, are punislted- Getieral Syond rnit»ltr*l a* .l«»i!ow*: und «n*t h»lv letidmi t.. I hear and to giva, the aervioea bad to aljeMo unfit them for the be held in the adjoining grove. I of them became a drunkard, and the elected by the General Assembly. Srerena, Ik II. Hall* ml, (WJ. Brown, srn h of ^m,de» si trading 7he"workiBg ^ oo*r<» pelican- v 1 l 1 I k- / . •vj IN. 6 > ... < aw e- L. h,. m«a »*"? *' | Vi».t v -Mi WW l ”, LmI—t»fc* »' "Twc* ST.fo* *** ; i! ' nkl be phwaawl t<> haf H« dW f"' " it more fully. ^ ^ For the L/» ? Kf.. >Yvtui:vii Aognst i far /Iri'JMfll* 1 not I* aunoyerl. oj - t« hH flcilar view*, with nu «bu. din. onr Sooth., Em' ****"!» ' jaM be g»ve»* out* <»arth is done. ,But fill oor hearts a* * ent dividtsi and tuna that that brotherly U, ,ifeffort which shouW Church of tW -terrible »» '■‘ rni / fowbidlv wanting m»<" afr and tm*Ht doejdy ^fa-and tfxmWoa, TT have made earoest ftcr bnt without hi mmem* ton 1 troabks, until now not exirteno of our iWu threaten*^!? bnt the ;» r^v of our district By seriously eitdangercMl. to paose, and see 1 prayer, uuder the !*:• »iH not restore love a to oar Weeding ebureh It is but jn*t in '] nmaaure to - Ikit race suggested by T>r. ' acldphi i. and favored 4 • bouoraiile and iutluent Boutberu Church, wa>: faflbpfifoud by many «>. aud people. -l>r. bretbn-M who hat! th. uity of kuoniug .and the doctor. au*l hi:* { fare nee. favored it not tSaforactiii^ [ ami w ■ some have stqq»os..d i^ftorch otlpaaiWtttoitH. very- best mfcans ol aud penietuatiogtihe * .Southern General By 1 we know, there is not large number of the favored the free <x*n wan not f«tT«y‘ true ? land ami church in hours. If we examra. these Imethreti up tn th hour hwve been am*>u_ in t^ir effort in giving «*uoe tooui Buuthcrii t * Such bring the ease. ; and measures are th« i* jndieious. it is surely that their view s be fit their motives resf^**, written tlii^ trot to fav ^ free conference, but nnderataud each «*th.. silent. 4> I)yiiig.” Canjpb. Hit* "Die last number (4u Apmtolic Time* lias a - •auuication fixtm the Thomas Mtinuell, of tuv brothei hoo*l. Mr. M honest and candid nfa evidene,- of it. he telL some very uiteomfon *^id) the leaders of th organizatkiit have sup] ttx As a body of letulers. . aud principal proelain the tact end subtility i>; * i*°htieal party. \M - h» enthuse and com pm • heralded from pulpit u: * ST-ind flourish. |. tuembei of t he Hetbodis fhem. and the Time*. dsrd, and the Rcricic, ;> aQ d gyrate, and exelai serfdom was Ibrirarms. But let a t. ranks at any j«>: extent, and these tumds are as silent as n: _ I ««*y inform their jKH>p! | ^ reil ° e HUi °ug them win- | 'Y\ depress the cafu . \ ‘ Vt ^-viogtofo, in tli'.sl ' r, desj„-ea<l and terrin f «nk, ha* U & ■or several mouths, mv. - I ' **?ir most eminent p : -|r i, w,l! “ s hundred or mn-K 1 55*** an,I v,-t ,l putilishtsi in ti, by two preach 1 . 2 l,6of v «*ffregatious vJ* *‘ ever at ti: y >fter "vek it 1: win its Vor;U »>tis Iim ^tts iling* and alnu*- ^ a,, d mem ton s <>f ami living— to 1 2^* ° f lf » «Uerin- i** it carry t,» ti. 'fanh demouilizai S * il home, Oi- the iff* “ixm theorgani/^n j, • Hunitol 1, however, q.,, ,*** iSet ‘ i * nomethin^ r|Mfafonnation is a ta, vN. vv ■ v S, s I- - fW ;)