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Office Ol If imwnbjj send ter. wm repute* ;vn exm reived, required number fleient. t AU sen distw are aid Not oul: but also of each that the and ncoi Mai other should busineesH tion. |be made in^Eoet iffieck in aiast when ent t Jer to id a|l| arrr by lijsr. eeks. or- inputs, not tie obtained, u IiET ged to Rkoistkki U ■ are oh i I uirrd. subecrilM Idiscofltiuu iKes are fs: until is re- laid, as f thq Jiaperjiy mail, is relating iropc t«lyj •atioi give | aref eh ai a me tilt* is Ken trie Inade. erely returning a MT " ' not suf- to anb- uiwl , their naae* ve», ly indieat» which b new snliseribers. >f the pot£ office, [county a feecaaary may be nry notions, and for publication, ratelv, and *nof in eive prop-1 .atten- A Ne Luthera No. 1. sued a copy t late, we very ue the Lu large ty the ivell iu-chief, tfta to that w$» which it i*j t the bret i our adv: to go that t iu the furnish those w that, iug for give ex of the gelical defer Bynod, to giv tail' show i welco chau n Paper.- C'bjarlott .5^ a ve; tdiei'-joth, w t October loomed ii shtot, ni etivt Visit* The EranyrlicHl N.^C., Vol. 1., Although is- did uot receive ; but although gladly. It is a ly the size of r, printed! with tl ajjil we jdoubt not,, froiu }y of the ive satis church, )ut. We they had lwould have told them Often have we washed another church paper to bl the orga^aud hIubi animorum of ot oil us. * We regret ly employed prepar e hjpve not time to ui the sulutatories torsf of the jE7rfa- buf delayed is only e return from brdj us sat is lac tion ica l Lutheran a e repeat that we Ubajl qp bappy tjo ex itjh it, and liope that it may jl | | I; If- Ca church Jj€ Rev. T.fW; Dos become! its correspond e hai the cd of the ui Dosh, and tl make EiDEj).-—£t. Jjbbn'! tell, 4 C., has iiivite* h, ofi|Winchester, ti st< *r. i An occafiona “Wet haiithe darkest. and st ly nd in 11 lof Rev. T. \V. Ya., asp; stor, s measur as to H "meeting, and decl atftsflacljpryi I have a jjnr cQngre|afi|)ii, resnlti ymauouMf '* ' ” lesfcer, adbutioj Iroper am for ourXait and tatfler, Dr* time. apple pro\ision id beloved p rstor •hiian, for h s life lachiujau 4asl present at pur service, hudg he rems|iihd, request opened the mebting of the‘i congriegation | with a very approp|iate aiid impressive prayer. It was uprtamly vdry pleasing, uul 1 believe the Wessidg If God w 31 at tend tbjls effdrt, and odr congregation be restored ft» its perous^statl, and love Dosh can t can AP|pX0 of thoheon Evangelical after nM>rn Rev. TiW. ter, the hay ably fi John Dosh, repntai pit di nomi which agenc; eutial tion al heard wbeth accept] the of St. have Yes the m Chari s Mnrci (voral Her, ac|ustomed pros happy unity and M’s. Nov, Mr. know all we m|st | help all you P -At a meeting itiyu of St. John's church,: held re8terday, the of Wiui^ies- isly elected to more tpauka y and ai h bvthc LD.D. an of and as was plaqed in gh honor to , tbroogp the tion ofpuflu ’s con] ;f|re, has ill be k: y suit hi congjrei e uudei iject to ally coi if possible.— l 8. inaol Gallagher, contains the com ra u$iica n tendedJ not qit ciples • r also to *• L raver Book Thrall and fpifcophl Chtirch, invitation to I Ilf is| cordially ex all visiting dis our own joiimunion, twit ll wb|> are n ei|bers iu irood of other In«t^e nai ail hifstiaij deoomi ke we Ye of Jesus love him east of rove, t.” ‘or word l the in Cgr wo i § a mr Bhol^of Worship. ititS-fng to us, aed ii timp^iat Epis(,o[ iwed lulberan guides. Do Not Fobqet.—Every Luther an church should celebrate the Fee tival of the Reformation, which occurs on the 31st day of October. Where it is uot convenient to have religious services ou that day, minis ters should appoiut either the Lord’s day immediately before or after. Our people know too little about the great work of the Reformers ; many have forgotteu Luther, and others are entirely ignorant of the fact that they owe their liberty, both civil, social and chunftily, to the Reforma tion, and that if Go<l had not raised up Luther, there would not now be any evangelioal Christianity on earth. 18oine indeed say, he might have raised up others. True, but he did not. Once a minister remarked to us: U I um sick and tired of hear iug the name of Lnther. There have been a great many Lotlmfs.” “Point them out,’’ said we. He did not do it. The Zeitx<hrift says: The chief facts of the Reformation should also be impressed on tbe Sunday-school scholars. We agree perfectly with it. “Train up a child,” etc. We want our children to walk in the right way, aud that way is found only in the evangelical church. But Christ had disciples who walked no more tcith him, and the Lutheran Church has many w ho do not walk with her. Tares ! Matt, xiii: 41, 42. ♦ i$m > ■ ■ —-* The Revelations at Salem. Last w eek we published au 001*01101 of the cyut’erence receutly held at Salem, Ya., as given by a eorres- {HHidout of the Lutheran Visitor. On the revelations there made by Dr. Seiss we propose to make a few com meats. It appears: I. That, as usual, Dr. Passavant, the geueral prospector aud schemer of the Geueral Council, was at the bottom of this free conference move ment. This would not occasion any special surprise, if the movement were directed toward any other than the Southern synods. But that tin* man who took special charge of tin* delieverauees of the Geueral Synod at Yoik, who peuned and carried the resolution most offensive to our Southern ministers, and who regard ed auy ecclesiastical fellowship with these synods as involving the guilt of slave-holding; who, on this ground, >pposed the uuion of the Pittsburg yuod with the General Synod, ami prevented it as long as he was strong enough to “wheel” the synod in any direction he pleased—that this man should now . be eager to embrace in his ecclesiastical arms these very does seem to us “passing s; 1 men, strange.” Two reasons suggest themselves to our miud which may aid in unravel ling the mystery. The first is |>er- sonal. Dr. Passavant, formerly de voted exclusively to works of charity and mercy (what a pity that he ever 8tepi>ed out of his legitimate sphere to engage in syuodical engineering!,) may have been prompted by his com prehensive benevolence to hasten the union of the Southern synods with the Geueral Council, that they might be the more thoroughly and speedily purged from what he considered their old impurities. The second reason is ecclesiastical. Failing by those persuasive arts of which he is master, to induce the Western syn ods to accept and try to straddle the General Councils utterances on the “Four Points,” he looked around for a territory on which the synodical losses of the West might be retrieved, aud the South presented itself as the only field accessible to tbe Council, aud affording synodical material for filling up the breaches made by with drawals in the West. 2. The statement was also made that oue of the objects of the free conference was “to prevent the dis integration of the (Southern) General Synod.” This may include part ot the truth, but by no means the whole of it. Tbe ultimate object was, as not a few in the South have inter preted it, to forestall a return of the Southern Synods to the General Synod, North; to place them uuder General Council tutelage for a sea son, and in due time to annex them, either as synodical parts or as a whole General Synod, to the General Council. 3. The Reference to the destitution of the South, aud the accumulation of large sums of money in the North, waiting only for an open door through which to be appropriated 1o the relief of the South, appear both charitable and enterprising. On looking 'over the Minutes of the Pennsylvania Syuod, to ascertain w hat amounts have been devoted to Southern Synods, we were surprised to find the following meager appro priations : The first reference to the South is found iu the report of the superintendent of home missions, made iu 1$69, stating that appeals for help had come from Virginia and North aud South Carolina. In the report on home missious for 1870, it is said: “The appropriation of the former year (1869) was also renewed to tbe Synod of South-western Vir- tbe Miuntes 1871, it appears that #100 were votes! to each of tbe Synods of North Car olina ami Virginia in aid of their home mission work. Estimating tbe appropriations to tbe Syuods of Sonth-western Virginia at #100 an nually, the Pennsylvania Synod baa during the last three yeara appropri ated the sum of $400 to three South ern Synods, or $13&334 per annum, being ou an average $44.44 to each Synod, annually. If the contribu tions made are no larger than the Minutes state and we estimate them, tbe doling out of inch pittances seems more like mockery than relief But lie that as it may, it ia perfectly clear that the leaden of the General Connoil are endeavoring to doa&irpr ecclesiastical business on a eery $mmU investment. 4. The joy expressed at the eocle siastical development in the South, aud tbe offer of aid to carry it for want to its culmination, is a little singular, uot to say muddled. We have watched the confessional, devo tional, and practical development in the churches of the Geueral Synod, South, and we regard them in all (mints as utmost identical with the positions of the General Synod, North ; aud that, in so far as the General Council is distinguished from the General Syuod, symboli cally and litnrgically, in measures aud usages, there has uot been man ifest iu the General Synod, South, spy ecclesiastical movement hearing the distinguishing characteristics of tbe Geueral Couucil, except, perhaps, in a single instance—the basis re cently adopted by the North Caroliua autl Tennessee Synods. The proffered aid to lead them to the consummation of Lutberauista, means that they would gradually manipulate the |»astors, congrega tioua, and Synods of the South, so that instead of receiving the Augs burg Confession alone, they should also adopt all the symbolical books by au absolute subscription ; instead of conducting divine service accord ing to the simple form of tbe Book of Worship, they should adopt tbe long, complex, ami tedious service of the Church Hmik; that lusteml of holdiug prayer, protracted, aud inqui ry meetings, and laboring to promote genuine revivals of religiou, they should abandon all these meaus as “ New Measures,” repudiate “revivals” .is nn Lutheran, and inconsistent with the Lutheran duct hues of tbe Word and tbe Spirit; aud instead of realizing that this tbe XlXth cen tury, that the Church has l»eeu trans planted to America, and that tbe age and, land demand the ada|»tatiou of means to cuds, they wonld lead them buck iuto tbe old syinltolic rut, iso late them in fellowship and co opera tion from God** sacramental hosts in the church catholic, anil, inditing them with the spirit of Pharisaic self-complacency, induce them to *ei»aratc themselves from all God's |N*ople, and returning within tbe tiar row enclosures of an individualized and sectariauized Lutheranism, greet each other, in their exclusiveness, with: “The temple of tke Lord, the temple of the Ivord, the temple of the Lord, are tce, m to wit: The General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United Staten of America!!—Lutheran Obnrrrcr, Oct. 6th, 1871. Dr. Ssiu and the Lutheran Observer. The Oheerrer says: “It appears just a trifle singular that tbe General Synod South, which is too *un Luthe ran’ for the Synod of North Caroliua, is yet quite ‘Lutheran’ enough for tbe leaders of the .General Council, who arc making such extraordinary and superserviceable efforts to persuade the Southern General Hyuod to unite with the Council.” But the Ohatrver is uiistakeu; neither the Geueral Council nor its “leaders” have made auy efforts whatever to iuvite or “pursuade” the Southern Geueral Synod to do any such thing. But what our side have not doue, leaders of the Geueral Syuod North tare done, aud have been officially re pulsed. Another mistake made by the Oh- server is, where it says: “Dr. Seiss and others have set up the claim that the ecclesiastical movement in the South have been in/ the direction of the General Council.” Dr. Seiss has neither set up nor set down any such claim. But it is true, that all the Synods South, but one, have expur gated their constitutions, amj reject ed the formula of doctriual statement authorized and act forth by the Gen eral Synod; that the largest of the Southern Synods has adopted, word for word, the doctrinal basis of the Mother {^ynod of Pennsylvania; that the order for ordniuiug ministers set forth aud adopted by the General Synod South requires of the candi date to promise*, 1m-fore G<m1 and the Church, to “preach the pure word of God, in accordance with the true understanding of the same an set forth in the confession* of our Church and that the General Synod North according to its “Book of Worship,” asks of its candidates for the minis try to answer no further a paw this poiul Hum to s$f 9 “I brtfeve that ft* fundamental dowferinew Of tbe word of God ore taught In a manner awbatan tially correct in tbe doctrinal articles of the Augsburg Coofeaaion.” With these facta, we leave oar readers to judge of the degree of truth in the Ohmrver’s farther remark, that “the type of Lutheranism developed in tbe General Synod South ia identical, in nil its distinguishing characteristics, with that of tbs General Synod North.* Tbe Ohaervar seems to be getting desperate, almost beyond the limits of aooountabUity. We say, almost, because there was s symptom of auuity in being sahamed to print tbe reaolntiions paused “ia the name of Komenf by the East Pennsylvania Hyuod at its recent session in this city. Thus again, it quotes the doctrinal vow adopted by the Lutheran Gene ral Hyuod of Haxotiy, conveoed at l>rraden in May last, to he made by young men at ordination, to wit: 1 promise in the presence of God, to teach and proelaitn, in ita purity, ae cording to tke best of my knowledge, and conscientiously, tbe Gospel of Ghriat, as it is contained in the Ha cred Hcripturea, and is declared in the first unaltered Augsburg Gonfes si on, and also in the other con lesions of the Evangelioal Lutheran Church;” and adds, that this is “identical with that of oar General Synod." (!) Does tbe Ohmerrer mean us, when it asks what is thought of this Saxon vow f \Ve answer: it is very good, sound, orthodox. And if tbe Observer will take this -vow, and keep to it, it Will do what it never has done since it has been “the Oheereer. 9 Try it, aud we will give you honor.—Lutheran and Miuionmry, Get. 3th. A Thselogisal Faasral Dr*. $eisa and Rude, the editors of the Lutheran and the Vmitor, met at the convention of tbe Hyuod of Houth western Yirginia, at Kimber- lin church, Wythe couuty, Ya. I>r. Rude, in describing the meeting, ■ays: “All differences we»e forgotten, all estrangement* removed; we met aud we parted as brrlhreu, and alt hough it may come to pas* that we here after may differ on measures, we both know that we have one Lord, one faith and one baptism.” Before Mqtaraling, however, they |ierformed * Jenin funeral rites over the dead body of the “Free Confer ence.” Dr. Rude had dug ita grave, aud Dr. Heiss, somewhat reluctantly aud with a sad heart, i**rformed the funeral service, according to the Church Book of the General Council. The burial took place at midnight, aud tbeie were no mounters. I>r. Bade, unwilling to open old wounds, very considerately avoids giving an accouut of tbe details of the solem nities, and couteuts himself with the simple announcement: •• H> hare buried Free Conference" Before dawn, however, Pastor Bn tbs t, of Allentown, Pa., borne on supernatural wings aud inspired by immortal hope, appeared at the grave, blew the trumpet of its resar rectioo, aud declared to the world its resuscitation in these won Is ; “We regard this as an important gain to the ‘Free Conference' in the South!* — Lutheran Observer. at It SM»a, incendiaries wen Two mat caught at iaoendtariam were hung on lamp posts ; seven or eight it all an reported to have been hanged or shot The insurance companies lose heavily ; rumor says that several companies hart failed. For the Lathenui Visitor. “forth Carolina #yao4”—Didaskalos Two Little Cotton Pickers. St. Matthew*, S. C., t October 9, 1871. i l>r. Rude : IMease accept two dol lars as a small aid in prooonug an arm for the (Mreacher who need* one. Carrie Hallman. Gussie Hallman. The Chicago Conflagration. A terribly destructive fire has spread desolation in Chieago, Every bank in tbe city, except two savings institutions, all the wholesale and retail stores, the post office, Court House, Chamber of Commerce, every hotel in - the south division, except the Michigan Avenne Hotel, every newspaper office, every theatre, six of the largest elevators, the immense depots of the Michigan, Southern and Illinois Central Railroads, more than a score of churches, and much of the shipping in the river are all burnt. Hundreds of horses and cows have perished in their stables, hun dreds of millions, of active capital have vanished, and nearly one-third of the inhabitants *are homeless snd dependent The loss of life by fall ing walls has been fearful. 10,000 Imniness men will have to make as signments. AU the bridges but one have been burnt The loss is esti mated at $200,000,000. Few busi ness houses saved their papers. A large numlier of firemen have been killed. The Convent of Mercy was bnmt 100.000 employees are out of employment. Tbe spb-treasury lost $2,000,000, of which $MM),000 were gold. Two-thirds of the inhabitants of the burnt district were Germans and Scandinavians. The fire origi nated in a stable where two women went with a kerosene lamp to milk a cow. Thieves, aud even, incredible Dear Bra. Rode:—My trouble is not something to write, but to know what of all is most necessary that I should write. Bat “why write now !* end “why to the Lutheran Visitor V rather than—simply because neoea •ity ia laid by one Dtdaakaloa, in plain English, teacher, master, ete. Wonld that this pedagogue bad not lashed me into this task. Well, if he wUl have it so, so be it. But, “Physician heal thyself.” This Didse- kalos first lectured iu the Lutheran Missionary, snd you, Mr. Editor, honored him by giving his lectare a place in our paper. The writer will bow give him a psasiag tip, which may admit as many “corral- lanes” as that Methodistic affair of which he speaks. But why does be labor so hard to conceal his identity f since all should be instructed and corrected by him. Docs Didaakalos mean to say that tbe “North 8Late Hyuod” has dmrly defined her “position” in all important partica laref and that she is a waif in all things f Surely not. Bat oar “withdrawal from their General Hyuod of North America,” ami the previous discussion snd adoption of tbe “Basis of Agree meat” are two things inseparably connected in the mind of the lecUl rer. Well see. It is rather a mis take that after the adoption of the Basis “oertais questions were pro pouuded in reference to letters which have recently appeared” Ac., but it ia true, and rather strange too, that after, aud not before it# adoption, it was remarked that judging from these letters, and from what had been beard ta public and os the floor of Hyuod, nil the parties to the Basis did not agree in its tnterpretatioo. etc. Now if these remarks had been made (wevions to its adoption there wonld be no “unanimously” about it, ami no adoption of it “One” letter “was written by a minister,” siatiug that in the meeting of tbe Joint Committee, a great battle had been fought, and a corresponding victory hml been gained in favor of revivals, bat “his intention wss misappre- bended”—that is, it was written to s friend sod not for publication, therefore it wss a|K>logized, it wss not so likely to be in confoimity with truth. A strange kind of ethics snd very complimentary indeed! “But the other” letter “was bona /LU" and “if the basis in reference to practice meant so snd so, then tbe writer endorsed it; if not, then he did not.” Now this writer in his letter says no soch thing. But he says: “To the letter of tbe l»asis as understood by the writer he has no serious objection,” Ac. Yet more and distinctly. Bee Lutheran lui for, July 21, page 3. col. 1. Both writers sllnded to, nmlerstood the language of the Basis alike, snd the writer of *this did - not bear of one of all its readers who understood it oth erwise than in sympathy with his views as to practice until after its adoption. But this latter writer of the letters, a minister, ami “a member I of the Committee, can not be made to understand plain English.” l>el us see. Does not even Didaakalos ' know that when ibis ever famous amendment in the first thesis was made, "uniformity in Practice is nec- 1 essary,” instead of “agreement iu Practice," the writer did not endorse it; bat that when it was amended to read, “oniformity in practice is deairuble,” the writer did endorse it? The latter clause of the eleventh thesis of tbe Basis read: that no practice should lie allowed which might seem to have a tendency to abolish catechiaatiou, or that might be considered as an appendage to it. This ia almost the identical language. We quote from memory. This, by the suggestion of the writer, was amended thus: “that necessarily tends to ita abolishment, or that may be considered in it* nature a substi tute.” Now whether there ia any difference between these theses as originally stated, and as amended, or whether the difference ia against tbe writer as was tbeu said, and whether the writer in these amend meats gives evidence that he nnder stands “plain English,” he is willing to leave with the common sense and honest reader to judge. Decided objection was urged by some of the Committee against the nse of the "mourner** bench” in tbe ehnreh immediately after the sermon; and ! in view of this and other particulars, the writer persistently refused to endorse these items till amended, and declared his determination to protest against them. But for the*' amendments the Basts could not have been adopted by oar Hynod. When a question was started on tbe floor of Hyuod by one of tbe more lib**l members, that a word or pli!H$e in the Basis might be oti- HtrtMRl in opposition to Mavivala, some of tbe opposition nubeMtntingty ignored such construction. We will hAutily thank any one who will soc- oessfully point aa to any word or passage in the basis positively restricting as as to Practice. Why the persistent effort after its adop tion by Synod to lay such restriction if it already existed f But our Doc tor associates the writer with a class of persona who “can wrest Heriptnre beautifully to their own destruction.” Now If what is here insinuated be then the writer is guilty of error-—and the course pointed out for this grave D. D. is first privately to admonish bis erring brother, and if this should fail then to specify his charges and report his brother to the mioisterium to which he is amenable. But this is tbs trouble, that these men to the writer's face and to others say: In doctrine he is ail right; be has tbe riug of tbe pure metal, and then pub lisb him abroad as a heretic. This is “wonderful”—wonderfully strange! But he must be brought into dime pule to effect their darling issue. We venture to suggest to this D. D. that he in his baste, must have picked up the wrong text book. Didaskalos continues: “Tbe sup porters of this view were exceedingly few"—-viz; That the basis was in truded to endorse, or at least to connive at the mourner’* bench— “but in defereaoc to their prejudices, Syuod adopted a resolution” looking to the future, “iu the hope that ail would soon see ^ye to eye f* More “wonderful!” This teacher may not be much surprised when we say what we are authorised by others to •ay: that at least a majority of one of the ui misters and all the lay mem bers, uot more Ilian three exoepted, would have sustained “this view,” or wouhl have voted for the use of the mourner’s beach in the church— uot out doors. This they would have doue, despite of any effbrt to inLiaU date by threat or gain by flattery. “In deference to their prejudices,” indeed! From the demonstration made by the “exceedingly few,” it was obvious enough to auy who would see, that to urge the question would result in a most humiliating defeat. And from the demonstration made by nearly the whole congrega tion in sympathy with the “few,” aud counsel given by some of the older brethren, it was clear enough that if the action proposed was press ed, it would result iu a formidable schism. If Didaskalos proposes to wait till all see with his eyes, Ue will sail forever. What we have stated ou this subject is confirmed by the action of Hyuod—printed Minutes, ;age 22. And why such sworn enmity against the mourner* bench, aud then talk about the prejudice of other* T Do not we who use it give the same kind of religious instruc tion, aud communicate it tlirough the organ of hearing as we do to catechuuieus ou the front seat f Surely none are so stupkl as to think we are stupid enough to believe that sitting on the beuch or kneeling at it will impart grace to tbe subject independent of iustmetiou. Lather was a mourner, and virtually at tile |by Ml Bun, and not aQ ^ wig round by tbe Twu*** Hotston JMiction. Time has bet, when in the exercise of the broad and liberal spirit and genius of u ther mid Melancthon, the situahol was more hopeful, bat that time gone never to be recalled. The fe. termined hostility to the Ubm* clause, as more recently develop? has settled tbe question. AllwkI can discern the sighs of the timm and really love find seek the *2 interests of our church here, refrain from agitating this q aesti^ any longer. From the General Cone d! we might reasonably expect term* less humiliating and negotiate* more honorable. The seven reasons for oar with, drawai from the General Hynod Houth, we will inform all concerned' were not all “satisfactory* to «g! One, mainly to some—its «s-Latberat tendency, and s hankering soother, mainly to others-^tfe feef- fldency for want of “The present position” of is hard to define and no mooey, no paper, work—conscience clear—done. Am we have no nse for “Hide sad we give our signature. - a, g - For the Lutheran Vidtar. Tbs lev. Peter Anted!! This brother resides at Sdiasgmra, Pennsylvania, and has the boner ot being the editor of a religions paper called, American Lutheran. He w M a fellow student of mine at Peuufl- vauia College. Since we dents we have been on the timate terms, and I myself indebted to him for special favors received at his iastigt tion. I regret that this same brother has for the last few years thought it bis duty to make some severe attack* upon me in disparagement of my oper ation, in his American Lutheran. A few years ago he published is refer- eaee to an address I made before the Hynod ot Pennsylvania, at u -*ftmg. that / lied. I thought that if hi* readers preferred that kiad «f *yfc in their religious paper in refereoe* to a minister who has perhaps enjoys! as high a reputation in the ehnreha* their editor, 1 had better be The Lutheran Visitor of 29th, luserts an article headed, “fleps- ration of the N. 42? Hynod, 9 takas from the American doses as follows: “Wedo soil what their classical school at Wil li alia, H. XL, is doing, but we observe that their Roanoke College, at Aa 1cm. is in danger of being mid far debt, and that an agent has goat JTorft to collect money enough to seat dfrrn going under* We have two State ia stitutions and seven deaominstMUSl colleges in Ytrginia, the most of the latter, 1 presume are more or Ima «* debt. Tbe most of them have at dif ferent times sent agents Korth, sad the Northern people have kindly, ia every instance responded to their calla I sras an agent myself and received the same kind treatment in bekatfsf Roanoke College, in Baltimore, Phil adtdphia and New York. Tke edi tors of our Lutheran papers ia Phil adelpbia, Drs. Heiss and Coand, received me as a brother—the form* hail his congregation to give mb $500. and the latter gave me husaeif mourner’s bench.. And this is trite personally $100 to increase the spp* of every oue who is genuinely con- 1 rat ns of the college. Roanoke Cel- verted. ' lege still needs fuuds, but I hope will Again, it is affirmed by our teacher oot be sold for debt, nor go under. Bi that some of us “are afraid of being internal affairs are eucouragisf—ve called inconsistentbut for this, hi* never had as large a number of M* conclusion ia, we would yield. Now dents to begin a session with •* the what authority has he for so affirm ing ? In this he deuies that we are houesL Now, we re affirm that the |HH>|Ue do not lead us “by the nose” —that we are from principle, the _ . result of honest conviction, what we theran Church in Pennsylvania, ftijf are. And it behooves us to be care ful, an an aptness has Ik*u shown to charge others with iucousisteucy. As to the prominent Lutheran whose example he commends for our ituita tion, we say ouly, if we are ever guilty of gross indiscretions iu con ducting revivals of which we ueed be ashamed, then we will simply lop them off. We, as Lutherans, claim to have aud to be entitled to all that is essentially good in Meth odism ; we are unwilling to give the good that inherently belongs to us to others; we also have a member ship at home sufficiently in sympathy with ns—hence, when we are sneer ingly told: “if you are a Methodist, go to the Methodists,” because we earnestly conteud for the essence of Lutheranism, we answer, w*e have neither the disposition nor the neces sity to change our denominational relation. And if, in view of the abort reason, we are too as Lutheran aud inefficient for others to affiliate with, then let them go to that more Lutheran and more efficient body with which they are in sympathy. Wo would most respectfully suggest to Didaskalos and his many sympa thizerw, that if they must and will to the Genera! Conncil, and carry alotig our membership, nolens rolens, tlien their shortest, safest, and surest way to get there is to go a direct preseut. Will the Editor of the At LutU ran please do his old, friend, a favor. Please calculate tk* number of the population of the ie- lish aud German, and then the number of Female SenaiehO** colleges and classical schools whi*k the church has established for & elevation of the social aud iuteUeete al status of her rural }>opalatto»—^ that population which looks tefr* Lutheran Church for education*! fe cilities. When he sees the arrangements are not adequate for their instruction, for the advMK* meat of their intelligence, tbe oul) means to relieve them integration by a half-do**® ^ sects who are now prering them—he will have enough to home, without spending skepk* 1 nights, in solicitude over college* i D Yirginia that are ia debt t This article is a little person*** confess, but I still am under th< preasion that I am a Lutheran, *•“ as such I can not be blamed for ta»*| the normal course of oar Zion, tm pitch into some party. 4 RS W I And a* reverence, Peter Anstadt, has me more occasion than any brother in the church that I ^ n °* I thought it best to pitch into P** first. If I come out satisfactorily! this case I may take up t,ic 1 points and show those inter!*** most unequivocally that I * theran, that I have the P 0 **®*! ^ position to make me a practical^ ^ theran. I shall studiously »*** w eff ‘ «0OT«rt*^. ■O' 1 rZLtu*u <*•"**•• I £s$2K£- ^Tbether I ££ or »ot, Md by *•» to «■ ebn*trn<i °. Lutheran, w an A . . 2th of ** church. I>. F ■ For tbe LoUh Direct SMscts of the ** ^ of Literature Toko op *®y secul * r von choose to, and you dZct effects of these y* '^tbe oovd* Of the _ . Am rwottotiincr tl Husbands poieooing ^rcs killing their ho*! cttkmg for dkorce; u to tbe marriage relatio men t of infants; boom form • abominable *»ed» french medicines advert i j advertisements of such a ter that it would bring a »ny cheek to speak of U ^ freely circulated in vV. * t -\ : ‘ % y ' ; k ’' i Nf -■* K '• r > ' i ■■ S 3 * I ■yr },ai»er See tbe infidel lir — T The nnmberlw gpiritaalists; their modi dicing their ability to loj world. Go to n-| • the Potomac, and yo ludl, at all events, if not which some spiritualist the Sabbath. Churches cepting some old peopi* children- Steam-boats pleasure parties on tin The Bible ignored as an or a historic romance-; yon advocate some of doctrine, be blandly toll not long ago, “Oh, tha ploded idea, and served t in which the Bible was.w know better now ” Places of amusement open on the Sabbath, m women open drunkard usurping the sphere ot eating their right to polities, and stepping far station in which God them. Intended by God fort and help-meet for m has the present woman altered tbe divine ar Where we should ex{*H gentle, virtuous, modest. we behold a bold, braz«: which every hair has bee drawn back; a haughr air, a mincing step, au< American woman take* Her husband can only nn in the train of her glory ness and modesty, as a p are not to be foand in society. The adorning 1 of, is not thought of known. Instead of the quiet spirit,” the loud voi minded women utter, fro union in New York, th citie* and Washington, or shall not be. As to marriage, when has a beau, the first “What is be worth ? Ca furnish a house hands* k vide plenty of servants Europe or San Francisco. of money r The quest' affection seems to be e °ut. Forty years ago, w Ptople loved each other, ried and set bravely to the birds, to baiid their n sweetened the hamble re enod the toil, and the chi of the bride siuging gaTl w »rk, was sweeter to th< heart than all the sonar , uow drammed out of a pi belle who thunders awa^ of her speed to perform jousic out” Music! & oug to (dose my ears wbe 0{ tbe young ladies of i led to the piano. ^b«u, long years ago. Wa * object toiled fc yonng folks denied them* ne * to obtain a borne. > < ^ost board, unless her h. to the reqnirem *d- As a youug 1 hu: d »y. “I can't «oi! ^frfching -dishes for a °u t do it for mai j H husband.” The “ma~ J . hav « Put her d mething else than loun day atid promenading °* uiuvh more deusiUN the. „■ m -^hat wonder ii e.nm' ®* ch ^ irl ^ do end PloyeFs funds. “The c win^ 0011 ven lent, and tli * f he give8 hv ^*5** No wonder men table and club forgers aud defau! ^ <*s’t help it. The wo, *a<L them do *’ H t i of the ladies who ai, d streets. G< disoonteutod. V . , l\-v, Lx- K h. T