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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
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church Jj€
Rev. T.fW; Dos
become! its
correspond e
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the
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the ui
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and tl
make
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tell, 4 C., has iiivite*
h, ofi|Winchester, ti
st< *r. i An occafiona
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ly
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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
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tion al
heard
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accept] the
of St.
have
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ac|ustomed pros
happy unity and
M’s. Nov, Mr.
know all we
m|st | help all you
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itiyu of St. John's
church,: held
re8terday, the
of Wiui^ies-
isly elected to
more tpauka
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h bvthc
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and as
was plaqed in
gh honor to
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tion ofpuflu
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ill be k:
y suit hi
congjrei
e uudei
iject to
ally coi
if possible.—
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Gallagher,
contains the
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tendedJ not qit
ciples • r
also to
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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
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ke
we
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of Jesus
love him
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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
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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
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dZct effects of these y*
'^tbe oovd* Of the
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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
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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.
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