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'r £ ! i » • ~ -4 9 - CQLUMBl M Mi r Friday, .-• r *Nr*t*"j ft CO , L i, : -St ML -szzzrxr ulterior benefit* that result, it property conducted and veil sustained f Our school doing as well as could be e in ite Infancy, and in such a time of ir the I keep Htrust our readers do the bowl Eating t Drink t FrelRckingt ^ not come to van is not a his Kingdom . Better be proton the unchristian acts. Lord; keep it is a ; rejoice ami be Bethlehem, nrnsalem, Hallehjja. I * WE Call u\ - — 11 ! 1 of the old Bon are a tmzerar land, if" a. . . r> jsiness. “He teat ''-"mmT lithe either, be his A scent better attention to the ad ft Co. The fhet tiifct house of Cntealt ft at Columbia is the “Etiwan :e cotton on 11 Is not abo plough would thrive, bold or drive.” ter or termer will not do »d better sen out 1 ! If citizens of African ide- rnbmit to it, be emit allow 4 4 I* ■ SbeppffM, Bed Atom that 7th. •f tbs the life oat in all our ful mi w—e forgotten, Chj SUgh dress hhn stead of 1 Query. yon not fay i Whjdj charge' “I hare you V ure in to as is Change ^w^ws.- ■> Eichelt Wi Va. with wiU ite church refid.” Rb-y ulent ;ty is not be scourge., Sxunr A rained tributor tp am pleased thankful of ] tending my which bos except at over, that* flourish few marvel ized. 1 ready t terial other pen do not it Beth Eden, S. C., in days, now almost souls. ' Address.—Kev.' J. oodents to svel, 8. C., m [ ' 4 ’ I did yon had the moody T ask: “What wfli you did you not write ; 1, and will remit to we always take pleas- Wide a circulation power. k Address.—Rev. W. from Luray, Va., to Page County, West ll “I am well pleated I Pinter, felly en hope voe | publishing teds uaeftff every sMsser of our te take, pay ter, and - ■- • f te viri 'and tea_ Southern cities from that thte school presents Mte for ol* .‘•‘“H * thorwch MmmUon^of. « **.P?» ’? »f » ®Ore premo IKM, character, and Oral them few principals more eminently a tod for their poritioo, than tier. Mr. Miller for hie reapooriUo one. Ha aodamtaada tow to axantoe dtadp. line so firmly, yet so kindly and judiciously, that be not only mauds the obedieuce sod respect of his pupils, tout their affectiou also. I think his gumming talent is ie* markable, msdr hte cmmeieatiouaueita extreme, so thaS every promise made and tern- will be kept as ter as fc Art* *b$ pamer of hum He has ateo a most able, and excellent auxiliary tn Bar. Mr. Gil hart, and f earnestly of the institution, hath ter the good of the church and of the principal* Too many of our minis ters are broken sticks. We guaran tee that sas half ef them never men tioned Staunton Female Seminary to their people, never asked any one te subscribe to the Lnthemn Visitor, but only triad aad schemed te hi crease the pittance they receive from professors of religion who have faith without works, who feel much, re ek, are sealewe in crying woe, in lamenting over the wicked ef their neighbors, in fealt-And- in condemning others, in long te **od resolutions, but id stew te honor We have aad they wont ■bubs. Seals of them are so dry that they neither will nor can shake, till the Lord says: “Depart from me, jre earned, in the fire prepare*! for the devil and bis angels.” To Johw Sxith J. 8., which of coarse can not be any one else than the universal and honorable “John flhnith,* asks ns: “Has a minister, who has been educated by the church, the right to abandon the mtefetry either Wholly or in part f Has he the right to engage in any secular business P If we answer the above not s few might take of We hope, therefore, that “J. a* will answer it A Genius.—Rev. — manages a farm, clerks in his store, has charge of eight churches, asks his people to sing “the forty twoth hymn,” and from his pulpit declares that “an Infernal not sd has been told on him.” Rev. is a white man. Drops.—They Call heavily, but don’t stand frqm,under. If guilty, cry: Paccari. ^^ Insurance—We are not favorably disposed towards Insurance Comps ales. We believe the business is over done, that not a few companies are founded on a sandy fonwdatioc. Chi cago proves that satisfactorily. It is therefore gratifying te us to he able to give at least one instance ia white fcllr up convinced us their work in opinions • ■ i! "! 4i m?rimrw£MteRauwxr|c^aEXUritt congregations. iagtim county shall he with a man’s He readsU,hfs' klfe tons influence. £fct^$iff<22asprat reads it, his okiklrwu mad it, aad ail, two dsRfhlfel ssssteus ia a free dm are benefited.; Perhaps better than a camion ef this greel idea, aad 1 JEjbj is a good, earnest religious doubt not that mash good will grow paper, visiting the famdywverjr week, oat of U. It has • frfshgcpL about it that s ! rode over thr grand sa which book teens after having base oooe was fought the great haul* of carefully read. what te being State. It It brings news of lone ia Ctiwreh and duties, Hlestratioas of truth drawn every incident and an te life, narratives at tsawei, of mission wry life, sod a variety of information that te was .tea vs* ,1- ! •adoftooo- Visitor, writes: “1 With Staunton, sad church, a don fed me fat I regret, kW institution dees tot should. We have so that I not better pateeu- Lntherans are just as their means for ef it can not ate bat fhsply that they Strike out of Hhsrpsburg, sad sew the twe cities of the slain, rirllng in the calm iwpoae of death. Ob. how many hearts jet bleed at the recollection of that dread tel day! and how many food hopes tie buried there! May Almighty God space os from the horrors of war te lbs teutrr. Unionville te a part of my charge, midway botwsep gkophcrdfotovn «Mtd Ilarparia Fany, Wc have about sixty members to teat neighborhood. twelve of the light hare bet kelp the id eased the rallying Tr iton church of ItorisS te (tod’s greet srty te thte evil world. These ere l ateo he writers aad papers ; be who has the right idee eu aad labors to bring Bald as an naxiitory n good religions journal, will Ami all bln ived uas at r eight te al a good dial ef m which te ed ie many te It te to ha it wHI i It realty J. H. For It* Lathers* Visitor Te Attests aad lly. I Ite paw pie are informed; and ns they read, of duty takes hold of team, and they are stirred up to diligence and self-denial. For lbs Lutheran Vi Item ' sojourn hit my doty to visit I have fcceau? ip a tberaU Bgk*t ,lil Prof. Biekle, of Mi. Pleasant, N. CL, inform us that Ret. J. L Dreher had before his death tenured his life te A Arlington Life la- fftehmeed, Vm, through Us General Agent, the Hon. D. W. Courts, of Rufiin, N. C-, who immediately after hearing ef the death ef Rev. Dreher wrote to e near relative of Mrs. Dreher that it for her to go to the of a single dollar to get the 45,000. Whew Mr. Courts found the friends ware slow in diaos appointed for tbe a prettadaary step to get the money, he eases himself to Mt. Pleasant to hurry teem up. Rev. L. C. Grose- dose and Prof. Biokle say in their communication : “We are pleased to Mate that tbe Company has prompt ly met its engagement, nod the are now enjoy- teg lha fruits of this wise step of Bro. Dreher. Moreover, we are pleased to leant that the Company has nothing to do with Fire Insu rance. We have shown our own faith in Life Insurance by resorting to it Very respectfully, yours Ac., G. & B.” Mil 11111 1 " 1 tei'tiU WI f • *W Wv* Frog Level We spent last Lord’s Day very profitably and pleasantly at Bt Lake’s and Frog Level. Wa did not bear a single croaker altering his antediluvian Greek : “brekskekesc hoax tear,” at tbs latter place; but we beard the bird of tbe morning, and not alone. Circulate Your Church Pa per.—We copy the following from the Richmond Christian Advocate. We trust oar leaders wiN feel tee force of its suggestions. It strikes os tfeat our contemporary is right. existed to that beaatHhl and growing cHj. I awe my good brother, A as- Ite, and proponed to him that we appoint e day nod together make our visit, to which be readily rmmeutmL teortmi oe Teooday morning from Herman ah, aad el 5 P. M. were we sal Bed Lutherans. Dear Doctor : We arc in the mhlst of a very cold snap, and you may —— r imagine that a Booth Carolinian, I pertty ia gopher like, tries to keep his head within his habitation. Bat these hardened Virginians, even tbe too xler ladies, venture out aad hrmvs tbe winds which threaten to blow clear through you. Hut in this m ten*rising region, bow cau a man be still f As an old Doctor remarked tbe other day, “we mast keep stir ring to keep warm.” Tbe German Reformed church of this place have been running a nice little Fair for some time, and al though It ia on a small scale they have already realized over four bon dred dollar*. These fairs are con ducted in a very quiet, decent way— no gambling, no hall room immoral ity,-' bat innocent eqjoyStent. The prizes are gained by voting at a fixed price. Tbe mammoth cuke, which was secured by three hundred sod eighty votes of tbe young people, and realized for the fair forty five dollars, was boras*, off in trinm|4l to tbe Lutheran parsonage by tbe noble band oT young Lutbeswus of oar ckusto. nod pscueutsd to te wife. - * m My noble hearted ladle*, not bed- with our shandy eoi parsonage, are arranging an enter tainment for tea boMdeym to sscwre means for still further afefition* to our comfort, sod tbe> will succeed, for they know do *neh word as fell. We are in mfdat of ‘Thow good oM butrhrring days. The happiest of lha yaar ” «* » And if you coaid only look into our pastn, yon would think tills was tbe snakiest country you ever law; for there lie piles of sausage and podding, sent in from miles around. 1 returned yesterday from a pleas •fit visit to the Cooforeooe of West era Maryland. Tbe thermometer, judging from my feelings and the temperature of my body, whs at least sixty-five below Zero. Tbe wind came a nigh way, and oh. arms not it cold ! The Conference, which met ,at Keedysville, six miles from Shep herd stown, wss one of tbe most pleasant meetings I ever attended. I met Revs. Dr. Brown, Dr. Htroble, Oweo, Gulfer, Beekty, Lessley, and others, wbo received me with open hearts and made me feel at once that I wss among brethren. T spent a most delightful afternoon and night with my friend, Dr. Brown, of Gettysburg. It is a pity that be and Dr. Btroble should ever meet at tbe same Conference, for both wont to do all tbe talking, and cither one can do enough for any Conference. Dr. Brown gave ns a very interest ing address on the subject of raising up and educating a ministry for the Lutheran Church. The destitution is really alarm log,* and tmfe** the Oh arch, North and Sooth, East and West, arouses herself te this impor Here wa activity, but no We bare quite a in this neat but they are no longer our mar. They an- la !.t.flOa inhabitants, of which shout hair are white and the other half negroes. There Is a eoMege under tbe care of tbe Baptists, aad s female aeminary sugar fbs cnee of tbe Metbodlsta. Tbe ebarcben, wboas tall apirea are rooapicnoas, are large aad fiue, aa ornament to any city. - At 10 P. M. we arrived at Atlanta, our destination. We put up al tbe Kimball Home, aad you any im agine oar surprise ta find a hotel equal to. He. Nicholas of New York, In Ra «* rod ure. conveniences, and t After s good forth to bunt up tbe Wa found some, aad from them learned tbe following feels: They bare tbe prospect of securing tbe Merrier* of a minister from Mtmunri, to whom they pledge • salary of tl,000 positive, and any perquisites be may receive fraa ministerial act*. Baptisms, coo flnuatiooa aad burial* ait all liber ally paid for, aa that (icrquiattee amount to considerable. They have no church, bat men of property and influence bare an eye to securing a building site an early as poaaible, and that seen red, they will tbe steatisl We htetmt to hud for aa Rngifeh organisation, or, at least, part English ; but footid that tallied by teem. We thought, better German teas none at afl, and r scone aged them ait We aould. We learned some fads that go to show bow much we bare loaf there, and ore losing daily in other -cities. Pad instance, no mteiligeui getitfestua told ua that be eouM count on bis lies in o< about tbe church. but we have no Our tiULW at retraced oui took tbe cara aad atarted for boo... W f ««k Ite «»r .r, niag as Ibr aa Macon, where wa mummed over night to take tea tarty trate next morning. Before we took said train, aa adventure to my very genial and t neap ^111 a dm myugr teat I recounting, W« bad aa aariy henakfest . We entered tbe ordinal), carpatibag ia baud, depot /ted tote- carpet-bags, together with our bate, at tbs entrance, aad pro ceeded to call for oqtibe aad other et artcros. One of tbe servants, in Ida eagemeas to aea on well served, emptied a dish of rich gravy over the fimmdaf best coat of my good Ho snatched up a towel at tbe collar where ter coat tbe time teat it would by no 1 glanced eve saw that tba cutting _ all only ooffee, and iqjure tea coat. shoulder, and is spilled apoo Macon bus that pueurtarity ir, and tee wa starts) • baa I noticed my good holding an old bat te bis band, turn uig U op tide down, and down tide up, aad inaiAa out, and outside in. With tbe moat rueful ouuatonaaos, be said, “This is not my bat.” “Wall,” said K, “you need not care •bout that- Got poor hat, aad let os be going. 9 “But,” said be, --there ia no other bat bore. Mioe is gone. Homebody baa walked off with my kat.” 1 am not apt to laugh at tbe misfortunes of my bat then an < •took even I may be iaiursced to iaagb. 1 said, “l*ut ou ti* bat fifed fei aa be going, or tba tnua may leave us.” Ua held out tbe bat, •oman bat dilapidated, at aim’s This i* not my hat!” L “put on tea bat ” Undid put it so. Bat of one thing l am is, t tee _ Though we did net m Atlanta aa wo could aoy, our doty in to learning by Methodist me wnmh) in tbe other Methodist church, tbe Episcopal, tbe Presbyterian and tbe Baptist. This foots op a loan of forty families to oar church, because we bad no orgmitaatioa twenty years ago In that growiug city. Be It remembered that Atlanta has a population of 30,000, and tbe car pen tor’s hammer ia beard te every street in tbe city. There are two very floe Methodist charches, sod a very large Roman Catholic church, now boilding te tbe dtj. Since At lanta has bedbme tbe capital of tba State, there erems to be a spirit ef enterprise among tbe people hitherto unkoowa. ■ There is a perfect net work of railroads eetiterteg in At lanta, and all converging in one grand depot* fioaalrooted of iron, There ia aa Fsrtbs Visiter. iff. I da not suppose that re raugv of te an# • there liras Its V\ contemplated Is grand, rout every i. South up tee toy, smd ms in frobi members of bnreb, in tbanr van AH wr used te or- ww need only When tee gem laud by tea lot for a •hutch te ev *-r s u* out. Tba reualt te, tbs’sard st ia every to Bad unfortunately for aa, this we neglect. Tbe cry every where ia, wr heat not the man. There moat be a maaofi or t* 11 iff* t Ida c if* ft t * it* 11 - Wa a Ml state tea L It te aot tea want of brains te our young man. Tbs number of intelligent laymen in oar, forbid tbe supposition. Tbe te tea busterss walks of life ia our church forbid it occupying pulpits, and te a of preparation for tba ministry, do not lack ia any ar young Ital quali- II ia net a Wa ay, mow. ministers in other de nominations, as weH as gentlemen in other professions, wbo have been educated at our Colleges, demon strate by their soooeue tee efficiency and thorough newt of ohr iilecfcy institutions. Tbe fealt Urn aot bqw. 3L it te not a sparing aaa of prin ters’ ink. Our matitotioas aw ad vmined in all oar charch sod te hubdrnU of secular Besides this, catalogues, circulars, illamioatod aavafopes, aad otbei ia general one by our moat are all freely need to give publicity to oar and srhA*dt j Then aflirmatively, wbal s, wbal •sa fo Urn iwaaon f Wa wiU an deavor to answer bouestiy aa well as afffreiativeiy. L Tbe divisions in our cburoli aw not fraternal, but boattle. Thera te something so unnatural, so uukind, so uncburobly, 1 bad almost said in the attteuda of tbeat* into which oar charch te split up, aa to produce a very an happy offset upon our laity, and ateo apou mem burp of other churches. There seems to be a lack of hannoa> and uuity of actios. The late war, even, felted to spilt some of our It was like of water that fiowed aa aa tea cases of » removed. Not so separating oaaae te I te likely to restate truest action te fora stalled by this state of things. Eu orgy is crippled, and aveo interest, te taking advantage of our glorious tee future of our droops aad dies out. One illustration will suffice. After the close of the late war, numbers ol Virgin inns, among llgu some of tbe beat members of our church, moved to Missouri. These live ia ooiotiiea, sod have been writing home for ateteters. A Missionary Committee •us appointed, to whom wen* re ferred these culls from Missouri. Rev. T. W. Duah, of Winchester, uhairmail of that committee, inserted a aim|4e notice in ibr rafter, asking for the modest sum of $1,000, with which to begin operattous. There might, imrbapa, have been a wealthy man in tee North, w ith a heart our to his puree, wbo, by a of encouragement from his owe , would have sent a check far the amount. But befow he eeald write his check, tbe Observer M laid upon bis table. Ue finds ia its editorial column* a copy of this wall, with a sneer of contempt ap pended. Tbe (an drops from hie baud, tbe cheek is unwritten, tbe Lutherans in Missouri aw destitute, fmiem safe, tee edito. at tee result. Tbe trfie policy, and suwly the Christian poii ey, too, would be for each of the t id vooatmg the dilfewnt di to espy everything worthy of imitation in nay locality, and eu oomuga similar actioa on the part ot tear reader*. Le well ef mtek ather'i meeting*, rh i of ad Be aade to the \ .uade to the Lord of the harrmt, te scud laborers into tbe vast fife g ripe corn. Indeed, the church png* iirny escape notice for tea aa** icugth of time. Family after fe^ eau he found church paper teas *um aiohg. M tbe ol u> c said like people,” te tins oottuectioo. You Editor, that if you subscription list with a our mbiiafiagfo you wifi mil church paper. Nat likely that, cute would recommend it to Dr. Rods : Being a- of tbe Vieitor, and fiodiag R to iU mmsmm, frill rtoo, to tba lay members of tte and tew new si the werid, Mi will uotioe, ia aa hombfo some of tbe of the clergy. The lay need the schoolings of tin sod ought to be teachings. Wo turn, bower non to the clerical they ate Hot expected to perfection of iuasamiii as they are spirit of siutii ti their strength, itt different In their progress ia heavenly improvement, il a difference. Whilst they am ttiug with tee rough werid, weakness of sinful flute, and wily devil, they need to watte i church \ -Know thysetfS Wa do them to rone of the early extraordinary work to needed the extra aid according to the j with pew, e\ea to world.* Here ia a made to the apostles, called ia { by the 8evi extended to gospel in tbe future. To be the ministers of Christ, he after the personal Christ him of call is somewhat difficult to tain i mmediately . The sat**, < ing to be called to preach, or i to do iL may fell into an cially if hastily concladed a advice of truly pious,, well and obaerviag miniatcra may be ef ■e in deckliag a supposed cell ef a doubting subject. Wa believe that ia the early ages of was not h* difficult to matter as it is now. Why Y then, it was not so popular to it added but little to tbe a iweaeher iu society ; \ for education and tbe maHipliflten of book* from white to iutitea teew of learaiag, did not exist; beam, there w a* not tbe same field upas for selfish motives to tt teB _ pwwoue to our mode i smmU mat ters, but it wave oar entire chun •krough tbe Bible nod Let each lave In irally have I Hu- wouki teaks'any other Bud out etee where. A with aoyt KaunUee hi of ick, a for the Lord, t rayer, and coni i ugly, be te cboa uorne matters. It the they must be provide wqy, but there ifl Dou« lor the ministry . Ou udt ui a lauguutuug else bumly engaged ta sons of whom cheapness may uteuu LuUierau* do coUegna. They do a emm they do they do not pray for t ly fear they do not w to be ministers. J. Miniature do not *ud launch enough o There are pulpits from ! euniile, sometimes in; showy ehnstiau temples ’ cbaiKk ! highly tbe speaker could survey Mm ear- mutiding domains; nothing ta flted tbe feelings of personal pride Sal vanity. Bat uow—oh, the eoatistil Costly tern |dee, reading-book prayas* reading book sermon very little Scripture, i showy pulpit*, brick parsonages la some instances, numerous aad te eaiigregations, tempting of which assy be very the tasty and* dandy sod others, too. Herrin tqjurtoti* teuiptationa. Tbed«ril,be he white or black, in or outside, M •aid to be wall acquainted wdk tie vanity and mock kumility of ***' j kind. Ha. when tempting the te- viour, Christ, led him upon a kigk mouutaiu, as a last resort, to *ii «»• fftohn Md'ricHi W.a» country, eayiug, “All this wfflrl |ivi yon, if you will yield to me.” Saviour, though sod had no pride or vUviuiurt vr “Watch, therefore, apd enter not inte temptstb A WORD OR THHV C FIELDS OF SINISTER In this tbe divine will should te sought The salvation of one *** coats as much as where located. When calls are by vacant congregations, ba that tbe amount of tbe aatary other aeoommodatkRM do ate wfftgb tbe probable will of God i« I coming to a decision. "tbe crazy preacher, once reference to s certain ciaaa of art in Virginia, when tbe white a was to pay the ministers for !> ere, that welfi** *. J tab*** iJWl*** m. ■’ \ K; (M kw« ‘HI har. b»n v for S* ’T*' 0 , gg ia desirabli preach much or n writer fe ** % rttegs, -tec fl Qg ^ mr motives, and « eJ Jami Christian . ■ (kuhee. -however, to jd tbe etpteuat preac I '■! rise their atotivee, an ^atetetetewark,^^■ HJ TrCturo to the Lord opde, wbo i in their r» in h tsi bat - they know, wr ought to high dwy md rospousi piLiinier- without dfetan r> the wise ie sufficient f Some pernons may b SSCSdSK ouly dealring the reader the pefefti made. I wi by if littla ■bare note ha tbe ■iateter. That white i| vorite femilie* may gei call before tbe day preaching, more for tin aad comfort of tbe a pastoral intent, ami foi lily. The writer once kin rider iu the ebureh j lived aot overly cou \ ^ coogregatiou, aad a* ti good to hie bonne, and ter from the church, tbi lled this family very of and by night—to tin oou of many otber 1c- riramteuneed fearilie* oil This wise and good eldt i him, in consideration ot hi he was weboute to his ii| tim, and that his coni}> agreeable a* a matter 111 >C really ti»| pastoral duties to a c required a more generi. among the member*, a occ **»otial religious meel ^ ut hf rite paatol the benefit of infirm l** 1 ] *pp r ' > i ,r acted like an electrical * 1) .. i i electrical si young parson, hod ba an tirially on it J Is there do di so m kind ven will ^ pastoral visitation gen have nof time from mv '***' UI «k««t write J make ««t skeletons of t to gather materiaN ^ “osf devut i h»)tio» to my form, oirl y tete. ot rny meet) a; <**fofoething el^.* *«, ^*co^ble plea that tho. 10 that the his.family can live !u ** ^ d '* ir * aZ******* 6 ' “Solute « ^P^ch the gospel J I * take m3 fi I °°me again, Ml (Proti Poltw "• rnTJ?*** ritualism tete Gauvention fol >w. 1 "ft fctefthy document - it ** WMt if forlmlden ZT ril "r -00 Z “"“i Yon Ip W,th your I> rj “ ! >o» ,££ +S* “• r<«r dTr. |h< 2^^’ «k*u ib.j s.