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Jre their n*m< « v«rr
carefully indicate! which
' are new aobafribers.
e of the post office,
the county and Stale
pr ia neceaaary, in order
may be p
d obituary
iteuded for puoqcauon,
separately, arid not ia
to receive propeij atteu-
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us-wafc^
come
anyth!
would-
How 4ui 1
many ft, if
gressioo, tiiid
New Year.—When
our subscribers,
om we hope will prove
ly God-ward, bait also
1871 will hatfe be
). 1872. Before w|b say
t the new yei r, we
to every rtadhr:
>u , keep Christinas 1 To
dpy of offence, of itraus-.
us
it to
the h
nativii
with
reoeiv
tfe9,
Christian
utterly forgot
to save
not to gi
What *
dancing, ale.
Ik tha ‘
mode
in au<T<
to sa
is notfoC
should be
the gl
with
only
taught]
tnanv
of death. What was
Many do not g« \ j to
se ^f God'on Christ’s i ay of
they are too busy
Iriukiug, giving and
ts, preparing for par-
; keep the day as a
al, because they have
that Christ eaine
siu and deatlij and
ter license to siu.
eatiug, feasting,
II do with Clfrist T
per and acceptable
ay’of showing our faith
ovfi to him f Christ came
aud his kingdom
orld: and C
tmas
>ly festival, kep| by
ful, redeemed
. and in a Reav
; Children should be
I we fear that iii too
Is the little lambs of
Christ>are; tafighj, to profane the
py M
Christmas
How many
why Gwd
How mai
house of
Cbrtotmatetffty
mini
How
occupied
»Bni
the past,
what is i
uofl
calamit
and dea
earth.
France
Luther,
uinphant.
is once
afd is the
TheFopei
ble; but
ened
accept
will 1872
tions!
heroic sons
read the
Fwith their children !
ts told their children
Son into the wi irld ?
nts went to- the
their chitdreb on
How many of our
>t the day unto Chnst t
of; our churches were
differ*
grace to all who are not yet followers
of Christ. Let no one forget it may
be his last year on earth and iu the
church, and that therefore all should
be Chris?*, and live for and unto
> (110 -
u & Hoffman, News
paper Advertising Agents, No. 4
South street, Baltimore, Md., are
duly authorised to contract for ad
vertisements at oar lowest rates.
Advertisers in that city are request
ed to leave their favor* with this
bouse.
Vick’s Illustrated Catalogue
and Floral Guide fob 1872.—We
•thought last year's Vick’s was the
m plus ultra of eveu his exquisite
taste and floral exuberance, but this
catalogue is really trans-ultra. Shade
of Webster, forgive ns l new things
under the sun require new terms t
Calendar.—H. L. Petouse & Co.,
type founders, 1200 and 1208, Rich
mond, Va., have presented us with a
Very handsome aud serviceable cal
endar. It consists of 12 sheets, one
for each mouth, fastened together
with a tag. Each sheet can be
removed at the cloae of each mouth.
We prise it highly.
Sxlvrb Tipped Shoes.—Shoes are
au important item in the expense of
clothing children, sa every parent
will understand. They invariably
wear out their shoes at the toe first,
and not unfrequeotly before the other
parts are a quarter worn. Children's
■hoes with Silver or Copper Tipa
never wear out at the toe, and last
twice as long. Remember this.-.V. V.
Pott. *
Good Tidings.—“Rev/ Scherer,
Marion, Smythe county, Virginia,
has a meeting in progress, aud the
Lord is graciously visiting ns.”
; A.G. W.
♦
The Lord, wa team, is also reviv
ing hia work ia three of Rev. P.
Schickel's ooagregatioua. Our cor
respondent say: “It ia certainly a
food work. Let formal professors of
religion oppose revivals. God favors
them.'’
Churches in South Carolina.
—The Legislature passed, during its
last session, an Aet, February 28,
1870, which the Semite's Committee
oa Ineorporatieos aay ia full and
sufficient law for all religions and
charitable institutions desiring to
be incorporated. The Aet referred
to can be found on page 373 of the
fourteenth volume of the statute*,
and provides that whenever seven or
more persons shall agree to associate
themselves together for religion* or
charitable purposes, they shall be
ooastittited a body corporate
politic upon complying with the
terms of the APt, which are, in sub
stance, to record the articles of
the fault ia
them as with our
tious.VTbe truth is, many
congregations have become entirely
too fastidious. They all
m
who
who can create a sensation, and at
tract a crowd,
aiders.” These “on
.in expected to help the chureh
members bear the burden <jf sup
porting the jaudor, aud are especi
ally needed to assist in liquidating
the church debt, wheu the congre
gation bus almost hopelessly involved
itself by building a fashionable and
very costly church. The calling of a
pastor, in such cases, revolves itself
into a qnentiou of dollars and cents j
it is to be a square financial opera
tiou. “Will it payt" This ia tbe
highest motive to which many of our
congregations seem capable of rising.
Thus, the preacher, whose age and
experience in the ministry qualify
him in an especial manner for tbe
grave and responsible duties of the
pastoral office, Is discarded; whilst
Home yonng and inexperienced man*!
because he Is fiippaut aud seusa
tional, aud premises to prove a good
financial investment, ts called to the
charge of some of our most Impor
tant pastorates. This ia the reason
why a few of oar brethreu, some
what advauced in years, are not in
the laistoral work. They have been
virtually set aside by oar congrega
tion*, who have ha<t no Holder pur
pose than to gratify their ©wu fUlse
and fastidious tastes, of to use tbe
ministry to secure certain private
worldly end*, and not their krowth
in Christian knowledge and expe
rieuce. It ia to be feared that the
Great Head of the Church U puufeh
ing tpany of our vacant congrega
flona, by leaving them wlfhoot the
service# of a faithful pastor, because
they have discarded worth) meo,
and that, too, from very unworthy
and unchristian motives, and in cast
tog about for supplies are Influenced
almost exclusively by ounideratioii*
Of worldly pulley,— Krrkanyr,
Good for Charleston, H. C\—
tile country merelpitits who pur
chased their guoda iu New York aud
Baltimore in the early part of the
seaiou, are universally agreed, that
the goods offered iu Charleston are
better and the price*. low«r thau
in either of the above named ettte*.
This Caul is of great importance. It
apeak# volumes for the judgment of
the- CkarieMtoa merchants, and ran
net fail to attracc hither mneh of
that trade which has hitherto gone
North.—Cooriet.
A Noble Idea.—It lm* occurred
■1
>o fastidious. They all waut yonng tiou; Great Fires of Ancieut and
pro war;™
them sc I
As early
are
TlWi Household Mapctiu J au
ary, 1872. ft ft Wood A C<
given. , Price only #3 a year.
Ring** number* ,3fi seats. Now to
fbe 11foe to subscribe of tl> makeup
a dub, aud secure one of tbe valua
ble premiums offered. Address 8. It.
Wells, New York.
_ J*nu
Newburgh, N. T.
We are really attached to Woofs,
and Won Id very much miaa it*
monthly visits. !t Is high toned,
purr, Instructive anff entertaining.
Peters Musical Monthly. January.
1872. J. L. Peters, MW Broadway,
New York.
It Is printed on thicker paper, and
Is in every respect superior to its
many predecessors. The selections
are evidently made with great care,
and it la reaHv wonder Oil bow few
poor pieces appear among tbe ban-
deeds that are given. Volume IX
commence* with the January num
ber. Pftee 3ff cents, or $3 per year.
Tbe publisher offers six hack num
ber* for $1, and we advise all one
musical readers to take artrantag*
of the oflhr.
f%nrek*$ Musical Monthly. TVcem
Her. 1871. John rtinrrh A Co.,
Cinctanati.
It .ia adorwed by a
f the
Tbe musical
“FoaiiLaau Grand March,”
Imaadful waits. Op. #4, aad M i|
trved not to hiv* thee," song aad
•horns by Riaaifeks It also com
tatas a coutiaaalina of the serial,
•Nhar/ic. span oorraapondeoee from
all the lending ruir*, uad able edito
rial*, mbiali art entire!* Ire# from all
advartiMag matter, aad ia briai tall
of ataaa. art aad dramatic aewa
Th# cfegaat typography, fins mate
rial used, eoaihianl «ith ila
attmetioaa, make ihrn the
required,
tecbui
time,
• instruaiou.
Tuesday night, about
twenty two. loaugraaous bad pro-
4**-d alMy hope in Christ On
Wednesday morning twenty of these
wen* reared Into fell commuuioo
fy \JptU and rohflrtuation. Tbe
invariable ncutimeut of tbe attend
ants, as far as expreaaed, was, that
IT tbe meeting bad closed on Sunday,
one only would hire been confirmed.
Thus my meeting*, altogether, ter
minated In an aeeeasion of twenty-
six persons, meet of whom were cat
echised, sod with tbe understanding
that all arc Id future to attend it.
Judging from the above alone, the
writer unhesftatingl) iifflHRPHbat
protracted meetings arc trrewhaarT to
tbe proper development and growth
of our Chnrrh, and that the mode of
conducting them should be left with
each mbristet and congregation to
be governed according to time, place
and rfrennisfcances, with as mta*h
quiet sa Ik consistent with tbe best
Intercot of tbe meeting.
Town fraternally,
* 8. Scherer.
Vm
Visitor.
Malmr ription prtco OWl> #1
fetders Vwhgf .1 normal.
her, 1871. Hsimssh, Oa
Its two pieeea, *
Maivh* and “lham) Ltr,”
sdmimL || a year.
much
ia Fiar*
Tbe library of this institution late
b received a valuable donation of
three copies of Dr. Krauth's Con
fcrvative Reformation, and one copy
of flanker* Edition of the Book of
Concord, from A. Koquer, Esq., of
Augusta County, Va. “Tbir,” re-1
mark* Brother Koquer, “Is what I
can do for you at this time* This
U a valuable acquisition, and we
appreciate It highly. If more of* 5 our
friends of tbe church would do what
they'could at a time for our institu
tions, they would be more successful
aad Influential—they would educate
more young m«-u for tbe mluUtry
| aad for other pwhwmt positions In
J tbe rbarch. John Wealey’s rule waa,
“if you can not do mnrh, do a little.”
! If tbe friend* of Roanoke College
ran not give na $1,000, give na $100.
If others can not afford to giv# na
$3.00, give ns me dollar. Let every
friend of education do someth mg for
as continually. Tbe Roman Catholic
ChOrvh do not accomplish their en
trrprisrs by large individual dona
tions, but mostly by small one* and
y of them. Roanoke College
Cued
s, 1871, belon
Year has come,
ore for as? We
Year was a y
rs, fires, pesti
throughou
was detb
i and the laqd of
t Germany,] Oi
ls united, Rome
capital, the S^voy-
of the Ci
n declared
t-
I to the writer to »«tggr*t the fea*i
bility of rstaMinhiag In thh city a
borne for the aged and infirm m*-tn
hers of the Evangelical Lutheran
Hj U I I t Church. Such a home is a want that
agreement in the office of the Regis we u . beve u preaaing, »„<i that is
ter of Deeds. This fact may be of
, and all en
Catholics, refflsi
dogma. T^hat
g out of these coi
ia still in agony,
are still battling
liberty,. and the American
once tbe
symbol of
sleepy hejtd
only bald,; bt t
of liberty, onc«
does not lifi its
bird! it is not
tears it wept over
the misfoi|tuiie8 of the land of W ash-
ington, Lee i md Jackson, have n tade
he noble bir 1 blind. It can not hoe.
The Sontljer i'States in the XJ lion
have been, terribly scourged by nan
daring tb$ p 1st year. Tbe Nort lern
States bare been visited by God.
Will 18721 1 fford us relief! Will
peace be ^ei tored! Will indmtry,
enterprise a id humanity obtain the
restoration >f tlieir liberties and
rights ! Will every man be per pit
ted to dwdl securely and safely
under his vine and under his[fig
tree? And| the church—what; of
her ? She has suffered because
sons and daughters have been
ed, and’ yet, she has been blessed.
Progress has beep made. Much to
ise her
affllct-
gladden
fraaspi
more
than
tinne
hope so,
and peopti
Christ; let
him; let 1
femof Ai
the tfuthcr
churches
kindly to i
npi ritual
to be at;
cessfutly
it prays
ive,
)ve
heart of believers has
She is more active,
i, more spiritual now,
e war. Will she cou-
duriog 18V2! We
Let ministers
mmence tbe year with
determine to serve
be both diligent and
what wffl become of
, Visitor f Let Jthe
er r The Visitor feels
labors to promote
of AH, and d«
it
Auff
msy be a
importance to the pnblic, ami it may
b* stated that daring the last sea-
a similar Act was passed ia
reference to all corporator*—by the
compliance ia the terms of which a
charter may vest in a corporation
without applying to the General
Assembly for an Aet of incorpora
tion. * *
Encouraging.—A North Carolina
correspondent writes: “The Lutheran
Visitor is the paper best adapted to
tbe wants of our jieople. Would
that it were generally read. Go on
in tbe fear of G&d. You are doing
a good work.”
not filled to our knowledge at pres
ent by any. institution of that kind.
A large number of aged and worthy
members of oar rhnrehe*. not
sensing adequate
eline of’life for their comfortable
support, un* either thrown upon the
bounty of stranger* or saflhr th^
aevereat privations of penary and
I deetitation. We think it is only
necessary to direct attention than to
this want to enlist action la * Chris
tian, philauthhropir and necessary
uieoaore, that ought to engage the
Mfafts and sympathy of all benevo
lent Christians.— Lutheran Observer.
Look Sharp.—Pastor FVk, of the
The Executive Couauttee of the
Hy nod of Sooth Csroltaa deeire* the
aro ires at an
now has property, ia building*,
to
grounds, library, apparatus, Ar„
tbe value of $50,000
mb eootrlbated was $1,060. This
Evangelical Lotberaa aaaeoat waa given by each of eight
minister, to he devoted to tbe inter indivMlaala. Tbe remaining cootri-
enta of the Choreh in Florida. buttons were ia small amounts, from
In Somter county there ia a ehurrh <** dollar to five hundred. We
with neoriy forty members, earnestly have a rateable library of ov er 8,000
desiring a minister. Tbe field 1* sa * volu
inviting
snd ripe for tbe bar lad Cb
the Rev.
V. F.
Bolton, of New Voch, amt l>r. Bit tie,
Who will answer the ruff of these the Pramlmt of tbe OnMega, a do-
bretliren 7 They will pay what they nation of $50, to assist him iu par
are able towards a salary, and the ehaaing the valuable work, pat dished
800th t'andina Synod will aopple by tha State of Now >«rk, coltod
merit It. the “Natural History of New York, 1 ’
toft a new hall for our library
andSiineral cabinet. Help us by
don# a liule, if yoff eau not do
wV—give as one boot or ooe dol
lar in money, if you can not seod
five dollars or donate a valuable
theological or scientific work. When
1 look over the catalogue of colleges
lately issued by the Barean of Edu
cation of the Government, at Waah-
ington, I am ashamed -of the few
Lutheran institutions.In their feeble
existence, compared with those of
other denominations. We hope our
people will be more liberal and more
interested In their colleges, aud not
pass by Roanoke College among the
rest. A Trustee.
3 $ , . . y ,,to.
Editorial.—fe it too late to make
Roanoke a Cbristmasmreseot! If—
rail it a New Year's gm.
f ~ 1 * ^ *
For the Lothetan Visitor.
Miaistorial
Door Doctor; It is to be greatly
regretted that ministerial changes
tie so frequent. But there are causes
which prompt ministers to leave one
field of labor sod go to another:
we doobt not, these
are good and snflcwut ones
for the chaagaa which are resolved
upon ; to other cases, ministers per
haps change their fields ot labor for
ia sufficient causes.
Ooe of the efficient causes why
oar people srs so frequently left
without e (tester is the want of an
adequate support. l>mgoise the feet
as they may, our people can not
that ministers are capable of
:ing to a greater degree
than lay area are. Yet their income
ia far leas, on an average, than the
income of laymen. Some pastorate*
compel their ministers to eke out a
miserable existence upon a salary,
perhaps, not oowfourth the ambunt
it ought to be, stinting them
wives sod children, ia the
clothing, denying them
selves of weekly aud monthly period
sod recent valuable poblica
and thus oooLraeUug their
of usefulness, jam because
those whose daty it is to support
them, do not discharge their daty
in this respect—end if a church
member ia negligent in this doty, he
ia very likely to be in other* also. 1
Now, for the benefit of those
charges which are always having a
difficulty in raising a liviug salary
for their pastors, we pcopoae to offer
mm remedy, which, if acted upon,
will prove quite beneficial to their
inadequately supported pastors; and
in turn it will (wove a blgaaiug to
those who put the suggestion to
practice, for, we are assured by a
wiser One than Solomon, that it is
more hlrssad to gter than to receice.
In proposing this remedy for an
madeqoate salary, we are assured
it is one that is entirely prac
by almost every charge; for,
whiUl we do not complain of an
iuadeqnate salary for onraelf, what
we are about to suggest to others
potatoes, wood
ham, coffi* sugar, lard, butter
flofiv, hauling, Ac., $32.88 • M r . gj
Wood, mutton, beef, $10.15;
F.—Butter, chickens, soap, potatoes.
$2.00; Mrs. W.—Butter and dried
apples; $2.00; Mrs. 8.—Hat, $!*•
( apt. F.—Sweet potatoes and mSk
one, $1.50; Miaa A.—Hat, eotfe,
ribbon, $3A0; Mr. W—Wood, $r,<*,'
total, $161.23.
All these eontribotioua were give*
as by the members of one rongreg*
tiou. We can not render suck *
favorable report from the other tw«
congregation*.In our charge; for
whilst ooe has contributed $7jb ^
gifts, the other has oontri bated mth
ing at all. But this only show* th*
different disposition of people k
different localities and neighbor
hoods.
Now, Mr. Editor, we submit the
question to the members of
Congregation, whether there are m
way* by which they may seppiemeot
their pastors’ salary, and tha* keen
them above want! If ^ hones
mind lo do it, they eouki all imitate
the example of the kind friend* and
sisters who hare so often reme®
be red us daring the peat year, and
gladdened our hearts, and dt M
feel that we were among tE»tt whs
really eared for na. Respectfafij
yoora, Oothtet Paesok.
ia
•Thi*,"
“J. A. B.,” of South Carolina, | Missouri Synod, RMtices a number of
seuds us a new aubecribcr, with tbe
kindly, and highly appreciated re
mark : “Tbe looger I take the Visitor
the better I like it. I can not sec
how any member of tbe church can first principles of the goapH.
be contented without a church pa \ jOOK Out.—Yonng
per.”
quotation* from popular nlaeattonal
work* -largely used in our puMIr
school* of the country, and thus
convict* them of treason again*! tbe
i Highly Pleased,—Rev. W. Mi
chel berger, of Wardensville, W. Va.,
is delighted with a present of two
photographs of the iutertora of Iwo
European Lathe ran churches, pre
sented him by some kind but un
known friend. The one, the church
at Wittenberg, in which Luther often
preached, and the other, Slotakirken
in Copenhagen, in which tbe royal
family worships. Will that mihnowa
friend of W. E. have the kindueos to
s$nd us “The interior of tbe Copen
hagen church V We would like to
see it again.
Y. M. C. A.—The Young Men’s
Christian Association of Washing
ton city have issued* a general cir
cular inviting clergymen, relatives,
parents and friends of youug men
who go to that city to reside, to
give them letters of introduction,
and also to advise members of the
association of their removal, noting
their church preferences, and giving
such other information as will aid io
approaching them and securing their'
introduction to churches, pastors,
Sunday-schools, etc. Tbe object of
this is to secure the means of pre
serving soph young men under good
influence.
An 4YOLOGY pob Ministers.—
In several cases where Che brethren
are not in the active VorF of the
men. this
Leap Year. Ladies have the
lege to “pop the qaMftfcM. 9 Be 00
your beet behavior; eniifess Christ,
net the part of true men ; for If not,
no true woman will as mneh as look
at you.
New Publications.
Aewricaa Agriculturist.
1871. Orange Judd A Co., New
York.
This number doses the thirtieth
volume with a larger ci relation than
any other agricultural journal, and
contains the usual variety oi Hlnstra-
tious, instructive articles, and vulua
ble bin's.
Phrenological -/ournaL
1872.
For readiug at otico spicy, vigor
on*, spirited and high toned, its
bulky January number lias our
warmest commendation. A capital
beginning of tbe New Year. Tbe
following are among its articles: K.
B. Washburuc, oar Minister to
France; What Can I Do Beet f
Cheerful Giving; Joseph P. Thomp
son, D.D., late of the Broadway
Tabernacle Church^ Kxpmuuoo. its
Anatomy And Philosophy; “Sol"
Smith Russell, or some Studies in
Facial Caricature; Passages from
Any Lutheran minister witltog to
labor ia this field will please onuueu
nfeatr with Rev. J. II. Sktrey, New I Holloa, “as
berry C. H., a C. fine copy ef this work waa
Tbe I uthsreem mod Mtsmomary sod mi I'hitodelphm, for $10111, aud la now
J. ml her as tphserrer will piesaaeopy. in th* hhrury of the inatitettoo.
Ex. Committee. Tbe Rev. Dr. Careoii, of Philadet-
“ • • ■.—— phis, an intimate friend of Dr. Bittle,
Per thr Latheraa Visitor.
A Work ef Orest.
vol has been done
said Brother tbia. Besides
what you have
Aim trith such
he able to gice Arm. Thus you will
not only gladdeu hia heart by, minis
tering to hia necessities, but you will
bind him to you with such cords as
in our charge. It is
(laying your pastor
promised him, aid
9
Salisbury, N. C., >
13. 1871. 1
him $100 to im|*ove the ''hall not easily be broken. Tbeu,
j apparatus of the OoHege. By the instead “I paxsling bis brains about
kindness of such friends, the appa meat, and drink, and clothing, he
ratim at the insUtetum is bow a have a heart to labor with seal
Hoe. A. M. Kmdt—Doar /leather : reapectebfe
Tbe Rev. Dr.
Having an item which may be of Mraath lately dooatrd 50 volumes
interest to you aud the many readers °f good books to oar library, selected *** able to do some thing haudsome
in hia appointed calling. And just
here, let me suggest to those who
I
proceed to
I held
Patou
of our Chureh pa|*r
communicate it.
Including the thud
Sunday* ia November,
owuimunioa meetings at IJaton and chmohaa. We nerd motss of our
Bethel churches. The rougreg*tmn. Lotherau standard works. A. Ko
ou Bvaday were large sod attentive, tpsor, Rstp, of Vtrgiafe, has aet a
gaueral solemnity prevaded, a large example, we hope others will
asm her of eommaaieaat* sppreoched foffow. Let them write to the ITeai
the Lord's table at each place, and <*** °f *be College, aad ask him,
thr communion season waaea(iooiallj **wh»t book caa I present to your
iui|M«MMUve. These meetings were fVdlege Library stock you have not
continued till the middle of the opoo year ataoves F»
week, at which, after Sundays, Bros. Again, when wa look over the
Kimball and Freirerman did as good cohimns of oar religious papers, we
serviee, and resulted, beside*, much heeeme aahnnaed ef
good otheradMe, in the tfeufirmatien
to* private library. Tbe l*n» for their (MUitons and still do com
bytenana, Epiano(s*haua aad Quaker* parativaly little, that they should
ia i'hitodeipkaa, presented us with sot think it strange that their pas
l ssorks of their ! for* pay more attention to the liberal
1
members than to the stingy’ ones—
roiumon gratitude, to say nothiug of
chnstiaaity, demands it at their
hauds.
To show the people ot other
charges w hat they could do, if they
had a mind to give, we propose to
tell them what some of our kind
parishioners have doue for ua during
the year which has just come to’ a
Tbe evangelical Church is sadly
negligent ot her duty to the efcflfiwi.
It is true tbe Catechism aad the
Sabbath tcl-ool have aecompfiaheg
much good, but they have, however,
been considered i„ her as mean* for
mental aud moral tootiertioa preps r
story to the hoped for cutiiersfea is
after years than as means firth*
leading to Chriat in childhood.
It is but a few years 1
mou sentiment .of the
practically against early
Youth waa looked a poo as a .that ia
life-wbeu we were unable to
stand the thoolhgka
the depravity of our
new birth, aud
not comprehend the
upon the heart. Hew many caa call
to uiuid hours in their early life
wheu they longed to tan ante Gad
—craved the aseuranos of pmtdaa
through Christ—hot were oaky as-
couraged by cold indifference, er the
long prayer of some saint whs
prayed the Lord to show them their
great sinfulness, and bring thaai
onto himself when they came Jo yean
of manhood or tcoasasthood. ^ , f r
While this is ia great measare
passing away, the mass of christwe
men aud w omen still foil to see and
feel the unportauce of tbe immrdiatf
conversion of the children. This ia,
iu fact, the field of promise open
before the Church, it m*y ha wefl
that doclriual differences be consid
ered; the Ulked of conflict between
Science aud Revelation may be re
conciled ; missions may
schools for religious training
multiply; but after all, the
questiou before the Chureh is.
can our boys and girls he w
Christ f
They are now
that hour in life when they can he
most easily reached by
influences. Not so much on i
of their moral purity. The
unoorrupted by sinful habits yields
more readily to the call of the Spirit
But these children are going into
the world id! toil, of temptation, ot
11 ubelief. They will soon pass the
threshold and enter upon tbe active
duties of life, surrounded by evil
Satau is already ly ing in wait for
them. Evil oooqiauioos will be oa
their track. Tbe glory of the w«W
will he spread out before them.
Bride will get upon the throne of
their heart, and th» y will fall some
of them uever to rise—unless they
are now led as lambs to the foM
Saved iu childhood, or lost to heaves
—that thought should lie upos the
heart of every Christian.
■ They can be saved. Every paster
should labor more for the immediate
conversion of the children. Me
of six young
On 8atnrda\ before ti*e .1
Sunday in December. 1 commenced
a protracted uniting at Christ’s
church, ressutiy organised. Here,
during th* spring and summer, 1 had
Jauuary, regularly every two weeks instructed
a elms of from ten to twelve young
people, mostly children of our chureh.
Or Saturday, *n examining them,
witk a waw tor confirmation, to my
surprise and humiliation, only one of
th* anmbsr expressed a willingness
to I* confirmed, aud she just a abort
time before had attended a Metho
diet meeting, at which she profaned
recoociliatios. Ou her part, ever)
expression manifemed not only wll-
Liiif 1 less, hut earnest dasire to be
come a commuatug member. |1 000-
tin ued this leeeUng, and so Monday
took occagtou to urge the absolute
imporfance of an immediate aurren-
with
Ml
hi-qucau from
to
in
Dyak Life; Only a Head, or “Not a
Cent in the World,” a chapter of mia der of soul aud body to Christ,
Imps; w Takuj^ Cold/ or tho Causes j such example? aud remarks
and not any for
1 institution* in which we are inter
anted as a church. How important
for the Inends of Roauoka College
to suggest the valus of the institu
tion to their wealthy Irisnda, to leave
oa five hundred dollar*—one thou*
and dollars, or ton thousand dollars,
for the endowment of a profesaorebtp
or the erection of a fins hall. How
much good the** amounts would do
for the chureh, ia th* education of
her youug men for the ministry.
How much good friend* of colleges
could do wheu they are iu their
grave*, by leaving a few thouaaud
dollars io tArir Kills for the educa
tiou of the childreu of the chureh.
Seod us a Christians gift—either
to help pay oar ramaming dsbtr-
send as a few dollar*. Increase oar
library or apparatus. Maks the at
raugements aad take iaoipfofit stops
cloae. To them we hereby render, JHB
when four sincere aud heartfelt thanks, aud should carry them to tbe Lord. At
of doUara toft ia l fervently pray that our heavenly’ n ‘ OD8 should be preached to fee*,
Ithy psnoaa, to Father may abundantly reward tbetu not the ueoessity of esrilT
for their kindness. Ou our memo- culture, which is the great bobby iu
raudum we find the following persons preachiug to them; but urging th®
credited with the following articles, submission of their heart toCbfj||
as (lerquistes, vix:
Capt. R,—Sweet potatoes, wood,
barley, flour and ipelous, $14.50;
Mrs. A*—Rutter, sweet potatoes,
chickens, coflee, sugar, mackerel,
sausages, Ac., $8.65; Mrs. R.—But
ter, chickens, dried apples, sweat
potatoes, cherries, straw berries, hou
ey, hat, brooms, eggs, &c., &c.,
$10.55; Mrs. H—Milk, butter, &c,,
$2.80 ; Mrs. 8.—Sweet potatoes, but
ter, beef, honey, $4.60; Mrs.
K.—Butter, soap, (teaches, pork,
$7.40; Mr*. LI.—Chiekeua and egg*,
$0.85; Mrs. a—Butter, $0.50; Maj.
K.—Wood, pork. ham. $1<A50; Mrs.
C.—Chickens, potatoes, butter, $2.00;
Mrs. G.—Chickens, butter, wood,
Ac., $6.00; Mrs. C.—Chickens, but
ter, pork, milk, Ac., $7.45; Capt.
ft.—Cotton seed, beef, peaches, $3.50;
Let them know that their
believes they can become ohristissA
that be preys for and expects it, **5
many will come.
Tbe ftabbath-«cbool superinti
and teacher may realize the
tauce of saviug the children.
morals may he taught in tbe scbuolL
but that is not enough. Tbe s^ool
is a failure if it does not lend tbe
children to Christ Our men and
women that are drifting into R**!*
lief and infidelity to-day were, ma«.v
of them, in the Sabbath-school fire
year* ago. Their good christiM
teachers did wot realise their reap*®'
sibility. They taught them
but left untaught more. They feu**®
in tlimr personal religious ii»stru«
tiou. Oh! what a failure 1 Shall our
boys aud girls in the school to-dif.
go oat unsaved ! Brother and s*sW*
teachers, under God, you are to »»•
swer. Raise tbe standard at onfifij
“My' class for Jesus P—Good 8seL
1* to USX t» K» I
I x
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t‘\
can
wKatholfoch tot go
^cb Wd got Bterbe. I
a Catholic, It '-m
Lutheran)- But hr. <1
who, agreeably U
argent axpres^i
gcripturr, **>
befor*
not by I
or rati«faotio|
bat by gm** wb|
--ge, throttgh firith.l I
^Lr well Many I
I S~ *—•-
life »«»
death.
well
timB ^ when bis last
the crucifix in bis 1
whsUy 00 the mnit <
Saviour, aad sweetly 11
thy"
I commit my spirit
literal story as told
Jesuit, sod tharefon
soC**
*
:
tv.
L 1-
v
dignity was bis brothi
On hi* death bed he
confessor these men
death tbe empervi
end; God takes tin
tjao all titles from n
me simply brother F*$
begged farther th
would speak to bin.
tbe Wood of Christ.
holy BHsrite-
peror Maximilian II.
burg. He inclined m< J v
pH than his predecc-l
cessors. although he
of
ter
his death (as L11
!i repo
cal
be
r <r
who had been
r-
|
1
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~ — v —*7- — ^ ~ «•
urged his majesty to b
lieforeGod. to coafes
ask for forgfvness in
Jeans Christ, and t<>
the bitter aufienngr
him tobsse Heath am
sa) are greater th*
majesty's sins. Then
esty answered quite sc j
never known or belicv.
One of the most viol
of Lather and of the
Dike George, of So \
desired to die a Loth,
to the monks, who .
shoot the* merits of
vigils, and of mawee*
desire to die on the tu<
Efe followed the advice
• Lindeueau. who had
him : “Gracious sir, yoi
proverb—“Straight
best racers’ (yerandt
hesten rmner.f Turn
straight to Jesus, who
sins, and is our only M
wiR your salvation be >
before his death, the
“Ah, then help me. fan
Jesus Christ; have me
*ad save nre throu-
sufferings and fleath.
Duke had before this
dying sou John to “th
«*riet, the Sa
worid, and forget all inn
*Qd merit, as also tin- «
thesainta.” When life
tow, wondering, aaksd T
"hy to it not perm
this openly Iu tho
this answer: *♦ H
11 fe fife dmiammac
**oare woLL*
Tho Bishop Adolpbuv
was not otherwis,
«>« au<1 Uil
J-cUnd the doctriu,
2J i?**a*km b, gn,
nst8 sake, au accui
Bat •kortly before hi
0,1 the Suoday Judi,
^bed a different cb
^‘d: tt 4 U ia and will ,
pUre aud men .
*** roved. 5 »
i^7, 8 c *^ ina '
8 8t, H noted for
fals? ^ eu deavored to
1 ° f p "'
ahU^i Cborcb. 1
10 canle ‘ s * ]
. 5 and i^ecuuse of
to place our H
feet ®* erc i of Go.1
^ lik « » Luti
.a
- J ' p -
^ ot ChriM.
• hook k. "‘"““J'
the New
UoT ^“tiuu* taoat of the
me*kl;^ ti,e in tht
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