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LUIHBRAN VI “Shall Hr, oo Uflbontrarj, good and ttx-U; aM authorixm them to^Ute Jieir uffwiadom weigh, for pound, in questions which pastors alone are qualified to determines and in matter* of ohief rouoera to those who ante) their delegate* to drier mine them T There ts something anomalous here; nqiuethiRg to be unsworn l hi* gentle wife, nodly. “Why, whafb amiss! Do we lot phy him a good salary 1 Has be not a comfortable parsonage V Did we not send him, when we killed— well, no! it was last year. 1 cleun forgot it. Why did you not rvrniud me of it, Mrs. Comfortable f” “I Ik Oar beloved brother* M aori, he is gone to his root, aad his works follow him. Her. 8. K. Sheppard received his theological education at Lexington Seminary'. He was a pious, sealous sod faithfhl laborer ifi the vineyard of the Lord. Through his instru andxo do vnythingresc with It may elect. Wa only stated for the infer motion of a few, that wa had the Mr,* but as its repobltoa lion would not, as we oooorive, sene the cause of Christ, aa Dr. Sieas and our bate bis mm here met sod parted as brothers, and as we sincerely desire to tire in peace with all oar brethren sad the rest of mankind, provided we can do it with a clear cooscieooe—for we will withstand, if the eause of Cnrlst and bis church, dhlch includes oar spiritual liberty dbd our emancipation from all who want to be lords over God’s heritage, require it—we mnet decline to com ply with the observer's request. WW the Ohoerrer allow os to ask ♦better it has some familiar spirit, some skeleton in one ol its many closets, something that is of the earth earthy, which It had not better bury. ' As we have some experience in stteb burials, having, as the 0W arrrrr has informed its readers, helped to bury a most terrible and troublesome monster, a very* giant of discord, we would offer our ser Vices to the Ofiserrer in the capacity df assist ant grave digger. Come, dear Luther#* Obtorver, wa iUMBIA, S. C ^ grave lmpow—^ ****** phte* 4n 'STurtU cUimin*o. K * opon *bich Meh L £.*» ■* ‘ u, ‘“!1 << «*divxi| £^\be christmrt cfu| JTif the ministry be Zsmttmd of the !» • permitted to tak« i . . k*arts of the pe«*j f JSTtoUngoUh. ST* <te. Bot B' j iB iBportwcc «Kl tb Weed, « are •»" til SlwUI important*. ^ » '*1. ..A if m »0«Mh ll S-| h and a<d»o°’ *, complain of the h i timea, and to aay, ** time, at * »on ion l will call for th~ J- fcrt-tfal of the prom .*| “Bring storehouse, that there 1^ in mine boose, ami herewith, aaith the Lo* I will not opep you tl.» heaven. and pour you j N that there shall no- oeive it.” ? I The duty of supp | try, and the Variou- j facts and operation^ though plainly taugb: ■ . is nevertheless s subj«f people generally do «»•§ They would modi ill ministerial support «l bum an choice, and not- fe>, duty. Hut all attemffk the scriptural eommaif Uis ministry , from ti iK ever be unavailing. fr-#* promioently oo the that “They which I sheuki lit# of the go^i laborer is worthy of : L In peuniug a few ti f important sabject 1 R. RUDE, D.D., Editor. «i hdM did, sir, but you said you would uot forget it” “Of coarse, I iyn always to blame. But that has nothing to do with bis preaching. 1 tell yon, when I go to church, I want to be Denefltted, I want to feel interested, but I can not when the minister preaches as if he had come oat of an ice-house.'’ “May be our minister did come out of one.” “What do you moan, madam ! lam sure wood is plenty enough here. Wd live iu the country, where tbonsauds of cords of the best kind of fire wood may be had for the mere hauling.” “Yea, Mr. Comfortable, and that is jnst the difficulty here. Now, listen to me. I, yon remember, went last Friday to spend the day with Mrs. Chilly. Yon had gone to the city and did not return tilt late last evening, aad do not know that I only stayed with her long euough to make it decent and proper for me to leave. 'And the reason 1 left was, I could not stand it. I believe I would have canght my death cold What familiar terms, and yet “to the Jewi (hey are a stumbling block, and f the Greek* foolishness," gag the disciple* ask, “Master, speakest thou in parablesF The similarity, however, hefei. the Bible and other boolu, sad ha- tween the sayings of Jeans, mi Socrates, is only an outward gfe larity. To be a Me to read them sayinge as they occur ie ths Be« Testament, the natural eye mug |s prepared for it, and to pxfcxU them the organ of eomprehengm mast be prejiared and adapted to them. The divinity of thedoctrfcm these uiying* contain, aad which \ discoverable in their very mysten ousuess, must necessarily ha “spirit ually discerned.” “ft is the spirit that quickeoetb.” It is our spiritual vision, prepared and adopted by the everlasting Spirit of God, that rmm prebends and understands, sad U enriched and fad by thase mysfa nouh, wonderful sayings of Jeans. The Spirit was not yet “poamd oat” when Jesas uttered them say. mgs : it ml Christ, who “knows «g things,” ai d “governs all thing*,’ and “subdue* all things onto bin self,** could well afford to writ I# the “falkics. of time” to come, hi order to be understood and appe* dated. Not that the Holy Spirit would give man new affections, hut rather that be would, by leveahags new and glorious object, art that supplying the old affections with new aad powerful motives, tqju thus into new channels, and Jbr them os a higher abject than man had p| known. The sphere of the Spirit h entirely within the region ef ths heart It is on this field atone that the scene of his labors to laid, sod from this emioewoe aloes fhs object of the affections to vtofhia The individual who is blessed wife this change of affections sera, ait with other eysa, but sans rathm unity ; in non eotentialo I alt thin/}*' rhffrity " evil to be a great one, and sometimes were mildly iudignant at finding a dozen warm hearted and earnest pastors weighted down by miniate rial men who, from dutociination, or leek of self denial, or the attractive, ness of some pursuit that allowed (aad sometimes did not allow) the “sober garments,” had no part in feeding the flock of God. The lia bility to mtoruiistnictiou closed our mouth. . Not that we are not a pan- tor, we may speak. We are willing to have ouraelvee, and all other as- pastors, simply sBK-nable to l*reaby- lory, judges with our brethren when a presbyter is put to trial, aad in all other re*|ieele mare spectators. A Twin Yoke Pxluro.—“ En closed yoa will find $5. 1 advanced boundary linen ef the church of ChristV (thall wa take them Ml tut if we do, we destroy the Baptist definition of a rhureb of (Mat, aad leave oarer Ives, Without chart of tutu I was, otj rile desiring MHows of qwlesiaMioal outoertaiuiy. U is for belter to sail ua well known aad safe waters, rio long as we hrlirva the lUpUst Church to be the only true church of Chnsl on north, BapUsu arr booad to maintain ‘dose comnm uioo when they change their views on this subject^and sdiuit the claims of other denominations, there will then be, (as matters now stand,} no barrier in the wgj of -free comma- qion.* Let ns stick to what wa know to he regular, order!>, sod beoce safe, and all wiR go well,” It is s precious thought that only here and there In the Proteetaut world there la a churchman in a shell so hard and so dark, that he thinks there is no other rfisrcA true to Christ finch ideas as thoae w* have copied were not originally la the heads of an\ BupUstn They have never been largely adopted, and now there are fewer who hold them thau there were twenty fir* rears ago. We read them with a feeling uf outupuaaioo that any man still is afflicted with soch mental Minducaa, aad with a hops that ha asay yet come to thr light, that his (irreent uim haritsbtomesa may be re- iwovrd. There to joy ia chrtotiaa felktwohip to which he to a stranger, and we want him to taste it before be sits down with at at the marriage •upper of the Laaih.— T. T Otorrrr. Krist'oratY.—The Dm. E. K. Mudgr, Isctanug before the Haaluu Church Association a few day s Mare, thus aaaly aed the Episcopal Church j The Epiarup*] Church might ha di- udrd into no less than eight claasea, which, for a catholic aad infallible church, seems to os rather dmcuur- sgutg. Here are the classes: L Radical Low Churchmeo t Coo- servativa Low t hurehmen j X Con servative High Chuxvhssea) L Rad toul High Chanhars) A High aad Dry Churchmen; fi. Newer High Cburvhmra) 7. RtUmhstei A The Brmk At first this wosdd seem MMiat deridedl> a mar of a house divided sgasnsi ilaall, aad upon the po*at. therefore, of foiling into ua <listuiguuhe«l rein) but account must he taken of points apoa which all churchmen agree. It Meats to us that after all it to the Episcopate which is desuavd to as vs “ths church,” as it calls itself, ia America, Every thing now depend* upon shrewd, boneat, charitable, long auf ftwing ami grn tie manly bishops, like one of two whose Christian humility we will not sbis-k by oamiag them. and truth, seuaoaad with frees. His labors in South Carolina wore mostly ontifined to Gre Third Coofereoee Distort of Edgefield county, till a few year* before ho emigrated to Mississippi, about IBM. Ha waa the instructor of several ministers, who wore so-called home students. Among them were Revs. Wert*, C. D. Aufflte, and the writer of this article. Through his pinto trations during the great revival ia the Lutheran Church of South Caro lina, fevera! young men, who now (Ml our pulpits in this aad iu other atataa, aad are both zealous and efltoioat in the cease of the Lord, were brought into the ministry.— Among them ware Reva. J. Austin, D. A. Cough man, John Bowles, J. Bowies, J. Hawkins, J. Stigh, aad psflnmi- to sab- xMintr and State NKssswfir, ia order may be promptly bended for publication, i separately,' nn<l not ia to receive proper atteu- d is Fork ah mbu.—K very Who tries to chisel us will • .jlfoa fellow who taken a *aper, nod refuse* to pay subsori! you that I am effletoutly a ally interested iu year pence, good wfll toward men ” Let us lire It. Our people want peace, our charrhe* need peace, oar beauts evwre it, oar splriu k*ng for ft, and our church papers should be henilds if I had not left when I did do you mean f” “Jnst what I say. She and her children were coweriug over a few chips and sticks in the fire-place, that made more smoko than heat. I did not take off my things, pretended I had only called for a few moments; held out my hands toward the fire place from habit, and felt sorry f did it, for Mrs. Chilly apologized at once, and as I thought, rather wearily for the fire. You know the minister's little Fanny, what a bright, impulsive child she is. She spoke out, and said, *¥>&, we have no wood; but pa is gone for some. Fie has taken the axe, and gone in Mr. OakknoCs woods, for he said be might have as much wood as he wanted.’ O, well, said I, you will then have a big load, and a big pile. ( No,’ cried she, *pa has no wagon; he is going to cat down a tree and drag it home.’ I was shocked, looked at Mrs. Chilly, who quietly answered my unspoken question. ‘Yes,’ said she, ‘my bns -We are sending out bills mhtf " We sail twice F*de Sam’s” trumpet; the Is made throng*'the Lot to aM throttgh third cal Brother Sheppard was beloved by all. He labored diligently. He went to Mississippi to build up the waste places, and gather in the scattered asembers of the Uhnreh. He waa one of the founders of the Missis "ippi Bynod. May the LonLpour out his Spirit apoa oar Church, and may the time not be far off when we shall see a goodly number of pious young mrn preparing for the ministry, and our edocathmal institute* filled with men that shall in after years be faithfnl laborers ia the vineyard of the Lord and Master! R. C'AroHMA*. Is 4amaj**ac, lS7i—Messrs. Ivans A Cogswell, Charles- Wa, during this year, will en deavor to be at peace with all, aa for aa It to imaalble for a Christian to be. We most cry aiood, we mast rvjirore, we wiU defend the truth, attack error, sod fight the enemies of Christ, but we will love the berth real It matters but Uttls to ns what men say, still less do we trou Me ourselves about what they think of as. Wa are aocoostable to Chrisf “I will Mend you several sew tub- seribers,’* has uot even * niton as a liar, although mouth• have pssasd. Lent we sh<mld also prove forgetful, we will at once oompiy with the request, and give something ua— L IVwycr Serfi*o*-— Acts xii:A: “Peter, therefore, was kept io prison, but prayer was made without mu tug of the ebarch auto God for him.” f sag*; “Verse fire planes aptly before the mmd the urn toast between the abiding watchfulness sort the apostle ami the roagregatMU's prayer without ceasing. This otatomeat to admirably placed betwera the mb prisonluetjt sod deliverance uf Peter. Luke evidently intends by that ar rangement to make it apparent that the deliverance of the spustis out of prison and from Ua* ihreateMug doe ger of dsslh, was thr answer to the prsyer." “One of the most sinking proofs of the hcsnng uf prayer to thr do Itverance of i'eUr from prison. There are, as to a), two powers, V. k cootoodiug together; the power of this world went* to hold captive end kill thc epostle ; the eheroh of Christ desires his deliverance, liberty sod life. The former commaads ell Ua material mean* the prison, nhehi* aovl fetters, sold mm ami * arm*; the latter has nothing uf all this, hat iu the piece uf these ths church bee prsyer, unanimous and without are* ing. Faith oo God ie Christ, love to one another for Christ’s woke, the chrtotisu hope—the entire m*miI life of the redemption eaters into these snppimotions, aad the prsyer inter! ibl4 calendar. We prize it d all hammers who come See will take notice that or,” in gilt fetters is cover. ' JL B BEt kihR i i)<i E, at e age, goue. One of the iuguUbed divine* of the ftajcimrch to dead. Rob- eckinridge, D.B|^ LL.D., ion. John C. Breckinridge, djed recently, »g**d about o. The deceased was a q. First he practiced la#, i political life. In 1831* he the gown of the lawyer i«4 robes of the church. » »! divine of commanding His was a master mind, s extended lieyopd the bii» church. After many lo onr '‘Entkert * tamped on ^he New Publications. most d I’ltsbvt Mt J., unde o **of <mr Fir riri*»«i Lodtof. A holiday number of OH mmd .Year. Boston. I*TI. ing as contained in Lh< of let Corinthian- i bring the subject bek in its proper light.'" folly to understand PfflWml beuriugH, a* uH: u What it acrc « Stephen was stoned, be, “fol Holy Ghost, looked up into sad sew Jesas standing oo Si band of God.” Has vtouffl were oo doobt the seme mm eyes with which he bed lei It to e feet, recognized by ell stn druto of the New Testament, that many of Chriat’e say ings were origi nal, unique and mysterious. They were indeed “herd Lo be understood,” end many of those to whom they were addressed, “wrested them as they did the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.” The figures he used were often entirely aniutelli gible, aed to all appearance* un profitable to his auditory. And it seems strange that soch so inexpli cable and mysterious e being as Ckrmt wee, should wonder about liar suburbs of JeruaaJeas, and among the humble end illiterate fishermen of Galilee, dropping here aud there S casual Hen tenor, as occasion offered, for any one who might chance to beer it, and then not ooe in every hundred understood it when heard ! And thr question will arise, how could the rievionr, whose mission was to redeem end save the world, afford to be mysterious aud unm teiligihle, end apparently u a profit able to those very persons be came to save f How could he afford to lose the present, end himself too in the future f Could he count on a future with auy certainty, in which his mysterious sayings should lie understood aud appreciated f when bis word should prove to be the )>ower of God end the wisdom of God auto the salvation of soulst And if the time should ever come when they were to be understood, why not now Y la whet way were they to he made plain ami inteUigi hie f They were caught up end recorded by the eeaagetmta, aud they ere repealed, end embraced, sad understood, end loved by mil lions of ear roes, whs now find in them the very eoeeoue of the Gospel —the richest aliment of onr spiritual Yoft. Bright, bran ft fill sad cheery, with the v igor of youth sad the wisdom life f or, hote it the mi* I at e degree of ewtinem* > a preacher of right. I evidently some kind <1 to of. the atindht lunl this most be ootnox nfl advancement of tlx .iff knowledge. miql other professional r-k through a coarse of |1 hto work, which often l sacrifice, and he iuu> | incessantly to keep p iucreeee of the age \ And to do this requi I *»oautuC.H*e aw*t labor. litowhbVl t mind, end may rail his body for life. Besii to much more in oouii [ ministerial Hfe. to be I thau most people L. i The minister is require* the movements of til religion, be ready to m I sin in its various forrrl things to all men sol win some to Chris . I F*aul, iu his mstrnctil and through him to ail ters, says, “Study to 1 approved unto God, a J ^uedeth not to be ato.l dividing the wore! oiJ to do this require* a I energy and powerl which the minister pel work; far *U men w N stud led the Seriptu< e- re< l | rire8 much prayer, i *t»d constant looking i *11 this we gain but knowledge of iu proMj fol and mysterious t M caroUHy old home in Danville. ** ■»** anything, end we mnst there » l , i : • ^ ... . ... _ - . fore either do withont wood, or be mnst be both horse and wagon.’ I tell yon, bnsband, I feflfeiadlv Last week onr horses did nothing; yon cothplained you did not know whet to give your hands to do to employ them profitably, and by the way, ere yon not the treaaarer, and is It not yonr business to collect Mt. Chilly’s salary V Mr. Comfortable said noth ing, but early next day his wagon went to the woods, and for days they kept on hauling load after load of hickory-, oak, maple and light wood Into the pastor’s yard, to the delight of the children, the grateful joy of the wife, and the astonish ment of th© pastor. Mr. Comfbrta ble was riding the same time around among the peopfe, and on Wednes day afternoon he celled on the pas tor, handed him his quarterage, whispered, “forgive me,” and rode home with a tighter heart than he had carried in~his bosom for many a day. His wife tells that he sang as he rode in the yard, and when sitting in the evening at their pleasant fire, load enoogh to awaken the two years’ old in the crib, , ”0, to grace how great a debtor, Daily I'm constrained to be," A thing which, he had not done sihoe he bought Mr. Spendall’s place. What is the state, condition and size of your minister’s wood pile Y If yon let him freefce In bis study and his closet, be will freeze you in the church. 1, Cor. ix; 7 14. What is Your Opinion Y—A cor respondent of the Interior writes: Theros is one thing, however, that has puzzled ns for years. Whom does the editor, the secretary, the aathor, the minister who has no parochial charge, the clerical real estate operator repretent in onr Pres byteries, where, in feet, they are found in considerable numbers Y— They hare their schemes, their opin ions of policies affecting the charches where they reside. They speak to questions, vote, and do all that any body caR do.ip Presbytery, bat whom do they represent Y It is high time tbfe question was answered. These men may be wise, pious, and valua ble members ef society ; but whom do they represent ecclesiastically Y Nobody, of course, but themselves. What right, then, have they in a church judicatory Whose boast is that of a representative body T We have supposed these men to be wise and rood mefi. Tberf may sat Fires of the title of a t>ooL pub- odspeed. Chicago aad Sev. E. J. Goodspeed, t resident of Chicago, able writer, who wit rible fires of that city, aptaic account ; of the rring during the'great The book is replete 1 is beautifully printed per, with many fine We understand that; jeeta, and be saw “the glory ef Get, and Jesus, standing on the right band of God.” > . * Jesus spoke, as it sere, ts “an in numerable company of spirits* VW unborn, aad not alone to than around him. He addressed the heart* of all men of alt ages, aad he de livered doctrinet for all time, and his sayings, dark aad incomprehaomhls as they appeared to some, are emh one freighted with an eternity ef preckms meaning, to know the im port of which gives the apiricnl chrtotiaa inexpressible pleasure. to every reader, whether living in city, village, or country . It to down no all shams aad humbugs, aad iu showing np of those is nlooe worth oil its coots. Every one having not already dous so, will do well to pro vide himself nod family with this Jim run! for thr present year. Terms, $U9) four copies for The J»m**s Farmer, Jouttory, 1671. No. 1, New Meries. Balu more. Md. This Widely known and deservedly popular journal has renewed its youth, and yet retained si! the wfo llow, strength ami ripe experience of-its manhood, lion Willoughby Newton, of Virginia, has a good article on “Agriculture in the Month,” shkjf will doubtlessly attract general attention. Iteaktesagriraltare proper, the Farmer has department* devoted to the dahy , horticulture, stock and poultry, as weO as to hunashohl economy, the fireside and rural arch itecture. The publishers annouuor that besides their regular subscrip tion Hat, they will circulate 10,000 ill not shock by naming tb«-i -T i*. Tribune. (’out or PrausncHi Newsta i'FJKm.—r i*der the above heading, •ays the Amrrwwa S’rtetpaper Re- fatter, the Ckrittta* Standard, Cin cmnati, Ohio, presents some interest ing iutelbgrace, starting with the festoon that the Standard i tar If, with the utmost economy, had rout over #20,00(1 more than its income, though having 12,000 subscribers. It gives the farts in the experience of three of its rotemporarica, as follows; “The Adramr, of ('hkogo, with a larger list than ours, at flflflt a year, sank shunt #76,000 iu four years, aud had not become stir sustaining wbru the late Are occur red. Its subscription pries la raised to #3 * year. Tb* Interior, ia lea* than tqo years, baa used up a capi Lai of nearly #00.000. The Standard (Baptist), with a list of 13,000, was not y#t *eU sustaining. Its publish ers had to draw on the profits of over sod is mightier than all world power.” Chrgmmtomot.—“God can not re fuse a praying congregation any • thing.” Litho.—“The connection of the d© livrrauoc of Peter with the prayer of the congregation ia an illnstration of the .connection between prayer sod the hearing of prayer.” u& Tempera*#.—Bph. v: Iff— 1 “And be not drunk with wine,* wherein is Dear Brethren : At the last warned' log of our Synod, an application for pecuniary aid from St- Mark's Bvsa gelical Lutheran church, Sumpet County, (to, was "referred to fe Executive Committee, with powur fe net.” Since the meeting of 8^ nod. the pastor of the said ©hurt# km appealed to ns, through the Luffctt*# Fttofer, in behalf of onr brethren • Georgia, to extend to them * “##• ing hand* towards the coinptto#* tt their church edifice. _ At a recent meeting of the Kire* live Committee, the fetter wlrio# referred to tt was considered; #m the application being for tod fe ansist in the erection of • home y e regret to learn that In of plank far Rev. N eir church, Charlotte been burnt, which wil r List.—Iter. Prof. Mount Pleasant, N. onr keeping “three v. J. P. Margart’a Lange t Internpenuict* ia the moat tfegrailing uf all the vices of dtotopa tion; wherefore, the apostle gives prominence to being “drank with wine,” not indeed as the exclusive, hat yet as the chief caner of tha darkening of the nitdereteoding in regard to the truth.of Christianity. The apostle intimates bis reason for placing intemperance first in the confirmatory rUnsc: “wherein to ex cess.” Excess denotes dissipation in genera!, a profligate Hfe in the moat comprehensive sens#, which follows from intemperance; for the drunk ard, to whom drunkenness bss be come an easily besetting, a habitus! sin, to on the brink of the abyss of si! possible vices. No vice obscures the moral faculty and weaken* the moral will as much as intemperance” The Only True Church 1—II has been found at last! It has been discovered by the editor of the Wet tern Recorder, a Bapti*t |»*|* r, published at Louisville, Kentucky. The learned and sharp-sighted editor has found out that hit church is the only true church on earth, sod that to let any chrifitiaii rostmsar with him who is not a member of bis body, whether of Chrtot’s body or not, to not. to be thought of for * ledgement.—Ret. J. P. inn, S. C., requests ns to e the receipt by express , B. Camman’s Parochial also #10 from hi* ebarch, ra., for By nod. The re ceived too late for in ser- Minutes, and the money rid > over to the Synodical Ma$. J. P. Wise. A CD ROMO.—We have received im Me«rs. Seville & Randolph, w Ybrk, a cjhromo, the ^object of r with a garland of the base the words: n.” Messrs. 8. & R. “It is a prool^ bnt not so soft as the getting off” itioii of the service we eafi ren- 8. & R., is to-' defer private opinion till others will send their address and a UJaily printed oo A as white paper, with handsome engravings. The saberripuon to $U0 a year, but it to seat to dubs at #1, with extroordi aariij liboral premiama. If all oar agricultural readers will send for the January number, wc think they will port*r*8 tion in t# has been I mt hiring with the bret ter 1 oonty, Ga., coaid tion ally make an appn the fund* of the Miss) mean r and ad«to iu eigilaimlinu; “Wa find the (uilonu>gpurtoalh item in the Lutheran 1 inter of 1 cemtor I St# • “TSz Brlpart Urm.—’ huvo to, pat dibit la tha Lmthm and Mmsmmaty of Jaue U, 10*4. “fotUst the letter iu vhieb I tfww 1j# pr.j BIm| I u ieu, out Uot so v | •*» Wwleut. He m* } J 1 in the most prel T^ Cr * complete nndJ wdiviiM Imw. m,,! ,1 ‘ e “’ u “ » lying bed. fj-***®. iu tbe laugu.icl “• aiviw, who de.ll “I never u,J ^OO# but wbat I find nJ , n The more the Of divW Itbowledg. *“ “ore i* be CMIV>«. uiuMe prufui 't V ® “orer been Iu J Who * e Wgbu huve-ne^. lieving that they aboeM bs mmta the praiseworthy work in which th/9 sre engaged, and relying opo# liU-rality of our people, end tfoff willingnetw to assist in *° "" enter|»riee, I was directed by onuimittee to request all the of the 8. C. Synod to take in *W their congregation* ^ tto benefit of St. Mark’s Evangeto** I Ait heron church, 8mn|»ter 0°**^ Ga. The committee hopes that tb» spiieal iu behalf of our GssjffJ* brethren will meet with • libpr * re*|K>nae from all our churches. Whatever amount* may *** * iributed, should be sent to the pato** Rev. John P. Margnrt* Plufonto, hams, by whom It will bo dtoy knowledrod. ' *' J. D-aartTf- which to a flowers at Ohrtot know perfectly welt that the time wunld oomo wheu he and hi ■sylbf* should be folly anderntond aad appreciated. They are eri- deooea of hto divinity, and teatinxx nies to bfo infinite wfodom. No man seeking Mo own popularity or aril- . Right-era eoftirs of the first edittou Of lko 4 Bibte evur priotad are in ex- tot eoce. Tbd> were printed to Meta between tbe years of 1440 sod 144&. Mr. James Leu sox, of Now York, e ate now that tbe vary (foarurity in wliioji these mysterious aayings of Christ seemed enveloped when he uttered them, indicates a knowledge auper- natural and divine. , ’ There auyiaga. libs tbe Bible as a wbofe, use son rayed to us io tbe meaning mdjy bat ia * an icicle,” said Mr. r hia wife, after return moment