The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, January 12, 1872, Image 2
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
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<< «*divxi|
£^\be christmrt cfu|
JTif the ministry be
Zsmttmd of the !» •
permitted to tak« i
. . k*arts of the pe«*j f
JSTtoUngoUh.
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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.,
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**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