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it »i.ir PLUMBIA, s. c- Prid ay, February 23, 1872 i prrr : ,*TL'J K»;v. A tors:, D.D., Coin A.M., Kta ity ; in wow intent hi la liberty ; in (til thing*, charity." SPECIAL XOTICB*. uHut rs, Rank Check*, c If these can not be money n a RxoisT* ‘ Postmasters are . < tew when required. to subscribers until to diseontin ie in re nd all arrearages ire paid, as by law. Merely< returning a of the paper by mail, ie not suf- relating to sub- their names very ife which are new sulMcribers. of the poet office, of the county a»d State bscriber ia necessary, Hn order rrottto. may he promptly , j and obituarv notices, and other Rutter intended for publication, should be written separately, and not in letter®, to receive proper atten than the ministry. 'While the jtaator should be the Moses, the laity should be the Aarous and Ilurs. As re- | gards the failure of the Virginia Synod’s Suuday-schools to contribute | standing in the power of God only, 9 i h r I^ 1 ► LU1HERAN VISITOR. JCOL ■j ~ a - a ■" * r orUng laymen. ,8bch offil really adhere to every letter do afore for tbe ch archly onterprineo, cordis* for IMO," auii the material work af tlie diarchy speech and oar preaching ie ooly with the eoticing words of man’s wisdom, and not in the demons tra tiou of the Spirit and of power, that the faith of oar bearers, instead of of tha H yet, ‘UFoar to the Richmond Miasiou and Roanoke stands in the wtadoei of College, there can be no mistake as churches will be but charnel to where the fault lies. The super- and our preachers wilt be hat blind turn. Rsy t. T. W. Dosh entered upon his ministerial duties, his first! sermon in St. John’s church, Charleston, S. C-, Sunday^ Febiuary tlth. * Twp i Paper* addressed to G. A. Sizemore, marked: ‘‘Dead;[ paper not called for.” The to Miss S. Holt, lied for, and will We cau not tell i came from; there office given. Will either Ulster who returned them, frieud, have the kindness where the dead lived, and living indebted to us is? ATTK3NTio.N.-|-We notics the horn ing of at bouse of worship last week, two days after i|s policy oi " insurance yonr Church in- L . LM, AN.-—Several Articles in t number demand the care- of those whb love our LutheranfZion. First in ortfcr is: ‘•Watchinfin on the Theological Sem inary.’* r nch an institution faes-on- tial to ttyd successful carrying 0n of be d to be done iu ■ the South, li institutions can supply laborers we need. I Not e Northern churches in inistefs, uot only do they y from us ministers whom afford to givi* up^ who because greater induce- :s a tel held out to thein than we offiep-j-and the churches in the and do more for ministers, inteudeuts are to blame. We hope “• • •* will keep on blowing his bugle—he does it to perfection—and we will beat time on the conscience of every offender. Change op Address.—Rev. T. leaders of the blind ! ‘* We sbrittd sene in newness of spirit, sod not tn the oldness of the letter * Oar ministers should be “able ministers of the New Testament; not of the letter, bat of the spirit; for the 1st W. Dosh, from Winchester, Ya., to ter killeth, bat the spirit giveth life.* Rill nil II ■ ttll tlu BAM I Charleston, 8. C. But ss on earth the soal The Letter.—Should uot wonder dwells within the body, sod soal sad if Rev. Margart lets us hear from ***** united form the tiring man, him for publishing his letter. In «*> does *•» the New TgHsment din- our defense, we ask : What else pensation the spirit dsTOl within the coukl we do ? Would it not be a | letter, and mokes it the power of pity to keep sueb a letter all to our- ! God unto salvation. The church of selves? We also feel confident that God interprets the letter, in the his appeal will be promptly and lib- 1 Greed the church universal dr orally responded to, while we would glares her interpretation, and fn the have spoken To deaf ears. Confession the Kvangelkal Cbareh Thk Box SYtfTKM. Rev. defines her (tositioa in regard to the writes: “Have introduced the box • *******’ the creed, and all who neither system of collecting in the congrega tion, after a sermon ou the subject. I don’t expect to have any trouble in future about money for Synod and chnrchly beuevoleuee, and expect * >ut not w * 10 •• be in ‘ ’ fallible law givers Hi the rhnrch. confess nor protest with her. We therefore receive the Horiptures. re peat the Creed, sod saberrihe to the Confession. We bear the cbareh, ral thing, than the Sooth es do—but if we seutl our Nort^i, the most prom is- her be kept iu the North, return South, the calls as a ern chi young ing will or ifi from tlfot North will be so constant, and so l< nd, that they will, unless thorough! ■ convinced of their oblige tion to rei lain where the Lord placed them, ;be »me discontented, ill at ease, and it last pull np stakes, and to their i o called great regret (f), leave - for a larger salary, better society, add a greater sphere of' use fulness, so called. As regards lo cation,. lcjt an eligible point* be selected, where the students can have the t dvaotages not only of the Seminary, bat also of society, public lectures a$d outside culture. A the ological seminary should never be stuck away iu a corner. It may be advantage Mis to the professors, but it certain y will j prove disadvan tageous b the students. Wheu the location i4 determined, let it he.! a fixed fact. . The General Synod com mitted a g reat error by changing the location fr >m Mt. Pleasant, N. C., to Columbia, 8.0. Retr.C. H. Bern lie im, of N. C., itho offered the motion and advocated the change, no doubt did it from pufe motives; but we think it was an Unfortunate move on his part, and precipitated the witbd rat lins Synod from The action of Carolina, re- to the Geqeral a return of the inary may again of South Caro is also a more in direction. “United, we ed, we fell” * • • -LtVc are glad that “• •” is blowii j; drowsy i {ynod it will make theff engaged t > considered to see dt that tions are < Arried a bugle blast to the of| Virginia; hope grouse its members, and attend to the work they perform. Usually, tt ia that the pastors only hove “* ” Synodical neao- mistake. Ministers for the laymen, the laity, members great * do the Synod*. This is a great Who compose 83 md laymen. Who daturas 9 Ministers & follows m ’the Sji of the lay as to laid of by the soon to rm> this church do twice as much in the way of giving as it has hitherto done.” Pennies.—What is a peuoy ? What is a grain of sand, or a drop of water, or an atom ? Yet grains of saud form large mountains, dro(* of water make the mighty oceau, atoms build up the universe, and pennies make dollars, as we can prove. Every teacher and scholar in a certain Sunday school iu Vir ginia deposits oue }>enuy iu the collection box each Suutlay for the Richmond Missiou, and the collec tion for oue tt^rter amounted to twelve dollars and fifty cents. Re spect, therefore, we ask. for the i»en- nies. The Suuday schools of the Virginia S>nod might, with the greatest facility, raise annually one thousand dollars for the Richmond Mission. In some parts, though, peuuies are scarce; well, if they are, the three, five and ten cent pie^s are plenty, aud the coutributiou Imx will not refuse them adiuittainv. if any wish to give, there is always a way. Giving is a duty ! We call the attention of our read ers to the Bell advert isement of Messrs. Blytnyer, Norton & Co., Cincinnati, O. This house is an old established oue, of high reputation, and has had long ex(>erience in the manufacture of bells. Florida.—Rev. L. Hedenbaagh informs us that he has reached his new field of labor, after a tedious journey of more than two hundred miles by private conveyance, and finds himself “in the midst of friends and brethren of the same faith, who received their long-waited for pastor with open arms and, what ia better, with open hearts” Bro. Bedenbangh has gone to work as a live man. and in the right way. The Lord grant him health and strength! He has grace and gifts already, and success is certain. As the first-fruits of his labors, he sent ns eight new sub scribers. History of the Church in South Carolina.—We hare been requested by the committee. Rev. W. Berley and J. F. Soli inner, to remind and ask all who have papers, docu ments, or information relative to this subject, to transmit all such to either member of the committee. Old Measures.—“ Lutheranus” has rendered the cause of Christ valuable service by bis brief sketch of pastoral work of t&e father of the Southern chnrch. BoRziu* ia the Muhlenberg of the South, and oar churches have inherited largely of his spirit, faithfulness/ and un trammelled liberty in the selection of measures for the fostering of vital godliness. “Lutheran us” establishes the fact that our Bbuthern church is not a new measure church, for prayer meeting* are an old measure, Chris tians praying in public is an old measure—as the old Liturgy of the Pennsylvauia Synod also establishes —for in the preparatory service to the Lord’s Supper, it says, (we quote from memory): “Tbeu shall either the minister, or a man or a woman —of course a lay member—say th2 coufessional prayef;” inquiry meeting9 are an old measure ; (inking the qne*- tion, “What must I do to be saved T on other days than Sunday, is au old measure; to come forward in the pretence of the whole congregation, is au old measure; to hold prayer meeting* in private houses is an old measure; to repent, to rejoice in pri vate meeting*, to give in the religion* experience, to make every dwelling a house of God—are all, thank God, old measures in the Evangelical Lu theran Chnrch in the Sooth. Let the Southern church keep them up. If we lay thorn aside, oar charcbty life mast perish, for the Holy Spirit will afiff though wff mi# One hope legion f A Tract foe the Time*.— The Sin of Adultery. Sermon by Rev. Jacob Fry, preached st Reading on Sunday evening, October 22, lfifl. | This is the third reprint, published j from reporter's store, Reading, Pa. It ia a faithinl, searching exposition of the corn maud meat, “Thou shnlt not commit adul LfmaY t %e | mt tlf! qJkhl to war brethren of the Virginia Synod. We desire to remind them of what thef haro, volantarily and milamaly, obligated themselves to do, this yonr, for the Richmond M lemon and far Roanoke College, and iaqolrs of caeti one whether he in making tha proper effort to redeem his }»romiaea. We hate reason to fear that not a few of the brethren hare forgotten the action of Synod at oar loot meet tag oa the important snbfects nlloded to, and are permitting the time nod opportnnitiea for doing the wort justly expected of them to pans away unimproved. On page 12 of oar last M mates, r. fwe find the fallow mg: RK HHoND EHMION. “This mission is represented as brtug eminently worthy of oar ay m- |wthy aud suppurt. Therefore, Kami red, That oar estimate of IU importance is unchanged siuor La*t Synod, sml we recognize the obliga tion to suataiu it to the utmost of our ability. Hemirtd, That all oar Sunday- M'houl* be earnestly urged to coop erate with u» in its aupport, by tha coalnbatiou of *•* penny weekly from each teacher and scholar ; and that to this end, each claaa tie pro- vi«W with a missionary box, the contents of which shall lie aocer tamed quarterly, aud reported to tha treasurer of Sy nod.”* Again, ou |»agr IT: “\oor com mittee would leeoinmcml a hearty. P endorsement of the mumion (at Rich ,.,.1 ,fc.. tinoatiou of the same aid from this Synod paid the |»rrseiit year.” is bad enough—bat a “Few and “Old Measures;* one aet of writers advocating tha one the other. 1 have reeding the Diary of Rev. John Martin BotUiaa, the Aral minister of the BolUbergers la Oeor gin. Those volumes were edited by Rev. Sam set Crt sparger, and pab by the Prees of the Orphan tn % Halle. The Diary com la 1734 nod ends with 1738. Its simplicity is one of its most H a inter frail morning prayer meet lag to pee I>Mt for cbareh. I > reachiDf was held in (fa same room, is the afficrnOMi ■tor held a teeider ho/ung* or hoar tor repetition. Tbe of this boar, be says, were rckgemmehi, that ia, tbe were naked concerning tbe principal thoughts of the morning | and the good pastor eor- any false jdeas that they light home farmed,* and gave addi- explaasUoanof what was not •rood This exercise was fed I airly made np my mind os to the aide that I should advocate to, tbe alladed to above. I am re man. Heretofore I rather iodised to favor bat Rev are entirety. I that yea would gr with me la my views oiler reading tha work ia qoee tion. There ran he an doubt that the mcasarr* aard nearly s century and a half ago. were old measures. The Methodists daim that new ! meaeares originated with them. If this hr tree, then were the urease res j used by Rev. Bolt nos aid measures, for John Wesley was at this period an Kpisenpal minister ia Bavaaaoh, and the Methodist Cbareh ink sown. Brads this, they were approved by Prof. Krwake, of the Orphan Iloase, tery :* a tract for the ti Ot» page 18 we find (hr following! * ! concerning Bat let as see who was Rev. John Martin Boltxtoa 1. He eras thoroughly educated, both in his academic and theological His familiarity with the RoXNokE « oLLEltE. III w»y tug v from fits rvmoostraocr against the i violation and contempt of the divine J institution of marriage. The tract A can be had for 3 cents, with puotagr, I •“**’ and we would like to are it scattered t® the imputtauce and sue broadcast through the land, for this «'■" insulation, rrlemag iniquity abounds. I »ts pressing ummsmima, closed ! ,,, | their rvputl with lhr«e words: ®We j For the Lnthevsa Visitor, j recommend that It lie Theolegieol Asmisary. | “Kamirmd. That ie affirm is. —— this manner our uudi mini shed con ) Mr. Editor; The iRh day of May,, Adeoce ui Ruauukc C ollege as aa 1872, was fixed If tbe last vuoven imUitatiou of learuiog. tion of our General Syrnal, as the «Kemdrmt. That ae, as the clorreal time for its next meeting. The tinre* um-miters of this Rymid. do LemOg is rapidly approaching, and the (Irle mlemnlg pled** nmrtrirm to a faithful gates have been a|ipotiited by all ffigf »„ carry mg out the lolkiwiog the District Synods; bat are the drtermmano*.. via.: That delegates making the necessary prep tor » this Hynod pro. are «»rut ion to attend the approaching charge* dnnog the present Hy meetiug in ( barlesion Y and are they year, aa a nmlnhouoo far | meditating u|mmi the wonts of the College, a sorn «qai%sirul to aa church, and preparing themselves average of fifty cents ( rer urea*her " to «t wi»ly «im! (Hr* r»«l X.,, .Iu,, , r „ m |,| hk . to the church Y A weighty reaponsi bilily rests upon every delegate to the next convention of the General Synod. They should therefore pre pare themselves, not so much for speech making, bat for action. Mat term of importance will claim the attention of the General Synod. Would it not be well to have these brought prominently before the church, by those who feel an inteiest in them, through tbe Visitor f Thus tbe views of tbe brethren may by learned before hand, and the Geoeral Synod may be better prepare.) ta meet its reapoosibility. on far aa day. aa well oa ia hta utteroocea, and the many additional earnest and eloquent thing' which were given birth oa the fl«*w of Synod, iu nertioa with Roanoke t'ollegel the mission at Richmond, are bear tng any fruit Y Whether the brethren are mindful o( their formal pledges, and are laboring faithfully to make them pun), or whether ad our Sftrrrlre* »nd resolution* were, fur 1 the most part, simply solemn non ! sense Y The little Holiday reboot with 1 stitch we are ronnrrted, aa soon as | the Synod's desire Hi the matter of I rominent, perhaps, amongst oth for the Kiebmoad Mission er itrm, of inter**, -ill be Iko n» eiphUned to then, |*i.m P ll, HRS SUO 1* Si ee*em- IW J ehrerfolH went into tbe nr- rangement in good faith. Home time ago the premerels of the first qoar ter*s collection*, were rvmittrrl to the bin “tor the preoent.- Tke.,«e*M« Tn . JM|m . We were sorrv that tbe will then arise, whether it In to bn bered by all who took any interest in this matter at Wine banter, tbnt tbe Seminary was located nt Col urn I remittance could not br made earlier. We were afraid that we were behind continued nt Colombia, or whether it 'ball It removni to «•>•* otkrf Li, .ad that .*r roltortb* aouM p..int » whether it rimll be eootloaed ^ . nrT rTfT> ,^ v ine onr «nrpri*e slwn wr received the Trrasarrr** .i« k nos hnlgemeat of tbe money accompanied with tbe rintement that oar School hod tlie at all, or given up notirely Y And the 8. C. Sy noil's dnfegnte* have been instructed to “ask for a return of tlie Trent, that the Seminary may Synod, of the wanta of oar General and at which point tb« the General Synod can bn trated upon it. Bat that point, wn have never conceived to b« Coinmliin, and we were astonished when wo heard that the General Synod located it there even “for the present.” ft has not met the wanta of the cbareh- .gam belong to lb* Sjaori of Month hoi)ot (>f , „ H . #nrt> , h „, Carolina” Xow, the*, are grar. ; fcr ffc , , mlv „ oWt , v w . h .^ lh , qoeetion^ and tber too* to answer, j v|r|{(llij , „ <x| |hllt lvrn ' . from on the subject! Now we do U, .' h * tbwlr* an, -nth bontww at all. ^!f! !*“ OWM ~ d "> want tn try Into onr dm,, and iTStSJSZ.” •“ - e-”» : •• ^ can what tbe Synod ex|ierU of oa, but if onr little School Is tbe only one moving in tbe matter the honor we receive will do very little towards consoling as for the failure of tbe Synod's feasible scheme upon the soccess of which so much is depend ing. Brethren, wbat are you doing! , , . i The Synodical year ia rapidly alip- r. under onr care, and It oarer will ^ al .„, hM it in onr b.nble JndrwM-nt. n. long » (| thr „ >rr M „ vh , It remain* at ( olambia. That It has accompli shod good since its location there, we are prepared to affirm — bat that It would have dooe more for the church in a more suitable locality admits not of a doubt in oar mind. We want a Geoeral Synod’s Hem iuory, and not a District Synod's Seminary. If it should revert to the S. C. Synod, where Is tha bofia that It will ever be a power of much infiaauce in the chnrch Y Let the of any or ns who have not been attending to the resolutions cited atiove, it Is high time, if we would prove true and honest men, that we were getting tn work. • • • The Mutton Houte in Melsunger in Germany, founded 1870. ou the basis of tbe • Hessian Lutheran Chnrch, the Unaltered Augsburg Confession and tbe A|»ology, baa for its object the care of the spirit- 11^ Ttal interest of immigrants with espo- 1 rial reference to Iowa Synod and Ite Wimwit^Mialftary. ~ Hmptwre show the latter. His eat desire to simplify the doctrine* of the church, and, hy constant and happy illustration, bring them with- la the opprehcmuuo af his mmple hearted people, give evidence of a highly ealtivatod man. 2. lie was devotedly pioaa Ilia was that deep, earnest piety that cores for the aptntoa! welfare of bis people oa the grand object of his life. No tnoonxeuieorr, no exposure, on fatigue, no dagger row Id keep him from the pout of dwty, to which called, or when he was lacatiua ta order to fish, bant or otherwise wash- hm time nnder the ptra of vetaxatiou. daring that period to have no either cloned or given into the hand* of half- fledged sabs. 3. He was very indoatrippa. The amount of labor with wbfah he taxed himself, ami which he narreasftilly dished, was aim not snperhw- Hr severed to raise every “inch of time.* He devoted every hoar to some purpose for the benefit of his people. He sroar early and retired late, so as to have the great est pomnhlr soKwint af time oa hand. So much far the man, and now far his meaaarea. the aId ammturet spo kea of above. If w« select any ooe week as a specimen, it will answer far all The year wa* composed of hfty two repetitions of the Each day was began sml ended hy a prayer meeting, both Sand ay aud thronghoatt the week. There meet iogs were held ia a large room of the building nred for au Orphan llunre. All the people, old aud y ooug, male ami female, attended there meetings, attires prevented by nltsolate sickness. In the moruiiig they a recta bled at 5 o'clock, at tbe ringing of a hand hell, to meet their I m* st or fur prayer. Perhaps some of oar (taators, ia onr day, are not oat of bed at that hoar. In the evening they met after the duties of tbe day- had been completed. The manner of tedding there prayer meetings waa uniform, and then fore the de scriptioa of one will answer for all. Tbe pastor gave oat a by mu, and all sang together. Then he read a por tkm of Scripture and commented upon tt, after which, upon bended knees, they |>raye«l, the |»aator or some member npoo whom be might call, lea«liug in (irayer. The Bible was read ronaeculively, and not at hup hsxard. In the time embraced by this Diary the five chapter* of Muses were read, and the first thir teen chapters of Joshua. Some times letters from Germany were read at there meetings instead of tha usual exercise, la this care a chapter from tbe New Testament wo* used without comment This exercise consumed one honr. The people would thru go to their labors, haring previously bod their simple breakfast, from the moruiug prayer meeting, or quietly retire to their bonnes and taka their rest ia peace, from tbe meeting in ObMMrta p lowed by a congregational singing school, held by the pastor, at which flaw the people were taagbt tbe dif ferret tones called for by tbe hymns. After this the people would go home for sapper, and door the day in tbe naaal prayer meeting in tbe evening. Koch afternoon daring the week be taagbt and catechised the chil dren. Daring the morning hours he visited the sick, and sometimes went into the fields to give a word of lUMiroctioa or encouragement to one sad the other person at work. We often find him kneeling on the ground with some poor soul and praying with and for him. Ofleu he waa asked the all important ques tkm. trhef must l do to be eared t He seems to have lived iu a con stant revival. It is true be bad no mourner's bench; but lie bad its equivalent. For instance, whenever he saw an interest manifested ou the part of any uhoou verted person*, at any of his meetings, be would request such persona who felt concerned about tbeir sours salvation, and were re solved to reek their peace with God, to come forward and give him their hand, with a solemn vow to God to act to work immediately. Per sons seriously affected would come oat before tbe whole congregation sad give their baud to the imotor. If the hour was convenient, he would then and there kneel with tbe oocigregmUon and pray, asking an intoreot in the prayers of all in behalf of tbe mourners. If the time was not convenient he would dismiss the people, and accom|kany lhone mourner* to a private house for lawyer and instruction. I fori like trnuslatnig the accouut of a day or two. I will tpke, not aa an isolated instance, but as a s|>rci- men of hundred* of page*, tlie lfith and 17th of November. 1738 : *”Nov. Kith. 173H.—We could not hold the pnblic prayer turning this evening, because of tbe strong wind. There came several pom* people to (ay house, drain mis of *prttdiug the evening with me in rending aud prayer. They prayed so heartily, no earnestly, aud with such child like simplicity that I received no small edification from tbe exerriar* of the evening, and regarded it a* a pecu liar Messing of Goil. that myself and family had the privilege of enjoying such an hour * “Nov. 17th.—This morning I found Mime pious person* in a house, who entreated me to stop and pray with them. One old lady rejoiced greatly over the goodness of God. a* mani fested to her and her family. She said that she could not hare believed, whilst in her Fatherland, that so many tdesaingw awaited her iu her new home. • • • „ A young man showed me hi* harvest gathered ami seen red. ami hoped that hi* heart might never be diverted from thank faIoen* to God by any affairs of tbia workl. He |»ointed out the spot in hi* yard where he had knelt in secret 1 prayer ; hut, not prevailing, he entered hi* house and continued in prayer until he had conqncre&l (dmrrhgekamp/t L • • • After evening prayer meeting, several per *oti« came to my house. I asked, them fo give their experience of any good they had received from God dnring the day. They recounted ■ mercies, temporal and spirit ual, and j praised God for all. I read to them from Scrivcr** soul treasure, (Seclen Helmta), ami then wc prayed. An old lady, who is unable to labor, was among the nutnlier. She said that ahe ajieot her time in her room in readiug and pray ing, and no weather emild induce her to forego the exer cise. I told them of a theological student at Halle, who was too jtoor to boy fuel to warm liia room, and whenever the cold became too sever* he would knee! down and pray him self warm * Whenever a new house was com pleted, and the family were ready to move into it, the |»astor was in formed of tbe state of things, and he would bold, what he called an emweihung, or initiation service. A* many of the neighbors ns could find room, would asaemtde at the lmu.se. The pastor would give them a short addreoa, based upou some suitable passage of Scripture; theu they would all kneel and invoke Gods sjiecial favor and blessing iqioit the house hold. They prayed lor His protection from sickness and calam ity, from sin and it* conaequeuces, m well as for His bounty and care upou all the members of the family. I remember a text used upou ooe of tbeoe occasions. It was from xlx t 2— 1U J%6* dan hat rafrotnm Is (Ik fiensr." It baontitnl sad appropri Rome of my brethren m*r ttk when did this man study f j very sorry, my good brother, that you asked this question. Th» * ■wer may be very unfortunate ** you, still 1 will answer Heetndied wUlMpm sod similar helped me to declare in favor of I do ^ m bora north of aa, who ore bunting np old doctrines ^ ^ usages, and repudiate every thro new, will not fail to adopt and ^ tbe old meaaures named above, is certainly new to di prayer meetiug* and meeting*, that are so well to promote experimental religion. LtTHEEAKUa. For the Lnthecaa Yl The Little El FAl LA, Ahy . February 6,1872. J Dear Hro. Rude: I notice ia the last number of the Vtstior the u nou noemeu t of mooey collected f or our little church in Georgia. Plasm ackowledge the receipt by me of « letter from Rev. W. Ktciielberfer, containing one dollar from **tfa treason of the Lord* ia hit hand*, a* a donation to tbe same object, for which, io behalf of the congregation, we n‘nru him onr most tinfere thanks. If a sufficient nrnnbtr of minister* and member* of the La- tberan Church would follow the example of Bro. K., and contribute to our cheii*l «d object a tiaiflar amount, the wot k will soon be ae rouipliabed, tbe beait* of oar little flock lie made to rejoice. My dear brother, although the contributions come in slowly, we will uot despair. We still feel confident that our bretbreo will not overlook us; and (istientJy awaiting God’s own time to move tbeir hearts to a spirit of benevoleoce, we hope earn to w itness tbe consummation of ssr wishes in behalf of “THE LITTLE CHURCH ABOUND THE CORNER DT Georgia* We occupy the buiktiaf in its unfinished state, and intended to dedicate it to the Triune God on tbe fourth Sunday ia Jaanary last, but tbe very inclement Rate of tbe weather at that tune, the earth being covered with aleet and ice, and the elements threatening a continuance of the same, rendered it necessary to postpone the dedication to onr next appointment, which will be on the four; h Suuday in February, when we trust, by the bleasing of 1‘rovKlcoce, to meet a more favora ble season. Tbe removal of onr worthy brother, Rev. 8. W. Bedenbaugh. to Florida, has placed a* In a more condition than we were before, was our ooly dependence for ■ terial aid in our special aud. in fact, waa the ooly member of Conference No. 2 besides ourself. Now if tbe congregation he has MY do not soon obtain a minister to succeed him, unlike Dr. B*, who con siders himself only two third* oi • member of his Conference, we will constitute tbe only clerical member of ours, and on os will devolve tbe offices of chairman, secretary, 4c Hav ing occupied a longer goR of your time than we at first intended, we <-oadude by requesting yon fa keep tbe mooey yon have 1 for us until yoa receive notice from us. It may be that w* will be able to aufae some coUcetiens for the Ftrilnr in the coome «f • few weeks, when we will he able fa make a settlement in part by ex changing accounts. Yoors ftwfar nally, John P. Mae®art. We were shout to send rf H th printer all the matter intended for tbe present number, when Mr. 1- Haitiw anger, of Lexington, **dde his ap|iearanop, and banded a* fifa* the amount of a collection muds *1 St. Andrews’s chnrch, Lexington 8. Ck, in response to the appto! °| Rev. J. P. Margart, and contributed a* follows: Johu Lorick, 2; L Halt*- w auger, $1.05; J. N. Hnftnua, J- McCarthy, J. E. Huffman, D Lo«*, J. 8. Leotihart, Cs|>L S. lenpb* 1 ^ Miy. G. Lesphart, each $1} ^ D. Nunuiuaker, Copt. Drary Nato' maker, A. 8. Nuuamakcr, M»- Nuiiauiakcr, Mrs. N. NtofiRjM Jos. Huffman, S. Youuginer, each 5fi reuts; C. P. Huffuiau, S. J* man, T. B. Huffman, W, C. each 25 cents; Mia* A. Huffman, 3^ cents; Master J. S. Uufffaau, !•. cent*.—Kd. Mohammedan* Moving.—In Dfi®* 8 ' cu*, 3,000 Mohamiue<laus have a\ o'* ed a desire to become Christ**®** They have regular prayer meeting and pray to the Lord Jesus Christ that he will reveal himself aa tbeir Saviour, and lend them iut© trots aud light. There is also ment among tbe Jews. The I>ru« are looking for tlieir 8svioor > s coto- ing from China. In Persia, •**“* great spiritual aaovemeut, rmoM chim a» to tto ***** " ,b*r* to w> *» rnti° n ’ - that i O ward p® 1 The fact option he does not of little impel fj^ity which, in no »iv»two- ro ii, thi" life* By mishmeut, < ion it ngainat •ie eating- ht ^ coming U> the I»j v, prove b\mar\f. am ojwt bread and dr i Z r*»'' witb a # ^.mestncHS, treat* | ^ in order that n«] ^ tbe worthy manner, n doubt that U i* tbe d faitbfull' • I warn their penile, I»rd*a table witbou .geparatioo, of wkw Ipeak*- If they s,n * rauce or thoughtl* worthily, tnr more | gin of those who, alt boood to do so becau* vet fe* 1 iostnv ’ | preparation i- tbffi they ro®) not tjieir cendem nation. | The question ia bo of the highest import it can not be answers thought*, or by the i otV>r men. but run " [ entirely from tbe xe Word of God. 'Vbe bere apoken of, no « not even a relative c*s ooe who imrtakes ot the body and blood ol our fathers de\ oq;e<i of the centurion : “L worthy that Thou under my roof f and am not worthy of tJ Thy mercies, and oi which Thou hast servant-" But to eat one the Lord's Sup; * I ner, and focjtbat purj] it was instituted, this entire doctrine “esomise,* which imuj npoo, consider, and into the nature of q prove. He, therefore. e\.»| with reference tn the] who, in a pres<*nb<‘ according to af fixeilj aud searches whetln n affections be such at- of the Lord's 8up|>er Paul (2 C'or. xiii.) s. j voureelvt-f> w hether x 1 *- w « j This be afterward i “that ye may know Christ dwelleth in ii plest and surest form ing to which to make tion, is the iustitcuiou itself. For in 1 f'oi this rule, shows tha{ the Corinthians ate nil in order to show how the Lord’s Sapper wd forth the institution reived if from the L>;| In htohhe. there! the tbe be d| r- H *to^d, firmly believe. °*®°^ the Lord’s 8n . WPWffi what tbe whasin im am i the entire actioti, viz. ot God Himself, Uxlj man, fa there truly p bread and wine, affoi anting through th«-| those eating Hln that by this moot prec •ml pledge He Jnfam I a, ‘d applies, seals, an. ^he covenant of grac Tretament; and that w * upon the wonb excites and cfo-riNheN ' l8e °f tbe Sacrum* u ;«rred from P« u i, wU<1 those of the Corinthu,, 5 who thought of the 1° IM> °tber way than neither cal greater reverence and dW not discern ttoy ,i„i 10,1 tir more priH’ibu! 01 !he Lo^p* Hnp|»er ?frary feasth, where Pfts of God. — Tliey likewfoe J ° °°me without re-j ^ w bo do not eon> » HS t ° uvrr **ut fear the wrath of TV^ * u sins again ,,d «!ge i„ ^ k . k „, mt fay aside tbe inti ’ Christ ^mbranee of are. *** this as “.hoM y* death." R«t l * 1 ® bf the death of C