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by law. Merely< returning a
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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,
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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