Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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rs EDITORS RUDEiDJi.. Oulumlii, 8. C. MILLER, A.M., Staunton, Va. tials. unity ; in non-essentials thing*, charity.** ssa* stmcKs. ho made in Post /Drafts, can not be obtained, a Reoistekkd Lrr- aro obliged to Chock*. or an not be o to subscriber* until to discontinue is re- ragea are paid, aa Merely returning a by mail, is not suf- is relating to sub- their names very „ indicate which ate new subscribers.' le of the poet office, I the county and State ieneoeeearv, in order , . itrie* ipay be promptly rately made. 1 obitu ary notices, and for publication, separately, and not in tiers, tjo receive proper atten- in tended ThQ last until- page, 3d column) for hope read pope. pope is bad enough He uiado ns say: d enough—but a Whai writes -i and oul in Nor muNt •telling -tales is Said.—North Carolina “We like your paper well, wish the prejudice existing Caroi^ua against you aud the (lapfi would or could be done away with, aud a spirit of good feel ing aud brotherly love lie substituted. But times change, and we change withthe^i; at east • I hope it may •■owe bypass in this particular ease.” V OofcwENrtABLE Habit.—Kev. and will excuse ns for out of school.” He indites: ha^e a very large and laboriotij field i if lalior hete, but as yon haw* adviied, 1 am trying to throw ni; p w hole might in the work. I do ndtj preatjli as often as Rev. Zweisig on Sunday, but I expect that 1 pivach at ofteu as he dtjbs, if it be taken weel c by week. I started oot on list Saturday, a week, on one of my pastoral trips, and tefore I returned, I pleached seven ;imes and martied a couple. I am also Visitor. I make it where I spend the lily take the paper, not ? The general can not afford it. ►r, the promise of a fibers, and when u get remit, together with The letter has a post* is in reality a prefix, aud are told to “say nothing in the Visitor. 1 shall get do, and may not speak long time.” We defy impossible for you to get it is not probable that ive the privilege to speak Mn a few days. Though igued, you are too far off. -—4 gentleman who pays working pir tli a habit to ask sight, if the f; and if ndt, ic reply is, fiat I have, how coddle the the ua script, w in which about cross if to you you. It cross, yon will to us wi trumpet Virg out of b^ own pocket for foor papers, two of which are sent to the far West, whites: “May the Visitor continue to pay its weekly 1 visits as an honest exponent of truth.” The OLd Story.—A minister— uot of our General Synod—says in a letter: “Rev wrote me a |He has been quite He thinks his time ho is waitiug, and few day ill, bnt is is short, has had ing his be more be able men s: forming other ha did not them up as Hionld al liver the impresaivi Qe shon himself, ulakos preaches Christ. The able new fully agreed with sity of a “J. H. “Our go tter t sa k e precious seasdhs dur- iction, aud that lie will iest, if he should ever in jto preach.” Some onc-half of their time in od resolutions, and the in regretting that they Ho who stands ambassador of Christ, ys do his utmost to de- rd’s | message earnestly, y, and with an uuction. preich Christ, and not e thi t preaches himself, ts to himself; he that st, makes converts to Hi and none of tfa$ adv; tralizariou 3 as a Charleston S. C. d Mission has an * advocate in our t, “J. IL S.” W e as to the neces ccntSe, bnt think that mistaken when he says: the South enjoys vantages of snch cen- “ceutre” affords, for may be called with propriety I le centre of oar Southern church. I; is sqch geographically: north 1 of ii i lies giiiia and North it, Georgia! and Holston %nod, the South-west, World; azfd the States of Vir- Carolina, south of Florida, west ofj it, in Tennessee, and of It, the Old Charleston, through its with Germany, is pot of immigration land.” Here, thou| amiss to charge Ob rifWiw "i.. facilities and adjutages which her locatibn, collections end health af ford. To o«r “City by the Sea” we look for the Introduction in the Sonth of a yeomanry to develop her re sources, and make our land feed, clothe and sweeten the world, leav ing it to others to care for the rest of mankind. Charleston, too, is our ceutre, churchlg. The Lutheran Church is stronger, wealthier and more influential in Charleston than it is in any other Southern city. Tbs fact is, Southern Lutherans have neglected the cities. It is not so in Charleston, and because the fathers there were men of God, true to the work of God—for while, to depreciate that which God wrought, many speak of a “Lutheran Reformation,” Lu therans give God all the glory and the praise—and they knew how to take care of themselves. Charleston has now two strong aud flourishing Ku glish Lutheran churches—it ought to have four by this time, and would have bad, if the sons had been as the fathers were; it has a large German church, and the Ger man and the English churches in Charleston co-operate together, are of one heart and of one mind, and of them it can be said, what we regret to say is not always the case —the language makes no difference; German LntKeranism and English Lutheranism age the same in emen tials. Charleston is also oar centre as regards the social position, the wealth possessed, and the work for Christ aud bid church done. The more we meditate ou it, the more convinced we are that God has made Charleston, S. C., the centre of Southern Lutheranism. “Watchman** furnishes another article on the Theological Seminary. We hope he will continue to keep it before the church. We differ at present from him ; but we will not be astouished if he brings us over to his view, for he does not use speeta cles. At preseut, we believe Colum bia, S. C., is the best, the most cligi ble location for our Seminary the South affords. The Presbyterians have a large and flourishing Seminary here. Our Calviuistic brethren are not ouly spiritually, bnt also worldly- wise. Columbia has also a Univer sity, aud other intellectual, beside religious and social advantages, pos sessed by no other Southern city Our Seminary must be located iu a city. Our theologians must not only have the inner, bnt also the outer man cultivated. They must be not only Lutherans but cosmopolitans—“all things to ail men." Change of Address.—Kev. J. C. Barb desires that all communica tions intended for him should be addressed to Mosbeim, Greene Co., Tenn., instead of Midway, Greene Co., Tenn. An Almanac.—Every Lutheran family should have Lutheran Alma nac, and the Church Almanac for 1872 having, in addition to the usual contents of almauacs, many articles worth reading more than once, churckly statistics, and a “Clerical Register,” may be had at 30 cents per dozen (postage 10 cents) at the Lutheran Book Store, No. 117, North Sixth Street, Philadelphia. A Modest Request.—We have received, under frank of Benjamin Whitly, a copy of a “Memorial of Elizabeth Cady Stanton,” and other strong-minded "Fomen, to the Con gress of the United States, contain ing the argnments of Mrs. Hooker, Mrs. Stanton, and Susau B. An thony, on the qnestion : “Are women entitled to vote under the United States Constitution, as amended f” The Senate refused a hearing to the memorialists—nngallant Senators they are; the Jndiciary Committee declined to print the argnments—ju dicious, bnt discourteous on the part of the committee. The irrepressible ladies have therefore rushed into print—they love the press—and ask “the pres^of the country” to pnblisb these arguments in full. We beg leave to decline, too. The memorial is too long, thirty pages; it would require fifteen columns of the Visitor; it is subversive of God’s order; the right, if conferred on woman, would degrade her; neither cau we spare her. We want mothers, wives, sis ters and daughters. It is not good for man to be alooe, and be would have to be, if women turn politi cians, attend ward meetings, cau cuses and elections, and we want woman to remain as God created her—a help meet for man. Too Much Show.—They are go ing to have a Grand Gift Concert, with $150,000,000 in 3,000 cash prizes, in March, at Omaha, Ne braska, under the auspices of the Sisters of Mercy, and the business managers offer us (only think of it!) one ticket in the Omaha Legal Enterprise if we will publish their programme. We “cheerfully” de cline. We have no faith in yoor Grand Gift Concert. They are all swindling concerns. By the way, who got the prizes in the South Carolina Emigration Lottery! Be side*, Omaha is too far off; we could .'!• - W X • * » « * | 9 * *- • THE LUTHERAN VISITOR. COLUMBIA. S. V, MARCH 1. 1872. • ] get there in time to *wpnriip|Wid j 8001% drawing, aud unless we did that, ; mats, could uot receive a prise. It is wished also wrong to do evil that good may j oar church efforts. all for to make of oU that ooald be it the focus of la the Valley of ©otoe, and we are assured the Sisters j Virginia sod other portiooe of this of Mercy do not believe that money State our church is thrifty and well obtalued by a §rend trickery will I known. Bat when oar ooeotrv breth-, have the Divine blessing. What reo 00 business or pleasure visit os j lasting beuetits lias the “Peter’s they And here no church, none of i Penny” conferred on Romanism T— the thrift manifested by other de | Ask the old Catholics; ask Italy ; nominations, sod boons are too apt ask the Pope himaelf. Vanity Fair.—Messrs. Stoll, Webb & Co., dry goods merchants, Charleston, 8. C., publish a neatly gotten np Journal of fhsAtoa, which we doubt not will be most sflhetlon ately weU-omed by sll who lore to appear iu the latest stjie. “Floe feathers make fine bird*.* “One might as well be out of the world as ont of fashion.” “The fashion of this world passetli away.” “I will, therefore, in like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shame-facedneaa and , sobriety ; not with broidered hair or gold, or pearls, or eostiy array, but I (which bccometh women professing ; godliness) with good works.”— ' Bee also 1 Peter, 3d chapter. flew a understanding of Oar church sad Is to as fatly sat and aeoifitable. I. H. ft. sod doctrines, New Publications. Litteir« Lin*y .|yr. No. 1144 and No. 1445. Both these numbers are uncom monly interesting. In the first we notice: Thomas Fuller; Hiberni- cUtns in Philosophy; A Religion for the Hindoos—a grand article; Ile- ber aud his Hymn. In the second number: The Geographical Distribu tion of Animals and Plants; The Idealism of Milton; Mr. Ilelpa as an Essayist; and John Hum aud the Ultra montane*, deserve especial attention. The Story of the Plebi scite is contiuued, aud Picyuet a la [loupe, a tale by Mias Thackeray, commenced. Phrenological Journal. March. It has two very instructive articles— one on “Fish Culture iu America," and one on “Ague and Fever be side a long list of 1 callable matter: Our Horse Car*, James Fisk, Rev. Hepwortb, the Arctic Regious, and others, with fine portraits aud ua morons illustrations. Church*s Musical Visitor. Feb ruary. The frontispiece is adorned by a full page (Mirtrait of Christina Nilsson. Correspondence from New York, Boston, St. Louis, Chicago, Indianapolis, aud New Orleans ; able editorials. The depart incuts of mu sical, dramatic and art news fresh and full. Southern Musical JouraaL Feb ruary. We nonce iu particular the new column of Southern Musical Items, Millard's charming song, “Take ine Back Home," and “Ori ental March," by Charles Mertz. For the Lutheran Visitor. Richmond—The English Lath Chureh— A Ceatrs. Richmond, Va., i Feb. 16th, 1872. j Commerce has its centres, and so too chnrch organizations hare theirs, and this is true of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. But by an unfor tunate circumstance oar chnrch in the South enjoys none of the advan tages of such centralization. Great commercial centres generally exhibit the best efforts of religious organi zations in character of architectural taste and polemic powers of preach ers. Why is thisf It is tweause they are the foci of the comings aud goings of men. Any person or per sons seeking to be known, go to them aud find there an op|tortnnUy, an ability to radiate themselves from thence to the circumference of civili zation. By a single breath of a great city they are introduced to all men. Now, onr chnrch is only jnst intro ducing itself to the people of this country. While tt has a larger membership than any other Protes tant chnrch in the world, yet, iu America its numbers are limited bnt increasing. In the West it is outstripping all competitors; in the South it is uot so well known, nor its progress so yspid. It needs public ity, it needs to be known by all as we know it in order that it shall speedily become, as is its destiny, the one universal church. The great centre of our chnrch in the North, West and East is Phila delphia. It contains grand evidence* of church thrift, magnificent church edifices, cultivated divines, authors and speakers, publication house*, Sunday-schools, book stores of Luth eran literature, aud in fact all the paraphernalia for denominational sue cess. From that city goes out daily aud hourly a Lutheran influence; it exercises a building up control in liehalf of our organization; it radi ates Lutheranism. Bnt as before suggested we are cat off for reasons that need oot now b« disoass*]; the fad U sufficient to indace all genuine Lutherans to seek a remedy. The General Synod Booth must have a centre. Richmond, Va., is the great cmpqpcvtei 90940 of the “If that is the hr st English Lutherans kriffi error. to lose respect for sod confidence in oar organisation. They regard it as simply a rural organisation; having no strength in the metropolis; it must be a contracted affair. Kepr daily is this the effect on the young and though ties*. But it stops not here; others who visit this ceutre, not of us look for s place of worship ou the Sabbath, and always inquire for the most interesting place of wurahip. That inquiry, however, never meets the response, “Go to the Lutheran Church," as it would in Philadelphia, and ought here. If it was so, if here coaid be found one of oar rlmrcbes with iu besatifol slid toochmg service, in style and keeping with other denomination*, s large increase of membership would follow throughout our Bynodi cal limits. Nut only s church of modern architecture is demanded and ■ary for commercial centres, the denomination has hope of in creasing its numbers, bat which no scholar!? and erode divines call “seusational preacher*," most mini* ter to the congregation. The preacher must be attractive ami able to com pete with all polemic scholar* around him. It so hapfiena this city lisa no such Lutheran church. It only has a little mimnoa congregation, sod any Sunday yon might see ns “slowed sway" in the third story of a build ing, in an “oat-of the way place.” The first story is a whiskey shop, the second, the police court. This is the only public place in the city within the reach of the parse of this poor little 1 si the rau congregation in the capitol city of the Booth. It is very humiliating, at least it ought to be, to the t'burch, -unat while the rural districts are frequently made np of Lutherans, that in this the centre there is nought to be found of mir church save aa stated. Now, I am aware that we can worship op there as well aa anywhere. I know some will say, the Richmond cau do, be it so." Bnt that is it must not be an, tbe good of the Chnrch demands that it shall not b* so, and the General Synod ought to take steps to amend this unfortunate condition of onr affairs. It ought to take the ma’tcr in band, build a churrh, and call to it the best colti rated minister in tbe Synod, and thus at once place oar church in full competition with other sects. We owe this much to God and tbe chureh of which we are tbe guar dians and strength by the help of our Divine Master. Then tbe I’in tor ooght to be published here, and if it were it would flourish and lie able to increase its usefulness. AH tbe qortby papers' of tbe city do well, and so would yours. With it ought to be associated a publication office, that we might have our own chureh literature, that onr horns' uiemliers of Synod could write and ! build up tbe interest of Lutheranism.! As it la, half onr ministerial labors are unperformed ; they are only pas ' tors, they should be writetw. But alas they have 00 puldication farili ties save in yoar |M|ier. Oar minis ' ter* are capable, aud their pnblica-; tious give evidence of abilities! second to none in tbe North or else- ! where. Baild a chureh then, locate ! tbe }~isitor here, and tbe General Syyiod will feel tbe profit of tbe investment, in its treasury, in its church membership, in the influence of Evangelical Lutheranism. It will take long,years for this mission to grow into p metropolitan church, for a variety of reasons that 1 must occur to any one upon reflec > tion. I*t Bynod at the earliest * practicable moment take hold of 1 this matter, and make Richmond to - our church iu tbe South what Phila-! delphia is to tbe same organization in the North. It ia practicable, it ia (MMiaibln at an early day. In justice to tbe members of tbe mission here, I ought to say that they are doing all they can to build up the organi sation and to farther the interest of onr church but we are all as poor as preachers and make slow progress. We are endeavoring to raise money to bay a lot in which to (dace a cheap chapel. Bnt the boldest and most hopeful of tui realize that the most we can do is to lwy a lot, and ; that not in tbe heart of the city, but iu the suburbs. While that would ; be better tbsn nothing, it does not! meet the want I have alluded to, and tbe mooey that may possibly be raised and expended on a chapel would be much better used in furtherance of tbe suggestion* herein before made. Our pastor, the Rev. Mr. Henkel, |e a usefol m*n. *nd hoe the good wishes of his H« affords ua 0 W • • ^ w'- Will the General Synod abandon the idee of establishing a Heminary, give the matter ep entirely, and grant the request of the Bynod of South Ceroliaa f Unless the support of the Month era churches can be concentrated upon the Seminary the General Synod had better abandon the idea of having n Seminary at all. If it is to be supported mainly by n tingle district Synod then it would be more advantageously cared for by that Synod alooe. Bnt will this meet tbe wants of the churches under our care! 1K> not the interests ot the churches represented in the General Synod demand that we have a Seminary under the fostering care of tbe" Gen eral Synod! Con a single district Synod meet its own wants in this direction ! Una n single one estate bah, endow and man n Theological Seminary that would be a credit to the Southern church ! Not one. But it does not by any means follow that the several Synods together can not do it. If we are united as we ought to be, we cau establish, endow and man a Seminary of high grade. That this is desirable we think that there Ia no one who would deny. Even oar brethren in the North coo cede to this. Where is the man who would advocat* the sending of our young men to the North to secure their academic and collegiate educa tion! We have colleges at borne which meet oar wants better than those abroad. And what lover of tbe Church has not noted tbe supe perior advantages to the Chnrch that have followed the establishment of oar colleges at home f Then can it be doubted that superior ad vantages would also accrue to the Church if we had a Seminary also at home! But if we can not offer oar candi dates for the ministry good advan tages at a borne Hr miliary can we blame them—can we blame their advisors—if they go to Gettysburg nr Philadelphia ! We think then that the request of the Sonth Carolina Sy nod should not be entertained by the Geoeral Synod. Bnt with all its energy it ought to address itself to the per msnent establishment of its Semi nary already commenced. If Col umbia has been found an nuauitabi# place for the Seminary, let some other place be tried, bat let not tbe project be abandoned. With tbe tenderest solicitudes should tbe whole Church watch over tbe inter eat of an laatitatioa so cloorly iden tified with tbe prosperity and devel opment of its interests. In vindication of the South Caro lina Hy nod in its instruction to its delegates, we should any that it was, we believe, prompted by the lies! motives. This Synod saw, (all tbe others do), that the Seminary has been patronised only by itself; and as tbe other District 8\ nods stand aloof why should tbe General Synod hare it under its control f Let tbe General Synod remedy this matter. More norm. Watchman. Far the Lutheran Visitor. , DssssraUoa of ths Lord's Day. 1. When I see a member of tbe chureh, and especially a minister of the Gospel, sharing on Sunday morn ing. I ask myself, is that not s viola tion of tbe third commandment ! . 2. W'ben I bear a church member, on Sunday morning, giving orders to his senrauts to salt his stock, t ask myself, is that not a violation of the third commandment f 3. When I see s msn winding his eight day dock on Monday morning, I ask myself, is that not a violation of tbe third commandment ! 4. W’ben I hear a servant abont tbe premier* touting wood on Monday morning, nod tbe proprietor does not attempt to prevent it, I ask my self, in not that a violation of the third commandment! 3. W’ben I see a man poUshittg, or haring polished, his boots, on Sunday morning, I ask myself, is that not a violation of tbe third command* mint f 6. W hen 1 see any one paying a risit on Sanday simply for the visit's sake, I ask myself, is that not a vio lation of the thinl commandment! 7. W’ben 1 are a deacon either cot- led ing money 011 Sunday for his pas tor or paging him money ou that day, I ask myself, ia that not n violation of the third command ment! 8. W'ben 1 see members of tbe ohureb, on Sunday morning, at church, either before or altar preach ing, inside the church or outride, engaging in woriHy roarers*Mon instead Ul rieutiv twnn*nning with God la bis sanctuary and composing their minds to the worship of the Lord ot Hoots, I oak myself, Is that oot a violation of the third com mandment T I want to know if tbe abnving, and tbe stock salting, and tbe clock- winding, and tbe woodcutting, and tbe boot polishing, and tbe Sunday- visiting, and the salary-collecting and paying, had not all have been better done 00 Saturday previous! And, as for the talk at church, would it not bs better to dispense with most of it, nod instead, silently and reverently enter the chnrch, and spend a few momenta, prerions to the public worship, in silent commu nion with Almighty God! Would this not hare n tendency’ U> make oar congregations more reverent f and would we uot secure more abun (lent blessings upon oar soulsf Now, Mr. Editor, I bo|»e that softie of the Sunday shavers, Sanday stock saltern, boot-polisher*, wood cutters, clock winders, salary-collec tors, &e~, will tell us tbe gronnd on which they justify themselves in this Sunday work, and why they do not think they violate the third com mandment in so doing. If snch things are right for them, then (al though I have heretofore avoided sush things on Sunday) I think I may do them too on the Ixwd’s day. May I ! can I ! ought I ! I Want to Know. For the Lutheran Visitor. ths Minute* of fit. John’s Church. Charlsston, 8. C. Whbream, the pulpit of SL John's Lutheran church having become va cant in the fall of 1870, the congre gation were driven to seek a miuister who would proclaim to them the true doctrines of the Bible, one who bj his acquirements and hitherto oraullied character and acknowl edged influence would more readily than any other, then known, com mand tbe respect and confidence of our people. And whereas, after much deliberation aud fall expression of opinion, tbe veatry of this chnrch determined on and obtained tbe Rev. John 11. Honour, as tbe only avail able minister in whom to them seemed to be centered the require ments before named. Therefore be it Reaolred, That in view of all tbe circumstances under which the Rev. John H. Honour assumed tbe duties, of assistant Pastor of this chureh, be has throughout his entire term of service, by tbe extreme judiciousness of the course he has pursued, not only elicited our utmost gratitude, but has also met our most sanguine expectations in every respect. Resolved, That in the appreciation of Rev. John 11. Honour’s services as assistant Pastor of this chnrch for the |»a*t seventeen months, onr congregation be requested to unite with their vestn in this expression of esteem and gratitude. Reaolred. That a pew in this church be devoted to Rev. Mr. Honour’s service. That this fmper be read by our Pastor from the chureh altar, and that it tie inserted in tbe Luth eran Visitor, now (Hibiisbed at Col umbia, s. c. Jno. E. Boinekt, Noc'y. “Tbs terrors of death have fan* u pou me P “ Horror hath overtl*^ me r Such are the exclamation* t* tbe Psalmist. And » not th* echoed from age to age when J? enters ou tbe contemplation of fa* dread mysterious change awaits each soul ere It staoda clothed before tbe Majesty of en f In the joyoosoeaa of yoofafe vigor the evil boar seems ditto*. As tbe day of life advances the bifi. liancy of it* dawn is obscured fa tbe cloud* of sin aud sorrow, J soon the heavens grow Where shall a trembling sinner hope ! Shall it continue thus as lo*. as life shall lastf Shall the sosjpj down to tbe grave in darkne* f a hope t no light ! O sinner r*-|*, u believe. Precious ore the preari«a Trust thy Saviour now, sad thy feet shall reach the narre* stream that separates thee from the glad forever, tbe darkness «k*U TMt . isb, tbe banks of the Heareuh Canaan shall shine in the evening glow, and tby hope shall meet with its fruitiou. “Who is among jo* that fearetb the Lord, that obejetii the voice of bis servout, that safe, eth in darkness and bath so light' Let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon bis God." Com- tort ye, comfort ye, my people, reifa your God. Let all such treat ia Him. “At evening time it *hai| ^ light,” Ths Cities of ths Since 1868, Worm* I for one of the finest and works of art in Europe— He Lather memorial moonmeot, at the nnvoil- ing of which all tbe Prctsstoat princes of Germany participated with great ceremony. The whole struc ture rises on a granite base forty feet square, at tbe corners of which, on pedestals of polished syenite eight feet and a half high, are rnluaml statues of tbe greatest champions of the Reformation Frederick the Wise, Philip the Magnanimows, Mo 1mnet bon, and Reuchlin ; sod as three sides female representations of the cities of Angsborg. with the palm of pence, Spires in tbe attitnde of protesting, and Magdeburg ia sorrow. Inside of these, oa pedes life sixteen feet high and in a sitting posture, are tbe precursors of the Reformation: W aid us. Wycliffe, Ham and Savonarola; and on a pedestal ten and a half feet high, the great statue of Luther himself, seventeen feet high. There ore various relicts on the different pedestals represent ing scenes in the lite of Luther—ai tbe nailing of his theses oa the church door at Wittemberg, his de- fence at the Diet of Worms, hi* dispensing of the sacrament (the cup) to the laity, his marriage as priest, aud bis translation of the Bible; also the following sayings of Luther: “Here I stand. I can do nothiug else. God help me! Amen.” “The gotqiel w hich the Lord pat into the mouths of the apostles is his sword, with which he strikes ia the world with thunder and light ning.” “Faith is nothing bnt true life iu God.”. “To understand the Seri pun vs aright, the Spirit of Christ is requisite.” “They who understand Christ aright, can not be refated by any human wisdom. They ore free, not according to the flesh, but *©- .. , 1 cording to conscience.” There are, man aid the throne of grace is near. , * . apfnf4 , - r The mouI ascends in earnest, rileut Fat Ik r* onr ° *' ” V* * the Augsbnrg Confession of Faith— !:u «: -rs— ■“ “r™ x “trs - —«—-»«. sssrua, srs a \ oicelesM prayer wings its wav to .. , ** x | , r . . . . * , liugeii: also, in smaller proportions, plead for mercy to the mightr and ’ ’ . * . • .* »• -* , thofte of twentv-fonr cities whicd loungOne. In every clime, in pal- f - * . , . . „ ' * fought or suffered for the Retorts* ace or dungeon, in all times of our D . L D ^ For the Lutheran Yitutor. With God. The world may entice, Baton lure, and the powers of hell engage, but we faint not! Cut off from all hu- liroeperity, iu all times of our adver sity, He is near, ever ready to listen j tion—Brunswick, Bremen, stance, Eisenach, Eisleben, Emdeu. Erfurt, Fraukfort-on-tbe Main, Sews- U, oar call. «1*1,lend by the 8,cet lljsch iIl ,„ Hllnib<lrg , ' Heilbrotta, ZZ*‘ ,n\7" n :r* T ' KonWr* uU, LM*“. .mid .11 (mating w.vr* No | 1U I (.'beck, Marburg, Mcmming.u,>«<*- man tyrannizing power cau stay this sweet and intimate cornu.anion lie tween the soul of the believer and sin that separates. The sense of sin made Peter ray, “Depart from me, O Lord, for I am a sinful man.” But there is a cleansing fountain. “Ketarn, O my soul, unto thy rest,” neek pardon and communion with thy God. So shalt thou be able to ray, “Whom have I iu heaven lint Thee, and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.” Daily approaching nearer to God tbon shslt better understand the bloused communion of saints, the unity of the Spirit, i lingen, Riga, Schmalkoldea, burg, Ulm aud Wit thought they might have found *o®« kim — -* «- g-. i ... . place for the statues, or at least tbe his redeeming God. It is sin only . „ . . , „ . • 1 natn«s of Zwingli aud Calvin. SPIRES. Renounced Catholicism.—Ou 8umluy, in St. Mary’s cathedral, Memphis, Tennessee, the Rev. Rich ard Nelson Newell, A. M., a priest of tbe Roman Catholic chureh, was ad- 8pires is also a shadow of it® former greatness. Few dries b* ve hod such a varied history ** tbis ’ We first hear of it as tbe winter quarters of Juiins Cjeaor, under the name ot Noviomagus. Later it mo* the residence and object of embellish ment of the Roman, Frank, Saxon and Swabian emperors, and, under Henry V. of Germany, had the nn> no|Kily of the transient trade of tbe Rhine, and other valuable (irivileges- ' Since its destruction by the French a late ! in 1689. it has been of comparatively little iiii|»ortanoe. The only monu men! of its former luxury is *** matchless Roman cathedral, whose four towers rise up to be seeu from mitted to the Protestant Episcopal the surrounding dries. In this ©#• chnrch by the bishops of the Diocese thedral lie the tornlis, but no longer of Tennsosse. He is an old man, *he bones of nine Germau emperoeri and has abandoned entirely his faith the remains of wrbom ware scattered fa the doctrines of ivjiuim i&m to tbe winds by the French iff «1 I ‘ to tbe Kmpr. ° ve —,t»t>oa a the ®*>° , tamdoUou reform# « P^T^reatnaUnre JZeed the name c J^tbe (»moan palod* I a* many »* fo ' Jj^akave been held -alls resasin " | Al’OSBI k A-pburg i* bavins 4 -’’ 000 1 doing. »» in » nn ''"' diking boninw bo»evnr, -hat it «. pSkfortv* "■<' M “" ,t*n I* «•*“* tl* Foggvn,- who Ko.h-’biWn of. tbn~ ^dlvtonilthalmi w cMT} Oi.bi.wan, A .afforwl much by lli- lo^tbeBefo™." omptetvlv aeatroywl title* rere »" *«' than C be «ll«l *<> «, that tbe city in . an empty and deaol Dwelling* are uncii and in many of the c- palaces there are n .^poring their "tort „0 the richly carv- ooe can see common set out to rot. A H city » that a large (looses have pictures outride, sometimes t being covered with landscape*, or sodhe<! ancient residence o which still remains 1 the descendents of eery magnificent pa kind. It is very cam sacred statuary on tt erally a Virgin wi Christ, and nearly fare pious inscripUo Mary, tbe Mother of age of sinnera, pray time of extremity." intersected by no i streams. The house directly out of tbe back doors have < proacbed in boat*, manufacturing city,« goods, thongh then cotton, linen. pa;»er. ries, and foundries t printing types. If y outskirts toward ev see hundreds of girl* coming from the g beyond tbe walls. T charitable institution the Fuggerei. which the days of the pa." formation. It consi dned and six houses, the suburbs by th«> and leaned to poor, yearly rent of about of the city are still a Catholics. In the ca shapeless building. 1 urgent prayer posted use, asking God to d out of his present bo his predecessor Peu him back his right fu Rome. Augsburg i the Reformation ft events. It was -at was held here in 1 moos Confession of by Melanethou and the Protestant print read and presented t Claries V., which d the name of the A. •don of Faith, is sti Lutheran Chnrch it America. Here also Provisional Edict wa Charles V. in 154s ; the peace was coucl 811 red the Protestant . and liberties. The < Palace, in which th cxeuts took place, ii remarkable only foi J- A. Bierbotra mm* A (list. Ecclesiasl Death of A- J. Limb fege and S January i Months, at I sen see, J t at Sotnerse ^ age of days, j Pen ncfLmof livi “g at E to build a miuister, hi of Alleuto c^s sermon > worahi| Looses, x *>11, a in *bere oho Pastor.