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i--» a \ F' Klv, | Hev. 1 ■ THElMJTHKRAN MSITffR. ( 172 lulljrjait llUtto#. " ^ COLUMBIA, S. C- t ly, April 5, 1872. Editors: RUDErD.!)., Columbia, S.C. MILLER, A.M., Staunton, Ya. light ei our iahed Imuii f« timi Subbatli. that lit) shall ials, unity ; in non essentials £ ; in all things, charity* =* special notices . ices must ho made Rank Checks. < these cao not be j in a Rkgxst Postmasters are o If tiers when required, art' sent t<* subscril»qrs * info# order to discontim in Poet Drafts, brained, d larr- fted to Until is re- ii ticien All 'communications relating: to »ub- seribet*. should give their naiges very i -rmctly, aud carefully imlieaK* which are old ***d which are new suoacrilters. Not only? fee name of the post office, but also that of die county asd State of each subscriberianecessary,older that tl^e proper entries mar be promptly and ac curately made. Mairiage ami obituary not ires, and other miatter intended for publication, should b© written separately, aqd not in business letters, to receive proper atteu tion. "IE8. l>e i rat e to road carefully t bo article, Our Theological Seminary.'’ Apart irons the advocacy of Richmond, *t eoutai us valuable and practical truths. Like a skillful physician, “1 H. S.” placed hi* finger on the very places whereour churchly ailmeut is located, and hf reads a lesson to clerical and lay drones which is richly deserved, but W3.;frar will not changjs their uatim. The honey-bees’ mode of treatn ent is no donbt the oult* eflpct- ual w* y of dealiug with oar drones: turn them out of tbe hu4k “L H. 8.” asks if we^fc ui not wake up the sleepy pastor*. We have l een endeavoring to do'it, and not on y utterly failed, but whenever, iu act ug conscientiously and zeal ously $or the best and highest inter ests of the kingdom of Chrjst and evangelical Christianity, we hive ruu counter to the interests of tn mdi- we have met ill-will, harsh deafcn.vs Hauls. JpTfnllyl adm|f andflfoment that #e must that there o«| ministers who, like tit Apostles, must “labor, woiking with their own hands,” because, like them, they live and labor •niong those who do not value the preaching of God’s word and tbe services of his ' sanctuary; but the afioatles only labored to lire, ami uot either to maiutaiu a certain style or to get [ Applause.)” w hospitals for the ty (applause), and Diversity for the |*flF. I my countryman the W'hris [Applause.] I claim have one seventh of visit Wl Ida time—that he shall uot be called upon to labor, bat that he can devote it to the service of his God. (Ap plause.) With sentiments I Return jot iny grateful thanks for the honor of presiding over this meeting. rich. This Paul shows, for he writes, “Eveu unto thioqNreseut hour we both hunger and thirst, aud are naked, and are buffeted, aud have nocertaiu dwelling place.” But iu many cases —iu most, but, thanks be to God, uot iu all—iu oar day, minister* labor, working with their own bauds to accumulate property. They talk Fifty Vic** Presidents were select ed, and five Secretaries, among whom we find the name of Samuel I). Schmucker. The principal t|ieakeni were Rev. Kepler, Rev. Dr. Levburn, Kx-Governor Bradford, the Hon. J. Morrison Harris, Rev. H. T. Gerti- Isrdt, and Mr. W. Nuniscn. Rev. J. E. Wolff, of the Third English about faith, but they do not have it. i Lutheran church, offered up tbe They want others to believ®, but prayer. they do not believe themselves. Paul says: “We walk by faith, not by sight.” These tnen ought to say: “We walk by sight, not by faith !” Tim occasion of the meeting was the |iersisteiit effort now being made to have the Sunday Law now in force changed, that Sunday amnse- They buy property, they speculate, meats, with all tbe mroai|suititig they trade, they tempt their church evils to the many and apimreut ben- members to speud their means fool eflts to but a few, lm made lawful, isbly, they insure their lives, they Tbe following resolution* wee* try to serve two masters, and they j unanimously adopted: die at last iudebted to both, paying “Whkkbao, Certain residents of neither that which they owe. Such Baltimore are engaged in efforts to ministers do vast injury to the church. ? b uiu ,U * ***1" ** ol restrictions .f by T ~ T , luiuinter , must labor, let him do it as the j vinced such measure* would be apostles did—only labor, “working fraught with iucalculatdeevils; there with his own hands” to obtain his fare. loudest vidnal treatment aud eumity. Oir last effort has raised the pitiful wail of perseci itioil; although if any witness tor the truth aud worker in the vine yard t f Christ is justified in com plaining of being persecuted, it is he who bpttleB for the right against those l ho seek first their own. and theu the honor aud glory of God. Those that sold and bought in the temple cried, we are confident, “Per secutiob, persecution,” when Christ cast tlein out of the temple; aud their Voices were most likely the daily bread, and no more. The a|tostles would not leave the word of God to serve tables; in our day ministers are glad to leave It, to wait on customers, to stand bowing and scraping behind the counter, aud ask : “Do you wish anything elm* F We once heard of a customer who answered the buying and selling minister’s stereotype question: “Any thing else F with: “Yes, l want grace, I need it; bnt yon have not got it, I suppose.” His reverelief*, taken uuawares,colored up, scratched his head, looked at his ledger, and said : “No, uot to day j but I will have a lot 011 band next Sabbath.” Do not tell ns that a minister can make haste to get rich, and at the same time wait on his ministering. It can not be done. We have tried it fully. Unless a man is a trained • “1. Resofeed, That we, citizens of Baltimore in mass meeting nanem- bled, do hereby utter our earnest remonstrance against any legislative aetlou looking to a change in onr present Sunday Law . “2. Resol red, That apart from re ligious considers!>«mis, we hold (bat the Sabbath was made lor man, is adapted to his entire moral, mental and physical constitution, and that its np|tortnnity for invigorative*rest aud moral improvement is his iude feasible right. “3. Resol red, That it become* bn man legislation to secure this right to all, whether ward, widow, de|«**ud . t ant,employee or business proprietor: ** r * H *y and that to authorize proprietors in imrticular trades or wvu|Mtioiis (ihX strictly **f mercy or necessity), keep ers of plarea of ammiriiieiit, JLc., to carry on their business on Holiday, while other callings generally are sus|M*nde«l. will not only diatnrh the qnief and order essential to ita most thei bur babitaally thinks once or twice be fore he speaks—“Richmond, Va.” It offers all that I hove suggested a** necessity, and la troth is with out objection. But l ate the smile on some of my foods!** foots at that city being ike place. And I think f hear them say, “Tooex|ieoaivs living there. No Lutheran divines theta out of which to make professors. Ob, no? Richmond will never do. We would have to send at least three men there, which, together with the pastor of the mission church, woald make bnt an inefficient corps of teachers. Besides, we have no build ings there; they are a large item of expense, even to rent. Oar Seminary must be put at Salem. There we will have no expense for an estab lishment; an additional professor or two, and the Seminary is complete, and at small expense.” Yea, yon can patch np a complete abortion of a Seminary in that way. Yon can call that arrangement a Seminary, bat It is not; it baa not the semblance of the genuine. The young men who educate themselves for tbe ministry will not trek a country Seminary. They always go to a large city bocansr it oObrs the im|iortant advantages mentioned in the opening of these remarks. Bach men are to-day all In i*biladelphia, os delegates, elect, to “consider ’attending ihis&xt no doubt, liflBfe [be liA, and cmM to are Bked, OS delegates flt^ by lonAffort* i® Ian live alt “oar mini eaoagh ItT th general interests of the church. They I done, during the paat two years, in arc fully aatisfled jf they squeeze out J prosecution of the work marked out their own nlary, nod having had at Winchester, compared with what trouble to do that, they fear to press some of us then bo|»ed might lie far more. Why is it they have! done; but, doee it therefore inev trouble to get money t It is because itably folio# that ear Synod must they are too often over-sensitive about sach matters, or thmngh moral cowardice four to urge, lest they ffh their comfortable situation. Never mind sorb consulerstions. ('lose fisted Christians stand lampooning very well on this subject. They know you arc right, but their love of money mikes, them cling to It, Intending aud wanting to give it, bnt lacking the courage tv let it go. AH •uek men nwd to make them do their whole duty is, for the minister* to spur them up to the jailnt where the love of God is stronger than tbe lunate love of money. let the « bole Bynod be awakened by the (motors, let tbe |*ople know and understand what Is seressarg, and you will get all that is nccr ssiiry, aud more too. Let the Heminary la* pot and main tained where oar students ran have fltstvhuM advantage*, and the church will grow up, manifesting an excel Iroce and power commeusarote with lhe advantages given to them. Like pastor, like congregation. • Mr. Editor, »*an't yoa wake np the sleepy |*aston» t They are to blame chncrh at large is uot met. If the General Hynod when ft meets will tarn Its attention to three thing* «t tending the Lutberao Seminary. J if a dollar is needed that is not forth Tboae fn»in the Booth of that char I coining, tf a single servssify of tbe HvteH, on* all there as a rale. They swat likely never gave a serioas thought to gtiing to oar home institu tions simply tiecmasr they do not | only, to wit: tbe establishment of a «*ffcv that * liieh U «itall> neceasar, j Seminary, the ft irk mo»4 \timiou, stid to make them all that they ought to j the n*»f»r, on sure, solid and adran- be; uot that tbe present professors tageoo*, nsefnl bast**. It ran let are uot all they should be, but out other thing* that cost sldde tliclr side, extraneous rtrrainatsnrea are J now. These, provided fltr frilly and n«»t offored by the prvwnt sitnstion, am|4> wifi advance our charch .10 such a* a large tfity d«u*o. The ten-1 per cent. In the next five }ear*, and ciicua rider, In' can not rule two) beneficial ohservaocr, bat Would de- horses; but miuisten. are not either ' Mr *'**>"■“ lr ”"' 't* v —it m relief, 1111• I <»t t ell Intel feting when the multitude “cried out tb^ more, sayiug, Let kirn be will erncifie 1.” “I. / we acd bitter us We IV may rest assureil that 4>^i we can for “tht* lamb b’s bride,” but ex perieuee, disheartening^ has taught we accomplish very little. *nt “L II. S.” to co-o|>erate with u*. He writes vigorously.; min isters will hear him because he is a layman, and laymen will respood to him because he is practical. * r - j 00 » I I , The Faithful Servant. I? r * * A brother who, though thot qnghly qualified for “the office,” bdth b^ knowledge and grace, yet by the will of odr Lord labors iu one pf the fields which offer but few induce ments, humanly speaking, wn “I try to remember that it Is the Lord Christ whom I serve, and that it is to him I must look for my pay. If I serve him faithfully, accenting to iny ability, he will grant me every needful blessing iu this life, but wiil > reward me in the life to le promise is, ‘Be thou faitbfn! until death, and I will give thee a crown of life.’ Here it is plainly to be seen that the ‘crown of life,’ the Christian’s reward, is not to be wornr in this life, but in that to come. 1 sometimes think that these faithful servants of God, who forsake hoiue, frieuds, earthly emol uments, the comforts of life iu the centre* of civilization, and the pros pects of wtyidly gain, and who wil lingly eudufe hardships and priva tions to cajry the gos|>el of Christ • to the ponjr in the out-of-the-way places of ithe world, will have a much greater reward in the future world tha* those that refuse to accept such places, even when they have sufficljmt reason to believe that it is the wpl of the Lord that they should labor in them, and who wiil have easy places or none. Am I not right! Does it not coincide with your ws^y j >f thinking ? Is it not ScripturalT If the servants of Christ would only 1 humble themselves to take tbe loriest places in the charch, He would ^xalt thorn, in due time, to higher places iu tbe church.” Answer :^We fully agree with you. The charch, both ministers aud peo- % pie, are bet bmiug too worldly in our day. Self-4euial is wanting, “for all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus 'Christ’s.” They forget that they are “uot their own, for they are bought with a price.” The miiuattk wjppdevotea six days of every week to a secular colling, can roach with an auction on the culled or educated for the dusty ling. NVe every tibw and then hear of young, girted, and much exj>ected of ministers, entangling themselves in worldly affairs; we know several advanced iu years, who have been secularised so long that they have lost all faith in the ministry; we know oue such who never ha* time to attend Conference because he ran not leave his business; *ve know a.iother who can not visit as much as he ought because he has so mncli to attend to; yes, and w« know one who is ail “Honorable,” and who I** above attending church. We know the evil a secularized ministry works, we know the great risk of losing their souls which tbey constantly incur, we know the un happiness, the discontent, the aelf reproach ami the misery which will be their portion. “They that now to I be wind shall reap the whirlwind.” We have suffered too intensely, ami wc still are troubled, because we left the pulpit for the field, ami we wonld, if possible, sjKire every brother from passing through that same fiery fur-' mice. But will any oue heed f Will we uot be called a false prophet f Will not sofiSb one say, in the pride aud self-confideiiceof bisown strength —“I am not afraid. I will stop as soon as I perceive the first sign ol evil.” Yes, and there is just the danger: the evil is uot perceived till tbe eiitanglemeut is so great that it is next to impossible to break tin* chains. of ntodenU of all Ha*«c* in the .South ia to go Northward to eollege. ami they will not stop mo far Booth on the preomt *itools* uf oar Hrmtaun . aa <-«t*liJi**bcd by the last General B>mm1. ktebatoud offer* as cheap board a* 1 Salem or the present atufim. But iNiikimgv wouM have to be provkird, rented or built, and the coqui of teacher* ia not here, bat moat be •eat. This May M* m a ataaibliHf block to aoaM*. bat if we are to bar* a Boatbern Krangeitoal Larhrnut Bynod, we moat hare the I of thorough rtiorvh Ami il is a fact aa*eefitible of proof t&ut five thousand dollara per year expended on oar " Srmtmmry. will with tliejr lilierty «*f rnmairwe, would make distinction* at war with the priiit-i|»lt‘* of e«p>al righiM, aud hence be nil laff, u m ount it uiiou.d and demoralising. “4. Rendred. That while deprrra ring any civil enactment* to prescribe religion* exendse*, we eqaalfv iqqMiee the id»*a of haring the Habhotli to degenerate into a weekly recurring | ,„ lirr || I)MI ^ tM> « day of di*Mi|aMiou, imlm-iug many to j rtt Purina squander tbe lianl earnerl wage*) • r '”**. netalrsl by their familie*, alluring ! 11 * , ** rp ***** I**®** |»*taqwet viHith from habit* of virtue ami in- d «t«ih«ri and errataolly grand tegiity, pnaloring rice, indigence *nrce*a fur oar charch. ami crime, inerraeing imbiiu lamien* .. . _ _ _ ,, , . UHlmidrriux UD-. pm«ud ' f >•*“- “hor.. W".M brm* erty less ma ure and valuable. thr ' •»**" “A Resol red. That while we wrl ] «*« doolde amt triple tbe paying •ome |N*ople of all nation* to *hare mlvertiaementa vim do now, and with n* the vast and wealthy domain where v«*a ran bare the pa|ier homed and tree iuatitntion* oar father* u . m _ year, then afoace •pieatb*sl, w* bold it to be ou 4n . f . ... . «i*e and ungrateful return for any - »r the tvarmary here, who avail tbemselvea of these bem* T * , «’ *«^ml one would n« f from oar fit* to seek the merfhrow of the' h***l churwh. The <*thrr» Diimt he great bulwark of oar dril and rHi trionli privilege*. ‘tf. Resolved, That os Baltimore etijovs the merited distinction for sO|»erior pejic** and order, e«*jteci*l!y upon the Habtmth, which i« cairn lat«sl to attract the moat virtnoa*, ritrilty ami desirable noewtow to Iter |M»|tnlatiou, it i* pre-cnnm*otlx the duty of her citizen* to do alt in their |Miwer to preaerre the wise restriction* of the Bandar Law in- fact.” approach Iwd’e day. The Sonday Law in Maryland. A large, enthnsiastic and impoeing meeting was held lately in Baltimore by the friends of tbe Sunday Law ot Maryland. The Baltimore Amerisam says: “The meeting at the Maryland Institute last night was oue of those immense, A|K>ntaneous, «iver|M>weriiig demonstrations that are never seen except when tbe great public heart is profoundly touched. The capacious hall was more than filled, and etiongh ot people went away after the last available inch of room had beeu taken to have ^filled two halls of equal size. It was eminently a peo pie’s meeting, and embraced all grades of society, all religious sects, tioth political parties, all the learned professions, ami the representative* of every trade aud industry. On tbe stage were clergymen of every Protestant denomination, a number of distinguished lawyers, ami many of the most prominent and wealthy merchants, bankers and business roeu of the city.” Judge Giles, who was elected Pres ident, said, when taking tbe chair: “There are two or three rich men who signed the call, and I wish we had a few more of them in nur city to-uight. [Applan*e.J I wish we had a few such men. A practical butcher who has sold many a pound of l»eef below, in this building, when yon were in bed. There ia the name of a gentleman apiiended to that call who spent a life of toil and prl- To preach without au vatiou an a wholesale grocer that he For tbe Lnthei ia Vbitor. Onr Thsolofiesl Seminary Where shall it Is* located f In the • first place all will admit that the locality nfft-ring the most facilities to the studeufo, looking to snrrouml- ings, presenting mean* to accomplish them in manners, literature, ami social |M>li*h, a* well as tbe *ctenee •*f Theology, is the only place to •*Atabli*h an institution intended f» educate young men to be tlie pattern* of christiau gentlemen to the flock* over which they shall preside, ami who necessarily must come Into com l»etition, or at least comparison, with gentlemen of other denomination* which are richer in worldly goods than we,and hence had those advan fage* to which we have alluded. The General Hynod South hi now in the act of establishing a great charch organization over a territory of Im mense scope. We are laying the foundations of a grand edifice. They must be deep ami broad and strong. If the foundation shall lie badly ami iiiiskillfully prepared, then the struc ture never can be a success; It will be a dwart at best, or unstable, insecure, a failure. Then we must make sure to establish our Heminary advantageously in the fullest sense —not “as best ore can,” as the*timld and without much faith men may say. It must be put where tbe stu dents can enjoy the same op]»orttini- ties that are affnAled to all young tnen of whom it 1* intended to make loaders of men. It must be placed in the healthiest, or at least a healthy locution 1 above kD, not at a point pro\ ided for oat and o«t. This ar ran Cement at oore catahliiihes our rhurrb in Ktcfamoml. and woald make it |tnwprnn« at au early day. Now where do I spirit the fire thousand from, which is admitted to i lie necessary t In tbe Virginia H\ u<m! there are 15? congrrpuiotia, and in 1 the sr\cral Bymsls com|iositig the J General 83 mid, a comparative num ber. At the loweat calculation, we have in tbe limits of tbe Genera) 83 nod two hundred aud fifty con gregation* which can, with a little well din* t»*l effort, pay for this im portant object $_D i-ach; 2J0 multi- |>li«*l t»y #20 equal* #1,000, tbe sum requin*!. Besides rhi*, I can select uniong our several rotign-gatioti* .1# gentlemen who will give #20 a year tn the end in view. 10 multiplied by #20 equal* #1,000. But* tbe dnotes step up at this (Miiiit *ml nay: “Sir, we never collected this amount of money for a single object, and it can not be done ” Agreed, if they weie all like yoa. But, sir, we pro- |iose to 1 tut a spur to yuar sides and make yoa pall up. Toa, sir, are to do what you never have dona —make a proper cflort to raise money for Synodical purpose*. Toa are to become an active worker, mod 83 nod will appoint a committee tn assess your congregation ita pro rata share of the fond required to enable tbe General Hynod to do all that is neeeaanry to build np a church or make what remain* to hr done an rosy tank. Vule** some one im**** sity ia met amt mu*tered by the atiproartiing meeting of Bynod, it sill m«*-t in vain, a* many ron*kl< r tbe last meeting. It was plethoric with g«**l re*«4%ea, none of ahicb have amounted in any practical ad \ a moment of tb«* iditm-h. We m**l active, cooperative work, direct«*l to , the m*Me*y onr or two objects, ami tbu* in detail meet all requirement*. 1. If. 8. -*» mm* so- - Oar Ooaerml fipaod. The qoeatioa, “HbaU we go f |»n» pounded is N«k 182 of tbe Visitor, mn*t have struck many a* being, under tbe cirvumMamv*. a vert q T ttraage oue. It certainly so struck Us. If ausaered in tbe way ia which tbe author of it evidently think* it ought to answered, the result will le, simply, our General By nod's sudden ami utter extnn iion. Now, if that tssly baa really served iu day, as some ap|irar to thiuk, has the |»roprr metlnsl been suggest ml for winding up it* affairs aud decently closing iu existence and history by the writer who signs him aelf “Corrected F ? a Without pausing to discus* tbe irregular aud revulathmary charsc tei qf bis suggestHMi, (for such we unoori* e it to be, whether so intruded or not), we wish to direct attention, for a moment, to the substance of his article, sml a*k in turn : Ftrst.—Whether he tin* made out a case strong enough against our be a failure f Perhaps *on»e of our plan*, laid at Winchester, were not aa judleioii* ami practicable os they might have been. It most be remembered that oar General Synod is a small body, and that if has always been com I**«ed of men by no means Infallible j but nhoukl it therefore be given up f •r is there hope that some little wis doui may eventually eoine to us, iu • Synodical capacity, even aa to others, from experieoce f Perhaps we have been expecting too moch, tinder all the ciroam- atances, of oar miaiaters and ptopb within tbe bounds of oar General Synod. It mast be remembered by those who ore impatiently looking for progress, at ooee rapid and sab *tou)tial, that it ia yet “the day of small things” with ns here in the Heath, sod that the ehild most learn to creep before it can walk, and to walk before It can ran. Perhaps, though our pro grew* has not been very marked, more has been done than some tirethren think. We have a very distinct recollection, for instance, of sending a modest con- trilMitiou to Colombia for the Hemin ary, form oar <*Kigregatioa. yet we do not belong to the Bynod of Booth Carolina. The contrast* which are so fre quently presented to a*, a* existing between oar rharrh and others, when presented os in the article liefore us. have nothing of sound srrnment in them whatever. “Oar active Methodist brethren” in the stogie State of Georgia are more than five time* a* nuaieriMi* a* all tbe laitheran* in connection with •wir < ieoerat Syti.wl j»«iv together. What the dispnqmrtioa ie tietween ns amt the Prewbyterians we are «hK no* j Me; mi red to say, but we all luo« that it is very great. TheMe ehnrf-hes long years ago had, and Mtill have, the machinery, tbe men, rocanary for prom|XIt and sueceatfiilty ioaognrnting any nitrqviw determined np«*ii by their tVoiferencew and Hynod*. It i* to he retnemliered, too. that with all the advantage* they have bad over a*, in important n apart*, from the very settlement of the country, for meeting the world’* demhuds n;**n the rhnreb. they have hod tkeir •lay* of struggle and diroonmgement a* well a* others; and their literary it ini improve nod it ^ wtWoctury m4 T . we find noth mat history, future ing tn couditioa, or convince us that, ns for os the M of a general organization ie IZf cerued, we can do better than b steadily striving to mataufo |2 strengthen oar own General ffvned. If that body, indeed, shows sig* of waning efficiency, oar adrim would be, not to indulge fo plaiut* which may prove aforr exaggerated and nnreasonable, r(fU <-h less to publish to the church Uoos which, if heeded, will pna e destructive; but that the bretfcyoi prayerfully set themselves to the finding out of the canoes of ths threatening failure and labor d%. gently to remove them. 2. Bot a word or two ia ret.u to onr second qoeatioa. Admitting everything in tbe article bribre a* to be true, does it furnish valid reason* for absenting ourselves ft** Charleston next May f To oar anixt It furnishes reasons for precisely the opposite course reasons which should urge every delegate to go to this next meeting, even under great sacrifices if necessary, and to go with the determination to address himself to the consideration of the (’hurvh’s iaterroto there, with aa earnestness and prayerfalaem aoeh s* have never characterise# btm fo hi* attendance upon a Hynod before. Complaint is mode ia the article liefore u» of tbe many rerelotioas passed in onr conventions which ant<»i!n* to nothing. Hynod *deter mioesou :t certain thing, an# breth ren go home uni attend to it tf they foe) like it, lot u x otherwise. Tree, there is too much of I hut. Bat how did the truth foil to strike oar broth er, that be was himself doing the very* thing of which be complained I that be was himself, in a very strife ing manner, setting np hi* individual notions of what ought to be done about going to General 8vno#, ia opfMNUtkm to the judgment sad #0 eiidon of hi* Hynod f Has any del egate-elect a right to ask bimsrlf or other* “to eon rider the propriety” sf •Oaring away from Charleston next May, if it be possible for him to g» there t Hi* 8ynod elected him Is go, and hi* ncr*|*Jutoc of that elec tion Mettle* his duly in tbe matter, ‘ and put* it no for beyond question that there is neither need nor room for diaruimioa. If any of as think it a waste of time and money to keep sp the General Synod, wt *h<»nl<l have so expressed ourselves when the District Synod to which we belonged had before it tbe bosi ne*s of tbe electkmi of delegates. The Synod foiling to take oar view and theological institution*, and mi* of tbe matter, we should either ■ion ami publication boards, Ac., have declined *11 election, or, accept are tbe monuments of the self aacri- ing it, should do the Synod’s behest*, firing devotion of more than one as well as we may be able, withoot generation of men. Had they grown refl««cting upon the 8ynod’s wisdom, faint in the outset because of ncca Onr hope is, that every delegate, rional mistake* and failure*, or be minister sod layman, will try to be canoe ia many pi see*, there was where his Synod has asked* him to Ignorance, ^difference and illiberal he, on the 9th of May, 1871 aa# try to be ©Tercoose. or because.yto that the deliberations of this next matter for what reason, they could meeuifg of our General Synod wfl not see tbe need of their planting be more abundantly blessed by the bringing forth it* hundred fold with Great Head of the Charch thsa hi two tears, or within twenty, of those of any in the past, ronrac we would not nee them now, OccooioSAt- , wWlot enjoying the rich rewards of tears of patient toil, able and ready to N*vdtrb forth their hnnd* to labor* |- * —— Tet more abundant. The truth is, Attending the Installation sf these comparison*, to which w« are I tier. T. IF. foil, as Faster sf General 8mk«I to juMify tbe venliet, perK*lically treated—to ns at least— *‘Vnstortkg to Lire r And hnvr long ago become very ndioM*. Secondly—Wbnbcr (c\cn grantii g if they are to he instituted at • everything omtamed in tbe article under cnamdrrnrton t«» t«e true) *ueb Statement* ah»ne *ffoid *<ifllcieiit ex cu«r far any delegate ele«i to the St. John's Lutheran church. General S>n«*l for wlMeutiug liuuwlt from Chsrireion next May ? 1. Iu addtemtiug out*• Ive* to tlie first liupiity. «cl»*»k «»ve« the ailLje and find it to l«e a l* mental ton, the burden of which may le briHlv gi'«-n s* folio**: Very fair re*«»luiHXi* were |Missed at WiiKhvtrr, but mi lking ha* lareu done dining the |M*t two \« mis, “nave that a lew hundred dollars were rsi***d tty the Hiuith Cnrutiim SmhkI i«*i tht* S uiinxiy iu Columbia.” The N. I’, ffynti# has withdrawn, and is h<**tile. “While «rt have been discussing the neve* sity for itmtitntlotjy* t»f learning, oar active Methodist brethren have” tiune au and so, (iu pm Uutlaitxy phrase as yoa can wall pul it); while me have defdured the want ol bwhim to sosLoiu aud educate >«aiug meu for the mtuidry* the Rcaahyterinms have” Tire congregation of the Wenfc all, M It he done foirty. The only I »®rfh street Latheran charch aa# pn*|M»r method of rom|Uri»on is. to | 8t ' dohn'n Lutheran church aoito# take thirteen thou**nd Metbmli*t* j llt tbe .vroterday, where «r •w Presbyterian*, ehiefiy from our v * frg attemling the installation sf fifotkmi agricultural ]*»|»n1ati«»u. | *be Rev. T. IXwh, newly esffs# aud art them side by sale, in your ro thr Hiarge of St. JohaV, W" tnlfuF* eye, with the thirteen thou- ‘ Tbe ehnreh wa* w ell filled iq the bixly and galleriea, the venerable John Bachman reclining in a large l< at hern arm-chair in tbe fhxit pear under the pulpit iu the main siri** A tafoy voluntary wa* execute#«• **»mI l/Mtber.iuv in c<iiiuecYion with onr General Sytusl; let the former he *u |*dut «»f e«la<*atl«>ti. wealth, 4r., cireum*YM’ieefl a* aie the hitter; and.' then, if, u* riie result j of V «xir inveMlgationw, we are not | provefl to be hotter tban Other chri*- “rgan, w hen the Rev. W. 8* tbuiA. wo are certainly not sfhiid Bowman. IWhlenr of the 8y««** that We onii Honeutly be prove*I Rev*. A. R. Rude, I). D. *n# J- much worse. 'Ana matter of roarer. Honour entered in their flowing bhmk hi the other, unfair, way* of coat rilk robes and took seats ia paring < hwruhrw, we always come off ‘ chancH. orrmoft txxK—ho fo r behind, indeed. Th * aawdWate for installation as# Hist tn borrow a phrase of the turf, | **«• Church Council, eomposed of we are utterly distanced. And one Messrs. J. H. Steinmeyer, J. B* great'evil of these effiut*. of some I Murrell, Dr. A. P. Pelzer, B. I gunizatiun com nioii au rate with our done so aud so paipply a great deal territory, skill and ability. I'ldcna uf pi sum* for the Presbyterian*); we do this, unless we n»e*n Ui *u* j “while ear uumotry. almost witluml tain the General Synod, anleas we ' any compensation, have settled ou mean to eatabli*h our ehnreh firmly, and are able to do It no matter what It coats, wliy, tbe sooner we throw np our assumed task, tbe 1 wrier, and husteu to couple ourselves with noaie living, acting, and nostoined organ!- tstiuti. If we can not have a suc cessful General Synod of oar own, let us cease to be leaders, and follow. If we can not rear and maintain a Seminary of oar own because of the •miof iXWWt XV --raw m of onr lirrthim, to shame ns, by shotting how much more other riiurehe* are accomplishing than outs, lies jn*t in thi*—that the practical suggestion which every such effort carries to many' mind* is, “had we not better quit the Lu theran Chareb, and unite onnwdveH with thnae who are so much more earnest, more liberal, more efficient hi the work of the I*>rd—say with the Presbyterians, or with our ‘ac tive Methodist brethren P” * We must look at thing* as they . , , ,. are. TIk* problem we have to deal , A n*l let tho*e word* be ever Th.oe; w ith here Iti tbe South simply i* : j To them Thy sacred truth reveal, 1 farms,” Ac., Ac., “otic# dtnomtmilions have sent mi*ri*xiarle« who hav«P gathered up «*ur Hcattered peo|de. Of the aina of onr miumter* ami |XH>ple. ii* net forth in the article iu qneatiou. them* an* about the sum. Precisely iu what way our Gcuerol Hynod is r*-*|MWMOt4e for them, or ft#*, by a dissolution of that MNj, i reformatioa is to be brought sbott, How can we, taking our material I Supprew their fear, inflame their zesl wa ara left to conjecture. Yet upon just a* it is, both hi quantity and After it had been touchingly i*»>' wa * ffoality, bm manage to bold it I dered by a we!! trained choir* J*«*ob Small, 4. F. Ficken, R. 8 C'htvitzberg, Otto Tiedetiian, F. B* Wickenbcrg, and J. U. Steinmeyer* Jr., were seated in chairs in middle aisle, specially placed there for them. Rev. W. 8. Bowman read the les sons of the day, and the Rev. J. H. Honour a hymn for the snooess of minister*— “Father of mrreie*. bow Thine ear, Attentive to oar eanwwt prayer; We plead for those who plead for Th*e. Successful pleadings msy they be- • I Kriby ibe Act* l«tl n* z*s lb< 00"**** *°“ W and 8H»« *• rirtW » *° M " tctu o— "“"”3 ocivnd thra *««» H ZOTr*— 4 * “ o0 . bK* •»•' ■ H t heir satborit.v- a* (ereocr that they with her* Tfa’AP"' H all it* demon, whidhocra# gocation Tb* " that tb« ' v»ats of the Mo*< II the «»> ol ,wU toll, dear and di*tn. ^ ebri**" ’“*»•“ other*, the 00**1 could u«.: mu its biffb bv which tbe> «ef iliustraltive of it- * laborer*- and ««»>»»«“ tiaie* *ke aalvatkm praverfoll v ; they " * men, the idea of th** mi eternal vigilance tfce pick et f* tb€ ** tfrj, movements of whom it depend* fi «ere the aiewardH m God. and were a of Christ to a rebel The Reverend * to notice in a brn-t tout work of the c and the daty «f tb* providence may di The wort of tbe t waa to show all mu ratio®. It waa 1 devoted to the who had atoned heathenism into wb I . k m - 7 I V 4: r*'~- ••. n I i'V len, and to tranab unparalleled love a| Go# who hod give tern 800, that thro< n mtnhst the life. ( of the Lord delight be sboabi shoo Id induce all to and prepare them f«> of the Spirit which iu the Holy Ghost, with a commission t should stand fearl« - their designation, »t vauts of the Lord, a to do with such tit l euce the Cardinal, church, &c. Tbe such high sound );t tbe early church acl nor the mother chui mat ion. With her t^-\ one—brethren—wjij designated Eider. I op, all were syttony 1 rive their success promised to be al^ A Minister nngl judgment, orthodox ly iu logic as St, Pat as Apolloo, and as derful in his magit.hl the golden inoutl J P and bold the paiKiol ora, bat all wonlcL brass and tiukliug they had that etie which proceeded lj Spirit Paul might! los water, aud yet tlj pray. Although prearln 1J object of tbe mini*;] | Minister had other 1 that of Pastor, and that he nourished There were other in] of which the R dilated n)»on with ^ It was the daty ofi tlj his lot was cast °eived that attention his respected office : er N that be might 1 his work. In conclusion, he tbe ^ngregation t *nd hojMHl that at f w ould stand before^ ^riHie in the robe u ^usness, say ing, “U and those that thou , Our meagre syuop esting discimrse, r» Spaces of rhetoric an qne,, ce, in but an in °f it. We are satisti satisfaction to the eir _M r * J- U. Stet. ( »«reh Council, hav # ** ^nired by the *x on, the election of ou the 8th of Octobc * Waii reqiH'sted t< nerf” tbe K ** v * A H I^riormed the duty 1 1* the congreg-.it «!«nit..—ii.. M L ItLfff »»' f^gregatioo tZTt bv th ^ <** owed, the near I‘ went prayer.