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WA' f .. r £■ f Tl * THE LUTHERAN VJgITOR. COLUMBIA, S. C. APRIL 20. 1872 ,4.. Umfljttatt COLUMBIA, <Ii»P1kh1 Caaterbuiy' Rome Estate all fell ffP into n« rnaet again. and Geneva new tinea, will be found to be the trneat April he A rot. iff, '.afP has teen in a ever fence. When wa several important measures will be ( *that brings mankind np to the high* advocated and approved of. These Test and trneat manhood. The measnre8—to wit, the Seminary* Ben 1 bat Ed ItotiA. A RUDE , J. I, MILLER, A.M Mir, tewify ;->Jn i »om extent inU, in all thing*. charity.' pea number ticienj. SIVCIAL WOTHES. must be insde in Pest Bank Cheiks. or Drafts, these can n :»t be obtained, «cy in n Ri< istemcd Lct- ?ostma»ters i re obliged to rs when requ red. are sent to subscribers until order to disoon tin ne is re- all arrearage s are paid, as law. Mere jr returning a the paper by i tail, is not suf- hS‘ hat I Of M muuicatious rdlating to sub- mhould give tin ir names very y, and carefully indicate which and which are new subscribers. > of the post office. umbiH, b. C. Staunton, Va. the county and State ry, in order the that of lubscriber is necessary entries m^ybe promptly made. and obituaii notices, und intended tor publication, [written separately, and not in tters, to receive proper atten- Mr. fr. Kbeps requests oorres- Grao Ridge m k 8. C., instes d of (IB I** wants to kfiow what use Relr. ptfr. Julian made of the mouey he for the church that was tube built at Company Shops, North saya were ui a. “A Correspondent” er two hundred dollars cttciary Education, Home Missions, and Church Literature—are of the utmost importance to onr churchly life. To make them successes, they mast be confided to the hands of live men. The men who have proved failures, who have not done the work they agreed to perform, mdbt be laid ou the shelf. New men mast be brought forward, and as the majority of the elder leaders have proven incompetent, let others be selected. In justification of what we have written, we point to the Committees of the General Synod. The Synod gave them bodies, but all the committee men did was to go home, fold their hands, and say: “Now I lay me down to sleep ;" and they have slept soundly ever since. We hope that onr infancy has passed, that we are out of the swpddling clothes, and that we by this time are able to walk and to work. We hope that every layman ap pointed a delegate to onr General Synod will be present, take an active part in the proceedings, and infhae some of the energy, perseverance, close attention to business, and dili gent industry, which have made many of them prosperous and inde pendent in worldly matters, in the convention of our General Synod, soon to be held in Charleston, S. C. 3lu_ t livesi in South Carolina, and he s that the church has not and that the Eev. Julian North now. • cl do ifchrifti us would a s honest To Delinquent if have to pay the printer, the minnfactnrer, the mailing agepts. contributors, and far- jibe paper free to not a few. tfajis ttfkes money ; and we could 1 ease if those who owe y ns—if they would be au-ward as they profess ward—if their religion honest men, and their ade them true men. Un-I though, some are twisti dfol, careless, neglectful, afraid that a few—but ily a few—are dishonest pie. We once asked how an managed to get along, was: “Easily—his prin never to pay.* That, bow- oea not suit us. We have eat out bills to many in arrears. Y^ryi&w have responded. We will in [a short time seud bills number to,the same parties. If they do what they owe us, we intend sh them as defaulters, and that the church will cjtoci- the community ostracize id society ignore them, that »y hie led to see the error ot [ay, and repent in sackcloth ashes. The uiau who subscribes a religious paper and does not pay too it, |s a—xrallatcag. There arc, however, honorable and upright subscribers who do not find it;always convenient to pay when called; upon. To all each the above does not apply. If what we have written makes some such wince and tool badly, it is their own fault. They ought to have written, acknowl told us meet their obli- and we would cheer- llingly have waited for ne to come. We treat utmost consideration, with subscribers until becomes participation in the Iscariot*. iters ever preach from xx ? You, sir, who o years’ subscription, ns, as Bro. Campbell :h a dreadfully pious f keep the fifth com* Col. —4) jwho years candidate for a seat in Legislature, dosed every the question: “Now, the corn-promise F He the “F short. We are a few Lutherans make rise 9 —with a long “F— Oust the rogues. Otnsral Synod. e tidings from all parts h, which afford gratifying churchly life, devotion, zeal. Our General Syn- The articles lately the Visitor in answer to , “Shall we meet F prove it beyoo i doubt There also is evi dently a General in at ion to make onr a working organize r live men are disgusted, so, with the spasmodic last convention. We some grand resol u most important work, Orient horns a***. l 1 ;. Good lews * ■ i ■ ii. I Savannah, Oa—Have #4,500 on my books for a parsouage. Expect to raise #1,500, and theu some other means we have will bring the amount to #8,000. We expect to purchase s house for #10,000. This church and Ebenexer together have a legacy in Halle, the interest of which only cau be collected. That interest has been due for twenty-two years. I wrote to Dr. Tholnck about it. Received a letter from him, in which he de mands certain dates and facts. Have written to Rev. P. A. Strobel about it. Besides this, we have #1,500 towards a lecture and Sabbath-school room. Our audiences are good, and the chnrch steadily increasing. Have received by confirmation and other wise, 30 members since I have been here.” B. Houston Synod, Tents,—“Allow u>« to say oar ebarch in Tennessee is yet alive. Her ministers are zealous in their work. Her members are rich in ‘the faith.’ Every Lutheran community has a neat and comforts ble church buildiug, and regular preaching, so far as I cau learn. At many of the churches regular cate chetical instruct ion is given, and some have well organized Sunday- schools. We have also weekly prayer meetings, when they can con veniently be carried on. “We are not ashamed to acknowl edge before any audience that we are cheerful subscribers to the Unaltered Augsburg Confessiou of Faith. We are Lutheran in doctrine, as well as in name. Our members, as a geoeral thing, are well established in the doctrines of the Lutheran Chnrch. An instance: On last Saturday, 1 was called on to visit a member of our church who was visited by the afflicting hand of Providence. On arriving at his house, the physician told me that he had no hopes of his recovery, and that be oonld not pos sibly live much longer. 1 sang and prayed with him, and inquired of him his prospects for the bettor world. He said that be was ready and willing to die; that be under stood the doctrine of salvation; that he relied upon the promises of the sure gospel tcord. And many such words be used. I remained with him during the night, and in the morn ing, when I had to leave him to go to my appointment, 1 again engaged in prayer with him; and when I gate my hand to bid him farewell, he said, ‘Bro. B., you ueed have no fears as to my future welfare; the Lutheran doctrine will do; I will soon bo in heaven.’ This is only one case. I might give many such dying confessions.” B. Virginia.—“1 feel much eooouraged m my charge, especially at . Prospects are brightening." 8. ’ or not. Truth is came from the CARDINAL POINT* of the orthodox creed would be also maintained, such as the reality of tne existence of God, and probably a Triune God; the doctrines of a di vine, moral government, which dis criminates between good and evil The doctrine^ of the inevitable sin ftilnecw of men will go down to the eud of the world. There will always be the basilar iustincts to be re generated, and men will always ueed the light and influence of the holy Spirit, so that men may be led by that Spirit into a higher life. The great doctrine of eternal , punish incut will be the doctriue of the chnrch of the fature. Punishment is eternal. There will be found to be a universal law, in which good ness in man’s uature produce happi ness and badness misery; not prob ably that this badness will be an eternal consequence to each individ ual. That this disobedience shall result in that disobedient soul surely dying, will be a doctrine of the church of the future, but he would mot say more than that. Iu the church of the fbture ordiuances will not be authoritative. It will uot matter what the instrumentality is, it will be the results that will count. ‘By their fruita ye shall know them.’ All ordinances will be good that make meu better. If I have honor, it does not signify much whether I spell it with a ‘u truth, whether it devil or from the Father of Light. Au appeal to the congregation to acknowledge God, who Is the author of all truth, closed a very effective sermon." mi—■■ " | —■—— —- Rev. 8. E. Hxeeixu—The Re formed Monthly for March contains the following notice of Rev. 8. K. Herring'S change of relationship : Clerical Change.—Stilt another loan has been suffered by the church in the dismissal of the Rev. 8. K. Her riug, of Blain, Perry County, to the Lutheran Church. Of course, in such a transfer of church relation ships, there in nothing poinftil, ex cepting as our own denominational strength is thereby diminished. Drm. Gerhart, Appel, ftc., may think it no worse for a man to go over to Popery than \to the Presbyterian Chnrch. This is quite natural to men of their theology. We beg to differ scidely from them. Better that we should retain sit our earnest, zealous ministers, such as Bro. Her ring was. But if they do feel con strained to leave us, we had a thousand times rather see them go to the Lutheran Church than to the Popish Babylon; and fire hundred times rather that they should go to the General Synod Lutheran Church, than to that self-complacent, bigoted, exclusive brunch of said church which the General Council would like ccneorporatively to represent Mr. Herring has united with the General Synod branch. His reason for leaving is traceable again to the main source of all our recent afflic tions of this sort, Xeviniam, or the Mercers burg theology ism.’* The Church of the Future. Henry Ward Beecher, iu a sermon preached lately, gave an ideal ac count of this new organization. We agree with him that it will be neither of Canterbury, nor of Rome, or of Geneva, bat of Angsburg. Mr. Beecher said : ‘ , “No nation, no church, will ever be allowed by God to get so far above the range of the wants of the race, by an advancing civilization, that it can not reach down to the basilar condi tion of man, and raise him into a spiritual condition. The church must be a universal chnrch. The field is the world. The church of the ftitore will not be able to dispense with peoeiea, hut it will oertainly dis pense with its present idolatries. A New Premium — “Niagara Falla*—We received, a few weeks since, this boautifal chromo, issued by Colton, Zham £ Roberta, and believing that it could not fail of being popular, we have made arrange ment* to place it upon our premium list. As we glance at It as It bangs ou our wall, in the deep gill frame in which we have placed it, we seen to be looking, not at a picture, but at the real Falls in the distance, and we almost listen to the roar of that wonderful sheet of water, as it rushes headloug ovqp the precipice, dashing against the rocks beneath. The Tower and Horseshoe Falls, with all their surroundings, are as clearly portrayed as the soft, silvery, over hanging mist will allow; and the scenery in the rear, so far away, and yet so real, contrasted with the bold evergreens which stand out so dis tinctly in the foreground, lends an added charm to the picture, which is, in a word, a grand, truthful representation of a well known and far-famed subject. The regular price of this chromo is five dollars. We will furnish it as a premium for three subscriber* to the Magazine, or for one subscription three years iu advance. Address 8. 8. Wood & Co., Newbnrgh, N. Y. " New Publication* Evangelical Lutheran Catechisms, de signed for Catecbiuneoa and the Higher Claaaea in SabbatbnrhaoU. By Rev. 8. 8. 8ehmocker. D.I). Lancaster. 1873. The copy we have received is marked the “Teat# Edition.” It is well boaod, correctly printed, the paper unobjectionable, the price low, the coo tea to ■■pie, divided into twenty •seven parte, arranged in qoes answers, aad the proof re given in foil. We ten* objection too m too mie of /»,■*■■§• Braa ii S 31/"Baptism," and *», “The Holy 8upper of our Lord,” we da not find one answer taken from Luther*e own Smaller Catechism. The Lord’s Sup per Is treated very briefly, and, we regret to say, exceedingly uuaati# faetorily. The Doctor's views of the means of grace seem to os to be very latitndtaarian. We quote 1dm verbatim : “Question 175—How does the Holy Spirit oftet and apply | the benefits of this covenant 1o men f .insurer — Through the appointed means of grace. Question 176— Which are these means f .1 newer —All the ordinances of God’s ap point meat are means of grace—such as hearing the preached word—I Cor. i: 18, etc.; Eph. iv: 11, 13—reading the Scriptures; Actsxvli: 11—prayer, singing psalms and hymns, self- (‘xaminstion. the saermmeots; Matt, xxvfli: 19—the incidents of Provi- deuce; Deut. vi: 7—and religions 'duration" Here are seven means of grace given. We have always held that, strictly speaking, there were only three—the Word and the Sacrament*—and we still tkiak that we are right. We five a few Lu theran authorities: Smalcald, Art. T/i/.—“We should and must therefore constantly main tain that God will not confer with us frail beings unless through his external word and sacraments. But all that U boasted, independent of such word and sacraments, in refer once to the Spirit, is criminal.” Form. Cone. II. 3.—“In view of these circumstances, we shall now show further, from the word of God, how man ia converted to God, bow and through what meaoa (namely, through the vocal word and the holy sacraments,) the Holy Spirit is carious in us, mod will work produce in onr heart* true repent ance, faith, and new spiritual strength and ability to do good, and how we should ooodnet ooraslve with regard to these means, aad hoi we should use them.* Form. *Comc. II. si—“Bat the declaration, that ‘no to Christ, except the Father draw him* (John vi: 44), is rightly and truly made. The Father, however, will draw no oar «it hoot means; but be has instituted his word and sacrament* as the ordinary means and instruments for this purpose." Klein, $96.—“The admsnscula, use die, instruments, gratia dicing—the means by which divine grace oper ates in our reformation and salvation —are the word of God ami the sacra me uL*.~ * Luther. VIII. 33tt.—“The Holj Ghost ia ever with the Christian community, ami sanctifies it through the word and sacrament*, by which be produces iuward faith and a true apprehension of Christ. These are the agencies and instrument* by which be accomplishes the porifica tion aud sanctification of hi* people continually." Paul.—Titu* id: 4-7; 3 Tim. Ui: 10,17. Christ—Mark xvi: 10; John t: J9, rf; 53. UW« Household Magazine. May, 1873. (‘ontent*: Migration, Colonization, Home*, by Horace Greeley; Mias Hannah Adams, by James Partou; Household Discoveries, by Gail Ham ilton ; Brother Anderson, by Thomas K. Beecher; Longevity, by Dr. Dio Lewis; Reminiacenees of Rev. Dr. Itethune, by A. A. Williu, P I)., etc. Gail Hamilton, tbe editress, la as suredly s strong minded woman, aad doubtlessly beHeves that woman is man’s better whole. She says in an editorial: “It will never do to trust men with s liberty which they will abuse. The best of them, men who may be respectable and even distin guisbed as jurists, doctors, a#r chant*, mechanic*, ate, in domestic matters, but children of a larger growth. They most be trained. They may be allowed liberty, but they most not be allowed to take it without permission.* If this refers to the nursery, the culinary depart •newt, the dome**Je etrde, the peace, pleasantness, and graces of social life, to “Woman** warm heart aad gentle hand la God’s eternal plan.** it Is all right If not R is rank rebellion. We confess we do not quite understand. igs to to the letters from Lows Pine says the whole of Owens Valley has been moved southward fourteen feet Over T.ooi) shocks had occurred, aad they still continued, but not with sufficient force to do any damage. The earthquake of March 36th huriad immense rooks down the cliffs into the Valley of the To Semite, smashing great pine trees to splinters, but detracting nothing from the sceoerir to the valley. Aa Indies rasnee hrtoge a dispatch from tbe m»etb of the Colorado river, winch says-the earthquake caused immense waves to roil op tbe Golf of California, breaking the schooner Alice Drake knee from su&6ragv. ^ I have I few ■embers of bar General -Synod. The first la, do not fell to meet Our kind friends North and Weal are patiently watching our move meats, end are ready to take us in their embrace, so soon as we put halters around our^ necks and hum bly confess that we have sinned grievously ia theindgbt. Those of your readers who read “A Layman’s reply to X. J. R. in the Lutheran Observer of tbe 39th of March,” tie doubt found as much holy hatred, aod little, mesa, degraded, unchris tian spits, as a truly loti osald give forth. Hope yon will pnbtteh it. 1 think if all our ministers, who have e longing after tbe onions aod garlic of Egypt, (Gen. 8vnod North), eonld read that article they wo*Id change their teste, aad especially the mem bars of e certain Synod who voted against adopting the confessions! basis ai oar Honlhern Chnrch, nod dung to tbs old mother. Let ns show them that we nrr able to live witboat their hypocritical friendship. If we are not able to start a Sami- nary ou a plan like Philadelphia or others, let there be a Theologies! to each one of onr col by m sms will be to the ministry, aod tbs means of their training will be Another necessity for the present is, that onr 8j nod have some definite knowledge of the wants of the Booth- era Chareh. Let each delegate find oat the destitute*! is his bounds, sod 1st others interested send infor mation, so our Synod can determine the actual want of our Church iu tha way of ministers, sod instead of re selling what to do, take steps to wards prooanng a supply. Would ii not ba wall, also, if a different arrangement ooukl be made to re gard to the instructors to our Coi- to pot no much ministerial talent to proteasore’ chairs f Tbe chnrch schools of other denominate*!* have generally a minister at the bead of tbe faculty, but the professors' places sre mostly filled by educated lay meu, thus giving all aeailnbfo talent to the active work of the ministry. We have no objection to our |>rofes sore being preachers, but would it not be much better, iu the great senraity of minister*, if Revs. , , , aad others would give up their quiet life, allow their places to be filled by educated laymen, and instead of barying their ministerial power and education in a cushioned profesAor’s chair, go out and help some who are giving way in bearing their burden in the beat of our day f There are many congregations, and even whole charges, that have no pastor*, are dwindling away for want of attrntioo, while many of oar preachers are not in the active work, but under the excuse of teaching are having so easy, comfortable, or lax- uriou* life compared to others who are overworked aud lire scantily. We bear these brethren make fervid appeals for more ministers aud la ment that there are so few laborers in tbe harvest, and yet they are gathering no sheaves. Now, Brother Professor, we mean nothing wrong in there remarks, but call upon you to consider whether you are doing your duty. If God called yoa to tbe ministry, be did not intend you to leave tbe field, and sit in the shade. Consider the de* titution of our Cburrh; give your place to some qualified layman, and take charge of some of the many destitute congregations. Read James it: 14-18. South. Par the Isrtheran Writer. Third Georgia Osafereses. This Conference held its second meeting in 8L Johus church, Spald ing county, commencing on Good Friday, aad continued iu meeting until Sunday night. Tbe fey repre- neatation was small; sod Rev. J. & Elmore, was absent on aooouot of sickness to his family. Tbe only business transacted was the adoption of its Couatitutioa, the election of it* officer*, and the passage of s resolution that makes it the duty of the officers of Con fereooc (Rev. L. Bedeobaugh, Proa, and Bev. J. 8. Elmore, Hoc. Sse’y.j to look Alter the Swedish Lutheran* in and around the City of Griffln, and make arrangements, if ;»oa*tble, to have them supplied with preach iug. In accordance with that reoolotiou, aud a promire I had made to Dr. Rode, I spent part of a day ou my return from Conference in tbe City of Griffin in hauling np, and getting the name* of there in and around the place. 1 only found two males, and I beard of but noe female in the city. Tbe males ( 1 saw *peok Eu gliah very well. One ia s member of the Reformed Church, (a follower of Zwingfe) the other is a Lutheran, but his family is not here. Ha as pects to return, I suppose, alter his four ly, to try Mr. Editor: It has been but a few days since we set out alone to go to the meeting of the Newberry Con see. Bat after a pi resist eve ning’s ride over a bad road, we had the pleasure of a hearty reception aad kind eatertaiomeot by a kind, Christian gentleman aud his family. Here we mat with onr fare 4am Con- forsnttoi oompnniou and his roq/Vww, ant the evening r t wmtd wn trust not entirely without profit to such other. This kind of informal, or free Corn (if yoa prefer that 0*0*1), we fevar, end think, they are beneficial, at least to there w ho form an in tegral part of it. THE COHFKEENTK met on Good Friday, at Si. John's church, in Lexington county, 8. and to the credit of tbe people of that community, we wish to put it on record, that n respectable num ber of them oouveoed that day for public worship. How aad it is, that in most place* so few ran find time on n week day to attend chnrch I Christ says, “Seek ye first the ktog- dom of God, aod hi* righteousneoa, and all there things shall he added unto you." Bat it is lamentable to see how this divinely appointed or der is reversed, even by the moat who profess to be his followers. The usual business was transacted by the Conference. One of the in terrattof feature* was the reading of an eaaay by Rev. J. A. 8ligh, 00 “Aa Efficient Chareh." We regret that the Con fereooc omitted to re- qaest the author to famish a copy of the Essay to the Lutheran Visitor for pubtfoatioa. If aM oar members had the opportunity of perusing such papers (and would do it) we have no doubt they would be pro dnetiveof good. Tbe discussion of the question, “Which i* likely to be productive of the greater good, a Bible or a F elicited some in- From the char- ot the discussion, we drew the that moat of the mem ber* of Coherence placed a high value on the time-booored custom of catechising the children and young people, and of thoroughly indoctri nating them in tbe principles of our holy religion. AH INCIDENT was related to us worthy of repeti tion here. Whilst there are so many persons who allow a cloudy day, or at most a little rain to detain them from tbe house of God, we were glad to hear of ooe man in the neighbor hood of St. John’s, who is not ouly not deterred by mist or rain, but will not even suffer high water to keep him from chnrch; for when bis horse can not touch terra firma, he Cannes him to swim tbe swollen stream. Whilst we would not advise those who have not good swimming aui- naii to follow this example too liter •lfy« we would advise the fearful and faint-hearted ones to try to have a little more seal that they may with a good heart face a little rain, and defy a little mud, that their souls may uot be so much impoverished. Wonder if they would like to de prive their bodies of food as loug as they do their souls of spiritual Eiratt Will some dry weather and balmy day Christian please answer f ST. JOHN’S CHURCH to beautifully located in a splendid These are all that I could find o bear of Dr. Bode and other* have bean laboring under a wrong Uiprea- sfoa, aod that I think has grown oat of the circumstance, that they have been shipping the Hsgti* hew and •ending them out on forms; for in my inquiries after Sweden ^wasdU there Eogttoh had been shipped, some thinking that they were Swedes. I learned that hi Forsythe city, and ia Jones county, there are Swede*. In feet, they are scattered all over Georgia, but only now and then in sufltotont number* to keep np re ligious exercise*. And unless a man »etr language, he mt little among I tried this to my sat!afar tfoo in the City of Atlanta. If they | will not give ap their mother tongue when they understand English, the Church will have to be confined to me, und their offspring, Irav- tbe Kogttsh aud going to other wffl soon be loot to the Chareh. I have requested of those Swedes la Griffin (I will uamre onr to aj blacksmith aud the other a gardener —J. W. Htorreaegger aod Anton 1) to furnish me with tbe of aU ha can bear of in the vicinity of Griffin, us there may be some teat I could not bear of, and if I make any new discoveries, you sj hour from me again. L. Bedenbaugh, >«, »W1« it*. I «®n*troc«»d in tw. in hoawtj aw • ente diaooaat m It i, u antiquated. The pulpit to ly high aod slim. In tbe people most have of “looking up to | than they are 000*^4*-. On either side of this lofty street* is so elevated seat with balnmrafe* in front, intended originally, uamn told, to be occupied by the «.),w during public worship. The boa* is neatly painted, both out aod j, aide, which is more than can be *^4 of some churches test we ha\ t We alwsys wonder why every ^ gregation does not have its ckstefe neatly painted. Is it because tb, are stingy f or poor f or trhat? ? v THE WOBEHIP op god. in cash of the families by which » e were entertained, was *u» not only at night, but also fc u* morning. This is as it ought to fo, We. are often pained to fi*g tbu by maey ebott* ibers, and but half ntrufed ts (at night—neglected in the taornitif by others. How pious fatten sag mothers can reconcile their rm sciences ia the neglect of soak a gracious duty, we sre at a Ism know. Will some one have fee kindness to inform os f With ou in Israel, three score years and ton, we »;«tu one night most pleasantly. They are httgvriag on the it aeeard to no—jasi They love the ciinrrh and they tore their God. They atria eoaftdngh to lean upon kte alarightr arm. Tbtn seem to breathe a holy atmosphere. We felt teat it was quite u privilege to enjoy their society and hrepitslify. Would that we all had more of feat •pint which we believe dwells to them riehly. Yours truly, JtTAK. raise a like amount this year, Fori There has been quite a atto is tte Lutheran Church for several jam on the subject of Syateszatie Bored ounce. We are glad of it. sad bop* the agitation will be kept up until every ooe of our oougregatiem throughout the land, convinced d the importance of tbe shall have made proper meat* far collecting from their mem bees, regularly, the fund* which they are able and ought to pay into tte treasury of tbe Lord, and for tte lack of which all tbe enterprises of our Church huVe been languishing. At the beginning of the year we adopted in our congregation what is commonly known as the Ba* 8yt- tern. Hoping that an account of our first quarter’s experience ia making collections npou that )>Un may prove interesting and stimulating to otter pastor* and congregations, we pre sent tha following brief statement. Our coo gregation is not large, (aam- bering about 70 com muniesnt*bare to there much wealth among qp> We issued in this first quarter, just dosed, 45 boxes. Owing to a little delay in perfecting our arrange men to, none of them were delivered until the third Sunday ia January, aud some of them even a week « two later; so that our account is uet for a fall quarter. Doe notice cm given that all these collection bore* should be returned on the tout Ban day in March. Thirty six of them have been received; nine are yut out, and will have to be looked after if not handed in within a week. These thirty six boxes contained to the aggregate, $74.41, in stuns vary ing from 35cts to #12.55. The css- tents of the boxes yet oat, will so doubt swell our aggregate receipt for this first quarter to about #8&ffi- We hope to average, at least, #75.00 a quarter, tbe year through. We consider our current expense* for lights, feel, sexton’s hire, Ac- * c more satisfactorily provided for than ever before, end expect oar snau* 1 contributions to tbe funds of our Synod to be, henceforward, larger than in tbe past. The system promises, therefore with us—as with sll congregatioBS to which it had been tried, so far »* have been informed— to be a derided success. In view of that feet feel very- comfortable. There fc ways a good deal of trouble in coming up to the mark in the matter re collections for Synod, bnt we antici pate none at all for the fiitnre. ^ are pledged to au effort to raise a snm equivalent to 59cts per member, this year for Roanoke College. Our quota • will be there without ««? trouble; a portion of it has l* t ‘ n remitted to tbe 8ynod’s Treasurer already. It to expected of the pre* tors of the Virginia 8ynod ate* to to h* devoted to missions, education, A*- We rati do that too, w ithout difr culty; yet at tbe time of our Synod ical Convention our boxes wiil only^ have huso opened twice. Without _ or some oth< ioogb, b * wbich from all tha om ■fcrly nod frequn aoaMf-l pWttd «f “ would J coming- Permit w t° of our second qua. in tbe Sunday sebo* mission* have *» u, the Treasurer --- a Sunday ■*»« md teacher. At t *fft aaartM we sen do*, of tb* racn eoowibotion for lb. lea-**- It is in no spirit q( Ur this statement V J* Of the Visitor. »how . once morefl ** in aU oor eon, and Church only earnestly take! baod. and collect a< year through, once fairly *tartil in work* itself: so satisfactory, aod people, that it fixed institution. 1 gratified at to accomplish by it than they thought tt ble of doing for t of the Church’s it. ooe has as little dr« doe it as tbe utbe. you try it f V For tte L Oar r- At a recent meetu Conference of tbe 1 South-western Vir; joined paper was } purpose of calling mission and wants Church in the Sooth| discussion, tbe pa; aad a committee ward copies of the tzou in the Imtheran and Missionary, aid server. D. F. Btttl Tbeopliilns Schickt .| Tbe Lutheran Chu era States has am and a respoumbi we fear has not dated, since the « General Bynod of t mission consists education of her ply of her charges and efficient min extension of her oh We have fair pros;** in the wide territory church to eiten<l'n emigration of her from borne and nl>; success of onr edr tioite. - V ■ I We have a bund congregations, and scattered over the : and West Virginia. Carolina, South O Alabama, M!K>feeipj toiana, and Texas, to yearly Increasing of Lutherans frt»i States and from Eu Ttbese demand our i tion, not in pa;>er at Synods and Coi| well arranged and plans and organi; management of r< rained men, who w under all oiroumata In tbe first pla< "'ell educated mis °®ghly acquainted and history of the raid imbued with 1 to become teachers man onr colleges, t-ancies in onr deal want self-denying. ^iU gather op tbe t and form new field »w> congregations a ra>*»e now exist—1 tion, faith and act; ^rink from the laborious en , Place, we need systematic mode agency will ext the Southern Si **“ are located operation should riskm of men of 1 raimiuistratire c There are now different eglate education Roanoke Colleg th e ministry in v Hhers ia t fe e difl theological ed in at Roanoke l^'ate instructi !!* a f<PW years b the Southern St are otbert thinking with n« f“* r « in our Ud ‘<*»lities shall v Zl ? Whef * m til neids of laboi t^regatories be aito* K f IV- i [