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THE !.!,THi;RAN VISITOK COLUMBIA, S. . JUNK 7. 1872 * OLUMII A, S. C, 8 Edit R: RUDE, DID., C Jj I. MILLER, A.M., day, Juiie 7, 1872. )ftg: ., Columbia, S. C. Staunton, Va. In dseUtiah, unity / in non essentials l hi rty ; in all things, charity gg—■•■■■»* — -i .. .2L— y ' '■<£ SPECIAL NOTICES. must be made iu Po«t Bank jChecka. or Drafts, those M»n not be obtained, y in a Registered Let- All PoBtmaat rs are obliged to letters when equired. P**<it* are sent t< subscribern until u iplsress onler to disodutinne is re* oeiifc l, and all iuto rages are paid, as Jtil by law. Herely returning a of the papei by mail, is not suf- jramunieatioi s relating to sub- sliould giv< their names very ■, and cnrefi lly indicate which and which a e new subscribers. Not lolly the name of the post office, but rtlj o that of the county and State of tfefj i subscriber is necessary, in order tlmbtp 5 proper entrii s may be promptly ifurately made. and obi nary notices, am r intended for publication. shb<d& be writteai sep irately, and not in bustyftja letters, to receive proper atten tionJ and ■j uratel] Mahiagc a otl|cr I natter dibiufr lx uaiMi s onj s -*T Staunton Fema.« Seminary. ill exertf* held closing will be , Staunton, tli of Jnoe, ses of this Iusti iu the Lutheran a., on Thursday Al 6 P. M. Rev kins, <)f Sh< pherdstowu, W ill deliver a i address on the Boi rd of Directors morning of the tudy hall of the Ml. Tho ;t iu the kilay, iu the of tliM eui»y Kruuj our SI l try. J. V ITZ, Secretary. mtou, May 20 1872. Rev. Dr. Bit le's Call. admirable communication from ttle, than wfidui the Church a moro devoted and faithful u, should bp read carefully poudodj to a t once. As the ending Secretary of South a Synod, wo lave, hoping the nt will appro re, reported our charged to i he Doctor. As “Coutlovers es,” we will try p theni out of the paper, at the Lime ;ime we guarau the largfcst lit erty to express fend tlteir Views, provided churcldy. Ve have a per nor of Ame ican Lutheran is snatchy, aoatieism, and destructive >f our distinct !y life and being. We are r not a symbolist, according definition of !£ev. P. Anstatt America n Im heron. We oe he posi ion o Rev. Dr. C. P. The . L ugxbi ry Confession is bbolcth. Obje* t who may! Rev. PrOf A. J Brown. 1 absence! of Pof. Brown, the but of the Gei leral Synod of was regret ed by all the present. t was stated ipade < very arrange home, but was pre last Moment. This pose wa$ also be reason that ternate did ui)t receive due notici' of the inability f of the Prin* o discharge we heand spe; and of the them’selve \ fully. As for hired that our IIS ( ;ajk of I olstt 1 oar pre tent organiza- received letter* iroper/ Prof. duty. All Professor olston Synod, kindly and ourselves, we late President smee from we returned Prof. Brown, lfirma our assurance, and given us “liberty to use” in whatever way" ice “may we propose to copy says of our C eneral Synod. J. Broken writ &s: is nothing icrong between ral Synod anil me. It has treated me with a degree Ideration, which I iiardly had to expect. It is true I do all its measures as the most conducive to the in* >f the Luthcrai Church gen erally, Sand our immediate division of it nkrticularly. I s tall, however, say noluore on this p< int just now. Some find, unknown rieud (proba bly Bri . Dosh) forwan ed me copies of the Charleston Dail Courier con taining the proceeding i of the recent session of this body My official Report to that body jansed me no , little p rplexity, and fl as the subject of can isfc prayer. I did what I did dcliber itely, and in fi 11 view of my responi ibilities. The i sport referred to is si ;nt as to the -eoeptum with which it met by th< brethren. I should j not be «urpri; ed, however, to leawi that it was stroBgly aud bitterlj denounced b r some^ (1). This I expected. I rish you had writtet to me upon this subject. My mb ives were perl aps impugned by soli e. I flatter nq self, however, that if tad personal f iends iu that body *o, howover, tficy ma£ha\e diffei - dica ?• ivt ny motives, probaf y be said iilmutiiy Reiiort, aud with me, won! 1 at least vin- U much will many unfavorable oommeats elicited by it, would it be naking too much of you in ttiis event, to ask you to pub lish it in your paper, so that all may see and read it and judge for them selves t (2). By declining to do this, be assured, yon will not offend me, except iu a certain contingency to which I shall refer presently. I know the Report is long—more than twice as long as 1 desired to make it. One thing 1 shall elaim as right: If I am assailed in yoar paper, the privilege of defending my self. (3). 1 have much to say in regard to ecclesiastical matters, bat shall wait for further developments at more leisure. (4). You are at full liberty to use this letter iu whatever way you may think proper* Editorial Notes.—1. * We assure Bro. Brown that his Report was, to the best of onr knowledge, neither “strongly* nor “bitterly denonneed* by even a single member of Synod. We heard several say, that they did not understand Prof. Brown’s poei tion ; and wo admit that we too are among those who are unable to say whether our former President recooi mended the continuation or the dis solution of the General Syuod; bnt having the utmost confidence in his Christian integrity, knowing that he is opposed to schism, and that his whole life has been devoted to the Evangelical Lutherau Church in the South, we did not doubt him. Ilis letter prove* that onr confidence was not misplaced. 2. We will cheerfully publish Prof. Brown’s Report, but most wait until the Minutes of the General Synod are published, as it would be asking too much of the Secretary to copy it tor the Visitor. If Bro. Brown will then* remind us, we will uot hesitate. It seems to us, however, that the brethren for whose especial benefit our former President wishes his Report to ap|>ear iu the i>aper, will not be reached, as the Visitor has only four clerical and fourteen lay subscribers in the State of Tonnes see. 3. We do uot allow any one to assail a member of the General Syn od. Some times it occurs though, that men think themselves assailed when they are not. There is, to give an instance, a brother—bnt on sober secoud thought we forbear. We promise Brother Brown, that whenever he or auy other member of the General Synod satisfies us that injustice has been done, we will af ford abundaut space for a reply. 4. Bro. Brown is invited cordially, aud even eulreated to let the Church hear from him through the V isitor. We assure him aud all others, that there will be no further develop ment* iu the General Synod from now till Up* next Convention—a year hence. Onr year's work is before ns. The Tax oa Minister* Editor*: Was there ever a Tks rkremdogiemf Journal for Jane is an admirable nuieber to close the . . . . , n , , fifty fourth vole ate of that people » con^l ..,<1 WHloTilod I.J mM>llu ,. . *t of Yuikce m, ^ For the Latheran Visttot - Pomaria, 8. C. * * We were at Poiuaria last week, baptized several children, and buried the infant of Mr. and Mrs. Holloway, which the Lord took to himself du- riug our stay. Eight months have elapsed since Rev. Boiuest entered into his rest, and yet the Bethlehem charge has not secured a pastor yet. We are afraid that the main reason is, minister^ do uot drop down from heaven. Some charges find it cheaper to have the ministerial acts performed by the pastors of other churches—it costs nothing, others support the ministers who baptize, administer the Lord’s Supper and bar}- their dead. Others get preaching by the Rev. No Matter Who. We know Lutheran church which has its pnlpit filled by a Methodist local ireacher who lives conveniently and trenches for nothing, as he docs not ive of the Gospel; but this is not the reason why the Bethlehem charge iis unsupplied. The members say, it is the duty of the Church Coun cils to get a minister, and the Coun cils meet, talk, adjourn to meet, talk, adjourn again, and eight months have passed away. While at Poma ria we went to the graveyard at Bethlehem church to see THE MOXUXKWT placed over Bro. Boiuest’s remains, t is a neat marble slab with appro priate inscription bearing witness o the worth of the Pastor and the affection of bis people. The monn- ment was paid for by members of lis two chnrchc*. They preferred to do it without any ontnide oasis tance, and it cost, we learn, twodton dred and seventy-five dollars, which we think very high for snch a plain stone. : The monument speaks well for the attachment of the people of Bcth- ehem and St. John’s to their de parted pastor, aud it proves that he hough being dead, yet speaketb. But the charge must have a living minister, aud the Church Councils must go to work. Winchester, Va.—Rev. MVKnight ias declined the call given. His ihysicians will not let him preach. Je has gone to Newville, Pa., to recover his health. adventurers, South Carolina t We are induced to ask this qnsstkm from the cor respondence which we clip from the Charleston Courier. Look at it, Messrs. Editors; look over it, look under it, look around it, look inside of it, and look outside of it, aud tell us, if you please, what security a people have, who will have an nouncod to them, sjt cathedra, one opiniou on oue day, and the next day another opinion, the direct re verse of that which was itelivercd the day before. The Tax on Minister*.—Attor uey General C'hamberlahi, as will be seen by the following commanica tion, has reconsidered a former opin ion relative to the tax on clergy men: Office Attorney General, » Colombia, S.C., May 18, ’72. f Mon. E. F. Gary, Slate Auditor—Sir: Upon farther reflection and exami nation I conclude that ministers or New York. TV Song Messenger. May. June. Chi 1,1 —" For the Luthrrsa Visiter. Ai k no WLKIM) kxknt. — The Re v E. A. Hollos, Agent American Bible Society, acknowledges with pleasure the receipt of $3 aa a donation from Rev. A. K. Rode, D.I>., from his Sobbuth school, Columbia, 8. C. A Card Barnwell, H. C.. » May 23d, 1872. f Mr. Editor: Allow me to return, through our paper, my grateful thanks to the donors, whose names a pi wared from time to time ia the Lutheran Visitor, and ««|iecially to onr Charlea- ton friends, whom* pbiianthro|Mcdeeds are far spread, for the wonderfully clergymen are not liable to a license ( made, and comfortable artificial arm, tax nnder the recent law. Yours respectfully, (Signed) D. H. ('haxrxrlain. Read that if you please. Are ws not in a very* interesting position ! We have an Attorney General—the highest law officer in the State, but by no means the highest or safest authority to follow. Ou one day he gives an opinion, ou the next, or soon thereafter, be cries out pecearL I rhnrcli, in Rockbridge County, Va., which they |»reaented to me. And yon, too, Mr. Editor, accept my heart iest than bn for many kind acta re ceived. Yours, respectfully, C. P. Boozer. Fur the Lutheran Visitor, St. Murk’s Evsngellcal luitUcrau —Orkmi h, is Charleston ('omrirr. Blackmailing Minister*.—Our views of blackmailing ministers are meeting with the cordial apisnoval of the ministers aud members of the different churches. Next to the blackmailer are those who endeavor by intimidation to indoor mini stars to do violence to their sense of right aud justice. Let miuistrrs maintain their iutegrity. The time has cotne when they must resolve to resist to the last those who are endeavoring to nudermine ami ruin their cbarac ters. Ministers hare all the rights of men; let them maintain them There Is nothing in the religion they] y,,. Triune G«L profess, the office they fill, the Goa pel they teach, that Justifies them in submitting iu silence to the treat ment meted out to them by black mailers and iiitimidators—Hmptist Retard. in the charge of Rev. U. V. Waj- nmu, was dedicated on Sunday the I9th of May. Revs. J. I. Miller, A. J. Busbong and J. M. Shreckhiae were present ou the occasion. The dedication sermon was preached from Psalm 1: 2, by Rev. J. I. Miller. After the sermon, the ministers present, seconded by some of the laymen of the ruogrrgalion, went to work to liquidate the amount of debt yet resting on the church, which was near $400. The entire sum was finally se cured, when the hodse, according to the form in our Book of Worship, was duly set apart to the worship Church Officer* Without tub Obskrvbr.—A young pastor in Ms rylaud makes the remarkable state meut, that iu one of his congregation* not one of the elders or deacons takes the Observer, and, as a consequence, fail to do their duty as church ofll cers. “In one of my congregations,* says he, “not one of the officers take the church paper, nor do they do 1 their duty as officers. I am more j and more amaxed at the covetousness i of church members. The Lutherau . chnrch can uever prosjier whilst so many of tier members are so covet ous, work This church is a monument to the energy of the pastor, Bro. W_ who, under many and peculiar diffl cullies, commenced and carried on the enterprise to its completion. The church is a credit to the eon gregation. It is of brick, 35x43 fret, with an end gallery, and will seat about .100 iiersons. Though much might be said of interest connected with the dedica tiou of this church, time does not admit of more than a statement of these leading farts. M. - —* m Far tkr l.ullM-rsii Visitor. Salutary Riehasn* Full Fat*. This institution was lately very fortunate in receiving an unexpected but valuable donation of a cabinet of minerals of over 1,000 sfiedmena, from Rev. Andrew Bigelow, D.D., | of Boylaton Centre, Massachusetts. We hope this may provoke some of our Lutheran friends to remember us by some unexpected act of liberality. We need an additional ball for our library and cabinet, which can be erected for about $8,000. Now what mao or number of men will do the college and the chnrch the favor of ( supplying the means for the aeoom plishmeot of so noble an enterprise f What energetic friend of Roanoke College will undertake the agency of raising this amount! The hall shall be named after the mau or woman who will arootnpUah the en terprise, as a monument of especial activity in the cause of education in the l^o the ran Chnrch. More long trill •re hare to trait for a response t COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL SYNOD. I have the honor of being the Corrrwpoading Secretary of the Cen tral ('ommittee apjiointed by the Geuentl Synod, at ('barleston, of which the Rev. S. A. ltepsse is t'hairmao. If I understand the du ties of this ('ommittee, they are the same as those assumed by the com mittee a abort time ago appointed by the Eastern Conference of the South western Synod of Virginia, at its last meetiug at Gave Spring, Koanoke t'onnty. With this view of onr dnty as a ('ommittee, we will at oner proceed to ask for all raoaal charges ot our church in any of the Southern States, south of Maryland; also, all the localities in the Southern States where congregation* can be organised, and ministers of the I ait be ran Charch located with proa pecta of soocraa. We have sent one young wan from the Theological Seminary of Philadelphia to Treotou, Smith ('ounty, Mississippi, with a view of preaching for the charge, and U the |ieople ate pleased with him, of settling among them ss their I motor. The young man sent is Jno. P. Kiser, from Highland County, Va. We are now correuponding with brethren of the Imtheran church, at Belton, Cut county, Mo., where we think (-ongregationa cun be organ ised and a minister settled. We ha re/bur men ready to locate in any •sitsbir pi sees in the South as auun as we can make arrangement*. We hope the l*re*ideot* of the Southern Synods who have confidence in this enterprise «ill immediately iuform ] ns of all the vnonane* within the i hound* of their Synods and other the systematic plans of onr Ch urob aud bet institutions in the Soutlurn General Synod. If we wish to ac complish anything of importance in our Church, we mnet have system, aud all Synods, Conference district* and congregation* must act, and set in uniaoo. Every man, woman and baptised child must do eomething of the work to be doue. This united co o|ieratiou—this idea of system aud onler, can only be carried out through the columns of the organ of the church —the Visitor. The officers of Synods and Conferences in their official an nouncementa, committees and agents, in their appnds, can only reach the families of the Church through the medium of the church i»apcr. Then if the Lutheran Chnrch in the South will ever carry ont her enterprises with success, it must be done by system and united action, and in or der to attain this union of oo-opera- tiou, every family must be interested in the Church aud her work—every family must read the church paper. D. F. Bittle. Salem, Va. (dares in which they Utah Lutheran j ministers settled. Give ns the names j of parties, sn«l we will corrrapond Richmond, Va Having jo»t returned from Charles I preliminarie* too, the place of meeting of our Gen I (isLon of minister*. I with them about salaries and other to the orcu- era! Synod, ami where your correa- The Obaerrer is doing a good | poudent was so well entertained by j with those that take it, I Hit CLASSICAL TEACHER*. freqornth applied to for ! ?•» W**"*"*. «•»* clMMcal UwtH-ns 1 ' not trrnm ,ro * I ok' toller-, from .hSerrul locol..,'. what shall be done for those who will not take it V That’. * bom ,,.Motion u> «..«««, I throogh the VM**.- On my wot I - ~~ ■■ . and we hood it over to ony one of | borne I mode o holt of-owo doy ot * a puMn- aeknosleilgemriit ot it in the Soutbeni State*. onr expert* in giving oracular re plies.— Lutheran Observer. We can beat that. W« can give— what is the technical term f We do uot know, but we do not recant, and say, therefore, we can give ministers, and of course riders and deacons withont taking the tronble to count them, and throw in any number of “dear brethren* who do uot take the Lutheran Visitor. We are grtting used to have ministers write ua often and again: “I like your paper," “I am going to make an effort,* “you shall soon hear from me.* Whenever a brother writes that, we feel assured that be is only adopting new words to the ancient melody—“By, baby, Salisbury, X. C^ to see ray young friend. Rev. Neuffer, aud to take a peep into his chnrch. Well, Ue has made some changes, aud, uo doubt some improvement a in tjie little old church. The next move then will be to build a new and larger rhnrrb, which, in dne time will be done. The General Assembly rtf the Fresh) terispi Cltnreh Hturth, i* now in session in this city. There are (►resent 103 miuistrrs and lay mem ber* as delegates— Rrv. IH. Welsh, Moderator. I would hen* give notice to all members of our late Hynod w ho (mid full fare twth ways over all or aay part of the Richmond ami Ihsnville Railroad, A r. from Rich mood to by* The new words may P«t him , r ha ~"" 1 will now the above arrangement, if auy cougregatious or communities t An be benefltted by will qualified leather*, we may be able to supply them with young men of the Lutheran Church, who are graduates of tin* Institution, and who purjMw to make reaching their profession. CHURCH (XINTROVKRKIK*. Hinee we determined to benefit the ('hurch In this arrangement of a Central Mission Committee, ami an uounoed the same in three |m|iers of the Charch, a cormqiomleat who signs himself “8rt»ex* in the Luther am and Missionary, dis(mtcA thb |»mc ticability of soceess in operating from the basis of the General SyitmJ HouUi. CK course we receive his opinioo, so gratuitously given, with bnt we hare no time for the New Publications. From the Lutheran Board of Puhiiemtkm. The Emerald. From the German of William Itrdenbacker. By A. II. Ixx-hman, D.I). The name of I>r. Lucbman is a sufficient guarantee of the worth of this “Tale,* io which the great sin aud the certain punishment of envy and unbelief are net forth in a most impressive manner. BsM Will and Repentance. Front German of Frans Hoffmann. Itcv. Charles A. Smith, D.I). The evil of self-will, the easily besetting sin of the young, hi well illustrated by the troubles and suffer ings which the young nephew of Count Kberhard brings upon himself by refusing to follow the sdriee of others. We are glad that hs repent ed before it was too late. We have knowu more Until one self-willed youth who, like Esau, found a place of repentance, though he sought it with tears. These two books should every Bunday-school library, to J. K. Hhryock, 42 North street, Philadelphia. ret*ry of the General Synod, and the «>«(rover*y with the old man oo the amount they pakl, 1 will see that la refunded. D. M. IlKXKKI it I*. H.—I would hereby acknowl edge the receipt of a very timely donation in atoncy from Brother Rep***’ <-**11 gregation is Salem, Va. May the fjord bless them. D. M. II. I nitarimu.—A correspondent of the X. K. Observer says: “The Second Unitarian fknrrk in Ho*to$,of which Dr. Rohtiin* is pu*tor, is now atmut to move. We may remark, in pa**ing, that Dr. Robbins bus lately presented to his (leopte a creed w htrh. while it fat not strictly Trinitarian, dors yet embody the Divinity of oar Lord, and the penumslily of the Holy Spirit; and to this creed the greater part of his people hare given assent —thus nr | at rating themselves from those who are distinctly Unitarian ht their view*.** be in Matrimonial tieuu.—Rev. Dr. Scott, the pastor of Si. John’s Presbyterian ^ ohnrch in San Franstsco. has intro ~ "j < duced the custom of proclaiming the , *” u buns of matrimony, which was for j meriy the custom’ of the New Kng- ! laud rhurthes. subject. We are opposed to chnrch controversy. “By their fruit* ye shall know them,* and we have not •cm greater practical results from the labors and agency of Ibohc who bars been so fierce for their peculiar viewa, ia the paper* and pulpit, than from the more modest course of more modest am. Is the Peninsular war, an English Capluin of artillery made aome iqdciidol nlnd* u(M«ti men ou a dmtaiit hill. The old Duke of Wellington hastened to be near, retard his field gt*«* to his eye*, ‘ rode op to the Captain aud remarked calmly, “Captain, yon are tnakiug some excellent *hot*, but no more of it—they are onr own men.* Some of the finest shots 1 ever saw of this kind, I have seen made in the Luth- j emu Church by the parties of the differeut Synods into each other. R> would better hare no more of it In all the Lutheran Almanacs they : are all put do* n as our own men. THE LUTHKRAN VISITOR. If (Kmsiblo, ovary- family of ll»e Church in the Southern States, should read this, now only paper, through the columns of which we can ooovey information nud carry on For the Lutherau Visitor. Our General fiynod hear Visitor : I was not a member of the General Synod, at its last ses siou held in Charleston, but I was an iuteiested spectator of its trana action*. Any oue might have been proud of having been a member of the body. The few Synods oompos ing the Geoeral Synod, the weakness of even some of those district Synods, so small as to entitle them to but two delegates, makes the body necea aarily small—so small that we bear aome of onr more numerically fortu nate brethren aay, with perhafis the slightest curl of the lip, “sot half as large as one of our wemhest district Synods r This may be all true, every word and syllable true, but numbers do not always constitute either worth or effieieocy. I am con fident that the published Minute* will satisfy every one familiar with our wants and true condition, that the legislation of the Geoeral Synod at its recent meeting in Charleston was wise, and cslcalated to place our chnrch far in advance of auy position that it has occupied since the war. The first important measure, and the most prominent, in my humble opinion, was the location of our The ological Seminary. Not the creation or organ ism firm of a Seminary, but only its location. The Seminary is iu existence, and saved from the wreck of the war some $11,000 ot endowment, now available, ami more in piospevt that may be regained hereafter. It also saved its library, which, I am informed, is not incon siderable. Experiment after exper iment had been made, and the Sem inary was removed from one place to the other ever since the war ended, bnt that socccss, which the chnrch expected, did not attend it The pro fessors elected and placed in charge of the Seminary were men “ whose praise is in all the chnrch*—men of acknowledged ability and untiring industry—still there was s want of success. Student* would not attend the Seminar)-, but deliberately went elsewhere for tbeir theological train ing. The thought was entertained and expressed two year* ago at Win chester, and since that time it fixed itnelf firmly in the mind and heart of the church, via: that Virginia w a* the proper locality for the institution in qoestion. With great unanimity Salem was chosen, and all the del egate* exhibited in their eounte- nsm-es their conviction that thev * had helped to transact a wire ami jmliciocs measure. As every country nnint have a cap ital, an every organized laxly must have a heart, so every General Synod must have its heart—it* centre of lion*, The General Synod, North. Its* it* Gettysburg, the General Council it* Philadelphia, so onr body* hs* at Salem. Let Ms see why. Surely it is not because every ooe out of Gettysburg, or Phil adelphia, or Salem, must necessarily lie, in any one, or in many or all respects, inferior to those located in the places named. The facilities, the literary iusUtutiotusThc libraries, the number of congregated ministers, in each of the place* named, coMti lute them lentre* for their respect ive 1**1 ic*. 1 Im»im\ therefore, when I *(*e»k of Salem as a centre for onr < Imreh, South, 1 n ill not be misun derstood or. misinterpreted. The great unanimity in faextingour Bern- iuary at Salem argues the confidence of the church, ami all energy will at once be concentrated upon Salem. The eyea of the whole chnrch are turned toward* Salem, and Salem will beoome a • familiar honahold word. Whilst the interest, the hopes, the prayers of the church sill converge and oouooiitratc upon Salem, there will lie u reflex influ- eace; for Salem will radiate her influence*^ to all (>ortioiis of the Church interested in her welfare. Three fourths, or pci haps a greater pro{H>iiioii of the OKpenae to the church, and jierluq* nearly half the cx(*cn*c of the students, are saved by this arrangement. There 1,^.4* to be uo liouae built, as the coHe^ bos generously offered the ore of t* r recitation rooms and chapel. needs no dramming up money f„ r a mare extended library, for College offers her splendid library «* over 7000 volumes for the use of ^ Seminary . There needs no ex,** sire corps of professors, for College offers her professors cv** who are willing to do double dan’ for the time being, and give tbeir time thus employed grstdfcmai, There will be some eight or fra ^ dent* to begin with in Septembw next The rates of board wifl be (be same as those of college students. \ .theological student, having no toifle to pay, can live at Salem for $ifo per annum. These are some of fl* reasons why the church may be |wtw} of her action at Charleston. seems certain, as far as human jsdr meat will serve us. Of the professor elect, I have only a word to say. He ia young, bm youth ia uo crime. We alt knon him, and be baa the entire toulkk-n< r of the ebarch, both in ability and activity. . When a carpenter mokes a mistake, and cuts his piece of ph*k too short for the paqrose for which it was intended, the mistake ran not be remedied. Unlike this, when a man ia elected by bis friends, who know him, to a certain (»ositios for wlih'li lie thinks hmisdf too young, he need only wait a few years, ami he wiU m^nd of that Melancthou was elected professor at the agesf nineteen, and l)r. Tholuck before be was twenty five, and neither of them gave evident that their frieud* made a mistake in selecting them. Bat wc pans on. The Central Committee for Home Missions was also removed to .Salem. The location of the Seminary there made this action a necessity. It is moat natural for vacant congrega tions and missionary stations to write to the Seminary for informa tion, and from the Seminary yotsg men go forth to settle in congrega tions. I do hope that all place*, wherever a charch could be organ ized, or is organized, or has bees ia former years, or wherever Lutheran families live, will write at once to Rev. S. A. Repass, or Rev. D. F. Bittle, D.D., at Salem, Roanoke county, Vs. The Committee wifl need all such information forthwith. The third item to which I mat refer ia a simple resolution, but, is my estimation, of great importance I refer to the resolution in which the body, a* a General Synod, pledge® its confidence in our organizstios, as well as a fixed determination to suk tain it contrary to oil defection, ep position, Free Conference*, or what not The entire proceedings, and the important business items above alluded to, justify the resolution, aud make it oue meaning much more than idle formality. It would seeai, to any rational miud, warning enough, to notice the Synod that was with us at Winchester, and not with u* at Charleston, since its withdrawal, not to follow in its footsteps. The evi dent disappointment of that Synod in it* ex(iectation to be courted by the General Council, the evident sad of that body on the part of the delegate apf>ointed to meet said Synod, at it* last session, does not produce u{>oii the members the agree able sensation of a dish of strawber ries and cream. It was eves beraW ed that said distinguished delegate would be present; but the Synod met, and the .distinguished delegate in medio mm fuU, or, as the Pennsyl vnniuns would express it, nir lam 'rout. in conclusion, allow iiiq to express my warmest approval of the trans actions of our little body at Charles ton, and the most (»osiitivc confidence, which I know others share with »e, in the integrity and success of the General Synod in North America- It has beoome a fixed fact; it is no more an experiment, aud I feri *k»t all onr churches wil] rally to its port. The laity have also increased obli gations, and a call to renewed en«- gy, of which wc inay speak bore after. Lutheeanus. Germany.—A large ami iiitiuenti 'l meeting of*evangelical ministers and laymen was held not long since in Berlin to consider the. best methw of securing the greatest spiritual blessing* fdr Germany from the Vic torinas result* pf the war witn France. Among those who cam* the conference wot Gen. von , the veteran soldier to whose skill on science the German anus were so greatly indebted for their saot * R ^ lie was on interested and attend' member of the conference- Ooe the strongest and roost cloqoen paper* presented at the meetmf, prepared by Rev. Dr. Ahlfeld, »^ which he recommended as one 011 » principal menu* of securing the « sired result, the returning to a gv®, era! observance and cot"» oration the Lord’s day as tho Christian Satr bath. A deep impression was n»au upon the whole convention by w* earnest and convincing argument* he presented with commanding apt ity. Our Sabbath Committee wouiu do well to scatter it.—Exchange. For ?! Tr 1 *S a Let tt not t* j been tb* A*®* 11 ' not the »»ld ami | *bo have gooe ft to the Rotnwh foi MU is amusing. to hear a man t honor,’ a* If maud hooor to |>J jjobt* wiCRTTed v I * were at lK '‘ ' ;; V v .•There are f«“ I lelB pabls tbafeti I ^bo ha* cast of’ I arhose pndeiwi' I **lf ecclesia*! usfovorable imp?« the intestine dh it bear* strong «*' rtrength of reveai. jng how often it~ righted itself. • tossed ship, it w of swking * **Ib all *aj* f' Bacon, * “wiiw Learned men, wb<| wise moo, aocaaio *; follow rogues, a I. qoently little eau^g s combination o! like»l>tritaalisni,cj proselytes, by tl.« —( •' Fautily Family worsb l»rsct«ced in aim family, has iu so l \r B® into disuse that * matter of cone, tier of our minis*, labor to restore- it exist, none who l gospel can for a n. fanatical abuse- sects with regat perhaps had tli< prejudice agains- some who confot: abuse, but this,. Christian* from n tbwards leading ot the good ways o I doctrine of the js_ christians require priestly function < family in his o" the SfMritual waut of the family roe the Seriptnres at nion with God in absenot* of snefy v I cation of a low su 1 household. Bnt t.ft way* of I>utb<‘t . 1 I olden time, whett P its altar, anil the 'H the daily bread, with difficnltv. I» v take the trouble t |- ^ l>ook into the t j directions as to t i BS such worship, grn practice might ngiB sal among sine I theran Standard. . __ ~s I i V -X- to k Newspapers.—Ti Han Advocate gel interesting arti.1. business. 8ays t I There are two _ a newspaper— effort to make it of the effort to The first trouble the secoud never, man in the worbl calls it—perhap.' ; is always trying never does, which*' ^ouic people beli.^R fortune iu even whole world, li\«n ■ Victoria Laud.- very honest, Yen innocent iu this (S to try the harness 1 - nwhile, they would® - tl,Ue * Note Wb;§£ Christian AhM<for.K . states that altli. ul ' couducU'd with tli <' °my, and its m^I - * *-%000, it has thiil^v' n, °re than its inco I ^ the Adrance, of Cl J subscript!. I *~o,000 iu four \ i hueoion self sustai I fire occurred; tl> I thau two m J cu pital of nearly J ^0 Standard, <»l < • (m subscribers, x. f mg. • ® . B J . rn 54 lessou, am: I ** tUe ^«tb of m l , you take the*. et - v °n run till tl ; 4 *’ o** theu drop J^to that is, «n. V;^b is their life l l 1 °» k Herald L t ‘ s tablishment git w-llar. D„ • the Herald I Dow | I>0 y«i wish I loU «r a line? ) Hu d your* adverti K. f f