The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, June 07, 1872, Image 2
THE !.!,THi;RAN VISITOK COLUMBIA, S. . JUNK 7. 1872 *
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Jj I. MILLER, A.M.,
day, Juiie 7, 1872.
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., Columbia, S. C.
Staunton, Va.
In dseUtiah, unity / in non essentials
l hi rty ; in all things, charity
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Jtil by law. Herely returning a
of the papei by mail, is not suf-
jramunieatioi s relating to sub-
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and which a e new subscribers.
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r intended for publication.
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tionJ
and ■j uratel]
Mahiagc a
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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.
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some who confot:
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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
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