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new subacriliers.
the post office,
unty and State
subscriber isimeceasiiry, iu order
proper entrii s may lie promptly
nmtely made.
nary notices, and
il for publication,
tely, and not in
ve proper utten-
ijru and obi
gutter intend* d
W written sep
letters, to
is no death!
ise upon some I
clit iu hearei
stars go down
urvr shore,
[jewelled crown
Thj y shiue forevei more.”
ovc to make death beautiful,
the cofliu 2 lad to covor the
gravolwitlt flowers, the love tokens
of qua Heavenly Fajther. We try to
think |>f death its a kind friend, who
shoultl not be sought, but quietly
uwaibkl and gliull
eu deaf or always to
welcomed. We
remember that
God g|vcth the bapt ized believer the
through c nr land Jesus
and look rith glad hope
to the Lour silently and
approaching wheu we shall
igain with all the sainted
«o*
* Is llllS
ratch for a gleam of the Happing
sit and think, in lien the sunset's
_ river, and mil, and shore,
I shall 8ne day stand by the water cold,
And lii it for the soniul of the boatman's
oaf
1 shall
sa
I shall 'Hour the boat as It gains the strand,
I shall |in«s from sight kith the boatman
pa|i
To tho better shore of ( le spirit land ;
I shall jknow the love 1 who have gone
beltfre,
And joyfully sweet wi 1 the meeting be.
When oyer tho river, tl e peaceful river,
The Ap^el of Death shi .11 carry me.”
Yes, and wo love in the twilight
hour, liq our quiet f >oui, where the
noise and bustle of the busy city
sound Jiko the song c f a far-off river,
aud get jtle peace do; ceuds like the
dew of Ilermon on the heart, to
suiumb t the dead akid have them
gathei
nee ir
they Urn
iround us. I
g a new spi
>ue wjb(>
one
0 }uau. Anothe
them w ieu again thej
We lave but uov
ud every time,
it with them ;
but a few days ago was a
will be with
come.
learned that
God lute removed frbm earth ouc
whom v e loved much aud respected
greatly. Col. Willl m E. Haskell
breathed his last at Cl larleston, S. C\,
on Saturday, the ISth of June. We
met ai Columbia, whi re he then re
sided, iijjuc years ago, and from our
tirst meeting to our 1 ist, but a few
weeks ago, he was tl; b same warm-
hearted, whole souledl high minded
Christian frieud; Toj him we sire
indebted for inauy kind attentions,
many pleasant memories, aud many
high apd noble thoughts. lie teat a
consistent Christian gentleman. Trust
ed, hotipred, beloved, mourned and
missed, we feel sad that here below
we shaJl not again h »ar his kindly
“I am glad o see yau."
nt and educ ation an Epis-
L he was, howe ver, a regular
r at our chi rch when at
Columbia, aud in St. John's church
when |u Charleston. 1 True, as a
Christian man should be, to the
church of his fathers, le loved the
churchiof the Reformat on, her creed,
her so emn ways, am her people.
We s; mpathizc deej ly with the
widow md the sous anil daughters;
she hat lost a kind tusband, aud
they ai indulgent and oving parent.
(Jhensl his memory, ai id honor him
by rein fmberiug his virtues, follow
ing hie example, anil serviug his
God.
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earnest
bearei
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DA.—Do not ail to read:
;tle Church amo g the Lakes."
mderfully the I ord provides
people! Iii am wer to their
prayers, ho sc iuls them a
ref glad tidings, \ ho, disabled
bp disease from laboring in the fields
of his own choice, goes forth to find
health, land then finds a field of the
>rd’s providing, and Is trengthened
ifficiefitly to labor am mg those to
whom tlie Lord guides li in.
lint iphat a repkoof the gentle
Floridian administers t > those pre-
tcjnderjf who cry alom that they
wjant tq serve God by p caching the
gbspel, and all tho tin e refuse to
obey tlie command, “Go ye iuto all
tlie woijld, and prcaoh tl e go&i>el to
every creators." They n ake “all the
world” Very small, vory snail indeed,
»+a coqnty, a neighborhood, a few
1 jOLUMrFa, r. o.
jobs:
[.If., Columbia, 8. C.
Staunton, Va.
j, in non essentia It
kings, charity”
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
jttaneea must! be made iu Post
Irders, Hank Check*. or Dmfts,
Jble. If these asfi not be obtained,
ic money in ; i Rkgistkkkd Lkt-
’ All Postumslprk nre oblige*! to
letters wl**u required,
are s*mt t» subscribers until
►res* order t< piscinatiune is re-
and all arre wore* are paid, as
\ by law. Ifirely retnrniug a
of the papef by ma"
acres of laud, a store, or — f and
“every crealare" they define to mean
their Immediate neighbors, who, how
ever, aa a general thing, are not
anxious to hear them.
In England they have fox hunting
parsons—iu America we have money
hunting ministers; and what ia the
difference t We are inclined to be
lieve that most people have more
faith in a fox hunter than in a money-
hunter. The first skins only foxes;
the latter skins his beloved brethren
-when he gets the chance.
Titus i: 8—“For a bishop must
not be given to filthy lucre."
>y mail, is not suf-
A New Passonaok.—We are glad
to learu that Staunton, Virginia,
is to have a Lutheran parsonage.
Uov. Mr. Gilbert's church has ap
pointed a building committee, who
is to secure a lot and begiu building
operations as soon as possible.
This is as it should be. Every
charge should have a parsonage.
We knew once a people able and
willing, too—the two do not always
“travel together baud in hand”—to
support a minister well, who yet
were afraid to call one, unless he,
like a snail, carried his house on his
back wheu be traveled, because they
did not know where to shelter him.
They bad no parsonage, and none of
the good sisters were willing to be
bothered with the minister’s folks.
We trust that Mr. Large-heart and
Mr. Full-measure are on the com
mittce.
Quit Female Seminary at Sr Als
ton.'—We are glad to learn that the
prospects of a large addition of pu
pils are ver} flattering. Tins is as
it should be, too. We are certainly
improving as a church. There is a
leaven leavening the whole lump
It is high time! We felt for years
that it was a disgrace to the South
ern church that she did not edfltmle
her daughters ; and the uiaiu reosou
really was, tlmt all the l^otlieran
female seminaries were located in the
North—there was the head and the
heart of the church; the Sontli was
the attenuated limb of the big, burly
body, and that poor limb had always
cold toes. We have now both head
and heart, aud no cold toes, for we
are all of one heart and of one soul.
We lire educating, we are missiona
ting—no, not yet, bat we are in
earnest abont it. We have not yet
the men to send ont, %e have not
even men safllcient for the charges
that are vacant; but with God’s
blessing on our Seminary, we wil
have them soon. “Yes, and then yon
waut money, too," says dear Hro.
Ten per-cent. We do, and we advi4e
yon to give liberally to the cause of
Christ, that yon make yonrself
friends of the mammon of unright-
eonsness. You know that yon have
not always in your money transac
tions done unto others as yon wish
to be done bv.
Cincinnati Indckthial Exposi
tion.—We have received a copy of
the preminm list for 1871, and also
the programme for 1872. The Expo
sition opens September 4th, and clones
October 5th.
Theological Seminary.—We
are much pleased to hear that at a
recent session of the Southern Gen
eral Synod of the Lutheran Church,
held in Charleston, S. 1’., it was
determined to locate their Theologi
cal Seminary in oar town. While
we congratulate the people of Salem
on this action, we would also con
gratulate the members of the Synod
upon milking so fortunate a selection
for the location of their Seminary.
We know of no other place so well
suited as Salem for being the seat
of educational institutions. We trust
our citizens generally will eoeourage
this enterprise, as it will materially
advance the interest of our growing
town. The General Synod will meet
in Salem next May, at which time
the Seminary will claim their atten
tion, and name steps will probably
be taken towards the erection of
necessary buildings. The Seminary
will have no connection with Roan
oke College, but will be under the
control of a distinct Board of Di
rectors.
It will be gratifying to the nn
morons friends of Rev. 8. A. Itepass,
pastor of the Lutheran church in onr
town, to learn that he was elected
Professor of Theology In the Semi
nary, several months taring granted
him in which to signify his accept
ance. The Professor elect Is a grad
uate of Roanoke College and the
Philadelphia Theological Seminary,
and though comparatively a yonng
man, is eminently qnalffled for the
responsible positron to which he has
been called. We understand that
the exercises of the Seminary will
begin next September with favorable
prospects of success,—Roanoke Timet.
Unseemly.—That a minister, ami
an “old Lutheran* at that, should
parade through the streets of Read
ing in a political procession, at the
head of a kettledrum band. 8o
thinks the narrow-minded ISlger.
Now, who was it T Tell us, “’ridingi.’*
m Observer.
THE LUTHERAN VISITOR. COLUMBIA, S. C. JUNE 28. 1872.
New Publications.
TJb Small 1 atmrkism of fhr. Martin
I Ml her. Literally translated. —
Translation revised ami corrected
by Rev. II. WeUe), Woodstock,
\V 1872.
Ver} neatly printed, reads well,
and as fkr as we harp compared It
with the catechism in Muller's Hym
bolischen Bucher, the original la
rendered faithfully aud correctly into
English. One thing, however, we ob
ject to: Luther’s Smaller Catechism
in Muller, and also iu IleukeTs Book
of Concord, has but six parts and
two appendices; Rev. Mr. Wetzel’s
has seven parts, two appendices,
and two orders of ministerial acta.
We ought to have a standard cate
chism, and we thiuk that Muller fhr
uiabea that standard. Then again
we ought to have a standard version;
aa such we receive Henkel's Uauala
tion. If it needs revision, let it be
revised; but revised or u are vised,
let us ail here to It, just as we hold
fast to Luther's and King' James'
translations of tha Bible. We are
tired of variations; tbe> beget dlf
ferences, ami differem-cs cansr divi
sions.
Christian ami KrnsL K»ue Basprr. lt
ung ueber tlie LehlW drr (M«l i • l
lows oder Bonderbaren Broeder
anf Gram!lags beiliger Hehrift
Von J. II. Brorkmaa, Evangelical
Lutheran Pastor. 1872.
We have not found time tv read it,
but several of oar German exchanges
recommend it very orach.
.Imerirss Sesrnpaprr IHnrtory fur
1872. Rowell ft t’«x. New York.
Prodigious! A large live volume
of 880 jiagert. It ia terrible! Kvi
dently the country is threatened with
a deluge of periodical*. Th> labor
of prrqtaring this work must have
been immense. The informs!ton it
contain* is valuable. The Ihreetorj
shows that daring 1871, 449 new
periodicals were added tn those pub
lished already ia the I'sited Htatea,
19 to those in the territories, ami 21
to those ia the Dominion of Canada
ami the Colonies. There are now
published ia the I*tilted Stale* 8,4.12
periodical*, of which 507 are daily.
105 tri weekly, 110 semi weekly, 4,78)
weekly, 21 N weekly, 91 semi
ly, 6K5 monthly, 4 M amnthly,
M qoarteriy. 584 are printed ia
German, 23 in French, 12 ia fkaadt
aavian. 10 in Hpantah. 8 ia Holland
tab, 5 ia Italian, 3 ia Webdi, 9 ia
Bohemian, 1 ia Purtagnesr. and I ia
Cherokee. The heathen Chinee are
not literary.
LittriFs Firing Age. Nnmbrr* I till
ami 1482 of the taring Age for the
weeks ending Jane Nth ami Jane
15th, contain the followiag note
worthy artirlea: Tradr with Chiaa,
Quarterly Rrriete; French Izuigaafr,
Work roofs Magazine; A Giant I Tan
et, ComhUi Magazine; The New Slave
Trade, Pail Mali tJnsrtt* ; Aw Awrr
icon Minor Poet, Hyerlator ; The Ca
uadian Guarantee, Kroon mist; Weak
tie** of Cawarism, Sfertntor ; The
English Sonnet. Csrahilt Magasim ;
Thomas Carlyle. Qoarteriy Reriete ;
A Month at Beafonl in 1825, with
George ('anning ami Horkham Freer,
Macmillan's Magasioe; General Chan
xy and M. Gam bet ta, Saturday Re
riete; The Bwis* Ptebiarite, Spectator;
The Izitest Phase of the fltnunon
tone Struggle in Germany, Ream*
mist : instalments of “The Maid of
Sker," “Off the Bkeltigs," by Jean
Ingclow, “The Strange Adventures
of a Phaeton," by William lllark,
beside* poetry ami misretlany The
snbarription price of this 81 (Mgr
weekly magazine ia 88 a year, or for
810 any one of tbe American 84 pe
nodical* ia seat with the I a ring Age
for a year, ^.ittell A Gay, Boston,
pu hi inherit.
But mr eburrhat oaa remedy this
by gSBtwttously fcruiahing their |«9
torn With a Ufa Policy In any goad
company, and by paying the annual
premium on the same.
Aa worthy of the patrotiage and
1 con id*nor of the Church and of the
ministry, we would recommend to
•very church council that it at least
assure its pat or la the Lutheran
Minister's Insurance league. This
fat a new inatitwtkm, bat one whoa*
policy we heartily endorse, and which
ia well calculated U> wzkr many a
poor widow's heart rebate*. Wo sin
rarely hope that all oar |«a*torstee
wilt i aka re the liras of oar brethrwa
ia this league. For information la
regard to its practical working*, they
are referred to Rev. J. G. Mama,
D.D.. Baltimore, who is the I Teal
dent And if this will not meet the
whole deawod, then let a policy be
secured from memo other company.
Irat some one may aoruse as of
self interest ia these remark*, we
will here aay that amr life n» insured.
It is only ia the interest of oar
brethren that we write, hoping that
oar lay hrethivii will take it ia hand
and net efficient h oa It wherever
they have hitherto neglected their
duty ia this respect.
This subject, like all others of im
port ance, demands agitation Bat
it is a delicate aubtrrt for ministers
lives ue nut insured to toaeh
a.ore fortunate will keep this
ball ta mot km which we here art
a going, until oar laymen are thor
ougbly awake, and have their pas
tor** Nfo insured far ive. or tea, or
twenty thoaaand «J*«llar*.
Bmpimift.
Fur the
For the Luthrraa Visitor.
Insure Tsar Paster's Lifs
Mr. Editor: It la not ia the later
eat of a money making machine that
are have taken up onr pen; bat
It is in behalf of onr ministerial
brethren, whose salaries are tnsnffi
cieut to warrant them ia taking oat
a Lifo Policy, that v« wish to aay a
few words to Ibe people whom they
serve ia Ibd boqd.
There ia not a charge, |u»rba|m,
that oralUl not, »a addttiou to the
salary that it gives, al*n furnish Ha
pastor with a Lifo Insurance Policy,
by which bis family would tie bene-
Atted when It ia deprived, by death,
of hi* care ami support. We are
glad tn know that some of onr pas
Ionites hare attemled to this matter,
bat the great majority of onr lireth
ran are forgotten in this reaper! !«y
their parishioners.
We hope that many charges which
have neglected this mailer, will at
once attend to it, 1st some ewer
get if man ia etrah charge agitate it |
let the chnrch oooorils take hold of
it, ami devise a plan by wbk*h each
shall furnish its |motor with as vain
able a Policy aa tbe churches can
afford. It is not right that a brother
should be com pel led to live ou a sal
ary that barely supports his family,
thereby (sitting him off from the
possibility of making aay pcovkuoa
for his family ia case of his death.
Kj4.anu.it. Fla., i
Jaae II, 1872. I
Allow Mr a little space tn give the
readers of the FfoiSsr a short sketch
of oar little chureh. that thry may
know where we me, how we came
here, how we «b». and what our
prospects are
First of alt. the church unites with
me hi expressing oar gratitude to
the good brethren of the <4d Htstr
for the timely aid afforded a* by the
Missionary Bnriety of the Boath far
oHfia Hyaod, through the Kxeentlve
(Yunmlttee. We amare them that
the IhVor la highly apfseriated by
pastor »ad |«eop|e. sad affords aa
other item*mfttratton of the truth,
“The fjord will provide.*
Wf came here with limited mean*,
amt without a pledge for one dollar,
bat the l*srd who arut ravens with
“bread ami flesh* to the prophet,
ami who replcoi*b«^l the widow's
barrel of arcs!, and caused the rrwse
of nil to fall not, ha* not forsaken
ns in owr mutated rnaditioa.
good brethren here, tbough fas ia
bomber, sad |mor ta “this world's
gmula.* have encouraged ns by their
free sill offering*. And now in taro
they have burn much encouraged by
this token of regard from the mother
rhnrrh. Truly oar little llethleheoi
if the legitinmte offspring of the
rhnrrh sad Synod of Snath Carolina.
Then tell her. dear I'foilsr, that she
has a tiring child nway down Booth
among the lake*. m*t only living, but
growing.
W* have connected with «*wr little
church a Bamlay school ami a prayer
mcctiag. This little liand of Ijathrr
an*, like good old Abraham, built
aa altar uwtn the fjord ia a strange
land, like him they hare rlnsely
a niched that altar, driving as ay
the fast* fpenarfyter*) that woaid
come down to mtsiar their offering
(tjotheraaiami and take away their
name, hoping though at time* almost
against hope, that they would at
srane future tune hr able to procure
the service* at a minister of their
owa faith. Encouraged by ooea
sums I preaching by laitheraa min
iatrrs at toog intervals, thry have
continued steadfast ia the church of
their fathers and ««f thrir early rheare.
Among the )iioneers of this little
cohmy of Ijathrrsms ae mention
Mr. Da\ ul Witt and family, from
Hi. Ijnkr'a rhawh, Nealuwvy Ihatnrt
(nos county), H(%«ltw came here
ia IA*J; Mr. \Ym.B4Mmly ami famdy.
from B». Mark's church, Kdgcffek!
iHstrict (now coanly ), H. C* In 1855
other* folloacd- In IMP Rev. C. II.
Bern bet m, who waa thro Uwnled in
Man*mi ('(Minty, aboul srventy five
mile* noaih, visited tfo- rtdoay and
preached for Ihrm <«'ra«4«stall* ; in
Ison a church Ituibliug a aa cam.
mcncrvl, and Anishrd iu 1801; the
same year Kev. Mr. Ilickerson 1**
rated in Iheir mkfol, and continued
to |nsrb for them lilt the falter
|*ait of 1882; since that time thry
leave been nitbcuit a |»rcarher. though
tbe Macedonian cry ha* larru going
up from time to time, “tome do*n
and help am* The call has been
unheeded by those without charges ;
none seemed silling to roar do*n
and hmxte ia this .Southern climate,
to preach the gosfiel, and Imiki uj»
the church of the Ueformatkai in
Florida. An early response to the
call soubi have saved some of oar
people from going off ia deapair to
One good brother,
Rtr. a KrcjMs of Booth ( aiffffna,
came down in tha summer of 1870,
and preached several days, much to
the saUafaciioo and cuooaragomcot
of the people. Agaiu la 1871 the
same brother v tailed and prsached
for them a fow day s.
4 was partly through the informs
tion that the writer received from
this brother that hr was induced to
emigrate to this “load of flowers,"
ia hopes of Improving hU health,
which had become so much impaired
for the last three years aa to reader
him si moat wholly unable to preach,
that he might still be able to do
something for the church And now
it la with feelings of the deepest
gratitude to the Giver of all good
that I can say that my bo)ies have
been partly realised. My health is
morh improved. I can ride fh«
three to tea miles to preach, and
bark again every Sunday, and fed
little Inconvenience from it. TV
diseases from which I suffered so
much were rheumatism and neuralgia
at the head. My improvement baa
been the effort of climate, and not
attributable at all to medical aid, as
I hare used none.
ft. w. itnutviunm.
Fur the furthers* VWfm
sad What W* Saw
I tear Ifotksr : We can not, strong
as la onr native repugnance to wri
ting for the pees*, refrain from some
pnMtc notice of what aeysnW and
heard daring oar remit visit to
Booth t ambus We saw the Gen
eral Si sad fhmth, and were compli
mew tartly permitted to |tart«r*pete ia
Ha disrnssiuins and deliberations|
and hy all that we aaw and beard
ned and strengthened in
r nsftdoMv and Wo|*e* with re
to that tmdy j and in oar
resiilrc* to war oar utmost endeavor*
for the rat of our day* ia it* he
half, aa a thing nemmary to the
of oar < 'hatch m the Bruith.
hate we sera men more
aaited hi aay one thing, than the
number* at that body ta tbe iiellef
of the ahsolote necessity of ita ex
to the Ufa and growth and
wf oar rharch ia the
Boathern Htates. Whilst high fra
terns] regani and kind wi*bea were
fail sod shown toward kindred in
•hiInflow* in every part of this great
eowatry. the faeimg that we hare
a *|Wtai niiMsnm—a work to do
which no other body can do, either
allied with as. or separate from os,
was Hearty ahown by every thing
that was aa*d sad done «m the floor
of that Byn*«d.
We saw Hr. Rude. t*«*—«as him
ia By nod, where we have always en
yoyed him. now making a |<as* at
. then an embarraaaing fling
at *ua*e one rise, and tbcw a digging
retort npon a tkivd party, bat all
Ike time earnestly and steadily par
suing war thought worthy of him
self, and worthy of tin* By nod. We
raw him at his home, ia his naiK-tom.
and ta hi* study, ta Iu braatifnl
honse of w orship, tn hi* overflowing
BuMmtb school, and in the liooses
of bis |Mm*hioaefw. We prearbed
for him na Sunday, and lectured to
his Babbalh *s*b***l. in both of which
the i-bcering sign* of vigorous life
and |im«p*-rity abound. Ten years
ago wr preached tn the old chnrch
on the same qnt of grraind, then
straggling with many difficultk* to
maintain a feeble existeoee: now to
witness on the rwtws iNmionnl by
Mm- ont|«Minng* of vandal rage, nnrli
a beawtifal aod comforiatiie sanctu
ary, and snch n vipirnna, working
and (tampering rhnrrh organization,
gratifying In the extreme, and
than cimsjmmisated the sacrifice
of home ned its empty meats for seve
ml day* laager than we had pro
Now for the secret of this sacreas.
Bro. Rude, us most of yowr readers
know, h a strong, earnest and faith-
fnl preacher, bat we are frilly per
sanded tlmt his strength ties some
where else—he seems to know every
body in < '*4s«niMa—he sperially and
intimately know* hta own (trotde,
and the children all nm in for a
double share of hw kind attcntMMis
—they all seem to hive In in aa a
father. With such mini*!ratkui* mk-
cess ta ante, lamg may oar brother
live and labor with that dear, kind
people, nor eicr fori the sunt id the
abounding hranc eontbirts afforded
him by out warm hearted bndker,
|l. Ihrtks, am) hta everllrot iaily.
Wr saw |tr. |». II. Ilittle, a literal
natiflamlingc«re|*tkMi to the rule, that
“all thing* change with time*—y»
quarter of a * votary’* sen? nml tear
ia tlie extremes of North sad South,
Ka*4 aud West, amt a desolating
war, have wrought no change in him
—he is the same gems I. hofs-ful,
earnest ami active man he waa twen
ty flve yenrs ago—fall of resolves
and patient endurance, he labor* on
without • disturbing or disroawag
ing emotion. We did not nee him in
hie own charge, aa vra bofse ia a few
weeks to do, bat we learned from
himself and hts intelligent, excellent
lady, aad other*, that he is doing
a good work ia Bavauaak. One
thing m certain with respect to him,
that be will never make the mistake
that Hour* did, and preach to tbe
l>ro|do from the text, stand stilly and
see the salvation of the Isrrd—Go for-
mardy fa Ufa motto, as all Bavannah
baa doubtless learned.
We saw afao tbe Mercuna* of the
“City by the Bra," Bro. Bowman,
preached for him, aud abode with
him a week in the bouse of his large
hearted father fa Uw, Capt. Hacker,
of whom all we have to say ia, we
wish everybody could see Captain
llsrker, and enjoy, like we, the kind
ness of “Mams" and all the family.
Bro. Bowinau »» truly a i»wer in
Charleston. Hi* large, flue church
fa full to overflowing, and must soon
colonize iu order to sffbrd frill scope
to bis influence for good fa that city.
We saw Bro. Dosh and that inveter
ate old Virgfaiaa, Bro. Bbirey. Tbe
former, just in the beginning of bis
ministry in Charleston, baa already
won tbe admiration and love of all
hi* jieople; rheriahiug, as they do,
undying love and voreration for their
former |»astor, and spiritual father,
Hr. Bachman, the peo|de of 8L
John** church have made room in
their hearts for his successor. Much
mu ue regret the loss of this eatiina
IJe man to the Virginia 8} nod aud
hi* former charge at Winchester,
we earnestly endeavor to be recon
ciled to the change iu view of tbe
wide ami iro(M>rtant field of useful
ness mis o|M*ti to him under such
flattering auspice*. The latter, Iiro.
Bliirey, kuiger ill the Boutli, has
there, a* hen*, kwaic a jaiwer for
good, a living emboiliment of IjUtb-
crati conservat ism; he is at once
a formidable defence agaiust the en
croachment* of ruinous error, aud a
sturdy chaui|Uou of the pure doc
trine* sud a|MM*tulic practices of our
true Evangelical Lutheran Church.
He ha* a way of stauding up iu
Byiiud uith a copy of its former pro
ceeding* in hi* hand, w hich we con
fess baa always made n* feel a liuie
uih ■ora fort able if we had neglected
any duty ini|Mmed by the action of
the Bynod, and doubt uot, this has
been the experience of others.—
r«inetili«>io> to .the letter with respect
to all the orderings of Synod him
self, be i* a terror to all delin
quent*.
Tin-**- all have gone out from the
<dil Virginia Synod. Rarely has one
By nod given to another such a for
midablv Imst as these five men con-
as
►titute—men eminently qualified for
any |MuritiiMi, and to be Khining aud
I nulling light* in any church. Heart
ily sympatbuiug with the brethreu
of tbe Virginia Synod in their incal-
eatable hms, we Oougratnlate the
liretbreti of the “Sunny South" on
their invaluatde acquisition. It was
(Mir good fortune to see, and become
acquainted with, quite a number of
the brethren of 8. Carolina, Georgia
ami Mississippi, and I soon learned
to feel that it was good to be with
them, and that in such hands the
being ami interests of our General
By nod are safe.
We saw Hr. Bachman, a name
a*MM-iated with our earliest recol
lection* of Chariestiou. and with all
the cherished reminiscences of onr
Chureh in tin* South for a half a
century, and were sincerely grateful
that we were once more |termitted
to behold that almost angelic face,
ami that irucralde form now Itowed
under the weight of more than four
score years, lie was seldom absent
fr«Mii the meetings of Synod, and
•bowed d«-ep interest in all its pro
ceeding* ; and on one occasion ail
dressed the tnembets for several min
ute* in a most touching and iiu-
pre**ive manner. 1 >ear. good and
faithful old servant of the living God
he will never cease to be remem
bered and revered in Charleston—
everything in and around that en-
chanting scene of hi* labors, the
congregations of God'* |ample, the
charity diflfusang amt di^M^nsing in
stitution* and sgencHK, the chnrch
lull, and the school bell, and tho
lurd* ami tlw* flowers, tho study and
delight of his life, now in waiting
to adorn his aejMih-hre ami sing bis
requiem, remind oih* of Hr. Bach
man. B.
Presbyterian.—Au exchange says:
There are thirtre-n different branches
«f the Presbyterian Chureh in this
country. They are distinguished aa
the Reunited Presbyterian Church,
the CumliertHiid Pn-shyterians, the
HiMithern Presbyterians, and the
1'nited Presln terian*. These are all
large bodies. Tlie smaller ones, chief
ly of Scotch origin, are the Old Side
Iteformed, or Covenanter Chureh,
with htl minister* and 8G churches;
the New Hide Reformed, or Coveu-
aoter, which had until lately 55
minister* and fiO churches, but
which ha* l»eeti aplit in two by the
expulsion of Mr. George II. Stuart;
Tlie Associate Reformed Synod of
tbe Honth, with 08 ministers; the
Asamdatr Synod of North America,
with 13 ministers; and the Aaso
eiate Synod of New York, with II
miiiifttera. Also the Declaration
aod Testimony Presbyterians of Mi*-
noori, and a mail body of Old Hide
Preabyteriana in the name State
who refused to go into the Union,
and a recent organization fa CWk*
ton, South Carolina, whose name j«
not reported.
For the Lutheran Vfater. -
How Wo Loot Oar Pastor.
The congregation in the
of the town of B —- was taken by
surprise one Sabbath morning ^
the resignation of their pastor, a*
they passed ont of the chureh, bnt
one inquiry waa npon every ^
tongue: “Why does our pastor leav*
un r The church officer* asked tl*
pastor the same question, and *
oeired the answer: “I am discom
aged, and feel a* if I could not in
this plane accomplish any mon-
good."
“But wbyf" said one of the elder*
to him; “what discourages yon ?
Our congregation is large and atten
tive."
“I have heard continued cot*
plfinUt for the pa*t year, my
Trifling matter* in themselves hare
been aasulnously related to mt, and
often very much embellished by the
tbe relators, as I afterwards have
found. Every remark that was na
favorable to me, or to the interest
of the church, has found its wsy to
my ears, and I at last felt that l
could do better for the chnrch it
another field."
“Who could have been the bam
body * bo ■ "llected aud retailed even
untoward event for yoor benefit r
said Deacon C.
The |fciit»r replied not at first At
last he said: “1 deemed the penman
of Mufttctent tvl ability to defwod
n{MMi their word, tlmt various fami
lies of the church were dissatisfied
with me nud my preaching."
“I have heard of nooe," said the
deacon. /
“Well, it is now too late. 1 have
accepted a call to J , but ae I
stated before, every time that any
opportunity offered, I have been met
by certain |iersous of the chnrch
with long faces, and tbe complaint
that ‘things were going backwards.'
Mrs. was angry that I did not
cal! oftetier, aud Bro. B—ww
offended because I had made a play
ful remark to a gentleman, which he
overheard, and construed it into
an intended insult. Then Mr. H—
would not attend church say longer
than this year, because I was to*
dull in my style of preaching, aad
old Mrs. K did not approve at
my daughters singing and playing
operatic songs, and various other
matters relative to my ertraeayant
family, have been repeated to me.
Often when I have preached what 1
felt to be a good sermon, upon re
taming home I have been joined in
iny walk by some of these friends.
who would take that opportunity to
fill my mind with all the disagrees
ble remarks that they had heard
during the mouth. I became d»
eouraged, and a discouraged minister
can not teork. People often forget
that a minister has no time to hear
any commendations; very few per
sons ever have come to me with any
favorable remarks. Once in a while
1 bear of some one saying, ‘We had
a flue sermon,* but if good is done.
1 am left in the dark about it, while
every thing unfavorable is reported
without loss of time."
Bo we lost our pastor, who was a
dear, good man, a fine speaker, z
kind, attentive friend, and one whom
everybody loved. Y'es, even the
busy-bodies loved him, after thrir
fashion. When his remarks were
repeated by the church officers to
them, they replied : “I thought the
minister ought to boar all the unfa
vorable things about the church, and
so I told him," as said one, so said
the others.
Now, my advice to church mem
bers is this: Don't run and tell yonr
pastor of every little unfavorable
event that takee place. If yoo fae*
of any trouble or dissatisfaction, go
yonrselves, and try to heal and settle
the matter, and don't annoy
trouble hitu w ith a whining accotud
of trifles that you “Jbet heard,
w hich may not have a jwrticle of
truth iu them. Loug faces and wbi
ning tones don't encourage a mini*
ter. Hunt up something cbeerihl
to tell him, aud rest assured th*f
you will reap the benefit of wen
encouraging word, or expression of
sympathy and kindness, in the u, * It
Sabbath's seriuon. Wheu a past° r
has his ears tilled full of long ce°i
plaints and dismul foreboding*
“things not going right," bis heart
is heavy, and lie* can not study.
feels that his ]»eop!e are diaeon tented,
and he liecomes discouraged. 1 kno*
a man in a prominent church wh°
seems to think it his duty, whenever
he meets his pastor, to relate every
tale he has heard from children
old women, that might be nnfavora
ble; and in the same church is « n
other man who grasps his pastor’s
hand with a cheerful smile on his
face, and says words of eucounige
inent. I leave uiy readers to judge
which of tbe two men tbe pastor
desires otteueat to see. £•
There fa a
to cover up sort
mask of chant;
i« too little of
the world, it i*
to smooth ove
roftist tbe imp
when fatal «r
sod deliaquein
tarn. There fa I
that - charity "
is kind in
for the right ag,
dealing lost.' bh
foe, who assail
w accomplish I
reproving, «
U-rance from n
medium of an
t l,r subtlety I
r\
power
of darkn
~ -—
ting evils and
even the very
things by tbeir
have more of
which tlie Lath*
delinquent *uU
and which the
of its lab
(beat a sermon it
^would the work
Blunt the V
arvere in eaote
it can not be.
not offend tbe i
of the honest
debts jgut those
Boch severe lai
censured by an;
scribers who j*
pajK-r, or who
honestly, fa tin
-ciui be take it
j»e find enjoy nn
•doctrines, as an
of God t what
forming his daily
How cau he pr
utterances of pi
to inculcate the
God and duty ,t<
righteousness T
full of that love i
ing of the law, ar
ate them to keep
grace of 4iod !
to this from the t
plague spot, this
this procrastiNat
(nance of that
duty, the word
fa the plainest t
of them, or th*
disciples, is not
orying evil by th
(and their bun!
in this respect), li
to most men in pt
be their position,
iners have * you.
who. w2ien th**v
9 •
credit just as a
nienee, yon kuo
to make it a matt
pay it at the vi
to the day. Prey i<
With how many i
a eital concern f x
moil thing in eve:
advantage op" ye
brethren, your gii
tailor. Every oik
it is such an easy
this beaten tr.u
verges a little
straight way of ri
bcss—so many of
living just a lir
P»uUy than thei
»nd they j>ay the
edneas^ in promi
time, they sec no
fnlfilling. But tl
more aud more—t
Rrowg until con sc
•t all sensitive up
a mau cau buy a l
re *d it, and forgot
Where is i ,
Whom are his jj
following? Let
“plain talk" a k, 1
commands of our
,<v rs plain than the]
<1g the . v admit of a
this advanced age-
hzatiou and enligh
Bomber of tit
' er > ,,ex t column.
Um ' s v »cws as to a
spending tJl e SaLb
‘Method ofaour fatl
wards, of Watti
"»xter atul Dodd,
Luther and the an
0,1 r Gloved chj
‘‘sleep. There is \
“‘arked ont betw,
I'eople of (i,
t,0 “ is to be
he ^‘sily pass
the world wn
1° the double ediii.
the carnal
^ Ve “^ileut pm*;
* **, tho canvas
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instead
^HiiKsl minister
fusing the b n
° ,cl ‘“g up the Ma
°f all hutuui
gill ° ,H ‘ nin « °f t
f ^nes is to knQU
f°rso 0 th ! Was tl
2rtr by r !
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