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THE LUTHERAN VISITOR. COLUMBIA. 8. C., AUGUST 2. 1872. Yfftilor. •j pOLUMBkA, s. <3. ay, August 2, 1872. Edit RUDE. D t>ms: D., Columbia, 8. C. MILLER, LM., Staunton, V*. in non-essentials, In essentials, unity liberty ; in all thing*, charityf - . i j SPECIAL NOTICES. - Remittances must b4 made in Post Office Orders, Hank Checks, or Drafts, if possible. If those ?nu not be obtained, send the money in i Registered Let- f ku. j All Postmas era are obliged to eegiaMr letters when required. Papin are sent t>* subscribers until au egress order tl discontinue is re ceive! £ and all armuages are paid, as required by law. Merely returning a number of the papey by mail, is not suf ficient*; All pomniunicatiolis relating to sub scribe disti are olj Not but of w that and Mu other dumli busii tion. iivm should gi'jp their names very ly, and ewe ully indicate which and which i ire new subscribers, ly the name of the post office, that of th » comity and State subscriber ij nqcesanry, in order proper entri 'a (nay be promptly uratcly made age and oh tulnr, notices, and natter intend *d for pnhlication, be written se mrately, and not in letters, to i jeejive proper atten- CrOjfE TO Pexnz Y1 VANIA.—Isaiah Mays, Middlebrooki Augusta County, V«t. He owes ns $4.$0. Xot Taken. — Aindjrew A reheart, ‘brook, Aug islja County, Va., Middl does (*OSt »t take the tor from the ice, and ow is us $4.50. Father versus Son. of Shelia of o$li Couuty, Va,, ltook called ns, written by Theology,” | friends of that but alk f docs reek neces ivc just rca of all Rel M. Selim ujeker, son of Dr. ibnnicker, n which he says worti bapt sm in the Greek rests men t titans plainly to i, and not t > sprinkle. Now, >ved brothel if Christ, l wish tp know whether tl lis is true or not. Please answer in tl e Visitor.” ' j Aiatrer. —Samue M-, better known as Mosheiui Schu tucker, was" not while among the li ring an authority iu thei church ot Christ. He left the Lutheran ministry, practiced law tor a short time, an il ftt last took to making books in haste. He died du ring the war, or soou after. His father, the Rev. £. S. Schmncker, I >.!>., is, however, mi authority, and lie iu his “Appendix: on the Mode of Baptism,” in “Sto|rris aud Flatt’s 517, says: imersion do not is any sjiecific that the word the New Testa input Greek necessarily imply im- mersiof. The fallal v of this opinion is evident from all the passages in which the won! uj used iu such a way aa to throw light on its precise induing. («). Ueb. ix : 10— Which (the Jew ish service) stood (ei insisted) in meats and drinks and livers baptisms — (Bapfismios.) A reference to the •Oil Testament—Numbers xix : 18 —wliei b these bap isms, or, as our Englis version ren lers it, washings, are defi bribed, prov » that they were perforq ed by sprii kling aud ]mur ing ; blit it is no mentined in a single i ase that tb 3 bbject must be put uni ler water. (6). 8 ark vii: 4- -“And when they icoiine f om the mi rket, except they wash ( laptize ther iselves), they eat not” JKow it certainly was the cus tom of $he Jews to wash their hands before fating, bat \ hat author ever content ed that t iey entirely im mersed themselves in water! Yet thjis application of (water to a very wart of the! body is called )tisn. Again: ‘A ud many other there be \ hicb they have to hold, a i the baptism of i pots, hr izeu vessels, aud oil lalta (beds, couches.) 1 The clips a id pots n ight indeed be immersed in water yet of this we are notj certain. 6 it will it be con tended I that the >eds or couches were caj Tied to some distant river to be iuim reed! or thpt every Pharisee liad a < stern pro foir this purpose! evident that man tious, t ‘lined hap Testament, were by sprinkling, and ie tables) by jkui >fc cerU in that th by iinun reion in a s ngle case. Hence there Ulauch more Scripture authori ty for sp -inkling an pouring than for immersifn. Dr. S. 8. Schmt cker next shows ces related in the tent is attendant on do not pr< ve the practice of ; that “t|ie moral nusoita- >f immersiib both sexes, even nog dresses, before a pro- community, especially in where bathing is seldom renders: t ided in his yard It is therefore of the purifica- iu the New ly performed (as in the case of , whilst it is Were performed ing e tha rosy* finally, health ly improba- would f<tmi a part of the m of gos ml religion;" and il the dt ngcr to the life and those wljr> should be thus baptised in the winter season, and j Orakobvki, 8. C.—At a especially in the colder climates of j gational meeting an amonnl mas the earth, renders it a very unsuita raised about sufficient to pat the ble part of a universal religion." church in good repair. A Sunday “The ministers of Christ are nowhere school has been established, nua>ber directed to defer the administration ! ing already Jfi scholars. Dr. Daat- of the ordinance till the summer ; Her is the superintendent. arrives, nor are they authorised tot . -»«■».— make au exception in the cam- of the most-confirmed invalids, whose very j life would be in jeopardy.” Dr. 8. 8. Schmucker concludes his ) unanswerable argument with the declaration: “From all these considerations, we think our second position is clearly established, that God has not com manded immersiou in his word; yi Ha v AN*AH, Ga.—We congratulate Dr. Bittle and bis people. ▲ par sonage has been purchased for $8,400, and ftirnisbed completely. The Doc tor is a working'maa, and bis peopls are doing their beat to keep him at work. Lithrran Minsiomaky Work.— The JMiscieasfsasflaal^/l, of it is clear that the Scriptures contain I oelel»raie«l u.«* anui more evidence for sprinkliug and ! t,u ' pouring than for immersion; hence, I li,wt 'biniijj the \»-«r ♦d.lW) oar conclusion follows iucontrovevti- I ^*** r *^ t»oeii received, and 60,111 expended. Dgring the year 3dl heathens mid children of ehris tiaus were baptised, and 148 mem bers, mostly from the Roman Catho lic Church, received. The mission now numbers 9,23ft members, among whom sre 17 missionsries. 4 assist- have taken up this matter, we, for 1 for the mtlistry, the satisfaction of “F. a,” ami others I /®*««*«*» •"«* ^ othrr i like minded, u wellu »unmlr«, iu ' h * rhnrch wb ” I"** “* " rT » preecnt the following ndditioonl con-' 11 •I* 0 ®* diSllwt IhSMm; IIS siderations: bly, that it is not a necessary part of the ordinance, and that sprinkling and pouring arc preferable to it.* We need not add that we entirely agree with the lfoctor, and sre folly persuaded that spriukling is the Scriptural mode of baptism. Am we 1. Robinson's Greek aud English 445 heathens. Benevolent contriba native teachers instruct 1,725 schol ars, among whom are 1,158 rhihlrva PH!H , belonging to the coagikmalftaaai ttf Lexicou ol tbc New XcwUmcDt, new t . hjW[ru ^ edition, has the following note to * I tions for tbe rhnrrh and the support Xote.—“While iu Greek 'vriteni, Lf t be poor, AJhl nipeea. The rapurt as above exhibited, from Plato on J the fort that tbe mission wards, baptln is everywhere to t|„ n Hs hl ng, and enjoying the foror sink, to (««m, to ''"r*M",\ m 4V m mn f :0tth*lAml. either wholly or partially; yet in the . . , Helenistic usage (as in the New *"*. , ' r ' . . 4 .. . y ... . - must help to carry on the work of Testament), and especially in refer 1 ence to the rite of baptism, it would Southern Lutherans must help to evangelisation. Coolrtbatfoo* must . . * , lie raised in onr ehuirhes. Wa must coo. to have eqmwd.imt »•-»>• taT , . in thj . wnrt . simply immersion, but the more gen | ^ { ^ mmR eral idea of ablution or affusion. This appear* from the following con siderations : (a). The circumstance* narrated, Lnke xi: 38, compared with those in Mark vii : 2-4, where nipto is employed, implying, ac cording to oriental custom, a pour ing of water in the hands. 2 Kings iii : 11; likewise the use of baptis mas, Mark vii: 4 8; as also make diaci|4e« of all nations. We are not able now, nor do we think that it will ever he advisable to estaMish aa imle|«t*tMtent Lutheran mission, bat the collection* for this purpose might be paid in the hands of tbe treasurer of the Geoeral My nod, ami by him remitted, at the dose of tbe Synodical year, to the treasurer of the Northern Genera) Hyuod’s missionary society^ Death or Ministri -Uev.Gott in the 8eptnagint, 2 Kings v : 14, compare with v: 10, where it is louo—to wash. - (b). Acta ii: 41, ■ - . . ^ . ... _ a,»l tv: 4 Again.t the idea of | full immersion in these rases, there lies a difficulty, aptwrcntly it>»a|«w- A— ble, in the warclty of water. There “ *•”"*»««»». Ohio •'**. is in eumuier no running etream in ! * n • ,in ' -* b*. i Jijv 1 aonr the vicinity of Jcruealen., eirept the I of hrTr ' litor > Canada, t'anse of death, small pox. Rev. Julias !,ntber St in* wold, June ■all mere rill of Siloam. a few rods in length, and the city i* ami was well supplied with water from its cisterns and public reservoir*. From neither of these source* could a supply have becu well obtained for the immersion of 8,000 person*. The same scarcity of water forbade tbe use of private baths as a general custom, and thus ( also further precludes the idea of I bathing, in tbe in letter a. (e). Invitation.—Dr. round, of the Lutheran Obmerrer, (banks “BnHber C. for bis cordial invitation to the lofty ami cool retreat of Oakland, Md.” As the Ifoctor intimates that he can mil aecrpt. Brother C. might lake pity on one of the brethren be met at tbe Geoeral Hynod. We may, if Brother C. invitea ns, pay* passages referred to I <M,r •'"►“k' - * f< * In the earliest Utin I tM,r UM «» ^»|8ed to re version* of the New Testament, as, j to ***** co °* for example, the Itala, which An I ,an<! gustine regards as the best^Of all, I and which goes back apparently to j l*t tiksamsx MwuruUJiTlhi tbe second century, and to usage] ^ "anon, in hi* 8ys connected with apostolic age, the Greek verb, baptizo, is idii- formly given in tbe Latin form, ! v j €W of tlM "•deriological relation of baptizo, and is never translated by j <,CK * * n< * ®* B » 4li« salvation or nou tematic Chnrvh Theology of the Methodist “According to the Uitberaa immergo, or any like word; showing salvation of each hm being is that there was something in tbe rite j v dependent on his own personal of baptism to which the latter did * ct *°° r,> ^* r;4n, to 1, m* mean* of not correspond, (d). Tin* baptismal Kraoe ’ f ^ M * " " n * * u< ^ Sacra, font, still found among the rains of * n - v on,> lhe*e j»rop tbe most ancient Greek churches in » ca|mble of Palestine, as at Tekoa and Ooplma, | and going back apfmrently to very early times, arc not large euough to 1 powers (!], then God will give to him, through these mean* of grace, faith, and with faith justification.” We wonder whether the man ever heard of tbe Small ('ateebuun, in which tbe church teaches us, from onr earliest childhood, to say, “1 believe that I can not by my own reason or strength believe in Jesos Christ, my laird, or admit ot the baptism of adnlt per sons by immersion, and were ob viously never intended for that nse.” II. Sprinkling is tbe manner of using water in baptism chosen by God. Ezekiel xxxvi: 25. Read Eze kiel xxxvi 21-38. * V HI . , , . come onto him;* and yet, in the III. In baptism, water is applied j ^ Q f OQr nolemn protests to the person bnptized; the pereon lioo ^ f(JlB h „ ^ w not applied to the water. John j | lroug u t l,«„e to million, bv Man. of the Methodist C'eateuary pnblira the water. iii: 16. IV. The real question between the Evangelical Church and tbe bap tized sects is not: “How are we to baptize T” but “Who are to be bap tized T V. Wt* think it safest aud surest to baptize those “with water” whom Christ declares fit for the kingdom of heaven. Mark x : 14. VI. For farther and most nalisfnc lory information, we refer “F. 8.” to the excellent work of Dr. Heiss on Baptism. * tion.— Standard. rwrunwj » **■» » meric*; Tb«yP«*mi tary ColUrioi j Mar awl Vsaicr; Tbe _U I -ittsMA Oiy, Both ns tuber* are Intftisg We point o*t tbs articles: TV Belief in Immortality; A LookingAHaas for ChrtsUaas; !**tsr tbe Great; •ray ia N« bill lies of a Cometary Brindisi and Vnak»> Tbe at Forest Land; Tbe Right of Veto ia Papal Conclaves; Education, Drainage sad tbe liquor Trade tn Hwsdea Aanrwlimnst. Jah. Or ug*i«ilA Os, Mew York Qasrto; forty page*; a Table of Coo teats covering an entire column J lectures, cuts, advertisement*, aud it Is too hot; thermometer ff ia tbe shade—to think of aaytbtng bat tbe ice business. Have n strong notion to take np oar quarter* In an ice boose for tbe present. HrmimanT* H ament World. Ch-ve land, Ohio. Month!/, #1 n year. AsKNtg tbe pieces o( muw, we notice “Bleepy Hollow.* It i* tbe tone for ns now, provided it is played |tianniwino An eight page n«|»p!e merit gives a cumpbdc report of tbe Hostile Brace Jnbiter. (lYaor! with all those sbriekers, footer*, dram men, anvils, bells, gnns, and Yan kees. Mast have been the peace uf Babel when tbe oonfosion of tongues caused a universal aprtmr f) For tbe Lutbersa Visitor This church is located in Efong ham county, Ga., and is under the sare of Her. J. Austin. Notice haring been given that tbe Kbetic scr Confereoce of the Georgia Hynod woukl meet at this church for tbe Usteoed to n discourse by Rev. N. Derrick, after which. Rev. Austin I do not that they would have been neatly damned, bat I merely speak of looses to oar Chureb in such mo event. This same Bergman, junior, became a member of the South Carolina Hyuod, sod was for several years its Secretary. Tbe Doc tor encouraged both preacher and , .ml (Iw m convinced that I* or P°^ dedicating it to the peof de, aad left them coot.need that determined to be be had done a good work lor the ' m ' f'barrh Now we rriurn with Dr. B. to Savannah. Upon hi* return he found tbe whole city in a ferment of excitement. “Home said one thing and some another.” Tbe goo era) wish waa to bear him preach. Rev. Neoville tendered bis pnlplt; but still the Doctor hesitated. Finally I*hi!!p Brash aa4d/“if you atay and preach for us 1 will give you a dosen snipe and a dozen tcoadeock/ The Doctor laughed and said, “Of course such an inducement was irresistible.* The result w«* that be met a trr- ■M-ndtftm and vartoasly rxeited au dience. He «** un|He|iarrd and took hi* text for an ex temporal khh»» effort. He spoke with rxMisidrniljle miagityngv, bat, said be, “1 supplied all drfiriHroey by hmd njicaking— I roared. The result waa the rr-or gantcatMMi of the I^itheraii church. He then rerommended his Htudent, Rev. Htfqdiett A. Mealy, to them as be broken up. He took the confer aion of Peter for their farther es. oouragement “Thon art Christ, 4*.* And said, “Upon this rock I foggg my chundi, and the gates of bed shall not prevail against ft,” \ ru , r this introduction the speaker claiamd that the iAitheran Cbnrcb v M „ church of Christ, and an integral * rr | part of the church of God. U wti on ® I fouuded upon this rock, and thera Tor tbe Tbs VLStwr. Is IM4 |ia*t#r. In the reconl* of tbe church we find, under date February 22d, 1824, tbe following: “The objeet of Hear I tartar : Danug our <ars*HMi j tht* meeting w»* to co«»*ider a pro of General Hynod ia Chariest on, I |wnU made bjr Itrv. Mr. Bachman, took occasion to call upon our ven wktlst annsig us, of sendiug on a rruble father, Dr. Bachman, andboang gentleman from ('barleatou awdiug him sauMiaiiy well ami cum * for the porpow «»f pn-achiug in our muMcaUre, I placed my chair near church. Rtvudved, that Messrs, him, ami be remarked. “1 have soar Herb, Brash and Hanpt be a com thing to trtl you a lion l Havaunab.” milter to address him on the snl> I was all attention, and be related to jeei." This con null tec addiesned Dr. nr tbe following pmrr of history .! Bachman, requesting him to hcim! on 1 Mr. Mealy. He remained some time Jn narrating the farts, he had for gotten many of tbe names. These I j with them, and we find the follow trig am able to sup|4> from the rhurrk lesolutkm: “Kcwdvrd, that the record*. Before the story |»n.|«erij Treasurer poy Mr. Mealy the *uui of begins, it will be necessary to state a 9150" This was April 19th, 1824. few things of prettoos date. Is Under date of June 16th, 1824, we 1804 the oM wooden building, used fo*d tbe fotlowiug call to Mr. Mealy: as the I ait her* u rburrh, was de "Wr, tbe t'ommittee appointrsl by straysd by Are, sod usa rebuilt tbe 'he Trustees ami Warden* of the same year, sod Bergman, senior, German laithcran church of Ha\ an preached for the people oreaauoualty. ] l,, V have th* pleasure to aniioninw Home of the people wished the old u » >«* the sentimerit* aud wishes man to preach FmgluA He refused. ** the whole. When in a sene* of and tbe people argued tbe case with wimon*, when you laid down tbe him. He became offended at their doctrine of onr church, aud the and caused iwuaching al iwinciple* of sound morality, ex The church was closed, pressed in a spirit «f moderation, and remained dosed for twenty pan, worthy tbe character uf I sillier, de up to 1824. lh*. Bjftcboaau having fireo luered with an rkqwwicr mi plain, in Uoarieaton some right years, and w ideasing, you gained onr hive, you having at the time two young stmlrots <%immaut!ed onr admiratioti and drew nmlerhi* iastructnm iwepnriaghir the from onr heart* the wish to hail you minintry, namely, Rev. Mr. Hrhwnrti the Pastor of our rhtireb. If you ami Rev. Stephen A. Mealy, beard wilt please U» dwell amoug u* to that tbe Lutheran* had an interest preach tbe spirit of Jesus, to console in Hnvmniinb, ami determine)! to visit the weak and afflicted, persuade the tbe place. He made hi* arrange wealthy to nets of kindness rand be meat* accordingly , and visited Ha nevoleoce, am! slimnUte the youth vanaah. He found the chnrrh to follow yonr virtoou* example, we cloned, and the Lutheran children will unite with you in prayer that iu tbe Kpian*|ul ami Presby terian tbe land may crown your success Sunday schools, lit found also that with bits*. We will adhere to you, the opinion prevailed in the city we will love, we will esteem you as that tbe Lutheran* were Unitarian, yonr friend*, your bretbran.” Signed ami thus fair and honest game fur by the I'ommittee. orthodoxy. lie foam) Frederick This singular call wa* accepted bv Herb, Daniel Gage). Ilenry llaapt, J Rev. 8. A. Mealy, then a young man, Jacob Shaffer, George Mingledorf, ami this bis first charge, and his John llaupt, August CV-mler, Philip , salary waa fixed at per annum. Drank, (first basbaml of Mrs. Mealy ) . (mid quarterly. Thus, whatever of nml (irrbap* n lew etchers, still Imth Lotheran interest there now rlints erana. Rev. Mr. Nenville, of the * in the State of Georgia, ami it eer Kptsropnl church, called upon Dr. t lainly ia not incoanidcraldc, having Bachman, aa soon as be heard of his tisrn to the dignity <»T a Sy nod, was presence in the rity, ami |imposed to navrtl to u* by the visit of Dr. Bach- give all the assistance in hi* |Hiwer. j man in 1824. Tbe work lias In ch “t\bat aanistaxire will yon give!” slow, not from any want of material asked Dr. B. He answered, “I will nor Tram imliffen-mv, Uut fram the give yon the nse of my pulpit, nml want of men—minister*. Even now, t l t< , vice of God, s of the auditors on the occasion. | f ore must be perpetuated. In mw Conference met upon Saturday. and | of ^ posiUon, he referred to ker early history, her confessions, ber piety and learuing, her missioaan conducted the ;>reparator> eiaiwse | her numerical strength, and for the celebration of tbe Hflty Oo—• especially her rapid increase in o« r mouiou the next day. The Confer 0Wl| duriog the last quarter ence held these services in the old j m century. The large audier** cbnrcli, which most be quite <dd, j remained in profound attention d Qr judging from ita dilapidated appear I ^ D g tb« delivery of this ^^nrmt an or. This congregation had in- address, aud many were the expraa creased in numbers so much, that I gioag 0 f gratification that iaet iny for some time the church could not j The good peojde of Eftmghan oouUiti the audience, and many were ^ wc j; be proud of their beaabfui obliired to rwAin outside daring j churdi. It stand* in the atkLfc of service. Tbe peofile in that section, i t *hsdy grove, and i* irv<i*nii4 t ^ although good livers, were in strait a densely settled region of eofi&tn cncd «riranmstances, and though j Mr Austin'* labor* hart- bj* they, deeply felt the need of a j blt-Med among his people, church, yet me* tbs utmost stretch To ^ rve them, be rides fourteen of their faith coahl hardly believe over a rough road, every t» 0 that their earnest ileaires could l»e j woe lts, and visits them at then realized. At this (mint, Mr. Laban | louge * often during the week. In Neaae ol the hbeneaer church, hear . summer, he told me, that be often ing of their need am! inability to his rides at night to svsri erect a ehurch alone, and being a j tbe aud vidtM man *»f htieral views ami large heart, ; f A ,|,i|i»-s ii|mhi one trip. His pespb together with au open pume, when j ^ greatly attached to him and kh the rause of Uhrist was concerned, j loai , t e x client wife. Their kind cairn- to their aid. He greatly en ! ^ Manners endear them u, cfNirage«l the congregaUoo by his ] |„-artH ol their young people, mlvie) and material assistance. I tin* children, who jprtrrr pleilgitig himself for a large sum. | amuild Um ., (I nhU - r ) MI| ^ He audertook the OH.tract to build : de | iKbl vh^.evei they ap|mar. Mav the church for them, mating tbe ] ^ ***(, ^ lo4i . , |wrwJ terms easy and liberal. A saw mill j which lie formerly owned, but which had (taMAcd out of his hands, was in the ncightiorhood. He s|»ccified j to the congregation the kind of logs that he wixhed used in the construe J tion of the hq^ae, then when they i wen- ready to Is- hauled to the mill, i he rented it sufficient publish your appointment.” Dr. B. thanked him, and raid it was all ho coaid desire. The sppoit.Ui.ent was made aod imblished for Saturday evening. Tbe I Victor said to me, “I waa uu|»rr|iaml, bat thoaght that if we have a ruemlier n move from u* Ut Macon, 4’ulatubas, Milledp- ville, Rome, aud nntil very recently, to Atlanta or a dozen other cities and towns in this large State, that memlier is hast to ns; Itccause he I was still able to defend my C'bnn-li find* no larUieran clmn h in any of against the charge of Unitarian ism.” j those |daoe*. Lutheran* tln-re are in With great simplicity he added, “/ sea* a lay thes.” The |«ro|»!c ami the good minister were so well pleased that be w»* urged to |>rea< , h ;tgam. New Publications. Outturn* I'm. From the German of Gustav Nierita. By Rev. J. F. I la-t as Smith, with Historic Sketches ami Notes by Rev. A. I* Goss. La tberan Publication Society, Phila To this request he could not give (Item a positive answer, for be had engaged to viait Kbrm-zer and sec to the interest* of I*HhenMit«m then-. all thone cities aud towns, bat no organlzathHi save in Angnsta and Atlanta. O that we had tlic men to help ns do the immeum- work ofour Vhurrb! The Gnwgia Synod is e\eu to i-niploy au evan- grlist to viait onr cities umt tonus ami *|irutk um- em-ouraging s«»n| to Ebenezer charge. to For the Luthersa Vuitut. Across the Koaatauu. MoRBitfTOWN, Tenn.. ( July tbe 4th, 1872. ( I fear Mr. Editor : I Resuming yoo for a length of time I wonld like hcar «>®ething froa, raw the lumber, and | acro « 8 the mountains, a traveller ha. superintended the work himself. I ooo^mlcd to give you something of The men of the congregation banled the litntlter free of any charge. So also when shingtea were to be got ten. these good people went to tbe swamp* of the Savannah river, a distance of fimiKen miles, cat down the tall fill)- cypres* tiers, had the shingle* made, and then hauled them to the church, giving their time and labor for tbe cause. Tbe corner stone was laid, and the church be gun. The (irople worked willingly, aod gave their money also ; thus slowly the hotim- went on. A year |kaMM-d. Mini matter* seemed to lag in its completion. Money was very scarce, and it seemed a* if more could not lie gotten. A la-lfry and spin* were to Is- built, the boll to besides the furniture throil S b * '•** table land oujered Iforch. Mr. Noam- came to with 8»wn, the monotony of which, thefr aid agaiu, amt said to another if 8ach t, * rm ** *PP*»cakle here, gentleman, “If you will give them “ ****** by many beautiful little a bell, I will build the belfry and spirp, ami moke a present of it to thechurrh!" This friend consented, ami warn a neat lielfry, surmounted t*y a spire and a heavily gilded swan, gladdened the eyes of the onigregatioii. The church i* 4d by till feet, ceiled at the sides ami over head ; the ceiling overhead being laid yff in neat panels. It is well what he raw and felt daring his transit from the plains of North ('arohna, to this laud once Wetted by the righteous acts of Parson Brora low (t) The mountain scenery of North Carolina is scarcely surpassed it beauty by any other in the world—it boasts tbe highest |>eak east of the Rocky Monntains—and oat of this vast amount of beauty and grand ear, the Swannannoa valley comes is for no little share. The view from tbe summit of the Blue Ridge « certainly a beautiful one, looking track u(ion tbe many (teaks which lie between Old Fort and that point, and along whose basis the slow stage coach winds its wav: and forward be* obtained, of Urn cl As 1 have said just above, the county between the summit at the Swannannoa Gap aud Asheville, is a Urge table land. Although a traveller thiuks he is going down the mountain all tbe while, yet the differem-e in altitude between the Gap and Asheville is but aboot "2W feet, the distance being about 18 miles. H Though the country along Swan nannoa, with it* bunks lined with honey snekle and laurel in fall bloom, is what ouc might call beautiful, th* scenery along the French Broad in presses one with a feeling quite dif ferent. For a distance of about 30 miles the stage road winds along Here hr follow him to Klietiraer. oar Mattered im-itilimdup. Pray ye Pound Hergmau, senior, in the Lnnl of the Harvest to send rack unto death The Ih\ said, lalmrer* into his tinevnnl.” *a()plie)t with comfortable pt-ws. -The • pulpit and readiug desk are "•rale of rich yellow pine, varnished so a* to show the grain of the wood. This gives them a fine appearance. The ehuncef and (mlpit are neatly car(u-ted, and the desk* covered with Home crimson material, finished with fringe and heavy tassels. Upon Saturday afternoon, the con- I tho rivor - ******J »<**™g it a di? gregattoa waa greatly Miprised bv tbe tonc ® ot iwmt * * MIC08 ' •* a0 ^ 1>olDt ' gift of the reading desk, upon which and by ^ ^ of tbf was (tlaot-d a large and handsome timc * votl w n I K>,, th< * ^ “• Bible, and a In-aiitiful new common- whi,c a ,oft - v n ‘^« nt » in overhangs *• i*m nervier. Tbe donor was again A,,v d< * mri PtH*n of this beautiful Mr. Iratwa Neaae. This was quite rivw ’ wiUl m;l,,v 1,ttk> fiU,s hiH beyond their hopes, and many heart* th »»»dering cataract*, would b* too Inrat with joy and grateful thanks, ,amo * 1 t k ^fore abandon the al and breathed |»ravors for the kind * om PU only say to those ' giver. After this,'there was a meet raa * V this a,,d wb ° "2 ing called of the male members of *** a d0Hire to k,,ow the ehurch and building committee, the beauties of this region : “draw at which arrangement* were made a "* Mrr r which were satisfactory to Mr. Neaae Tw m, " ds ’ Mr , i and the congregation, ai.tl on Sab 11 wooW ,l,Ht ,lKWe ” ? ImiIi morning Mr. ‘Aunt in had the Mw# * inoniitains ought ueeessartl' plrasnre of anuooodng fo the coa-l 1 ^ ^?00<, Rnd God *curfog D. II. Confirmation by Letter.—A yoaug lady, the child of Lutheran parents, and the grand daughter of a venerable Lutheran clergyman, has lately become a member of tho church by subscribing to tho con firmation vows by letter. Her pa rents live remote from a Lutheran church ; circumstances insurmounta ble forbade her attending in person at a Lutheran shrine, but she did what she could, coofessed Christ, and reuewed her baptismal coveuaut with her heart sod her baud, ami hath done well. God bless her f delpbia. Hhryock. Superintendent “we prayed, we talked and we com Price (lino, rlnih)» $1.30. hmhoI together, baling invited a! ♦ •- We are on tin- whole pleased with fen frietwl* to juia with u* in the * t rmtlrm Trenching — this little Imuk, aud believe ft will Indy ordiitaarr." The i*hl man died, 1"** • ladder* of the !*«*• avenue interest Sunday achuol scholar* It ami I>r. Ik buried him, bat not wish has, however, one defect in common ing fa interrupt the button. I failed with all the production* of NieriU: to learn whether he died during this it does not teach positive evangelical visit or afterwards Bergman. J» i Reformed church. Brooklyn, at a meeting last week, derided, by a vote of 77 to 2, to make it a Con gregational chntch. Those who op christiaaity. Tbe Swedish (rastur in united with hMbi the change any that tbe ar- this tale, for example, ia well drawn, larian Church, sad waa hi* father** , * mi uawmnta to nothing, and and tries to nerve the Lord, bat hi* sorrower. tho* virtually taking all ,h ,t <*ie nHigregaUoti t* Mill under religion is rather the result of |em of Ehmexer into that rhnrrh Dr. (leraroent and habit, than of grace. Bachman merely request ed the young He is an amiable man, and that ia man to review, carefully and |»rayer all that can be said. There ia alao folly , the ground* upoo which hi* a sameness iu all NieriU writes which change of church relation wax baaed, becomes wearisome. We think the This he promised to da Tbe result Lutheran Publication Society would was hi* return to the Lutheran do well to drop NieriU aod church. writers better adapted for tbe reading U- lay. sad Klitu«n-r I* Lutheran Bat f**r Dt. Bachman of Lutheran children. viait and the Kattxbrrger* would | im-gMtion that the debt on the Hmreli had hern provided for, owing to Mr. Nease’s Htieralfty, and that it wa* out of «lel*t! Dr. Bittle, of Sa vannah, (trenched tin* dedicatory sermon from Matthew vii: 25. “And the rain deaoended, and the Hoods came and the winds blew ami beat upon that house, and it fell not, for ft wa* founded upon a rock.” He nommeneed by saying that Christ tbe authority of the Reformed das e*tabli*l»ed his cliureh in direct an ■la. The chnrdi has hern without tugonism to tbe strong organizations a pa«tor since the withdrawal of the j of the Trincr of this world. He Rev. J. H. Oarroff, D. D. assured hi* disciples that the gates /Voafeyferta*.—There are two ex- \<*'H 1 »Kd prevail against it, dosivdy German theological semi-1 ** founded upon a rock. For their encouragement be assured them that th«* Prince of this world wa* judged, namely, that sentence bad I men puaued, and the powerful organizations of wickedness would narie* conuecte*! with tbe Presby terian cltnreh. Tha one in Newark, the nine- N. J., ha* twenty student*, aud - ban , North western, fti Chicago, ha* n i ■ llld • They have continually before them the grandest works of that Creator who made ns aH. Ever? |H*ak stH-ins to me a mighty tempi' 1 from which praises to the Three in One should continually ascend— a Sinai where Jehovah draws near mortals. The never changing aspect of each, also, around whose loft.' summit tbe thunders and lightning of ages have harmlessly pU»\^- pointing to heaven, tells him tb*t God he has a defeuse which tin- storms of life can not shake. But, Mr. Editor, before IakaM^' ha(»s I had better say something about the mode of travel over tho mountains, as some of yonr readff 5 may be anxious to know. On leaving tbe railroad you take a six horse *ui^ for Asheville, and your ride may I* pleasant or unpleasant as the nu® her of . the day T™ T < (j over, •eventce* < ber? you ex for comfort. I na ^ goth sent lw*i* 1 was qoite cow oxoeedingly well ,**«*. for » »» This position I until near the « *> 75 mil«h wben 1 n scat iaside. B tteomfortnldc par a neat in naph^ 1 gitte qua non to * form of one 1,1 1 r air daughters. • Idosh an*)M‘!0, w h ^oon enchainwl i Her body, leaving by the swaying the room allotted And now, Mr. T you a abort ami ^ount of my trav. Uidgo. of tny m my miafortuiH *. txHiuuuuicatioii. more aiKMi from a For tl Dedieatum in J Mr. Editor: to the progres in the mounts interesting to y Suttday, the 1 the long-looked d*r, a day long oar local chur dedication day. beautiful temp! secrated to tb< une God. The the Braudouvi successive deca of worsbi(» w eburt-h at the C we three years that wc aliouh in number aud are, to build a < that was forlon ized fact. Thanks to G leadership, indi suecessftri mini [tastor, Rev. Ji ^solidest aud cer of worship in gious was rea< the appointed <J On the brig day the mount a ere in the val homes, and wit] to the feast of < a concourse of occasion was j these parts, i* fourth dedicat tiouuds of our t and erne half yew The house v within, as well windows withoi the amount of grove, could n< About an hour pointed service! thau were alrea ' not tiud room. It was our ] the Rev. l*rof Illinois, who f tore discourse although he (t seemed to us scarcely began whispered “ann the unbidden t< the cheeks of i made all feel be there. Uap\ INDEED. Rev. J. ^Y. performed the < ing to the Bool the sermon th statement show tributors, tbe i the sum total i by him made, with th® langi receipt: Received of °*i building of °ul Lutheran $206.05, balane tract. June 22d, 18 The large ‘•eautiful and •seemed anxiou.- situation of tlv mid- were mir e *' » ry dollar of ' ided for. Th mit teatuie e JJJMrting here. —*x50, waa fiuit nu t and oak, v une on cither finished pulpit, uiou service, a vhaira, (h» wk fi, •”»» v t *d end boa belfty,. ^•bnds. large, dutiful whit jard eveu sodi Aud vii II*cople had there was a It constantly prtx ^eed, “Wo v ‘•on**- of our ( gitage of the ] RIn,a Synod, wl discon rn Splical Luthera •‘barge one ye 2 °«r people’! fact that theu ^ their tuSL T7L aHd <*>«> Godfearing