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V ’*-i m. THE LUTHERAN VISITOR. COLUMBIA. S. C., OCTOBER 18, 1872. COLUMBIA, -mat* 1 " 1 r.i'mzn**'*.:■ Friday, October 18, 1872. Editors: R«r. A. R. RUDE, D.D., Columbia, S. C. v. J. I. MILLER, A.M., Staunton, V*. Z Tn essentials, unity ; in nonessentials, liberty ; in aU things, charity. 11 SPECIAL JTICE3. must be made in Poet Order*, Book Cheeks, or Drafts, JRl., If these can not be obtained, the money in a Registered Let- All Postmasters are obliged to • letters when required. are sent to subscribers until an express order to discontinue is re ceived, and all arrearages are paid, as required by law. Merely returning a number of the paper by mail, is not suf- it, communications relating to sub2 should give their names very and carefully indicate which * which are new subscribers. of the post office. I t the county and State r is necessary, in order of each subscriber , _ that the proper entries may be promptly and accurately made. Marriage. and obituary notices, and other matter intended for publication, should be written separately, and not in business letters, to receive proper atten tion. BP" We can neither notice publish anonymous letters. nor u. — , Va. “Dear &r.—1 suppose you thiuk that I have forgotten my promise to remit Urn amount of money I prom ised some time ago; but this is not the ease. The chase of my failure wa4 my inability to obtain the money. 1 have managed however, by.washing for railroad hands, to get a little, awd will send it through Mr. as soon as the oppor tunity offers. 1 am under many ob ligations to you for your extreme leniency, and take this opportunity to express my gratitude. 1 would rather miss a meal every day than do without the Umfor. I have a 1 -I- E large family of baptized children, and regard the Visitor as an indis- pen sable aid in training them for the ehuieh. With many wishes for yonr preservation to the church for many years to come, I remain yours in Christ* • • • We most sincerely sympathize wifotbis Christian lady, and regret ex ceedingly that we are enable to send her the * Visitor free. We could easily do it, if those who are able to pay would deal justly'and honestly with us. The Lord however will provide. The same mail that brought ns this letter, brought us another from our sterling and tried friend, Mr. R. Staley, of Baltimore, enclosing 82.50 “for any widow you may select 71 Who as deserving as our correspondent ? If j Christians would only cousider how much good they could accom plish by a little self denial, by the insignificant sacrifice of a few dol lars, by sending the Visitor to widows, the orphans, the poor and afflicted, to whom it will indeed be a welcome visitor, because through it Goil’s people speak to God’s people. Japanese Correspondence. vVe publish it without either note or comment, complying with the Japanese instructor’s permission, but leaving it to our readers to point “a moral or adorn a tale. 71 I Let Ephraim alone, he is joiued to his idols. For idols read: ** JAPANESE.” j | By the way, has that Japanese perambulating university come .to grief f Are not the reactionists just now in power among the Dutch stampers f May not W. E. Parson be glad to return, and to follow in the steps of him whom he calls that good old man t ' Look here, W. E. Parson, yon are an Evangelical Lutheran minister, surd yonr business is not the teaching of the heathen Japanese English Literaturefbut to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. REV. W. E. PARSON’S LETTER. Sec Vs Office of the Japanese Embassy. \ 4 London, Sep. 7tb, 1872. ( Eflitor “Lutheran Visitor ! Dear Sir.—Up to this date 1 have never had any use for your paper, and presume I should never have fallen in with it, save for a few words you were pleased to insert for gen eral information concerning myself. Some friend forwarded August 16th, from which I learn of a previous notice also. I do not write this to make public correction, because those to whom it makes any differ ence know better already, besides never see yonr paper. But I write to suggest to your mind a thing or two, which, because of your looking at things through hyper-Lutheran Spectacles, yon may not have noticed. 1. It is a very, very narrow notion of the gospel, to think that he only preached fear you will not appreciate what I say in my number. 2. Where I affirm that you do know better than you wrote. - Be cause you close your editorial notice with, “Mr. Parson has left his legiti mate work,” preaching and pastoral work. Now, sir, that to yon seemed the end. No sir. Look at your owu words that follow. Read them over again. Here ouco more glance at your editorial on the appointment of Mr. R. to your Theological Semiuary Professorship, “a high, just compli ment.” Why you couldn’t have dipped your pen between “left liis legitimate work,” and “resigued the oharge of tho Lutheran church at Salem.” “Ah, but,” you say, “he is training others to preach ” I grant that, though I remind you that you are tying him to a very narrow sect, and making him do work that has tor its end the preaching and per petuatiou of a very limited gospel, which Is the strictly Lutheran view of it. Did it not occur, (you must have wilfully closed your eyes, or there is such a thing as not seeing a thing because it is too close) did it uot occur that teaching men who are to inflnence a nation, hitherto nnebris tianized, might have at least a sprin kling of the gospel in it. Not much Lutheranism do they get, though we frequently together, admire that good old man, M. Luther. Save the work if yon are his legitimate son! This I have said from an ec clesiastical stand point, with not one thought of personal fault finding. If you cau point a moral or adorn a tale with what I’ve written, so do. With respect, W. E. Pahsox. Settlements and Lutheran Church si foe Carolina* 11 "" ■■ * * A correspondent well qualified to decide ou the merits of this produc tion writes as follows: “Tell me how you are pleased with Mr. Bern he ini’s History of the Ger man Settlements of Lutherans iu North and South Carolina. 1 have only read forty pages, am pleased with the style, and should think it a valuable work.” We have already given expression to our opinion of the work, and are confident that all who examine it will agree with us. We learn that over fifty copies were disposed of in Charleston. Down the Valley of Virginia. Before we dismiss Staunton we desire to say a few words of the German Lutherans in New Kent county, Va. We passed part of jiu evening very pleasantly in the company of a Presbyterian minister from that coun ty. We asked, of course, “Have yon any Lutherans among youf” The answer was: Yes. Near my church reside four German families. They are natives of Wurteinberg, but camo to us from Philadelphia. They have bought land, are good farmers, and devoted, God-fearing people. We are glad they have settled among ns, and wish that a good many more would come. At first they did not attend any church, but we induced a couple of children to attend our Sunday-school, and now all the Ger man children come regularly. The parents say that they do not under stand our preaching. Lately, said our Presbyterian brother, the Bap tists bad a great meeting, ami a grown up sou of one of these Ger man families was led to be immersed, and united with them. He added that he had heard of three other German families in that same county —in which improved but worn out farms can be bought for a mere nom inal price, but which foe easy access to the Richmond market make valu able truck farms. , Now, we were astonished at this, and we asked ourselves: Is this the way the large and rich Pennsylvania Synod cares for its members f Is this the way the Philadelphia Germans care for their brethren ? Is this the way in which the chnrch of which these families were members care for them when they in search of their daily bread wauder abroad f It may be said that the Virginia Synod ought' to have attended to them. We answer for the Virginia Synod: “That body never heard of them. No letter was ever received from Philadelphia asking the Vir ginia brethren to care for these scat tered sheep in danger of becoming the prey of the proselyting wolves.” •A great wrong has been commit ted, is being committed; and we think that the rich, large, and zeal- ons Lutheran Synod of Pennsylvania has in the case of these families proved itself exceedingly lnkewartn, Ihe Pennsylvania Synod has both men and means. Five o’clock A. M. in a stage is almost beyond endurance. It tries a man’s temper. Bat Mr. James we, Although disposed to be critical, yet yielded to his geniality. What is equal to au old friend f Talk about old wine. Empty the bottle, and where is it f Bat our old triend! Thirty years ago we rode from Win chester to Newtown, Virginia, with Mr. Janies Piper, nud our friendship was cemented, our fraternity was Healed then. Fie has never failed ns. The years have come and gone. The baud of God lias rested heavily on both of us. We havo both parted with much, suffered much, and buried beloved ones; but he has been the same through all the chang ing years. Yee; and by and by, be will be the same, when we meet on the “other side.” We are in the stage. We dou’t know oar fellow- travellers ; we have not much to say to them ; but they are gentlemen and Virginiaus. The stage stops, a lady favors ns with her company, but as for flute-like notes we do not hear them. On we speed! Harri sonburg is reached. We atop at foe American Hotel. Break bud I Di rectly. Breakfast f Ready. Break fast t All right, air. We*have rode from five to ten o’clock; we are lum gry—delicious feeliug 1 We have not been hungry since Sherman boiled aud wasted Columbia. Gould not General Sherman write a book ou cookery. We suppose the clerk of the American counted noses be fore he ordered breakfast At last it is ready! Well, hanger is the best cook: We will therefore only say, water must be awfatly scarce at Harrisonburg, and scouring au on- knowu art Breakfast over, we stepped out to look at the natives. Evidently Har risonburg is a growing city. New bnildings are being erected, improve ments are going op—there is a life, a hum, and a bustle indicative of progress, which made our heart ghul. We did not see Mr. Holland; we did not meet a single Lutheran. We only saw one gentleman whom we knew*, but we bad rather not jnet him. He comes of a good Lutheran stock, his father, his grandfather, his ancestors were Lutheran confes sors, but be married a wife, and like Solomon, be kept not that which the Lord commanded. Years, ago we met with him. We aaked: “Do yon attend the Lutherau Church T” His answer was: “I thought the Luth eran Church extinct.” Our throat dosed up; we were unable to an stfer him 1 we left him, and ever since, when weusee him, we think of the reilegates, the apostates, the deniers of the Lord, who bought them. A friend is looking over our shoul der just now, and he asks the stereo type question: Do you believe that only Lutherans are true Christians ? ami we answer the old uuswer No, we do not believe that the uame matters, bat a mau, iu order to be saved, mast believe what Lutherans teach—that is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Gotten Wort und La tiers Lehr Die vergehen mein uicrmebeu. All aboard! Wc are off for tho railroad. We taken first-class ticket, bat are compelled to go into a second-class car. This is a piece of imposition, but then there is no way of escape. Mr. , gentleman born aud raised os he is, went in the first-class car, but he was soon marched, not bowed oat ; and we learned wisdom from his humiliation. Away we go. As we flit by farms and stations we no- tic? that progress is the order of the day. But now we are at New Mar ket. Here is our old friend, John D. Zirkle. •*- Time and disappointment have done their work. But that though manhood’s strength and the fruits of honest labor have fled, he is still tho same whole sonled, earn est, true and reliable man that be always was. John D. Zirkle is the man to tie to. “Are you not going to stop r Here comes another old friend. “No, I am bound for Mount Jackson.” The whistle shrieks.— Good bye—off we go—and this is Mt. Jackson ! God bless ML Jack- son. We are resting now, aud rest we will, in spite of the printer. Off for Synod. Good bye ! next week! Back New Publications. you have uot got beyond that con ceptjoq of the priestly function, | it who, from a desk at arm’s length, declares its truths. Iff Piper, who aroused us, who assisted us, who harried us off, and saw ns in foe stage, was so pleasant that Words to the Winners of Souls. Re printed from the London edition. By Rev. William Reid, author of “Blood of Jesns,” etc. The unknown donor of 1 this truly evaugelieal and opportune treatise will please accept our most sincere acknowledged. Wo have read the “Words,” will read them again, try to profit from them, and urge the brethren to heed them. - A New Volume.—-Number 1478 of LittelVs Living Age, for October 5, begins Volume one hundred and fifteen of that weekly eclectic magazine, apd is therefore a good one with which to begin a subscription. It contains The Staarte at St Germains, from the Edinburgh Review / A Voy age to foe Rioged Planet, Cornhill Magazine; Domestic Life pud Econ omy In France, Fraser's Magazine ; The Press Gag la Reeria, Spectator; Italy, SaturUgJKerieff; etc., besides au instalment of a story of nnusual interest—“The Burgomaster’s Fam ily”—translated frees the Detoh byJ to its jmst history. We here Sir John 8h«w Lefrvre, Ahich is ] a guarantee (wyfie any needed) highly praised by the principal Dntch literary periadicsls ami by leading English (tapers. New subscribers beginning with this number will receive two previous uumbers, con taining the first chapters of foie] by the precepts aud spirit of foe of a new volume. The church is assured that there is to be tig “new departure ;■ that the Visitor, tree to the motto that heads its editorial column, will not prove i hreereanf’ We have thus as to its future course in regard to doc trine and measures—unity in doc trine, as reflected by and taught in the Augsburg Confession ; liberty as to usages—a liberty so far restrained story, gratis. . The preceding number for Septet* ber 28 contained, besides an instal- Bible as is necessary and expedient for the greatest good of the church ; whilst in all things is tolerated a ment of the above stgry, the follow- spirit of charity that “suffereth long Ing noteworthy articles: Researches on Ufo and Disease, front the Edinburgh tteview; Development in Dress, Mstem ilia n't Magazine ; An Episode in the Trial of the Earl of Strafford, Athemrum ; and au instal ment of “Off the Skelligs,” by* Jean Iopelow. The subscription price of this 64 page weekly magazine Is 88 a year, or for 810 any one of the Americans*-magazine* Is sent with The Ltotb^Age for a year. Littell A Gay, Jiffto, Publisher*. Amrriesui Agriculturist October, 1872. Orange Judd & Co., New York. The American Format , tirpte labor, 1872. Samuel Samis & Sou, Balti more, M<L , 4 > fj _• Wood’s Household Magazine* Octo ber, 1872. Newburgh, N. Y. We did not Jtpew Woods. Out old and former'rrieod has put on a new dress, but his mind sod heart are as genuine, pure and cheerful as ever, and we therefore moat heartily en dorse him. Tu September number of the Southern Musical Journal, published at Savaaaah, Ga., by Lndden & Bates, contains in addition to a host of reading matter intonating to •vary masiciss, eight pagss of beau tiful musts, coo sis ting of the “Bye ami Bye,” a eharming song by Mil lard; “Crystal Shower Walts,* by Kinkel; and “Over ll* River,” a sweet ballad by Mr*. Groom. These three pieces, purchased at any music store, would cost at least 81; but by subscribing to foe Journal, (81 a year,) they cau be obtained for a trifle over 8 cots, or for 15 cents by purchasing single copies. Nearly one hundred pages of music are given during foe year, wbiefl, at' regular prices, won Id east about 8 LA ▲II psrdhun snberrib&ug before No vember 1st, reoeiv»- a premium of 60 cents worth of sheet music of their own selection. Specimen copies con taining 81 worth of music sent free. . ■■■”■' ■ For the Lutheran Visitor. The Lather** Visitor—Its Shibboleth. Ac., Ac. Messrs. Editor* : In No. 52, Vol. 4, New Series, of your journal, and in some respects oun (the Church’s) also, you inform your patrons and readers that with the next issue foe (taper will enter upon its fifth year nuder your management. The op portunity is also embraced to express in appropriate terms yonr acknowl edgement of kind words S|H>keu and encouragement proffered you in the arduous work assumed in behalf of the Church, ami especially its South ern section. In this you have, been jndicions and courteous. And now ut a great distance from you person ally, we make our salaam, Over hoping that the home wisdom ami amenity may characterize yonr life a* a jour nalist. The great excellency of the edi- tonal, however, in foe estimation of the writer, consist* in the clear an nunciation of your views in regard to doctrine, ordinances, usages, Sic. I value these deliverances the more highly, beeaAsc 1 know them to bo foe cxpresMbu of matured opinion, and not tho result of receut convic tion nor extemporized for the occa sion. I have read the article with much satisfaction, and have also given it some reflection. Believing it might be profitable to direct the minds of your patrons to the ground occnpied by a paper soliciting the support of the Southern Church, I will quote so much ot tho editorial referred to as may be necessary; aud especially ho, as it may have bceu overlooked or hastily read. You proceed to say, “While we adhere to our Confession, notan article of which we intend to surrender to the spoilers, we, «s regard* worship amt measures, claim for ourselves and all our brethreu the largest liberality. The doctrines and ordinances of the church are di vine ; usage and practice are hunan. The divine is fired ; the word and the commands demand unqualified obe dience. The human is imperfect; adapted to particular times and con ditions, and therefore subject to change. We have not been, nor will wo be recreant to our pass word : ‘In essentials, unity; in non-essen tials, liberty; iu all things, charity.’” The italicizing is ours. This utter auoc is clear aud concise. The trumpet gives no uncertaiu sound. It is opportunely and most appro priately made at the comrnouccwent and is kind, aud is uot easily pro yoked.” It is said the paper at prescut barely sustains itself. Like foe shield of the knight, this statement presents both a dark and bright side. I regret it is in so feeble a plight, and yet rejoice that it is no worse. It might have proved a failnre—died; and certainly would have done so long ago, had all its friends been content merely to subscribe for and read it With God’s blessing npou human effort, it has lived through four years, and thus, it is presumed, has escaped many of the perils incident to infancy. During this period, no doubt, some brain, bone and muscle baa been developed, and a firmer hold npoo life secured. The worthy editors tel! as ‘the circulation of the (taper “ought to be doubled,” and they appeal to its friends for hearty' co-operation in its behalf. I hope the appeal will not be in vain. Let ns make a strong and united effort daring foe eorreut year in obtaining ueiv subscriber*, furnishing communications, aud pay ing up oor indebtedness to foe paper. It would seem to be a small matter for each minister to obtain at least five paying subscribers dnriug the year. Let us make the effort. It woold seem to be a smaller matter for some of your friends to send on at least five communication* daring the year. Let the effort be Anode. This is my first, anti the others will be coming in doe time. I would suggest that some of our female sisters (as a living D.D. is pleased to designate the ffcir daugh ters of good oM mother Eve) might do a good work for t’ie Visitor in procuring subscribers. A very sweet girl and sweet singer, a member of my chnrek, told me the other day that she wa* making an effort to get up a club of fire, and thought she would succeed, and I expect -ahe will. Aud now I only ask, should any good Lutheran “female sister” read this prosy article, that she would go and do likewise. And tbeu there are others who have the culture and leisure at dis posal, who might grace your columns with sparkling gems of rare beauty aud excellency. I hail with pleasure foe commnuications of your fair correspondent “Way Down in Dixie.” Her contributions to the children’s department are very far superior to much that find* its way into our Sabbath school libraries, done up in marbled backs, with gilt edges and broad margins, profuse of wood cuts, big 1 ypeandtittle religion. Itrnst she will coutiuue “to put ont her talents to usury,” assured that her labor* are appreciated, and that ber work in the Lord is not iu vatu. My sheet is full, and I must close. Brethren in the ministry, and lay men of our beloved chnrch, let us meet the appeal of onr worthy edit ors by a generous ami substantial response. Capon Road. ▲§• of the Patriarchs The learned Professor Owen re cently wrote a pa(>er, declining to accept the Scrip tare account of the longevity of the Patriarchs. Another writer has coinc forward to reconcile the matter, takiug the gronnd that the Hebrew word translated years may also be properly translated mouths—to which a correspondent of the Oraphic makes the following sat isfaetory answer: “When at Singapore as a mission ary pioneer for the Eastern Archi pelago and China, in the year 1838, 1 remember the inhabitants of that small bHt rising settlement were much excited by the appearance of a series of letters in the only public print then issued, showing the writer’s reason* in detail, why 4 mouths’ must be substituted for ‘years’ in the Mosaic account of the age of the antediluvians. I took the liberty of replying; my aitwer was brief. ‘And Enoch lived sixty and five years and begat Methusuleh.’ 1 ask the Pro fessor the same question 1 then (Kit to iny Singapore corres(>oiMlent— which will you nccept, the father ugod five years and five months, or the son who died at 069 years? It was an awkward dilemma, but he was discreet; we had read the last of his effusions, which abruptly closed. ‘The Professor does not ac cept the longevity of the Patriarchs.’ We urge it upon biin to decide which is it—months or years—longevity or precocity ; one or the other it mftst be f Alas, when will men cease to aeroil with carnal eternal verities which shall stand fa* for ever and erfftj* Vo Demands sa Faith It is a noticeable feature that the church, as distinguished from sects, is foe faithful custodies of the de posit committed to ber trust Where fore she insists upon unconditional acceptance of all ber divinely begot^ ten teachings, declaring that “except every one do keep them whole nod unde filed, without doubt be shall perish everlastingly.” Nothing, bow- ^ ever, is more fitly calculated to ex pose the sectarian character of the denominations around us, than foe manner in which they seek to displiy their 'disregard for any controverted doctrines. Instead of watching over the inheritance of their fathers with solicitude and fidelity, they are ready to disclaim any doctrine at any time the majority may be pleased to call it in question. There is even strife among them as to which is entitled to the honor of making foe least demands on faith; aud the party that can furnish satisfactory evidence that it is the one which requires the least amount to be believed, is sore to bear off the palm. All the “lead ing” denominations have striven for the. mastery, bat the Methodist* feel entitled to the prize. We are told Methodists do uot regard the adop tion of their Tweoty-five Articles as s “requisite condition of church membership,” bat only as a “ftinc- tioaal qualification (or foe ministry;” sod that it is an “interesting fact full of significance,” that Methodism “has, perhaps, the honor of first exemplifying the distinction between indicatory and obligatory stands:ds of theological belief among the lead ing churches of the modern Christian work.” This position is exemplified by Wesley’s conduct towards Unita rians, and by the Book of Discipline, which lays dowa “only one condi tion” for ad mission k to membership, win pil y«pr* afterjn the reformation, tber said to his wife <* j home, “God gate mo my Melactbon back ia direct si my prayer*.* BY viz, “a desire to flee from the wrath to come.* Wesley advances the claims of Methodists in the following terms: “One ctrcamstance,” says be, “is quite peculiar to the people called Methodists; that is, the terms «q.oi) which any person* may be admitted into their Society. They do not imjxKW, in order to their admission, say opinions whatever. let theta hold particular or general redemption, absolute or conditional decrees. They think, and let them think. One condition, and one only, is required—a real desire to save their souls.” “Is there,” he adds, “any ocher Society Hi Great Britain or Ireland that is so remote from bigotr> ? that is no truly ot‘ a catho lic spirit ? so ready to admit all serious persons without distinction ? Where is there such another society in Eurojie ? in the habitable world ? I know uoue.” In his eighty-fifth year he wrote: “Look all around yon; you cannot be admitted into the Chnrch, or Society of the Pres byterian*, Anabaptists, Quakers, or any others, unless yon hold foe same opinion with them, and adhere to the same inode of worship. The Methodist* alone do not iusi*t on your bolding this or that opinion.” In addition to this Methodist “Cath olicity,” which foruis one of^ “the few things” concerning none of which Wesley speaks “often or with more devout gratulation,” he also derides and ridicnle* the nrging of sound doctriue. “I have no more right,” says he, “to object to a man for hold ing a different opinion from me, than I have to differ from a man because be wears a wig and I wear my own hair; but if be take* his wig oft, and begins to shake the powder about my eyes, I shall consider it my duty to get quit of him as soon as (K)S8ible.” Such is the glorifica tion of Methodists iu their Centenary publication—“the leading Church of the country,^ as they style them selves in that volmne; and this is foe secret ot denominational success — Cniversal toleration of man's NATU RAL UNBELIEF.-— Cor. Lutheran Stan dard. While on a city, not foog since, I was Insnnil attend a Babbatl l - 11 well known the prowset of happy faces of such a maJtiuxb children, I, with my friend, nsp Wr ’ early to the spot, when a good was obtained, and when we to |Mua a pleasant and iaatraefij evening. The eatertahuaeat eomi ed in the exhibit km of stereo^ views and singing by the dnSdre* The first of these views New, ^ appropriately, scene* from the Land, and were My adndred * appreciated, hut t am tony te sfe were followed by barteaqae pfeta* such ae Jack and GUI rotting do*# hill, and boys gathering as u snow ball, which, in deaeeadieg* elevation of ground; became ao < moos that it caught bouses, tree all wftliin its reach, presenting grotesque scenes to the obi These last, with others, just as iotm, called forth perfect laughTrr. loud, shrill and And this i* the house of my <hd! Need ( any I list such hilarity, redtlcs'Otea* of enjoyment was ly out ot p!a<<«- in tboae holy What revci ruee for sacred was inculcated in i tone young by such a ridieulou* ‘-wncfoMee the entertainment. * *' Each piece was followed by ing. Sabbath school hymns were called, but while the were pure a no noiy, moony in tion of our precious Saviour, tones to which they were sang light and roltiektng, carrying them no more solemnity than if children were singing “Little Woe, come blow foe hors,” or Yet foie entertain meat was pared for a large company of bath-school children by chi teachers, and offered to them the vary pulpit Of God’s house, under the rouf that hud been igbt What wonder if those saute dren are next found in the opera bouse, or minstrel Certainly there was nothing to suade them against those offered in foot church that ni( Most this thing go on ? Christian pastors and teachers j the children, whose spiritual they should constantly bear in into the sanctuary for bare ami ment only, regardless of the ii priety of such wild laughter, rally provoked by pictures of character issuing from so holy (dace, and of the effect it may dnee, even ujion a careless passer-1 If these stereopticou views offered, why not select those that a refining and sacred in their natn enjoyable, but not laughable, and instructive in influence, and so silly and censurable ? Then, when so many hytuus daily composed for the use of batli schools, set to solemn and cred melodies, can- not these and trifling airs be cast aside, i other* of a better tendency b* cured, that the holy name of Lord may not be so vainly, by infantile lips, which should le» taught reverence aud praise? j We hope these few lines will some little investigation into subject of Sabbath-school exhibit iu order that the sensitive eun< the people of God may never be shocked by such sound* issoffll from foe doors of |a holy sanctasij —N. T. Observer- Luther's Prayer. - A message was sent to Luther that Mejaticthon was dying. He found him presenting the usual premon itory symptoms of death. Melunctbou loused, looked in the face of Luther ami said, “Oh, Luther, is this you ? Why didn’t yon let me depart in (icocc r “We can’t spare you yet, Philip,” was the reply. Aud turning round he threw himself upon his they wrongly assume that title, knees and wrestled with God for his recovery for upwards of an honr. He went from his knees to the bed, and took his friend by the hand. Again he said, “Dear Luther, why don’t yon let me depart f* “No, no. Of late we have heart! deniers our Lord’s Divinity spoken of ■ Christian brethren. Now, my to moti sense does not enable me to s how a man can be called a christb* who reject* Christ. Charity, by manner of means, but uot false! Union certainly, but not ttnioa deadly error. Confederacy with who do not believe Jesn* Christ tol God, aud deny Ills atoning sacrif is treason to the Lord of G1 Such persons may be excellent hoinetans, or Jews, or pure but they are not Christians; Philip, we can’t spare you yet,” was the reply. He then ordered some soup, and when pressed to take it Melaiiclliou declined, again saying, “Dear Luther, why will you not let me go home ami be at rest f* “ W« can not spare you yet, Philip.” He then added, “Philip, take this soup ought not to concede it to them- this matter lie that is not with Lord is against him; ami be B gatliereth not with him scatt* abroad. Without a distinct hearty recognition of our U Deity and Atonement, how c*^ mau be a partaker of'Christ at True Christians about these ti have no question. Jesus is to fl the Lamb of God wbo taketb the sins of the world, and the See God, whom the world shall adore.—Sturgeon. opt* 4 tf. Allentown, county, f >ll | 8t. l*«‘\ reports 8 font bapu I tion and i"j tion. The in nearly first of ®H will rise fr city so The minr sylvaaia, 1 statistics tiona, 327 548; comm] 51,188; 47a Ann meeting, «ited on ai year, 820,* Endow v:< of the cil’s Thcpk tion was rel halter thaj anfftim oj at first pr< i| pared to lu from Octob poses to annually as| propria ted principal - over; and C. W. Scln town, Pa.; by her as tl] new Proft - . 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