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Hr. Editor: It was my pleasure «»d privilege, as Correvspomlinfc Del egate from Virginia Synod, to meet tie brethren of Mary laud Synod re cently at Hagerstown. Coining, as r dM, from tbe South, am! recently from ’sooth Carolina, and being a stronger to nearly all the members of that body and the large number of visitiug brethreu from the Synods farther North, I entertained misgiv ings awl doubts as to the eordliiHty of my reception by at feast ft few of them. We beur so many things on both sides that tend to prejudice oor minds, that it is impossible to ascer tain the troth id anything without seeing for yonrsetf. I went, was most cordialfy re ceived, and never did I meet a more sociable and friendly body’ of breth ren any where. I They received me with open arms and hearts, and at mice I frit at home and free. I>r. Boiler, Chaplain to Congress, and badder of tbe Memoriat church in Washington, gave my hand the tightest grasp of any, and showed me much kindness. I presented the fraternal regards of my Synod, and the resolutions of oar body in re- sponse to kind resolves of the Mary land Synod ft year ago, and the ven erable Dr. Thoris responded in the foHnees of his heart, “Good, goodF and then some very friendly resolu tions were passed and a eorresjiond tog delegate was appointed. Dr. Stroble was appointed the delegate to Virginia Synod. There are many very earnest and tAment ministers in the Maryland 8ynod. It is the banner Synod in the Old General Synod, and is fnlly alive to tbe various enterprises of the Church. The great desire of ray life for fif teen years had been to see and hear Drs. Thoris, McCron, Seiie, and oth ers of the Lutheran Church, and * tefttlSi I beard Dr. MfeCron. He reminds me of the beautiful butterfly as It dances on the air—yon look, and the beautiful tints of gold upon its wings sparkle in the sunshine, but in the twinkle of an eye they disappear and yon forget that yon saw them.' His polished sentences float over you like the chimes of silver bells, but seem, in spite of your effort to re tain them, t$> go out nt the door. You forget the message he brings |a yonr effort to watch the inag. Dr. Seiss, one of the most perfect specimens of the physical mau I oversaw, commands your attention and yonr admiration tbe moment he rises in the pulpit. He is a model preacher—piaffe, earnest, lucid, forci ble, eloquent, grand.* His sermon was such as | have often heard in our protracted jafeetings; and if Dr. Seiss bad preached in his style hnn- dwds of sermons I have heard in the Lutheran Ohtfrch in South Caro lina* they would hare been powerftil sttmons. j [ < • » »• Without intending to make any invidious distinctions, I am con strained to say that the best sermon I heard was by that hmnble, lovely, •flatly-looking brother, I)r. Valen tine, of Gettysburg. There was no show, no effort at display or elo- qaenoe, but there was in it food for tbe hungry soul, there was the truth spoken in love, there was the earnest pleading of the Gospel, and there was the conviction of truth. The nmo disappeared behind the banner °f the Gospel, and his words fell _like the gentle clew upon the mown grass. - j‘ Hr. Btroble related to me incidents of his early history in Sonth Caro lina. He remembers, as if it were but yesterday, any little incident of bin early life, and has an inexhausti- e stock of information which he takes great delight in retailing for tie l^nefit of wis younger breth ren. : | f met ami enjoyed the fellowship ®®v. ,T. B. Anthony ami Rev. to fulfill the great mission of the Lutheran Church iu America, we must lay aside oar prejudices and petty disputes, unite iu one grand army and then march to tho conquest. The time for shell a union is not yet, bnt we are to labor with a view to that time, and pray that it may come. * l am sorry to learn that the Gene ral Synod* Book of Worship is not generally used in the Maryland Syn od. There Is much opposit ion to Luth eran custom, and there is a want of Lutheran distinctiveness and of church pride In too many of their congregations. Even fa the cities there is opposition to altar Service. I did not hear the gloria patri or the gloria in ejvein# in either one of tho Lutheran churches in Hagerstown. I)r. Diehl has a little opening ser vice, but he repeats the gloria patri himself, it is not song by the choir. And yet those brethreu of Maryland who have been with me say ours is the most beautiful service they over saw. Theirs is very similar to ours, but they don’t use it ,One good lady was much exer cised when she heard Dr. Seiss was to preach. She thought he would have on his goten, and she said if so she would hide to leave the church, and yet she felt that she must do it Fortunately the Doctor did not bring his gown with him, aud tbe lady sat and heard him. The only thing that wounded iny feelings and marred the beanty and pleasure of tbe whole sessiou was, that after Dr. Seiss was received as delegate from Pennsylvania Synod, aud preitched ami shook the hands of the brethren with apparent broth erly lote, hr did not commune Kith them at the LorcTs table. f J. Hawkins. of Stork, whom 1 had known ^T* a go. I made the acquaintance °[ above fifty Lutheran ministers, * 1 of wh °iu received me kindly, and w ill say fer the benefit of my breth- ^ who are impressed by what they *** tn the papers, that I mingled free- y with all these ministers for four *ys and nights, an d I never heard an incidental remark in regard urch connections, or sectional VTsioog, or political differences, to 9nnd the most sensitive ear. The th \ 0p “ , ^ wi * heard expressed, and “»t was general,, wits, that to pros- » ftttd to labor harmoniously, and Selections. grr.LjMiipaaj...-/stT.."::". - ... ■:: False Sign Alt. We read of the railroad accidents bite, with very different feelings when we have friends on board the train. Then with what frantic haste we scan the columns containing the list of killed and wounded. Tlow warm onr indignation toward the "unfaithful switchman, or the Hag- man who gave the wrong signal, or tho engineer who took his glass of strong drink before starting. We frel theu the vast importance of having every man, down to the lowest official, ft responsible man. We wonder that any can neglect a duty, Ik* it ever So small, when so mnch depends upon it—when men’s preeidns lives are at stake. Dot are we as faithful at our posts of duty ?■ Do we never give a false signal, or set np a wrqng light ? Ah, what teacher of ns all is as faithful as are ipost of those laborers in our public Works ? Who of ns Show such sleepless vigilance at every hour and moment ? One hundred and twenty trains pass over the road in sight of my window every day. I often mar vel at the vigilance which averts danger and prevents accident in such a complicated system. Only the most exact care and skilful manage ment enables them all to know their appointed times and glide on smooth ly and prosperously. Is not more at stake in our work, fellow-teacher ? Are not souls worth more than these mountains of coal, though they leed ten thousand fur nace fires ; are they not worth more than even the bodies of men ? Yet a little false doctrine, tanght from a carelessly studied lesson, a false in ference drawn from your example; practice that undoes all yonr pre cepts, are all false sigual lights, which lure poor trusting sonls down to death. The teacher who offered his boys the prize of a merachanm pipe, was certainly turning the switch the* wrong way, and starting the train on a traek that has wrecked its tens of thousands, body aud soul. The teacher who decks himself in all the follies of fashion, to go before her class and teach them religion that enjoins humility, selfdenial, modest apparel and demeanour, will not lead their thoughts heavenward j sh« will help to kindle a false fire in their yonng hearts that may con sume them. There was a certain actor who called forth tbe derision of his com panions by repeating the.words, “O Heaven!” while he pointed towards tli6 earth. Alas! that so much of our teach ing should resemble his error.—8. 8. Timer Something Banting. How Many are looking for some thing they do not flud! Not only out there In the world, where the feverish multitudes are rushing to tneatres, operas, seaside, mountain- top, parks, and foreign lands, seek ing wh»t they never grasp, but in the palaces of Zion, and in the vine yard where Kseho! grapes are looked tor, are there many who are not sat isfied. Something is looked for in sermons that often is not found. “How do yon like our new pas tor r “Well, he is a capital preacher; teamed, critical, logical, witty, aud quits wnitHt too—on the whole, 1 don’t see bow we could have doue better iu selecting a pastor. Our congregations are good; and, when the weatfher becomes cooler, I think the house will be crowded. And yet then/ is something tacking in our pasthr’s preaching. 1 can hardly tell what. I suppose the fault is in myself* “What do you think ails our church! We have a good edifice, large congregations, a good preacher, who is also an active pastor; our fiuauoes are in a good condition, the social meetings are well attended, and quite a number have receotly professed conversion ; and yet there seems to be something wonting. 1 don’t feel right ; and I judge, from the expression V see on many coun tenance*, that many others have a like expectance.” Ah ! that something “that is lack- iug” iu ao many churches, aud is missing in so many tenuous, is a very subtle something, and yet very important. 1 have seeu {tainted fire that look- as hot at real fire} bnt it wasn’t. I have seen painted fruit that was rather more beautiful than real fruit; but it did not taste as well. I bare seeu a loaf of bread that looked to be as £ood as tbe beat; but it was sow;. QPMiMa otMM’ • i»t* ffia-fis irtiamf *m sfcsaaa W. wawkT Mr twStiw? thing: the spirit is another. A correct theology is iin|iorlaut; the unction of the Holy Ghost is mnch more important. Some dishes were meant ty bo served up hot. lint few relish a So profound is my conviction on this point, that I do not hesitate to proclaim it as the £rue, infallible way to success. G ranted a subject for our experiment, not mentally halt, or blind, in the pofteasiou of merely common mental tfccultie*, and a lib eral education, yrqtecutod under the auspioes of lHirt^ high principles, shall make him every whit a man, fit for a profession or vocation to which society calls tier intelligent, cultivated sons. Faith At a prayer neighboring citi in one of our me time ago, a tall, good-looking, stranger entered aud took a seat with tbe audience. licbne the ex and said that he few remarks re! swer to prayer, up iu New Uam of one uf the woi Ucyr humble wag widow, eighty iShe is a chrisl been for many y iu tho power aud She has a sou w ly hope in her i who at oue time she had known source of great heart. About son, a young i 1 closed, he arose 1 to make a g to special an q said t “Away ire, at the foot there Uvea iu an old lady , a years of age. woman, aud has a‘ firm believer >y of pray er, is the only earth Jniug years, but t have been, if whole truth, a and sadness of nitie years ago that ia4 went to seek his western cities, uteri with some toil. fortune iu oue of |iu* He became acqfeUu gay and wiliKyofifeg men, and sooo forgot ail the fswlfeg admonitions of his mother to kelp good company aud not forget to |vay. He was led on from bad to fern* until he had pluoged into all tha excesses of reck lessness and sin, tf^d became a prof ligate of the most abandoned type. The Children of this World Wiser then the Children of Light. TWO 8CEXK8. It was Saturday when I arrived in th© city of C , a total stanger. I was soou enough rested from the fatigue of my journey to wander forth into the business street, aud I stepped into a business house. An elderly man approached me very politely, aud even offered me his hand, and asked roe if he could do anything for me. 1 told himjg^U^m wm oerty tasking arotmd He spoke of the city and of business and pleasure, inquired when I had come to tbe city and how long I would remain, aud seemed deter mined to make himself agreeable. After half an hour of very pleasant conversation, my new friend cordial ly invited me to come in and make myself at home in his office, aud I left him feeling that he was a very agreeable ami sociable mau. I entered two other {daces and met with the same warm reception, and finally I returned to my hotel very much pleased with the affable manner in which these strangers had treated me. The next day was the ftabbath, and I concluded to stroll around to tbe church. 1 was a little early and 1 stood waiting at the door. My friend of yesterday, Air. A , Approached me and re membering the cordial reeeptiou of yesterday at the business place, I I trail ken ness, bttiicherv of his constant able coorsf of guilty ofal logne of crimo At length Its attendant rie description, was seemingly agree nntil he was thing in thecata- >ting ronrdet. •ought ont by ■embers of the Young Men’s Christian Associa tion, and induced prayer-meeting*. fell from his eye*, result of the course of life which ho had now for a long time been puma- cold buckwheat cuke. A cold religion ‘ u fi» ««d it was said of him, ‘Beboki, is no totter. Wbeu you go iuto a cold church, you feel much as you do w hen you go to the register of a cold morning, and find a current of cold air coming up from the tireless furnace below. Yon leave that place without much ceremony. Kindle the fire of perfect love in the pnlpit, aud it will radiate its heat throughout tho whole church. Leaven the pulpit with this animat ing, cheery, unctuous doctrine, and to pm\ rtb.’ By the grace of God to became converted. He then com- ranaicated the joyfnl intelligence to his mother, and it was not long be fore be received a letter in sntotance as follow s: “ *My Dear 3on : I have never doubted for a moment but yon woald become a Christian. There is not a room in the old house but its walls have echoed many times the earnest prayers ottered iu your behalf; and in tbe room where my morning und soon the whole lump will be leaven- eveuing petitions have been sent np ed. Then 'many a {>oor soul will say: “Now rest, my long divided lieart.’’ [Methodist Home Journal. ’ Christian Principle. 1 lav iug deliberately adopted a right iwiuciple of action, reverence ami obey it; make it the law of yonr life, from which no temptation, or in terest, or uccideut shall ever induce you to swerve. It is an emanation frqm the Divine W isdom fallen upon you, as a lamp for your feet. It is the sum und highest expression of all geniul philosophies. Come what will—ruat cerium, though heaven aud earth pass away—resolve that no jot or tittle of this law shall be marred or dishonored or shorn of its author ity. It shall be your charmed talis man, before which evil spirits shall cry ont in despair, or be smitten dumb with terror. It shall be your passport to excellence, aud reputa tion, aud power, and honest tame, at the presentation of which barred gates will open before yon to all choice and precious things. A conscientious, early, aud abso lute surrender of tbe life to the gaidauce of duty, brings into the mind a power more valuable than would bo the acquisition of new faculties; it quadruples the efficiency of the old ; it is better than genius oreloqueucc, aud isoiteu substituted for them; it simplifies all the move ments; it cuts short a thousand struggles with temptation and pas sion. It is a thread of gold in the hand ot inexperienced youth aud careworn mauhood, to conduct the williug and obedient through the dark, pathless labyrinth of this world. Ordinary* capacity trained aud operating under this influence, in the end, outshines and outstrips the best parts without It to the good Father, tbe carpet has been wet many a time with the tears of your dear old mother. 1 knew Clod would not tarn me away un heard and unanswered.” “Now my Christian friends,” eon- tinned the yonng mau, “I am that prodigal son, and that old lady is my mother. I am now on my way home to see her and do what 1 can to cheer and comfort her in her old age. I was rescued os a brand from the burning, aud 1 believe in auswer to the prayers of a Christian mother.” His story was told with so much earnestness and sincerity there was scarcely a person in tho audience but was moved to tears. Is it not another verification of God’s promise, to answer prayer ! Let every mother be encouraged to look to him whose arm is able to save when all humau effort seems unavailing. “Sweet hour of prayer! Sweet hour of prayer! Thy wing* ahull my petition bear, To Him whose truth and faithfulness, Engage the waiting soul to bless.” f Religious Herald. was just preparing myself to receive a like cordial one when with a rather formal bow of the head he passed hit© the church. A few moments after Mr. B , tuy second friend of yesterday, came in and passed me m nearly the same manner. The third eame to me, evidently recog nized me, and bowing said, “good morning, sir,” aud passed in. I did not know that they were members and 1 was ready to frame an excuse for them. “Perhaps they are not members of (his church themselves and for this reason show so little ia tore* w at rangers-” ft waited a little while longer, bnt (fid not frel to go into their a* much at home as on Saturday, Here the scale* and then asked tto sexton to pleswe and he saw tin* show me a seat. The congregation was large and tto minister eloquent and earnest. It was n communion Sabbath aud had au opportunity to determine the relat ion of my friends of Saturday to tbe church. When the collection was takeu up, two of them assisted iu it, thus proclaiming themselves deacons in the church, while the other, my first friend of the day before, assisted at the communion, and I thereby knew he was an elder. 1 could not help drawring a contrast. These men who were so glad to sec me and to make me so welcome in their daily places of business, why do they seem so careless about cul tivating my acquaintance in the sanctuary. Are the children of this world wiser than the children of light?—Memphis Presbyterian. With All the Heart. 1 hat was a striking thing, said oue of the kings belonging to the He brew royalty, aud ivheu the work aud results of his successful reign wen* beiug summed up. “He did it with all his heart, and prospered.” This doing thiugs with a hearty euthusiasui is often what makes the doer a marked person, aud his deeds effective. It is so everywhere. The most ordinary service is dignified when it is performed in that spirit for trim to put heart Into’ the He soon picks ont those, whose that gentle messenger of rest—the {lower that lies in simple, bumble, earnest continued, believing prayer. —Dr. Hanna. “My Shepherd.’ If the first figure in a sum to wrong, the total is wrong. If the first verse in the 23d Psalm is not yours, none of it is yours. You are not in green pastures, not beside the still waters, not fearless of death, not with a full cup, not employer wants those who gofidneoa and mercy, not to the house of the Lord forever. Believe me, poor sinner, it you have never said, “My Shepherd, *»y Saviour,” you have not yet knowu what it is to lie down in a single grecu pasture; you have never knows what it is to rest beside tto stiff waters. Tto waters of sin »ay seem calm. They lie without storms now. The mire and dirt are hidden for tto present beneath the deceitfol sur souls are in their service, and gives them evidences of his appreciation. They do not need constant w atching. He can trust them in bis absence. The places of honor and profit natu rally fall to them. They are the rising members of the toiling brotherhood. They grew. They succeed.' They are honored. They are in demand. They rebuke iudifteieiice, aud inspire fidelity in others, by their example. They pros{KT, for they work in bar- mouy with the law which God has established and maintains iu the world. In the sphere of religion this heart iness iu service is especially needful aud vital. What is not doue heartily here, is hardly done at all, as God estimates it. He wants sincerity, resolution, {lersi&teucc, enthusiasm— not merely the consenting word, aud forma! act. A service that begins nnd ends with the letter is never acceptable service with Him. The Pharisee’s tithes of mint and anise and cummin are often an offence. The publican’s penitent cry, and the jsKir womau’s gift of two mites, were a right royal glory iu Iiis eyes, be cause he sees the whole-souled de- votiou that lies behind them.—Morn ing Star. Thoughts.—AU thoughts have their germs. To kill a sin the surest way Is to kill it in the egg. At the very moment a wricked thought is born is th© right time to strangle it. These Uttle snakes soon become the anacondas that strangle conscience and destroy character. How im portant, too, is the nursing into active life and strength of every good and holy suggestion and aspi£ ration ! A noble career depends on the treatment given to the infant ideas that are born in tbe soul. The best of these are the direct product of the Holy Spirit. To quench a good thought is to “quench the Spirit;” and the everlasting damna tion of millions has been the result of this very sin against the infiuite love—Evangelist. - Stingy Churches. Gratuitous preaching makes selfish, ignorant, and indolent churches. A congregation Votes its own destruc tion when it decides to “get along” wUb a preacher who costs them little or nothing, and earns pist as little as be gets. A cheap minister is bad eoonomy; churches which adopt this policy are invariably in tho back ground in all their operations. Tho congregations are small, and struggle along late to worship, the singing is miserable, the prayer-meetings thin and dull, the Sabbath-schools, if they have any, are of little account, un less conducted by outsiders, tho houses of worship are badly warmed aud half lighted, the communion vessels arc bottles and common tumblers, they do nothing for mis sions, take but few religious papers, are without books or musical instrn- ipents in their families, their chil dren run wild iu sin and folly, and general disregard of religion pre vails. In one thiog such churches excel—that is, in quarrels. They are usually split into factions, and abound in committees, councils, dis cipline, and exclusions. They fight each other when they ought to be working to save souls, exclude mem bers when they ought to be gather ing them in, destroy churches when tbey might build them up. Hun dreds of such churches can be found all over the country, while hundreds have already become extinct, died of ignorance in the pulpit and stingi ness in the pews. In the death. midst of Bfe we are iu The Prayers of Jesos. As Jesus stepped forth after th© baptism on the banks of tto river, fie stood severed from the past, eon nected with a new future; Nazareth, its quiet home, its happy days, its {H*aceful occupations, lay behind; trials and toils aud suffering and death lay before him. He would not have been the Son of mau had he not felt the significance and solemnity of the hour; he would not have been the full partaker of our human na tnre, had the weight of his new posi tion, new duties, new trials, not pressed heavily upon his heart. He turns in the pure, true instinct of his sinless humanity, to seek support aud strength in God, to throw him self and all his future tapon his Father in prayer. But who may tell how he felt aud what he prayed? What desires, what hopes, what solicitudes, went up from the heart at least, if not from the lips, of this extraordinary suppliant Never before had the throne of the heavenly grace been thus approached, and uever before was such ausw.er given. The prayer ascends direct from earth to heaven and brings the immediate answer down. It is as he prays that the Spirit conics, bringing light aud strength and comfort to the Saviour, sustaining him under that conscious ness of his sonship to God, which uow fills, expands, exalts his weak humanity. And docs not onr great Head aud Keprcscutative stand be fore us here a type and pattern of every true believer in the Lord, as to the duty, the privilege, the power of prayer ? Of him, and of him ouly, of the sons of men, might it be said, that he prayed without ceasing; that his life was oue of constant and sus tained communion with his Father. And yet you find him, on all the great occasions of his life, having re course to separate, solitary, some times to prolonged acts of devotion. His baptism, his appointment of the twelve apostle, his escape from the attempt to make him a king, his transfiguration, his agony in the gar den, his death upon the cross, were all hallowed by prayer. From the lowest depths, from the highest eleva tion of his ministry, ho poured out his spirit in prayer. For* his mission on earth, for all his heaviest trials, he prepared himself by prayer. And should we not prepare for our poor earthly service, and fortify ourselves against temptations and trials, by following that great example ? The heavens above us are not shut up against us, the spirit who descended like a dove has not taken wings and flown away forever from the earth. There is a power by which these heavens can still be penetrated, which can still bring down upon us face. Yet have you no rest, no peace. “There is no peace, sallh my God, to the wicked.” Not that you are always wretch ©d. There is many a reckless, god less man, who walks buoyantly along tto way to hell; but it is because he is ignorant, or doe* not see what ta before him. And yet there will lie times when it I* suggested to his mind that God is uot for hint—that he is at enmity with God. Tbe me nacing finger of conscience trill some times point to the blackening heavens aud the coming storm. Yon have Bever had the true still waters or the true green pastures. Yon know not this blessed book—the gTeen pas tures of the Word You know not the green {mature of prayer. You know not fellowship with God’s be lieving people—the green pasture of love and joy in the truth. You know not the still waters of the indwelling, and sealing, and assurance, and all the other works and ways, the conso lations and comforts of his own blessed Spirit You can know none of these, unless yo«i kn , Sbmeftmes one sees oeoafi&I Tn- stances of how these green pastures and still waters have their scenes laid in tto very valley of the shadow of death. At Mentone, one whom I knew was taken suddenly ill She said to tor medical attendant, “How long do you think I may live r “It may to a week, or it may be only an hour,” was his reply. She ejacula ted, as if to herself, “How solemn F Bnt faith being uppermost, she sweetly added, “You need not be afraid of telliug me. I am ready;” adding the words, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shad ow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou aft with me. Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Sheep lie down in green pastures, they Re down by the still waters.” Said this child of faith to her brother, who was with her, “I shall leave you to-morrow ” With the 23rd Psalm on her lips, she composed herself for sleep. Her brother looked upon her and thought she was in a calm, sweet sleep. And so she was; but it was immovable sleep. She had departed in )>eaoe to be with the Lord. Oh, it is easy for people to say they are happy when in the midst of services aud ordi nances, but, believe me, uothing but Christ himself will do.— Witness. e- «*».» A Joyful Thing. It is a sweet, a joyful thing, to he a sharer with Christ in anything. All eiqoyments wherein be is uot are bitter to the soul that loves him, and all sufferings with him are Rwoet. The worst things of Christ are more truly delightful than the best things of fthe world; his afflictions are sweeter than their pleasures, his approach more rich than treasures, as Moses accounted them. Love de lights in likeness and communion, not only in things otherwise pleasant, but in th© hardest and harshest things, which have not anything in them desirable bnt only that like ness. So that this thought is very sweet to a heart possessed with this love. What does the world by its hatred, and persecution, and revil- ings for the sake of Christ, but make me more like him, give me a greater share with him in tiiat which be did so willingly undergo for me ? “When he was sought for to be made a king,” as St Bernard remarks, “he escaped; but when he was brought to the cross, he freely yielded him self.” And shall I shrink and keep back from what he calls me to suffer for his sake? Yea, all my other troubles and sufferings I will desire to have stamped thus with this con formity to the sufferings of Christ, in the humble, obedient, cheerful en durance of them, and tbe giving up Arcklmhop my will to my Father’s. Leighton.