The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, December 13, 1872, Image 2

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i " I ft. THK LUTHKRAN VISITOR. 0UJMB1 A. S. C., DKCEMB15R 13. 1672. iulljttatt lYixifor. COLUMBIA, S. C. Friday, December 13, 1872. I Editors: . I ., l pcv. A. H. RUDE, D.D., Columbia, 8. C. Rkv. J. I> MILLER, A.M., Stauutou, Va ^Bani lipiUf i,union',wuiii mmux B:.i',;Ki;-iinrieiir;.fr?irui=gi.:aa # Jn estaentials, unity f im non essentials, liberty/ in all things, charity* i a i \ SPECIAL NOTICES, mast he made lew, Bank Checks, or l If these can not be obtair rr: j in in Post S£t a Reoisterrp Let- All Postmasters are obliged to letters when required. . i are sent to subscribers until an express older to discontinue is re* oeired, and all arrearages are paid, as reqoired by law. Merely returning a number of the paper by mail, is not suf- nrifin. t All conunumcatioos relating to mb 4 ! _ their names eery and carefully i n <lie*t«»«*hieh is old and which are new subscribers. Reftit only the name of the post office, I 9 also that of the county and State OjJ>a« h subscriber is necessary, in order tmR the proper entries may be promptly I and accurately made. J Marriage and obituary notices, as \ Other matter intended for publication, should be written separately, and not is ^business letters, to receive proper atten A Correction.—We wrote: See Lutheran Visitor, No. 221, 3d pages Almanac*—“the consecrated wafer” ml “Is it Lutheran to worabip e wafer.” The printer, iu both aces, made it “water,” to our great annoyance. We know it waa “wafer,” because Rev. Hough read jo«r manuscript and straightened our wisted letters. Hew Books for Christmas. Luther and the Bibjle. By T. , Stork, D.l)., with four beautiful illus- . trationa, extra edition for Christmas. Day in Capernaum. By Dr. I)e 5 litseb. Translated by Dr. Morris Hans Egide. Herald Picture Books. The above books are just pub lished. Send orders to Lutheran Publication House, 42 North Ninth .street, Philadelphia. English Almanac. Chnrch Almanac. 1873. Lutheran >k Store, No. 117, North Sixth the ruth - «ran Church has. We notice one in cidental omission: The Southern General Synod’s Theological Semi nary at Salem, Virginia, Is not men tioned among the Seminaries. Reah the report of Dr tttrobol, send on your initiation fee, and be come a member. If the membership were railed to 230 the heoeAt paid would be 8300. The Initiation foe to one dollar, and afterwards two dol lars upon the death of a memberj and with a membership of 230 the ooet of each member would not often exceed five dollars a year. Laymen who are willing to aid in relieving the distreua of those whom the ealliog of their uatural providers prevent from toying up treasures ou earth ran become mem bera of the League by pnyiag the initiation fee and the asaeeemenl of two dollars, but they of course re reive ao benefits. , j The Treasurer write* ns: “Assn many of our preachers have hat tin ited incomes, we foci as if oar hfingue was preparing to do at toast some thing for the relief of their Aunt Itos.” A Quit Card We And the follow uig in the Lath “A Cobjlbction.—It has bora •aid by one paper and copied by another, that a new paper is to be published somewhere la the Mouth, because Ike Lutheran and Mansionary does not give aafUfhetioo. This to ymitieciy domed by all concerned la the enterprise. The necessity of a paper devoted exclusively to the interests of the Church la the bound aries of the 3f. C. sod Tran Mynods is seen and deeply Ml foy all at s i acquainted with them. The Lather XL. . RS3 with the Own trnl Committee. W* know there are vacancies, and ministers desiring chargss, but we are not aslhcrlssd to Inks steps to supply three, or to mmssmeod mistoturs to thorn with swl a call foam the Synods la whom n« >t b 111 g f, ,f Thus far we have the remora ths hum withheld, titutkm lu our brands. But with out »apermtim this eua net be sup plied. If the Committee be kepi to formed, we msy be ubto to bring min triers and vacant eougrsfsttous lot* correwpoodeocw, and In this may mp niv them We desire to hear the Mncudratoo «ry am, and net a mytosl si the mat oonvuattos of «p Oeaeral My a «l a A. Itxram, CWrfo Cea. Heard gf Ifimtoai. , Ear A VIUVis VyOto hearted, % do not he sored. How rurtsisfy Uhre be saved, most we he saved, | • are washefi, cleansed. Many, refonaov thtfipk, above and around ms defy peof my changed t see;* hot I will nut mss purhups they would noi interest nor readers as they do ooriiufodm ALrm4 to the Lutherm Visitor. A Visit to a to Little Kassrs Pastoral Lsthsrsa Charch to fltfa OarsUaa heard the sermon; some did, for there are some good people in that little flock. The communion was amaM, yet we were pleased to see even that smell number, wbeu we remembered that eighteen mouths ago there were acareely a half dosen. After Ibis we bail an iutermieeton, in which we partook of the refresh meats prepared by the ladies, and then re assembled for worship. This •eetiou of country wnsoooc altogether Lutheran, hot by some mismanage meat or unfaithfulness, waa allowed to go to nothing, in which condition Bro. B. found It a year ago. He baa been and is still laboring faithfully at this place- He has the material here to work on, wo doubt of that; =F bat It will require the hammer of the Word—the sledgehammer at After speeding am .'haa twenty ywars to tbs far Mouth, tors I am at the home of sse rktidiuMal * In whleh thoughts and fosltogs mam and want, ns I then thought, an wwrs to ret or* But no, •LalTd lu tfo r pTiiilti — thamhmn at the kwli, Mur thaustos saw fluked fly smny s Md- an ana rery sixty aud satisfactorily supplies a general wua<L Our Chareh Payer, the name of tb# new paper, is intended to supply s r owe. The editor* sod principal patrons of this new paper are in foil sympathy with ths Gra eral Connell, or wbirti The Lutheran is the faithful Kagtrsh organ “The establishment of the sow paper is now cwrftffo, and its |»«bi* catiou between this sad the begin ntng of the Christmas holidays msy be confidently expected u A. W.* We would be disposed to rail this a distinction without a difference. Anyhow we are glad of ooo thing. We know now what the new paper's faith, practice and course will be. But here to something we can not understand. It is this . We, srged by a Bomber of minister* to publish the rotor, wrote to ministers and asked Avals t» rise? Karl Although the Is* 4y»*« «8fch. i tbt Kin. gntotolii sf my mSSHL- rnanf Its and but fow of boyhood see here, yet my thoughts sod foefmgs (torn, yam ss distinctly iu iwvtow and ora as foruh Chme by my aids In the qwt to which t mummied myself the only time I remember test having wil folly disobeyed my mother Her look of *hu saw I hod urns stereotyped itself span mestory’s tab lets, and is stlU there. How l hear fehfilff Ik#!* Is miff KKflflKitoffmiWttndkm at that time i sail oattls of Imps - altered her sit. { ■i4llad tik tm* mm e^m wfiflyff flPflKflrffPil w. ok. Correspondence. and I “Sliirey’s sermou is timely good. I am pleased with it.” I “But this thought occurred to ijke : If his sermon made such an impression as to ask its pubheatiou, and Synod afterwards rejected two young men because the church was too stiogy to support them, there is an inconsistency somewhere.” “Did Shirey overdraw the picture, or did the Synod shirk its dnty 1 Otoe or the other is true. It can not plead before God in prayer that it is unable to furnish the means for the edacation of those young men. No one dare offer such » prayer. What then T Christian proceeding W died without glove*, called hard name*. A prominent minister of even wrote ns: “You are f bat we will let that puss. All this has, however, changed. A paper to 1 about to be published in the parttou j tor interest of the General f’ouart! ; in the boundaries of the North Caro ! lina and the Tennessee My nods, and of course in opposition to and f.. f our hums e Friday a»an»ing, got ttto al Orangeburg, and W« aimed at Bam berg al t Jbxtk P. M . and were met by a tom tor of the charch. Jn*t .feaftoflwe rcuctonl lUmlserg, we were tlMflff: “Have riWMeu Ifl mitre by j|y*tr couteyance thia with the and as odUi a day experience in X«v , ha made me feel quite weary ; sniltoe , when we trace this comfortable love, will have t or It mitow yet logo to a boggy-* Bui such waa at eaactly the cmne, for wflitl Ww VtMNJ pPWi| Jra*>. »p*f the ill ■tau tom go, the mamm ae waa t Twenty one |ito or more. Merry, what a im£ But feeling that 4.Twtol muni he praarhrd to plarra not ao craetolwwi, and to ouhl ss well na * arwwrattor. w« took oour agr. sod at $ eVJUwk left B for pans uukaotfl Thought wu; “Faro well ruBratfl and rivihialiou, for we had head a few thing* about that part to B to which wu Mr. Mdtm Having pro mined Bro. Boom* to tost him al a meeting to hegto m Mmrds) before the third j . _ . . Mundav to Ivember at Mt Nlcholaa » bns ^ t off {ht mafl> <wlwr# * V )» ivemrar at m. awn *s ^ M onea for a place in charch, Bmaril (oanty, we left ri* 1 . 1 - - the Meet Ur's building. Heiaratirely mu rounded by those who ore strongly opposed to the doctrioea of the Kvan getkcid Churrib mid who declare ftvwn the juilplt, "tkat any man mho yrmehee mfarnt baytum is a fit subject far the lummtie asylum, and ought to ke run oat of the country • We do not envy Bro. & hi* place ; he has a hard task, many oouusntfoai, i«d fierce ofipunitkon. We mast state here that this is not the church st which H> nod is to convene next year, sad it la a good thing it is not, for iu crossing this famous river and unsound bridges, tto lives of some of the members “*r ofie%o m would be ia great jeopardy. It is the large church u«i this side of the river at * hi'li the Myood meets. At six u’clock Monday mom lug we k*ft the bovine of oar kind boat Uw Hasutorg. Ms> bU-naing* rest u|khii him oihI his house. On Toes day eveumg we srriveil nt home, where, st our owu tireside, we nit in hamlde gratitmk- to God for his preserving core over us. G. A II. a* mgn Mhw* Her graiSe i«n And year* **• 1 Xntol Lm Ormi —■ - - A rou nd power at God Hurt used to make me tktok to Rim, hut only with four.— Hff «fo» Mrt to «K my I rafolnm drought to Him to *—— 1 Uu wo dshed, forget uug all be htod, and ooff thinking to the dark tot are. Our lit lie steed, that knew aathtog «f t|r word tired, drew us through the Iravy «umI st the rate of &i miles at hour. I*alil suudwwa old 1(4 Kitous* iefwsr«i to dose the dear* to hisfomvr,* and the wind from the veo pate itontf, was pour AiOtiSln ai i I Li I. . _, S mmii ill SMi I ■ t ^ j i *"*• •m«M.HraR l wl wit iSMm % •ffr • “• pte without |ad “Mae* within, wu vity as we onuid i.iUm wi wr rear Id «*«, sure O^"0|| Hsv the road for a »v ere at least hundred acre* to land. God * »*„ and U« hetsrve he mode It Fw the LuUM-rss VMitor. r i prrosl t for the darks; far thste were at least ton lho***nd upon oae •era to Ha to rariace. ttouu sfte* passing lira iremrnduus pond, old “MnT began to draw to his genial beasna, suff with it cama a culm; k«t when U* sveniog. toy mantle eras speeud aiwuad us, we could srarvtoty letl these was a cairn. Mona shave the nouli, it it not practicable to build up an Eugliah Lutheran church, we can uot for a moment believa. The ques tion for the church to answer, as if seems to us, simply is, aksUl. tee uni tedly and prayerfully take hold of the trork and do it t The General Council’s committee do not withdraw their aid because of any want of iutereat or lock of faith in the mission’s ultimate success— The distinguished chairman of that committee whose praise is iu all the churches, because of hi* abundant and successful labors in the cause of missions and works of mercy, and wbo has proved his inteiest in our Richmond enterprise by the efficient help which he has given it, writes :— “Our committee would most cheer fully aid longer, if it trere in our patter. Our situation, however, ia such that we can not, simply because we have nut the fundi’’ And again, in the same letter, in allusion to a suggestion that bad ootae to him that the mission might be abandoned, he writes: “Iu order to do what I can to prevent such conclusion, I fraternally beg you to give no place-NO, not for a momenti— to such so idea as the final or tern l»orary abandonment of this fiedd. The ‘strategic situation* of Richmond is altogether too imjtortant to our church in the Mouth, to say nothing of the precious souls there—to let the whole go by default” Is the judgment here expre**ea sound, and the a%lvioe goodf We are certified of tbe fact that many of our most earnest and sagacious breth ran in tbe various Synods, compo sing oar Geueral Synod, most heart ily endorse such utterances, and have already defined their views concern iug the Richmond mission in almost these same words. Why may we not ex{»ect then, from our pastors and churches thiougboot the bounds of our Geoeral 8> ood, the prompt aud liberal action whieh the necessities of the case demand. The questious with which the Vir ginia Synod’s committee, having tbe interests of this field in charge, now have to deal, are: 1. Where can tee find the right nan for the Richmond Mission f 2. Hoar are tee to secure rujflcient funds for his support f We an* encouraged tk believe that the first of these questions would pre sent comparatively little difficulty, if we only could receive a satisfactory how many suitable missionaries may be at band, however, ready to eater upon the proposed work, if the means are not forthcoming for their support the work must stand still—nay worse, tbe little Itegiiiniug for which we have toiled will speedily be lost. The Rejected Applicants Promised: A Theological Student, ^ J. D. Dreher, Lexington, i!W. Asaman, ‘ “ Pfiid: A Lady, Colombia, «T. A. M., Lexiogton, 31., W., and R., “ Miss W. M., “ Unknown, “ Jno. N. Honour, Charleston, frT. N. Houour, t the purpose of weakening sod brrak «hrratra*4 wtth danger JTsv, am ing up the Southern General Myoad ; lfcM * **** I rat raly sow trod aad yet it Is perfectly proper, gra- 1 ** h«ML forarar,vwefo,as ford*, strums*, tlemauly and Christian for Rev. Prof 111 ” !l thmg*, iat I Me Him as Ihu r, t »jrTu r >| iT7 j t Ilabbert, of Mt rv,«,„. s. C-. l» « "* «L *7. write to minister* of the .Southern Near by I* the road that trade to %>t|Tui ’ General Syixxl aud ask them to raa lo ’•bwh I went, humous ^ ^ uuii^y# «r jl* tain a publication inimical to the f rihcr directed me to go, or from cm churchly organisation to which they tvr *riou similar motive; aad u are .members ! wuB do I remember how restraining 4 The fact is this: If are **nt to ***! wrarissrao the (lottos ood aer hate a Use Etaugelaent Lutheran ****** retigtoa seemed to me. How, Church in the South, the General, loogeth, yra, uvew pmrteth Synod must he sustauaed for the courts to the trad ; my hrart Doctrine is not faith j faith with **mI my fleah erioth rat fow the living Chat” Now, “reUgtoa s way* ora way* to ptearaaloeoa, sod all her out the new obedience ia dead; ami “Love worketo no ill to bis neighbor; therefore love Is the fulfilling of the law.” A hlllf Mtrooge • long hdl in ra fiat a •Vos, this is the river MIL* *fl% jRaltkohairktr' is just to the fotoi si mile the other rate to J*»or *t«pf»la| ptras.” Ho wo ctom oo a hndgev to fowdt Is il per fortly safe to mm* to night V “Oh, ytw. thete fora Only threw to the twldgrs sojjjpsys daogsroaft, «u»d .... #5.00 5.00 5.fJ0 #5.00 2.00 3.*) 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 Going the other day dowu to the poat office, we met Dr. G. Muller, of Loxingtoo. The Doctor, had been to see us the day before; but as it is our rale never to ask a visitor for mfooey, we said nothing. Outside our domicile we are more free-spoken. We asked, and Dr. Muller with a pleasant smile, as if we had confer red a great favor on him, auswered at once“Certainly,” and, follow ing John Randolph’s golden rule: Pay as you go; he took out his pocket book, and gave us a V. We therefore add: Paid .n—pr. G. Mailer, Lexiogton, $mo. \ r is doing well; Cbarles- i»ng; but where are Mwwberry, Orangeburg, thp unfit to the churches f If * each congregation would send us ^ eight <lolhtr|jjjhjraraount we ask * for would bdSpRp. Please beaTmihiag in mind : If J we do not get at least two hundred dollars by the 25th of December, we ore out. - the rejected applicants shall not stain oar hands with ink beyond the date given above. For the Lathoran Vislnt. A Circular. The attention to the churches com posing the Geoeral Myood, to called to tbe following resolution adopted at the late convention held in Charleston : In view to tbe vast field to our mission work, and the urgent want to mean* to carry forward the *am*, therefore we recoin me ml that tbe Thto suggests a m in Parudtoe Loot i mt ML . only (he I ttotlrw ! toniSf m i i T* whom w And mfld “The mtafl to Hu ewa pfoe*. aud la Hurif Cm mohs a dravto to IM. s Hoff to tfasvV. Wlra umtom whseu. If I flu sStfi tou muss. 4 * There la a hrevra. and wu raiy flu saved in It, hut not to rar tons, out unrerawed and oaranraritod to Gto j to iflrat ar* rat Ira.” tto me get rat and walk •*** go; there flfl*«» danger; to there were «..lt fortfle boswo. atul fur the wflm flw “there shall m no wise rater into District Synods address thesauri res j MMVO energetical)} to the w ( >rk of ktol era Id go over. Our ■rad to ll.” How many bridges ora there ? “Uudj tiro over the main strep ms, last several slmig Ifo v»■Rgtf" Go shrad. but il yam dswwfoj**, I will fluid yon re Wu got over. Tweuty- one bridges being safely }*a*md, vs riruvk a rand Am, and after travel ing half a mjk, the moan at about nri 39 «bgrae% wu stef»pe*l into the It to k»o* n to the church that, by to the ree*gnatmhj to Rev. D. M llrakri, our Kaghsh Lutheran Mission to Ricbmowl. V*., to now uitflont a paator. If laitfleraoism u t%ur to gala a atsrr t«Mtrthtod to this grout Southern nrtitre to lufluenra. it Is obviously iu»|HMruwt that the v» |ft filled as promptly as vidtog a suitable mimkmsry to sue- erad brother II. in that field wiU eertutnly prove » serious disndvan Uge to the struggling enterprise.— The little flock, discmrsgid by ap;w» tml ©effort and warn to sy mpathy ra the |M*rt to the rharrh at forge, may beeome aeasttered, sod Ho* are the funds ueceaaaty for ilw uhm j iumI lalwrtlifu)} i»i|uwi carrying forward this enterprise to ed to bringing them together be al be raised ! Tbe Sy nod to Virginia moot thrown a*ay. ( stands pledged to her usual, annual Mourn to rar brethren, no doubt, appropriation to #500. Tbe Geueral have been some* hat disappointed iu Council’s Mission committee has been the resulta to past eflbrUk and are contributing #500 aunually in addi- dioprard to crasider the progtess tiou; but uow we must look else- made to fimildiitg up thto misatra a here for that additional, necessary vrry al.iw. It should be remembeml. amount. To whom shall we lookt— however, that sodb projects are never believe that if the other District fully acvwMuptiatod at once. They 8ynoils of oar Geueral Synod would often require the eorm-at prayers anil heartily unite with us, and make the perwiMt-ut, (m(irut labors to GotUs liicbuioud Mission, iu vie* of the people for s long sene* to year*; and at iui|»ortaucc of the {miut to our remees bert ttg this fact we sfornld not « hole Southern church, a specialty “grow weary in well doing.” We ler a few years to chose, we would •M make up rar mind* to it from have little trouble with regard to the beginning that the church con means, aud the success of this enter •to *•« abiding success here, or any-1 prise be reduced only, to a questiou where, • it bout determined, con tin j to o little tiflM*. If we mistake not, ued. well directed effotl. j.imfocd, our Geueral Synod did at its Uie most undertakings of the b-*t convention make the Richmond ki»*d. rar muMu.io m lachmrad has Mission a specialty. On page 27 of hod varying lortuocM. There have the Minutes it will lie found, in the been |tones!« ia it« hmtory wfleu snhatitute re;>ort of Rev. J. D. Shi- thero was much to encourage, and »**>, that the District Synods were For the Lutheran Viator TggyF Reform in Dress. We feel impelled, from the unp^. aut nature of the subject, to my a few more words in regard to font All Christiana, we think, will be**. * trained to ackupwledge that the* no distinction iu thto rrupsut U cen thorn who have profem#fly i ct^iceil tbe (>omps and vanifletw this present evil world, sod them who ore its most zealous votarit*. Some, from their lingering fondn#* for these forbidden delights, wifi ^ siat that no prohibittow has been kfo upon us in regard to their use; as* that tbe good things of this life v«* not created solely for the enjoymmt of the enemies of Christ, but that fo specially delights to confer the* upon his ovrn favored ones Tfo best, tbe moat beautiful, the permanent, the moat satisfying g his grand creations, are, indeed, fo tended for them; aud, truly | ness has the premise of tbe lift now to as well as of that which Uw come, but this does not imply dot all its superfluities and luxurfoi art to be laid at oar feet—this nustd existence may be amply sustaiMl without these. Tbe most that «i can claim from tbe numerous pm* ines to temporal good to, that fa means of subsistence shall not fo| to those who truly; put their trust* God. and who seek his kingdom ssi his righteousness first. Not our u* interesJ, enjoy meut and the ndfo gence of ou; fastidious tastes Ant Tbe luxuries u .u emoluments of Ifl were never promised to us. TV bread and lay arnter shall be We cau claim tci superfluities fnu that, “Wliat shall ve eat 1 V shall we driuk ? When, v itlial we be clothed T” “Alt that* fl shall be added unto you.” Bali necessary for tbe comfort or tbe beauty of life, that we should to tbe extreme demanded by the b satiate autocrat of fashion t M a-stbetical principle was placed wifi; in ns by God himself, and is sweet evidence still lingering of primeval glory—the fall has not 1 iterated all traces of our original; and what is so truly fining and purifying should be ished as a most precious gift the source of all beauty, but false standard set np by fashion us to emulate, is, most frequently, direct conflict with that tut the bqautifu 1 wflfoli *< teeT to ue com missions within their own boundaries, and that they cooperate to their fat lest extent tcith the (leneral Synod?a Central Committee an Borne Miseions to the general stork ef Missions At the same time it waa rverai mended that a committee fryiu eorb District Synod be authorised to hart correspondence with the Central Committee on Missions, io order that thto latter might be kept informed to all vacancies and destitute charges that were needing geoeral old. Co der this recommendation of the Geo era! Synod the work to Missions wu left with the District Synods, hot in order to furnish aid to the more destitute places a Central Board of Missions was created, through which the gfioerri help of the eburth might be exercised. Correspondence to therefore invited from oil District Bynods needing general ski Io the work of Missions. Vacant con grog* ttons, mission Arid*, and ministers contemplating removal foom their a Hut* i the Holy City* *uy* to the oa Wa trwtli! but fleam to rar Aral, Mr. Wxumu Jeooy, aflfisr eterifoul wlfis mafia •a fori at flume right a* ay. Do tfo urols} the weather wo# no flat after beiug joined by other* again ufo-n there was uot a Mttle U> deprea* the bo|»ra to its friends. Nothing cau be gained by dfoguMog lh« fact that Us condition mote to by no mean* as hopeful as we oould wish. It to » it hoot * puotpr. A fom »ho*tiave effictontly sided it with thru (uwimv ami ora tribe liras to the pool, run not be crantc*! 1 ra to ssatot much in the fixture. Tbe little congregation to still without a Mutable place to worship. Tlie chairman to the Mission Committee i Urged, not only to “address them selves more etiergtdically to the work of miasions within their own bounda ries,” but also to “co operate to their fullest extent tcith the General Synods Central Committee on Home Mixtions in the genet al trork of Missions* Oar understanding of the action, aud we think that of the convention gene rally, was, that the helping of tbe Richmond Mission was particularly contemplated in tbe adoptiouof that report. The Bynod ap|»ointed a Cen tfl# may h* suvrot—gfor jet oat as tfla thtto wfloaunapv* tfo- Hausmt, we went to the liuto |*romiocut. «ltoc»ursgit>x fast me* ia wflkwra aud rwmriu* o tfltof still; rat ***** ** ** ******* * •»*!! the cswr. In view to thro*' dtocoui to rar dniuheooeaa, covetrasoem the grapri. agraseutA, w«, to course, era not but ktfooesu; rat with out staffed pusfora* ^ rarvkra pfv| M rstory to ths eras regard tbe enterprise as having ftdgwtng to the heart ood eratrotltag •»»»«•». refogtral to a friend’s house, , rraefod a very serious crisis in lt« tfletiffl. Could we be taken l« heave* *“‘ 1 *** by Ike fire the rossainder to htofary ; Ihong-h st the same time uu reconciled to God, it would not fl* ih * 'W* mm, ood ot 11 firmly crav meed that there ore no i/rk * A fifiPMn rr(«aire»l to tfo- insuperable otMUorirs iu the way of eflorrli fiVeare aro usUraed to begin sucKv-aafnlly carrying forward tbe •ervura *4 l|, and thought that wo* uork begun io Richmond if only our u» fefor . tsfj. •here, flat wt waited uflorefleu will take prafopfi, TffltlTWt, sad becoming impstieai, liberal actira iu tbe matter. We to the General Council inform* ns j tral Committee ra Missions, of which that, for tlu« present at lemvl, they ! Rev. Prof, a A. Repa**, of Salem, cau give a* »« help These are the v »-. is the chairman. We therefore brie most earnestly appeal, in view beuvra to as, rar rojuld wu he floppy there; for fo mtou, delight ilow vatu to trout to ray utflur pfoM to Mlvotira, tfloo fly bring “roe ouutlad to Ood fly the death to At* Rra r W. msy rsml tfo ifcbto, ho foHrttowl, make a prefawlin to r» Itgira, partake to tfl* holy rapper, afl gund to tflrir pforo, flat tf w# m 4tou mama “Yea; tk* flurry te he t wo e ooagreg* gathering ” vta mad to a 1 they** have been upon the ground, aud tee tify to wtort we bare seen and bean I nod brifove. That ft Is foirsto fur as to have oo RogUah Lutheran to gtofoff to _ _ ■ HP •rally MeuU about lfiur I ,/riwch. fo the <*ty to Kk-kmoud, do^ not •od tflrnjlrij don’t cute if you keep admit to riguMrat That to u flour tflsm oM ,W i* That ia ths rfofo W t ' Isfllog, erases ally growing (fity of wra| to sftwt awhile aud perurfod | j that rise, and containing o German (flat many to them popofotfou to about six thousand of the immediate and pressing neces aities of this enterprise, to the Mis sion Committees of our several Dis trict Byuods, to all our lutstore and ssugisgstlow, to individual, Chris tian men and women everywhere, wbo have any desire to see an En- glisli Lutheran Churcli established in the city of Richmond, to forward whatever contributions they may lie able and willing to make to this end, to Prof. Re pas*. We pray that the hearts to our people max be moved Ily and to give liberally give quickly. D. M. Gilbert. A sou to the Prime Minister of Thibet, who haa been for some time under the instinct ion of Moravian mfrafonurfoa, ha* professed comer a on and been received into the church, being baptised under the name of Nathaniel. correct. In direct opposition to passaged which the lovers of pleasure applet! so false aud dangersat exegesis, are the many that tk this life as a scene of conflict, tiou and suffering for Christ’s The servant is uot to be abov Ix.ml, aud only those who w ith Him here shall reign witkl iu his beautiful kingdom now process to construction. “It is j unto us on tbe behalf of Christ, ouly to believe on Him, but to suffer for his sake.” Inuumc passages might be adduced to stautiate the proposition that life is to be a sceue of toil and fare for Christ’s children, bat regard it as useless to bring fo what must be familiar to all tians. They are only misapplied i in isuutierstood by some. They not reconcile the seemiug dt ancy of different passages, aud ti those that are most congeaisl! their carnal natures, and tusking! very most of them that their il tions desire, they discard the as ouly applicable to Christian* > the days of Christ aud liis «| when the peculiar persecute which an obnoxious religion was ble made it probable that all embraced it should be exposed a suffering career, frequently Mating in martyrdom. But oue 1 studies carefully the lives of apostles and early Christians, “took joyfully the spoiling of goods,” and w ho were “ joyfuF in all tlieir tribulations, have no difficulty whatever in ni standing both classes of and can seo no more disci between them than between that are adduced to support i* taut doctrines, and others that brought forward by the eoemk* < these doctrines to overthrow tbrtij We would, then, simply ask tian women of influence to rate a reformation in the style of dress. Taking it for i that they feel one to be nt we will simply incut ion a few w hy we think it desirable. | A large class of women, who not at all influenced by motives, but whose strong good jj has induced them to spurn tbs ktrain fa of costocu with i»di| aud who advocate a reform ofi grounds of economy, health,' find true taste alone, are makin? I influence felt iu many directions they are succeeding ao for, whj not Christians hope to something! Shall they be dM0 l their generation than tbe chU light T True, they, like most in reform, run to silly abd i* This Mach ** fi them d®*** »° 11 «It ao*» •w" of cb»*‘* r erer f«-l oblijct die* >i the groo" 1 ’ *1 ^,4*. narrow Ui in any » ocb eXt '. , garment wbi<U| t0 bw thi* year, tbe nett; and « ter «be bas and oaa principle -be lr may *• *M pPTinauent stji* oonaidered to looj person can revo| every one ®*y 51 to leave the wor] she found it.” What a vast JAd thonght Jfgker aud oobk v hat lives of I lead, aim pH- time to think of ' say unto os in tl much aa ye lurvej ye have done it not snch com me repay for every s der a better and tern, how man be comforted! ones fed! How How much sick alleviated, aud rescued from e’ through our efl< time to remcm t Are not our t buried f Will i account of them dare we deny t dress moiiopolb of our time, th< sation f Would In this respect © an improvement kune that we ha for something lx please ourselves tice ever con torn Far better wouk hate such clear to disregard then And theu, iu t much money cou benevolent purj fluous expitiditi necessity would festivals, conoet tiouable uieasui vogue for the means that it ot to bestow ? W< have ujwn ours* plain of our pc fifotosly give our Not so did tin Not thus <lid tin •sabstainx- and g We are not pie tUtioii <»t tUODil not advocating that is incousist position in the v pkjJieaUhtu], i made according snd gcKKl taste- every periodical by an invisible, tyrant, whose acknowledged t most fait lit ul ad At least, let i iu the house of < commend itself and the good ta: we have be silly* and super signers on accoi predilection, g Rfreet and in the sidered as evidei h i Europeans, evince the s other occasional inquired in otn ’vhere tbe ball w «rbe sawsomai Lpon being info aimply promeua Mieve, and tbo »ou8 country wh tJ te morning. I «ut*iitable stre Inan .v more tuigl tofoMdouce uiH)ii if they know tlj Jects of remark lh ey were uot m difference »»d their wealtl 1 erhaps the poo lH>or * should neft Worthy oousii ar ® yet i„ t be- subject tobumui 0ur republican ,s specially ad--- Uu e sensibilit ^uk and wea 08 to differ fre Ui »**ded us t , ^ orl d stood* brother to of •^Ived to a , fuel th so am* * ®^ U b e k,>Pi0 ^ be augi °ouaideratiou ^•P^ifiUy tin