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XHS M THERAN VI8IT0R. COJJJiBIA. S. C., JANUARY 1% 1873.
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Witihv.
COLUMBIA,
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In Justice to Rtv. Dr. tttsroberg,
it sltonld be stilted ttmt nettb-r
principle nor symbolism bad aught
to do with hia perversion. It was a
bat
•otUM m
Other. 1 * How Ustaat
the store.* “Fetch
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a not find the
“He In hove In
him to »e at
ooee." We could Itore shouted. It
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the (termana of the North went, look date: We reject four dootrii
ln« to a union with our <"burch; <Veep»ae yobr msritBtfoaa. 1 ”
ami, sow at tho lata aea-ien of (fit S thin ie the xMJ spirit and
i in latere who have the koooMh
although qualified and
able, do not Mini*itt*.
and, bow at the late etaden of the TbU te the vegy apim ami piw»o. * rujew*.> w ~
House of lUabope la New Tort, the plea which animate and control ourTThie qaeetioB annoys mk
matter of convenience, lie moved ia the Lord 1 * doing*, lie approve* first official steps have been take*.! General Synod. We bear with the already l**come unpopular with
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Friday, January 10, 1873.
SpjTOKa:
Rkv. A. K. RUDE, D.D., Columbia, S. C.
Rkv. J, a, MILLER. A.M.. Staunton, Va.
.t..., imi| , ''Mi—i =amjf}
In essentials f unity ; in nonuse ntials,
liberty; in ail Iking*, charity.*
to Kanaaa, located on a farm—near I of the humble
it wae a vacant Presbyterian church.' thy •manta.
The Preabyteriana wanted n minis- j had to go to
ter, bat they would not give up their
Confession—well, the weakest party
yielded.
jj,, eracjui. notices.
Remittances must lie made in Fuat
Office Orders, Bank Check*, or Drafts,
if possible. If these can net be obtained,
send the money in a RaourraRicn Let
ter. All Postmasters sre obliged to
register letters when required.
Papers are seat 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
ficient.
All com satintoat ran* relat ing to sub
acribers, should give their names very
distinctly, and carefully iudiente which
are old and which are new\aubeeribers.
Not only tho name of the/post office,
but also that of the county and State
of each subscriber is necessary, in order
that the proper entries may be promptly
and accurately made.
Marriage and obituary notices, and
other matter intended tor publication,
should ne written separately, and not in
bnsbiees letters, to receive proper atten
tion.
ACQUAINTANCE Dfiomui. — We
fiud the following item in the Lather
an Visitor of December 6th :
Rec. P. Anstatt.—Alter miarepre
sen tat Ions and aspersions In the
American of November - hi, we shell
take no notice of anything that you
may ehooae to print about u. W*
sympathized with you when the In
dependent dropped yon from Ua ex
change list, but we do so no longer.
The Visitor evidently follows tho
example of David when he aajs;
“Whoso slandcrcth bis neighbor, him
will I cat off.” The Observer hat had
a thousand time* as many reasons
as the Visitor for adoring the same
course, on the ground of “misrepre
sen tut ions and aspersions* from the
same quarter, and has pursued It for
years.— Lutheran Observer
rrrn
Clubbing.
To Cinbs of five (6) prepaid sob-
serfbers, sent to one address, we mail
the Visitor for $2.00 for 52 numbers.
Correction. — Iu our last, in
“Church Book with Mnwic, arranged
for the use of the Lutheran congrega
tions, by Harriet Reynolds Kraetb,*
please rend Krauth for “Kraetb *
I Change of Addreuw. — Corre
spoudeuta will please, after January
16th, to address Rev. S. Scherer at
CSribaonville, N. C.
1 The Lutheran Visitor. «
8 * * itJ t TT!iT v iu/ •«
| “Maryland* sends us words of
encouragement, of whieh we at pree-
qnt stand very much iu need. We
have such a heavy load of delinquent
subscribers to carry, we cm hardly
move on from one week to another.
Maryland writes: “1 could not do
without the friendly visits of the
Visitor every week. I like it even
more and more. It is doing a glo
rious work for the Church of the
Reformation and for Christ. Tho
WftS^g^omjjjersou imaginable coal*
iu which flie Lutheran Church would
ho iu, in the South, without the
Ms it or*
“Virginia* also has a kind word
to say: “The paper fully sustains its
character, and all say is conducted
wiith ability.*
Another Virginian writes: “I think
the Visitor is growing better and
belter. Wish I could get you a big
lot of subscribers, llope to get
lew soon.”
Correspondence
Vlsfinia.— 1 “I eee in my p4|*f this
morning indebtedoem to the Vankw
^$T>«7.25xl0:4»x9iw. You «*J
not doing your bnsineon eta* enough.
Mast have oat too much money,
rush out your bills, when (hey ex
oeed two years, at once.*
Virginia.—“Do not be too hasty in
dropping names from vonr list, ss|
yon will tone more sabseribrr* thsn
you will gsin. Time* sre hard on
other people ns well ss editor*.”
Rework* • When Doctors disagree,
etc. Instead of being too hasty, w#
have lost by being too leavent. We
call three times, by letter, on (Imm*
who are in arrears; we wait a re»
sociable time after the last presenta
tion of oar account, and then—“lie
that being often reproved hardeneth
his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed,
and that without remedy *
Mt. Pleasant, X. f\, December 21,
1872.—“Our church paper is usd
started In opposition to the Visitor.
efforts of his nawor
Do look st H! We
LotVs, Bro. K had
to go there, and that applicant had
to go there, too.
Let mt have my own say—don't
hamper me 1 wilt raise any amount
of money; but I mast fool within
the breath divine, I must have the
oonsetoussteas that the land ie with
me, and light from him most tie
around me.
The money Is still coming. I Tense
•top. Ws have too much sow.
Wait till October—Ihen «• need
more.
Msr. A. R, Kwk. P.D.—Dmr b*r:
Unclosed I send $•*. whieh yon wilt
oblige me by appropriating thus
$.1 for Referred Applicant*; $2
for Foreign MtaMon*.
Regretting deeply my inability to
send more, sad trusting that there
will be many larger offerings la a
good cause, I am years in wetl-
daing, II. A. K
Uvosmhsr 22. I»7J.
The writer hi a rids*. We only
know her ns a saharrthsr to ths
Visitor. Hhs lives for away flam
BHV own bwt s^lt^^i Btld
memri Imt* ixslsssta vtasr, sltn dnais a i
foraaho her altar, she is a Iran
•langhtsr of thn iharah of the
mHPPMWNIWPBU I IN* IdaHnlJ mwW
kEaMS* Brnhl I j h«fFinieee#*^a II
^affeBS Will fI
We am anpertaMy gVBtifoml withd
her con tritinHan to
rrmaeiv wumiomw.
We will remit ns man ns wa have
collected $10, to the Treaasrrr of
the OsBeml Nynoffh Foreign Min
•kmary tfonefy For the sake of
the sainted Omn sod other*, we am
attacked to the fold It
Oar Heathen* dumh mm
ate In the work of evsegwltsstima,
.Mini also send tint minsinoarira to
preach to the natieeM,
/ Sw r
to
Signification of Ministerial Desertions
Dr. Diehl has an article ou this
I>oint—that is the style now—in
which be rather misses it. The Doc
tor is very severe ou certain news
paper men, but that is his point.
Says be:
“Some anonymous newspaper wri
ter a few months ago reported that
he bad heard a rumor that a half
dozen prominent ministers (some of
them D.D.’s) had in contemplation a
transfer of their ecclesiastical rela
tious from the Lutheran to the Pres
. bytei ian Church.*
He then inquires: “How did this
story originate 1* and after making
some additional points, informs his
that
ie hunter after sensatioual items
caught up the idea, rapidly penned
his letter, hinting that half a dozen
prominent ministers in the General
Synod were seriously contemplating
a desertion to the Presbyterian
Church. A good natnred editor grat
ified the correspondent by allowing
his article to be inserted. It was
read by the editors of the Standard,
the Lutheran and Missionary, and
the Lutheran Visitor, and immediate
ly their brains were in a ferment
“Here is something to make capital
against the General Synod,* mid
they, “and we will use it.* “This
will be a bitter piU for the Observer
aad the General Synodiste to swal
low.*,
These editors and some of their
lents have been completely
The prominent ministers
alluded to are still laboring faith
folly at their posts of duty. Not a
matt of them has left the church.
Not one eVet had any serious inten
tion in that direction.
The ‘ ] Tfoffor was not as much
hoaxed as Dr. Diehl. He says:
4< Not a man of them has left the
eburdb.* Now what is the fact!
The man, the D.D., not “a half-dozen
preachers,* as Dr. Diehl says; but
“one,* as the Visitor copied from
another Lutheran paper, has actually
left the Lutheran Church. The Lu
theran Observer, December 6th, has
this Item:
Dismissed.—Rev. Levi Schell, Pres
ident of the Hartwiek Synod, has
granted a letter of honorable dis
mission to Rev. Levi Sternberg, D.D.,
to unite with the Presbytery of
Kansas.
t «nT ins
id mi b
f8$feI IfclyJ dMHM-i IfiMiklfoldlWf **4 ii***
l ‘rtMM ? «w (n-im1 v bvp oar t« MB war
fstnuiliing CKMxlitMMi as a
Cr in the interrat of the Crner*! J h * rrT **
Coancil, but to pro* id* for our tf ^“
own imtaediate wants. Yours fralrr Tkt> ( . .. lit , . . _
nally, E. IIlBBEttr
JiL Pleasant, X. t’., OMfabrr 2-1.
1872
yours January 1st, 187.1, It | have
not paid up to tlist date, piraa* a*o4
bill. If I have pan] beyotal, you
are at liberty to n»akt> any diapoiM
Thirtsea or more Bioktrni of
‘l ulled Cbutwh,’ made Bp of Luth
eran sod German Reformed, ore at
the bottom at it.*
The Boosed ie mlMaken. It might
with as mock truth he said, that the
Episcopal < burch Ie rnsitr ap of Bo
mam CmthoRea, Lutheran*, etc.; or
that the Ifethodlsl ('bnrrh Is made
ap of Episcopal isms, Presbyterians
afMX'oagTvgatioaalsta. The“Cslted
Church,* so railed, Ie neither Imther
an nor Reformed, hut Pra*si»n, it Is
the State rhorrb of 1*niseis, and
u *batrb. (he olfout of ahleh is to
eerre Pruseinn nally sod ooueolids
tkm. In the roaatrie* ahkh have
been lately al*so|lbe«l by Prussia,
strennou* efforts already being
made to nsn* foe Lutberans to
unite a ilk this Prussian (Mate
Chnrrb. The ITnpmisit go*eraaH|||t
is now doing for ftp pet, the Tnited
Church, vhat tM Engtisb govern
meat formerly dtdfnr the E(itsrn]ial
her eoh
irsok, ws symjtataiiss with tbs iron j beeaos* we hsve told the troth- A
bird, we assist the seekers after brother Mid to ub after the adjourn-
SfMfo; but than stoat mt ha ear 1 moat of———: “Too are right,
doubtful disposlUous, there most oot but you ought to know by ihi* tiaae,
be say opposition to churckly truth , that the truth ia Ml always to be
and sets. We of course here speak
of the church ss collected in a gene
ral body.
Du {bumi ti fung I
sis*, not one easwsrn: 1 ad! go
tion of excess you se* fit.
requested me to inform you that be
will, from let January, 1873, take
Our Church Paper, instead of Ijmihtrau
Visitor. You will therefore disco®
tinue Lutheran Visitor at the cxptia
lion of the year for which he bos
subscribed —No. 224. Vary respect
folly» L, A. Bir KLE *
The Accepted ApplicanU
The Ixird blessed tb* proposition
of “A Theological Btudent," iorlimd
the people to contribute liberally,
and His baud is so clearly seen iu
this effort, that all who have given
should feel encouraged to couttime
to assist these young men. “A The
ologienl Student" did not know them,
oor did we. When we had money
enough for one applicant, we wrote I
to the Secretary of Synod to notify
one of the young men. He informed
us that be did not know where to
find them. What then 7 It is the
Lord 1 * work, said we, and he will!
attend to it And, sure enough. He
did! A gentleman came Into our
office, gave ns $3 for the applicants,
and then we told him that ws could
not find them. He at once gave ns
the address of one. The Lord sent
that man to ua, although be dkl not
come to Columbia on the Lord's
business. When we bail money
enough for the accoud, the Secretary
was notified. He replied: “I do not
know. Can you tell ok* V That we
could not. But the Lord eoald; and
and bow did He do f We went
into Mr. Love’s store (ere advertise
meut); while waiting till Mr. Gray
was at leisure, we strolled over to
the side where domestic* are kepi.
Now would any sensible person be
lieve it t On the fancy side the two
counters were crowded, the clerks
busy; on the domestic side then
was but one customer. We turned
a wondering eye on the proprietor.
Ho looked at ua, laughed, and said :
“Fancy goods pay beet.* “Yea,*
said we; “bat for the seller, and not
for the buyer* We tamed to look
at tho one customer. We knew him.
It was Bro. -—, from Lexington
These Lexisgtooian* remind ns of
the Sbenandoon*. They have lots
of hard, sound sense. They are not
much for show, but they understand
the realities. That customer had
come to buy domestics, we hod come
there to see Mr. Gray f bat the fact
», the Lord sent ns. Says “A Co*
tomer*:
Joined to their klato, Hull they
wsat to preach. They nee my seal
«M an the Lsnfi day. They dm
bke to attend •aMlsfi, hot funeral*
have no particular attraeftoaa for
them.
liariag no Arid of thou ana,
sooee uf those net % sot* of two sesws
tom trouble pastor*, ustorfore with
mmi—mi i.u ik#> ,i—Im t■ ut
tent, alienate emmito, ti M
^ wwfw we* mi wwo my Mmmm
eoofrmfoa, buievwewa nod
They as* misehiofasnketa. How a
minister set apart by the laying *m
«f hands can be at pear* with him
self when he tofaatnsilly become* a
mammon wanditppev, ae do not an
deratand We tried for ■mot than
twenty year* to serve both God and
mammon and utterly foils*! TW
maso mo tried, the hitler e» tart
•ltd. No mo to pmaiMft. 11m
cawirmimii, mm'a i fTirfTik|
ever the assurance and the peace
tool, we ware never at vent, nor did
we allow ether* to he. If God Moye
a minister fawn serving it Is ad
right. If a mftamtrv i
it to sB wrong, liar
lower* at prewent sre the
wlm hap aad sell m mol
Bat we sympathise with them. They
art in mtf defense. When we were
trying tn got rich,
the faiibfal lew who triad to eho
that we wete art doiag God
We have now disengaged n
tor* who oogki to Inhwr In their Wi
pastorate* toetoad of acting «a Iren
fYrAJtma^r me tarkel Is Liitoottitoire amono I
’W mmmm es^nv at^BrrSS*afuwff
fork* of their I wet bran
a ^ ^ bms kJ f j
Brat her, if that sawmill to loaning
kMk It ever, and move away If
fan do not went to go thnl for, go to
Chocrb to I reload st
ale*.
The movement of which tb* Rsoord
•.peaks so waaguinlly ami devouring
ty will not mu«mt to mmfo.
The <iermrmi4* Platt says: “We
know that there were a few year*
ago attend pre-tchn* in the llotm
ftynud uf the Uaited tTrardb who
were anbrlievetm.* “We now \
lean* that twelve minister* hitherto I
brhmgiag to the I*mud t han k have '
aiqdied for edmisshwi into the Epia j ,
eopnt Chuirh. Is the I'ta* no j • ro * t laotera.
longer brand mangti, or have they j
had eaongh at uncart moty and itjMHfor ^ j
ne*s in doctrine, and do they now,'
ftw want of tied site doctrine, desire
at least defiaitr vhaio b g.«u rtisnetit f
The Utlef stems the tmoe profot
t.i. as
Hiftrs
The KMts/rosmd says; “These
ceding mioiders haw founded a new
c hatch |«a|«er, whh U is edited by
Rr». Rieslri. of New Albany, In
dianSft in the interest of the Kfotoco
pal tTmrvh "
'Wi’inMiiiL + 'lit! B sfoi
This Itseuel *as wore » to<rmlnr qf
Ohio Nyncsl, bat he sserdot and be
Csdthsiie, h «rm!dl
r«W, and now
hr has again acceded snd i* Lp*n*►
jsaf.
W« learn from thr I uthrmnef
that nine awtn**tsv* **f the t’oited
EtsageBral Nynwd of North Amen
CTiwinnaU. The <d«Jeet * n* u* drlib
efoie ‘*n IW Uanvntafoe state «f their
Ny nod The sbnsr* of this body
were stated to be sorb that an im
Not PMMrt. —The
lOatt ie very eerere oa I>r. Krsuth.
We give a fow extrafite: “Iliefloabt
leaely wwmrr that together with
the doctrine of Justification, the doe
trim*of original am and good works
be earaently presw-bed and eaipbatl
rally exhibited. This the General
Connell has also done st it* loot non-
veatton at Akrtwi, flhlo.* • • •
“The doctrine of onr ehurrh wns
indeed laid down and explained, al
tbough by no menus, ns we under
•tacnftt, with the requisite clearness
and diMlnctivenona. Rat at the same |
time decUrations were made by Ifrof.
Kraath, iwobably the most prominent
teacher to the General f 'oanril. whieh
rouse the greatest astonishBMfifo*
The Ocminide flintt then |nroceeds
to show that Dr. Krauth Is entirely
mistaken, a hits ••Profraooi* IIosm-I
guest and Tntscheil together with
several others, eonfrsaed end defend
ed the truth against his heretical as
sert loos.* Well—Well! /lr. Krauth
s false teacher, sod Dr. foea* a CW-
bast—where will we find a spoil cm
Lutheran f Itoigene*, qortek, lend ns
told* We, however, are old enough
to toll the troth. Popularity gained
by dimemblfog to Bbort Hrad. It
pains as to have the enmity of oar
brethren, bat to B tow years, and It
may be in a few days, ws at leafo
wifi be at rest. The troth we most
declare. Necessity la laid upon n«.
We con not, we dare not recall what
we bare writteo. We write aa we
do, because we love the church, the
brethren and soul*
Falsehood may lord it for a while,
hot truth only oooqner*.
For the Lutheran Visitor.
VI Bono—The t hmelestsm Courier
| says: “It is stated that Prcobytart
aa*«m eon boost of twenty thousand
eougnegatlwBa, nod a popalataMi of
tlqrt y-four mil I tone; and that Lather
•n and other kindred bodfe* i»r!ti
ded. the total swells to fifty seven
j milMuna*
Ths Osorwr is not {Misled. Lather-
arts and Fresbrti rians differ on e*
sen riots pcMnts; sod os regards onm
hors. Horwoy gives out of 2*2,830,006
< brt«fian*. to thr lYvwhytariane \-
;uu,«Sri, and to the La Users os 30,
Mam
The Lsat tustalaieut — $2*383—due
an the Nav anaah {uiraonagr, has
town paid.
1 be lte% T. W. Ikiah. of 8t John's,
' aai utma-M, ««•
*e«‘«vnl aged pswona
The beaiiufol ct ibng of the Went
worth Ik l.utbrnsa ehmrh, (kifles
from it was »W
Intel} neestMsory ou the port of (bene
afar. They first lhaaght *4 nnitlag
with the Missnnn Synod, neat with
the By nod of llUnto*. next with the
INeabyterion ('hsurrb; tost at tool
the EpisrufMil C’harrl* was preferred.
No doth I^jaisnepalians think that
thetr Hiwtk has nwtrad a talus
IM
ton, A I'., foil down not very long
ago. t'aaae, dstaetive roof.
Her. A. I* «'rouse «ss installed
by li»»v. T. OMMMB os potior of the
Routhern Lexington charge, ». C.,
of the Tennenfee Hjsod, December
Sfffh. This charge consists of five
obnroben, and has a memtwrship of
urn.
Tkb IhM raiv&i
UmmuCotyutk-
Hi. — charrh has no stove; the
door* do not shot; the * tndow* have
IIams or thk •“* g*«** i the imipit is full of dust
-We agree folly 8irt; the ceiling is wonting;
with the AVorAeqfrrsad, winch asyst
“Tim- eharrhes of the (istnnil
l oaned mast, htmcefurlh, rerrtve a
dor-mas! hands, la whieh the |Nwt««r
i* bound to mswe symbols thsn I he
Tbm shnta as osmI war
amt. We ran not obligate
oUTMhea to twwritenine<*«ile*mnnal
writaags. ..... IV. do not csMadder
»t proper to {wwarrfhe SBrh a ductri
to the rongregntaana It
doe* out aeratrd with the mind at the
I utfo t.»« 4 halt h. sad marh toss
with the spent of AaMmraa otstilt*
thorn, to lay dew* prrmsnt ntly sorb
* mows of tatsosn profsoitams as arw
rsatsmsd to the above men tamed
tdoe symhnto load ott that which
assy yet be eddied to them) as aa to
fallible doctrinal dimtory which ran
•ever food astray. VI« •»«( oar am *
■■M SKirsrlte* rimply
to the troth aa aanfewsed hj the
Mvaagriiral Latfow** chart*. We
Bmahy is plenty, hat (he church
doe* not get its shore The people
do nut do good “both toward God
and toward hts boose* Where Is
that ehorrh t lamk here, my dear
brother. It may be your*. “Bay a
broom, bay a broom f
A nirtepowtoii write* from I*ied-
touat, W. Va.; “Lut hot arts «rr very
ssorce here. We Uavs no preacher
n*»w, bat bogie to have one in a short
time,* That brother lately moved
from a part of Virginia where he
iMMorsawd (he nsraus of grace, and
the services of a faithful mao of
God, and he it »aw determined, with
the help of ths Lord, to enjoy again
thr*c total on Ide btosmugm. Uc did
n.»t leave his religion behind hiui
when Im aiovfd, bat c«m«d it mtih
lot tor
Butfo. If
i, yaa will at
the \ * N -*imrr « “j f.--*!.*» as a 1 **»d in going to work for and iu
—vsrt eshitottoaof the fondasneatal j the ht angeik*4 4'hareh. lie knows
♦f tho l , t ‘W fotther s ifoii Irn will aowb< t* ohm have the
* ViMln ****** pnAlleges and up}KMlututhw
other symhnls wgrbrntoi sad 'regard u> V** fotnlaally aod to arrve
so vnlnahhi so osqr «o» learn* t« |wise foithfaUy.
P*** 111 K»» g t\ Holland, ol Modiouu
TW «tWr Lnfitora* symbols, we C. 11^ Vn^ writra; “l have just
do But now speak of I he throe chief rotaraed from Pag* Coanty, from
wete oompooed on* of my Branthly \ iolto to Bethlo-
at the base of the Blue
Dome Doctor Upon my return
from Heooia, Ooweto Co., Ga., I take
the first opportunity to fnroisb yon a
hasty sketch. I was called by Rev.
L. Bedenbnngb to visit this place for
the purpoae of assisting to lay a oor
ner stone for a new Lutheran church,
about to W erected. It was to take
place on the 18th of Ifocember. I
left, ia comjiany with my wife, on the
Monday night train, and reached Ms
con by Tuesday morning. It rained
all night. We started in the rain
for Griffin, and It rained when the
train batted at the latter place. Ws
entered another train for Senoia, some
18 miles distant in the rain, and we
were met by Bro. Bedenbaugti under
an umbrella. We entered a buggy
for our good foist up town Iu the
rain, and alighted in the rain. It
rained all night, and ou the morning
of the 16th why it rained still. It
rained all day and all night, and on
Thursday morning we left in the rain,
and saw the sun for the first time
sitter leaving home on Friday moru
ing. If the sun ever ahinea at Senoia,
it is with me, a matter of {mre testi
nimiy. I never saw it shine upon the
village. Tberefote, and let me tell
you ft was therefore enough In all
oonarfoncr, the corner stone laying
was indefinitely postponed, the reso
lutioii was tabled by a unanimous
vote, and the meeting was adjourned
sine die.
Senoia is thus called after an old
Indian C hief, w ho is still remembered
UV om people in toe ntMguw. b.—j.
He was the last chief of bis tribe.
Seiiois ta a new village, very neat
and well laid out. It contains about
L100 inhabitants, and is surrounded
by a well to-do agricultural commu
nity. There are already two church
es built, oue a Baptist and the other
a Methodist. Each of throe denomi
nations has a school, and as far as I
could learn, both iu a flourishing con
dition. Quite a number of Lutheran
families live in the place, and the
building of a Lutheran chnrch seems
to lie a necessity. The contemplated
church Is to be 42 x 40 of brick, and
will be an ornament to the town.
The proportion being so near square,
1 pre\ ailed upon the good people to
ft c. >s the pulpit, so that more length
will be gained than would otherwise
tic possible. The people complain of
being poor and needing some help
from abroad. The enterprise is worthy
and 1 hope there will lie a cheerful
r»*> [Kiriae. Bro. Bedenbaugii is work-
iifg hard, and must succeed.
Savannah, Gs. D. H. B.
before ; Midge. If I mistake not, you are
*ttr Mil. on yaw aro served to props** the way for the somrurtod with the founding of that
tf,, ‘ l * ,l ** r •••••*|#■«•*»! creed of the Kiaageltool <MMtgreg*4Iua. Anyhow, yaa are
* mod, the firm of hell make it chairk j a hiie those tytmpossd after kimUy temrmforod thero. The Lord
too hot for too to stood ta stlppsry wards err note* explanatory «f, or hfoaaed my visit, and iefroab«d us
|4 ****- I romaMrats oa the roafrasiou. As graatfjr. Fits were mUfod to the
IH. Bittlo Writrst “I sm Garam aarh we receive them, and only aa
dMroaraged.* Nat aa, my brother! each
!T»y! Cry aload? The Lord wifi - " ■ -•••
hear you. What fove tor the nan TwaTat r l\mfr»u* — Ifor. Aarrw
grlfcnsl rharrh brother Vxnhasa’ let | »*W delivered «t a itomraan Nihad
III S4_ a tna a<
so* awBw-)Bmrae i| *
ter dtapfoy*! Let aa ga la him.
The Monthly Bee ted,
ftiit lt##i n mfiigtfl
at I lease,* whlrh is
ff» CL# has
•ri^harrh
draas, which the ^affforwsrv calls eg-
la it aa Bad
charrh, and other* are seriously
cutei touting the Uioaglit of yaiaisg
in ooveaaut with the sutbur of oor
•alvaisaa.*
ltov. W. < owe, ol Orgsu church,
N l'., has resigned.
with
SS SI*
“ll opfoara,* say* the
esk in the faith,
or* troafofod with
»U k icU ol ttaebta. iiut » I»m milt
lor With Ua
Reading over editorials, the qaes
tans presents llortf to us—had you
not >c|$er suppross what yon way
about the iHMMirary minister* T By
honorary minister* we mean bro
. - the troth; bat tooahl ict minister*, minister* who * |Mp
Have you money enough Record, “that s movement of great she ala* loforatii ami eee* ratal* Is life tnofis-ftorarotid-witboat bear
forlhs applicauts r “Ye*; I have Importune* has hern going«m ssrosg 1 offka those msmtot*. who i^esiy de tag the heat and foirtfoti of the
For tin- Lutlu-rsu Visitor.
Destitution in Tennessee.
Como, Tens., July 24th.
Mtr. 1> 'tie, l) D
Dkar Doctor; I have read your
art ielv headed Roanoke Col lege, which
was published in the Citifor, June
7lb. In it you stole that you are the
r»rrv*{Miuding Secretary of tbs Ou
tlet Committee on Missions of the
General Synod. We are destitute
and I would entreat you and all the
brethren to come and aid us.
1 reside iu Weakly County, Teun.,
ami here are eight or teu members
of our Evangelical Lutheran Church,
who have not beard a Lutheran
minister lor year*. There lives hero
an aged father, who says that be
would gladly walk twenty five miles,
if lie could hear oue Evangelical Lu
theran Bertuou. There are also several
Germans in my neighborhood.
1 ask you to send us, if it ia only a
transient visiting minister of our be
loved church, to spy out the land,
sod see what is to be done for aa
Come, good shepherd! Feed thy
sheep. The lambs are crying. 1
w ait with trembling emotions for an
answer; all the time fervently pray
ing. that the time may soon come,
when we again are taught the pure
doc trine* of the church of the Re-
formation, the church we no much
love. From a brother in Christ, D.
11. Vanlrasa. Address, Como, Henry
Co.. Tent.
iVtrolenm baa been discovered in
the northern part of Alabama.
For the Lutheran Vista*
k Card.
Ws acknowledge with matt) tbagfo
tbs receipt of the “Ctmstmss !
ent,” from ths ladies of Weafewmfo
Street Lutheran Church. Ws jb^
to see them daring the hoUdem. w
the inclemency of the weather ^7
vented. ,
May the blessings of heav«u fig
rest upon them, and a rich harvest k
gathered as the fruits of their lata*
*
For the Latheraa Viat*
Keep it Before the People.
Mr. Editor .—It is important that
the plan tor the benevolent o[*»rafi^
of the Sooth Carolina Synod be kra
before the people daring the year «
a failure to some extent st least ra*
be anticipated. But if the ]msZ
will keep the matter before thro p„
pie, we have good reason to haf*.
that ths benevolence of oar
will be aoosiderably increased tiuhuj
the present year.
The quarter is now past which, bj
resolution of Synod, ws* t* be dt
vo ed, as for as oar beuevoism* ^
eonoerued, to the interests of
Missions. It ia tohe hoped thstal
ear pastors have faithfully -«*wirtH
to this duty, and that oar peopishsci
bberaliy responded to this cause, st
vital to the interests of our chink.
Another quarter is now pram
with n*>, and another interest id fo
wisdom oi ^ynod now demands rat
benevolence. By the same kegufc,
tion (above referred to) ths first quar
tor in tlio ar, (now present) is tofe
devoted to tue iiudowioeut of fo.
berry College, liy reference to tkt
report of ths Xreasun ~ of Ooih*
Endowment Fund in onr last minatf^
it w ill be seen that a bsginniug in tta
matter, so essential to the permeant
estabiiwbment of this iu»titutios, lot
been made. We now seek to ineresn
this fund annually until a suflieimt
amoant be secured, to pat the coUep
beyond a peradventure.
Then let onr pastor* and Ujsms,
w ho feel an interest in the,estahiah
meat of this school, work in esrsat
daring the present qasrter for tin
Endowment of Newberry College.
Let the Treasury boxes be era wns st
Quxdajl
For the Lutheran Visiter.
The Delegate from the Virginia Synod.
Rev. J. Hawkins, delegate from,
the above Synod, now addressed th»
body, and presented the following
preamble aud resolutions: •
Whereas, the Maryland Synod, st
it Convention of 1871, by resolutm
itiaugurated prtK»ediugs looking to*
return of more amicable relations
between the Evangelical Latheraa
Churches in the General Syutftl Nortk
and Geueral Synod South ; sad,
whereas, it expresses regret at aaj
actiou Of the Geueral Synod of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church North
which may be interpreted as a reflec
tion upon the piety of their Southern
brethren; and, whereas, it further
affirms hearty confidence in, and love
for, the clergy and laity of ths Ls-
theran Church South ; therefore,
Resolved, That wo accept as con
sistent with our self respect this
friendly overture of the venerabk
Synod of Maryland as a harbinger
of a speedy return to more amicable
relation* with the Geueral Syosd
North.
Resolved, That as an a;iprociatioo
of ths sentiment of the Mary laud
Synod, iu this regard, we will up
point a delegate to represent tfu*
body iiMhat Synod, at its next Coo
vention, with instructions to bring
this action to the know ledge of that
body.
The address of the delegate wa*
responded to by the following resfr
lutiou:
Resolved, That we most cordisfiy
receive Bro. Hawkins as delegate
from the Synod of Virginia, and re
joice to learn that our action lest
year was satisfactory to that bodj;
that we heartily reciprocate tho fr»
ternal feelings expressed; and tbit
our delegate to that body be i»
structed to convey to the brethren of
the Synod of Virginia our sympathy
—Extract from Minutes of Marylssd
Synod,
little
Colossal mU,»U.
.mftll bcginumP-'
lhoaS b they ni"-
dormant, »"d
ro „aoWi»» *
meets me “° Te ^
little thfus 8 - 1
m«f* ‘
.leslrorml, ami t»
me., -*<■* b '
the *- i
ieem. the rife*
,„d we are Dot »
teaching 9 of 1“'
experience- « e 1
go men will sta^*
a* they uee the fir
some folios htoll<
band that gives it
and say to the wa
vonrselves to ** I
things-" Bat the 11
the same, till it t
and the hand gi
practice, throw.-*
the thoroughly tr
ft „d foil «n «P rnv
and the sage mh
Itack beyond its i
have been “moved
and the winds tal
sion, and the woo
the fabled vitalizes
Midas’ servant. _
So when the
things is com pa
-d
ghown us on the
unlike, some one d
the temple, but it
some one asks for
not the wise and
bas faith in the p
righteousness, but
of the people and
believe. Men sco
sage brought by
not repent because
prophet, whose voi
wilderness, and tb(
that Christ is nsen,
annunciation of tb
not committed to
say to Eli, “it sli.d
■ the gathering mult
I things continue as
the days of the fath
|ciples who hasten
tomb, “they have st
|“Do not suffer yi
oved by little thin
ton advice. Yet E
in battle, and wh
isoned, Jesus iuau
ng kingdom ; aud
Stniuaus, the discip!
[Christ; and the tru
ness, that stand ju
j«iw»y» do at first-,
having vitality in
not die; aud the it
and the weak th
things, if God, like
chosen them to coni'
shall illustrate in
place, that
‘it
A uiau of giaut n
A giant shadow o
And he who in oij
eenis but a figur.
Outlined in T'ani-
May stalk a ailliol
Across the can v;
[Reformed
I
The Problem
An experiment has been for son#
tithe in progress in Elmira, N. V,
which according to the Elmira Ad
vertiser does not sj>eak promisiugly
in favor of free churches. A crowd
of people have rushed for three TVin-
ters past to the Opera House to hear
Rev. T. K. Beecher or any other mi* 1 '
ister who may chance to preach, fe*\
of the saute crowd ever rnshiug te
any of the churchea, whether 3lr*
Beecher or whoever else were tks
preacher. But after three seasons’
enjoyment of such privileges, tb*
crowd do not value them enough t«
pay the rent of the room, uotbiug be
ing charged for the services of choir
or minister. The reut, it is computed
by the Advertiser, would cost the
audience about two cents a piece, and
yet that magnificent donation cannot
be coaxed out of them.
The attern]
lish journals
W ®1J) to raakt
! bon, on tli
gainst the J,
°Qght to be d
They talk
religious bod
means of p ,
P»thy for tl
toxical deinoi
bon promotes
These trun
With the Gen
jnioat protect;
lestantism. J
I treasury. I t
are that ii
| th ^ least in);
p has uuif,
[toward both
lasses of be
■fairness. Bu
j^fod in yhm
■the new civil
F h « Proofs w,
P>suiarck, a
tl »i» acoc
l “e governu
catholic sta
,UVe ropeatet
from iu
Must [xiliti
f'hred becaus
eli g»ou t Al
JWe d impuni
re g men
A “d so like
r-ruielaud. j
government,
Jeu t