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THE LUTHERAN VISITOR, COLUMBIA, S. C., JANUARY 24, 1873. THE lUTHERAI VISITOR, Columbia^ C. f t January 24, 1873. EDI TOE*: Key,* K.BUDK, D.D., Columbia, 8. 0 RtiK J. I: MILLER, A.M., Staunton, V*. In essentials, unity , »* Mm essentials, f, liMy; m all things, ritorify." SPECIAL NOTICES. StnittaAoa mast be msd* in Port Offic Orders, Beak Checks, or Drafts, if passible. If tbese ran not be obtained, 4ivud the money in s Rboistered L*T- tkk. All Postmaster* are obliged to register letters when required. Papers ate sent to snbaeribrrs until an express order to discoatfou* is re ceived, and all m reqrtred by Baber of t arrearages are paid, aa law. Merely returning a the paper by mail, ia not auf- nnm flcient. AD conununirations relating to sub ^^y.^anjAMdBrds are old and which are new aobaeribers. Not only the name of the port oflkre, bnt also that of the county and State of rack subscriber ia necca—ry, in order that the proper entries may be promptly and accurately made. ■■I md obituary notice*, and othrt matter intended for pablicatioti, should be written separately, and not in business letters, to receive proper atten - tionij Clubbing. To Chib* of fire (5) prepaid sub scribers, sent to one address, we mail the Visitor for $2410 for 52 numbers. CT Some people have strange wayfe. They are our friends aa long as we send them the paper, but the very moment we ask them to pay for it they insult us. “My health improved whilst I reat Ri ttmtk the labors of tbs ministry, but since I reaoiaed the active dutto* of ministerial labor, 1 have ralaprad into a worse state of health. My HA> ia apparently hanging upon a very slender thread. I have a aer voos affect ion of the heart, and every day have more or tots violent attache, so that at each violent paxox> sm my life !a deapaim! of. 1 trust 1 am ready, for the time of my departare la near at hand. In the Lord Jean* to my truet, and He will leeeive me Into Ilia kingdom when lie semis His messenger to onll me borne. I resign my church this day The field la open Aw another laborer I can labor no longer, unless the good Lord restores me to health again. Yonrs in dHfe*." THey will not Stop.—11. B. Eders, Esq., Wilmington, N.C., sends ns $£.50 tor the Visitor, and #2.50 for the “Rejected Applicants.” Difference op Opinion.—The Lutheran Quarterly Review for Janu ary winds np a highly enlogiotic no tiee of Dr. Hodge’s Systematic The ology with this assertion: “It is un doubtedly the greatest work of its kind yet produced io this country, and it may be generations before we have aaeh another.” The Southern Presbyterian, January 2d, on the other hand expresses itself very dif ferently. It says: The review of Hodge is, compare t#vc|y, an easy task. He has erected containing a'mlifflYtfW'lff all of them more or lees well furnish ed : and the extent of the building man the harmony of the proportions, and the air of completeness about it, must always command the admira tioa of the beholder. But the differ ent apartments, not calling for pro longed and profound inspection, do not detain him long, and be feels that, after a careful survey, H can all be taken in. The value of the work will decrease, not increase, with the lapse of time. The student demands something deeper and higher. It is a jest criticism, passed upon this an thor by the British and Foreign Evangelical Review : “In relation to purely metaphysical questions, he will not be regarded by real students as a masterand also by the Boston OonyreyationoHst: “His work will be chiefly sorvicable to those who sub stantially agree with him, and not so convincing to gainsay era, because of occasional slips in logic and loose ness of definition, and minsiug real point* of difficulty.” I; PtnonaL s. JL r ; i, 'magnumam f Btfw. W. & Bowman, of Charlea- lestot), & C., has recovered from a severe attack of Catarrhal fever. We bless the Lord for permitting His faithful servant skill to remain iu the church below. True, there are work and praises to be done above “in the realms of glory f but then there is work and praise to be done below, and “the laborers are few.” Rev. W. S. Bowman ha* declined the call extended him from Salem, Roanoke County, Va. It is rumored that the church at Winchester, Va., has called Rev. D. M. Gilbert, of Staunton, to become its pastor. Rqv. J. H. Barb will probably take charge of the Harrisonburg pasto rate, made vacaat by the removal of Rev, G. R. Holland. Rev. H. W. Kuhns has arrived safely and entered upon the perform anoe of his pastoral duties at New berry, 8. C. _ ; . Rev. G. F. Sooner, of Midway, S. C n informs us that hi* people are about to erect a house of worship. The budding they now occupy, we learg from others, is about to take its departure. Bro. Booser will call on the devisers of liberal things for assistance, which we hope will be freely accorded. fidv.C. H. Bernheim, of Concord, N. C., lms been compelled by ill health to resign. Out brother writes us a very sad, but at the same time, a very condoling letter. Though weak be is strong, though dying he lives, for all is Will. Confident that be will not think hard of us, we copy his test! moo.^: This Is a terrible Mata of thing*;> Brobat, the editor of the Zntschri/t, XzpjJlAtiac of Ov Book of WflWMfc but it prom tiuU the ‘Sliiiparf na* j owe of the flat man mvwm of the ' —— of the age from the aootoal and aa-' Geoeral loosed, understand* the [Coariaued.] crad records, its disregard ai the j symbols sod the deliruraooee of the I — Council as totoratiug do eorireiastical Section l.—Til* Order of Diyini fellowship with ministers sod Bern j Hkkvick pos Sunday* and Fr»- Our Church** The Uuavel Hfrino Ch aboil, Rev. E. U. Jones, Pastor, in Fred trick Co*, Va*, ia, we infer, in a very pnejiPTfo* state, a -pareousae use been secured in a central local too, the two first payments have hern made, and the money for the third and last payment has been promised, and “will he paidT by the time it is due. At Taylor Furnace, w here the house of God is iu a dilapidated condition, the oongregattoa purpose building a new house of worship. “/I eon easily be dome." A budding oommittee of iuteiltgent gentlemen OI fmll p9VWIT0iWMV BIB QH« B|>* pointed, and the church is to be dedi cated sometime in December. 1*73. Lately twenty two person* were cou finned after a protracted uteetiog, at which Revs. Cranpbcll, Rusmisell, and Kicbelberger assist ed, Several others will be confirmed before long. THK('H|-R< || at fiUXr*tUUTOV!« l W. Va., held a fair during the Holi days, which netted over #500. THE Lotheren fair at Staunton, Va., realised #300. 8T. MATTHEW* Clt’RGB AT NKW Market, Va., ha*! a Christmas tree. Rev, Snyder read a poem, and the assistant Superintendent of the tan day school was presented with a handsome Bible. AT New Market, Va., Rev. J. A. Synder confirmed six new member*. Mt. Jackson, Va—-At the Epis copal fair here we had a lively coo test for the "Parson* Cake ;* but we, though few in number,determined that, aa Air as we were concerned, at j century least, ear own beloved pastor, Rrv. I sock a -y ->'.ss *» «<«*«-<«* ■*** ***md beloved, popular minister,' au«l had the pleasure ou the count of votes to know that be was ahead of his next competitor nine votes.* Charleston, S.C.—* We Warn from the Duatsehe Msthmg that at a con gregational meeting held in the new German chureh, the following exhibit was presented : Ou the church build ing has been paid np to tlic present •68,713.32, and for the tot #12,313; in all #81,028,32. The church owes yet #8,253, old bonds, #10.300 right per cent, bonds, and a floating debt besides of #9,183, bearing 12 per cent, iotereat. The old church build ing will probably sell for ##000. To meet the present pressing necessi ties, U was proposed at the meeting that the 300 members of the church contribute each #10. Collections are to be made at once. uintanaiiism, lit unbelief and its i of God and Hi* lav, food to the toe- riAce of maa and the triumph of anarchy and dimulaLou Without God- chaos. With God—order. Good New* for Poor People. —to the Baltimore Rum's Washington letter, of a recent dote, occurs the follow log paragraph, which will prove intelligence to many fc>oor In this community, as weU as who earn a scanty Mveli hood with sewing machines—the high prices they era compelled to pay for them consoming the greater part at their earnings t It to well knows that the patent for the Wheeler tt Wilson sewing machine soon expire*. During the last session of Congress there wore •avsrel soMccessfsl efforts mads to have It extended, bat the application for the •itootoo* of the patent la ■till I Wore the Srnsle Committee oa Patents, and it to sot likely to be re ports# this sereinn. la osre the os- ten won ia defeated, it to the opinion of many pooled In the manufacture of sowing machines and other pat- eats, that the pries of aewiag ms chinre will bo brought dows to from #20 to #23. Is the tootiSMmy filed before the Committoe, and gives by •killAll mechanic*, it fo stated that the average coat of araaafacisriug rewisg machine# fo from #7 to #12. This machine, tike maay others, fo owned by what fo knows as the “Hew- lag Machine Com binaries,” and the application of the etleaatoti of the porirat fo la the name of A. B. W||- bsrs of turn Lulharao denominations. Here, then, we Hive another tllsatra tioa of the perfect agreement on the symbols wbfeh prevails ia the Gene ra) Council. H seems to be both “Pickwickian* and “peculiar."—L*- flersm Omarwrn, ** Private Cuhhvnion.—It fo the coatom fo one of our moat promi neat coogregsiioM for the poator, at every administretioo of the Lord's tapper, to via# all the okl and sick members on tht day before, or the day after, Urn communion in the church, and administer It to them at their own boom* He calls on them daring the preceding week, and ar ranges the prlcim time of the day appointed, when he will be at their bouaea with „ tlB oommuaioo. He gives them inch counsel and admo aitioa aa he tfoefos aeoceaary fo each case, In order to prepare them for it, ami then directs them to be ready with a small table covered with a seat white doth, plted at one aide of the room, or fo the bedside of the act, for his eomfog with the com munion He has nasally between thirty an«l forty meh parochial visits to make, and afe the last, or (%rfot- mu eoaimsaktf^ ho gave private •ommunum to forty seven persons. The vestry of hie church aeuds a car riage to the imnmnage on the morn fog of the day Axed, to take him round He logins at half pant eight o'clock, A. M., End allows a quarter of aa hour U> eualdc him to give the communion t*» twit oust* sad set the ee&t one. Ia this way he to TTVAL*. L THE ORDER OF MORNING SERVICE. 23. What arc the different pert* of the morning service t Answer.—I. The altar sendee. 2. The Pulpit service. A The Holy Communion, or when three fo do comqpunion, the Closing service.— Each of these pert# include# several devotional acta. I. The Attar eervioe iu eludes, 1. The I ntroit with the Gloria Pairi; A The Confession with the Kyrie nod Absolution; 3. A Hymn of Praise; i. The Bible Lessons; 5. The Oon fcaakm of Faith; «. The General Prayer; 7. The Sroood Hymn. II. The Pulpit service iocludea,*L The Sermon ; A The Lord’s Prayer; A The Third Hymn III. The Closing service includes, 1. The Doxoiogy; A Announce meats; A The Beoedietiou. The Holy Comninuioa iu dudes, I. The Introductory with the tauctas; A The Exhortation; A Tne Counter* tioa; 4. The Invitation sod Dfotri beUoa; A The Kune Demittfo sad Thanksgiving ; 6. The Benediction. The different parts and acts of worship are most intimately connect ed together, and form n complete whole. No part should be arbitrari ly omitted, lest the whole order of diviue worship sod its beautiful bar inony be destroyed. THE ALTAR SERVICE. 34. 'Vbst does the first Note M iwetf Answer. It admoufohea the wor son. Many of the smaller sewing from one boose to another until noon, sbipers to eater rerorenUy the machine companies oppasr the ex sad from balf pafo one o’clock P. M n <* God, sod re prepare until five or six oVfoek. sjwi.diug ibe by sifoot couituunion with Him for wbole <1*> iu the Service, mud passing the holy services of his sanctuary through must of the streets ol a | • What fo the first part of the large city. Wbeu be i^mira into altar service f each bouse, be fimU the Uble neatly Answer. The I ntroit. set, and tbe person or pet sou# to re- -**•- "’but does In treat mean t drive tbe >«auMMi awaiting him, Answer. It in a term derived from •a that mo delay serura. He at oooe, the Latin, sod meson to go tala, to n*P'«tdr»t of the fk. Loots ( knstreu oa rot* nog tbe room, apprearhee the refer, and tto rrfore entrance or « Jthvoemte comments with much na table, opens bin cans wbtcb ooutaius fog- verity oa the style of Dr. Half* new the private comm a a ton net sad the 27. What docs the Note say t cherch edifice fo New York city. II# bread nod wise, arranges tbe isnacln A rawer It instructs the minister says: It fo to be a large Gothic >n order, sad sfoag the “Order for aad the congregation bow the house, fo the style of the fourteenth the Commune* of the taV in the viere fo to be used. teuaion with all their power. There fo on file before the Committee peri tton» signed by orsr 2b,000 persons, many of whom hare from ooe to fifty marhiaea Is operatioa ia mansfhrtu- nog reublfohawmta, asking that the cxleneion he refused. A Common Hrnur View.—“A cor It fore be regretted that IVnasyhuaia aa Dr. folly It fo, leHhqws piored that be has n R i k « M Jlilci ■« ■'i dk illl — 1 uilflMi Oftf Bli (MNlfMI tO nudh aa outrage oo good taste. There would he just ae much araee fo hav mg his cuagregatioa dressed is the Gothic fashion of the fosrieeath cestsry aa to have the boose ia that style of architecture.” Whom do they Worship 9— ■ Father Burke, the great Domiafoas aad admuii-t^ He then eaters ho nett place, and as bare been visited. Pb Liturgy, ha 2*- Why doe# tbe note direct minrntcr to stand at the altar V tbe the Hoi) prised by r mmmnj >, and gore re the eontinnre nutil all I Three vieitn with t'omswnioo are much the old and sick members mm always regards< the a) tar as the place of worship, just aa the pulpit fo the place of inntrsetres At the altar the minister fo alsc deeer to the people; he is a wor •vbt|» r with them ; he does not act of the congregation They lire! that ** Hie teacher, but as the leader of the rhumb does not forget them. Maay of the moot venerable and mort worthy members, who had been moat regular fo their approaches to preacher, arrived at New Orfoaae oa th * l *** * w bo hare been Saturday evening, the 4th inrtant, prevented by age ami its tafirmitire reading desk uml receiveil a grand evatioa oa tan 1 from *M^‘dfog church for many should occupy day, being enroried by a Urge pro eithont such a aynteui ceaaion of fliherufoo aad Cmthniic of P nv * l «' euuimfoMou. be wholly dr Sorfotiea, with several baud* of P*"* o( Wreeed oarrameuL MfoosIIsaiaM. The Kansas Frels Press* says that the “terrible cold” ban again this year claimed ihany victims. The aeeoonts of death by freesing are numeroo*, whilst thousand* have eullbred from frozen limb*. Tbe roads between Wichita and the Buffalo banting grounds are literally strewn with •kins and pieces of nreat. thrown away by tbe banters that they might be aide to travel the faster. A fanner related in Wichita, that be overtook a wagon loaded with buf faloe skins, tbe driver of which waa so benumbed from cold that he could not guide his horse*, and in the fore part of the wagon were the corpses of two men frozen to death. The Conviction of Stoke*.—If we are to believe the newspapers, the conviction of Stokes and hfo coo deni nation to death arc almost miracu loos events. Stokes, rich, aristocratic, and influential, killed hfo former friend, Jim Fisk. He was imprisoned and tried. The jury failed to agree. He bad a second trial, aad the Jury, eootrary to the belief of Stokes, hfo lawyers and hfo friends, (band him guilty ; and the judge sentenced him to be hang oa the 28th of February. This fo aa it should be. There can be no security for life, now a revolver fo carried by every scoundrel and coward, nnlcaa murderer* are punfoh sd. God’s law and man's safety demand it One of our exchange* ray* • “It fo to be hoped that the convic tion at Stokes will be bot the com meocement of a series of conviction* which will reader life safer fo Now York city. Society fo bound to pro tect itself, and it can only do an by making punishment follow quickly the comMqu of crime. Unless it do** this there can be no **>< to St. Patrick's Church ou ( amp street, where be inaugurates a two week's mtasioa. Tea people were nongregated fo around tbe church.” From Our Sxcfcaagra They would hear Ibe church bells in Tiring others to the bouar of God and to the Lord# table, whilst they ! are com;wiled to temain confined to their homes, aufi mourn then sad deprivation As it fo, they are not forgotten, but tie church care* for them. They partake of the Lord'* The Old Landmark*.—I>r. J. A. j Brown, to a timely aad uuaoswseahto their devotions. 28. Where ought the minister to stand f Answer. Inside the chancel aod to the loft of the altar should be the which the minister If tbe pulpit fo in side the chancel, then should the reading desk be under sod in front of Hie pulpit. 2#. What is tbe congregation di rected to do f Answer. To arise and take part in the a«rv toe. 30. What is the order t Answer. ]. Oar Book has two forms of Introits. The first form has right Introits, marked 1, 3, 3, tapper aa rwgufory as the young and etc., ooe, and only ooe, of which the wail member*. As they receive this minister should say. The second article on the Miatoterism, fo the Holy Sacrament iu thmr retired contain* three Introits with re January number of the Quarteri 9 chambers, they ntltar the foil mean *p«M8S to be said or tong alternate Review, enforces the scriptural uyun< tioa, “tareovu not the old toad- marks,” against a sort of ccriosiasti- iog of the strides of the creed, ukich professes heir faith in the “Communion of tain to*—iMtkeram cal vandalism which has ba*n tempted fo the Lutheran church. In answering the argument that we ought to give up the Mtoistortom in the Geoeral Synod, ia order to con form to other Protestant denomina tions v he says: Ha* not the Lutheran church iu this (XMtotry tried kmg enough and hard enough to be Hke other church ea, and fo it oot rims that she should be willing to be, aad to be like, her •elf f We are very willing to learn from other denominations sod to adopt any real improvement, but we are not satisfied re accept, us a valid reason, why we Dhould abandon our old usages, that others pursoe a dif ferret course.—Lutheran Observer. Perfect Agreement—The Fan da men to) Principle* of the Geoeral Council require that alt the state meats of doctrine made in the 8ya» boltcaJ Hooks must be understood and used fo ooe and tbe same sense. During tbe foal three year* the Gene ml Council has given three iuterpre tattoos and ex titan aliens aa to what that sense to, iu regard to pulpit ax ohafig«w and sacramental fellowship. Dr. tatoa, the editor of the Lutheran, the Rngtish organ of the Owner ml Council, understand* the symbols and the deliverance* of the Council to allow pulpit exchanges and sacra turntal fellowship with mintolere and member* of ether dcnouiinaUous, with proper restrictions. Rev. ft K. at used \t\sMuma y Tbe we datam a portion of its edurial space to the ly by the minister (M.) and the oou gregatioti <C). The ancient Lntheran usage is for both the minister and the congregation to sing alternately the lotroit; jn oar Book K is left optional; although it would be bet ter if the congregation did sing tbe L/hWt of “harafoa* rith w, « wniB# - 2 ‘ ^ dirwt « t*» baptfong ith all modern congregation to arise. Thi# shonld improvcmento” (t say* of the cere 1 mooy that when Sen become careful of Uwqr own con fort, when either administering ortoneiring baptism, that its power * gone. “Think,” •ays the edftor, Tf Paul and Silas calling tor thrir boots before they coaid eomfortabljibaptise tbe jailor, at midnight, fo tbiprfoon at Philippi! Think of John th Baptist coming from Ihe wtldernasof Jades with a pair of baptism! pants, made to onler in hfo bagctge t Better the reinvent of «aml> hair and the leathern girdle, b* tbe wild shore of Jordan, than tie finest marble baptistery sad ttosost ample water proof clothing.” f -■ "w fto"" — Iks Rgnod of henswid.—A two lotion offered th* every aeaaiou be ojwoed with the toiling of a portion of the BiMe waa ejected. All the lay delegates snilve clerical mem it here voted agai Hired to propose^) open Inga with prayer Honf*l~\{ex. iek. near B.-riin. try in order to In America he w fo the uiiaiatr eMabtiftbmeut a No one ven the meet ittha, in Kopen M tail the mini* rp a wine cellar. Id have remained and culled his | awry. congregation to arise. This be done m soon a* the officiating minister commences the I ntroit. Af ter the lotroit Mlowa, 3. The Gloria I'wtri, which shonld be either said or •ting by tbe tuinistor and the congre gation. It is preferable to sing it. It, indeed, ought always to be sang. 31. What is tbe Gloria Patri f Answer. “Gloria Patri” are two Latin words, which mean, Glory be to the Father. With these two words the earliest primitive doxoio gy, nouietime* called tbe lesser dox oiogy to dfotingmah it from tbe Gloria in Excel*!*, commence*. St. Basil trace* the first part of it to tbe time* of the Apostles. The lab ter part of it was added as a testi mony against the Art an heresy. It is a brief inscription of praise to the Trtone God. With it tbe Introlt to always closed except on Good Fri day, and oa Days of Humiliation. It is only nsed by churches believing in the Holy Trinity. 32. Wbtt does the note after the Gloria Patri direct to be done f Answer. That tin Festival days the I ntroit for the Festival as given iii the Book of Worship ought to be nsed. 13. Where are those Introlt* to he found f In the Book of Worship under each Festival. 34. What follow* R/tor the Gloria Patri t Answer. The Confession of Sin. 35. Why 1 Answer. Because when we praise the I xml we ought also to remember oar own unworthinees. 3d. What does the Note say f Answer. That the congregation should join audibly with the minis ter. The worshipers should there fore remain standing during the ex hortation, and then kneel together with the minister, and with him make confession to the Lord God. 37. Why should the congregation kneel Y Answer. Because it fo undoubtedly the appropriate posture daring the confession of sins, which was origi nally a part of the public service oo the Lord’s day. 38. What is tbe next part in tbe Confession f Answer. The note directs the min ister aad tbe congregation to arise, and to sing, standing, the Kyrie. 39. What does Kyrie mean f Answer. Kyrie is from the Greek work Kurioe, which is in English, Lord ; and is taken from the aneient Greek Liturgy, which took it from the New Testament, and it was orig inally Kyrie eieison, that is, Lord have mercy! Tbe Kyrie or snppli cation for mercy, addressed to the three persons in tbe Holy Trinity, may also be said, although it is bet ter to sing it. 40. Why fo this prayer trill called tbe Kyrie f Anoteer. The holy apostles and tbe primitive Christian* nsed at their worship in the Greek congregations frequently Hebrew terms selected from the Old testament, soch as Ro mans, Hallelujah and Amen, in or der to prove and to show thrir spir itual ooeoess and fellowship with the Cbnrrh of the Old Covenant, and the Chnrch of the Reformation has retained not only Hebrew, but also tbe Greek terms in her service and worship in order to prove and show her spiritual oneness and fel lowship with the early Hebrew and Greek believers. 41. What has God promised to all who confess their sins and sue for mercy and pardon f Answer. The forgiveness of sins. 42. What belongs therefore to the confession of siiis f Answer. The Absolution or tbe which the minister aunonnora in tbe name of the Lord. 43. Do all who are present in the congregation obtain tbe forgiveness of thrir sins f Answer. All obtain it who sincere ly, from their hearts, repent of their sins, and believing in Jeans Christ, unite in the prayer, “O God the Fa ther, O God the 8oo, O God the Holy Ghost have mercy upon us.” 44. What does tbe Note then re quire t A rawer. That tbe congregation say, Amen. 45. Why say Amen t Answer. To show the reality and sincerity of thrir faith and worship. 46. W hat does “Amen” mean Y Answer. It mean*. “8© mote it be,” or, “So let it be,” or, “Yes,” or, “Verily.” (Deut. xxvii: 15-26; 1 Chron. xvi: 36; Ps. evi: 48; Cor. xiv : 16; Rev. v : 14, xix: A) Hew Publications. Luther and thi Bible. b? r^ T Stork, DD. Philadelphia ^ u tberan Board of Pablicatioti. ^ A charming little volume, n, reading of it will make many ^ the Bible better, acquaint them with the greatness of Luther’s work, fo, faith fulness, the diligence sad fk conscientious anxiety which contra led and guided him; and at time they will learn to give God a the glory. What we admire fo tin* sketch is, that throughout God i exalted, the Bible presented as ffo word of God, and Luther as tfe humble instrument trained by (foj for the work to be done. The ter on “The Bible fo tbe HchoofoTh an unanswerable argument lav t fo reading of the Bible io our “ft* schools.” There are onfortanafo^ not a few private schools aad asm- uaries fo which the Bible is sovn seen; we hope Dr. 8tork will sum day stir them up. Tbe “Suggretfo^ — Doctrinal and Practical,” at thi close, have our hearty and unquafi. fled approval. We fully agree wifo Dr. Stork, that : “To the man uka cares for his soul or the truth, ka creed is everything. And the Mot# profound his convictions are of tfe truth of God's word the more fo tensely be will be concerned for kb creed." Rural Carolinian—Charts^ 8. C.—Tlie Janaary number of tfe Rural Carolinian is on our exchange table, and we give it a hearty welcome, Every month this sterling Agrtefo tarsi Jonnsl is full of iuteresthg matter, not only for the planter oaf the fanner, but the fireside. Stan October, 1872, the proprietors hire added to it* various <i> pnitsmufe one devoted to Home Littrstum We advise all, whether engaged m agricultural pursuits or not, to mb scribe at once. For the Lutheran Visiter. An Answer and an Inquiry. Lake City, Fla., i January 6, 1873. | Dear Bro. Rude: In a recent non ber of the Visitor I find aa articb from the pastor of the “Little chunk around the corner,” under tbe cap tion, “Who will answer,” to wbifo the “Little church among the Lake*” responds, send on tbe Missionary. We have oar pro rata share, aud ore dollar extra of the five hundred for the siraport of a Missionary procure! fsa a JSfew- fears ottering to the Lord, and now ask in turn, who will j swer next Y S. W. Bkdenbauge. Aids to Reflection. “Work is prayer." The apology of those who never pray. “Tbe Bible is reading enough for any mam” So say those who are too covetous to subscribe for their church paper. “A man should be just before he is generous.” The. favorite maxim of many who go in debt to enrich themselves aud to make God poor. “The Sabbath was made for man." The only saying of Christ rrapeoted by tbe men who stay away from the house of God. “Christ died for all mcu.” The comfort of those who do not follow Him. “Baptism is only water” The creed of those who are wiser than tbe Holy Ghost. “Baptism is much water." The delusion of all who at heart believe in salvation through works. “It signifies.” A phrase made nse of by the interpreters who refuse to receive as true the word of Christ. “The Lutheran Church differs the least from the Roman Catholic Church." Tbe assertion of ignorant scribblers who do not know that Lu therans confess that the Holy Scrip tures are the only rule and standard of faith. Missions.—Several of the studeuts in the Theological Seminary of Phila. delphia in teud to become missionaries to the heathens. Benevolence.—The Sunday-school of Sf. Matthew's church, Philadelphia, contributed last year #1,200 to Home and Foreign Missions. Rev. Dr. Hatter is the pastor. For the Lutheran Visitor. Lutheranism in North Carolina Davidson Co., N. C. Rev. A. R. Rude—Dear Bro.: Am I am a-native of South Carolina, sad received aid from the Synod Of thst State in preparing for the Gospd ministry, I feel inclined to write • few lines for the Fwrttor, in order that those who have contributed, aud who are still contributing to tfe support of those institutions at wkiek I received my education, may knot where I am laboring and with wfe* success. For the last four year* 1 have been serving the Davulsos charge in Davidson county, N. C. Since I commenced my labor* u this charge, I have received into tfe Church oue hundred and seventy-fist members. . Lutheranism would spread rapidly iu this State if it were not for torn things: 1st, a want of ministers, 3d, a want of means, 3d, the nuscttM condition of our Synod. We hart not a sufficient number of minister* to supply the wauts of the Chunk iu this State. There are locality* where Lutheran churches could be built, and where Lntherauisiu wosM flourish, if we only had the men **d the means. Steps were taken at tfe last meeting of our Synod to procure the service* of a competent minister to act as a traveling missionary far the State; to supply vacaut church®* aud to preach at other places where there was a prospect of building op the Lutheran Church. The with drawal of the North Carolina Synod from the Southern General Synod, and the disposition of some to go t® the General Council, seem to work against the prosperity of the Church in some localities. I am io hope* that the time will soon come wbe* our ecclesiastical difficulties will fe settled, and when we will have both men and means to occupy the which are open to our view, *•• which are white uuto harvest. Yours in Christian love, .1 J. D. Bowles- | Anurias^ The at*** 1 jdaoafiw* ' Jj Aatof PM flf Dr W-. H. i tbe ch* ,r j ass * ,! Hr* Hold H pgalui bad offered d Four now »«xih:d .JxVinGeoiF*** nod two iu All Ca oUmuuicati<>n« from-*. Edwin «• pople, tbe »g*®» in tbe Le n r . T. 8- WBB*»H tbe Dakotas, formation as to the Scriptures by that p Ih Carrathers, Fk thanks for grant of taroent* from this school at Pisa 5 *** Rome, Italy, sendui Testament printed 1840; from Mr- F^ treasurer of the A| Missionary Union, w accooDt of the Te from Rev. N. J- I in regard to circnlat tart* in China; and drew M- Milne, Mo an account oi his laij tbe sapplJi b - v H authorities, of a» tj the jails in that cii with the New Testa stated clerk of tbe si communicating a rl to that body ; ami Ij western and the Calij cietiee, in grateful J of donations made t Lutherans in Iceland.—Iceland with 50,000 inhabitants has 300 pastorsj* the Lutheran Church. The govern merit pays their salaries, from I#* #300 per year. But the pastor do** not devote ail his time to eodesitob" cal duties; he is farmer or blacksmith or follows any business which ro*J be open to him, “laboring with bis omtu hands." One pastor bnilt h ,!i church at his own expense, bee*®*® he received uo salary while his !»*?*>- pie were destitute of a house. Ecclesias LUTHER From the Met hod i* J. R, Booher of the M| has united with the " od. Afed Pilgrim*.- Lurch—Rev. Dr. Sd re three aged iati in the same xon, the others a ians. Their united a j aud forty-six yeJ Will He Accept f— e Presbyterian last ieorge W. Crofts, tbj the ran chureh of G rived a unauimo Presbyterian chureh h-Lutherau Observer. Joint Synod of session of the Joint will be held iu the cit| 0^ on the tenth of F< termine the question tal University and Seminary' shall be Columbus to some otll LorettsriUe, Va.- man has resigued tin* and accepted a call u congregation at Ixivti EUROPE. The Church-J>ay.- Church Day held in a complete failure." tyjer made a long sp be denounced doctrini chtred the Lutheran Confeesioiis to be demanded uniform lo] churchly acts. Prof. °ne hour and a half fo °<loal authority of aij 'elopments. It was affirmed that the obje, testant Union was tj o f orthodoxy. One . ^ that the cln] 2* n °t baaed on fact. Proceedings Were Inad < nations of orthodox aQ thorities. t . Wttrtemb «9 Marri Replace in the ehw the ceremony is do* ^ed couple are pro EE* ° f church Bible. J*/rouble.—The l| °° utioti to a - , J ^ v of twenty-two (j ^d the chureh wae.stfl waT I?* The lmr iHise ^z:; u : u r.r •wr ’ wh,cn « ® to serve io U.0 , heavy 'ZT n 7\ the BUI UOK non f«r ■leol* rihgious corf> acquit ***** thc title "u?i ITi b - v " ,is m, l Crof' t r the h » f tb0Se who ® r the cbil R«| e ,ol ence, calui churchT eU,plo - UHl •yh b> n ,en who ri-^igion. a nd who aoJ The attorj a