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THE LUTHERAN' VISITOR. COLUMBIA. S. C., FEBRUARY 14, 1873 Diatotly opposite tb« pulpit Ths Libanr ta Warthy of Bb Wtn are to rejoice. (Pointing to tt to’*) “Believe,” “Rejoice* A* lion children are to rejoice, wish to Yell you all in the aog way I can, how muuk re**, bare to be vetfjr joyful unit? the word of Odd doe* not eoi a* to rejoice without good i jaot me it teochea na net m •ay to the hungry and the Her. _ write*: ”$130 It all I get from my people, and you know it ie hard to lire epou it Too will aah, Why do yoe tomato with *oeh a people 9 Beeaoae if I leer# them there will be aooe to kwh alter them at all; and it ie a question of *elf •ocrlAoe on my port, or allow lag them to be sacrificed.* The true servant of Christ, ho who serves not to lira, hot who tieoa to •errs, torso hie look. The thooght that, if he leave#, the wolroa will attach and devour thorn, Ie painful to him, nod bo therefore eodnroa toil, hardship* and privatfo*. Although often deprived and tempted to ea gage in *ou»e bust urea that will pay better, Some eeeh all their reward j Editoii: 'Rijr. A. R. RUDE, D.D., Columbia. 8. C Raw. J. L MILLER. A M . Staunton. V*. a Mstbodfcet of Mfct h something to feed and vmmd clothe them. And so the doe* not enjoin upon a* to few in more mockery of car wi-JJ neae, without giving ua aomethhea be happy about. No, uol H Bejoioe in the Lord. For bakfe; i ereenfioir, unity ; in noneeeential*, liberty ; in all Iking*, charity." -utfilY dunfl topt j of thing* H St. Johu f ® ben dri**- H garb until ,7ber « weet s P ri, ‘ * eerfr-’ *•' "H oountry 1 •J. ,„|| t inCUL KOTICKA. Remittance* nnwt be made in Prat Bee Order*, Rank Check*, or Draft*, Unwibk If tkcae can not be obtained, ini the money in a Rxomaasn Lrr- sn. All Postmortem are obliged to Water letter* when required. Paper* are *eut to rebsenbem until i express order to diacoutinue i* re ived, and all arrearage* are paid, aa —died by law. Merely returning a in old St JobfPa. Indeed, I must any, we hove here aa oaual, “oar threr Marf* 9* amt John." On the left gallery waa another inscription reading, ;i«f?jrro toc re no** tew day a HAVKH H. WWICE IS CREDIT THE Lokd.* bring yon good tiding* of g»rmt u. which shall he to all people! tiding* of joy are tber—ors fegjJJ children. And in them yon rejoice. And what are tksg 9 (p att mg to the words) u For unto j*« k born this day, in the eaty of Davif, Barioor, which is Christ tfehpfi-. Therefore “Rejoice in the La— g ways.” Hot what ia it ta njafe , the Lord I It is nothing les* to take into our hearts the bit— truth that Jesus the ^nmig^ g. Anointed of God has come to *•«** and that He is our Bavkxur. Joy to the world the Lord b come ! (Pointing to the isacriysfe Cbiklrvn you know that Afcfife rejoiced iu the prospect of the h Moor's coming, and that, too, a* oeutones before the event, me when Ahrabum wag a wanderer n a strati*,i laud, and did not yetf» sesa a foot of Mm* protoi—fjB mou {dodged to tits promised aui “Yoor father Abrafotni." says Jeu to the Jews, “rejoiced to >ce ay fi neither are «jtaq>piuiii > «! I bat it ie better to walk by huth than to walk by eight. Feed the fiock, my brother, aa kmg aa the salary you receive n audkient for your wants, and 1st your waste he few. Half deal— ie n saortfi— with which our Lord ie well phased. However, when the $130 (why it in leas than 30 cents n day) la tnauB cient to furnish you with the simple neceaaartra of tile, then it boaomrs your duty to go toms where rise.—I Cor. is : 14, W« will, in the mean time, pat you on our fore Hal. - J. llAWKI—L liti Death.—R* v - c Niagara City, ». several homiletic tors, should give their names very lastly, and carefully indicate which old and which are sew aubnrriber*. only the name of the post office, also that of the county and Stats «ch subscriber is accessary, in order the profwr ^entries may be promptly iarrtage and obituary notices, and >r matter intended for publication, ild be written separately, and not in ness letters, to receive proper alien- A*. 9 aa ; Chrimmm FmcM la St Jobs's Bran denty January 1 Uj Vacant.—Kellen dress G. L. Her Armstrong Co.» 1 gwiml—Aboti I in Pennsylvania fe^sed Christ, and | going V«w PaUkttbu. ClnbHng. sweetly prepare the mmd for dev© Hun. At the oouri onion. the entire going on. The G **the work has 1 without maebiuer bat earnest and m Scandinarum* — north men in and and only three or of which only one GERM Berlin, the at man Empire, is ■wr Reformed, bi istie). A correai* oar exchanges sta astaut churches w< visited by a much worshipers than u writer also asserts attendance at chui only 11,900 out of illation of 630,000. able %t ie that tit 23,969 Protestant 1 3,777 funerals wei minister of the goi Clubs of five (5) prepaid sub scribers, sent to one address, we mail the Flatter for $2.00 for 32 numbers. ths r at v sanity of Cifsams, fMh 117 North Hiitl sHwni, 1$*3 Any aM ns thn hnttnr mudwalisul ing of the word of God, wo giodly ginning: “ttli snod he the Lord God of l«rael. v Never to singing so sweet to the Christian ear, ns when the Hear voice of childhood, the vigor and dtfhiiRrsMVD of youth, and the tremhtiog tours of age nro bleuded er hwoevot, I here wore seventy cfciMrea presoot, and the regular ser» wea mr spo uay u ere noiMiUtiMNi by o«r fUMfcmr, Her. T. W. Unoh, who delivered to tho children a moat The Statesman Omrinm- The Pruosian Privy Cuunookir Hi leiw relates is bin ” Journey tags through Uh," that whoa ho nuitcl his pious old mother—a atauneh 04 deuburg country woman—tor the Inal time, the aged matron of 90 year* asked bint: “1 have heard." said she, “that the king of Prnsata has pal Lutheran* ami Reformed iaio one pot; did you also s«8rr youraelf Ui be tailed is thia mem P Dm Privy Counselor of the Cnitod Stair C hurch evading a definite rspty, proposed the counter qaeation, whether it would disturb her devotion*, |f the Reformed dealer N. N., a pione man, should take the Holy tocrinrst in firllowship with her at tho altar 9 “God forbid," rvpltod the old Indy, who waa gifted with a little mere church!) intelligence than her tostu eda on, “why then be would be Lath emu." This pertioeut reply ahowahow deeply the common propie realisrvi that fellowship in tho Hurra meat* to equivalent to momhorship in the Church— something which Teurursl Doctor* in America are aluw to understand.— The Htmmdmrd. This to also our reply to all the defender* of clone oocumumoo We invite all baptised believer*, bat we judge no man; “there to on* that •crktth and jsdgrtb. Tho great, the eaarntia! fitness of the worth) corn mu d tea nt to a living faith, and not a dead formats, tho coutontoon of Christ and faith in the heart, ami not the emfiruion d the man made exposition of the euufeaakoa of the church, and nothing etoe. If thon belie vest with all thine heart, thou mayat, wo **j to ovary one. We cotieecrote the elements we dtotrib ute bread and wise, wo see the word of Christ, all who reooive the eom hi union from us receive it na Imthev aos, asd if all are not—what of it f Are all Lutheran* true Leftover* 9 Do all who accept svory loiter, line and paragraph of the Form of Cun cord eat worthily 9 “God i«wh*d," wo pray, “that our devotion* should he disturbed, because a ‘Reformed brother should take the Holy Hurra moot with ua at tho altar T Asd let all who lov$ the Lord and look for hi* approving, say Amen. * Fox aria, S. C. t i February 4,1873. j Dear Bro. Rude: Yesterday eve ning at five o'clock the Ktder Shep herd came to our home. We plead with him, but he said, trust uie, I know beat, and gently he bore away upon his bosom our only child, Julia. Another lamb safe within the fold. We bury here, at Bethlehem, to day. 3|y first service iu each church of tbifi charge was a funeral The third burial Is that of our own child. Age 22 mouths, uearly. Tours in deep distress, yet in sub mission to God's will. Geo. W. Holland. «f apt illustration The church hud brew taetefuU) dressed by fair handnaud for the day of the ode- bntiM the aduremeuta wear all iwtemched sod new lieauttoo added. f Ly ofi^fw%J$ u. , $ k.-Tin'tri i|| |%an#- 14 ikfika $* a Baan wuuthev proved fine, and crewda. After the introR the awwembly snog the hymn. “Juy to the world the Led has oome.* Next followed the leaeoo tor the day { rood in the tmpreaaHre manner and be saw it and waa glad.” fe bis joy though great and rad, k not so great nor so real as that > ought all to feel today. Forte* the day of Christ afar off Ihraq types and shadows and prod* which be did not and could not a demand, as w ell os even *a Smfif jRfRfi! V v4‘»,4 u •<* I* the liter*! aemm to A Ohrtotima* an them was now song by the children, and then followed an address by Rev. T. W. Doah. ADDEEPM W (UK PASTOR. To you, the children of the Sunday ^ l»ool. large and small, T am ap pointed Iu this sacred place, and oo this fend day to hear word* of joy— i|Mutitiug to the wonls JOY, in gol- *l«*u letterw.1 JOY ! Wbat a sweet and impressive • word. It comes forth from the heart and lips round, toll and bounding like a Itall. One of the symbol* of joy amoog the ancieiiia wn% the har|i or lyre. I need not describe it for yonder (point ing,) to a beautiful representation of it, aud the one who deeigned and caoebted that lyre to no stranger to the fey of making others happy. To all ! announce, happy greetings of jo>‘, greeting* from your devoted aopmuieiKlent, teachers aud pareuts, and 1 gladly add my own beat wishes and efforts for your truest enjoy ment now and always, “world with out cud,’’ \Ye all desire to impart such joy today as shall be everlasting j we desire to tooch a chord which shall make sweet melody unto the Lord whilst life shall last on earth, and tboreughout the life everlasting in heaven. Therefore we hAve selected os a text or motto, the words of St. Paul, aa found iu the first half of the 4th verse of the 4th chapter of his letter to the FhiUipiaus, in which be exhorts them to “Rejoice in the Lord always." Tbi* was not only a wish of St. Paul's, but a command from God, teaching the Phiilipian rhrtotaana that it was both their duty apd privilege to rejoice—to be happy always, that is at all times and in every place; that although they might have many trouble* from the wicked heathen around them, lb<-y should rejoice in the Lord. They might be in fear of losing their lit es (tor in those days many cliris- tutu* had to die for their love to Jesu* Christ). Though they bod to lose their liberty or property, they *bould still rejoice iu the Lord. Now, children, we have the same reasons for rejoicing that they had, and some which they did not have, aud there same wonls of Paul are addressed to na as truly as they were to the Phil* lipian Christians. But whst is it to rejoice ? It means nothing less than to lie very glad, and in our hearts to t*e very happy, and to show it more or ieus. We are very apt to show in our faces aud by our movement* when we are happy. We can geu eralty read joy or sorrow iu each o(h'*r”s faces—capecially iu the faces of the young. For it docs uot take a great deal to make us happy iu childhood. A kiud word, a pleasant look from teacher or parent, a little promenade, a short ride, or the aim pleat gift as a token of kindness, will rnu up the pul res of our joy more promptly than the mercury in the chronometer rises on a hot day in August. I say hot day iu August, U-rauae I have learned of a tradition al cokl week iu the Charleston Au- gnat, when the mercury does not log their way to the old rhnvwh. A largo somber wore gatb toned within lev w*IU, where ths happy Carrs of the little one* j*re trthata tu * t «r 1«t.«v thin grand ev angrChnal school scholar can understand tha now. For we see something aired fully come to pass. Through i tho water. Not rent) ohrtollan mm rend I—ink to ths llaihrsw ongmal. m oven the Greek BawtsiseieA AM knowlrejgt- of the' Scrip;ares and to words of angels sent froth beare and of Jesus himself we know 1st. aud s ben, and where he came in to to world, and what he tangbt and fit, and how he loved ns, and blew— little cbildreu, aud wept over m ners, and invited all to conn* to ha and find joyful peace and rest «* their souls. Aud how he told al who loved him to “rejoice’* bream I their “names are written in hearer j whit her he has gone to preface J AH this we kawl We mourn with the bereaved [« routs; it was their little lamb, their But we bless the Lore! Ptonw It typi*"* it •— tn be—tho A**—sr showret w«m« wan to ha swi a—l how it waa to to nh only one. who'e grace is sufllcient for them, and who will sanctify their acre af iliction. The wealth of love hi thoir hearts will uow to expemtol on the lambs of the fold, and tor one daugh ter the Lord will give them many, both sous and daughters, in Ilia kingdom. It i« a —red tote Unto* to our « f iuh vtii w s ^aSmsB mmti t* r * toBMp—ivmilB|| war iiwn iiHi —1— rktoderei. Tho todies of He. John's, Subscribe**.—Tb nehafter, the organ has uow 20,000 sul Roman.—In St. daily newspaper ci advocating the “i Pope,'’ and the Chnrcb of Rome,'' Arrangements has to publish a si mi York. These pai* «d for the Caftnolu tauta. The objec there who slreoA priest, but to ina different 1‘rotesUi Pe*c-Renting III of Manchester h renting in the ch tablishment ilLega are the common pi i*h, whose right I can not be alien a tt then the system ol entitiod to one loi credit.—Methodic. Rmc They Tb It, a ^ay of their oa t laities in matters science. An itnmen ot a congregation i — Caithfially osnI ••tt, Wo ti ro rwwresmowd it feo war 1—idiva mi pf—f to fificowha Btaat GAJMUjpiip Fshrworj I ways oared Ion, aftwag a p$»r»Ms, —« tho IvfwraJ Wood {dace for them and much more that Abrohte fcj not know, but of which I have m time to speak now. How liappy are our eons That hear this Joyful sound. Which kings and prophets wailed fit And sought, but never foundf VYe should rejoice that Jofltu v»j a little child, a child for child—J youth for youths, aud a man M men, and so sanctified all ttostaf* of our earthly existence. And enr little child here can joyfully my: “Blessed Jecae, undefiled, Thou wsst once a little child. And on children Thou hast smiled So to Thee we gladly pray. j On tin* happy, festive day, Hear sod answer what we sky.* But we can rejoice in a 00*9*1 ever near us. Though in h—m,H is also 00 earth with os, for to J our great and good Shepherd. 1*1 I am with yon always, be »?H And every one, young and old,*! say: “And when, dear Saviour, I kneel 4« ri j Morning and night tn prayer, Something there is within aay b«*rt Which tells me Thou art them. Yet, when I pray Thou prayeattoo* Thy prayer i* all for me; , I But when I sleep Thdn sleepest s«i» But wutehest patiently " Yes, He is a real Saviour, *h*j Saviour, and a present SavioiMiMl though we can not see his —3— face, nor feet his gentle touch, to hear his low, sweet voice, vtt j believing wbat he saj-s we fed **1 he is ever with ns. “Whom not reen we lore,” says Joto, whom, though now we seehtoiHl yet believing, we rejoice mis|M*akable and fall of glory* Then lot us all be joyful ».ud ever)- clay ! Let us u rqj<**J the Lord? by believing in and 1^$ him, aud then it will to a will uot end on earth, but continued iu the “i V friend in Winchester, Virginia, writes: “I wish our new pastor, Rev. D. M. Gilbert, were with ua now, aa thefe is aa extraordinary revival progressing in several congregation* here, and many of the young of our congregation are iuteresteti and anx ious inquirers." We wish so too, but, remember, the Lord is always with you'! Let the elders of the church keep opeu its doors, hold devotional meetings, and lead the young to Christ. Lot the members of the church go about troui house to boo— in the uame of Jesos. Let the devout women, aud our church at Winchester to blessed with many such, now assist, as the women of Israel did in building up the house of the Lord. Unfortunately —* unfortunately — Christians are not workers. And wbat a lesson to all churches. A people without a pastor are like sheep without a shepherd. Win chester ought to have learned that Icsfion long ago. tl r i mill i HfiMfiHto 1 # 11 i Staunton Seminary.—Still they come. Yes, and they ought to come, for j it is not only a school, but a house of God, sad a homo. Not only the intellect, but the soul aud heart are cared for. Principal, teach- erased scholars constitute one fami ly. f We speak advisedly. We spout several days iu tbeir midst, aud they were pleasant days. We feel, how ever, both grieved and indignant when parents of whom we expected better things, send their daughters to other than Lntherau institution*. No wonder that our church does uot increase Cask Ol—V TO GOD o* fling, : o—wirortofi of —a—toe green, with twHlu—l hurtiis of rod asd yellow, vbtrik gave the letters a po—dtorly foul, asd —ns to eiplan the test bniiih Ufum a«wl— \o»utt 1493 of Tha Lteiep Ayr, fist the we«4 the Wrmi. Hot we hold it better to ho «—I ml the slot, foe the wise «wen row nnwliof J—as. Lot tiuMika to to tied! wo hart Him wHh ml The ,| a, .iatkiw* inf 1 thrill |hi< tt** In, ■■ Area *4 the pal pit wore hrotul borders af laurel leaves; the Upend magnolia, eerfoorng fiaiMds of white, is whtrh wore roqe<mn4) the three •) m tots, the rrowa, the anchor, aud the dor, mode of groeo and anJv rr • ith rod breriro. A rich Inttgi* ■uklr of ths ih iuifdiM ta iucmI mew ^ q-T-—■ rsotltont drvsew) hung aroand the reahious of the pnlpit sod altar. At the back of the pulpit wore two MMNsograaso, ‘ L U. B." formed uigeuMHMl) of greea of difiareut shade*, and two shields hung, mar ua etthre tide. Threw totter aero the offering* of childish ndfi The sltai was ndbly drit{«ml in grcwM, Having to lh*t an oval ton fating iIm (amilisr “L H. lb* of re) fib, wtih beiriee block and red An « *{wrtoi larant) iu the dremdtig was the chourel rail, cuiwiued with gortooda, reiievcsl by Hrouches of the os go pilot, find set «>ff etquisitrl) by auothrr dev for which waa wultod (ma eld riiyi— with our dear par tor. The fool waa filbnl with a large Wttu* u of green and ton too, and then- ♦ •* owe oo the other side of the altar to mati-h it. On the right gallery appeared iu huge L tier* the words, Jt»V TO TER WORLD TBK UlRD WAS C>»)tR, while the pillars that aopportod the gtih-rtro were tartoed tightly with more sod Ivy, to which uppeand to grow, here and fihere, bright Uhrirt hi the breiuwy of dhrtot's life and dwuh that the eoieaen of bi*vtog$' will newer esydaln. and yet they it nsnks ns tram — tf there had town no orfiMMT nt all Mot there o owM ho ao more wonder eamited bj the Ho rtoor> mlh|Md drink mg with tho aWtomm&iiHmreaik fimStrePSk fim* Liu mum#-fire .. . .A ^ lisnm «$* rUTFiif A1M1 Aaorso, fhnrfi Hire; A Visit tn Bhn—yfa Bareli) to lilfi hj Edwin Ransom. IVnorr * Mmymnne; The 11 remans to Hwoth Aftrim, %wni*«h r s Ths Ml!Ire of Mottotofilo, hy Jnlia Karnreurh i on m»t >lrerot »»r —lit* Uttle M—mm Iftehremo.* Lrmmiaieti •# “BL waBewre)i oms amemoe™a.ow from tho Flail thmtmok, of Ftifil Reo LuTOEBAA OBPKEYKE —“Hhoitoa of Baxtro— sod Gorenkas, of Ibe Seventy. Lather, and and aft the translators.” $——Simai—r as Phaanw- —stil-i—tMiama $ ren W-wmi re —Pw^Prefiw^P w Dot wo hate oo pad that he 4(4 partake of this ptofiarntor v Hopper, extract It spooks of “Bnttrore* Who to ha 9 Wo ton hoped of “Boxtorff." hot never of “(taxtore*.* A strong put— mod# hy Met Ghana, an ho thinks, Is to the fisllww tag words: “Mow I are twrim— to knww.eowfo tween “Lather 1 ’ and “all," although one “aid" would seeui to ho snoogh. Which to it now, the mote or the beam f re« ftioj—ft lato mresi*4 siifir—n erenl■.Ireretire wk^BsMM w^w sFa* VTB’ 1 td*'wllffafifi^^? the I’asrhal Hpppre with them, as ho was pew stool to ahnltoh that t) php1 to—HmGsm ip prder twhnag to pp— h re, and ns the Itonnn txjsM his trtoreph owsr Ida and their raw-tea, ao srhan hr aid they shoold tor glo Wfiffitasail 41 Harem A l^reun filtoretw re- rets* gp^riPf in^ga mpbi « aavt s “ **18 III sga»»* irtotwr—e to hoptea bin and The N axe Lt terra*. -~ru. Gross, au instructor to theology, at Mac Nox in Vajk.—D. F. A. writes us: “Dfar sir—1 enclose cue dollar to pay the balance, as I understand that you are going to advertise all liaises that hare not paid up in full. 9 The one dollar does not “pay ap iu fall,” but we let D. F. A. off ou condition that be pays “his minister up in full” of tho name Lutheran tn Ins h*r rkewblatt: “From I Cor. i: 13, tho oppm-nu of the Lutheran Chtreli havw at tempted to prove that to to stofaJ to 2 18 tol(i of the Episcopal institute ,l tUe Englan 0i two since just l^eipal of the .v r® y> u P°u the prt *lif/ r , 0rn du *-ing Leut, TJ to write the n t( f? n a sli P of P*ai» iu J 1IU tbe aest mo Uan^ , tbe 8ch001 * a ^ed iu, and u,k Wlitten thesiflriiifi.. many maUv above, “Where joy like morning dew dwW& And all the air l* lor*? “ Ifir, II to pp—l!ili ho ires— that he wowld oo mart driok — tie* f*no •to— otoe opifi he MheaHl evammoni — to, er wfipt to ty pifird, to (ha kingdom of Ctod on earth sftre Ida ourselves Lutheran, to the name sense to which the Corinthians don igaated them—tore — of Paul, of A polios, etc., then they would ha right; bat wa do not wish to —lech ourselves to tho person of farther — they did to that of I*aat sod Ap— lot; bat we, on the eootrary, aa!I oarestore Lotherau beenose wo wish to eoof—« the pure, uaadaitorntrd goepei of Jssaa Chriet, a* to to revealed in the Holy Scriptnrvo, sod Ig Arrea.ru.—Mrs. E. A. 1!., of L., 8. G., owes from {To. 110, wants the paper stopped, has not taken it out for uearly twelve mouths, but is indebted for more than twenty four mouths. VYe are never afraid of our lady subscribers, but now aud then one of them forgets, and of ooorae we ire to Uame. to Into gtonfiU pi*'—w. Lake frits na thpf ho brake the bread and gave IK fis there «sn|arid: “Take this, and dtv—r to am—if y«Msirel«ea.* Thfe