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THE -UITHEUI VISITOR. Colnmbia, H. €?• ij, July 96, 1978. THE U'TIIKRU(#?ISITuK, (3011 MIMA. JULY 26, 1873. Ujjgj at,?-' 'IICT -g—SZ'SSm '-^T ~ ■ Rkv. A. Khv. J. I Tn e*sen Editors: RUDE. D.D., Columbia, 5. C IILLER, A.M., Staunton. V*. »*n, ami bats my mach lo gif* you op. Rat what ran you 4o t TWy will not mn pay vial tb*y owp, and you can oat lir# upon tto frtatriet \ sad Vlad. Oar efcarrh la ta a oHUmJ faaaata (Wa condition. We art too divkfod. A j Ktamry I wrong *1*401 *cmm t> be at *wk, ttol Mi ami I fear aartoa* rem requeue#* «(H be tba reaolt. Would Ilk* to know j I whom joa hare la coalrenplatfoa to take charge of the l itilw whoa yoo retire- U B,* jmA dffrfrririhfrlfLeafr a §1^^ i • pflR! VMRU | If a ■mi a I I* ils, unify ; in non essentials, ; ta ail things, “* —” Rtvmi Office Oi if ponsibl scad the TEH •TKCIAI. HOTlfW. mvt be made ft*. Rank Check* If there can in IW iHke. «*r Draft*, net be obtained, oney in a Kzohtkrko Lst Post mauler* are obliged to register letter* when mjntnd. Paper* (are (tent to sabecTibers until an express order to discontinue fa re ceived; aid alt arrearage* are paid, mi required by law. Merely returning * number of tl»e paper by mail. l» not »ul flcient. r All ©ofaniuisteattona relating to sab- scribem. ilnould five their name* wr distinctly, and carefully indicate which are old ami which are new sahrertbei*. Not trnly the name of the goat Office, tet also that of the county am! State of each subscriber i* uecreeaiy, In order that the proper cut. n ■* may be promptly and accurately mode. MaiTiagjb and obituary notice*, and other matter intended for publieation should be written separately, and not In badn«s» litter*, to receive proper atten tion. * off 3 , , . To Correspondsctf. We will endeavor to answer during the coming week all letters received iu our absence. Our tutaaiou wan suoceoafujj; blessed be tbs Lord of the harvest! A little additional help, itud[ the Visitor is safe. „ \l, Betignation. Rev. O P. Booser having resigned pastorate No. 1, Ilarnwell County, S. C., offers his services to tbs church wherever 1 they arc needed and de- sfred. Address, Kiimrdville, Colleton County The Visitor. Through the assistance of trietuls, who liberally and unasked guaran teed theijr aid, the Visitor will be contjnuctl J rot terms will be: 1. #2.0(1 for one year of 31 numbers, prepaid. 2. No credit. If however an agent will make‘himself personally reapou sible to uk we of course make an ex ception. Xulta regmU —du not tell the rest in any other but a dead Ion guage. 3. No premium*. The terms ore so low tbjt we can not afford it. We hop# that the many who have regretted the probable su«i>ensioo of the Vititol, aud who have offered os material aid, will now prove their loyalty contributions of moneys, communications, and large additions to our sub senption list. Few pn ,pers had ever as many warm frie ids aud bitter eng mien the Visitoi, who are grateful for the former, gieved on account of the latter, an 1 yet dbes neither see uor understau 1 the possibility of being anything #lse but the Lutheran Fietf tor. M l am truly sad at tbe Lack of In terest taken lit the Visitor by the church Rat don't give up the ship. The exposure* made of the so been her* win arouar the God win Iu the fhtere as he hoa 1% the poet Wees the Firifer. m a* A food Old tfega. Formerly la was the each charge through its piWMmted a report of us flew u ct or *<h Synod iral year, has iNVuaic mot)* th» Ikinn of tk* — **!## *ro*>*aj|J|*a MM *MPfa» pant. Tbe pastor* report the ana gregarious, the delegate* ore *8a*t. There has been and is a tendency to a hierarch tai church ua The tatty ban washer*, spectator*, *ad rt Miatatare If a paator in U bis charg* la tired of wishes a change, the only thing It coo tlo is to raise* to nappe* t bias; hat if he la a ms of -rnnuitt. if he has a house ef hi* owe, or dose a good baaiaeos, be won’t go, be baaga ea, the charge aoffiuro, the •hip daeveaae*; hat there a an help for it. W« believe that it •nee many a ehorch Rom dianotutiaa if the farMW a* ■tending rule of Wiut tie* Far ? But Now- Yes, true enough, but now ! Our professors our secularized clergy men, all diose ministers who moke preaching a secondary business will be down in as. What of U! They have been down on us all the time, a few have oven hated us with a bitter hatred, and done all they can to injure the Visitor, and now they will rejoice because it soon will be cease troubling them. Bat wegfesure them, that the closing of the VUitor is but the be ginning of tbe end. The u * will follow, and tbcu the “ Ilium fuit. We hope w® may not live lo see it, but if the Southern Geoera! Synod has not on organ, it will be utterly unable to cohere. proposals hare been made to us by laymen, iu whose attachment nod ability to sustain us we have tbe highest confidence, and we are grate ful for the evidence of their attach meat to as and appreciation of oar services j but we haw no faith in some of oar minister*. ‘ We add a few extracts from let ters lately* received ; “I am truly sorry that those whom the coarse you panme in conducting Hie paper makes your enemies do not rest content with merely abstain ing themselves from aiding you, bat are active in toflaeitcing others to drop yea, as many of them doubtless do. Bat such conduct is only in ac cordance with oar depraved humani ty, and we moat, a* <* matter of coarse, expect to meet with it W. R* 01 am very sorry that you are com pelled to give up the Visitor. I know of no man within the bonnda of oor Southern Church who can take yoor place, and os fully satisfy tbe charch as you have done. Oar peopte hero, as far as I know, think yon are the A. • *, of A- not lieu os: * •top the paper, a* 1 have not lime to read it and have no family to #ap»j Us perasaL* {furry : Who la this unhappy sum's rool enemy t Doe* God not afford him the tint, or dew* he sot tahe it 1 Is he from oeewaoity or choice so im mersed in bust bo** that ha has not •van the Lord** day led him to wait on the Lardf Far whom do** ha labor f H* baa ao (bmily . hi* homo* la siteo* sad daaalat*. We Oder stand that he I* wealthy la It Mam non warship that engage* all hi* time and ottootioa V W* hear that he 1* making money that For whom 9 Not for himself; he la advanced is year* Not tor hi* family ; ha ha* none. What than f !>oe* he intend to liv* always, or Is it bln purpose tn carry his money with him f When that umuTs hoar of departure noma*, he will despairingly pronounce the sentence of oomdemnat*on am himself; he will then see that hi* life ho* bean a failure, be will then go to his nwa place, and he will then have ample time to •erase himself sad saffirr torment. Bach a man I* malty more to be pilled than Given, Lake Ift. The rich man enjoyed life a/tor hi* fashion | he lived ia style, had plenty time, bad merry compoaiona. kept e good table sod received hi* goad thing* ia this life , bat the *elf sold •lav* of Mammon Uvea a bard life, dies a hopeless death—‘ and in hell he lifted up hi* eye*, being la taw ment,” toPgiL MUmaMamMsa^m rmbavext j..,« ^ t...t # L, # it*vff ***xw*as t*bie^w t*'ip**se* Can geld «ianov« the mortal boor f I* ittr am lev* be b*M*gbt *ith *mM t Arr fnrrnUhip'« ploMtin* I* t* sold t WlM ghottld Veto In looking urer a minute at one of the broach Synods of the Miesoari General St nod. w* ooUcad that the member* are rlMafed under two it-'.L«l* 1 Bloflfluri to Tot*. UmI not MM*. titled to vote. In other word* mam* of tbe member* of the Synod ora voter*, and other* not. W* think that only pastors and lay delegates representing pastoral charge* should have a vote It ia a groat abas* In oar Synods that minister* who are not pastor* ore permitted to deetd# questions which roperrn exclusively the ehnrchee by (heir votes. It Is not urjfrequently the onro that the Internets of the chartbes and than* of the minister* who are not pastor* clash. It is •oaMrtiines also th* — that the latter abstract the rval work of the churches, because it Interfere* with their purpose*. This Is w«U understood by college faculties, sod we therofoi* find that tbe profemora, if clergymen, belong to diflhrwat Synods, where they by their stand log, ability sad address, exert a powerful and often controlling infra ence. According to oar Latheran polity, a —hrirtm who la not a pastor ta la fact a layman, and only by cowrtsay troatad as a cfergy man. Dd* nbaa* moreover gives th* clergy an uadoe propooderancr ia oar Synod* over the laity, which ia ohm aaeharchly. A Synod ia ecm posed of the dor! cal and lay reprooeu tat Ives of the with this we waaM the *fla#MMpqffi ; ##ffi 6HMffia*affifr4BSkMb Iffil f9y nod oat anmlmr the lay tloo show Id he equal. Ta eff *«r t * ». the rat* tb*MiV i l be adapbqjl that a • r j. — j, u.*<rompanwd (c* a laa A mt* ft** vifri IksasMS* aui* Seemfrla*. ^ llfirf IIS MpQffiiM mmmW Wmw » t fjt am ^ Iffi IPu wwj fsffirol f; !, « i > kH #' m leave of *hssae». This roaalts In am tditiliuMl ftf |) * \hr Ii4i| ibtmh VftMM a. . fr Ik*,** m* a rv ^ mfihoiiW' llral a i orj U'C^^w ^awS'SS'WiaM^S’O' v vmmv wo*w , w'**a'p^» | w Ini nm$I» br iTsicfl (-&*#* t-fcMiNrT' ftssRi# take frsqaently hat Rill* hstsiros* In what ia going on, hmk ao a fry wadi ao! trip a* wadertahea tor roarrmtlcm smn) T*mt nmqmtUSji' S*4i t; N[* W* hart bean told that tfry year* *gv> the impromtoa pro* slhwl that to heap the miatotor wttb and pny hi know better paying—tag they have yet to learn, tool im Hi mmIiiwI oath a flam as It WihoiiId be, and that nay frywsdiead k .fr * nwaip k ffi'f j^h ^qg|| u. tn tu k wstaiitW* ut 8 sail *a I wlPMIPIIpilR,j frUffil;, \ affiFi 9P 999' «feed« this may be ooe of the why m many of sot Synodical tonally adopted to prove mar* wtod work. tllfTi f t#'W& p9Mlill9Mi |y|jit 9N# f 9^619%- felthfalty The Methodist and 1/toted We ^ drf ‘‘That We Undid, asw a toe loektag, doomed **an, la the pftsse of NUffiffiOfc tjto i guar ana r 1*10“# a. & mi -’Mjlii*- is It Bum MS Mfee Wsyggg #N -fro, dhf Thai any It I* s**ai«dl> have -He m all that,* •** the •NOW ha |» a wierk, tor he lag faHh ha* made ship* tech." | knew Ufa waffi. A few year* age he HM Ofamaffi t * ( ispdNg <dw«y • f«m*d him te hi* Iffel Mr he did a great deal <4 ally, fa Ht dor* to prayer »» tor Che nut have He still i* oith the «hor«h, be *4111 r^ntribwtea, bet he le net * rhrorfwl giver. For ■rortj be eep«y«d Mj *•*, ebea shir, M* to badiuMh sad »• very He wfrUf he hvwa, be • row ohm : hat Is be lottos i Lutherans always ftmd it, hal | md fer affi thsl a wroeh f* We wee* they da oof value it, and will not, till 1 Htoat, hwh»d at the imrh*i«|*r, they learn from the eerie that It I* breathed a brief **.|«f«li>n»ttaa tor worth having htas. thegHMaf the many rod* ia . ii mill igiidj aiii|iiii||| 1 in # , | the I'baialh ifa wtaette btr*, «fr we IfagnofrhJ ml ItoMBdlllil “ f i wev»*„% sffidssfa .M MtbeaghthhffiWiafa — and we, «a 1* ear way ashed hto«fr|y t A WltiittM I mlt til 11I I,. 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We hew many la whom we mat vary, aa Ford sorfiaA i imalmf mw 1» t a «*3 h A* apdk. alifal ffwags m will m fa4m. swswui es^maMlwffip^P aa^’^WTaa a aewna a *w^w asas na earre-r -fa- # winuam HP* BFf JIM W **I sappww I raa t*» MM 4M' hsaw'.** OadioaM fr fa-»>(!«»* * Wbal cMagfegaltows of by pwerttn* hU people mod kn f They have (hr 1 a gvmd deal ahwat it Bible; Imt only tor feehlow'* soke, rvmv ivwvd tkol be e«« I bavvti Am perfectly • ne*r- '' cvmv ««wvd that be warn vow* a trap TWy do nd read it; et the y amdd ■ hri«r«ar, he had (sMh aid *«wks *4 have learnt that to hr *to*k to pay * faHb ; bo* I am aim ramvtoeed that vow vowed unto the toad I* sto . be be* feltrn trios gfOr* no*, ami I They attend preaching; bat the; art fear greatly that he efll favmrnr a hearors ami not dear*. They pray; amt a* ay My npronm Is lk«i b,a bat thrtr prayer* are not Word;, ayawtary romnnrmvd with far «wf» thdr lips or* ssfatn * docfel Is it kt <4 faooly prayer. Yd «v hr thsir msmtfeMi <fri the laml arws la as««ti»d a lady wfre Is awl. a rferfa Thu ChDdrm The l elbrrss efenrah earoa tor tba tombs of fas frock, has made sbuu- thatr • rrlifioa* lauwata, st*** ktopans- lively not to negtort the yoaag, hot to bets* thorn op I* the way ia which they sfeofel go. Yet to many Lutheran and by many Lutheran th* chiktfwa are ahamefhlly h , „ ^ . „ jM m . kiuM ama a* miff smsosa 3 wMrofrmPM vW M * It to oat tdMt trbca we spend a night to n Imthrron family to cate chtse the children llomdlmr ago a few dqya to a There was prwyer hath morning nnd evening, tliifun irfafk (irtTili iN99^|Mp .0f tbe frffidMPni Jiff 9 L*e^9 A || ml Jaefn^^fat aslaaawaiwA* ^M*^Ma01 mMI frij* ^ mdv wfrtrf the obk swdaHih.-lL ttgMffiffgi ^ h llh- mm rvmrw -ww v* wi* mp^wow^vv^eewmvqgp'-p jp At frrd the chtldron aero shy of as They thaaght a ltofe of Uto- vlaiiy woo a oopersor tiring, hat they wary oaan tonsil oat that w* loved lull —Mod iu ibcilr ewea Isqgk aovl rcifujr It j be | For ike Lutheran Victor. Ccm*pond*nc*. fkmr Thr, Rude: Boon *(U*\ l»ir short bat pleasnnt interview which wr hsd with you on tbe morning of tbe 23d nit., wr went on board the Northern Itoutid train on the Char lotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail road, and it was not long before we wet* to transitu at the rale of thirty miles jirr hour. The beat, dust and smoke were almost intolerable; but thr passenger* were civil, i»olit« and intelligent It la seldom that we have entered a railway coach in which thefV was so little rudene**. Thirty oil hours after oor d<q>art- ar* from Columbia, (including a de tention of nine hoar* at Burkevllle,) we arrived *t 8A.LKM, VA. Tkis little town, a few years ago, was but little known to the Church. Ia mere reoeut years it has, however, become a point of apodal interest to the Latheran Church in Virginia— and more recently still it has attract ed the attention of a larger portion of the Ixilberan Church in the South, by reason of the actiou of the Gen eral Synod in selecting this place for the location of its Beiumarv. It is a plane of considerable loeal trade aud business activity, and proverbial for its hospitality *ud morality, aud for the general intelligence of lU citizens, fatter we last visited this place we notice evident marks of improve ment. One or two new streets have been laid out, and a uuinlwr of sub •Untial, convenient and neat resi dence* have been twiilt, la-side* oue of the largest and finest hotels iu Booth western Virginia, (juite a number of the older buildings have been tmmldfd and newly painted, ... . ... .giving to tbe town the apiiearauce of t - mm* +i H tto r(*n**| t »e c I- j ggf thrift. All thia, taking _ . . . . . , into <'ou«ideratiou the facilities of ry‘.*T"T.i "uuT !“«-•**- •«=-»», UK-1»» Yea, yea, said the father, we moat l even mend fadeui as a spleudkl loca tion for a college and seminary. And since the istter has recently Ik**» located heie, And HoauoLe Col fegv ha twenty year* sending out its forma in all directions, we la-gin to two evening* »a stole, as if we • a Lama, or a Itrnidh*. or a *ft Wise they had toot their fears, aasarrod oar qaeetiomi aiwat rah knaSm ai^ii m ■! # i s tsawafi > «> k as Wto^a i*j<<-setsri vRI ^ -frfrlq^frL* vT*wim iffi-vfr*w k^^I^Hp^ffi^ffi to «MOSa «kr<" ■InrWl the word of vroe ^jTwwiBavwrai lov-m vw w ■••aw-a w^m* w *^e an M‘2 frit.a.fal%m*koi I ei anf* xafrtodl llJhkak 4f >l M #4h iPtoWwfemM MffiPwMVMMi wRaroia *./vwaar i-fl9fr4i thF frhflt' fitfrfr-fr F 4db49^99fN999f 99T ItH^M hot they Y|pq«- tjjf bfrfrfrtjfit ib#fr9 ifa bra * «w«ib<r hit lie room, thi 4mm " (he pma ehddrea sat aa man water. Mid the grand old tuouutaiiiK ! by * bw-b it i* euvironed, at once have a Hat»4ay echesd. toe spoke 1 to ike eiBwta a boat it the next day. i Yea. mod be. we Mat have a Monday | topfewd, bat H ha* iw«ro »egh**te*l k to the riharch, the to the minister, sod ■nfrrw has ba mark to reg^ f ,| Salem as a kind of centre of ^ ^ : |M9| ‘ |p|g|y , ^^Mffi^i|||^||^yaaa*|a|h^^! *. 99^ faros, lim aatanl# hm parok. t« s proachet and ««d s paMor. *»»d m-g torts the smt imiortMt part «f hi* M'WMa fr'^^aa fr^nmsSwS4u .*#' mms ia at I m saf fe fif m , IfWWifllp *” ffiffiPP filRlto 4 *'fa» 4<mdt sa fast* mmsafr * fatjilUMmiumak t^sriiaMr lev cal lh«m me f Feed m l.utb«is»i mlliM-nre. As oui *tay here for Ibc prcM-ut is only m»e day, we will ouitl any par iKulai allusion t«* Ruaooke ( ollege and out TiM*4ogioal Bemiaary, bo- i ping again fa teturn, an<l then we , may aay a word about tiietu. toe ibitok that thr traialng of lb* ; fa no* Friday morning, and the ehddmi i* »• importaat as the j ut # || bu , „ ^unup H full perarkfag ef the fo*p-l toe fhiuk tiood of gohU-u rays over the mown 1b«t the }»»«*«« •hr* Wfffarta thr uins sod bill* and valley a. Nature **"**•• * “ n iu m.mt UiiuUful and Sto»l we thfak tha» th head «*f a debeatr hues. And whilst the citi- tom y «to» fe vrrw it to the church ^ (Utom go afoul their daily and th* wtiaivAir ta fiw^l thr children atramafaiWh and the larmetn arc busy vM!h the teal of life, while be works g^fhortog their gtddeu bsrvrats, we, their hand* the ktrv of Ills servant omfrkfalidm fr : frhshO* : frngmliidl famiyagL:' WMMPVB l Mw’jT Mffi* f rnHUM-. 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IffafL aNj9fr ta w *t b sad to aa fariaaki kto w*» early sari late ta provide far their ImwIwwu is oat a « hnsfiau nan-tit to'hat does (he wont of (Lid say f free the Bride, to hal does the church way f Hee the Book 4 fr onbip AM paieata «h«mld be the prtoet*. the teacher*, the |mttent« and exam plea of tie- hmwfaU aver w hvck (M has |d«re4 them Yet bat few psteols talk shot retigwm to thdr child new And why f Itocauw they tfaawfti* can- «»at eaoagh of it to talk about. Alav sod alas, there fa but tittle live, living Christianity mm*m £ Mfr>- WPB1MP Thea aga.w. all tbe wahm qaestton books sboaht Ive thrown away, and tbe church catcthtams aalmtitate*!. to> have them, thanks be fa God!] far all but the mwsltowl ehildren. ] llaakino, fenm, Mann and Kndell bare dear as g*wvd service, dkd if Imt ike pacealK) sad Ike chutvbes ; adl am faith (ally and prayerfully | the o»da these A*v«*at men have far wished, oar chltitveo will neither be hat ta the ihan b war to Christ. Tbe abarok that has m» Bauday odbeet m dead. Tbe church that n«m tile oaiwa qaeauau books fa wot a 1 other* n ebarak. Tbe |«arouts that de *nl teach their diiklrwu tbe it Rraagclioal fa Tbe child ran who sew oat ated# dl*ci|dae of Christ by bs|4tam sad toothing aro duel rayed In-* 9 hti c at if’ tf'T fal-t^itt-ifliffi tail* tmn i lot #|9999||||99a.' : 99rdm9#ipi99P^fr^^^^Mfr ireasily tbe rofaipaas training fa wtth a couple of brethren, whom we met at lh« tlejad, set out for Con ference, which is to meet in CLOVER HOLLOW. OILKS <X)., VA. to e go by railroad to ChristianslHtt g, (36 miles.) where we arc tnet by a brother from Giles county who lias brought a ««piu to «-»»n\cy us to tbe immediate vicinity »f the church iu i» which the peofk took fat w hicli C'oofervnec is ewn to convene, worthfa -bat here we at*. it wr were a dy^|*cpt»c, «c entertain body of Lutheran elei fait little doubt that this wagt*u ride delegates, iu » professedly (without springs) over a rough road, church, bat we could W two nioutitains of the A1 J the worsltip that woakl ha« On Saturday inonifa. ^ •pjioiuted for the tneetfa.^ finance, we repaired the CHtrocw which is located ctaiteofa- citizens of Clover Hollojr/?^ •fcmcfail of wood, fa w«**^ f *« on the outside and H-itci ? It waa built, perhapAtwmfe ago, by a few Lutheran* Jj lived ia -the Hollow."’ it^ 1 building, but at that tfa^ ^ thought to lx* 1 good fey*' than necessary. It fa, -1 •mail now to aceomiaodgtTta' gregation, and the people **7' about enlarging it W« w not end in “talk.” 7^ *’ more convenient aud la^g aud tliey owe it to God to | with a bettor house. Ifa this community all Ifa® j houses than they honor 0*4' This fa not right. We s}*^, ( a church ought to be thr fat neatest building in * Every congregation ought t*j good cburch edifice, jfa 1 of tbe Clover Hollow puffe! ever, be it said, tbe enonk 1 clean ; and this can not fa J all the churches in which m been during the last mi We always wonder, whe* a filthy church, why the profat careless iu this regard, fefjfa, urt* to worship God fa a clean church—but it isf and revolting to our feeling* ship linn in the midst of (fa j lated filth of an unftnisfad « t lapidated old building. CONFK.RBRCR iuuiembled at th-appointed! to the great n -ft of all about one-half of tb< “*fa. L» answer to their u*!»«•*. tbe adjournment of rionfr;mr] Monday, all the clerical with one exception, *ei* The usual business xt Incipient stcjis were wards the organization of « gation iu Crnig county: aadi of tbe brethren were visit Big Bpring, Gbt Rocky Mount, with tbe vies d* ing places of worship sod 1 congregations in there tbe prospect should wj this undertaking. • RELIGIOUS During the sittings of there was preaching in Cfarrj low church, and in other round about, by Revs. 1} Sluckhv Turner, Prof- Bqasj Bittle, Kizer, of the Synod, and Sbirey, of fee Carolina Synod. Sevemlpmy ings were held, and the }**r was administered 00 THE ROOK OP WOBSTOj seemed to be ignored by tbe ( enoe. Why this was we cast We know that a majority <| members of Conference 1 to the Book, aud some of I in their own oonj Conference it was laid a as a hymn-book. We ML place—we felt as it we tail short week, goue back years. On the previous wnrsliip'-d with our legbany range—a distance of twenty gttiahed it irom a gvegation. How is this! We would like to say ***** mi tea-would have fa*eu very advan tageous to Ofa prm tdcvl tlu-rt- had fai-n Hie enongh left tu us to rally j point, but jierbaps soar *j Iron* the fatitgvie. Such a jolting, think we ought not T« tti-ai i Hwtoi, we hope yurt may never have, unlesa you are able to derive fa-m-fito ftvrnt it that we have not received. Still we do not rniuplaiii— irnletd we are eon tout—we rattier like it. Out coui|Mtuy is cheerful, and as we pass along natural objects t»f interest engagtMHir attention nnd conversation, iiitevspenawl with dis etiMdoiia (Ml oiibfcets of (H-clesiastical that a»a*e other fryaaria tlo sol make to la a ha»l maa m a much heller exhibit .».r-tfa «hi«iti- «k«fek«4 i«a oar And wbal win the rerolt to f mgr, H*4tm. paw mg *Hfa ««* <4 ■sinister A iw4 paid, Iberriore the »W «■), I am oaoktag* Tto (rata merchant and lb# rooefearoc, tto aoj^d { oar |4eaaaat «fes|*a«toa editor and the mfeJ of all work are Wft; w* kepi «m, tfomght mt tto sot pawl, tto mUMatot la caltol a • forks w* hod Imt* sod did kttoW, •windier, the longer to reoiafa* tto <4 fa>« nfer we *mtr were fa^motiag deeper to Is Involved la de!< to fa . wierk, f^I (tot wr sro wot yet oat harrossed, to can sot fatoa with say <4 daaam sad that Nfr. W bmw «*t. IW rh,rrh fc ,„ , ' congeals, tto ckoreh famk fa Urn. tto *Jl (hy mom tor* dfa-ood go to Ito ptare Ito wicked sen sot went to, and (ton ^ «w ww otata* *W they must remain in tto hand* of j tto tormentors, till they pay all (tot waa due unto tto land Wbal a man owes to Ito minister for |o*rI ing to owes onto God. for He—**tto Lord hath ordained that tto? which w«*#k rtoaok to u»tt toe* * preach tto gnafiel atornld lire of (to ffiaMiffiffiili *frra ta o*» day. s t- Pjra* . Haver mkrtfa* aa uabeltari^' frfri ! Now yea may squirm, and wrig git* *»««** «f ito remsoas Ibat M la . . ... gle, and t*i»<, sad aseaa* yoarortf 4^ u roaren Ito aaVtom. frock ***»*«, sad to till year fare I* aa Mark m brimwet* forgot that marriage I* mri ttaoe »i os rogalarty SI ta year anal; tl will not help yaa God * givtaaty A .^ HMV ,i # d ****** *4 groom •• «6rragih«i yaa. haawa yoa, and to atll rottie with fto troth fa, that arari? atoay* Ito *** tiw * *• remtrm yoor yoa. -Thaa riwlt mh taaaL* A WrmUroiinMfaw ja»d yaa «•»’« gvk well la a thtof aavar pifeffiMim. Yaa da oat | WAmmmd liror Mqptaiar, if per praeper spIrtV—fry, fer yaa ottml th* \ Mr. Cfawaroa. tto Wariilagfraa rtofed fat. wit! care tto moat atwbbore ttas'l yoa tari «**aa f | hwahor, tom gtvwa frffiffilfr mmm «f jUror W*i« There ta to ftatare Interest, so that the time past-ea al- 0*0*1 imprigffiitihly, aud we are nn- eonarfoua of many a jolt that would *ttorw*tar have been, to say the lea*t, unpleasant. Thu* the mountains are fienaed over, tbe vertical ray a of the sun have declined, tbe tall trees cast their shadows afar, a ml as we pare up Clover Hollow we witness a most pnfoff Mot"*!! Every child should j beautiful sunset. The grand old moan tains lift tbeir heads in majesty •tor ns, whilst the everlasting hills rios on each ride, covered alternately with rich fields of wheat, almost ready for harvest, luxuriant and sweet scented clover and eoru, w hi 1st tto flocks lazily graze u)»on the dain tiest «ftears they can find. Whilst with admiration we gaze upon the seme before ns, as twilight begins to steal upon us, eveu before we are to brought up re Haowrel and Ttot» thy were. We can fell b> Ito bebuvtiw of a child whether lla |«area«a aro ehris HUM re tonae ami <m week ilsyaor oot. 4 A paata* • to wngferfa tto eh I Viren fa like a skeptord who data aot at tend (fe th* tarn to, sad to wilt before faag to a it hoot a freak. — — frl ake H-*, it On, and Keep aware of tto fact that we are at nur tsiia# It i rodatw t to dose ao that it famrney'a cod, we halt in front, <4 the refadenee of brother K., who meets a tonic. If took a a mam mt-mtuiM- Wi itrifit jafrttoealLJi fr ■ra fvP *W» io-f * o*W'i tl a« with tto Virginia welcome, with which you are so femitiar, and here we real for the night. Thankful to God fer His kind prwvidenoe, for kind/rb-ml*, for all that we enjoy, we lay as down to sleep, and soon we are unconscious of all that is aroartd aa. one’s judgment we yield, •* ! I he present. Yours, ta : V M fcer. Jh\ lfejws.—As cbnracter was this Dr. reifi may believ** the auecdotfa "rt of bitn by okl iuhabito^* York. What a scene 1 been when he jsiused iu thM oue «f hts rousing Fast-®*)* aud raising his eyfa heaven, burst iuto imf plication: “Send u*? ^ murrain upou our ori-tta * upon our land, cleanne*® * our borders; send us fa waste our cities; send Thee, the swoixl to bathe i blood of our sous; hut 1 God Most Merciful, curse—most dreadful^of ^ ( an alliance with >’*5®*®**^ parte r An eye witness - _ as tiie preacher uttered^ with all the energy of j*** .1 heusiou, the blood nostrils. „ He put his his face, without kn ° w, f^, did, and, iustautly re sa **‘^ lure, held the bloody J aloft, as if it were ths horrors he foretold. SwUmimdPn* Merle d’Anbigne has h#* Sunday-school in land, for fourteen death has deprived bri niary assistance g ive “ band, she dei>ends uP^*j by friends in this coo*'^ carry «wi the eut* miles along. I V : _ ; ■ According fercuce nu i yfewberry 1573, and « < dcot, Kev. .f k~ oor establish The Secret the follow in j fc their names Clergy■—1** jlerrick, J. . p. D., H. S land and IL 1^ J/tymen — Chapman, .!« tranger, P. * H. Rikard. A. F. Groute D. B. W het Treasurer. Tbe ininnb * ing were re:ul Rev. J. J>. Hipp were e dance at tbe pltar. G. a handler wen members. TheTreasui ... to Messrs. A. J. VV. Balt i t reported4b<; s. balance in the $21.26. Revs. J. J\ Derrick and J pointed a com:, uuiblc and rest, death of Rev. of this Confeie dbnference services. Pra Holland. At 11 o T clod preached the < 2 Tiin. iii: 5. sermon, the pn the holy cornu: ducted by Rev. Alter an in quarters of an assembled, aud prayer by Rev. The CoinuiitKr v made the follow Yonr committ a Constitution sin«iS8 for this b that they have < and are ready t< such time as yeff c; rect. ResjM-c: The report v siitutioo read, and finally adt»; ordered to be tr retary’s book. Rev. a. W. L member of Con The reports , tors on the st. encouraging, t>L attendance on aud greater int school cause. Re}>ort of com aud resolutions ( W. Berley. ^’HER^Ai>, in God, the Rev. ^ caHed from- the I militant to the aud whereas > should to had death by this < < mi active and wo fere. Resolved. That Worthy brother, "cwberry Con fen for whose mtAv prayed, have los "seful and active Resolved, That on d recollection labored | with fed though dead Resolved, That rec °rd bock. P ,a «e of bis deat uieuiory. ^Resolved] That J’ridow and g “^her our 40(1 Players iu ki>c Tbe re ** t>y a j The it wh " ertz’s au co utiDne( ^°ufere 0( °u nioi Sl, «h an , * commit Spring ij po *»ear yj r *• -Hie 1 «« Ocr, a ct as he Luther ly*‘n tl,e »« y PriUa A °eus t th Rev. j. pr ^cb tbe Utah-