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fwSHP' ifk? ir - »:T > * n r ^ Hf j? THE LUTHERAN VISITOR, COIXMBIA, 8 fl, SEPTEMBER W,f«3. ■ Ji THE LUTHERAN VISITOR, “Ss ^Isrwrlwte rr'wi^tp# 1 Columbim H. C% Friday, September 36, 1873. «**- limiiiyw 11 **ra mfljdii"y I 1 ‘ti’ftir I?*■' w.’Jrff ~ J5J$55g■ V JB® ITOHJIJ Rkv. A, K. Rl’DK, D.D., Cofenshto. 8, C Rrv. J. I. MILLER. A.M.. Htonnton. Vs. 7* nsrntiftlM, unity; in noneesentiuU. liberty ; in nil thing*, charity.” > f'WMi ■ mill .Ml 91'RTIAL mwjm R»-ini ton ire* pant »>• »sdr in b«l office Onlcre, Ibmk lhec*», oc Di^U. if poreibl*. If these run net ft* obtained, m-nd the money in n Rtc« hate* *t> Lorr« tkk. All PlWllttpii Me obliged to rcirinter letU'T* when mjuirta. Paper* wr net it to wWfibntn until an express order to ffisMOffinro fca *»- reived, awl all amwagen are pan, m required by law. Merely JtMtintomm number of the impel l»y nwl. w w4 *uf- tlcient. All communication* relating to *ob~ acrlber*. should give their name* serr distinctly, awl carefully indicate which are old ami which are new subscriber*. Not only the name of the poa* office, hut also that of the county and State - of each subscriber in that the proper entries may he promptly aud accurately made. Marriajre aud obituai other matter intended I. w should be written separately, and pad in business letter*, to rereire proper rap tioo. unr uoticea, *■» yaalfeinim. — N1WBBBRY Q0LLS9X. Notioc. Notice. Vffftffi All Ministers Mid !.»> men that made Hedges for Newberry College at the Synod held iu tit. dolin'* church, Calk’s Hoad, Lexington Co., S. C., will please forwnrd withou delay the amounts subscribed. The Treasurer wishes to settle with the Professors. Mend the amount, brethren, prompt ly. If your memory don’t serra yon as to amount pledged, refer to the Minutes of the Forty eighth Animal Convocation. Forward ainouutn at ouee to Geo. a Usama, Treasurer. Charleston, Aug. 13, 1873. The Senior of the I'isi/or haa been a traveler, but has returned at too late au hour to give an account of his plregriuatioua. The Lord «m were dark, and he beard the muffled sound of the coining tempest; bat he stood from under and sought shelter in the stage couch. At Wood- stock the clouds disponed, the sky was clear, and the prospects were cheering. At Salisbury the lull meridian blase of the unclouded sun jioured down its rays of light and heat on him, and be rejoiced because the Lord had raised op friends to comfort, sustain and aid him. The promise is eternally true, that he that believeth ia Christ shall not he confounded. Having a number of artiokes re ceived in our absence, which hare the priority aud are of present in terest, the Visitor defiers telling its experience of the goodness of the Lord, and the kindues* of the breth ren till next week. The whole ia written on the tablets of memory, and can not be effaced. 1asr-trsJfc-. iic« It.—TIM M«*taftdtty cni At iu i»t convention passed ti following iwsolutMMt: ronaiAtins sf SMS^thMMMM esswr •hall hereafter report the work «k*»* la ssrl by *srh reowre *»!**»« seymmtshf Honor to whom honor Is doe. Lot | it be kaowu what each eon g regal ion <Iota - Uepe oar ttyaoda will pn«s a [ similar resolution CoMCOtO, K. C.—A rearreapoiwiewl writes oat ! - Yon were miatnforotcd as In tbs number and staadiag of the sra bers of our church who went to the Methodist*. Only two that pnid much to the rapport of the gospel went to them We leant front another coerce that the eongregstmu Is very much plena e«l with It* new adainter, flat W. W. Bowers, and firm in its sdh^ fence t<* the fhurrh of the Ref«f**n ffiflff. Krf. J. I>- Hhurey has his charge from Virginia Rev K A. BoBss, Dhttht Bnpor mtendon t for the Amerw-so Bible tin (defy for Sooth Carolina, Is now st Greenville. and during the prasset month wiki ddt the con sties of Pkk eon, Oconee and AadkMNff In behalf of Bible diftribotkm ia those enna ties. John Harman, Hr., a OMtofeffir sf the Luthoraa Church, died la Bock Ingham county. Va., Angost I, 187A He was the father of twenty chil dren, and had at the Um» of his death sixty-eight gramlrhiUifeti and thirty eight great grand children He lived a ennainteat member nf the Lathers* Church for 00 years, sad as he grew ho years and his end became more apparent, he horn me ssurs anala— for tbr riuur of to Master. Bor. J. W. Ttoaslet, of UramUio ▼iile, Prestou county. W. Va, baa —oaptiol o call from Lena, and sflri September 10th hia address will ho Lena, fkapbtusoo connty. lit Hew. Frank Uu hards, of ChieagRS, has deeliasd the call to Cwlnmhns, Ohio. 'ttflhiiF I i | | l&ffittHiblkhiil IU thf W i I ttVt & CVBFw* %|r* mPk HwBrwlWrMw Wf “ Mfliigy^ ton paid ns an anespeefed riudt, arid wo are gratifted to any, that — e—a paring ante® we itio—verod that in essentials'* the dlBhltMU* or— » We p—yorfrd mo, The la laid for a great sad from which the othy. bih! ohm « It la not the hnsinesai tu regulate the dreoanf Ha km Bphdl® ha Tim* j on the tlrtnl ehnpter ^ ministers hi IMfhuUoli will gpnltie i fajmi w HI' the Bishop of Hamwnsh become* dishearunod, he get* the blues, he raises the Moc-doolnn cry, “Come over into Ssveonab and help us." od-1 Well I It shows that even the liver —my of a LKmkpr of Divinity is not proof to the I agsniet dog day* hi Georgia. For the Lutheran Visitor. Nfwbffiry Confgronoa. met in Luther on Friday the This Conference Ohapel, Newberry, 29th of Aogust. It was oj»ene«l In the usual way by slnrwt what the nMMnhwr* should MAf l...| mm 111* j*! SS Al a^Mlbl 1 kflll-f w^Fowmstpw ignpB^^^^uw ^nmgkJPwWiiinsnnrrmn(rsRuns I . w^sswnnpmo slm! iMrurl whsi Ikrt tLtskl .■.i »».l drink i hat the rhoreh should raise its vwtoe against sia nd aitrava ganee, hr the bee of dress and Urn • orahip of Use leak are great evils ami coots the rain of tools And Ihr msmtisra of ike rbarch iliosM. both by prvcefd and stamp)*, ho pat teras to all both In sn«l out id the ^ ■ * ■ *p'» * T- 'ii' ^>ss oonpT:,iipop— ypransW..MHHP wmome church la thin an In alt other things. Wo War too that mtahs Christians by loro of show and extravagant ex peuditure net diahooesfly towards men, rob God, *r»d tad to honor Him Fhd. Iv : A Akremly a great u 4 m r J n 1st men In tksl ataiust dog (lay* tn Georgia. But jHR { Mouthem church hare be— educated ww went, and if large ooogregatiou* t ho President. ®® v * ®* ®* at Mun—Bh Gallage. ia a gas hestmi church, with the was appointed .Secretary, pro Urn. Another budding is now needed mercury at about *, and patient at. The following members wet* pr*»- j . fuv the library sad mioeral catsuet teotloo to sertoous—well we will not which will t—i abonl $10,000. The say bo* luug—i* an present library vouri »• entirely too Christian life nod apirttnal e»M»rg>, •snail, sad boride*, It Is needed for then the Lutheran church Iu ttavan dormitories. ^Veare Uwmiogcrowd- uah hi entitled to that diatiactiou. od. The friood* of the College and After preaching every uigbt for a of the rhurfii mast help us. Hr. Darin has hoeu relieved from hia douse — professor, and commislnn- ml by the lloard of Trustees to fasds Jbr the c ret tioo of the hwHiing. The money cel week, doffing which both the at tewdaaee sod interest was marked, wo reluctantly bid adieo U> the shady and •owererowoed forest city. Whether the pnsph who waited so ministry were bene • ill properly applied to died or not. the day of lodgment will rwrnnl. As for the pastor, he much moon raged, snd draw the Vtmfbr. Wo mg himseif3ip la alt the might and of the church sod l»nMS|Utjr the ourrMMS unmi and monthK reports of |o eoHecHcm made wilt ho pul D. F. Brrrut, M lb mu 1 ffi mos # —mifty, fTrfMfRf fry rBnIViy, F-f the . S*Txr.BAh v» flow of the and I rapt tnrr upon the iu the 1 a at nil is nf the Prat' Ifmri Hjllsr* :»The Bsrsnnah of whkh we fiite it not the one dn scribed by |f» Ocke sa “an sstwn ■Bra open {tiffin or meadow, or a plain destitute of |m-« and covered with Ids imposing manhood, in the language of tbs who triad to quote the dying ffihrds of Dwniol Webster, U I si«*» dnd yit - Vmw la Bavsnnah For the LaUusaa VhStsr. Mora About Our KMoe Work. iu our last mo brought tieldre our people the extent of the work b^uee as, and urged them to work for iL Now we wtsh Utaai soiuethiug slmut • L_ u I , -T the maRAper ia which our work haa ™ , begin wing that we too ultra ask the the chief —iBirn-i*: avetroprdis «f the state aTfl^ugis—ritoated on a high trfoff on (he side of the nver of this a sod a fisitmr#. 1«a«*KR lilhJKH reel to iud $ wk’s Ufmmuaas—W* in knot lihe to tAn un i* —... a.. W—assm— * W|OTR • w..mmWmm I ||j klnffikattfr 11 tUfmdfr I as t ks* n mPW w^m* 1 mil aa church, of t'hhagB, Inloly heM o lair at II—itagtsn If al l In aid m tU iag the ircaaun sf the congregation. was large, the daily receipts were all that muki fts s uSnl•hurt, the ehmrrh** affair* wvfwpvwsfSMnng do* 1 " - ^ from which it takes Us name. The streets of the city are an profusely •oiqdied wi(|| * , *cgsnt treea, both for ’ wmaret ond shade, that it has J been mast Jgf*opn«frh sty led the ^Forest (W* Bat as we do not belong to t|e “Boyal tleagiaphicnl forirty," *« will let our drsertptiou of the {4s«n end right here, and hencehwrwafd speak only nf the in terests of Lutherant*m in that thrifty and growlsgfglty. Not quits tw» years ago the Her. Hanlei 11. Billie. l>.D.,«f fthcyAanls town, Vs., mas railed to the charge of the l-olheraa church in Hsvsnuah. The cougrefHioa ai the time of his sd% rut had )u»t |»***cd through a l*«cal dilV ulfts lk*l ku| rmiM ti hmm cut: Bern. J. A. Sligb, A. W. Lind evidence of j ler, U. W T . Kulma I>aity : Messrs. A. Berly, W. A. Honti, Dr. 0. B. May* or, W. W. Griffin, J. J. Hipp, A. F. Cromer, J. W. Dreber, J. B. Chap man, H. Dreber, and J. Epting. The following reaolotions were adopted : Retired. I. That we as a Confer eoce aid, either in part or in whole, a student who shall promise to de rote bis life to the Gospel ministry in the KvnngcHcaJ Lnthoran Church. 2. That the delegate from each oongregatiou in this (5©nfereoce bring with him to Conference from the congregation which he represents its contribaUoo# for this purpose. A committee was appointed who reported rales by which Conference would be governed in the selection sod sajtport of said student. 1 hiring the mooting Eer. M. Brawn, Mickle and J. Stout were received as advisory members of Conference. o Reports on the state of religion showed a marked improvement in some parts of Couferooce, while there was much lacking in others. On the whole they were eaooaregiug. On Saturday afternoon an essay on Original Sin wa* read, after which Conference was engaged nn ~ iSL* — eu— J 1 dHKUWOO Of fe m * rdffitioim and ings, the wishes sod the whole Synod, the discussion: ii questions, “Will K pay V “What ia the pronpwi of budding a church to mljoarti discussing the there f I am perfeotiy that every effort should he made to roUbUab new congregations, aud that w« aa a church should lay hold of orery pesut which |*reoonta itself to ua. 1 will eey more than this { ore hare neglected too long mm— very important points in oar Boat hern field, snd honor loot much that we may never regain. But I will ask, ls it right to neglect tboer see tiered abroad ta tbs load becnaae there is now oo prospect of battdtag op a ebofwh ia their — ighborhood t Is it aims—ry that —r memtwra should bo gathered In oummoaities that they may hare ohttms m w! While we are ivrjr psrtieulsr to keep in oar all that we have, and The KntcH*nmEvin).—We hare received the first number published at Baltimore. Having changed edi tors it has received a new and a very pretty head. The Visitor wishes the Kirchen/reund success. The Gemeinde Blatt.—W e hard ly knew our old friend from Mil wan kie when we retomed. It has come out in a new and handsome drees, doubtlessly a cheering proof of its prosperity. Rev. R. Adel berg, 406 Second Avenue, Milwaukie, Wincon sin, is the editor. ; Twenty-Fibxt Semoion of Roan oke College.—Yesterday the cxer cises of the 21st session of Roanoke College opened under the most en couragiug auspices. The uuinber present is the largest,ever known od the first day of the session. Already young gentlemen are iu attendance from about ftftoeu States and Terri tories, with the prospect of a much larger representation. Epty train brings new arrival* and confirms the opinion that this will be the most prosperous session in the hiotory of the College. We rejoice to record this gratify ing evidence of the widening influ ence of this institution, which so well merits a liberal patronage. It deserves this all the more because its expenses have boon red need to Suit the times. The small sum of $300 will pay the necessary expense* of a ton months’ session. Wo advira all young men to examine its ad ran tages, as set forth in the annual eats- logue, which may be obtained mrxp plication to the president.—R+nnoU Times, (Salem, 1 a.) September itk. One of out lady salMonlwra «♦ o« her sotmeriptfon »ml remarks I would like to seod you a names, but do auk know whom la —k. Dress — to take the »«at of rrv erything else, and sUhoogh there have been ffieriing* held aod special efioet* hare been mod* by tbs different deatMffiaatioa* ia this aoigh hoohaod, there aeram to b« hat huts good dooe. Hxtraragauce in dress ia tadred a gTRoat ovU in oar day, nod the ladies hare to bear all the btaom. Wo think, however, that the men more deserving *if cenvurr, for they admire, run after ami derate them selves to the toriy sod Muuasbly dressed doll, iu preference to plainly sod loaxpeorively arrayed woman. Lot men honor, pay alien tiou to, aarl marry worthy, domestic, religious ladies, and extravagante io dress will become — uncommon as it now ia common. The dewier psta — indifferent picture ia an expendro frame, aod leaves the work of a mas ter nn framed It is nety mack the name way with the I **Hr . The most worthless are gotten up the most ox- peuatveij To ha orerdresoed m la be suspected. The remarks mads about soeb ladies imply a Oombt. “ Wheru does she get lbs money from r “Something hi wrong.’* **| can’t afford 1C Young ladies whose height of iff! wnw urnr'I^-TL*. „ . .Oirh ths« B*W tO kfrp Um— from Wash bars j..? . . ^ ” bffiag drawn from - by othera, Adi 4 »e hr satisfied to no* them go from «nt yat a «sbwm Itrenaa or qalt oalltag IffiOt. This edict stafifMMl the revelry. Greet indtgBWti— yw—wiled ; for while there was — hfoi tlsu. ta the <vf |k. | (i(lu.r i«>* |a -«n- — owe* am*' a eve ss^w* ,-im^m^mr ^^n® * asa* je *UB 4—0® OIRiaI FwmsiAS *- es,0 Ml sJfe iiMi Wiiivh i f ■ffifei m >i nwv Mmi re® re Ivsl firefqf^ s wreMMT^ w—e weighty reoas— why a reHftsos ooeiety —ght irei fo tab# ret a —tore Ifewose. Wo do wot know hsw the matter was. at lari, dmwwd tst simply report H as so lastrociii s and not ewcsoMrogfwg Aaptwr ta the his lory - mem g« irom wwl U . ^ V W*«t II- ,«a. 44 ' j*l f « r .l 1 * lW • - At it in which has always charwrteriard hi% ***”*• u * ** ‘hat this is — t the ■ —| ■ eventful and Baibwiuly Mirverefo! ; * sfarit of ministry. Among the results of (hr twenty rnreihs labor joat ended, wo may chronicle the addition of sixty five member* to the commonire of the rhoreh Dome of them heads of families, sad per— of eti!wfleat la Dr. Her hut iwred «e ms prsurU the Uo«|m>! to every oongTegati.m «r community, ha I to "every errs t ere, ” thus com runadiug us to primeh to evey tunn. name a, or child, however isolated they may be. Again, it does not nnv go from this |»arti< alar place to aixial posilfem hi the emmaianity 1 ***** *•* **•* 7® l#l * •** wo| M’ Hr. ft. has preached red leetursd — • * *^** ** °* r whre the eardfoal doetriwro of the ri»ri. ** -toranr mffitlim ■■■■■■$* lias religma and the distisulier doc he very progressive if Hiraffidf Mffi tq^toww ghrarl, • Ifth m ***** IW look alter those who era bring ret of the reach of regular ly organised rreigrngnlmw*. The only qsestMM that we should ask is the force, n* to de ahnrah lave of subject, “Wbat relation do uubop- tixed infanta boar to the church.” It was resolved that hereafter (Saturday afternoon be devoted to readiug of essays; also that we have but one essay aud two subjects for discussion. Rev. U. W. Kahns was appointed to preach the opening sermon at the next meeting, and Rev. H. 8. Wing- ard hia alternate. In consequence of the non-attend ance of the persons appointed, the same appointments for essay and •enure were (motioned. Subjects for discussion, -The relationship of 8ynod to the church,ami “what consulates sufficient cause for ex- com mo hirst ion.*’ Preaching during Conference by Revs. J. A. SUgh, A. W. Limber W. Lind ler snd H. 8. Wingnnl. Conference then adjourned to meet on Friday tiefore the fifth Sun day in November, at 10 o’clock, in 8L Michael's church, of Rev. W. A. Houck’s charge. * U. a Winoabj). Secretory, pro tem. (From the Lutheran and Mimionary.J Moffiiig of th* Xvx&ftlioal Lvthtrtn HcjrtoE Synod. Anil olyfo of I they are yet while marry foots of spendthrifts, or they old maids. Wo honor tho old maids, who are either Marys or thoo, sad who minister onto Christ; tbsj ora doing a good and holy work io the church, aod would to God that every church hod many such ; but the old maid, who M ashamed of hot years, who plaster* aver the marks uf time, who pmots the roe— of youth re bar *hrivaled cheek, who hides the gray hair under a wig, which aha foolishly imagines everybody takes for her natural hair, sod who adonis bar body, oa«l leaveo bar soul naked, we pity awat sincere D. For such an one age has nooom fori, and eternity no rest We fear also that poronts are, to w great ra tent, accountable to God for the ex travagancc which threatens to ovst whelm u*. They love to have their daughters show off w«U, snd they bang all kinds ot finery on Lhsm, they reward them for good behavior with a piece of Jewelry; they punish them for misconduct by taking M away from them, aod they thus teach them that fins efolhea. fofiym a,uI :*raj|^HPK!, pR^OWW^^^WWfi"^^. ^SWWaafWnSjSI •WSW'S pinehbnck arc things to bn covetod All thie ia wrong. There most bo a change. Tho chervh moot come to the fescue Minister* m—| tsmtrd n—olwM. I hiring his brief sd mlaisl ration, * ^ Dr- Ik haa haptisex! fifty six childroa. * thereby setsbUftbinf s tender snd * asrreri reialionship with many fa ml ** lies tn tho gisr* * * Among the materiai develop—rota * ••"■•hre. of the ,<«ai two yraia may be noticed i hr pun Ion a lurensp* that baa t-*M between nchl sod nine thouasod dtdlara, the pay men! of whirl. |« oos com]4« iriy under nol-" trol. As Wt walked through the who* wths wains of their *'$oi"o it pay* tu ssvr tin try drwggtsta For the Loffioo— Vi Fnflago Io now ostsldlah •d among the Ural rinse colleges of well apfsmtiird apartment* M thla lbs Breth. By the «.mtlowrd enter fowsar, aod looked at nit the sppll prioo of the Faretty, sod the predret <*r the fktard of Trna one «f the MS.ot efficient tnatitstires the rountryr Bat, Ule all growing cringes, a* it advances in the onm- brr of its studreta and <i«*o«L its repoutioo. it must have fsmta to seeuis improved and permreeut fa HHties for the sreummudatkwi snd iasirwetiun of the y owwg men uioler ita tuition Aamims cvdhgre, and particularly rhutch matitutm—. can oot depend upnu say rootmgeut Blate endow menu, bat **•# ii«# fats euotmre* s*d «mre rffi rireoy and pormoa—«y from the (Hotsilt i of IWonIs «f odueutire am! j of the frauday arhuol of Urn ehureh In proiretioo to the f And to the How often the cry esnrgmbs” when iew%ea mu tdtorch for Are we truer to war calling when w» kme those srho go from us without the me .ms of gruee f Ifo ws mg desert tbemf Many would be true if they curbl, but they can wot. Who will tmpthte their chil dren f who renfirm liiemf No one from rer church. cvmfoss Oforiai in-tore m d comfort snd coerrafoneoa— *** ** ** ^ b,Ma we gyed with ndmirwtfos on the ^ Tl,a * ^ ** “if* whkh dseorate Its walls,; ** ***' ** Kl °* T 1 J wbiNI sew the nrsdsetios uf the *!wug* ih*- mo*. Ijp€ on then be prosfMrity of sack lootItutlows rands are ocoMUaHy nrodml few now badd “*«*> additio— |» the library, ap parwtos endowments, Ac If the roqoiMta men— can aot be ohtaiwri, ra»d the pragxe— of a growing institution Is thereby rs—nkd, it *»n require mare effort la fotare to regain its prosperity than tn build np a —u institution from tho begta niag. Boaanks ( utlegs has taken a proud poffitiou among the rating- of Vir giaia. Ths most of her graduates e«d former todon|g' f J| |hu moo, aod have already gaiaod a rvpaia Ifoa ia the profoasmouL liturary aod «v practKal are the {irvMtsctKMi uf the tW ycs«s4 of the gifted l«nr«tre* of (he re re tew—I (hr com forts o# fating, drinking. Untiring, in this parsonage, we tan—T I* lb* propririnr, and said, *** tbs language of re cml—ut mod ore divhMh **All this, «—l bratra hereafter t Tm» much fro pot* sin •era tomboy w We We«t also informed that up Wards wC. kwu thousand drilLur* are la the hgmls of tho tiapertuierMhrot towaivia tb* evert ire of a Hnndai school room, j aod the pld— ora drsw* to enlarge 1 Uw chsrtb fry throwing the large .u. mi. ..V -> ■- . ■ .j. '? can moresRsrefol of aur scattered mem- berahip. lot ns try red not re foot a plan by whkh these may be reach «d. may not b* able tu plkh all at uuoe, but we • Maelhlwf. Owe good »*> accomplisb much, and will rewire ths bfooring of brave*. For ^iwaamoch os re have dooe »t onto sae of the VcsjM of three my brethren, y* hnv* duwr It owu> me* But ray yon, where are ihc tm-sn« with which t» rapport ltd* nrissKM* w aik. Jesus nsyw. ♦•!» h re* the wW wt your Father dfrltfe tw hi liesrew that eor of there little one* shook! perish.” How tf he wlUa ffi thus, wW he wot the mores uf life vend bale fo feomt into the aodbrew „ ^ , rtmmtmS* tW -fcan* It .. j" - ^ K «*“ tr»pUH <•)«..«,. (V.WI |W ! mM * y «Wk m4 Mil ,k- mUn *•«»«*. .... .1— *mtm> | Furtharmorv, a lot hao bran jror ta o s*« and growing port uf the city, re whfrh a chapel Io sore in ho built aod a Soudsy rehuref Started, and both tho men aod th* Wo hope wbra the sahjrat of mia- ssn rooMW up in My nod ww will ora Itsrnot on muoh tho waato of Indi ridua) oooMouuitks aa the gonorwl waul of the church at largo, t Now xnp TffiXJt. are in Biahofi IlsKW lias pure baaed pnq> 'etty to Atlanta, Ga . snd is arrang yon think f (wTed it nut m Goth.") • log * home for himerif Io that city. Whtfoi foWsff re the 0oud tide aft FI* has poxfrfd hi* libraty to for I *e *a«*wsf yiruspertty,« word tn his w$w The twelfth Mcmiou of this Synod ciMivhn-d »t Blue Springs, Greene county, Tean., August 30th, 1873, and continued in M-«sioti four days. Notwithstandiug the leriin- of in security in regard to besltlt, created by the preraleuce of cholera iu dif ferent places in Hast Tennessee, aud especially the tact that it bad but irceutly swept over the very village in which wc met, all our minister* except three, who were kept sway by other causes, were 1 present, and nearly all our clmrches were repre- ovnted by lay delegates. Iu addition to onr ministers, Rev. J. Heckel, of Thre will j Tli. Kobcrle, of »* Ueuw Atiauta, l»o(h mcmltcrs of the Iowa Synod, were present during our whole session, were cordially re ceived as advisory members, and participated freely in all our pro ceeding*. Rev. Heckel preached two sermons daring the session of 8ynod, one iu German, and the other iu the Knglish language, which was his first effort at preaching in this lan guage. These brethren are iu frill accord with ns in doctrine and {trac tive, except slight shades of differ ence on the celebrated “four aod the bof»e is naturally irfdulged that the time is not far distant whan tbe> Nliaft *ee their way clear to strut tfj thcmsrivRi* fully with us. Tlmv are supplying a place which we can not at present occupy, and are doing an important work. The MyiKxl resolved to give tlwm such material aid in die prosecution of their work os may be in its power. Important action was taken in re- gard to the interests of Moshuin Institute, sod measures, which prom be success, were inaugurated for tho prom i* and vigorous prosecution of Beneficiary Education. Besides this a good deal of business of purely tousl interest was transacted. The •km! important business, however, which engaged the attention of Syn- was the union of the Holston 8ynod with the “General Council of th* Evangelical last bers it Church iu n The retiring President, th* writer IU. As drunkemiees such general prevalence* habit of drankftnoess B formed, tbe prevention and *** reclioti of the evil d« special attention of all pastors and Christian peopfe- of this communication, in report, recommended «k < -■ t!i* Holston Synod with tlJiv* 1 * Council at the earlier [ cable and premier, and sSTja 1 ^ [ •ca uo good reason why not be consnmmsted *( session. Tbe the President’s Report I his reoo and free all iu ___ only upon the heel ~*^gp»h| Holston My nod, hot of Lutheran Church in this J the follow ing resolution mously adopted, which I and fully expresses the ***1 chorirl* aiwl i”^ 11 to the <ht4oM I •M $1 Resolved. That wefoii^^ J Fundamental Fri* stitution of tbe tbe Evangelical Lather** c£Z1 America, and that in the fenO and well tnatnred Judgm—jjjl Synod, the best inter*— of, od and of the entire Lot in this country impended*! tbe onion of tbe “ ‘ fpgff b, *«* "** C u "‘f 'TM dot? of ’ A/ ffdpit- _ jKFfh chtiroh i- J^RhfuHy to ! niviue " orti ad.. for ifo J all hy the \ | Te«per«l —- i :; JHd Yc*- JL:- ,ri |L * Holston StmTwI the General Couoal; hat some doubt on the pert *f t our churches as to the consummating this onion st, ent session, because they tn f»Hy informed on the ratfrg,, therefore ask for time, ve ffigi j pi udeut to {•oHtpoue final, it until the next od, st which Uit;*- u by the vote of toe majority tueuibetMcou^ itutiugMi that In the ommiiHs* be instructed aud Kipurcdtii their re«(wctlve oi>ngn;^aH—{ upon those and all other involved, io order that thqH prepared to act iutetlfo this important question. From this action it that the uuion of the Hofatml with the General Council a, next session may be regarioh fixed fad Nothing whiah see, but the occurrence at ( and unexjiected change, take ns out of the Couaefl, i« in it, can prevent the of tbe contemplated oaios. I will hereby add, Iwferr 11 elude this short article, j Synod recommended ths Book of the General Couaefl i Lutheran and Missioutry M tron age of our people. a. j;-i — Them upon Proposed by the Committeesf i rania Synod on Tempers* 1. Drunkenness is hahitttfl geoce in strong mod ini qnorw, to the extent of 2. The habit is formed posted use of liquor more *1 intoxicating, at intervak, nffifei irregular. X When the habit Is fed a sin against God, a disbaa Christian profession, and condemned by the Word of Got 4. When no snd *ae is liquor, no such habit can be 1 and the principal of 'ftffii uenoe, which is free to erery is a -complete sal drunkenness. 5. Total Abstinence, ll Bo nary sense, is not a prompt d\ New Testament ; hot, ftra repeated use of liquor, whiff, experience of men, lends ts Mfoj intoxication, which is our Christian liberty, snd itoft' trary to tbe spirit of tho Christians are required abstain. fi. Total Abstinence, **< understood, ’ lieing vol«stx«b sumtd, and strictly uiaintafeff 1 be praiseworthy as aa < human streugtii and __ but it can not be placed high level of Christian faith 7. Christian faith, in W priate exercise, is s oompWt guard against all vice, ssd ficient means of raoorsrisf who have been enslaved 1$ * any form. A The church was sod organised, also to destroy the works of the |*>wer of the Holy Ghoff> * the word of Truth, is the only she is authorized to raP 1 *-'' striving against those uet^i glory and praise of her !««#** ing dne to God alone. 9. The church, ax raffj * authorised to condemn the* in the sphere of mere h»* to advance Temperance by lW of an individual pledge <* Abatlueoce; neither is to commit herself to the *j| a principle of TeopwtoT booed upon mere botosjjL snd not upon the Spirit of k * ** m bare nnpc* A lh *: V5 us in W cSdbiren. that -uqgkcttufi m fiunfly redte a or ° f lh< M worship, oi 2r » beginning fowou at some co & Lord’s Day,_ 1 vinced that rtud importance t Joot think that think os MBshon. * In an c ^ practices of oiu by an ardent love fj kf die souls parch id «f oar Ssvioor’s l'l| oft. When the Laibsran Church w< igdiflereuce, the s f-x 1 • X ■ gnawing out of th« JWnot fall in * (Making, were «i proper feeding of thought to ravoi religionas contra J “besrt religion,” au S dren were largely I the religion of natu ^ raguired do »|>ec»al There has been a of mm ml teaching < foe did paths ar. Our Lutberau cm gradually becoming actouw of their hu. not indifferent a> children shall ret a by which the hear t are gladdened. 15: what lies in their these trra*are* and {Mstirity l IS Diet denlof false defer- k»s of men whose is not theirs, aud w j therefore not l»e\. | p mh» with that w isculcates ? I*„, If any of our had catechetical their children, shos deavur to give t- sciences a clear aiff — they have negkxU ' rat able to give ei lions ^ the questi i* Isiroer'M*Oat«*c: would uot be diffii u (hiidreu learn Au •kern recite iL I frtf the pareuto n portion mlj of th, reriti«d every 8ui r Unit it is iituonv* •rery day, the prof dren w ould bcoonu 1 riW of a few \ < parentis thetnaelvo.v. wo-ider at the grva^ h> means so siui|i Ministers have g: l*ek ot know led g .yming |»ersons joim *ral classes, and Ita ^little eon Id Im* d Ike truth unto sal •melt time had to 1 toeiRj memorizing .. •kould have been before. The plan fo a vast lielp tow command i iambs.” K: it be well ret “ ot ur»e this ira imrochial wli ^*0k that any m rised which won uuuecess ^vh schi>ols h av» ***dished or can ll *«»K at least eai * n > by the |1«iren ^ child not rail Hml where tln >. exercis,- w t ”f a solemn <1;t> feXforv* as Hu exam in r n I l ^* progress made * ^ving truth. The Suuday Se "°*ftethi ng fo this w Lutheran ** ficaerving of tl towards , ** exhibited in our ^tther will this e ■Jgf^ farther <- rt.'Wreo. r*e, u„ l-'rt-h for hu ’ ® therefore m,» ^question to p r ?X: