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-» THE LUTHERAN VISITOR, COLUMBIA, 8. 0, NOVEMBER 21, 1873 over ami Imtm its filthy slime upon the sacred volume of Hk word. In morals, progress baa boon do cidedly downwards, deeilmmrde. The fashions of the day, and the claims of society dicUto the standard of norala Habits, developing into the most distasting rices, are sanctioned by the code of society. So oscmrely are its rotaries held, by silken cords and golden chains, that suicides by the donee, murders by the score, and the ruin of fondles and iodivhl aals by the hundred, fall to eanse even alarm. In literature, the same progress in the wrong direction has been made. Sensationalism (a the chief aim of the author, for the reneon that a vitiated taste craves it, sod will be aatisAed with no other. The few arrests made for the publication and circulation of obscene productions, the fact that ninslues rnrelv. if ever, are imp need, and when mb poeed are never enacted, indicate the kind of progress made in tkls department. These meek arrests are but the last couvnlsivs throes of expiring dignity sad dsoaaay in ear All this is ended r«*le tta dot* ° f «*> 3e °- *,toeltfcl MiWle* of OSat —jort on *•» » l «•* 1C. SL, fiiiUrr w«« »wmly V fj* P»*r»»»*o of -k * ‘ utt> |oonventiou of this ^beheld at Meant Pilgrim received their dee meed ef pepelar applaase. Dr. Parker, of taodoe, •rose, and very gravely aad mmlaasly •aid, *1 lavs the ssnaattaoat preach lag of Peter, ea the day ef Paata c«et, which led three theesaad af his hearers to ask. What most we do to ha saved f Beecher did not Church Kslices. SECURITY LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY ftobart L Cane, President. Thao. A. Wetmore, Vice-President Isaac H. Allen, Secretary. prsesloo mad# by poertag an water oa a deck's bank, hi with him, sack so Uqanted a wn, $S4M0.oss - « imjm XuBiirr of policies issued is 1871, 5AM. we UFE. NONFORFEITURE in TEN PAYMENTS, and JCIE1 tm the moot favorable terms uvf »t tbs cod af hrst yesr. All PoUcie# are Non-Forfeiting ssdssss hare bsca psid. wasted, to whom liberal inducements will be offered by LOUIS SHERFESEE, General Agent for Month Carolina, Ko. 40 Broad Street, Charlestos popular literature, progress* ! Bat from the pulpit we hear, ever and anon, this same cry of mederm progress, the world moves. Matters Igpjfertry aud religious sense j Af •bffts caption is used, the watchword of the ;Byf departments of human ^Sjjetire of past experiences 5|dr»wfbl consequences, heed ^d mtiooal sequences, prog-1 lb lk« cry °t the w °rld. This ^bj tstcbword of France in her jLjjji^x msddeued frenzy. The Elf*reason was enthroned in tW jri fia to the God of the Uni- t Kd, mated in her chariot ol assths gilded pageaut passed j streets of Paris, the in- I m BSltitode shouted themselves t vitk the watchword of “prog vben not one in all the mul smld be found willing to [gtfHhit the female enthroned | Lgmd virtue sufficient to place hpbAe common station of s lady, L* less a goddess. The world Lpd tfceu, and the streets of Paris Lvith ha man Mood, j 1 tote seen the gilded baud wagon [ /mbs monster show, driven throogh hitneti of the city, and drawn by i«M dozen or more tawdrily ca wsooed horses, the band the while jpamiog exciting strains of music, tm the streets and side walks m literally packed with men, wo- ipaad children of all conditions, ji|l and colors, shooting in the $20 SAVED! PISEY DAVIS’ PAIV•KILLER This manic Wk shouldhare been •bed s hundred yean ago. It eon- Sh-auuM miikK, and the elemeotarv tmeat aloae is worth more thso ten i the arnoont naked for the book, shed by g. C. C0LLII1, No. 705 » Sueet, Philadelphia, Pa., and for PASH ed to aim Each day bring* are of yesterday its new excitetncut, and ike day only is worth living for, with the song on the lips of the multitude ; ' There’s a good tiam coming. boy*. There's a food time semis#.’’’ 1 We have not time, nor, 1 presume, would we be famished space, to notice all the tmjsrevemrsfi, the in dications of progress which might be cited, even In the ooe department of codesinstical and religions matters, to eeiabUsh this aaivsrsal ery that Ike world stoves. We would he com polled to begin with eharch architec ture, thence proceed to eharch fool tare, then on to pulpits, platform* ; substituted for pulpits, choirs, dsn I cal habits in and oat of the pulpit, expenditures, re-anions, collations, partita, dances, fora, festivals, lot teries, theatrical outer tain meats, etc., etc., to the end of the disgusting I setalogue, »U under ike mmtiitm ef religion.. We will therefore restrict ourselves to only two features of wbat the world call* progress. Firat, Ike subject* presented is Ik# pulpit. I 1 think it was ta 1912, that the I eeocouic aad sarcastic, bat very teamed rationalist, voa Ammon, wrote some strictures upon this sah ject, in a strain of satire aimed at the orthodox ministers who opposed his peculiar views. He qnoise a prophecy of Lather, that the time would come when ministers weald preach a sermon ea Mac darks. As evidence that the Ume predicted wav near at hand, he cites one who preached on “the proper treatment of fallow grounds,'' soother on “the management of silk worms,* another on “the doty of Christiana la view of murrain, 1 * and then adds sercaati I eallv. “The distance is not far to preach on substitutes for sugar aad coffee iu a time of scarcity af these commodities, or the Christian mode I I of cultieaHng red besis, or the traly sale by Booksellers price #1.25. To the other mask books Sept 4 vfe 0*1. r Mr Lin RADWAVS READY RELIEF nr We do this with all daa rence. We will take Pm5 ear at Alton*, fbaad la Acta xvfl i WILL Al r«f f MaM# Kt a, M | LakaU tlMtf AtoIumia I foetid ea alter with tkm [MmgpminmpmmgpmHpim sa mfewmemwap. amimR;mmp!aHpim) .-v^wvgmmppi' ampgagF inscription : To T«B iimon Gon. f rf 2 #»anas f Hot! 4 u s# m t Ikara f i#a I "Jr w . | ” QwwwBI |aMPwP*i w ye ifnersally worships him I declare auto yea. lOearaj tkid. that made tU PAIN Ml SHE htAUAI nour. vino ul r»m «M * ■•■* wrr fe » over, ask any one of this | afeade, man, woman or child, dih or black, to describe to you llliwer of the bedizened chariot, Aft* universal response will be, MAk not see kirn.” May not the iMgy car of modern progress pre- mi the same feature t Modern *pml Ike world move*! is shout- kh all sides as this gilded “Vanity Jb*vk wheels is propelled throogh 4;4Nuhl. The multitude decide j hi it must be religions, becanse iateted emblems of the eharch W-femted upon its panels as a N* of anus. Cheer after cheer hb the welkin ring, proceeding l||l.the throats of an excited, al- fekhmsied people. Ask any one Mpoibj^tbs driver. No one has Look for yourself the though he needed say* ng he giveth to all lih, HEALTH! BEAUTY!! thing, aad breath, aad all r 4crr • ^ being t three» . from the to exhibit HAVE N<*rth. ( olitmbln, M. C naMi aad DRY GOODS Us small y Lew aad Attraebm Frisss ed which ha was literally 5^-in politics, it is sleksuiag the corruption everywhere *khat Lncrative offices have become matters of merchan 5^ ^b® office is purchased and ■ hKrilegea an( j immunities dis- ^of at prices to realize a fair Mjktsge oa the cost of the office. more progrent, and stealing _hsbszzelinents will be euutner- jjfelegitimate per<|uUites of the #0 *ecial matters, the recent ADVANTAGE to EXAMINE Stock investments }* “The Ka Klu* Organizations“The Dangers ot Secret Societies, in view of the New Organization of Gran gem." Dr« Chalmers was aaee heartily complimented for his astronomical sermons. He lookod sad, aad re plied Uiat he regreltad ever haviag preached them, ksaaase there u mo Christ in them. No oaa la converted by them. The time spent in their preparation, amt the opportunity of preaching to each aodtoncea, If de voted to Christ and Him egamfod, might have resulted in the oonver sion of many seal*. “N<b sir,* said he emphatically, “if submitted to my election now, I would never coo sent to preach them-" The rebuke that U. W. Boechar received at the late Evangelical AlH ance iu New York for hie advocacy of senaatiooal prsaebing Is worthy of all commeodattou. After hie flip pant though eloqnetu remarks had B. & W. 0. 8WAFFIELD’S lamdaots of tho iVmiss inrliull** swvw w 1 w w* v o^^^esw^^^eair'vai^m ^wparison. There is some- stppeadona, something gigan- % etUlu i» r decidedly progressive in villainy of a Railroad wboee entire exjieiiUi- a ^» rolliug stock includeil, H V* ttxc ®ed $40,000,000 to issue Rato sell stock amount- fcttoJ. 150 ’ 000 ’ 0 ^’ tbus Pocketing WH T,U * b ® neftt over $100,000,000. fe ^* is# 0‘Pi Scheme of Paris and ^5 * ^ ea of Loudon ^ for S otten before swin- Ij Magnitude. ^ feieoce, progress is equally Almost every paper a PP lau,i ed before scien- Ll&lionA iD this progressive W thc teachings of P ^ • vUe snake, crawls CLOTHING TEE LUTHERAN VISITOR. BIBLE Bxv A B. RUDE* DD., Columbia. S.'C I