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THE LUTHERAN VISITOR, COLUMBIA, S. C., JANUARY 30, 1874.
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Friday, January 80, 1874.
EDITORS:
Rw. A. K. RUDE, D.D., Columbia. 8. C
Rr.v. J. I. MILLJiR, A.M., »taiinto«, V*.
In essentials, unity; in non essentials,
liberty; in all thing*, charity, 9
Wilson a»«i W
Tbs
Grovs
six
well
bsrs of I>r. BittWs ewofrsf*
many of bis friends sod ads
mo Mf l
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other
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bilk This
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SPECIAL NOTICE*.
Remittance* most ho s*«l« tajhjri
Office Orders, Flank CMka or Droll*
if possible. If these can sot be obtained.
M-udthe money in a Rsowtssed Let
ter. All Porimariew are obliged te
register letters when required.
Papers are sent to jwbscsibjrs until
school children, na»b«fi*f ssvootT
| one little girls sod fortjoo* llttto
boya, assMipsaial by
I also joined in tbs
At tbs grsrs tbs Rsv. Jacob As*
tin, otWmmmm obarob. in Kfllog
ban rouoty, aitotoiart. The grass
«*• literally strewn with assert.
After psyiog this last tribots of re
•poet to a belossd pastor and friend
tbs people returned with sad |
to tbsir bosses.
Ws osiittsd
cborch was
tbs tad to*
the so peri n ten tie or#
e sent
an crpress orate
ct'irtHl, and alt I
are
WdUMPWtStt
S T«IJ
which
an bar n be ra.
State
All ©ommuMcatto** relating
neriber*. should |in their
distinctly, and carefully
are old ami which are sew
Not only the name of the
but alfto that of the county mad
of each subscriber is necessary, la onier
that the proper entries may be promptly
and accurately made.
Marriage and obituary notices, sad
other matter intended for publication,
should be written neparatsly. ami not in
business letters, to receive proper atten
tion.
a appropriately draped by
of the mafrvk r atioa under
in leads* os of Mr. Du raid
body of Dr Hulls was consigned to
its lest resting place was aa elegant
metallic oae, painted la
and furnished by Messrs
A Dixon.
«* SISSiMSB W
I* Mrs jMWtaWi
Rsr. W. Houck.
Ws returned Saturday evening
Iroin the funeral of Dr. D. H. Bittle,
and received this evening, Sunday
the 18tb, the following telegraphic
dispatch:
Orangeburg, 3. C.
Rev. W. Houck died this evening.
Can you come to the Inneral to-mor
row 1
Of course we answer, Yes.
Two ministers, both men of God,
culled from labor to rest in less then
a week. More than ever should ws
pray the Lord to send forth laborers
into His harvest!
Hr. Bittle. -
We purposed preparing a full ac
count of the last honors rendered
our beloved brother, in whose death
not ouly the church in Savannah,
but the entire Lutheran Church, and
the Iutkcran Visitor and its editors
have sustained, what, humanly speak
ing, is an irreparable loss; but af
fection for a brother, whom to know
was to love, whom to labor with was
a privilege, and duty to the honored
quire ns to obey the summons ts
attend the funeral of our sainted
Honck, and we therefore defer giv
ing expression to our own sad
thoughts at present, and 1st others
speak.
In the Savannah Advertiser of Jan
uary 16th there is a fall account of tbs
funeral services, which we doubt uot
will be acceptable, because it shows
that Dr. Bittle bad during bis brief
stay in Savannah secured for himself
a name, a position, and an influence
which bat few mes, even after years
of toil, obtain.
FUNERAL OF REV. OB. BITTLE.
The immense concourse of people
which assembled at the Lutheran
church yesterday afternoon to pay
the last tribute of respect to tbs
memory of the late pastor, Rev.
D. H. Bittle, was so unmistakable
evidence of the great love and es
teem which the people bore for a
man who, though bat a few years
among them, had endeared himself
to them—occupying such a place in
the affections of bis people as it hi
the privilege of but few men to occu
py. The funeral was announced to
take place at three o’clock io the
afternoon, and long before that time
the church was crowded. The services
were opened by the Rev. A. R. Rode,
D.D., of the Lutherac* church of
Colombia, S. C., who read appronri
ate portions of the Scriptures, after
which the choir, under the leader
ship of Mr. W. Luddcn, sung the
00th Psalm. Thiawa* followed by
another chapter io the Bible, read
by Dr. Rude, when the choir sung
the A&th hymn. Rev. W. S. Bow-
mas, of Wentworth Stress Lutheran
church, Charleston, then delivered a
very impressive, interesting sod ap
propriate address on the life and
character of the deceased minister.
Those whose privilege it was to be
near enough to bear what the apeak
er said, were lavish in their ex
pressions of admiration, and spoke
of the sermon as one of the finest
aud most appropriate they bad ever
listened to.
At the conclusion of Rsv. Bow
man’s remarks. Rev. Dr. Axoo, of
the Independent Presbyterian church
of this city, delivered a most fsr
vent and eloquent prayer. The ser-
, ssaMmai *
| | . . , , | ( ! | | , | M ,s | , | j | | f, g
n suitable
SSI WOJr* SIS
esd * *
Sees with his
hi regard te
r^s wfidsfa la gsrsoefa
to the 11th chapter
si Oshfsws aa a MMM ftaM for a
lest. “Yea," said ha, *T
all the days of my U
Aad la the dtapostltau *f alt Ids
earthly ifoin hie faith la Okrtsl
was the heals st every adjust ataoL
• TWa tf we may say ef
him what the Bely Ghost said cf
Barnabas, how stseMy Ml
i*J
Dr.
Howard
Out
lege la
Ohta,
( i*ri»ntL,
Dr I } ii an », , ■ *■■■,
le preach la the year IMA
erdalaed la 1MB, deriag w
he was mamed te Mlee
Ha was Isaabsi ia Aa m
(1MB) at GaaOm, Ohio, w
mumlaed ouly saa year, la
craveme lamega n
sioaary, after whlsh ha
•4 ag
Hominoty. aad hi
raised #14,00* for
After this he was railed Is
berg, Mi, where he
drees tils aad sasrgy late
tarsi*. A eoHMaadtoi
bedt, sad la the short
sod s half years 30
added la thu
la IMS, Dr.
Io the dunk la the terra ef
Grew, Pa., where ha
the brief space ef sue year
what a
two
a call
ever
But, O,
• 1M
j Ida of
with (he ehaieh
Be thea
la
Ms yearn,
iare he was sailed te the
of the Berth ( amliaa
j * ivft w mm mf case m ft- f *lante mm an f aw4sotrsa %njn
' * 1 r a * h > u u . i ♦ i„ w Bwrw IMP
reel slued salt! the year |gil, eheai
the breaking eel of the war he!were
the Bteiee pot a stag iw tfla
with
•d by his d#vu<«4 wife Theegh the
taaUtai
llgtoee
Bittle <
mg Christ,
Ml MM ■
vices then concluded by
singing the 421st hymu.
The children of the Sabbath-school,
to whom Dr. Bittle bad endeared
himself, under the superintendence
of Mr. Geo. B. Clark, then passed
around the casket, and laid their flo
ral offering upon it, after whieh they
proceeded on out the door for the
purpose of joining in the procession
to the cemetery. We stood upon the
vestibule, and as tbe.childreQ passed
by ns we marked the fact that there
were but few dry eyes among them.
Shortly after this the easket was
taken out of the church and placed
in the hearse, the following gentle
men acting as pall bearers, via.,
Messrs.'John Oliver, Geo. P. Gray,
John T. Thomas, John Schwan, P.
Hermann/Claus Heilman, John W.
OF BBT. w. a. aow
' MAE.
nrmner nowman cimiiy
oar disposal his maaasorii
written with a pswril after his arri
val oo the day of the funeral, never
thslsss, as the Advertiser my*, was
m press) ve, lute reeling aad appeo
priate." The skstoh ws give doss
not do justice to the eto«|ueot proud*
er, which thosa who know him foil
well know.
John la bis apocalyptic vlalaa
heard a voice from beavru wtm-b
deal*red aato him, sad through him
unto the whole world, the blosoorf
nee* Of the righteous, giving solo os
the inspired aassirnaee that they roet
from their labor*, and their works
do follow them We are called oa
to-day to listen to the mandible yot
thrilling voice ef God s prwridsaee,
which is as truly a voice from haav
so as that whieh the favored A poetic
heard upon his sew girt kale. Aad
ws have reckoned that, whoa the
voice of God through Hie provi
den or speaks to as la a auto nor so
pungent aad powerful as it dose to-
dav the words of man should «►’
WWj O WSNWW W* m w W -"W
fow.
It is a noteworthy fort that the
sac.ed oraelee deal very sparingty u»
the language ef ewfogy. W* have
npmi the pagve of Scripture the brief
biographies of men whom God em
ploy ml ia the prounotioa of the
eat and moat stopeodewe pa
his divine will—men whone
genius revoketMMuaed
whose influence rolled ns
naan 1 *. JM.
that at a certain age “they died,” er,
“they fell asleep.” or “they were
gathered with lh#/ fat her*," er,
“they departed add were no more
seen."
Perhaps the moat beautiful as well
as the moat appropriate tribute
whieh inspiration pu.is to exalted
ministerial worth nod mimuooary
mil ia that aim lied to Hamah** tha
miamoaary soot to Aatioeh by the
Church at Jerusalem: “lie was a
good mau, and fail of the Holy
Gboet and of faith.”
The term good Is generally eon
tidered in a relative sense Among
the worst of men there are those
whom their coo* pea too* call “good”
• • • But Barnabas bad followed
Christ la the regeneration, was a
child of God, called to the holy oBre
of the Christian mimetrr • • •
Aad it is the Holy Gboet who calls
him “good" • • • How all
earthly honors fade beside anch a
compliment |
This today Is our comfort and oar
joy, that Dr. Bittle may be railed
“rood man" in the same sense—* •
But ot Barnabas it was said he
wsa “full of the Holy Ghost." It is
a fact known to many In Uus «eep
log congregation, that from the be
ginning of christiaalty until now,
there have been diversilfoe of opia
iou among professed Christians ia
regard to the personality and otbee
of the Holy Ghost As la the IHd
Testament Church all were not Israel
who were of Israel, so to the Slew
Teetomeot Church - all have not re
ceived the Holy Ghost who profess
to follow Christ Home were aakod
soon after the Asconatou “Have ye
received the Holy Gboot since ys
believed V aad thotr reply waa, “Ws
have not so much as heard that there
Is say Holy Ghost* But Barnabas
was not of that somber • • •
Nor was Dr. Bittle of that number
• • • Let the preeminent
and obvious spirituality of but lif# be
the answer to the question.
No man could have made the ear
rificee for Christ which he made. No
men could have performed the mis
siooary labor whieh he performed—
could bavs had the revivals of reti
gioo which attended his ministry * j His
• If the Spirit sf God had! through Mb
not boss with him! • •
It waa said of the missionary to oaa easily iafer hew heavily the blow
Antioch that he “was MU of faith* Adis apoa the attict*
partner sf his joy* aad
km* The Great Bhepherd wOl
i wear ywe Tbaagh yaa bnrjr
today, yw* are hie heirs,
left | oo s pricataas heritage
trwthfM maaaer to which ha
MaMy with
whlsh hs dealt wi \ feme nmda II#
hriag dead will y A ***** to jou.
Remember that tout sarmoo which
earn to yaa, as it mare from the por
tel* of the Cfcarehtriam pbaat; “The
of *ta le
Dr ltittts
i to flevaaaah was
Mas* the dssriM d oar Brother,
wham next to tha erito, aow a beraav
sd widow, aad higawa brother, Rev.
Dr. D. F. Bittla, df Salem, Vs., ws
moan mom dsapM, tor to the rufor
gad la as ha wnsfrac sad coUriug,
the following trib
which furutoh bat
was, sad how greatly
h Is mwasaed
i tom hat* *>achsd as: Who
to taka ms plan* f Oar aa-
llu, of U. mnlii,li«S Wm.Io*. I To OoEtBPomiim ~
«»fcrrTd tbronfh bim upon tb, b.v. p«l.oo. wiU. . «•'“
Cbucb. » tb. .« of rok» ud p.n, been Omnt U 8.“"“*; ^,“ d
would have never been realised bed j Orangeburg and Lexington, 8. G.
be yielded to the paralysing lociina ,
lion—which besets so many of os— ,
Is than
IT«
know,
AT UDANoKK CGLUBOSL
-J I SOI requeated to
iar papor, that yew
ImA, juat bo face tea
•ml latalhfeooe of the
fe s4 tit. D, JL Bittie, of Harsa-
Oa, reached this place. It was
patofa! to alt
ef sofemaity was
thrown wear both torinuGona, which
their exer*
Tods j. the 15th. at ten *» clock,
of both
to the college
the deed.
ii
Havtog all his
friend of tha
life
1M5,
Maryland, am
arii
la all
1MT, Dr. Biule
•t
w*k of his
the hws the
L In a
te spoke kind
l to the only
sarrirtog bruthSA Dr Biuto, sf Ro-
At two efatook to the
■to-- - *
1 .
mra <a ans*
prwyev,
amA h#«*a tridas of his
mmmmhw wvnr"“ 1 •.
spoke of the naaaruiaty
the imparts ass of
tost «a the hid, aad of being ready
le gw at the Master s ridding. He
ahm lefcl so how important it was to
sad to h* models m Christ's caoee :
tor oar example would live after we
wars cold to the leoely grave.
Another of oar beet ministers hs*
bee* railed lata eternity. Why was
It awl pew or /, feeder V trod had a
m now.
to neglect the present and presume
upon the future for the performance
of present plans and good intentions
“to the work of the Ix»rd."
•Though dead be yet spcsketli."
Ui us all, especially brethren iu the
ministry, hear bim speaking to *• by
his life sad from the tomb, saying,
“Whatsoever thy hand flndeib to do,
do It with thy might; tor there is no
work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor
wisdom, to the grave, whither tbou
gosat"
T. W. D.
MEMORIAL SEE TICES AT NHEMIEKD8-
TOWN.
Sunday, the lflib of January, was
a solemn day to tbe Lutherans in
Hhepberdatowu. Tbe startling and
painful news of the soddett death of
our former paster, Iter. D. U- Bittle,
D.D., bad oast a gloom over tbe
wbote town sod community. On
Sunday morning the large oongrega
tioa that Ailed the spacious church
found the pulpit and chancel draped
in the habiliment* of mourning, and
aadncea was depicted ou every eoutt
teaaoor. After the sermon, the pas
tor, Rev. J. Hawkins, atmouueed the
death of Dr. Bittle, and proceeded
to apeak of the valuable services lie
had rrudemd to the church of Jeaus
Christ, monument* of which stand
in various part* of the laud, and of
the sympathy he was suit we all felt
for the bereaved congregation iu Ha
vannab That one of the great
light* of the General Synod had
been extinguished here only to be
relighted in bear on. It waa God
who had done it, aud he •nloelb all
thiags well.* He then, iu the rou-
eluding prayer, made special men
tioa of the berrft companion of the
deceased, ebo most of all must feel
the weight of this great lows, and
asked a kind Heavenly Father to
Ker the Lutheran Visitor-
Our Church Paper.
Ih. Rwle: About the close of last
year 1 wrote an article for tbe Visitor,
in which attention was briefly called
to the past history, ptescut condi
tion and future prospects of th#
Lutheran Church in the South. My
object was to direct the minds of
your readers to tbe subject, particu
larly those in South Carolina, and to
awaken a becoming interest in tbs
matter. Iu view of the progress and
improvement of the present age, it
was stated that among tbe essential
things to the prosperity and exteo
siou of a church, as well as to its
well-being and usefulness, were I. A
Cborch Paper, liberally patronised
aud generally read. 2. A thoroughly
educated and well paid ministry,
devoting all their time aud energies
to the work. 3. A sufficient number
of College* and schools of high grade,
adequately endowed aud eealously
supported, in which the youth of
both sexes may be properly educated
aud fitted for tbs different avocations
and the duties of life.
While directing particular atten
tion to these three things which are,
in my judgment, the most important
and iudiftpcuaable agencies iu tbe
great work of evangelization aud
church progress, I would not be un
derstood as underrating the impor
lance and ability of Sabbath schools,
Young Men's Christian Associations,
Bible and Tract 8ocieti«s circulating
libraries and things of that kind.
Nor would I have the reader to loss
sight of those other time-honored
benevoleut organization* which have
ever been part and parcel of Chris
tian civilization and human improve
ment I consider all these things as
valuable adjuncts and useful auxil
iaries in this great and good. They
one, and the holy reUgfoo „
blessed Redeemer illustrated i** 1
noblest sod most practical rt *
There never waa a periodV^
history of tbe church aad tha «Jy
where there waa a fnttrrtwTr
for a pure, soriM, and
church literature. The
journal* of tbe land are the [>n!^
ageueies by which such a SSt
is to be built up, fostered, rJ?
neminated iu the world, bringeriml
and more available for that paT**
than anything else. The kot^
infidelity, rationalism, and
ism, knowing the power ot ljlTZT*"
have entrenched themselves
strong fortifications, and are «
ally sending forth their pubheateta
filled with error, heresy, j
teaching iu the mow seductive losL
They must be met, combatted^
overthrown ou the same ground
by the same powerful uoogtm. '
In view of this solesui sod *
mentous truth, I need not urge ^
parents aud guardians of the jt,
the importance of placing in t
hands of their children and
sound and wholesome reading^
ter, by which their youthfel aria
folding minds may be
structed and grounded is I
tary principles of the christiaa qg
giou aud true wisdom. Aad fog
can not accomplish that otgcct^n
readily and effectually tha* bj g T
ing them and their fsstiltoi nd t
paper »* the Visitor, aad treimu/
them to fere f o > rad it
Praying that God may itf m
hearts with a higher sea* g
duty aud c-»-aivr <-aiucc|4*ow» ef fo
weighty oblige; m* resting ipss^
aud give us a i.irger mea«Bt 4
grace aud zeal in the .*1 inter’* sho,
aud lead us to act acuoidiagh, i
humbly submit these harried tin
tioa*, on this my first point, tori
rnedi tat ions of your readers. It da'
time, Providence permitting, 1 dri
address myself to points 2 aril
A
aa all
i«
1a
driivsrsd has Aral
1*71. Ia
yta riiarsk sd
tog it oas of the
rhurek sdiAeas to
telKWrf
” Ori. TW dstf
* *Ww ks to- w%tk S
I ml tod ia tks m 4mmth
Gw, vbm ks
tm t tosariwi
sta a#riPtaaFaPBPi *
l
•Uimtivi
of Iks
rows of
AMaMy
orgrary i
• w vi w»U rtsuia
revolving age* of
i OOOS Umi M toot
klto Iks n nasso ar
rsv Ay thickly aad
its
a j H is miatotry
to kstowa yaa • a
can not bo exported to a
than wkat tks Lori of tk#
•aid to kim yesterday
“Well dons, eta’
viaoy ard
. — — w sf Ahssa great totsraats
ksyaad tke grave saroly (lomaad is*
mediato atlsattoa. Lot a* took to
Ori vary aad A* war truai «t|«oo that
l a ktok gnskaa from tha
illustrate bta grace in enabling her are all (mrts of the same great ma
ts hoar with submission aud fort)- j chinery. and though subordinate
tads tke heavy stroke. aud minor parts in some resfiecta,
At the close of the Sunday school they add much to the completeness
to tke afternoon. I be Hupenntrndmt, aud |>ow«r of the grand system
Mr. I. II. Ziltlv, made a touching' which ha* Iteon established in the
reference to tbe signs of mourning world by Infinite wisdom and good-
around bim, and paid a worthy trib- mas and harnan instrumentality for
oto to the worth of Dr. Little to the tbe promotion of man’s temporal and
church at large, and to this church eternal happiness,
to particular; aud urged upon all j 1 propose non to consider briefly
the importance of making timely these three essential agencies iu the
pi * r-—*«i and order in which thev have been men-
enmfofter io tkat bright land above, tioned. In the first place, then, I
wbere he and they should sing the must urge tbe importance, nay tbe
“song of Moss* aud the Lamb,” absolute necessity, of extending a
freed from the painful thought of prompt and liberal support to our
>*r*ttsa.
PEJVATS LETTER FROM SALEM, VA.
“Ws are agian called ujmu to
moara the losa of one of oar uont
active men. It ha* thrown a gloom
over every thing here. The sorrow
ing brother—Rev I). F. Bittle—is
quite aad."
church (taper.
Presuming that all persons of or
diuary intelligence aud reflection will
at once admit that we must have a
(»aper, as an organ and mouth piece
of our church, to proclaim and de
fend her distinctive principles aud
policy,—as a medium of oommunica-
tion through which the wants aud
- —- * interest* of the church may be made
To CoaiUtarvINDENTS.— Please kuowu to her members, and aa a
bear with or We have been going welcome and uiauy-tongued visitor
from oos house of mourning to in the families and at the firesides of
another lately, and oar heart is < her people, iustructiug their minds
heavy, oar spirit is grieving, and we aud cbeeriug their hearts, and at the
an* waiting for the suuiukoiis. Pro. hmuic time building up a pure and
Hutto waa a younger, a more vigor acceptable church literature for pos-
oos, a ttiigbUet, a better man thau terity, I would again ask, are wc as
ws are, sod Bro. Houck as regards j a church and aa a people doiug what
years was oar junior, and aa regard* we ought aud could do toward tbe
La
w cm acted L*mts won I a living faith
form* tks vital bastd sf onto* between
Ot hie
to tkn oocnmanmn ot
•hams to*r* vUllov Cast s*4 bitterly
to day, ns Umy toy tk*t AnrsI tribute
to Iks nrpulehr* ot tksir afteitonl
father * • • •
As s preacher, Dr. Bittle was ever
ear newt, toalroctive, and at times
trvly eteqasat. Bat kto ringaswea
was tks eloqseacc of Doth, am! Urn
sloq*s*ss ot toitk, aad ari Iks gamiy
ebullitions sf moden
ism, whieh he utterly
**Hke
who
4s M wish thy i
la
whlsh tks
Itenih came, hot was
ktok Be obeyed the
i jgwwt to tha grave
is—i|»ii the drapery of
at him. nod I ms down
"TETRA."
THE ORATE.
-Re-
grace our superior, aud he too ia
gone, aud threescore years, and fail j
tog strength, aud soul iougtng for
n-al are sign*, that we lie fore long
will be with our de|M«ne<l sain’.a, and
who will care for nod watch over the
VtsnUtr f Ws always thought Dr.
Bittle would ; but he ts no uu»re!
* — would like to see, aud the require-
Oamotra—The Chriatmaa irrvK meiita of the age demaud, it is nev-
exbibiled io 8t, John's church, of ertiielcss a capital church paper,
Selisbsry, N. Cm among oilier pres »«U and ably edited, and neatly
ents, nnuionl a letter add reseed to printed, and ia eminently worthy of
the pastor—Rev. J. G. Neiffer. In support of our people,
tke saute were enclosed greenbacks
to tke amount of (|35) thirty fiv*
dollar*, with the directions, “this
sione) to be ex (tended for the pur
rkoee of a gold beaded < sue. to be
suitably engraved ; said esse to be hast fitly heads of families aud indi-
For tbe Lutheran Yiutar
Holiday Times in Winchric.
Deor Doctor : Christmas Evt *»
joyous time with our Soudsy-adri
in Wincbsster. It is tbe fleam it
our annual Festival and Chnta*
Tree for the little folks, and a brigki
happy evening do they geuafr
have of it. Our Lecture roos^ iod
the glory of holiday decenttot
when “the trees of tbe field 1, mb
literally to have come in to "dR
their hands” for joy, and hlM arid
me eager, expectant faces of yssnf
and old of the congregation is acou
tomed, on these occasions, to promt
a very animated and inspiring mm
The Christmas Eve just pastra
no exception to the rule. At m
early hour the teachers and scrim
were assembled in full force, ari ]
soon afterward not only evetj »
maining seat in tbe room, but slaws-
every eligible standing plan vn
occupied by parents and frierii i
the children who had come to p*
ticipate in their services sod vitae*
their enjoyment The Program*,
as a matter of coarse, oasmri
largely of Christmas hymns, far*
children, as children generally, fa*
to siug of Jesus bora in BstWetok
and we who are older dearly lowh
hear them. After the opening a
ere isos our Superintendent too-
duced Mr. J. E. Cooper, (a teito
of the school and a recent gfri-w
of Roanoke College, having tke te
istry in view,) who ddirari«»
address which was in every
admirable. He was followed by A*
pastor in a few remarks approprii
to the occasion. Just at tk«
in the services, when we vteg|
, la Mk .
Bow im| i i stejriy ha* tke truth of
thia odoMtoltioa |gs* hfsftfki to oar
• • *, srrl*g • • • ; aoaaidersiMMi by tko<
ralturad to totalfect, from earth of oa# of oar
Aa s
sympatktsisg
• * •, rick
Thoroughly
and aitk varied eipsetemm, ho was
happily qasJiAod to dovis* bkvrsl 11.
thing*— • • • • •
I* kto maial rritottoma, Dr. Btttte**
ekaunwtar skoao witk * ftosaitor rwdi
to kto
it sad asefal minister*—Dr. D.
Hulk, of Hofaaaak—Ike melao
ekriy parttoolars of whose death srs
• • It fells to tha lot ot bat
few men to leave behind them so
many and such varied example* of
a living (kith os doss Dr. D. R.
Bittle.
Tbs tosgutabi&f churches he bailt,
the institution* of learning be estab
• • •
Bat thorn thiags
that this Is ass oar real. TW Lord
has dealt to this vary way with every
family that has
ou earth.
To the
of tbs
Visitor. Aad fa*w effectively its
illustrated to tke
of kto life and
Prompt, avoid
diligent to*|he exorcise of bto
“ktatenl to seam*
aad sot of saasatm* “always abound
tog to tha work of tk* Lord." lie
Shoe oat sriy pleaned nod purposed,
bat aorumpltokad to a few jaara, ia
asvmi different Akorgea, what oos
Isas easrgatto tad pevmpt would
have feded ta consummate to a
Hto vplantory life work is
lad tan now be added to
support aud circulation of tbe
<A«ro* Visitor t
i do not know how tnauy subscri
bers there are to the Fititor within
the bounds of our Syuod, but 1 do
know that it ought to have several
ihousaud. Although it is not in
•ome res|Kects such a journal as h the distributiou of fife ^
riMta uhe tree to take place, a little fete
ly conspiracy against the fri*
developed itself. An officer of fe
school produced a very fornidd*
and mysterious looking bundfa fe*
tvhich quite a large pil« ti
I aee fi-o« the Parochial Reports
of our miniaters in the last Minutes
that there are some forty five con
gregations in connection with our
Syuod. There are on an average at
n Christman gift from the miry of
tke ctortA"
vidusl members iu these congrt'ga-
tious who are able to take the Visitor
and pay for it, w hicb would give the
paper over 2,000 subscribers in tbe
South Carolina Syuod aloue. 1 do
not supjKKse that it has actually half
that number, which shows there is a
it ia m* tha larger amount, and **d delinquency somewhere. Mauy
of our ministers and influential lay-
CORRmTio*.—The printer makes
tke aggrsgat* value of the donation
to Rev. P. Miller, Woodstock, Va.,
1100 instead of #60. Well, we are
aovty
hope kto kind people will make op
tke difEereoc*. It is only one and
two aught*.
Hr. John’s Church, Frederick
Co-, Va.—Tb# meeting has dosed,
and alwiut thirty persons, nearly all
of whom have united with the Lu
theran church, have professed faith
to the lord Jean* Christ.
OmittRD.—Tlie article, “Mode of
Bnpthun," to necessarily omitted this
wreck, hot shall S(>pear in (he next
number.
Change of addrkhs.—Rev. J. D.
Bowles, from Tyro, X. CL, to Seneca
City, Oconee county. S. O.
tuen in the church do not interest
themselves in behalf of the paper as
they should, aud urge the importance
of the matter upon the people. If
they would accustom their charges
to systematic contributions, which to
the ouly way to accomplish great
practical results without making it
bunieusome to any one, they could
not ouly have a large number of
regular and paying subscribers to
the Virifor, but a paper fund iu the
congregations, by means of which
the actually iudigeut families in their
charges oould be furnished with the
pa|>cr without charge. In this way
a vast amount of good would be ac
i com pltohed in more respects than
up#
were taken aud placed
table. Whereupon the 8 _
dent coming forward addresstfi t
pastor in a very' neat aud ooapli® 18
ary speech, presenting these l#***
(15 volumes of Lange’s OostteQ^
to him iu tbe name of the
the congregation. Nor was tlri
Before he had ceased speakiof *
other officer of the school tl^P****
a package upon the table coot* 19
a fine cloth coat, which tbe
tcudent also presented to the (te*
iu the name of the young men-
Now we do not kuow *h*t
pastors can do ou such 9ecaJ> ^
and under such circumstaiHsek^
we know that whilst the WuriteJ
pastor felt a great deal—he P®® 1
very little. So after stamwe^®*
a few sentences of thanks, iu
he expressed the hope that he
so use the books as to »* ke ^
profitable uot ouly to himself, • ^
the whole congregation j
allusion to the gift of the yQB p <^
praying that he and all ^
him might not fail at tbe »***,
to appear clad iu the glorioo*^,
our Saviour's siKitless righteoQ^^
he wisely concluded not to a ‘ ^
much of a speech, and q®** ^
down.
followed
■/w>m the Cl'
nsix
fr^otCtote, •«<
1 c*** 00 *
laden tab
Af
\
Ns.
good tbt®? 6 ^ '
lavided. I
.1
r^,, r provide.'
iaterchang
DS tur»l to th
sang 1
J^embly di
were >f
of them.
8W*y in I v
*** ** ai | \
Csd swriuafl oh |V
ah»<di ksd U> j v
24 seek retiremj ^
^.igkt be pe«. I
^ ^ ^ j-
were n® 1 1 |
ft, which thi^
j fbich it coal ^ _
before midiiigt l ^
.ij^a creature was V
VTe »oit not fori
„ spesing the pa» r
asreori we were 4 ^
tost the pastor’s
oteteteotiy sod *tibsl
bawd by same of t®'
eODptf** 00
OnCSiristmas mo:| ^
course, the rsgularl
fjgSi and a ®enu<*i^^
v kich was hsndsoni<
r
tlie occasion. In
P'ii ‘
■ ^
nr ..i garlands an*.
l\
ptoar. there were ba
p f v 1
toost tastefully ci
1
the letters, “L H. i
it v
6
gint of the choir g^
torp, k>oth covered w
yew Yearis day
p 1 N
W* J K-
mother was oonccr
k fesS
as, one of the mev
tore experienceii tt
doubt whether “Ins
eoold do justice to
fare, should tee attorn
of its
fty.
ram, and sle
tesgreesbleness T
veil calculated to k
vbo could poasibly «
door*: and yet som»
gables ef our cong; A
iiiies too, were stirr®^
faiskiy, snd, despite;
node a detnonstr.
Psrsouage soon after
as night have alar
people than we are -
oosfass, token by s ^
sot admit that we
and. When our ca
with such things as b
gneeries. i>oultry, eg,
■rred aud canucd fs
tables, and variounsA^
told and kitchen furr •
torned from expend
tost neither to resent -
bst just to submit a
philosophically to th«
Possible and suffer tl
ewk their own will
hwoce. We comnin
kallonr brethren wh |
noj find tbemselve-
ctBstanced, as being
The fact is, this is
l^t we have been su
art of treatment and
fa pursue this course s
•*r residence hehe, an
that we find it r
profitable than ot
We are always vr
fate print with matter
dfaracter like this. \
*he kindnesses of wlii.
ilso former kindness
fester charges, wen
wder that the doers <
^ their names blazo
^ they might have,
~ Hlor do our friend
acknowledge.!)
rffefea considere
taste) to assn-
fa°ch their remsmbra:
fefaod—nevertheless w
^*cl« the pleasanl
^mtaas, and the
upon us on Ne
^ the hope that it *
others of our pc<
that there a
which, without mu<
^^their parts, ther
garaging and mak:
those who mu
fe *»oly things,
r” th »t thew tote*
nee and marks
. a ^ 8 bar* a value i
Ptator far beyond ti
computed in dolL
ferve to chert
**khh b ‘ S hands
sfthei^ t Uengagea u ‘
^ laity anp
iB nerer iu «
! gre ttfenkfui
•botti to ^“Plaio it
wii. Tj"»
*ttd i. ’ ho Would ix*
dojr, apr> ’ er a »*d more
th e 5 mTlch "tore foi.
if tbose wl ,
*«nj» propw'.v
arHl 8®ek to k
loa ia whftn h * wrote i
** beeeedj
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