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|v ■ ■ r-■ wF*' I Mm : ■ S ’ LUTHERAN VISITOR, 00LDMBL K, 8. C., FEBRUARY 29, 1874. er=“ Bit -|—-—=»p -i—ai — > ■ 1 THE LUTHERA5 VISITOR. Columbin, O. FH4iy, February 90,1874. Editors: Rxv. A. R. BtJDE, D.D., Cohunhia. 8. C Rxv. J. I. MILLER, A.M., Stauntoft, Va. In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty ; in all things } charity. n mtCIAL WOTICX*. Remittance* mint bo made In Pont Office Order*, Bank Cheek*, or Draft*, if possible. If three can not be obtained, send the money in a Rr.rturrxazn Lrr- ria All Postmaster* are obiiired to register letter* when required. Paper* are sent to subscriber* until an expre** order to dincontinue la re ceived. and all arrearage* are paid, a* reqnired by law. Merely returning a number of the paf*r by mail, t* not Mf> flekmt. All communication* relating to *ub aeribem, Should give their name* very ilwdnotly, and carefully indicate which are old and which are new aubacribera. Not only the name of the poet office, but also that of the county and State of each subscriber is necessary, in order that the proper entries may be promptly and accurately made. Marriage and obituary notices, and other matter intended for publication, should be written separately, and not in bonnes* letter*, to receive proper atten tion. New Subscribers. We are very much obliged to Rev. J. Austin, Springfield, Ga., for a very handsome increase of prepaid subscriber*. The Short Biography of Dr. BSttle, commenced in this number, will ba completed next week. It it the tri- bote of the loving, wounded and bleeding heart of the bereaved widow, who writes ns: “With a trembling band and ach ing heart I have endeavored to give a short biographical sketch of ooe of the best of men. 1 felt that no one knew him as well as I did, and that it was due him to have snob a sketch prepared, therefore I did it. I am very feeble, have yet dreadfnl tarns with my heart. But God’s will be done is ever in my heart, and I try to be patient and submissive. God Comforts me much.* Find Words from Lotdsiszu. We have a few subscribers in Loaf siana, one of whom lately wrote os a *'*** f U»i#r, IWwn vViak sessing editorial pleni potency, make a qaotatiou: “Thank yon for the Visitor. It bas been to ns the living link that has mads us feel that we yet hare a home though absent from it May God abundantly reward you for yoor firm standing on true Lutheran gronnd. I need not say that we love the Visitor. It is looked for by os with more interest than anything that comes to ns by mail. May God make it for all coming; time, as it bas been in the past, a living power in the Church.* The Last Seasons. A subscriber had concluded Visitor, as be another church, informs ns that be to discontinue the expected to enter but continues bis subscription for the present. He adds: “Doubtless you would like to know why I contemplate changing. Wheth er it will be for the better I know not, but hope it will. Now I am fif teen miles from any Lutheran ehnrch, bat have churches all around me here, and of different denominations, and of rather a greater variety than I like to see. I have a poor chance to attend oar church at present, and as I like to be doing something, I would like to be where I could take an active part. 9 Our correspondent means well doubtlessly, but the reasons he gives C4h tb«;Lord f we havs i Of flaitbfsl witnesses teen oeatnrtee, that we are right No true Lutheran doubts; oar broth er doubts, and what say tore f “Whatsoever is not of faith is sin.” We toll him it la danger* to change. lie will never be sat lied. He aill always fee! self so demued. Us will become either cal u am is tor sod a parser nine of hie, brethren, or, a cast away. Bat he has a reason foa the * temp!ated cheaga. He is fife miles from any Lalheraa church. Do these fifteen miles thrown the one scale oat weigh the Augsburg Confess loo, the Oateehiem, and the Reformation ii the Other scale 9 Are i saneaeimewasnes^^wm^^ns smnr wnm^aagnenpannane arswannenv w fifteen utiles greater revealed truth, chnrohiy degmi. the pure gospel, sad the holy Macros administered according to the p«it jH But oar brother bas “a poor chance to attend his own ehnrch,” sad he likes to be up and “doing,” i take an active pari. 9 As I poor chance, we ksow he is a nan, and we suppose he baa two good fleet, and maybe a horse. New what are fifteen miles to him I why does he live fifteen miles distant from hie church 9 Did God him that Car off; or did prefer it f And if God did it, wee it that he might leeve the ehnrch ta which God cast his lot; or was it that God wanted him to sow the seed of evangelical truth where he bow is 9 A Lutheran, ao Bill Arp would say, lately moved to Texas, and wrote as; “If yea ex pect me to beiid up the Church ia Texas, you are very mistaken. 9 We nipectod something before we read that; bat nothing bow. Such Lutherans are not proa Mrs; they go oat from as, bat they are not of os. Every Lutheran whom God sends out from his charch, bis home, and his people, goes ee a missionary of the Evangel wad La thermo Church. Hot oar brother wants to bo np and doing We are glad of it, aad ask what prevents him 9 Will other chore bet not allow him to be a hearer. Will other chord)** not allow him to be a libe ral giver, to pray, to proles, sad to give aa answer to every asketh a reason of the hope that is in him 9 To ba sure they wiU; they will be glad to have him do it, aad if they opportune, urge, aad «atreat him to leave hie own aad to nails with them, then are they eat chrts linos, hat miserable proarivtors, who seek their own glory, ami not the glory of the Lord. Stay where you are, brother! Christ made you a Lutheran, be true to Uim aad His church, aad let the sects alone. If Bay of la the diotrilM e not ree r their a notify tl The Mecreta i png mp4 teal by saying, tbs the taauweat— printed la tts The Wywwltai in ecu! Myaod, desire a frets* efe m f Lamsnaamfimsik fim use iteorgta e* requested to fe loot Minutes I will la tare so also of the he of Georgia. J no. I*. r« Thfi In This quarts Jeanary, 1874, *r The article < Mrhm acker, by The abei of God ar tn the satire this cow a try, at tiua #f the Pf is met that tl of Dr. D fihdintRRptt^rr Jbo his biography. The Aegebai kmm) t'osntai the editors, is i of • The writer too the view of “t to ted hi the ( hr their views resit nod perom 9 (tome < Reruns will tab Dr. oa this mas hat not ait. Tt great Imperial teat ground for the ta i for the contemplated metamorphosis sixty four large pages each fsggrega ... j_ 11 i . —— are in oar opinion the last reasons Hint should influence and lead to such a step. If oar friend is a snbstan tial Lutheran, we do not mean sub stantially correct for that Is nxaafly synonymous with positirsly «crony, it he by divine dispensation, grace and enlightened conviction ia an Evan gelical Lutheran, he can not change easily, if at all. Sleight of band can do some curious and wonderful things. A shake, and—presto—it is done. But if a man is a true Lutheran, grounded and established In sound doctrine, he may shake from now till dooms day, no presto can transform him. If a man is only a Lutheran in name, he of course has only to change a name, and what Is there in a name to snch a man T Onr brother does not know wheth er it will be for the better to change, but hopes it will be. He doubts; this is dangerous, and to found hope ou doubt is to bniid on sand. In re ligion, and evangelical Christianity and the Evangelical Church of the Reformation are inseparable, where fore wo add—and church doubts are inadmissible. We have a sure word of prophecy, we have the Thus say- Litt ell’s Livuto Attic.—The ni bersof Tks lAeing Aft for January 31st aad February 7U» are remarka bly rich in their contents. The fol lowing articles are particularly note worthy : Letters of Ebaabeth Bar re It Browning oa Literary and (ton# ral Topics, from the Contemporary Reriete ; a very readable and appro dative article oa Sir Edwin Land seer, from the pea of Miss Thacke ray, Conkill Mapuzine; Mpaniab Ufa ami Character ia the Interior, daring the Mummer of 1873, part III, milia m's Magazine , Meadalaeoho, by Ferdinand Hiller, Macmillan's Jfepa sine; Popular Bongs of Tueeaoy, fortnightly Remote; Kaw Gardens, Edinburgh Reriste ; Cal venal 8a f frags, Spectator ; Ellis’s life of Coaat Bom ford, Ration ; Hoaae Martins as Boilders, Popular tide*** Rodete, etc. These numbers also coo lain the eoo dasioc of “The Parisians,” by Lord Lyttoo; an iastaiment of a short •lory by Anthony Trollope, aad parte I and II of a remarkable story, sati tied “Far from the Maddiog Crowd, 9 which is attributed by the Louden Spectator to George EUot. With fifty two snch numbers, of ting over 3,000 pages a year) subscription price ($8) is low; •till better, for $10, any owe of Lbs American $4 magazines la seat with The Living Ape ft* a year. IJttell A Gay, Boetoo, Publishers. Salem, Fa.—We learn from the Lutheran Observer that Rev. Dr. Oou rad has presented each of the sta dent* at oar Theological Bern I nary with “a copy of his abia add ram oa Church Problems Solved by Hfeto ry, aad Dr. Christlieb’s Beet Method of Coonteractiog Modem Infidelity * The Lutheran and Missionary states that the Trustees sad PlasaHy « Roanoke College have petitioned the Legislature of Virginia for aa appro prist ion to assist them in cmadactiag the Normal Department for the par pose of training young man for teachers la the pabHe schools. Philadelphia.—Rev. Dr. Mess’s roe idence was robb*< on Sunday night, while the family were at chnreh, of about $800 ’worth of gold watehro, Jewelry, silverware aad other value Wes. The Doctor ran now say, Sil ver and goM have I none. differing from qaite easy to j as against the mb be red that troth may snff 87- Tbe Infiarocx the lihertiea < good article, b The writer tal yet practical i sad handles it How little do a* recognise oar obtf gvtion* to the Bible! Prof. Hudtkr, of Gettyabarg, has famiahed an escelleat article oa Modem Mrieoee and Materialism. We believe there la a tendency to wards materialism la oar day, bat we can not believe that this results from the study of modern arronre. Not a few of leading scientists are skeptical, aad some of these openly infidel Why 1* this t The old fal lacy : poet W, reps propter her, dr drive* assay. Is not this the rsaaoa f Infidelity, driera from Us other post ■ turns, has occupied the outposts of mod » science. tat the defr inters of truth only go op sad meet the roe my; victory *w*iu» them here. We hope to hear farther from Prof. 8, oa this aad kindred satgecta Interchange of Pulpits Is aa ad dress read by Rev. Dr. Conrad before the Evan gelical Alliance ia New York, 187A The Dr. favors each interchange, aad hie views are In oa tire accord with the spirit of the body before which the addmm was delivered. He regards the inter change of the palpit as “a legitimate outgrowth of the original appoint mt of the ministry aad the organ! satiou of the Christian chnreh," bat maintains that R should bn confined to ministers ri “orthodox” deoomi nations, aad to each as bold to the “faadamentaT doctrine* of the word of God—that while order requires that tbeee prerogatives should he limited to the chotrh particular, yet the profooader conception of the chnreh “demand* 9 that the church am vernal should exerciat snch privi |us aleol But we inquire, Do nut taeta fly In the face of this stale mtf la not the fleet notorious that these who practice interchange of pulpits moat freely hove anything else than this “profound conception of the church r And what are fun daaeetat (artkkwgof Christian faith 9 By what divine authority fe such a ilriluBtlse drawn f Whose truth fe that which men thus divide aad par cel out 9 Who have diacovercd what portions of the divine word are fno demental, aad what not t They that have Ihfe “profoundor oooorptioa of the flfaarri.fr We com not under stand why Go#8 minister* are called spun to} make distinctions wholly aa knows fe God’s word. And then the artariafe la unsound and dancer oua We 4o net appear Kanaalgs mrinachaA* per so, bot we do object to the popular node of dribadlng it. The Sovereignty of the People sad Ihscjr of the Cilia**, fe n clever of place ia aa Roan CfeEducation, aa article ia review of a work on Lex ta Education, by Edward 11. dark a, Ml), was read with mueh lateroet. ll fe sober, thuogbt/al aad euggoetava The wri ter quotes freely from the work of Dr. Clarke, who dearly shows that ca fe hr p*iH-iera ric aad at- with aerMHis consoquetn-e to mm on aad girls. The arga meal ia based upon the ceaetUatloa if the weaker tea, aad pruormde ac- eording to weS rotaldtabed |di>ai elngfeal truths to combat the grow lag error that woman oua be ash Jested ta the name rule aa man lor Mental diactpljn* in one institution ef learning erfebout aerioun perma- aeut injury to the sex and roce. Let the ostksha bn ifat and pooderod. The tiitweeat number of the Reeme baa the usual aot»er* of new pobli oatloue, but felfer aad more aauafaca lory fe their charocUr than hereto for*. Hakoux fnf Ibf Lntheraa Vlailar. 4 fhm Bagrxfhy of B. R 5.5. Dr. Duafel & Kittle was bom ia the upper part of the romantk and bnaotifril valley of Middletown, ia Frederick cewaty, Maryland. The ranges of Cateriln end Booth Moon talas meet a abort distance from hfe birth plans aad the wild and tat ml scemer) fill* the heart of a lover of Nature with esfertioa* of delight and pi* sen re. life lather was n farmer la limited rinsmetamv* and ooalde to afford his sons the Ub oral education that they desired, and which be was eo notion* to give them. life older brother, Dr. D. F. Bittle, bating determined to devote hfe life to the "ministry, and having on* year* previous for the of obtaining an edneation by hfe own uAorta, waa exceedingly aaxfeua for Deffifel to likewise attend college aad fit himself for a profea Mom! life. life letters to bi* brother tb* dnejto tar m adacatkoa alive, and at time be could no longer content bimaelf upon the fans, but told hi* father that he was unhappy nntil he nine could go to collefe. Hfe father mode no objection and •aid, ‘"That fe just what I tike to yon any. 9 He told him, bow ever, that he ton Id afford him but little help pacunlarily. Nothing demited by the prospect of having to provide the funds himself, and of a cheerful, buoy ant spirit. Dr. Bittle, at the age of eighteen, left fear for Gettysburg. Pa. Owing to hta own character in the community, as an honorable, honest young man. and the enviable reputation of “1 lorn-at Thomas Bit- tie,” hfe father, he found no difllrnlty fe borrowing money from some of the wealthy farm* , a in the commit, nity, some of whom loaned him sum* upon hfe own indnidnal note, trifk- oat security. Frw young men ever pmaeord a higher character in that valley for honor, truth, and noble neaa of charauter, than did Dr. !>. II. Bittle, when a young man, al though, from hi* Joyous di*jm,Mii»»ti. be enjoyed end mingled in (he snmarmenu and pkaatire* of the young ;»eo|4c of the neighborhood. Mix y*-am ware passed at Getty a burg fe aoquiriug hfe education. Gifted with n most Mtooisbiiig mem ory, and apt lo retain anything in hfe mind that he once glanced at, be had not need to study hfe leeaona aa diligently aa other student*, and this fact waa a marrtl to hi* instruc tor*. I have heard him often say that hfe fellow atndeuta would often come to hi* room after poring for hours over a. difficult passage, and ask him to translate it for them. They would find, though be had not opened hfe book to look at the lesson, that he nouldin a few momenta read It off rapidly for their accommoda tion, much to their surprise. He grndoaftrd in 1843, and as he bad become thoroughly converted daring a season of especial grace at Gettysburg, he determined, like hfe brother, to desote hi* life and labor* to God. Though anxious to at once enter the ministry, he felt his mou etary ooligatton* pres* upon him heavily, and therefore he engaged iu teaching for three years to liquidate hfe debts. Ia 1848 be beard of lane Seminary, a Presbyterian institution near Cincinnati. Being told that board could be obtained remarkably low, and that it waa a manual labor institution, tfcr the advice of hfe brother, Dr. pittle left Maryland for Ohio. He asrived at Cincinnati with ; only artvu doners in hfe pocket, with which to nnpertake «i three year*’; course? Strung In faith he stagger ed not bat boldly put forth all hfe rtaunrcea to enter the holy tniufehrj. After baring been a week at the Seminary, be foand that* the labor (kart of the institution bad been abandoned, and that Itoardtng had to be paid fe cash, aad that In adoance. The same day that be heard this he received a letter from Dr. Keller asking bitn to p*y a note of 8100 that be held against him, a* he was In need of money. Half an hour after the letter waa received the steward of the board tag house came aad said, “I would like to have yoar weekly bill settled, Mr. Bittle. 9 “Dense wait until Monday,” said be. The steward said “very well, 9 and left the room. My husband said that be foil, “Now fe tlit* crisis of my life. If God wants me to be a minister he will help me out of these difficul ties, if be don't show me the way eleariy I mast leave on Monday and enter another path of life." He fer vently commended the subject and hiu»«M-if to God. When he arose from hfe knee* hi* miad waa calm and trustful, be took up bis book and atudied hfe lesson. In about half aa hour a stranger knocked al the door and inquired for him, say ing that a village near by wished a gentleman to instruct a class in vocal music, and that they hod heard that bs was an excellent singer. An ar rangement w aa made and he received twenty-five dollar* in advance. lie (mid hfe boarding bill—sent aome of it to Dr. Keller with a letter of ex planation, and felt sure that God had said, “Tin* fe the way, walk ye ia )L" God taiaed up a kind frtwwd ia Mr. Rammelaburg, of Cin cinnati, who often assisted him in various wavs. During vacations be acted as agent for Wittenberg Col lege, ami in one instance collected in cash 83,000. Dr. Keller waa aetoaisbed at bis *ucre«a, and the percentage received by hia labor* assisted him to | procure riot It tug, hook*, etc. Always ready to work for the chnteli. during another voca tion be traversed (tortious of Penn sylvania, soliciting money fur the English Lutheran church in Cinctn nan under Mr. Harrison's care. He waa highly successful and the church greatly helped. A month or two before bis three years* course was ended, be received aa invitation to art as a supply in tbe l anton charge in Ohio, a* Mr. Kama was about to leava for Savannah. Dr. Btowe, Prof. Allen and Dr. Beecher were exceedingly loath to let him leave beforo graduation, as hi* examina lion bad been passed, and hfe speech for the occasion prepared. Dra. Btowe aad Allen rrjN-atedly spoke of him aa “tbe finest yonng man at the Seminary.” and offer after offer of ebnrcbea in tbe Prcabytartan Church were made to him without avail. He derided that he had better go to Csntoa, and therefore in April, 1848. be was ordained by tbe Miami Syn od. In November of the same year we were married at Evansville, Indi- ! ana. w here I had gone to visit re!*- 1 tire*. I met Dr. Bittle at Mm. VaiT* Seminary for young ladies, where I waa engaged as a music teacher, the Seminary being near lame Hem- j inary. Bring a mmfeirr** daughter, I knew the trial* of *nch a life, bnt nothing neciued to lie a trial with hfe cheerful loving spirit at my aide. Ilia time at Gnnton expired ia April, 18,30, and although ('anal. Ifover and other |toifita asked him to serve them, he accepted the commission of the Miami My trod to travel over Indtatiu and organize the scattered Lutheran* into charges, and try to *np|»l> them with oecwdonal preach-! ing. Madison wan the |Nitut chosen for an Kngliah in 1**1011 chnreh, and be waa recommended tn the Homs j Mission Society for aid. 1H. Morris replied tbst “one hundred a year teas all that could be given Aim. 9 I im mediately began a young ladies’ school, snd tbas we psid onr board. Finding in the fall that tbe Gorman minister was opposed to the English movement, we derided, in view of eo mnch opposition to the enterprise, to leava Madison. The fine Presbyte rian church there was vacant, a com mittee waited upon I)r. Bittle, and tendered him a call to it* pulpit with eight hundred dollar* and a parsonage as the salary. I tagged him to accept. “No, 9 he answered, “I was born a Lutheran. I am a Lutheran, end if I starve, 1 starve a Lutheran.” Being a Presbyterian myself, I could not understand at first why he remained in poverty in the church of hfe choice rather than enter my own communion. Indiana waa far la-hind other Mtatea, and otir affair* wen- in a gloomy state. Peo pic cared but little for elmrehes, and having no salary to live on, we felt that God must again interfere, or we most do something else. The way was unexpectedly opened for a retnni ;to Maryland, and when there he en gaged at onoe ns agent for the new enterprise of a Female Seminary in Hagerstown. In three months be collected fifteen thousand dollars lor tbe Institution, and then receiving a roll to Mtnithnbnrg, and being anxious to preach, he removed to that charge, and bo Fas highly successful. Red q*fe atfifibded hfe preaching in all the lifer churches. He continued «nc meeting four weeks, and at the end of that time only discontinued it because he fainted nwny in the pulpit! lie built a new church in Buiithsburg, and added .100 in embers in two years and a half? Receiving an unexpected call to Selin’s Grove, Pa., after much prayer and with great regret, be felt it his dnty to leave s deeply sorrowing peopln, who, to thin day, mourn hfe departure, and who have repeatedly sent calls to him to return to them. He re mained a year and a half in Selin’s Grove. A jiowerful revival followed his earnest searching sermons and his catechetical instruction. Luther’s Catechism wsa a strong measure with him, and while he earnestly preached the doctrines of the Lutheran Church, he also as earnestly favored the so- called New Measures, insisting upon s change of heart ami life, a* neces sary to an entrance to the church atid to heaven. \To be continued.] For the Lutheran Visitor. Imporuaos of aa Educated and Well- Paid Ministry. lhtcior Rude: Having in my last article briefly considered the impor tance of extending a liberal support to the Visitor, and of giviug it a inure general circulation among our |»eople, I am now to address myself to my second topic—namely, a thoroughly educated and well paid miufetry, de voting all tbatr time and energies to the work of their holy and noble calling. I shall endeavor, ia the first place, to present a few reasons snd considerations why a ministry of this kind is iudi*i>cusablj necessary to secure tbe prosperity and progress of aehurch at this enlightened day ; aud iu tbs second place, I shall direct attention to tbe fact, that we have now resources and tueaus as a church, w hich, if fully develojicd and proper ly handled, would enable us to ac- cotnplislt much more thau we bare ever heretofore done in this impor tant particular. When the Divine Author of tbe cbrUtiau re.’igiou commissioned bis twelve a|K>stle*, and sent them forth to proclaim bis gos|iel to the world, be endowed them with extraordinary gifts aud miraculous jKjwer. Tbe moat of them, it fe true, were at first comparatively ignorant and unedu cated men ; some of them being un lettered Galilee- fishermen ; but they eujoyed tbe signal advantage of per sonal contact and aasociaiiou with tbe Saviour daring bis miufelry on earth, aud listened to tbe teachings and instruction iu broveuly knowl edge and wisdom which fell from hfe hallowed tips. Aud all this they had in addition to tbe suiiernatural gifts and a|>uslolic powers that were im parted to them before tbs departure of their Master, it may ta well said, that no body of nu-u were ever tatter lustrucU-d aud more thorough- ly prepared to enter upon tbe speci fic work in w hich they were toengage. That Christ himself did not under rate tbe importance of education, and w fehed to secure to his church the great advantage which learning afford*, fe fully shown in the case of the a|M)stle Paul. That cmiuent ser vant of God, who was unquestion ably the most distinguished and suc cessful of all the apostles iu dissemi uating the goajtel, and transmitting its biassed doctrine* through his opiatles to the world, was a highly educated man. He woe thoroughly versed in all the learning of his day, liaviug been brought up and bred to the profession of the law at the feet of it* greatest doctors aud teachers. YVlieu he bad been miraculously con verted and s|>eciai!y called to ta an apostle to the Gentiles, liaviug liecn endowed by life divine Master with aj[KteU»lic gifts, no wonder he made Felix tremble, almost |>crsuaded king Agriapa to tie a Christian, and stand ing ou Mars Hill, in the most eric brated city of ancient Greece, eon- fouuded all the wisdom aud philoso phy of tbe learned Artbeuiaus. But when tbe apostolic college bad accomplished its missiou and passed away, tbe. ministry that succeeded to the great work of propagating the go*|H.*l were no longer eudowed with extraordinary gifts aud apostolic power. There was no louger auy necessity for it. The (lowers of heathen error aud darkness bad beeu overthrown, and Christianity had been successfully and firmly estab lished in the world, and now God, in Hfe infinite wisdom, was goiug to carry on the work by bumau agencies, attainments, and means. As time rolled on and civilisation advanced —as nations aud governments rose and fell—through all the revelations and revolutions of human affaire, the glorious light of the gos|»el of the fearless Son of God shone on with Steady and benignant rays, until it ha* culminated in all the splendor and beauty of tbe Christian cultiva tiou and enlightenment, of Die nine teenth century! Tiro bi*h state of civili tttiafc religious advancement which* ** joy at the present dav, bow**!** been brought about, utnier tl* ^ ing of God, by education bumau instrumentality **”7 ami moral improvement ihtt**** ta rendered available forth*** 4 * The reformation in tbe sixteenaT** tury, by Imther and bis cn**^ would have accomplish^ for the church and the w^ ^ not been preceded by fat * ***■ Visit IS tion of printing and' tbe letters, and the |H>werf*| j which was thus gi Vea ^ ami the dfesemiaation of Hnn*!?* among the tuarne* of uiaukind, , ventim# and discoveries ia ft, ^ and sciences followed; coma****** colonization gave employ^ ** man geuins and enterprise- I whole aspect of society *** LT* went a wonderful change;*^ car of human piogtea* h*» pushed forward to the ( )retwit ** pitch of civilization and ment. " I ""' If then we are indebted f w A this wonderful material (>ro»re* development, and high christju^ vancement, aud social celtmta* and improvement, more to u ^ cated aud well sustained than any thing else—of whieh^ the pages of history ar« with evidences—no one can fa( t seo the many reason* and ceodbsn lions aliieb should urge a cbnn&fe se<*ure tin- greatest |*os»iWe adv M tages iu this im -ortaat (autiodarx the present da>. Die trath h, tfe in the pli sent romlitioil of tfe|^ tha success , ><«|»erny of ^ (larticular deuoiw.t stioo—Ur aive and aggressive |* its internal welfare atm most necessisarily depend attention which is given to mas* ter. The statistics of all oar efcwtk «•*, Pnitestout and Catboliei, uim the truth of thi* assertion. It affords me much pleaaare tsa cord the fact, that we bareasri re*|»ectable number of edacstrin istere in tbe Lutheran Charekhfa State, and tbe salaries paid fe mb of tbe charges are liberal aad m mendable ; but our church bai ha sadly delinquent aud deficienthfa respect in tbe past, and there if xi great room for improvement Dr founders aud earlier minigtensfie Synod in South Carolina were fcrfe moat part uue<lucated men. andtfe generally received but litfk* ompn wtiou for their services. .Utfefe they ore entitled to mnch cmfitsri our highest regard for the ihfe and devotion which they werepboMl they labored under many dwriro tages, and lost much grooad frm this very cause. Our fathers in the ebureh saw the necessity and felt the sm of a tatter educated uiinfetiT. 6 meet this waut with a wise and pea forethought, they established tk«H Theological Seminary at Leiifp* and subsequently a classical achool in connection with it Ik means and resources of oar few* at that day were far less tluw ia? are now; yet those largrirsr^ aud far sighted men raised a fad * tatween twenty five and thirty ife sand dollars, atid put and kept to the Seminary and Classical Sifo on a respectable footing. Th* 11 stitutiou* accomplished roofe They were, iu fact, tbe foondxtiirij all that ha* since been afekri- They were a sagacious and nfek 9 ginning. How have we, thedro*^ ants of their founders, imp** 9 upon the work ? Let the fepd* 5 ** of our Synod in future, and ri* r3 j ertions of every pious aad ft*** minded im-tutar of our Cbsrfe- **"j awer this important queatwa The limits of this article b*ve to reached, and praying feE 8^1 bumble reflections may * , * r8 ^ e Tj tion of the Spirit, aud hearts and consciences of EWT ter* and of inte!lig«mt laymen of our Church msy and reused to the trairo^S^Tj portauoe of this subject, *9** \ fraught with results »"d quences that will not ooly ^ j time but ta felt iu eten»hJ» in due season turn to the oo» tion of my third topic. ills. in — . w mam ■ Tori, ra.—The Germans** 1 ^ to form a congregation ***** ta connccte<l with MissouriS. In Debt—The treasurer Missouri Synod, in bis fe* 1 ^ published iu tbe XotAinl^ uary 1st, rejiorts a deficieuej 674*in the Synmlical W***#" 1 827,918 in the building frto, m the aggregate $48,593. A debt of n»* Seminary at Philadelpbto only 8100 has taeu recci T r 3 80,000 are wanted immedisW-j' lenburg College has a defe 000, and Pennsylvania 830,000. Scarcity of general complaint ui 09 acmeity or priests. A * ^ pvr any*, that in ° ,K ' country the want jtd there are uin«-ict*n minister. V h jt wa* . iBl eJor refleen ^^tof nature ^tbfe heart .. kindle into rapt lhe enchanting *11 tros in no ^y stoPi»cd - w0 ih to rimin' rains, Out for tl. ffoeoao* p»r(Hn b,rt gpry limb*, i exped* 11011 fnmj in dam tier th«- i*y neck ill tr- Refers and ka imi»ca*unible tbe grand, tb< nature, that imp gonic and advei the still mot history and truH l laad visited a jmkI aiagrtifio^. untold sums of s fehed; I ha<l '''' ttoo before the li tbecbfeel and L ims to boast; I it the labarinthint paths of the mo>t of Europe ; I had Utude to see the ciurties and abb«-> over battle fields J red thotrsaud to |y strife and fer torrents of blo«>d birtb place and of tbe mighty 'of neeu illustrious *t, beroes, divine*, ^ celebrities of eve aeter; I bad goi most attractive si tbe time, empty t tbe patience of ail —but no sight, bo jierson, no rn; ketied such emo: Castle, after I ha derous gate aud s tensive courtvar i nf N time* scream w,i Alp*, when inhalin pbere, w hich acted erating gas ; I wral of (loetic Sea lime few (rorsohs would I visited Melrose glorious view of moonlight,” and ; tell you, by the wn Johnny Bowers,. « ring ki bis “Ahb| pffife and mauv ot dae<l feelings, jss-t: *•!» 'vere nothing i r, those awakene*l .• sort of religions , s I felt as if I wer. presence of Luther’ be would sjieak to incarnate and clo erdotal vestments : «1 the room which had occupied, I sat ment to relieve i charged with emot in tears, though it i to suppress them j *<*&*, for tjie |k> failed me; it wm thoughts that we! *sd flowed ovi't streams. I pictured mysri ther, anil wisheil versatioj, with hiu m .v memory the seen p - ,h toe hundred year* in the same ci J**® 80 long ago ; u ' ^stu ou that 1 desjioileil of iu 'feo* by the rut hie* uri S who deem a * to ta chei fftstens with eelesti ® torene, his visa- thought* seem ^hbi that magqifii i*™* h« looks tlporff ^riume. o(k?ii tafoie **® ,r to be a co|>v *** then again he and thoughtful window upon tlo ta stretching far oJa** 1 not intern. Ef in hi* i iu . rar , he was < gjeulean work, J ^ * ,aVfl imnnort; ?J*‘»lation of the llii 8 e «f hfe couutr\ J? Uarr °'vly obsei ' to ° r at l4 * a8t ‘1 disconcert him. «,, * V ,00k »t the lil °° * chair heaiil ° l «hl tuni the le I*' ~V1 — 1 N .» c V louary, an f- aicti CA of fo,ios S( 1 * 0 „j j l>e consulted heaa ^ ao ' r, ‘ hia ta" m *>uiuT" tbe table**: ‘ Ut * "bsortad f.»i t,H ‘ u "»''£»*'*****' [kv »J*ear j ,* °. w ’ w her»* } (< ^°°ld ta lit ur s andden