The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, February 27, 1874, Image 2
THE LUTHERAN VISITOR, COLUMBIA, S. C., FEBRUARY 27, 1874
from Stmiuto*, bavin* fo*. "T
» ot Wkora, perhap/ £
#T«*r hare gore to Sta*^ *
ao«ne of whom, probably J
would have received mor ^ ,,
old field school education,
one man, (I truat ouly one), * 1
derfotlj exercised about tfai
Sow we repeat what ha* !*
aaaerted, that there i« no m-J*
on the jmrt ot any of the fr *T
this School to do or say ought
Btauntou Female Seminary y?
is not a man amongst as th*^
not rejoice in its prospetj^
from his heart bid it God-sp^ ?
cause we know it is aceoinptobjj
grand church work, W©
principal. We know him t* #
to believe that he wympathim* *
tha narrow minded policy of
I cos.” His Seminary has shmi
token a high stand am—Z*
institntions of the church sad
no danger of being cripptoj ^
bumble efforts we ara ‘
establish a school in our
> to have ours built up at
i of another, baring the nme m
' object in view, would be
a spirit of which we would I* **,
to be guilty. There is room earn
and work enough for both
tioua Let us labor together m nij
of |Hirpose and harmony of gg,
having that ‘‘charity which eavje
not—which tbinketb noerfly
1 : ri f * fUXJX
For toe Lathers a Hr*
K3TUTM
Of the Jforth Carolina 0td *1
Lmtker Chapel, ft mean county, K. C.,
February Uh, 1874.
family circle; and whoa MBS ,m
wanting, there can not lid the dheer-
ful and willing obedience through
love.
“Parents, pay, for the sake of you?
children, greater attention to the
English language, and you and your
children will remain united in ear
faith. Prove that you are not be
hind the Germans in other cities,
acid that yen care both for the tem
poral and eternal welfare of your
children. The Americans are kindly
disposed and ready to assist ••; let
ns gratefully acknowledge this, and
taka hold with them, that are may
have in Iticbmond, aa well as in
other cities, an English Lutheran
church, which shall be an ornament
to our Confession, and be able to
stag with our fallow believers in the
Fatherland x
“Now thank we all oar God F
We hare received since * — last
report the following: >- ™
Mia.C. K. Thomas. Richmond,Vs., fl 00
Mr. Jonah Hyland. - - 1 00
Mrs. Lory Qt* Madison, Vs.. 5 00
Mias Faaay Crigirr, M “ 0 00
Rev. E. Cauffhmsn, South Carolina, S 00
foflowiag ac know led gem sat t
1 t ■*. — t Mi ■ 1 —-— YLXI t Ika
v fm |.ntr mJu. «***. fvUCNn, MM?
following r**»M|buUou* for Foreign
Mias M. Yil bar,Colombia, 8. C., $3 00
u M. c. &., - M ** *oo
Madia—. Va, 4 00
In reapMise to the cad of the
Preaidant, Synod oouvonod on the
4th of February, in Luther Chapel,
Ho was county, N. 0., at 10 o'clock,
A. M. After e aermon preached by
Her. 29. Aldrich, from John 1: 88,27,
and an intermission of one hour,
Synod waa organised temporarily Dy
calling Her. 0. Roth rock to the chair,
and by the appointment of Rev. W.
R Ketchle to set aa Secretary.
Synod was then opened by the
Chairman aerertetag to the form laid
down la the Book of Warship, the
roll warn called, and the follow in g
be no matter of set-prise that those
extra breaches add no Mule to the
' junjr in'
«, «>•<■• forbW *
ch "
Z. Tlw l wn “'
£**, a0 ‘ l , UK
2UpHfh t*e "
of ***** »'
Bittlc bad
iTL'er churches
%» »
a© detested win
^gbt the
& office in Svir
himself f«: u
r? rr
* otl hide I
IZreal* ***'
Spipkdry, «*
tO WO"
tod, ** dtorch
and begg-
Hp Adearbro!
<U is not the wi.
) aa tha oaaa may ha hy tha
ese of the sOhosI And any one
teadUy sea, that, aftof deducting
Kditoii:
Mar. A. B. WTDE, B.D., Onhunbia, A C
Rkv. J. I. MILLER, AM., Staunton, Va
Bat then there la aaother ream far
the extra oost of a daughter's cdoan
tkm over a aoo'a
The latter may go to collage, and
at a cost of from $30 to $30 furnish
• room that will answer all the
purposes of a house fat a tUdaa
while ellmbing the eteepe of seieaco.
Bot it la not so with a yoang lady.
Tn eeeentiah, unity ; in noneaeentiaU,
liberty; fa all thing*, charity*
If any tbanks to the kind donors
A.C WxoMcrjtD, Ohr. Beefy.
’ * SPSCIAI. KOTICWS.
Rrmittanre* mnst hr mode IsPW
Otoce Onkea Bank Cheeka or Drafts,
if possible. If these can not be obtained,
afiraA money In a kmu/timd bst»
raw. AU Perims stoat are obliged to
segistor letters when required.
Papers are sent to tobeertber* natil
an meprees ordwr to discootia ue is re
ceived, ami all arrearages are paid, aa
required by law. Mertdy i/tui uhf a
number of the paper hy mail, is not suf
ficient.
All conuminkatious rekstlhjr to wb-
scribexa, shonld glee their names renr
Sf-a^-fa sw?-Sr^:.
Ut eseh mhsrriber is nsensory, in order
Uwt the proper entries may be promptly
and heeurfttelr mane.
Marriage ami obituary notices, and
ether matter intended for pnbhealAon.
toStdd he wrtiton setMMratoly. and not in
Imsiaesa let tens to receive proper at to a-
hoa.
to titters writtea to a
toltrrn to aid In for
tom mom of the Tbeo
ilf, Che following on mo
fnrniah rooms for the naa of thorn
who coase to thorn for mootai Usia
tog, ao aa to proocot a home like and
fo this end, a
good carpet, dressing bareso, ward
CVcricoA—Hevs. H Hot brock, N. Al
drich, W. H. Gone, O. li.-Bcrnheim,
W. Kimball, J. G. Nriffer, W. tt.
Ketchie, and E. L. Brown.
J. U Or—her, C. A. Miller, J. F.
Moose, and Mr. A. Yost, who waa on
motion received aa a member of
Synod la place of Mr. W. T. il. Flaa-
irr. who resM not attend this meet-
tog. ■ «■*»'■■ d ■ ^ '
After a discussion aa to the eon
sutattomality of this called meeting
of Synod, the Chair diwhfod that the
call was oonoti tut tonal. From this
IhU.h are wasted All this adils no
Utile u> the coat of carrying on each
m eataldlihmant Then, too, it i
cuuuuaally wearing oat, and moat
be replaced.
Already reported. 702 00
Total, $778 00
Thank you, brethreu 1 We want
more subscriptions. We want to
buy a lot. Give os the {trice of a
lot, say $4,000, and we have no fears
about the chapel. Beice the preevut
opportunity. Delay causes loss.—
Whose name altall we have the
pleasure of adding to our list this
week t R C. II.
in cooductiua a <m :m<*4 toe
thirty years says that trnunty pm maL
ou the coat of furniture meat ha
Mr. F. W. Koblhonaen la oor agent
for Winchester, Va, to receive and
receipt for subscriptions and adver
tisements.
Mr. J. F. Scbirtner ia our agent for
Charleston, 8. C., with foil authority
to act for us.
pro)—r»- >ot 1 I
^ agometiuK-K J r
hrsren. I have I
desire to be there I
^•dore to remain <1
“Bo you want to | \
-0. but I do
ri-rf | x
Rrerv time he pr.J ^
g the dose b« •■'1
>ov. O Lord, blesl
pK* A few veJ
peaking of seufc.ti I
“I will not r
htt Christ, never, > ft
samsational aern.
istroduee politic* in I
hd Sabbath night f
gmg to the atr«N • < 1
ahgbt attack of hi> |
fogged him to tei S
tempt to go to (ft
psoting for breatl |
asst preach till I . l
with uausual solvit i
dose, leaning ov< |
mid, w Kow let tm 1
ksve you done for <1
pea desag for him 1
mfoml to do I* lies I
am of the squares ft
tod, “I have tha f
igatn.’' I go| bint |
frag: store ami hr t i
Ft home. Tuesda ft!
cdmly sleeping,
noiseless wing ft|
fctal blow !
Be (Started up to L< ft
Dr* mortal arrow pi, ft:
He fell, but felt ih< f ft:
Three hours of Ur. ft
the strong man vie ft
he must die, be , ft
fcstkvs no different * I >
agonixiug gla ft
$*d to speak, and
to; word, “Lord F f
tonl snid, “Conn^ ft
he obeyed.
*At midnight cauu t! I
Ys meet tliv God pi, r ft
Bk woke—aud caught ft
Then strong in faith : ft
■h^tirit with a bout I
iu encumbering, I
at sunrise on ft
A darkened ruin lay.” I
Me often said that ift
^ r V** rt n t any mom ft
“1 am a sinner, U I
that thirty pat cent, ia nearer the
troth.
Bov, in furnishing a room a jouaf
lady lays eat noihiuy when alto
•otars a Boarding 8cbool. Bat a
( C»url toted.)
Dr. 1 *. R AA :»geu-4W*r, rerwh
gone to ht-aven, was edit of the fuss
of the great revival of the «ti—d
18J>4. Over ISO professed esev«.
and over 100 united vitk th
Lutheran Church. Dr. D. F. foil
sent a moat orgeat call la bis but
er to come to 8aiem aadheiphu
build op Salem. Again was hsetfoi
to seeder the affectionate rriafotf
pastor and a loving people. Tlw
w— a happy year and a hah, to
otten did ha revert to it with ph»
ure. A keeping ooDgregatito Ida
tautiy gave him up to the Boston
church, aud in the Spring of ’Safe
entered apou bis dntiea at 8dm
he tra vernal th
OBabUhton, 8. C.— ifo7. Dr.
Baanoan to approaching the clone
of his earthly life. M Hia threat and
tongue are partially paralysed, and
he ia very weak. A friend naked
him if all waa right with him. He
dnawetod in thickened, but firm ac
cent, *A11 to right.'»
Berne thiugs have already ibeea
(wbliahed ia the UsriAm <" regard to
Laakiag at the matlec tbea
I oat i tat km of the church, iu elaitaa,
if It has aajr, ought to be freely
diacuaeed. The few thraata aimed at
it hy —me oae a few mouths ago
were perhaps an advantage, serving
tha doubhe parpoae of hringiBg it
into autiea, and baaidaa, aa a bant-
liug ef tha charch, “it needed ibis
Witt Virginia.
“Capon charge to vacant We are
as sheep having no shepherd. Since
Rev. P. MiUer left ns, grievous
wolves have come among us, and
have done tbeir work of devasta
te—. • • • Preacher* here are
^OOT substitutes to fill Lutheran pal
oynst Soase pleats thrive the
mere by being trampled upon. At
aajr rate, Mqytoe Female College has
assumed proportions which it did
For nearly a
State eoliciHug Binds with white b
complete the budding, his brothers
the meanwhile teaching bisdrpm
meat aa professor. A difficulty an
sing in the college emapehef to
return, and exchange from the ft*
feasorship of Belles Lettrea ta that
of Languages. He was conascto
for ««£§ly ftenr years with Bosmto
College. Unexpectedly, ami vithto
any previous advice, he rffrirei i
call to the Presidency of North Car
•lion College at Moout Piesssut
His brother, though reluctant
with him, advised him to aeoto*
and ao in the Fall of ^ be re-mi
to North Carolina, where be ne
ed natil the Fall of I86L He rife
two handsome halls and wwttfin*
rooms for the College, and » 9» |
philosophical apparatus wasabuf* j
enrod for the institution by him $
did not teach the Female Srawmj-
and had nothing to do with it* —
agcmi-ut, a* Dr. Deihl ia kh«»to
in the Obeerrer implied. Thstw*- I
tution was wholly nader mf tm
aud supervision. The Colhgrhuf
half a mile away from it, fo w
But where to this School Y What ia
H V What are its pc—peotw f
la regard to (he first question, we
may safely my that a more favofable
locality in point of bealthfulneas,
accessibility, romantic scenery, tutel-
Itgeaoe nod uoru4itjf„ef its popula-
ttou oould not readily ha found.
With all the blessings which a
bountiful Providence has bestowed
upon it in agricultural resources, in
mt—I wealth, etc., the town of
Mari— is destined, at no distant
day, to become oae of the most
prominent |*iaoe* in the Bute of
YugisM. All the— things combine
te make thto a moat suitable point
for a first class school.
Aa to the seiiool ileelf, a minute
account ot its status can scarcely be
expected in this incipient stage of
ita existence. It is eoouglt to ki»ow
that it Mvea. It not only has all the
elements of vitality, but it ta healthy,
exhibiting all the freshness and
vigor of liter. It oould hardly be
otherwise nod— the protecting care
of i bo— who have it in hands. They
sre men of experience, of thorough
mootai traning and of fervent piety.
Coder the guardianship of each men,
(»srents may real satisfied that their
daughters will be safe, and that
every po—ible effort will be made,
net only to develop ths mind, but
also to improve the be»rt.
The prospect* of the school are
bright and brightening, ft numbered
about forty pupils in its first Session.
The Hoard of Trustees have pur
chased a beautiful building with
shout ire acres of land attached,
which, with u few improvement*,
—ill lie all that could [w desired in
point of appear— and coitvenieiioa
to meet the want* of the School.
The oust will he about, eight t bon sand
dstlaiw, mere than half uf which
asm has already he— subscribed,
aud we have no fours but that
the whole will soon he realised. God
helping, we intend to —coned, and
Marten Female OoOege will yet
make ite mark in the church. We
have wwdertaken it with the full
ooevictiOB that it is a necessity—
that H will meet a want iu the Lu
theran Ohturoh, especially ia this
part ef the Beats, that could not he
met in —y other way. And that
any one who baa at heart the general
feed ef the church could conceive
that the estuldishment of this School
w— a wrong move, aud calculated
to injure the Btaantou Bebool. to one
of the— (chimerical whims that gets
Into the brain of some men without
d— refieotkMi. That our humble
etetot to give oor daughters the ad
vantages of a good education should
dearelmli Btaunton Feinsle Benikmry,
is mm ply prepon-roo*. U©re is a
School more than two hundred miles
, Diulo.n s Run —“Taxes very high ;
green books very scarce; weather very
uoid, aud the anon foiling very foal”
Rev, Dr, John 11 Davto approve#
of the course wo have persaed, and
snya in a letter lately received :
“I atn certainly glad to see that
you have pretty much hushed np the
foolish elamor raised sometims ago
about the course pursued toward
delinquent*. If i had been dealt
with ae some of those grumblers, I
■should have been mortified, but
should hare felt that it was just and
right,-ami would hare kept quiet at
least’’
We oould give the names ef — bools
which educate for a little leea, but
deprive their pupils of many eon—
tia) comforts, sod redoes them often
to the a—rest limit poutehls to the
etarrimy point. And hence, hy these
sheet —4s, actually make a far greator
per cent, profit than schools charging
more sod giving every needed com
fort to the pupil. Bat to shew that
oor terms are not higher than spat
schools of tike grade we will gise the
rates ef a number concerning which
we have accurate data: Wesley—
Female Institute. Bt—ntou. Ya.
K>sg'l||PUIVtVPIUa- i :spssususuwsewwwiwswi .wrwwwwii ww, .
For board tuition in colleinala course.
Washing and lights, per aeuafon of
ten mouths, $380; Virgin** Female
Institute. Btaanton. Ya, for same,
02‘J) August* FeuMile Heminary,
Btauntou, Va, for mum, $398 ; BaJ
timore Female College, Baltimore,
Md., for same, $340; OsOhY lneti
tutu, Bottetourt Springs, Va, for
tt tefihwi Upon Urn English U
tiicsca rhar« t; to jMieewlc for the
th—kw that our church derives ite
rh—f attemgtk; aud the Lord has
made ear daly ia this regard very
plots. Indeed this seesue to be the
great mtoainsi ef our church lit thto
gveal country of the WeaL Bit to
iheleitor;
“I have uH— eoedered why it ia,
that tediSMSd has not *n English
ImtlMir— church, while almuot every
«tt), mat to* a, to the l'sited Htares
has am and eft— iihstv then osa
‘ Swum *tu say * usr iunarm can
go to rhurrll, which tr attend ; but
they forget that the child to born
411 a, m h M> ciMeia S su sms-Cuiaa* A* 41 La, ■M
IWiY , ftMNV |if» IfTI sue 1— Is
M.U, ULD Ihrsugh whs—.
WalhallA, S. C.
Our “correspondent 1 * informs os
that the German congregation, which
hitherto has allowed their Eogttoh
speaking brethren to worship in their
church in the afternoon, has refused
to allow them to occupy it — y long
er. The Baptist ebnrch has, how
ever, been offered to Rev, Dr. Smelt-
zer, and be now preach— in it, till
other arrangements can be effected.
The College to prosperous; the
last coat of psiht has very much Im
proved its appearance.
A yonng lad named Cool, who had
jost entered College, died, February
15th, suddenly, from pulmonary con
gestion.
only at home nt night awl ^
meals. He had more to attend b»«
the eoUege than be was
In fact Dr. Bittlc was si**)***'
icorkcd. Hence his death &
The war called over one tori* 1 *
yonng men from the collegs.
IkkIj was volunteering, #«d "
trustees closed the iwditsth*- 1
criving a call to Colorado OdW
Texas, his brother advised htoj*
go, and thinking that the ****":
soon dose, he went to that *■*'
tion. Remaining there osejeu, 1
the available yonng men w€ *** 1 ^
ed, and the college was drib**** ^
students. Jnst then we rrwh* 11 ^
call to Parsons Female
near Austin. We both _
there. In qu'NOst delight
ulty, and congenial society^ ^
nearly three more years. 1**^
|>ivache<l for the jieople, snd I
val foltowed, forty pieftwederi
sioti and united with various ^
diarrhea. Upon the 1
war we returned to Marth^,
ho again engaged to act for ® 0|i ^
College to solicit donah***;
two years Ite was so
then finding my health 90
resigned his position aml tw
at Shepherdstown, W. Vf-
ord there ia before the
lalnged with his oten h** * * ^
Once when a r»ft*9 A
M—ptoh L—tear—
but a right ippmialjitn 1 uf the valua
uf euf iueututM.)— ef leufulate te* tha
oh arch and to the oeuatry
Permit a* —w to ask. Uo* a—me
of mu brwihrtu *» V i/itaia. whom
tod h*a b far set»1 with atmaMtoet
the Cuairel Itokil
totnboted ameuf IW
ipltomi thi'ijugh wtekk
toutrilaifora and Ihs
Cost of the Education of Young Lsdim.
i It to a question which often force*
itself upon the minds of thoughtful
parents, why U u that it eoete them
Store'fo educate their daughter» than
thm tenet To as the matter to
plain, though it may net be so readily
aadqfitoood by the masses, because
they or? oot iu a situation favorable
to ftttcU solution.
There to one feature, however, of
this subject that can be naderatood
by any one who will take the trouble
to look beneath the surface. I man
the coat to a ye—g lady of eartra
studies, j Young men, aa a rale, do
ato study Marie, Fainting, Drawing,
Wag-Worth Ufa» heaee, do oot have
these items of oost added to their
lulls. But mostly one, and in many
instance*, all of there branches are
pursued by a yoang lady.
Seminary to exorbil—t tn it* terms.
Another, foot should be oonatderwd
by the eborch iu thto eoua—thm.
It to this; Htaantoo Female Semi
nary ha* bren built sad forsished
without the cost ef a single dollar to
tha charob. It to a Joint Stack Com
pany All who have forntehed foede
have do— U with lbe dtotlnci «m
derst—ding that U to — inv—tm—t
and set a gift AU knowing say
thing ef Urn profit and Ita value,
with the omoust for which 14 to
•MpBftl —dervalue or
qqmew imm *rt< r ww* Ccwif—»
tel hoe come 4<>w to —
h^r.. —d which vs* 'ftfihri
the vifitelig of Bnssirks CMItgi I
Breihr—, w01 yea, oam f— who
uiijx# 4.. ! jm»< j.**, *bic *f# Wats
at the o—cunt hamaril of fit*, wh—
thL* foaiitotkin vtkal to vmar vuv
- ut.es 10 New v,; r]
« wmqthi hare l* <
rxcr i >[
w ht *c, i« wnajj .
a co, °"
l T,f> » Slav#*, then
atJb**® eieeted 1
1
tin
fom' n ln
nwaniatiV* aofortu i' ’’
**>«£*£?* not ,k<
l> ""' K
««r,b|, j' 1 ' ' 8 1k ' l,a ' 1
hth K * dunnj-o_
“fo of his
aot ^l , ubui f»O, a
lor in. 1
Afotde 0—ilt united le the faith with
MttSUaiai* Xm M I j. MM, '
1 HMM-v V* •$*•$■
white*— rimB he youi reWwfte. || m
m M«m> Mi' 1 * toe Hunk to re fate
— a—lh*«. If « whlld grows up with
oeeh a wwte—. to trill ie aft— life re
gard not Mag to soared. We ought
to fwter# gumtlulfo—
ft. TWa^mffrrMrel, ff daritwd,
shaB he fsrafohed —eh charge, er
—Mgregaitoe, j a which e tike ceuard
*lt*H he medfi ef the *or— wf the
church
be hauled up to a '•*> 1
dangerous point, th© w» ,,M 1
rolnscd to stand u|h>ii * w
tottering plank aud p«H 1,1
and —eeringly said,
vain© your uecks and *tol
u it godly aimer as I •*
mine” X—lautly Dr- IJ,tt
ti |Miit ll*e ladder, went ®P
stood on the dangriuo*
a Uermea family and — Aster
a pupil's education.
The Stockholders ef our Coopeny
require a dividend el tea per eeat
only—eh >wiog that they have aader
taken the matter with no deeire of
gain. Had thto be— their object,
they coald hare lav—led their
And to
have them foaght by the beet mas
ters requires a heavy oatlay addi-
t tonal to the coot of tbg regular
branches. That no lore be sustained
to the school furnish tog there ad
vantages, on additional charge moat
be idded to the oost of those receiv
ing instruction in them. Aud when
ell hare earn fatoh aud are ef owe
cteuruh ? Bat took. — the ether
hand, al — Aarerio— family, of
This {iruperty to thru rented or
r i