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RnpunPVl THE LCTHERANp VISITOR, €01.1 MBIA, S.C RBfa to-day, wot! would It b« ft UroIfare of tite children of moo Km of our ('barch, if oil fothei I thin rlev and maintained th THE LUTHERAN **** «***.-Tk. ^ elwt no bpUoop.1 chnsetts lost year * M gh ODd stormy euough ts eo^!!? , ith almost any political tbot respect; bat the •t week in Milwaukee. *- ■* ** .bop Of WtaM*. ?„,£• e moot disgraceful aeeUe*T^ ter* tbot ever woe held ft ** «otry, judging from the re*-*? e proceeding* in the popen^T odidotee were Dr. DelfcmjT ocine College, end Dr. Hogft* ] lUcity. Their friend^ MwpeegJ^ iat £0*ft Mf>h fit)l*r an.L jjittrlT* Liringm *fi**** A m 21st hove „<by wowi.i-1 port H, fl | tobect Strong. I daring the 8om»| Mat»*U** ; < li 'f Times, by the sn|_ eto, ***** **’ lO pwtmbun; by h jerty Review f tl goglsnfl. by Or. 1 | ih~*Uir Science / |- SCw*. * ^ A#nu **f’* J I ^ Work bon-*. getber with the j tic’s Boy . r by ^ ^Hogoenot Kan jock,* by Mrs. instalment of a f | jPooy Trollope ; Bat jost the opposite sent!men td practice io mony, many familte Wain. A little financial prweeore deoire to oolorge io oom^ brood business, to o^Joy eome joarne; mo home, or eomethiog of thii Editou: Rxv. A. R. RUDE, D.D., Colombia, S. Kir. J. 1. MILLER, A.M., Stsantoe, V< why thoy should diacontin arociAL ioticm. Remittances mast be made Wee Order*, Rank Cheeks, o ooeioiio of the con read*, molly adjourned without beta# a o oloot o biabop. It ie evident from the perform A th it and other Epiaeepel eZm »ona, that however “hire**.^ . on., of tbeir I nest ions of church polity, Tet ' ineetions of church poUliettkml II about no high ia oourmtfta*!! >eaaocrote, KepaWicoos m ^ Mwre generally get «a4er ft. iron instances. And we thjft % t alee evident to the t* * sen kind, oe well at to Soft, Cummins and bis friends, i a good deal to reform ie the M opal Church besides its tndiug Io the eooiol ood literary Ties would be compromised to to*, eat o degree did they not take the front literary ood scientific jour ilo. Bot when oil tbeoe ore token, boo tales, grocer's, tailor's, ood iliioer Mila ore paid, there is no rptos to enable them to take tbeir «reh paper, or pay anything, or, toast, o mere pittance to tbeir required by low. Merely returnm number of the paper by mall, is set detent. AH oommunieotious velaMog to < no ri hero, should *ive their name* i distinctly, and carefully indicate w! are old and which are new suharnt Not only the name of the post ol bat also that of the county and 8 of each subscriber is necessary, In • la it not sod to contemplate aocti acta f But facta they ore, stubborn, omilioUng, disheartening. Bot thii piaode boo drawn me far from the Mot of departure; ood yet it ia noi 'holly foreign to the line ot thought • which my mind woo running. Uf course on editor's power foi ood ia dreomaeribed jost to the ex wt of the drcsolatioo of his paper. other matter intended for publication should be written separately, and not is business letters, to receive proper atten lion. k i ii> l 1 ft> r ii ished I »<oomponying I Bor. John Bachman, D. D. Died, in Chen" lotion, & C., Tueoday February 24th, at 9.-30, A. if., Rev. John Bachman, D, D., LL. I)., J). PA., aged 84 The l> 'ptint Union retimt* ft plea for the bi widening of the Bw alar Bapti-t Church : “In dtlfrr nt sections of the eon try, the expei intent has beea tnalg organizing libel al deaoanaMiaa There ore eome six ot eight at tk* m existence, which hare ^ ipootaucoasiy, without oosona connection. They hove f tUmrft M s very small percentage of th* bknl element which has here npfcj from close commoaion chuithsi ft ring the century, and now hold a Aggregate membership of absotlft 100. They ore true and toys! lm Cists, faithful to Baptist pradpht ie voted to personal liberty, pmoft neligion, fidelity to the goapei, wt Parity toward oil saints. Ttef ft terve the respect oud feUeadftd he whole Baptist family, saisi or the interest of oil that iq Pally prepared long ago, watching waiting, for, as he often hod declared, bio work was done, calmly, peaceably, without a sigh, be slept, the spinl went to Jesus, and those who stood around the bed could not tell wheth er it woo life or death. Honored by all wbo knew him, loved by all whom he ministered to in holy things, a wise counsel lor, a devoted friend, a learned moo, a fervent patriot, bat beet of oil, s devoted Christian, a faithful minister of tbe gospel, on example to all; io him his family, society, and the church have loot one whose like we know not where to seek, whose place we know not who eon filL Even foe the last two years, when unable to appear in poblie, unable to serve atj the altar and in the pulpit, and eooj fined to the house and tbe Mek-room J he yet wag atower of strength, a abbs] ing and burning light, aad a living] PftBffla -bt ftA teBMgt frith, thfd these three, bm the greatest of these] is charity.* Though a learned man, though b«J had known every plant “from the] hyssop on the wall to the cedar onj Lebanon,* every beast, creeping] thing and bird of many lands, heJ dnrihg the closing years, forgot sill The works he lost sight of, thej Workman, the Creator, be remem j bered; the sciences were to him] things of the dead past; the Biblel was to the last his precious allJ The Psalms, the words of Jeans, were! as manna to his soul; on these he] fed, by these his sonl’s life wasl sustained, and bis spirit strengthen-I ed for its upward flight. It was not oar privilege to know] him many years, but we do rejoice| and feel that it was good for ns to] know him well daring the beauttfull and holy sunset of his long, eventfnll and noble Christian life. For yeanl before we met him, we bad heard] much of him Dear Dr. Rud< this locality will interest to you am: fevers of our Chhi The qniet, orth >>w Market, no remoteness from «f trade and tra\ < tsous stir of pub! as it ever has lx- part of the aggr* - this great valley of that which f<«i tiooed tbe rich f< vkicb it nestles. < t advantages which sther sections of th Id the very cent: renowned Valley aid way between a- knity with two cxB nehiDg streams of « mail sides by mil lanstless stores of I kfricultural aud Jf wperior quality. it«l hges are among hast abide, to mak I Ikying industry ami I freaks of public s<- ; 1 lost their last staku I •d localities. Besides these na* | this classic old to« f Corporate limits tin I srent in which Dr i 1 » half century a® f time, talents aud j work of systemati.l «®°*og3', which ci I ftmnently aacceasfm I «f tbe prophets at There are here, two < I one for boys and <• I two weekly uewsyM *od religions— Our (I the Shenandoah Vo,,' I the latter may b 1 pday, JndgeG. i i son of onr ? ] «nd eminent | J- S. Calvei I is published ,he Xbcnandoak ValL 1 B* Pleasant opiN-ti jfr J «dge Cslvei * n interview v J^thful aud useful liev. Socrarl «ever fail ^ «« well os excJ f H>e»d an bo Ur I 6 have here t \\ r lurches, 1 ][ *thev R —the form t |L 7'-HenKd, a,ul vhl • A Snyder. S:nl V^ds more than a J cr u r au ^ |w! i l *• How is it ti p jL •**>thing about 1 “ 1 *“* of hi, ov a u ,u g« is siuguiail genial, an-1 * lor « tbau an ol u th * u,st I lie,. ’ 1 ’* ,u dec‘il 1^,, tnai »s so perfect ^V f ki* own chi J^due to his owl *ot *o to he- fl qualifier, toned a "1 o hi* ’ he < * eserv eis u l] i. XT'** r "» * •hole clmreh, j! 1 ** , la M «i* ... I o.r M h ", I •n Z rf** to 1 *'*''*»' eh 0 "" r ;:;l « W. Virginia. Tbe oftsritjf f !.!.!> 4 pftore of usefulness. If tbe burnt ftepfterd, with hi* iafloeooe bound* R sb important sense by tbe lines *• charge, hi doing a work to wbk •gels might consider it an honor • permitted to direct their energk m Tm 'u* »ot s caoar ot snail import g tlsa winter. Three nr font brethren hs M^jotumg weigk l**fi i have bee* e^aaJly blsnaad ts labors, W« have In oontem needs a liberal wing, and hen tt ft material which should ooapsn t The sooner this arrangsoumt uft veloped the bettor. The librcai ks dendes among us are tucreamf, tha tide grows deeper sod stenfs; room must be provided in the Mj. or the liberal men will leave,it 9hf we form still soother Baptist ftoss illation T Why should that beams eery f Ia it not wiser to pobiqWw tbe half-dozen liberal ones wbkbaw exist, oud adopt them as put ad parcel of the Baptist family F greet tbe work of tbe qua! Oted, faithful editor of a •real. What vast emigre ree be address! What tre ksonea flew from hit ardu thongh ol that lime of Strike oat the influence of lb< jrWtgMHu preoa in the »earnaliati< Ksenoe, nod leave tbe irreiigiont witl Rta dailies and weeklies sod month Riet ta continae unopposed, to throw nta baleful, blighting influence ovei society, aad toon virtue, the uanctitj hf the marriage tie, the sweet pleas area of home, truth, booor, safety tc life and property, weald be among the things of tbe forgotten peat However little, then, tbe com moo mans may appreciate tbe value of the religions press, yet it is an unde ratable fact that it is s most impor knot factor in tbe product ot high, nodal and moral development. Meu Nnoy uny, that while there is need of [the Bible and religious books, yet |ieligion* papers are not a necessity. the Synod of Jlew York »t* tng vary acceptably several Ifertag the Urn* Dr Bnaft mau wa tha pulpit of Si John 1 inreft, (Marly sixty years) be ha Xe* Method of Reform.—-Hr na- eat sensatioo is tbe wonuui's tanpr snee movement. It coBinwi » Washington, O n some week* ip and has gradually beau spreahl over a number of ooantiei » ** State. The mode of operate* « this: An asseinblj of woumu fa oeed to the places where iatoxiotsf drinks are sold, entreat the prep* tors to discontinue the traffic at sign s pledge to that effect, arc* case of refusal, commence s fa$* meeting right there, on his jreoim or, if he orders them out, bold tb» religious exercises before his A* This is cootiuned from dsj b until the liquor seller yieMa Slab have in some cases beea ptf f Ivefore uurelentisg saloon k<*T rt ' doors, in order to jirotect the mg aud si aging women agaiaftth weather. In Washington the ijh lias l»een sucvessful, all salooashafl cloeed. Hie i>ecuiiar sm rf & prayer uieetiug appliances isaerta^ ly a novelty. The Bondage* Removed. -^ * course preached the iki Sundayd* -he beat master* In ThUndeiphta, 1 About this time his health haem m delicate that, against many « ttocles, ha took a son voyage ia resuet which braved tha Infraction he embargo laws then m for* iMeae and wnalthy Indies, and, after discharging I «argo and receiving another, sol for her next deatiuaiioo which tan out to he New York. The effect Ibis long sen voyage was recape Aani this objection would have force if tbe irreligious press was not scat tering broad-oast, by means of news papers, periodicals, Ac., the seeds of iimral death. Aad bow cno we promptly and adequately meet thin without a counteracting agency of the same kind? Artillery iii civil war is not opposed by cavalry, bat by weapons of the same nature. So while we must not think that carnal weapons will avail in the fearful con tret against error, yet we must adapt our spiritual weapon* to tbe nature of thorn with which the assault ia mode. We must mine against them. And just as it is true that through the press in tbe bauds of tbe euemie* of the church of the Redeemer lies the most available mode for reach ing and corrupting the mosses, to it ia equally true that through it we meat find the promptest antidote. If three things ore so, and can any observant mind cull them info question 1 then can we be awake fo the tonnes of the hoar, and yet be totally indifferent to the circulation «f religions literature in a form in dispensable to the preservation of the morals and virtue of our chil drun and the young around nail Baton is ocuve, resting neither day! oor night, to ensnare and finally del stroy the souls of many who are] inexpressibly dear to na. Shall we] in fane of all this, stir neither hand] nor foot to defeat his canning schemes] His praise was in ol the churches. We were proud o him, we felt stronger because he wai one of us and with ns, and we lovw him, because all bore witness to hi loro for Christ, the church tnd th< brethren. At lost we met. Out first meetft»| was in Virginia, dating the wai He bad eome from his far-off boon in “the city by the sea* to ministoi to the physical and spiritual want of the soldiers from hie. adoptee State. The next time we met wai at Concord, N. C., where he, by hi wise counsel and gentle firmness contributed largely to tbe formotioi of our General Synod, of which h* was the first president. After iha we enjoyed the genial hospitalitiei of hie pleasant home, and then w< met again and again in Colombia Charleston, at tbe meetings of th* General Synod and the Synod ol South Carolina, in sorrow aad in joy si the cradle and the grave; our in teroevrnsr was always pleasant, out communion always blessed; we fee that we owe him mneh, that hi* counsels, kin prayers, Me example his suffering, IMs faith, hope am! loveeo transcendantly displayed ia the most trying circumstances bar* made os better, and brongbt ui nearer tbe heavenly gates. He e» tered in before as; s host of washed and Wood-bought souls, whose spiri tual father in the Lord he was, hav* welcomed him; and here below, still waiting end serving, is s Largs mol tidnde whom he taoght to love th* name of Jesus. * One thing we must not pees over, and that is hie clear comprehension aud his unconditional reception of Arriving at Rhiaebeek he foa M call of 84. John's church of t ity awaiting him. Accepting ft, so ordained si ones, aad left I rired in this dty, January 10th, iff! ted assumed two days aftsrwai hoee duties which, tttl within t wo last years of Ms Ufa, be root n a quaint looking sod small woodei )uilding, erected some timepfwvion* » tbe Revointkmary War and eon igloos to tbe rear of tbe proneni harcb. His sermon* for some tim< more particularly tbe lot ft on almost limitless power foi L The amenot of good aooom bod by him, through the oom ■4 iaflnewos of years of jonrnal I le anoh ns an human anlhmotk «w»p«te. From aariy childhood iv« boon a realtor of a religion* •■tonally In the eveoiagu la Sogfisb. Hie genial manners ilgh attainments rapidly wen course most heartily. It *PP*^ Lre oueof the regular aoneel*** 11 irf the preacher addreeft* ** run congregation, upon *bt * taut subject of a prompt, eft** utelligeot use of money, i® fusion of tbe divine kingdom irguineat is iiuleod mostRtP^ ts truthfulness, we may »<*<* *** ts originality, and fore**** * Whoever read® » sensation of fhi f And hare 1 may be allowed to « at ia all the y ears of my miaori de net remember that the chon qwr was ever allowed to diaoo •m its regular vtaiu to onr frunil ftnjoy • new k>f tbe divine word, sad ibetter understand the re»P of the pastor in the deveh the grace of charity •** l*eople. The congregatioa it was addressed is distiag* its bencvWent enterprise a* in uood works: and such « a an sxtru !#<d tour on the * >t of Europe. In availing Mi this respite, Me uheenee end rings flow about sight months ■ id hellish purpose* t How can w< disciples of the blessed Maste Ml set thus 1 Lot those iqtending many a dolls lie restoration, but gave Mm ea jortnnity, which he gladly umbra if adding to his already rota ibrnry of thorn rare works on eeh uselessly and siufoUy, and yet reft U provide a religious paper for th< household, ponder these truths. dll ftDUll It Ut bo j wwW no doubt, by the divine tribute Largidy U* that ffPiffi 'are satisfied that we sb*M