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MBIV S. C, MAKf’H 90, 1814 THE LrTHERAN VISITOR, westers Virginia Synod, H W|# tbeolegy, and that one of the oppoMrs of the Seminary 4^ these resolution*. How well then the del—** pointed at this session to Q* Synod represented her wards the Seminary sod its nrofe at the session in Salem, ireT Ua trA #lie fit. For the Latheraa Vfet I Sent Life. THE LUTj Hat, blaad be OadI ae aan MV. Itoolh, where Is thy rttef f O, Grave, where is thy victory f Tears ago, in oar short sighted wisdom, we deemed his earthly work (lotto, and that even thee he was ripe for Paradise We said'in oar hearts, that, like Knock, this old ■arrant who hid walked with God la e world like this, peopled with sinful beings, and npoo which the sad effects of mn are stamped so unmistakably, there are a great many things which it is impossible for Mff man, much leas a man of God, to like; bat I do not propose as enumeration of all these only a low as they occur most prominently from time to time shall engage oar Charleston, a Mel ter, pastor of the QermJI Lutheran church, writes »n the XsiUchri/t, Al teotowo, *W# ere shoot to par chase a school hoots; it will cost ♦6,000. Over 111,000 tie already col lected. The bonding la view has e lot of 00 by 337 feet, end is situated directly is the rear of ear new church, and only separated from U by the garden of the Orphan House. We here shoot 300 Sunday school sohol are, a large Held tor an every dey school. We relieve ourselves by de grees from oar charch debt, and I hope that within a few years my St Matthews' congregation will he one of the strongest in the land. Bat the school to of the almost impor fence, otherwise oar descendants be come too English. I have for 30 _ ^ Editoes: ^ Rkv. fu 8. RUDE, B.D., Columbia. 8. C Ruv. J. I. MILLER, A.M., Staunton, Vs leave the General Synod as spectators to say. Bnt again: If there i» *, objection to Prof. R. sad his j ing, why did Synod at its Rev. GL H. E. iter’s charge is “Good Father," who doeth ell things well, bed decreed other w toe, and he whs had for half a century been in the Rpiieopal Convention et Mil weaken to elect a bishop of Wtoooa nil), sad this he heads, “flow the see 1. I don't like to too a kaif dozen so unaniwtouslj/ pass a resolui ottered by Rev. J. H. TormTiT the Professor bis back Hilary 9, as to the objection to proportj^ it among the charges to which K. R.” refers to prove his posttfe wee made by two iudividiuhL President and the Principal of | on Female Seminary; and their jectioo was raised not aguish Professor, nor his teaching, *** •y gpicut, roticm. ReaktanoM must be made in Post Qgko Orders, Bank Checks, or Drafts, if possible. If these can not be obtai nrd. send the money In a Raourraiirn Lbt tkk. All Postmasters are obliged to register letters when required. Papers are seat to subscribers until nu express order to discontinue is re ceived, and all arrearages are paid, as required by law. Merely returning a number of the paper by mail, is not suf ficient. All communications relating to sub- languishing, waa himself laid low, and ere he could ranch the “shining above,* kissed the rod and taught aa new lessons of perfect faith, patience and resignation. He taught us how to die, as well as bow to live. O, my bereaved friends, let us ea shrine his memory in oar heart of hearts-lei ea wipe away these tears and gird up oaraelves for fresh on deavora after holiness and righteous turns. Di va was his watch word— let it he oars! Us worked without fragging to the vineyard of the Lord —toe us fellow the bright example, and to doe tisse, like him, we too shall reap if we faint not. Charleston, 8. C., Match A, 1874. to strik ngly appro ing features of the Lutheran Church to the parity of her ministers; so, J think, self constituted .bishops and presiding eiders are decidedly ob joc turn able in the Lutheran Church. Their divine authority and eoeleaiati cal supremacy are sure to be called iu question by their subordinates, and the whole machinery soon gets to grating, jerking, throwing the m reltos of the Pas sed Virgin, and of ly are exposed to the faithful in the eountry and England eonttone their meat of apostolic snncaseiin In the Anglican church. Prate—or Fisher, of Yale ito-icary, however, to the last somber of the Sm Englander. bribers. should give their same* very distinctly, and carefully indicate which ate old and which are new snlwrriber* Not only the name of the peat office, bnt also that of the county and State of each nubecribcT is necessary. In order a the proper entries may be promptly accurately made ing bis salary, but against tb* ^ net of raising it, (rix.: “pro rate More than all this, they " resolution at the same time t*n Ibeir proportionable part of yj salary for Ike present year, not this teem strange to the foot f m muck opposition ? There was—te obligation to pay the back ~ttan (sod let me say to them okpetont is still upon them,) bat there run each obligation to pay the \msm year's salary. Bnt Synod imaj it, sod no v every mas, whether § yften lends to tl I Be&are* were ^ach blood tbir : | ** moot, before \ ob the subject, I I doctof tbe wliitcl hostility and et« I ged Men. They I they revere the I peon- In this j resent encroach; I (lea—those of * I chase: and tha? I susceptible to the I pf pare and last::, j Bnt these coin Jon’s letter in vit» adorations. WhJ people of our eon I cfort for tbe ev;J rapidly decreariu J Men f We heaj ( dgn Missions. .Mi negroes. Missions the globe. TLe ■egleeted. They eases without the what seems ' to 1 earthly destiny- What a sad picturi Stowly, yet snrt-fl Many of their am-. I lave been onr brol of Jesus Christ. iJ tting against cbri-I deemed God-given J ed again and ajr*| gradually forced I where w« may ev<-i| «ar of their d< J forever ! Some of I « and schools. A 1 have professed til Many of them kn j Kbte and tbe pmj lyrist. They ai shristiau land; at;I no efforts to add t J fr»«* Captain of oui j reflections sadden j *sying much mou j to occupy too much] 3. / don’t like to m ministers in the toaatiful t riba Ur of Moanokt College. It shows bad taste, a want of scats perception, or a de airs to operate against what every one acquainted with Roanoke College and bsr many good fruits ackuowl edges to be a good—thing. She needs no vindication at oar bands. Her ministers, intelligent lawyers, doctors, farmers, etc^ are found all over the South. They speak her praise in the si loot walks of their every-day lives. Aod now for our ministers, to whom, more than any other class of men, she naturally looks for support, to a— their influ ence against her, simply because, for sooth, they may have tome personal friflereooes with her honored Ptesi- notk««, antt h m. Job church, of pacy. t That the Charch of Eng land in the sixteenth oratory was is fell com amnios with thr^ other I rot—tant cuurenas of turope. a That the gr—teat divia— of the Church of England in the —vwntoeoth —alary, lodadtog Booker, liber, Hall, BtiUtogfr—t and others, ac know lodged the validity of Pr—by toriao ordination. 4. That the fellow ship with Ito fomga church as 00 the part of the Eagtiah charch— was owiag not to forbearance, hat to a genuine liberality of opinion. &. That the Cho—h of England has —tar, by law or synodical action, Anniversary.—Tbe Excelsior Literary Society of Newberry Col lege, Walhalla, S. C., has its anni versary celebration on Friday eve ning, March 37th. Mr. L. E. Busby is tbe orator. F<u tto 1 au Ur ran Visitor. To the Memory of lev. Dr. Bachman due Itoiuf at last! the l*ttie's o'er, posed to the “/Vo/. Mg iii or not, is nrider moral obligation a come up with (its pro rein saumt and pay it. When you united afe tbe Synod of Sou westers Virpsa, yon tacitly promised to he goremrf by the majority m long — yo« % m a member of it. Synod derided n pay this salary, as you wiH m m page 19 of Minntera, 1873, —dim you must pay, or be fake to jm compact. Now what do these facto prew? That them objection! are made kt Synod 9 No, they prove that d this fass and objection are th work of a tow individuals, and iff of Synod. We venture the am—to that, if the laity were proqpofijrw formed, notwithstanding the Wh ence of these objections over ttor own charges, they would he bmtik ashamed of this under ground sition. Besovs. Vacant.—The Mason Pastorate, which Rev. J. W. Miller resigned last spring, is still vacant. This Held presents a flue opening for a young brother, who is willing to deuy himself for a mason in order to build up the ohurch and wins sonls tor Christ is certainly bad taste, or a failure to see the good she has, and is accom plishing. 3. I don't like to see so many “/toga’* — the “poong mew" of South Western Virginia Synod, by those who styto themselves “old.” It to evidently an attempt to underrate aad create prejudice against the “powsf men” ia the laity. And all this is easily accounted for. This Bynod has heretofore been ruled by nnti-Augehmrg man without any mer ry to those of different views; and now that the day of their glory is fast «suing, they, like drowning Resignation.-Rev. J. P. Obeo chain has resigned the Floyd Pasto rate of the Eastern Conference, 8. W. Va. Synod. Information con cemfng this charge may be obtained by addressing either Mr. B. Phlegar, Floyd O. H., Va., or Rev. J. P. Obeu- chain, Theological Seminary, Salem, Roanoke county, Va. bodies. Dr. Jobs Cot too Smith, editor of Cknrek end Stsis, who la — well qualified to apeak ea the aakfrort — a doses Teams, Drama— aad Boggses, quotas the above statements aad re For the Lutheran Vkltor. LOTS Smoooottd to lAc Death of Men. John Littell^b Litino Age.—We no tice — especially inter—ting In the numbers for February 38th and March 7th: Memoir and Letters of Sarah Coleridge; Letters of Mrs. Browning; Spanish life and Char acter in the Interior—my instruction and interesting; Sally, Soldier and Statesman; France, Italy and Ger many ; How far Have Onr Working Classes Benefited by the Increase of Wealth, etc. No minister can afford to he without Littell’s. (toe os the bright share, ho sweat lyre of love. you are making everlasting aaoaw- moats to th— faithful heart when yon raise up these living landmarks to the asms of Christ. Tnua the >oung vines aad hi—u of tha church, feithfrfr hands! Toocb these gwally, for Ire loved the—. Tsru them to the light, for aC he taught you. Mhslter and sii|*pori them, for they a— the Lord's, gives1 yon to Dear Doctor: Mr. J. B. Jacks—, a Choctaw, from the Indian Territorr, who has been a student of R—mto College for several years, has written and published a long letter oa fwfaa affairs. Tbe letter contains —to sound reasoning, and aboswfe h passages calculated to aronseto#^ “young men mem" in this movement against the yoauger ones. Borne of tbe i4 old chriatiau" fathers are pure metal, who deprecate such an unilateral and useless division in the ranks of fee same Synod, and are ready to stand side by aide with their younger brethren in the Master's cause. A word then to them “yotmg area." “Let no mao despise thy youth.” “Live dose to the cross, earnestly contend for the faith once delivered to tha saints,” and aa in tbe past, so also in the future, continue to treat your aged seniors in the ministry with that “deference which their age and poaitiou entitle them to.” 4. I don't like to see ministers of our Theological Seminary. Although this was made known at the last meeting of the General Synod, we did not like to pat it in print for tbe urorld't eyes to gaze at, but as a con tribntor to the Visitor, who signs himself “H. K. R.,” a few nninbers Resignations — We learn thnt Rev. W. E. Hnbbert, Professor of Ancient Languages, and Mr. I. A. Lcrin, Tutor in North Carolina Ool lege, Mt. Pleasant, X. C., have re signed. SEVERE IkKFiUX r.—The Observer says; “Outrageous ia the manner in which the Lntheraner allows a cor respondent, M. Towe, to speak about the General Synod and Us work in Cass county, 111. There is nsithor candor nor Christian courtesy in said correspondence, and the impression made npoo the simple minded people must be, that all who are not of the Missouri Synod, and especially those who are of the General 8ynod, are disorderly, dishonest, and, in a word, perfect heathens. We will protest Thy .Saviour has apokoa the wont. And to the bleat ngion* of light Thou fthalt ever bdtoM thy kind Lord Otorfe*fe«,A. C. J. II. II. the way, aad that joatifr— the services." It to unquestionable devoting a porti—1 ef tbe tl— Bunds\ t< 1 the instruction of the “SALEM, March 5, 1874. “In tbe statement made last week of money received for furnishing Seminary class room, we failed to report tbe sntn of $8.50 from the congregation at Sbepherdstown, per Rev. Hawkins.” ed nation.” Tbe occasion Of fir letter is the agitation of the qe—to of “Establishing a Territorst Qesm men t Over the Tribes to the bdm 0 Territory I send you the introduction tv letter and tbe close, feeling a—to your readers will tie iu tot—tod » these extracts • To the Citizens of Ambekr: “On the 19th of January, 18*, 1 left my nation, the Choctaw pwfk and came to Bristol, Tenn^te—to Ring College. 1 remained thereto I hare spent * toF Work —►“•reeso oevvv * Love oa ferever! Heaven will amilr an year labor, and iierehanr* \ou are now adding to hia saintly brow a new grm. Rose to the evses thy work. Tbe following appeared in the New York Uemtd: “Met. Jtam Bachman iuv, L. L.D.—A telegram from Charleston, 8. CL, under date of yesterday, 25th tost, reports as follows: The ven raMe Tntheran pastor, John Bach man, distinguished as a naturalist and a life long friend and colaborer of Agassi? xtid Andnlxm, hi dead, aged eighty four years. The nbee qniea will take place to morrow*” “Rev. Joliu Bju hmun «as bom in' Dutchess conuty, New York, on the 4tli of February, in the year 1790. He was the associate of Audubon, and assisted him in the preparation of bis great nrork on ornithology, and was the princiiuti author of tbe work on the quadrujads of North Amorim, which was illustrated by Andnbou and his sons. Doctor Bachmau discussed the question of the bearings of modern science upon ret'ealed religion. His communion lions upon this subject extended his reputation for learning and piety. The morals and character of Martin Lather have bceu ably defended by his pen. He was exceedingly care ful, although fluent, writer, an earnest pastor, and a man who was univer sally esteemed foi his pliilanthropby and genial character." in many of oar German churches, aod giving tin— for edifying oxer cto— to tha Camtty, would to profits bto, even if II reodered the al—adoa Kaithf ulbr-—raatf ally - - There lay n down. Remember, “la that yu have done it onto the leu— of there, ye have done it ento maf llearaa will mail* ow pm, Duty pwrmriag. Treatieffy. itirtagly. FaithPalljr doing. Heaven do— amilr on pm! Hearts y—'iv n-hrdnjf. Aad — to——tal trows Freshly |we're weaving. ia con—qes—e of the peculiar cn- Tbe helm is, a vt-r diip. To one w ho •^faring matters, tory little imjKnt.i: *ud massive vesst tieortngs and is ah. ti»c deep blue eea •* flight, a lauds helm would n it left bebin Yet ou the proj>ei <_ krim or rudder dep. •*Hie voyage—th. I ^ be safety of th.fl toohta of the ex 1 L ftom badly iuana»<"| ^dled. the daurl y destruction 1 fereiee, greater ti,.l •tall. T'h© soul of man. | jj^ifemortai natu: | ; the ear-, 1 precious bl< I ,W The ship .v “»«<i by Jesas O r oyag-,., on |j^, s t( n I * n d snon drive f is the A# ^tpedition heart The t<mgu ( ** v eniuient by grace We leer “ “ “* 0e fro,u - ; >1 »«d from Hurl tUe ! i,uw z i R i udv - i r u,u * rK ' tb< > Zlr H ereat deal oi to* h * r *-’ Un, ‘ -fames fortlu u use of ti . Not of coin s r M,, der eonttvu ... We are now in tbe midst of the season of Lent Is it generally ob served by our pastors and people T Lent commenced on Sunday, Feb ruary tbe 22d. This, the first Sun day in Lent, is called Sunday Quad ragesima, or, the Fortieth, although it is In fact the forty-second day be fore Easter. It also is called Sunday Invocavil—“He shall call me”—from Ps. xci: 15. The following or second Sunday in Jtont is called Rominisosrs —“Remember”—from Pa xxr : A. The third is Ocuii—“Eyes”—from Pa xxv: 15. The fourth la Lae tare —“Rejoice”—from Isa. Ixvi : 10. The fifth is Jodies—“Judge are”—from Ps. xtiii: 1. The sixth is Palm arum, or Palm Sunday, named after the branches, Matt, xxi: 8, which, iu John xii: 13, are said to have been “branch— of palm trees.” Palm Sunday is the “Beginning of the Passion Week.”' See Book of Wor ship. i -■* : ■ ■ The Gospel Lessons in the Peri- oopee tell us of the humiliation of Christ, prepare as for His pa—ion, and lead us to Jerusalem, Goth- semane aod Calvary. Tha Epistle Lessons instruct us In our obliga tions, our Work, oar triala, and ad monish off to deny ourselves, take up our ©rose and follow Christ, that we may to —anted worthy “when the chief Shepherd shall appear to receive a crown of glory that fodeth not away” Our Lent prayer should No doubt if the members of —a gregntioaft always knew how much suffering to attsotly eadnred by Ito a short time portion of mj time at ‘Rretot* College,’ at the toad of the bes*^ Valley of Virginia, and tnilyltw say that I always bad the ««*** reception, both by the Fsesfef ** students of Roanoke College Ito* seems ever to be a pure, syapdto* feeling existing for oar toto— nation. But there is »*» heat dm e\*er clouds my future, wkki * brought many bright sni tofff rewards for the white mee, to** that has fastened nnpa*«oatd P**| upon the existence of the Bed * and that was tbe boar whenOriW bus,with his fleet, stood shore of America, and, with **• iu baud and tears in bis eytij dowu and kissed tha earth. 1 think of our couutry at thto * and then behold the longer valleys of the East end J si tnation of my little nstios *• West, my heart sinks.” 4 ed of it, so fer — Is aria— from ttoir noglect, bat woald sot to work at oa— to relieve it. There are men in the ministry who manage to lire ami maintain their femlttoa with ooe half met—try for their own support. They practise rigid economy aad great eelf deaial, aod do II with—it complaint, fer tha Lord’s sake. Bat, while they —e willing to do this, to it right for the members of the church to lay the harden upon th—a as a nee—ait j t It to a shame — well — a sin to tot the minister suffer wont when the membership of the church duty devolved 'on are, — next la office, to prep—* a tribute to our revered member; Dr. Bachman. Sympathy to the strong cord which knit* oar hearts together ia this, a common grief to oa til. And, — oa each approachtog Sabbath we miu gte oar tears around the sacred trier and lay oar frorfri offerings there, let as whisper a— d—pan, but rather tot us whisper, each to the other, words of love, comfort sad devout thankfolneee for the strong consola tions afforded at in the noble life aad Lrtamphait death of oar good old Btobop. Bto— we I—t met, the stroke so long exp—ted has fallen, and oar old pa—or aufi beloved father in the Lord baa joi—4, that inonmeraHte throng around the throne of angels, apostles and holy martyrs. The gk> ry to his, the sorrow is ours. How great! how tr— I each one of ns from tbe depths of oar hearts will Bovhd on Finances.—Churches that permit their financial matters to become involved are preparing for them—lv— a variety of misfortune*. First of all, they will feii to pay air- rent expenses, and then likely have trouble with their creditors, while bringing reproach upon the name of religion. After this, they will flail to make necessary repairs and improve rnents, and tbe r—frit most to an ap pearance of dilapidation sod thrift leMoeaa utterly discouraging and de moralising. The habit 00— formed of oooducting the fioano— of a ohurch Ui a slipshod way, aod there to no tolling what will be the unfortunate eod—is may be the very destruction of the congregation Oeod preach iog, diligent pastoral teaching, and Out of tl Hie tongue right munuj e i*S in a gre -j of the cone y, the le**. Tie Casual at Sect.—The First Ite formal Episcopal Church of New York has toe* organised by a num ber of geutleiucu co-o|>eratuig with Bishop Cummins. Tbe Bisbo{Fwact- ed tbe new society called‘^Church of tbe Saviour," but the above title was fiually unanimously selected. Mem bers not favoriug a name that might lead to dedicating seceding churches, under name of “saiuts.” “The Natioual honor reqs* rt * uo laws should be passed afti* interest of our people, ef*" 1 good faith, against the tretiT 1 lation. When tbe Governs^® these tribes into tbe India* 7 _ west of Mississippi solemnly guaranteed they should never be t00 * c8t TL it was agreed thak no should to formed wifcbru that no State lines should 1 lands. And it is tbe only M* that our people have to**” save of all the vast doffl#^ which on— we ro*m*d •* tbe mountain roe, holding Mimoubi under Ban —Missouri doctrine and practice do— not •— tn to m—t with much favor from the Lutherans in tbs Fatherland. Though having many excellent things con nected with it, it has features which it pres—a to the extreme of comma nloa severance and excommunication, without warrant by the Confessions of the Lutheran Church or the Word of God. Hengstentorg condemned it. Guerike ooodemoed it. Lobe condemned it The theological fac ulty at Dorpat condemned It. Even Dietrich to finding serious fault with it And recently, to seems, the su perior ecclesi—tieel college of Bres lau has Hi also cood—ofr) it. Is* fJtoraa. “Thou Crucified 1 tbe cross I carry— ‘ Tbe long«**uiy it dearer be 5 1 Aad, 1—ft I feint whilst I tarry. Implant thou such a heart in me, That faitli, hope, love may flourish there Till for my cross the crown I wear P Lfrtit should to the great revival season of the Church, and her minis ters should preach repentance and faith, that there may to holy mourn ing on Good Friday, soul felt re- j&cing on Baa ter morning, and a forge ingathering of souls, when on Memory ia awake, and (mints with busy hand* see** after scene of oar past lives. She repeats, too, with swift eloquence, the words of coun- •el and comfort we have never for gotten, bat which we will listen to no more At her bidding we re member the tore, the confidence, tbe pride, the reepeet we bore him. We the tones of his The Intent new* from the famine strick en pert ion* of India I* of an appalling character. The Lieutenant-Governor of Btnjrri reports that in the* prcuu<lenry over ooe million person* are starving to death, and that all of tbe poorer classes have begun to feel the want of food. A New York publishing house lui* etr- ealatvd a single reprint of aa English work to the extent ef 30,000.000 oopie* and in sixty different language* during the last fifty-seven year*. The book i* the Bible, and tin* Alb ericah Bible Socie ty did the pohllshiiflt. unavailing, If people will he persist eatiy carets— In coll—ting mooov aod settling bills. Many a pastor b— more wear from the worry thus caused than from all hie labors, amt hear once voice; we feel again the pressure of bto dear hand, ami are totto oar