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THE LUTHERAN VISITOR, COLUMBIA, 8. C., APRIL 24, 1874
l«J •«, w!U do
expect anything, they wig
with ancoesa.
That there ia, joat bow,
abeolote need of thU oUttin
tor worldly
people, to the extent of disabling them
to perform their share of the common
church work, wiU be the millstone
about their neoha, which at the lent
will drag them and their children
down to perdition. There la a want
of Unet In God, and of derotion to
the work he hna given ae to de, that
trouble to Wok only a liufe ^
waota sad Interests ef ear front)
Church oea cell la qmmUm.
feel moot intensely oar seed a
additional proflMoor In ear hok
bat we hare net the money to
him. Sow, our wires, and
-j that would
?Si^ oriD
^ attention of
Hhftrtm t ta ell eidrifv
MW.** Pj J WOW w * Ji '
we wish them great soeemt, toi
believe they wfll do new *!«
men can not do.
Aa we sold above, som* per\
win have Httle —IlmgT
success of their work, and vffl
no eaoenragement to it gg
would bn worry to be one «f
nomber. la some of ear Ag
at least, the ledles are ear
all the blessed privileges of onr
ohnrch, would preclude the presump
tion that they bare nerer rend, or con
sidered, the 8criptnre injunction:
Boom At Lori wiA Ap substamet,
mod with Aw frst fruits w>f mil Aim
£*er. And y |
. that this g4
S always con*.
(I J
oo in quj
^ftatthe “hun t
ft» * tb« «Pj
Atth shall (i| banm iff filltti talk jbleu
tp and Ap pres** push out teiA mows
thrift may not the blessing of
Ged upon squandered meens, the
steward el the Lord who ooatrib-
ates liberally and wisely of the
^otolking* is nd
•articular part of
IV old men talk
tad crops, and the
(V old ladies tail
aad the other, n<
babies ae they g l
iiwnr mes talk .
their haode and seal their tp
If any of onr brethren are diepowj
to tarn or < m, we jest waot fib he
to them that titer are aet aofidtt
for any Money. WtR they, than fun,
please keep qniet f Tim ladiro thm
selves propose lowing s
ship. They do u»>t propese istwfe
lag with any other A«n*
which yon have is band. grift* b
great truths ae plainly staled and
dearly implied ia the leeohiage of
God's word t Brethren la the min
ietry, let aa ia onr pulpit mioiatrs
tioae, and in onr nodal ooo verse with
onr people, show them that paving
and praying mast be indissolubly
)oieed ia the cliurch work In order
to ante oar cherished Reformation
heritage from the dire curse of a
eamberer of the ground. Let ns
call ia the Visitor as a powerful sax
fliacy la this work, let aa by some
devise get it into evsry Lutheran
family—we achieved this ones with
^it of the flash
Vow wbat all \
following the exai
their parents, also
shapering and g
la the midst of all
■as, who has had
It the ladies of one Synod, er sf m
State who propose to ends* Ah
professorship—but all the laflaa g
the Geoeral Synod wffl eosprak
And after they have aaeemiiiii
their labor of love, them wffl atBk
room for others to'work ia the amt
direction.
We hope ere long, Mr. Editor, t*
hear that the work is going brad?
on, and that the ladies afi over to
fesrch, and in a ll
proceeds to his pe
nth a half-dosen 11
nets himself, mu j-
meti, “How are yoi I
J0« Mike," “bow ; I
Under sacbcvcui | v
I Maintain that it
fee congregation u>|
d frame of mind
Ssnhip of God bog [
i Our Gnfuii Stood.—South-
Western Virginia wrttaa: **I fear
oar delegation will bn small, bert I
folly and liberally to the Jetton 4
the committee who have this aOht
in hand. We believe thstthslifei
ot South Carolina will be jmtn
muck interested in this Smrian?
work aa the Virginia ladies in
And joat hers let as hint te m
drum in Virginia they wi
Jo well to look to their I surah, hi
traiythiog b^t reli; I
fdsntly their minds j
ft* fool art fe» f he < E
Aad when the wo I
introduced by the n|
pk if they engag. |
is a cold, half he I
aanner that half ch I
feelings and aentini I
stands op to proefo I
similar service at Marion, 1
Co., Vs.; and lain addition to
the address at the Oeauaenoei
Gettysburg, Pa.
•— in r> Ml yg ., Ma |. fc 4 am .1 i*| j. ■> an m m — X S
poor, a own trodden, negro raM (mt
nevertheless gallant) Soeth Owtow
go beyood them m their cmjpfe
tions to the Seminary Badownre
Food. We have as pioes sal »
libers] ladies here as there anil At
Old Dominion. It wm thefts tefe
sagnrate this work, hat it dal h
the pleasure of oars to safest It to
completion. We feel sorethsti&ttt
oar South Carolina lsdfes wffl fe
rn and, will be that they he art n
eluded from the work. Aai fed*
lees the same is tree of oershftfeb
other States.
ed la the progress and welfare of onr
M enter's omw, have inangnrated a
plan by which they propose to endow
an additional professorship in onr
Theological Seminar? . But there are
others who have not yet been ad
vised of the proponed work. We
have been surprised that no mention
of thia ladiar* enterprise and this
ohnrch love has been made ia the
Lutheran Visitor. We do not won
der that these dear frauds co laborers
hare not sounded a bugle call through
ear church paper, for they propose
te week in a private way. * But onr
delegation from the Virginia Synod
the following gratifying intelligence:
“We have become terribly In sera set
hi regard to onr delegation to G. ft-,
and we may hare three or floor no
the ground. "— rtJ1 *—
gation voted
we think of I
Synod to pay
voluntarily ]
«f it, but bow to rei
fee question I warn
think we are as “g
«*•*,* and our w»
®st suppose that so
ran from Raw. Good
feppen to visit as. 1
fe astounded at ti
*«*ld witness mmo!
that none of your contributors,
either clerical or fay, haw presented
this endowment project to the oon
•♦deration of the church. Surely
each e noble wortt ae that ia which
a few of oar fe alert aad mothers are
non engaged shook) be known to all
oar obeicbea, and knowing what
they ms so earnestly aad prayerfully
laboring for, we treat that a sympa
the tic chord will be touched iu the
hearts of a ffceatand others who will
as ohaerfaUj and gladly co-operate
with them in bringing their work
to a sooohesfal Issue.
We propose now to state that the
work undertaken by a tew soalous
x*; IMl, by Aev fiwCC f. W.
We think I
the Virginia
send bat on
rogstive, in a
east tbe vw
would have b
Jfy Dear Brother harps:
There are several matters
cd with our congregation shear rt*j*
I would like to barn a “*•»* «*
you. Whilst there are stme AhF
amongst ns that I think si* jfe®
commendable, there are elhct* **
T'rawoee, and if th
»t ia iu a suW
eater tbe sancj
f*th goodly fear; \
y^y proceed to
*®f«gc in prayer an<
.UU the pnbl
f^eced. A hol%
fjHhout the coii
•weoes* is depic
®J*J«nanoe, and th.
* Udr * n are attan.
*^ Vkcc - They v»if
as ws are all ready enoegfc to
speak of our “good deeds,*tfe
these by—at least for the |*
and mention a few things tl
in my opinion, to say tbs hs
them, art at Asp ought fe fe-
l regard the otoirth sty*
saersi pioes. It is saertd bfei
has been solemnly declicettd *
service of Almighty Ged. 8
been solemnly set apart fcr H*
worship. In it the Word «»
Sacraments are administered w
accredited ambassadors. I» ”
people offer the sacrife*
and prates. And in It 1
with and blesses His shiMjg
spiritual blessiqgs, and oflw
miration ot His Sou to th**!
of want and sorrow.^ Wm
views impressed upon m.•
how can we regard tbe hefe*
as any other than a saersi ^<4
Then, if this be true,
redly we should spproe®^ *
reverence and godly fe»r. ^
would williagty Intrude into *>
diene* chamber of tbs U**
God with irreverence, sad Off
His holy presence witbtb**" 1
ings and in the same *****
that he would experience i» *
a court room or a legist*® 1 *
And yet I fear that there **V
lag the names of one thousand ladies
fe ho will agree to pay five dollars
annually for five years. And this
again they propose t* do principally
—asA by newspaper appeals or by
framing speeches—but by epistolary
correspondence. Ws sincerely hope
that moat of those to whom they
appeal In their own earnest, eloquent
way, will respond favorably.
Borne mgy smile at tbs plan, and
•aj it Is visionary impracticable,
and all that. Others may curl their
lips* and regard it merely as a “wo
man's mssamsaT which can result ia
an good. But, Mr. Editor, we have
too much faith In woman's ability to
do a good work when abe “has a
mind to work," to entertain any
serious doubts shoot the ultimate
success of this enterprise which she
has inaugurated. That them dear
woases rill meat with disoourage-
aMH)t* and that by persons from
whom they would exjroct hearty co
operation, ws do not doubt for a
memost Bat whilst some, perhaps,
whs ought to help them, and from
that a fails
troos to our!
the delegate!
tod with our
probably no c
nlsh victims
spasms, or fit
era, Kichmoc
tractive card in this paper, <
remedy to cure such vfoUbm.
have treated successfully 70Q
of our brethren who do ***
any part of tbe sReredne*#
which they should regard tft|j
of God. Too often ws •*
that children eookj early be breugat
wf 4
tter
Oft Posansste
letters when r
» art- w*nt to
*•*« order to