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THE LUTHERAN VISITOR, It Wjtt Writ* ptatin* RADWAVS READY RELIEf a "joke” with their £tT**n ** the solemn and SjTfeTO** of th « Holy One, iMtf tond talking in of the church, which, ^odftift ftt any time or place, I he hatter suited to an “sac *J*r or a a ooantry grocery ” iaaido the charoh, where My should feign, |B0 «ptfDd nor word should be 3 Hat would «ar the solemnity {).jf hi any manner divert kOeetioo of the worshiper* from In from One to Twenty Minuter FLORENCE »T. ft) JNmW% <rH4Mlh Oft ■Mft l»w< mf h+ \m**4 ftM ni" a«w Fiowvwci • war f »•»■»*** «ur «n m «M. * /V*-.' «, 4. «w to f<t>W <mm* Si S; we witness ^ froqneotly a Lj jad miscellaneous “whisper igjA* oa throughout the oon JLj— tOi the very moment when Jg woidhip la In trod eted by the ■fljjp/Ainfl you hare often no 0 that goneral “gossiping” *sd a^h|a confined to a whisper— IftitiToftee (I am sorry to say it) JM on in quite audible tones. nAstthe “hum” of the con versa ^ in the sanctuary of the Lord 0gg*6S reminded me of a sound v »K i..l. Mill HEALTH! BEAUTY!! iticit * jffrrip" to be in a city and visit I *f those -institutions” And i** “talking” is not confined to say pfealsr part of the congregation, {fctoft ften talk about their forms, Loops, and the markets, &o.; and H dd ladies talk about this, that, M the other, not forgetting the yfei as they go along; and the ^Hg men talk about their sweet- ! *!<«, or to them j the young ladies aft of the fkahioos, and I don’t L* what all) and the children, Mowing the example set them by Lr parents, also have a general djmsring and giggling going on. hatfcmidst of an this, brother Big wtt, who has had a general coover [aft*outside the church with a half |fom or more men, steps into the duck, and in a half dignified say pMotda to his pew, shaking hands nta a half-damn brethren before he ptt himself, sad audibly asking set, “How are you John,” “bow are m Mike,” “how are you Captain,” ILfe Under such circumstances aa these, Inthdam that it is impossible for iemngnfataon to be in a devotion- i frame of mind when the public tanhip of God begins The coover Onr Custom Department no other part of the Scripture. Il la indeed true in regard to every port tamest: (L) It* mpefiH—see. There boo prevailed the mistaken Idea that there could aot he any reel advas tags from whet could out he seder- stood, where— that very mystery to often the chief source of the hl—mag but religion, and coose- Book Agents wsraa roe m Elnstrated Family Bible. #■11, Unir minds, like the cjrw of AljM are fo tk* end* of the earth. f when the worship of God is dsoed by die minister, the pmv if they engage in it at all, do it il a cold, halfhearted, undercut tanner that half chills the religious twfings and sentiments of him who kinds op to proclaim the nnaearcb dh riches of the gospel. 5ev I want to inquire whether fas «sa snggest any plan by whieh te eta get onr people out of this old ‘tstf’l It annoys me greatly. Bat jwtkmow they are so used to this Muaer of conducting themselves at *hweh that they would think I was ifficioos if I should say anything to hem about it. Iam truly ashamed «f it, but how te remedy the evil is feqaestion I want solved. We all flank we are as “good as anybody dm,” sad our ways are aUright Bit suppose that some of the breth w» from Ear. Good’s charge should k^pss to visit ns. Why, they would h astounded at the behavior they fofifi Witness among na. There they iftowdk the boose of God with E we, and if they speak to any is in ft subdued tone; when foy eater die sanctuary, they do it jp goodly fear \ they quietly and "Mjr proceed to their pews, and la prayer and religious modi- *^*fo r till the public services are Maced. A holy quietude reigns ®MP«wt the consecrated house, lw Maews is depicted upon each ytmenoe, and the hearts of His "*Jwa are attuned to His holy They unite in the worship with the spirit and with the throne, no revelation is mo« taut than that a divine plan everr part of the world’s The Fatherland Series. w nw mm v^mnnwvw viMsom wFwwwwwm ie infinite and capable of being e* pressed only ia symbol* of like TjahUoirtar books have The Cottage by the Lake... Ia the Midst of the North Sc Acton, the Fisherman •***•« Rr !,e, the Little Ssvm -ini.. Mtst 9, Filial Obodk-noe rrun xditiop Slave} or, FtMal Love,.. $1,11 Ka •aknirndiog. w « not, by the help of Ood, JWfiwate such a state of things *** t But how are we to do it f I B»at you and I try to give better example than tee hare dona I believe it will T*** 8 influence. And if yon see do so, yon may band this ifybsr B. and brother P., and ? yea choose, and ask their JJ*w*l and co-operation in this 3RACE find 3LCRY TlaTwrj hast Brnlsy Nil hg hmk By w f linwn MU TAIL Your brother, THE LUTHERAN VISITOR. At recent interesting additions rs- **de to the library of Cornell •WT is a volume containing draw- M*W Washington, together with wtuaber of tetters and other dora- ‘®hi* handwriting, and several of Franklin and Lafayette. *j*>m papers iuclnde the draught ■•J vpeech in the convention which of th « United •od those of Lafayette a singular *ntteu with a toothpick in an Ta^S^ For tbbi remarkable * tue Cnircrsity paid #1^)00. abounds, must And their torrespond Ing realities, their tr— fnlflllmewt each in some one soeeific event By Her. A B. RUDE, D.D TlimiM Strict), in Advuic*. One copy, per annul..... BJ-Jj One copy, six months 1-* No new names are entered on the snb throughout the history of the one grand definite reautt—the eter n»l triumph of the Crone ami the eternal twin of MI that oppose It Sy robot* are reprneensetivee ef eh— A. R. RUDJE, D.D Mvn>