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THE LUTHERAN VISITOR, ttted’ Bj Um •Ivtfi b« i “J own n 'love, in th i my men *oew and bia hand, j tnm. iAtteuatog tire®, at MOO, tee crop I* worth IlMOO Three thousand dollar* an eere b m pretty good return for tbeir c “ Mast a t OS!h. *®cot4ing t w of oar £' Charleston, 01, Friday, May 1ft, 1874 Editobii R*t. T. W. D08H Chari***®. E C Rev. J. HAWKINS, Shtplrerdstowu, V*. JW.EJ. DRJEHKB... ip : m; ; / fii <*\*rntuiU uniht i tm UaeeSH * tii cJuwiiMJ* i§! Papers are seat to snbecrtW* until an exprere order to dincootlnue k rs- omvsdt and all art Noam* are paid, as SShOIlf** ,r tum ^ ,® number of the paper by Basil, k not aaf- tl cuent. Ail rnaiainniratiana nlatini la Mb- eenban, should give their .nan fiiBijiHMty* mho *ly S3r‘ but of « that MMl estimate^ aa will he firaa by It TIM hoar of pan tog baa to lira If aff who ore driinqesoU palo of teorwtoklag to IN reason. Wo ore hop# will the hop* MM fa) * hat if its dlsnnlioauiM *w* i MU to A* *wm tilikWlI Il'H tiOWMw »•* | o v i table from want of foods, we shall j la dag time saannnrr Um foci, and 1 1 IMpOMMibilitj it will pfopotly haloog. qpfi XHfl| AHA bo preoipiteio la ooo alriillii,, fk,»* iK* I 'hurrh ,<,mw not Ja WO" ^^p sb*s sire lie ooottauanor, hot will bo alow la samsHtertag oar Arm hop# of giving It a now lease of Ufa Lot wiry lover of Chriotb king la oar eowoeeti l« this crista We Amsstaamstta the La la Aavaoaoh, Otorgk, at 11 A. M, April 30th, 117A Tbe Hyi ed by tha IU : Ift. w. Don. • PUBLICATION OFFICE The Lutheran Visitor boo bee transferred from Columbia to Okarta ton, a a Correspondents, exehan gen, &o, win please take notice. AH Com in u n ications, of whatever char acter, should be addressed to th subscriber, Bay. T. W. D06H, 130 Wentworth St., Charleston, a O. The IbR In the last nomber of the Writer we bade farewell to oar readers j in this nomber we Uke tbe liberty Is lottedjfcfe to all, the bow editors ap^ pointed by tbe General Synod, which bow owns tbe Vuritor. We hope that an the friends of the paper will, to the ntmoet of their ability, continue to patronise it, a expect that voder its new regime it will prove a perfect success. Three editors ought ocrLainlj to be able to give complete satisfaction, as they are able to present the dif ferent factious within oar body. Bat mridlfbr^Bope, to capacity larged am deliberations. frank sad earnest, aa they always Ink—hot entirely free from thr ty and excitement which Um beat of debt Habitual May Hi lo aft We sail aetkm In refbreoeo to a I in not actually established by the cirt Tile schawl ef the prophets, 1 bevo k» bdfpvn, *» 11 ■ * Will be are* felly to appear from tbs report *bte| Um “Bout of Db*» ired to submit Aw year Tbs raise of this la •Utakes La l|l reteUos to oar Sooth 1| Meifaiag It too high a Tbe la with Us t f : i ■ ; U, Is meat luilrily la favor of a men ears, ladead H turn * n r.a F. Bared tsar. D.IX, ft. H A. Iloogb, L Matter O E I W. YU DH 1. Mllke, J. llawkkm, D. M. Gilbert. 1 fa m mam E A. ■ppeaa, J. U.| srwop or iwaaivv at yaftf bamde Em Mot C^I*- pray oecd. r «w ur letunn that tbe Vhitor may yet su . Jfk» E. m» to yen, and from God Our Paper. H m Tho present number of the Visitor appears under uew auspices, resell jug from its transfer to tho Genseal Syuod by Us editor UM&Jof, Bov. Dr. Bade, on terms deemed acceptable by that Body. Tbe former editors labored faithfully in. sustaining It thus far amid difficulties and with I sacrifices, which they stone can frilly f| jri(|imate. They conducted it with marked ability and a devoted church love, which we may do well to emu late. { It may seem presumptuous in us to accept the appoiutsoeot as their successors. We can not hope to give it a purer devotion, or equal editorial ability. But it was not a matter of desire, or choice, but of reluctant consent with us, in view of the alter native preaeed upon the General Syuod, either to aocept the propoei tiou now, and make one last and tie termined effort to sustain a church weekly within our bounds, or allow it to pass forever beyond oar con trol. We feel constrained to attempt what may be regarded by come ae a doubtful experiment Its will depend upon the response which the Church at large will give ns da ring the next few months. Ws the issue clearly before them, a periodical is a manifest necessity in nmr ryrWMSi *t1 L ‘*T*1T < " aM TiffWr naa HNSny done us service, and we hope It may do greater still if properly sustained. Can we proeper without a good re- ligtous journal, making its waskly visits to the homos of our scattered people f) No intetti| think so. Shall we . not hafe ooe then 1 Is not the Church eml in one General Synod able to on«1 Undoubtedly .tie, if all la lx and contribute to that end with a seal and anooknily jcommci with the importance of the We are iwaolved to spare no means of compearing ah sad i rabie and aaetmary; but we address ourselves to it ia no spirit of calf confidence, and with no experience in journalism. We do most earn estiy appeal to the Church, there fore, to cease nobly and promptly to our help. Upon you, O Lutherans, of the General Synod South, depends the issue of failure or success. You can make tbe Visitor lit* / Besolve to do it with a hearty good will. Let all who are in arrears forward us at once what ia due. We will examine the books, without delay, and accer ware made, with a view to that re sult eo soon as the IHiuirt Byaods, the Nnkgad ks t m* aoeamary salary. And wi i oor wealthy membtra— for we have each—will duly need of the Lord with their substance* by contributing largely, of their daoee, toward the endowment of thin I &x**d Chair without daisy> We! an glad to know that oor noble women are taking Um initiative la this important work j hot they wiQ look upon it as ia do conflict with their plan,] ral Bynod, to receive large eontribn ttoas from man of affiosne*, or small er ooee from thoos ia moderate dr coinstances. What an impetas k woald give to oar Church program ] reed togs may ha and benevolence, if a Amt sack area the spirit of wlrifam, af woald earn# forward, after the e« j deestaodlag, nod ef tsev ample of some ia ocher ehnrehea, and ] The events of the yarn fa place this enterprise beyond a con | Uen with the tilotery of ear tlogeney, and sarare iu speedy eon I try are cakafated, most imprearivnly, eammatloat May God incline some I to remind os of oar mortal it v inch to do so ? ? ' l*reH|j aad aoomtotaty of Ufa; and Tho General Byn<xl, from eoarido *f given, aasomed the | tor t <*Tho night If Hhe to hie glory and tho Man. J. F. CImprell. Capo* Boar, Va. Byasd now weal Into an election of officers Air th# eaealog Iona, which reealtod fa tho choice of Bov. M. P. Bmeltser, I>.D., President; Bov. J. H. Turner, Secretary} Mr. I. W ** -lii I niLjLf Tmt<nr«r ir. noiinsw, * . daltm of their reapaaUre offices at Oa mffiiaa, Mm. J. Frey, D.D., of ig, Fa, T. W. Doah, of Char E C n 8. W. Kahat, of New- r, E O., and E B. Khan, of Gear rare torttod to seats as advfafay OmoaHttee on De- was appointed, Gilbert, W. E Bowman, a it was resolved to bold dally, from 10-3, and F. M. to most at 10 o'clock, A. M., May 1st, 18Tt. ** Prayer by Bor. L. Manor. ft. H. Ttrjirr, he.y ■ad fa H to hn manifest of sAbctloa for his interest fa dMkrmfaflhk* of his Ufa, vie., an that Ood should be t ' f^l la evarything with which he ar which he ax- He also reoog tho prerogative of each Individual. Am which ho Is etpoofad to labor without which he can w iSimS the ana tmpu utioe of rio t the of haring removed all that afar from him; hat ho Is iaoom- «»y the auadard of ^Ttaremy friends Ifya An wholassver I command you with his i, and haring this persua- of course they make no effort to observe them. They can sot be peculiar—it is so disagreeable lobe the subject of remark nod Criticism— eo they make a between the world and their and most frequently end by becoming altogether worldly ia feel- lag and practice. ■ Body, soal and spirit moat be pre served blameless, and to ueitber oor hearts nor physical presence moat bo found in the way of sin. This text implies a crucifixion of all that is carnal iu oar Inclinations and a self abnegation of all tbe pleasures and enjoyments of this life that are man ifestly at variance with the cross- bearing existence of tbe servant of Christ. Ws are not to took for oor enjoy moot or rent here, nor to spare oar flesh sod spirit soy hardship God's providence imposes. We to shun tbe way ot nugodly to s#t oor faces against compounding with the pleasures and practices of the world on the part of profearing Christians. This will not Brake ns popular we know, bat is it not port of the sacrifice we are ex pected to make for oar blessed 8s- vtoarf “If ws were of the world, the world woakl love its own.” Tli lx m'U denial ovixadi not merely to the outward pleasures and prac tices, bat the passage implies also an inward crucifixion. Oar aftec- ttoas, tastes appetites and will mast be in complete satyugattou to the requirement* of our Heavenly Father. Things that may be good ia them selves we are to relinquish, if they are ia conflict with His holy will. If he decrees as intense suffering as the needful disciplinary process Air oar pacification, and this is valves the loss of the sweet sod innocent endearments of oar uatarr, of friends, home, country, even life itself, oor hearts mast cheerfally respond: “Brea so, Father, Am- as it good fa thy sight." We must make personal comfort and enjoy ment the first object ot oor Uvea, bat we mast bold them in strict aahoanrfsnoa to God's will, ready to be relinquished at a moment’* warn ing, and participating ia all worldly things with m plainly indicates the this life can pot beguile bat of glory. The early n, m holy ■ woriA.thofaflfa to a in tbe Ml on with the Holy Spirit fa re their inAoeoee Thin ee- ri act BMrely passe ve, imi bo _ dear mHt . S, te’ ’ igt H * | «e>T* j> to it fall control of the Flritor, by Its over worked and efficient editor publisher, Dr. A. K. Bade This done with a foil appreciation of the Doctor's generous motives and | Delegate earn work.* la D.D, a the Impelling him to and the paramount constraining its from the Georgia Synod. We fondly ■flGjypiHmre of kht so r, and tho hsasit of his reoaiml * | ot stt bat iho Lord has ■as psapsfaty ef sAkap 1 fag Art. E fat A, ef the (fautflttias ef the Goaerri Synod, so mi to read: ' M tf a rntfartfa ef the • ultfk. mi Ik. « tM i. * If riH Um favorably, and without a dieneettmg voiee, to the proposition of the Gene IMP met a as the aptmiotment of » CoamittM to thorMfhl, r«i* j bodj »p«. tu Uw Book of Worahip, ud report I h... not bre. nl) profTM* «ro jmn h.ore at Htooo lb, SjnodkuU ,mt to ton, V»., where its next con vent ion official da tie*, eithev bv will be held. Hold Committee were donee or otherwise The authorised also to negotiate anew I condition of for the coo tinned publication of the jwriedtotkm of book, In its present for®, ss the Is believed to be healthy sod hope sots of the Charoh, In the mean fa I; sod if ia these raped H le oat mmtm require I ell that nould ho doatred, yet H ie of Tbe daring of Synod by tbe I’reel ' «oeh e character e* to dent wee deeply iwpreerive; end couragwmont for the whilst all hoped to meet again in the confidence for the future We are same relation, the mournful enaigns not aware of the preoeoee of any <fl* 1a which the church was draped in turbing element to mar oar peore ken of a devoted congregation * Tha various District Byaotfs apmsmr I taboo of the * gtkt at tho death of their beloved to ha addromiog thossaalveo, with s 1 that of th* oLLi , pastor, bade as to preen me not apo 1 i«m«« imuaswii Brsri ttafc tbe tutor®, bot to live in daily preps I work of more sharply rattoo for the summons that may re- dietteetlvnty setting fern me aoe r mmch of the uan>^ t «/ ito move us, “in an hoar that ws think trines, cellos, sod nasgae of oar Bemlaarv hw madw la! not," from all the “goodly fellowship^ church 1a their historic Integrity A remaster the Ik+r* ofTwtore re of oar brethreo on earth. Ihlgteshareh IHhlsmaotfeet v ^ r JTrlLat* .a- # On tbe da; Imowdtotoljr folio.I^ L)U..to4, ud • 'JT-u !u adjournment, the Sauday School of J Liberality »wakened la varisas aar * ‘ • H T ri affifr Ha tho congregation ws* taken to the Uoo* ol our territory, re is eridoured eoaotrj « • to b, lb. ugmnud «torto.rfp^to«. which the larger portion of the By nod | the erection of joined them, sod an account of which harit the kingdom, aad a re mast hoar la ffifa aw. ary state. With aQ that we can «ae taat oar worts do aot effect this « iyaed st seat of its regular all; It ie sweet, is epiu* of oar men •o* Sjj tMukft, who shell ooo fold ImporibrCkma, to be able eon! ■MB neul the.f sumeoren dmtlt to rtel*» tbe »-> -* hmatitoi if thought I May the H to an loeatimable prin we most look only to nod for StirihoB f and this at metii- ■a| family to rial® the btreeed promisee a»<! Ie took away wtth toethtof aad dJstraot} bat yak, baeaaae evarything has bora far ae, sre are aot to say we nan do nothing—that Gad knows the weak asas of oar Crease, aad not require aaythiag from fallen ho main Ift We here beard pereons argue in this way, aad the eoaeeqaeoee of soch AnUsooitt that they have mad* such feeble efforts to serve God that they bare vary naturally followed the beat of their carnal iooUaaUooa, and broaght it upon tbe religion And many again tbe litoral observance of Implies aa a* that are n to our enjoy meat. The *• P 1 **®* m>1 the world, •# they neither the things that am ia the world. For all that is re tbe world, the last of Uw flash, the last af the eye, red tbe prate of Ufa, ie not of the Father, bat ie of the world.* It le the ingest proof of tore oar Sa viour can bestow to call im to a parUcipsuou ia bis suffering* It is that Um only thorn ha term that he rebuke# red if we are without whereof aU are parti hem, we are not non* Oh ! if we had the greaUM-a* of aoul to compre hend out Lord’s unparalleled agonic*, we ahould esteem it a joy and honor to cod are all things for him. And Urie ehould be the primary motive to the cheerful eodurauoe of suffer lag, an iotonac sense of obligation to him, aad aa earnest desire to gterify him rather than the prospect of honors aad rewards. These are taa sequence, however, to a < Of joyfat labor and suffering for bis ••ha. * M.E.8. Pastor liunnins, of at a Synod, bold at fa. Bosnia, the ffrartfytag incident: “A ooe ovoi fail in no adjoining oitj. staled that a boat belonging * , to afforded them to the Lord’s Supper, sad 7 quested to administer ft Tbe young officer, Greek Church, eoqrimd ^ days it would take te men. My not tell, for it tbe preparation they ha® themselves for this fafa imoat — U—.aMiri^ they are in 4| ~ * ^ I will socoseding day, Ha d»J »<wtow«»kd b, to. they had made a long 0! the exbatiMfil. they wa»* thoobuM, apr:iking Um omm. t Dnrpnl Busmans, who, k ^iptt the eraogdicdii tausak. Tfa aa asked to be altewtd a dayg m and quiet, aa they left seiteer * wardiy nor outwardly ptepusi Is Um immediato recepfaoa ri tee 0®. I taerrioce expreawtf m to that I could not at bit request as the pored. He but submitted, aad seat tfa sms t» tbs preparatory /Rei: jay gown; an*-I for »*, BJ * gpg that G<xl MM Mm nod of judgment W but uoj fag it, he fato | ate. of this i without havin jwteadod to M tegs and prat hMUfeoa^H “I hove noil forgetful of eve while Us soal i “Among the stifi very yoatl looks DBfilMY b “1 myself underetood, to several languages and eve* Atom some of which I could set qpri with facility, aad I was it mm qoenoe not able to make ayais well anderatood aa I desired ah Bat the Lord addressed hmmlf A more impressively sad effecteriys the hearts through His word. Bible Society, as well ss tbs ftfafa willingness of its agent in 8C Peter- burg, bad lately supplied me rid eopaes of the New Testemmt is fa jbUiasian teaoaaee* mi ! the soldiers after the ferpsn tory service that I would give every who ooald read a N*t Agfa I examined the sms mu ratelv. and found that about mhf know how to rend. Tbe Cubed® aad Eathooiaas were the fari md white the to be the counted for, at the (tenMMfal If all. I presented evsrv sm «b could read with a bis own langaagr forgot the grateful joy masfatod^ moot of the recipients. As fa* 8 * dier, a native Coriander, Uai looks and erect fearless bravery, and ed the Balkan, stood before and Beni loft, seen Pregas, wefafa \YoU, and entered Warschss* ed his Testament, and (bank you. It is eleven y***l fa I saw a church of my ^ heard God’s word ia my W® ***" gunge, and have been at tfahfa*« ray blessed Saviour. My «•* * longing for cousrisliss fa I oft*o W «d m*** of body and soul tkri tfa u me ss «r sinner and satisfy my soufaloeffa^ Now I have found what Sf^ wanted. This is the treasure fa* makes rich and white saves jv thank you, dear sir, with *S *** heart and my whole souL’ “Another related that conscripted thirteen ceivod from his ■ ef bat ne:* aaguag. - bad both been risoo school at had been mad*? to aposteti Church and to Church. Even sec ted with tbe itmost to reds allegiance to fathers, but the bm in remem l>rj mother’s last bit to the frith and they had been — ^ K not beeu o tey had attaine I military aorvic* to join their reg I appointed a ^ ttieu) in the after hours with then fled myself th something more tmnity than a does, I gave eac tract, and oonfi them to the Lo lowing day. “After the m ffixay fervent solemn rnpted by tb soldier, whom noticed. He after the mat himself down looking at me fiave this old because 1 cat aure old, and i bmger learn ' .vouta. Bat i ‘*et next sprin me, where and my two Seattle with j l may take i they may be 1 *<*d of God better tha wi th grateful “On the m K'~- ^ fct * to th was a widow, a small prefa workaol this **e u now being id across th* Peruvian Andre, emuMCtiag the Pacific Ocean with the Wvre by mean* of a railroad, bole interior of Pant totasresrareeceof the worfil Hitherto iiuaMoarij productive coon- virtually locked op to for eign tcade; th* transportation of oor ton bf frwutht from th* Interior of Pern to Lfota, coating about three to aa th* tnuMportatloa of of freight from Um to Lamp*. which he had carried ia fa sack on all his marches bribfo^*. key and in Poland. Many • passed through tbe knap*** 1 * 1 quent rains had poured <fovs «• and his book was often wsl and through, but be alwhF 1 r fully dried it, a» it was b»» b*^ comfort and consolation. Ds*J ago, however, it had frilea M FJT and he had to part with his treasure. Since then he bsd . estly desired to possess the God in his dear and beloved » tongue, and now be felt nte *** now be owned tlie Book of * and be would carefhHy preset till the day of bis death. “Tbe majority of the cants bad not been inside a of their own faith for from "fa «vei »gbt Heved °®the s ®«»dowa U5 r **• p* Of Qg w "*D (J, )ou ari ^®y b of *hi, 11 »a«