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Bits. Dost, Hawkins t Dreher, Editors ONE LORD. ONE FAITH, ONE APTISlt’—EPHESIANS IV:5. Terms: S2.00 a Tear, CHARLESTON. S. C„ FRIDAY. JUNE 12, 1874 r«t»M> publication, MIHl pmwvviKHi for the church r«»u> mitten-Iters J. A. Stigb, J. |*. Hmcltser. D.D, K. A. Holies. AVsolrfrf, That lb« Huhhwtb tnllne lection be appropriated lotard the purchase of a diploma plate for the u*e of Newborn College. Rev. Kuhns. according to appoint meat, read m essay no the Holy Trinity, which wo highly appre elated, mm nviourd by a anwwtnioos vote of thauha to the aarihor Her*. Sodtnr, Ahirvy wad Ihr rick were appointed a oommtUr* to present, at aest Loibwiu, subject* tor discretion, mmay and ttoredwy aeraion. all to tell what |wwc*» the gn»p*l ran give to am went. I re me a» tier nwe Inoking Wp thm a sermon I waa writing, aad finding her ryes Axed on me from the dell room Hbe aald with a amile: -I have lived to see my atm a minister of Christ, and It la happieeaa enough import aad tyranny, flee before bar! “Farewell, Church of my youth ! Kaiwwad, oocnpantons of my minis try of destrnotioa ! Oh, if my word baa yet aay weight with you I be- aeeeh you to open your eye* to the light—to abandon that system of darhaeos la which yon are groping^ aad accept the true light which j n st j ml ge, sr hst r For ths Lutheran Visitor. of Pwotedings of Nrwberry ■ Ccxtfsrencc. gtpuaut to sdjourmneut, New Conference of Houth Carolina igd St- Lake’s church, Jjg^ry county, on Friday, 29th of Jlhlt 10 o’clock -V M-> and was bv the President, Rev. (i. VV. Id^ad, according to the prescribed jd! the clerical metnbere were la 00kset, vis.: E. A. Bollee. P. M**, Gso. W. nolland, H. W. lllpg, A. W. Lindler, J. A Sligb, ! ft Shlrrv, J. P. Smeltxer, D. D. H 9- Wlngard. bey dsSegstes from fourteen con Jgfidoaeittsitaetf to their names, xfb* the treasurer, Maj. J. Bp rLMHUkl asi - mm • * i* 3* *£ D01E J The Great Teacher “spake a para* Me to this end, that mea ought al ways to pray and aot to hist* The as to ha “weary tw well doiag * Wa are impatient If desired remit* da not immedlately folios. VV* forget ia oar igaoraaee aad cmaseqaeat two nor the about of the seas of God so jovfuL Gushing from the fountains The idea at first appears strange, yet the Bible telle os of those who are eaved “an by fire.” They barely f hi *«•i n<t aoew 1 mama •kre*i*afetomft *—Si- iFtfm wmicfr fluffsPf wfmm were as follows: Friday, It A. M., Sermon by Rev. Kahas, Amo* rH : Saturday, 3 I*. If., Preparaloey Services. Sunday, ff'A. M., Prayer Meeting. Sunday, 11 A. M., Seram* by Dr Smeltxer, (—A— d j 3) rend Holy Communion. Sunday 3 I*. ML, Sotiday school exercise*. Addressee by Revs. Bowman and Kahns. trNimHs ms mt <ss—mu« Opening Serama—Iter. Shirey, Principal | Rev. Holland. Alternate. Essay hd—Rev I lolls ml. Habjaet- The <’remain aim of Hrefata. Sunday Sermon—Rev. Kuhns, Principal | l>r. Stoelfser, Alternate. Subject, The Harvest Home. After the usual vote of thanks to the congregation «f St. lathe’s for the hospitality extended. Conference adjourned to meet at Corinth ehorrh. Edgefield eoswrty, on Friday before the fifth Sunday in August, at HI o’clock A. M. A. W. LfNDT.KK. Serrrtory Set*. W. S. Bowtnan, J. D. Bowles 0h A J>- L- Moser being prescut, m invited to seats an advisory pared with thoee who through lives of faith, prayer nod almsgiving have It ap, aad taught it to the generations following. It breathed from the harp of the psalm iota, aad rang like a H having been only two mouths ^etkelast meeting of Conference, there being a pressure of busi- aaeit band, reports on state of re imr were held over till next Con the exact way we havu deal red. St. Faa4, in w rHuig la (he ebarefr at Rasa, says, “Nst I beseech yea, brethren, iw the land J—m I kri«t*a sake, aad far the hare af the April, that ye strive together with esc ia your prayers In Usd hr a*; that f miaj w orhvffra iliMi liftt lUJlIl on suit believe in f reft**; sad that my ft* Committee on Mission st Dead M reported having effected au or- [paafttkxi of a church at that place, *1 presented an application there- he for reception into the Confer- sec, Hick request was granted, I ad the Commissioner, T. S. Blair, waved as the delegate. TWssme committee, consisting of ht*. Wiugartt, Derrick, Kuhns and laller, were continued with dim; tins to supply tlio above named Inch with preaching until next f fMImaee. In eteditnee to a resolntion, paas- d it the last meeting, requiring eeh lay delegate to bring up a con station to the treasury, various «m were paid in, amonnting in the pisrmaiice of the recommends- [hi of the Committee of Synovl on <|fwo\wr observance of the Jubilee Nr, or fiftieth anniversary, Confer U* at its last session appointed for k* time a mas* meeting, to create direst ou the subject of the Eudow- !»wtof the Bachman Professorship « Sewlwrry College. Rev. W. 8. Mmas, who was present by spe- a»l invitation as one of said com m and also as President of the j HbsjpiI of Trustees of this College, presented in detail the plan agreed *|s%*»d in a very earnest and elo- 1**t address showesl the irti|>or- Nt<e aad advantages to the State, M colleg.ate education, ami its ne- «wat) imrtieolarly to the growth pi suasion of the Church. After the address the endowment pretoppj w< « re (iistributesl tlirongli pt the large congregation, to be re I truest to the proper pastors at any r**» prior to the next meeting of w j T&» s to tit. Luke's church and to | ' #rv - Bowoiau belongs the high bon mamling forth the first trum- | of the Jubilee year. | *hv. Sligh offeml the following I Nation, which was adopted ; I fcMifecdi That the thinks of this J^rWW! are eminently due, and r b wby tendered, to Rev. W. 8. for ttie ab,€ '’ instroctire kdWestirtg Jubilee uddrews de- wssmiwg tw Mm wretched Church ; that I umy rsus in joy by the • dl uf iiml, a*d wHh * Mug >ewn» Selections. Th» Ait of WSaaiag Soak 1st no owe suppose st the outsat tuU it is going to be easy work. You may, indeed, be hopeful aa to resnlta, you may even be sure of toocoos; yat It may’ prove anything but smooth. Thors la, io the first place, no set way of approaching people. There are a (hemmed different avenues to sa many different hearts. Those avenues ars crooked or straight, broad or narrow, winding in and out with many a strange, intricate tarn ; they vary according to the character of ths iadiridual. Just how to make the first approach la aa all impor tant atop. A little mamruvre may accomplish the whale thing, or it may be that aome study will he re quired. The idea of putting directly aad abruptly to all people alike the qoee Mon of their soul’s salvation is nei ther practicable nor wise. There are limea when one may be 1n a peculiar mood, bristling with irritation, bar raaaed with care, divided between many interests and anxieties. All these things combined will, for a time, render them unfit for calm reaaooiitg, for responsible action. And perhaps just one reason why so many fall off so soon after profess ed conversion, la that they have been nuddeuly spiraled to, exhorted at such unfortunate moments, thus forcing the question when the soul waa not ready to rvooiva it A single word, look or touch, ac- oom^aotod by prayer, may lead to t^be con version of a soul, while in other cssas a whole system of strat egy may have to be employed. JL tract distributor was once can tioaed against a curtain woman on her district, who waa aaidjp be on- approachable on the subject*!%f re ligion. The visitor’s feet may have beau somewhat heavy, but her heart bent freely aa she entered the house of the god Ires one. Sure enough, she encountered a hard, bitter woman, who resolutely eat herself against all appeal w For aoma time tbs case seemed hopeless, the subject only replying in short words to ail conversation. At last, as the tract distributor in her growing despair lifted her heart to God, at the earns moment she rained bar eyas aad mm hanging upon the wall a portrait of the wo man’s dead brother. It waa any thing bat a work of art, but fortr uetelj a pair of good dark ayes wore “Here m a new BiMr,"’ mid my mother, the day I weot l«» rallrgi*. “You are going away from home, and will have many temptation*. Now, my son, just as we are separating I have one request to make. Will you rend in it every day f* Aa I turned to examine the elegant clasps aid binding, I hi* tears In mother’* eyes—team which she was vainly Then 1 firmly or aot ioloreetod la rirothig chain* mere tightly. Father ' led on one with as, with no work of our life to survive! Poor, even ia Camsr. and in scot a prisoner to Rome; Is shipwrecked on the voyage t detained for month*; duos mash asst sailers much $ hut the prayer la Ml* eraIIy aad entirely fulfilled. He Is delivered from them that do aot tie **!•. *t V WTW V’WI • V WMi **■ PM* —' WB*S» WpmP*** MPSPrH 11 ft. jfr.- ^ Aim ia MkB BaiSH Am* lliroll ffl •‘FtiWil, RiHi M* |S W Home. Rat how dtffeteat, may be, flrom all he sv they had thought “God moves ia a mysterioas way w*fgh— j and hasrlag trying to keep bock reseri ed to rend avbspter d*»l\ Ltdlegr iutroduerd a set of uum INftMtoo* entirely new to me. A live lier, merrier cotapaoj oever di*tin guiehctl oollege wall*. I ns* an ex travagam lever ef fan, aad uunhl always raise a UugU, so that I soon gained the repubstiou of a oil Wa lod a jolly life, amruung oorselvee often in ereret—lo the cast of Olliers and iinatMtocioiift Mocniee of sell If we read anything, it was always of a biiSKiroa* natures. We never vei» Uiml to dwell ou arnoa* sulgvcu, Flagrant offence* la onfet to be grateful In Gad we mast believe m Ms being, his *av evwigwty, and war dayesnlears an him. Thera Is a differs*** between grati unde aasl Jay Men natwralty rejoice ia tbe atxomplisbmmit of desired end*, but ars gvatsfril saty when they saderatsad that fifed has fives Matt, xvtt:«.—"Jmas prevented him.” Pater was perplexed. The oollec tors of tbe temple tax had asked him, “Doth not your Master pay tribate! Why then has it not been paid t Will you now pay it for him and for yourself T Pater was poor. He had aot tbe money. He knew his Master had H not. Yet he said to the collectors that his Master paid the tribate; be always has, and doubtless be will. Peter was grieved, mortified, perplexed, desponding.— He felt it waa hard to be poor. He goes to consult Ms Master, perhaps to ask what was to be done to. get the money. Jesus reads his heart, knows his trouble, anticipates him, removes hit anxieties, directs him how to get the money aad pay the tax, and all in such a way as to prove his own divinity, aad to in crease Peter’s confideuoe an him ss bis Lord aad Master. (Matt xvii: 24-27.) Hfire is a lesson for aa of great practical vales. Let us, like Peter, go to Jeans la our troubles. He knows them all Ha seas what ia in our hearts just as he did what waa in Peter’s. He can rmssfu the doubts and fears aad perplexities from our minds, aad taring Ml out of all oar troubles. Just ac ha met Peter’s troubles, aad ’ftuThfed fen his relief; so be ean Meet owe diffi cnl ties, and relieva them* Whether we are troubled About our worldly glow system, to oast off the spiritual chains with which they axe boa ad : “O >ou Inquisitors, Cardinals, aad Prslala*. God speahs to you! To mu, a ... li fix mmixsewH. * vRr W I o*!'vOHr sfiW aunt even to a thousand gea*rai»oaa. We have Introdaoeri this inrtdcsl j from lb* tnograpby of I’nal tor the , ilouldr pavfMmsr of showing that ws , do not ami can not know the Iwst way tw answer prayer sml l*» moat- ngr t«r*iiitnK» ta prayer; that fer vent, efiertnal pravev evaileth maeh ami Is net rr offered In vain. We era prone to forget the disci plinary aars of this profmiioeary state, sad that all firing* work to gether fee good to them that love ; God. Oar faith, teal ami patience all develop and grow by exercise. This apparent delay and 4ow roaring fiboat of war petitions dfee* thus ex t'hutch f She that was so para, so beaut ifbl, so gkwioaa, you bare be trayetl, violated, drspoiled, wouaded dremtliig a *iu»re, were, however, avnblevl, and Ilka rme of mir fri«n«U uf the pveuewt age, we could *uy, “GoUege m Amt with owe exception, ths bueineas of real* Mean f* Bret 1 was m» well prepared, no far beyond -aiust of my dsMauns, that I mHiiagcd to sustain mywelf without study aud without pabttodfcsgtoee. Mother’s fetters ware very aft* tionkte, ami aha wrote often, bat 1 always Idbkcxl auxKmoly ahead, so sa to “skip'* any part saspeoted of so lemnity and advice, la ths cunts* I was pursuing, l could not pnaailriy liear it. #;,* Iu vacation I returned home. Af ter the usual greetings of welcome, my trunk and wardrobe passed Nested her tomb by your hlaapbe ae«« ‘Dogma of I a fallibility.’ Hear what God says to hi* wriferiag cbil draw. The God of |>raca shall braise ttaUn wmker yoar feet shortly. Da you not tiwmbfc- at these words! Who bat tiatan taallgated aad in dieted the tortara* of khi* pksoa Y Oh, could them walla, witbia which ty. Rat is the afbefcft grateful Y t Vrtaiaiy not. Ha caa wot be, ter ha reoagwlma we God to ha grateful to. The tkrbtiss icjofesm ws weft as he, hot the obriatfeto abme Is grate fal fittr bis mfety, for he knows that But We creed MM, should not, de Muifia / Alfems afemasnasmsBaai few t* axi# w ! spsir necaoNc me wnewer i* not wi ways iatnradbtte M»r axantly accord- iag to the aMilog. “In due season’' —that Is, ihe beat seamw—we shall rrap If we faint not. could this roof bat echo bock the crioo of yoar lunooant - victims, aad the vaults U imath us reveal tbs aad sorrow aboundfiaHh as; yet, with all thane drawbacks, life la a Mossing. Who to It tat the insure* parson that does aot fees life aad dealra to IhroY The devil was not far from the truth whan ha Mid, “All that a man hath wW he give for hi* life.* Wa aatfiraRy ding to life with ths foodast teoaolty Bare ly wa sboakl be gratefU! for ths pro- serration of our Ursa. Although wt are frail eeaalaraa, pan God has so dowed us with aohfe fhoaltlaa-fac ultiea that capacitate aa to glorify *N>fed: , , - j *• the action of the General 7to3,8natb, at it* recent Conven- ^ ‘ n appointment of an edi- ** corps for the Lutheran Visitor, Hfe transferred to that body, rest ion would be required. “Bat the breath of God has for aver extinguished ths fires of the Inquisition aad swept away your tienoe. The seed ts snWn In early autumn It germinates, springs up and promises growth; bat cold De* .•»'mber skies and wiatry winds saam to bleat vegetation aad threaten ths defeat of hope; but ha hath bog pa- tieorc ; the “gay, green spring will come,” aad be looks beyond the via tor and sees la the sate coming earn mer the golden harvest aad baraa Ailed with plenty. See, Elijah prays six times for rain, bat the heavens are aa brass and the earth aa faoa, and there ia no sign of rain; bat ho ia aot weary, he does not foist, aad he bows the seventh time: the ear vent re torn* to aay that “them 1a a dotul aa of a man’s hand.” Enough! the rain is coming; hasten to tall the King; there is a sound of abundance *ith our hearty approbation. k*t *e will heartily co operate (he editors of the Visitor In tbe °f that paper, and will * a Pport it otirmdvcH and urge ®pport and claims upon bur poo the thanks of this (Mnfcr- ; ar «dae, and are tender- 10 ®to» A. R. Rude, HD., for the 1 «nd able nerVlcra rendered arch iu hi* fete oditorial ca aud that we invoke tbfi bless tbo Great Head of tbe clmrch In his declining days, toeceediug resolutions were trust in him. Ha hat I pathies; he has divine < he has everlasting km, mighty arm. No weight toncceding resoldtion« That a committee of ,,e »W>ointed by this Confer t0 ^leot all the material in *** t0 the biography of otir to tiorison; It moved, a pace, and soon poured down a copious rain. fead aaemrafiy to thank is tod feallaa el ths approach ths gtary of hta holy n fe lad by it safely aa the chains of priestly Jfepr. j- ■ *