The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, June 12, 1874, Image 1
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
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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- ■ *