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MM* n.t%r» fiojr mo A* IMF* . ?:«»* n-J*»* cdnl© IMS 3 h©dul®* r, Q**' 1 h Ta& / '* fiHScab-- — IKam ■y ?n - :•.jiSSSS ■kPP A ML . HnSi'lW* «» > . !■ * * ' r ' ' : W J wa: A ; irSlcJ"' J Posh, Hawkins & Dreher, Editors. M OHE LORD. OVI FAITH. OVI >APTISH.’'~EPHESIAHS 17:6. ■ Tenns: $2.00 a Year. SERIES, VOL 6~N0. 43. CHAHUSTON. S. (HOT)AY. JULY 17, 1874. OLD SERIES, VOL 6-NO. 303. y>" ■ Original. ■ / ■ •hit • -r- Por the Lathe ran VUitor. tfProcsedingi of ths Wnttrn of S. W. Virginia Synod. ■Hfiw *■ _____ body met pursuant to ad ^nimeut at Burke** Garden, Tase t$t county, Virginia, on Friday, gay 29tb> at 11 o’clock A. M. fba following clerical member* t, vis,: Rev*. S. Rhudy, J. Greevcr, J. C. Re|»a«*, J. J. jerer, E. H. McDonald, J. Mabood B. Groover. Absent, X A, ^««n, A. Fhillippi and J. A. Bell, hay delegate*—Messrs. S. Linda* ■* * ** H h .US«f; trlS. tS>p*nhaver, A. Roaenbaain, 3.8pracker and J. M. Stowers. Conference organized by the elec* two of Rev- J. J. Scherer, President, g*V J- Mabood, Secretary, and Bro. g, H. Groeeclose, Treasurer. Tbs foil lay delegation present in Ac*t«i an increasing interest in, and lire for, oar beloved church among the membership, aud these brethren sided greatly to the interest of the Meeting of Conference by the active part they took in all tbo measures tkicb were proposed and discussed hr the extension aud upbuilding of ta kingdom of our Lord. Reports on the state of religion in 1m different charges were made by- pastors. While no special work the Spirit of God was reported in my of the pastorates, the faithful log of the Word and use of means of grace were attended the blessiug of God, aud briugiug forth fruit in the awakeniug and ^version of sinners, and the steady development of the Christian graces k the hearts aud lives of God’s peo ple. Some of the brethren reported tkst since the last meeting of Coo ference they had received into the ehmrcb classes whom they had had wder catechetical instruction The by delegates were called npou for 2S$f&m 'ili c /"Hl|M.J4«y»e Their statements on the whole were raeourugiiig, showing increased ac tivity aud zeal among the member «M| in regard to the various inter sil of our Zion. These interesting proceedings sng- F'ded grave subjects for thought nid investigation. Among others, the following question was propowed f*M discussion : “Can we promote the eutae of Christ more extensively aud Nicvesstully by each denomination laboring exclusively for itself, or by bburiug unitedly when occasion calls for it r It was determined by Con ference to discuss this question at its present meeting, aud the questam Uwt had been selected was deferred nil the next meeting. After a full *wi free interchange and comparison of views on this important subject, the vote being called for ou the first danse of the qnestlou, it was nttani- wotuly decided in the negative. —..-n. mats the Bsnday school as an aut Hilary in this great work. The following qweaitJon* Wore as horted for discos*ion nt next Owfer snoc, sis.: t. What relation does ehnreh avesi bernhip hold to salvation T M #. Has the Divine Lnw of Tithing been revoked T 3. Is voluntary giving, ths IMvins plan for supporting ministers of ths Gospel» * Conference, having completed its business, adjourned to must at Bed don, Bland county, on Friday before the 5th Sunday in November, |W4. KXXBCfMm OF SABBATH- *1 gregatiou repaired y> ths grove « ths church and listened to a by Rev. J. B. Groover, after which the Lord’s Supper was administered to a large number of communicant*. At 3 P. M. the congregation agai| assembled in the grove, when Rev. J. X Scherer preached. The people of the Lord having been fed from His word and at His table, tbso slowly separated and returned to their buwe* J. Mabood, Saturday Morning. Rev. J. A. Grown appeared. Rev. 4 J* Scherer, Piesident of Marion IWale College, made au encourage H report on that institution, show- 8 *S the number of students to bo Citable for the first session. Com- Sodious buildiugH have been pur- vkaseilj and »n able eorjM of iuatrui;- Herd red. May it send forth bindreds of the daughters of our eboreh with cultivated intellects and «aoctifiwl hearts a blessing to tHr church and the world. AH the congregations represented •sported Sunday schools, and for the l'nrpose of awakening a deeper in terest in this great cause in the bounds of this Conference it was determined to hold a Sunday school Coeveqtiou at the close of the sum Each Sunday school is re S«estetl to send two delegates to ■»»d Convention. It is to meet in Ebeoezer church, Sroytbe county, **-> on Friday before the soooud *ooday in October. The superin teixleut or secretary of each school i* expected to furnish a written re pMrt °f the number of teacher*, popils, library, papers, &c. Aud w« ttr gently request superintendents, tethers, and all who desire to aid in promoting the Sunday-school’s cause, ! iut to forget this Convention. The Sunday-school is the uursery of the eliorcb, from it must come the future uieiubershini and ministry of the |«hurch. ,How imimrtaut then to Irain the w teudar plants” iu the doc- bines of our holy religion, and im- IW to them such a knowledge of the sacred Scriptures as will lead them to Christ the source of life and happiness. W« cau not over esti* For Um Lutheran VUitor. Miicn County, W. Vn Juno 1874. fNsr Visitor: This country pre sents a pleasing aspect, not only ssa suitable field for the development of true Lutheranism, but also oa sc eonnt of its mineral wssltb and pro dncliveuess of soil. The beautify scenery, too, captivates the eager gazer, while coal mines, salt works, and fatness of land, allure the money seeker. The evnning sepbyr, cooling the brow of the dull dreamer, as it hunts its wuy along-tin* winding stream, and the healthfalaesa of the climate, add tuneb to the many other attractions. This is probably the finest * beat pnrma^£ it* h*v-4W„i ed an abundant crop. The soil m well adapted also to the cultiva&Mm of corn, potatoes, bay, fruit, Ac. What a delightful country, “When* every prospect |dc«sr*, aud only mun is vile !* This healthy, wealthy and brauli ful conutry is inhabited by a plain but nice people, principally at Ger man parentage j and why should nut the church of their fathers be their choice f it la their choice. Bat they have been neglected, seriously neg levied. Nov, while some cluster with e« thusiaam around the standard of Lutheranism, we call npou the «der gy of tlx* Virginia Synod to ooutem plate the condition of these people until the auunal meeting of your body, when we trunk measures will las taken to send men, not o mas, over here ; men of aetivily, uf euer gy, of |>eraevora»oe, and of ability. Men who *iil work. Fur witbont these admirable aUrtbotaa of mmus’s nature Ac need nol rwmc A#r# la AsAar. Wo still urge tbo n see sailor, as wall as the poaaibiHty. of forming, as soon a* practicable, a West Virginia Synod. One church now rapidly »p proachiug completion ; In a time not far distant others ran be batlt »4 differeiit points ia this State, sad what a support they will bo to »nr Zion, to our colleges! Selections. Ths Lorn to thi Chafch from * Vial Dr. Guthrie, tbo preacher of bio sgs, aad avaa nor aa a paetor, bad aoi oaty and piety, bat wan equally t la bmdMaa abtlttfoa. Ho was a profaaainnal baakor, aad to || ttOW hclf* Im| la bavo tbo adva* a Gsrnaan onivevmty j aad bis splendid foture, la obfob bin o >fk, showed hhi Hi pa mud bank, where bo was n bwt virtually Preoidoat; sod In way, bo says, bo both with tui my and aAtjr, • bo, hi tbo foaail i^rtr bwdim* Of fifed ia tbo baaiaoaa of than any old wife, or tbo « ia tbo w the secret of prayer, simply breanae lb* i a mystery Let os tf to fotboni and an are, lore the benefiu ittaobed to prayer.— opport bo won of tbo* Aad to things. Ouo of the great attractions of the man was tn bis general knowledge, facta and fragamata of slurb spar kled like dlsmnaiis in the bnasm of bio serasons in tbo form of ittamru tioaa, aad by thi* knowledge be woa the hearts of all. Kvery mao in at trnetad aad interested hi a minister who knows be ia repaired m Wb. It in like pb from year owa country, who, •iraagors, jmi, tbr«mgh the knowledge of rosne frieoda 1 be tbo rtoall of knowledge If m mlnialev a%owa ignorance ia tolarting Sitb pia-eos or baas It ia af sod tb arise fi labor i charge* are Tbo Jed re (*bhreb ity, tb r ics®ce arewlan oa Dr work fa -My q aired w filed fo Ut w! sr W« hoiw in the next number to lie able to state by whom, «a«i too ex- \ is tbo man. -A certain doctor of divtatkr, Wm «Ba« moan ram me a thing*.) was in n pastoral pattsh, aad to this rod nrlorieil tbo twasdy third FnaUn. If- nveant of the far i that aheap lu mr drink watae, when «irk. be iJi*0>nt*#«1 on the im pur tame of water to the flocks, a blunder apparent to the sinp*doa< | au«l after IIhi nermow, no (lit) stood about to light their pipes, the Dec* tor bad tbo mnrtifcmthsoi to brer bim self and sermon treated wllb asm tempt, owe shepbord saying to aaotb ev, 'Dnir bodie. Hear ye aver tbo Nl* o’you about the sheep dtlnkia’ F * Hot buatnes* sMIity In a minhstce ta sharkniiz to the mioistorial ideal pvweatRng la our coonuy. whore the inatitntmu la expected to real mm pity. Ilelpfeanaeaa ka an attractive ^-11 t m gan in 11 f wo"*# fib rem neffanw Jfi^ *fis-t s^awre "“•frll W y wflff eiSe *H1"» with very little to depend ou, gives a diviner aspect to the miaiatry ia our pyre. The prevaiMwg typo of mim iotorial charsetct Iw moot pieces la aw the style af a ptows baby bond—thee are to be |s>wer!nlly emit, or liko babies. Jbetr waknsos ia to bo tbeir How many of oor godly la would ^Is^rl wis^kr *i^s*^i*^i* ^3***!^ torsi rare of a man that had been a hanker! The rt-bost ami nel elementa U»at woabl give, would bo shocking \ of theC any pra it is a cw9*n pelt Cbarvb c Larch the mi* bwt did plunge than fi third* n to band in tn*Mf the e»*t to be b l lie ami prejMirs lint th. ease} l! snorwlit 1 fi iS*Tr Ml |*rnn in lag* s« eat jw»f their of the reproof how re men Wl sympat ifnoran their tr men of absorbed and tronbllfl, and are In vited to tfotcu to whtt they can not command their though* to consider. -Tie Prmhftfrimm he r* M»«rr. wh»ah .« tiok. «fc», •to.aSBvSs *•!■«* n ‘V’ 1 ' at that t«~ W. .Ill The »>'“">«■■ ‘“ k leave, and we trust, too, ia tbo beads s •<>«» * nd ‘ "“"*** wa . of some on# who will provble and | * M cousummg bis Ufo nnti P*g care tor it, a bamfoome UtUo cbnrcb. 1 P«*J «*• ,bo hlnt th,kt th€ . gL jp # JHlBfiMgBB. I It ia really a great calamity for a I nature of Mfe, man to look self reliant ui tb« min define self istrj . Kirel. it tud.relea that he has J rI pUnatlons will |*BATKB.—By simplest things too, the obaenrx. — LL. l’MHHOW A L IHF LU KNOB.—L* iH»U the higher Alps the mow ia sometimes piled so high, and so evenly bal anced, that a crack of a whip or tbo about ot a voice may give sufficient vibration to tbo air to bring down the whole mass upon the travelers below. Bo in oar moral world there are tool* just hovering over the abyss of ruin j a word, or even a look from as, may cause them to plunge down into the depth* from which there Is no return j or a helping band stretch ed out to them in tbo moment of peril may lead them back to the safe, sure paths of virtue aad 1 Knowing that wo have such power •hall we not humbly pray, “Lead oa not Into temptation, bat from evil T"— London AOii Mow much soever you humble yottmlf, you oau not doacend aa for as did tbo Lord Jeaua. an ia actually suffering ot want. | Hear the pbyaiologfit explain the fe. or tbdaMrtapbyai k on tbo Board of Education, u m with prayer, aad U»at he may not be aa depeu I diviaea to rfmpHfy dent on the help of Divine Grace aa rredy perfectly ho might bo. There ia no good | mac b confusion In! for tolling too*, “My dm brother, tf you suffer for the waul of proper material support in tbit world, your people all remember you at a throne of graoo, aud you hriU have a uright crown ia the world to many. Prayer ia log of our desires agreeable to bin wi of sias ami acknoi dew.” The heaven 1 to boty family In1 beloved children, The fear leas apoaOe working with I bear oar | hi. ow. hands, contributing bin .bare gone astray, our tb to tbo movements of trade, thanking ceivw gifts, ami God that he did not need to be wo have want*, chargeable to any man, would be ly *0grossed oocalarUod to o«r ajefi, hie piety I W*nm t but that would so torn to ewapmrlaoo with that In owr of a celebrated doctor of divinity, wanta. If. throng who hod so little common sense as cept hie sympath; pub up hie beans which made | the find, x mrmn and their confuse. It labors of the which is at sve created the minds of iply “the offer ImhI for things Father wishes roe with hit 3: « promises to wo we have when we re- request* when never so bosi affairs of the sympath ire joys, and cur prayer, we •©- he will . hi- .Maim WHO «».,« ,..r and per tbeir appumnaeu through thagpouad, [ ptoaaU too tmm ^ mA with the old 00 tbo ippor HP to lev Xtog. aad riags through “Let tbo children of to tbeir King. 1 * Ia naaj, religion is re gtasmy and peeaiatentljr 1 their social circle*, tbeir peace. 24 ever iter slander uj tb# le m bark is reacaed from ripools of the ocean. nUta when bo ex ogwoo gloom for the e awn and bis fetters exile leapt be le restored again icee and the nleaaant •wth. Bnt these are aide emblems of the •ttret sinners, when, 1 days and nlgbu of tifol light of gospel ipon tbeir souls, and Mod's displeasure ia ry bavo found Jr*nt, aa, peaee with tbeir l, and an Inliaritatire boner. None In all t to be so happy as adorned with aalra- pr sites of God are l Tbeir path la as 1 aad their life ripetts rtea and green pas waters. “children td 1 73ou * to whom they hare ed and in whose fly neqnieoee, la the t. Well indeed may IWftffm | toiofia % so saw ft la fitted to inspire uuuq teak able." •a thou in his Prrmim. of the in % untile God • children of men— ten thousand, ia his Lore, mid aut quench, nor —it is the harden igh eternity of the idtne. ice in the H*fkUwnm 1 graciously wrought Iren. It has maguf d made it honorable 1 absolves from the sin—it furnishes a of life. ko in his .Safest***, rre, and foil—suited r all—offered to all. from sin, aud guilt, I pain, and death, re in his omnipotent . Death wrest* the beat and bravest of bnt Zion's King is are, ami holds the nd of death. He Dga, and his wisdom arm cau break in nd 0*1 r enemies— he ig of the needy, and of the widow—in bis the the mighty can once be Nothing "is *uifi^upten^ or too mioute for his care and eoucero. Ilia eye never sleeps, nor ia hie right hand ever weary. With Him a thousand years are as owe day, aad owe day ae a thousand years. Think for a moment of the empire over which he reigns. Think of the millions of wonders that in* visibly surround u*. Think of tbe world* that glow beneath the micro- scope. Our king U Lord of these. Think of tbe worlds which the night reveals ; tbeir spacious sweep, their mystic flight, all tbeir Mblitno pb* nomena, and all their possibilities of life and history ! fi# is Lord of these. Think ol the innumerable companies of spirits, embodied and disembodied Ailing a realm of life of which we can not adequately conceive ! He ia Lord of these. Such being tbe glory of onr King, and tbe vastness of his empire, why should any be trou bled in heart, who have touched the golden sceptre, which be ha* stretch ed out, and meekly submitted to hie authority t Rejoice, O believer, rather in the lord always. Shout thou inhabitant of Zion, for great is the Hot* One of Israel in the midst of ftot f-Ite/hnued CtoireA Mmmger sou* of likeoed the nations and _BiTy. *» -v 01 JUML There la no feeling more common, perhaps, than that of haring no time to rest. In the busy Uvea of theau who are, in any sense of the word, workers—especially In our own land, where everything conspires to quicken onr nervous energise to the utmoei—there seem* to be little room for ropoea. From year’s end fee year's end, with tbo exception of an occasional day, or a form igh t in the summer, band aud brain keep oa, doing their utmost, till by and by health wanes, mental prostration ensues, or In some way nature makes its reprisals. The brilliant student who carries off the prizes in the school examinations not uufreqaeut- ly misses them in the sterner compe titions of life. Tbe overworked pro fosstoaal man dies of exhaustion midway to the summit of success. Tbe merchant who pours his very life into profit aud loss, and balances bis accounts in his dreams, falls a victim to paralysis or apoplexy. “I can not take time to sleep,” says tbe ambitions toiler, pre«wng ou to tbe goal sod the ciumu of the future, beedleee of the day wheu be shall seek sleep, and find it flying from his pillow. Overtasked fathers and mothers set to tbeir children—inker ♦tor* of their own excited brains and uncertain nerves—examples of fret- faluciui anil impatience, lu early- lined brows and early fading bloom we see the effects of too much honry, too little rest God sometimes m od* an “euforced pause.” It comes tn the shape of a trouble, aud fever, an unforeseen journey perhaps—that we call au accident—aud w« are taken oat of oor ordinary Urea aud obliged to •top. From the coufrnes of the sick room the world recedes. Tbe cares that loomed so large to our sight yesterday seem to have gone away indefinitely. The things that we thought nobody dse could do must a» importaotT OurV.lcAd^n iut/TSUit —not tbe one we wanted, or planned for, or intended, but the best for us, God lias put it into our liven—nod be makes no mistakes. There are fathers who would, strange as it may seem, aud wrong as it is, never get acquainted with much bnt tbeir children’s laces, if they were not now and then kept at home for a few days by illness. There are moth ers who, in tbeir anxiety for their children’s dress and de)K>rtment and culture, lone sight of tbe souls that they pusses*, till some sharp wind of sorrow blows tbe mists from their eyes, aud they feel that “the life is more than meat aud the body than raiment.” In hours of convalescence the Book is read that has been awaiting an iuterval of leisure; the song is listened to that the little daughter has learned at school; the bods 00 the rose bush in the window are counted and exulted over; some thing kind and sweet is plauned to be done for the neighbor over the way. Not iu vain lias the Lord seut his |iuusc into tbo whirl and the hurry aud the tnmnlt in which the hours and days were passiug. If wo oould, for ourselves, recog- uix* the tact that, to work well, we must rest well, we should save oar- ad ves tbo necessity of tnauy an hour of pain. One of the meretricioas phrases that has wrought mischief with many of us is that familiar one, sunlight from our hearts! Keeping the vineyards of others, tbe refrain beau sadly on the ear, «‘Mine own vineyard have I not kept’—not be cause I was too idle, bnt because I tried to be too busy.” Let os re member that God himself bos put dignity upon rest—that be haflimadc it the joy of tbe heaven we hope for; and let os not chafe or be impatient when he enforces it ou ns now.— Teacher*» Treasury. voived hero—if one, not wearing oat, must needs rust and become useless there might be sense in words like these. But the fact is, that half of us wear out before we have done any real earnest work, and some of ns rust even while we are trying to do onr best. We shall most truly serve ohr Master when we are physi cally and mentally at our best And therefore we ought to secure every day, even the most intensely active days, some little golden space for solitude and leisure. Of one, whose gifted sons and daughters have stamped their im press upon their generation, it is said that, even when most occupied with the crowding cares of a minis ter's wife in a country parish, with the superintendence of a school for young Ladies, and the duties that fill a mother's heart and hands, she found time every morning for her hour in the little chamber upstairs, vrhenoe she would come with a brow shining with the peace of God. How often do we, who have less to do, abbreviate our moments of devotion, and so wear our days with ragged A Thought "Jeremiah, r in his interesting sketch of X Addison Alexander, re marks of this model student, “that be had no taste for company, rather avoided it—always ate hastily— wonld spring np from bis dinner or tea, rush to his room and pore over his books.” Now, I believe that after the legitimate amount of read ing and cal tore, it is all-important for the Christian minister to mingle much in society, and form acquaint ances with all classes, of varied char acter and employments, that he may lay a broad foundation for successful efforts in his Christian work. In this world of sin and sorrow, what op portnnities occur for tho faithful and efficient servant, walking in the foot steps of Jesus, to sympathize with the afflicted and to seek for the con version of souls ! Perhaps it may require a great effort of self-denial to leave a taste ful study room and favorite authors to mingle and move in uncongenial scenes. But “to do good and to communicate forget not, for with such sacrifice God is well pleased.” Too much time spent in reading is not only a very selfish enjoyment, but retards the growth of the reflec tive faculties, the mind absorbing like a sponge, aad having mostly bnt second-hand thoughts. There mast be time for observation and for active work. Tbe Christian minister shonld be mors occupied with his own ttgtfilftiHgp sift him to “behold wondrous things out of his law,” let him go fresh from his Bible study and the “still boors” of oommunion with God, to mingle in society and make personal efforts for the conversion of souls. This is God’s plan for the conversion of the world. Paul counted all things bat loss for the excellency of the knowl edge of Christ Jesas his Lord, for whom he had suffered the Iom of all things, aud did ooont them but dross, that he might win Christ. And can or should the Christian minister be absorbed in studies aud literary pursuits which exclude for the time being all thoughts of Jeeus t “Lo, I am with you alway.” “Can yo believe, which receive honor oua of another, and seek not tbe honor that coineth from God only V Are not literary aspirants ambitious of worldly honors, and is not Christ in this way too often wounded in the house of his friends T In Accord with the Truth. The 8. 8. World remarks that it is not surprising that a worldly miudod teacher should find it difficult to uu- derstaud the Sabbath Bible lesson, or make it interesting to his class, and adds: Any one who undertakes to be a faithful teacher and interpreter of the gospel must bo in harmony with ivlktfet rnaar out than rust out” If snirit of j w ... — — - with ease, with fervency and edges, and miss the glory of God’s I sincere joy. Jews were knowledge of divine truth ho said, “If any man will do his will he shall know of the doctrine.” A half hearted, halting follower of the Sa viour ought not to expeot to know the marvelous depths and extent of God’s revealed will. His mind is divided: it is trying to serve two masters. That quick, delicate spir itual perception required to see heav enly troths, is blurred or destroyed. The richness and beauty others be hold in them he oaa not discern. He oharges all the difficulty to the obscurity of the truth rather than to his own rebellious heart When any teacher, therefore, finds the Bible lesson unusually difficult; when by ordinary pains taking study he fails to get any vivid or clear ap prehension of the message, or any sense of its divine power, let him at once inquire prayerfully whether he is in close and conscious sympathy with its Author, or in spiritual ac cord with the probable teachings of that truth. Let the teacher bring himself into spiritual unity with Jesus, and into full sympathy with the Bible message, and the moun tains of difficulties will melt away. His spiritual sight will be extended and cleared, the lesson will be taught dwith