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CHARLESTON, 8. 0., FRIDAY, AFC 1ST 21. 1874
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JUjfmnU iu the mouth, <mu wu aa*
nttitt} on lliin important object sad
wipe out the atifiu* <*» our womow
heritage that we hare no Kngl.*U
representative of the Reformation
Church iu each an important eamtre
of iuttuoiH-e a* the city ef ltkhu»oo«l 9
Let ua pray over the satyr©* sad
then wt. How happy weald we all
feel, and how well repaid, uvea aa
hundred hk), for oar aaorUtoe. to aea
it proclaimed abroad, after the ag
gregate of that day’s effort waa aeot
in, that a lot waa aeeanui and a ehaw
com|uniioua, and tlm glorioua work
af Jia maa regeneration by the Holy
Ghost wont on with power. Twenty
reprobates became living epistles
fcaown aud road of all inen. Peure
neat bar! come to Chequer alley.
Tha« l»y a remarkable diaplay of
ilia grace did God honor the tod of
hie amrauta, demoustrete the vitality
of hie troth, aud ©uouaiage hia dis-
d|4«« who labor in the dark comm
of the earth to continue their labors
of lore. Nor did the nig us of his
working cease with that wonderful
night. From then till now new tro
phtce have been won for Jeans from
among the outcast* of Chequer alley.
thereby the means of our comforting
others.
How few of as go to him and say,
“That sermon did me good. I feel
like a new man. Let me thank yon
for it* And yet these are juat the
winds that would encourage your
pastor. If be is doing good, let him
know it. Don’t forget it, brother f
If your pastor lifts yon out of the
“along* of despond,* teU him of it,—
Christian Observer.
ri4 For the Lutheran Visitor.
lIliwweHls-Richniond Mtasion—
Staunton Femalo Seminary,
fowr Visitor: With Bro. R. C.
Hollrtud, 1 like the present bold ef-
f,r«s the Church i* making iu the
direction of endowment*. “if looks
Me work* Certain it i*, ir we at-
t nothing, tee do nothing. If
» such thing us aimless effort,
st certainly fruitless effort,
must propose for Du reel res
*g to do, and then we must
ourselves to the doing of that
worthing. “Quit yourselves like
aw*»*; a* STRONG."
A few years ago, at our meeting of
$viKKt at Woodstock, to purge our
minutes of a disgraceful lea cent res
olution in behalf of Roanoke Col-
luge, as well as to effect something
wrtby of the uoblo institution for
whkk the effort was to he made, we
moved to amend said resolution by
(itiiposiug to rni«*< fifty instead of
It wua, how
y, the right love,
A dam not flavor
give das rnoonr
"* 4 - * * wdfl «at .'■dta#***,- wm&*>
■hape sums may think they
bo *u* or
Tne But Book in the But Piece.
•ran congregation in Richmond t Far
one, I would feel it re bs owe of the
happiest days of my life. And all
Ihia mil he realised, *t aw great ensf
to auy one, if ws hot unite In effort
There are many great libraries in
the world. Rome contain nearly a
jnillion books. Some of these books
have been great blessings to the
world; bat there is one book wkich
claims to be before all others, and
above them all It is the Holy
Bible.
This is truly the best book. As IU
name means, it is “the Book*—the
book of books—God’s book. It came
from God, and leads to God. It is
his gift to all people of every age.
It has done more good in the world
than all other books that have ever
been written.
In the Bible are declared the char
acter, ways, aud purposes of the
God of providence aud grace, and
in what relations mau stands to his
Creator, and to his fellow-men. It
answers the questions, Whence came
I 9 What am I 9 Whither am 1
going f It is a book of the purest
doctrines and the wisest precepts.
It is fall of light and troth and love.
It relates facts, and teaches by ex
amples. It makes kuowu the best
way of living, Lhs most comfortable
way of dying, and tells of eternal
rest iu heaven.
Bat the principle glory of the
Bible is that it reveals the person
and work of Christ, and the only
way of salvation by faith iu him.
It is the “word of Christ* The
great truth it makes known, is, that
God so • loved the world as to send
hro foresight. That In. they wreriri
bagtboa •«$ tWir lifb by tanking
forward sad argaatatog bat tar ran
diUaaa af hashnndry.
Wealth is like a bird; It bops all
day from mau to mau, as that doth
from tear to tree, and none can say
where it will roust or rest at night
It is like a vagrant follow, which,
because be is big boned aud able to
work, a man takes in doors and cher
tabeih; and perhaps for awhile be
takas pain*, bat when ho spies op-
(•annuity the fugitive Hsrvant is
gone, and takes away more with
him than all his service came to.
The world may seem, to stand this
in stead for a season, but at last it
irrevocably runs away, aud carries
«ilh it thy joys, thy gods, as Rachel
stole I abac's Idols; thy |*eace aud
oootant of heart goes with it and
thou art left desperate. Honor moat
put off his robes when the play is
done; strength, though, like. Jero
boam, it pul forth the arm of o|{
press-ton, shall soon.fall down with
erod; beauty is like an almanac—if
it last a year, it is well; and as for
pleasure, it is like the lightning, a
flash and away
There la only oue drawback to the
whole plan that present* Itself to my
mind. The joy, after the months of
laiior, anxiety and pray era of Bro. Hoi
laud, tbs noble iastigaUw of thlogreat
undertaking, which would swell hia
heart when be realised the aeoom
pi mb men t of hi* hope*, might bo
more than that frail body ef hie
can bear Aud 1 would be the lout
one to recommend any plan that
might result la the autimely removal
of so valuable a laborer in the Mas
ter’s vineyard. Rot I hare no doubt
Bro. H. can brace himself ap so that
the shook, the result «f such joy,
could ho endured. What tbiak you,
Bro. U. 9
STAUNTON ri&MALK NJtMIXAKY.
A brother beloved, in Mouth Caro
liua, recently sdniinistenrd u« a gen
tie reproof for not baring more said
uUMit our last sacwrefal Commence
hieut, and advised us to see that the
mistake be not repeated. It nay be
proper, after such warning, to inform
him aud many other friends d the
Seminary, through the 1’frfonr, that
the new building* are progremong
quite satisfactorily, *nd will be ready
to us) at the opening «d the senator*,
September 3d. We wilt have a
large and exrellent arbewd n**m on
the flrst fl«a»r in the men wing, wbteb
will l*e cu|HH*io«s enough tor oar
{Mtlrtie exereiacN at the clone «rf earb
session. When the two up|a*r *to
ries mi this wing are completed, thrru
will Ire ntofdc room for the family of
a principal, teacher*, servants, and
seventy fire I murder*. . We .will hare
a uniform latek front of 111 fret,
vary trig in depth from XI to fl» leaf,
sttirl front two to four atorie* in lieight.
When ws think of the time in which
all this has been aecwmiplhtbed, and
from such feeble beginning*, ws
cart but exclaim, " IF tor hath (hoi
hnought!” Person* Intending to send
next session, who have not yet noli
ffml ua, will rotifer a furor by doing
so at once, so that room* may be for
ntaheil fur Ibeir daughters when they
come. It coats heavily to put In the
furniture In a room, ami In order
that wo lie snhfect to no nnnerea
sury outlay, we ought to know la
advance, as nearly as possible, how
ninny will be in attendance each ar*
sioii. We hare a fow catalogue*
on hand yet, which we will semi to
parties on appHralioi).
J. t. Mu.r.KW
Atheism, like idols try, is n.flniuh
tasgh when they sreakl. If limy only
few cents i>er member,
ever, opjiosml on all sides as imprao-
ursblc, it uot impossible.
We bail just resolved to raise fifty
ernu per member for the benevolent
oterstious of Mynod, and this would
sew make it one dollar per member,
it was so far above what our people
bu<l ever done on the subject that
BKtuy excellent, worthy brethren
seemed to stagger under the thought.
The resolution, however, was Hi tally
carried with the result that, I think
1 uni correct in this, all who tried to
raise the dollar jier head, did it.
M m\ did uot do it, but of these
wnm* Acknowledged tliey did not try,
thinking it impossible. At the next j
meeting of Synod we had over four
hundred dollars for Roanoke College,
instesd of thirty or forty under the
tea cent resolution operntkm.
Now we have meulioued this as a
simple illustration ot what is effected j
by |jn>i*fcong something worthy of
effort. So in the matter of endow
ment, there must be something put!
before the church that will really j
starlit* the people because of its
■a iguilude. This will make them
think, hunt ap statistics, get their 1
♦yes often to the ability of the church, ‘
Caleb anti Joshua like, they will say, •
*’l* l us go ii)» and port.*-** the land, j
,r * *e are well able* Thus must
♦ lie church address itself at once and
m earnest to the LlDlBS* BiDoW1
3ltNr plan for the Theological Semi
nary.
U^t the whole church lay hold of :
this. | think it eminently proper
that the name of Dr. Bachman be ;
preserved in ottr Seminary. Is it
not then meet that U»« whole church
iu the South move as oue mau in
ibis matter, raise the funds upon the
ladies’ plan, and call it the Bachman
I’HOFKSsoBsmr f YVbat is the re
H|*ortse ofttbe Georgia, Stinth Caroli-
»n, Missisnippi, Virginia and M. W.
Virginia |>eople to this! How can
we better cm balm the memory of
ibis departed worthy than iu a chair
of theology endowed in our Semi
nary bearing his revered name T And
can we not all, ilolston, Tennessee
and North Carolina Syuods, as well
unite aud pay this noble tribute to
his memory ! Truly, if we have that
charity which hopeth all things aud
emlnreth all things, we can.
But more of this at another time.
h*t ns all think of it in that spirit of
charity in which it is suggested.
RICHMOND Miasioif.
This work is progressing, but too
siowly. The whole amount ought to
"“‘t »ow. Let us get this out of
i he way. It i* worthy, pre eminent
J.v so, ot our prayers, our sympathies,
Jiud—mu dollars. Less than one dot
bur |s*r member JVoiii our member-
*hip in the General Hynod aloue,
w, »nld plant our English Church
lirmly iu Hicliiuoml, a point of so
•uueli strategic importance to our
church. But many in the Tennessee
Sy»od, 1 know, have helfied, and for
*D I know to the contrary, individ
uals iu the other Synod* not iu cou-
•n*ctmn with our Geucrul Myuod.
‘ s 'ill the amount contributed bus not
♦‘‘ached two thousand dollars.
1 would rent met fully suggest, there-
lhAt a united effort be made on
die anniversary of the Reformation
♦a October next. 1s t all our church
determine to obaarve the Festival
°f the Reformation, aud bring a
thank offering to the Lord to be ap
l»hed to the Richmond Miaatoii. Just
as surely as this effort lie made in
emmert throughout mir Church Mouth.
o>«wr*«, Uw parrot ot off other tin*,
Ib alI pn*iih>> degree*. The mind In
whfok M exiata a*oat, w order to the
wwefdfoB of ML, have beooaMi the aeat
«f wowdevfol defwwvlty, a«d hi prr
pored h) It lor every «oeeHv«Ue
per pe trot hot. I do art deny that on
At Herat aa«| lire deroittly ta the
world. Bat, wheaatvor this ta the
flott, hr hive la this nooaie* eoMy
IwttBBBi the mroanooton of the aivf-
lal irriBiaa to wlnleh ho ftade * tecap
wake op. or do aoythfog; with a*
oor, bo tteaaa, no ootae, nothing t<
dint orb t hoot, only having to red
o»d drink, and aleop. and he ha|ipj
Itat he the t**at aa the om eodrr
•oHi nrmwritNv* That ta out the
got by shirk mi* n ranryge ffoax
lower oNMlithan *nt»> Mghrr onm.
Vow are all dead »•• begin with.
Yon are all eotewoheil to the tiwli.
T*m are all, wore «r Iron, m every
faculty ahot op; and evrty man >«
to he g»* rot to woe way or •Mth r j
ond the tdow « whtah dMtofh pm are
hh»w* o h»rt», **« the »■ «r-k *, are let
The world itself is
not unlike to an artichoke; nine
porta of it are unprofitable leaves;
aboot it there ia a little picking
ureal; and in the midst there U a
core enough to chofe them that de
vour it.
Oyihtm, art uot yoar hearts on
God s mercy to ns work a stable nee*
of oor love to him; and however,
like the lower orbs, we have a nalu
ral motion of oar owo from good to
evil, yet let os suffer higher power
to more as sopernaturally from evil
to good. Oor ripenees of Christian
ity most overgrow fluctuant thoughts.
The (rod of constancy would hare
hia to be constant. Be steadfast in
yoar faith in him. “Continue in
enlty, nr name painful teoonveBtaBor;
aenm evil ta eo great as «» ovcrfaoJ-
anor the ptasante w Inch he exprets
from oromittingthe mine. Bat he
never hvea In hta manner from ptiu
mpta. oover from the want ot die
be who simfty receive* that gospel
ta •« am pat la imuwini >*« «f the
dtalme foi wr, the * haft* tree hta af
CM! whl«h ta in (Twfllt Jeeav oar
Le4 liner the apostle «*>*, "W»
tan- Let flfl be barely
noaitiaB
the .Mii ever on a lark •<* hinge, that
are l« art yon foes. If aero ln«
whst God** I4n«« MMmnt, they wmaki
my, **Lsw»l. then art kmarking; thi
kmsrka are hard; hot I will open
BMt»» thee.* Aerep* lr«mlde whew it
«ww*», for with it e»swrs the Issrd
Jrsw Chrtat.
there ta wo tnujuiu oktdk hta hrod
wilt not root rive, hta hvSMrt cheetah,
and hta hand* carry tola ex.vwwon
given to ns eternal life, and this life
is in his Son.” Whosoever believes
in him shall be saved. In its invita
tions and promises Christ is “com
mended" to sinners as their only
hope and refuge. It points to his
life as their beet example, aid to his
Cross as the only way to their re
conciliation with God and to heaven ;
and promises to as the help of the
Holy Spirit.
Should not the best book be pat in
the best place f The Psalmist tells
where that ia: “Tty word have I
hid in mine heart." (Psalm cxix: 11.)
It is well to hare the Bible in oar
bouses, and to see it on oar tables.
It is better still to have It stored in
But best of all to
profhg *ayflmtakjr theight.
Pwri iik*- tilt frag-1 m mawjsot a t ******** mom* ns
m i wwv, ttvtw * | Ml jp wowrogg OBttmFMP^
“being bt MMBpaatyi wttb oovoonl
though tiro* girl*. Aamsig them.
bnwwv w, there win om eiwepfooB; a
aerwMi*, quiet, end lienwttfol van**,
wbrnn* religions aptBlaam Beta wall
X p. *. t - ^ j. »>. I ** iH***- k **l f•'Mf a
long dm# *t«uke» efoqBenth In the
awn of truth and vkrtan tbvangb
the rolumti* csste iietew
IU * h || |i X ^ d f M V . | , 11 j *|l X | k j, * hi J_UJU1 je'ki. B ooM
k s^w^^asg »^Fwn ntaWP
luit'rrtfif her iw rrlu-ti.ii*
and wtlb tba foal knrdiuen* af pantb
Tbaro ta a mart to LotMton csitad
t brqnev alley, where, twvnty flia
(cut* Bgtt, not a aouMiry moral now or
» lit w'MMD CMwTwjFlr'*
God tad not a wo«whi|iff swoog all
of the guoiiet.*' Ool. i: 38. Be stead
hat ia yoar faithfulness to man
promising, aad not disappointing
Pa. *v: A
No man can turn Christ
from thee unless thou torn thyself
from Christ; for “Jeans is the same
yesterday, today, and forever."—
bath school with over two hundred
nrbaJrra, nrvrral elasnsn of ebarob
aremher* and hood fed* tta worship
the Lord. A srondeeful rkanp,
How was M bnagbt ahwnt f
Chiefly by the agroey af a ebria-
ttan woman. Mtos Maeartby. She
ta gnn the sort wham It waa danger
ro* U» vf-utsrw within the fllthy }»re
ematia af the ad}, by going into it as
a dtattibainr of tracts, dome re
cemed tar kindly, bat many lelsaffed
or iawaited her. She persevered
withant own toga of eocamfafoaieot
at u as pts
oar mq|poncs.
have ita truths ia onr hearts. “I
have lived a lonely life,” said the
shepherd of Salisbury Plain, “and
often have little to eat; bat my
Bible has been meat, drink and com
pany to me; and when trouble has
come upon me, I do not know what
I should have done if I had not had
the promises of the Bible for my
stay and comfort*
In a time of persecution a Bible
waa taken from a boy and burnt be
fore his eyes. “I have got the seven
chapters of St Matthew’s Gospel in
my heart," said he; “you can not
burn them out" That was a safe
place for the truths of the Bible, was
it not 9
The beet Book should be in the
best place for the beet purpose.
“That I might not sin against thee."
It is the holy Bible. It Shows us
that sin is an evil and bitter thing;
that it is defiling, deceitful, and dis-
graoeful; that God sees and remem
bera it; that we should confess it,
repent of it, and forsake it; and
that we should look to our lord
Jesus Christ, whose blood deanseth
from it, and by whoee graoe alone
w© can conquer it, and live a life of
holiness. Young reader I read your
Bible, cherish ita troths in your
hearts—obey it.
gtvwu a*. How often does it seem
as ir be knew just what oar trouble
was. Just when the thorn festered
must sorely, and need Just the words
that would ooaifort aud console us9
BsmMtmes the petty oaves attend
amt oo household duties have annoy
ed us; sometimes wo have cause jlo
think oar brother or sister, for whom
we have prayed so earnestly, is de
parting still further from the road to
salratloa; or it may be, we have
some secret sorrow, known only to
onr Saviour.
approving *woll
.. All
in the
sped id
"V mid
3o»b«u
V. O.
laagttad and tinaawal, os4 I. ana osar
aged by their mirth, grow taohft, sod
giant mg alyl} toward the pctamtfml
bam of oil my fun She did aot
fSabtmth school Preaching was be
gaa to a hired room. Mull no roe
yielded t« the troth.
A Her two years of such aacberred
labor, Mias Maeartby proposed, one
eceoing after preaching, to toll her
Christian rxperiamco to the women
present. If the; would remain after
the men left
“Yon won't, lito*gk, r said two or
threw rough young fellows rather
tartly. “If you tarn at oat, wall
take core that nobody else shall
boor, aad art wont com* to yoar
meeting again*
“Very wall" replied the groat
A Now England friend relate* this
“Wo reoontJy
suggestive incident
called nti a lady of culture and re
tiDement, who, having jost token
|msroa*inn of a now house with rle
gant surrounding*, hod suddenly
I teen colled to face the spproncb of a
fearful disco*© that seemed beyond
human power to avert. W'ith a lov-
iug huabuud and wiusome daughter,
with a home filed with evidences of
wealth and taste, encircled by warm,
true-hearted friends, with everything
earl lily to make life glad aud joyims.
we remarked : ‘You have everything
to live for. Does it not depress yon
to think that all lhta toast be given
up if this disease ta not stayed f
The reply, sim|4e, t-»russl, irnthfol,
‘Why, I have every thing to din for f >
o, the gran den i and the beauty of
that faith which see* through tin*
rilled cloud* the glory beyond, which
nan say, amid deepest darkness, “the
morning rotneth •* that faith which,
with “things seen ami temporal,"
most U'Miitifnl and attractive, can
raise one up into a fall appreciation
«d “the things Uiat are ausewn ami
eternal ;* that faith which larhlgw*
over the river, enabling the believer
to tread with Arm footstep and alone
the way that lead* to the unknown
land; that faith which will load one
meiroled by rtohest earthly gifts to
roy,1 “IJUaie nverytiiing^to die for!*
' — Adeno'C.
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p*»y •** u,c
We come to God’s
house with our long faces aud oor
trouble, thinking that perhaps “our
pastor" tr g’ut drop a word of com
fprt, or some line of a good old,
hymn might contain the uceded
consolation, when lo! Just tb© words
we needed he has spoken. Just
when we felt our heart failing us,
aad we were ready to fall under our
weight of wo© and trouble, oar pas
tor has comforted ua Did we feel
friendless 9 He has held op to us
the loving face of Christ as “a friend
ia every time of trouble." Did we
fool that want and famine were
about to overtake ust Our pastor
assures as that “God giveth food to
the hungry." We arise from our
seat with our heart Lightened, ready
to take up oar cross cheerfully for
another week, and pass out Wo
have a smile for the sad fac38 we
moat la the aisle. Anxious, inquir
ing words after our neighbor’s health
are on our lips, and, alas, by the
the time we have reached the door,
we have totally forgotten our pastor,
who flrst comforted ua, and waA
[ncylo villi wbmm & ffwit iicil
of ohilily shell dtow Ah f It to aw
profioas; tat ua many of you remain
m desire lo do aa*
Tta mew set down, Miss Maeartby
and two of her aauodatre told the
simple story of their awakening sad
mflf | It ft great victory todo *», and
a taro a % xroflureww- | * tft'toi txretff b¥ litoflklt l:#a.flF
Wtwaiwww W 1 3. y
as to Joaw*, aot ante Mao, It Is sod
to aaw oterdy seel giaieg pleas to las
isr att< *
WU-
not tell how. My ooaraffs uaeawl off t
ay heart grow foiat—I was one-
qacred.
“That night after I want hoaaa, la
roffeetlag over my fool hardy adfta-
tuM 1 docii<l bars mxirrot uivoslf
Siw* w * ^ m ~ am" 1 ™"
Thu swoot aagetto ooaatawaaoa o<
my mote socaser eearo op before am
to the vtatooe of th# sight | I sow hi
iww Mat tlkl I rr*t till hmm
days after, 1 wont lo tba bores ot the
toil* I liiui Inaaicatl *ad a*k#d tar
patrdmt Thro ebc spoke to m*. how
mild 1 bow dlinsttonly ! bow *« roily I
Trust in God.—I could write
down twenty cases, says a pious
man, when I wished God had done
otherwise than he did; but which I
now see, had I my own will, would
have led to extensive mischief. The
life of a Christian is a life of para-
doxee. He most lay hold on God,
he must follow hard after him, he
most determine not to let him go.
And yet you mast learn to let God
alone. Quietness before God is one
of the .most difficult of an Christian
graces; to sit where h« places us,
be what he would have us be, and
this as long as he pleases.
era to soak Uka preeiou* blowing*.
The) than Joined ia prayer. The
place seemed aaweatedly solemn.
Hat Divine power rooted with fear
fat weight apoo the peoyile. Pro
seatly a couvalatvs breathing was
heard * thra a single sob buret forth ;
next mono aa iuterjeaitory prayer;
erica af dtotreu* followed. Twenty
debouched, Intemperate, violent sio-
wero ware |*.wcrfully convicted, and
altering that old gmpel cry of di*
trews, “What shall l do to be roved T
t *h« i«t won that* lifted up before their
game by the beatevntato tody sad her
amitfolly flattero
1$ to on a* to rad
ihtok fftil ot luwell. the thine
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toomn Uwdahfo and bormtoa*. Bat
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