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CHARLESTON THE LUTHERAN St fMlX Is Ooastj 7*. K*v 8. llnkW, ik« an tor «ltt» Our CkmrtJk i\y«r, in at in— of few wwka alaw, teftuw just m- verted,* and uo*, and even Hi a Abort time afterward*, not 4 dozen oowM be found. It f« always no. It meet be to. revivals in* 4. I lb* stfemi Farther* NmVt of tb* Virginia Gj **d, u> Few Hare*, tbs 'Ifan Weeiern Hail, ta about 39b tofla* 3H by tUIUmosw aod Okie ItfbMd awl JD by steamboat dawn tb* Obla River. TW freed aaeoary efoeg tb* real* tofe'ltoaa m aftaa dsaarfbsd to tb* rislmr, ibat T ball not eltampi a daaartptto* beta.. It to 10 lb* • ef awaaielaaae end wM. Tbe tret* «| Altomoei, tbs top af ibe Altofba&ea, to MM tot bifbar tbaa it Wga a* tear befeea at l‘i*d mm t, as lifed efeptir IVdomafoarnty 1? aMto* U-'T% t «ba grad* *|* tbe mama fee If they ran ramali at Ma« to gyedtael eaaaatolfoa wHb mea **ab- jaetooaabto ta an seoltercd Asgeberg LatWrea* —eaeb a* Iba writer ad mil* are “feaod to naatiy at {tot* all ef ear lyiwwto*- -surely they aaa peered in a aommunicatioa to tb* flittor some waaka prior. We bare delayed reference to It with tb* bop* that oar eerreapoedenl would for such rev if ale, bow. erioa* groatid- TUay are directly contrary to tbe teach* tags *f Christ. They keep in the Synod I of the for the diacoartr*) toward Bro. Hankie, of spooking of 8t Pea Pa ta that Customise” OOfe toINht to ref E i t r (.1 * .« I Si |>/ %<>©»■* a^w wiee^^ww s^* , mpuPMmtoJII tbaa* rwj “dffitoraa 110** are tba aaaa aad ditoaalty wfeb daalfi boaaatly ta I barf (tototoa, u tor, whttat be waa err ring It la that capacity, though not belonging ta the name Synod with tba ouagref*- tion, if we understand It* history correctly. Tba feet that tba emigre gallon l* connected with tba Vtrgtato Synod, or, at least, baa oarer aaked nor reeeired dfemlmdon (ton U, (tf we are rightly informed,) aad tba field, Abbeville, rown i flirt All*moot iaptobapa 3,000 inri abaft tba fetal aflb. fitommadtoek Valley Ibfaagb wb|fe tba raHread peaaai IInnb liar peril Ferry, Aad yat eNI ptoea af Obnafe power, and “tba whole system,” tbe whole arrange piaot aad plan of such proceeding originated to wrong view* of grace, af doctrine, of tbe Holy Spirit. Neither Bra. C. nor any other man to authorised by the Bible to appoint a fixml uoaui pray for an uuipouvinj to Valhalla, m0 tattoo, for any minister of tba Vlrgiaia Synod, with tba Ppaaideafs approval, to visit aad preach for 8t Paul** congregation And tbaa H might happen, through an injudicious par ami, that a cieUiskm woo Id oeear with tbe appointment of tba aettog pastor This should not ha. Tba congregation should be pnaervad harmonious and malted. Hence, tbe irregularity referred to, aad which may have misled oar yoasg Semin* rton, W. Y. CUne, should be removed, ami tb* sanction of tb* Vtrpsb Synod be obtained for tba arrnafb* meat made between St. Paul's aad Bro. Heckle. And wa doubt not that the Synod weakl vukmm* bis presence at tba approaching meeting rod arrange tba matter to a soar toons and christ'su manner, a* as ta avoid a recurrence of anything an pleasant in tba ftelur*. Re*. Uenkk baa aa doubt been self denying and ieithfol to asrrtog that coogregatKMi siaoa vacated by Rev. W. Cone, and shea hi receive aw tba ffVjBkrn slope, ** l i *ejrfcm||; berg, an u7uhfet rnOna? jwtoaiM threegb 25 fails and bridges, aefes* far as wa aaold jtodge, Kngttsb, or ibraiagb does wat span f* be i yard* —yilnre, And whirled ever sod wadci af btfto, to fee dtobaeea at tba nato af W mils* p Tba trip dtows the U| fnl to toa'IbtonHto j Ml Vfepi regtilm’v united into corpus *..r ^li<5omsa, Synodical ait ii<a« w< the most uf thm* men, | ooiuwfiuv.i in of th* When this «l* t ale Urn not certainly kiftpf u » cue in e of uioat of then < Fred. Joseph VVaUem these Synodical tninist qetom. btferbpltol to firtoadly aad jodtotoo# dissmaaica aad etpaal tom af tbo CmbsaN wonid isua pats them Dram tbaar doubts aad difficult** Char By usds art wmsiy, aad to appraaeU, is an earth, paeani where two or three arc gathered, in the gnat congregation, and in tbe closet And that idea of setting a time, and then praying for the Spirit to be sent down from heaven to revive the church, ta wrung aad contrary to the teachings of the Now Testament. Than, too, and consequent upon this to Rro. C/a false view of the nrnr- af grace. His means make Gad dafieadeut on man. He can not give His Spirit until man fixes tbe ume; but our Couleastou teaches that tba lima awl place of the Holy Spirit are God’* and not mania. Wa •ad no primary, diwneij appointed bat the word aad the Mcramenta. There is but one way by which God werks in man, and that is by the word. 1’rayer aad ringing, and so tba bawl glid* fetor toe otreum, that be to In aaaa* nwhaetad toad, m dnwaeltot everything appears. Raw liqape, tba paint af ear de*ti aaUaa, to am* af OMHiy east hill* aseamfeetartag taw as ta Waal VuguMa. <|* toto town aad totob from tba ifetov we but a will res sat af I sibarwai, m natty af tnmiito*. urtgtaaUy bum Wbaaaadaab Valley, llaaj |*mm «ga, H*vu, llsvtd aad Obiarlqj Itoaktr preach* 4 for them; for Lbt last mwwv «*f jears Hav. Jobe w MilW'has bans th««r paatsr. Ham* ttoaa age Her. Milled* haaRb oar viewn, wbtob wa daim am in ea* tire s 11 nnlaae* with the KUble aad dactnar, aad wbicb wa stead prepared to defend wbrsMiver it to MoaMmrjr.^, L W* am iMmpvatosf^r *p posed In **eerieab fa Iks MpaJor beat theologluaa toaaa ttoa, to astamAtog I aaeb own. yfartoaaai •tol iataleranca wool them od, af awahaa t to keep up some of tbe m gatious iu Newberry and Some of tbe 21 societal Cedar Creek, Fairfield; o Creek, Abbeville; qud os JLabor Creek, Edgefield, lag aad defending tb* too* bftp tend mean tag af tba Uemfeaatoa aasy raaolt fas it baa o > Hb same of *e| In brtagtng them lata fell aad toqpfel aoaard with It, aa apvwwbaatotod to a clearer light. Of wsaaaa a atoam- shoe Id sot be tolevatod to say aaa claiming ta be a Lutheran mlatotar. nor, aa lbs Ltba bead, to said be be ackaawlsdged **m af oo,” who, Utoogb stand mg aver as aqasrwiy Synod with which be to eoannetad, batter a hundred fold that tba Vir* gilis Synod sboakl eoanrot to tocb nmoageiaent tbaa to bar* strife aod nliaaanan, where there should be nawl. af lad.so*, alto «a awbito. la May Last Mr gtMME, af oar Seminary log arrival*, tba Coltequia some vary fed* ling the aatki jorl bellHiH mat I have caret ii minutes of Syno i tod naive, with tin a copy of which Uiin, tbe want of tend CoUoqaiuw, i tbe Hoaltaml A Lutheran Syuo<] North Carolina IH- B»«om baa reafm*Nt«d la tba saggestiaa to tba Ttoto af tbe 3feb all^ giving bis rsasoss fee daafla' lag ta tab* tba iald |p behalf af Newberry Col legs, (to ffubas bos else written mm m tba sahjfou, with penoiaat m ta publish Ida letter, «* aa atato af it a* wa think praptt. fla says: **| fee* to* OoHewe as that Maj. Sum m l Trustees of New J no rejiort to mak.-j that fi»e minute* fo the College. 18o6. A report was received, frJ ihat ; ‘a comuiittt < ‘ ■4- l*. Aull and Ha w »* *l»l>oirU«d t. NUperinreud, the h*geaud the To ued “to hypoth* {aecuiitie* !) belo; To ‘‘hypothecate This is exactly the haato af ear •rn General Synod. It to troa iv# not affixed tbs qualifying “unaltered* ta tba mm of tba »*ie*, because we think tin* of 1823, I think, Rev. David who was a prominent mover enterprise, made a visit to tfa rea in the it|iper part of Le: and the lower part of Newbt tricts, and preached his jieca as set forth in his “Heai eul; of Regeuerat ion.” I was but: and heard him at Bethlehem fie was lame iu limb, but x brain. In this visit he had a ence with father John Drelie G. Dreher, Michael Ranch * ers, as to the organization of j n e scaaowicNigu but <m# ^Augsburg /onftaaion 1 *—that urigiaally pew* mred for and praaaetatl is tb* lh*t ►f Augsburg in 1390 Any modified onu of that Coufession become* a Ufferetit thing *1 together. and is not tfr Augsburg Coofenaiun." Wa objection to tba prefix “an •WffeV* if it enn eabeerve any good urpose, but wa tbink 15 wbntt|| uperfluous. Beeidea, la there any J Cereal edition of U ajtant to this MWfiiy t Wa confeaa onr ignorance aympaiay tnili genu me works of grsee. We wrote ait article since the meeting of Geaeta! Synod for tbe fttofmr, what U*<*ame of it we do not know, in which we stated that it was to a revival thst w«* were first enabled to *p|'ttipnst« a lhe benefits form of Synodical action. chnatiaa graces enables ibe chris* tisa to accept th<* grace aud spirit of Christ sod thereby be revived. At saeli times, by the zeal nnd earnest ness of Christians in the use ofl moans divinely provided, sinners are brought to think, reflect, open their hearts—the Spirit through the word enters, works faith iu tliem, and they believe and un* saved. Now these we honestly believe to b* ibe views of a large majority of our nun islets ami people. We care net for human meaus; they are left to tbe option of man, so loug as they are not madh ta take the place of essentials. You may have your aux- totts bench, but there is dauger of attaching virtue to it. If you do use that human mode, instruct vour people in regartl to it Yon mar oar associate of the church in this laud. Wa all know that the “recension* attempted •orae year* ago was aa abortion. But wa hard to keep up the chan iu existence until a bette arrive for Lutheranism them have ended th< labors. No monuments graves—tbe praise* due t unsung, but this negl< diminish their reward in The church in Charle Ebeuexer, Ga., and final] nah, have their own s|* r could ,bv I tbecation of Lv worthies j «u opiuiou o: I IpOaa so foi a wrist!bly foil, | ' toeoHties. ^ Is there * As tli is Wot] B l*ecuUarly J dent at the i J ^ of it* detin i and I ask caa not entertain tb* same iwabanaloa of dUBcnlty la “making tbe UoDoqaiam a expressed by “South” a of the foci that there w© arc rather i all due deference, how- sentiment expressed in ► Viritor, by I). and H., Church toper, by F., to t , aas‘i.*s libMady ta growing eo* uru soma to jruuda which »” “who era the opinion time wouh Bolxius, the S. A. Mealy^ John’s church At this acs Charleston, nexion with York ootg LothafOA.” If By aod, which rw toiMi III its connection men who are not iu exact and foil accord with the which we all so | they aaa eat, to all coiwa, gt ■ eaeouet to oMmey saw that aowid give aabeaqweatty ta the lag af rtyaud, tot them aato oard ar slip, with their —rr scribing what they will gh# latter part of October ar Have Bat tot m have no mors pnatp aad waittsg for mew |A»a* Jjll^j^Tto* fellara ta •« aaa abtof aaaa* af Hi gffil COa idea to eat folia trieal I moat objectionable,'* then weald mem ber» of the Pennsylvania Byooil belonging to tbe o’eaarsl Co debarred from participat e a Golloquium, aod Che meeting would ha foraataOed at owe*. Tba writer •aya: “Wa greatly fear that there ar© many troa man who will stay away aad refuse to taka pan to tba Oalfo <|ainm, ahmply because soas* will ha P«o**nt who are aaaacialad with Sr nods which hare am to thahr connection ef whom It may justly ha said, they are a«t of aa.” Mae ab> aeatiag theaxsalvea spun this ground might be “frar man,” hut (Mr stay ev. Bergiuau, af FI* Rev. S. Her»chcr, ns* Orangeburg and d«* agton, united with tb* Aprs n if i it to r this Synodical ©«• utheranism, South, culties to contend with* crreRsed slowly onward Many clerical and !«.' u Ohureh It la os» Rvttoag fiabls within Aa urtiee. wurhiug itself, ami probably of arary Byn»od ineil. I** in such aud wo hop© it will go on till tbe* last vestige ef fanaticl.n. «n<l Sj ner psm ta removed from the Church. The truth must ultimately triumph. Such candor and courtesy, though not more than we expected, are very gratifying. Such a colloquium must b© a free and spontaneous thing, aad not the result of penmasion or con- pi nah * v * * or ”** in rt, n tnem. loo may cry out, “Man and brethren, what mmt 1 do to hr saved f” but the Bible don’t authorize you to cry out, “Men and brethren, I feci happy." The sinner, In view of bin guilt and great dan ger, may cry out, but it iu the duty et ehi'istinaa to “kuow bow to be- bwE* itomiwdvcs iu the house ol tli© Cot ifeirt and over ivraiscd for their cl labors. Such, however, is the I mankind in all things. Ignore » private worth, and overpeint overrate sornt* tuoi-e fortiiualely xtoL John 0. Hoi -tf