The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, January 30, 1902, Image 5
30, 1902
THE LUTHERAN VISITOR
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5N SYNOD AND REV.
j, B. GREEVER.
I unanimous vote of the
it sud Execntive Commit-
tfce Holston Synod I am di
ignbmit to you the follow-
gent for publication:
tmber, 1901, the following
irere bronght against Rev.
ever by a number of the
i and U} mm of the Synod:
Acts of insubordination to
ling of Synod. These con-
of the forming of an
ition immediately after the
meeting of the Holston
tl Lutheran Synod, held
iSprings church, Moshein,
Oct. 24, 1901, for the pur-
i acting independently of
sod and contrary to the
)f aaid synod in the above
ailed meeting.”
Attempts to carry with
ties and congregations be
[to the Holston Synod into
I synod.”
Slander against the minis-
tbe Evangelical Luthera'i
iSynod.”
barges were served upon
aver according to tbe pro
of the constitution of tbe
nd his hearing was tet for
, 1902. All the officers of
(except the Vice Pres ,)
embers of the Executive
and several other
land laymen, were pres
to® hearing. Rev. Oretver
ppear.
Vidence in the case, much
! written statements made
Qreever, was taken and
considered, and Rev.
was declared guilty in
the three counts by the
vote of the Committee.
|by the unanimous vote of
itte, with the full con-
> of all who were present,
(lowing resolution was
lived that Rev. J. B.
sand hereby is suspended
office and functions of
jf Gospel Ministry until his
have been disposed of
Bod, in accordance with
ons of the Constitation,
Sec. 3, bub. 6. and 11.”
ement is published, not
pose of humiliating Mr.
• bu' in the interest of the
[Synod and the church at
C. Brown Cox.
f°f Synod and Chmn. Ex.
RESIGNATION ACCEPTED.
At a special meeting of the board
of trustees of Mont Amccna Female
Semiuary.Mt. Pleasant,N. C.,held
January 21, 1902, to consider the
resignation of the President of the
institution, Rev. Dr. H. N. Miller,
tbe following action was taken.
Whereas, Rev. H. N. Miller,
Ph. D.,has tendered his resignation
as President of Mont Amccna Fe
male Seminary to take effect at the
close of the present session of 1901-
02, and Whereas—he declines to
reconsider his resignation, and
urges its acceptance; therefore be it
Resolved,—First it is with reluc
tance that we accept his resigna
tion : and in doing so we, hereby,
express our hearty appreciation of
the noble and faithful service that
he has rendered the institution,
and pray that the Lord may abund
antly bless him in whatever work
he may enter in the fntnrf j
A committee of correspondence
was appointed consisting of Rev.
Prof. J. H. C. Fisher, Mt. Plea
sant. N. C., Rev. Geo. II. Cox, D.
D , Organ church,N. C., and E q.
C. D. Barringer, Mt. Pleasant, N.
C. This committee will be glad to
correspond with any person who
may desire work in the Seminary.
By order of the board.
C. D Barringer, Secretary.
RINCON, GA.
Dear Editor: Please allow pie
through The Lutheran Visitor to
exteno heartfelt thanks and sincere
gratitude to tbe good people of Rm
on, Oi., and vicinity, for bestow
ing upon myself and family so
many tokens of respect and esteem
as was shown towards ns at the
reception in our new home in Rin
con on the 21st of Janaary, 1902.
We have been here only^a very
short time and yet we have seen
many things, to encourage us in
our work and to inspire us to strive
for greater achievements in the
victory promised to the Church of
Christ. We pray God to richly
bless all those who have so kindly
remembered us and fulfill to them
his promises in Matt. 10:40—42,
and in Heb. 6:10. I pray, also,
that we may keep ourselves in close
touch with our Master, so that his
blessings may attend our labors.
And that oar deportment among
men may be such as will merit
their confidence and esteem and
glorify the Church of Christ in the
world.
H. W. Jeffcoat,
Pastor of the Rincon pastorate.
AN AGED MINISTER’S LETTER.
D4ar Visitor:—1 herewith eucluse
a letter from one of the old land
marks of the church—one who has
been a faithful standard-bearer of
oar common cause for many long
years in the far West, having re
cently retired from the regular
work of the ministry because of
bodily infirmities and declining
years. Truly be is a servant of
God, and one with whom I was
delighted to have been associated
for many years in chnrch work in
the long ago; and he is one, too,
who always did his work well and
withoat the fear of man. He has
well-nigh finished his journey and
is almost home. He his ever been
near and dear to me. May the Lord
bless him. I send the letter for
publication in The Visitor with his
consent, and this short note as an
apology for its appearance.
Wm A. Julian.
Melrose, Fia.
Eureka, Kins., Dsc. 4, 1901.
Dear Bro. Julian :—You no doubt
begin to think that I have either
forgotten or discarded yon from
my list of corruspondeuts or neg
lected you. If you think so, yon
are off your base, in that line of
surmises. Two days after tbe re
ceipt of your last letter 1 was split
ting some stove wood and in some
unguarded way I smashed the end
of my right index or fore finger
and have not been able to write a
line for two days. I have beru
very unfortunate iu this kind of
mishaps during all my life, but I
have survived all and still survive
only in bad condition, but always
busy at some kind of necessary
work for the benefit of my now
little family—only myself and wife
to care ard provide for. Had I
died fifty years ago I might have
escaped a world of suffering. Bat
the good Lord saw things other
wise, and I still survive. More
than twenty years ago I broke
down physically and mentally, and
my life since has been more of the
animal than that of the man. Ac
tive life, as you know, had beeu
my life up to that break down;
grass never grew under my
feet. My. success, with a meager
literary education, is now a mys
tery even to myself in this so called
intelligent age of education and
material progress; Now ktoftie *1
can look back over eighty-two years
I see many shortcomings in my
life, and also many things at many
points where I might have done
better, and other things that I did
which might have been done better
or not dom at all. But it is now
too late to regret or lament over
the dead past. Lit tbe dead past
bury its or their 'dead What can
an almost deaf mun do or be with
memory lost, till everything you
may hear or see passes by as in a
kaleideeccpe.
1 am now left in a condition
that is not pleasant to a m in whose
earlier life was “under whip and
spur” from 1830 to 1870 Not
many men ever burned more cau
dle an.l oil lights than I was forced
to do by circumstances over which
no one fimihrly situated could
have control. Poor and ui o ager bp
my xucciss has been, I n j ve'' “sat.
still on the stool ot do-nothing."
Had my education been wbat young
men row get before entering the
ministry, I might have done more
real good than a half d< a-n grad
uates have done or doing now.
[We infer from this statement
that our brother means to say that
opportunities for doing good in tie
times past were just a-' great as
now, and that education was also
a necessary training for the work
of the ministry then as no v.— Ela.
Visitor]
I see a notice in Tbe Lutheran
Visitor that Rev. Dr. Bernheim
and R«v Dr. Cox are about, to pub
lish a “History of the N >rth Caro
lina Syuod" which they were ap
pointed by tha* body to prepare.
I want to live, U id willi-nt, to see
that history. 1 want to see what
place the book will assign to each
minister who has lived iu that
synod and did work there. I know
something of the North Carolina
Synod since 1837 t I did my work
tl\ere no. to please, but. to save
souls.
Our general health still continues
as good as it has beeu iu the past.
We have uot beeu sick a whole day
this year except a light attack of
grippe last spring. . . yet many of
our old citizens nave dhd all over
the conuty. . . . Oar golden wed
ding the past fall was a fi le affair,
and seemed to please ail who at
tended it, and all were >is happy
apparently as Mrs. G «ud I. It
was indeed a golden wedciag to ns,
resulting iu gifts of g ild to the
amoant of $120
Bat 1 must close. Kindest and
fratwroat regards yourself and
all of yonrs
L. C. Gmseclose.