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I find fault wi'h Mr. T>aLnng' ii'/statement, that Luther was a pre 4c3tinarian. He replies that Luther was more extreme than Calvin on thia Matter. In xupport of hia statements, Lerrf#r meto l.uther'a"leServo Arlut •io" or Servitude of the Will. Now let me put alongside of Mr. f>el/ong' gar L'ed quotations from Luther on this •u)\ject, a few sentence* from Luthardl's fur Kirchliche Wissenschsfl nd Kirrhliohes Lebrti," vol. I, p. !!.'. *• Luther's entire oral and literary activ Ity proves that he does not deny the ■tntversal human conscience of freedom •a founded on moral accountability. And when in his treatise "De Hervo Arnitrio," Le in no aeuae denies this, it is an anti aiomy whose two skies are based upon experience, upon the experience of the Leiieving heart that is fretly and indrprnd eif/y convinced of its faith, and yet does not ground the same in itself but pri marily upon the operations of divine grace." Further on say* the same au ihor: "Luther's predestinarian views spring out of his own personal esper knee of Salvation; out of the con sciousness, on the one hand, of his ina bility to do anything whatsoever in his Own power to obtain .Salvation ; and qn ihc other hand from the certainty ol Laving been led to Salvation by di vine grace alone." Hence it must lie such New Testament view< a* correspond to that conscious wees and certainty, which are U ♦ - regarded eg the Biblical foundatioi for Luther's opinion. If Mr. Delxmj r.ould read the matter up, (as he evi dently has not done it,) be will see tba Luther with Paul, dentea simply there KgioM worth and import of man, hut no trce-Mtivitjr itself. Erasmus ran coux , tcr to the fuudaim ntal principle of the .• gospel of the total lack of merit on the • pari of man. To Luther, it was a mat ter of earnest experience, that man ilium not of himself believe, that h#*{in indebt ed for his faith, for his acceptance of ~ salvation, solely to the unmerited opor b mien of divine grace. "From this he # drew as a postulate for religious eonsid- D eration the thought liiat this faith, i. e., 0 the respectability for tln same, is not to be. grounded in man, but that it can '* only be aitributed to a divine nredes u- tination by which individual human r> beiiiifs, without anv rneiit or desert on their part, are ordained and lee ' found in Lutheran Symbols, either by P actual word or even implication, then 1 , will yield. Dr. eLong's charge r against Luther. But who is he? 1 he p gooil Lutbersn authority ? How ~ stands my charge of declamation t on this matter; Let the public ~ judge. That my friend Delxuig j may see where predestination does lie. let me quote a little from Zwingli's |>er . sonal confewsion; which he (Zwitigli,) j calls "Reckoning of the faith of I'lric t Zwingli to the Roman Kmperor Charles." 4 Spi-nking of the Salvation of theinfonts . of the heathen, he says: "This we t must certainly msintsin that by virtue . of the Salvation procured through f Christ, it is irrclevent to pronounce , them subject to an eternal ourse, n>t ( j only on account of the cause of restore j lion mentioned, but on account of Ood's , free election, which does not follow j, faith, but (aith follows election. * * j For those who have been elected from eternity, have undoubtedly l>een elect t ' ed even before faith." And yet. Mr. I>el.ong think# Luther did wrong in re ' fusing the hand of Zwingli. On this . matter 1 refer him still further to my reply in last week's R'porlrr and esf>ec r lafly to Dr. Krnuth's paf>er on "The K t lat ion.- of the Lutheran Church to the Denominations around us." He can I get this in the book store in Bcllefonte, „ or from me. B 2. In support of Mr. Delxmg's view , that Zwingli's doctrine of the lord's , Supper was the correct one, he refer* . me to a "number of prominent Luther , an Theologians who are beginning to ad , mit, etc.." that Zwingli was riabt. He t cites such men iw- Dr. Kahms. Dr. luliua . Mueller and Dr. Merer, and injnroof of , the fact that these ni'n do so a>lmit, he i says look at Langes'Commentary, Matt. , 24th chapter. II will of course excuse me. These men >frfs the impression* of helplessness yet de [■ termined, at any cost, to say on. I would commcd to my friend in view of , the foregoing, the rtcriplure in I Tim. 4:15. I Centre Hall. Pa. FAIR rut. i— • Ii i A Correspondent of the Philadelphia I Prrju states that r# syndicate of wealthy renmytvanians, antagonistic to the Hatndard Oil Company has purrhsrd 300.000 acres of land in the West Vir ' ginla oil licit, and propose io the spring toliegin sinking wells in aeries of twee , ties.eech experiment to represent an in t vestment of $lOO,OOO. If these experi ■ ments in the West Virginia fields , should be successful, a radical change i would necessarily fellow in the con t trol of the nil market. This new field would have the advantage, especially in the Western trade, of cheep water e transportation and further saving in the ' cost of production, aa compared with the thickly drilled Penaylvanie region, r The ayudiaate have already secured so ' much land, and if they strike paying * wells tbey will practically oootrol this now source of supply, and ID a short i- time build up an oil corporation that " might rival the .Standard. A railroad running from Wheeling southward i. along the Ohio river i* now tapping the it region of the purchase mode by the r * Pennsylvania syndicate, which has oot lees than half a doien navigable m streams emptying Into the Ohio. Water ig as well aa tail tranaportation is thus ' offered for the products of timber and oil. ot Uothera-in lav ara defined aa Iho a brimstone of ths match. The Boadjustera in tbo Saddlo 3 ( Tbo two Virginia Senator*have lately had several changes made in the minor f ottlce* at the north end of the Capitol, but efforts wor<> mado to hnve there movals kept secret, John Ringgold, n grandson of (Jen. Ringgold, of Mexican > war fume, who wan appointed by 1 Sergeant-at-Arma French eight years | since as bookkeeper in the Senate fold L ing room, has been replaced by Col, W, 1 K. Simms, of Danville. A man named ' (late*, who ha* *upported a sick wife , ami large family by attending to the i spittoon* and dusting, has been ropier. ' ed by another Virginia. dates was ' never known to have any politic*, but I performed bis dutie* faithfully. Benja' I inin Stewart* the aged colored man who ha* efficiently cared for the eatii tury office*, ha* been removed, at Sena tor Kiddleherger's instance, and a 1 : Readjuster negro put in hi* place. | | Stewart wan a servant in President I Madison'* fain ly, and wan In attendance , on the ox-President the morning of hi* 1 death, Butler M dione has not yet been installed at the d-k, now occupied by ! M ij. Oilman, of th Richmond /Jiipatrh, 1 is contemplated some time since. - I Grave Senators Grow Excited. > I ! WASBiNorON, January 24. I'aring the executive session of the sennte Tuesday the appointment of Kinory Spears s , United State* district attorney for the southern district of (ieorgia wa* under j | consideration. The debate had been rather tamo, until at last Senator Kl i munds left the chair and began a speech that called the senators from tbo cloak room*. He was caustic and i rutting in hi* remarks, and at last said something that wa regarded as person al by Senator I.armsr. Mr. Lutuar , got the floor and replied in kind words, and when be finished Mr. Klmunds arose and delivered a cutting and perso nal reply, holding the southern repre. tentative* and people responsible for j what he termed a "terrible, unlawful and iniquitous condition of political persecution in the south." Mr. I.smar j replied, ending by saying : "If it is the • purpose of the senator from Vermont j to make himself personally offensive to every senator from the south, he has | succeeded, so far as I am concerned, to the extent that all personal relations between us must cease.'' - - • —- Prod DOURIASH M&rrlcu a White Woman. WAMIMCTO*, January 24. Fred, i Douglas* the well known colored leader, j wa* married in this city this evening to Miss Helen M. Puts.a while woman for merly of Avon. N. Y. The wedding, which took place at the bouse of I>r tlrimke, of the Presbyterian church, was private, only tivo witnesses being (•resent. The first wife of Douglaw, who was a colored woman, died about a • year ago. The woman he married to 1 dy is about 3- r > year* of age and was employed as a copyist in bis office. Douglas- htsuself is about 73 years of age and In* a daughter a* old a* bis present wife. Sj,s \mi -Siirsusi* is said to look upon , hi- f • er. i ten. Sherman, as about th • tmuge, • Presidential candidate the Republican National convention could j put in the field, although Rrother John seem* by no mn certain that Brother William is a Republican. As this trifling matter made no difference in the esse ; of (fen. Grant, who became a good ! enough Republican as soon a* he was elected, it might not in the case of (ten. Sherman, to far as the nomination is concerned. We very much doubt, how' ever, the ability or disposition of Old Tecumsch to adapt himself to all the way* of the family, with the same readi nest that Grant did. If he is not Republican now, the chances are that nothing will ever make him one. Still, the Democratic party will be quite will ing to see him made the standard bearer of tbe Republican party, if he can be coaxed to bear its standard. The reduction on letter postage, which was made by (he last Congress, was expected to cause some deficit for a year or two at least. The lope waa that the more free use of the postal facilitiee by tbe people would in a tew years cause a sufficient increase of reve nue to oom pen sate for the reduction in rate. But the returns for tbe quarter ending December 31 indicate that the iocreaae is coming much sooner than waa expected, In spite of the reduc ! tion in rate, the revenue was $,1,653,#76 ' for the quarter -only SIB3,AM, or 1.3 ( percent, leas then for tbe corresponding I quarter of 1882. At New York, where I a fifth of the revenue is collected, the loes was only $26,318; at Boston only , $10,665, and at Chicago only $11,281, , while the actual increase at Brooklyn i waa $5,374, at Clavaland $.382, at r Washington $6,374, and at Buffalo $9,. t 075. These returni encourage tbe hope r that the service may prove to be nearly if not quite self sustaining, during the „ very first year of tbe decrease from 3to 2 oant. . *l} " • A Hurrah Campaign." 11 seem* to be the impression of quite , a number of It-publicans, who despair of winning the Presidential fight u|ion the old issue and dare not risk a rupture , of the party hy forcing new one* to the front, that the only chance of success this time lie* in having "a hurrah earn puign," without any issue at all—a earn* paign full of the old flag, old war songs' old stories, drum*, bugle and boy in blue, and noise enough generally to i drown out all appeals of the people for a reduction of taxes, honesty in the . public service, an equitable revision of i tin- tariff and relief from countless other , { abuse. j Things in this country will have cowc i fo a pretty pats indeed if the people ever ' i so fur forego their patriotic obligations ' and so tar forget the imperial interests S i I °f their Government as to dance to the j ' fiddles of these Republican N<-ro. , "What about the Republican nom I . j ination f" was asked of a Toledo man! i i llieother day. i . "There is no consolidation yet upon 1 any man, he replied ; "Gen. Sherman , and Lincoln arp the ticket that will run we mut have a hurrah oarnpaign Ihe nomination of Hhermtn and Lin e-do would give it to us." Good enougn. We would suggest however, in view of the possibility that i tien. Sherman might not feel disposed - I accept the nomination, and as it ! : would make no particular difference in H campaign of this character what part of the country the candidate* came from -if even from the same State—that trie name of M illiarn T. Sherman be stricken ! ■ out and that of -John A. Log in stricken ■ in. "A hurrah campaign" without I/>gan at tho head would t>e as poorly off as "Hamlet" without Ilamtel. If Ixigan and Lincoln couldn't sue | ceed in rallying the boy* around the j I flsg. including the colored troops, no J ( body else could. We may therefore, , conclude that this is lobe the ticket should tbe Chicago National convin tion decide to run toe campaign on | "hurrah" principle*. i In the meantime the Democrats co ,Id ' save their breath and postpone their j hurrahing until after tbe eleclioo.— j ! W A* a Jeffersonian Democratic Genera] Mshone would doubtless cheerfully re •pond to the request of the Virginia legislature that he resign hi* seat in | f 'he Senate of the foiled Mates. But i Mabone bs- a great mission to perform ! which renders hi* oorn pltance with this \ request impracticable at tbe present j nocture. In directing tbe labors of John Sherman's new .Southern outrage committee Mahone will be able to ren der invaluable service in his position of Senator . One of the objects of this Commission is to inquire into tbe res son why the people of Virginia. Missis i s ippi. South Caroline snd other States I of the South have beeo so perverse and ungrateful a* not to quietly surrender their State and municipal government to the control of the negroes snd the ir white leaders. Another object is to stir up racehatred between tbe whiles and black* in the South, snd to revive the dying spirit of sectional hale through out country with the view to its iuDu ence on the next election for President. For such patriotic and laudable ends who could be so useful to Sherman as M shone f A ( roof that Mahone bat | already begun to anticipate in a small way tbe labor* of the committee is witnessed inlbe appointment of Colonef Simms, of Danville. Va., as bookeeper in the folding room of tbe Henate. This Colonel Simms is tbe person ebe made tbe inoendiary speech last fall which stirred up the negroes of Danville to riot. In order to get Simms into a place in which he will be useful as a witness and accuser against tbe while people of Virginia it was necessary to remove a grandson of that General King gold who distinguished himself in tbe Mexican war. Bat this only shows Ibst Mahone will balk at oo small things in his patriotic efforts to prove to a Senate committee and to the country that the majority of the white people of Virgina are cut-throats and assassins and that he represents all the political virtue that is extant in that ancient Comißonwaalth.— Phila fienord. Ourfoaitioa of tbe Mails WASBIXOTOX, Jan. 17.—A bottle of "pain our*," addressed to gueen Vic toria by a Georgia doctor, who confi dently aaaerU that it will cure her I majesty's injured knea, is detained at [ the dead latter oflcs. Another curiosi i ty af the mails ie a communication ad i dressed to Messrs. Blaine, Devise snd r Mabone. Machine Manufacturing Com Ky, Baltimore, Md., by a Prueaian i, dealing in balling and rubber t goods. Thie communication ie supposed l to bare been called forth by an artiele published (n a Baltimore newspaper, ' wherein Messrs. Blaine, Defies and M* * hone are referred to is oonneolion with f political machinery. A bog snake (a p raw spades.) a centipede and a llserd were ateo detained in the mails yaster -9 day sad found a home in the museum n< tbe deed letter office. If you area frequenter or a resident of a miaernat ic distriet, Barricade your system against the scourge of all new countries—ague, biliious and intermit tent fever*—by the use of Hop Bitters. LIWIMGT"*, MICH , Feb. 2. IKMO. I have sold Hop Bitter* for four years and there is no medicine tliut surpasses tliern for Billiou* attacks, kidney com plaints and many dinetteed incident to this malarial climate. 4-2t 11. T. ALSXANDSB. — Tim latt!l erase-wave Braid, at Gar tpan'i. 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