The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-04-17
The Moment After Death.

What moment that must be!-how vast
, its consequences how overwhelming the reve-
latons Let US try, by illustration, to realize
it. There dies saint Of God. The summons
was sudden, but his house was in order, and
with a smile on his face, he bids glad adieu to
the scenes of friendship on earth. Ccldness
passes from point to point in his system; his
vision grows dim his tongue fatering; but
strong in faith he conmends his all to the Con-
queror of death, and passes away shouting au
everlasting victory! The spirit soars-angels
attend 1.-THE gates of the city are open to re-
ceve 1.-THE King is seer in his Jeautt-and
now heaven is enjoyed in all its bliss and glory!
| Waking up from his life dream, the first sight is
Jesus as He is-no fight through immensely
no pilgrimage Of the spheres-for the everast-
ing arms are the resting place of the disembodicd
soul--it will be in the bosom of Emmanuel that
the emarc; pated spirit will enquire, "Where
am I!'-and read in the face of Jesus tho an
swcr--" Forever with the Lord n'
But another, and different sceno There
dies an impenitent sinner, aud as he feels life
ebbing away, his is filed with unutterable an
guish, his sins are arrayed before him, his con-
science accuses him, lost opportunities mock
him, hope perisIies, and eternity is made terri
bic by its treasured up wrath. But he must
die he that cuts him down, sways him as the
feller of wood sways the tottering tree--now a
root breaks-now heart string-now oozcs out
drop BY drop, the very life blood of his wre:ched
soul-and at lNst, goes out the lamp of life in
terrible, Eternal darkness, and the miserable
soul goes to jrst retribution How awful, to
such an one, is the moment after death The
narrow confines of time passed boundlcss cter-
nifty stretches itself before him, and, in the
twinkle cf an eye, he is ushered into outer
darkness-the region Of unending woe. Where
the worm dieth not, and the fire is-,lot quench-
ed ~' The torments of hell are already begun,
and the souls bitter reflection is, that they are
merited, and will never end!
Yes, sol mn thought One brief moment
will effect an entire change in our mode of being
will make plain what with respect to futute
state, is now involved in mystery, and will bear
the soul to the fearful rctributions, or to the
glorious rewards of eteraity.--COng. Herald.
LABOR AND CAPlTAL-At meeting of citi.
zens Of Lancaster Pennsylvania, recently held
for the purpose of i'.ducins the Legislature to
enact laws designed to establish the "ten.
hours system The following resolution was
adopted
"'rhat in our opinion the interest of labor
and capital are Identical and that all crcum.
stances which render strikes for hours or wa:
ges necessary are detrimental to that identity
and should be avoided if possible.
We agree with those who adopted this reso-
luton. We regard good recompense for labor as
the right of the laborer and we always rejoice
when he is successful in obtaining it; and we
regard it also as one of the most unerring ndces
to the public prosperity, But we have often
been called upon to deplore the unwise means
adopted for its obtanment We have at some
times, seen the employer prostrated and ruined
by the obligation to complete a contract by
paying far higher wages than were demanded
at The time Of his entering in to it; and at other
times We have Witnessed the privations Of the
may whose injudicous strikes had brought upon
them losses that it required months or even
years to retrieve. In short strick is a sudden
and summary process Of doing what should only
be done after due delberation and fair under
standing between the parties interested 1t is
therefore, gratifying to make the rise of new
ideas in the quarters, and to know that the in
telligent laboring people Of our country realize
the fact that 'the interets of labor and capital
are Identical" and that by wise forethought and
liberal concessions the occasion of strikes should
| be avoided National Intelligence.