Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-04-17
TERMS or ADvERTIsINe.
Our Friends In Heaven.

advertisement, characte
can under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, be admitted.
Our Friends In Heaven.
Perhaps the first thought suggested to most Chris
ians by the mention of the society in heaven, is of
their own personal friends, whom they have right
to hope to meet there The frequency and the earn.
esness with which the question is asked Shall we
know our friends heaven serves TO illustrate the
fact that God made man 10 find no aconsiderabIe
portion of his happiness in loving and in being loved
by limited number of peculiar. personal frsnds.-
The question just quoted seems 10 be graiuious ct
it has great interest for mulii!udes, precisely be-
cause so much OF human happiness depends upon
The proximity and the fellowship of earthly friends
Close upon the question, "ShalI we know cur
trends " follows another, ''Shall be with them!"
Will they be to US in heaven what they have been
to us on earth ~
Nothing can be more natural than the asking of
those question yet they ought never to have occa-
stoned great anxiety in the hearts of Christians nor
would they have done so but for the lamentable dis
trust of Gods kindness which prevails Just as sure
y as God gave to friendship all lis charm and worth,
just as surely as he made love and friendship and
the interchange of friendly ofceE necessity as
well as our joy, and an inseparabIe portion of our
immortal nature, just as surely God himself is
oVe, ana the truest, warmest friend in the universe
Just so surely will he reunite Christian friends in
heaven.-Jas. William KimbaH
RELIGION WITHOUT GoD.-The following striking
contrasts are from an unknown ben We found e
cast abroad, waif without an owner and have an.
propriaed it for the benefit of our readers.
! " mere is tendency in some quarters, to sub.
situte philanthropy for piety instead of penetrating
1t with and governing it by pety; to put kindness
tor holiness, and give religion to humanity charity
liberaitY, etc.. with God left out 1t is no religion
at all. II is bold morasm developing rapidly into
Anti Christ Il affects to abolish the eternal dstinc
tion between morality and religion and then, since
the only hope of holding fast the christian element
In popular moral movements, lies in clearly dstin-
gushing between the religious and the moral it gives
US rabid and rtngthIess moralism, with the rei.
glous elements entirely emptied out and insists that
this is all we need. Philanthropy that does not grow
out of piety is worth nothing"
CASE OF CoNscIENCE.-A celebrated LIQUOR jmnor
ter in Boston recently had his pocket book contain
ing large sum OF money, taken from his pocket
while entering church. A few days subsequent he
received the pocket book through the post postage
unpaid,) accompanied with a note, in which the
writer stated, that after spending the money, he
discovered, 10 his utter horror, that he had been
making use of funds OBTAINED in the infamous liquor
traffic. He therefore returned the pocket book, and
would do she same by the money, should he be able
to again lay hands on it,
} CURIOUS CALcULATIoN.-The following estimate
has been made of the probable amount which it costs
the individual members of the different churches in
the United States 10 sustain their respective churches
The estimate is founded upon the last United States
census. Baptist or Methodist, three dollars an /
gatonalist, ten dollars; Roman Catholic, fourtee,
dollars; an Episcopalian, eighteen dollars Reform
ed Dutch, t1centyaro dollars; Unitarian tagentv-
: three dollars.
SLAVERY OREGoN.-The PortIaLa (Oregonl
!, correspondent of the New York Herald SAYS the
question OF State government is 10 be submitted to
the people OF Oregon in June, and as they will un.
doubtedly vote for it, Oregon will be asking for ad-
mission into the Union in less tn an a year He adds
. ' The question of slavery will then be submitted
to the people, and the result is very doubtful Un-
questonaby the pro slavery party are gaining ground
and numbers. The large donation of land to early
settlers, (64O acres with the sparse population, will
greatly influence many to vote for it who otherwise
would not"
Q A CHANCE FOR INVENTORS. Sandman gov
# ernment offers prize of 10000 francs ($2,0OO) fer
the best rifle which shall carry exactly, great dis
, tance, with small charge of powder, and be easv
to construct, repair ami load 1t must also be solid,
and suitable tor bayonet fghling. Smaller rewards
will also be given to remarkable weapons other than
that which takes the prize. The opportunity is open
= 10 inventors of all nations
y LEGAL QUESTION UNDER THE DRIED Scorr DE
e cIsIoN.-Ihe democratic canvassers in the town oi
Gloucester, K. L., struck the of the colored
voters In that town from the lists before the election
On Wednesday, alleging that they were justified in
thus outrageous action by the decision in the case oil
bred Scott The Providence Journal ntimates that
q legal proceedings will be commenced against them
: Boston Journal
Q WARM WEATHER IN RUssn.-Accounts receive,
from st. Petersburg up to the I'd nA state tha
the change of weather from cold TO a state of amos
spring warmth has caused considerable illness amont
all classes at St. Petersburg, and the Empress an(
! other members OF the Imperial family have not ca
) capped lbe cholera has also been prevalent anC
, taken portion OF It's victims away rather suddenly
o Good LANaUAGE.-Mr. Schoolcraft says o marked
peculiary OF the Algonquin, the most cultivated o
the Indian languages is, that there no oahs il
It, The Algonquin cannot swear. He cannot cal
. upon his God in any such manner because the struc
ture of his language forbius the name itself of tb
# Dety-beng considered TOO sacred TO be used at al
FAT OFFICEs.-It is said that The federal Offices O
o New York, large and small. involve an annual ex
penditure :of something like million of dollars Th
collector is rated ST, $40 the naval officer at $4,000
l. the surveyor at $5,9OO and the general appraiser
S25OO.aIhe remainder, quite formidable list, rang
i from 50, 500 to $780,
4 DR.. KANEs DRATH IN ENGLAND.-The English papers re
ceved by the Europa have beautiful tributes to the
of Dr. KANE. The the London Ahenaeun close
with the following words Hs death will be severely fe
by his countrymen, by whom he greatly loved Eng
land, too will mourn the loss OF gallant enterpr
man-who although young in years. had gained high
ID putatiOn.''
% ONE VIEW THE MATTER.-One of the N. Y journal
makes fun of Boxer for trying to keep job
J. Peter Cooper Who John Jacob Astor Who wer
fathers of Constitution Men to toll Mere mechanics
Does believe that the thin legged miserable
who crowd saloons and nestle their soft heads
ID pillows all but soft that such would pitched th
tea into the sea, and fought the tyant Hanoverian %
prohibition of slavery in Connecticut negro recent
sold there under the following circumstances Buchana
farmer disposed of load of hay his parOn and bein
anxious to much possible his Crop he covered
the hay and weighed negro and together