CHARLESTON ARGUS SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1867.

Charleston Argus, Volume 1, Issue 11, 20 April 1867, Page 2

CHARLESTON ARGUS SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1867.

We notice with much pleasure the in troduction to this community of another and most necessary adjunct to civilized society. It must be the wish of all that ■. the efforts now being made for the erection * of another pla*e of public worship in • • Charleston should succeed. As usual in hese communities, on the West Coast *h elloman Catholics have been the first tn the field, and our citizens who belong io that communion have abundant tcause "for satisfaction. They are not however, alone in their anxiety for the Ordinances of religion. Th« friendly emulation the different races of oor people, Though sometimes fiery, is generally product&re of good results. What Irish Regiment would like to see an English Regiment outshin<Mt on the field of battle. Who evpr saw " cannie Scot" that would yield the pa! 4 to either. As in the battle-field, so it is in commerce, in art, in literature, and in science ; and yet these differing elements all join in harmony to make the first nation in the earth. First, not on'y h wealth and might, but in all that exalts a people in the scale of honour and morality. So it

is also in religion. There are differences of creed, but the foundations are the same. Upon the same rock the whole Christian Church is built. And it is therefore matter for general congratulation when in these murhroom cities there are found those who think not merely of the welfare of the body, but of the soul also. Ages since the pen of inspiration inscribed the words, " Righteousness exalteth a nation," and the history of Britain is to us the most glorious exemplification of their truth. In communities gathered hastily from a thousand different sources, drawn from more settled habitations by the sudden thirst for gold, it is much more necessary —so far as we can judge, that the religion of Christ should be preached, than amid the more quiet scenes and settled avocations of ordinary 1 fe. For in the training and example of home life there is undoubtedly much to deter man from the practice of the sins and vices which disgrace humanity. In the selfish, struggling, greedy life of a gold mining community however, these feelings, if not lost, are for the time asleep. The hurry to be rich, the daily excitement, the continual feverish scheming after wealth disturb, if they do not destroy, the higher and nobler feelings of man's nature. And it is only by a strong counteracting influence that the evil can be remedied. The same voice which stilled the tempest on the sea of Gallilee. and that voice alone, can give quiet and peac3 and nobility to those who, like ourselves, are struggling to be rich swiftly. Success then to the endeavour. May its promoters find a warm sympathy and ready assistance from all classes of our people. No season could be more suitable. This is the period at which for uncounted centuries the Christian Church has commemorated the death and resurrection of its head. Nearly nineteen centuries ago this day our Saviour lay in the silence of the tomb, waiting only to complete his work for us. We heard the story first when children from our parent-, and ife should not be forgotten now. In the churches now about to be erected may the story still be told, to bless, as it has alwavs blessed, and to give us riches which shall last when the gold beneath our feet shall all be gone, and the busy multitudes who «eok il boWj are dead.