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Work is Worship.
'i'oiling brothers, are you weary,
Struggling ’ncatli life’s bitter weight ?
Dream not idleness is honor,
Envjr not the proud and j^r(>at;
Noble is yoiir humble lot;
Work is worship, scorn it not.
Sigh not for the gilded glory
That the crown or scepter brings;
if ye rule the fields of labor,
Ye are god created kings.
Oft a regal lieart may rest
’Neath a coarse and tattered vest.
Though tlie worldly great may scorn you,
Y'e are men—what more aie they?
Have they not the same Creator?
Are they made of other clay!
’Tis by noble deeds alone
That a noble soul is known.
Let the voice of prayer and labor
Blend in one harmonious chime;
Useful works are glorious anthems,
Toil is pi'ayer tlie most sublime.
Though ye suffer scorn and pain,
Think not that ye live in vain,
Think of Him, the ‘‘Meek and Lowly,”
When in weariness ye groan—
How Tie lived and toiled and suffered,
Poor, unhonored and unknown—
He the universal Lord,
Woi-shipped by both deed and word.
Honored be the earnest worker,
Bless the rough, toil-hardened hand;
While the glorious hymn of labor
Upward floats from wave to land.
Toilers, noble is youi* lot—
Work is worship, scorn it not.
From the Orphans’ Friend,
The General Orphan Aid Socie
ty.
On the 34th of June, 1876, Rev. E. A.
Wilson, Dr. C, D. Rice and J. H. Mills
met at the Orphan Asylum in Oxford, and
having after due deliberation, adopted a
ritual, Constitution, sign, password and
pledge,organized the General Orphan Aid
Society, of North Carolina. The officers
were located in different parts of the
State in order that they might organize
Subordinate Societies and put them into
active operation. These Societies are
nece.ssar'., because in many districts there
are no Lodges of Masons, nor organiza
tions of any kind working in co-operation
with the Orphan Asylum. They are not
intended to take the place of live Lodge
Committees; but to secure an efficient or
ganization wherever there are people
anxious to aid the Orphan Work. The
organization of this Society is separate
and distinct from Ma.sonry; but it has the
approval of the Grand Lodge and of the
Grand Master of Masons. The Charters,
Rituals &c., will be ready in a few doys.
Here is the
CONSTITUTION.
GTIEENSBORO, C., FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1876.
NO 43.
1. The name of this organization shall
be the General Orphan Aid Society of
North Carolina, and its object shall be to
help the Orphan work.
2. The officers shall consist of a Pres-
ident. Secretary, Treasurer, Chaplain,
Usher and Sentinel, and they shall be
elected annually, by ballot.
3. The General Society shall consist
of the following persons : John Nickols,
President; Superintendent of the Orphan
Asylums, ex-officio. Secretary; S. Witt-
kowsky, Treasurer; Rev. E. A. Wilson.
Chaplain; C. M. Van Orsdell, Usher; R.
W. Hardie, Sentinel; Dr. C. D. Rice,
Steward of the Orphan Asylum at Ashe-
ville, ex officto, and Presidents of Subor
dinate Societies when organized,
4. The meetings of the General Socle
ties shall be held at the time and place
appointed by the President; and the rep-
representatives of five Subordinate Socie
ties shall coristituto a quorum,
5. The president shall preside when
present, preserve order, and enforce all
the rules and regulations of the Society.
In the absence of the President, the offi
cer next in rank shall preside,
6. The Secretary shall keep an exact
record of ihejproceedings of the meetings,
issue such notices as the President shall
require, call the roll of the mambers, and
with the assistance of the Usher collect
the dues, enter the items on the minutes,
pay them over to the Tieasurer, taking
his receipt for the same, in the minute
book.
7. The Treasurer shall receive from
the Secretary all funds of the Society,
giving him a receipt therefor; keep
a true account, in a book kept for the
purpose, and immediately, after every
meeting, forward to the Orphan Asylums
all moneys not otherwise appropriated,
and file all receipts from the Asylum.s for
the sums so sent.
8. The duties of the Chaplain, Usher
and Sentinel are suggested by the Ritual.
The sentinel shall perform the additional
duty of keeping the hall in order, and
preparing it for occupancy in advance of
every meeting.
9. Subordinate Societies may be or
ganized by any member of the General
Society, under a Charter signed by the
President and Secretary, and the seal of
the General Society. The Charter and
booljs shall be furnished by the Secretary
for five dollars.
10. Each Subordinate Society shall
pay annually one dollar to the Genera]
Society.
11. The President, Secretary, Treas
urer, Chaplain and Ushers shall consti
tute a Committee on Oharity, whose duty
shal Ibe to inaugurate and promote legit
imate and moral means for the support of
the Orphan Work.
12. The President, Chaplain, and
Usher shall constitute a committee on Fi
nance whose duty shall be to examine the
books of the Secretary and Treasurer,
and report their condition annually in
the General Society, and quarterly in the
Subordinate Societies.
13. Any worthy person may become
a member of the General, or Subordinate
Societies, by consent of two thirds of the
members present at any meeting, upon
the payment of not less than fifty cents.
14. The dues of each member of the
Subordinate Societies shall not be less
than five cents per week, and shall be
promptly paid at each meeting.
15. Not more than ten per cent of the
gross receipts of the Subordinate Socie
ties shall be disbursed for current ex
penses.
16. The meeting of the Subordinate
Societies shall be held at least once each
month, and special meetings may be
called when deemed necessary.
17. The Subordinats Societies sh.-ill
h-ave power to exercise such discipline
as shall, in their judgement, be expedi
ent.
18. If any members of the General or
Subordinate Society shall be found un
faithful in the management of its funds,
the Secretary shall forward their names
to the Orph.^n's Friend and Masonic
Journal for publication.
19. The President of the General So
ciety shall have power to arrest the Char
ter of any Subordinate Society, at his
discretion.
20. Every person paying annually
$100 to the General Society, or $25 to
any Subordinate Society, shall be enroll
ed as an honoiary member thereof.
21. Each Society is allowed to frame
by laws for its government in conformity
with this Constitution.
22. This Constitution may be amend
ed at any meeting of the General Society,
by a vote of two thirds of the members
present.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE CHARTER FOR
SUBORDINATE SOCIETIES.
Know all men by these presents, that we
President, and ,
Secretary of the Orphan Aid Society of North
Carolina, do, by these presents, grant this
Charter to President,
, Secretary, Treasurer,
Chaplain, , Usher,
ard Sentinel, of
county, State of North Carolina,
and do authorize them to organize a Society to
be known as Orphan Aid Society, No ,
and do hereby empowei- them to do such acts
and 110 other, as are prescribed in the Consti.
tution of the General Oiphan Aid Society of
North Carolina.
Given under our hands and the se,al of the
General Orphan Aid Society at the Orphan
Asylum in Oxford, North Carolina, on the
day of ...
PEN AND SCISSORS.
A. D. 187...
President.
Secreiai'i/.
Home.—What sweet recollections
mingle with that sound. Home, the
sanctuary of the soul; the altar around
which cluster the sweetest and purest
affections, flowing from hearts all unused
to selfishness; the nursery of heaven-
horn friendship; the harbor to which we
may fly when the storms of adversity
rise, and the mad waves of life’s ocean
lashed to fury, threaten to engulf our
frail bark.
Cincinnatti has 4693 manufactories,
which produce $150,000,000 worth of
products annually.
.... The potato crop promises to be huge
this year.
.... Rome is to have two or three public
fountains on her streets.
.... Gustav Kuraaai;, the famous iron mas-
tei of Sweden, is dead.
Sixty men have been discharged from-
the Erie railroad shops.
.... Women of twenty-five in Egypt arc
considered old.
The Khedive of Egypt is forty-five and
has four wives,
The auditor of Kentucky reports the
popuulation of the State at 1,666,525.
.... Brigham Young has dedicated a ue w
Mormon temple at St. George, Southern
Utah.
.... It is said that at least 183 persons have
been killed and wounded by the Indians on
the different routes leading to the Black Hills..
All in St. Louis. Her name was
Marie Meyer and his was Helper Bogg. He
wanted to marry Marie and helper through the
mire.
Henry Ward Beecher’s house. In
Brooklyn, N. Y., has been robbed of silver
ware valued at between $600 and .$800.
.... Miss Thursby is to receive $3,000 per
annum for singing in the Brooklyn Taberna
cle. with carriage and other items of cost in
addition. This is said to be the largest salary
paid to any choir singer in the country.
.... Yews of the last missioniny who pene
trated to Timbuctoo has been received ; but
it comes from the natives themselves. They ■
say; “He was good send us some more.”
The laws of Pennsylvania impose aline
of five dollars for the killing of blue bird, bo
bolink, cat bird, cedar bird, dove, finch, lark,
martin, niglit hawk, robin, sparrow, swallov',
tanager thrash, wood-pecker, wliippoorwill,
or any other insectivorous birds.
The San Antonia (Texas) Semld says
the stage drivers between that city and Kings
ton are to be provided with umbrellas to hold
over the stage robbers in case it rains, wliile
they are robbing the mails and relicTing the
passengers.
Betvare of confiding in distant prospects
of hajjpiness, lest they be suddenly interceptetl
by the most trivial present vexation. A leaf
in the foreground is large enough to conceal a
forest on the far horizon.
At Galveston, Texas, recently, the
grave of a deceased druggist was opened, and
the thumb and forefinger of the right hand cut
from the corpse. It is thought that it was the
work of superstitious negroes, wlio imagine
that there is great curative power ill the right
forefinger and thumb of a druggist.
.... The Burlington Ilawkeye saj's: It is
remarkable the number of heavily clad, un
comfortable looking gentlemen you can meet
on the street now, who will confidentially in
form you in a w’hisper that they are wearing
out tiieir winter clothes on a bet.
.... Now is the time for lovers to get spoon
ey over ice cream, she taking a few pretty
dabs at his vanilla and he borrowing a taste of
her chocolate. This process inspires confi
dence ill the day when they will be throwing
corn beef and cabbage across the table.
.... Some of the fiin-loviiig girls of Eden
Lake, Minn., decided to “put upajob”on:i
young man who was rather inclined to look-
down upon the feminine gender. So one of
them, taking advantage of leap year, made a
proposal of marriage to him, four or five other
girls who were in the plot being concealed lis
teners. To the surprise of all the young man
accepted, and now the fair “popper.” wants to
back out, but he will not consent .and threat
ens bleach of promise.
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