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ORPHANS’ FRIEND.
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I had often read the parable of
the lost slieep. 1 had often lis
tened to Miss Clephane’s song,
so sad and so sweet, of the She))-
herd leaving tlie ninety and
nine and hunting in tlie mountains
for the lamb gone astrav. But
ten days ago I saw an illustra
tion wliich even now hangs be
fore mo like a picture. IJown in
the meadow, and all along the
mountain cove, a hundred sheep
were lying down in green pas
tures and feeding beside the crys
tal waters. I stopped to count
them and enjoy the lovely rural
landscape. But passing on I
came to the foot of the mountain.
It was rugged and barren. No
fence had ever enclosed it, no
ploughman hadoverturnedit. But
there, climbing over a ledge of
rocks, was a lamb, dwarfed to half
its proper size, and poor as an
Indian’s dog. The briers had
scratched its ears and torn away
its wool. Hunger had taken off
its flesh, and its skin was tightly
drawn across its tender bones.
The poor lamb was alono, was
lost, and would have been an
easy prey to any passing dog or
\ailture. Every step took it
further from the fold. Surely
that lamb was
“Away on the mountain wild and Dare.
Away from the shepherd’s tender care.”
A more pitiable sight I have
never been permitted to see; and,
worse tlian all, that lamb is a
type of myself. I have wandered
away from the fold of tlie tender
Shepherd of souls. A thousand
woes have assailed me in the land
of sin—and yet my erring feet
turn away from tlie fold. Hopeless
I am and must remain, unless the
Good Shepherd,
■W.iliE rOKES'l’ COl.LESE.
‘ In mercy and love shall hear my cry,
Sick and helpless and ready to die.”
And in his sovereign grace shall
say :
“Although the road be rugged and steep
1 go to the mountains to tind my sheep.”
l>EKOMBNATIOi\AL ilBPPEES.
During the present year our
five religious papers have been
moving on in perfect peace. Cal
vinism was so quiet that the Ad
vocate pronounced it dead. But
when the sleeping giant heard
the preparations for his funei'al,
lie decided to outlive his enemies.
He has done more—he has shown
a record of unobtrusive work
which is very gratifying to his
friends.
But the Biblical Recorder is ac
cused of passing sentence of con
demnation on the whole Pan Pres
byterian Council.
An old minister was once asked
if the Mormons would be saved,
lie said, “I will answer with two
remarks. First, the Lord has not
appointed me to judge the world.
Second, without some such ap
pointment, I shall not undertake
the job.” We don’t know liow to
believe that a follower of the
meeek and lowly Master used ug
ly words in connection with Drs.
McCosli and Plummer.
But then Bishop Gibbons has
published a tract in which he
shocks oven outsiders b}^ treating
Bishop Atkinson with gross dis
courtesy. Manly and courteous
discussion is always interesting,
while balderdash ahd bluster aie
always disgusting.
Dr. W. II. Barker, of Carteret,
is lecturing in Oxford an Phren
ology. He made a talk to the
orphans, urging self-control, obe-
d once and pure morality.
We have received a copy of
the catalogue of Wake Forest
College for 1876—77. Instruc
tors, 6 ; students, 98 ; Schools, 6 :
L :tin, Greek, Modern Languages,
Mathematics, Natural Science,
Moral Philosophy. There are
also Preparatory and Commercial
Departments. Tuition $30 a ses
sion. Cheap enough. Board, (ta
ble fare) $2.50 a week. Board
and bed, (without wasliing, fuel
or lights) $3 a week. Too high.
The Wake Forest bo3'S eat too
mail}' chickens, pies and custards.
They could live well on soups,
Iruits, vegetables, beef and bacon,
and enjoy good health witli board
at $35 a session. Just think of
a school-boy eating the price of
a hundred pounds of flour in a
single week ! Think also of the
hundreds of boys kept away from
College by the high price of
board. Wo recently boarded for
a short time with a man whose
price was $4 a month, witli bed,
fuel' and lights. He had no
chicken, nor pudding, nor pie;
but his boarders had plenty of
solid food and enjoyed vigorous
health.
The Catalogue contains also
“ Specimens of Written Examin
ations.” As a general rule, the
text-books are judiciously select
ed, though we think brother
Jordan’s poem on Murfreesbor-
ough is fully equal to some parts
of Juvenal.
The examinations seem to be
thorough and comprehensive.
Here is the last question :'
“Can war be justified? Give
the I'easons.” We answer, yes ;
because, “ There was war in
heaven ” when “ Michael and his
angels fought against the dragon.”
The peace of the saints and an
gels required the expulsion of the
Devil.
PAKKOJU A POOili SIiVA'EK.
Bv some strange oversight an
O O
article entitled
‘ now THE APOSTLES DIED,'
has been copied on the fourth
page of this paper. ’I’lie state
ments are merely traditional at
best, and some of them are plain
ly contradicted in the New Tes
tament. We are very far from
wishing to deceive the children
with bogus biography. But the
article was not discovered till af
ter the page was printed. It is
exceedingly difficult to make a
weekly paper tell the truth every
week.
now OXPOliO MAY EIAVE A
'■RASE-itOAB.
Frank Leslie’s Sunday Maga
zine locates Durham in Virginia.
We find some consolation in the
fact that our apostolic biography
is at least as good as Dr. Deems’
geography.
WMA'P '«’© SEi\B.
As many benevolent persons
are probably asking what is most
needed by the orphans, we men
tion as now seasonable, winter
liats for boys and girls. Shoes
for both sexes, numbers one two
and-throe. North Carolina plaids,
white cotton cloth, and woolen
jeans. After years of trial we can
safely assert that the best hats,
the best shoes, the best clothes
of every kind that we need, are
all made in our own state.
AVe also need fruits and vege-
table.s, both green and dried. We
Iveep off sickness with these. Nor
thern drug-store molasses we do
not use, but sorghum (such as is-
made in Kowan and Buncombe)
Is excellent food.
Corn, meal, wheat, flour, rye,
bacon, lard and fish are always
in season, and gratefully received.
Away out AFest, in AFasliing-
ton Territory, the people .are
building a rail-road, and so they
will have one. Oxford may do
likewise. P. C. Hale, in the Ed
ucational Weeldy, says:
“Tlio business men of Olympia and
vicinity liavc dotermiued to build a
branch rail road fifteen inile,s, which
will coiiiieet with the North Pacitic
Koad. AVork has coiiiineuced in earn
est, and it may be interesting to your
readers in general to learn about' the
grand rally in picnic style on Cem-
menceinent day. The aiinouiicemeiit
a])])eared in the J>n)7ytiiat work would
begin on the grade, and that volunteer
labor would be most acceptable ipion
a stated lay. At the apixiinted time,
early in tlie moi-iiiiig, bells were rung,
the brass baud marched through the
streets making eiili>'euing music, and
men and women and ehildreii rallied
to the call. Ji.xpress wagons gathered
up ])asseugers with heavy lunch bas
kets ; men and women on horse-back,
in buggies, and wagons; men and
boys oil foot, carrying shovels a-nd
mattocks, wciide.d their "wa-y to the
field of action some two mile's distant.
Professional and non-jirotessionai men
worked side by side during the day.
Gray haired men seemed sprightly a;id
as eflicient as the younger ones. A
boiintifnl dinner ri'as supplied by the
ladies, which was sjnead in mo.st
tempting style U]ion the green lawn.
At 110011 the hungry thi-oiig pourecl in
eager for the hot coffee and savory
r-iands. After dinner, for a short sjiace
of time, good nature and sociability
ovorllowed, and as friends met it was
often remarked, “ Kverybody is here.”
One lady replied, *• No, my hnsband
remained to watcli the town in case of
tires.” The men soon resumed work',
and the women walked along the line
busily engaged in breaking ground.
Jlany gallantly reliinpiished their sluii'-
els, giving us the honor of having a
liar id ill the good work. Hoys were
bu.sy carrying pure moxmtam'dew to
the thirsty men. Men of sedentary
liabits found that nnder the inspira
tion of excitement they were able to
do coii.siderable mn.scnlar labor, and
showed pluck notwithstaiiding blister
ed bands, side aclie, and back ache.
This is a novel way of building a rail
road, but, “ Where there is a will there
is a wayand the way is to will to
hel]) one’s self, and not stand idle ex
pecting help from otliers.”
A Ghicago minister tiled a voluntary
petition in baiikrii])tcy the otlier day.
Ills assets consisted of S-ioO worth iif
real estate, while his liabilities em
braced a note for $10,0(10, wliicli he
ga\’e as a donation to the Chicago
University, and another note $7,000,
wliieli was also a donation to the Tem
ple Jhipti-st cluiich. Had his wealth
been in proportion to liis generosity,
ho would huYo been a second Peadody.
—Ex.
A Granville man once gave
liberally to endow a college, and
then refused to allow his own
cliildren to attend scliool when
they ■were exceedingly anxious to
learn. But he paid his money,
while the Chicago man reminds
us of the man who made his will
and placed large amounts oppo
site the names of his relatives and
friends. His lawyer suggested
that these sums more than ex
hausted the estate. “ That is so,”
said the dying man, “ but I am
trying to show my friends what
I would do for them, if I could.”
lloosters, as a class wont do enny
household work; yn can’t git a roos
ter to pay cniiy attention to a young
one. They spend most ov their time
in crowing and Sirnttiiig, and once in
a while they find a worm, which they
make a great fuss over, calUug their
wii’es up from a distance, aiipareiitly
to treat tlrein, but jist az the hens git
tlicre, this elegant cims bends over
and gobbles up the wonii. Jist like a
man for all the world.—Josh Billings.
AVhat a slander on the favor
ite fowl. of the human family 1
AVe have been watching roosters
for forty years and never saw one
violate the laws of gallantry.
Dont slander them because they
are dumb.
The State Fair will be held on
October 16, 17, 18, and 19. The
exhibition promises to very com
prehensive, especially on tire race
track.
Lev. AA’. B. Harrell, of Hillls-
horo, has written a hymn and set
it to music for the Biblical Recor
der. That devout and excellent
man has been a considerable mo
ver on earth; but he enjoys the
prospect of a permanent “Home
in Heaven.” His hvnin was
heartfelt. The words and the mu
sic are good, even w'heu the or
phans sing it.
A Cube fob Uoa CitoLEEA.^Arr.
W. A. Elliiigtou, a pi'iimineiit farmer
of Chatham county, writes to tlie ]>c-
])artiiieiit of Agriculture that lie lias
tried with universal siicces.s the fol
lowing remedy for hog cholera ; Jiix
ture for li ve hogs—Tea.siiooiifnl of aiii-
monia, one tablesponiifnl of blue-stone,
one tablespoonfiil cooking so.la, ball
of ordinary .soap size of a goose-egg,
liaiidiul of salt. Dissolve the mass in
a quart of water and mix in butter
milk.
Yes, the foregoing prescription
is obliged to cure the cholera;
but how can you save the life of
a hog alter ho has taken such a
dose ?
That chestnut mule which our
good brother Shelton so kiiidlv
lent us is a noble animal. He
carried ns safely over fearful
precipices, lofty mountains, deep
rivers and dangerous roads in
general. Our old harness made
sores on him ; but he bore his
griefs and burdens patientlv.
\A7e are afraid we violated tlie
Tenth Commandment, by covet
ing that mule.
The Southern Baptist Theolog
ical Seminary has been moved
from Greenville, S. C., to Louis
ville, Ky. Dr. Boyce, in the In
troductory Lecture, invited lay
men, who wish to learn more 'of
the word of God, to come with
the preachers to the lectures.
Tins is sensible. Intelligent lay
men are needed to appreciate,
and create a demand for, intelli
gent ministers.
Kev. M. li. Affiughan delivered
a brief but excellent address to the
orphans last Friday evening.
Pastor Underwood is holding
a proti-actod meeting in Oxforrl
liev. Mr Mundy of AYarrenton is
assisting liim.
Itov. T. J. Ogburn reports for
ty additions to the Churches of
his charge. He is just such a
man as generally succeeds.
A ISOOB ESAiMPEE,
Trap Hii.l, N. C., Aug. 18, .1877.
J. H. Mills, Siipt. Orphan Asylum, Oxford.
E. 0.—Dear Sir Euulu.eed 111111 .-i::
lurs auil fifty ots. ($()..’)()) ono huff iny fees .is
.Sec. of Trap Hill Lodge, No. 3-16, for ilie
past twelve months,ending July,1877. Whi. !i
amount I donate and give for the benefit of
the orphan children. " I’lcaso acknowledge
receipt ot same.
Yours Fraternally,
T. VV. Smith, Sec.
SEVEW WJSE MEN OE GREECE,
Solon, of Athens, whose mot
to was, “Know thyself.”
Chilo of Sparta—'“Consider
the end.”
Thales of Alilotos—“ AA^ho ha-
teth suretyship is sure.”
Bias of Priene—“Most men are
bad.”
Cleobulos of Lindos—“The
golden mean,” or “ Avoid ex
tremes.”
Pittaoos of Mitylene—“Seize
Time by the forelock.”
Periander of Corinth—“No
thing is impossible to industry.”
First Solon, avIio made the Athenian laws ;
While Chilo, iu Sparta, was famed for his
In Hiletos did I'halest astronomy teach;
liias used iu Pideue his morals preach;
CleobuloSi of Liudos, was handsome and wise;
Slityleue gainst thraldom saw Pittacos rise;
l-eriander is said to ha\'C gained through his
court
The title that Mysoth the Cbenian ought.
A vast number of fools and
many tliousand ignorant men
lived at the same time ; but their
names have been forgotten forev
er.
The working men of Chicago
have
Resolved, That we recommend
to the industrial classes of tlie
Union, whether agricultural, me
chanical or commercial, and all
others^ who sympathize in our
views, an immediate organization
to promote the general welfare,
and shape henceforward the true
policy and legislation of the coun
try, basing our action on the fol
lowing principles and purposes:
1. That we demand the repeal
of tlie resumption act of Januarv
14, 1875, remonetization and free
coinage of tiie silver dollar, and
the perpetuation of the treasury
note for all dues and demands.
2. Eight houis the standard by
which wages shall bo paid.
3. Arbitration committees foi'
the adjustment of disputes be
tween capital and labor.
4. Prohibition of the use of pris
on labor by private emplo}’ers.
5. Prohibition of the contiou-,
anco of manual labor in factories '
and elsewhere by children under;
twelve years of age.
6. Liberal application of the
funds for educational purposes.
7. lleduction of taxation and
economy in all governmental ex
penses, whether Federal, State or
municipal.
8. Abolition of duties on the
necessaries of life, the burden of
which is borne by the proorer clas
ses.
9. Opposition to class leisir-
t’on.
10. The enactment of laws
compelling employers to pay
their emjdoyes on or before the
15th of each month for labor prer--
formed in the previous month.
11. The ininicdiate improve*
ment of the water-ways of the
State and nation.
12. Tile reserving of tiie public
lands, tlie heritage of the people,
for tl le actual settler. Not anoth
er acre for railroads and specula
tors.
13. That evidences of indebt
edness, national as well as per
sonal, be taxed.
14. Tlie establishment of Stats
and national bureaus of labor sta
tistics.
15. The prompt and effective
pmnishment of official defaulters.
16. _ The removal of unjust
technicalities, delays, and discrim
inations in the administration of
justice, and the establishment of
a more speedy process for the
collection of wages.
17. A return to early princi
ples, by letting the office seek
the man, and a firm refusal to
support professional politicians.
'B’KE FOSSFE OE TKE'}!'!!.
Dreadful limits are sot in na
ture to the powers of dissimilation,
T-ruth tyrannizes over the unwil
ling nmmbers of the body. Faces
never lie, it is said. No man need
be deceived who will study the
changes of expression. AVhen a
man sjieaks the truth in the spirit
of truth, his eye is as clear as the
heavens. AYhen he has base ends
and spieaks falsely, his eye is
muddy, and sometimes asquint,
I have lieard an experienced
counsellor say that ho never fear
ed the effect upon a jury of a
lawyer, who does not believe in
his heart that his client ought to
have a verdict.—Emerson's Es
says on Sjoiritual Laws.
A gentleman asked a deaf and
dumb boy, “AFhat is truth 1” He
replied by taking a iiiece of chalk,
and drawing on the black-board
a straight line between two points.
Then he asked him, “AVhat is a
lie ?” The boy rubbed out the
strs,ight line, and drew a zigzag
or crooked line between the same
two points. Remember this.