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first api)earod:
CIIATXEEBOX.
They call me Little Chatterbox”—
My name is little Maj';
I have to talk so much, because
1 have so much to say.
And oh ! I have so many fiiends—
So many! and you see
I can’t help loving them, because
They every one love me.
I love jjapa and my mama—
I love my sisters, too:
And if you’re very, very good,
I guess that I’ll love you.
But I love God the best of all—
He keeps me all the night;
And when the morning comes again.
He wakes me with the light.
I think it is so nice to live:
And yet if I should die,
The Lord would send his angels down
To take me to the sky.
TOO tEltTAIlV.
“ Father, I’m tired of reading
the Bible. I have read it so often
that I know everything in it.”
“Everything, my son ? Do you
think that you could not find one
chapter that would contain some
thing you had never noticed ?”
“Yes, father, I think so. I am
sure I know all that is in the his
torical parts of the Bible.”
“Well, let me try 3'ou. When
were a large number of men fed
with a few loaves of bread, and a
supply left when they had done
eating 1”
“Why, father, sui-ely I remem
ber Christ’s feeding several thou
sand persons, at two different
times, with a few loaves and fish
es.”
“Very well; these are two in
stances. “Now, tell me a third.”
“There is no other in the Bi
ble.”
“Yon are perfectly sure of that,
are you? Suppose you reflect a
little before you answer again.”
“Yes, father, I have thought
and I am certain there is no oth
er miracle of that kind mentioned
in the Bible.”
“Well, my son, open jmur Bi
ble at the fourth chapter of the
fourth book of Kings.”
“Fourth book of Kings! Fath
er, there is no such hook.”
“Hand me the Bible. What
does this title saj' I”
“ It is ‘The second book of the
Kings, commonly called the
fourth book of the Kings’”
“ Well, there is one thing learn
ed by the boy that knew the Bi
ble so well. Now turn to the
fourth chapter and road the forty
second verse.”
Hero it is, sir; “And there
came a man from Baal-salisha,
and brought the man of God’—”
“Who was the man of God.”
“I must look. It was the proph
et Elisha,”
“Now proceed.”
“And brought the man of God
bread of the first fruits, twenty'
loaves of barley, and full ears of
corn in the husks thereof. And he
said. Give unto the people, that
they may eat. And his servitor-
said, What 1 should I set this be-
foi'C an hundred men? He said
again. Give the people, that they
may eat; for thus saith the lord,
’ They shall eat and shall leave
thereof. So he sat it before them,
and they did oat, and loft there
of, according to the word of the
Lord.”
“Tliat will do for this time, my
son. I have never wished to make
the reading of the scriptures te
dious by requiring you to read
them constantl}', without giving
you other books to read ; but I
v/anled to convince you how mis
taken young people are apt to he
in their ideas of their own knowl
edge. There are thousands of
children (yes, and of men and
women too) wlio would read with
great interest, many passages of
the Bible, if they found them in
a fresh and beautiful volume
which they believed to contain
nothing but what is published for
the first time. Remember this,
and let me advise you to read the
four books of Kings, and to make
a list of all the passages jmu will
find there which, like the one you
have just road, are as rujw as if
you had never heard nor read
them.”—Biblical Recorder.
SEiSMWSi FKtMI A I»A«E OF
BOOTS,
Tliere lived, forty j'ears ago,
in Bei'lin, a shoemaker who had
a habit of speaking harshly to all
his neighbors who did not feel
exactly as he did about religion.
The old pastor of the parish in
which the shoemaker lived heard
of thi.s, and felt that he must give
liim a lesson.
He did it in this way: He sent
for the shoemaker one morning,'
and when lie came in said to him:
“ Master, take my measure for
a pair of boots.”
“ With pleasure, your rever
ence,” answered the shoemaker;
“ please take off your boot.”
The c!erg3-man did so, and the
shoemaker measured his foot from
toe to heel, and over the initep,
noted all down in his pocket-book,
and prepared to leave the room.
But as he was putting up the
measure the pastor said to him;
“ Master, my sou also requires
a pair of boots.”
“I will make them with pleas
ure, 3’our reverence. Can I take
the young man’s measure ?’’
“ It is not necessaiy,” said the
pastor, ‘‘the lad is fourteen, but,
3‘ou can make my boots and his
from the same last.”
“ Your reverence, that will
never do,” said the shoemaker,
with a smile of surprise.
“ I tell 3'ou sir, to make m3’
son’s on the same last.”
“ No, your reverence,' I can
not do it.”
“It must be—^on the same last.”
“ But, your reverence, it is not
possible, if the boots are to fit,”
said the shoemaker, thinking to
himself that the old pastor’s wits
were leaving him.
“Ah, then, master shoemaker,”
said the clorg3'inan, “ ever3’pair
of boots must be made on their
own last, if they are to fit, and
3’et you think that God is to foi-m
all Christians exactly according
to your own last, of the same
measure and growth in religion
as yourself. That will not do eith
er.”
The shoemaker was abashed.
Then he said:
“ I thank your reverence for
this sermon, and I will try and
remember it, and to judge my
neighbors less harshly’ in the fu
ture.”—Children's Friend.
THE CHIEH TEACHEK.
A missionary in India, among
many instances of success in the
mission schools, relates the fol
lowing: A little girl was taught in
the school, and became impressed
with the truth, The mother car
ried her away’ some two hundred
miles into the interior ; she, her
self, liaving forsaken Christianity,
and fallen into idolatry’. She
wished her little girl to marry’ a
heathen. But that girl had been
taught the name of Jesus. Siie-
loved that name. She was taken
against her will into the jungle-
Fever seized upon her, and she
died. Just before her daparture,
she called her mother, and said,
“ Mother, I am going to die.
There are two things I want to
say to you before I die. First, I
am going to Jesus;” and putting
her arms, wasted by fever to a
skeleton, round the neck of her
poor sorrowing mother, she said :
“ Oh, forgive me ! I cannot die
till I have told you that y'ou are
living in sin. You know that
Christ alone can save y’ou, and
you are a heathen.” The child
tlien passed away’. A week or two
after that, a carriage was driven
up to my house, a woman got
out of it richly dressed, and cov
ered with jewelry. She said, “ I
have come tv/o hundred miles to
ootifess my’ sin. I have conse all
the way to thank you for giving
inv child the saving truth, and to
confess to you that I have been
a sinner above all sinners; but I
am resolved to repent.” That
woman was thus sa ved by the
lessons given to iier child.
TtVO CLASSES OF OMSEUVEKS.
There are two distinct classes
of acute observers—those who see
clearly through the profoundest
mysteries, and those who see
mysteries in the clearest things.
Perhaps the latter case is the
more numerous. The invalid,
whose diet consists of the richest
and most unwholesome viands,
has been heard to wonder at the
strange providence which has al
lotted to him painful day’s and
sleepless nights. The man who
is not diligent in his business,
meditates on the unfathomable
decree which has assigned to him
a life of poverty and disajjpoinl®
ment. The proud mother, who
has exposed her delicate little
ones to the changeful weather
witli insufficient clothing, that
white skin and dimples might be
admired, wonders at the incom
prehensible bereavement, over
which she mourns. Life is full
of such my’steries.—Freshyterian
Banner.
—A little boy entered a fish-
market, the other day, and seeing
for the first time a pile of lobsters
lying on the counter, looked in
tently at them for some time,
when he exclaimed, “ Them’s the
biggest grasshoppers I’ve ever
s ;en.”
BOYS AKB GJKES.
Wo have on hand about a dozen
boys and girls,, small and spright
ly, just such as childless couj)les
might properly adopt. Persons
wishing to adopt children are
invited to come and see them, or
correspond with us. tf
FOKBI OF AFFESOA'i'SOM FOiS A
BOY.
My residence is in.
Coimty, and my occupation
My family consists of. -.
- - I wish to employ a
hoy. —years of age,and (Here give
description and qualities desired.)
He wiU he required to
and allowed to I
ivill furnish
and pay him. a month.
A. B.
Recommended Inj
FOKM OF APPESCATIOA' I’OU
THE ADMISSION OF HALF
OKPHAIVS.
N.
-..,1877. ^
This is to certify that .
is a half orphan,
sound in body and mind, and with
out any estate. H.... father died
7m 18 I being h.... mother,
hereby mahe application for It....
admission to the Orphan Asylum at
Oxford, and I also relinquish and
convey to the officers thereof the en
tire management and control (f said
orpthan till the day of
thut being the day on which
.... will be fourteen years of age,)
in order that may be trained
and educated according to the regu
lations prescribed by the Grand
Lodge of North Carolina. I also
promise not to annoy the Orphan
Asylum, and not to encourage the
said orphan to leave without the
approval of the Superintendent.
Approved by.
W. M. of...
TMJE
FOISM OF APPLSCATION FOB
THE ABJUSSIOY OF OKPiSJAWS.
.N. a,
- , 1877. )
This is io certify that.
- is an orphan, sound"
in body and mind, and ivithout es
tate. H.. -. father died 18...
mother died in IS...,. I,
being h , hereby
make application for h.. .admission
into the Orphan Asylum at Oxford,
and I also relinquish and convey to
the officers thereof the entire man
agement and control of said orphan
till the... - day of. ,
18- - -.,(tliatbeiny the day on which
.... u’ill he fourteen years of aye,)
in order that .... may be trained
and educated according to the regu
lations prescribed by the Grand
Lodge of North Carolina.
Approved by
W. 31. of........
.. Lodge.
FOHM OF APPEIOATiOX FOE A
GIStL.
Our residence is in.
County, and our occupation
Our family consists
of.................. We wish
to employ a girl years of age,
and (Here give description and
qualities desired). She will be re
quired to -. -., and allmved
to She will spend
her evenings in and
loill sleep in We
will furnish and ivill
pay a month.
Recommended by
A. B.,
3Trs. A. B.
Orphans’ Friend.
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OliGAN OF THE ORVltAH 'WORlS:
ErfTESTAIETIDJG AND IN^-
STRUCTIVE TO THE YOUNG.
A ZEALOUS FRIEND AND ADVOCATfi
OF EI&IJCATIOIV.
PtJBLISiiED EVERY WEDNESDAY.
AND POSTAGE
OWE I>i>LEAR A YEAR
O^^FIGE IN THE OEPHAl^
BUILDING, AT OXFORD.
Aa>VERTlSEME]VTSi
Ten cents a line for one insertion. Fiv0
cetlts a line each week for more than one and
less than twelve insertions. One colinnTij
three months, sixty dollars. Half columcij
three months, forty dollars, qualtef coluinuj
three months, twenty dollars.
Present circulation, fourteen hundred and
orty papers edch week.
Address
ORPHANS’ FPJEND,
OXFORD, N. C;
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