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r The Orphans’ Friend. WEDNESDAY. JANUAIIY - - 24, 1883. Published every Wednesday at one dollar per annum^ invariably in advance A MOTHER’S WONDER. I wonder so t'’at mothers ever fr?t At little cliildren olinging to their gown; Or that the footsteps, whentlie days are set, Are ever black enough to make them frown. If I could find a little monidy boot, Or cap, or jacket on my chamber floor, If I could kiss a rosy, restless foot, And hear its music on my homo once more. If I could mentl a broken cart to-day, To-morrow make a kite to reach the sky, There is no woman in God’s world could say She was more blissfully content than I. But, ah ! the dainty pillow next ray own, Is never rumpled by a shining liead ; My singing birdling from its nest has flown— •• The little boy I used to kiss is dead. —Mrs. M. R: Smith. . THE RIGHT KINl) OF A BOY. hy kirk mtjnroe. ' A lioy who plays with 111 his might; A boy who'll fight, if he thinks ’tis right j A boy who works with a hearty will_i Wlio from morn tonight is n^vor stQl; A boy who’s gentle, tender and true'; A boy who’s honest, through and throu'gh) A boy who's happy, careless and free^ This kind of a boy is the boy for me,. WHAT BETA GAVE TO dESUS. “ Beta, Mr. Freeinan is coming to take tea with us this evening,’^ said Mrs. Hollis to her little daughterone> morning. “Oh! mamma, I’m so,glad. I’ve got lots of things, to tell him,” re plied Beta. “You must be careful not to tease him with too much talking,” said Mrs Hollis. “Tease him! ‘Why,mamfna,Ithlk- ed i o him once for a whole hour, and I’m sure’he wasn’t a bit tired.” Mr Freeman was the minister who had recently come to the church which Beta and her parents attend ed. lie was a very happy looking gentlenran, and soYond of children that he was always a favorite with' them. Tea was no sooner finished than Beta drW her little footstool to liis side, and settled herself for what she called ^^agood talk.’’ She had a great deal to tell ^im o^ new toys which had been given her, lessons which she had heard at school and story-books she had read. When all this news'had been' dischesed.shd suddenly remembered a question which she had been storing in her min (1 ever since the previous Sunday. “Why did you say. everybody could give sopnething to Jesus, Mr. Freeman?” she asked. “Why did I say it. Beta? Just because I mea»t it/’ replied Mr. Freinan, with a smile. “What could I give?^’ inquired the child with a keen glance into his kind face. “You must think for yourself, Be ta. Ho you remember -w’hat I told you of those motherless children in the orphanage? They have no rich friends to buy them books and 'toys, and I think that you might perhaps be able to spare them some of those treasures you have been telling me about.” “But that wouldn’t be giving them to Jesus,’' ans^ ered Beta. This was the reply Mr. Freeman had expected, and> drawing a little testament from liis pocket, he found the twenty-fifth chapter of St. Mat thew, and pointing to the fortieth verse, asked Beta to read it. “.And the king shall answer and say unto them. Verily, I say unto you, Inasmuch as yo have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me,’' read J3eta. “Now, my dear,” said Mr. Free man, putting his arms around her waist, and drawing her to his side, “If you saw Jesus lone^ and sad wouldn’t you want to do something for him?” “Ob' yes,’' replied Beta, her clear blue eyes dimming with tears as she spoke. “I would go to him at once.” “!• thought so. Now as Jesus knows all this, and as there was need :that hie visible presence on the earth should cease, He has told us what ever act of kindness we do to those poor people and children, and other needy ones that are in the world. He willlQok upon and prize just the same as it He were the needy.one, and wc had done it to Him. If a little girh gives up a toy to a poor child who is longing for one, Jesus is just as pleased as if some rich present had beon put into His own hand.” Beta was about to reply, when jher papa called|Mr. Freaman’s atten- tion.to something else. There was no chance of renewing the conversa tion with him that eveniug. , “I want to'give something to Je- ^u8,'’ Bhe said to herself next morn ing, as 6he sat on a high music stool, jher hands folded on her lap. “There’s my little elephant that nods his head 8Q funuily. How it would make an orphan child laugh! I believe they’d ^ like it>better than anything.’' The little elephant stood on the ta-' ble.hcsido her. Presently she took , it'in her hands and looked at it for aTong time. It was herfavorite toy. At last she jumped oft' the music stool, and going away to a quiet cor ner, she knelt down with her ele phant in her arms, and in her own simple words gave it to Jesus. The next day the elephant found > its way into the orphanage. If Beta could have peeped through the keyhole of the children’s play room that evening, I am sure she would have been glad. ; . Her toy elephant had been placed ill a .toy cart, and some ten or twelve little children were dragging it up and down the floor, and' laughing and shouting with delight as they saw itS’ head move up and lown. Beta did hot see this; but there was ft' Strangely happy ' feeling in her heart. She had given something to Jesus.—lAbour'of Love. THE LITTLE GIVER. .The other day a very little girl went to church with her father and mother. 1. Before she left ho,me she had remembered' that a collection lyas to be taken up. So many people forget that. and. leave their purses at homel 2. She not only thought of the coK lection, but she put a piece of money for if-fn her pocket What fine collections we should take up if everybody did thatl 3. She was watching to see the boxes passed around, anxious not to miss them. I have seen people BO-busy^ looking at their books that they did not see those boxes. Other people wait in breathless hopo_ that they will be passed by, hndso be able to carry home the pioney tliat onght to go in the, box^ ,J^.pt so our little girl. She looked eagerly for the box, and asi-soon as it l^gan to go around sh.e thrust, her little , fat hand in her tiny .left pocket for that mon ey. Her father, not knowing this,, offered her a cent. . She cried out clearly,; ‘ “Don’t want your penny!’’ I liave seen big folk.s willing enough to give other peo" pie’s money. Her father put liis cent into her wee kid-gloved hand. She'dropped it decidedly into his hat, and her clear voice rang-out, “Dot my own penny!” Thus (4) she was an example of giving her own to God. Her fa^ ther failing, as fathers sometimes do, to comprehend the ways of little girls, still passed theHIttle cent up the seat, but the little girl after much tugging, brought forth her own treasure, a great, round, old'-styled copper, which she admired for its huge size. Her mother ■v\'hispered, “Putthis cent in.”,, But clearly ringing out came the little voice, “No, np; I’m doin’ to dive my big penny!” She. thought money valuable, in proportion to its size, and she meant to give a big penny, the largest she had. ' • -A BOT’bT'RAVER. Litfle^,Willie tj——,age,d three years, ba^ flip misfortune to lose Ids father a few weeks agp. The other evening, about twilight, he saw his widowed fnother weep ing over her ^reat bereavement. Little Willie ran out into the front yard and dlimbed up on the gate post, and^ turned his cherub face to the star.s, just beginning to peep or.t': “God!’ Godl” he cried, all his little earnest soul in his words and in his eyes, “send , my papa back fiom heavenl Send him right away! We want him now! Se-nd him right quick for mamma is crying!” • But, alas! for* that widow and that cherub boy, although the prayer came from as sinless a heart aS 'ever beat on earth, it can never be answered—MempUis Weeldy. 'At,a school examination a cler gyman was des'eapting on the necessity of growing.up Joyal and useful citizens, in order to give .emphasis to his remarks, he pointed to a large flag hanging on one side.qf the school-room, and said: “Boys what is that flag for?”. An urchin, who understood the condition nf the^ room better, than the. speaker’s rhetorio, ex claimed ; “To hide the dirt, ^sir.” The Macon Telegraph well says that the woman who has the pa-- tience-and the fortitude to worth ily bring-up a family of children, is'better entitled to ‘a monument th(in the greatest of all the mili tary' heroes Who ' ever, planned, a campaign,''sacked a city, or’’6v6r- turned an eihpiroA The'woman’s' work requires more sacrifice and more true wisdom. / Sometimes A f6g'' will settle over a vessel’s deck and yet leave the top'fnast lifear. Then the Sai lor goes up aloft and ^’ets a look out which the. helmsman on deck So prayer sends lifts it above the clouds.in whj.ch our selfishness, and egotism befog us, and gives us a chance to §ee which way to steer .-r- -Spwg&Qu.', o,; . . The.seal.of Harvard .College with its inscription in Latin, “For Christ and the Church,” is prin ted On prdsp'ectus 'ot the' ver- terinary sblioof, which is'sooh to open. “If Harvard cari introdnbe Christianity into the horse bus iness,’', says., student’s, letter, “disbelief in-miracles will beat an end.” cannot ^et.' the soul aloft Sale 0? A VALUABLE VANOE OOUKTY ■ PLANTAIMIT. As Commiasionei* of the Superior Court of Viince County, 1 will sell to the highest bidder on Monday, February 5th, 1883, at l)i o’clock, ni., in front of the Superior Coiirt Clerk’s oflice, in Henderson,, that , valuable tract of land, of the estate of Mrs. Lucy E. Love, deceased, on the waters of Nut Bii&hCreek, in Vaiice county, ad- joiniug the laniVs of \V. H. Boyd, K. B. Hender son and others, and is the tract upon which' the late Richard Owen lived, containing four hundred and forty-two G4-) acres, Said tract contains, among .other improvements, a large dwelling, hohae; and till necessary out-houses—allinarien-' did repair 'riie land is in good condition, aud produces well corn, wheat, tuie tobacco and all the grasses. Terths made knhwu on day of sale. A. R. WORTHAM, CommiBsioaer. j&lO THE ORPHAN ASYLUM IS r.OCATED AT OXFORD, the County-seat ofGrauvOle, forty-five miles North of Raleigh; twelve miles from Hen derson on the R. & G- R. R. The Orphan Asylum belongs to (and, of course, is conducted according to the regu lations adopted by) the Grand Lodge of Ma sons. Its benefits are extended to the most needy orphans, without, ever asking whether their fathers wore masons or not. Children are received between tlie ages of eight and twelve, and discharged between the ages of fourteen and’^xteen. The'average 'cash expanses for each orj phan is five dbllars a month; but the sum required varies according to the seasons, and does not include what is spent for re pairs, fiirnitni’e and improvement of tlie premises. Tire Grafid Lodge gives tlie bnilding'ialnd grounds, and $2000 a year. Tlie State gives $5000 a year. For the re mainder of its support, and for enlargement, the Orplinn Asylum is dependent on voN untary contributions from subordinate Lodgqs, churohbs of all denominations, be nevolent .societies, and charitable individ uals; and their co-operation is earnestly so licited, l^XTRACTS FROM THK PROCEEDINGS OP THE GRAND LODGE OF MASONS : The design of the Orphan Asylum shall bo to protect, train and educate indigent and promising orphan children, to be received betwebn the ages of 8 and 12 years, who have no parents, nor property, nor near re lations able to assist them. They shall not be received for a shorter time than two years. In extraordinary cases the Superin tendent may receive children outside the ages specified. • The' lairg'er girls shall assist In the ordi nary house' work, and in making and mend ing tlie bed Clothes, their own clothes and the clothes of the boys. The larger boys shall assist in the preparation of fuel, the care of the stock, and the cultivation of the soil. . ■ At least lour religious denominations shall be represented. among .the officers of the Asylum, and the repi)qsentatives of all reli gious creeds and of all political parties sliall be. treated alike. The Institution shall be conducted on the cash system, and,its operations enlarged or curtailed according, to the funds received. Orphan children in the said Asylum shaU be fe^ and clothed, and shall receive such preparatory training and education as will prepare them, for useful occupations and for the usual business tiansactiens of life. Resolved, That the sincere thanks of tills Grand Lodge are hereby tendered to many benevolent ladies and gentlemen, to the minisfiei‘8 of the Gospel, to churches of va rious denominations, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias,Qood Templars, Fidends of Tem perance and other benevolent societies -whose hearty co-operation and' liberal contribu tions liave rendered timely and valuable as- sistaftce in t|ie.great work of ameliorating the condition of the orphan children of the State. I • " ■ Resolved, Th^ all benevolent societies and individuals are hereby cordially invited ind.requested to co-operate with us in pro- vidiiig'filnus and supplies fbi-feeding, clbth- ing and educating indigent and promising orpkftu ehildi-en at tjije Asylutm in. Oxford. •Resolved-. That the Master pfeacli subordi- natd Lo'dge ap):ioint a Standing' Committee upon raising fnh.ds for the Grph'ah' Asylum, and require said committee to report in wri ting each month, and that said reports and the funds received be forwarded monthly to the Superintendent of the Asylum, and that tile shpport of the • Orphan Asylum be a regular order of business in each subordi nate liOdge at each Communication. ‘Should deserted ‘children be admitted?’ was decided in the negative. ‘Should children having step-fathers he eomitted?’ was also decided in the negative. ‘Should deformed children he admitted?’ This wHs'left to the discreticn of the Super intendent. When the deformity is of such a character as to.require extra attention, it was thought uiiadvisable tq admit the par ties in'the present condition of the Asylum. ‘Should "boys learn trades ar the Asylum?’ Decided in the negative, -it' being impracti cable at .this time to employ skilled me chanics in, the various trades^ erect suitable work-shops'and purchase necessary tools. ‘Should collecting agents bo appointed in different parts of thfi.State; andjfso, what wages sliould they receive'?’ This was left to the 'disei^tlori of the Superintendent t but the meeting advised against employing and paying agents. THE-'ADOPTION OF ORPHANS. Wq are always glad to accommodate child less couples who wish to adopt' children as their'own ; ’bill greatly prefer that they should come and make their own-selections. APPLICATION'FOR CHILDREN. Correspondents are requested to read (and regulate applications for children by) tlie following resolutions of the Grand Lodge of ilason's: ' Resolved; ! . The Superintendent of the Orphan Asylum shall not consider any ap plication for an orphan until the same has been approved and endorsed by the Orphan Asylum Committee of the Lodge in whose jurisdiction the applicant resides. 2. It, shall be the duty of the said commit tee to make due inquiry into the desirable- nessof the situationofleredbeforeendorsing an appUeatlon; and also to inquire into the circumstances and treatment of children al ready discharged, and living in their juris diction, and ase their best worts to secure good treatment, or the .return of the chil dren. , 3. It shall he the duty of every secretary of a Lodge to send the names of the Com mittee of the Orphan Asylum to the Or phans’ Friend for publication, in order that persons wishing to employ orphans may know the steps to be taken. HOW CHILDREN ARB ADMITTED. ■Very often the Superintendent hunts up poor and promising orplians, and informs them of the advantages oft'ered at the Or phan House, and induces them 'to return with him. Generally it is best that he should see them before they start. When this is impracticable, a formal application should he made by a friend. Here is one in proper form: N. C 188... This is to certify that is an orphan, without estate, sound in body and mind, and ...... years of age. H father died in 18 ; h mother in 18 I being h hereby make application for h admission into the Asylum at Ox ford. I also relinquish and convey to tiie officers of the Asvlum the management and control of the said orphan till 16 years of age. in order that may be trained and educated iiceordiag to the regulations 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 The application should he sent to the Sn- perintendent, and he will either go for the children or provide for their transportation. In no case should a community take up a collection to send a man with the children, nor send the children before the Snperin- tendent has been consulted. ACTION OF EPISCOPAL CONVEN TION. Resolution adopted by the last annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, at Winston, May 13,1880: “Resolved, That this Convention dooa heartily approve the efforts of the Oxford Asylum to alleviate the sufferings and to provide for the welfare of the helpless or-' phaus of North Carolina; andthat we eoBR- mend to the imitation of all, the example of this spirit of active charity and beneUftenoo^ on the part of the Masonic fraternityii thus ‘ fuIfilllDg the Apostolic injunction to reiaem- her tlie poor.” ACTION OF THE N, G. CONFERENCE, On motion of Rev. J. R. Brooks, th«» fol lowing resolutions were adopted at the An nual Conference held at Durham, in 1881.: “The Committee to whom was ref®rred . the communication of hisExeelleney, Gov. Jams, bringing to our notice and comn end ing to our favor, the . Oxford Oryhan Asy lum, recommend the adoption of th") fol lowing resolutions: 1. That we reiterate our oft-repeatcil ex pression of sympathy with this nobU char ity, and heartily commend it to the libera'^ support of all ohr people. 2. That our pastors are hereby requested to take a collection in all their congreg^'ona at such time during the ensuing ConfeKince year as they may think most appropi late and best, and to forward the same to tho Superintendent of the Asylum. 3. That the Recording Stewards of our several pastoral charges are requestedt( re^ port to our Annual conference the anoi jits collected under the head of “For the Or phan Asylum.’ Jno R. Brooks, \ E. A. Yates, j Committee, ACTION OF PRESBYTERIAN SY’NOD. Resolutions adopted by the Synod of North Carolina in session at Raleigh, N. C., November "iSSO; “Wheu^ae the Oxford Orphai Asylum of North (la- rolina is a purely benevolent institutinn, and IB doing great good for the need}’ Di- phaus of our State, therefore, Resolved, That we approve of its pc r- poses aud suggest that the congregaaoiis within our bounds take up at their own convenience an annual collection in behaU of that institution, and forward the same collected, in connection with any articles of food and raiment which may be contribn - ted, to the Superintendent. ACTION OF BAPTIST STATE CON VENTION. At the Baptist State Convention, held in Goldsboro, November 17th, 1880, the fblloir- ing resolution was adopted : W-s^eas, -We feel a deep interest in the work of the Oxford Orphan Asylum ard' believe it is doing an Inestimable' amount of good ; and ^ Whebbas, We believe that tlie Bantlat people of the State will feel it to be notonlv a duty, but a privilege, to contribute reawi' lai-ly to Its support; therefore :. . .. Resolved, That all our pastors arc hereby ' earnestly requested to take up a collection ' at each of their churches at least once a ' year in behalf of this great and Important work. , Elder F. H. Ivey submitted the foUowin'ff reiotution, which was adopted at the Co£ vention held in Winston in 1881:. - i . “Resolved, That this Convention feels an uudimmished interest in the work of the Orphan Asylum : and that we repeat, with earnestness and empha-sis, the recom^en-f dation to all our pastors to take up at toast collection during the year in aid of the. Oxford Orphan Asylum. " ^
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