The Orphans’ Friend.
FBrDAY,
APEIL G, 1883.
IMPUKE LITEEATUSE.
Tiiis subjoci; has lately at'*
traded mucli attention from
the ihoughtfiil. Mucli has
been said and written with
reference to it. Legislative
action has been evoked, and
statutes have been enacted in
some States to abate the evil.
All this indicates that the evil
is of such magnitude that the
welfare of society is involved.
The morals of the people, and
especially of the young, are
much affected for good or ill
by tlie character of tlieir read
ing. The health and strength
of the body are affected by
the character of its food; so
the mental characteristics are
modified by the aliment with
which the mind is supplied.
Practically there are two steps
to be taken by parents, in or
der to protect their families
from the impure deluge. We
say parents because this whole
matter is largely in their
hands. Let writers and speak-*
ers give warning, let legisla
tures prohibit, but all will
avail little till each head of a
household feels responsible
for protecting his own from
this as fron) every other evil.
Isf. Let good literature be
supplied. This is a reading
age. Men generally will read
something; boys will read;
girls will read; it is desirable
for them to read. There is
much good, wholesome, at
tractive reading that your
child will delight in if his at
tention is directed to it. At
the present day it may be had
at little cost. Periodicals that
bring weekly or monthly a
rich freight of attractive liter
ature, without a single im
pure line, may be had for
a mere pittance, a moiety of
wliat most persons spend for
trinkets. Let your wife and
childron enjoy this luxury.
2d. Prohibit that which is
improper from coming into
your houseliohl. See for your
self what your children road.
Let them know that you su
pervise this matter just as you
do the supplies for your table.
Condemn that winch is im
proper in such way that there
can be no mistake about it.
A thoughtful lather of our ac
quaintance found in the pos'*
session of his eleven year old
boy a paper that he regarded
improper. Stories of crime
and blood, illustrated by life
like pictures in which pistols,
poniards, coflins, etc., were
conspicuous. The father show
ed him the evil growing out
of such reading, remonstrated
with hill), and made a bonfire
of the disgusting sheet. We
commend his example to oth
ers. When the parents of the
land set themselves solidly
against bud literature, and at
the same time supply that
which is good the evil will be
lessened.
Lodges should be charita
ble, but improvidence is as fa
tal to their existence as it is
to the success of individuals.
•‘.Vll those,” said Ijoroiizi de
Medici, “are dead for the present
lile, «ho do not hope for a future.’
So true is it, tliat a hope lull ot
immortality is the death of death,
and the life ol life. He who hath
not such a hope, hath not known
life.
Wherever American energy
plants Jher banners, Masons
are to be found in the van of
her columns.
The brethren of Tuscarora
Lodge were favored with tlie
])resence of Grand Master
Bingham at their regular com
munication last Monday night.
A six-year-old boy at Bel
fast, Me., has very advanced
ideas. He has a doll which
he calls his wife. Recently
he ^as telling his wife his fu
ture plans, and remarked:
“By-and-by I shall become a
Mason, and then you won’t
see me until twelve o’clock at
night.”
Witli the Egyptians, Osiris
and Isis represented the Su
preme Being and universal
nature, and signified the two
great celestial luminaries, the
sun and moon, by whose in'*
fluence all nature was actua
ted. The eulightened Mason
will at once see the affinity
these symbols bear to Mason
ry and why they are used in
all Masonic Lodges.
A remarkable evidence of
the extent of Masonic charity
and sympathy was exhibited
in the late flood on the Ohio
river by which all the lower
portion of the city was inu-^-
dated, and immense suffering
resulted. In this hour of af
fliction to a large number of
people, the Masonic Order
manifested the gra.jd princi
ples of benevolence and relief,
which are its bulwarks and its
strength. Immediately upon
the need becoming known, an
organization was effected,
composed of some of the flrst
Masons in the city. The av
enues of relief were opened to
nil worthy cases, and it is
needless to say that much as
sistance was rendered and a
great deal of suffering preven
ted.
One noticeable feature of
the event, which was one long
to be remembered in Cincin
nati, was the substantial aid
furnished from all points, not
only in the State of Ohio but
from distant jurisdictions.
Alore aid was proffered than
could be advantageously used,
aud every offering was accom
panied by generous words of
Masonic sympathy. Many
hundred dollars were collec
ted from the Lodges of Ohio,
and a fund was created,whicli
it was determined by the com**
mittee in charge, that it should
be used judiciously in future
—in all cases after earnest in
vestigation—for it was well
understood that all distress
would not disappear after the
flood had subsided. In fact,
in numerous oases, then only
could the real loss be ascer
tained, and many families, de
prived of the actual essentials
of respectable living, would
be compelled to suffer if there
were no organizations to which
they migM look for succor.
And here the Masonic Relief
Association has done its no
blest work, and in a manner
that will long remain green
in the grateful memory of the
recipients of the generous
bounty.—Masonic Review.
^CULLER’S OEPHANA&E.
More than thirty years ago,
a poor German, one Muller, a
preacher of an obscure sect,
who had taken up his resi
dence in Bristol, England,
conceived that he had a voca
tion to assist in the relief of
helpless orphans. Although
lio was himself so poor that
liis clothing was often snp-*
plied by the kindness ot
friends, he actually received
into his own house fifteen or
phans, looking to no other re-
iOUTce for their support than
faith in God and tlie efficacy
of prayer: He made no pub
lic or private appeal for help
to any one, although he occa^
sionally published statements
of the progress of his work,
acknowledging such contribu-
t ions as he received, though
in no case giving the name of
the do lor. Strange to say
aid was daily sent him suffi
cient to sustain his enterprise,
until at last he enlarged his
operations and took in thirty
children. People now began
to CO iclude that the man was
mad, and conjectures were in
dulged as to what would be
come of the poor orphans
when his establishment was
broken up. However, aid
came in as amply for the thir
ty as it did for^the fifteen, and
it was not long before the
number was doubled, and,
while the community was
looking on in amazement, Mr.
Muller rented additional build
ings, and three hundred or
phans were daily provided
for. Although his diary shows
that, often, there was not a
dollar in the house, it came in
as soon as it was needed, and
there is said not to have been
a regular meal missed in the
institution since it was estab-
lis ied. At last it was deemed
necessary to erect large and
commodious buildings in a
more eligible location, and,
this too was accomplished by
contributions of the benevo
lent, on a scale capable of ac
comodating in comfort twelve
hundred children. For, as>
tounding as it appears, this
poor man, Muller, ^was now
supporting that number of
children. Nor is this all, at
the last accounts additional
buildings were found neces
sary, and these were being
built, so as to accommodate
two thousand children, whose
home is now known in Eng
land as “The*city ot orphans.”
This is a work extending
through thirty years, and, it
is said, that contributions
have been sent to it from all
classes of society in England,
the poorest as'well as the
richest, and from all quarters
of the world, so that not a
mail arrives in England fron^
any country that does not
bring assistance. It is not
necessary to claim any mirac
ulous explanations for this,
though it certainly seems to
demonstrate that in a good
cause, faith in God will be
followed by a blessing upon
apparently the least promis
ing of human agencies. The
fact that Mr. Muller made no
public appeal, may be conce
ded to be of little significance,
because the existence of his
institution was known, and
appealed for itself, but it is
easy to see how such enter
prises often appeal in vain,
and that, though “Paul may
plant and Apollos water,” it is
“God alone that giveth the in-
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Scrupulous honesty, truth
without concealment or preva
rication, a promise never bro
ken, but more binding than
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SPECULATION IN FUTURES.
We live in an age in which
the almighty dollar is diefied,
and love of money causes
millions to worship at the
burning altar. Speculation
in “futures,” whether of grain
or cotton, is nothing less than
gambling reduced to a fine
art. We are tempted to say
it is nn evil as gigantic and
destructive of all virtuous
principles as intemperance. It
has ’engulfed the greatest
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God and “drowned in de
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Yea, it has entered the pulpit
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mighty in storming the strong
holds ot the devil. Specula
tion in futures is driving men
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ducing women and children
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man who stands in the gallery
and looks upon one of those
bedlams where “futures” are
bought and sold, the scene is
mere like a menagerie of wild
beasts turned loose than like
a company intelligent hu
man beings. Unless some
thing is done to arouse public
sentiment from its sleep of
spiritual death, there is no
tefltng how this demoraliza
tion shall culminate. It is the
pressing duty of pulpit and
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utations of Alabama and Ten
nessee, and which were the
result of speculation in “fu
tures,” shall open the eyes of
our Government to the evil
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bling, they will not have oc
curred in vain.—Texas
cate.
DID NOT INTEND TO SING.
A Scottish minister, forget
ting his spectacles, could not
read the hymn, so he said,
“My eyes are dim; I cannot
see.” The precentor immedi
ately sang, “My eyes are
deem; I cannot see.’’ The
minister explained, “I spoke
of my infirmity.'’ This was
sung as the second line. The
minister pleaded, “I merely
said my eyes were dim.” These
words were sung, and he sat
down, saying, “I did not mean
to sing a hymn.” When this
line was sung the services
closed.
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