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The Orphans’Friend. FRIDAY, lUNK ^2, I88a. 3DUTY OF A MOTHER. Tile heat lion mother tnke.s her babe to the idol templr, and teaches it to clasp its little hands before its forehead, in the attitude of prayer, long before it can utter a word. As soon as it can walk, it is taught to gatlier a few dow ers or fruits, or put a little rice upon a banana leaf, and lay them under an altar before the idol god. As soon as it can utter the names of its pa rents, so scon it is taught to offer up its petitions before the images. Who ever saw a heathen child that could speak and not pray"? 'riiiis in the period of life when the mind and heart aie most impressible, have the heatheninolhersh anied to en- graft upon their children, tiie system ot religion in which they believe. Kacli child Is a worshipper of idols as soon as ho knows an3^thing. With the first dawning of reason he finds himself an idolater. As he advances in life lu cannot remember the time when lie did not bow before the gods of liis people. How suggestive is this to Christian mother?! What a lesson of wisdom may be gathered IVoiu the methods of their heathen sisters. Do you desire your child to be a Gin is- tian*? Let it be the lirst les son his Yonng life; let it be taught with such earnestiu.ss and constancy tiuit it cannot fail to make an impression on the young heart. Lot each child learn to pray and direct its thoughts to God with the first be-',innings of rational ex- istence. Let it be as much a habit (f life to jtruy as to eat Does not this accord with tho teaching oi God’s word? “Train up a child in the way In which he ought to go.” Train liim. Do not let him go his own wa}’, the way of sin, tlie way (d‘ death, and in dulge the hope that lie miw by and by be brought into the right way, hut at the very beginning train him up in that which is good. Never let him depart from the way ol recti tude. Who is responsible for fins work? Christian parents, ev idently; botii father and moth er. Butthe mother first of all can and ought to do this work Moihurliood is the most im Dortant ofhee of womauhonil. What possibilities there are in consecrated Chrihtian woman- lu)(d. ’fho highest results an; to he achieved b}' it tor society, tor llio church, the St to, for tini", and eternity, by an intense and enthiisias- tic. devotion to tlie work ot irainm/j tin? chiUli't-n, cointnit trd toil by Almighty God, in the wav of loving service lo Him With this last .s Mit.ence ('C» curs a thonghl of that’class «>! children wliosr. interests it is ourspce.ial work to advocate - the, fat.heih.'ss ai d niothorltas. xVre those, wlios** iiiotljers God has tak'ii to Himsell, to Le left to go in wrong ways, in the vain exju'ctation ih: t they ina}' by some unknoivu ioiee or inffnence be ultimately brought riglit? By tlie work of the Church under the grace 0? God they may be saved. But the Church is not in the place of parents. Who shall stand in the place of the pas rents who are dead, and do tlie ihiportant work of training their orphan children reli giously? By the grace of God that work is being done to some extent by our own Or phan Asylum. It is the aim of its officers to train the children committed to them for Christ; not for any partic ular church, but for Christ. Not only to teach them tlie ordinary branches of an edu cation and train them to use ful employMnent but j Iso to teach them religion, and by God’s grace to bring them to a peisonal apprehe’ sion ol the Saviour. To Ihi.s end wo men prolessiiig godliness are .sidected fur their instructors, ministers ot llie gospel are in vite I to visit and preach to them especially, they^^ are caus ed to attend Sabbath Scliools and to learn well the lessons assigned by Sabbath School teachers. They are regularly brought together for worship, and are taught to study God’s word, to sing God’s praises, and to pray uiUo Him. It is our uppermost desire tliat the inmates of our Asylum be good and faitliful Christians. May God grant it. “PECK’S BAD BOY.” This book was conceived, com posed artd written by tho Devih uiie Feck acting us penholder. Its hrst object seems to be to uii- derniiue all religion. The sec ond is to scandalize marriage, the bond ot civilized society. “Tho Bad Boy“ is mean, but bis father, his mother, and “ the grocery man’"’ are all painted as disgusting hypocriles The book goes out of its own path to slan der good men. Take one illus tration. The Bad Boy says : “1 was sitting on a piano stool look- i!ig as pious as a Sunday School SuporinteiulenI, tho day before ho skips out with the bank's fund.-.’^ Tlio book is published by the { ul lishers of “ tngersolia” and the like. It should not be soon in a decent house, nor in de cent hands J. H. M. Though not intended for pub lication wo print tho following pleasant letter from tho Super intendent of the Albany Orphan Asylum. It is a specimen of many received from divers char itable institutions: Mr. j. II. Mills Your let ter of the 12th inst has been re ceived , also printed slips of pray ers used at your Institution. When you get out a new set of catalogues please remember us. I can appreciatcj fully your cares and trials. No one outside of au Institution have any realizing sense of tho au'ount of patience and forbeara nee required by those in charge. Wo too are a luoyed by a continual stream of appli- a'iri fur children. They expect tliat these children shall be hon est, Ir; thful, and possessed of all th*5 virtues and capable of do ing as much work us would be ri.‘qnir(,d of a strong man or wo man. Wo have at tlio present time 215 Our children turn out about tlio same as y’.urH. 90 per ccut I si ould think would be a fair estimate of tliose who become solf-suppurting, industrious per sons, perhaps a little higher tliaii 90 per cent 1 intend if potsiblo to attend the Oooforenco t)f Oharities at Ijouisviho, if so, hopa to iiiako your acquiiiilunco there. With many thanks for your courtesy, I.rein in with kindest regards Very truly yours A, 1>. Jbh’LLKR, Sup’t. THE TENDENCY TO SLANDER. Surely among the weakness es of the human heart there is none so utterly despicable as the disposition to depreciate the character of our acquain tances. There pre many per sons who go through life un der the (false) impression that the surest way to build up your own reputation is to pull down the reputation of others. Some persons never, under any circumstances,have a good word to say lor anoth er. If it is praise, it comes with such liesitation as to he half-blame; but ifitis6Zame, it comes right from the heart, and leaves no doubt of its sin - cerity. I met a Mason at my rail road station the other day,who wore a Masonic emblem. I spoke to him as a Mason, and he responded in an appropri ate manner. This is one ad vantage of presenting a breastpin, ring, or other badge having our mya’icaJ charac- lers upon it, that the wearer claims to he a Mason, and chal lenges your approach. When opportunity offers, I always greet such an one as a broth er, and often make pleasant and valuable acquaintances thereby. In the case men tioned, I told the stranger who 1 was, and in reply be told me that my name and Ma sonic labors were familiar to him. This was a good enough opening between us, and I soon bega i to recall the names of Masouj resident in the place from which he hail ed. He knew them all; knew who were living, who had le- moved to other parts, who had taken the returnless path which all of us soon must tread. He knew who were the present officers of the Lodge, and could even tell me who were the subscribers among his fellow ruembers to the Masonic Review—indeed he left no doubt upon my mind of his identity. But when I asked him rel ative to a particular friend of mine among those Masons, I was amazed at the acrimony of his reply. “Bro. H is a swindler. He owes me a bill, and 1 have had to sue him. He won’t pay au honest debt. He ought to be expell ed.^’ Gently I chided him, “that it was wrong to speak in that way of a brother; that the good name of a Mason is a precious possession, and that our obligations bind us closes ly to cherish each otlier’s fair fame.” But the more bitterly he fulminated his charges, and I was constrained to change the subject. So much was I excited over this matter, tliat I felt con strained to write a confiden tial letter to aiiotlier brother living in the same place—a minister in he church to which I belong, a d a pru dent, careful man. 1 wrote him confidently what 1 had heard so publicly asserted (for half a dozen strangers woje within lieariiig), and asked him for a true state ment. He replied that there was not a word of ti'iuh in the charges; that the brother’s character was spotless; that he wins famed I'or jnomjitness and honesty in Ins dealings, elc. Tlie only ground for the mal icious and acriiiioiiious'atute- uu'firs I had heard was, that as guard an of some or- plniJiH he had rultised U) pay an exnrbitaut bill until the emuts should pass upon its validity. AUer reading this letter, I lell into a tic of musiug. Is it possible, thought i, ihat wy character is at the hazard of Minii men? Shall a member ul nig Lodge, going from home and falli ig into casual con» versation with a stranger at a railroad station, have it in his power to blacken me and spread abroad such false, cruel and calumnious state ments? It is so. power for evil rests in the bands of the weak and wicked, and who shall stay the fire of scandal once put out into the meadow of human society? Oh, accursed, thrice-accursed tongue ot slander? Well does the Gospel-writer animadvert upon it in language almost as bitter as that which he depre cates: “The tongue,” he says, ‘can no man tame. It is a fire, a world of iniquity; it de- fileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell” Ah the worst^,of this'infec- tlon of slander is that it makes its marks indelibly upon the liearer’s mind. I can never again think of that good man, who was so vilely slandered in my healing, without some discount from my former ex alted opinion of him. Me has become the prey of the petty retailer of scandal, and much as I desired to I elieve him in nocent, he has become to some extent lessened in my estimation. In spite of my affection for him, in spite of my better judgmet, in spite of my very self, I accept a por tion of the scandal to the last ing detriment of his h me. What language can 1 use too sever# for such evil-minded men? Let me turn again to the sacred pages, and, as I copy, the reader shall say if the description does not fit them. “These are spots in your feasts of charity; clouds they are without water; whose fruit withereth, twice de.^d, plucked up by the roots; wan dering stars, to whom is re served the i lack ness ot dark- iKss forever.”— Uasowic Re view. A MARKED SUCCESS, While the plan for higher education, and more of it, is not without its supporters, the general drift of opinion seems to be in the direction of a tliorougli practical education. The last and best illustration of tins tendency is to be lound in the marked success of the Manual Training School, at St. Louis, which has just graduated its first class This class has gone through a coarse of three years, and, al ■ though the average age of the boys is only seventeen, they have completed three steam- engines, every part of the work on which, from the pre liminary drawings to the last finishing touches, was dune by them. This school has not been a mere workshop for tho liancls of the boys, for they have been taught as boys in ordinary' high schools are taught, and have only been ^required to do two hours manual labor each day; but they are made acconiplished draughtsmen, and urn thor- ougiily instructed in regard to the nature and use of iron, steel, and other materials, and the use of machinery. The director of tho scdiool say's these graduates will be “an entirely new article on the market,” and ."O they will,and the most nsefiil articles turn ed out ul any educational es tablishment this year. T'h.' success ot the St. L luis school has caused some stir ill the Northwest, .and Chica go has raised ahmidied tliou- sand dollars for a similar one i.i that city. We hope the experiment w 11 be followed up in oth.*r Stfttc«, and that hereal'ler, among the graduates turned out upon the coun'ry every year, may be found scores of young men who, instead, of going into law offices, doctors’ shops or stores, will be com petent to take charge of ma'* chine shops and manufacto ries, and thus add to the pro ductive wealth of the country while securing for themselves immediate independence and prospective fortunes.—Jov/r- nal Ohs. A New England manufac turer kept his mills runnir'g at a time when trade was de pressed and the demand for bis goods was intermitted. A neighbor, who knew this to be the fact, a.sked him if he was not running his mills at a daily loss. “Well, that de pends on hr'w you count the loss,’’ replied the manufactur er. “I get less money than I pay out every day I run those mills. But, after all, I lose less by running at that loss than I should lose by stop ping the mills and letting the machinery rust, and every thing about the establishment go to waste from not being used.^’ And that manufa - turer stated a truth which is operative in every depai tment of human action. Rust is more destructive than friction. It is very common to say, “It’s better to wear out than to rust out;’’ but the proverb would be truer if we said, *‘It’s better to wear on than to rust out.” Tliere is noth ing that keeps one’s strength like tireless activity. 'There is nothing that wastes one’s strength like idleness. This is admirably.re-emphasized iu a recent little poem by Alice Wellington Rollins, wherein she tells of watching a potter at his work, whose one foot was kept with never-slacken ing .speed, “turning his swift wheel round;” while the other foot rested patiently on the ground. When he heard the exclamation of sympathy with him in his toil: “How tired his foot must be!” the potter corrected the common mis take as to the real source ot weariness: Slowly he raisedjhis patient eyes, With homely truth Inspired; ■ “No, marm, it isn’t the foot that The one that stand* gets tired.” That’s it! If you want to save youT strength, keep us ing it. If you want to get tired, do nothing. As a mat ter of fact we all know that the last man in the world to go to for a helping hand in any. new undertaking, is one who has plenty of time on bis hands. (Time on one’s hands is a heavy load—so heavy, that one with that load can not very well use his hands for any thing else.) It is the man or woman who is doing most now who can easiest do one thing niore.-.-AS'. S NORFOLK, Va. LUTHER SHELDON, UUALKKIN SASHES, DOORS, BLINDS, MOULDINGS. BltACKETS, STAIR RAIL.S, NEWELS, BUILDERS’ HARDWARE, i* li i' i. >;i >i i • i, S* .itlr AND BIJILDIN6 niATEUIAI. OP EVEUVDB^CitlPt'IOV. Non. Id W. Siiit* Market Sqr. mul -h) Roanoke Av«. lei>7y 1 MOSELEY’S Is th place for ladies and genllemcn h take, refreshments. Oysters and Ice Cream Call and see what U iu store, as we cuter to lirst-class trade, and furnl-sh families, plc-nic9 and parties at siiort notice with all the dollcacie.s of tlio season. Soda wuterand ieeereaiuwill be specialties this season. J^TEverything on the European Plan. A few rooms to let. M. J. MOSELEY, Proprietor, Fayetteville St., Raleigh,|N. C. Coiamitteeson Orphan A.-yliiin Lily Valley Lodge, No. 262—John R. Hill, William H. Riddick, Eras- tns Baoley. Eureka Lodge, No. 283—G. A. .1 Sechler, S. G. Patterson, Charles W Alexander. Fulton Lodge, No. .99—\ Parker VV. W, Taylor, J. Samuel McCub bins. Mount Energy Lodge, No. 140— Henry Haley, Job 1 Knight, H. F. Parrett. Hiram Lodge, No. 40—George M. Smedes, Theodore Joseph, John Nichols. Evergreen Lodge, No. 303—M Morrison, H. P. Harman, L. ''IcN McDonald. Fellowship Lodge, No. 84.—Jo seph Parker, C. S. Powell, John T Cobb. Wayne Lodge, 'No. 112.—E. A Wright, Augustus Kdward, E, vV Cox. Cumberland Lodge, 364—Rev. A R. Pittman, GRAND LBOTHRBR—Dr. 0 D. Rice, Raleigh, N. C. REASONABLE AND RELIABLE The Valley Mutual Life Association of Virginia. For particulars address GEORGE C. JORDAN. State Agent, No, 6, Mahler Building, Raleigh, N.G ON THE ASSESSMENT AND RESERVE FUND PLAN. One Thousand Dollars Will cost upon an follows: At 21 years of age, $6.25, At 30 years of age, 17.20. At 40 years of age, |9.50. At 60 years of age, $12.60. At 60 years of age, $20.00. J^^Only three thousand dollars written on one risk. G. D. H. FORT, M. D. SURGEON DENTIST, OXFORD, X. C. I have permanent^ located in the town of Oxford, N. C., and respectful ly tender my services to the citizens of the place and surrounding country up on the most reasonable and satisfactory terms. Office over Grandy & Bro.’s store.
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