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.,■■1 The Orphans’ Friend. FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1883. HOUSE-CLEANING TIME. A scene of desolation greets the eyej The carpets up, the curtains down, fires out, Furniture all upset and piled about) While back and forth, with heads in towels bound, With skirts looped up a foot above the ground. And arms all bated, fly creatures— can it be My lovely wite and servants nest I see Tearing about in tliose ontrt^eous duds, And stirring up this awful smell of suds. While in their eyes there gleams a dangerous light ? Great heaven, ’tis they! Oh, what a dreadful sight. The dog, once scalded, from them keeps aloof. The cat has sought for safety on the roof. And in the dining room, where I had thought To find a toothsome dinner, they have got A fieud of Arctic blood who joys to swing A whitewash brush and spatter eve rything. Hut 1 am not forgot. My feast is spread Out in the woodshed on a banel head. One slice of bread, a plate of warm ed up beans, Seme water in a mug, a dish of greens Oil, banqult rich! And best of all, you see, I have brought a fellow home to dine with me.—£}x. It is said that oflate years our highest medical science has es tablished more and more clearly the traces of a correspondence between thought and matter; between the several faculties of the mind and the consoUtions of the brain; and this consideration has been generally supposed to show that the soul has no real existence, that it is a mere phc»- boric exhalation from matter— 111 other words, to prove the truth of materialism; but noth ing as yet, as 1 apprehended, has been found by our anatomists which can account in any de gree whatever, for such a feet as conaciousness,—for that power of reflecting on and taking the measure of its own existance, which attests the presence of an unnatural spirit; therefore, the more'you demonstrate in other respects this sensitive correspon dence between matter and mind, the more certainly do you estab lish, not the perishable of the soul, but the presumptive immor tality of the body. Your de monstration goes to show, with some of the greatest of the Christian fathers, that the per sonality of man would be im paired if the body could rot in its grave; that the immortality of the soul, if it is to be the. im- morUdity of a ■person, implies also the immortality of the body ’'^hieh has been so intimately, so ong associated with its whole life of action, and thought, and feel ing, that the temporary divorce which takes place at death, the few years of dishonor and decay which are covered by the coffin and the grave, must needs give place to a future in which man, in his “unmultilated complete ness” again will live—live forev er in the regions of some endless life.—Liddon. ‘Is Mrs. Samuelson iu?’ ask ed Mrs. Benzumbee of the servent at tbn house of the former on Austin avenue. “No, 6ium, she tole me her self te tole you she warn’t in.’ That’s very kind in her. Please tell Mrs. Samuelson that I didn’t call this after noon.”—Texas Siftings. EYES OH NO EYES. When I first began to teach school in the country, I said to a bright boy, one pleasant spring morning, who had a long mile to come to school every day, “Well, my young man, what did you see this morning on your way to schooll^’ “Nothing much, sir I said, “T'o-morrow morning I shall ask you the same ques-. tion/’ The morning came and when I called him to my desk you would have been surprised to hear bow much he had seen along the road— cattle of all sizes and colors; fowls of almost every variety sheep and lambs, horses and oxen; new barns and houses, and old ones; here a tree blown down, and yonder a fine orchard just coming into bloom; there a field covered over with corn or wheat; here a*broken rail in the fence; there a wash-out in the road; over yonder a pond, tilive with garrulons geese and ducks; here he met a car riage, and there a farm wagon. And not only had he seen all these and more beside, but looking up he had noticed flocks of black-birds going north to their summer home. He saw the barn and chim ney swallows flying about in every direction; there he had noticed a king bird making war on , the crow, and here a little wren pursuing a hawk; yonder he had seen robins fly ing from tree to tree, and over there the bobolink ming ling his morning song with that of the meadow lark. In a word, he had so much to tell me that I had no time be fore school to hear it all A new world having sprung up all around him—earth, water and air were now full of in teresting objects to him. Up to this time he had never learned to look and think. Things around him had not changed in number or char acter, but be began to take note of them. Golden Bays. JAWB’S*‘TATaBH.” Ministers as well as Congress' men are sometimes caught nap ping on Scriptural facts. A cor respondent of the St. Paul “Pion eer Pross” was fishing at Nan tucket with Rev. Robert Collyer and several other clergymen and laymen. He says: “I cannot refrain from telling a conundrum that was propoun ded to the four ministers when the bluefish party went ashore at the ‘Pint’ and took their pic nic dinner under the shade of a tisherwoman’s hut. It was: “If Soloman was the son of David, and Joab was the son of Zeruiah, what relation was Zeruriah to Joab?"’ “Every man among the cler gyraen said ‘father’ at once, and when assured that the answer was wrong, there was curiosity excited. ‘Will you state that again?"’ asked Mr. Collyer, laying down his fork. It was restated. Well,’ said he, ‘David and Soloman had nothing to do with it, but Zeruiah was Joab’s father.’ “No, guess again,’ was the re- ply- The clergymen all insisted that the answer w^ right, and Mr. Collyer said: ‘He certainly must have been his father, and I won’t eat another mouthful until you tell me where the catch is,’ “When told that ‘Zeruiah was Joab’s mother," he was much amused, and expsessed his sur prise uhat his brethren of the cloth did not know their Bibles better. Their forgetfulness was as amusing as the ignorance of the critic who alluded to Paul’s friends ‘Pricilla and Aquilla’ as old maids.”—Selected, NO RELIGION IN THE HOUISE- A preacher recently told us of a man whose wife desired to be religious, but he refused when called upon to aid in building a church in their neighborhood, or to support the ministry. He had no use for religion, he said ; did not want any of it in his house, nor would he support it in his community. The movement to build up the church failed. The preachers, meeting with no en couragement, gave up the ap pointment, and the man’s wishes were fulfilled. He had no reli gion in his house nor in his neigh- borhood - They had other things. There was a saloon in the adjoin- ing town, and he had liquor in his house and a card table in his parlor. His sons reached man hood without moral restraint, and with their passions inflamed by strong drink, they, became in volved m a difficulty in which blood was shed, and their father has spent halt of his fortune in keeping them out of the peni tentiary. He had no religion in his house.— Texas Christian Ad- vacate, EmJmE. There is a valuable religious lesson in the following little story about a great statesman: “Prince Bismarck, when a boy, was i-ebuked by his father for speaking of the King as “Pritz.’" “Learn to Lpeak reverently of his Majesty,"" said the old Squire of Varzin, “and you will grow ac customed to think of him with veneration.” Young Bismarck laid the advice to heart, and to this day the great Chancellor al- V ays lowers his tone and assumes a grave, worshipful look when he alludes to the Kaiser. If a message is brought to him from the Emperor by word of mouth or in writing, ho stands up to receive it. Bismarck’s father was right about the principle of reverence and its cultivation. The man who indulges in irrev erent speech about religious things will soon show a serious loss of right religious feeling, while, on the other hand, there is a great religious power in hab its of reverence that eeom to bo only forms. It would be well for us if we could all treat the Al mighty with the venerating and sacred respect which marks Prince Bismarck’s relations with his earthly sovereign.—Ex. A remarkable scene is des scribed in the Missionary Her ald for April in connection with the great religious awak ening in the Church at Adana, Central Turkey. At ajerowd- ed sunrise meeting, January 22, the influence of the Holy Spirit was felt with such power that the young native preach er was compelled, by the loiid weeping of the people, to stop his sermon. The service lasted three hours and was followed by one even longer in the evening. The house of worship is ^wholly inadequate to hold the large congrega tions; 1,200 were present, by actual count, at one time, and the number of inquirers now exceeds a hundred. Among the converts are prominent Armencans and Greeks who have seldom attended Protes tant worship. The moment is one of the most marked among missionary revivals.— Central Methodists. A friend who was about to visit the United States, asked Cobden whether it would be worth while to go far out of his way for the sake of seeing the Falls of Niagra. “Yes, most assuridly,” was Cobden’s reply. “There are two sub^ limities in nature—one of rest, the other of motion. The sub limity of rest is a distant view of the Alps; the sublimity of motion is Niagra.” ns orpliaii Asylsi IS LOCATED AT OXFORD, the County-seat of Granville, forty-five miles North of Raleigh; twelve miles from Henderson on the R. & G. R. R. The Orphan Asylum belongs to (and, of course, is conducted according to tlie regulations adopted by) the Grand Lodge of Masons. Its benefits are extended to the most needy orphans, without, ever asking whether their fathers were masons or not. Children are received between the ages of eight and twelve, and discharg ed between thelages offourteen and sixteen. The average cash expenses for each orphan is five dollars a month, but the sum required varies according to the seasons, and does not include what is spent for repairs, fUmiture and im provement of the premises. The Grand Lodge gives the building and grounds, and $2000 a year. The State ^ves $5000 a year. For the remainder of Its support, and for enlargement, the Or phan Asylum is dependent on volun tary contributions from subordinate Lodges, churches of all denominations, benevolent societies, and charitable in dividuals; and their co-operation is earnestly solicited. EXTRACTS FROM THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE OP MASONS: The design of the Orphan Asylum shall be to protect, train and educate in digent and promising orphan children, to be received between the ages of 8 and 12 years, who have no parents, nor property, nor near relations able to as sist them. They shall not be received for a shorter time than two years. In extraordinary cases the Superintendent may receive children outside the ages specified. The larger girls shall assist in the ordinary house work, and in making and mending the 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 leastfour reli^ous denominations shall be represented among the officers of the Asylum, and the representatives of all religious creeds and of all po litical parties shall 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 shall be fed and clothed, and shall re ceive such preparatory training and education as will prepare them for use ful occupations and for the usual busi ness transactions of life. Resolved, That the sincere thanks of this Grand Lodge are hereby tendered to many benevolent ladies and gen tlemen, to theministers of the Gospel, to churches of various denominations. Odd Fellows, Knights of Pytldas, Good Templars, Friends of Temperance and other benevolent societies whose hearty co-operation and liberal contribution^ have rendered timely and valuable as sistance in the great work of ameliora ting the condition of the orphan chil dren of theState. Resolved, That all benevolent soci eties and Indvvidnals are hereby cordi ally invited and requested to co-operate with us in providing funds and supplies for feeding, clothing and educating indi gent and promising orphan chudren at the Asylum in Omord. Resolved, ThattheMasterofeachsub- oi-dinate Lodge appoint a Standing Committee upon raising funds for the Orphan Asylum, and require said com mittee to report in writing each month, and that said reports and the funds re-, celved be forwarded monthly to the Superintendent of the Asylum, and that the support of the Orphan Asylum be a regular order of business in each subordinate Lodge at each Cpmmunl- catioQ. 'Should deserted children be admit ted?’ was decided in the negative. ‘Should children having step-fathers be admitted?’ was also decided in the negative. 'Should deformed children be admit ted?’ This was left to the discretion of tlie Superintendent. When the de formity is of such a character as to re- quire extra attention, it was thought unadvisable to admit the parties in the present condition of the Asylum. 'Should boys learn trades at the Asy lum?’ Decided in the negative, it be ing impracticable at this time to em ploy sMled mechanics in the various trades, erect suitable work-sliops and purchase necessary tools. ‘Should collecting agents be appoin ted in different parts of the State; and if so, what wages should they receive ?’ This was left to the discretion of the Superintendent: hut the meeting ad- rised against employing and paying agents. THE ADOPTION OP ORPHANS. We are always glad to accommodate cliildless couples who wish to adopt children as their own ; but gpi^atly pre prefer that they should come and make their own selections. APPLICATION FOR CHILDREN. Correspondents are requested to reatl and regulate applications for children by) the following resolutions of the Grand Lodge of Mason.?: Resolved, 1. The Superintendent of the Orphan Asylum shall not consider any application 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 com mittee to make due Inquiry into the de sirableness of the situation offered be fore endorsing an application; and also to inquire i;i*-o tiecirennistanoes and treatment of cbildren already discharg ed, and living iu their jurisdiction, and use their best efforts to secure good treatment, or tlic return of tlie chil dren. 3. It shall he the duty every secretary of a Lodge to send the names of the Committee of the Orphan Asylum to the Orphans’Friend for pixblioation, in order that persons wishing to em ploy orphans may know the steps to he taken. riOWCHTLDREN ARE ADMIO’TBD Very often the Superintendent hunts up poor and promising orphans, and informs them of the advantages offered at the Orphan House, and induces them to return with him. Generally It Is best that he shouldsce them before they start. When this is impracticable, a formal application shouldbe made by a friend. Here is one in proper form: N. C 18 This is to certify that is an or phan, 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 ad mission into the Asylum at Oxford. I also relinquish and. convey to the offi cers of the A.sylum the management and control of the said orphan till 16 years of age, in order that may be trained and educated according to the regulations prescribed by the' Grand Lodge of North Carolina. I also promise not to annoy the Oiphan Asylum, and not to encourage the said orphan to leave without the spprowi] of the Superintendent Approved by W. M. of The application should be sept'tothe Superintendent, and he Trill either go for the children or provide for their tran8portatlon.^’'In no case should a community take up a collection to send a man with the ohQdren, nor send the children before the $pperintendent has been consulted. ACTION OF EPISCOPAL CONVEN TION. Resolution adopted by the last an nual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, at Winston, May 13, 1880: “Resolved, That this Convention does heartily approve the efforts of the Oxford Asylum to alleviate the suffer ings and to provide for the welfare of the helpless orphans of North Caroli na; and that we commend to the imita tion of all, the ezampie of this spirit of active charity and ber.eflf©noe on the part of the Masonic fraternity li thui fulfilling the A postolie injunction to re« member the poor.” ACTION OF THE N, C. CONFER ENCE. On motion of Rev. J. R. Brooks, the following resolutions were adopted at the Annual Conference held at Dur ham, in 1881. “The Committee to wiiom was refer red the communication of his Excellen cy Gov. Jarvis, bringing to our notice and eomraendingto our favor, the Ox ford Orphan Asylum, recommend the adoption of the following resolutions r 1. That we reiterate our oft-repeated expression of sympathy withtfils noble charity, and lieartlly commend it to the liberal support of all our-people. 2. That our pastors are hereby re quested to take a collection in all their congregations at such time during the ensuing Conference year as they may think most appropriate and best, and to forward the same to the Superinten dent of the Asylum. 3. That the Recording Stewards of our several pastoral charges are reques- tkd to report to our Annual conference the oraounts collected under the head of “For the Orphan Asylum.’ Jno R. Brooks, \ E. A. Yates, f Coramifctte. ACTION OF PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD. Re.=clnt'''n8 adopted by the Synod of North Carolina in session at Ral eigh, N. 0., November i'^tb. ’580: “Whereas the Oxford Orj)liar( Asylum of North Carolina is a purely benev olent institution, and is doing ^eat f ood for the needy Orphans our tate, therefore, Resolvedf That we approve 'of its purposes and suggest that the congre gations within our bounds take up at their own convenience an annual col lection in behalf of that institution and forward the same collected, in connection with any articlesof food and raiment which may Jbe contrrbu- .ted, to the Superintendent. ACTION OF BAPTIST STATE CON VENTION. At the Baptist State Convention^ held In Goldsboro, November 17th, 1880, the following resolution was adopted: Whereas, We feel a deep interest in the work of the Oxford Orphan Asylum, and believe it is doing an ines timable amount of good; and Wherbas, We beliovethat the Bap tist people of the State will feellt to be not only a duty, but a privilege, to con tribute regularly to Its support; there fore Resolved, That all our pastors are hereby earnestly requested to take up a collection at each of tlicir churches at least once a year iu behalf of this great and important work. Elder F. H. Ivey submitted the fol lowing resolution, which was adopted a^the Convention held in Winston in “Resolved, TJiat this Convention feels an undiminished interest in the work of the Orphan Asylum: and that we repeat, with earnestness and emphasis, the recommen dation to all our pastors to take up at least one collection during the year iu aid of the. Oxford Or^uut AsyloBi, These Goods are sold under an That they are the Finest and PURBtli goods upon the markett They ARB FREB from DRU(M«i| CHEMICALS of any kindt They consbt of the Finest TnbiMmij Purest Rice-Paper OOR SALES EXCEED., of ALL leading manufactories > None Genuine without the of tire BULL. Take no W. T. BLACKWELL iflOL' Sole Manufactuteis- DutiMa* N* therwfcm THE ORPHANS’FRIEND. Organ of the Orphan Asylum at Oxford, and of the Grand Lodge of Ma« sons in North Carolina.) IS PUBLISHED EVERY WBDHBBDAY AT One Dollar a Year. It is designed to promote the enter* tainment, instruction and Interests of THE YOUNG; especially those deprived of the bei^ fits of parental and scholastic training, It also seeks to increase the sotu growth of the prosperous by suggesting proper objects of charity and true ohaii* nels of benevolence, in order that they may, by doing good to others, enlarge their own hearts and extend tiie hS* zon of their hiunan sympathies, as they ascend to a higher plane of christiM observation. Address ORPHANS’ FRIEND, Oxford, N; C: J. W. DENMARK. EDWARDS, BROUGHTON & J.W. DEBARK&C0., No. 2, Recorder Building, Raleigh, N. C., BooksellersHand Stationers. Full line School, Law, ReDgloofi and Miscellaneous BOOKS, Plain and Fancy Stationery, Blqnk Books, &c. REASONABLE ^ 4HD aBl.lA.BLE The Valley Mutual Life Association of Virginia. For particulars address’ GEORGE 0. JORDAN, State Agent, No, 6, Mahler Building, Raleigh, N.O ON THE ASSESSMBNI \ANH RESERVE FUND PLAN. One Thousand Dollars Will cost upon an average as follows; At 21 years of age, ^6.85, At 30 years of age, $7.20. At 40 years of age, $9.50. At 60 years of ^e, $12.60. At 60,years of age, $20,00. B^Only three thousand dollars written on one risk. ^ D. H. FOETrrsf^ SURGEON DENTIST. OXFORD, N. c. Ihave permanently located In town of Oxford, N. C.,andre8peo ly tender ray services to the c the pi.*'.'' — .. terms.
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