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The Orphans’ Friend, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1883. "JUD&E NOT.” Gertie Ellis,as she burst into .the pleasant sitting-room, where her mother sat sewing, exclaimed angrily, ‘I just hate Nettie Raymond!’ ‘Why? what has happened? I thought you were very good friends this morning.’ ‘Well,’ so we were; but Nettie has been talking about me, and.I shall never go with her any more. She told the girls that I cheated in school, and that was the reason I was at the head of the class this month. I wouldn't tell such wicked stories anyway. Ella Price sa^s she thinks it is real mean-^'* And the little girl burst into tears. ‘Who has told you all this?’ quietly asked Mrs. Ellis, at the mention of Ella’s name. ‘Why, Ella told me at re* cess; and when Nettie came over to my seat to ask me about an example, I wouldi/t speak to her I guess I can be just as hateful as she is!’ Mrs. Ellis allowed her lit tle daughter’s passion to sub side somewhat before she spoke, and then said, ‘You may go and bathe your face now, Gertie, and when you come back I will try to tell you about something that happened to me when 1 was about your age, though it al ways makes me sad to think of it.’ Gertie did as she was told and then hei mother began the following story:-.- ‘When I was a little girl, 1 ,, had a friend whom I loved dearly. We were together nearly all the time when out of scliool, and could hardly bear to be separated. One day one of the girls came to me and said, ‘Did you know that Grace Walton was get ting up a party?’ ‘She is not!’ I exclaimed; ‘for she would have invited me first of all if it were so!’ ‘Well, she is,--and has in vited all the girls but you. Didn’t you see her whispering to the other girls at recess?’ ‘Now that she spoke of it, 1 remembered seeing it. My dearly loved one was untrue to me. ‘I’ll never speak to her in the world for slighting me i SO;’ cried I angrily, littU thinking what I said. I walked liome from school with Lettle Gray, and would not relent, though I saw Gra ce’s brown eyes looking at me sadly; and though she tried to speak to me, I wouM give her no chance. My mother was away at the time, or I would have told her, and everything would have been made right. ‘The next week was vaca- tioh, and I went to my uncle’s for a few days, without even bidding Grace goodby. When 1 returned my mother, met me at the door. She said, ‘My dear child, I have some very sad news for you. God has taken your little friend Grace to Himself. You will never see her again.’ ‘Oil, how I felt! When 1 was able, I told mother all about the trouble, and site said, ‘1 am very sorry about this. Grace was planning a surprise party for you, that is the reason } ou know nothing of it.’ Then I undtu'stood it all, and bitterly reproacbod inysLdf, but it was tool .te; Darling littl; Giacio had on ly been sick a few days, but kept calling lor ‘her Antuc,; but as sin* had ebptheria, they dared not, send for me- , ‘You see, Gertie, that it vvas a severe lesson for me;, but since then 1 have uover judged any one without hear ing both sides of the story.’ 0 mamma!’ exclaimed Ger tie putting on her hat and sac- que, ‘I’m going to run right down to Nettie’s and make up with her. I don’t believe she ever did say naughty things about me. Dear little | Grade!’ Gertie ran off, and came back with a happy face. There, mamma, Nettie did not tell any such stories. It must have been Ella Price herself. How glad I am that it is all right now; for I should not have been able to go to sleep to-night if I thought we had not settled our trouble, after your story! Poor Ella has no mother, or I don’t be lieve she would do such things. I am gla ' I have a mamma that teaches me bet ter!’ Mri Ellis felt well repaid for going over the sad story of her childhood by the hap py result, and she said, ‘Lit tle daughter, always remem ber that it is best not to judge others too hastily, and when you are tempted to dp so, re member the story I have just told you.’ A HEAL BOY. A real, true, hearty, happy boy is about the beat thing we know of, unless it is a real girl, and there is not much to choose between them. A real boy may be a sincere lover of the Lord Jesus Christ, even if he cannot lead the prayer meeting, or be a church offi •cer, or a preacher, but he can be a godly boy in a boy’s way and place. He is apt to be noisy and full of fun, and there is nothing wrong about that. He ought not to be too solemn or too quiet for a boy. He need not cease to be a boy because he is a Christian. He ought to run, jump, play, climb, and shout like a real boy. But in it all he ought to show the spirit of Christ. He ought to be free from vul garity i.nd profanity. No real, true boy chews, or uses tobac co in any form, and he has a horror of intoxicating drinks The only way he treats to bacco is like the boy who was jeered and laughed at by some older ones because he could not chew. His reply was, ‘I can do more than that, I can eschew it.’ And so he did all his life. A real boy is also peaceable, gentle, merci ful, generous He takes the part of small boys against large boys. He discourages fighting. He refuses to be a party in mischief and deceit. Above all things be is nev er a!raid to show his colors. He need not always be inter rupting, but he ought not to be ashamed to say thatherefu ses to do any thing because it is wrong and wicked, or be cause he fears God, or is a Christian. A real boy never takes part in the ridicule of sacred things, but meets tlio ridicule of others with a bold statement that for all things of God he feels the deepest reverence A'd a real boy is not ashiimed to say ‘father’ or . ‘mother will not like if I do so and so.’ ‘It is only your sham, milk-and water boys that are afraid to do right. Every one respects the real boy, and ev ery one despises the sham, too-big'forshis-parents, smok ings tobacco-loving coward, who is afraid to do right for fear of a little ridicule.-— Outlook. Tlie orpta Asylm IS LOCATED AT OXFORD, the County-seat oi 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 the regulations adopted hy) 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 the ages offourtecn 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, fhmiture and Im provement of the premises. The Grand Lodge gives the building and grounds, and $2000 a year. The State gives $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 PROM THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF MASONS: The design of the Orphan Asylmii shall he to protect, train and educate in digent and pi-omising orphan children, to i-e received betwe'n the ages of 8 and 12 years, who have no parents, nor property, nor near relations able to as sist them. They sliall not be received for a shorter time tlian two years. In extraordinary cases tlie Superintendent may receive children outside the ages specified. Tlie larger girls shall assist in the ordinary house work, and in making and mending the bed clothes, their owi\ clothes and the clothes of the hoys. The larger boys shall assist in the preparation of fuel, the care of the stock, and the cultivation of the soil. At leastfour religious denominations shall be represented among the offlenrs of tlie 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 he fed and clothed, and shall re ceive such preparatory training and education as wiU 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 Pythias, Good Templars, Friends of Temperance and other benevolent societies whose hearty co-operation and liberal contributions 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 individuals are hereby cordi ally invited and requested to co-operate with us in providing funds and supplies forfeeding, clothing and educatingindi- gent and promising orphan children at the Asylum in Oxford. Resolved, That the Masterofeach sub- oi’dinate Lodge ajjpolnt 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 ceived he 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 Communi cation. ‘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 ^vas left to the discretion of the 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. ‘Slioald boys learn trades at the Asy lum?’ Decided in the negative, it be ing impracticable at this time to em ploy skilled mechanics in the various trades, erect suitable work-shops 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: but the meeting ad vised against employing and paying agents. THE ADOPTION OF ORPHANS. We are always glad to accommodate childless couples who wish to adopt children as their own ; but greatly pre prefer that they should come and make their own selections. to inquire in*o the circumstances and treatment of cliildren already dlscharg- od, and living in their jurisdiction, and use their best efforts to secure good treatment, or the return of the chil dren. 3. It shall be the duty every secretary of a Lodge to send the names of the Committee of the. Orphan Asylum to the Orphans’ Friend for publication, in order that persons wishing to em ploy orphans may know the steps to betaken. iIOW CHII.DRKN ABE ADMITTED Very often th 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 shouldsee them befoi e they start. When this Is impracticable, a formal application shouldbe made by a friend. Here is one in proper form: N. C 188... 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 Asvlum the management and control of the said orphan-: till 16 years of age, in order that may be trmned and educated according to the regulations prescribed by the Grand Lodge of North Carolina. 1 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 Superintendent, and he will either go lor the children or provide for their transportation, gin no ease shoxdd a community take np a collection to semi a man with the cmldran, nor send the children before the Superintendent has been consulted. Bees taken to Florida become lazy, ind make only as much hon ey as they need from day to day. Mr M- C. .Iordan, Statesville N. 0., says; “Brown’s Iron Bitters has ilone iny wife great good Sli,e used it for indigestion and debility.” ACTION OF EPISCOPAL CONYEN • 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 example of this spirit of active charity and beBefleenoe on the part of the Masonic fraternity h tha> fulfilling the Apostolic injunction to re member the poor.” ACTION OP THE N, C. CONFER- ENCE. On motion of Rov. J. B. Brooks, the following resolutions were adopted at the Annual Conference held at Dur ham, in 1881. “The Committee to whom was refer red the communication ofhls Excellen cy Gk>v. Jarvis, bringing to our notice and commendingto our favor, the. Ox ford Orphan Asyliim, recommend the adoption of the follOMung resolutions: 1. That we reiterate our oft-repeated expression of sympathy with this noble charity, and heartily 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 Anu’ual conference the omounts collected under, the head of “For the Orphan Asylum.’ JNo R. Brooks, \ E. A. Yates, f Committee. COAL. 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Correspondents are requested to s^ad and regulate applications for children by) the following resolutions of the Grand Lodge of Masons: 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 ACTION OP PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD. Repcnt’^as adopted by the Synod of North Carolina in session at Ral eigh, N. 0., .November lath. 1380 : ‘‘Whereas the Oxford Orphaii Asylum of North Carolina is a purely benev olent institution, and is doing great f ood for the needy Orphans of-our taW, therefore, Resolved, That we approve 'of ite purposes and suggest that the congre gations within- our bounds take up at their own oonvecienoe an annual col lection in belialf of that institution and forward the same collected, in connection with any articlesof food and raiment which may f be contrrba- ted, to the Superintendent. ACTION OF BAPTIST STATE CON VENTION. At the Baptise State Conventloo, 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 Whereas, We believe that tlie Bap tist people of the State will feel It 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 their churches at least once a year in behalf of this great and important work. Elder F. H. Ivey submitted tlie fol lowing resolution, which was adopted at tlie Convention held in Winston in 1881 : “Resolved, That this Convention feels an undiminished interest in the work of the Orplian Asylum: and tliat we repeat, wltli earnestness and emphasla, the recommen datiou to all our pastors to take up- at least one collection during the year ia ald.of the Oxford Orphui Asylum, 5. W. DENMA-EK. 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