The Orphans’ Friend.
FlUDAY, OCTOBER 19,1883.
A SWISS ORPHAIT HOME.
There is somethiug pecul
iarly pleasing in contempla
ting a man who unselfishly
devotes bimsell to the rearing
and education of helpless
orphans. A genuine philan
thropist attracts our highest
admiration, be be prince or
peasant. It is of one such
that we write. His name, Lo
di; the scene of his opera
tions, a quiet and secluded
village in the canton of Berne.
Pie was a man of powerful
intellect and extraordinary
decision of character. His
resolution once fixed, he was
not easily turned aside from
its execution. His mind from
childhood was profoundly im
pressed with a sense of reli
gions duty, and his heart was
warm with sympathy and be
nevolence for his fellow-Dian.
He lind received the advanta
ges of a common education
and did much toward improv
ing himself. A small patri
mon}’ was left him, and he
married early, and had one
child. He found in bis wife
a mind and resolution con-*
genial with his own. Looking
with pity upon many orphans
around them, they agreed
to receive as many of them
into their own family as they
could support by their united
exertions. When visited by
the traveler whose account
furnishes information for this
article, they had eighteen
undr their care, and they
were all taught to look upon
him and his wife as their pa
rents,and themselves as broth
ers and sisters. They lived
witli them and worked with
them as their own children.
He devoted a certain portion
of every day to giving them
useful, moral and religious ed
ucation, and the rest of the
time was given to work on the
land. Industry and useful la
bor, economy, frugality, con
tentment, universal kindness
and love, mutual affection and
forbearance, and the fear of
God and an humble and en
tire reliance upon his provi-
deui.e, formed the great prin**
ciples which governed the
whole household. He had
many difficulties to struggle
with in feeding and clothing
so liirge a family, and in limes
of scarcity he received some
slight aid from abroad.
This is an eminent example
of the noblest philanthropy.
It is not difficult to be chariN
table on a grand scale; it is
easy for a man of wealth to
give'away bis surplus thou
sands to any splendid charity,
especially when he can use
them no longer; but to devote
ones life to the poor, to be
willing to share in their pov
erty, to take the stray lambs
of the flock into one’s bosom,
and to make the orphans, the
outcast, the houseless, your
own children, and giyo them,
in the midst of poverty, a use
ful education, and to qualify
them for the business of life,
to be useful and respeplable,
is au enterprise of the noblest
character conferriDg immortal
hono' on him who undertakes
it.
What a blessing it is to
have in any commonwealth
an institution for collecting
orphan children and taking
the place of parents to them.
We have such an one here,
and though you may not be
able like Lodi to devote your
life to such work, you can
give sympathy and aid to
those who do thus devote
themselves.
LET THE NEGROES PAY FOR
THE EDUCATION OF THEIR
CHILEREN.
The negroes of the South
are not poorer than many of
the white people of the North
were at the time the State
system of common schools
was first adopted. The fa
cilities of the present day, in
the shape of cheap looks and
newspapers, are wonderfully
better than fifty years ago.
Why, with the rid and sym
pathy of white men, should
not the negro pay the way
for the education of bis chil
dren! That which he is made
to pay for he will value. Ed
ucation cannot be thrust upon
a race that dees not want it,
any more readily than relig
ion or self-government.—
Philadelphia Mecord,
We have had occasion be
fore to express some views
concerning this matter, about
which so much has been said.
It seems to us that in the
above extract nbout the right
idea is expressed in the inqui
ry, “Why, with the aid and
sympathy of white men,
should not the negro pay the
way for the education of his
children?” There is force in
the statement, ‘‘That which
he is made to pay for he will
value.” “Blessed is he that
considereth the poor,*’ saith the
Scripture. This does not im
ply making a pauper out of
an able bodied man, and treat
ing him as such; nor an indis
criminate giving to those who
are really in need. Such sym
pathy, aid and encouragement
as will lead to habits of in
dustry and self-reliance, and
a proper desire for mental cul
ture, are worth abundantly
more in fbe advancement of
our colored population, than
such a thrusting upon them of
ecluci^tional advantages as will
foster the idea that the State
or the church or somebody
else owes them au education.
GRAND COMMANDERY.
The third annual conclave
ol the Graod Commandery of
Knights Templar of the State
of North Carolina, was held
in Charlotte last week and was
presided over by R. E. Grand
Commander, H. H. Munson.
The Commandery was visited
by M. E. Robert E. Withers,
Grand Master of the Grand
Encampment oi the United
States, who made an address
of some length on the esoteric
work of the order. Dr. Eu
gene Grissom was elected M.
E. Grand Commander. Ral
eigh was selected as the place
of meeting for the next ans
nual conclave.
A bright boy of fifteen in
Brooklyn, N. Y., died a few
days ago of nicotine poison
ing. Nine months ago he
began to smoko cigarettes.
His parents tried Hn vain to
check him. The poison did
its work. Medical men could
not save him, but were unan
imous as to their opinions of
the cause of his death.
REV. WILLIAM HILL JORDAN.
The death of this venerable
minister of Christ occurred on
the 12th inst. at the residence of
his son-in-law,Capt.C. P. Powell.
The piety, usefulness and influ
ence of the deceased were of
such extent as to demand at our
hands something more than a
mere passing notice of his death.
Although our acquaintance with
him was for only a few years be
fore his death, yet we are glad
to have known him, to have
hoard him in conversation and
in prayer. We can but feel that
earth is poorer and heaven richer
for the translation of his pure
and noble spirit from the “earth
ly tabernacle” to the ‘‘house not
made with hands.”
We are indebted to a friend
for the following facts of his
history and character:
Rev. William Hill Jord vn was
born in Bertie county, N. C., Au
gust I5th, 1803, and was educated
at Chapel Hill. He professed a
hope in Christ on the 9th of De
cember, 1823, preached his first
sermon on the 25th of December
of the same year, and was baptized
by Xiev. Reuben Lawrence, Janua
ry 26th, 1824.
Mr. Jordan, by the pressure of
his brethren, was induced to com
mence preaching immedi itely af
ter his conversion, and it is said
tliat a great revival ot religion be
gun from his preaching, spreading
over several counties, and result
ing in the conversion of some two
thousand souls.
^eside8 serving a number of
clmrches in the country, Mr. Jor
dan u as pastor of churches in
Raleigh, 'filmiugton, Lilesville
and Wadesboro,m North Carolina,
Clarksville and Petersburg, in
Virginia, Norristown, in PennsyL
vania, and Sumpter, in South
Carolina. He was a long time
Corresponding Secretary of the
Baptist State Convention of North
Carolina, was twice Agent for
.V ake Forest College, giving his
time and money tor its release
from financial distress.
Mr. Jordan was a man of deep
piety, talent and culture, and a
singularly eloquent preacher. His
memory will long be lovingly cher
ished, and his influence for good
will be perpetuated.
We take pleasure in publishing
belo'®’ from the News and Observer,
an account of the “Mitchell heien-
tiffc Society,” recently organized
at Chapel Hill. We sincerely hope
that a zeal commensurate with the
importance of the object in view
may characterize the efforts of the
Society, and that abundant suc
cess may crown its labors:
In the hope of arousing some
spirit ot true scientiffic research,of
encouraging those already at workj
isolated and discouraged it may
bo, ondiso of uniting their strength
and their effort that their influence
may be felt, there has lately been
organized at the University the
“Miichell Scientific Society.” The
centre of this organization will be
at the University. There the ex
ecutive committee will reside and
the meetings will be held, the
committee hoping thus to instil
into the young men who go forth
from that institution a love for
scientific work, and a determina
tion to keep up their scientific
studies alter they leave their lec-
tuie rooms and their enforced col
lege work. All scientific workers,
however, and any interested in
sec ing such au enterprise succeed,
are cordially iuvited to become
members, wherever they may be
scattered over the State.
»«*»*«
Surely no worthier name could
be chosen for the societythan that
of Dr. Mitchell; and if the name
can inspire the members with some
of his zeal and perseverence, no
doul)t need be felt a« to the success
of this undertaking. Sufficient
encouragement has already been
received to orgauiz; the society
and inspire it with confident liopes
as to its future usefulnsss aud the
co-operation of all scientific work
ers is called for in its support.
The present officers of the society
arei'.P. Venable,president, and
J. W, Gore, secretary, aud all
communicati. ns should be ad'
dressed to them.
Observe a tree, Low it first
tends downward, that it may
shoot forth upward. Is it not
from humility that it en
deavors to rise? There are
those who grow up into the
air without at first growing at
the root. This is not growth,
but downfall.—Augvstine.
MASONIC.
\yoMAN — The objection so
often m:ide by the fair sex,
that thfyure mo-nt ungallantly
refused an entrance into our
orde , and a knowledge of our
secrets, is bf‘8t answered by a
refiTence to the originally
oj)erative character of our in-
stitutiOi'. That woman is not
miUed to a participati n in
our rites and ceremonies, is
most true. But it is not be
cause we deem her unworthy
or unfaithful, or deny her the
mind to understand, or the
heart to appreciate our prin
ciples; but simply because, in
the very organization of ma
sonry, man alone can fulfil the
duties it inculcates, or perform
the labours it enjoins. Free
and speculative masonry is
but an application of the art
ofjoperative masonry to mo-
ra and intellectual purposes.
Our ancesters worked at the
construction of the Temple of
Jei usalem; while we are en
gaged in the erection of a more
immortal edifice—the temple
of the mind. They employed
their implements for merely
mechanical purposes; we use
them symbolically, with more
exalted designs.
Thus, in all our emblems,
our language, aud our rites,
there is a beautiful exemplifi
cation and application of the
rules of operative masonry, as
it was exercised at the build
ing of the temple. And as
King Solomon employed in
the construction of that edi
fice, only hale andheaity men
and cunning workmen, so our
lodges, in imitation of that
great exemplar, demand as
tlie indispensable requisite fa
admission, that the candidate
shall be fieeborn, ot lawful
age, and in the possession of
ail his limbs and members,
that he may be capable of
performing such work as the
Master shall assign to him.
Hence, it must be apparent
that the admission of women
into our order would be at
tended with a singular anom
aly. As they worked not at
the temple, neither can ihey
work with us. But we love
and cherish them not the less.
One of the holiest ofour mys ■
tic rites inculcates a reverence
for the widow, and pity for
the widow’s son. The wife,
the mother, the sister, and the
daughter of the Mason, exer
cise, a peculiar claim upon
each Mason’s heart and effec-
tions. And while we know
that woman’s smile, like the
mild beams of an April sun,
reft- cts a brighter splendour
on tue light of prosperity,aud
warms with grateful glow the
chilliness ofjjadversity, we re
gret^ not the less deeply, be
cause unavailingly, that no
ri y of that sun can illume the
recesses ofour lodge, and call
our weary workmen from
their labours to refreshment.
Prudence.—One of the four
cardinal virtues, the practice
of which is inculcated upon
the Entered Apprentice, Pru
dence, which, in all men, is a
virtue highly to be commend
ed, as teaching them to live
agTfeably to the dictates of
reapon, and preserving to them
by its cautious prt.cepts the re
alities of temporal welfare,
and the hopes of eternal hap
piness, is to the Mason abso
lutely necessary, that being
governed by i , he may care
fully avoid the least occasion
by fcign or word, of communi
cating to the profane those im
portant secrets which should
be carefully locked up only in
the repository of taithful
breasts. Hence is this virtue
iu the lecture, of the first de
gree, intimately connected
with, and pointedly referred
to, a most important part of
our ceremouies of initiation.
FALLandWINTER
1883.
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