The Orphans' Friend.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER :
TH3 iiODSR i'E
DSniKBE.
A ligurc all lirty unci ragged
Sat on a rickety chair ;
As it. rocked itself to and fro
’"L'wus the picture of wo and de-
spa'.r
It rocked,rocked, rocked
Itself on the chair to and fro,
And .sang aloud in a doleful strain
This song of grief and woe.
“Drink—drink—drink !
Ami destroy the vigor of youth;
Drink—drink—drink !
And blight all virtue and truth.
Bctt'-r, far better, ’twould be
With the savage and heathen to
dwed,
Tiia'n with swillers of brandy, beer
and wine,
And sink in the drunkard’s hell.
‘0, moderate drinker, beware !
riie snare of the mocker fly !
Quick dash the poison cihalice down,
Ere the drunkard’s death you die.
My fate is already sealed;
Kepcutance comes too late;
Once there was time, but now, alas !
Tears cannot blot my fate.”
Ttii.s the inebriate sang,
And rocked on his chair to and Iro^
Wc uld that al could have heard him
sing.
And the poison cup forego !
lie gave a shriek when his song was
done.
And starting up with dread—
“Back! back ! ye fiends !’' he wild
ly cried.
Then fall—his spirit had fled.
O, temperate drinker, beware !
He that is dead we know
Once felt as safe and spoke as loud
’Gainst intemperance as you:
And yet—died, mad with drink,-
01), who may his doom foretell?
God gives power to banish rum
And save all from Hhe drungard’s
hell.
MEN WHO CANNOT BE TEUST-
BD.
‘ Confidence/said the great
L.:r(l Chatham, “is a plant of
slow- growth.” Those who«e
confidence has been abused and
8u'.verted, know by experience
how true this is. There must bo
a sure foundation on which
n asonable confidence can bn
]■■ :i-; atid when men have ton
away this foundation they cai
n- ' or l>e trusted, except by those
who are ignorant of Iheir
character
When a man ha', once been
found guilty of falsehood, ile
ceprion, and raiarepresentation,
he 5 annot be trusted by thos
wi'-o know the facts When a
judge has decided a case unjust*
}y. when e jury has brought in a
fa!.s) verdict, when a church or
ecukidaEtical body has violated
the prh ciples of Scripture, law
and .gospel, to condemn the in
nocent, they hav.- placed them
selves where no honest man can
ever })Ut confidence in them, iiU“
til by hearty repentance and
Oi.'Cn confession thej show them-
s( !v€8 willing to l ogin a now
ht':.
A mat! wliO has broken one
agreement, can not be trusted to
make another. A man who has
slandered tlioso who have told
him his faults, may not have the
privilege of having his faults
pointed out, but may perhaps be
permitted to carry them on to
the judgement day, without pro
test. Uo who defends himself
in wrong doing is likely to have
his fill ot wrong, and reap its bit
ter fruits.
.Mon who have sold themRelvGS
for gain,  r have bartered prin
ciple for office or bread; men
who have winked jst lies told
for their benefit, and who have
gath-A'-id the viugts of unright
eousness,and stilled their donun
cisi ions of wrong lest they should
inji;r^ their pecuniary prospects,
can never be tr .sted,
c need men in this agtf who
wi>nutlic, and who will not
allow any one else to lie for
tficin. Wo .need men who shake
th(.*ir Lands from holding bribes,
—who cannot be bought,coaxed,
wheedled, or friguccued; men
who stand in ihe strength and
majesty of God; men around
whom Satan fawns and frowns
in vain; men who rebuke sin in a
friend as strongly as in a foe,
and who deal with themselves
ia:re sternly than they deal
with others; men who are
rften alone’ with God,
and in the white light of his
righteousiie.ss see their own weak
nesses, faults, frailties and sins,
and who, •. oming forth from his
presence pardoned and purged
from all iniquity, walk in the
light, as he in in the light, in up
rightness, in holiness, in punty,
aad fidelity to the end.
A orpliaii Asylm
IS I.OCATED AT OXFORD,
AS THEY EXPECTED.
The common belief tliat a
pistol will go off, and the fact
that every one thinks the pis
tol he is handling an excep-
lion to the general rule, are
both illustrated in *this hu
morous sketcli from I he De
troit Fr. e Press.
In front of aDetriot butch
er siiop yesterday a butcher
sat tdeaning a revolver. It was
a rusty cld “Colt,” which had
not been used for years, and
waste bo put ill order and
trsfh’d off. A shoemaker
came along directly, and ob
served.—
‘Ofcourse thei'e’ll bean ac
cident.’
‘Y'-e-s, I presume so,’
‘It isn't load'-d, is it?’
‘Oh no.’
‘But it will go off ?'
‘It will’
‘I never soe a revolver
without wanting to handle it.
Let me look at that weapon.
Ah ! I’m satisfied now that it
doesn’t contain any stray bul
lets. Do you suppose you
could hit mv foot at this dis
tance ?’
‘Ceitainly I could. Now if
she was loaded, I’d take a
dead sight like that, and pull
ihe triggi r aiul’--
Tiie shoemaker jumped two
feet iiigh and yelled like an
Indian, aud when lie came
down he danced and kicked
and 'Dili'iped aroiiiul until
ueople Tlcmjdif idm cr.'zy.
It w s only' after a crowd
h td Collect* d and cornered him
up i.n li'-e shop that »v.y one
found out the trouble. The
hatcher had put, a bullet along
the sole of' his foot ctose
enough to draw blood.
‘I told you she’d go off!
howled the shoemaker, as he
sat with his boot in his hand.
‘And didn't 1 agree with
you ? ’ innocently responded
t'le butcher.
Some of the Philadelphia pa
pers speak of the English Bishop
of Koch« > '3r as “the Lord Bish
op." lie is a bishop and a lord,
but no one lu Englan.i would call
him “The Lord .Bishop.” When
Americans handle foreign titles
tlicy are vary apt to be as suc
cessful as the New York boy-
servant who was told one morn
ing, to go up and wake the late
Dean Stanly, then on a visit to
this country. lie was told that
in answer to the Dean’s question
“ Who’s th'.we he should say;
“The boy, my Lord.’’ He got
along with the knocking at the
door very well, but when it came
to answering the Doan the best
he could do was to call out;“the
Loivl, tuy boy."
Tills is probably the olde..t
[lioce of furniture in the coun
try/’ s^ji'l a collector of antique
curio.;i,ics to a friend, pointing
to an old table as he spoke.
“How old IS it.' ’’ a.skod the
friend.
‘ Nearly four hundred years,”
“Pshaw 1 That is nothing ! I
have an Arabic table ov r two
thousand years old.”
“Indeed ? ’’
“Yes, the multiplication ta
ble ! ”
the County-seat of Gran-ville, forty-five
miles Xorth of Raleigh; twelve miles
from Henderson on the R. fe G. R. R.
The Orphan Asylum belongs to (and,
i of course, is conducted according to
: the regulations adopted by) the Giantl
' Dodge of Masons.
Its benefits are extended to the most
needy orphans, without, ever asking
whether theii’ fathers wei'e masons or
not. Children are received between the
ages of eiglit and twelve, and discharg
ed between the ages offourteen and
sixteen.
The average cash expenses for each
ori)han is five dollars a month, but the
sum required varies according to the
seasoug, and does not include what is
spent for repairs, furniture and im
provement of the premises. The Grand
Lodge gives the building and grounds,
and $2000 a year. The State gives
$.5000 a j-^ear. For the remainder of its
support, aud for enlargement, the Or
phan Asylum is dependent on volun
tary contributions from subordinati
Lodges, churches of all denoadri))tlo-ja
benevolent societies, and charitable in
dividuals; and their co-operation is
earnestly solicited.
kXTBAOTS FBOM THE PKOCEEDINGS OF
THE GKANH LODGE OF MASONS:
T'lie 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
propel! y, nor near relations able to as
sist tlieui. They shall not be received
for a sliorter time than two years. In
extraordinary cases the Superintendent
may receive children outside tlie ages
specified.
'The larger gU'ls shall assist in the
oriUnary house work, and in making
ami 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 least four religious denominations
shall be represented among the oflSc'a-s
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 tire
funds received.
Orphan children in the said Asylum
sliall be fed and clothed, and shall re
ceive such preparatory training and
education as will preparr tiicra for use-
fid occupations and for the usual busi
ness transactions of life.
Resolved, 'I’liat the sincere t.lianks of
tlii# Grand Lodge arc liereby tendered
to many boncvoieiit ladies ami gen-
tlomeii, to theniinisters of the (rospel,
to churches of various deiiomiiiations.
Olid Fellows., Knights of Ryti ias, Good
'I'LMuplars, Friends of Temperance and
other benevolent societies whose lieurty
co-opcralion and liberal contribuHoiis
have rendered timely and valuable as
sistance lu tile great work of ameliora
ting the condition of the orphan chil
dren of theStato.
Resolved. That all bctievolent eoei-
eties and individuals are hereby cordi
ally Invited and requested to co-operate
w’ith us in providing funds and supplies
for feeding, clothing and educating Indi
gent and promising orplian children
at the Asylum in Ojaord.
Resolved, That the Master of each sub
ordinate Lodge ajjpolnt a Standing
Committee upon raising f imds for the
Orphan Asylum, and require said com
mittee to report in writing each month,
and that said reports and the funds re
ceived be forwarded monthly to the
Superintendent of the Asylum, and
that tlie support of the Orphan Asylum
be a regular order of business in each
'subordinate T^odge at each Communi
cation.
‘Hliould deserted children be admit
ted'’ was decided in the negative.
‘Sliould children having step-fathers
bo admitted?’ was also decided in the
negative.
^Should deformed children be admit
ted?’ This was left to the discretion
of the Superintendent. When the de
formity is of such a character as to re
quire extra attention, it was thpught
unadvisable to admit the parties in the
present condition of the Asylum.
‘Sliould boys learn trades ar the Asy
lum?’ Decided m the negative, it be
ing impracticable at this time to em
ploy skilled mechanics in the various
trades, erect suitable work-shops and
purcliase necessary tools.
‘Should coUecting agents be appoin
ted in different parts of the State; and
if 30, what wages should they receive ?’
Tills was left to the discretion of the
Superintendent: but the meeting ad
vised against employing and paying
agents.
to inquire iri.*^o the circumstances and
treatment of children already discharg-
9d, and li-ving in their jurisdiction, and
use their best elforts 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 liie
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
be taken. •
COAL COAL
ITTE ADOPTION OF ORPHANS.
IVe 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.
iiPPLICATION FOR CHILDREN.
Correspondents are requested to read
and regulate applications for children
by) the following resolutions of the
Grand Lodge of Masons:
Resolved, 1- The Superintendent of
tlie Orphan Asylum shall not consider
any application for ah 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 algo
HOW CHILDREN ARE 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 before
theystart. When this is impractic ible,
a formal application shouldbe n.ade
by a friend. Here is one in proper
form:
N.C IS8...
This is tocertifythat .'....L a.i 6r-
pban^ without estate, sound in body
and mind, and years of age. li
father died in 18 ; h mother in
18 I being h
hereby make application for h ad
mission into the Asylum at Oxford. I
.-vlso relinquish and convey to the offi
cers of the Asylum the management
and control of the said orphan till 1 *5
years of age, in order that
may be trained and educated according
to the regulations iirescribed by the
Grand Lodge of Noilh Carolina. 1
also promise not to annoy the Orjihan
Asylum, and not to encourage the said
orphan to leave without the approval
of the Superintendent
Approved by
W. M. of
The application should be sent to t!>c
luiperintendent, and he will either go
f-or the children or provide for their
transportation. In no case should a
community take uj> a collection to send
a man with the children, nor send tlie
children before tlieSapertntendent has
been consulted.
u.s!EyEmco.,
NORFOLK, Va.
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SUNDAY SCMOOL BOOKS,
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fob7yl
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Branson’s Book Store, and become the
successor of Rev. L. Branson in the
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THE
ORPHANS’FRIE
Organ of the Orphan A sylum at (': 7.,.
and of the Grand Lodge of \ ^
sons in Noit)i Carolina.)
IS PUT3HSITED EVERY WEDNKSJ A i
One Dollar a Ye.*
It is designed to promote tin eu'.--.
tainnic i t, instruction and intems'5 of
THE YOUNc ;
e»pB0iaHy those deprlred oftho her. ,
lltso' pare.ntal and .scholastic tisd;/- ,
It ais; seeks to increase the an..’.'
growThof-thoprosperous bysuagesfj?
pror.eroli3eet?of charltyandtn 1
nels of benevolence, in order tbr f v ••
may, by doing good to others, e/.la= ' ')
tocir o-wn^ hearts and extend '
zon 01 their human sympathies ■ --v
aseimd to a higher plane of eJ-r'^ ■ -i
•pbscrvjVkm. -Addrdss
ORPHANS’ FBIBND.
OZVQBI)^ N.‘C:
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