The Orphans’ Fijend.
v\t:i)xesday, januaey - - 3, 1883,
THE SUSTAINING PILLARS.
The great moral templa ol
Freemasonry is supported by
Wisdom, g Strength and Beauty.
Its foundation was laid in wis
dom, and its strength and beauty
are derived from the moral les^
sons which it teaches. It was
suited to the times in which it
was founded, and its wisdom is
displayed in the fact that it has
been suited to the times through
which it has subsequently p' ss
ed. Within its sacred precincts
no lesson is taught which is in
consistent with the precepts of
the Volume of Inspiration; no
doctrine is inculcated which is at
variance with good government,
or submission to the laws; no
duty or service is required which
may not bo performed. When a
proper disposition is united with
a determination of purpose to
carry out the principles of the
Order, its beauties will be dis
played in adorning the characters
of its professors.
AN 1883'^ESOLUTION.
At the beginning of each now
year, people are wont to form
new resolutions, as they turn
over a page in the book of life;
but man is weak, and unless the
help of God is asked, these reso
lutions will be lost Below we
publish a letter, written by a
young man we know well, to a
minister of the Gospel of this
place, asking his special prayer,
that he may be enabled to carry
out a new-year resolution. We
congratulate the young man on
the course he has taken, and,
with Divine assistance, sincerely
trust he may he faithful to the
end, and become an honor to his
parents and society.
Oxford, Doe., 28tb, 1882.
Dear Sir :—I iiiive great codfidence
in you as a Obristian gentleman and a
minister of Llie Gospel, and that is why
I address tins to you. I w. nt to ask
your sincere and earnest prayers in iny
behalf. I am overtaken iji a fault. I
have been in the habit of drinking too
much strong-drink at limes, and' I do
feel so badly over it afterwards, and
then, when under the influence of the
same I do and say tilings whicli under
no otlicr circumstaucos I would think of
doing. I have m: de up my mind to be
gin with the approaching new year (’83)
and abstain from the use of the accursed
stuff altogether, ‘‘hut Flesh is so weak,”
I fear lest I fail, i address tins to you
to ask you as a man of God in whom I
have tnucu contfdence to always remem
ber me earnestly in special prayer to
God, and ask him to give me strengtli
and strong inclination to resist the temp
tation and save me from a drunkard’s
grave.
Also please ask all of .God’s people
(who feel that they liave any inter
est at a thone of Grace) to ever remem
ber me in their supplications to the God
of Power and Love to bear me up in His
strong arm and help me in this my time
of need.
Yours in deep sorrow,
LIQ'TLE MINNIE.
Among the presents to the or
phans this Christmas, none were
more highly appreciated than a
quilt made and forwarded by little
Minnie Perdew, of Wilmington, on
ly seven years of age, while conval
escing from typhoid fever.
It is received as a thanksgiving
offering from the child to her Jesus
for delivering her safely from her
bed of sickness. Her example is
worthy of emulation. Here is the
letter \\ritten by her father:
vViLMiNGTON, N. 0., Dec. 14tli, 1882.
-oR. Mills:—Dear Sir and Brother,
I have the pleasure of sending you a
quilt for the Orphans, which my little
girl made last month while convalescing
after a very severe case of Typhoid Fe
ver. It is true that the work is impel-
feet, but it is strong, and as she is only
seven years and five months old, and
weak from long sickness, I overlook the
little crooked stitches and thank God for
giving my darling the tender heart that
prompted her without any suggestion
from any one, to sit and sew, hour after
hour, and d y after day, to make a
quilt and send it to the poor little Chil
dren, who, she said, had no mother to
nurse and work for them.
Yours truly,
Jno. W. Perdew.
BETRAYING.
By a full and fair exposition of
our great principles, \ve betray
no masonic secrets; these are
safely locked up in the h 'firt of
every Mason, and are never t()
be-imparted except in a constitu
tional manner. But our leading
tenets are no sevrets. It is no
secret that Masonry is of divine
Origin; it is no secret that the
system embraces and inculcates
evangelical truth; it is no secret
that there is no duty enjoined
nor a virtue required in the vol
ume of inspir.itiou, but what is
found in, and taught i)yv Specu-
latiye Freemasonry; it is no se
cret that the appropriate name
of God Inis been preserved in this
institution in every country
where Masonry existed, while the
rest of the' world was literally
sunk in heathenism; and above
all, it is not, neither ca)i it be, a
secret, that a good Mason is, of
necessity, truly and emphatically
a Christian.
FRIENDSHIP AND BROTHERLY
LOVE.
-Among the-cardinal virtues of
the. Order are Friendship and
Brother!}^ Love, and there are
none that should be more care
fully cultivated; from those noble
virtues spring others to elevate
and adorn the human character.
These virtues are inculcated in
ever)-- degree; they are impressed
upon the novice when he passes
the tlireshold of the mystic Tem
ple, and they meet him at every
step until he takes shelter under
the banner of the cross. With-
oot Friendship and Brotherly
Love, the pillars that support the
edifice would be shaken to their
foundations, and the whole builds
ing would exhibit nothing but a
niclancholy wreck.
MASONRY wXs**bNCE RELIG
ION.
The time was, when Masonic
principles, in a moral point o^
view, superseded all the religious
institutions of the world; that pe
riod is past; the period here allu
ded to was when all nations
bowed in adoration to idols. The
Society, without arrogating to
itaell' any goodness, has existed,
under Divine Providence, lor
ages, wlierein was preserved the
unity|of the -God-head, amidst
idolatry and universal corrup
tion.
CHi.TST IASATTIIEASY UM.
This iias been a season df plen
ty and rejoicing at the Asylum.
Tile contributions have been very
liberal, everything has passed ofP
smoothly, and the children were
again delighted by the approach
of old Santa, escorted by their
tried friend Col. W. F. Beasle}'.
The Colonel had collected every
thing calculated to make the chiK
dren happy. 'Phere were books,
cards, wagons, pop guns, tin-
liorns, marbles, and many other
toys, some of whicli were of great
value. Besides these were gloves,
mittens, stockings, handkerchiefs,
hats, and in fact every thing that
a thoughtful and careful friend
could suggest The presents were
worth ,more than two hundred
dollars.
Here is a list ot those who con
tributed :
, Hons. A. M. Scales, R. B. Vance,
W R. Cox, Z, B. Vance, C, Dowd,
R. F. Armfteld, M. W. Ransom, and
J. Proctor Knott, of Kentucky,
each contributed money.
BALTIMORE MEROHANTS-
D. F. Haynes & Oo., 347, Balto. St.
Toy tea sets.
Pennimaii Bros., 11, N. Howard
St,: Knives.
Day, Jones & Co., 9, S. Howard Sfc.
1 trunk.
W. A. Tottle & Co., 54, Hanover
St., Marbles.
Sickel, Hulin & Co., 22, Hanover
St., dolls, stockings, marbles and, toys.
, Robert T. Banks & Sons, 26, Light
St., toy mugs.'
Prior & Hilgenberg, 313, Balto. St.,
balls, etc. •
. Will. Devines & Co.. 312, Balto. St,,'
gloves, stockings, paper, pencils, etG
: Armstrong, Cafer & ('o , 267, Bal
timore street, 144 bandlverchiefs,
James A. Davis & Co.,-2110 Balto.
Street, 1 box tools.
G. R. Cofforth Co., 330, Balto.
Street, $1.00.
Goldsboro, Myer & Pitt, $1.00.
Stevenson & Sting, 329, Balto. St.,
$3.00.
Frank & Hammerslaugli, 306, Bah
timore street, 3 small caps.
Glass & Co., No. 19, S. Charles St.,
144 Christmas cards.
Roche & Koch, 348, Balto. St., 3
boxes blocks.
Tucker & Co., 246. Balto. St, Sl.OO.
W. P. Towles & Bro.-, 145, Baltic
St., 70 (wavats.
I Henry Schwarz, 211, W. Balto. St,
a number handsome toys.
L. F. Everett, $1.00.
C. W. Kelliuger & Co., 35, Han
over street, 2 d04eu bottles nice per
fumery.
■ Matthai, Ingram & Co., 56, Han
over street, bos tin cups, buckets, etc
Alexander Dodd & Co., 263, W.
Balto. St., 1 trunk.
Johnson Sutton & Co., Sharp street,
several boxes beautiful mils, etc.
Hushberg Bros. & Hollender, Sharp
street, 2 pictures.
From the Smith & Egge Manufac
turing (,'ompany of Bridgeport Ot.,
was received two large boxes of me
chanical and other handsome toys of
great value. These toys afforded the
orphans an abundance of fun and
they will ever remember their yankee
donors with feelings of. deep grati
tude.
BAKE FEET.
Nakedness of feet v* as a sign
of mourning. God says to Eze
kiel “Make no ir ourning for the
dead, and put on thy shoes upon
thy feet,’’ &c. It was likewise a
mark of respect. Moses put off
his shoes to approach the burn
ing bush; the priests served in
the Tabernacie with their feet
naked, as they did afterwards in
the Temple. The Talmudists
teach that it they had but step
ped with their feet upon a cloth,
a skill, or even upon tiie foot of
one of their companions, their
service w^ould have been aulaw-
ful.—Selected ,
Rl^LIGIOUS CLIPPINGS.
New York has seventy-five Catho
lic chnrches, and a Catholic popula
tion ot 600,000.
A Pre.sbytoi'ian church was dedica-
tedi III. Dalaiihane, Fa...: r-ounty.
Va., on IStii-ul:., by Rcv. Dr. Hogo,
of Richmond.
The Presbyt^ay of Montgomery has
dissolved the pastoral relation be
tween Rev. A. VV. Ruff' and the Lo
cust Bottom church.
Notwithstanding the general im
pression that the interests of the Pa
pal church are gaining ground ^ in
England, it is stated as a fact that
there is hot in the House of Com
mons a vsiiiglc Roman Catholic re])i'e-
sentative of an- English constituency.
Rev. George R. Jackson un' onie
other colored Baptists of Geoiyi-i pro-
])Ose to establish anewdpnonii-.ettion,
with Baptist principles and the Me'h--
odist system. It is to be called the
“African Baptist Missionary Episco
pal Church.” The founder of the new
Church says independency may do
very well for white Baptists; but
among colored Baptists it leads to
divisions and fightings; from which
Episcopal Methodism is free. It is
proposed to have bishops, presiding
elders and an itinerary, the limit
being two years.
The Mt. Vernon Place Methodist
Episcopal church, in Baltimore, has
honored itself in caring for the cliil-
dren of Rev. Thomas Guard, who
died as its pastor. The church has
assumed the care and education of
the seven orphans—now bereft of
hither ar.d mother. Dr. Guard was
twice pastor of .\ii. Vernon Place,
and ht the time of his death, probably
witliout a siii)crior, as a brilliant ora
tor, in the American pulpit. This
example of, Chri.stiau generosity aud
nature is to be commended. The
thought of leaving his family with
out a support and hi.s children with
out the me:ins of an education, has
burdened the heart of many a brave
[ind toilsome itinerant.
A, natural inti rinitt-.nt springhasre-
bentl.y formed in llto French Alps. The
water appears at regular intervals of
live and seven iniiintos, alioutten quarts
bein-i; yielded eacii time. A siugibar
circumstance is that one flow ofwatir
is luke-v-arm aud eolorless, while the
next discharge is cold and wine-red.
HORNER SCHOOL,
OXFORD, N. C.
The Spring Session of 1883 will be
gin the 2nd Monday in January. Terms
as hcretolore. 4t
OXFORD
OXFORD, N, C.
The SpritiffTei'in oneua January 17, 1883.
Board, ] uel, lijrLtsan.l washing, yer month,
$12.00;
LngUsh Tuition, per mouth. $i.00.
Apply for Catalogue.
1'. P. HOBGOOD, Pres’t.
. 3c
OXFORD HOME SCHOOL
The Spring Session of my School for
Day >Scbolars and Boarders, will open on
Monday'the 15th inst.
B'or terms &c apply to
.'ills. J. W. Hays,
^Jan. 1, 1883. Principal.
T. J. & W. D. HORNER^S”
Classical, Mathematical and Gom^
mercial School,
HENDERSON, N. C.
The Spring Session opens the 2d Mon
day 'in January nest The teachers are
tned Uud experienced, the terms are reas-
.oiiable, and the’ accommodations are fii’st-
class. The discipline is good aud the.
course of instruction thorough.
For circnlars giving particulars, addioss
the Principals, Henderson, N, 0.
BINGH AM SCHOOL.
Established in 1T93.
Is PRE-EMINENT among Southern
Boarding Schools for Boys, in Age, in
Numbers, in Area of Patronage and
in equipment for Physical Culture
The only school for boys in the South with
gas light and a Gymnasium 36x70 feet,
presided over by a skilled instructor. By
FebriMiy 1st hot and cold baths will be
provided for. For Catalogues giving full
particulars, address '
Maj. It. BINOnAM, Snp’t.
Bingham School P, O., Orange Co., N. 0,
dec 20-3t
FINE HARNESS.
When you peed a neat and substantial
HAND-MADE HARNESS
—FOR—
l£i;€iCil%CAUUIACiEorT£Ain USE
send your order to
I*. M. STEWARD, Petersburg. V»
LANDIS’ ADVERTTSEiMENT.
JmaiT 1st, 1883.'
AVhy am 1 selling out my STOCK at re
duced prices ? I will answer:
FIRST.—Because I am overstocked.
SECOND.—The large number of fires
have caused insurance Companies to raise
Insurance and cancel Policies.
I oiler for CASH ONLY, a large stock of
ZEIGLER’S SHOES
at reduced prices. Over $3,000.00 worth of
BAY STATE SHOES
at reduced prices.
My entire Stock of Ladles DreM Goods
at and below cost.
p non yards of Plain and Fancy Silks,
(Of U V U reduced prices.
100 pairs of Ladies Plain and
AW Fancy Hose, at reduced prices.
10n dozen pair of Ladies Kid, Silk and
Lisle Thread.Gloves.
5 nnn yards Best Standard Prints at
,UUU cents.
p nnn yards heavy sheetings andshlrt-
ings at 8 to 9 cents.
OOO worth of Ready Made Clottw
ingat.cost for CASH.
MILLINERY,
1 Ladies Straw Hats at25oeni8,
worth from 40 cents to $1.00.
2 /^/^/^ Yards of Velvets and
Velveteens, at reduced
' prices.
2 /^^^ Yards of Fancy Silks «t
J reduced prices.
Flowers and Plumes, at
COST, andbelowCOST.
A. Landib, Jr.
500 Pieces of Fancy Ribbons.
'Yards Percals, Cam
brics, and other Whito
Goods. A, Landis, Jb»
10,000
Lais’
Gents’ Hats,
Merino Vests.
Crockery and Glass Ware.
Hose and Cravats.
Call and examine, as I am DETERMIN
ED to sell out the balance of my Stock.
A. LANDIS, Jb.
THE
Orhpans’ Friend,
Organ of the Orphan Asylum at Oxford, aud
of the Grand Lodge of Ifosons
in North Carolina.)
IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AT
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR,
It is designed to promote the entertain
ment, instruction and interests of
THE YOUNG;
especially those deprived of the benefits of
parental and scholastic training, It also
seeks to increase the soul-growth of the
prosperous by suggesting proper objects of
charit}’^ and true channels of benevolence, in
order tiuit they may, by doing good to oth
ers, enlarge their oivn hearts and extend
the liorizon of tlieir human sympathies, as
they ascend to a higher plane of Christian
observation. Address
ORPHANS’ FRIEND,
Oxford, N, 0«