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The Orphans’ Friend.
FRIDAY, - - - MAY 18, 1883.
A QOOD INVESTMENT.
Ilie public mind and con'
science is being gradually
aroused to the claims of help
less orphanage. We have not
accurate statistics at hand, but
here and there throughout our
broad land are asylums where
the fatherless and needy are
fed, clothed and educated.
Churches, lodges, legislatures
and individuals contribute to
sustain the good work. “He
tliat giveth to the poor lend-^
eth to the Lord.” Nothing is
lost to the contributor. God
is a good pay-master. “Give
and it shall be given unto
you.” A man can make no
better investment—none that
is safer or more profitable.
Jiut there is another sense
in which means contributed
for such a purpose is a good
investment. It pays a profit
to the community, by continu
ally furnishing useful and in
telligent recruits to the ranks
of its citizenship. There is no
eleemosynary object to which
theSlate makes appropiiations
that is so likely to yield a
profitable return ^as the insti
tutions where indigent or
phans are protected and train
ed to lives of innocence and
industry. Thousauds are given
annually for the care of the
indigent insane. This is right.
Pliilanthrophy dictates that
sucli unfoi'iunaces be helped.
But there Is little hope that
many will be restored to use
fulness as citizens. Large
sums are appropriated to feed
and clothe the pauper element
of the community. This is
riglit, too. Would that they
- were I ettercared for than they
are. But in the main, they
are aged and infirm persons,
who may be ex|)«cted to be
nothing more than dependents
for the remnant of life. Not
BO witli the orphans that are
receiving support and train
ing at the hands of the public.
We confidently expect them
to develop into'a manhood or
womanhood that will be a
blessing. Many have gone
out from our own Orphan
Asylum who are moving in
spheres of usefulness. They
have taken tlieir places in so
ciety, in the churclr in the
family, and are worthily fill
ing tiiose places. But for the
training received here, they
would, in all probability, have
come to maturity totally un
prepared for the work of life,
and they might have been
vicious instead of virtuous,
indolent rather than industri
ous, drones and not workeia
What is given to such a cause
is not lost to yourself, neither
is it lost to society.
U5E~S~0P PAULT'PINDINa;
In a certain town lived a
man who was a bold leader of
all opposition to religion, and
always ready to publish
abroad any delinquencies
which might bo discovered in
any })rofevS8or of religion. At
length, lie inadi* up his mind
tf) remove from tliat place to
iiother part ol the country.
ji-.eting ihe pastor of one of
»town churches one day, he
..-.aid, utter the usual salutations
were passed, “Well, I suppose
you know that I am going to
leave town soon, and you will
probably be glad of it.” “Glad
ofiti Why no I” said the min
ister, “You are one of the tuost
useful men, and I think 1 shall
hardly know how to spare
you.” Taken aback by such
a reply, be immediately ask
ed, “How is. that “Why,’
rejoined the minister, “there
can’t be a sheep that gets his
foot out of this fold, but that
you will always bark from
one end of the town to the
other. I think you have really
been one of the most useful
watch-dogs that I ever knew.”
It is the part of true philos
ophy to derive benefit from all
the conditions by which we
may be environed. Enmity,
opposition, fault-finding, may
not be unmixed evils. Paul’s
thorn in the flesh was given
him lest he be exalted above
measure. Whether your critic
be well or ill disposed toward
you, he may point out a real
fault, and you may profit by
what is only censoriousness
on his part. Men of positive
character and decidedaggres
siveness, will be pretty sure to
provoke opposition, and, with
all the good that they may ac -
complish, are not free from
faults; indeed, their faults are
generally more apparent than
those of more conservative
people. Some one will always
be found who will take pleas
ure in pointing out the flaws
in any character. Indeed, we
have noticed that some per
sons see more readily and
comment more freely upon
the short-comings of others
than upon their excellencies.
These are the “ watch-dogs ”
of society. Very disagreea
ble companions they may be,
and yet very useful in calling
your attention to your fail
ings. When you hear their
bark, look to see that your
foot is not out of the fold.
aOB’S CAKE.
A mother one morning gave
her two little ones books and
toys to amuse them while she
went up stairs to attend to
something. A half hour passed
quietly awaj^ when one of
the little ones went to the foot
of the stairs and in a timid
voice cried out:
"Mamma, are you there.^'
“Yes, darling,”
“All right,” said the child,
and the play went on. After
a little while, the voice again
cried:
'‘Mamma, are you there?”
“Yes, darling.’’
“All right,” said the child
again, and once more went on
with her play.
And this is just the way we
should feel toward Jesus. He
has gone up stairs to the right
hand of God to attend to sonae
things for us. He has left us
down in this lower room of the
world to be occupied here for
a while. But, to keep us from
being worried by fear or care,
he speaks to us from his word,
as that mother spoke to her
little ones. He says to us,
“Eear not; 1 am with thee.”
“Jehovah jireh—the Lord will
provide.”—Rev. .Dr. Newton,
The (Jommeneemont exercises of
Peace Institute will be held in
Tucker Hall June 4th and 5tb.
llev. A, 1). Hepburn, !>. D. will
preach the sermon before the
graduating classjuue 3d. Nearly
200 are in alteudauce this
session.
MAN BOILED DOWN.
The average number of
teeth is thirty-one.
The number of bones in a
man is 2^0.
The average weight of a skel
eton is about fourteen pounds.
The weight of the circula
ting blood is about eighteen
pounds.
The average weight of an
adult man is 140 pounds 6
ounces.
The brain of a man exceeds
twice that of any other ani
mal.
A man annually contributes
to vegetation 124 pounds of
carbon.
A man breathes about
twenty times a minute, or 1,
200 times an hour*
One thousand ounces of
blood pass through the kid
neys in less than an hour.
The skeleton measures one
inch less than the height of
the living man.
A man breathes about eigh
teen pints of air in a minute,
or upward of seven hogsheads
in a day.
The average weight of the
brain of a living man is three
and a half pounds; of a wo**
man, two pounds eleven
ounces.
Twelve thousand pounds,
or twenty -four hogsheads,
f mi gallons, or 10,782^ pints
of blood pass through the
heart every twenty-four
hours.
Five hundred and forty
pounds, or one hogshead, one
and a quater pints of blood,
pass through the heart in one
hour.
The average weight of an
Englishman is 150 pounds; of
a Frenchman, 136 pounds,
and of a Belgian 140 pounds.
Tlie average height of an
Englishman is five feet nine
inches; of a Frenchman five
feet four inches, and of a Bel
gian five feet six and three-
quarter inches.
One hundred and seventy-
four million holes or cells are
in the lungs, which would
cover a surface thirty times
greater than the human body.
The average of the pulse
in infancy is* 120 per minute-
in manhood, 80; at 60 years,
60. The pulse of females is
more frequent than that of
males.
The heart beats seventy
five times in a minute; sends
nearly ten pounds of blood
through the veins and’arteries
each beat; makes four beats
while we breathe once.
A man gives off about 4.18
per cent, carbonic gas of the
air he respires, respires 10,
666 cubic feet ol carbonic
acid in twenty-four hours,
consumes 10,667 cubic feet of
oxygen in twenty-four hours,
equal to twenty-five inchess
of common air.
FKOQKESS.
One of the surest signs of
our progress in education is
the fact that our teachers are
reading more books and jour
nals devoted to theirlprofes-
siou. The largely increased
circulation of teacher’s aids of
every description indicates
the amhition to reach greater
proficiency. If you want to
succeed as a teacher you must
become thoroughly acquaint
ed with the various systems
ot education which have been
tried and/ound successful by
other teachers. It is not nec
essary tliat you folioall tlie
plans strictly, but the sugges
tions wliich they offer will
prove invaluable to yon in
organizing your own methods.
Try this tor u term and see it
tlie result is not very grati
fying t.t) you and th-- parents
of your schcol.—N. C. Teach-
Relief is an important tenet
of our profession; and though
to relieve the distressed is a
duty incumbent on all men,
it is more particularly so on
Masons, who are linked to
gether by an indissoluble
chain of sincere affection. To
soothe calamity, alleviate mis
fortune, compassionate misery
and restore peace to the trou
bled mind, is the grand aim of
the true Mason. On this he
establishes his friendships and
forms his connections.
Nakedness of feet was a
sign of mourning. God says
to Ezekiel, “Make no mourn
ing for the dead, { ud put on
thy shoes upon thy feet,” fec.
It was likewise a mark of res
pect. Moses put off his shof-s
to approach the burning bush;
the priests served in the Tab
ernacle with their feet naked,
as they did afterwards in the
Temple. The Talmudists
teach that if they had but
stepped with their feet upon a
cloth, a skin, or even upon
the foot of one of their com
panions, their service would
have been unlawful.
Individuals have passed va
rious opinions respecting the
purity and usefulness ot Free
masonry. One says it is a
modern institution, and tliere-
lore of little value; another
terms it frivolous, and conse
quently contemptible. A third
calls it anti'christian, and
warns the public to avoid it as
a snare. Others affirm that it
is behind the advancing spirit
of the times, and therefore ob
solete : but let any one can
didly judge it by its fruits,
which is the great Christian
criterion by which all things
ought to he tried, according
to the divine fiat of its founder.
(Luke vi. 44). We feed the
hungry, clothe the naked,
comfort the sick, relieve the
distressed, and prov-de for the
fatherless and the widow. Is
any one hungry, we give him
nipat. Is any one thirsty, we
give him drink; naked, we
clothe him ; sick, we visit him;
in prison, we come unto him
with the messages of mercy.
Whatever may be the opin
ions of our opponents of such
deeds as these, we have, the
satisfaction of knowing that
au approving sentence will be
pronounced upon them at the
last day.
Initiation— This solemn cer
emony should never in any
Lodge be considered as the
most important part of a Free
mason’s work, although it is
always thing of importance
to initiate a new member into
the Order. Instructions and
charity are the chief works of
a Freemason. Initiations are
only secondary to these. The
reflection that in one evening
he has become closely united
with many thousands of un
known men, is of itself impor
tant, even if the initiate should
not be able to appreciate the
real spirit of tiie Order. On
liis initiation the candidate
must place himself uuieserv-
edly in the hands of the proper
officer appointed to conduct
iiim, and submit himself to nv
ery proof that is demanded '*t
him, and make no objection
to any of the ceremonies lie
lias to gi) ihrough witli, but
ans\v(?r oveiy question truly
and manfully. When he ai*-
rives in the assembly of the
Brethren, he is asked again,
and for the last time, if it is his
wish to be initiated. In the
moment when he is about to
receive the fi: st degree, every
freedom is permitted to him
either to go forward in the
ceremony or return from
whence he came; for we must
admit that to enter on an un
known undertaking is a dan
gerous thing. He who is
earnest will here prove that he
holds it to be unworthy of a
man not to complete any un
dertaking which he has^ com
menced after mature delibera
tion. If he does so, the as
sembled Brethren cheerfully
and unanimously pronounce
him “worthy,” and he is made
a partaker of the Light. The
solemn obligation taken by
the candidate, and the sacred
and mysterious manner in
which the sacred numbers are
communicated, have always
been respected by every faith
tul Brother.
Committees on Orphan Asylum
Lily Valley Lodge, No. 252—.Tohn
R. Hill, Willij.m H. Riddick, Eras-
tus Baidey.
Kui'eka Lodge, No. 283—G. A. J
Sechler, S. G. Patterson, Charles W
Alexander.
Fulton Lodge, No. 99—k Parker
“V. W, Taylor, J. Samuel McCab'
bins.
Mount Energy Lodge, No. 140—
Henry Haley, Join Knight, H. P.
Parrett.
Hiram Lodge, No. 40—George M.
Smedes, Theodore Joseph, John
Nichols.
Evergreen Lodge, No. 303—M
Morrison, H. P. Harman, L. McN
McDonald.
Fellowship Lodge. No. 84.—Jo
seph Parker, C. S. Powell, John T
Cobb.
Wayne Lodge, ’No. 112.—E. A
Wright, Augustus Edward, E, W
Cox.
. GRAND LECTURER—Dr. C
D. Rice, Raleigh, N. C.
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