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OXFORD, N. C., JUNE 29, 1883.
(VOL. IX. NO. 6.
OEUMBS OF CHBISTIAN
OHABITY.
BY MBS. ENOCH TAYI/>B.
I ma^e a call ' he other day
On Mis. Smith, across the way;
And as Nve in the pari or sat,
Indnlging in a social chat,
There came a beggar to the door,
Which led us to discuss the poor.
Now, Mrs, Smith belongs to church,
And seems.to be in daily search
Of souls to save, and good to do—
And I think her heart is bon j, t, to.ij
But when it camv> to charity,
I then could very p'ainly see
She had but little she could spare,
Although she had a liberal share
Of Ibis world’s goods; but tlien, you
know,
It’s hard for some to let it go I
Said'she, ‘Tpity all the poor.
And. hate to turn them from my
■ door.
It almost makes my bosom bleed
Tq Ibojs aroifnd and, see the need
That daily stares us in the face-
dust see tbie lovely Brussels lace
I bought to trim my grenadine,
The handsomest I think I’ve .seen.
I oltep tuink I’ll try to see
If I can, through economy,
Sawe enough'togive the poor
A pdrtiem of my worldly store.
I think ni wear a cheaper hat—
But, Mrs. Jones, I can’t do that;
And tlien 1 want a seal-skin sack—
I’ve not a mantle to my back.
X must get what I need to wear—
They say thi se people over there
Are starving more than half their
time,—
ni send John over with a dime !
■‘(3® down,. Mary, and tell the cook,
If she will in the pantry look,
Shft’U, find, some steak—a little
tough,
Bpt the will think it good enough;
Gj),! ake it^tp those hungry boys,
I .hope thatjthat m^y stop their
I can’t hel^,^hinking of the poor—
1 saw do^^tbw^, in Stevens? store.
Such a lovely Paisley shawl,
And.just %e thing, as I am tall—
There gi ps tl]» bell—who is it, lohn?
Tell the beggar 1 have none—
1 can’t give every thing away 1
Bpt let me see—oh, hero, John,
stay I
I thipk Lhave some, cast-off shoes,
That, none of us can longer use ;
Gp give hilt) these, they’re in my
road,
Ajid tel^ hi«Q he should trust in
Godl
“Oh, Mrs. Jones, I’ve made a raise,
Ajbronii-pew satin polonaise
Dp tell me ho^ to have it made
Tp oast Kate Cooper’s in the sh.ide!
I TOust-to-raorrow send some tracts
To post those folks in Bible facts ;
For paupers, as a general rule,
Will neviT go to Sunday School.
Just see my lovely ostrich plume.
It’s long enough to da?t a room;
They say' that poor man was a clerk,
But lor a year, has had no work;
I’d really love to give them aid.
But I must havfl my velvet made.
“Now, Mis. Jones, don’t rise to go;
Why can’t you stay and help us sew
For those poor children over there?
Oh, dear me, I do declare,
1 quite forgot that I’m to dine
With those wealthy friends of mine;
I’ll have to let the children go,
For really I’ve ru) tibie to sejir;
I’m sorry they’ve no clothes to wear,
And only wish I’d some to spare.
How sad it is for i;s to see,
So much of want and poverty ;
So many sinners proud and vain—
It always gives us Christians pain.
The carriage waits—I must away—
Do call again another day.”
Feebleness of means is, In
fact, the feebleness of him
that employs theuir
THE BROKEN CLOCK.
There was a poor family
liying in one of the large for«
ests of Grermany. The father
was often at work a good dis
tance from his home, and if
anything went wrong in the
cottage, the mother was una
ble to leave it to go to the
town to get the help she need
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One day she was sorely vex
ed to dnd that some of the
children had been tampering
with the clock, and put it out
of order. This made it irapos
sible for her to order the ways
of her household as regularly
as she wished to do, for she
was a most methodical wom
an, and liked doing every
thing properly to time. How
ever, she quickly called to
mind that her old uncle was a
clock-maker, and she got one
of the boys to go over a great
distance on foot, to where this
old man lived, and persuaded
him to come over and mend
the time-piece.
It was some time before he
could do so; and when at last
Karl Hans, the uncle,
came, the whole household
assembled to watch him at his
work; for they had a great'
respectfor.his intimate knowl
edge of the insides of clocks,
which were nearly as queer
as the insides of human be
ings. Karl was not a very
talkative man, but he had the
repatation of being very
knowing, and taking in what
was going on around him,
when he appeared to have one
if not two eyes shut.
“Have you got anything
else which wants mending?”
he asked, as he half shut his
eyes, and peeped sideways
into the most mysterious part
of the clock.
“Not that I know of,’’ said
Mrs. Schmidt; “and I should
not like to trouble you, umde,
if 1 had.”
“0, don’t mention trouble,’’
said old Karl; “only I thought
it might be as well for the
young people to mend their
manners, and then perhaps
they would not go meddling
with things too high for them
like the clock.”
The boys did not know
which way to look, as Karl
said this, so stared at the walls
and ceiling as it they were
guilty of having shown’ bad
manners.
“It’s astonishing how few
folks understand bow to mend
their manners,” Karl contin
ued; “they don’t seem to see
that if they do things which
are out of place, they are sure
to put other people out, and
in the end make things un
comfortable for themselves.
"Very many hearts are broken
past mending, by not having
the little cracks patched up,so
to speak, by soft words, be
fore they have gone very
deep. People should make
it their business in life to mind
these two things, first to be
sure and not break anything
themselves, and secondly, to
be sure and look out for what
other people have broken, in
order to try and mend these
things. There’S a deal to be
read in the Bible about “re
pairing’’ and setting things to
rights; and I am never more
happy than when I have un
done seme one else’s mischief,’’
Karl did not say much
for some time, and indeed it
would have been of smalKuse
if he had done so; for the ba
by having succeeded in ram
ming the spoon, given her to
play with, half way down
her throat, had a great chok
ing fit, and every one’s atten
tion was given to thumping
her on the back.
When peace was restored,
Karl had nearly finished his
work.
“Now^ boys,” he said, “the
inside of this clock, the works
I mean, are set right; so you
will find the hands will point
to the true time without your
helping them along with your
finger and thumb. Clocks
and people are very much
alike, they go right or I'vrong
according to the state of their
insides, where the works are.
There are some folks would
make you believe tbat the
outside of a clock is the most
important part to have hand
some looking; but a very bad
clock for telling true time may
have a very fair face. And
there are some folks who want
to get everybody to look fair
on the outside, to act like re
spectable people, and do this
and not do the other, they
are always jogging away at
the hands of the clock, so to
speak; but they forget that the
grent matter is for every one’s
works to be clean, their in
side heart I mean. David did
not say, “O Lord make me a
respectable man.’’ “Keep me
from drink.” “Keep me from
swearing.” He said, “Grive
me a clean heart,0 Lord, and
renew a right spirit within
me.’^ He knew if his heart,
were clean his way would be
true, just as the hands of the
clock point true, if the works
inside are going on rightly.
“And Grod knows when we
carry a fair face and act like
Christian men, whether we do
so from being shoved on, so to
speak, by some one else’s fin -
gers or from right feeling.
“He dosen’t care for a new
face when the clock of your
heart has got tiie old works.
He wants new works—that is
the first and all-important
point,—’Renew a right spirit
within me,’ says David. Then
no matter what ups or downs
come, your inside clock, your
heart, will make your hands
go right. You may be shak
en one day, kicked down the
next, and lifted up the third,
but you will still go right.
“But if you have only been
helped to go right by your
fellow-man, and not by God’s
Spirit which is the oil of grace
then your hands will tumble
about any how, if you are
but in a crooked place; they
will fall' back to the lowest
point they can, for there will
be nothing behind to hold
them up.”
In this way old Karl tried
not only to mend the clock,
but to set the boys to think
ing; for be was one of those
who had what is better
than all the head-knowledge
of scholars,—he had some of
the wisdom which comes from
the Lord, and which is as
necessary to guide people
through life as a compass is
to the sailor at sea. And no
one of the family, who saw
the old clock day by day,
ticking steadily on the walls,
forgot anything which Karl
had said whilst mending it so
thoroughly.
A SILVER RULE.
RESTLESS FRANCE,
Ever since the warlike star
of France paled before the
tread of German invasion,
that theatrical and vain-glo-
lions people have been thirst
ing for an opportunity to re
cover their laurels. Too cau
tious to provoke the heavy
arm of Germany, or of other
European military nations,
they have been gentle as coo-
in^ doves -where there was
danger, but fierce as the
screaming eagle among the
ill-armed and unwarlike races
of Asia and Africa. In south .
eastern Asia is situated the
Empire of Anam, whose area
is three times as great as the
State of Missouri, and whose
population is estimated at
15,000,000 souls. Anam was
once subject to China, but
several centuries ago rebelled
and established an indepen
dent existence, which it re
tained until a few years since
when, it was virtually made
a dependency of France. Re
cently they have pushed their
aggression.s into the province
of Toaquin, on the borders of
China,with the result of arous
ing the hostility of the Celes
tial Empire, and there seems
to exist an excellent prospect
for a war of no .little magni
tude. The Cliinese have been
conforming their army to
European standards, arming
it with modern weapons, and
it is thought that it has been
greatly improved in efficien
cy. It is not impossible that
the latter may receive the
sympathy of England and
Germany in the event of war,
and it is possible that the
French may find that they
have undertaken all that they
are able to accomplish.
During the last war in this
country, one of the men forc
ed to bear arms was an old
turkey-hunter ‘named Car-
wiles. He bad passed his life
hitherto in the mouptains of
West Virginia, and knew a
great deal more about wild
turkeys than about shot and
shell. As old soldiers sav,
shell fired from ^.cannon fly
through the air with a pecul
iar fluttering sound. In fact,
these flying shells 4re called
“wet geese.’’ When Mr. Car.-
wiles went into battle for the
first time, his regiment was
placed in a certain piece of
woods. While the troops were
there, the opposing troops
began to shell the woods, and
the huge projectiles screamed
over the treee-tops. As the
first shell went over Mr. Car-
wiles’ head—“flut! flut! flut!’’
- -the old turkey-hunter look
ed up, exclaiming: “My gra
cious, boys, what a gobbler!”
You all know the Golden
Rule : “Do unto others as
you wish them to do unto
you.” Here is a rule which
we will put by itself, and be
cause of its value call it the
silver rule: “Think and say
all you can of the good quali-
ities of others; forget and keep
silent concerning the bad
qualities.” You can not con
ceive how much such a cours©
will heighten your happiness
and raise you in the esteem of
your companions. Did you
ever think any more of a boy
or girl 1 ecause he or she
found fault with others? Nev
er call your sclioolmates or
playmates ugly or cross to
their faces or behind their
backs. If they are ugly, or
stingy,Jor cross, it does not
make them better for you to
talk or think about it, while it
makes you love to dwell upon
the faults of others, and cau
ses your own soul to grow
smaller and become like the
foul bird that prefers car
rion to food. Rather tell all
the good you can, and try to
think of some good quality of
vour mates.—American Farm-
HELP YOUESPLP.
People who have been bol
stered up and levered all their
lives are seldom good for any
thing in a crisis. When mis
fortune comes they look
around for something to lean
upon. If the prop is not there
down they go.
Once down they are as
helpless as capsized turtles, or
unhorsed men in armor, and
cannot find their feet again
without assistance.
Such silken fellows no more
resemble self-made men, who
have fought their way to po
sition, making difficulties their
stepping stones, and deriving
determination from defeat,
than vines resemble oaks, or
sputtering rush lights the
stars of heaven. Efforts per
sisted in to achievements train
a man to self-reliance, and
when he has proved to the
world that he can trust him
self, the world will trust him.
It is unwise to deprive
young men of “the advanta
ges which result from their
own energetic action by
“boostin’’ them over obstacles
which they ought to surmount
alone.
SYMBOLS.
The vernacular of the Boston
girl is becoming shockingly
uusesthetic. A Beacon Mill
belle was accosted by a friend
who said,reproachfully: “Em
ily, this is the tbiid time you
have been engaged since we
have returned from Nantucket
last fall.’’ “Yes, Mollie,” was
the reply, “I’m not throwing
anything good over my shoul
der thre season.”
Mr. A. Armfield P. 0.,!^.* I.
says; “Mv wife has proveu your medi
cine to be good for nervousness uml
general dehQlty.”
RECREATIONS.
A holy life is made up of a
number of small things. Little
words not eloquent speeches
or sermons; little deeds, not
miracles, nor one great heroic
act or mighty martyrdom
make? up the true Ohristiau
life. The little, constant sun
beam, not the lightning, the
waters of Shiloh “that go so
softly” in their meek mission
of refreshment, not tlie waters
of the rivei, great and many,
rushing down in torrent,noise
and force, are the true sym
bols of a holy life. The avoid
ance of little evils, little sins,
little inconsistencies, little foi
bles, little indiscretions and
imprudences, little indulgen
ces of self and flesh—the
avoidance of such little things
as tliese go far to make up, at
least, the negative beauty of
a holy life.—Moratius Bonar.
“Your recreations, of which
you liave given me a brief
vsketch, are doubtless inno
cent,, especially if they occu
py no more of your time than
a due attention to health, and
the wants of your nature de
mand. Altlio.ugh you hav#
often reproached me' with be
ing too austere, I am far from
thinking that religion forbids
the use of innocent recrea
tions; because being indiffer
ent in themselves, they be
come useful when they are
necessary for tlie relaxation
of the body or the mind. I
am not at all sliocked at the
tradition which informs us
that St, John sometimes
amused himself with a par
tridge which he had tamed.
Happy are they who, as far
as they are able, endeavor to
turn their own recreations to
the advantage of others,which
may certainly, if not always,
sometimes be done.—Fletcher.
THE VALUE OF MAN.
Man, as a rational being, is
allied to the divine; the imaged
likeness, though frightfully
deformed, is still discernible
to the all seeing eye; God re
cognizes this distant relation
ship as He sees liim lying in
spiritual ruin, and then when
he believes, the distance is
gone; it is his faith which
brings him near to the Infi
nite One, and makes him, in
some sense, a partaker of His
infinity. T.’his is his value.
Hence the power of that glo
rious scriptural anthropopas
thism. The Almighty Shep
herd leaving the ninety and
nine to seek the one that is
lost in the wilderness,—Tay-^
lor Lewis.
A quiet man traveling a
short time ago by rail, in Eng
land, was annoyed by the
noise which two or three men
in the same carriage were'
making. One of them had
been telling tremendous sto
ries about himself, in a loud
voice, and liad tried once or
twice to draw out the quiet
man, but in vain. At last he
turned to him and said, rather
offensively: “I fear, sir,that
our noise has rather inconven
ienced you.” “Not ill the
least,”he replied. ‘^I thought,”
returned the noisy, “that you
did not seem interested by my
stories.” “Quite tlie reverse,
my dear sir,” said the quiet
one: “I was very much so
—in fact, I am a bit of a liar
myself*’’
The time has almost come
when the politician who winks
at vice that he may make
votes will miss his mark. The
majorities will be on the oth
er side, and self-stultified men
will no longer crawl into high
places with their moral back
bone broken. Speed the day!
Mr. J. D. Suttenfield, lleidsville,N.C.
says: “My wife has never felt her neu
ralgia since she used Brown’s Iron Bit
ters. It improved lier healtli greatly.
T.J.&W.D.H0RNER’S
Classical, Mathematical and
Commercial School,
HENDERSON, VANCE CO., N. C.
The Fall Session opens the Fourth
Monday in .inly next. The teachers
are tried aird experienced; the terms
reasonable and the aceoininodations
are first-class; tin; Discipline is good
and the Course of Study thorougli.
For circular giving particulars, ad
dress the principals. 4-6t
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