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GOOD TEMPLAR ’ PUBLISHED BY THE GRAND LODGE. *5 WHAT IS MY BABY MADE OFI BY MARY D. BRINE. What is my baby made of? Of all things sweet and fair; Of the dew of the early morning, Of the breath of the Summer air. The fairies must have wrought him Out of the sunshine bright, Or stolen a wandering angel Out of a moonlit night. The blue of the azure heavens Has tinted his wondering eyes, His head has gathered the sunshine Out of the Summer skies. The dimples his cheeks are holding— The dimple in chin, as well— Are the prints of the fairies’ fingers, Tinged by the ocean shell. 0 wondrously fair and lovely, My baby was made for me, Whether a stolen angel Or nymph of tlie Summer sea. And I’ve clipped his wings with my kisses, Lest he fly away like a dove, And I’ve bound him with golden fetters, Wrought by the power of love. — Cottage Hearth. NEWS FROM THE LODGES. The Ledge Deputies for the following- Lodges report as follows: No. 26. Bro. S. R. Ball reports Athens Lodge holding her own. No. 214, Bro. J. C. Lindley: “ We have had some trouble in our Lodge, but we have about gotten straight we reckon.” No. 204, Bro. J. D. Knots, says : “The most prolific source of getting members out of the Order is the non-payment of quarterly dues.” No. 63, Bro. R. C. Lilley : “Our Lodge seems to be growing, and has produced a great change for the better upon the com munity.” Bro. R. J. Williams, No. 244, says: “ We have made a slight increase during the past quarter, and hope we have reached the turning point from which we may date a period of continued prosperity.” No. 168, Bro. J. A. Roberts, says: “We are having reverses, but it is our purpose to fight on, hoping to do better in the fu ture. Lodge discipline very good. In fluence of the Lodge in the community for good very perceptable.” No. 194, Bro. W. A. Coe : “Lodge ina prosperous condition—members working for the cause—all banded together as brethren—expect to have a public meeting soon. Think the 25 copies of the G. Tem plar has effected good. A bright pros pect before us.” Bro. L. N. Lucas, No. 35, says: “{The Lodge is in a prosperous condition, and by punctuality on the part of the officers, we expect to make it the banner Lodge of the State.” Bro. A. S. Aldridge reports much sick ness around Bay River during the past quarter, and states that the Lodge has been affected thereby, but says the pros pects are better; that the Lodge is exert ing a good influence upon the community. Bro. J. R. Jones, No. 220, says: “We, as members of Iola Lodge, have passed the following resolution : 1 We hereby resolve to pay our dues for the present year, on or before the first meeting in February.’ Our reason for this is, the money question dur ing summer kills the interest in our Lodge, and this may forestall it.” Rock Spring Lodge will give a pic nic on the 14th of April, at which a general tem perance mass-meeting will be held, and temperance people are invited to be pres ent. We accept the invitation extended to us, and shall expect to meet Brother Broughton. Bro. T. M. Costin, No. 169, says: “Lodge in good condition, not increasing in num bers, but influence extending. We have driven the retail business of liquor from the neighborhood, and instead of rum mills we have three new churches and one acad emy. Our influence has told on the color ed race, who are ever ready to copy the virtues of their white friends, as well as their vices.” No. IS, W. J. Williams says: “We have us a new hall now, and I think we will be able do better soon. We will be able to lessen our dues. I think if wemake our dues less, a great many of our suspen ded will pay up and thereby be reinsta ted.” We hope Bro. Williams may real ize his expectation, and in order to assure it, we hope he will take steps to circuLTe the Good Templar among those suspen ded members. Bro. E. O. Johnston, No. 221, says: “I think we are all right. Initiated five, ex pelled one, and expect more to join soon. The fifty copies of the Good Templar took well among outsiders. The officers of the church are all encouraging us in our efforts to put down alcohol.” Bro. R. II , No. —•, reports several members suspended for non-payment of dues. Now there are very few Good Tem plars in North Carolina who are not able to pay the small amount of dues required by the Lodges generally. The fact is, the money question tests the strength of men’s zeal in any and every cause with wonder ful accuracy. The boys frequently love the girls who have money much the best. Many people are very fond of all the meet ings of their church except those in which money is proposed to be raised, then some thing prevents their attendance. Let a man grow cold in any cause and it will be seen first in the money connections. So it is in Good Templary, the first thing they do when they begin to grow cold in the cause, or begin to hanker after the “ crit ter,' 1 '’ is to hold on to the money and plead hard times until they are so far behind they quit. Brethren, don’t do this. You are stabbing the cause you profess to ad mire. Bro. T. W. Kittrell, No. 40. says: “Oui- Lodge is small, and is not willing to take the Good Templar at 50 cents a copy, but would take 15 copies at which you offer 50.” Now, brother, we cannot afford to furnish such small clubs at the price named, but just get the March number of the Good Templar and you will find the very best we can do for small clubs. Every Lodge should not only take the paper for. its members, but as many as possible should be circulated outside of the Lodge, that the outside world may have attention call ed to what the temperance people are do ing, what they propose to do, and why they propose to do it. Circulate all the temperance literature possible. It will advance the temperance sentiment in so ciety, and strengthen the position of the Lodges before the public. ....How few interests, temporal or eter nal, that escape the blighting influences of intemperance! “ WORTHY FINANCIAL SECRETARY.” The following address from the Good Templar, the official organ of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, says some things which I desire to say, so much better than I can say them, that I copy it: “ You are. one of the most important officers of the Lodge. Upon the faithfid discharge of your duties the prosperity and stability of the Lodge largely depend. Other officers may be ever so zealous and faithful, but if you fail, the Lodge must suffer, if not be destroyed. Your duties require you to keep the account of each member with the Lodge, and to faithfully endeavor to collect all dues not voluntarily paid before the end of the quarter. So you are not simply a receiver, as many Finan cial Secretaries seem to suppose, but the collector of the Lodge. If members grow dilatory in attending, and slack in vol untarily paying, it is your duty to see t icm and require payment, whether they attend Lodge or not. Faithfulness in this r -gar I proves the very best means of se curing the attendance of tins class of mem bers. What they have paid for they will be pretty sure to want to enjoy. Few will refuse outright to pay dues, and it were tetter far that such as squarely refuse to attend or support the Lodge should be ad vised formally to withdraw from the Ord r entirely. Such members are an injury to the Order, the Cause, and the Lodge. But -• he pros' med that mere absence from the Lodge indicates any such feeling or desire. If the Financial Secretary will do his duty and personally see and talk with every delinquent, nine out of ten of them will prove true to their allegiance, and a large majority will pay up and at tend more promptly. May we not urge our brothers and sisters who are filling this important office in our Lodges, to com mence the new year with a firm resolve that there shall be no lack of diligence or faithfulness on their part for the remain der of the term. The sure index of wheth er you have made and kept this resolve will be found in the size of the delinquent lists you report to your Lodges for suspen sion. Many Lodges are in need of funds for their work, and simply from the care lessness or inattention of their Financial Secretaries. Then follow suspensions foi- non-payment of dues, decrease in member ship, discouragement, decline and—death. Shall this, brothers and sisters, be the ex perience of any of your Lodges? If you have heretofore been a little negligent, try the effect of ‘turning over a new leaf.’ And may you and your Lodges be pros pered in so doing.” T. C. W. ♦ «, ^ LICENSE OR NO LICENSE. Every man and woman must be wide awake upon this issue. Now is the time. The people demand relief from the burden of the drunkard maker’s yoke. The Sa- loonitics and Hotel drunkard makers must go down together. Their traffic is rob bery. They rob their victim. They rob his family. They rob society. They rob tax payers. These licensed Saloons, Ho tels, Drug Stores and Dram Shops are the nurseries of vice and crime. The man who sells alcoholic liquor as a beverage is a manufacturer of criminals and paupers. License is protection for the traffic. The license law is a fraud. Prohibition is the only law that is a success. To vote for li cense is to become a partner in the busi ness. Are you in earnest? Have you seen and talked with your neighbor? Now is the time to work. Legalized murder must go down. The people will no longer pay taxes to support it.—Temperance Investi gator. 4 .^ > , ^ BRO. W. C. BOWMAN. We were rejoiced a few days ago at re ceiving a letter from Bro. W. C. Bowman, whose long silence awakened our fears about his being lost to Good Templary. But he comes forth with fresh courage, and says : “You may say to the Lodges of the State that if they think my services would be helpful to the good cause, I hold myself at their bidding to buckle on the armor and go to any part of the State for duty during the present spring and early sum mer. Address me at Bakersville, N. C. W. C. Bowman.” This is good news, and we hope Lodges of Counties and Districts will club together and secure Bro. Bowman. He is certainly one of the ablest temperance lecturers in North Carolina, and second to but very fey that we have ever heard. Wake County Convention, A Convention of Wake County Lodge, I.O.G.T., will be held with Wake Forest College Lodge on the first Saturday in May, at 10 o’clock, a. m. Each Lodge is entitled to four delegates. The County Couve-i.: Asof gre-w ber. fit to ouj’ Wider; and it is hoped that the Brothers and Sis ters will take more interest in this part of our noble work, and on the morning of the 3rd day of May let every Lodge in Wake county be fully represented at Wake Forest, and a day's work be done long to be remembered in the history of the Good Templars of Wake county. Yours in F., H. and C^ N. S. Jones, Cor. Sec. Roger’s Store, March 24, 1879. TEMPERANCE ITEMS. ....We want true men and women everywhere to work for the advancement of the good cause of temperance. ....Upwards of 1,200 churches in Great Britain now use for unfermented wine, the true “ fruit of the vine,” and free from al cohol. ....The principles we advocate are based upon truth and right, therefore must ulti mately triumph. All men must acknowl edge them in the course of time. . ..Does not the liquor seller, under li cense, claim the right to make men drunk, to make paupers, beggars, and to send thousands to lunatic asylums; in short, to rule or ruin this fair country ? ....The World’s Temperance Conven tion, which is to be held at Old Orchard during the next summer, promises to be one of the most important meetings of the kind ever held in this country. ....The editor of the New Jersey Tem perance Gazette turns the rum roosted up side do-wn in his paper the last month, be cause of the defeat of the rumsellers in their case of libel against the stockholders of the paper. ... Compare a license given to a saloon or drug store to sell alcohol in Christian America, which destroys families and the industries of the country, with letters of marque, and what pirates have done on the great high seas of the world.
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