The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-12-26
plIIsuuluugb gsrarusr,
WEDNESDAY 80. DEG. &c, 1877
CHRISTafAs-THE ORPHANS.


wings over ali the earth. the din Of wars
universal warfare was hushed Ut the APP
preach Of the Prince Of Peace. so. at this
period wheh Christian peoples commemorate
the blessed era BY the expressions Of good
will and Kindness. we dismiss for the time
all remembrances Of topics which give their
interes. oihe pages Of journalism, and turn
10 things more in harmony with the auspi-
cious season.
With those who are prosperous in their
worldly affairs there is every facility in
wealth to procure or impart such happiness
as can flow from good cheer or abundant
gifts. Even with those not 50 blessed. there
remains the purer aud more enduring plea
sure growing out Of unbroken family ties;
the interchange Of annual greetings between
hearts warmed up to unwonted glow by sas
cred or by social associations; and there is
that purest and most unsel6sh Of all plea
sure, the delight Of giving happiness to the
young through tie cxtatic delight ut trea-
sures poured out frcm mysterious Golfers,
and gliding with a transient CLEAN Of unal-
loyed enjoyment the hearts of those who
deal with human nature in its most limo,
cent and loveabIe aspects. Happy for US
that one source Of pure delight sends out
perennial stream. aeer to pe dried up 50
long as the Nativity Of the Blessed Savior
is COMMUNICATED among men.
But there is one class to whom Christmas
comes as an unneabing word. or darken-
ed day, saddened with the knowledge that
they are east out Of the light Of general
happiness. cut of from the tide Of human
sympathirs, shut up 10 the solitude Of their
ow1 bereased hearts. stiaed in the sadness
ofhelpless ISOLATION ;alone, Of al the young,
without Christmas joy. because deserted.
forgotten. uncared for. 1t is fearful thing
to see the young heart dried up and wilher-
ed. lis tender susceptibilities indurated by
unnatural familiarity with sorrow. its purest
emotions turned into bitterness. Yet how
many young heart is prenaturely agoniz.
ed! What q precocity Of experience IN the
cruel realities Of life What scant CLEANS
OF sunshine owe. lays that ought all to be
bright! The lot Of the orphan is the most
touching picture Of blighted human exis-
tence that can be presented, because il falls
upon that period Of being which, 10 the
happier distribution Of the gifts Of the Gre
ator, is crowned with Joyous freedom from
care and intense appreciation Of all tina.
makes life pleasa..t for its own sake. The
orphan alone, Of all the young, is tLrus,
into outer darkness. conscious Of bis misery,
but without claim or tie to bind him to biz
fellows.
But is there not claim and tie to bind his
fellows % him? Tan We believe that God.
who has been kinder to US and TO our chill
dren. has not imposed upon IS the care Of
those whom Ills hands have made desolate |!
Has lie not made US oll the fathers aud the
mothers. the brothers and the sisters Of the
little ones whose natural protectors lie has
Withdrawn, that belief IN Hun and ODE.
dienee 10 His precepts should illustrate The
very essence Of creed, which is loye-d.
vine loveS Nov let us see II We cannot IL
this joyous and benevolent Christmas sea.
ron begin 70 Do something more for the Or.
phan than We have been doing. We. Or
rather some moe thoughtful and active
than the rest Of o.. have made beginning
towards the fulflment Of the great duty.
The Orphan Asylum u Oxford is an &C
knowledged fact. Ii il walls are gather
ed some hundred or more children. sppa.
rently snaiched from want, from degrade
tion. from crime. We say. apparently, for
having gotten them within those walls, we
are comp!Seeutly satisfied. But We are apt
20 forget that We may make the last state Of
these children worse than the 6rst. We
gather them together. We con6ne them. but
We starse them or would do % bu. for the
persistent exertion Of one who knows his
responsibility and will not shirk il though
he weary By be much asking. Mr.. Mill.
is right II be continues TO din into the ear.
Of the people d North Carolina their duty.
They must be made 10 feel the obligation
and meet il mantully.
The State IN il sovereign character stand,
nlOOf. She has generously provided for The
education Of the Deaf, the Dumb and The
Blind; she bumanely ministers 70 mind,
diseased. and mitigstes the curse Of inssbi.
y BY the tendefest soliciiude for is cure
10 Coz lie alienation but Tor ibe care Or tbe
Orphsns. the helples, youth. sound 10 body