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The  ChristianCynosure 


EZRA  A.  COOK  *  CO.,  PUBLISHERS.  CHICAGO.  ILL. 


"In  Secret  Have  I  Said  JVothing."- 


WEEKLT  EDITION,    $2.00  A  YEAR 


VOL  III.    NO.  1. 


CHICAGO,    THURSDAY,    OCTOBEK  16,  1873. 


WHOLE  NO.  105 


The  Christian  Cynosute. 

No.  11  tValiasb  Ayenue,  Chicago. 


(Juts  turns   bellied    uud   Unsettled. 


Progress  is  stamped  upon  every  in- 
terest which  the  irnu>orlal   mind  makes 

toes,  literature  and  every  branch  o 
learning.     There  is  progress  m  a^ricul 

general  spread  of  intelligence,  the  dis- 
semination  of  thought,  the  methods  of 
travel,  and  in  almost  every  thing 
which   looks   to  ihe  elevation  of     the 

Nor  does  advancement  at>p  with  aes- 
thetic culture  aid  material  growth. 
The  appreuauoo  of  the  principles  of 
law  are  better  understood,  and  the 
the  study  of  theulogy  and  its  fitness 
for  a  fallen  race  is  receiving  new  teals 
and  strains,  and  the  -'deep  sea  sound- 
ings" of  Huly  Writ  have  developed  in  a 
wonderful  degree,  the  fact  that  the 
science  of  theology  has  a  field  wide  as 
the  heavens  and  deep  as  doum. 

With  the  spinning  wheels  and  stage 
coaches  of  a  by-gone  generation, many 
questions  that  ouce  agitated  the  con- 
science and  country  have  been  stowed 
away  among  the  r-hes  of  ihe  past.  Dis- 
putes aV>!>ui  tariffs  and  public  lands, 
slave  territory  and  state  rights,  pedo- 
baptism,  aotinomianism.  freet,race,  and 
predestination  have  each  had  their  day. 

They  were  questions  of  mighty  im- 
port in  their  time6,  and  the  profouud- 
est  men  of  the  ag.:  aided  in    their   final 

tied  by  ballots  and  some  by  battles; 
some  by  discussion  and  others  by  com- 
mon cunsent  have  vanished  away. 

Sjngs  and  cider  once  might  decide 
who  should  b-^  president  of  the  United 
States,  and    shape  the  national  destiny 


merchant  priucen  and    money   cha 
become     millionaires!"       The  qui 


What  shall    be  done  with  men     wiio 

But  while  dead  issues  of  material  and 
,oral  nature  in  their  old  forms  are 
irust  away  to   clumber  in   the-  garret- 


mi.   i 


ligbty  i 


thought  and  action  to  be  up  and  at  the 
front  in  every  good  word  and  work. 
New  questions    are  coming  up,  than 


among  the   people  who  found  a  home 

ita  swords  beneath  the  very  eaves  of 
our  dwelling.  Th»y  are  the  trade-un 
iona  of  tbe  manufacturing  Atlantic  olop^, 
the  granges  of  the  agricultural  interior, 
the  order  of  the  Creseot  of  the  Pacific 
■lope,  the  colored   protectionists  of  the 


Gulf  I: 


oath  and  secrecy  are  pledged  to  support 
no  man  for  office   who    is  not  colored. 

— Free  masonry — which  shadows  lh( 
earth  like  a  Javnn  Upsi,  must  be  set 
tied. 

Then  there  is  the  question  of  infidel- 
ity which  is  seeking  through  its  regu 
lar  organizations,  and  by  every  privat-. 


the  behests  of  theoretical  and  practical 
libertines? 

These  are  practical  questions.  They 
are  raised  by  voice  and  vote,  by  individ" 
ual  effm  and  thoroughly  organized  so- 
cieties,    They  are  brought  to  the  front 

legislative  hall,  and  like  a  recoiling 
breaker  they  sprinkle  their  spray  over 
our  tea  tables,  and  ebb  away  through 

storm,  ba?  always  been  bewildered. 
ft  cannot  bridle  tbe  cyclone,  it  cannot 


see  the  wild    lee  shore  all  strewn    with 
rock-bound  coast  ever  needed    a  pilot 

Woe  betide  that  man  or  organization 
which  now  cannot  and  does  not  call  to 
his  aid  the  power  of  the  Holiest  and 
Highest— the   Saviour    of    the  world. 

In  him  is  needed  an  all-conquering 
confidence.  Thai  alone  can  save.  The 
iroh  will  of  one  ftout  heart  shall  make 
a  thousand  quail.  A  feehle  dwarf, 
d auntlesBly  resolved  has  turned  many  a 
tide  of  batile,  by  rallying  giants  who 
would    have   fled. 

Then  few  and  feeble  though  we  he, 
that  is  none  of  our  business  since  God 
calls  us  with  pillars  of  cloud  and  fire  to 
the  front.  Courage  is  akin  to  power, 
because  it  holds  a  steady  ste ady  faith  in 
an  Arm  Almighty.  Then  let  us  on  to 
the  confl.ct.  Henry  Kirk  White  has 
well  said: 

7t«w  "The  pious  man 

Ia  this  bad  world,  where  mists  and  couch- 
Side  heaven's  hue  circlet,  springs  aloft  in 

Above  the  threatning  clouds  to  the  fields 
'if  ether,  "'here  tbe  dav  is  never  veiled 


y  back,  from  man  con 

u  plays. 
— Am.     Wesleyan 


,  Chri 


i  from 


vith 


mtled  mmt  be  willing  to  "take  our 
>ledge  for  life."  Many,  we  dare  8ay, 
eading  this,  suppose  that  our  -'pledge" 
las  ragard  exclusively    to  total    absti- 


Thts 


Whal 


'the 


.ndidai 


.dually 


of  his 


erhood.  The  whole  of  this  pledge  or 
"solemn  obligation,"  the  order  of  the 
initiation,  and  other  services,  etc.,  are 
contained  in  a  book  called  the  ''Ritu- 
d,"  respecing  which  the   law  ia — *■  No 

or  personally  possess  rituals  or  officers' 
cuds  for  his  own  use;  they  can  only 
be  sold  to  lodges  as  such,  and,  before 
new  ones  are  supplied,  the  old  ones 
must  be  returned  to  tbe  Grand  Lud^e." 
Hardly  able  to  believe  that  we  read 
this  law  rightly — that  a  bjok  we  bad 
heard  extolled  (by  Templars)  ai  one  of 
the  grandest  productions  in  the  lan- 
guage, which  is  in  relation  to  tbe  order 
what  the  liturgy  is  to  the  Episc  >pal 
church,  wa<  really  withheld  from  the 
public — we  applied  to  grand  worthies 
and  to  the  head  office  for  a  copy,  so  that 
we  night  decide  for  ourselves  respect- 
ing it,  but  were  cooly  informed  that 
we  could  not  have  it  either  for  love  nor 
money.  What  the  eolemn  obligation 
was  "  we  should  be  informed  before 
(just  before)  taking  it,  and  would   then 


have  the  opportunity  of  withdrawing;" 
but  the  liturgy,  in  which  we  should 
afterwords  have  to  join,  "  wo  mustlake 
entirely  on  faith" — faith  in  the  inde- 
pendent order  of  Good  Templars.  "We 
have  not  so  learned  Christ;"  and  we 
submit  whether  tbe  fact  that  this  "Book 
of  Ritual,"  with  which    every  member 

held — not  only  from  his  careful  study, 
but  from  his  very  si^ht — be  not  in    it- 


elf  suffi 


■  pre* 


ing  the  thought  for 
becoming  a  good  Templar) 

It  so  happened,  however,  that  while 
making  inquiry  respecting  the  order, 
we  received  by  post  from  a  frend  two 
pamphlets  on  the  very  subject — one  by 
the  Rev.  J.  Kerr,  a  director  of  the 
Greenock  Total  Abstinence  Society,  on 
"Secret  Societies;"  the  other  by  the 
Rev.  J.  Heron,  Kdrea,  on  '-Good  Tem- 
plarism,  not  good  Christianity."  Both 
pamphlets  are  published  by  C.  Ailchi- 
son,  Castle  Place,  Belfast,  and  we 
strongly  recommend  the  p=ritsal  of 
them  to  those  wishing  to  understand 
the  nature  and  tendencies  of  this  and 
kindred  organizations.  These  authors, 
in  a  way   perfectly  honorable  to  them- 


"Rit 


important  and  lengthy  extracts  from  it. 
We  have  tbut  obtained,  without  pass- 
sing  through  the  ordeal  of  initiation,  a 
little  information  respecting  the  con- 
tents of  this  boob;  and,  though  we  arc 
unable  to  join  in  the  laudation  of  it, 
aud  cannot  help  pitying  the  taste  of 
its  admirers,  we  do  admit  that  the  vow 

marriage,  "should  not  be  thoughtless- 
ly or  lightly  entered  into."  At  a  cer 
tain    stage  of   a  ceremony  lasting   the 

really  wonder  how  sober,  sensible  men 
can  go  through,  the  candidate  for 
Templar  orders  and  honors,  standing 
before  the  altar,  on  which  rests  an 
open    Bible,    with     his    hand    on  his 

not  reveal  any  of  the   private  work  or 

entitled  to  know  the  same,  and  that  in 
all  things  he  will  yield  a  cheerful    ole- 


ic to  all  o 

Then  follow 
,  be  tbe  one  i 


praye: 


mony  with  the  principles  of  the  order; 
after  which,  the  worthy  chaplain  in- 
forms the  candidate  that  "a Good  Tem- 

adjures  him,  "as  you  value  your  stand- 
ing here,  and  your  peace  in  eternity, 
keep  that  vow  sacred  to  the  end  of  life.  ' 
Now,  we  may  he  told  that  these  words 
do  not  refer  to  this,  and  do  not  mean 
that,  and  have  regard  only  to  the  other 
thing;  but  what  we  have  to  do  is  sim- 
ply to  take  them  in  their  plain  gram- 
matical meaning,  and  look  at  what 
they  imply.  Apart  from  every  gloss 
which  may  now  be  put  on  them,  they 
bind  the   party    to    two  things,    which 

Here  is  a  pledge  of  submission,  a  "prom- 
ise of  cheerful  obedience  to  all  the  laws, 
rules  and  usages  of  the    order  I"      Ob- 


with     "solemn    ritea"    and     "  sacred 

we  ask,  Can  anyone,  under  the 
prom  se  of  a  life-long  ohedieno- 
fellowship    with 


schurc 


ntly 


fossion    m.ke  that    vo< 
there  is    the  vow  of  e 


■\nd     tin-! 


■eoy. 


it  he  under*iands  by  tbnt,  and 
{.■lu»ively  this  secrecy  refers  to. 
e  the  words  of  the  '-obligation" 
,ny  of  tbe     private 


of 


anyone  not  entitled  to  know  the 
same."  What  the  private  work  01 
butinesB  of  this  order  is  now, 
or  may  at  any  future  time  be,  the  cin- 
didate,  like  ourselves,  has  no  means  oi 

very  great  effort  of  the  imagination  to 

in  lodges  composed,  as  we  have  seen 
such  lodges  may   be,  of  all    characters 


lodge  or  order  thought  "not  entitled  to 
know  the  same."  No  society,  secular 
or  sacred,  has  any  authority  to  require 

justified  in  entering  into  such  a  vow. 
It  is   a  sin    against    the    family,    the 

church,  and    the  community  of  which 

of  this  secrt-cy,  Good  Templar  books 
ItJI  us  that  familii-s  and    churches    are 


Tbi. 


npiyu 


If  any  family  were  to  bring 

bers  under  any  such  obligation  a1 

family  something  terribly  wrong;  if 
any  church  dared  thus  to  act,  it  would 
cease  that  mement  lo  be  a  church  of 
Christ.     One  large  church  in  our  own 

ed,  refused  to  allow  their  school-room 
for  the  meeting  place  of   one  of  these 


secrecy,  we  should  have  Pandemoniun 
on  earth.  There  are  deeds  of  darknes 
besides  drunkenness,  which  the  leelo 
tal   pledge  will  not  keep  out  of  a  man' 

plar  lodge,  which  may  at  some  tim 
lorm  a  pait  of  the  pnrate  workorbus 


tian  should  not  go.  The  low  vulgarity 
of  the  raps,  grips,  signs  aud  passwords, 
>y  which  this  brotherhood    is    united, 


andii 


recyn 


have  thought  no  Christian  genllemar 
or  lady  could  have  come  down  to  b< 
mixed  up  with  or  employ,  Notwith- 
standing facts,  we  say,  "These  things 
ought  not  so  to  be." 

Ill— THE  RITUAU8M  OF  THIS  ORDER 

is,  we  think,  a  reason  why  Christians 
ought  not  to  join— at  least,  why  the 
members  of  our  churches  should  not 
identify  themselves  with  it.  As  we 
have  said,  the  "Book  of  ritual,"  which 
contains,  we  believe,  the  order  for  the 


eerting  that  its  theologyand  heathen- 
ism are  BUch  as  that  no  Christian 
should  use  it  in  the  worship  of  God. 
If  may  contain  some  truth,  but  it  is  not 
'■the  truth  as  it  iB  in  Jesus."  Apart 
from  this  no  small  matter,  "Good  Tem- 
plarism,"  says  the  Manchester  Exam- 
iner and    Times  of    May  2d,    may   be 


lilt    l&l 


.  oft. 


■ction  of  the  grt 


a  refor 


They  appeal  to  the  esthetic  and  spirit- 
ual nature  of  their  members  by  enlist- 
ing their  aid  in  the  performance  of  a 
highly  ornate  religious  service,  set  in 
liturgical  form,  and  accompanied  by 
ritualistic  observances.  The  lower 
outward  senses  of  mere  sight  and  hear- 
ing, are  also  powerfully  appealed  to. 
The  eye  is  dazzled  with  displays  o! 
glittering  regalia,  aud  the  tickled  ear 
is  gratified  by  the  frequent  and  digm- 
louth-filling    title*." 


All  t 


ted,  faul 


tended  for  in  the  tracts  and  pamphlets 
of  the  order.  In  regard  to  it,  we 
.-imply  ask,  whether  the  ministers  and 
members  of  churches,  who  preach  and 
speak  of  the  ritualism  of  the  Romish 
and  Puseyite  churches  as  one  of  the 
curses  of  Christendom,  and  a  terrible 
hindrance  to  the  Gospel  of  Christ,  are 
consistent  in  being-  such  thorough-go- 
ing R'tualists  in  a  Good  Templar  lodge? 
Surely,  if  thiB  manner  of  worship  be 
wrong  in  the  one  place,  it  must  be 
wrong  in  the  other.  Wo  have  witness- 
ed some  of  the  baneful  effects  of 
this  Templar  ritualism  on  the  feel- 
ings and  conduct  of  fome  of  the  mem- 
hera  of  our  churehes  and  congregations 
The  simple  serviceBof  our  holy  rehgi-n 
have  become  less  attractive.  Ritual- 
istic performances  are  pled  for  and  sup- 
ported. The  husks  of  a  Good  Tem- 
plar lodgo  are  preferred  to  the  bread  of 


Som 


of  out 


,m    thisorganixition    already 
very  much  fear  there  ia  a  seri- 

est  ye-t  to  be  gathered   in.     Il 


may  boiat  of  the  victories  it  has  achiev- 

quack  doctors  append  to  their  adver- 
tisements   whole    hosts    of    marvelous 

the  one  as  valueless  as  the  other;  anil 
the  mischief  wrought  far  greater  than 
any  lasting  good  accmplished. 


woe  behid<-sthe  way  which  lies  through 
ihe  gin  palace.  S>me  of  these  are 
more  subtle  and  insidious,  but  as  sure- 

our  efforts  to  close  the  one — and  let  no 
right  effort  be  wanting— let  us  take 
care  not  to  ally   ourselves    with  those 

who,  by  professing  to  aid  us,  open  sev- 
eral other*,  and  flatter  those  whom 
they  seduce  to  walk  therein,  that  they 
are  on  the    way  to    liberty  and  Heav- 


.  Master  Mi-o 


;  belie' 


lily  and  suffi  lency  of  the  church    as 

jry  does  not  pretend  t 
r  to  con'ain  alt  tint  i 
ie  salvation  of  mankind 


religion  c 
emarked  that  t 


uld    . 


.  light.     It 


Rezoi 


Idished  in  1872,  -'by  order  of  I 
and  Lolge  of  Pennsylvania,"  as  t 
Ie  page  declares.  From  pages 
of  the  preface  I  copy  this  h 


"Cer! 


tha 


God,  the  principles  of  Masonry  were 
stamped  upon  his  heart  by  the  great 
Architect  of  the  Universe.  Thus  in- 
structed from  above,  Misoury  was  prac- 
ticed in  the  bowers  of  Paradise.  The 
trame  principles  were  afterward  renewed 


indt 


sail 


[i  M.tioLiv  t'onstians  really  believe  this, 
why  need  they  care  to  plant  and 
ish  churches  and  missions!1  But  if 
they  consider  this  authoriz-d  languagi 
as  a  false  aud  impious    boast,    why  con 


suspecting    believt 


indaarede 

pending  on  Masonry  alone  to  secure  ad- 
mittance to  Heaven!  Only  the  other 
ty  I  asked  an  old  man  of  fair  intelli- 
•nce  what  was  his  religious  belief  ;  he 
plied     that     Masonry     was     religion 


j  do  a 


and  • 


.    Thus 
t  belief 


in  God  theoretical  M 
practical  Masonry  t 
done  to  mankind  and  to  the  brother- 
hood especia  )y,  will  save  the  soul.  Yet 
even  theoretical  Masonry  ib  ignorant  of 
plainly 


ah  to  the  Fathei 
whom  M-tBonry  ig 


for 


them  increased  advantages  for  doing 
and  getting  good!  As  though  thin 
would  atone  for  their  encouraging  others 
a  false  hope  of  salvation  I  A  Btptist 
ministerial  student  tells  me  this  inci- 
dent. Ho  went  to  a  village,  where  there 
was  no  Baptist  church,  lo  leach  a  sing 
ing  wcho\>l.  Calling  01  a  ieidmg  M.-tho 
dist  brother,  he  applied  for  the  use  ol 
the  meeting  house,  which  was  refused. 
He    then    went   out,  found   a  Masonic 

hiinetlt    known  to    tbe    Method'st  as  a 


luediately.  Which  was  most  honored 
in  this  transaction  between  Christians, 
the  religion  of  Christ  or  the  religion  oi 
the  lodge! 

Is  the    love  ofgain  or    ea?e  or  popu- 
i.iri-y  keeping  you,  0  disciple  ofCurist, 

ibis  rival  of  Christianity!  Be  not  yt 
unequally  yoked    together    with  unbe- 


rea 
e  salt  have 


,,li  oft; 


t  loa  ii 


Jthelig 


world. 


sertie  f?orf  and  Mammon.  Dear  Chris- 
tian brother,  will  you  take  the  words  of 
our  Master,  put  them  side  by  side  with 
your  Masonry,  and  make  ihem  a  mat- 
ter of  earnest  prayer! 

Gelaua. 
Ottawa,  III.,  Aug.  21st,    1873. 


e  Payments  ( 


Kxtravagnncc- 
the  New  York 


The  followin 
Times  may  throw  some  light  on  one 
nf  the  monetary  problems  growingout 
it  the  present  panic.  The  return  to 
ipecie  payment  is  ahly  advocated  by 
many  of  our  most  lehaole  journals;  ihe 
on  of  tbe  proh- 


How  c 


toft 


spaym 


experi 


,  will 


All   th  i 

illeasl  mas 


ut  ihe  sweat  of   the   bnw,  oppose  it; 
ley  w>mld  very  much  prefer  an  addi- 

le  hope  of  rising  up  m  thi  bubble  thai 


,.»k;   aii 


*ay 


pr-.p 


roperty  who  prefer 
redulity  of  ihe  no  g>nni 
lem  haoBomely  engraved 
fica  es,  wurth,  perhaps,  tb' 
hich   thty   are   printed, 


onofn 


a  get  ; 


lalth. 


speculative  and  lazy  methods,  naturally 
enough  prefer  a  larger  amount  of  deter- 
iorated circulating  medium,  which 
makes  them  seem  rich  even  if  they  are 
not  so.  Their  holdings  are  quoted 
higher  in  dollars,  but  they  entirely  ig- 
nore the  fact  that  these  dollars  have 
a  proportionately  Bmaller  purchasing 
power,  while,  on  the  other  hand,  this 
seeming  wealth  leads  to  habits  of  ex- 
travagance, which  tempt  the  entire  com- 
munity to  live  beyond,  rather  than 
wilhin,  its  means.  Indeed,  the  general 
complaint  of  the  increased  cost  of  living 
should  be  referred  to  this  cause  quite 
as  much  as  to  the  deterioration  of  the 

ty,  for  instance.  The  frugal  simplicity 
of  backwoodd  life  has  been  quite  given 
up  of  late  years.  Men  want  the  luxur- 
ies of  adyanced  civilization  for  their  fam- 
ilies, and  then  wonder  and  grumble  be- 


Until    very 


rctnllv.  the  mercantile  classes 

rency,  which   seemed    to  give   greater 

plentiful  supply  of  monsy;  but  we 
think  that  the  unfortunate  experiences 
of  the  last  two  years  have  tended  to  un- 
deceive  them. 

The  question  wi.etuer  the  Bib'e  shall 
be  read  in  our  common  schools  is  con- 
tiderib'y  ogtite  I  and  .ii-cus.ed  iu  some 
states.  In  New  York  a  Methodist  min- 
isier  recently  prea.hed  a  sermon  on  the 


lUbjM 


clot 

ally  appointed    a  c 


:  that  thi-re  should  1 
result  from    the  rea. 


try,  and  in  hurling    ih  -i 


,t  Ttie«eaecUnan  ;ill'-rcrv:es  would 
all  wiped  out  and  men  would    be  as 

in  the  same  mind  and  the  same  judg- 
.nt"  Then  ther*  would  be  no  fears 
nit  liavdng  the.  bible  read  in  school. 


This  degree,  corresponding  to  that  of 
Husbandman,  is  the  highest  in  the  aub- 
oidinato  grange.  On  entering  the  can- 
didates first  meet  the  overseer  who  says 
(ironically,  we  imagine)  "May  the  oc- 
casion bn  one  to  which  yon  can  in  after 
years  look  bnck  with  pride  and  pleas- 
sure."  The  chaplain  remarks  :  "Let 
ug  hold  fast  the  profession    of  our  failh 

rons  of  Husbandry  have  a  "profestion 
of  faith."  What  may  it  not  UbUrp  of 
the  offices  of  the  church  of  God  when 
once  commenced  'I  This  is  the  grand 
idea  in  Masonry.)    "Whatsoever  things 


pure 


are  lovely, 

are  ofg.iod  report:  if  there  be  any 
virtue,  if  the^e  be  a-  y  praise,  think  on 
these  things."  Tnia  is  Scripture,  and  is 
the  truth,  but  used  aa  did  the  devil 
when  tempting  Christ.  If  the  m-m- 
hen  of  the  grange  honeslly  regirded 
these  words  ihe  order  would  be  descrt- 


The   DtdinVe 


■-.  fr-r 


nfications  of  heathen  dieties  Then 
ring  a  song  tliey  join  hnnda  and  form 
:ircle  with  the  master  around  the  ȣ- 
r,      All  the  members  surround  them 


our  altar,  with  hands  united,  we  pledge 
10  you  our  friendship.  We  accept  your 
pledge  of  fidelity,  and  in  turn  as  we  in 
form  enclose  you  wilhin  our  sacred  oir- 
cle,  so'  will  we  in  life  shield  you  from 
harm."     (Another  song). 

who  with  heart  and  hands,  gives  aid 
and  succour  lo  our  cause.  I  also  give 
you  the  annual  password,  signal,  grip, 
sign  of  recognition  and  patron's  test." 
Carefully  as  it  may  be  hidden,  yet  the 
real  nature  of  this  as  every  other  secret 
order  appears  once  and  again.  What 
is  it  where,  in  a  room  shut  aw*ay  from 
public  scrutiny,  men  and  women  of  va- 
rious ages  and  characters  surround  an 
■'altar"  hand  in  hand  in  a  "sacred  cir- 
cle." Alas  I  they  are  walking  after  the 
"Enchanter,"  and  already  in  the  toils 
of  his  net.  May  God  give  wisdom  to 
bis  children  to  oppose  this  most  crafty 
and  beguiling  invention  of  the  devil 
with  the  true  and  effectual  weapon..  Oi 
His  Spirit  and  Word. 


In  these  days  I  fear  that  good,  sound, 
old  fashioned,  stout,  doctrinal  preach, 
ing  is  going  out  of  vogue.  I  beg  of 
you  do  not  yield  to  this  unhappy  drift 
— no,  not  lor  an  hour !  Sound  doctrine 
is  the  back  bone  of  truly  eucceesfut 
preaching.  The  mightiest  discourses 
that  have   shaken  vaet   assembles,  and 


mblio 


of 


of  Almighty  God.     My  brilliant  neigh-  ■ 

"doctrine  is  only  the  skin  of  truth  set 
up  and  stuffed!1'  Justimsgine  St.  Paul 
writing  to  Timothy,  "Give  attendance 
to — tltt  stuffed  akin  of  truth/ 

If  you  are  ever  dry,  never  be  dry  in 
your  doctrine  s<  rmons.      Always  preach 

y.>ur  argument  rtd  hot.  Introduce  all 
the  lively  and  picturesque 


nal  < 


nd    the 


This  wu- 


Wuat 


discourse  on  on  the   doctrine  of   Gjd'a 

the  Prodigal  Son!  A  good  minister  is 
nourished  in  the  words  of  faith  and   of 

good  doctrine.—  Gmjl-r. 

«oes  Y<  ua  Pastor  Take  the  Crso- 
-dret — If  not,  perhaps  be  feels  hardly 
Lblatoinke  it,  or  quite  as  likely  he 
loes  not  understand  the  cause  which 
t  represents  aud  thus  needs  it  all  the 
nore.  Can  not  von  make  him  a  pres- 
et of  the  Weekly  lor  a  year,  or  even 
lalf  a  year!  By  so  doirg  you  will 
iurely  aid  him  in  "  declaring  the  whole 
xmnsel  of  God." 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  OCTOBER  16,  1873 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 


I  Itieu^t,  I  hursunj,   Uet.  III.  1873. 


Ejr 


one  who  ie  over    eighty  years    of  age, 
and  who  lias  been  an    abolitionist  Irom 
bis  boyhood,    and    who    baa    labored 
more  for  the   abolition  of  Blavery    and 
the  rights  of  the  colored   people   than 
any  other  one  ruin  living.     Thousands 
of  books,  tracts,  and  articles  for  news- 
papers, in  d.fense  of  the  rights   of  the 
ilnr>-ti  people,  have  none  from  my  pen 
.to  extensive    mouLlnm  with"ul  pay. 
have  delivered  thousands  of  discoura 
,  advocating  th-ir  rights;  1  have  shel- 
ved hundreds  of   fugitive   slaves    un- 
er  my  roof,  on  their  way  to  Canada; 


of  lridir.il.,.  Wtrsili-ld  l-i  . 


Our  delegate  to  the  Ev 

ngelicalAlli- 

ance   writes   that  he    bus 

delegates,  two  from  Germ 

tny  and    two 

from    France,    who    are 

lodge.     Dr.  Fisch,  of  Paris,  said:  "The 

church  in  America  must  s 

tand  as    one 

man  against  Masonry  or  be  destroyed.' 

0.    H.  Tiffany,  who  sn 

d    the    boys 

drugged  his  liquor  when  be  visited  the 

army  and  so  got  the  poor 

man  drunk 

and  who  said  a  t'liristless 

laying  of  the  corner-sloue 

bv   Freema 

sons  of  the    Douglas  mon 

umenl,  turnB 

up   conspicuously   in  the 

Evangr-licn 

Alliance.     There    must  < 

nd   will  be  a 

separation  of  such  lodge-r 

aen  from  the 

churches  of  Christ  befure  the  false  wor 

ships  of  the  earth  are  put 

away. 

The  Metho.Jist  Epis 
\Vmivkri!70  is  no  belt 
has  sent  back  the  man 
to    wipe  out  the  Anti-r. 


rs,  ofthebull-l 
nd    brow-beat 


orry 


calling  them  '•chestnut-burrs,  good  for 
DOthing  but  to  roll  around  and  priek  peo- 
ple," They  forget  there  are  sometime; 
very  god  n-uts  in   chesnut  bum.      Is  il 

like  the  M.  E.  Church,  hectoring  and 
worrying  its  little  village  churches 
into  Bubaerviency  to  village  lodges  aim 
their  postmasier-toolB*  -'But,  if  Baa 
is  god,  then  follow  him."  We  shall  set 
when  we    come  out  in    the  better  end. 


The  above  is  the 


»I>le, 


.in-  I  Iruili, 


kiob.  t 


owledge 


by  a  greai;  funeral  when  Mr.  Rn 

dead.       Can     not     the    Presb; 

churches  of  Ohio  sweeten  the  last  days 
if  this  venerable  and  apostolic  nun,  by 
iving  him  some  token  of  their 
nd  the  country's  regard  before  he  dies? 

They  are  wealthy  ai 

grateful  too! 


ODD-FELLOW'S. 

on,    Manchester,  i 


But  the  pith  and  point  of  the  whole 

ucern,  was  brought  out  by  the  Bingle 

iestioo:   ''  Do  you  know  how  many  of 

your    leading   members    are    Freema- 


•Pretty  much  every  om 


i  them 


The  fatuity  and  blindness  of  such  in- 
iU'b  is  simply  appalling.  By  the 
simple  process  of  putting  a  few  Free- 
masons in  the  lead  of  each  of  the  lesser 
lodges,  the  almost  interminable  host  oi 
initiates  become,  in  the  words  of  Prof. 
Robinson'  ''underling  adherents  to  un- 
known superiors:"  and  when  the  entire 
population  baa  reached  a  certaio  degree 
of  trained  subserviency  and  corruption, 
the  United  StateB  are  at  the  mercy  ol 
the   center  and  core    of    these    sworn 


COLLBOB       SOOIKTIKB. Th< 

Presbyterian    Synod    of   Illi 
September  26th    in 
church  of  Monmouth 


United 

the  First   U 


the   people   and  hold   their   eyes 
from  beholding  their  bondage. 

Elijah    J.    Myers,     architect,    of 

Springfield,  III.,  deserves  a  medal  or  a 

ision  of  the  Masonic    order.       He  is 

hitect   of  the    new   State    house  of 

Michigan  and  took  part  in  the  late  cor- 

grand  arohitect  of  the  order.     We  no- 
Grand  Lodge  reports 
appears    occasionally  in 


.lltijeet  !■.. 
report  of 

itil    S.J 

Conv-nti. 


-Rev.  R.  L.  Scho< 
Sing,  New  York,  has 
times  elected  Grand  Chaplain  of  Masoi 
in  that  state.  This  man  has  the  title 
of  an   evangelical    minister,     b 


a  lead 


j  fraternities  infestm 


The  people  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  have 
been  holding  crowded  meetings  in  their 
Academy  of  Music  in  behalf  of  their 
system  of  public  schools,  and  against 
the  attempt  of  the  Jesuits  to  destroy 
them.  They  demand  the  Bible  in  their 
schools;  and  that  the  public  money 
shall  be  sacred  to  the  public  schools, 
and  not  given  to    Rjman    Catholics,  or 


Tins 


r  that  i 


ouragir 


Th< 


the  safer  for  our  hopes  temporal  au 
eternal.     The  idea  of  a   national  eon 

mon  school  education  slript  and  denui 
ed  of  all  knowledge  of  God  and  religic 
is  mere  infatuation.  There  never  wi 
a  school-system  or  a  government  Ion 
kept  up  on  this  earth  which  did  m 
reco^niz-  God  and  religion;  and  thei 
never  will  be.  The  priests  know  th 
as  well  as  we  do,  and  hence  insist  c 
turning  God  and  the  Bible  out  of  oi 
bcho  U  bt-c-iiise  ibis    will    be   euuiinlei 


iollowing  clubs:  the  Surly  club,  the 
Kit-Cat  club,  the  Beefsteak  club,  the 
Mock  Hero's  club,  the  Beau's  club, 
the  Quack's  club,  with  innumerable 
others  like  them.  When  a  tap-house 
wassufl'ering  by  competition  or  return- 
ing Bcnse  in   the  frequenters,  the  keep. 

club  with  a  ridiculous  name  to  hide  his 
real  object,  which  was  money,  by  fun 
and  frolic,  and  rollicking  ditties.  a3. 


In  1790  there  were  the  Odd-fellowB, 
the  Humbugs,  the  Society  of  Bucks. the 
Purl  Drinkers,  the  Great  Bottle  Club, 
theNo-payuol;quor  Club,  held  at  the 
Queen  and  Artichoke.Hempstead  Road; 
with  a  host  of  similar  devices  to  hide 
misery  from  the  eyes  of  vice,  and  trans- 
fer the  wages  of  laborers  lo  the  pockets 
of  dramsellers. 

Such  was  the  ignoble  origin  of  Odd- 
fellowship.  Each  of  these  devils'  dens 
had  its  "initiation."  In  the  last  named, 
at  Hempstead  road,  ''the  admitted 
member',  having  paid  his  fee,  was  in- 
vested" the  record  tells  us  "wit  i  inaug- 
ural honors  in  the  shape  of  a  hatin  the 
form  of  a  quart  pot,    out   of  which   he 

0  bl-ielliiwship  would  probably  nev- 
have  risen  ;ibove  the  low  level  of  its 
igin  had  not  Freemasonry  fallen. 
len  this  club  arose  at  once  to  the  dig- 
tyofan  ''order."  Soon  after  Thad. 
ms  Stevens  went  to  Washington  an 
Odd-fellow's  procesfion  passed  by  the 
Capitol,  and  a  member  of  Congress, 
upposin;  them  to  be  Freemasons.  eaid 
'Mr.  Stevens,  you  Anti-masons  seem 
ot  to  have  done  your  work  very  thor- 
ugbly."  ''Oh!"  said  Stevens,  ''These 
re  not  Masons,  they  are  only  the  mag- 
ota  crawling  out  of  the  dead  carcass  ol 
lasonry,  which  we  have  killed."  And 
here  was  truth  in  that  harsh  fig- 
Freemasonry  had  become  bo  odiouB 
hat  nothing   could  sive  it  from   uttei 

iide  its  foul  spirit  under  a  new  name 
nd  novel  forms.  And,  to  day  Odd 
fellowship  is  but  a  mere  feeder  and  jani- 
zary of  ihe  Masonic  lodge;  which 
i  all  the  permanent  temples  while 
Odd-feliowship    builds    none,  showing 


The  Christia 
for  October  con 
articles  which  r 
open  defenders, 


us  with  the  usu- 

which,  of  course 


allui 


>  the 


ndlii 


Ohio 


rupling  the  politics,  and  ''disintegrat- 
ing" the  churches.  Secretary  Ritchie 
baa  written  many  letters  to  us  convey 
ing  sharp  reproof  for  our  uncharitable 
nesx  in  expressing  our  fears  that  the 
Western  Tract  Sociely,  and  iiB  organ 
were  losing  their  original  "re 
character,  and  that  it  was  sinki 
the  Dead  Sea  level  of  the  New  York 
Tract  Society,  of  which  il  is  n 
mere  outpost.     One  sharp,  BOUni 


oundle* 


would  prove  our  fears 

our  indictment  unjust.      We  have  Cflllet 

for  such  articles,  but  tliey  do  not  come 

We    are  anxious   lo  be    proved  in    lh( 

wrong. 

The  venerable  John  Rankin,  th* 
Christian  J're.w  informs  us,  now  livei 
in  Ironton,  Ohio.  Above  80  years ojd, 
he  writes  a  letter  in  favor  of  the  Repub 
lican  and  against  the  Democratic  party 
with  his  native  vigor  of  thought  unim 
paired.  He  is  advising  colored  peopl 
who  threaten  lo  leave  the  Republic  u 
party  because  they  do  not  get  office 
The  following  paragraph  reminds  in- 
of  Paul:— 

••I  wish  to  give  them    the  advice  <i 


certain,  temporary,  and  fluctuating 
while  the  old  lodge  intends  that  iti 
stone  castles  shall  remain. 

1  called  the  other  day  at  a  barber 
shop  in  the  heart  of  Philadelphia.  The 
man  ol  razors  informed  me  while  I  sal 
that  he  had  been  an  Odd-fellow  for  tht 
last  twenty-five  years;  that  his  lodg« 
paid  a  benefit  of  fifteen  dollars  pel 
week  to  every  member  while  sick;  ir 
return  for  weekly  dues  of  20  cts.  each 
from  the  entire  membership;  and  be 
assured  me  there  was  but  one  kidge  ir 


i  In-  whole  -j 


led  h 


i  the  greatness  of  ils  bounty; 
ornia  lodge    paying   20   doll 

irgi  g  a  weekly 


of  25  c 


Th. 


isoluti 


im  the  committee  on   College  Secret 

icieties  were  adopted: 

1.  They    are  unnecessary ;    2.   They 

i  the  means  of  much  time  being  mis- 
ent  at  their  meetings,  etc  ;  8.  They 
e  the  cause  of  much  money  being 
isted  in  the  buying  of  badges. etc.  ;  -1 
ieir  secrey  affords  a  cover  for  any 
il  which  the  members  may  commit; 
They  are  progress!1 


0dlG 


Of 


Masonry  or  Odd-fellowship;  S.  They 


othe 


They  are  entangling 
,ngle  the  good  with  the  bad 
ipt  the  former;  8.  They  an 
contemned  in  the  Gospel;  9.  The; 
need  and  foster  discord  among  tht 
■tudents. 

■'  Therefore  be  it  resolved,   That  thi 
Faculty   of    Monmouth  Colle, 
"   "     their  opposition 


i  Greek 


'■That  the  friends  of  the  college  may 
<e  assured  that  these  societies  will  be 
pposed  till  the  evil  ie  blotted  outof  the 

"That  noPresbytery  recommend  any 

young  man  to  the  B.iariof  Education, 

for  aid  in  his  study  for  the  ministry,  who 

connected  with  a  Greek  Bociety." 

The   Monmouth  faculty    have  atrug- 

sd  against   the  evils    in  their  institu- 

m,  but  from  laca   of  hearty  support 

from  their   denomination  in    this 

not  yet  succeeded  in  ridding 

from  it.    But  with  the  above  resoli 

at  their  backs  Monmouth  College 

have    no  Diabolonian    nest   of  se 

hidden  in  her  walls,  but  will  be  a 

tain  of  purity  and    freedom    and 

to  the  sons  and  daughters   of  our 


—An  Oakland  (Cal.)  paper  in  notic- 
ing the  funeral  of  a  Freemason,  has  the 
folbwing:     "When  asked  his  religious 
faith,  he    replied  that    'Masonry    wae 
»  religion  I*    He  had  lived  by  it  and 
is  willing  todie  by  it.       He    had  nc 
irs  of  death,  but  was  willing  to  erosa 
the  other  Bhore." 

— The  farmers  of  Guernsey   county, 

,  are  organized  in    so   thorough    ant1 

way  as  to  deserve  the  at- 

in   of    other  sections.       Arrange 

s  have  been  made  to   organize   at 

open  farmer's  club  in  every  township  o 

the  county,  and  the  plan  is  being  thor 

ougkiy  carried  out.     Nominations  have 

a  made  for   the   fall   elections,  and 

campaign    ia  pushed   vigorously  by 

mtral  committee.     The  politic 

on  of  our  country  rests  on  a  speedy 

ance  from  the    rings     and    thi 

>  live  as  sinecures  upon  public  funds, 

a'l   eyes  are    toward    ihe    fanner'; 

'ement  as   the  successful    agent   ii 

the  reformation. 

-Tuesday  was  an  important  day  it 
the  friends  of  our  cause  in  some  part* 
Ohio.  Williams  county  had  nomi 
ted  a  full  ticket;  Bro.  Taut  of  Boli 
r  was  nominated  for  state  senator  ii 
Stark  C-iuaty,  and  R.  B.  Taylor  for  rep 
n  Noble.      News  from  thesi 


Mil  L>. 


— Three  things  should  be  cons' 
kept  in  mind  during  the  raeetir. 
the  fail  and  winter:  1st,  the  am 
sary  and  proposed  political  conve 
next  year, — provide  your  delegates  in 
time;  2nd,  the  wants  of  the  lecture 
field  and  general  work — raise  funds  tc 
•'carry  the  war  into  Africa,"  lo  push  the 
cause  everywhere  and  secure  the  judg 
ment  aad  conscience  of  the  masses  on 
the  side  of  truth  before  the  next  gene- 
ral election;  and  3d,  use  every  meani 
to  circulate  more  widely  the  literature 
of    our  reform,  especially    the    Cyno 

—The  Grand  Lodge  of  the  United 
order  of  Odd-fellows  (colored)  held  its 
meeting  laBt  week  in  Geort;etowi 
C,  with  a  parade  on  Friday. 


-The  Grand  Lot 
sons  held    its  an 


of  Illin 


Now  this  hum'  b-  mei-hanic  hud  paid 
under  the  rule  two  hundred  and  sii 
dollars,  ($260),  which  sum  multiplied 
200,  the  number  of  present  membe 
giv.s  an  aggregate  of  Fifty-two  th 
sand  ddlars.  He  had  no  idea  h 
much  of  this  snug  amount  had  be 
paid  back  to  th 


■eful  i 


Mi'-y  I 


ibers  to  avoid  receiving 
Bickly  constitutions;  and  that 
reused  the  demand  for  initia- 
aceording  to  the  age  of  the  candi- 
date,from  $16  to  $100  each,  Ibis,  beside 
the  weekly  and  occasional  due?.  In 
abort,  but  for  the  blinding,  befooling, 
mid  mock  nolemn  ceremonies  of  the  or 
der.a  simple  state  and  pencil  would 
convince  every  member  that  their  lodge 
was,  financially  considered,  a  gigantic 
swindle. 


week.     The  press  reports  we 
and  of  little  interest.      Dead 
Theodore  T.  Gurney  of  the  Tabemac 
Cuiigri-gitional  church  was  Grand  oi 
tor  ihe  pist  year.      He  prepared  an  i 
ation  for  the  meeting,  but  did  not  del 
er  it.        The  officers   for  the   ensuu 
year    are:    Grand    Master,     James 
Hswley.   of  Dixon,  re-elected;  Deputy 
Grand  Master.  George  E.  Lounsberry 
Mound  city,    re-elected;  Senior  Grand 
Warden,    Joseph      Robbins,     Quincy 
Grand  Treasurer,  J.  A.    Delancy,  Cen 
tralia;  Grand  Secretary. Orlin  H.Miner 
Springfield.       There    are     Borne    701 
lodges  in  the  state,    each  having  threi 
delegates.     Not  all  were  present,  how 
ever,     the     attendance     being     about 
1.400. 

— Some  of  the  Iowa  granges  having 
made  nominations  for  the  coming  fall 
election,   A.    B,    Smedley,    Master    of 


j,    7  o'clock,  the 
i  Opera  Hall  and 


Rsv.  D.  S,    Caldwell   sends    the  fob 


at  Winter  Station,  Sandusky  County, 
Ohio,  commencing  October  28th,  at  7 
o'clock  p.m. ,  that  the  secretary  assigned 
to  me  the  duly  of  publishing  a  pro- 
gramme. This  we  will  do  in  brief. 
The  programme  is  as  blows:  Lecture 
at  7  o'clock  p.  m.,  October  28th,  by 
Elder  J.  R.  Baird;  prayer-meeting  from 
9   to   10  o'clock   a.    m,  October  29th 


'clwk 


October  29th;  reports  of 
littees  and  miscell: 
>'clock  p.  m. ;  lecture  at  7  o'clock 
,  by  some  one  appointed    by 


prayei 


from 


October  30th;   elet 


for 


words    and    deeds    toward    God    and 

less,  we  inploro  Thee,   the   Grand 
ers  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Penn- 
ania,  and  the  Grand   officers    of  all 
Gram!  L  >uges  represented  here,  on 
thin  grand  occtsion:  and  mercifully  be- 
w  Thy    gracious  benedictions  upon 
the  Masonic   fraternity,  from  the  rising 
lothe  setting  of  the  sun,   and  from  the 
to  the  enda  of  the  earth, 
er  not,  we  beseech  Thee,  Thou 
God  of    mercy   that    the   Masmm- 
hould  ever  become  deaf  to  the  c 
he  distressed;  nor,   that  the   Ma 
hand  should  ever  be  closed  when  needy 
sthren  ask  for    help      So   iufluenc 
e  hearts  of  the  universal  brother!)'".)! 
it  the  Tridow  and  fatherless    in  thei 
.tress  shall  never  plead  in  vain. 
O,  Thou   Father  of  all  good,    gran 
that  all  who  may  bo  chosen  to  rule  ove 
this    Grand  Lodge  be  good  men    an 
and  ever  under  the  spec'al  guic 
of  Thy  divine  wisdom      Withii 
the  walls  of  this   Temple,  now    b°in 
dedicated  to  Thy  honor   and  glory,  let 
there  bi  but  one  heart    and  one   r 
iirlove  and  obedience,   to   T 
thou  Lord    of  Heaven  and  earth; 
our  work  on  earth  is   done, 
ell  done,  then,  by  Tny    gracious 
favor,  bid  us  "Welcome"  lo  the 


o'clock  a.  m.,0;tubi-r  ;iwh;  extern.* 
meeiing     at     2   o'clock    p.    m. 
are      invited     to      participate.       ' 
closing     lecture     will     be  delivered 
7  o'clock  p.  m.,  October  30th;  also, 
appointment  of  the   next  meeting. 
will   be  expected    that    the    preachers 
provide  for  the  defraying  of  expenses, 
as  lecturers  must    be    paid    and    thi 
f  travol  borne." 


Hleetlng  of 


elation,  lud. 


i  ('mini)   ,' 


rill  be  a 


Sandusky  County,  O.,  pas: 
lowing  resolutions  among  o 
vote  of  forty  yeas,  no  n.iy  e 


than  ever,  seek  to  be  faithful  in  adnrn 
Lord  of  Hosts  lo  aid  us  and  give  us  sue 

3.  That  we  believe  there  is  eterna 
antagonism  between  organized  secrec; 
and  the  cause  of  Christ,  and  that  n 
man  who  loves  the  Saviour  of  the  worh 
can  in  any  way  connect  himself  witl 
such  organizations  or  lend  his  influenc 
iu  their  advancement  without  becomin] 
polluted  by  their  unholy  touch  and  los- 
the  light  of  spiritual  life. 

4.  That  all  our  examining  commit 
tees  be  instructed  to  be  careful  in  ex 
amination  upon  this  subject,  am 
promptly  report  to  the  conference  an; 
delinquency  on  the    part  of  ministeria 


quired     I 


the  presiding  elders  be  re- 
inquire  at  each  quarterly 
nether  the  preachers  have 
done  their  duty  in  enforcing  the  law 
on  secrecy  and  keeping  the  people  in- 
formed reBpeciing  our  position, 

6.  That  we  will  not  pass  the  chnrac 
ter  of  any  minister  or  member  of  this 
conference  who  does  not  give  satisfac 
tory  evidence  lo  the  conference  that  he 
has  done  his  duty  on  this  subject. 


Attention  Delegates  I  I 

Persons  who  attend  the  Indiana 
State  Convention  at  WestGeld  fri 
distance,  and  come  by  railroad 
come  to  Nobleville,  on  the  India 
lis  and  Peru  R.  R.  where  conveyance 
will  be  in  wailing  on  Tuesday,  and 
Wednesday  morning, 
be  made  for  the  entei 

Wu.  Taldbr: 

PKTK.K    RtCH, 


I  ..fall. 


article  XII,    of 

.where  such  pn 
nd  tells  them  I 


IlillUill    11 


forbiddi 

ly  stop  their 

will  have  thi 

yet   such  despotic    commands    do    no 

seem  to  cause  a  ripple  of  alarm  or  aur 

prise  even  among  those  who  are  gener 

ally  classed  among  our  most   independ 

inl  citizens.       Anti-monopoly  is    righ 

in  theory;  let  it    become  practical  ant 

operate  on  the    secret  cliques  thai  en 


And 


The  Wisconsin-  Convention. 

The  State  Christian  Convention  op 
posed  to  secret  societies  will  convene  al 
the  Congregational  >  Imrch  at  Ripou  or. 
Wednesday,  October  22d.  at  7,  p.  m. 
Ihe  following  programme  is  rciom 
mended  for  adoption:  Wednesday  ev 
ening;  1st,  informal  organization;  2d, 
half  an  hour  spent  in  devotional  excr 
ciBea;  3d,  addrees  by  J.  P.  Stoddard 
General  agent  of  the  National  Christim 
Association;  4tb,  election  of  permaneir 
officers  and  adjournment. 

Thursday  morning  from  8  fr 
devotional  exercises;  from  9 


of 


ext  regular  meeting  of  the  Absoci 
It  will  accordingly  convene  in 
ille  University,  Hartsville,  In 
fovember  1st,  1873,    at  ten  o'clc 

following  question  will  be  disc 
Resolved,  that  Free-masonry  i 
hristian."  For  the  affirmative, 
D.  Shuck,  Prof.  L.  Mobley,  R 
nd  Rev.  S.  B.  Ervin.  Thi 
fraternity  ia  requested  to    P 


of  the 


Thei 


thei 


r   profea-i-i 


i  the  Ass 


will 


j  properly  come  before  it-     In  thi 
ning  Prof.   D.   Shuck,   President  of 
■tsville  University,  will  deliver  a  1 
i  relating  to  organized  secrecy. 

S.  B.   Eavia,  Cor.  Sec'y. 

Why  nolt 


WHY  NOT  ALL.     It 


Dedication  of  the  I'lilladclpliln   Tem- 
ple. 

The  following  report  of  proceediogi 
at  the  Philadelphia  dedicition  is  fro: 
the  Christian    St<dv*m<ui  of  last    wee 

The  magnificent  Masonic  Temple,  ( 
Broad  street,  in  i  his  city,  wai  dedicat' 
during  the  paBt  week  with  imposii 
ceremonies.  We  give  a  specimen 
their  exercises  without  comment,  whic 
for  sensitive  consciences,  we  judge  u 
necessary.      Others    we  could    hardly 

The  consecration  prayer  wbb  dehve: 
ed  by  Rev.  Bro.  John  Chambers,  D.D, 
Grand  Chaplain,  as  follows  : 

'Almighty. Eternal.and  Loving  God 
the  Supreme  Ruler  of  the  Univei 
Divine  Architect  of  all  things,    w- 
into  Thy  gracious  presence  in   tL 
which  Thou  hast  appointed.     We  call 

to  be  stirred  up,  to  adore  and  magnify 
Thy  great  and  holy  name.  We  thank 
Thee  that  our  lives  and  health  hav 
continued  unto  us,  and  that  we 
lowed  to  meet  each  other  on  this  sol 
emn  and  important  occasion,  to  dedicate 
this  magnificent  Masonic  Temple  to  ihj 
glory  and  honor  of  the  one  living,  true 
and  eternal  Jehovah.  Here  may  Thy 
name  ever  be  honored.  Here 
good  and  true  men  only  bo  add 
the  sacred  fraternity,  each  iu  his 
following  the  landmarks  so  beau 
laid  down  in  Thy  blessed  Word 
with  plummet  exactness,  standing 
erect  before  all  men — ever  squaring 
their  actions  by  the    word   of  truth. 


Rev.  Bro.Suddards.D.D.,  Grand  Chap- 


,-hieb  He  ha< 
Vocal  musi 


,ande< 


:  with  i 


te  heavens,  to  dwell  wil 
/er.  L-t  not  one  be  s 
aplore  Thee,    for  Thy  i 

Response  was  m  ide  by  I 

■'Glory  be  to  God  on  hi| 

The  R.  W.  Grand  Mist 
"In  the  nat 


sup  re 


sternal  God,  the  Grand  Architect  o: 
Heaven  and  E«th,  to  whom  be  all 
honor  and  glory,  I  dedicate  this  Tem- 
ple to  Freemasonry." 

Rev.  Bro.  George  McLaughlin,  Gram 
Chaplain,  strewed  corn  over  ihe    lodgi 


The  pre 


red  the 


ndthe  lodge.  Mu; 
mental  accompai 
lile  the    processio 


Psalm  cxxxvi.,  1,  7,  8,  0,  22,  24. 
I:  *'0   give  lhanks   unto  the   Lord; 

r  His  is  good:   for  His  mercy    endu- 

"To  Him  that  made  great  lights;  for 
ia  mercy  endureth  forever. 
"Tho  sun  to  rule   by    day:    for  His 
ercy  endureth  forever. 
"Tlie  moon  and  stars  to  rule  by  night : 
for  His  mercy  endureth  forever. 

"Who  remembered  us  in  our  low  es- 
tate: for  His  mercy  endureth  forever. 

"And  hath  redeemed  ub  from  our 
enemies:  for  His    mercy  endureth    for- 

"O  give  thank*  unto  the  God  of  heav- 
en: for  His  mercy  endureth  forever." 

The  R.  W.  Grand  Master  then  di- 
rected the  Grand  Stewards  to  coverthe 
lodge,  and  instrumental  music  was  play- 
ed while  the  Grand  Stewards  were  at- 
tending to  this  duty. 

After  an  oralion  by  a  Right  Worship- 
ful Past  Grand  Master,  which  we  will 
give  next  week,  the  Grand  Lidge  was 
elosed  and  prayer  offered  by  Rev.  Bro. 
Richard  H.  Allen.  D.D.,  Grand  Chap- 
lain. 

Effect  of  Masonic  Schooling. 

The  particulars  of  the  following  story, 

published  in  the    Indianapolis   Eeo- 

ple,  occured  last  summer.     They  relate 

.o  some  features  in  Masonry  which  aro 

inwrilten  department  of  Masonic  histo- 
y;  but  are  i>rovidential1y  brought  to 
ight.  No  doubt  these  colored  breth- 
ren are  "bad  men,"  but  that  does  not 
mpair  their  Masonic  standing.  Tbeir 
white  brethren  should  throw  about 
Lhem  the  arm  of  fraternal  sympathy, 
receive  them  into    full  fellowship,   and 


,ch  the 


a  the 


"Lord    who 


eJ    who    shall  dwell  in  Thy  holy 


t  wakelh  uprightly,  and  work- 
ousness,  aad    speaketh    the 


■  doeth  evil  t. 


ubb... 


' '  In  whose  eyes  a  vile  per 
mned;   but   He  bonsreih 
;ar  the  Lord. 
"He  that  doeth    these  things  shall 


e   of    the    order — secrecy — in    their 
a  therly  brawls.      Read  the  story  :— 
We  were    pained    to  learn,   a  short 
ne  since,  that  dissensions  had  arisen 
the  ranks  of  the  colored  Freemasons 
of  the  city,  which   had  cu'nvnated  ina 
sort  of  free  fight  at  a  picnic  at  Lebanon 
last  June.     There  being  rumors  in  ref- 
erence thereto,  and  fearing  thai  if  all 
the  facts  were  not  detailed  this  associa- 
tion nvgbt  lose  its  influence  among  our 
colored   fellow    citizens,    we    directed  a 
reporter  to  find  out  all   the  facts,    and 
below  we  give  the  result  of  hisinquires. 
Grand  Master  Walden  was  a   candi- 
date  for  re-election  this  year.     He  is 


lOOg 


the 


The  R.  W.  Grand   Mister  then  g 

"In  the  name    of   the  Supreme 

Eternal    G-id,    ihe    lirrtnd     Archill-, 


r  and  glory,  1  dedic 
'irtueand  Science," 
After  other  exercis 


=  Temp1,' 


was  offered  by 
Rev.  BrotberL-ighton  Colemin,  Grand 
Chaplain,  as  follows: 

0  Lord  God,  there  is  no  god  like  im- 


In  fact,  the  principal  objection  to  him 
3  that  he  is  altogether  too  attentive  to 
he  better  halves  of  hisbrother  M-tsons, 
rhich  is  very  naughty — much  wor?e, 
in  fact,  than  if  his  attentions  were  de- 
ited  to  other  men's  wive3.  Brother 
balden,  as  we  were  saying,  is  quite  too 
miliar  with  the  sisters.  He  is  a  Meth- 
lisl,  but  if  hilf  the  reports  about  him 
■e  true  he  ought  to  be  a  Mormon,  and 
aroll  himself  a  disciple  of  Brigham 
Vrumg  ri^ht  away. 

-ayin,'  that    Walden 


>Tbei 


the 


Wil- 


earth  beneath,  who  keepesl  covenan 
and  mercy  with  thy  servants,  who  wall 
before  Thee  with  all  their  hearts. 

Let  all  the  people  ot  the  eartb  know 
that  the  Lord  is  God,  and  that  there  ii 
noneelce.   Letall  the  people  of  the  eartl 


r  Bill,  who  makes  him- 


lelfs 


vTbyr 


andf 


aljo  a  cind.da'.e.      Brother  W  .Idl- 
ing that  his  chances  were    slim. 
a  aoup  deetat,  wh 
He  created  asultt: 
in  the  Grand  Lodge  to  re-elt 
for  another  term.     His  excus 
the  power  of  a  Grand  Master 


number  of  v 


npeli 


a  fair  -be 


But  will  God.  inde. 
rthi    Behold,  the 

lilt! 

Yet    have    Thou 


the 


God, 


unto  the  cry  and  to  the  prayer   ol  Thy 
servant  and  Thy  people. 

That  Thine  eyes  may  be  open  to- 
ward this  house  night  and  day,  even 
toward   the  place,    consecrated  to  Thy 

And  hearken  Thou  to  the  supina- 
tion of  Thy  servant  and  of  Thy  people: 
and  hear  Thou  in  heaven,  Thy  dwell- 
ing  pi  a 


lion  would  have  a  majority  oflwo  votes, 
by  the  addition  of  five  past  masters  to 
the  Grand  Lodge  be  would  go  in  by  a 
majority  of  three — cjrrect  figuring,  as 
the  result  proved.  The  RusaeMlea  of 
course  pr  nested  against  this  mode  of 
doing  things.  They  admit  readily 
enough  that  a  colored  Grand  Master's 
power  is  unlimited  as  far  as  making  a 
M««„„  al  ,iKb 


led.  Bu 


"unllo 


■jorily,  lUal's  a 
tlrand  Secretary  Robinson,  ho 


forgive. 
Fori 


I  Thy  people,  and    Til 
For  Thou  uidu  .ep», 

,o,,B»Ull,c  people  of 


friends,  the  Russell  party.  The  sum 
of  about  *2UU  was  in  the  treasury,  he 
promptly  checked  out  this  amount, 
leaving    the    Wtddenitea    without   the 


inheritance.     P.i 

earth,  to  be  7  him 

A  respons-  was  nude  by  the  br.-llin 

Vocal  music, 

■'The  Lord  is  gracious. and  His  mercy 


he  brethren  had  high  old  limes  in 
lodge  room.  Brother  Ruuell  pru- 
lly    took  a   revolver     with    him  to 

ling.  How  did  he  know  but  some 
K-asiiiLiie-s  miylil  arise,  and  a  Muhl 
lie  weapon  have  a  soothing  influ- 
?.      Sure  enough,  one  of  the    mem- 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  OCTOBER   16,  1873. 


bets— Wilbur  Elliott— proved  some 
wbatobalreperouB,  and  Russell  prompt- 
ly drew  bin  revolver,  the  sight  of  which 
had  the  desired  effect  Elliott  nubsi 
ded.  Nor  waB  this  all;  the  two  candi- 
dates for  Grand  Master  seriously  enter 
lained  the  idea  of  settling  their  difficul. 
tiea  according  to  the  rules  of  the  P.  R. 
With  thie  laudible  object  in  view,  thej 
rushed  al  each  other,  but  some  of  iht 
brethren  recollecting  the  disgrace  of 
Buch  a  proceeding  on  the  floor  ofthf 
lodge  room,  in  the  eyes  of  brother  Bay. 
lies  and  other  white  brethren,  interftn-d 
between  the  combatants  andsepurated 
them  before  any  Hood  was  drawn.  Out 
informant,  however,  is  confident  thai 
Walden  would  hare  whipped  his  antag- 
onist   in  three   rounds,     provided    nc 

^  A  few  weeks  agoa  grand  colored  Ma- 

a  chance  fur  the  Russellites  to  setile 
the  little  matter  of  being  eucuered  out 
of  the  highest  office  in  the  gift  of  color- 
ed Masonry,  and  to  pay  old  score*  gen- 
erally. Besides,  hadn't  Grand  Master 
Walden  appointed  asuia  deputy  brother 
Green  Johnson,  a  Democratic  "nigger," 
which  is  a  Btanding  insult  to  the  entire 
Russell  party.  The  picnic  came  off  at 
Lebanon.  Both  parties  mustered  in 
strong  force  fur  I  he  tight,  which  duly 
came  off,  and  resulted  in  a  victory  fur 
the  Russellitea.  It  is  true  that  the 
Walden  parly  had  to  contend  agaiust 
women  who  participated  in  the  fray 
but  the  other  side  claim  that  the  female 
friends  of  tluir  opponents  were  not 
idle  spectators — "by  no  manner  ol 
meanB  I"  We  certainly  judge  so,  if  the 
report  ie  true  that  some  ladies  were  ob- 
served whipping  off  their  stocking?, 
and  depositing  a  good  sized  stone  there- 
in, and  then  proceeding  to  do  consider- 
able eieculion  in  (he  ranks  of  the  op- 
position  


r  paper 


as  led  to  subscribe  for 
r  '-grand  high  priest" 
delegate  to  the  convention  at  Monmouth 
ome  time  ago.  You  no  doubt  recog- 
ize  the  person  as  he  was  (in  bight) 
ke  S.-iul  among  the  Israelites,  head 
ud  shoulders  above  them  all. 
If  you  consider  tb< 


The 


SoDieUbservatUm*  of  a  Life-long  Anti- 


ult, 


then  Temple"  to  take  place  in  the  city 
of  Philadelphia  came  duly  to  hand. 
After  reading  I  gave  it  to   some  of  my 

acquaintances  who  are  wholly  wrapped 
up  in  the  mysteries  of  darkness.  To 
say  that  you  receive  many  encomiums 
of  not  a  very  flattering  character,  would 
be  but  a  small  part  of  the  abuse  heaped 
on  you.  I  learn  the  paper  is  traveling 
around  among  the    brethren,   and  who 


waste  basket.     Do 
Strike  home  hard  blows  at 

ill  rejoice  that  they  were  ( 
ich  unholy  alliance.  Ani 
Pittsburg,  Oct  6,   1873. 

[The  following  is   from  01 


shy  a  plan  ... 


-,  tljrtt  i 


have  the  scales  of  darkness  lifted  froi 
their  eyes,  and  be  enabled  t 
feel  the  power  of   the  name 


all  the  churches  in  the  1 
Satan  is  very  industrious 
doctriDes  are  inculcated  ■ 
the  church.  My  attention 
ed  to  a  paragraph  in  the 
days  ago    of  what    purpc 


of  the 


eOhri 


j  thai 


j  long  a 


■■ery  a 


class-lead  i 

nect  themselves  with  ChrUU 

lionf,  so  long  will  the  church 

people  wonder  why  it   is  not   keeping 

pace  with  the  great  increase  ofour  pup 

Let  any  earm  si  and  zealous  Cbrislun 
look  around  in  his  own  neighboring 
churches  where  inemberii  have  connect- 
ed themselves  ffitb  those  secret  oath- 
bound  eucietiep.  He  will  see  that  they 
gradually  drop  out  of  the  church  as 
the  pharapberoalia  and  tawdry  tinsel 
has  the  effect  of  alluring  them  from  the 
house  of  God,  the  prayer-meeting  and 
Sabbath-school;  and  if  a  family  ha; 
been  established,  it  is  soon  permitted  tc 
crumble  and  full.        It  is  painful   in   the 

been  dedicated  in  biptiuin  in  churcliei 
that  have  long  borne  testimony  agninsl 
such  works  ol  the  devil,  taking  promt 
nent  part  in  such  absurd  pageantry, 
Were  their  parents  living  they  would 
mourn  in  sackcloth  and  ashes  for  th< 
degeneracy  of  their  offspring,  whom 
they  ipent  ao  many    anxious  days  and 


aofe 


appeal 

Let  me  suggest  that  the  pulpits  of 
this   whole    laud    tipeak 

Also  let  earnest  Chriatif 
pray  that  this  iniquity  may  be  blotted 
out  as  they  did  in  days  gone  by,  when 
they  met  and  prayed  that  that  bydra- 
hended  monster,  slavery,  might  be 
abolished.  Truly  God  heard  those 
earnest  prayers;    they  were   answered 

ble  cost  of  blood  and  treasure.  Ourde- 
t-ire  is  that  this  evil  be  quietly  wiped 
out,  or  that  it  will  break  and  fall  by  the 

These  convictions  come  from  a  life- 
long observation  of  the  absurdity  of  Ma- 
sonry. In  my  boyhood  I  witnessed  an 
attempt  to  take  the  life  of  Avery  Allen 
in   the   city    of    Pittsburg  over   forty 


i  ago. 


1  the 


;  that 


tthei 


leased  the  fire  that 
eet  and  heard  the 
made  to  have  him 
after  the  hall  was 
roken  into  witnessed  his  escape  after 
fing  knocked  down  and  bleeding  and 
nmpled  on  by  an  infuriated  mob. 
ut  an  overruling  Providence  did  not 


,f  coal  in 
J  that  coi 

ed  coal  famine, 
■re  felt  and  c 

last  winter. 


lable 


>rthy  i 


V  "r 


papei 


By! 

Although  a  drunken  libertine. 

;  preacher  meekly  bowed  his  head, 
ilk-  till  win  still  Hie  prayer  was  read; 
lifts  his  eyes  with  brotherly  love 

And  reads  him  to  "the  Lodge  above!" 

y  power  of  the  lodge  on 


ohis 


ial    blrtb,— 
;c  on  hlgUt 


rough   ignorance    peoph 


To  gel  into  glory  i 


r  through  Masonry's 

ther,  shall  sorrow  no 

no  sins  can  be  hud 
:r"  his    dues  are  all 


Tiie   Evangel 

Though 


lit     IJU.'sl|,,||f 

the    present 
ence    of    thi 


Uh-    pnlili 

Evangelical   Alliance    will   not   fail 

awuki  n  great  interest.  When  the  ti. 
and  plice  of  the  conference  is  taken 
to  c'li.-ideriuion,    and   the    fact  that 


Yssing  I'r 


ting, 


altoi 


i  hat  it  will  be  held  with  open  doors, 
while  the  deliberations  of  the  last  Ecu 
menical  Council  at  Rome  were  kept  se 
cret,  speaks  greatly  in  favor  of  lh( 
Evangelical  Alliance.  Il,  in  contrast  U 
certain  religious  movements  of  the  time 
it  i  .Hers  re) iguus  freed  >  mi  and  tolerance,  r 
will  earn  the  sympathies  of  all  liberal 
minded  persons.     The  actions   of   lb 


effect 


practice  than  in  theory. 
We  know  that  tbeAlliai 
much  practical  good.  When  person 
iu  Spain  found  with  Bibles  in  tbeir  poi 
session  weru  cruelly  punished,  it   wi 


:eeded  i 


tuning  a  lightening  of  the  penalty 
hmishment;  it  was  the  Alliance  t 
endeavored  to  obtain  the  protection  of 
the  Emperor  of  Russia  against  opp'e 
ed  Protestants,  and  though  their  tffi 
were  not  successful,  they  are  worthy  of 

behalf  of  the  Jews  of  Riumania.  By 
adopting  the  Bible  and  individual  inter- 
pretation, the  platform  is  large  enough 

to  admit  all  Protestant  sects.— JV.  Y. 
Staats   Zietung. 


The  blacksmith  shop  at  the  Rock  Is- 
and  (111.)  arsenal,  recently  erected,  is 
the  largest  in  the  United  States  if  not 
i  world.  It  is  built  of  stone  and 
has  a  frontage  of  210  feet  on  the 
avenue,  with  two  wings,  each  350 
feet  long  and  00  feet  wide. 

China  has    inexhaustible  coal    hMds. 


uae  of  coal  ai 
made  know 


Eng! 


New  di^cov 
ry  from  the  threaten 
imented  upon   widtlj 


Rev.  J.  G.  White,  the  anti-Rjmaiii; 
rturer,  was  assaulted  by  rougl 
lile  attempting  to  preach  on  tb 
eets   of  Juliet    recently,   and  drive 

im  the  ground.      Several  of   the  rio 

i  -vere   arrested    and    lined,  and    M 

hite  was  also  brought  iuto  court  on 

petty  charge  which    was  dismissed  i 


toft 


i  prose 


Hie  summary  of  reports  of  tl 
i  Board  fur  the  past  year  is  a 
eipts,    $431,000;  mission 


);  whole  number  from  this  country, 
l\  native  pastors,  104;  native  teae].- 
,406;  naliye  pupils,  1:14;  churches, 
7;  church  members,  9,435;  added 
ring  the  year.  794;  training  and  theo- 
logical schools.  12;  common  schools, 
06;  whole  number  of  pupils,18, 644. — 
he  Seventh  Day  Baptist  Anniversaries 
ere  held  this  year  in  Westerly.  R.  I., 
ith  alarge  attendance.  This  body  of 
Christians,  n  " 
try,  are  raisii 


:iii>._-nng  7    ' 


.1  fund  of*  100 
half   of  which  is  subscribed. - 
are   300    Protestant   Sunday 
France. — The  Reformed  Pres- 
byterian Syn<d   adopted    the  following 
"'     ■  '-ResUvul.  iba;  when  vi-ri'i.- 
.   appended    to  any    member's 
?  capiu.1  letters  D-D  , he  be  di- 


R.  Bion.  of   the  Dm 


"—Prof.     George    N.    Boardman  ol 

-  f'hi'-ayo    Theological  Sennuary   lias 

:epled  the  Prebidency  cf  Middk  hurc 

College,  Verm  ait.— The  Illinois    Con- 


or the  efforts  of  Chicago  citizens  t< 
i-li.-ve  Memphis  the  mo-t  notable  was 
t  the    Exposition    on  Monday.       The 


and    amounted, 


lion,  to  nearly  *15, 000.— The  Ctnc.go 

Union  National,  which  twice  suspend- 
ed, will  soon  resume.  Less  difficulty 
has  been  experienced  here  than  in  oth- 
er cities  whose  banks  Ml  back  on  loan 
ceit  ficalea. 

Cuuntrv.— The  yellow  fever  scourge 
has  been  rapidly  depopulating  Mm 
phis  during  the  past  week.  On  Mjn 
ay   the    reports 


ted,  tl 


out  of  funda,  and  the  d<--nh  rat* 
increasing.  The  deaths  the  day  befo- 
were  57,  and  for  the  week,  3*7.  Tuea 
day's  reports  were   more  hop-  fui    ol    i 


hia  insanity.  A  refuaal  by  Mr.  Pol 
roy  to  get  him  an  appointment  in 
,,nly  Mi^i_"'-le<]  cause  ir  the  act  —  A 
monopoly  meetings  are  large  and  a 
cessful.      Two  held  in  Iowa  last  Sal 


between  the  government  and  insi 

fleets.  The  latter  was  badly  1 
and  retired,  and  the  city  will  be  i 
diately      bombarded.— The     pro 


the   opponents   ol 


eofle 


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veiil.  ab.ickbanded  comn 
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MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  andJOID. 


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TERMS  FOR  THE  CYNOSURE. 

?SiSi::u,:i;;;:"^:Hi;,,,"!;;i:n'S 


,rtnlKhtly    Editloi 


Who  Murdered  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan? 


Abduction  and  Murder 

Capt.  William  Morgan, 

This  ie  n  Hook  of  Thrilling  Inlercat,  and 
shows  clearly  Jhat 

si.  Morgan  w. 


IT~See  Sample  Pases  below. 


„  cualody,  bul 

,„  steadily 

closed  to  do 

but  slill  loft  no 

loilbl  no  Lie 

mind  of  Miller 

at   the  warrant 

iniinal    procee 

ii   avowed  that 

it    had  been 

iasucd  by  a  n 

i  of   Murgun  and   Miller,  Darnel 

is,  whose  Hudden  ajiin-anun-f  nl  Itiit.ivni  lias  been  men- 
.■d,  suddenly  dlsariju'an'd  ln>m  Uial  jihu-c.  A  short  time 
■  Miller's  introduciiuu  tn  tin-  lod^«  r<i«>iii  at  Statford,  this 
;  DanielJolins  entered  tlit?  nn.m,  holding  in  his  hand  a 
sword,  and  walked  null    lar^-.-  and  i|ui(;k  steps  across 


,  and, 


s  Mil: 


Millei 


ate  with  him.  having  [i  inn  d  insulin'  way  which  he  can- 
ollect,  thtt Johns  was  his  prosecutor,  luhns  however 
■ed  inn  voice  that  faltered  a  little,  "Miller.  I  am  only 
what  I  have  been  ordered  to  do."  During  his  deten- 
e  of   the  guards    tuld   him  in    language 


'i.-h  « 


>ardb 


tried  I, j  , 
gan„ 


Millei 


jrdinan 


tvliere   Mor 
i.'pla,'"'"" 


.'he  others 
but  he  heard  one  man  say  U>  another,  "Aliller  is  nothing  but 
tim-Htered  np/irentkv."  T<>  detail  all  the  ev;isivc  fjUeh.wd' 
nnd  idle  ii.-.i.Tli'His,  hy  winch  l  n'licli  and  Ins  inadjiUrT-;  t-n 
deavored  to  eNCiise  tlicrnselves  trom  |>r.i.'.'"iliri-  ivith  Miller  ' 


i  office  at  Le  Boy,  would  be  a  i 
nd  the  patience  of  the  reader, 
lanifest    that  the  conspirators  wi; 


e of  our 


the  time  until  night  should  favor  the  completion  of  their 
pn.jeets  and  that"  to  proceed  to  Le  Roy  was  no  part  of  their 
plan,  if  it  could  be  avoided.  Hut  in  the  course  of  the  alter- 
tendon.  Trench,  seemingly  by  inadvertence,  admitted  tha 
the  process  he  had  against  Miller  was  in  facta  process  in  a  civil 
^solution 


on  the  part  of  French  to  prevent  him  from  so  doing,  Miller 
»(,t  himself  placed  \><:  fore  the  justice,  n  lio  had  issued  the 
warrant  French  then  gave  directions  to  two  of  his  assist- 
ants, and  disappeared.  "  Miller  staid  in  the  office  about  half 
an  hour,  during  which  time  the  justice  called  for  the  consta- 
ble and  warrant,  but  neither  constable,  warrant,  or  plaintiff 
appeared,  and  the  justice  informed  Mr.  Miller  that  he  ,..- 
at  liberty  to  go  where  he  pleased.  This  was  about  nine 
o'clnck  iii  the  evening.  It  appeared  from  the  docket  ot  tin- 
ma. Pirate  that  a  warrant  had  been  issued  against  Miller. 
Hti.fi.iie  John  Davids,  on  the  oath  and  at  the  rcpi-si  of  Dm- 
iel  .luhus;  John  Dimds  had  been  al-  arrested  U\  the  dirtc- 
thins  of  French,  but  the  sheriff  of  the  county  informed 
them  that  he  was  in  his  custody  on  the  jail  UrniK  upon 
«hteh  he  w:ls  discharged  from  the  arrest.  Miller  having 
thus  ol.Liined  permission  to  return,  was  making  the  best  ol 
his  wiv  f>a  public  house,  when  h" reach  and  Johns  sud.l.-nly 
dnpr.red  a-ain.  The  former  endeavored  to  seize  Miller  hy  thi 
,,,]|.,r  ,.ud  "called  loudly  for  help  to  retake  the  prisoner- 
John-  asked  if  there  was  no  person  there  who  would  help  to 
Butalthotl-li  attempts  were  made  to  regain 
: ^hing  a  public  hon"" 


.sioti  of  Miller,  he  succeeded 

ifter   another  ineffectual   attempt  by  French 
to  prevent  him,  he  returned 


Baton 


and  relieved  his  family  from  terror  and  alarm.  That  this 
lawless  assemhla-e  of  ineutool,  place  fur  the  purpose  ol  se- 
eurino  the  arrest  of  Miller,  by  lirtue  ot  a  process  never  in- 
tended to  be  neied  upon,  we  shall  lake  no  trouble  to  show  to 
the  public.  We  have  conclusive  proof  Iron,  ih-  express  .  ec- 
luratiuNb  of  those  who  led  the  troop,  and  I  rum  various  oilier 
Kuiirees  that  one  of  the  objects  thev  bad  in  view  was  to  pull 
down  the  office  of  Miihjr,  it  that    ihould  be  newwary  for  the 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  OCTOBER  16,  1873 


isy  and  effieien 

How    seldom 


ail  themselves  of 
lode  of  preich- 


do  ' 


The  thirsty  Arab  etoopa  to  drink 
The  cool  aii J  quiet  wave; 

The  thirsty  spirit  stays  to  think 
Of  Him  who  came  to  save. 


Oh!  grant  that  I,  like  th 

May  Jesu-'  iiinmr-  heur 

And  Spend  my  life,  my  a 


Son-Ins  the  Good  Seed. 
The  Lord  must  take  care  of  i 


nth  prayer  ; 


heat 

"Cast  thy  bread  upon  the  waWrs: 
for  thou  shall  find  it  after  many  days." 
Some  seeds  doubtless  will  fall  by  the 
wayside,  some  on  stony  places,  some 
among  thorns — but  other  into  good 
ground.  Our  business  is  to  sow,  and 
keep  Bowing  broadcast,  scatter  the  good 
seed;  the  Lord  will  take  care  of  the  ger- 
mination, the  growth  and  the  crop; 
leave  the  results  with  him.  Paul  may 
plant  and  Apollos  water,  but  God  alone 


'elera  furnish  themselves  with  these 
ut  messengers  of  truth,  while  the 
my  of  all  righteousness  icitters 
ely  the  poison  of  romance,  lewdnin 
and  infidelity.  D.  F.  Nawion. 

The  SUocklug  Prajsr. 

Many  years  ago,  says  Dr.  Liufcliild, 
I  was  journeying    through  the  West  of 
.gland  to  fulfill  a  public  engagement, 
i  in  order  to  enjoy  the  scenery  and 
allie    the  fresh   air.  I  and   my  com- 
panions were  seated  outside   the  mail 
coach.     The  day  was  sunny,   the  road 

ipproa>;hing  the  city  where  the  fine 
quare  towers  of  the  cathedral  rose  ov- 
ir  the  surrounding  buildings,  and  added 
irohiteotura)  to  natural  beauties.  We 
VL-ro  all  in  good  spirits,  and  willing  to  en- 
oy  the  scene.  A  respectable  young  wo- 
rn the  other  Bide,  a  vivacious  and  lalk- 
itive  gentleman,  who  seemed  to  think 
that  he  proved  his  high  breeding  by 
frequently  using  oaths.  Presetly  he 
addressed  the  young  woman  alluded  to, 


The  other  important  advantage  of 
the  weekly  plan  is,  that  it  tends  to 
make  giving  an  net  of  worship.  It  does 
this  by  making  it  a  regular  pirt  of  the 
uties  of  the  day  and  place  of  worship. 
On  the  first  day  of  the  week."  paid 
a  apostle  "let  every  one  of  you  lay  by 
im  in  store  according  aa  the  Lord  has 
prospered  him."  Th;s  inspired  direc- 
s  of  the  primitive  age 
harmonized  with  the  original  scriptural 
that  honoring  the  Lord  with  our 
substance,  bringing  him  "the  first  fruits 

the  offering  of   prayers    or 

From  this  view  the  modern 

church  has  too  far  fallen.     Our  giving  is 

only  done  in  i 


style, 


t  give 


Do 


raged,  friends,  if  the  fruit  of 
your  labors  does  not  immediately  ap- 
pear. Sow  on,  pray  on.  Speak  a 
good  word  for  Jesus,  warn  the  unruly, 
comfort  the  feeble-minded,  support  the 
weak,  be  patient  toward  all  men.  "Be 
not  weary  in  well  doing,  for  in  due 
time  ye  shall  reap  if  ye  faint  not."  "He 
that  goeth  forth  aud  weepeth.  bearing 
preciousseed, shall  doubtless conu-agam 
rejoicing,  bringing^  his  sheaves  with 
him." 
"Let  us  do  good  each  day, 

For  gloom  with  scarce  one  ray. 


One  very  important  method  or 
ingthe  good  seed"  is  through  tli 
dium  of  the   press,   the   circulation  of 


initialing  an  oaih  or  two  with  his  speech. 
She  looked  uneasy  and  abashed,  and 
did  not  reply.  Upon  her  silence,  he 
rudely  remarked  to  her,  "Why  don't 
you  answer  me  ?  What  are  you  afraid 
off  I  suppose  you  have  said  your 
prayers  this  morning!"  Aa  she  con- 
tinued eilent,  I  spoke  to  her,  and 


J  the 


ntlem 


"Yes, 


lid  hii 

she    added 


/■f.l  >/..:■.■: 

"  and  shocking  ones  they  are."  The 
profane  swearer  now  appeared  confused, 
and  after  a  time  thought  fit  to  apolo- 
gize, and  to  confess  that  be  was  asham- 
ed of  himself.  My  companions  and  I 
now  raised  a  favorite  tune,  and  esch 
one  taking  a  pait  in  the  strain,  the  ef- 
fect upon  our  fellow  passengers  appear- 
ed to  be  very  favorable.   Our  late  swear- 


nedi 


iBted  ii 


We 


and  t 


The* 


willi 


npart  light  and  life,  preach  when 
no  audible  voice  ie  heard,  in  the  house 
and  out  of  it,  by  the  wayside,  at  the 
merchant's  desk,  in  the  stage  co»ch, 
the  steamboat,  the  rail  car,  the  closet, 
the  domestic  circle;  they  preach  and 
keep  preaching  when  we  sleep  and 
when  we  wake.  They  hesitate  not  to 
declare  the  whole  truth,  boldly,  un- 
compromisingly.  Many  pulpits  fail  to 
do  this. 

Lecturing  and  preaching  are  great 
things,  but  they  are  not  the  greatest. 
They  can  do  something  which  the  press 
cannot  do;  but  the  press  can  do  much 
which  they  cannot  do.  Printed  leaves 
can  go  everywhere.     They  never  blush 

er  die.  They  can  be  multiplied 
without  end.  Books  and  tracts  can 
travel  at  little  expense.  They 
want  nothing  to  eat.  They  require  no 
lodgings.  They  run  up  and  down  like 
the  angels  of  God.  blessing  all,  giving 
to  all,  and  asking  no  gift  in  return. 
1  print  them  of  all 


learn    who,    and    what 
continued    our  singing,    and  as   I  gave 
out  verse  after  verse  of  the  hymn  before 
the   strain    of   harmony,    it   was  very 
pleasing  to  observe  bow  all  around  us, 
from  the   coachman   to  the  fellow-pas- 
senger.-, listened  with  evident  gratifica- 
tion.    It   was   certainly    a  remarkable 
change  of  scene,    and  we  had  been  en- 
abled   to  turn   the   current   of  speech 
from   profanity  to   the  high    praises  of 
G.'d.     At   setting  out  we  should  li 
have    anticipated    singing    psalms 
hymns  or  spiritual  songs  onsuch  an 
c.t-iou,  ami  i:i    such  company;  but  h 
ing  begun   so  successfully,    we  did 
fail  to  continue,  and  we  received  coi 
eoua  adieus  fiom  all  who  were  with 
when  we    arrived  under  the  shadow  of 
of  the   cathedral  towers,    and  alighted 
at  the  hotel. 


all  pla( 


and  at  all  I 


And  they  can  talk  to  one  as  well  as  a 
maltitude,  and  to  a  multitude  as  well 
as  to  one.  They  require  no  public 
room  to  tell  their  story  in.  They  can 
tell  it  in  the  kitchen  or  the  shop,  the 
parlor  or  the  closet,  in  the  railway 
carriage  or  the  omnibus,  on  the  broad 
highway  or  in  the  footpath  through 
the  fielua;  and  they  dread  no  noisy  or 
i  interruption.      Tln-y    lake 


Weekly  Giving:. 

1.  It  tends  to  increase  the  number  of 
givers.     The  great  maj>rily  of  persoi 
in   moderate   circumstances  will  find 
much  easier   to   contribute  little   sun 
weekly  ill, in  to  bring  eight  limes   th 
amount     for   a   bi-monthly  gathering 
If  there  are  some  in    the    congregation 
who  could  more  easily  draw  their  check! 
in  advance  for  the  donations  of    a  quar 
ter  of  a  year,  they  are  not  positively  for 
bidden  to  do  bo.     Still,  we  hope    they 
will   not  complain   of  the    "bothi 
this  weekly  method,  but  will  be  w 
to  lend  their  example  to  the  uniformity 
ofilB  working.     "They  that  are  strong 
en  i'h  t  ■  o  heir  the  infirmities  of  the  weak. 


,  pie, 


thei 


Tht 


eof  b 


men's  occasions  and  convenience.  They 
will  break  off  at  any  point,  and  begin 
at  any  moment  whers  they  broke  off. 
And  though   they  will  not  always    an- 


method  is  most  Christian  which  ie  beai 
adapted  to  encourage  the  giving,  the  ac 
tivity,  the  development  in  ever; 
Christian  way  of  the  largest  number 
This,  too,  will  be  found  the  wisest  in  i 
financial  point  rf  view,  It  is  not  th< 
sudden  thunder-gnat  but  the  steady 
rain  of  little  drops,  that  soaks  the  groun< 
Sothecburch  of  Christ  will  never  mu 
ter  her  grandest  aggregates  of  moi 
ey  for  her  ben<-vulent  enterprises  till  ah 
learn  how  to  cheer  the  very  poorest  of  n- 
poor  with  the  blessed  thought  that  e« 
he  cau  give  something  for  his  raaelei 
cause.  In  this  lies  the  grand  power  < 
the  weekly   plan.     I 


wi'.h    tie' 


And  they  cji 
made  to  speak  on  ey-ry  sulijci-t, 
on  every  subject  they  may  be  ma 
speak  wisely  and  well.  They  en 
short,  be  made  vehicles  of  all  truth, 
the  teachers  and  reformera  of  all  clii 
scs,  the  regenerators  and  benefactors  of 

'•We  want  our  friends  to  give  this 
subject  their  attention.  We  feel  per 
suaded  that  the  importance  of  the  preas, 
as  a  means  of  spreading  simple,  gospel 
truth  and  promoting  Christian  ph-'y,  is 
not  yet  fully  underr-tood;  or  if  it  ie, 
the  press  Lab  nevei  yet  been  sufficiently 
employed  in  this  great  work." 


■  give 


, ■ 


Without  (limin  slung  tlic  gifts  of 
wealthy,  it  augments  the  number  of 
lesser  offerings,  and  so  greatly  swelli 
the  aggregate.  Some  congregation! 
have  been  surprised  t'i  End  their  yearly 
amounts  actually  doubled  in  this  w 
surprised,  because  they  had  been 
scious  of  no  special  effort  to  secure  such 
a  result.  The  fact,  too,  that  a  defii 
hum  is  pledged  at  the  beginning  of  the 
year,  will  have  its  influence  upon  all 
classes  of  givers,  tending  to  educate 
them  to  regular,  systematic  habit*  of  giv- 
ing; to  give  on  principle  instead  o' 
wailing  for  the  excitement  of  special  ap. 


,  the 


Let 


give  worshipful  ly.     Let    us   regard 

r  money  as  just  as  sacred  to    God  aa 

r  lip-worship,  as  it  ready  is.      If    we 

re  worshipfully.    we    shall    give  con- 

entiously  too.     No  personal  solicits- 

n  is  used.     Each  one  gives  as   much 

as  little  as   ho   feels  able— an  offer- 

r  not  to  the  eyes  of  the  c"iigreg;iiion, 

t  to  the  Lord,  and  equally  acceptable 

him  whether  it   be    one    cent   or   a 

jusand,  provided  the  conscience  of  the 

giver  himself  besatiafied.     The  question 

of  amount  is  simply  one  to  be  answered 

by  the  giver  himself  as  in  the  sight   of 

God.— Ex. 


anything   your  duty,  the 
ttend  to  it  the  better.     Da 
-id  says,  "I   made  haste,  and  delayed 
keep  thy 


low  his 


cople. 


Children©'    Corner. 


The  Difference. 


One  buildeth  high,  i 

With  just  a  bird's 

If  only  one  perclianc 


"What  1 


1  \ou  Do  1 


Little  boys  are  often  heard  to  speak 
of  what  they  would  like  to  be  and  like 
to  do  when  they  arc  "men,"  Perhaps 
one  little  boy  thinks  he  will  be  a  farm- 
er, and    have  plenty  of  land,    to  keep 

grain,  fruit,  and   vegetables. 

Another  may  fancy  he  would  like  to 
be  a  merchant,  and  live  in    a  large  city 

Slill  another  chooses  to  be  a  doctor, 
and  visit  the  sick,  go  that  the  peoplt 
will  be  glad  lo  see  him  if  they  are  ill. 
and  remember  him  with  gratitudo  whei 

All  these  are  very  good  plans,  for  all 
these  pursuits  are  necessary  to  the  well 
fare  of  society.  We  could  not  do  with 
out  the  farmer,  who  provides  ub  food 
the  merchant  who  sells  us  clothing,  oi 
the  phyeician,  who  is   always  welcome 

But   let   me  ask   you  young    friendt 
wbo  are  thinking  how  they  will  spend 
their  lives,  if  they  are  spared  to  be 
men,  if  some  of  them  will  not  c 
to  become  ministers,  and  tell  men  about 
the   Saviour,  that   they    may  "belie 
on  bim  and   be  saved." 

True  benevolence   leads   us  to  deal 
the  highest  happiness  of  others.     And 
the   religion   of  Jesus   Christ   is  fitted 
more  than  all  other  things  tomaki 
happy  in  this  world. 

Therefore  it  is  eaiy  to  see  that 
pie  who  are  benevolent  will  wish  that 
all  mankind  may  be  taught  how  to  gai 
the  favor  of  God,  and  how  to  prepar 
for  eternity.  All  men  know  they  mm 
soon  die,  and  if  they  see  no  bright! 
world  beyond  the  grave  they  will  shrin 
from  death  aa  from  a  dreadful  foe,  an 
die  in  hopeless  despair.  Did  you  ever  m 
young  friend,  see  a  Christian  die 
Perhaps  your  own  father  or  molbe 
may  have  left  you,  and  gone  home  t 
heaven.  Perhaps  you  stood  by  th 
bedside  and  ''saw  the  last  struggle,  and 
heard  the  Uat  groan,"  It  may  be 
friend  died  rejoicing   in  the  thought  of 

wbere  there  is    no  §in.      How  dilli 


the  s 


when 


that  which  is  witnessed  when  th 
forgiwn  immer  resigns  his  breath 
It  is  a  solemn  thing  to  teacli 
the  way  to  heaven,  but  it  is  also  a  great 
privilege.  And  if  God  has  forg 
your  sins  for  Jesus'  Bake,  ought 
not  to  show  your  gratitude  to  Him  by 
devoting  your  time,  talents,  and  every- 
thing you  may  possess  or  acquire  to  hie 
service!     "It  iB   moro   bleated    to  givt 


In  speaking  from  these  words,  before 
is  venerable   body,  I  shall  not    pre- 
id  to    discuss   the  subject,  whether 
lat   are  called  civil  or  jwiici'ti  >»ithn 
e  lawful  or  unlawful.     I   shall    here 
take  it  for  granted  that  our  Saviour  had 
immediately  in  view  the  immoral    ten- 
dency of  all  profane  swearing.     I  shall 
akeitmy  principal  object  in  this  dts- 
>urse  lo  speak  of  the  nature  of  pro- 


nng,  t 


fdem 


why! 


I  am  to   consider  the    nature    of 

.tally  consists  in  taking  an  oath.     This 

s  admitted  by  the  most  learned  jurists 

and   moral  philosophers.      Simply    to 

ir  the  words,    "I  swear,"   does  not 

ring  them,  either    understanding!}' 

explicitly,     calls     another  being    to 

lesa  or  promise  that  he  will   or  will 

do  a  thing  by  the  aid,  attribute,  or 

wledge  of  some  other    being  or  nb- 

,  virtually  imprecating  a  curse  upon 

own  head  if  he  iail  to  fulfill  his  en- 

ement.      When,  therefore,  any  per- 

swears  in  a  light  and  trifling  man- 

,  or  on  a  light  and  trifling  occasion, 

calling  on  God  to    witness,   or  to   deal 

rith   him  in   the  last    day  accordingly 

s  he  shall  perform  or  break  his   vow; 

n  occasion  he  takes  an  oath  by  God, or 
j  heaven,  or  by  earth,  or  by  any  be- 
ig.  attribute  or  object,  this  may  be 
ousidered  the  essence  of  profane  swear- 
ing.    I  now  proceed  to  show, 

II,  Why  profane  swearing  has  an 
immoral  tendency.  That  it  has  an 
immoral  tendency,  was  no  doubt  the 
reason  our  Saviour  says,  "Swear  not  at 
all."  The  apostle  James  also  says, 
"But  above  all  things,  my  brethren. 
swear  no',  neither  by  heaven,  neither 
by  the  earth,  neither  by  any  other 
oath;  but  let  your  yea,  be  yea,  and 
your  nay,  nay;  lest  ye  come  into  con- 
demnation." Here,  then,  I  Vould  re- 
mark, 

1.  That  profane  swearing  betrays  a 
want  of  reverence  for  Deity.  No  one 
who  truly  loves  and  fears  God  will  jus- 
tify an  unlawful  of  profane  oath,  or 
more  especially  give  countenance  to  ihe 
custom  of  profane  swearing. 

2.  Profane  swearing  is  trifling  with 
serious  things.  It  is  trifling  with  the 
names,  attributes  and  perfections  o! 
the  Deity.  It  is  triflng  with  the  sol- 
emnity of  an  oath,  when  lawfully  ad- 
ministered. It  is  trifling  with  the  fu- 
ture scenes  and  retributions  of  eter- 
nity. 


,  and  then  making  bim  take  the    fol- 

my  own  free  will  and  accord,  in 
sence  of  Almighty  God  and  this 
rohipfu]  lodi*e  of  free  and  accepted 
sons,   dedicated    to  God,  and    held 

forth  to  the  holy  order  of  St.  Johns, 
hereby  and  hereon  most  solemnly 
sincerely  promise  and   swear,  that 

I  will  always    bail,  ever   conceal,    and 

arts,  point  or  points  of  the  secret!,  arts 
and  mysteries  of  ancient  Freemasonry, 
which  I  have  received,  am  about  to  re- 
ceive, or  may  hereafter  be  instructed 
in,  to  any  penon  or  parsons  in  the 
known  world  except  it  be  to  a  lawful 
brother  Mason,  or  within  the  body  of 
a  just  and  lawfully  constituted  lodge  of 
such;  and  not  unto  him  or  unto  them 
whom  I  shall  bear  so  to  be,  but  unto 
bim  and  them    only  whom  I  shall  find 


the  c 


i  hot 


-nijiiii.s  ihe  mind,  darkens  the  un 
standing  to  the  sacred  truth  of  the 
pel,  and  fosters  the  moral  depravity  of 
of  the  heart.  No  man,  addioted 
profane  Bwearing,  is  easily  excited  t< 
serious  concern  for  the  soul  or 
the  things  of  eternity ;  and  is  genor 
wnolly  regardless  of  his  obligation 
obey  the  law  of  God. 

g  tends  to  weaken 


tonndei 


and 


promise.  We  place  very  little 
dence  in  the  word  of  that  man  v. 
addicted  to  profanity;  and  every 
man  virtually  says  to  others  that  he 
will  .sell  both  his  word  and  jhis  coi 
science  very  cheap. 

5.  Profane  swearing  leads  directly  t 
other  species  of  immorality.  Tboi 
who  are  regardless  of  their  own  coi 
Bciences,  cast  off  the  fear  of  God  an 
trifle  with  his  names,  titles,  Attributi 
and  perfections,  generally  becon 
wholly  abandoned  in  their  moral  cha 
id   give   themselves  up  to    a 


ickedn 


ghto 


kinds 

I  m_ 

prove  the  immoral  tendency  of  profai 
swearing;    but    sufficient    has  already 
been  said   to  answer    my  present   pi 
pose,  and  to  show  with   what  propriety 
our  Saviour  enforced  the  preci 
text:  "  But  I  say  unto  you,  s 


1.  If  profane  swearing  has    suol 

immoral  tendency,  as  1  have  shown 
ii  is  su  very  offensive  to  God  lo 
with  his  names  and  attributes,  then 
we  may  learn  the  propriety  and  impor- 
tance of  divesting  a  candidate  for  Free^ 
masonry  of  his  wearing  apparel;  cloth 
ing  him  with  an  old  gown  and  pair  of 
drawers;  putting  a  hoodwink  upon  his 
eyes,  and  a  rope  about  bis  neck;  lead- 
ing him  inlo  Ihe  lodge  in  this  solemn 
manner;  praying  over  him,  and  read 
ing  the  Scriptures;  causing  hint  tc 
kneel  upon  bis  naked  left  knee,  clasp- 
ing the  Holy  Bible,  square  and  coropi 


what  you  mint  fight  against 
;roy,  before  you  can  come  to 
wledge  of  the  true  good  and  ; 
gn  happin  ss.  Behold  this  mou 
ch  you  must  conquer — a  serf. 
ich  we  detest  as  an  idol  thai 
adored  by  the  idiot  and  the  vulgar 


e  after 


ind  du 


Kurthe 


on  or  lawful  ii 

=  do  I  promise    and   swear,  that  1 
not  write,  print,  stamp,  stain, hew, 


figure,  character,  mark,  stain,  shadow, 
or  resemblance  of  the  same  may  be- 
come legible  or(  intelligible  to  mysell 
or  any  other  person  in  the  known 
world,  whereby  the  secrets  of  Masonry 
may  be  unlawfully  obtained  through 
my  unworthiness.  To  all  which  I  do 
■ly   promise 


i  equi 


myself  under    no  less    penalty,  than 

tongue  torn  out  by  the  roots,  und  i 
body  buried  in  the  rough  sands  of  I 
sea,  where  the  tide  ebbs  aud  flo 
twice  in  twenty-four  hours.  So  h> 
me  God  and  keep  me  stead  fast  in  l 
due  i.(»i-i  ..nuance  of  the  same." 


cdol   | 


will  not  violate  the  chastity  of  a  Mas- 
ter Mason's  wile,  mother,  sister,  or 
daughter,  I  knowing  them  to  be  such, 
nor  suffer  it  to  be  done  by  others,  if  in 
my  power  to  prevent  it." 

3.  If  profane  swearing  has  an  im- 
moral tendency,  and  those  who  sweai 
are  often  addicted  lo  other  crimes  thee 
we  may  see  the  propriety  of  the  fol- 
lowing oaths:  —  ''Furthermore,  do  I 
promise  and  swear  that  I  will  aid  and 
assist  a  companion  Royal  Arch  M 
when   engaged   in    any  difficulty,    and 

him  from  the  same,  if  in  my  p 
whether  he  be  right  or  wron 
"  Furthermare  do  I  promise  and 
that  a  companion  Royal  Arch    M. 


,  givei 


all  i 


icd,  persooaling    the  j 


mocking  the  miracles  which  he  wrouj 
by  the  hand  of  Moses  in  the  land 
Egypt. 

6.  if  profane  oaths  have  an  immo 
tendency,  because  they  trifle  with  I 
scenes  and  retributions  oi"  eternity,  tl 
who  can    Bee    any    barm    in    drink 

nied  with  the  following  imprecation) 
— •«  This  pure  wine  I  take  from  tbi; 
cup,  in  testimony  of  my  belief  of  th1 
mortality  of  the  body  and  the  immor 
tality  of  the  soul;  and  as  the  sins  o 
the  whole  world  were  laid  upon  th. 
bead  of  the  Saviour,  so  may  the  sins  o 
the  person  whose  skull  this  was,  hi 
heaped  upon  my  bead  in  addition  U 
my  own;  and  may  they  appear  injudg 

after,  should  1  violate  or  transgress  anj 
obligation  in  Masonry,  or  the  orders  of 
knighthood  which  I  have  heretofore 
taken,  take  at  this  time  or  may  hereaf- 
ter be  instructed  in;  so  help  me  God." 
Finally,  my  brethren,  "  if  you 
would  come  to  the  center  of  trutn 
must  take  heed  to  our  Saviour's  pn 
"swear  not  at  all;"  and  under 
sanction  of  many  horrid,  profane,  and 
barbarous  oaths,  "you  must  crush  ihi 
head  of  the  serpent  of  i£noriiu<v,  yoi 
must  shake  off  the  yoke  of  infant  prej- 
udice concerning  the   mysteries  of   the 


You  i 


reigning 

everything  which    the  world 

dispossd  to  call  fanaticism  and  be   very 

anything    which    illuminated    pllil 

pherfl  have  been  pleased  lodenomii 
superstition  "  Behold,  my  dear    br 


der  the  t 


S    B  Allen.   John  All, 

R  Atchison,  S  Adams,  ! 

M  Ambrose.  R  S  Anms,  S 

Blakeslee,  L  A  Burd,    A 

Baldwin,   J  R 


PBru 


M 


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Harris,  G  W  Hilling,  D  H  Hobawi,  Kei 
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L  Leav.tt,  S  K  Lambert,  C  Mace,  U  C 
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M 


;  fathei 


The  advice  of  i 
his  bod  was  (we  remember  one  case  of 
of  such  advice  very  distinctly)  Never 
do  any  thing  in  private  which  you 
would  be  unwilling  to  ham  known  open 
ly.  If  this  rule  is  followed,  what  need 
is  theraof  secret  societies!  Why  are 
Masons  so  unwilling  to  have  their  se- 


ispe.-.ting  Indian  entertained  our  fore- 
fathers when  first  landing  from  the 
my  sea  upon  their  Bhores  As 
itanism  fled  to  these  shores  for  shel- 
against  the  enmity  of  the.  old  world, 
iven  now  Jesuitism  is  fleeing  thither 
from  tb.it  world;  and  sba'l  we  prepare 
hospitable  reception  by  tench 
children  its  own  secret  arts  and 
duubl--dealings!  Could  there  be  any- 
thoughtless  and  p  re  poster- 


>ehu 


o  kill  t 


secret,  underhanded  ways;  to  avoid 
them  as  trails  of  character  wholly  un- 
worthy of  true,  self  reliant  manhood, 
and  especially  of  the  man  who  is  to  help 
govern  by  his  example  and  opinions 
milliona  of  hislellow-men.  The  Ameri- 
can boy  should  be  taught  to  despise  ae- 
cretive   arts,    and  to    be  on    his  guard 

en  though  the  practices  of  them  should 

himself. 

After  good  works  it  is  the  natural 
disposition  of  man  to  sleep;  and  duriug 
Buch  sleep  the  adversary  sows  bis  tares. 
Tbe  people  feel  that  in  abolishing  slav- 
ery, they  have  done  a  good  work,  and 
are  disposed  to  Bleep;  to  make  money; 
to  enpy  themselves,  mil  tike  no  thought 
for  the  morrow  but  for  the  riches.  But 
such  is  precisely  the  time  that  the  ad- 
versary, like  the  pick-pocket,    is  about, 


nd  we  have  penn-d  these  thoughts  fur 
press  that  boasts  of  being  free.  It 
pill  doubtless  come  before  the  eyes  of 
jany  a  ''conductor  cf  the  press,"  who 
fills  h's  weekly  sheet,  perhaps,  with  Ma- 
ionic  notices,  or  at  least  with  far  staler 
luff  than  this,  however  old  and  stale 
t  may  he;  hut  how  many  ofourcon- 
luctors  of  a  free  press  will  venture  to 
epublish  this? 

American  father  1  Would  you  save 
-our  in-titulions,  and  avoid  the  estab- 
lishments an"  order"  ot  nobility  upon 
ruins?  Then  teach  your  son  a 
true  nobility,  by  shunning  all  mean, 
.    underhanded    arts,    and   those 

Felippk  de  Neri. 


last  i 


>  pilfer 


ingTurk  siru-.'k  hi* 
paw  upon  the  capital  of  the  East,  hf 
scattered  the  last  relics  of  Grecian 
literature— the  New  Testament  among 
them — and  they  fell  upon  Europe  like 
sparks  of  living  fire  upon  tinder,  rous- 
ing it  lo  a  new  life  of  progresB  and  re- 
form. But  quite  different  is  likely  to 
be  the  result  of  that  other  great  event, 
the  Franco-Prussian  war.  As  a  result 
of  iha'.  war,  Jesuitism  has  been  routed 
from  its  strong- holds,  and  scattered  to 
tbe  West  Here  in  the  rich  soil  of 
English  ai.d  American  liberty,  its  seeds 
readily  take  root  and  grow.  They  have 
already  struck,  and  are  growing  rapid- 
ly- 

The  first  use  that  Prussia  makes  of  a 
bloody  war,  is  to  array  all  its  glory,  all 
its  prestige,  against  the  secr-'t  machina- 
tions and  practices  of  the  Jesuit*;  but 
the  first  use  'hat  our  youths,  the  future 
governors  of  the  land,  are  taught  lo 
make  of  the  glory  and  prestige  of  a  treat 

selves  to  secret  machinations  I  They 
are  taught  to  admire  the  swell  and 
pomp  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Rs 
public,  which  is  a  great  Secret  Society, 
Masonry  «nd  Jesuitism  in  disguise. 

Do  our  shrewd  and  intelligent  people 
expect  to  defeat  Jesuitism  by  playing 
its  own  game;  to  cait  out  devils  b>j  de 
vils;  and  govern  a  great  Christian  coun 
try  by  secret  underhanded  ar'al  Is 
craft  in  the  priest  to  bo  cured  by  craft 
in  the  people!  Will 
priest  and  people  both  fall  into  t  lie  ditch? 
Does  the  farmer  fancy  that  he 
wit  priest  and  politician  by  thrusting 
his  head  into  the  sack  offered  him  by 
the  grange!  Is  the  American  man  U 
govern  by  hiding  his  eyes  like  the  pooi 
pinionlcss  ostrich  in  the  dirt?  No 
Every   American  who  loves  republicat 

trust  all  workers  in  darkness;  nil  prao- 
ticera  of  secret  arts  and  myi 


country,  freer  and  more  open  to 
eeds  of  evil  than  to  those  of  good. 
Canada  thistles,  the  seeds  of  evil 
up  >n  us  from  every  gale  from  Eu 
rope.     Jesuitism,  exulting  in  a  ntw  and 

and  flourishes  among  us  like  a  green 
bay  tree,  or  the  tall  Limbanly  poplar 
by  tbe  water's  side,  Our  uususpecting 
people,  trained  originally  to  frankness, 
openness  and  uosuspeclii 


God 


Jest 


in  all 


This 


IB?" 

Not  being  a  college  graduate  I  have 
always  supposed  1  could  learn  some. 
thing  from  the  writings  of  such  emi 
and  Christian  philan- 
thropists as  J.  Q  Adams,  W.  H.  Sew- 
Daniel  Wehster,Thaddeus  Stevens, 
,ard  Rush,  Wm.  Wirt,  Rev.  C.  J. 
Finney.  Elder  D.  Bernard,  Rev.  J.  G. 


Steai 


othei 


who 


i  the  subject,  some  from  hav- 
»sed    its    ahominalions,    and 
others  from  a  careful  and  thorough    [li- 
gation. 

it  there  was  a  card  published  many 
b  ago  signed  by  that  noted   Chris- 
tian   philanthropist,  Lewis  Tappan,  at 


■  funei 


iothe 


others  the  works  of  such 
named,  if  possible,  to  save  them  from 
such  a  snare.  The  card  was  written  In 
to  kind  a  manner  that  I  believe  Masons 
did  not  censure  them  severely.  I  did 
hope  some  paper  would  republish  it  in 
connection  with  the  notice  of  the  death 
of  this  great  and  good  man.  The  card 
was  signed  Lewis  Tappan,  Rev.  M.  L. 
R,  Perine,  Rev.  Chauucey  Eddy,  Rev. 
Joel  Parker,  Henry  Bradley,  and    nine 

We,  the  undersigned,  having  formal- 


lyass 


with  I 


duly,  withoi 
the  excitement  or  wound  the  feel  ngs  ol 
our  Masonic  brethren,  publicly  to  de- 
clare that  the  system  of  Freemasonry 
is,  in  our  judgment,  of  a  tendency  on 
the  whole,  pernicious  to  the  moral  hab- 
its, and  dangerous    to     the    civil 


eligio 


soft 


Being  in  tbe  city  of  this  reverend 
editor  a  few  months  ago,  I  thought  I 
learned  something  of  tbe  nature  of  the 
institution,  and  possibly  of  the  charac- 
ter of  the  men  belonging  to  it,  from  a 
paper  handed  me,  The  South  Brooklyn 


in  this 


under  the  head  of  Masonry,  a  Sei 

by  Rev.   J.    Mathews  and  a   reply   of 

Mr.  E.   P.  Day,   and   Wm.    F.   Jone 


Freemason's  wife."  and  an  editorial  un- 
der the  head  of  '*  Masonry."  The  ser- 
mon was  in  accordance  with  the  views 
of  Finney,  Stearns  and  Bernard  and 
alluded  to  some  writings  of  Mr.  Fin- 
y,  and  was  witnessed  to  on    the  spot 


nllei 


whose 


then 


as  folio 
could  E 

stated  that  he  had  been  a  Master  Ma 
son  and  could  testify  to  the  truth  of  the 
statements  mnde  by  Mr.  Mathews.  He 
also  stated  that  ho  knew  Mr.  Mathews 
was  in  posae=sion  of  a  book  describing 
exactly  tbe  formula  through  which  he 
passed  on  becoming  a  Master  Masin. 
[A  voice  from  the  audience,  'the  book 
is  a  fraud  and  you  too.']."  But  lest 
this  should  not  fully  impeach  this  wit- 
ness the  editor  lakes  it  upas  follows: 
"  There  is  another  person  we  have  so 
little  regard  for    as  to   pass  with  silent 

enough  to  express  our  disgust  for  the 
mean,  despicable,  pusillanimous  cur,  a 
liar  at  least  and  perhaps  a  perjurer. 
We  allude  to  the  thick-headed  numb- 
skull that  arose  and  said,  ''I  have  been 
a  Master  Mason.'  A  master!  Master 
of  what?  Not  oven  master  of  his  own 
foul  tongue.  If,  as  he  states,  he  has 
been  a  Mason,  we  a6k  him  to  ponder 
over  and  recall  to  memory  the  first  cov 

lodge, and  let  not  perjury  be  added  to 
the  untold  numberof  sins  he  has  already 

The  quotations  of  Mr.  Finney  were 
disposed  of  by  Mr.  Day  as  follows: 
'■  Some  thirty  years  ago,  I  attended 
Oberlin  Institute  one  term  and  listened 
to  the  'fire  and  brimstone'  tetchinr/  of 
Prof.  C.  G.  Finney,  and  the  recollec- 
tions are  not  of  the  most  phasing  kind; 
even  now,  in  his  old  age,  'he  is  egotis- 
tical, intolerant,  and  like  'sounding 
brass  and  tinkling  cymbal.'" 

The  sermon  was  taken  in  hand  by 
"J.  D.    Nolan.   Masonic  editor   of  the 

Brooklyn  Sunday ,  who  "rose  and 

asked  if  be  would  be  permitted  to  put 
a  question,  and  being  answered  in  the 
affirmative,  asked  Mr.  Mathews  if  he 
believed  the  words  of  Jesus  Christ 
were  true.  Mr.  Mathews  replied  that 
he  did,  upon  which  Mr.  Nolan  remark- 
ed, ''Christ  says  all  liars  are  devils, and 

teredalie."      The   "Freemason's  wife 

exhibits  about  Ihe  same  loving  spirit 
towards  tbe  sermon   which  she    seems 


unk 


But  this  editor  tells  something  about 
MaFonry.        Perhaps    he  had    not  duly 


Ma; 


lodg 


which  he  lovingly  cautioned  the  broth 

any  part  or  parts. 
Here  is  the  revel 

sweeter  and  more  divine  feelings  oi 
brotherly   love,    independent    of  creeds 

ligion,  irrespective  of  the  awful,  horrid, 
heathenish  oath-,  conferred  on  the  ini 
tiate.  It  teaches  to  promote  a  brother's 
welfare  whenever  in  our  power." 

I  think  I  learned  from  this  one  num. 
ber  that  the  sermon  must  have  taken 
some  effect  to  call  out  BUch  an  array  of 
talent  against  it.  and  I  might  have 
learned  something  from  the  spirit  Ma 
sous  manifested  in  this  case,  if  I  had  not 
often  seen  the  same  spirit  manifested 
wherever  any  effort  was  made  to  enlight 
en  men  in  regard  to  the  nature  and  work 
iogs  of  Masonry.  Masonry,  and  the  mul- 
titude of  Masons,  was  so  thoroughly  ex- 
posed just  as  I  arrived  to  manhood  that  1 
have  ever  labored  loaave  men  from  its 
influence  ;  and  in  the  providence  of  God 
it  has  so  exhibited  itself  of  late  that  bad 
God  entrusted  me  with  thousands  of 
dollars  to  expend  in  Chrisiian  mission, 
ary  work,  in  the  present  stale  of  things 
I  believe  the  beat  possible  use  it  could 
be  put  to  would  be  to  enve  men  from 
the  snare  set  for  them  by  this  order. 
I  believe  that  no  honest  man  will  offer 
to  join  who  understands  the  oaths  and 
vows  they  require  and  has  observed  its 
work  in  leading  men  to  dissipation  as 
have  the  last  few  years.  Those  wish- 
ing help  to  hide  their  crimes  may  con- 
tinue to  seek  fellowship  in  the  lodge. 


The  most  practical  Christian  deals 
most  with  Christ.  It  is  only  by  deal 
ing  with  Christ  that  we  can  be  right 
towards  the  world. 


Ili'Spi't  lability  to  he  l'r 


-pi-iMabiluy  is   certainly    wurlhy  of  pro- 

Wbether  the  editor  in  his  brief  com. 

the  argument  of  tbe  Kentucky  lawyer 
lor  tli--  justification  of  Ku-Klux  and  of 
the  Toledo  police  nfficerarein  substance 
precisely  lih<-  those  used  by  the  apolo- 
gists for  Freemasonry,  viz:  "We  see 
some  good  men  [some  ministers]  who 
are  Freemasons."  And  very  frequent- 
ly it  is  more  than  hinted  that  we  had 
better  leave  Masonry  alone  because 
some  such  very  "respectable  men  be- 
long to  it."  And  thus,  they  argue,  it 
is  better  to  protect  the  knaves  in 
their  Masonic  trickery,  than  to  ex 
pose  the  ministers  and  prominent  mer- 
chants who  are  juggling  with  them 
But  this  is  the  strongest  argument 
(?)  Masonry  can  produce;  and  it  ib 
just  the  kind  of  pleading  every  bad 
cause  urges — for  want  of  better. 

But,  taking  it  for  granted  that  the 
editor  intends  his  c  imment  for  sarcasm, 
why  is  it  that  this  editor  with  very 
many  others,  cannot  detect  tbe  falla- 
cies of  Freemasonry  as  well  as  those  of 
Ku-Kluxiam?  Is  it  not  because  the 
Ku-Klux  are  less  popular?  These  edi- 
itora  {and  preachers  too)  remind  me  oi 
the  advice  of  ''Truthful  -lames,"  to  the 


which  r 


Is  alius  oupoplcr 


i  follows: 

go   lol.T.M, 


To  What  God  Did  They  Pray? 

Though  not  present  at  the  dedica- 

on  of  the  Masonic  Temple  recently  in 

city.  I    learn    from    the  daily  pa- 


i that  t 


i  prayei 


made  by  Rev.  Brother  John  Chambers, 
D.  D.,  Grand  Chaplain;  also  at  anoth- 
er part  of  Ihe  ceremonies,  "prayer  was 
offered  by  Rev.  Richard  H.  Allen, 
Grand  Chaplain." 

Now  the  question  arises,  To  what 
God  did  these  men  pray,  on  that  occa- 
sion? They  did  not  pray  in  the  name 
of  Christ;  and  hence,  they  did  not 
pray  to  the  Christian's  God,  the  God 
revealed   in     tbe     Bible     is    "Go*   in 


Chri 


ofCh 


cessible  in  prayer.  Christ  saith,  "No 
man  comelh  unto  the  Father  but  by 
me."  Now,  as  these  ministers  of  Christ 
did  not  pray  to  that  God,  who  is  "God 
in  Christ,"  to  what  God  did  they  pray? 
The  command  of  the  God  of  the  Bi 
ble  is,  "Whatsoever  ye  do.  in  word  or 
deed,  do  all  in  the  name  of  the  Lord 
Jesus:  giving  thanks  to  God  and  the 
Father  by  him.  These  minislera  did 
not  "consecrate"  their  Temple  "in  the 
name  of  the  Lord  Jesus:"  and  in  their 
d  the  command  of  the 


>  God; 


did 


prayei 

Christ 

pray  to  him:  then,    to  what    God    did 

they    pray? 

Before  the  advent  of  Christ,  prayer 
could  be  made  acceptably  though  that 
name  was  not  Implied,  hut  not  so  since 
he  bad  come.  He  said  to  his  disciples 
1  'Hitherto  have  ye  asked  nothing  in  ray 
name:  ask,  and  ye  shall  receive;"  that  is, 
ask  henceforth  "in  my  name,   and  ye 

said    also,    anticipating    his 
"then  shall  ye  nsk  in  my  nan 
as  these  ministers  of  Christ  did 


•  whoi 


they  prayed  ns  "God  in  Christ,"  they 
did  not  pray  to  the  God  of  the  Bible 
To  what  God,  then,  did  they  pray! 

We  are  told,  that  in  another  part  of 
the  ceremonies  "the  R,  W,  Grand  Mas- 
ter" said:  "In  the  name  of  the  Su- 
preme and  Eternal  God,  tbe  Grand 
Architect  of  heaven  and  earth,  to  whom 
be  all  the  honor  and  glory,  I  dedicate 
this   Temple   to   virtue   and   science." 


the  God  of  Redemption,  the  Chrialiai 
God;  but  in  the  name  of  the  "Suprer 
and  Eternal  God,"  impliedly  t'.e  ear. 


a<  AUdh,  the  "One  God,  of  whom  Mo- 
bammed  is  the  prophet;  or  the  "Great 
Spirit,'  whom  the  Indians  wor- 
ship. But  neither  of  these  ia  the  God 
of  the  Christian  and  of  divine  revela- 
tion; and  the  pr«y?rs  of  these  Rev. 
Grand  Chaplains,  being  made  without 
reference  to  Christ  were  made  to  some 
Godlike  Allah  or  the  'Great.  Spirit." 
Free-masonry  is  a  region,  but  a  re 
ligion  without  a  Saviour,  who  redeems 
from  sin,  It  does  not  acknowledge 
that  man  needs  any  Saviour,  and  hence 

Lord  Jesus  Christ.  It  dedicates  ils 
Tempi-,  not  in  the  name  of  the  God  of 

Redemption.  Father,  Son.  and  Holy 
Ghost.  It  knows  no  such  God:  it  dues 
not  worship  him  nor  seek  salvation 
from  Him.     It  dedicates  ils  Temple  to 


:  thui 


.ching 


members  to  worship  these  two  goddeas- 
es;  and  that  they  need  no  other  salva- 
tion,than  what  virtue  and  science  can 
supply. 

Now  as  the  Grand  Chaplains,  Rev. 
Dr.  Chambers  and  Rev.  Dr.  Allen  did 
not  pray  in  ihe  name  of  Christ,  nor  to 
"God  in  Christ,"  to  what  God  did  they 
pray!  Was  it  to  Allah,  or  the  "Great 
Spirit,"  or  "Jupiter  Supremo,"  or  to 
whom?  On  the  Lord's  day  they  stand 
in  their  respective  pulpits,  and  teach 
their  people  that  no  man  can  come  to 
God  but  by  Christ;  and  that  "whatso- 
ever they  do  in  word  or  deed,  they 
should  do  all  in  the  name  of  the  Lord 
Jesus;"  and  ye*  these  same  Rev.  Chap 

service  of  dedicating  amagivficent  tem- 
ple, and  ignore  tbe  Lord  Jesus  while 
doing  bo;  and  disown  the  Triune  God, 
besides  whom  there  is  no  Saviour!  Is 
it  not  then  a  pertinent  question,  to  what 
God  did  they  pray  on  that  occasion? 
On  the  Sabbath  these  men  profess  to 
be  "ambassadors for  Christ;" butas  they 
i sjnored  Christ, wild- (ffidatiii irreligious- 
ly in  the  Masonic  temple,  to  what  God 
did  they  pray!  G.    M. 


Then.iimiii.in  in  California 


nth  him  that  the  Chinamen  here 
hould  be  well  treated,  and  all  judi- 
iousefforts  he  put  forth,  faithfully  and 
nrneslly,  to  Christianize    tbem.       But 


three  or  four  principal  cities  are  fewand 
feeble.  They  are  working  hard  and 
successfully,  but  they  have  about  as 
much  as  they  can  do  to  bold  their  own. 
Their  growth  is  from  immigration, 
They  make  scarcely  any  aggressions 
upon  Humanists,  the  Jews,  or  tbe  Ger- 
man Rationalists  of  which  the  country 
is  full.  Now  suppose  you  bring  in 
upon  these  struggling  churches  an  in- 
undation of  heathenism,  what  can  they 
do  for  it?  The  surplus  population  of 
China,  that  which  burdens  the  land, 
exceeds  the  whole  population  of  this 
coast  twenty,  nay,  fifty  fold.  Suppose 
that  surplus  population  is  brought  over, 
or  even  one  fiftieth  of  it,  shall  we  be 
able  to  Christianize  them,  or  will  tbey 
heathenize  this  coast?  It  is  estimated 
that  there  are  75,000  here  already. 
Tbey  are  but  the  picket  guard  of  the 
array  that  is  ready  and  anxious  to  come. 
Increase  the  75,000  to  a  million  and 
what  will  be  the  result?  These  Chi- 
nese are  thoroughly  organized.  The 
oix  companies  own  them  all,  protect, 
provide  for  and  control  them.  If  we 
hire  one  he  does  not  become  a  member 
of  our  family.  He  does  not  come  into 
any  sympathy  of  ideas  or  interests  with 
us.  He  studiously  avoids  everything 
of  the  kind.  He  btlonga  to  another 
sphere.  He  does  not  want  to  learn 
our  language.  The  tit  companies  don't 
waot  them  to.  They  ha  ve  their  inter- 
preters and  their  employment  agents, 
through  whom  all  their  business  is 
transacted.  John  works  for  us  and 
likeB  our  money,  but  he  does  not  like 
our  ways.  He  thinks  his  own  country 
with  all  its  filth  and  despotism,  far  su- 
perior to  ours.       He  says,    "China  law 


Tb< 


*  companies,  through  their  agents, 
11  him  that  he  must  be  bo.  But  let 
John  hold  the  balance  of  power,  let 
him  outnumber  the  rest  of  ua  three  to 
one  and  what  would  he  do?  The  land 
that  it  requires  to  support  one  Ameri- 
can would  support  twenty  Chinamen. 
There  is  nothing  to  prevent  their  buy- 
buying  and  holding  land  her*.  If  the 
labor  market  gets  glutted,  the  six  com- 
panies, who  have  plenty  of  money, may 
d  and  put  their 
:rowd    out  other 


i  thei 


livators.  In  this  waj 
dually  get  control  of  i 
st  fertile  valleys  on  this 


igrants  from  all  lands.  But  this 
migration  from  China  differs  in  three 
respeefcj   from    alt     others  in    our    his- 

1.  It  is  not  a  migration  of  families, 
but  of  men  merely.  It  does  not  build 
up  society, but  brings  in  gangs  of  labor- 
ers, who  herd  together  in  hired  cabins 
and  Boat  about  according  to  the  demand 
for  their  services.  They  are  not 
tiers,  form  no  local  attachments  or 

2.  They  do  not  come  freely  and 
not  free  while  here.  It  is  said  that 
many  of  tbem  are  bought  in  Chini 
All  of  them  nre  in  debt  for  their  pa 
sage,  and  are  controlled  while  on  th 
oast  by  tbe  comp/ny  thai  brings  thei 
over.  Theirs  is  not  a  debt  well  defii 
ed  and  soon  discharged  as  in    the    cat 


salage.      The  Chinamen  are  so    suspic 

satisfied  with  their  way  of  doing  things 
and  so  reticent  about  it  that  we  cannot 
find  out  juBt  what  the  power  and  con 
trol  of  these  great  companies  is.  Bu 
practically  nearly  all  the  Chinamen  an 
their  Blaves,  and  prefer 
to     American     freedom 


3.  The  Chinamen  do  not  come 
to  6tay.  They  have  no  idea  of  | 
up  their  allegiance  to  the  empei 
the  flowery  land.  They  come  h 
the  English  go  to  India— to  make 
ey  and  then  return  home  to  enjc 
Even  the  poorest  coolie  dreams  o 
ing  back,  and  if  he  dies  here  he 
his  bones  sent  hack.  Now  in  view  of 
these  facts  it  is  absurd  to  apply  our  pol 
icy  in  regard  to  European  emigrants  to 
this  influx  and  reflux  of  Mongolians. 
If  they  should  become  numerous 
enough  here  to  control  this  coast  they 
would  make  it  a  province  of  tbe  Celes- 
tial Empire. 

We  say.    therefore,   that   while    we 
should  do  all  that  we   can  for  tbe  Chi- 

discourflge    their   coming.     When    we 


nd   Ch 


thoi 


uty, 


sloppiu 


upon  ub  of  the  refuse  population  of 
China.  In  European  emigration  we 
often  gel  the  best,  the  enterprising. and 
the  liberty-  loving.  In  Asiatic  emigra- 
te bought  tin*  cheapest,  the  very  scum 
of  heathenism.  —  Editorial  Cwea 
pondence    t»  lite  Herald  and  Presby- 


i  Scan- 


While  n  ading  some  eipre 
cerningthe  "Beecher  and  Tt 
dal,"  I  am  reminded  of  Shimei,  atoning 
poor  guilty  David,  who  nevei  theless, 
was  IsraeCs  king;  God's  chosen  and 
anointed  leader,  for  his  people.  And 
of  Saul  who  fell  upon  Mount  Gilboa. 
Call  him  not  "Nebuchadnezaer's  golden 
image."  Call  him  not  a"wolfin  sheep's 
clothing  1"  call  him,  \Ujuilly\  victhn  of 
sin,  "For  this  lament,  and  howl." 
'■How  are  the  miglUy  fallen."  And 
how  has  the  "pure  gold  become 
dim."  Look  along  the  crowded  thor- 
ough fares  of  New  York :  See  the  guild- 
ed  gateways  to  hell:  Whither  the  sim- 
ple go:  knowing  "not  that  the  d^ad 
are  there,"  her  gueatB  in  Ihe  depths  of 
htU.  Do  you  find  a  prince  in  Israel, 
led  in  hither;  as  an  "ox  to  the  elaugb 
tort"      If  80,    let   amount, si ucenh 


H,  foi  him;  and  let  others  he  ma 
ed  by  this  example.  "A  strange  i 
man,  Ib  a  deep  ditch;  He  that  is 
horred  of  the    Lord  shall   fall  into 


Health  and  Talent. 

"It  is  no  exaggeration  lo  say  that 
health  is  a  large  ingredient  in  what  the 
world  calls  talent.  A  man  without  it 
may  be  a  giant  in  intellect,  but  his 
deeds  will  bu  the  deeds  of  a  dwarf.  On 
the  contrary,  let  him  have  a  quick  cir- 
culation, a  good  digestion  the  bulk,. 
thews  and  sinews  of  a  man,  and  the 
alacrity,  the  unshrinking  confidence  in- 
spired by  these,  even  though  hs  have 
but  a  thimbleful  of  brains,  ho  will  eith- 
er blunder  upon  success  or  set  failure 
at  defiance.  The  number  of  men  in 
whom  heroic  intellects  are  allied  with 
bodily  constitutions  as  tough  as  horses, 
is  small,  especially  in  America.  In  gen- 
eral a  man  has  reason  to  be  well  off  in 
tbe  lottery  of  life  if  he  draws  the  prize 
of  a  healthy  stomach  without  a  mind, 
or  the  prize  of  a  fine  intellect  with  a 
crazy  constitution.  A  pound  of  ener- 
gy with  an  ounce  of  talent,  will  achieve 
greater  results  than  a  pound  of  talent. 
with  an  ounce  of  energy. 

"The  first  requisite  to  success  in  life 
is  to  he  a  good  animal.     In  any  of  the 

tion  is  equal  to  at  least  fifty  per  cent 
more  brains.  With  health,  judgment, 
imagination,  eloquence,  all  the  quali- 
ties of  the  mind  attain  a  force 
and  splendor  to  which  they  could 
never  approach  without  it.  But  intel- 
lect in  a  weakly  body  is  'like  gold  in  a 


.y  have  tools  of  the  sharpestedge,  and 
highest  polish,  but  what  are  these  with- 
out a  vigorous  arm  and  hand!  Of  what 
use  is  it  that  your  mind  has  become  a 
vast  granary  of  knowledge,  if  you  have 
not  strength  to  turn  the  key?" 

Hence  the  vast  importance  of  pre- 
servinga  Bound  body  in  which  the  sound 
mind  can  do  its  work.  All  systems  of 
education  which  overlook  this  are  de- 
fective and  ruinous.  Sickness,  pain, 
and  death  follow  in  the  train  of  tbe 
fashionable  education  of  tbe  day.  Life, 
and  health,  and  peace,  are  the  natural 
results  of  healthful  food,  clothing,  eier- 


NiiLiiiiri:*. 


The  work  of  procuring  sponges,  as 
pursued  at  Tunis,  requires  great  skill 
on  the  part  of  the  sponge  fishers,  who 
are  principally  Greeks,  Sicilians,  and 
Arabs.  Of  these  the  Greeks  are  the 
most  expert  in  their  vocation.  The 
sponge  fishery  is  most  actively  carried 
on  during  the  months  of  December,  Jan- 
uary and  February,  as  at  otberseasons 
the  places  where  the  spongea  exist  are 
overgrown  with  sea  weeds.  The  storms 
during  November  and  December  destroy 
and  sweep  away  the  thick  marine  vege- 
tation and  leave  the  sponges  exposed  to 
pearing, 


rithout 


eof 


an  apparatus,  and  by  dredging  with  a 
machine  similar  to  an  oyster  dredge. 
It  is  in  spearing  the  sponges  that  the 
greatest  dexterity  is  shown.  Tbe  spears 
used  by  the  Greeks  are  shorter  than 
those  employed  by  the  natives,  but  they 
manage  them  with  such  adroitness  as 


the 


xiy  feet  of.* 


Tbe  Brit- 


these  Greeks  hold  in  their  hauds  three 
or  four  spears,  and  dart  tbem  with  such 
precision,  one  after  the  other,  that  be- 

der  the  surface  the  second  strikes  its  up- 
per extremity,  and  thus  gives  it  addition- 
petus  to  reauh  the    sponge  aimed 


,  Whei 


one  is  producd  within  a  year  to  take 
its  plac.  The  finest  sponges  are  found 
in  the  Mediterranean,  the  chief  market 
being  Smyrna.  Coarse  sponges  are 
procured  in  great  numbers  in  the  waters 
of  tbe  Bahamas,  and  form  an  important 
article  of  export  from  those  islands.     A 

the  coast  of  FWida,  where  the  supply 
is  bo  great  that,  if  the  fisheries  were  ac- 
tively prosecuted,  it  would  suffice  for 
onsumption  of  the  United  States. 
— JV.  y.  Sun. 

Those    who    choose    Satan's     world 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  OCTOBER  23,  1873 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 


Clilciiirn,  lliiirMluy,    Oct.  '23.  is;;!. 


ihuouei  to  grapple.       They 

eluded  the  Quakers    because  they 

jected    visible   ordinances;     hut   tl 

irauk,  though  meeting  in  Great   B 

n,   from  excluding  the   enslavers 


Uti-masons.  There  were  Germans 
rho  had  seen  their  beloved  Emperor 
-nd   the  Crown  Prince   excommunicat- 

d  by  infidel  French  Muona  claiming 
urtadiction  of  the  order  throughout 
he  world.  There  were  Frenchmen 
vho  had  seen  a  procession  of  French 
J  490ns    in    the  last    agonies   of     the 


weeks  before  tbeir  sunscripuc 


Slate  of  Indiana,  Westfield.Hamiltoi 
Co.,  Oct.  20ib. 

Slate  of  Wisconsin,  Ripon,  Oct.22d. 
•  Bartholomew  county,  Hartsville  Urn 
vereity,  Hartsville,  Ind.,    Nov.  let,  10 


The  valuable  editorial  correspon 
rom  our  associate  editor  crowds 
umber  of  important  articles  which  may 
<e    expected    soon;  among    them 
'Our  Platform,"   ''How  Senator  I 

Defsnt     was     Accomplished," 
otes  ficm  Wnpello  County." 


like  a  nest  of  snakes  in  a  cellar,  in  thi 
particular,  that  if  a  snake  should  chanc 
to  bite  a  member  of  the  family,  he  ba 

a  hole  to  flee  to  and  2nd  friends. 


of   Italy 


and,   wh.U  they  are  not    thwarted  ii 

getting  money  and  power — the  two  ob 
jects  promised  bv  the  lodge — they  an 
k-nd  and  courteous.  But  who  wants  t< 
have  a  man  at  his  side,  in  the  daily  in 
tcrcourseof  life,  and  outward  f<irailii.ii  ity 

not  fit  to  be  associated  with,  in  the  or 
dinary  walks  of  life,  even  though  hi 
neither  meditates  nor  perpetrates  crime, 


of   the  fraternities       They   ba 

ittempted  to  put  down  his  move  met 
by  ridicule,  calling  bis  society  the  an 


pla, 


thei 


There  was  the  eloquent  Dr. 
Fisch,  of  Paris,  who  showed  that  he 
stood  the  lodge,  by  saying  to  an 
ican  delegate.  ''The  American 
churches  must  stand  as  one  man 
it  Freemuoiry  or  be  destroyed 
*  And  by  his  side  sat  the  Meth- 
odist, Dr.  0.  H.  Tiff  my,  who  com- 
plained that  his  liquor  was  drugged, 
i  his  apology  for  getting  boozy;  and 
bo  mikes  Cbristless  prayers  for  Frce- 

Ot'all'tue  questions  dscussed  by  the 
.Uiance,  none  was  of  more  present  and 
re-ning  niKi.irt.  in  ■••    tlian  thai  of    tUi 


Thee 


i  hads 


thei 


"THE  BIISSUmilY  TKUMPET." 

We  received  and  intended  to  have 
noticed  before  now,  this  Monthly  by 
Wm.  S.  IUntoul,  121  North  Cuh  St., 
Philadelphia. 

It  is  an  unpretending  publication, 
but  a  paper  of  great  pith  and  power. 
Issued  almost  under  the  shadow  of  the 
Great  Temple  of  American  Paganism, 
dedicated  last  month.  Mr.  Rentoul's 
•■Trumpet"  shows  "The  anti-Christian 
character  of  Freemasonry"  in  an  article 
running  through  three  numbers,  and 
well  sustained,  in    analysis,    argument 

The  grandiloquence,  blasphemy,  false 

and  lofty  pretentious,  end  general 
hatefuluess  and  wickedness  of  the 
lodge  are  shown  with  great  clearness 
and  vigor.  He  closes  thus: — '■  Surely 
our  readers  will  all  agree  with  us  that 
its  impiety  is  great:  its  historic  pre- 
tensions  to  high  antiquity  false  and 
hollow;  audits  arrogance   and    self-as- 


mplic 


undine. 


THE  EVAMiELIlAL  ALLIANCE, 

This  unique,  and,  in    many  respects, 
august  assembly  has  come  and    gone. 

tion"  of  Christian  doctrine  and  fellow- 
ship, iis  importance  is  vast.  Butin  lh< 
real  business  of  conquering  this  world 
for  Christ  it  is  like  a  fourth  of  July 
celebration  compared  with  the  battle  ol 
Brandywine  or  Bunker's  EI.H.  Bui.  the 
comparison  faili,  for  the  world  is  not 
yet  carried  for  Christ,  but  American 
Independence  is  .-icnieve-d.  And,  aa  s 
war  measure  the  great  Evangel  oi]  Al 
liancs  is  signally  defective.  It  is  like 
a  Fourth  of  July  celt 


-  Wn-  Iir< 


unqu. 


Whei 


i  Alii 


ted  and  carried  in 
to  *£fect,  tbe  question  of  American 
Slavery  was  the  real  question  tor  the 
nations  of  Christendom.  The  grim 
monster  slavery  stood  like  an  invisible 
ghott,  not  oily  in  the  Federal  capital 
but  in  every  foreign  court  reached  by  our 
diplomacy;  and  in  every  State  LegUk- 


ery  i 


i  the 


question,   tho   World's  Clm 


i  Conli 


programme:  "Christ 
Unity  and  its  Ant igoa Urns ;"  and  yet  s< 
far  as  we  have  seen,  they  ignored  th 
Antagonism  which  meets,  and  is  chok- 
ing out  the  Christian  religion  in  evei 
village  and  hamlet  around  the  globi 
itHcliiog  "iinollier  go-pel  which  is  rn 
another;"  administering  other  oath 
and  practicing  utlicr  worships;  in  f-hor 
thwarting  Christianity  as  harlotry 
thwarts  marriage.  The  only  conceiva 
ble  explanation  of  this  omission  is,  thai 
there  were  Freemasons  in  the  Alliance 
itself,  and,  like  the  tlave  power  wber 
theAlliance  was  inaugurated ;  the  lodge 
power  is  ubiquitous,  and  surrounds  thi 
globe  with  the  cold  slime  of  its  influ 

Infid-lity  and  the  Ronvsli  supersli 
tions  were  met  and  condemned  by  thi 
orators  of  the  Alliance.  But  is  then 
anything  in  infidelity  worse  than  re 
j-cting  Christ?  or  anything  in  priestly 
superstition  worse  than  drinking 
Irom  a  skull?  And  what  cares  Popery 
for  the  opposition  of  a  body  whicl 
dares  not  face  the  stuff  ihat  Popery  i 
made  of,  viz:  human  form9,  pretendm 
(o  impart  grace;  and  slavish  homage 
and  obedience  to  titular  superiors! 

Yet  the  Alliance  must   be   regan 
as  one   great  stride  in  the    march    of 
time   toward  the   goal  of  delivei 
The  forces   on   either   side  are    being 
massed,  and  wheeling  int    line  for   thi 
final  balile:    "And  in    that  day   mei 


i  God  and  him  thai 


BDITOBIAL  COKRESl'OXDEXCE 
FItO.lI  KANSAS. 

Muscotaii,  Kae..Sept,30,  1873. 
.Dear  Cynos  it  re  .—Weariness,  suet 
as  extra  anil  protracted  labor  and  ex 
pi  sure  brings  to  three  score  and  ten 
has  prevented  me  from  attempting  U 
report  what  I  have  seen  touching  th< 

state  of  Irng'c  birth,  of  magnificent  die- 
tanees,  and  of  sublime  expectations. 
Now,  after  delivering  seven  lectures  ii 
as  mnny  places  and  attending  the  plat' 
convention  at  Topefca,  and  resting  i 
few  dsys  here,  I  sit  down  to  reduce  i 
few  reminiscences  to  writing  for  youi 
renders. 

My  first  lecture  in  Kansas  was  a 
W  nchester,  in  Jeff.rBon  csunty.  This 
was  Originally  a  border-ruffian  town. 
and  the  headquarters  of  their  forces. 
Or-issbopper  Falls,  ten  miles  to  th« 
West  was  a  Free-State  town,  frorr 
which  Jim  Lane  led    the    liberty  forcei 


>  iheir    first  i 


ihe  ruffians  find  defeated  them  about 
three  miles  from  the  village  ef  Win 
Chester.  His  progress,  however  was 
nr rested  by  U.  S.  troops,  from  Leaven 
wonh  and  one  or  two  hundred  of  hi. 
men  were  taken  and  held  several 
months  as  prisoners  by  the  pro-slavery 
fuliiiiiitslrsrion,  which  thus  protected 
and  enounge  I  the  shivery  propagan- 
dists.    But  limes  have  changed. 

The  ruffians  Ii  ivo  nms'.ly  disappeared 
from  Winchester,  and  in  their  stead  nn 
a  people  not  only  opposed  to  chattel- 
slavery  but  many  of  them  opposed  equal 
ly  to  the  secretism  wiiich  aids  oppres- 
sion, and  which  impeses  on  the  soul  a 
bondage  infinitely  worse  than  chattel 
slavery.  Here  we  found  Rev,  Josiab 
Dudds,  secretary  of  the  Stale  Associa- 
tion by  whom  our  way  wus  preparedin 
this  place  and  in  other  placea  in  the 
vicinity  sufficient  lo  fill  up  the  lime  un- 
til the  Stale  Convention.  We  found 
him  a  true  work-fellow,  the  fruits  ol 
whore  labor  were  apparent  in  tbe  intel- 
ligent interest  of  bis  people  inlhennli- 
secret  refurm,  and  Hie  evident   dijlurb- 


shadr 


■eply  t 


rillity.  But  a  gentleman  of  high 
iding  supposed  heretofore  to  be  neu- 
tral or  Masonically  inclined  fins  volun- 
teered a  reply  over  his  own  signature 
hich  hasturned  the  ridicule  complete- 
ly upon  themselves,  suggesting  to  the 
is  and   Odd-fellows   that   if  their 

i an  "the  curl  in  the  pig's  tail"  they 
ould  consult  their  own  dignity  much 
ore  by  abandoning  them  than  by  at- 
impling    in  this    cowardly    and  con- 

m  of  high    and  pure-minded    gentle- 
?n  for  exercising  their  undoubted  and 
:red  right  of  investigating  and  di: 
ig  whatever  subject  they   deem 
portant.     At  Winchester  we  had  a  good 
sized   audience  and    good    attention- 
sold    a  goodly    number   of  books     an 
tracts,  and  received   a  fair   amount   < 
material  aid. 

The  next  day,  a  pleasant  ride  in  Di 
Dodd's  buggy  brought  us  to  the  home 
of  Dr.  Doug'asat  Grove  City,  so  called 
;h  the  city  is  very  widely  extended 
.ery  sparsely  builded  at  pn 
'.  was  one  of  the  first  settlers 


ived 


the 


which  assa'led  the  infant  life  of  free  Kan 
sag.  The  clouds  illuminated  by  burning 
Lawrence  were  visible  from  his  home 
and  though  be  had  often  to  flee  and  l< 
hide  from  prowling  ruffians  his  profes 
sion  of  physician  to  the  suffering  of  al 
parties,  enabled  him  to  keep  his  placi 
through  all  the' usages  and  changes  o 
the  days  that  desolated  so  miny  set 
tlemenls  and  changed  the  settlers  s< 
often  around  him.     He  has  the    fines 


silyc 


celled.       Bui 


was  most  gratifying  we  found  the  Doc 
;or  progressive  in  reform.  His  zeal 
igainet    slavery    which      carried    him 

;d  with  undiminished  force  against  the 


■  foe  of  . 


,  that 


expelled  from  the  institution  of  si 
has  taken  refuge  in  the  rapidlp    multi- 
plying lodges  of  the  day,  even   as   tl 
devils  of  Gadara  expelled  from   th< 
human    subject    took    refuge    in    tl 
swine — sympathy    with    the    farme; 
wrongs  and  with  woman's  rights,  pi 
d  sposed  tbe  doctor    to  look    favorably 
upon  the  grange    as  first   presented  li 
him.     But  when  he  saw   the   secrecy 
the  swelling  titles,  the  regalia,  the  vaii 
show — the    heathenish    worship,    th 
evident  political    and   religious  cbarac 
ter  and   the  disclaiming   of  both,  th 
evident  exclusiveness  under  pretense  of 
universal     brotherhood,     the     d'i 


B  partiality  i 


of   un 


•:ri-... 


>rd  the 


u'-k,! 


ness  and  falseness  of  Free-mason 
every  manifestation  of  the  order 
very  leaven  of  hypocrisy  pervading  the 
whole  thing,  he  exclaimed,  *M 
Lord,  there  is  death  in  the  pot." 
Would    that  all   Anti-masons 


Mai 


ivory 


cbangeof  dressand  name.   For  by 
mi  titnorpbois  has  Masonry  once 
ed  utter  annihilation  in  our  land. and  by 
the  same  ruse  it  is  now  spreading 
marvelously  among   the    unsuspecting 

Our   meeting  at    Or 
just    at   the    close    of    a    cam 
ing    that     had    engrossed     th 
oiuuity  day  and  night  for  more 


City 


ightb 


The 


neans  a    failure.       Our   plac 
ing    was  nearly    filled  and 
nterested  attention. 

day  Dr.  Douglas 


.age    to.Spri 


;  Grov< 


enworth  Co.  Our  notice  had  failtd 
reach  the  people.  I  w;is  cordially  re- 
ceived at  the  home  of  R.ev.0.  L,  Shep 
herdson  by  his  father-in-law,  a  Wesley 
an  Methodist  brother,  Hodges,  of  Kane 
Co.,  III.,  who  bad  becu  in  our  first  Au- 

ihy  with  the  cause  of  truth   and  open 
ii-  s  ;,  as  opposed  to  guile  and    secrecy 


li.oa 

ecture  for  the 

veiling,   and  w. 

bado 

50od.meet.iog. 
»e  home,  done 

Bro.  Shepherd 

•ml  ba 

eked  up  my  le 

tura  in  the  even 

ing  w 

th  warm   and 

telling   remarks, 

which  shcuved  that  he 

wasDotasbRDU't 

of  this 

despised    reform,  nor   afraid  v 

all  its 

nemies,  noi   de 

irous   of  nppro- 

atowei 

with  a  full  kno 

he   is 

and    where  he 

alands.       Sue) 

ffiinltu 

-as  may  lose  te 

nporarily.  but  in 

.he  confidence  o 

tie  rig 

■  t-minded,  and 

even  the  respect 

Of   CM 

mice,     while   the    cowardice  ol 

uoii-co 

nominalism    wi 

1     inherit    only 

Shepherdson  conveyed  me  to  Winches- 
er  whence  I  proceeded  by  tbe  narrow 
uage  R.  R.,  to  Grasshopper  Falls,  ar 
iving  about  sundown.  Calling  upon 
the  pastor  of  ihe  Congregational  church 
I  learned  that  my  notices  for  the  even- 
ng  and  the  next  day  had  fallen  into 
lis  bands  and  had  by  him  been  pock- 
eted; because  as  he  snid  he  "knew 
nothing  upon  the  subject  and 
Felt  no  interest  in  it;  knew  nolh- 
ng  about  Masonry — never  read  any- 
thing  about  it — didn't    care   anything 


Had  i 


nptwoi 


against  Masonry  by  Dr.  Board 

ngBtown,  Ohio,  who  had  once  been 
1300.  and  renounced  it,  and  left 
woik  with  some  of  his  brethren  (o 
■t  as  they  saw  fit  after  bis 
t,  snid  he,  there  was  nrth- 
nst  Masonry"  (We  hap- 
that  Dr.    Bourdman    was 


[nihli-di   ■ 


nd  m:   r 


i,).     Hf 


didn't  know  how  be  could  h 
thing  about  Masonry  unless  he  joined 
them.  I  asked  him  if  he  knew  Rev. 
C.  G.  Finney.  "OyeV  he  sad,  "He's 
an  excellent  judge  in  religioUi  raatteri, 
but  not  much  outside  of  that."  "Well, 
but,"  said  I,  ''he  earnestly  test  fies  lhai 
there  is  great  danger  to  religion  in  Mi- 
s  mry  and  thousands  of  th< 


Already  extensive  orchards  of  verj 
small  trees  surround  him;  the  far  mon 
?sting  group  of  olive  plants  ab>u 
ble  is  numerous,  and  the  hay-ricl 
s  to  furnish  his  stock  for  tde  win 
I  judged  could  not  be  less  thai 
birty  rods  in  length. 

half  a  mile  away,  (it  may  he  more] 
tabernacle  for  his  spirilud  flock, 
a  rough-boarded  frame,  perhaps  30 
by  50  feet  in  size  well  roofed  and  gl*zed 
with  comfortable  seats  of  the  pli 
pattern,  but  innocent  of  nil  in 
paint  or  mortar,  with  no  fljor  but  the 
mother  earth  and  no  carpet  but  th. 
prairie  bay.  Yet  here  is  gathered  i 
church  of  100  firm  Covenanters,  win 
without  interruption  or  failure,  wor 
shipped  in  this  primitive  tnbernach 
through  the  entire  winter  of  ibe  lu 
season,  and  if  need  he,  are  ready  t< 
coulinue  their  worship  with  these  but 
roundiotrs  until  Ihrough  their  hard' 
and  honest  industry  tbe  tabernacle  o 
the  wilderness  snail  he  changed  into  i 
temple  of  the  .ity. 

Here  we  lectured  to  an  intelligent  and 
appreciative  audience,  though  not  l*r 
for  the  night  was  dark  and  chilly,  Th 
wa.i  a  demand  for  tracts  and  hooks 
yond  our  ability  to  supply,  and  tli 
persons  subscribed  for  the  C(/«ost 
Like  all  the  Scotch  Presbyterians  « 


peril  declare  it — you 
defense  of  the  Irtltl 

of  Israel  surely  ougl) 


and  at  thei 


you  say  you  don't  know  anything  abi>iu 
it — I  declare  to  jou  what   I  know, 
I   am   backed  by  clouds  of   witn 
th  at  M.  i.  miry  is  the   most    corrupt 


irth.     It 


ofalldeceivablenessofui 
and  is  absolutely  bauti 
blood— the  blood  of  nun 
man  at  Ibis  diy  can  sustain   that 


like  hid 


elf  ; 


ble  for  that  bluod."  He  laughe 
said,  "Why  you  would  not  ma 
that  every  Congregationalist  is  guilty  of 
the  death  of  the  Salem  Witches  be 
he  sustains  Congregationalism  < 
youi"  "If  he  justified  this  murdei 
it  was  manifestly  the  consistent  n  suit  of 
Congregitional  principles,  I  would 
I,  "and  their  bluod  would  be  required  of 
him  too  as  sure  as  the  blood  of  all  tht 
martyred  prophets  was  required  of  th< 
generation  that  crucified  ihe  Saviour  au( 
as  his  blood  has  been  required  of  the 
Jews  from  his  crucifixion  to  ibis  day 
'■Ah!  well"  said  he,  "  I  was  a  membi 
of  one  secret  order,   tbe   Sons  of  Ten 


would  be  again  in 

It  accumpl^hid    yreat 


Ohio  law  for  it.  ''But,"  Bays  he 
to  Masonry,  I  don't  lose  any  sleep  about 
the  mischief  it  is  doing  or  likely  to  do 
I  am  satisfied  it's  a  good  institution." 
Satisfied  and  didn't  know  anything 
about  ill  !  I  learned  that  he  had  Ma- 
sons in  hi j    church  and    other   Masons 

among   tbe  largest  subscribers  to   his 
salary.     I  make  no  inferences, 

I  took  ray  leave  and    found  my    way 
to  the  house  of  Rev.  Mr.  Forfythe.    a 


It  was  sad  to  contemplate  the  willioi 
bondage  to  the  dark  pnwerof  the  lodgi 
which  had  been  thus  disclosed.  Bu 
my  Btale  of  physical  exhaustion  wai 
such  that  I  felt  that  providence  hat 
thus  given  me  a  much  reeded  opportu 
nity  for  repose.  So  I  made  no  <  ffjit  H 
call   a   meeting  on    this  S.ibbnth. 

d  for  prayer  as  a  prep 


ifor 


the  same  ground.  The  afternoon  was 
rainy,  so  I  rested  until  Monday,  and 
then  set  out  for  tho  Stale  Convention  al 
Tvpeka,  of   which    I  propose   lo  give 


Dear  Cynosure: — In  my  last  I  go' 
ahead  of  my  story  in  proposing  Ihe 
Slate  Convention  as  the  next  topic  in 
the  regular  order  of  uurraton.  From 
Grasshopper  Falls,  I  w.is  taken  ten 
miles  westerly  over  a  splendid  but,  for 
the  most  part  unbroken  prairie,  by  a 
teamster  sent  by  the  Rsv.  J.  S.  Milli- 
tran  of  Tippinsville,  iu  Jackson  Co. 
ThiB  Bro.  Milligan  is  a  brother  in  the 
Lord  and  in  ihe  flesh  to  Rev.  A.  M. 
Milligan,  D.D.,  of  PilUbnrg.Pa.,  well 
known  to  the  readers  of  the  Cynosure 
as  a  strong  man  and  a  leader  iu  the  ranas 


■ecy. 


re  at  Tippinsville  or  North  Cedar, 
for  the  lalter  is  the  post  office  name,  1 
1  Bro.  M.  moit  energ''Hc.lly  en  gag 
i  laying  foundations  which  look  to 
:cra  of  earnest  import  and  of  per 
ence.  His  dwelling  though  a  solid 
9  structure,  Is  Intended  for  a  barn 
ion  aa  a  bouse  can  be  conaruaed. 


Slate  Association  for  tbe  coming  year. 
Tue  other  officers  were  re-elected  anc 
the  association  adjourned  after  anounc 
ing  a  lecture  in  the  First  Cong'  1  church 
for  the   next  evening. 

e  evening  came  and  a  respectable 
n;e    assembled,   gave  good  atl 
o  our  lecturer,  took  up  a  mode: 
ilion  and  bore  away  a  gccily 


nded 


ecret  miisnm  to  the  capital  of  Kan 

rhere  manifestly  the  people  and  tht 

h  with  few  exceptions,  are  for  the 

present  domineered  over  by  a  dark  pow- 

of  whose  baleful  malignity  and  din 

ous  tendency  few  ol"  them   have  any 


:ept.o 


On. 


i  desc 


ly  and  i 


Thet 


nlly  opposed  to  all  s 


npaii)    > 


Milligan 

Grasshopper  Falls  and  took  t 

Here  we  had  hoped  to  meet 
resentative  men  as  Blanton 
ville,  Besse  of  Peace,  Loggan 
mouth,  and  tho  moisten  and 
of  the  U.  P.  and  U.B.,  and  Wesleyan.if 
not  of  ibeCongreijatiDml  and  P., 
an  churches  of  Topika,in  coun 


1  as  an  honorable    exception 
plain  man,  old  and  infirm  am 
a   moderate   competence    o 
this  world's  goods;  I  mean  the   treasur- 
er of  the  State  Associa  ion,  Mr.  S.  S^x- 
;on  who,    seeing  the  danger,  dares    lo 
live  warning  and  shrinks  not  from   far 
more   tlan  his  just  share  of  the    pecu- 
nary  burdens.     He  hath  done  what  he 
■ould  and  though  alone  and  unhonoied 
by  the  rushing  and  thoughtless  throng, 
sneered    at    by  the   secret     con- 
atorB,    bis  reward  is  sure    and    his 
le   may  yet    be  remembered    when 
proud  who  scorn  his  testimony  and 
and  his  cff.irts  will  be  forgotten. 

which  came  under  my  notice,  which 
Df  a  more  cheering  and  hopeful 
cter  than  I  have  to  report  for 
ihopper  or  Topska;  I  mean  tbe 
State  Conference  of  the  Wesley  m 
Methodists  at  Muscotih  in  Atchison 
Co.  Here  were  suae  twenty  or  thir 
ty  preachers,  gathered  from  hundreds 
of  miles  around.  The  assembling  of  such 
a  number,  when  all  the  circumstances 
are  considered,  muitseem  evidently  to 
me^n  business.  The  same  thing  waB  ap- 
parent  in  eve 

cry  pray 


vices  for  the  dying  and  the  dead,  Ms- 
sons.  Odd-fellows  and  KnightBofPy- 
tbias  contend  which  shall  say  the  most. 
When  their  boastful  pretentions  to  a 
bome-krep'ng  charity,  which  lets  not 
ihe  left  band  kuow  the  labors  of  the 
right,  is  remembered,  the  doctrine  and 

— Rime  has  another  pa-tizan  in  Ameri- 
O'l.  A  secret  ecclesiastical  order  has 
recently  been  unearthed  in  the  Episco- 
pal church  called  the  ''Confraternity  of 
the  Blessed  Sacrament,"  with  its  "su- 
perior" and  associate  priests..  Rev. 
Mr.  Butlerson,  formerly  of  St.  Clement's 
church,  has  published  a  defense  of  the 
fraternity,  whose  object  he  say*  is  "to 
give  due  honor  to  our  Lord's  Real 
Presence  in  the  Blessed  Sacrament  of 
H  s  Body  and  B  ood;  and  mutual  and 
special  prayer  for  each  other's  wauls;  a 
more  careiul  and  reverent  celebration  of 
the  H  dy  Eucharist. " 

The  promulgation  of  this  obnoxious 
and  fundamental  error  of  popery  could 
been  entrusted   by  the  faiher  of 

■ong  do  trine  and  lies  to  no  better 
agency  than  a  secret  lodge. 

■The  McConnellsville  (O.)district,  M. 
E. church,  has  lately  lost  a  considerable 
i)  embers  hip  whose  Anti-masonic  con- 
cience  will  no  longer  endure  au  un- 
qual  yoke.  Al  a  meeting  held  in  Sum- 
UL'rfield  this  body  resolved  to  cease  con- 
leetion  with  the  M.  E.  Church,  a  part 
with  Bro.  K.  B.  Taylor  lurn  to  tho  Free 

)diat   brethren,    others  with  Beu- 
Danford    unite  with  the  Wesley- 


odeclai 


rthan 


ter  means  of  coma 
goificeot  distances  i 
■se  brethren,  the  e. 
j,    the    ihouaan 

f  funds    to  do 


result.      The  It 


the 


I  an  organ,  < 
nication,  th 
licb    separat 


of  i 


words  could  do,  thiB  broad 
be  taken  poseseion  of  for  C 
caltered  sheep  must  be  gathered 
he  .olds.  The  designs  of  th 
lust  be  frustrated  and  sal 
rried  to  the  hardy  pioneer  of  the 
i.  What  especially  cheered  us  v*a- 
when  recruits  were  off.-red  then 
manifested  more  concern  for  theii 


thai 


meetings  and  agricultural  fail 
the  midst  of  the  State  Fair  at 
Atl  these  things  had  their  i 
And  Ihe  spies  of  tbe  adversai 
emboldened    to    insolence    when  they 


Win  ii  tb.-i 
thy  in  the 


for 


ofe- 


-then 
epro- 


The  Uenevuleut  0  id  era. 

After     the    great  Chicago   fire   the 

ily  papers,    and    even    large    posters 

proclaimed    the  fact   that    Free-masons 

Id  find    relief  by  applying  to    the 

ionic   Relief  Ovmmitte*   and   Odd- 

fdlowH  would  he  helped  by  applying  to 

the  Odd  Fellow's  IMief  Committee. 

This  eiclubiveneas  in  benevolence 
seemed  to  be  noticed  only  in  praise, 
though  we  are  sur*  that  had  a  Method- 
ist  church  in  New  York  city  contribut- 
ed funds  exclusively  to  aid  burned-out 
Methodists  in  Chicago,  the  f.ict  would 
not  have  elicited  much  commendation. 
Vet  every  one  expected  exclusiveness 
from  these  secret  orders.     Hut  when  it 

s'.ances  the  funds  sent  for  this  exclusive 
benevolence,  hnd  been  in  part  Bulieited 
from  and  conlnhuled  by  men  outside  of 


r  the-B 


»  of  th< 


like  SanUllet  and  T-ib  ah  they   derided 
us,saying,  "What  do  these  feeble  Je 
If  a  fux  go  up   he  shall  even  break  dc 
their  stone  wall."     But  such  spirit; 
Dodds    and    Sliepardton    and    Milligan 
were  undaunted,  and  replied  "You 


:n  who  ( 
.,  but  the 


them  the  form  of  One  whom  you  c 
not  see  and  of  wboBe  power  you  li 
no  conception."  ■■Aye,"  said  anoll 
"and  they  that  be  for  us  are  more  l 
they  that  are  against  us;  (or  ro' 
about  the  truth  are  the  angels  of  < 
Like  countless  chariots  of  fire,  and  in 
tmth  is  God  himself  and  unless  omn 


pounded,  Are  you  oppt 
societies  and  will  you  oppose  them  J 
And  besides  striving  earnestly  for  spir- 
itual bolinesp,  will  you  nv 
rial  filthiness  of  tobiccc 
temperance.  We  want 
this  work  who  will  have 
with  the  unfruitful  work- 
and  who  will  by  the  giacu  ol  God,  keep 
themselves  from  all  filthiness  of  the  fl 
and  of  the  ppirit.  One  candidate  hes- 
itated on  the  tobacco  question.  Ac- 
tion on  his  case  was  postponed  for  spec 
cial  prayer  until  the  morrow.  We 
know  not  how  it  W3S  finally  decider!,  but 
nil  who  sp  >ko    on    iho  case,   spoke   in 


ufJeri 


nd  0  1  '  t-  I!  . 


rith 


the  aid  (mm  their  special  lund,  but  none 
wero  more  urgent  in  demanding  aid 
from  the  general  fund  al?o,  and  they 
openly  and  shamelessly  boasted  of  this 

The  Bame  game  is  now  being  played 
in  Memphis,  and  these  orders  have  the 
v ffron  cry  of  ahking  the  general  public 
to  contribute  directly  toother  exclusive 
benevolent  funds,  as  will  be  seen  by 
theiollowing  item  from  an  evening  pa- 


,  We 


...  .,!„, 


lof 


nforc 


■TheKaighUnfPythia 


ed.     Toe  OJd-f-llo 


■•  Courthouse  hail    b   on  ■:  ng;i-,'<'(i 


riding    Royal  Arch    Ma> 


The 


Kiliul  i,l  tin'  limiigo. 


should  not  ocupy  it  unmolested  or  even 
at  all    for  an  evening  lecture.     So  they 

"Geshem  the  Arabian,"  a  member,  as 
he  said  of  eight  of  the  orders  to  inforit, 
us  that  they  had  put  n  meeting  upon 
the  top  of  ours  (or  the  evening.  So 
that  we  could  have  the  house  Tor  the 
morning  or  afternoon  but  not  for  the 
evening. 

This  Geshem  was  a  fit  rep  re  a  eii  I  alive 
tor  such  orders  and  a  fit  tool  for  such 
dirty  work,  being  t 

onlyt 


i  Mai 


e  fifteei 


and  exidtul, 
twenty  years  after  ihe  Morgan  murder 
His  name  is  M.  R.  Clough,  of  Ottawa 
From  him  we  obtained  evidencodi 
id  positive,  of  what  vre  us'eefien 
uled,  viz:  that  the  Masons  vary  their 
ory  ceremonies  and  uath  ;A<  curding 
;um*tances  and  the  character  they 


Tli-    .iislitllui 


iOdd- 


i  pubdc  if  dee 


>  deal  with.     Fur 
tornelimesa   large 


slbey 


3   Of 


eight 


,  he  claimed  not 
ord.  rs 


entitled  to  m-mhersliipni  nur 
convention,  and  then  undertook  t>  dic- 
tate the  course  it  should  pursue,  and 
was  going  on  to  enlighten  the  conven- 
tion in  a  general  discussion  of  the  sub- 
ject upon  which  we  were  convened. 
He  was  allowed  lo  proceed  until  he  had 
fully  disclosed  the  spirit  of  secretism  in 
itsimpudence  and  haletulness,and  was 
then  mirrored  to  h  mself  in  a  fsw  plain 


stripping  (>;■■!  ■'-?:  and  also  Ihe  wo 
s  of  their  oaths.  Lest  the  ci 
should  rebel   like  Dr.  Colver; 


ng."  But  [luiwittisiatuiiiig  such 
nl'nctured  <-vnli  nee,  and  such  niovti 
ways,  sldllbe  general  course  of  thi 
e  reuv.ins  lui  ■Imoged  as  before   tin 


■d ,  and  lo  those  who  may  li 
d  the  performance  the  following  de- 
ception may  be  uunecetsiry.  Those 
vho  have  not  will  find  in  it  matter  for 
tflectioD. 

The  retiring  master  stales  tho  object 
if  ihe  meeting  and  says,  "Let  us  first 
woke  the  blessing  of  God."  The  chap- 
ain  thin  reads  the  following  prayer: 
'Almighty  Father,  Maker  of  the  Uot- 
l  giver  nf  every  giod  lo  coaa- 
beseech  Thee  to  be  with  us 
casion;  bless  Uio-e  who  shall 
ue  be  installed  (fficers  of  this 
grange;  endow  them  with  prudence  and 
mi.  Be  with  all  the  officers  of  the 
and  National  grange,  and  nil  con- 


L.J    flith  - 


■„,!,  .. 


Bj 


iih  all  . 


>  of  c 


andn 


penel 


..I- 


heard  no  more  fron  him.  We  con- 
duded  to  imitate  Isaic's  course  when 
he  Philistines  strove  for  his  well,  and  so 

adjourned  lo  the  church  of  ihe  United 
irelhren  for  tho  evening,  where  our 
Uiiness  was  finished  and  the  time  oc- 
upicd  in  animated  and  earnest  discus- 
ion,  nnd    a  series  of  resolutions    were 

ndopled. 

Rev.  Bell   of  the    United    Brethren 

Church,  wus  ekoled    president  of   the 


ivitig    for    their    object  the  ad- 
nt  of  educatioD  and  the  morr-1 
*nd  happiness  of  mankind;  we 
;  all  in  Thy  name.     Amen." 

specimen  of  Masonic  prayer  the 
irly  perfect,  and  all  that  ha 


bee 


supoi 


rill 


t  is  a  ranrked  feature  iu  the  his 
lory  of  the  yllow  fever  phigm-  at  Mem 
phis  and  Shreveport  that  the  secret 
lodgrs  are  very  careful  to  rep  >rl  to  the 
Country  by  correspondent  and  telegraph 
every   particular  of  their  gifts  and  ser- 


iply  generally  to  this.      The  nisla'ling 

Boer,  who  may  beany    member  of  a 

ate  grange,  ihen  lakes  charge  of  the 

proceedings  beginning  with  an  address, 

,  of  which  may  be  original,  but  must 

i  with  a  prescribed   form.      In  I 


s  thei 


;'The 


rder 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE  :  OCTOBER   23,  1873. 


Its   h-ticlitu 


the  I  ft..- 


that 


It  do< 


fere  with  his  religious  ,>r  p  d'tieal 
In  morality  it  seeks  the  highe  t 
honesty  is  inculcated,  educatioi 
tured,  chnr'ty  is  a  predominant  c\ 
terinic.  temper«"ce  is  supported  and 
brotherly  love  cultivated."  How  true 
are  Borne  of  tbese  statements  the  form- 
er articles   upoo  this 


who  < 


The 
.light  for™ 


with  tfai 

eignia  of  their  offi  :ea  and  instructed  in 
their  respective  duties  sft-r  having  tak- 
en the  following  obligations:     "I . 

having   been   elected    [Maste-]   of 

grange,  do  solemnly  pledge  my  honoi 
that  I  will  perform  all  the  duties  apper- 
taining to  the  office,  as  fir  as  ia  in  my 
power  until  my  successor  is  duly  install- 
ed, I  will  support  the  constitution  ol 
the  national  grange,  the  by-laws 
of  this  grange,  and  I  will  inculcate 
a  strict  obedience  to  all  laws  and  edicts 
emanating    from    the    proper     autbor- 


advi 


ity.  I  will  i 
the  position 
directly  or  indirectly,  the  political  or 
religious  opinion  ot  any  member  of  the 
order."  The  officers  of  the  grange  are 
master,  overseer,  lecturer,  steward  as- 
sistant steward,  chaplain,  treasurer, 
secretary,  gatekeeper,  Ceres,  Pomona, 
Flora  and  stewardess." 

Except  the  remtrks  addressed  to  the 
ohap'aia  none  of  cheofEcialitistructiouB 
seem  worthy  of  mention.  They  are  of 
a  semi-mock-relib'ious  nature  and  show 
with  other  passages  o(  the  ritual  tbe 
heartless,  godl-jss  nature  of  tbe  order: 
'•Reverend  brotber,  upon  you  devolves 

ant  and  cheerful  task.  In  presenting 
you  with  this  sacred  volume,  a  text- 
book in  which  all  look  for  wisdom  and 
instruciion,  I  need  not  urge  you  to  be 
faithful  in  your  calling.  As  the  medi- 
um of  ibis  grange  to  hold  converse 
with    the  Master  of  ifae  Great   Grange 


my  yo' 


i  Christi- 
anity with  Mohammedanism,  and  it  in 
amon  with  the  others,  must  be  ab- 
red  of  God;'tlius  a  man  pnfes^inL:  t" 
an  expounder  of  theGjspelof  Je- 
Christ,  d- dares  that  Christianity 
pases  all  and  convinces  none.  Truly 
discoveries  of  Old- fellow  ship  are 
'zing,  they  are  astonishing  ye*, 
n  b.-yond  the  reach  of  human  eom- 

?he  lecturer  then  called   tbe  atten- 
i  to  pagt235:  ''here  the  Riv,   au 

thor  speaks  of  ihs  lodge  at  work:  Tncy 
have  left  their  pn-julices   at  the  door 
igle  in  one  circle  of  brotherhood, 
iy,  and  love,  the  descendents  of 
Abraham.      The    diverse   followers   of 
rist,     tbe    Pariah    of    the    strcter 
'.5,  here  gather  around  tbe  same  al. 
&=.  one  fanny  uumfe.Hin^  no  differ- 
;e  of  creed  or  worship. "     "L-;ft  their 
prejudice   at  the  door."     The  lecturer 
now  inquired  if  there  was  a  Christian 
Odd-f  ]:ow  in  the  house;  if  bo,  ia   the 
blessed  Jesus  nothing  to  you  hut  your 
predjudiceJ     You  must  not  take   bim 
past  the  outside  guardian,  you  must  no1 
pray  in  Hia  name  in  your  boasted  lodge 
It  has  been  decided    by    the 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  U.  S.  to  be  unlaw- 
ful to  pray  in  the  name  of  Jesus,"  page 
180,  Rsv.  A..B.  Grosh's  Improved  Man- 
ual   Edition:    1869, 

Tbe 
:02:" 

degree  tbe  idea  of  rest,  not  indolence 
cessation  of  the  powers  of  the  mind 
d  heart,  but  the  rest  ol  faith,  that  pre- 
iftliou  of  the  immortal,  glorious  re- 
pose of  immortality  itself,  for  heaven  is 
he  reality  of  all  that  regeneration  pre- 
igures."  What  do  you  suppose  the 
Rev.  gentleman  discovers  in  this  sub- 
?  Why  the  idea  of  faith, 
which  is  the  substance  of  things  hoped 
greatest  binderance  to 
the  spread  of  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ 
Where 


the  spiritual  seed  you  shall  sow 
m  cood  soil,  and  bring  forth  a  bun 
-fold.     Cast   thy    bread    upon  the 


nen,  is  awful  mockery  and  blasphemy. 

An  Able  DIecussIqu  or  Odd-fellow- 
sdiin, 

Prom  Iho  Valley  Spirit.  Chambcraburg,  I*a.l 
Messrs.  Editors: — An  auti-Becrecy 
reeling  was  called  at  Centre  Church, 
n  tbe  evening  of  September  24ih. 
It  an  early  hour  the  house  was  filled 
iy  citizens  of  tbe  community,  H  shut 


Mo 


II.    It. 


,-I-a-d    Ci. 


The  Chairman  introduced  the  R-v. 
M.  Bishop,  of  Pleasant  Retreat  Parsi 
age,  who  took  the  stand  and  spoke- 
Odi-fellowship    over    two   hours. 


The  lecturer's  first  proposition,  Odd- 
fdllowship  is    ami  Christ.      Whatever 


ie  will  hate  tbe  one  and  love  the 
;  or  else  he  will  hold   to  the  one 

and  despise    the   other— Matt.    vi.  24. 

So   ended  tbe  Grit  propoait;on. 

:    Ifdurer   proceeded  to   descant 
three  other  propositions,   but   1 

with  any  further  account  of  tbe 

es.     At  the    clo^e   of  the  speech 

R-T   Mr.  Ame*.  of  the  M.  P.  Chufcb, 

01  R  xbury,  anounccd  thai  certain  Lid;- 

jf  the  Old-fellows  would  hold  a  fe<- 

il,  g  vmg  time  and  ptace  and  invited 

those   ure-eiit,   including    the  R-v. 

speaker,  to   attend.      Thereupon    Rtv. 

p  made  reply  that  he  would  avail 

himself  of    the  opportunity    to  decline 

ie  invitation  for  the  reason    that   he 

id  recently  been  invited  by    tbe  Cul- 

oabus  L  idge  of  Cliambereburg  to  par 

licipate  in  their  pic-nie  ai  Brown's  Mill, 

ind  although  he  did  not  attend  in  per 

Spirit  ibat  a  convivial  sp  rit  took  i  old 

of  them  and  they  got  to  dancing   and 

ad  njrrrand  hop  and  th'tt  he  (ihe  speak- 

)  thought  it  out  of  place   for  preacb- 


Gorrespondenc©. 


i  the 


He 


A.   B.  Or. 


ed  froi 

Oddfellows,  Miami.  This  author  ' 
endorsed  by  tbe  Grand  Lodge  of  th 
U.  S.  Page  02:  "Every  Qdd-fello' 
should    keep  clearly  impressed  ( 


,  the 


ugbt  f 


iinEi'i 


ciples  and  ob- 
ject of  tbe  order.  In  one.  word,  what 
regeneration  by  the  word  of  truth 
is  in  religion,  initiation  is  to  Odd-fellow- 
ship." The  lecturer  remarked,  "Whal 
Christian  that  has  over  folt  the  regen- 
erative power  of  the  Gospel  of  Christ 
don't  knoff  that  the  R^v.  Groan  has 
made  a  false  statement  and  ou/bt  tc 
sign  a  1  bel  on  the  Son  of  God." 

The  lecturer  said  it  would  not  do  tc 
exphiu  the  above  away,  fur   the  same 

ume.  H J  also  quoted  from  p;ige  279: 
''Not  only  between  the  north  and  south 
of  Europe,    but   ' 


To  the   Editor  of  the  Cynosure: 

on  of  the  Sandusky    annual 
Conference  in  my  case,   has  been  such 

1  End  in  the  minutes  of  the  last  session 
■  if  that  conference,  ibat,  "the  passage 
of  the  character  of  J.  T.  Kiggins,  was 
was  suspended  for  failing  to  omply 
with  the  requirements  of  the  confer- 
ence, intd  s  itibf  iction  be  given.  -The 
tferred    to  are   like 


"]'"' 


lien 


1  the 


sofa 


is  but  little  in  advjuc;  of   the  Asiatic, 

who,    though  living   in    the     land   ol 

Adam,  of   Noah,    Abraham  and  otbei 

B  ble.  worthies, 

ble)  and  clings 

ran,  and  cilia  all  mil  J  :ls  who  noknowl 

edge  not  the  authority  of  Confucius  Ol 


■k  (Hi 


Mol 


The 


all 


heaven  because  they  kneel  not  at  h 
altars.  Thus  tbe  tables  of  the  la* 
(Judaism,)  the  cross,  (Christianity, 
and  the  Cresent,  ( Mohammedanism)  u 
clashed  in  angry  warlare,  which  d> 
bases  all  and  convinces  none,  an 
must  therefore  ba  abhorred  of  tbe  God 


;ed  before  a  co  iiuiife  -  for  mvesligii- 
i.  Without  stating  whether  the 
charge*  were  sustained, — without  fay- 
ing bow  far,  or  wherein  they  had  been 
sustained  by  testimony,— the  commit- 
tee reemi  mended  that  1  '"be  required  to 
retract  so  much  of  said   article  as  re- 

and  on  tbe  stationing  committee." 
Tnus  the  matter  was  left  with  me  to 
decide  as  to  how  much,  or  how  Utile 
was  toberetracted.  After  having  1  ioh- 
ed  tbe  nutter  over  1  found  that  I  could 
not  c  insistently  with  the  plain  truth  re 
tract  anything.  The  article  referred  to 
was  written  at  Eist  Toledo,  and  dated 
July  18th,  187^,  and  the  oDly  tlrng  in 
the  article  vh  cii  I  could  wi-b  cluing,  d, 
is  that  1  might  nay  of  the  facts  niirra- 
ted  in    the  article,  that  I   gave   them 


juet  qi  brother  Essex  gave  themt 

— be  being  one  of  the  parlies  referred 

then  (substantially)  before  tbe  coi 
tee.     I  cannot  see  anything  in  tl 


Rose, 

nothing  is  said,  in  the  article  referred 
to,  against  him,  worse  than  that  the 
Odd-fellows  desired  him  to  be  sent  to 
Van  Huren  circuit.  And  his  position 
upon  the  secrecy  question  is,  and  has 
been  such  as  to  juitify  the  conclusion 
that  they  made  a  wise  choice, — for 
themselves.  If,  in  order  that  the  San- 
dusky Conference  pass  my  character,  it 
becomes  necessary  that  I  retract  that 
j  I  have  every  reason  to  believe 
then  God's  grace  assisting  me, 
linr.icer  shall  not  be  passed,  until 
by  higher  authority  than  that  of 
iiiualC.nference.     J.  T.  Kioqins. 


For  nil  Who  are  Working   for  tho  Cy- 

Ontario,  0. 
.     .     .     I  h%ve  no  notion  of  dropping 
your  paper.      I  wi=h  I  could  increase  iia 
circulation  tenfold,  W.  W. 

Footvills,  Wis. 
.     .     I  like  the  Cynomn-f,  could 
nut  get  al<»ig  without  it.         E,  A.  S. 

o,  III. 


)Gai 


A   good    friend  from    Pennsylvania 

piper,  endorses  its  sentiments  and  bids 
ut,  God-speed,  but  wishes  us  to  dis- 
continue it  because  be  has  so  much 
reading  m  Uler.  We  frequently  receive 
letter-  from  men  eaying  I  want  the  pa- 
per, but  have  had  poor  health,  sickness 
in  my  family,  and  cannot  afford  it.  A 
minister  from  Georgia  writes,  I  circu- 
late the  paper  far  and  wide  as  I  travel. 
But  I  am  not  paid  for  preaching  and 
can  take  only  such  papers  as  are  fur- 
nished me  without  charge.  Will  not 
all  who  want  the  Cynosure  to  do  got  d 

forward  the  subscription  price  and  send 
the  paper  to  a  friend  who  is  financial  y 
unable,  at  present,  to  take  it!  Chere 
are  hundreds  of  such  men.  Or  for- 
ward the  subscription  price  to  us  and 
we  will  app'y  it  and  notify  you  whose 
fiiL'S'-ription  you  have  paid  for. 


,nd  uni 


nth 


CurjKCH    Con: 
..sst  cution.  —  Shall  we  not  have 
■iters  similar  to  the  following! 

Usiontown,  Oct.  16th,  18 
l  L.  K,llgg: 

sen  in  the  Cynosure  a  requeat 
ongregationa  would  make  con 
ons   to    tbe    funds  of    the    Na 


i  col  lei 


i  the  r 


ney  order  for  $5.00  from  ''  tbe  Laurel 
Hill  U.  P.  congregation '  as  a  donation 
to  the  fund  of  -'The  Na  ion-il  Chris- 
tian   Association    opposed     to    secret 


Your* 


.  P.  P. 


—On    the  first   of  October   Bro.   A. 

Crooks,  Agent  of  the  Wesleyan  pub- 
lishing interest,  reported  n.-ar'y  $13,- 
1.100  bubsenbed  for  th"  n»w  PuUothin" 
Houne  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  nearly  one 
half  the  amount  needed.— Tie  Presby 
terian  S  ibbath  schotds  show  n  falling  off 
in  tbe  pau  year  of  about  3,000  mem- 
bers, and  the  Congreya'.ional  2,500 
members.     This   is   attributed    to  the 

;,hools.— The    Fr.-r    M^.ho.i.si.  .leuomi 


lip  of  « 


li  Chili.  N,  Y. 


S000,  with  175  traveling  p 

and  Sprmg  Arbor,  J 
are  bring  raised  for  another  at  Elgin, 
111.  The  church  paper.  The  Free 
Aft/th'idist  has  a  circuladon  of  3  ,300 
—Tbe  Presbyterian  church  in  Canada 
numbers  10  presbyteries,  C33  regular 
argea 

8550. 001:— TJ 

an   U.ble  Soce 
re  $737.831. G 


-      IOU.UII1. 

f  the  Am 


-p-  i 


*71' 


i  the 


U  volumes.— The  Roman  Catd,.: 
re  repoil'd  an  about  to  i  sal.  ish  «  la 
umber   of  parochial   schooh   in    t 

-,.m  hiirorn-  fir  thiH  purpi-si-;  this  y 


In 


hildn 


beet 


York 
bdrawn 
md    the 

n    Clay 


■  lligli  S  hool  at  Frank- 


Will  you  pl-is*  r 
tion  f"r  tho  Oyno; 
weeks  before  your  t 


NEWSSUJIHAltY. 

Citt.— Tne    Exposition    is 


I  that 


■  pl>a« 


■The  financial 
d  somewhat  encourtgmg. — TJien- 
viiTiiro1]1*  siru^ir'i-  li-twt-en  the  Li 
d  Order  party   and   the  whisky   m 


Sn-fch  by  Mr  Pfunder,  and  a  beaut 
fm  G-rmanBong.—  Mrs.  H.  B.  Ston 
is  interesnng  the  Chicago  pe-p'e  wit 
rei-lings  from  •' Undo  Tom'«  Cahi. 
a'id  other  of  h°r  worl<B.  —  Rmdera.wl 
admireour  fVubiul  office  ediior,  will  1 
happy  to  learn  that  he  has  laken  s 
amiable,  educated  aud  courayeu 
"help-meet"  ^nd  is  now  (Oct  21)  t 
bis     wedding  tour.        He  is    expecte 


Country.—  Prest.  Grant  has  af 
pointed  Thursday,  Nov.  27,  as  a  da 
of  National  thanksgiving— The  Wester: 
Rural  says  to  farmers  "Save  your6ee 
corn  now."— The  third  '-Stokes  trial 
■s  dragging  iti  slow,  h'-an-si-'kenwi. 
length"  '.dong.—  The  Christian    State; 


l  publis 


I'h.-  <■ 


Wisconshiisnow  being 

Northwestern  Di vision  of  the  Milwau- 
St.  Paul  Bailroad  has  reduced 
s  for  the  transportation  of 
materially, 


Fori 


—  Fr.ii.cc. 


isrchy.— Tl.<- 


fied    ibat  the    order    must    va&>te 

mediately— Rev.    Mr.  Candlish, 
eat  Scoich    preacher  largely    insl 


wish  all  our  friends  whohave  en 
sing  boys  or  girls  between  the 
ages  of  ten  or  tweniy  would  instruct 
.hem  somewhat  on  the  subject  of  Free- 
nasonry  ar.d  send  them  out  to  get  sub 
icribers  for  the  Cynosure.  In  thit 
*ay  our  list  may  be  considerably  en- 
arged  and  the  children  could  obtain  a 
;ojd  commission  for  their  work. 


MASONIC    MT7B.DER. 

SECEETsTf  MASONRY. 

BY  ELI  TAPLEY. 
TRACT  NO.  4. 

GRAND    GREAT  GRAND!! 

By  PHILO  CARPENTER. 


Extracts  From  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  as 
Sworn  to  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Rhode  Island. 


Hon.  John  Ouincv  Adams'  Letter, 

Giving  Hisnud   His  latin  r'j  Opinion  of  Freemasonry 


Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

Giving  His  Opinion   of  lYeemasonry    (18SB). 


Is  the 


addrf 


-  paper  what  it  should  be  be  f 


Cynos 
ty  "Cym 


b  Chris. 
ies  ofti 


i^h  is  valuable  as   an   Anti-masonio 
document.     Every    dollar   contnbuied 

to  tlic  lract_fund  pays  f.>r  1,000    pagei- 

Who  will  contribute  to  our  tract  fund! 


Clubbing  List. 
The  Weekly  Cynosure  will 


idistVrce  Ptess.V.'! 

n  Center 

Tbe  Ui. I-'.:  .i.  \-. : ti)y  u 


JU-.-i,    lk-r.1.1    

*m  Hunil    

g K.lks  itin.iHummii  y  »itin> 


;■„■  ■K..1.-f 
■  ble  Uann 
Clir-nmn 


.  llonsehold  Maga: 


ANTIMASONIC  TRACTS 


A  Tract  Fund  for  ib  Fhs  Distribution  of  In:ts. 


HISTORY  OF  MASONRY. 


Satan's   Gable  Tow. 


"Freemasonry  is  0nivl52  Years  Old,' 

"Murder  and  Treason  not  Ezceoptd." 


Freemasonry  ia  tne  Church, 


Character  and  Symhols  of  r'rcenin-iinry 


Address  of  Hiagara  County  J  ssociition,  Sew  York. 

Oiii'fniiiii:    tin-    M"iu'!![i    M'ir!t'r,  nud  the    cliaraclt 

f   Pr^L-n.^s.-nrv,    »s    wu   hv      hi-    -unl  -.il.^r    il^oui 

lurdcre.    50cla.  per  100,  or  $4.00  per  1,000. 

Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry. 


HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D 


GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY. 


MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  and  VOID. 


0rp0i|itaMnfflS5!tfTh!b|E 


Sis  Bsiions  why  a  Cbristin  should  db  i  Frsimiso 

ENOCH  HOSEYHEIL'S  TRACT. 


TERMS  FOR  THE  CYNOSURE. 


Who  Murdered  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan? 


Abduction  and  Murder 

Capt.  William  Morgan, 

This  ia  a  Book  of  Thrilling  Interest,  and 

shows  clearly  that 


ESTSee  Sample  Paces  below. 


proceed  I'd  lo  .^LilT'ird,  a  vill;j'_>.-  JiLnmr  si\-  miles  eaat  from 
Batavia.  On  nrrivinjr  iln;.r,.  Miller  was  seized,  by  two  men 
mid  coinlur.tod  lo  ;i  romii  in  the  third  story  of  u.  alunu  build- 
ing, ui-diiiarily  used  us  u  Masonic  lodge  room.  In  this  room 
In;  lias  guarded  hy  liv.-  iiilti,  ivli.-said  lln.'y  were  aetiii"  as 
'  .  While  thus 
1  his  Irn'iids  ar- 


sight,  or  ih'M;ri[.tion  of  iliu  wnrratit  hy  virtue  of  which  he 
liuld  Mdli.r  in  cusiudy,  but  In;  siradily  ivfused  tu  eshihit  or 
describe  it;  but  still  left  no  doubt  on  the  mind  of  Miller  or  las 


before  the  successive  , 
Johns,  whose  sudden 
tionud.  suddenly  d^ap[v.M; 


Is  of    Morgan  and    Miller,  Daniel 


word,  und  walked  v.nh  l.u^e  and  i[in.;k  stops  auru 
ra,  and,  as  Miller  desi.-nbes  it,  seemed  qii\ious 
error  into  the  captive.  Miller  buwever  ventured  to  r 
le  with  him,  having  learned  in  some  way  which  ho  ca 
liect,  thatJohns  was  his  prosecutor.  Johns  huwev. 
d  in  a  voice  that  faltered  a  Utile,  "  Miller,  I  am  on 
hat  I  have  been  ordered  to  do."  During  hid  dele 
ne  of  the  guards  told  him  in  lunguaj 
card  by  all  in  the  room,  that  he 


i  tho 


be 

where    Mui'- 


but  lie  hf-nrd  one  man  say  tu  another,  "I 
an  entered  tip/irentic-."  Tu  detail  all  Hie  evasive  falsehoods 
and  idle  assertions,  by  which  French  and  his  coadjutors  en- 
deavored to  e\eus>.-  themselves  |>um  pr'^eedidy  with  Miller  lo 
the  justice's  office  at  Le  Hoy.  w.mld  !".■  a  useless  wustcof  our 
own  i, me  and  the  patience  of   the  reader. 

It  was  manifest    that  the  conspirators  wished    to  consume 


the  time  until  night  should  favor  tho 
projects,  and  that  to  proceed  to  Le  Roy 
flan,  if  it  could  be-  avoided.     "•• 


thee 


pletion 

of  their 

.  of  their 

ume  of 

he  after- 

,    adm 

(ted  tha 

■_dv  by  in.nl' 
.cess  he  had  against  Miller  was  in  incr,  a  process  in 
nd  Iron)  that  lime  his  resolution  soninl  sum 
.  About  dusli  the  whole  crowd  preceded,  with 
nd  tumult,  to  Le  Roy,  i  miles,  and  after  many 
part  of  French  to  prevent  hi 


thalf 


,    but  neither  ei.iist;ible,   warrant,  or  phiintilf 

appeared,  and  the  justice  informed  Mr.  Miller  lhat  he  ,.,v 
at  liberty  to  go  where  lie  pleased.  This  was  about  nine 
o'clm'k  in  the  evenini'.  It  ap]ieared  from  the  docket  ot  the 
nia.l.trale  that  a  warrant  had  been  issued  against  Miller, 
amfuiic  John  Davids,  on  the  o.Uh  arid  at  the  request  ut  Dan- 
iel Julius;  John  Davids  bad  been  also  arrested  by  the  direc- 
tions of  French,  but  the  sheriff  of  the  county  mlo'rmrd 
them  that  he  was  in  his  custody  on  the  jail  limits  upon 
which  he  was  discharged  from  the  arrest.  Miller  having 
thus  obtained  permission  to  return,  was  making  the  be=t  ol 
his  way  to  a  public  house,  when  French  an. I  Juhns  suddenly 
anm-ared  a-aiu-  The  former  cmh'a.oml  10  seize  Miller  by  lb-: 
collar,  and  wiled  loudly  fur  help  to  retake  the  pnsuner- 
Jolius  asked  if  there  was  no  person  there  who  would  help  lo 
secure  that  man.  But  although  attempts  were  made  to  regain 
pussession  ,.f  Miller,  he  succeeded  in  reaching  a  public  bou-' 
and  after  another  ineffectual  attempt  by  French  and  Ins 
assiK'iales  to  prevent  him,  he  returned  late  al.  night  to  Icitavia, 
and  relieved  his  family  from  terror  and  alarm.  That  this 
lawless  assemldae-e  of  men  touk  place  for  the  purpose  of  se- 
■■ui-in.r  the  arrest  ijf  Miller,  by  virtue  of  a  process  never  in- 
tended to  be  acted  upon,  we  shall  take  no  trouble  lo  show  to 
the  public,      We  have  conclusive  proof  from  the  express d 


„™  ..holed  the  troop,  and  from  various  other 
ant  one  of  the  objects  thev  l.ad  in  view  was  to  pull 
office  of  Miller,  if  that    should  be  necessary  for  tho 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  OCTOBER  23.  1873 


Why  don'!  yo 
ind  when  I  dm 
Why  not  a  lai 


little  check, 


aion  was  made  on  the  hearts  of  the  peo- 
ple. At  length  under  circumstances 
divinely  order  d,  his  feelings  became 
intensely  earnest,  for  the  conversion  of 
Beveial  of  the  youth  of  his  congrega- 
nighty 

baptism  of  love  and  prayer  for  their 
When  the  next  Sabbath 
brought  him  before  h'lB  people,  he 
I  to  tell  them,  in  a  plain  simple 
,  how  he  had  fell  for  the  souls 
.me  of  their  children,  and  natur- 
ally made 


to  answer  the  question.  This 
ho  bad  become  a  victim  to  alco- 
ilirnulanta,  had  been  often  «d- 
ied,  and  hb  often  promised  to  ab- 

upon  the  public  park,  insensible  to  all 
worldly  transactions.  The  neighbors 
ho  had  ao  ineffectually  remonstrated 
itb  him,  thought  il  a   good   opportu- 


AI1  signed  ii'nl  -efilc-il  11 

Where  Is  Your  Paltli? 

Professors  of  Christianity  and  preach- 
ers of  the  Gospel  sometimes  complain 
that  the  church  is  cold,  and  the  min- 
istry indifferent.,and  especially  that  sin- 
ners are  hardened,  and  that  the  preach- 
ing  of  the  Gospel  does  not  produce  the 
effect  that  it  did  in  days  gone  by. 
And 


nil  of  first  love   in  the 
r'UMikiible.  however, 
i  word  fell  from  his  lips, 
He,  spoke  freely  of  hi 


inglyof   thei 


relief 


Iufae 


r— he 


uld  bear  the 


of  : 


Itell  i 


pack  their  mouldy  bread,  a 
what  good  times  they  had  ten.  twen- 
ty, thirty,  or  forty  yenrs  ago;  but  it  u 
all  past  now — men  are  hardened,  and 
will  not  hear  and  believe  the  truth. 

Is  this  the  way  you  talk  and  feel: 
If  so,  I  have  a  word  for  you.  God 
has  not  changed  during  the  last  twenty 
or  forty  years.  He  is  the  same  yester 
day,  to-day.  and  forever.  Jesus  Cbrisi 
has  oot  changed,  for  he  changetb  not 
The  Holy  Ghost  has  not  ohanged,  noi 
has  it  left  the  world,  for  it  was 
sent  to  abide  with  the  church  forever. 
The  Gospel  has  not  changed.  No  mat 
ter  how  much  yon  may  have  manglec 
it,  distorted  it,  revamped  it,  and  im 
proved  it  with  your  new  notions,  pe 
theories,  and  vwin  imaginations — thi 
Gospel  and  the  Bible  remain  the  same 
Human  nature  has  not  ohanged.  Thi 
heart  is  still  deceitful,  the  flesh  is  cor 
nipt,  and  it?  luata,  desires,  works,  ant 
fruits,  are  just  the  same  now  that  they 
were  when  Cain  killed  Abel,  wkei 
Lot  was  vexed  in  Sodom,  when  th' 
Jews  rejected  Christ  and  crucified  the 
Lord  o(  glory.  Sin  has  not  changed 
—it  is  still  vile,  hateful,  polluting,  ac- 
cursed of  God  and  n  curse  to  mau. 

Now  what  is  the  matter*     With  the 


beloved  people  on  bis  own  soul — at 
least  so  far  as  to  bow  before  God,  and 
repent  of  them  all,  and  especially  in  view 
of  his  own  responsibility  for  those  sinB. 
It  was  natural  that  he  should  speak 
with  nome  feeling  of  the  freeness  of 
pardon  through  Christ,  even  for 
grievous  sin-= — this  truth  being  fresh 
and  blessed  to  his  own    soul. 

That  day  was  an  era  in  that  church. 
The  house  of  God  was  another  Boeh- 
im,  and  many  an  aching  heart  found 
relief  in  tears.  The  people  of  God  re- 
pented and  came  up  with  one  heart  tc 
the  help  of  the  Lord,  and  many  were 
turned  Irom  their  sins  to  praise  redeem' 
ing  love.  We  noted  the  lesson  at  the 
time,  aud  have  ever  since  deemed  it  in 
point  to  show  how  those  who  labor  foi 
Christ,  should  bear  themselves  towards 
their  tardy,  aud,  perhaps,  backslidden 
brethren. —  Oberlin  Eoangdist. 


expen 


nity  to  make 

form  him.     Accordingly,  tbey  re- 
moved him  to    the  cell    for  condemned 

ials  in  the  jail,  and  left  him. 

midnight  when  all   nature  was  at 

;,  he  awoke  from  bis  unconscious 
and  resting  upon  his  elbow, 
fouud  he  was  lying  upon  a  stone. 
Startled  by  the  discovery,  in  total 
darkness  he   commenced    a   survey    of 

situation.  No  sound  could  be 
heard  but  such  as  his  o 
caused.  He  makes  a 
examination  of  the  Boor  upon  which 
be  rests.  It  is  all  stone,  cold  and 
cheerless.  No  wile  or  child  upon 
whom  he  can  call  for  a,  light  or  aae» 
tance-  He  reaches  out  his -hand,  i 
meets  the  same  cold  touch — stout 
He  rises  upon  bis  feet  and  makes  a  fill 
ther  survey.  It  is  stone  on  all  Bidet 
above,  below.  The  reality  flashe 
upon  his  mind,  the  cold  sweat  start 
from  every  pore,  bis  fearu  are  reallz/'d 
In  the  agony  of  bis  soul  he  exclaim* 
'•Oh  1  am  in  ML  Jwt  as  I  expec 
edf"  He  went  down  to  a  drunkard 
grave. — Ex. 


■rit  soon  ran  i-ff  the  track,  and  n 
-up  was  the  result.  Teach  yom 
boy,  friend  Archer,  to  work  with  a  wil! 
hen  he  does  work.  Give  him  p'aj 
loiiL'b  to  make  him  happy  urnl  lien  thy 
ut  let  him  learn  early  that  worl 
Ihe  business  of  life.  Patient,  sell 
denying  work  i1:  the  price  of  Buccess 
and  indolence  eat  away  not  only  the 
of  capital,  but  worse  st'li.  all  a 
i  nerve-power.  Present  eratih'd- 
.en,!?  in  put  i-li  'inly    until  lo-mnr- 


Fnll  Fashions. 


>  God, 


i  chri 


Bible,  the  same  Gospel,  the  same  prom 
wrath  to   6bun    and    heaven    to   gain, 


s  the  r 


tthe 


;  result!  It  miy  be  true  that  the 
lie  where  you  choose  to  dwell  and 
r,  who  build  churches  and  pay  sai- 
.  are  some  of  them  Gospel  harden 
But  Christ  has  never  bidden  his 
ants     to    spend     their    «lmk-    lives 


ng  a  r.j 


?cted  i 


s  people.  He  6aysl,Gu  ye  inti 
all  the  world,"  and  sorae-where  in  thi 
back  woods,  the  highways  and  by-ways 
or  in  the  lanes  and  streets  of  the  city. 
are  hungry,  starving  souls,  waiting  for 
the  sweet  compulsion  which  shall 
them  in  to  the  vacant  seats  of  the 
riage  of  the  Lamb,  and  as  ready  t< 
the  Gosptrl  call,  as  other  sinners 
been  in  years  gone  by.  Aud  with  the 
fields  whitening,  the  harvest  great,  and 
the  laborers  few,  ye  cannot  urge,  the 
hardness  of  men's  hearts  as  a  suf 
reason  for  a  fruitless   ministry. 

The  reason  is,  you   are    backslidden 
more  than  you   know    of.     They   may 
work  otherwise  thau  with  you.     When 
divine    inspiration    says   of  any    ni 
he  puts  not  his  neck  to  the  work  of 
Lord,  we  are  safe  in  adioit'iug  itstn: 
but  any  judgment  short   of  this   may 
err.     It  is  well.,  therefore,  to  be  guard' 


Health  of  School  Children. 

The  obstacles  which  medical  writer 
inform  us  stand  in  the  way  of  publi 
education  for  children  are  so  formidable 
that  it.  is  no  wonder  a  large  portion  of 
our  readers  who  have  children  of 
own  are  dispirited,  and  feel  eithe 
giving  up  the  contest  in  despair  or  1 

3  some  happy  chance  by  which 
their  little  ones  may  be  got  through  in 
iafety.  Chief  among  these  obi 
ippear  to  be  bad  ventilation,  the  forc- 
□  g  process,  and  insufficient  relax! 
for  younger  pupils.  Half  of  these  er- 
ira  are  to  be  attributed  to  parents  and 
■acbers,  and  the  other  halt  to  school 
boards  and  school  architects,  A  gene- 
lorance  of  what  the  health  of  chil- 
dren demands  epitomizes  the  whole 
natter,  for  it  can  scarcely  be  believed, 
£  wisd.im  existed  in  the  quarters  where 
ve  are  necessitated  to  look  for  it,  that 
the  evil  would  not  soon  correct  itself. 
But  ignorant  parents  Bend  their  child- 
built  by  ignorant  architects,  and  gov- 
d   by  ignorant   board-.     However 


In  the  October  openings  we  learn 
that  a  picturesque  simplicity  is  the  high- 
est rule.  Furbelows  and  paniers  have 
vanished,  and  ihe  scanty  plain  robe 
clings  to  the  lovely  figure  close  as  tht 
falling  locust  leaves  toCtytie'a  bosom. 
The  mass  of  dead  women's  hair  is  gone 
from  the  shapely  head.  The  long- 
cramped  feet  are  at  last  free  to  rest 
their  corns  and  bunions  in  heel  less  broad 
soled  beds  of  ease.  Even  displays  o 
embroidery  or   jewelry   are  for- 


gold 


i  getttn 


young  man,  that 
head  and  hands,  i 
untry  Gentle 


ork,  bard  work,    of 
the  price  of  sui 


,bey  t 


j  younj 


>rtal  ii 


f  God   had 

made  the    little   creature    beautiful 

i'gb,they  must  overload  it  with  silks 

lacee.  and  then  torture  its  freedi 

the  thongs  and  screws  of  arbitrary 

ion.     This  over-dressingof  the  body 

strike*  through    into    the  heart. 

can  at  top  be   put  to  the   crop   ol 

ami    f-i;itii<.iniht9    if  children    are    I 

trained   into     foppery    and    coxco 

from    their    cradles!     How     can 

children  be  (aught  S'lf  d-riid  and 

itual  mindedness  while   under  the 

tic  ;1  trappings    fit"    pride    and     ex 

gance  t — Cuyler. 


We  hi 
and  the 

to  that  fact  gives  us  Divine  certainl 
The  fact  is  "Christ  is  risen."  T 
meaning  of  that  according  to  t!,»l 
that  we  should  in-  ilm«  delivered    lr< 


biddei 


"In  i 


i  these 


be  in  certain  respects  (and  many  of 
them  are  intelligent  only  as  to  thi 
means  of  getting  as  much  out  of  th> 
way  as  possible  of  the  trouble  entailei 
by  duty),  they  are  ignorant  of  hygieoi 
principles  involved  in  the  proper  educa 
tion  of  young  children.  The  jurisdiction 
which  should  be  in  the  hands  of  mei 
of  wide,  absorbent  intellects  and  deep 
affectionate,  unselfish  hearts,  is  deier 
mined  by  a  puny  and  disgusting  politi 
cal  preference.  The  ambition  of  th. 
architect  is  limited  to  producing 
handsome  edifice  which  will  be  a  per 
manent  advertisement,  and  the  question 
of  health  iB  ignored  in  what  he  cc 
ceives  to  be  architectural  beauty.  T 
average  parent  loves  bis  child  in  obei 


through  t 


are  a  far  li 

leh  charity. 


work  of  the    Lord. 
oyou  t 


rith   oth 

-  duing  little 


i,   who   . 


ural  instinct,  and 
directs  the  operation  of  thai 
liberal  knowledge  and  a  cons 
expression  of  his  own  weaku' 
present  there  is  no  medical  ii 
of  our  public  schools,  theme 
spectorship  having  been  recei 
ihed,    for  reasons    which  the 


seldoi 
love  by 


fashionable  authority, 
of  ton  will  endeavor  this  fall  by  the 
grace  and  simplicity  of  her  attire  to 
?how  that  her  husband  ha1*  neither  rob- 
bed a  bank  nor  been  the  leader  of  a 
ring." 

What  does  this  portend)  Is  it  only 
new  vagary? — the  usual  disgust  of 
the  fashionable  leader  at  the  aping  of 
illit-s  by  y"t  more  foolish  enuelry 
people  and  servant  girls,  and  her  cou- 
:quent  retreat  into  a  region  of  chaste 
mplici'ty  1  Or  is  it  a  symptom  of  a  gen- 
■al  reaction  of  the  country  from  sham 
ito  common  senBe  ?  II  it  be  the  latter , 
this  feeble  sign  will  doubtless  be  follow- 
by  others.  It  is  but  the  twitter  of 
a  single  swallow,  but  afterward  comes 
the  whole  summer.  Reform  in  dress 
wil!  only  precede  reform  in  furniture, 
etc.  The  dry  goods  or  pork  merchant 
will  not  labor  under  the  conviction  that 
a  palace  modeled  after  Apsley  House, 
carpets  from  Persian  looms,  or  coat  and 
waistcoats  like  Disraeli's  Young  Duke, 
will  make  him  more  of  a  man.  The 
grocer    will    not    plenish    his    bouse  as 

carpenter  see  that  life's  best  aims  are 
fulfilled  in  cheap  Brussels  on  the  floor 
and  sleazy  silks  ana  plumes  upon  his 
wife.  Pulpit  eloquence  will  drop  its 
sensational  trickery  and  deal  with  the 
terrible  problems  of  commonplace  life, 
Popular  literature  will  no  longer  mean 
clap-trap,  popular  piety  cant, nor  popu- 
lar statesmanship  a  talent  for  money- 
making.  But  until  these  later  signs  ap- 
pear, we  are  not  sanguine  of  the  sum 
mer,  in  spite  of  the  prophecy  of  this 
single  swallow.— N   Y.  Tribune. 


;ellig 


ing,  you  deem  the  comparison  favora- 
ble to  your  own  piety,  or  zeal,  you  are 
precisely  in  the  positio  i  that  la  raked 
by  the  batteries  of  temptation.  Have 
a  care  that  you  do  not  think  more  high- 
ly of  your-self  than  you  ought  to  think, 
Let  the  question  arise — for  your  great- 
er aafety,— ••  Who  maketh  thee  to  dif 
fer)"— and  '-What  hast  thou  that  thai. 
didst   not    receive!" 

If  your  heart  is  honestly  with  Christ, 
you  are  elm  fly  anxious  to  reach  tbt 
hearts  of  your  n on-laboring  brethren, 
and  draw  them  into  the  field.  Foi 
this  end  you  need  to  be  eminently  for- 
giving  and  loving.  Let  your  own  si 
lent  works,  rather  than  sharp  words  be 

We  have  in  mind  a  case  good  for  il- 
lustration.  Many  years  ago,  wo  knew 
a  Goapel  minister  who  bad  been  preach- 
ing  many  a  pointed  sermon  on  many  ar 
anxious  Sabbath  to  stir  up  his  people 
to  the  work  of  the  Lord.  Hope,  long 
deferred,  began  to  threaten  heart-sick- 
ness;  it  was  clear  no  particular  impres- 


cbool    directors 


nhood 


ah  -_a'.n:  ar.  hi 
brain  and  conscie 
the   spirit  of  ma 


spring,  to  be  sound. 

:ts,  school  boards  ol 
:e  and  teachetB  with 
vrs,    let   us  at  least 


,WhC! 


ien  froi 


r  drink 


■nalie  themselves  and  their  friends  mis- 
erable, and  disgrace  the  human  family, 
we  are  often  led  to  ask  if  thoy  have 
iny  fear  of  the  future.  The  confes 
lion  of  one  man,  who  resided  in  a  coun- 
try town  in  Connecticut,  who  had  of- 
.eu  drank  to  excess,  had  as  often  re- 
lented, and  determined  to  nbstain 
from   further   excess   and    use,    would 


capital  he  has  invested  to  start  him  so 
fairly.  It  is  surprising  he  has  turned 
out  so  poorly-  He  ib  a  steady  young 
man.  with  no  bad  habits  as  far  as  I 
know.  He  bad  a  good  education,  and 
was  alwavB  considered  smart;  hut  he 
doesn't  succeed  in  anything.  I  am  told 
he  has  tried  a  number  of  different  sorts 
of  business,  and  Bunk  money  every 
lime.  What  can  be  the  trouble  with 
Alfred.  I   should    like   to   know,  for    1 


don't 


rboyt 


nough,"  said    the 
other,  "and  has  education  enougl: 
he   lacks  the  one    element   of  am 
He  never  wants  to  give  a  dollar's  worth 
of  work  for  a    'ollar  of  money  ;  tind 
is  no  other  way  for  a  young  mau  to 


a  fori 


Her 


i  dig 


'rath. 


lfor 


CJaildreas'    Corner. 


this  pathway,  still  Sparkling  with  ll 
dewy  moisture,  came  stealthily  inovil 
the  long,  lithe  form  of  a  mink.  Her  fur 
looked  worn  and  ru-ty  where  the  sen 
ght  struck  her,  asahe  skulked  betweer 
be  tussocks  of  grass.  Occasionally  Bfa> 
halted  to  look  about  her,  alert  for  any 
thing  eye  could  see  or  ear  could  iitur 
hearing  nothing  but  the  Bwee 
of  a  song  sparrow  and  the  com 
plaining  cry  of  a  cat-bir 


ANTI-MASONIC  BOOKS, 


1920,  BY    REV.    HESHY    GREW. 

If  the  principles  of  any  confederacy 
are  of  an  excellent  nature,  the  more 
tlio?e  principles  are  acted  upon,  the 
greater  will  be  the  benefit  resulting  to 
society.  We  ask  then  will  speculative 
Freemasonry  [bear  this  test!  Suppose  ad 
the  members  of  ihe  fraternity  in  the 
United  States  should  continually  act 
upon  that  principle  of  partiality  which 
the  oaths  enjoin.  Would  the  rights  of 
the  community  be  belter  maintained  I 
Would  justice  hold  her  balances  with  a 
firmer  hand?  Or,  should  we  have 
cause  to  exclaim,  Truth  is  fallen  in  the 
and  equity 


band;  proceed  no   fa 
ast  set  a  mark  on  tbo 
faithful  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,   and 

trust  in  the    power  of  his  might  [  Christian  Cynosure 

Take  ye  the  Bignet  and  set  a  mark  in 
the  forehead  of  my  people  that  have 
passed  through  great  tribulation  and 
have  wa3hed  their  robes,  and  have 
made  them  white  in  the  blood  of  the 
Lamb,  which  waBBluin  from  the  foun- 
dation of  the  world."  The  minister 
takes  the  signet  and  pressed  it   on    the 

late's   forehead      He  leaves   the 

in  red  letters:     Kino    of  Kings, 


i  fact,  i 


.that 


Mat 


has  insidiously  operated  in  oui 
.ice  halls  and  in  our  courts  of  jut 

has  polluted  the  fountains  o 
Lb  an  unrighteous  leaven?  Wbai 
!  would  our  country  now  present 
:  permitted 


>rding  to  Ma; 


pnm 


of  the  Lord 
have  separated  themselves  from  th'n 
association.  Should  we  not  see  Free 
masonry,  like  the  whore  of  mystical 
Babylon,  "drunken  with    the  blood  of 


ttbal 


.uld  ii 


partake  no  longer  of  its  sins. 

Mr.  John  R.  Melford  says,  "  I  ha 
seen  a  grand  jury  selected  by  a  UaaC 
ic  sheriff  with  an  express  view  to  pi 
vent  an  indictment  against  a  broth 
Mason,  and  was  told  by  the  foreman 
the  jury,  that  had  it  not  bsen  the  ci; 
of  a  brother  that  was  coming  belt 
them  he  should  not    have    been  thei 


>  Bh< 


bed  the  muddy  edge  of  the  brook, 

trod  more  daintily;   then,    winding 

an  the  pickerel  weeds,  swam  down 

am,    hardly    disturbing   the   water, 

i   making   a    long,    wedge, |  sliip-,1 

wake  as  she  stole  into  the  shadowy  edge 

ot  the  brook.     Suddenly,  ah'-  disappear 

d  under  the  water;  but  soon  came  up, 

trugglin^  willi  ^omeilung  that,  swayed 

.nd  pulled  her  about,   disturbing  the 

quiet  of  the  stream  and  sending  a  mudi 

down  with  the  current     But  she 

the   almost    unmanageable    wrig- 

eel  (for  ibis  it  was)  to  the  stone 

ar,d.  drawing   hers  If  and  burden 


t  of  the 


.  thelai 


readjusted   her  hold,  lilld 

lure  back  of  the  head.  Then,  bracing 
herself  to  suck  the  blood,  the  thresh- 
ing, stru^lingecl  ^rewijradually  weak 
er  and  weaker,  until  it  looked  perfectly 
limp  and  lifeless.  Then  she  jumped 
from  the  wall,  and  dragging  this  eel, 
longer  than  herself,  up  through  the 
grass,  taking  a  different  and  more  con- 
cealed way  than  the  one  by  which  she 
came,  soon  disappeared  altogether. 
In  the  thick  banked  wall  of  this  bark 
on  ihe  hillside  bIic  had  her  young;  and, 
after  they  grew  large  enough  to  require 
something  mere  Bubstanlial  than  na- 
ture's first  provision,  the  mother  used 
to  bring  them  fish  of  different  kinds — 
eels,  ducks  and  like  prey.  So  sly  and 
stealthily  did  she  keep  herself  that  she 
was  not  seen  unlil  the  young  were  half 
grown,  and  looked  like  the  fawn-color- 
ed weasels;  when  she  betrayed  herself 
by  bringing   this  food,  which  impelled 


Byt 


she  grew    bold. 
very  destructive  to 

and,  when  Die  bro  >!;  is  low,  the_\ 

lien  be  tracked  for  a  longdistance 

id  eels,  pickerels,  slum  n,  and 

ro/itiraea   trout,    left   lying  along  the 

nk ;  the  mink  only  sucking  the  blood, 

-I  !<■  -viiit;  Hie  fieh 


ay  so  many  t 


>y  th' 


,,ll  i 


bail  in  pickerel  fishing  through  the  ice, 
were  kept  in  an  old  tub  set  in  a  spring 
near  the  brook;  and  in  one  night  all 
these  fish  were  killed  by  a  mink,  who 
left  ihem  luid  in  a  row  on  the  ground, 
They  looked  precisely  aBifaorae  pen-on 
had  arranged  them.  But  through  the 
back  of  each  usb,  near  the  head,  were 
four  tooth inarkp,  thai  told  who  had  been 
there — this  beioa  frequently  the  only 
mark  Ihe  mink  makes  on  bis  victim. — 
Old  and  New. 


I  I1-.V-  al-o  s 


and  o^servi 
him  make  ihe  Masonic  signal  of  diatret 
and  another  sign  to  the  jury,  whii 
latter  sign  of  the  hand  drawn  aero 
the  throat,  two  or  three  of  the  jur 
answered,  and  these  same  jurors. win 
out,  refused  to  convict  on  a  clear  ca 
guilt.  I  have  also  seen  Masonic  sig 
exchanged    between  ihe  bar    and    t. 


Iha< 


t   tt.e  choice  of    public    ■ 


lodge 


such  a  brother  was  to  be  run  for 8 
bly  man,  by  which  I  understood 
we,  the  brethren  were  to  support 
and  he  was  ruu  andelecled." 

This  is  the  testimony  of  a    man  who 
is  declared  to  be   of  resptctabli 
t-an  character,    who  has  conscientiously 
seceded  from  the  Masonic  fraternity. 

We  all  agree,  (Freemasons  not  • 
cepted)  that  popery  is  anti-Christ,  n 
:  lint  ib'.'ipiril  ot  (ler-ccutMnijoneiif 
bl  ickesi  features  of  the  beast,  I  havebt 
struck,  sir,  with  the  similarity  belw< 
the  oath  of  the  Roman  bishops  at  th 
consecration,  aud  the  oath  of  ihe  Fr 
miiaon.  The  oath  of  the  former 
presses,  -'that  they  i-bould  oppose  ,; 
persecute  heretics  to  the  utmost 
their  power,"  the  oath  of  the  lal 
we  have  already  heard.     Now,  we  a 

.le-uit  lo  point  out  the  difference? 

We  pity  the  ignorance  and  rebi 
the  impiety  of  the  ceremonies  of  I 
papal  superstition.  And  is  Freeman 
ry  clear  in  this  respect?  Let  the  mc 
ceremony  of  the  Burninfi  Bush  ansv 
i  hi  question.  Is  nut  the  infinite  M 
<    ty  therein  per-oiiiiLed    by  a  worm 

other  exhibitions  of  the 

awful  profanation  of  sacred  tbingi 


this   , 


The  i 


mild.' 


laim:  "woe  is  me  for  I  am  a  m 
incleanlips,  and  my  dwelling  ha 

n  the  tents  of  Kedur  and  amoni 
hildren  of  Meshec"  Then  he  that 
in?  the  ink-horn  by  his  side  takes 
ive  coal  with  the  longs  from  the  alta 
ouches  the  lips  of  the  candidate  an 
ays:  "If  y  believe,  thine  inlquili. 
hull  be  Uken  away,  thy  sins  sha 
ie  purged.  I  will  that  these  b 
lean,  saith  the  branch,  that  sha 
ie  given  up  before  me.  All  thy 
ins  are  removed  and  all  thii 
blotted    out.       For    I  ha 


BpreE 


iniqutti 
troddei 

of  the    people. 

For  behold  I  comi  with  dyed  gar- 
ments from  BoKrah,  mighty  to  save, 
Refuse  not  therefore  to  hnrken;  draw 
not  away  Ihy  shoulder;  shut  not  lliinr 
ear  that  thou  shouldest  not  hear.' 
The  six  ministers  now  proceed  ns  il 
they  were  about  to  commence  the 
slaughter,  when  the  Senior  Knight 
says  to  him  with    the  ink-horn;  "stay 


thir 


ig  of  the  mother  of  abominations,  win 
ith  one  breath  will  envoke  the  Fath 
r  of  mercies,  and  with  Ihe  next  sweai 
engeance 


and  flames  and    dai 


I  A.  Hurl,  WLe-Oon,  111. 


John  LeviniHoi],  Octroi!,   Mich. 


T.    Nuld,   Union  1 
ihicago,  111. 
R.  B.  Taylor,  Summerueld,  0. 


J.  It.  li-iini.  l.i reen VI lie,  I'll. 
T    II.  McCnru.uk,  I'nneclor 


Indianapolis,  Iud. 


WHEATOH    COLLEGE! 

WHE.IT0N.  ILLINOIS, 


Aidless,  EZRA  A.  COOK  &  CO. 


ip< 


Freemasonry  Exposed, 

CAPI  WM.  MORGAN. 
"MOE.CA1T  BOOK." 


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2?  ELDER  D.  BERNARD, 


CONFESSION  OF  THE  MURDER 

WM.    MORGAN 

Or.  John  C.  Emery  of  Racine  Co., Wis. 

HENRY   L.   VALANCE. 


BROKEN  SEAL 

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Walsh's  Review  of  Freemasanry. 


Westfield     College, 

WestMd,  Clark  Co.,  111. 


Masonic  Books. 


MONITORIAL  INSTRUCTION  BOOK 


lUCm'i  MML  OF  IHE  LOSES, 
MACKEY'S   TEXT  BOOK 

MASONIC  JURISPRUDENCE. 


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lichirdiin's  Monitor  of  Fraemasonry, 


SICKU'rmUASON'iMIIOl, 

■m^.llc  Lllnatn I  .    ■■ r  .v.H.  I....I... 

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Duncan's  Uisonic  ftitd  and  Monitor, 


Finuev  on  Masonrv. 

CHEAP  EDITION. 


Bernard's  Appendix  to  Light,  tn  Masonrj 


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A  New  Chapter  on  Mason- 
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BY  ELDER  D.  BERNARD, 


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CHICAGO,    THURSDAY,    OCTOBER  30,  1873. 


WHOLE  NO.   107 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 

So.  11  Wabash  Avenue,  Chicago. 
Alwayawrito  I'  »,nl> '■  ,,,ri11^  ''*  Ul"  Giln"' 


Rev.  Alex  aider  Campbell,  in  tht 
Millennial  Harbinger,  so-ne  yean 
Btnce,  gave  tLe  following   thoughts    on 

Time  was  when  it  might  have  ap- 
peared highly  expedient  lo  Jews,    Mo- 

their  individual  intercut,  honor, or  hap- 
piness; hut  why  Chridiiaus  in  the  nine- 


singe 


tingdui 


sion,  througb  all  the  pledgee,  oaths, 
and  obligations  of  secrecy,  into  the  sj- 
cieties  of 'Freemason,"  and  "Odd-fel- 
lows." is  rather  a  difficult  and  perplex- 
ing problem.  Unable  to  comprehend 
the  reason  or  the  motives  predisposing 


.,  inasmuch  us  ihey  are  so  oocuit 
ambijjuuuiH.  not  to  preclude  u  sort 
ainsg.viug   in   tlie   minus    of    inauy 


rogepei 


■opulb 


de  of  the  ' 


Some  there  are  ol  high  intelligence 
and  virtue  amongst  us  that  are  com- 
pelled,in  their  own  .radical  and  direct 

hot  of  seeking  admission  into  such  a 
mongrel  community  ol  all  sorts  of  faith 

the 

ate,  that  they 

eoulein  the  Me°Binh  and  lueinelilutions; 
that  they  are  disappointed  in  their  un- 
ion with  the  church;  that    they    feel  a 

the  rites,  and  ceremonies — the  appro- 
bation and  the  brotherhood  of  "Odd- 
fellowB"aud  "Freemasons."  They  feel 
constrained  to  place  such  wanderings 
from  the  house  oi  Ood  and  the  provis- 
ion thereof  in  the  same  category  with 
thoBe  persona  who  after  entering into 
the  holy  hondB  and  endearments  of  the 
matrimonial  institution, desert  the  nup- 
tial bad  and  board  for  the  sake  of 
unwarrantable  familiarttea  with  other 
favorites  of  ambiguous  virtue.  If  it 
amount  to  thia,  or  even  something  less 
than  this,  it  is  highly  expedient  to  re- 
spect the  conscientious  scrupulosities 
of  these  good  brethren  and  bisters  who 
are  grieved  at  such  indications,  and 
who  are  actuated  neither  by  envy  nor 
malice,  but  by  the  love  of  truth  and 
goodness,  and  by  the  holy  and  tender 
sympathies  of  the  Christian  religion. 
£.  There  is  another  class  of  Christian* 
who  am  disposed  to  rogird  all  such 
confederacies  us  entirely  distinct  relig- 


pre*. 


t  from  the  Chrialiau 


bammed  from.  Moses,  or  the  pope 
ofRomefrom  Je&u*  of  Naziretu.  They 
,y  that  these  associations    have    their 

ligious  rites  and  usages,  their  holy 
mes  and  Bacred  cbservnnces,  their  su- 
ed soags,  and  peculiar  forms  of  pray- 
•|  devised  and  lr.mied  after  the  model 
id  in  accordance  with  the  genius  of 
ie  new  association.  Of  these  solem- 
ties  it  is  said  that  (bey  are  so  farJu- 
lism.  P.i^Hiiism/M  il,->nim-''d-i  iism.and 

and  Christianity  that  not  a  single)  es- 
,1  feature  ol*  any  ol  these  four  in- 
ions  can  be  found  in  them.   Their 

beau   ideal   of  a   new    theology     and 


ri.n 


lat  they    einbr 


And 


the 


Odd-fellows"  and  "Masons"  a  faith,  a 
jmmunion,  aud  solemn  ritea  bo  per- 
fectly novel  and  distinct  as   to    place 

de  to  Qod,  ai 


net   religious 
1  religion  is   enough    foi 


idd  exemplary  Christians  regarded  as 
Mentally  incompatible  with  the  Chnst- 
iii  profession  that  any  one  in  Christ's 
hurcli  should  add  to  hie  religlou  the 
ites  and  solemnities,  the  faith  and 
fellowship  of  "Odd  fellows"  and  "Free 
,nd  Accepted  Masons .''  It ia therefore 
loped  that,  some  one  of  those  who  have 
ought  to  perfect  their  character  or  his 

ucb  associations  will  have  the  beuevo- 
ence  and  courte--y  to  make  such  a 
tatement  of  the  inducement*  and  rea- 
ons  impelling  him  to  surh  a  course  &' 
til!  enlighten  Burnt*  honeHt  and  cuusei- 
otiuus  p-r-ji>ns  as  to  the  wisdom,  ex- 
i-rdifucy,  and  lawfulness  of  such  an 
illisnci  on  Bible  and  Christian  princi- 

pies. 

Tbe  Bible,  right  reason,  and  Cbrie- 
tiatity  recognize  but  three  essentially 
■adically  distinct  institutions  of  divine 
origin.  These  are  the  family,  the 
hurcb,  and  the  state.  I  do  not  say 
he  church  and  the  world,  became  the 
world  lieth  under  the  dominion  of  the 
ked  one;  but  I  say  Ood  has  instilu- 
a  church,  and  civil  government. 
In  the  state  Christians,  Jews,  and  inn- 
leln  may  Had  must  associate  on  various 

But  all  other  associations  of  men  are 
is  redundant  as  a  sixth,  finger  on  the 
liaud,  or  two  great  toes  on  the  footi  A 
Christian  adding  to  himself  the  mystic 
3r  Odd- fellowship  re' 
lg  a  wax-work  thumb 


ieof 


on  his  right  hand,  or  a  wax-work  toe 
his  right  foot.  Nay,  it  is  as  though 
inn  to  whom  Ood  had  given  two 
good  legs,  should  add  two  crutches 
rid  walk  on  four  limbs  instead  of  two. 
iere  comes  neighbor  Pliable    with  his 


i  Md- 


bis  right  arm  and  au  Odd- 
fellow crutch  under  his    left  arm,     Oa 

quadruped  rather  than  a  biped,  he  says 
difficult  swamps  and 
ditches  in  the  pathway  of  life,  and  he 
that  by  the  help  of  his  crutches 
n  bound  farther  and  endure  more 
hardships  than  by  using  simply  his 
When  asked    why    Ood   did  not 

than  two,  his  reply  was — th.it 
primitive  state  and  in  the  first 
ages  of  the  world,  there  were  not  so 
my  dlR.-ulins  in  making  Hit?  journey 
life  at  at  present.  And  that  society 
ilierlbau  nature,  had  suggested  the 
ooden  crutches. 
Call  the  wooden  crutches  by    the'u 


loden 


"M.l- 


"Old-fellowship,"  and  theetory  h  told 
of  them.  Ood  has  given  us  the  family. 
the  state  and  the  church;  and  he  that 
adds  to  them,  I  care  not  what  it  be 
called,  neither  blesses  himself,  honors 
God;  nor  promotes  the  true  happiness 
of  man.  But  the  se-ju-l  may  show 
that  he  dishonors   both   the   stale  and 

I  have  no  controversy  with  any  man 
out  of  the  precincts  of  Ohrist'nnily,  be 
he   called    Freemason   or    Odd-fellow. 
This  is  emphatically  n  free  country,  and 
our   constitution   guarantiee    anything 
and    everything  anyone    chooies,    tl 
can,   in  las  opinion,    promote    his  o 
happiness  without  injuring  that  of 
neighbor,    but  we  have  to  do  with  tin 


great  and  good    Ivng.     Tell  them 
address  ourselves,    and  lo  them  we 


Tell  us,  then,  in  the  first  place,  wbi 
de6ciency  in  Christianity  is  supplied  h 
Freemasonry,  or  Odd-fellowship.     Coi 


for  a 


Tell 


obligation,  one  new  blessing  which  you 
have  found  in  the  developments  of  this 
new  association,  lathe  spirit  of  Ood 
imparted  to  you  by  any  of  these  mod- 
parents,  your  eiBlers,  your  wives,  your 
daughters,  by  the  obligation  of  such 
myotic  ties,  any  more  than  before  you 
took  the  blind  leap  into  the  inner  tem- 
ple of  these  institutions?     Bo  you  pray 

you  become  more  spiritually  minded 
than  before  you  gave  in  your  adhesion 
to  the  ribbon,  the  apron,  or  the  mystic 
symbols  of  secret  conclave?  Does  the 
center  around  which  your  affections 
move,  radiate  more  light,  more  love, 
more  peace,  more  joy,  and  more  pros 
perity,  than  either  the  sun  of  natural 
aff-ciion  or  that  more  glorious  orb  of 
Christian    love!     I   pause  for  a  reply. 


whoa 


I  the  s 


■^pondf     Then  I  may  give 

feelings  on  this  subject  prompted  and 
dictated  by  the  holy  twelve.  I  again 
say,  I  pause  for  a  reply.  Let  it  be  in 
a  few  clear  words  and  to  the  point,  and 
we  shall  respond  in  a  few  sentences. 
This  subject  must  be  discussed. 
Thousands  call  for  it.  All  these  con- 
federations among  Christians  with 
Turks,  Jews,  and  atheists,  are.  in  our 
opinion,  anathematized  by  Heaven,  and 
are  just  as  useless  to  tbe  churo'b  as  to 
the  state — fit  only  for  dark-r  times — for 

■  lie  A'nuc'idabra, 


i  lie  I'-.is. I    fountain 


Doth  a  fountain  send  forth  ni  the. 
ame  place  sweet  water  and  bitter! 
(-James,  lii.  71.) 

The  church  of  C  hrist  is  the  fountain 

)m  whence  flows  all  life  and   healing 

the  nations  of  the  earth.      W  hatev- 

corrupts  the  church    diminishes  the 

e-gtving  and  soul-healing  power,  and 

ereby  wrongs  every  son  and  daugh- 

r  of  Adam.     Suppose  the  wells,  and 

fountains  of  water  in  any   village  were 

poisoned.     It  would  inflict  »ne  of   the 

greatest  of  wrongs  on  all  of  its  inhabt 


the 


■very  individual. 
:eal  the  fact  or  to  p 
>D     the    ground     tl 
»ould  injure  the  fai 


ny  effort    to  c 


le  of  the  vil 
age,  impair  the  value  oi  property,  and 
mrt  the  feelings  of  tbe  owners  of  the 
>oisoned  wells,  would  be  most  sign  d  fol- 
y,  and  consummate  wickedness,  The 
ry  that  would  go  up  from  every  house 
md  from  every  tongue  would  be,  Let  ua 
;now  the  whole  trnth.  Let  there  be  a 
hemcal    analyst    of  the   waters,    and 

ied  mi'!  cleansed.     Let    no  one   drink 


lorougbly    cleansed; 

>rs  of  this  wick-dn. 
Thus  p-ioplo  reason 


,nd  let  condigc 


ren  of  tbis 
world,  who  in  their  generation  are 
wiser  than  the  children  of  light. 

But  when  the  church,  the  fountain 
of  living  water?,  ia  corrupted  and  pois- 
oned by  the  introduction  of  Maaonry 
and  its  kindred  aocieties;  when  Christ's 
ministers,  the  very  channels  through 
which    are    to    flow   these    life-giving 


havt 


ired  i 


nholy 


covenant,  with  ungodly  men,  secretly 
binding  themselves  to  do  what  plainly 
violates  the  laws  of  Qod  and  man. 
sweiring  to  do  this  in  tbe  languige  of 
oaths  which  are  illegal,  immoral  and 
profane;  nnd  when  for  the  sake  of 
of  pleasing  tbe  wicked  they  consent  to 
pray  in  another  name  than  that  of  Jesus, 
thus  practically  "denying  the  Lord  thai 
bought  tbem"  they  inflct  a  wrong  upon 
tbe  church  and  the  world  that  it  becoi 
every  man's  duty  to^expose  and  rebu 
And  yet  when;a  minister  of  the  Gospel 


Every  influence  ia  brougiit  lo  bear  upon 
him  to  induce    him  to   be  silent.     His 
vanity  and  avarice  are  appealed  to,  and 
he  is  assured  that   lie  will    injure  him- 
self both   in   property   and  influence. 
His  Christian  hope  is  discouraged  and 
disputed.      He  is  assured  tbathecando 
nothing  to  remove  this  evil,   but   that 
all  his  efforts  will  tend  rather  to  pro- 
its  growth  (just  as  we  were  told 
that  the  efforts  of   the  abolitionists  bu 
teted  tbe  chains  of  the  stave.)  His  de 
imimi'.ional  z.'al  is  ■Uiiiuilat"d,  and  he 
told  that    this  agitation  will    distract 
:dtdivide  our  "church."  His  brotherly 
iidness  is  called  in  queston,  and  he  ia 
ud-rly  urged  nut  to  hurt  the  feelings 
his  brethren    who  are    members    of 


vain   does    he   appeal    to  the  facts 
and  demand  an  investigation.  The  facie 

qu'etly  ignored  nnd  as  far  as    po  s 
suppressed.    H-- affirms  thai  by  tin* 

abundantly  proved,    that  the  fountains 
been  poisoned. and  the  waters  that 

'no  fouutain  can  send  forth  b  ith 


t  the  ci 


,for 


nine nt  of  the  people  who  vote  for 
public  officers  from  the  President  down 
o  the  constable,  to  administer,  execute 
nd  carry  ou  ciyU  fioveroment.  We 
ave  also  two  gr  .-at  political    parties  in 


G  id  and  truth  and  the  other  not,  then 
would  be  a  very  eisy    matter    to  de- 
cide how  we  ought  to  vote;  but  as  both 

and  corrupt,  are  really  opposed  to  mor- 
al, religiuus  and  political  progress  and 
reform  would  it  be  right  for  Christians 
to  vote  for  these,  parlies!  We  answer 
emphatically,  no\  •■Whether"  there- 
fore ye  eat  or  drink  or  whatso'Ver  ye 
do,  do  all  to  the  glory  of  God."  Would 
glorify  God  fpi 


icked  t 


ring  pai 


Jo.  impossible!  Would  it  be  eousinleot 
nd  right  for  men_  w  ho  have  separated 
hemselvee  from  the  corrupt  populrff 
churches  of  the  land  wbich  fellowship 
:is,  Odd-fellow;,  dram-drinker,  and 


the 


customs  and  pracuces  of  a  wicked 
world,  to  remain  in  fellowship  with 
tbesi  corrupt,  money-loving  and  selfish 

political  parties  a'id  vote  for  their  mer 

answer,  nol     Masons  and  Odd-fellows 

in  high  official  positions  by  both  of 
these  parties.  Rum  venders,  rum  and 
whiskey  drinkers  are  voted  into  places 
of  trust  and  power  by    Ibem.     Both  of 

sell  alcoholic  liiiuors,  are  equally  guilty 


,  paupe 


things,  would  it  be  right  for  the  fol- 
lowers of  the  meek  and  lowly  Jesus,  to 
vote  for  eilber  of  these  parties,  their 
adherents  or  apol  mi^tB?  Most  decided- 
ly we  say,  no!  If  the  only  remedy  for 
purifying  the  church    of    Christ   is    to 


ri;.le 


1.1,  ,1    I 


rotten  and  corrupt  political  parties  is  lo 
reorganize  a  new  p>htical  p.irty  on  a 
pure  platform,  embracing  all  great 
mural  and  political  reforms.  Every 
moral  question  that  tends  to  glorify 
God  and  elevate,  enlighten  and  purify 
the  race  ought  to  be  embodied  in  it. 
Wo  can  never  "be  workers  together 
with  God"  in  this  matter  while  we  re- 
main and  work  with  his  enemies. 
Moses  could  not  have  been  a  work-'r 
together  wiihOod  while  remaining  with 
Pharaoh  The  apostUa  never  could 
have  been  truly  and  really  workers  to- 
gether with  God  remaining  in  the  old 
Jewish  Church  and  laboring  with  them 
to  build  up  the  old  worn  out  dispensa- 
tion. Moses  could  not  please  both  God 
and  Pharaoh.  The  apostles  could  not 
obey  their  God  and  Master  nnd  the  high 
Priest-,  although  Peter  tried  hard  to 
be  both  a  Jew  and  a  Christian,     Let  us 


We  pointed  ■ 


fruit  limn  by  its  name.     The  following 

omraentini:  on  a  visit  from  one  of  tbe 
Worthies"  of  the   order,   pretty   well 

t  lo  him  the  evil  re 
likely  lo  flow  from  se- 
ed us,  with  great  gravity,  that  the 
granges  were  not  political.  He  then 
proceeded  to  point  oula  clause  in  their 

cisea  powerful inll  I-  nee  on  public  nfl',iir-i 
during  the  next  four  years.  The  ad- 
ministration  party   iB   so  linko  I   with 


t  be  de. 


thoi 


notabmdon  corrupt  parties,  but  still 
adhere  to  them  for  the  sake  of  the 
honors,  emoluments  and  favors  of  the 
parly  are  not  worthy  of  our  votes.  The 
live  of  these  things  havefar  more  pow- 
er over  them  than  the  tru'h.  We  need 
a  new  party  and  a  new  platform  paved 


aUovt 


and 


■able. 


converted  to  those  truths  and  who  are 
pledged  to  carry  ihem  out  in  the  ad- 
ministration of  the  civil  government. 
We  would  then  have  rulers  that  would 
be  a  terror  to  evil  doers  and  a  protect- 
ion and  praise  to  them  that  do  well, 
and  worthy  of  our  votes. 

Javes  Ke-nsbdy. 

Secret  Societies' and  Politics. 

7roui  the  Utlu  Dally  Herald. 
There  is  not  only  no  excuse  in  this 
country  for  secret  political  organiza- 
tions, but  they  are  violations  of  the 
spirit  of  our  republican  institutions. 
For  this  reason,  they  should  meet  the 
uncompromising  opposition  oi  every 
man  who  loves  fair  play  and  freedom. 
The  abominations  of  Know-nothinj-ism 
are  now  conceded  by  all.  The  oulrjges 
of  the  secret  society  of  Tammany,  not- 
withstanding its  indorsement  by  Gov 
Seymour,  are  familiar  to  the  American 
people  and  a  disgrace  lo  American  pol- 
itics. Tne  exciiumeut produced  by  the 
interference  of  the  Masons  with  politics, 
is  a  matter  of  history.  Everywhere 
and  at  all  times,  secret  societies,  so  far 
as  they  dabble  withpoli 


i-foi  i 


public 


is  justly  and  prooeily  filled  with  appre- 
hension by  their  preannce,  as  the  indi- 


would  be  interested  in  ferreting  out  and 
rendering  the    assassin    harmless.     So 

gard  lo  all  secret  political  aocieties. 

For  these  reasons,  we  oppose  the 
Patron  1  of  Husbandry,  while  we  sym 
patbize  with  their  ostensible  objecte — 
the  education  of  the  farmer  and  the  in- 
forcement  of  his  rights,  both  in  the 
miking  and  the  iidministration  of  the 
laws.  We  do  not  approve  of  these  se- 
cret methods  of  advancing  even  a  good 
cause.  So  fir  as  ihe  questions  of  so- 
ciilily  and  benevolence  are  concerned, 
we  have  nothing  to  say.  These  are 
matters  for  individual  taste  and  discre- 
tion to  decide.  It  is  only  when  the  se- 
cret society  afficts  or  seeks  to  af- 
f-ct  public  mewum  that  ,we  have 
a  right  to  object  and  to  know 
what  is  proposed,  that  we  may  be  pre- 
pared to  indorse  or  oppose  the  meas- 
ures, as  we  think  the  public  interest 
demands.     No  set  of  men   united  in  a 

rights  or  legitimate  interests  to  advance 
than  those  not  so  united.  They  have 
no  right  lo  carry  any  scheme  through 
by  surprise,  nor  to  lie  in  ambush  for 
the  purpose  of  thwarting  their  fellows, 
nor  to  play  the  part  of  the  moral  or  po- 
litical assassin  in  any  shape.  Only  open, 
free  and  honorable  warfare  is  tolerable 
or  j'lsiifhble  under  our  republic  in  in- 
stitutions.    Open   and  free   discussion 

we  demand  We  know  it  is  denied 
that  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry  is  a  po- 
litical organization.  But  we  are  very 
much  better  able  to  judge  a  tree  by  its 


This  is  false  pretence.  'The  principal 
dm  of  the  gr.uigo  is  political ,  The  fact 
b  clearly  demonstrated  in  the  West, 
vherever  the  granges  are  Dumerous 
■nough  lo  give  them  influence.  The 
non-political  clause  is  preliminary  and 
descriptive.  It  I*  intended  to  quiet  the 
"Tuples  of  hnueBl  and  honorable  men, 
ho  object  to  becoming  political  ossbb- 
ns  Once  roped  in,  it  is  believed 
lat  these  men  can  bo  controlled  nnd 
used  when  wanted  for  political  purpo- 
And  in  this  false  pretense  is  a 
ssion  that  iho  thing  is  wrong— that 
:  political  associations  are  repug- 
to  the  popular  interests.     It  be- 


resp'-euble  nymbership  It  is  the  devil 
in  a  new  simp  i,  templing  men  into  a 
snare.  Tbe  alluring  bait  conceals  a 
barbed  hook,  and  is  not  what  it  appears 
to  be.  It  professes  not  lo  meddle  with 
religion  or  politics.  Its  real  aim  and  it-, 
practice  ia  to  meddle  with  both — in  ae 
cret.  It  cannot  be  otherwise  lhan  disas- 
trous lo  the  community  at  larg<\ 

Reaction  ia  sure  to  follow.  It  bn» 
even  now  begun.  It  would  not  be 
strange  if  thia  reaction  should  reach 
the  other  extreme,  and  mike  indiscrim- 
inate war  on  all  secret  organiz. lions  It 
w'llintheend  greatly  aroise  public 
indignation,  and  in  the  fury  of  excite- 
both  individual  and  public  rights,  who 
i all  say    where    tie   tide  will   stop! 

ance,  known  as  the  National  Associa 
in  of  Christians,  whoa**  prinorpal  le 
[  ia  opposition  10  all  secret  aocieties. 
This  organization  sees  in  the  secret 
grange  new  justification  for  itseiietnece 
and  new  hope  for  the  organisation  of  a 
pnliti'.'iil  flirty  based  on  opposition  to 
secret  s  icieties  in  the  United  Slates,   ft 

lion  for  the  very  purpose  of  concentra- 
ting the  opposition  to  secret  political 
societies.    If  the  folly  of  the    gringe  is 


e  shall  Eg 


e  Torn 


oppoi 


nBom  thing  like 
onic  days.  The 
i.;^le  will  he  fierce  and  even  vindict- 
bul  it  e  innot  long  remain  doubtful, 
ret  political  societies  muU  go  down 
before  the  popular  tornado  whtc'i  will 
the  end  sweep  ovei  the  land,  carry- 


■"  J  " 


demagogue,  the    political 

the  enemy  of  equal    and    e 

will  have  reason  to  call  ontherucka  an 

mountains  to  hide  them    fr  im  the  fur 

■  fan  outraged    and    righteously  indie. 

The  imputation  of  extra  fear  tu  tti 
supporters  if  ihe  present  adm'dUlrit  Li- ir: 
and  the  assertion  that  republic  ms  m  >r 

ied  c  ■rporatiu  is,"  U'sillv  part  saiusni 
to  which  no  intelligent  journal  shoui 
Hoop.  The  republic  m  pirty  6land 
quite  as  g>od  a  chance  to  absorb  an 
granges  as  the  democrat 
apathies  of  the  great  majoi 
ity  of  the  raemben  of  the  granges  ar 
republic 


itofr 


s  fort 


,arty  Isihe  parent  of  the  bomeslea- 
law.  and  the  only  party  that  has  eve: 
sought  directly  to  advance  the  interest! 
o(  the  farmers.  Its journal*,  more  thai 
the  demoomtfe,  advocate  the  control  o 
i  I  road  and  other  c  irponlions  by  jn 
.■ion-  Stale  and  National  legislation 
_.  it  cornea  to  n  choice  between  the  twi 
parties,  both  sympathy  and  policy  die 


he  one  lhal  has  always 
o  the  farmers  and  is  n 
iffect  the  required  refor 


■en   friendly 
position  to 


lal     of    republican    and  der 
equally  involved  in   them.     If  the; 

pul'lii-aik;  have  ,\  pr"|'"iidf r..tiop  im 
■     ju, 


,   and   s 
ntetliger 


1    |'ml.iplef 

in'o    their 


ranks.  But  when  it  comes  lo  using 
monkd  corporations  for  political  pur- 
poses, the  democratic  leaders  decidedly 
bear  away  the  palm.  We  need  only 
refer,  for  illustration  of  this  fact,  to 
the  use  which  they  have  made,  in  this 
stale, of  the  Central  and  Erie  railroads. 
Nothing^  more  infamous  and  corrupt 
can    found  recorded  in  history. 


Wvrkintj     Church,    from 
Wo  have  a 


the    West: 


l,ii00  members,  and  now  thai  we  have 
built  up  a  church,  these  arc  going  int 
a  dozen  different  churches.  I  rejoice 
in  all  that  I  have  been  able  to  do  in  this 
field.'  How  far  issucbaspiritfrom  the 
jealousy  which  insists  on  the  separate 
maintenance  of  denominational  schools 

them,  and  which  aims  to  make  child  mi 


I  be  for 


ing  them  to  God  I  'Gather  the  children 
in'  to  Christ's  fold  first,  dear  workers, 
and  then  when  circumstances— which 
aro  G<id'a  providence1' — call  for  further 
division  and  organization,  perform  this 
later  and  lets  important  service  in  ihe 
spirit  of  generous  charily.  It  makes 
little  .ul;  i.-i.c  •  what  the  denumi nation- 
al statistics  ate,  but  those  names  in  the 
Book  of  Life—  we  must  work  lor  that 
hst  till  we  did 


My  dem  son,  ml  line  down  beside  m", 
and  I  will  deliver  the  true  instruction. 
I    feel  that    my  hour    is,  coming.      My 

mo  t  doDe.  I  shall  goto  another  world, 
and  ihou  shall  be  left  alone  in  all  my 
wealth.  I  pray  thee  strive  to  be  a  fath 
er  and  a  lord  to  thy  people  Be  thou 
a  father  to  the  children,  and  a  friend  lo 
the  widow.  Comfort  thou  the  poor, 
shelterthe  weak,  and  with  all  thy  might, 
right  that  which  is  wrong.  Govern  thy 
self  by  law;  then  shall  th»  Lord  love 
thee,  and  God  above  shall  be  thy  re- 
ward. Call  upon  him  to  advise  Iheein 
all  thy  need,  and  ho  shall  help  ihee  in 
all  thou  undertakes!.—  Kiwj  AlfrerVa 
dying  words. 


Some  one  says:  Have  you  ever  no- 
ticed how  badl^  boys  write  at  the  bot- 
tom of  the  pages  in  their  copy-books! 
There  is  the  copy  at  the  top,  and  in  ihe 
first  line  they  look  at  that;  in  the  se- 
cond line  they  copy  their  own  imitnvon; 
and  ihe  writing  grows  worse  as  it  de- 
scends the  page.  Now  the  apostles 
followed  Christ;  the  first  fathers  imitat- 
ed the  apostles;  the  next  fathers  copied 
the  first  fa' hers;  and  so  tbe  standard  of 
holiness  f-ll  dreadfully;and  now  we  are 

■'■  i,.B»„r 


Dhnstiauiiy;  and 

wo    thin 

bout    as  good    as 

our   poo 

ministers  or  lead? 

rs  in  the 

pre  shall  do  well  a 

d  deservt 

irn,  and  barley,  the  field,  pea  and  the 

ath  for  food  and  lenile  purposes,  and 


God  has  made  science    the  custodian 

row  Lime  to  limo  unfolding  to  ua  the 
luste-m-iofancii-nl  nation*  and  shedding 
ight  upon  sscrod  history. 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  OCTOBER  30,  1873 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 


Chicago,  Thursday,    Oct.  HO.  1ST:!. 


Mjismtk'i'iT- 


The  editor  of  this  paper  hai 
attend  the  Indiana  State  m 
Westfield  ,and  will  give  an  accoi 
gathering  next  week. 


A  side  meeting  was  held  during 
meeting  of    the  Alliance  in  the  offici 
"  The    Christian    Union"    (Beech 
paper)  whose  purpose  is  to  abolish  all 
sects    and    denominations.      They   de- 
clared their  '■  aim"  to   be: — "To   pre- 
pare the  way  for  the  happy    Scriptural 
union  in  one  church   of  all    Chr 
living  in  the  sum-  city  or  cominu 
And  they  add  in    further   explan 
"  We  propose  do  union  with  ami 


:  business  had  they  then  in  the 
1  of  a  paper  under  the  ran 
f  Oliver    Johnson,    who 
mgelical,  Frothingham  Fr 


—It  may  not  be  recollected  by 
waders  that  Prof.  Chas.  A.  Blan. 
as    requested  by    our  National 


:  the  1 


Alliance.     He  attended  and  v 

his  report  through  the     Cynos 
week.     The  terror  of  the  lad  .re 

ed  the  discussion  from  the  All 
he  was  enabled  to  nail  our  color 
mast.  We  clip  from  the  Chicago  In. 
terior  (Presbyterian)  the  following  ex 
tract  from  his  remarks  on  Missions.  H 
labored  with  individual  members  of  tin 
Alliance  as  he  was  able,  and  we  are  glad 


a  the 


in  the   ext 
s  pressed  l 


painful    thought,    but  < 


"It  i 

that  when  the  smoke  of  human  sacn 
ficeswasascen-iing  from  the  forest  homei 
of  our  British  and  German  ancestors 
those  lands  to  which  we  now  send  mis 
sionaries  were  busking  in  the  sunshine 
of  God's  smile.  Where  Jcbub  Ohrisi 
taught,  and  wept,  and  suffered  and  died 


where  the  sons  of 

Thunder  hurled  the 

mighty   bolts    of 

divine   truth;  where 

Paul  dwelt  two  w! 

ole  years  in  his  own 

hired  house;  preac 

ling  to  all  who  came 

Where  flourished 

he  Seven  Churches 

of  Asia  Minor;  in 

all  these  lands,  evi 

n    the   ascendency 

and  the  gospel  m 

st  be    proclaimed  b) 

lis  western  world  a 

that  lime  inhabite 

by  wild  and  savage 

which  I  must  not  speak; 
;  but  of  which  Pastor  Fisch  i 
ps:  'They  are  hostile  to  Cbri 
ind  must  be  abandoned  or  tfa 

will  "-   destroyed.'" 


Tne  murder  (foi 


*    killed    by 
ting  an  un- 


lawful act)  of  young  Mortin 
at  Cornell  University,  Ithaca,  N.  Y„ 
ought  not  to  be  smothered  up  by  Free 
masons.  We  hope  our  friend  Slratton 
of  the  American  Wesleyan  will  seiz/, 
arrange,  and  lay  before  the  public  the 
whole  of  that  infamy. 

The    Greek  fraternities    of    our  col- 
leges, under  cover   of  the  horse   play 

heathenism,  brought  down  and  adapled 
to  the  taste  of  college   students;  whose 


i  for  fui 


1  froli.    Minds 


to  the  real  nature  of  these    "orders, 
The  fact  that  ■<  The  Skull  and    Bonei 
and  "Scroll  and   Key"  have  alra 
and  killed  out  the  old  time-honor 
cleties  of  Yale,  Linonia  nod  Broih 
Unily,  shows  that   tliesi 


gled 


"frate 


the  "po' 


roptible 
rof 
the  Beast."  Though  they  are  outside 
of  Freemasonry  proper,  and  the  stu- 
dents are  pleased  with  the  idea  that  they 
have  got  up  and  contrived  many  of 
their  brutal   ceremonies,    awry  one  of 


thei 


of  the  lodge,  and  hm  all  the  features  of 


rifying,' 


parent;  "bliodl'utdiiiL',"  ' 
"  taming,"  uud  subduing  th 
heir  power;  with  the  invariable  con- 
omitant  of  a  solemn  pledge,  or  more 
requently  oath  of  secrecy. 

The  effect  and  intention  of  these  col- 
ege  "  orders"  is  to  inaugurate  another 
noral  Bystem  in  the  college  than  the 
rue;  another  standard  of  honors  and 
Bice  than  merit;  and  evermore  crop- 
ling  out  of  these  fooleries  there  is 
.mother  religion  beside  that  of  Christ, 
nidations  are  the  pupish  peuanees 
of  the  schools,  which  the  poor  submit 
to,  while  the  sons  of  wealthy  parentB 
buy  themselves  off  with  money,  which 
money  furnishes  the  oysters  and  cham- 
paign. By  such  means  "The  Scroll 
and  Key"  at  Yale  has  not  only  paid  the 
bills  for  night  revels,  but  has  lately 
built  a  hall  costing,  a  Yale  graduate 
assures   ue,  seventy/me  thousand   dol- 

As  slavery,  while  it  lived,  made  eve 
rything  popular  which  sheltered  it,  so 
the  lodge  makes  those  colleges  popular 
which  shelter  it,  by  permitting  these 
"  secret  fraternities."  Why  does  not 
Wm.  M.  Evarts  come  out,  reveal,  and 
denounce  "The  Skull  and  BoneB"  to 
which  he  belonged  at  Yale?  As  the 
son  of  "  The  Sainted  Evarts"  he  owes 
this  duty  to  God  and  his  country. 
How  long  will  Christian  parents  patro- 
nize sm.u  colleges! 


The  Independent,  approving  ex- 
President  Woolsey's  paper  on  the  rela- 
tion of  our  Government  to  the  Chris- 
linn  religion,  du-cmirses  thus: 


having   no   relati 

with  the  single  exception  of  protecting 
all  persons  in  the  peaceful  enj  .ymenl 
of  the  right  of  worship  and  providing 
for  the  civil  proprietorship  of  corpor- 
ate property  held  and  used  for  religion- 
If  the  peoph 


Mohammedan?, 


thei 


atbei 


Jew 


change  in  the  principles  of  our 
system.  Whde  it  allies  itself 
creed  and  supports  none,  it  pn 
creeds  so  far  and  so  fur  only  as  I 
to  all  the  people  the  free  etijoj 
their  religious  rights.  TbiB 
American  doctrine  in  respect  I 
latiou  between  religion  and   ci 


:   therein 


;ci6c 


by  a  plain  incompetency  with  the 
the  doctrine  itself,  which  time  will  re- 
move, rather  than  confirm  and  per- 
petuate," 

The  following  plain,  practical  conse- 
quences must  follow  the  adoption  of 
the  doctrine  above  stated,  from  which 
'.t  is  understood    that     paper    doe6  not 

1st.   Our  United  Stales  judges  must 
swear  attorneys,   witnesses,  and  jurors, 
by  the  God  of  the  Bible  or   by  a  dead 
cock's  head,  a  Romish  bawble,  or  other 
charm  or    fetish;  which    is,  of  course, 
to  insult  God  and  destroy  the  oatb    al- 
together  by    destroying   its    meaning, 
Nay,  worse   still,  alheitm  by  the  above, 
atandB  on  the  same    level   with    Chris- 
Vanity  before  the  CoaelUtttfon  and  the 
law.     This  makes  a  clean   sweep  of  all 
from  beyond  tbia  life, 
and  the  present  convenience    of  men 
This  dwarfs  men  to    the    condition  and 
lation  to  each  other  of 
ets,    whose  "chief  end?'   is    present 
Ivantage;    whose    law,    that    of  the 
strongest;  and,  ho  far    as    we  can  see, 
obliterates  all  moral  distinction  between 
killing  of  an  insect  or  a  man,  provi- 
ded the  destruction   of  each  is  equally 
desirable  and  safe. 

2nd.  The  Bible  distinction   of  clean 

and  unclean  beasts   muet  cease   to  be 

the  basis  of  our  food  Iaws,and  wo  may, 

when    the  religion   of  tho    Imie- 

pendent   prevails  probably    shall,   soon 

to  eat  rats  with  the  Chinese,  and 

and    snakes    with     the  Digger  In- 

3rd.   If    one    aska  01 
iple  he  is  to  be  bung  o 
,e  must  be  told  that  he 
for  justice  but  for  the  good  of  the   me 
jority. 

4th.   Of  course    President     Grant' 
uchimatioa  for  a  national    thanksgiv 


done   against  the  will  and  force  of  th< 

Gtb.  The  above  doctrine,  of  course 
obliterates  and  squarely  denies  th* 
Declaration  of  Independence  tha 
"God  has  created  men,"  and  mua 
wipe  out  the  date  '■  In  the  year  of  ou: 
Lord,"  from  all  national  documents. 

To  discusB  fully  the  points  involved 


i  the  e 


wAA  I 


lyze  Christian  civiliiation,  and  justify 
the  God  of  the  Bible  against  the  idole 
of  the  nations.  We  may  take  up  thie 
discussion  by  and  by.  But  we  have 
wailed  and  still  wait  in  a  sort  of  amaze- 
ment to  see  how  long  the  religioue 
press  of  the  United  States,  will  recog- 
nize and  own  papers  as  Christian,  which 
practically  deny  Christianity;  and  as 
civil,  which  set  aside  civiliiation. 


NOTES. 

— Bro.  Stoddard  returned  on  the 
24-th  inst.  from  the  Stale  meeting  al 
Ripon  and  reported  an  encouraging, 
though  not  large  meeting.  The  local 
lodges  were  at  great  pains  to  keep  away 
ihe  townB-people,  and  with  a  curious 
appreciation  of  the  public  taste  import- 
ed a  spiritualist  lecturer  from  Chicago 
and  added  to  his  the  chi 
band.  Their  success  w 
better  than  they  deserved.  The  State 
Association  was  laun 
and  piouahome  missionary  will  take  the 
Williams  Station  field  and  organize  the 
work  throughout  the  State 

—The  Rock  River    United  Brethren 

Conference    at 111,,   October 

adopted  the  following  encouraging  res- 

Besolved,  That  we  witness  with  sat- 
isfaction the  steady  growth  of  the  ami- 
secrecy  reform,  and  that  we  extend  to 
the  National  Christian  Association  oar 
hearty  sympathy  and  cooperation,  so 
far  as  conBJBtent  with  other  Christian 
enterprises,  and  that  we  also  recommend 
the  Christian  Cynosure,  organ  of  the 
N.  C.  A.  to  the  favorable  consideration 
"I"  tliuse  desiring  inform  ition  on  the  sub 

— Zebulun  Weave 
cuse.N.  Y.,  will  be 
cent  Beceder  from  the  lodge  who  joined 
the  local  association  ofthat  city,  ai.d  bold- 
ly defended  it-*  principles  before  the  city 
council.  He  has  recentlybeen   lecturing 


i  lawyer  of  £ 


Olsei 


.nd    ..th.  i 


the 


character  of  Freemasonry.  The  Wes- 
teyan says  ofhin  labors :  Ruses  and  dod- 
ges were  gotten  up  by  the  sons  of  night 
to  prevent  the  presentation  of  the  truth, 
but  they  were  not  aware  that  they  hat 


wdhv 


,  until 


what     prin- 
imprisoned, 


ullin 


athei 


tho  whole  intlu- 
jnce  of  the  government  in  favor  of 
heiem  and  against  atheism. 

6th.  The  whole  body  of  the  Com- 
non  Liw  must  be  carefully  purged  of 
ill  ideas  of  God  and  religion,  which,  sb 
he  religion  of  the  Bible  permeates  the 
vhole  Hubstaiiee  ot  it,  must  he  nearly 
quivalent  to  setting  it  aside  alto- 
gether; and  instead  of  "  In  the  name 
if  God,  Amen,"  all  solemn  legal  docu- 

of  nothing,  and  no  one  but  myself;" 
instead  of  the  old  form  of  indict- 
to,  which  charges  that  the  crime 
committed  "Without  the  fear  of 
"  and  '■  by  instigation  of  the  devil,' 

they  must  charge   that   the   crime  wa 


ikened  to  the  fact  by 
presence  and  efforts  of  the  speaker 
self.     Mr.  Weaver's  addresses   are 

spoken  of.     M.y  the   world  hear 
y    of  them    before  he    goes    hence. 
-Little    has  yet   reached  us   of  the 
tions   in    Ohio.     The    atmi'i/lo  hy 
fly  across  old  parly  lines,  the  tern- 
showing.       Richland     township, 
Guernsey  county,  gave  nn  Anti  mason. 
ic  vote  of30(l«8tyearitwaBl8).     Bro. 
Yanl,  we  learn  indirectly,   was  defeated 
for  the  State  Senate  through  some  po- 
litico!  jugglery,    of    which    the    lodge 
would  not  leaye  unused  anything  avail- 
able.    The  Iowa  elections  are  closely 
contested  between  the  Republcans  and 
Anti-monopolists,  with  returns  showing 
more  and  more  favorably  for  the  li 
Should  they  succeed   the  country  may 
rejoice. 


Done  at  the  city  of  Wash! 
this  14  th  day  of  October,  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord  1873,  and  of  the  independ- 
ence of  the  United  States  the  ninety- 
seventh. 

(Signed)  UtvsBEB  S.  Gramt, 

Hamilton  Fish,  Secretary  of  State. 

The  Boston  Grangers. 

Those  interested  in  the  progress  of 
the  order  of  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry 
have  been    aware  that   for  some   time 

that  there  were  troubles  brewing  on  ac- 
count of  the  organizition  of  „he  Boston 
Grange,  and  the  materials  of  which  it 
■grain  and 


■chants — and  the* 


Nob 


the  grange 
pl.inl,  wer. 

ih'-adiii  s.io 
the  order  m 


nstituted   than  com 
from  the  West   that 

ain   speculators  into 

terests,  and  must  be  stopped  at  all 
hazards.  Many  hot-headed  grangers 
even  urged  the  expulsion  of  Deputy  J. 
C.  Abbot,  who  organised  the  grange, 
while  all  were  unanimous  in  demanding 
that  the  grain-speculators'  grange  should 
cease  to  exist.  In  deference  to  these 
complaints,  the  Worthy  Grand  Master 
... f  the  N  ill. hi  il  Lining!*,  Mudl.-y  Adam-., 
on  the  24th  of  September,  revoked  the 
charter  of  the  grange,  and  directed  the 
officers  to  turn  over  their  books  and  pa- 
pers to  deputy  Abbot;  but  the  Boston 
grange  fUtly  refuses  to  do  so,  and  now 
it  is  proposed  to  carry  the  question  up 
to  the  National  grange.  The  members 
claim  that  they  are  all  interested  in 
farming  pursuits,  which  is  the  only 
qualification  for  membership.     Ab  the 

members  some  of  the  strongest  business 
men,  there  is  little  doubtl  of  their  ma- 
king a  very  strong  fight;  at  any  rate 
very  few  more  granges  will  be  organiz- 


Mei 


while, 


Boston  grange  hasall  the  pass-words, 
secret  signs,  and  signals,  and  many 
well  aay,  "What  are  you  going  to  do 
about  it!" — Chicago  Mail. 


Tho  l'ope  and  I 


R>me  th* 


At  a  recent  eousi-Wry 
Pope  made  the  following 
b'sh'.p-.  present  on  their 
DutugemuitorFreemaso 
ed  by  the  troubles  in  Brazil  between 
tile  I  idges  and  the  papal  church.  Wt 
give  the  full  remarks  on  this  point: 

To  the  beuediption  which  I  give  witl 
all  my  heart  to  ihe  bishops  who  hav* 
been  recognized  and  to  the  peoph 
who  are  confided  to  their  care,  foi 
whom  I  have  celebrated  this  morning 
the  divine  sacrifice,  I  desire  to  add  somt 
words  which  will  be  to  all  a  wholesomt 
memory. 

Si,  John  the  Baptist,  in  the  simph 
desire  of  enlightening  his  disciples  a< 
to  the  person  of  ihe  true  Messiah.  seiii 


■    the      ,||\ 


Redei 


f  he 


charging  them  to  demand  of  h 
were  the  true  Messiah.  What 
ed  Jesus!  He  did  not  say,  "I 
No;  but  be  made  the  response 
John  that  the  blind  see,   that  t 

lame    walk,   that    th« 
p,  that  the  poor  havt 
the  gospel.     He  wished  to  say    by  al 
this  that  his  works  justified    his   divine 
d  that  he    was  verily    th* 


sought  to  make  it  appear  that  the  Free- 
masons of  this  party  in  America  are 
not  at  all  like  those  of  Europe,  but  are 
simply  a  aharitable  society.  Deceitful 
assertion!  In  America  the  Freemasons 
are  not  less  excommunicated  and  anr 
them;tuz"d  than  those  elsewhere.  Bui 
in  aid  of  this  deceit,  they  have  attempt 
ed  to  display  themselves  in  the  admit 
istration  of  our  pious  works;  and  no' 
that  the  bishops  aay,  with  holy  John 
the  B.iptist,jio/i  licet  they  cry  out,  threat 
en,  create  agitation,  and,  as  is  iheii 
custom,  go  so  far  as  to  put  in  peril  the 
church  and  the  throne. 

I  recommend  you, very  dear  brothers 

nd  to  speak  boldly, 
.thing,    for  I 
n  under  strokes  of  pi 
may  see  clearly  by 

.  tlvse  lushups  of  whom  1 


which  a   fall 


nld 


Fei 


havt 


wi!li   ,- 


1  immovable  firm 
these  iniquitous  pretensions.  Un 
in  hearlaud  soul,  let  us  engage  in 
in  i.st  uol'le  of  comb  it-?,  that  in  w! 
we  engage  for  the  glory  of  God,  for  the 
rights  of  the  church,  and  to  preserve 
the  whole  human  family  from  the  di 


Let  us  figh 


Vithr 


'i  he  Cornell   Tragedy. 


r  gone  unapprecu 


rue  Mes 
I  exhoi 


oh  dei 


tof  the  United  Stat 


The  approaching  close  of  another 
aar  brings  with  it  the  occasion  for  re- 
ewed  thanksgiving  nnd  ;acknowledg- 
lent   to   the  Almighty  Ruler,  of  the 


sfor  t 


■ed    „poi 


hich     He    has    bee 

bundant  harvests  h 
ie  rewards  of  industry.  With  local 
iceptions,  health  has  been  among 
ie  UeEBings  enjoyed.  Tranquillity  at 
3me,  and  pence  with  other  nationB, 
ive  prevailed,  Frugal  industry  is  re 
lining  itS  merited  recognition,  and  its 
ented  rewards.  Gradually, but, udder 
e  providence  of  God,  surely, fbs  we 
U8l,  the  nation  ib  recovering  from 
the  lingering  results  of  a  dreadful 
strife.      For   these  and    all    the 


Othci 


nfed. 


us  «b  n  people  to  return    heartfelt  and 

eful  acknowledgments,    and    with 

thanksgiving  we  may  unite  pruyern 

.):•-  ••.-■■si.iii.n  tit  load  and  temporan 

;ring.     I  therefore-  recommend  that 

onThurBday.  the27ih  day  ol  November 

■xt,  ihe  people  meet  in  their  reepecl- 

e   places    of  worship    to  make    their 

:kno«ledgemtnH.  to  Almighty  Gud  for 

is  bounties  and    Hia  protection,    and 

offer  to  Him  prayers  -for    their  bon- 

In  witness  whereof  I  have   hereunto 
I  my  hand  and  caused  thosealof  the 
United  Sales  lobe  affixed. 


..,!,!  i, 


i  a  way  that  j 


known  to  be  bishops  by  the  sanctity  of 
your  conduct  and  the  holiness  of  your 
words-  In  thus  conducting  yoursei  ves 
have  no  doubt  the  people  will  recognize 
you  upon  the  instant,  and  will  receive 
you  with  the  most  profound  joy  and 
of  devoted  children. 
in  class  of  people  who 
1  say  to  you,     "Who 


nly 
It  is  this  class,    more  than 

th  deedB  and  hy  examples.  This 
,sb,  who,  by  the  permisssion  of  God, 
d  themselves  now  in  high  places, 
II  annoy  you  and  prevent  you  from 
ting  that  which  belongs  to  you;  will 
often  oppose  the  free  exercise  of  epi9co- 
ial  jurisdiction,  and  will  manifest  in 
iffWent  ways  their  hatred  against  the 
berly  of  the  church.  Let  your  con- 
uct  toward  this  class  of  persons  be 
Iways  umpired  by  charity  and  gentle- 
eaB]  but  if  this  should  not  suffice,  arm 
ourselves  with  courage  and  zeal,  and 
)nrn  to  repeat  with  this  same  John  the 
Baptist,  and  with  the  tame  firmness 
at  he  employed,  non  licet. 
Fear  nothirn;!  God  is  with  you,  and 
will  always  give  you  the  strength 
..I  vigor  necessary  to  enable  you  to 
lend  the  rights  of  the  church. 
At  tills  moment  a  tdruggle  ia  going 
id  a  Cathol- 
The  Free- 
lasous,  who  have  penetrated  every- 
here,  are  there,  and,  not  content  with 
tting  among  ihe  councillors  of  the 
ivereign,  they  have  intioduced  them- 
dves  into  the  pious  associations,  such 
i  the  confraternities.  There  they  have 


The  particulars  of  young  Leggett' 
death  at  the  hands  of  college  Ku-KIil 
at  Cornell  University  N.  Y. ,  are  given 
at  length  in  the  following  correspoi: 
dence  of  the  N.  Y.  Sun   from    Ilhace 

The  Knpj.it  Alphas  do  not  denv  thi 
they  took  Leggett  to  Sis-mile  gorge  b. 
cause  of  its  adaptability  for  their  mun 
meries.  They  had  used  it  before,  and 
the  facilities  v. 

ed.     They    cli 

ceremonies  were  to  have  been  conclud- 
ed at  a  point  a  little  further  up.  The 
theory  generally  accepted  here,  am 
which    is  indorsed    by  mrst  of  the  sU 

A.  society,  is  that  Leggett  was  taken  t 
the  gorge  to  frighten  him.  He  wa 
blindfolded  with  an  elaborate  arrange 
ment  of  straps  and  buckles,  bo  that  h 
could  not  possibly  get  a  glimpse  of  hi 
surroundings  until  the  moment  cam. 
for  terrorizing.  Some  of  the  student 
went  down  under  the  overhanging  cliQ 
and  fixed  the  colored  light 
pharaphernalia  for  the  masquei 
probably  been  arranged  by  tin 
had  previously  arrived.  Horrible  masks 
and  costumes  of  devils  were  donntd- 
Then  the  fires  were  lighted  and  the  vie, 
tim  was  led  to  the  very  verge  of  tbt 
cliff.  At  a  signal,  like  the  firing  ofn 
gun  close  to  his  ear,  or  some  equally 
uti.-ipet'tfd  and  bewildering 
blindfold  was  snatched  off.  With  the 
noise  f-till  ringing  in  his  ears,  and  heh: 
by  two  fellows  in  the  garb  of  demons, 
the  scene  before  him  was  calculated  tc 
inspire  the  acme  of  terror  in  a  body  al- 
ready bewildered.  The  glare  of  light 
flashed  up  from  a  yawning  gulf  at 
very  feet,  dazzling  bis  eyes  that  1 
been  so  suddenly  uncovered.  Dem< 
danced  aud  howled  with  firebrai 
raved  above  their  heads,  around 
mpty  coffin.      Every  device  that  could 


heighten  terr 
horrible  scene 
upon  him, and' 
that   he  had 


displayed.  Th. 
suddenly  flashed 
beyondanythi 
),  that  for  an 
slant  in  his  bewilderment  he  forgot  that 
it  was  all  a  farce.  Recoiling  from  the 
counterfeit  hell  that  ytwned  at  his  feet 
he  toppled  Lee  and  Wason,  who  were 
holding  bim,  and  the  three  fell  over  the 
precipice . 

President  White  and  Profs.  Morris, 
Schaffer,  Heart,  and  Crane,  of  Cornell 
University,  are  members  of  the  Kappa 
Alpha  society.  It  is  not  supposed  how- 
ever, that  any  of  them  participated  in 
the  fatal  initiation,  although  Prof. 
Crane  was  near  enough  at  hand  to  be 
brought  to  the  spot  immediately  after 
the  fall .  This  connection  of  the  society 
with  the  professorship  and  the  fact  that 
,ls  members  are  amoog  the  wealthie. 
ind  most  socially  pretentious  of  tli 
itudents,  is  believed  to  explain  tho  a 
:emp  to  suppress  a  thorough  investigi 
.ion.  The  slipshod  method  of  the  it 
luest.  the  utter  absence  of  searchin 
nquiry,  and  the  impotent  coo.  lusiov 
■  bow  how  nearly  this  attempt  was  tu< 


been  caused  by  a  slight  strung'1'-  Here 
too,  the  edge  looks  as  if  it  had  beei 
crumbled  off  while  at  the  tree  m 
marks  are  visible.  The  theory  that  th> 
btudents  did  nol  know  of  the  dangerou 
precipice  stultifies  itself.  They  saj 
that  they  have  used  the  place  before  for 


purpoi 


s  the  night  ' 


and  the  edge  or  the  rock  i 
it  all  hidden.  The  notion  tha 
Id  be  unknowingly  approached 
loolight  is  absurd  enough,  am 
nly  less  ridiculous  than  th. 
and  Wason 
held  Lenget  against  the  tree  wit; 
out  seeing  the  abyss  over  whio 
its  roots  protruded.  Until  Li'g^el  die. 
an  hour  after  the  accident,  he  jonlini 
ed  to  moan  and  cry,  "Oh  don't  don't 
and  that  has  led  many  to  believe  th; 
he  was  being  suspended  over  tho  chas 
«nen  he  fell. 

Outside  the  regularly  organi/.ej  soci 
ties  which  have  lodges  at  Cornell,  thei 
are  others  which  are  formed  for  the 
sole  purpose  of  initiatory  absurdities. 
They  devote  themselves  to  what  they 
call  ''rushing"  the  freshmen.  Hail 
l.eqgei  been  killed  while  in  the  handi 
of  one  of  these  wild  bodies  the  Ithi 
cana  would  have  been    leus  astonished 


them 


The 


>us  secluded  gorges 
for  uninterrupted 
'hich  the  students 
3  .Arthur  L.  Mill- 
n  Buffalo,  was  re 
me  of  these    bogus 


centty  a  victim  of 

in  ihe  university.    He  says  that  the 
didute  is   taken    from    his    room    i 
midnight,  and  led    to  a  secluded    r 
in  a  secluded  street,  where  the  members 
have  gathered  in  masks  to  see  the  fun 
He  is   blindfolded  and   pinioned,    am 
then  led  over   boxes,  chairs  and   ottie, 
obstacles  until  his  shins  are  barked  and 
he  ib  tired  intoJresistlesBnesB.   The  roo 
is  in  a    commercial    build. iw   which 
furnished  with    an  elevator,  aud    dot 
:t   dangled  at   t 
ghtening    proct 
sing  in  a    blank. 


this  the  victim  : 
end  of  a  rope,  tl 
being  followed  t 
He  is  then  satur 


ith  water    fron 

squirt  guns,  after  which  the  hlmdfoli 
is  removed  amid  hidious  noises,  de 
mouiac  lights  and  fiendish  dressee,  an< 
a  pledge  of  secrecy  is  made.  Aftei 
this,  he  is  usually  blindfolded  again 
placed  in  a  coffin. 


winch   i. 


ttded  t 


the  victim  that  he  is  dyin. 
sometimes  done  by  suddenly  drenching 
the  head  with  water,  and  then  admis- 
t'-ring  chl'.Toform;  or  by  heating  the 
bare  breast  nearly  to  a  blister  with  a  hoi 
shovel  held  close  to  it,  and  then  clap 
ping  on  a  large pieceof  ice,  under  which 

he  awakes,  he  finds  that  the  bandage 
and  the  pinions  are  removed,  and  that 
lie  is  in  a  coffin  surrounded  by  ghostly 
forms.  If  he  is  sufficiently  scared  by 
this,  the 
The  ill 


i  then  closed, 
is  about    equally 


BBbu 


Recently  e 


;  fallen  into 
:andidale 


as  badly  hurt  by  the  fall  of  an  eleva 
>r,  the  intention  being  to  let  hirndowr 
quickly  to  a  certain  point  and  then  sud 
denly  check  his  descent.  But  the  ap 
paratus  was  bunglingly  used,  and  wai 
aol  slopped  until  it  struck  the  bottom. 
A-uotuer  blindfolded  freshman  waa  told 


div* 


ream  which  h\>weil  m rough  the  gorge, 
e  did  so,  believing  that    he  would  be 

rown  in  if  he  disobeyed.  A  blanket 
is  held  under  the  ledge  from  which 
;  dove,  but  he  struck  with  such  force 

to  go  complete.y  through,  and  f. 
ayily  to  the  around.  His  injur! 
?re  severe  enough  to  confine  him 
s  bed  a  week.  So  far  have  the 
jmrn-'riea  been  carried  that  Itha' 
s  become  the  uighlly  scene  of  mo 
renious  tortures  then  the  SonsoiM, 


Correspondence. 


Mubcotah,  Kan.,  Oct.  10,  1873, 
Brother  Hart: — I  send  yon  a  few 
acts  which  ought  I  think  to  be  known 
to  the  world.  You  can  publish  them 
if  you  think  best  in  7Vie  Christian  Cy- 
nosure. They  show  that  Masonry  had 
much  to  do  in  defeating  Senator  Pome- 
roy's  election.  You  remember  his 
speech  in  Chicago  against  secret  socie- 
ties. At  the  same  time  there  was  a 
larg*  gathering  of  Masons  at  the  oily  of 
Atchison,  to  dedicate  a  Masonic    hall. 


the 


Hee 


e  of  them,  returning  home. 
a  physician,  "that  speech  of 
s  politically  killed 


olhei 


in  Kansas."  I  replied,  "You  Masons 
then  are  going  to  carry  your  Masonry 
into  politics."  "0  no!  0  no!"  eaid  he; 
evidently  not  seeing  at  first  the  logic  of 
his  own  wordH.  I  Biippose  be  meant 
they  were  not  going  to  do  it  openly. 
If  ho  did  not  mean  that  "we  Masons" 
are  going  to  defeat  him  at  the  next 
election,  words  have  no  meaning. 

That  same  morning  a  friend  of  the 
Senator  walking  on  the  streets  of  At- 
chison was  thusacco-ted  by  the  leading 
Masons:  ''Your  friend  the  Senator  has 
ruined  himself  politically  by  that  Chi- 
cago speech,"  (The  speech  had  just  been 
published).  "I  guess  not,"  was  the  re- 
ply. Not  long  after  the  cry  of  corrup- 
tion aud  brioery  against  the  Senator 
was  heard  on  every  side,  waxing  louder 
aud  louder  and  more  and  more  vindic- 
tive, moving  the  Legislature  of  Kansas 
to  appoint  a  ci 


thim 


and  i 


cding,  and  as  their  fears  of  his  re-elcc- 
iin  increased  and    the  time   drawing 


ir,  hii 


ed  that  if  it  could  not  be  done  by  fair 
means,  it  should  be  by  foul.  The  final 
resort  waa  the  ''York  conspiracy." 

Said  a  Mason  to  me  a  few  days  after 
his  defeat.  ' 'If  Senator  Pomeroy  had 
been  a  Mason,  he  would  not  have  been 
defeated."  He  gave  hia  reason:  ''they 
would  have  informed  him  of  the  plot." 
(ngals,  the  successful  candidate,  who 
iiad  I  think  but  one  vote  on  the  first 
ballot,  is  a  Mason. 

The  Atchison  Champion  whose  ed- 
r  is  a  Mason,  sUled  in  his  paper  the 
(t  day  that,  "York's  speech  did  not 
e;il  the  election    of    Pomeroy.      In- 


of  I 


He 


ipoke  of  it  as  a  certainty.  1  have  made 
several  inquiries  and  am  invariably  told 
that  York  and  the  conspriators  are  Ma- 
10ns.  These  are  the  leading  facts. 
1'hey  speak  for  themselves. 

I  add,  that  I  doubt  whether  the  Bub- 
ject  of  his  defeat  was  allowed  in  lodece, 
l-  Ma-. his  v,-i.     ni-   wiirin  fnemls. 


ns,  zealous  fur  their  craft,    did  ac- 

I  sh  whi.i  thej,     threatened    to   do 
a    time   Pomeroy  Bpoko    at  Chica- 


the 


answer  or  refuse  to  answer  as  they 
choose,  nnd  consequenlly  the  evidence 
was  bo  garbled  and  distorted  aB  to  be 

whiskey  was  taken  along  to  revive  the 
victim,  abould  he  faint  under  their 
treatment,  was  about  the  only  import 
ant  fact  that  slipped  out.  The  Inden 
latinn  which  was  made  by  Lfggelt's 
fall  Is  exactly  under  the  highest  point 
of  the  rook ,  and  ten  feet  to  one  side  of 
the  tree  agninst  whiob  Lee  and  Wason 
Bay  he  was  leaning  before  hia  fall. 
It  is  just  under  the  point  where 
he  would  most  naturally  have  been 
stationed    for   frightening    effect,   and 


i  thei 


i  little 


gam 

the  ordeals  to  which  they  are  submit- 
ted. Even  the  girl  students  have  caught 
the  infection.  They  have  their  C02 
society,  their  initals  forming  the  chem- 
cal  sy  rabol  for  an  acid  gas,  and  are  cred- 
ited with  imitating  (heir  male  fellow  col- 
legians in  the  initiation  of  members. 
They  do  not  resort  to  the  gorges,  how- 
ever, but  confine  their  diversions  to  a 
small  room  in  the  village. 


lober  with  the  beginniug  of  the  next 
to  atop  the  paper  when  the  subscription 
run  a  paper.    I  still  keep  trying  for  new 


The  Rock  BlTor  United   Brethren  Con- 
ference. 

Frbeport,  l!I„  Oct.   20th,  1873. 
Dbar  K:— I  am  compelled  to  remain 
re  until  7  o'clock  to-morrow    for   a 
lin  going  toward  R.pon.     At  the  an- 
al conference  of  tiie  United  Brethren 
urch  held  at  Williams  Station,  I  met 
veral     representative    men    of    that 
church,  and  as  the  agent    of  the  N,  C. 
is  treated  very  courteously.  Con- 
spicuous among  the  leading  spirits  was 
Bishop  Gh.isbrenner,  whose  ability  as  pre- 
iding  ofnYer  and  as  a  preacher  of  "the 
Word,"  makes  bim  exceedingly  popular 
with    those  who   can   "endure    sound 
doctrine"   and  thorough    discipline  in 
business.     As  a  ''fireside  eompauion," 
the  Bishop  exhibits  the  true    man  and 
the  Christian  in  audi  a  way  an  lo  be  a 
"living  epistle"  of   that  Gospel    which 
be  fearlessly  and  eloquently  proclaims. 
President    Kepbart,    represented     the 
educational  movement*  of  the  church  in 
general  and  those   of  Western   College 
in  particular   very  ably.      His  remarks 
before  the  Conference  and  his  discourse 
an  Friday  evening   were  replete    with 
learning,  common  sense  and  piety,  tni- 
nently  calculated  to  inspire  confidence 
n   him   as  a    Christian  educator,    and 


leedfi 


ultur. 


aud 


eerily  ol    purpose.      Bro.     Buchwal 
apoke  in  behalf  of  their  The. .logical 

hearers  tint  he  cuinproh ended  the 

lation  and  that  b  w;is  goine,  to  work 
l  Christian  and  common  sense  way 
aDay- 


i  of  t 


d  other  important  inter- 
■d  with  their  publishing 
Other  members   of  this 

it  not    knowing  where    to  begin     or 

here  to  end  1  may  as  well  include  nil, 

and  say  tbat  the  ininistm  of   the  Ruck 

River  U.  B.  Conference  are  a    body  of 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE  :  OCTOBER  30,  1873. 


earnest  devoted  men,  who  mean  work 
and  who  will  work,  and  trust  the  Lord 
for  daily  bread.     They    are    a  band 
reformers  whose  record  will  be  writt 
in  heaven,  and  whose  influence  will 
felt  for  the  right  in  every  neighborhood 
where  one  of  them  seta  up  his  ter 


The  circumstances  which  explain  the 
following  letter  were  given  in  our  col- 
umns last  May.  Mr.  Robinson  had  re- 
sisted the  ou  hndiuli  (but  Masonic) 
practices  of  the  master  of  his  lodge  in 
securing  the  initiation  of  members  of 
bad  character.  No  redress  could  be 
obtniued  through  Masonic  channels,  and 
the  facts  were  then  published.  The 
result  of  that  communication  is  given 
below.  Mr.  It.  appeared  before  a  com- 
mit lee  of  the  Grand  Lodge  just  before 
its  nnnual  meeting  in  this  city  and  was 
expelled.     Now  that  his  eyes  are  open- 


j  Muse 


nil  be 


like  the  lamented  Judge  Whitney  ,  take 
a  fearless  and  honorable  stand  against 
it?— Ed- 

Yates  City,  III.  Oct.  23d,  1373. 
To  the  Editor  of  tlte  Cynosure: 

only  independent  newspaper  that  1 
know  of,  I  desire  to  yive  notice  in  ils 
columns  that  whereas  I  was  expelled 
by  Yates  City  Lodge,  No  4*8,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.,  on  the  19th  of  June,  1873, 
for  writing  a  certain  article  which  was 
published  in  your  paper,  May  15th 
1873;  and  whereas  the  expulsion  has 
been  ratified  by  the  Grand  Lodge;  and 
whereas  it  has  been  intimated  to  me  by 
Beny.  Hersey  that  I  might  after  awhile 
be  restored  to  the  priv  ilegee  of  Mason- 
ry by  making  certain  acimowledge 
iiwnts,  I  therefore  desire  tosay  I  am  not 
to  be  forced 


>  go  do 


my  e 


ion  of  me 
lege  of  i 


that  1  consider  the  yi. 

whatlpleaie  ample    compeu 

the  loss  of  the  privileges  of  M 

W.  H.  Ro: 


rwork 


Editor  of  tlte  Cynosure: 

I  take    the^privilege     to 
short  sketch  of  the  history  of 

farmer  and  from  experience  have  long 
since  learned  to  hate  thf  works  of  dark- 
ness.    I  am  now  one   that  is   called  a 

backslider  by  my  secret  brethren.  How- 


of    the    bold  and  unscrupulous, 
ng    can   be  more    unequal,    and 
therefore  tyrannical,  than  to  punish  for 
(heft  or  housebreaking,  or  murder,  and 
let  off  those  few    men   who    generally 
7  rebellions  which    occasion   the 
loss  of  life  and  property   of   inestimable 
to  the  needless  injury  of  the  whole 
unity.  ^From  the  failure  to  assert 
tlit-  law  against  a  few  rebel  chiefs,  whose 
theories  of  opposition   to  the   general 
government' were  totally  uncalled  fur  and 
ipractible,  a  whoie  region  of  the  coun- 
t  is  assuming  a  position    towards  the 
vernment  like  that  o(  Ireland  towards 
England,  one  of  chronic  hereditary  up- 
on, merely,  and  not  one  of  reason 
or  discretion. 

Our  reform  must  be  deep  or  nothing. 
,  must  recognize  all  the  defects  of  the 
ar-adminialration,  and  provide  reme- 
,es,  or  it  will  nil-  riy  fail  in  its  obji  ei. 
id  of  being  worthy  of  its  name. 

A  True  Reformer. 


the< 


I  am  able.  1  found  quite 
ret  spirit  all  throughputs  i 
iuntry;  and  also   a  great   d 


ithoi 


work  the  young 
holding  out  the  old  idea  that  they  could 
not  prosper  half  as  well  outside  tin- 
different  orders,  Masonry  and  Odd-fel 
lowship  (of  which  I  was  an  honorable 
member)  as  they  oonld  if  tbey  would 
unite  with  them  and  secure  their  pat- 
ronage and  protection.  But  I  only 
found  one  man   who  seemed  to  pot  sets 

to  sneak  openly  on  the  subject  of  Beoret 


Joseph  <iiU 

on;  he   yet  lives    and  is  a 

great  help 

o  the  cause  of  reform.   Men 

literature  . 

re  so  afraid  of  tbeBaal-wor- 

hbijier.s  tint 

they  would  hardly  let  their 

own  childre 

isee   it;  and   a  man   who 

would  dare 

to  come  right  out  in  oppo- 

sition  to  th 

secret  clnus  was  beyond  b 

doubt  doom 

■d  to  meet  great  and  serious 

obstacles. 

u1  programme  was  changed  6 
a  in  my  power  with  a  limite 
and    there  is  a  general  stir   o 


the  ful'j'-el.   especially  h 
father  1,  A,  Hni 


and     deliver 


[easantly   and  with    great  interest 
e  anti-secret  people,  but   not  so 

so  with  some  of  the  craft  and 
"jacks,"  who  "iney  always  use  lo 
in  at  the  windows  where  they  are 
re  in  by    the 


The 


,nd  I  think  i 


i  guiul  riiiumjF 
different 


I  have  adopted  nltogethi 
plan  of  keeping  auli. secret  literature; 
instead  of  hiding  U,  I  readittoall  who 
will  hear  and  send  it  out  among  them, 
and  take  great  pleasure  in  loaning  my 
books  to  the  fraternity. 
'  When  father  Hart  was  here  he  let 
me  have  quite  a  lot  of  tracts  to  take 
with  me  to  the  Church  of  God  elder- 
ship meeting  bold  in  J  ihoson  county, 
Iowa:  which  convened  on  the  10th  of 
September  last,  and  was  largely  atten- 
ded from  nearly  nil  parte  of  Iowa.  I 
disposed  of  my  tracts  and  haoks  too 
quick  by  half,  for  after  they  were  all 
gone  I  had  numerals  calls  for  tin  m. 
There  are  about  three  of  the  ministers 
of  the  Church  of  God  in  Iowa  who  are 
Masons,  and  a  few  Odd-fellows  also.who 
hold  on  in  defiance   of  the    resolutions 


passed  by  the  eldership  forbidding  the 
granting  of  licenses  to  preach  to  anj 
one  who  adhered  to  any  of  the  oath 
bound  secret  societies.  The  worst  tea- 
ture  I  saw  in  the  whole  matter  was  j 
man  from  Lanark,  111.,  elected  chair 
man  during  the  eldership  and  who  de- 
livered the  opening  sermon  .with  the 
Odd-fellow  hadge  pinned  on  his 
as  though  intended  to  defy  of  th* 
of  the  body  he  was  th  n  presiding 
over.  J .  M.  Harbi 


Ulir    I'l.lM.M  ril. 


The  plat  form  of  the  Anti-masonic  par- 
is  reform,    an  earnest    thoroughly 
eaut reform, and  no  mere  political  lip 
talk,  winch,  from  an  Anli  in  wnie  sliind 


icteda 


r  Reform  platform  has  several 
planks;  and  I  would  propose  another, 
That  an  amendment  lo  the  Con- 
ion  should  be  adopted  establishing 
court  for  the  trial  of  cases  of  trea- 
in  the  appeal  of  the  Attorney 
General  from  the  ordinary  jury  courts. 

of  the  oldest  Senators  a9a  jury,  presided 
by  the  Chief  Justice  of  the  Su- 
preme Court,  the  vote  of  two  thirds 
(>*.- hi l;  sufficient  for  a  conviction. 

To  allow  casesj  of  treason  against 
popular  government  lo  go  unpunished, 

binges   all  notions  of  law  and  order, 


ITews  of  our  "Work 


INDIANA. 

Elder  Barlow  visits  Noble  County 
!ar  Cynosure: 

At  the  request  of  Bro,  Stoddard,  our 
Genl.  Agent,  I  visited  Albion,  Noble 
County,  Ind.,  on  Monday  of  this  week, 

apany  with  C.  G.  Fait  of  Ligonier 
At  half  past  10  A.  M.  a  meeting  was 
called  to  order  in  the    United  Brethren 

\g  house,  which  was  numerously 


unty 

cietiee.  After  a  constitution  had 
been  adopted  and  officers  elected  they 
idjourned  till  afternoon  when  upon 
a opening  Pome  time  was  pleasantly 
ind  profitably  spent  in  an  ''experience 
meeting"  in  which  many  took  part. 
One  of  the  speakers  said  he  was  alone 
n  the  family,  bis  father  and  six  broth 
'.re  all  belonging  to  either  the  Masons 
>r  Odd-fellows,  or  both.  Hia  father 
had  lately  paid  him  a  visit,  and  while 
t  his  house  was  called  upon  by  many 
fhis  Secret  Brethren  in  the  Com- 
lunity,  one  of  whom  endeavored  to 
>  draw  the  old  Gentleman  out  in  favor 
f  the  Institutions  in  the  presence  and 
doubtless  for  the  benefit  of  this  Anti- 
iecret  son.  All  the  reply  he  could  gel 
however,  from  the  father  was  'Urn  hu'rn 
The  speakor    wondered    what  ibis    an - 


jome  new  fangled  nay  of 
ng  one's  ideas,    known   only  to  the 
^ons    and   Odd-fellows.      He  noticed 
/ever  thai  the  man  <>i  secrecy  looked 
mystified    as    himself.     After     this 
Sliouer  was  gone  he    drew    liis  chair 
alongside  his  father,  and   said    to  him, 
''Now  father,     you  have    belonge     to 
these  orders   B    good    many   years,  and 
often  solicited  to  join  them,  would 
you  advise  me  to  do  wl"  The    old  gen 
■man  u  on  this  found  tongue  and  said 
th   emphasis,      " Mil  3071,    I  advise 
h  to  kneji  ha ntls   •■_[}'   both    of  them." 
ir  speaker  then  thought  he  could  un- 
derstand what  his  father  nei.nt  by  his 
singular  answer  to    his   brother    Odd- 
fellow;   ''lira    h'm"    was    no    longer  a 
puzzle  to  him,  what  over  it  might  be  to 
the  Odd-fellow . 

The  writer  was  then  called  upon  for 
speech,  niter  which,  we  adjourned 
r  tea.  Met  again  at  half-past  7  in 
a  court-house  on  the  invitation  of  the 
unty  clerk,  who  is  a  Mason,  and 
lother  craftsman.  Here  a  fair  audi- 
v  gathered,  among  whom  were  a 
iraber  of  secret  society  men,  who  lis- 
tened respectfully  to  the  speakers,  an 


ex  judge,  a  Mason, facetiously  rem; 

at  the  close,    "  I    wonder    who   killed 

Cock  Robin?" 

Rev.  R.  Faurot,  a  new  recruit  to  oui 
lecturing  ranks,  opened  the  exercises 
with  prayei,  and  then  held  the  audi 
ence  for  an  hour  or  more,  while  be  ex 
hibited  Free-masonry  in  some  of  those 
aspects  which  prove  it  to  be  the  e 


Brother  F.  opens  grandly,  and  I  cor 
gratulate  the  friends  on  his  accessiot 
to  our  ranks.  He  was  followed  by  th 
writer  who  was  listened  to  with  : 
kindly   interest   and    attention   to    th' 

On  Tuesday  forenoon,  despite  tin 
furious  snow  Btorm,  a  Tew  met  in  th. 
U.  B.  church,  discussed  and  passed  i 
few  resolutions,  which  will  be  sent  ym 
by  brother  Fait.  In  consequence  o 
the  storm  but  few  were  out  in  th< 
evening  to  hear  another  address  by  thi 
writer.  In  this  small  crowd  wert 
several  Masons,  who  listened  atten 
lively  and  with  apparent  interest  to  nl 
that  was  said. 

If  the   writer  is  not  mistaken   Noble 
unty,    Ind,,  has  a  live    organiz  ilum 
which  will  be  heard  from  in  our  futun 
conflict  with    the    secret   foe.     Dr.  S 
Cook  of  All.ion,    is   president    and  oui 
friend  Fait  of   Ligonier   is     secretary, 
from  both  of  whom  1  have  received  tl.t 
lost  fraternal  treatment,  which  I  wish 
ms  publicly  to  acknowledge. 
I  expect  to  speak  to  morrow  ni-lil 
Hclmul-liuuHt;  some  7    milesfrom  he 
and  at  Ligonier  on  Friday  night 

Barlow, 


The  Anti-secrecy  and  Reform  Con- 
ation, at  Montpelier  ou  Saturday 
■pt.  27th  wa3,  in  point  of  numbers 
d  enthusiasm,  a  success. 
Mr.  John  G.  Mattoon,  of  Jefferson, 
as  chosen  President,  and  H.  S.  Kirk, 
nl'  Madison,  .Secretary, 
er  appointing  and 


convention  listened    lo  an    able  ad- 

BB  upon  the  living  issues  of  the  day 

Rev.   J.  P.    Stoddard,    of  Chicago, 

who  showed  up  in  a  logical  and  master- 

nnerthe  tyranny  <,f  Freemasonry, 

and  its  effects  upon  society — proving  it 


.l-ehn 


The< 


linated. 

-John    G.    Mat- 


idge  water. 

Sheriff— H.  S.  Kirk,  of  Madison. 
Commissioner — Oscar    Lowery,     of 
Superior. 

Surveyor— G.  W.  Dustin,  of  J. 

The    following    is  a  condensation    of 
f  the  platform : 

1.  Opposition  to  all  secret  societies. 

2.  To  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  in- 
>xii_ating  liquors  as  a  beverage,  and  in 

favor  of  a  stringent  prohibitory  law. 

3.  Opposition  to  tl 


upoi 


*  right 


interests  of  the  people 
Opposition  to  the  general  dishor 
ind  extravagance  in  appropriatin 
aid  using  tin-  peoples  money,  practic 
d  by  both  existing  pohtn  al  Organize 
ions,  not  only  in  Congressional  im 
n  Slate  and  county  affairs,  and  i 
avor  of  a  speedy  reduction  of  the  bbJ 
ies  of  public  officers  generally. 

H.    S.  Kink,  See'} 
Deer  Lick,  Ohio,  October  4th,  1872 


lleli-tous  Sews. 

meeting  of  the  Ind.  i-eiul-  ir. 
Old  School  Presbyterian  Synod  of  Mis 
souri  this  month  in  St.  Louis,  a  reao 
lotion  was  adopted  to  unite  the  South- 
ern and,.  Reformed  churches. — Twen 
ty  churches,  tocost  (2, 000,000 are  now 
reported  in  process  of  erection  in  Chi- 
cago. -Ninety-five  Bibles  and  2,354 
Testaments  were  given  away  and 
*ia0.85  worth  sold  to  the  22,140 
migrants  who  landed  in 
tlie  year  ending    Aj.nl 


Standi 


ry  successful ;  450  of  the  Yakii 
tribe  have  been  brought  to  Christ 
they  live  like  their  white  nei^hburi 
ullivi.ie  I'arniH  and  pursue  trai 


n     three     mouthi 
Chinese  Sunday  school  connected  with 
Congregational  church   in 

of  the    Presbyterian    mnjsi.in 
0,  with  a  night  school  of  1  '_>,">. 
— There     are    some      100     Protestant 
Italy,  largely  supported  by 

Some  ure    entirely  self-sup- 
king   progrei 


that  direction. — In  18 
Unitarian  denomination  took  it 
the  "liberal"  churches  were  mi 
the    Evangelical;    but   the   hit 


MEWS.SUMMAKT. 


in  the 


of  his  sudden  death.  He  was  a  bro 
therofProf.  John  A.  Porter  of  Ya1> 
College.— The  memberB  of  the  Chicagi 


Northern   Illinois.—  The   Manag. 
the     Inter-State   Exposition   am 

the  el-  sing  of  the  present  exhibit 
Nov.  8th.  Its  Buccess  in  every  respect 
seems  to  be  admitted  by  all,  visitors 
exhibitors  and  managers.— The  Expc 
siiiou  building  will  probably  be  occu 
pied   by   a   Bazaar   of  all  Na 


-  of   the  Vol 


Mei 


Christ 


bly     wintry    bluster. — Funds     for 
the  Memphis    sufferers    are    still     be- 
ing    forwarded     by     individuals    and 
jiations       Lectures  are   announced 
is  Clark  street    M.  E.  church    lor 
purpose. — The   National   Board  of 
Trade  which  met   here  last  week   re- 
ended   a   revision   of  the   Bank- 
ruptcy law,   rejected  resolutio,  b  favor- 
g  Government  aid  to  Am-rican  ship- 
builders, and  received    important  reso- 
s  on  the  transportation  question. 
jntry.— The  yellow  fever  is  sub- 
siding at  Memphis  and  Shreveport,  ami 
nurses  in    the   former   place   have 
nk  for  higher    wages.      The   plague 
lulling  several  other  localities  in  tin- 
ith,  but  not  severely.     Cases  were 
found  in  a  low  and  crov 
>use  in  New  York  last  week,  but  w 
operly  cared  for. — The  financial  pi 


>fars 


rned.     The  St- 

is   banks   resumed   on   Monday, — 

The  government  announces  the  pay- 

of  silver  coin  in  small  sums  from 

■easury,  but  not  in  exchange  for 

greenbacks    or   fractional    currency. — 

Manufactures   in   the   East  are  greatly 

ppled  by  the  panic.      Several  of  the 

u  furnaces    have    been   compelled  to 

ut  down  altogether  or  reduce  wage-, 

ie  k int.  good--  lae tunes   at  d'hoes.   N. 


from  their 
shops;  and  the  manufacture  of  prints 
of  Lawrence 
and  Fall  River  has  fallen  off  one  half, 
Thousands  have  probably  been  thrown 
ut  of  employ  who  will  fall  upon  pub- 
lic charily  this  winter. — About  five 
"nches  of  snow  fell  in  Minnesota  on  the 
22nd.  Six  inches  fell  in  Ohio  about 
hue. — A  fire  broke  out  in 
N.  Y.,  Sunday  night  and 
destroyed  three  hotels,  32  dwellings 
reen  40  and  .It.,  places  of  hiiM- 
i  loss  of  about  $1 50, 000.     Six 


ony  i-  damaging  to  the  hopes  of  the 
-Marshall.— The  situation  of  the  Re- 
ibhc  is  yet  quite  unstable  although 
e  recent  elections  gave  encourage- 
ent  to  the  liberal  party.     The  would- 

!  king,    Chambord  is    making  rui i-- 

in-es-ions  i!   h\    -inj    mean-  lie  may  <>!>- 


he  southeast  at  Carta"! 

a.— The  Jesu 

t  institutions  of  Rome  . 

re  to  be  closed 

*ov-  2d.     Nearly  all  tl 

louses  and  the 

leneral  ut    [he  order  ivi 

.  retire  to  Bel- 

>ium.      Recent  reports 

ave  stated  thai 

he    whole  piratic. d    er- 

w    would    take 

possession    of    the    islat 

d    of    Malta,   a 

place  made  ready  lor  th 

■■-idem  e    of  the    order 

of  Knights  oi 

Malta.— Senon- compile 

.n  between  Auatria  and 

Turkey  which 

may  result  in  war. 

Clnbutng  Li 

The  Weekly  Cynosure 

ivlll  he  sent  for 

ANTIMASONIC  TRACTS 


A  Tract  Fund  for  the  Frs:  Distribution  of  hots, 


HISTORY  OF  MASONRY. 


MASONIC    MUIIIISR. 


SECRETS  OF  MASONRY. 

B1TEU  TAPLEY. 
TRACT  NO.  4. 

GRAND    GREAT  GRAND!! 

By  PHILO  CARPENTER. 

This  is  a  one  pane  tnci,  eallim;  the  intention  of  the  public 
lo  ihc  ilespotic  air!  n-heulous  nilr.  of  Free  masonry.  Price 
15  ots.  per  100,  $1,00  par  1,000 

Extracts  From  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  as 
Sworn  to  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Rhode  Island. 


Hon.  John  Quincy  Adams'  Letter, 

ring  His.and  His  Father's  Opinion  of  Freemason 


Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

Giving  His  Opinion    of  Freemasonry    n».:i*). 


Satan's  Cable  Tow. 


'Freemasonrv  is  0nlvl52  Years  Old,' 

"Murder  and  Treason  not  Ezceeptd." 


Freemasonrytn  th.©  Church.. 


Character  mnl   Synth, iK  ol    Freemasonry 

Address  if  HiijiriComtjhiociitioB,  Hew  York. 

OuceruinK  ilit-   M.irgun    Murder,  find  the    charactiii 
f  Frtemasoury,    a*    *h..wu  hv    ihi>    linU  other  Mauonit 

Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry. 


HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D. 

Clmncelor    of  the  University  of  N- 
Y..  on  Secret  Societies. 


GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY. 


MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  and  VOID. 


no  Obligations 


Siz  Siisoii  whj  i '): ;,:',: ii  sioili  not  to  i  ":::*::: 

ENOCH  HONEVNEIL'S  TRACT. 


TERMS  FOR  THE  CYNOSURE. 


Clab    Rutos,    Fortnlehtly 


Who  Murdered  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan? 


Abduction  and  Murder 

Capt.  William  Morgan, 

Thia  is  a  Book  o(  Thrilling  Intercut,  and 

shows  clearly  that 

Wd.  llcrgao  vu  Murdered  ty  Freemasons 

IN  OBEDIENCE  TO  MASONIC  LAWS 

Prlct  tr  «>»,  J«t-pU,  Dliflls  fop;  10  cti.,  H.00  jn  4m. 

tsrSee  Sample  Paces  below. 


cded    to    Stafford. 


doscriba  it;  butstiU  left  nodi 

,ia .'! 

and  alien. il,    avowed  lln.t  i 
tratt)  at  Lo  Hoy.     It  should  1 

£5  {h™^*^r 

if  Mo 

ti-,,, 

Bntnv 

Uit    Jill 

id     M 

do."     During  Ids  deten- 
tion in  the    room,   one  of    the  guards    told    liim  in    lan^ua^e 

loud  enough  to  !»■  heard  by  all  in  the  room,  that  he  iras  not 
to  be  tried  at  Le  Roy,  nor  to  stop  there,  nor  to  be 
tried  by  mi  ordinary  trdninal.  hut  was  yin^  where  Mor- 
gau  »-ii.  Millerasbed/'WhaUnhunairHereiilied/'Voiiwii; 
"     ".'he  others  mude  no  remarks  in  denial  orcxj;' 


and  idle 

ILl-  jU,tl, 


.rd  one  ma 


Oilier.    "Mlliel 

ail  all  the 


's  ollice  at  Le  Hoy,  would  be  a  useleiw  i 
ind  the  [i.ilienee  ol    the  reader. 
wuifest    that  the  eonsjnralors  wished 


j" 

.,k 
■1 

Bmlta    upon 
Miller  ham; 
)g  the  best  of 
Jinj  Buddenlv 
-  Miller  l.v  tht 

ho 

hopn 
would 

.el,.  ... 

;  who  led  thu   troop,  and  from  v 

;es.  that  one  of  the  objects  they  had  in  view  was  to  pull 

i  the  office  of  Milk-, ,  if  that   Bhould  bo  necessary  for  the 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  OCTOBER  30,  1873 


Early  hath  life's  n 
ThrilW  within 
With  ft  deep  und  a 


The  Lord's  Tenth. 

One  tenth  wnB  sacred  to  the  Lord  from 
the  earliest  ages.  U  wns  not  u  Jvwieb 
provision  merely,  but  when  the  gospel 
was  "preached  to  Abraham",  he  recog- 
nised the  justness  of  the  rule,  and  on 
his  return  from  the  defeat  of  the  kings 
who  had  captured  Lot,  we  are  told  that 
"M-dchiz'-dek  king  of  Salem  brought 
forth  bread  and  wine:  and  he  was  the 
priest  of  the  most  hi:h  God.  And  he 
blessed  him,  and  said,  blessed  b-  Abrfttr. 

en  and  earth;  and  blessed  be  tin*  moat 
high  God,  which  hath  delivered  thine 
enemy  into  thy  hand.  And  he  gave 
tithes  (tenths)  of  all.  Gen.  liv.  18- 
20. 

So  aUo  when  Jicob.  the  wandering 
fugitive,  saw  heaven  opened  above  him 
at  Bethel  and  the  Lird  revealed  him- 
self to  him  in  words  of  grace  and  prom- 
ise, "Jacob  vowed  a  vow,  saying,  If 
God  will  be  with  me,  and  wilt  keep  me 
in  this  way  that  t  go,  and  will  give  me 
bread  to  eat.aod  raiment  to  put  on,  so 
that  I  come  again  to  my  father's  house 
in  peace;  then  shall  the  Lord  be  my 
God:  and  this  atone,  which  1  have  set 
for  a  pillar,  shall  be  God's  house:  and 
of  all  that  thou  shalt  give  me  I  willsure 
ly  give   the  tenth   unto   thee."     (Jen. 

Tiie  law  given  by  Moses  simply  re- 
affirmed Lb  it.  ancient  duty,  and  not  only 
tithes,  but  also  offerings  and  first  flirts, 
and  day-i  and  weeks'  of  sacred  lime, 
were  demanded  by  the  law  and  devo- 
ted to  the  Lord  under  the  Jewish  dis- 
pensation. 

No  on>>  collected  these  titheB.  No 
offi;er  or  t«x  gatherer  compelled  their 
payment; — all  was  voluntary, — but 
notwithstanding  all  Lhis,  robbing  God 
in  tithes  and  in  offerings  alway.-.  proved 
to  be  one  of  the  poorest  speculations 
that  a  bick--liddeii  Israelite  engaged 


The 


t  fa  .  c 


!,,.■ 


and  wornn  and  bugs  would  eat  up 
their  produce,  and  blight  and  blasting 
would  consume  that  which  greedy 
apostates  sought  to  withhold  from  the 
Lord. 


The 


!  of  God 


Of    I 


continual  whine  of  poverty  and  hard 
times  goes  up  from  these  God-robbers 
on  every  hand.  They  are  poor,  and 
tlie'j  ought  to  be.  They  are  wretched, 
and  they  always  will  be.  The  liberal 
soul  shall  be  mide  fat;  and  the 
gy  soul  may  expect  to  cry  '  -My 
ne&a,  my  leanness]''  Drouth,  b 
and  insecl-jn-fits  are  just  as  mm 
God's  command  to-day  as  they 
thf-e  Miiu-aii'l    yats  a"0,  and    a 


of  r 


;  God  ■ 


■allpei 


tithe   of   the 


wealth  of  Christendom  wou 
bill,  and  leave  millions  ol 
carry    the   glad    tidings   ii 

But  instead  of  this,  chm 
rob  God,  and  then  pass  the 


gatio 


■enta  r.f    I 


eea  and  sociables,  selling  trinkets  ami 
nicknacks,  and  arranging  feasting*  and 
riolings,  to  ob'ain  money  for  the  ser- 
vice of  God.  And  all  this  that  tight 
fisted  old  Hki.  flints  may  rob  God  and 
hoard  up  wealth,  whil"  young  n 
waste  money  in  speculations,  ex 
gance,  luxury,  and  pride. 

"Will  amau  rob  GA1"     V.t) 
I  find  it  a  poor  speculation.      "' 


sths 


Flo 


wind*,  stand  r.  n.lj  f  rebuke  our  greed 
and  punish  our  corr tou«nesB ;  while  to 
his  obedient  obUaren  the  Lord  says  ai 
he  did  of  old,  "'Bring  ye  all  the  tithe 
into  the  storehouse,  that  there  may  b' 

low  herewith,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts 

f  1  will  not  open  you  the  windows  of 
aenien.  and  pour  you  out  a    ble 


Don't  be  in  a  hurry  about  le.iv'mg  the 
farm  !  Do  you  dislike  farming  because 
of  the  work  there  is  to  be  done! 

Allow  me  to  remind  yon  tbat    there 

work  to  be    done  everywhere;  yea. 

d  hard  work,  too.  Are  youaskam 
p'l  of  being  known  as  belonging  to  that 
highly  resp-olable  arm  of  society — the 
farmers — that  you  are  in  such  haste  to 
to  be  away    from  the  farm! 

Allow  me  to  ask  you  whether  it  is 
most  respectable,  to  be  living  under 
your  father's  roof,  assisting  your  par- 
ents at  their  labors,  or  at  work  for  stran- 
gers, obliged  to  receive  their  com- 
mands and  obey  them? 

There's  no  place  so  safe  or  so  respect- 
able for  a  young  person  as  the  father's 
house,  andnoinll'ience  bu'.the  influence 
of  home  can  be  trusted  to  assist  in  the 
format'on  of  the  habits  and  charac- 
ter of  the  young. 

Are  you  anxious  to  escape  from  the 
i-eslmniiig  iiifiuvnco  of  your  parents) 
Alas!  how  many  a  shipwrecked  sou! 
dates  the  beginning  of  thair  aorrc-ws 
I'roia  the  time-  they  broke    away    from 

Do  you  fear  to  soil  your  hands  with 
the  labor  of  the  farm? 

Oh!  nevermiml  how  toil-stained  and 
brown  th~  hands  are  if  the  heart  is  only 
Wbitfc!  and  while  you  are  surrounded 
with  the  qutet,    healthy    influence   of 

heart  pure  than  when  you  are  in  a 
great,  noisy  city,  where  one  exciting 
influence  makes  room  for  another  still 
more  exciting,  and  the  sou!  is  hurried 
from  one  sin  to  another  until  all  is  lost, 
and  the  ruined  soul  pants  for  the  far 
away  days  when  life  a  fi  Ids  were  green, 
and  the  bird  song  of  innocence  was  ever 
fi  ating  upon  the  air. 

Many  young  people  upon   the  farm 
raplain  of  a  lack  of  social  and  literary 


Itii 

,  that  t 


leglecte 

t  the  farm,   even    while   the   table 
'iiimifuliy  spread,    and    the    beds  ai 
aft  and  luxurious. 
But  it  needs  just  this  reformatory  ii 


edyl 


tyou 


taking  away  from  the  farm  with  you. 
It  is  certainly  more  commendatory 
lor  you  to  remain  at  home  and  perse- 
vere in  your  efforts  for  securing  literary 
advantages  among  your  associates,  thai 
than  to  run  away  from  the  farm  to  th< 
city,  where  you  wilt  find  that  yoi 
must  exchange  one  advantage  to  gain 
another,  and  after  all  your  efforts  jot 
will  find  that  all  the  advantages  belong- 

individual. 

It  is  sad  enough  to  see  the  boys  leav 
ing  the  farm,  but  still  more  sad  wher 
the  girlsgrow  dissatisfied  and  ashamed  o 
the  lot  of  the  farm  r's  daughter  and  at 


m-thin 


If  their  ainUiioii  wan  really  iix-d  up 
i<>mL-trmig  essentia' I y  greater  than  bi 
ng  what  they  are  capable  of  becoming, 
?ven  as  farmers  daughters,  it  would  b- 
well  enough.  Bat  to  leave  the  farn 
:or  the  uncertain  life  of  a  city  shop  girl 
a  going  down  the  scile,  instead  of  up. 

Learning  the  fuliioim.  wearing  ■:ht-.i| 
ioery,  attending  the  theatres  and  oth- 
■r  questionable  places  of  amusement. 
Joes  not  exalt  a  young  girl,  either  mhei 
twn  estimation  or  the  opinion  of    oth- 

And  I  have  only    this  .advice    to  give 


.the 


1  Juugl 


lick!  The  highest  ambition  any  boy 
in  ent'-rtain  is  to  become  a  noble,  lion 
rable  man,  and  the  farm  is  just  at 
ood  a  pi  ice  as  any  other  for  doing 
hat. 
And  the  best  a  girl  can   do  is 


e'll  t 


has  drilled  ao  against  lit 

is  all  blocked   up.  and 

get  out  ,s  more  than    lean   tell, 
nd  I  have  been  there  for  ever  so  lo 
now-balling    the  door,    to  mako 

open  it,  for  we  want,  to  h^ar  what 
I  say;  but  she  has  taken  no  not 
,.  Here  goes  a  famous  one."  / 
threw  a  snow-ball  against  thee 
e  door,  which  they  had  just  reacli 
was    already    almost  covered    v, 

spots  of  snow,  the  marks  of  the  b 
th  which  the  boys  ha  1  pelt-d  it,  . 
Tomlooke.l  at  ii,    and  then   at 

pile  of  snow  covering  the 


udp  in  h 

Why,  Tom,  do  you  call   shoveling 
ttle  snow  doing  the  Lord's  work!" 
'Yes,  when  we  do  it  to  help   along 
any  of  his  people." 

for  any   answer, 

for  they  were  just  at  the  school  house, 

oi-  thought  ti  great  deal    of    what 

had  said,  anil  revived  tbat  he  for 

would  do    the    Lord's  work   very 


sofc 


npl. 


'-Do 


hat  fun?  I 
old  lady's  door  like  that;. you  rmVht 
letter  lake  away  the  snow  than  add  to 
t;  you  might  havo  cleared  it  all  away, 
f  you  had  used  as  much  time  and 
strength  in  shov.ling  as  in  snow-ball- 
ing, and  made  a  nice  path  to  the  well 
I  declare,"  be  continued,  speak- 
ing with  more  animation,  "I  believe 
we  can  do  it  yet  b.-fore  school  time,  if 
we  work  hard.  You  and  Bob  go  round 
to  the  old  lady's  wood  shed,  and  see  if 
old  broom  and    shovel, 


i  dow 


y.ucai 

Qdl'U 

orrow  one  from  Mr.  Ntles;  then  we 
an  clear  the  snow  away   in    a  jiffy." 

his  words,  he  started  off  on  a  run  to 
a  corner.  He  was  a  great  favorite 
th  the  boys,  for  he   was   as   fond  of 

3  led  by  h 


Is  to  clear  the  snow  from  the  door, 
a  make  a  path  to  the  well  and  to 
the  road.  She  never  let  them  go  away 
without  something  nice  for  their  lun- 
cheon, but  the  consciousness  tbat  they 
working  for  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
us  helping  one  of  His  feeble  di-ci- 
made  them  happier  than  all  the 
doughnuta  and  turnovers  Mrs.  Crane 
:ould  give  them. — Selected. 

When  the  Rtv.  James  Hervey  asked 

the  plowman,    "  What  do  you  think  fs 

lost  difficult  thing  to  get  rid  of  in 

the  Christian    life,"  he  received  a  cor- 

inswer.      "  I  think  the  most  diffi- 

hing  to  get  rid  of  is  self-righteous- 


e.l  with 


hovel,  he  found  Joe  and  Bob  busily 
hi  gag.  ,1  in  tiling  the  br.iom  and  shovel 
vhieli  they'bad  taken  from  the  wootl- 
ihed.  Tom  set  to  work  too,  and  in  a 
little  while  they  had  cleared  the  space 

front  of  the  door. 

All  this  time,  Mrs.  Crane,  who  lived 


had  1 


tin:.;  and  '■ating  I  a  -  -  i   breakfast  in  Ikt 

II  back  kitchen.  Although  lUp-u 
nto  the  woodshed,    she    had   not 

rd  the  boys  when  they  came  for 
broom  and  shovel,  for  the  door  was 

t;  neither  had  she  heard  the  ihnmp- 

of  the  snow  balls  against   the  front 

door,  for  she  whs  quite  deaf.   She  could 

very  well,  though,  if  she  could  uoi 

r;  and  so  when,  after  she  h;id  Ga- 
el her  br-akfast,  she    came   to  look 


,  feai 


for  her  to  clear  away,  and  wondering 
what  she  could  do,  she  held  up  hei 
hands  in  amazement  at  the  sight  whicl 
presented  itself.  The  door-step  was  al 
cleared,  and  the  boys  were  working  ai 
only  boys  can  to  make  a  path  to  thi 
well,  which  stood  in  the  little  court 
yard,  about  miilway  between  the  npuji 
and  the  road. 

"Bless  me!"  she  exclaimed,  "if  thi 
ain't  kind,  I  don't  know  what  is;  am 
to  think  of  you  doing  it  all  without  nv 
knowing  anything  about  it,  whilel  wa 
thinking  how  1  should  ever  get  th 
snow  away    from    the  door,  so   that  I 

"We'll  draw  you  a  bucketful  befon 
we  go,"  said  Bob,  the  youngest  of  thi 
three,  as  he  stopped  to  rest   for  a  mc 

aid  Joe 


•'Go  close 
nd  ask  hei 


Bob;"  said   Torn, 


what  you  say  there," 
Bib  mounted  the   door-step   am 
?d  to  the    old  lady,   that   if  Brn 
I  give  them  a   pail,  they    would 
and  then    they 


fcgob 


"Bless  your  hearts!"  said  she,  -'hoi 
kind  ynu  are  to  me;  the  Lord  has  sure 
ly  *enl  you  here  this  morning."  An 
she  hurried  into  the  house  for  be 
pail. 

While  the  boys  worn  filling  it  sh 
wi  ntiu  again,  and  this  tini"  she  brougli 
but  a  basket  of  nice  fresh  dpughnute. 

"Here,"  she  said,  "lake  these;  1 
Ined  a  lot  of 


Cliildr©n.s'   Comer. 


I  like 

s  Bay  1  make  fir: 


n    yesterday;   maybe 


ere  very   fond    uf  dmigl: 
•eccived   the   basket  wit 


pleast 


.   Mrs     Crau. 


which  they  placed  in 
her  door.  Then  JoeVran  roum 
the  wood-shed  to  put  away  th 
to  and  shovel,  while  T. 
ird  ihe  gale,  turning  th. 
right  and  to  the  left  with 


Iked 


aid  J  oi 


Tom 


m-Mt  dragged  him  with  him,  while  Ko 
went  on  lo  tell  wind  the  fun  wm, 
■•Don't  you  baow  old  Mrs,  Crane's  Cot- 
tage;, just  up  here?     Well,    the  show 


<  >m  ng  the    basket,    had  a  nice    path 
I.  to.  Mr.   Ni.s,  and  tht  n  they  all  hurried 

fur  theji- hard  work  had  bharpened  their 

|  appetites. 

I  "Tom,"  snid  Joe,  speaking  with  his 
m  mill  full, in  huj  haste  toeai  his  dough- 
il  .  :  i-k  his  nutation  before  they 
I,  d  the  -ehool-honso,  "what  did 
M  .  C  ane  menu  when  she  said  the 
Lord  M-ii|.Ut  then-?  Perhaps  lie  aent 
y*ou  b-etnae  yu  thought  of  doing  her 
good,  but  I  don't  think   he  scut    me  or 


trying   to   it 
t  he  madu  you  willing  t 


s.  Crane  had  no  trouble  with  thi 
all  that  winter,  for  whenever  I 
i  came  there    was   Tom    with  Jo' 


dge  budding,     being  pari    of  the  cor- 
poration property,  and  under  their  lock 
d  key,  and  to  Lake  forcible  possession 
ereof  for  thai  assemblage.     They  did 
mmission   a  deputation    accordiugly; 
the   deputation    did    break   open    said 
building,    and  did    take  possession    ac- 
cordingly, and  to  secure  to  themselves 
possession  they  ordered  a  new  lock  and 
key  for  the  building;  the  key  to  be  de- 
;red   to  the   Mason    who   should    be 
ide  master  by  the  new  election, 
Having  committed  tins    Ligli-haml-il 
trespass,  and  thus  got  possession  of  the 
lodge    building,    they  then  proceeded 
:ct    masters,    wardens    and    othe 


I  hnd< 


,-:■.!.  -.vii  I, 


Tin-  following  petition  is  now  pend- 
ing before  the  General  Assembly  o 
Rhode  Island.  It  relates  to  suits  lonii 
litigated  between  the  Grand  Lodge  autl 
the  petitioners,  now  seceding  Ma- 
sons, whose  chartered  rights  were  in- 
vaded by  the  Qiand  Lodge  in  1817, 
since  which  time,  until  recently,  the 
questions  involved  have  been  litigated 
and  finally  decidedin  favor  of  the  Orand 
L'idge,  on  ground-  which  the  reicr 

ful  party,  except  under  an  injunction  of 
sverecy!  !  ! — Boston  Prok. 

Benjamin  W.  Cabk,  of  Newport,  in  the 
County  of  Newport,  in  behalf  and  by 
order  of  the  mailer,  wardens  and  breth- 
ren ol  the  corporation,  known  by  name 
of  St.  Jobn'a  Lodge,  No.  1.  in  Newport, 
of  which  the  said  Case  was  and  is  ma6 
ter — respectfully  showeth,  that  the  pe 
titioners  were  incorporated  as  a  bodj 
corporate  and  politic  by  act  of  the 
General  Assembly  in  1793,  and   uude 

i  charter,  granting  to  them  all  the  u^u 
a'  franchises  of  corporations;  and  amonj 
others  the  franchise  of  holding  annus 
elections,  for  the  election  of  their  officers 
and  amenable  of  course,  like  all  othe 
corporation;,  in  the  ex-  rcise  of  thosi 
franchises,  only  to  the  authority  of  tin 
General  Assembly,  from  whom  tin 
charter  emanated. 

That  your  petitioners  held  their  an 
nurd  elections  at  Newport,  on  the  27th 
day  of  December,  the  day  fixed  undt 
the  authority  of  itaid  charter.  That  i 
the  year  1817  on  the  27th  day  of  Di 
cember,  your  petitioners  held  their  ai 


elet 


oft 


iffijdrs;  and  did  then  and  there  elec 
their  officers  for  the  year,  and  amoni 
other  officers  the  said  Benjamin  W 
Case  as  master.  That  afterwards  ii 
that  year,  viz.  in  the  month  of  June 
more  than  five  months  after  said   elec 


othei 


ablis 


Providence,   calling   itself   the     Grand 
Lodge,  did  in  contempt  of  the  c 
aforesaid,  assume  the  jurisdiction 
aside  said  election  and  to  order  a 
one.     And  did  further  in  conten 


to  the  flagrant  and  .taring  usurpation  e. 
pewtr,  attempted  by  said  Grand  Lodge, 
a  power  of  annulling  elections  made  by 
corporations  in  this  Stile;  a  power  whicl 

ejj  the  highest,  and  which  can  only  hi 
orercised  by  the  General  Assembly: 
your  petitioners  say  that  standing  or 
their  chartered  privileges-  and  relying 
on  the  sovereign  authority  of  the  StaU 
for   their    protecting    they  did  decline 

of  said  Grand  Lodge.  Notwithstanding, 
this  said  Grand  Lodge  did  persist  and 
proceed  with  what  they  called 
election. 

All  the  members  of  another  lo< 
Newport  called  St.  Paul's    Lodg< 


y  authoi 


ity  from  St  John's  Lodge, 
the  members  of  said  Or 
tending  to  superintend  th 
sembled  together.  They  then,  in  the  fire 
place,  resolved  on  committing  a  high 
handed  trespass; and  nst hey  h;id  usurped 
the  authority  ol  iheS  late,  made 
pleoftraniplingonilslaws.  they  actually 
voted  lo  commission  a  deputation  fron 
o go  and  break  opentb 


lemblat 


nhing 


tthe 


3t.  Paul's  Lodge,  the  St.  Paul's  mem- 
bers and  these  seceders,  under  the  sup- 
erintendence of  the  said  Grand  Lodge. 
christened  themselves  the  St.  John's 
Lodge,  No.  l.,in   Newport.     It  is  true 

is  was  done  in  the  Masonic  hall  of 
St.  John's  Lodge.    No.  it,  in  Newoort 

jssession  thereof  having  been  forci 

bly  obtained  as  we  have   shown;  if  th.it 

gives  them  any  title  to  the  new  baptism 

natne.be  it  so;  but  this  is  the  only  li 

tie   they   have.     To  your   petitioners  i 

ire,  as  well  might  the  maraude 
break  into  a  house,  turn  the  owner  on  t 
assume  the  owner's  name,  and  then  call 
the  house  his,  because  he  has  called 
self  by  the  owner's  name. 

Various  suits,  as  to  the  property  of 
the  corporation,  between  yourpei 
ers  and  this  lodge,  created  by  the 
Grand  L,dge  in  the  manner  aboves 

suits,  as  will  he  particularly  stated  ht 
inafter.  Two  of  the  suits,  at  the  Aug 
term,    18.9,  of   the   supreme  Judu 
Court,   were  submitted  under  a  rule  of 
tbat   Court  to  Hon.  John  Pitman 
sole  referee. 

He  decided  and  reported  against  your 


ii  oignmg  any  rta-oiis;  tbougn  the  <] 
lions  involved  in  the  case  were  simply 
questions  of  law.  He  has  refuse 
en  to  c  -mmunicale  his  grounds  to  your 
petitioners,  except  upon  Ihe  com 
that  your  petitioners  and  their  dt 
hind  themselves    by  a  written  en 

to  the  public,  uor  make  any  use 

by  said  referee  in  the  decision  of  said 
-a-.es,  although  the  said  report  of  tht 
said  referee  contains   an  ansnrance  (ha 

and  would  be  made  known  to  eithei 
party  who   might  wish  to  be  informed 

The  leading  question  and  one  decis 
ive  of  the  whole  case  was,  was  whether 
th--  Grand  Lodge  was  compet^-i  I  L 
mil  the  election  made    by  this  cor 

Grand  Lodge  in  this  matter  was  an 
■ity;  then  all  done  under  their  auth< 
ty  was  a  nullity;  then  the  body  which 
they  instituted  and  denominated  Sfr, 
John's  Lodge,  was  not  the  corporation 
known  by  the  name-  of  St.  John's  Lodge, 
and  therefore  could  have  no  title  to  the 
property  belonging  to  tbat  corporation : 
and  the  decision  of  the  judge  in  awar.L 
ing  to  that  body  was  erroneous  and 
ougbt  therefore  to  be  reversed.  If  the 
judge  held  and  determined  that  the 
Grand  Lodge  was  competent  to  annul 
the  election  made  by  this  corporation 
under  its  charter;  then  he  held  and  de 
cided  that  a  power  in  this  slate,  self- 
created,  and  independent  of  the  state, 
m  iy  exercise  a  jurisdiction  which  be- 
longs only  to  the  General    Assembly,  a 


ons.     If  he  has  so  decided. 

aisde 

on    is  manifeutly    against   lae 

,   and 

Inei- 

er  view  his  aw^rd  was  illegal  a 

adthe 

Igment  founded    thereon,    ou 

reversed,  and  your  petitioner 
it  it  may  be  reversed,  and  a  ne 

ghtlo 
pray 

tuted  of  said  suits,  the  circums 

tances 

of 

which    your    peticiouers    now 

beg 

ie 

ve  briefy    to  represent — first  j 

rorais- 

10 

that  they  have  come  to  the  General 

A 

-eiiiUv,  and  have  omitted  to  go 

lothe 

pa 

preme    Court   because    the   c 
olves     a    claim    of     power    o 
rt  of   the    fraternity  of  Mason 

v£ 

said  repo-tjhaving  declared  that  he  had 
expressed  to  said  reftreea  hope  that  be 
would  make  his  report  without  assign 

One  of  these  suiU  was  upon  a  judg- 
ment of  Court,  obtained  by  your  peti- 
tioners aga'nst  the  tenant  of  the  lodge 
building  for  rent.  Though  this  suit 
was  defended  in  (be  name  of  the  de- 
fendent,  by  the  lodge  created  by  the 
Grand  Lodge  in  manner  aforesaid  J  Hid 
ed  loo  by  the  Grand  Lodge,  yet  afler 
verdii  i  and  judgment  in  favor  of  your 
pelitionera,  that  lodge  bo  created,  as- 
suming to  be  plaintiff  in  the  case 
which  they  had  defended,  wentinto  the 


full 


said 


Audi 


mce  of  this  discharge 
they  pleaded  in  bar  to  your  petitioner's 
suit  upon  safe  judgment  nultiel  record; 
but  this  plea  was  overruled  in  the  Com- 
mon Pleas,  and  on  appeal  in  the  Su- 
preme Court  also,  and  nothing  remain- 
ed to  be  tried  but  the  plea  of  payment, 
which  had  virtually  been  decided  by  the 
decision  of  the  plea  of  nuitiel  record, 
and  was  so  declared  by  court.  In  this 
stage  and  state,  that  suil  waB  referred 
to  said  referee— having  in  fact  been  set- 
tied. 

The  other  suit  was  ejectment  for  pos- 
session of  the  building  for  the  rent  of 
which  your   petitioners  had   recovered 

Wuerfeore  and  in  consideration  of  the 

emises,  your  petitioners  pray  that  the 

judgment  Tounded  on  the  award  of  the 

iaid  referee  may  bs  set   aside,  and  new 

rials    granted  of  said   suits — and  they 

is  in  duly  bound  will  ever  pray, 

For  and  in  behalf  of  said  petitioners. 

B.  W.  Case,  R.   W.  M. 


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■  .Uvster.es  ill   Olleire  > 


That  the  render  may   get  a 


"But, 


by  generalties,  take  ad  example.  Gill 
is  a  freshman,  a  six-footer,  with  hercu- 
lean girth  of  shoulders,  and  always 
ready  for  an  exploit.  He  13  approach- 
ed by  a  sophomore,  who  asks  him  to 
join  the  Omicron  Epsilon  Society  ( or 
some  other  outlandish  title  composed  of 
the  names  of  Greek  letters.)  He  prom- 
ises an  easy  initiation,  and  tells  him 
what  fun  it  will  be  to  see  the  other  can- 
didates initiated.  Gill  perhaps  bas 
heard  rumors  about  such  societies  and 
their  doings.  He  ia  itching  with  curi- 
osity to  know  all  about  them.  He 
may  have  been  cautioned  to  keep  clear 
of  them,  but  curiosity  and  the  persua- 
sives of  the  sophomores  are  too   much 


ally   Friday   night,    has  t 


1  uppei 


for 


The 


odidat 


room  with  much  trepidation  as  the 
hours  drag  by.  At  the  dead  hour  of 
night,  'when  churchyards  yawn  and 
graves  give  up  their  dead,'  four  knights, 
incog.,  appear  at  his  room,  blindfold 
and  pinion  bis  arms,  and  lead  him  away. 
He  is  conducted  along  unknown  streets, 
byways,  and  winding  alleys,  over  stony 
ground  aud  uneven  surfaces,  and  never 


&ddt 


Having  at  length  ascended  a  flight  o 
stairs,  Gill  is  now  led  by  unaccountable 
wanderings  through   rooms  and     halls 

pieces  of  wood  on  the  floor,  but  nevei 
allowed  to  fall,  for  two  sturdy   knights 


hold  • 


arms.  Next  a  rope  is  fastened  arom 
his  body  and  he  is  drawn  up  into  ai 
other  .'.pertinent.-  He  hears  the  tramj 
ling  of  many  f*-<-t  about  him,  suppress 


behei 


He 


utterly  confused.  His  escorts  now  let 
go  of  him  and  he  is  compelled  to  grope 

to  stop  for  an  instant,  at  the  peril  of 
being  punched  nod  pushed  and  tripped, 
until  in  his  frenzy  he  runs  against  the 
wall  and  knocks  himself  down. 

"He  is  immediately  seizednnd  thrown 
upon  a  'hlankel.'  which  is  a  large  can- 
vas witli  strap  handles.  This  is  held 
by  ten   hardy    fellows,  who    give    it  a 


iend  hi  1 


he  were  a  foot-ball.  He  is  Mossed  in 
tho  blanket'  until  it  censes  to  be  fun 
for  the  tormentors.  Then  be  is  led 
into  a  damp  place  where  he  is  subject- 
ed to  the  process  of  squiiting  fiome 
caustic  liquid  from  a  syringe  into  bis 
mouth,  and  between  the  back  of  his 
neck  and  nether  garments.  Next,  af- 
ter a  series  of  perambulations  and  diffi- 
culties, he  is  halted  and  made  to  take 
a  most  solemn  oath  never  to  divulge 
1  of  the  secrets  of  the  order,  on  pen- 


alty c 


nngl 


nfrom  bin  buily.  Tin-  members 
stand  around  attired  in  death's-head 
masks,  and  weird  and  fantastic  cos- 
tumes, with  war  clubs  in  their  bands. 
A  coffin  rests  near  by,  wide  open,  and 
hung  with  all  the   solemn  drapery    of 


death 


Huge 


kindled,  and,  simultaneously  with  re- 
moving the  bandage  from  the  victim's 
eyes,  a  musket  is  discharged,  causing  a 
fearful  report.  The  concussion  of  sound, 
the  hideous  glare,  the  unearthly  and 
deminiac  appearance  of  everything 
around  him,  together  with  his  expe- 
rience just  before,_  are  too  much  for 
human  nature,  and  Gill  swoons.  But 
they    have  all    been  in  Prof.    WdderV 


physiology  class 


,  prepoi 


agency.  The  patient ib ( 
stored  to  animation. 
''The  bandage  is  again    placed  1 
b  eyes,  and  be  is  laid    in  the    co 
II  is  now  prepared   for   the  last 


my  of  initiatic 


•  the 


fellowship  ultht-Oi 
Epsilon  Society,  namely  branding 
operation  is  as  follows:  The  clothing  is 
removed  from  the  stomach;   a   heated 


>ught 


irly 


with  iii"  body  until 
is  heated  nearly  to  a  blister,  when,  sud- 
denly, a  piece  of  ice  is  clapped  on.  At 
this  the  initiated  yells  outright,  His 
arms  are  now  loosened.  Anothersharp 
report  is  heard  The  lights  are  extin- 
guished, and  Gill  is  left  in  the  coffin 
alone.  He  rises  with  a  wail  of  despair 
that  has  no  similtudein  hui 


AIM 


tingt 


thrc 


a  ape. 


1  for 


»thn 


lightj faintly   gli 


of  I 


which  leads  from  the  room  he  is  in, 
whither  he  goes  and  endeavors  to  rush 
in.  But  the  door  is  fastened.  He  calls 
aloud  for  admission  to  the  li£ht.  The 
door  opens  slowly  and  he  is  met,r>y  the 
door-keeper,  who  ushers  him  iu  and 
presents  him  to  bis  new  brethren  of 
the  fraternity. 

•'But  little  time  is  spent,  incongr&iu- 
lations,  for  there  are  other  candidates 
to  be  initiated,  and  the  new  member 
is  allowed  to  take  part  in  the  further 
exeroises  of  the  night.  The  Delta  Al- 
pha, a  sooiety  of  this  class,  initiated 
twenty-five  last  Friday  night.  Some 
ol  them  claim  to  have  thought  it  fun, 
and  are  trying  to  get  others  to  join." 

(■olli'ge  <ecret  societies  are  merely 
harmless,  debating  clubs,  so  says  Dr. 
Bacon.  Not  quite  so  harmless  we 
would  think  when  their  initiations  oc- 
casion needless  and  often  fatal  danger 
to  limbs  and  life.  But  if  the  frenzied 
folly  that  kills  the  body,  were  all,  or 
the  worst,  the  responsibility  of  college 
authorities  that  allow  these  secret  hea- 

youth  of  their  care  would  be  in  our  es- 
timation far  less  than  it  now  is.  Sure- 
ly the  spirit  that  can  take  delight  in 
thus  threatening  and  frightening  and 
horrifying  is  the  same  which  scatters 
tire  brands,  arrows  and  death,  and  says, 
'  'Am  1  not  in  sport  J  It  ia  more  brutal 
than  human,  more  infernal  than  earth 
ly,  more  allied  to  the  stolid  and|  malig- 
n.iiit  tuperhtition,    which  of   old    made 


•  Mo- 


aud    dei 


ntury.     When  will  s 

to  say  Christians,  disc 
devilishness  ol    the 


>V lint  the  German 


t  Orders. 


The  truly  evangelical  Germans  of 
Lmerica  are  remarkable  not  only  for 
iinple  and  earnest  piety,  but  for,their 
ave  of  liberty  and  equal  rights  both  in 
ehgion  and  government.  Practically 
pplyiag  these  New  Testament  princi- 
ples, they  see  at  once  the  antagonism 
n-tween  these  privileged  orders  and 
he  kingdom  of  Christ,  and  do^not  hes- 
tate,  at  proper  lim?s  to  oondemn  their 
innatural    union.      As  an    example  of 


some,  the  following  is  quoted  from 
Der  Sendbate  (Cleveland,  0.)  the  organ 
of  the  German  Baptists  of  America:— 
•'The  Persian  officers  are  staying  for  n 
short  time  in  Berlin  to  get  a  knowledge 
and  make  a  study  of  the  Prussian  milita- 
ry system.  It  may  be  interesting  to  learn 
that  one  of  these  follower?  of  Moham- 
med belongs  to  the  Masonic  order. 
The  Zeitung  states  that  be  sought  and 
gained  entrance  to  one  of  the  Berlin 
lodges,  after  having  proved  himself  on 
due  examination  a  worthy  member  of 
the  order.     From    the  information  of 


this  Persian,  the  ah  .ve  ne  wspi 
that  just  as  Freemasonry  in 
numbers  among  its  member* 
peror  and  the  Crown-prince, 
all  the  noble  members  of  th 
court  belongs  to  the  order. 
mania  flourishes  everywhere 
seems  to  us  that  the  Shah  is  a  strange 
brother  for  a  Cnns'.i  :n 
Inthi 


paper 
nple  dedic 


i  Phil 


delphia,  from  Die  Lutheriache  Zcit 
schri/t.  We  makea  fewintereslingex- 
tracts: — ''On  this  occasion  one  John 
Chambers,  D.D.  delivered  a  pra 
from  which,  since  in  it  there  could 
be  found  the  lenst  reference  to  CI 
or  to  Chiistianity,  we  might  conclude 
that  he  was  the  Rabbi  of  some  modei 
Israelitish  congregation.  The  pray 
begins:  'Eternal  Almighty,  all  loving 
God,  the  Supreme  Ruler  of  the 
verse,  divine  Architect  of  all  things, 
we  come  into  thy  presence  in  the  way 
which  thou  thyself  bast  shown  us.  We 
tbank  thee  that  we  are  peimitted  to 
assemble  on  this  great  and  important 
occasion,  to  consecrate  this  glorious 
temple  of  Freemasonry  to  the  honor 
of  the  living,  true,  and  eternal  Jeho- 
vah.1 In  this  style  and  tone  it  contin- 
ues. But  how  all  this  is  consistent 
with  a  truth  well  understood  by  John 
Chambers  an  1  many  other*  in  the 
lodge,  via:  that  we  must  pray  in  the 
name  of  Jesns  Christ.  isBurely  not  easy 
to  be  Been.  How  the  man  dared  to 
say  in  the  presence  of  Christians,  'we 
come  in  the  way  which  thou  thyself, 
hast  shown  us,'  is  also  dark  to  us.  For 
Christians  know  that  our  Lord   Jesus 


the  way,   tt 


it  has  prevailed  over  al 
then  shall  all  strife  and  bitte 
from  the  world;  then  shall  t 


from  burdened  bea 
iv  dried,  and  1 


.all  1 


weary   wanderer 

onger  seek  in  vsin  for  help.'     We   be- 

ieve  as  Christians  that  the  only   heal- 

ng  is  in  the  name  of  Jesus;  but   here 

another  name  avails — the  healing  comes 

from  the    Freemasons  I     What    avails 

the  word  of  him  w  ho  calls  sin  tier* 

pentance  and  who  will  heal  them. 

.   not  from  without  hv  [ilits'er-  ami 


of  the  i 


man  for 

livinE  God  I" 

Enough  has  been  quoted,  although 
somewhat  abridged,  to  bIiow  the  posi- 
tion of  many  of  our  intelligent  German 
brethren.  The  language  of  the  above 
Masonic  prayer  and  toast,  on  account 
being  a  translation  of  a  transaction, 
may  differ  slightly  from  the  language 
of  the  speakers  at  the  dedication,  but 
nevertheless  expresses  the  sentiments 
correctly — sentiments  which  every 
knlge-Clir^tian  would  do  well  to  pon- 
der. Gelama. 

Granvulj.,  0.,  Oct.  1873. 


Secretiveness. 

S-cretiveness  is  a  faculty  which  man 
possesses  in  0003 mon  with  animals.  It 
very  prominent  in  the  character  ol 
the  fox;  and  perhaps  an  old  fox  and  a 
mason  deserve  the  two  highest  pre- 
ss for  doing  business  on  the  sly. 
1  a  well  known  fact  that  Borne  men 
!  gigantic  intellects,  others  are  idi- 


,  and  others  1 


table 


ither  way.  The  writer  of  this,  after 
living  studied  physiognomy  from  books 
nd  faces  for  about  twenty  years,  finds 
,  easy  work  to   rec  igniae    three  olasies 

Nearly  all  crime  thai,  is  committed 
eertty,  as  aeduotion,  arson,  poisoning, 
saaulls  in  the  dark,  burglary,  counter- 
feiting, etc.,  is  perpetrated  by  those 
having  very  secretive  minds.  All  the 
men  of  whom  we  read  in  history  as  hav- 
ing taken  part  in  plots,  conspiracies, 
etc.,  were  no  doubt  persons  of  strong 
secretive  character.  And  this  faculty 
has  made  the  whole  history  of  the  world 
a  mere  record  of  tricks,  [dots,  and  con- 
spiracies. It  is  still  at  work,  and  we  of 
the  Oynoture  feel  its  power.     It  may 


The  great  evil  of  secret  societies  istht 

ultivation  of  this  troublesome   faculty, 


rhe    fee 
culti 


thati  the    lodg 


nndr 


But  'if  they  no 
powers  of  the  mind  they  will  bec< 
too  sensible  and  honest  to  practice  t 
foolery  and  blaek-bookism  or  even 
keep  up  Masonic  or  Odd-fellow  rii 
If.  however,  they  wish  to  continut 
be  as  selfish  as  the  pig.  as  blood-thirsty 
as  the  tiger  and  as  cunning  as  the  fox, 
they  must  cultivate  the  animal  propen 

be  forgotten  that  what  the  world  needs 
in  these  days  of  secret  rings  or  societies 

secret  night-schools  have  already  filled 
the  land  with  reticent,  crafty,  sly 
doiible-fac.'d,  revengeful,  and 
nered  nobodies;  and  if  they 
flourish  for  a  few  more  decad* 
be-  about  as  well  to  say  nothi 
the  Goddess  of  Liberty  or  the  battle  of 
Bunker's  Hill. 

All  schools  that  make  the  scholi 
foxy  and  revengeful  must  be  closed  by 
ballots;  and  the  public  schools  must 
teach  the  laws  of  life  to  prevent  physi- 
cal degeneracy,  and  honesty  and  self 
respect 


9  of  a 


educi 


overated.      And  it  is  high  time  for  the 
people  to  see  that  no  Freemasons 
charge  of  the  public  schools,  as  ii 
the  case  probably  in  a  large  majority  of 
the  school  districts  of  the  Republic. 


0  claimed  membership  with  us  (  the 
iety  of  Friends)  than  was  gem-n.liy 
iwn  and  also  hearing  recently  ( I 
eve  from  good  authority )  that  not 
ew  of  our  younger  members  now 
Masons,  I  venture  to  put  a  few 
thoughts  before  them  that  have   often 


lind. 


I  scarcely  need  remind  any  one  that 
>ur  Society  always  discouraged  secret 
saociations,  believing  that  the  tenden- 
y  of  anything  secret  is  not  good. 
Great  harm  may  come  out  of  them,  as 
e  well  kuow;also  many  things  m-.jM 
-  attributed  to  them  that  did  not  exist; 
id, ''as  all  things  are  naked  and  open 
1  the  eyes  of  Him  with  whom  we  have 

ot  objects  (of  which  Freemasonry 
aims  so  large  a  p  irt  ),  are  hest  done, 
e  think,  not  under  cover  of  an  oath 
C  affirmation  of  secrecy  (or   bound  in 


mole-minded    Christian   would 


;endt 


tnjui 


let  "the  left  hand  know  what  the  right 
band  doetb." 

I  am  inclined  to  believe  that  the 
tendency  of  secrecy  does  not  reflect 
beneficially  on  our  own  minds.  Though 
it  may  be  very  little  we  are  bound  to 
al,  it  is   always  there    to   guard, 

s,  prevents    the    character   from 


It  would  not  be    wisdom 


uponc 


nlargt 


ry  which  has  been  brought  forward. 
that  where  the  head  of  the  household 
is  one  of  the  "craft,"  husband  and  wife 
cannot  have  all  things  in  common. 

Some  may  think,  if  tbey  read  this, 
that  what  is  secret  connected    with  the 

bject  of  this  paper  is  nothing   more 

an    a  time-honored    custom — signs. 

c,  by  which  to  know  their  members; 
helping  to  keep  together  a  vast  ma- 
chinery, very  much  u"seen,but  comint; 
operation  at  any  timo  in  case  of 
need — a  language  alike  in  all    parts  of 


iperfect  and    life  inst 


the: 


rail  to  know  a  friend  by  some  unspok- 
n  sign;  and  possibly  also  a  ceremony 
onnected  with  the  tools  required    by 

nee  to  the  building  of  the  Temple  of 
old,  might  impress  the   unenlightened 


conduct,  or  raise  higher  aspirations 
wards  that  spiritual  "House  not  m< 
with  hands;"  but  the  writer  has  failed 
to  discover  the  need  in  these  days  foi 
any  society,  having  for  its  special  ob 
ject  the  promotion  of  brotherly  lot 
and  charily,  to  be  held  together  by  s 
cret  signs  and  symbols. 

Doea  not  the  Holy  Bible  enlirel 
take  the  place  of  "Square  and  Coi 
passes,"  and  in  any  time  of  need  tur 
ing  our  heart  unto  Him,  whom  son 
have  styled  "Grand  Master  of  us  all 
wilt  he  not  be  found  sufficient  for  ai 
secret  "sign  of  distress?" 

I  should   like  to   ask  some  brotbf 
■vim  is  endeavoring  "to  make    a  dail 
advancemant  in    Masonic    knowledge," 
or  who   seeks  from    lime  to   time 
higher   Masonic     honors,    whethei 
has  or  not  already  felt  it  to   be   sc 
thing  like  a  shadow  for  the    substi 
'I'  n-g.irds  spiritual  advuncmenl!- 
unless  he  feel-;  tn  be  growing  deep, 
the  "wisdom  and  knowledge   of   God" 

blance  for  the  reality. 

And  may  we  not  ask,  Has  not  1 
"candidate"  often  eeeu  there  was  e 
danger  of  using  woHs  of  Holy  Writ 
without  due  reverence?  and  does  ht 
conscientiously  think  that  that  beau- 
tiful verse  in  the  first  chapter  of  Gene 
sis  was  fitly  applied  in  his  own  case  al 
his  "initiation,"  And  'God  said,  let 
there  be  light,  and  there  was  light!" 


The 


while 


effort  for  the  extension  < 
love,  relief,  and  truth,"  n 
called  hand-maids  to  n 
juat  query  whether  the  <: 


ig    every 
Jrolherly 


some  minds  fascinatin. 
I  membership. 

Observer. 


The  Advocates  of  the  ttaee  Course. 

There  seems  to  be  a  special  and  con 
bined  effort  on  the  part  of  the  press  1 


To  1 


goo< 


i»nd-.i 


rse,  and  a  lively  interest  in  the  race 
:iil  rnrrespondento,  weeks  before 
season  opens,  are  detailed  to  visi' 
principal  "tables,  examine  the  stock 

and  give  full  particulars  of  their  names, 
I    racing     record. 

Sportsmen  and  jockeys  are  interviewed 

ly  chronicled. 

rhen  the  season  opens  the    event  it 

heralded  in  all    the   morning    papers 

Journals,  like  the  New  York  Tribune 
,  boast  of  their  high  tone  of  morals 
the  largest  type   in  the    displnyec 

headings,  and  till  prominent  column* 
all  the  details  of  the  race.     Jen 

kins'  pen  is  fluent  in  description,  anc 
particular  is  omitted  that  can  be 
Iten  up  in  a  lively,  seiisiilb-rud  re 
t.  How  is  this  f  Who  bath  requir 
;his  at  the  hands  of  ihese  journal. 
!     We,  the  great  majority   of  read- 


do 


t  the  sligh' 


Hav* 


of  the 


i  press  changed!  Once  these  ei 
Imost  apologized  for  brief  notk 
of  the  course  in  out  of  the  way  columr 
is  not  claimed  that  the  races  hs 
proved.  No  reform  is  thought  of 
b  brutal  sports,  where  immorality 
sr  has  held,    and  always  must  hold 

is  the  tone  of  the   press    that  is 
ing.     The  evil   remains,  all    the 


f  the  press  are  becoming  more 

familiar  with  it,   and   enjoy  it   better, 

hope  their  renders  will    find  some 

■est  in    it.     .     .     .     The    "pool 

during   the 


selling,"  and   the 
ress  of  the   n 


aled    1 


ai  gentlemen  of 
ispondents  bring 
t  blushing,   and 


of  respectibility,  and  the  reader: 
led  to  look  on  with  interest,  ifn< 


sporting  papers, 
1  which  rendered 
r  in  exposing  the 

:k-pay  Congress- 


conceal  the  moral  1 
Why  not  be   hi 
public  the    Tacts!      The  vast   throng, 
that  crowd  the  lines  of  travel  to  these 
races,  are  seen  to  be  the  immoral,  prof- 


Thei 


1  up  of  the 
rst  of  mood 


■and 


,od," 


■e  carefully  told  and  whose 
1  in  the  race  is  specially  re- 
in many  cases  well  known  in 
ssion.  It  is  this  great  gath- 
er-vicious and  the    profligate, 


nkeni 


,  thai 


B  jouri 


specially  reporting,  and  reporting 
e  or  less  favorably.  The  influence 
ur  great  metropolitan  dailies  is  this 
on  most  decidedly  in  the  interest  ol 
race  course.     If  the  duty  of  a  jour- 


;ng  is  ere 
a  the  offii 


nalists  believe — to  whr. 
morals  shall  we  assign 

we  credit  them  in  advi 

The  best  interests  of  society,  and  the 
belter  administration  of  government, 
call  for  a  change  in  the  leaders  of  the 
daily  press.  Why  should  a  great  Chris- 
tian community 


type  of 


joffing  skeptic 


odoe 


thinking  for  thei 

so  largely  their  daily  reading;  , 
suppress  what  facts,  incidents,  1 
ports  they  please;  and  in  all 
questions,  interests  and  mov 
guide  and  control  so  largely  the 
ment  of  society! — Christian    SlaUs- 


t  Ire, .do. 


iLipanioTisbip  of 


the  streets. 

Then,  when  theae  babies  have  satis- 
fied the  injuried  majesty  of  the  law, 
they  are  turned  loose  again,  embitter- 
ed and  scornful,  with  a  strong  though 
undefined  sense  of  injustice  filling  the 
young  hearts  emptied  of  every  gentle 

What  must  they  now  do?  Society 
disowns  them,  the  Slate  rejects  them, 
does  not  oven  think  them  worthy  of 
maintenance,    leaves  them   to    choose 

the  enemies  of  the  state  are  far  wiser. 
Hoary-headed  thieves,  cunning  to  do 
mischief,  soon  find  out  these  children 
and  buy    their  services,   getting    back 

Do  you  blame  the  poor  little  ones! 
Alas  I  alas  I  they  have  no  marketable 
value  except  among  thieves,  and  thus 
the  venial  pilfering!  of  a  neglected 
childhood    lead  them    to     a  life    of 


ith  juvenile  ((lenders  are 
respects  an  unfortunate 
Without  the  strongest 
is  cruel  and  impolitic  to 
rilh  the  interior 


■   young 


>ckless 


n  self-respect 


Tbet 


The  Children  Whom   Nobody  Oivus 

The  ''step  bairns"  of  the  republh 
for  whom  she  has  provided  nothing  e 
cept  reformatories,  prisons,  and  per 
tentiaries.     What  a  heritage  I  Yet  th 

is  all  the  law  awards  them,  unless  it  I 
ihe  poor-house,  and  a  pauper's  funera 
Unwise  m  itherl  prodigal  of   lives   an 
souls    which     with     proper  cherishing 
would  bave  been  her  strength  and  her 
rejoicing-     For  I  contend    that  e 
cl.il  i   deserted   of    its  natural    pin 
wbelher  by  death  or  crime,   belon 
the  st.ite;  and  further,   tiial  every  < 


ibrin 


up  properly,  bel 


°also 


:ept  in  its  fullest  sense,  thisaol«mr 

emission-schools,  homes  of  refuge 

id  no  excuse  for   its  neglected  du 

Nay,  if  it  is  its  duty,  there  would 

>  need  for  these   spasmodic  eft. 

of  individual  amateur   charity.      That 

*re  quite  inadequate  to  the    task 

they  ba^e  undertaken,  the  increase  of 

ile  criminals   is  proof.     Indeed  I 

t  sure  but  that  they  are  ( innocent- 

ii!ty  of  a  certain  amount  of  posi- 

arm;  for  they  delude  the    public 

(always  ready  to  be  deluded  and  sooth- 

d  on   this  duty )   into    the  idea  that 

omething  is  really  being  done    for  the 

little  waifa  of  society,    when  in    reality 

;  wrong  and  the  remedy  are    many  a 

le  asunder. 

There  is  no  question  but  tbata  large 


tofci 


suit  s 


1  chill 


>       Ol        hU: 


They  are  committed  again  and  again 
their  tenderest  years  loreformniories. 
Virtue, ^respectability, and  honest  Ubor, 
re  presented  to  them  tinder  the  cold, 
gid,  awful  formality  of  these  prisons 
for  the  young.  No  wonder  they  dis- 
like it  and  look  back  with  something 
kin  to  love  to  the  cold  and  bun- 


homes  should  not  contain  a  larger 
number  each  than  could  bo  governed 
by  household  regulations;  for  the  do- 
mestic, not  the  military  or  monastic 
feeling,  is  absolutely  necessary  to  edu- 
cate the  morals  and  the  affections.  The 
children  should  be  taught  to  consider 
it  a  great  honor  that  they  are  the  sons 
and  daughters  of  the  Republic,  juat  an 
Napoleon  boasted  that  he  was  &  child 
of  St.  Louts. 

If  the  republic  did  its  duty  in  this 
way,  what  an  army  of  defenders  it 
would  be  raising  up  I  What  a  bulwark 
against  civil  faction  and  foreign  foes! 
of  noble,  steady  c 


«j  d,» 


tlo-y   org's',  tie  pent  ! —  ti,,hl,  n  At/i\ 


When  John  Mucc 

ona 

d,  "the  Apo, 

tie  of  the  North,"  s 

iicce 

eded  Mr.    Cal 

der  in  the  ministry 

of 

the   Gospel    at 

Urquhart,  Scotland 

he 

sometimes  vis- 

led and  preached 

t  the  house  of  tbe 

widowed    Mrs.    Cal 
encourage    her  hea 

.i„ 

aed  strove  to 
her   loneliness 

The  deep  sorrow 

of  a 

bereaved  wife 

and  the  frequent  tea 

dp 

a  timid  Curis- 
.jndant    on  the 

omfort  of  his  oliee 

OR 

visits.     While 

■  ■joieing  in  the  anp 

r-n 

t  success  ofMr. 

\l  n.dei.iild'u  iLiiinsiry,  i 

was  to  her  a 

punitive  unl'ruitfiiliiees  of  her  hue- 
1's  labors.  Having  expressed  this 
ng  to  Mr.   Macdonald,  he   said   to 

Whal  you  now  see,  my  dear  Mrs. 
Calder,  is  tbe  upsprioging  of  the  seed 
1  your  husband  was  sowing.    The 
r  sends  his  beet  man  to  sow  seed; 
but,  the  field  once  sown,  he  sends  any 
boy  who  may  happen    to  be  at    hand, 
barrow  il.     The  Geld  must   be  har- 
rowed as  well  a: 


.the 


the  1 


It 


bus  'the  Lord  of  ihe  harvest'  dealt  in 
ppointing  work  for  your  husband  and 
or  me,  He,  the  skilled  laborer,  was 
ent  to  sow  the  good  seed,  and  I,  a 
lovice,  was  sent  after  him  to  do  a  low- 
Blessed  is  the  man  who  can  thus  es- 
eem  others  better  than  himself;  for  he 
bat  humbleth  himself  shall  be  exalted. 


B  the  pn 
r..ughil.i 


1  and  n  if-sufficitnt  shall 

Only  the  Great  Judge 

cret  dislory  of  each  sav- 

neu's  hooks  and  reports 


thefiuil  of  a  feeble  testimony ,  a  moth- 
's prayer,  a  sister'a  tear,  or  the  loving 
bisper  of  a  little  child. 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  NOVEMBER  0,  1873 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 


j,  Chicago,  Thnrsday,  No 


1  direct  taxes,  so  we  may  know  what 

7.  We  believe  king-craft    and  priest- 
craft have  been  the  crime  and  curse  of 


,'■,;„.!';:;■ 


Side's  (vH'lii.-rmit^'u'o  tb 
arv  renewing  w«   promptly 


i  the  2K    K    Tri 


the 


ind 


the  secret  society  discussion.  It  ia  from 
the  pen  of  Prof.  Burt  G.  Wilder  of 
Cornell  University;  called  forth  by  the 
murder  (for  killing  while  doing  an  un 
lawful  act  is  murder)  of  young  L.eL'g*tl. 
eon  of  our  U.  S.  Commissioner  of  Pat 
ents  in  Washington.  We  do  not  know 
whether     Commissioner  Leggett   is    i 


Freem 


3  lee 


he  i 


■  ,tild  I 


hush  up  the  Cornell  infamy 
it  has  been  drawn  by  older  colleges. 
Professor  Wilder  haa  made  himself  i 
benefactor  of  liberal  learning  aud  will 
yet  be  regarded  by  the  sisterhood  of 
American  Colleges. 


The  Indiana  Slate  Conventii 
just  held  a  two  day's  meeting  ai 
Geld.  Ind.,  and  organized  a  Sti 
sociation.  The  proceedings  in  full  will 
be  forwarded  by  the  Secretary  ai 
pear  in  the  Cynosure. 

Meantime  we  insert  below   fcb 
olutions  on  political 


The) 


,n  .■,.!. ■ 


ty.  We  held  our  last  session  in  the 
meeting  house.  The  house  was  we 
filled  in  spite    of  the    snow-storm,  an 

glorified. 

Rev.  J.  T.  Kiggins,  State  Lecturi 
for  Indiana,  is  a  strong  and  effectii 
man.  He  appeared  in  the  Conventio 
to  greit  advantage; and  as  he  is  ayoun 
i  do    great    good  I 


nil.i-irk-ii. 


The 


,  of  I 


I  the  Attendant* 


but 


good  I 


parts  of  the  state,  and,  as  friend  Rich 
observed  -'our  meeting  was  a  victory." 
I  also  found  another  family  of  Blau- 
chards  represented  by  William  Blancli- 
ard,  Esq.,  of  the  society  of  Friends, 
born  in  the  pine  woods  of  North  Caro 
lina,  who  now  received  his  first  intro 
duction  to  our  cause;  an  able,  cleai 
headed  man  who  will  do  ue  much  good 
I  trust. 

We,    inhabitants  of  the  stale  of  Ind: 

Association  of  Christians  opposed  to  st 

Clare  the  substance  of  our  political  belief 

we  can;  and   on  which    we  invite   th 

voters  of  the  State  to  act  with  ua. 

1.  We  hold  that  ours  is  a  Christiai 
and  not  a  heathen  country;  and  we  do 
not  wish  this  fact,  which  is  stated  in 
our  children's  geographies,  changed  01 
dropped. 

2.  We  believe  that  a  government  re- 
fusing to  recognize  God.  would  be  i 
government  for  brutes  aud  not  for  men 
and  if  a  godless  government  would  pun 

necessity,  und  not  fur  justice. 

3.  We  believe,  therefore,  that  the  at- 
tempt to  put  the  Bible  out  of  schools  is 
a  contrivance  of  priests  and  infideli 
and  that  it  is  an  insult  to  God  and  a 
injury  to  men. 

4.  We  hold  that  war  is  ordinarily  a 
crime  in  those  who  wage  it,  and  a  sin 
in  those  who  fight  for  glory,  for  money, 
or  from  eiciternent  or  revenge;  and  thai 
arbitration  is  the  prjper  way  to  settle 
difficulties    between    neighbora   or   na- 

6.  Wo  believe  that  selling  and  drink- 
ing   intoxicating    drinks    is    wrong    for 
men   in  health,  and    that  public  (Jr. 
telling  should  be  suppressed  by  lav. 

6.  We  believe  that  free  trade  is 
rule  and  tariffs   the  exception;  and 


;,  which  are  the  stuff  that  king  craft 
pries t-cr.ift  are  m  ide  of,  and  they 
alt  devices  to  delude  the  people 
tax  them  to  support  the  idle,  vic- 
and  corrupt  rulers. 
We  believe  that  farmers  as  a  class, 
been  '.he  hardest  worked  aud  the 
t  paid    men,    and    that   they    are 

right,  and  we  will  unite  with    them  in 

organising  clubs 


But  < 


ain  that  Andrew 
Johnson  was  no  farmer  and  that  he 
tarted  the  grange  by  sending  a  Wash- 
igton  clerk  and  Freemason,  0.  H. 
Kelly,   lo  unite    the  slave  holders,  who 

:s,  for  political  and   not    for  economi- 
1  purposes. 

10.  We  shall,  therefore,  steadily  op- 
pose the  secret  centralized  rings,  called 

ranges,  as  a  swindle  and  a  cheat. 

11,  And,    generally,   we  accept   the 


14th 


teful 


fore 


free 


which    all   parties   aud   platform 
.greed.     Therefore, 

Resolved,    1st.     That    an   ie-si 
nade    against    adhering     Freem 


e.-invris    the    state    before  our    nex 

That   we  cordially     approve    th< 
proposal  to  call  n  N-in.mal  political  con 
)n  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y. ,  next  May  oi 

That   a  man    pledged    or  bwop 


Mat 


the  ^ 


ionic,  or  other  sec 
>  the  people  at  la: 
e  government, 
jry;  or   to    ho 
the  people,    w 


Idoffi 


signs, 


he  is  pledged 

ring;  we  therefore  urge  all  people  to 
petition  their  legislatures  at  once  for 
a  law  of  peremptory  challenge  of  such 

5.  That  a  minister    who     has   oik 

professed  lobe  enlightened  by  the  spu 
it  of  the  Lord,  and  afterward  has  bee 
to  a  ledge  of  promiscuous  persons,  see. 
ing  light  as  a  "blind  candidal*,"  belli 
his  Christian  (>r ife^iou,  goes  hack  o 
the  Holy  Ghost,  aud  is  unfit  (o  be 
minister  ol  the  Gospel  of  Christ.  We 
will  therefor*  5ii|ip'.rt  no  such 

6.  As   our   cause   can    do    nothing 
without   an  organ,  we   will    do  all 
can  to  enlarge  the  Christian  Gynos 

as  our  duty  and  our   delight. 


-The  i 


J  oft 


for  Wisconsin  has  not  been  given  tc 
the  public.     Rev.   H.    H.    Hinman,  e 

Congregational     clergyman     who    hat 

many  years  at  the  west  and  recently  al 
Ironton,  Sauk  county,  Wis.,  haB  the 
honor  of  the  first  appointment  to  thai 
position.      A6  men  reckon  honor,  there 

Lord  has  we  hope  a  different  standard. 
Bro.  Hinman  has  already  made  himself 
acquainted  with  our  readers  through 
frequent  articles,  and  to  the  Wisco 
friends  he  will  prove  an  able  and 
cepuhle  pioneer  in  our  reform.  Hold 
up  his  hands  brethren  and  let  faith 
gain  ihe  victory. 

— Al  the  late  meeting  of  the  Illinois 
Grand  Lodge  of  Odd-fellows,  Governoi 
Beveridg"  made  a  brief  and  fulsome 
address  which  closes  with  the  words, 
"I  bid  you  a  kind  adieu  at  the  veslibul 
of  your  sacred  temple.  Go  in;  go  in 
and  ba  baptized  in  t-pirit.  Come  out 
come  out,  full  of  power  to  do,  lo  labor 

—Our  attention  wbb  called  the  oil 
er  dayJjby  the  following  uole  to  the  Ne 
vember  number  0.  the  Phren<>l<«jieul 
Journal: 

Fbibkd  K  :-IriNnvemherNo,  of  Plm 
alnijiml  Journal,  (S.  K  W.  lis.  publh 
er  389  Broadway,  N.  Y. )  is  a  good 
description,  etc  ,  of  good  Presiden 
Blanchard.  Will  you  copy  it  in  th- 
Cynosure  and  oblige  all  who  read  i 
and  myself  especial'y  )  It  was  a  ver; 
pleasant  surprise  to  me.   1  did    not  ex 


nine.     But  let  it  c 

omel       E.J.C. 

may  revel 

Bering  pa.don  o 

our  senior  editor 

porlcd    l<y 

advisc'nll  who  en 

to  Bit  and  read 

Phelp.,  w 

the  article  in  the  Jimniul. 


— The  secret  orders  may    lake  a  few 
otes  of     their    general     appreciation 
throughout  the  country  from    the  uni- 
versal comments  of  th«    press   on    the 
Cornell  murder.     The  severely    criti- 
ad  even  hostile  tone  of  many  influ- 
l  journals  ij  an  evidence  tbey  cm- 
■verlook  that  concealment  and   de- 
ception will  not  forever  aid  them.  The 
;le  by  Prof.  Wilder  which    will  ap- 
-  in  our  neit   should  be    read    by 
every  family  in  the  land. 


a  the 
lonry 

and  other  secret  oath-bound  societies; 
said  meeting  to  be  held  at  the  Court- 
house in  Woodstock  on  the  14th  and 
15th  of  the  present  month,  commenc- 
ing at  2  o'clock,  p.m.,  on  the  14th. 
Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard  and  others  may 
be  expected  to  speak  on    the  occasion. 

Simon  S.  Gates. 

James  McMillen. 

Limes    Chittenden. 

Job  Toles. 

George  Garrison. 

Deacon   Town. 

George  Kasaon. 

Secret  Society  Initiations. 


■:d;tii--  a 


of  the  readers  of  Tbs  Tribune  to  tl 
fact  that  the  initiation  during  whit 
Mortimer  Legget  was  killed,  at  Corni 
University,  N".  Y. ,  is  no  peculiarity  of 
ofthat  institution.  "The  Greek  Fra 
lernities,"  which  now  defy  the  facul 
ties  and  govern  the  students   of   mos 


es,    are  identical,    in 

ell. 
A  respectable  profea 

L  Yale,  described  to  n 


e,  a  few 

,  the  ini 


mtial 


■tYeli 


which  he  nad  himself  witnessed 
which  were  no  whit  lees  brutal, 
maniziug  and  pagan,  than  the  ini 
described  at  Cornell  in  your    co 
takeT  from  the  New  York  paper 
blindfolding;  pinioning  the  anr 
guttural  and  sepulchral  tones;  t 
uing,  bruising,   terrifying,  and 
bamboozing  of  the  Freshman,  w 
copied  from  Yale,  where  they 
caped    only    by  the   sons  of  wealthy 
parents    by  the  payment  of  large  i 
of  money,  and  inflicted   without  a 
on   poor  and    "stingy"  ptuilents. 
(-"Umr  hiwyer  of   M  i?sichusetts, 
had    himself    shared     th-ne    initiat 
told  me,  at  his  own  table,  that,  th< 

money  which  he  paid  in  went   in 

for  a  supper  with  champagne  and  other 

professor  assured  me  that  pro 
citizens  of  New  Haven  had  wit 
these  infamous  and  degrading 
tionBas  the  body  of  the  members  of  the 
Cornell  Fraternity  looked  on,  "amus 
ed,"  while  their  masked  performer* 
were  pinioning  the  arm-,  blindfolding 
and  running,  at  midnight  (as  it  provet 
to  his  death),  young  Mortimer  Leg 
gett. 

But  the  mere  brutal   horse-play    of 
initiation,  if  that  were  all 
compratively  harmless,  Th- 
ances  are  part  of  a  system  i 
Pyramids,  and  as  extensive 
A  mis m unary  from  Africa,  if  aa  intelli- 
gent one,  will  describe  to  you   the 
lions  of  those  degraded  tribes,    at  r 
night,  in  rooms  cut  out  in    the   di 
chapparal,  where  the  initiate   is  sts 
on  the  ground,  face  downward  ;  terrified 
by  the  pounding  of  the  earth  with  clubs 
near  bis  head;  and,  in  that  state  swori 
to  secrecy  and  obedience  to  his    supe 
riora,  to  conceal  their  doings  and  obe; 
their    mandates.      A  missionary    fron. 
Latakeiyah,  on  the    east  shore    of  tin 
Mediterranean,  last  month  gave    me  i 

country,  who  begin  their  initiation  o 
boys  at  the  age  of  12  years.  They  take 
them,  at  midnight,  to  some  obscure 
valley  or  spot,  like  that  oreek  at  Cor' 
nell  where  young  Leggett  waB  killed 
and  he  assured  mo  that,  though  per- 
fectly treacherous,  lying,  and  false, 
they  all  kept  their  oaths  of  initiation 
and,  by 


sof  t 


r  than  Othoi 
order  were 


Th< 


The  author  of 


.he    revelation     was   hunted,    foil. 
deven  years,  and  finally    assassin! 


The  theory  of  all  thee 


■   dupes.      Gen.  J.  W. 

nmanded  under  Butler 
I  New  Orleans, has  translated  from  the 


rench  a  full  description  of  the  initia- 
ons  practiced  in  the  Pyramids  till  men 
ere  too  degraded  to  pay. 
The  son  of  an  official  at  Washington 
Commissioner  Leggett)  has  been  killed 
t  Cornell.  The  attempt  will  be  made 
>  blink   and  blurr  over   the  fact  that 

ces  which  have  made  Egypt  "the  ba- 


ITews  of  our   *Wor]s 


fthe 


i  respectfully.  J.  B. 


equested.  as  a  member  of 
Chicago  delegation  to  the  World's  E< 

lliance,  to  present    the  subject 

iform  against  Freemasonry    tc 

that   body,    it    is    appropriate    that    1 

should  report  to  the  committee  the  pro 

made. 

paper  for  presentation  to  the  Alii 
was  put  into  my  hands,  whicfc 
1  have  occupied  in  reading  four  m 
This    paper  I    presented 


to  the 

was  returned,  endorsed:  ''The  presi 
on  topicsalreadydecided  upon  preclud  e 
the  possibility  of  entering  upon  th  ( 
subject,"  Of  this  committee.  Dr.  Ad 
ami  was  ftChairman^Hud  Rev.  Ganse, 
Sec'y;  the  first  was  reported  to  me 
high  Mason,  ol   thejatter  I  know  n 


h  folic 


ing  the  presentation  of  some  pape: 
an  by  rule  papers  were  limited  to  thirty 
minutes,  and  any  member  was  pern 
ted  to  speak  ten  minutes  on  the  gen 
al  subject  of  discussion  while  th 
should  he  time.  Accordingly  on  Mi 
day,  Oct.  Olh.I  endeavored  to  obtain 


oppoi 


were   extended    to  ar 
hour  each,  and  as  the  committee  plac 

not  SDeaking  in  English  but  in  French 
who  occupied  thirty-five  minutes,  v 
was  not  possible  to  find  "room  for  Hia 
(ChriBt*  truth)  in  the  inn." 

Seeing  what  I  feared  was  a  deter- 
mination to  override  the  rules  of  order, 
Christian  courtesy,  etc.,  on  the  part  of 
the  Business  Committee,  I  addi 
a  note  to  Dr.  Scliafl.  saying  th 
less  the  rules  of  order  which  had 
adopted  were    observed  by 


uld  dei 


uldb 


thir 


my,  should   be  occupi 

,vho  had  sent  their  na 

On  the  same  day  whi 


nained,   if 
the  chai 
ade  (Tuesday,  0« 


sayn 


;  that  I  1 
i  Chrisli 
My    nami 


mclui 


med  t 


ithal 


i  the 


and  the 

would  not  be  saf- 

to  which  I  was  e 
thing  should   be 

sent  lo  Pres't.  Woolsey  after   my  own 


upy  t 


,nd  the 


its  Antagonisms.  The  antagonist  o 
which  1  wish  particularly  to  speak  is 
Freemasonry.      Can  I    have    an  oppor- 

Pres't  Woolsey  replied  that  the  com- 
mittee liH'l  decided  that  this  subject  could 
not  be  introduced.  I  rose  and  stated 
that  I  had  no  desire  to  present  a  pro- 
gramme paper,  but  to  speak  ten  mil 
utes  on  one  of  the  topics  already  sssigi 
ed. 

Dr.  Adama  then  came  forward  and  sai 
that  owing  to  the  dilb-reni  opinions  o 
that  subj-ct  the  committee  had  shut 
out,  but  if  I  wished  lo  appeal  from  lb 


)  the 


-  I  could  i 


Iteo.     I   do  not   ask   their   end( 

nt  for  the  views  I  wish  to  preaer 
rely  wish  the  ten  minutes  to  which  I 
entitled  as  ameuiberof  this  Alii 
speak  of  Freemasonry,     which    five 
ndred   thousand    Christ 

UitrV  declare    to  lie  ho.it 

ity   by 


table. 
At  this  point  the  discussioui 

though  in  the  course  of  a    fei 


mil  the  honesty  or  wisdoi 
a  of  the  Alliance,  but  men 
xmcise  account  of  things  i 


WISCONSIN. 
The  Stat*  Convention  at  KIpoi 


lalCh 


hatRi 


Oct.  22d,   at  7  p.  m.     It  was  called  to 
by  H.  H,    Hinman,  and  Rev.  D. 

C.  Vaughn    was    chosen  Chairman  pro 

After    a   season    of    devotional 

cises.Rev.  J.  P.  Stoddard.  General 

nt  of  the  National  Christian  Asso- 

on  addressed  the  convention  on  the 

topic:  "Freemasonry  and  Christianity 
agonistic  and  Incompatible,"  which 
listened  to  with  deep  interest.  At 
lose  Rev.  R.  Cooley  was  appointed 


: — (1.)  It  is  a  dangerous  and  oppres 
monopoly,  excluding  from  its  mem- 
bership   all  indigent,   aged,  and  infirrr. 
as  and  all  women,  and  conferring 
9  seventeenth  of  the  voters  of  thi 
I   four  fifths   of  all  the   offices  o 
profit  and  trust.    (2.)  It  perverts  justice 


irollm 


Stoddard, 


.oleys 


Hin 


Oct,  23.— Convention  met  and  spent 
half  an  hour  in  devotion,  a  roll  of  mem- 
bers was  then  made  out,  The  committee 
on  nominations  reported  the  names  ol 
Dea.gM.  R.  Britten  as  President  and 
Rev.  H.  Cooly  ae  Secretary,  which  was 
adopted.  The  committee  then  report 
ed  the  following  constitution  which  af- 
ter full  discussion  was  adopted: 

We,  the  undersigned  citiaens  of  Wis- 
consin, believing  that  the  time  has  fully 
come  when  an  organised,  intelligent 
Christian  effort  should  be  put  forth  to 
supress  the  growth 


ry  to  the  National  Christian  Asaoci 
formed  fit  Pittsburg  in  May,  1 868 ; 

I.  This  association  shall  be  called 
the  Christian  Anti-Beer 
of  the  State  of  Wisconsin,  and  shall 
hold  its  meetings  annually  or   oft 

at  the  call  of  its  Executive    Comm 

II.  The  officers   of  this 
shall  be  a  president,  two  o 
presidents,  a  secretary,  am 
who  shall  perform  the    duties    usually 
assigned  to  their  respecliv 

III.  The  officers  of  thi 
shall  be  chosen  annually  by 
the  president  secretary,  and 


rer  call  eitra  meatings  and  to 
,  other  business  necessary  tc 
secution  of  the  objects  of  the 


IV.  The  object  of  this  association 
.hall  be  to  disseminate  truth  on  the 
mbject  of   secret  oath-bound  and    kin- 


awful  l 


i  the: 


church  of  Christ,  which  they  dispargt 
and  supplant,  and  from  civil  society 
which  they  demoralize  and  corrupt. 

V,  Any  person  may  become  a  mem- 
ber of  this  association  who  is  in  sympa- 
thy with  this  reform  and  who  signs  tb.it; 


VI.  ThiB  constitution 
ded  by  a  two-thirds  vote 
bers  present  at  any  ai 
provided  the  amendmen 

Rev.  H.H.  Hinman  h 


careful  consideration   were  adopted. 

Resolved  1,  that  we  regard  Chris 
tianity  as     the  primary    source    from 

political  improvement,  and  that  what 
ever  corrupts  our  religion  either  ir 
doctrine  or  practice,  dishonors  God 
eialu  wickedness  and  briiigBiin:"i'c-iv 
able  evils  to  every  son  and  daughter  of 

2.  That  secret  societies  and  especial 
ly  the  order  of  Freemasonry  are  essen 
dally  immoral,  degrading  and  anti 
Christian,  and  so  far  an  tolerated  in  tbi 
churches  a  most  fruitful  source  of  mora! 


uptio 


I.  Lh.ciiiB-Miisonry  teaches  anothergot 
pel  promising  admittance  lo  the  Grand 
Lodge    above  without  any   repentai 


the  name  of  Christ,  thus  practically 
'  'denying  the  Lord  that  bought  ther 
It  binds  men  under  extra-judicial  oa 
which  are  at  once  illegal,  immoral  a 
pr.  lane,  to  perform  obligations  of  wh 
they  are  ignorant,  and  when  known  i 
sure  to  be  in  conflict  with  both  ci 
and  Divine  law;    and  to  do  this  un< 


,  and  we  call  upon 
of  our  Lord  Jesua 
from  among  them 


false,  absurd  and  contradic- 
tory, and  that  the  mass  of  Masons  are 
to  the  general  principles 


m.Hh-  th- 


i,  thai 


■  }W 


■  undei 


nayt 


.1  oath.   (3.) 

feasedly    a    system    of     pure 

despotism,  exerting  its  unseen  power  not 

over  its  own  members  but  largely 

the  pulpit    and    the  preps.  (4.)  It 

strikes  down  the  grand  safe  guard  ol  Be- 


rith  s 


5.  That  while 
aud  alarm  the  prevalence  of  moral,  so- 
cial and  political  corruption  as  exhibit- 
ed in  Tammany  Rings,  Credit  Mobilier 
schemes  and  "hack  pay"  swindles,  we 
look  for  the  cause  in  the  cultivation  of 
a  sworn,  studied,  aud  habitual  secrecy, 
and  a  neglect  of  that  simplicity  and 
godly   sincerity    which    are    the  great 


sof  i  Ch 


vith  thi 


6.  That  we  eyn 
industrial  masses  in  their  efforts  to  es- 
cape from  the  oppression  and  robbery 
of  KfcreL  rinofi,  and  we  deeply  regret  lo 
see  so  many — especially  our  farmers — 
drawn  into  the  secret  meshes  of  the 
grange,  which  is  a  child  of  Freemason- 
ry and  a  means  to  defeat  the  very  end 
at  which  they  aim. 

7.  That  we  recognise  in  the  Chris- 
tian Cynosure,  an  able  and  efficient  in- 
strument of  our  anti  secrecy  reform, and 

-ympathy  and  patronage  of  ad  the 
friends  of  this  reform  and  that  we  will 
exert   ourselves  to  enlarge    its  circula- 

A  vote  of  thanks  was  tendered  to 
Mr.  J.  McCasky,  of  Fancy  Creek,  for 
use  of  the  proceedings  of  the  first  Anti- 
masonic  convention,  held  at  Philadel- 
phia, Sept.  12th,  1830. 


The 


of  pei 


manent  officers  reported  as  f. 
For  President,  Prof.  J.  W.  Wood  of 
Ltarabooi  Vi.e-;. resident,  Wm  llnrgr»ve 
Brandon;  D.C.Vaughn,  OakGeld;  R. 
Cooly,  Lima  Center;  Jabez  Brown,  Iron 
ton;   Rev.    A.    C.  Chittenden,    Ripon 


Rev. 


.  L.   .Him 


Del 


Rei 


a  Barti 


Thui 


daye 


Z  the 


in  Op, 

from  Rev.  J.  P.  Stoddard   on  the  G, 

eminent  of  Masonry. 

It  was  voted  that  the  proceedings  of 
this  convention  be  sent  to  the  Ci/nos\ 
f->r  publication.  A  vote  of  thauks  v 
also  tendered  to  the  citizens  of  Ri[ 
for  their  hospitality  and  to  the  Cot 
Church  for  the  use  of  their  house 
worship-  Alter  which  convention 
journed.  H.  H.  Hinman,  Saty 


INDIANA. 
Thi)   Albion 


f  this  i 


ther-for 


e  published  official  report 
the   proceedings. 

Albion,  Ind.  ,  Oct.  20. 
Pursuant  to  a  call  tigned  by  150  vo- 
sof  N  'hie  county,  for  the  purpose  of 
_-ctiucr  a  more  p-rfect  or^-minuhni  of 
e  county  Antisecret  Association,  u 
itelligent  men  and 
United    Brethren 


audie 


chair  and   C.  G.  Fait    appointed  See 
tary.     The  President   then  stated    the 
object  of  the  meeting,  after  whicl 


Dr.  S.  L.  Cook  was  then  elected  per- 
manent President,  and  George  Harvey. 
Frank  Salsgiver,  Charles  Harrison.  J. 
M.  Fry,  John  Moore,  David  Freeman, 
Stedman  Dray,  Joseph  Henderson,  and 
and  Charles  Weeks,  Vice  Presidents; 
C.  G.  Fait,  Secretary;  G.  W,  Black, 
Treasurer, and  Wm,  Leuly.S.  N.  Pence, 
A.    Humphrey,  and     Stedman   Gray, 

Rev.  J.  L.  Barlow  then  made  a  short 
speech,  after  which  the  meeting  ad- 
journed until    l£  o'clock,  P.    M. 


.fore 


listened  t 

His  arg 
1  l,gical. 


ing  largely  f.umMaioni 
thentici.y  of  which  intelligent  Mason 
do  not  pretend  to  deny,  he  showed  very 
clearly  that  Misonry  is  a  "conscience 
crusher."  In  giving  the  biography  ot 
Masonry,  he  showed  that  the  claims  of 


Rsv.  J.  L.  Btrlow  followed  with  a 
peech  lasting  about  an  hour  and  fif- 
een  minutes,  giving  many  thrilling  ac- 
ounts  of  the  actual  workings  of  Ma- 
onry,  both  in  church  and  state 


i  ajoun 


The    house  was  called    to   order   by 

t1.  prayer  by  Elder  R.  Faurot. 
Rev.   J.    L,     Barlow   addressed    the 
use  during  the  evening,  giving  many- 
practical  illustrations  of  the  evils  of  Ma- 
sonry.    One  thrilling  account  of  a  Ma- 
Mrs.  Hannah  Thurston  (tfierward   the 
wife  of  Cyrus  Gregg)  found  interesting 
confirmation,  as   the  speaker  in  closing 
assured  the  audience  that  a  son  of  said 
Cyrua  Gregg  was  then  in    the  meeting 
,nd  bad  testified  to  him  as  to  theinteg- 
ity 'ind  truthfulness  of  his  stepmother. 
The    house  adjourned   subject   to  a 
all    from  the   Executive  Committee. 
C.  G.  Fait.  Sec'y. 


i  id.  i-  It.iinl  Au-ulu   in  < 


Calks 


i  the 


:  deliv 


th« 


held  at  work,  ha' 
lectures  at  Mount  Pleasant  chapel  in 
Union  county,  on  Somerville  circuit. 
Augaize  Conference  of  the  United 
Brethren  in  Christ;  and  also  at  West 
Mansfield  in  the  same  county,  another 
course,  and  from  thence  to  Darby  Chap- 
el, at  the  other  end  of  the  circuit.  We 
had  peace  at  each  of  the  first  two    ap- 


point! 


rii^lh-puhl 


character  look  place 
Darby  Chapel,  on  Monday  evening, 
9  20th.  Having  announced  the 
eningofth'-  meeting,  1  said  to  the 
*n  of  the  apron  that  1  should  be 
'ased  to  have  th.  in    lake  iron:    s'-ats. 


i  the 


their 


At  this   invitation  several 
sons  came  right  forward  as  if 
idate  by  their  boldness;  and  i 
the  lecture  began   they    comi 
ask  such  questions  and    make 
aponaes  as  seemed  to  please 
ity.      I  very  soon  put  a  stop 
f    stating   the    proper  condit 
hich  I  would  answer  such  qu. 
iMisons  were  in  the  habit   of 
i  their  tly  evasive  manner.     Or 


one  else;  and  when  we  mentioned  that 
Freemasonry  was  probably  as  old  as  ita 
lather,  and  before  we  had  lime  to  quali- 
fy the  sentence,  this  same  devoted  Ma- 
son cried  out,  '-Thank  God!"  but  when 


ished, 


had  - 


...I  for   his 


tormr?nt  before  hia 
,  a   little   low    bench 

fre 1 1 u  -ntly  made  ef- 
,nd  speak,    but   after 


relal 


edhe 


ed  to  talk 


After  the  lect 
to  the  friends  and  when  risked  concern- 
ing the  lecture  he  said  that  these  thingB 
were  true;  but  be  said  hia  father  died 
a  Freemason  and  he  did  not  wish  to 
bear  the  fraternity  un  christianize  dj  as 
that  would  leave  his  father  unsaved 
and  he  could  not  bear  to  believe  that 
his  father  would  be  tent  to  hell,  even 
if  he  died  a  Mason.  A  number  of  Ma- 
sons reproved  him  for  the  unguarded 
admissions  he  made    and  ordered   him 


mid  his 


andc 


the 


slips  off  into  the  lodge.  What  a  great 
monstrosity  1  Men  professing  to  be 
sanctified  aud  reject  Christ.  It  must 
be  the  same  kind  of  sanctificalion  that 
Aaron  gave  the  children  of  Israel  when 
he  made  the  golden  calf. 

Elder  J.  R,  Baird. 


Incidents  rroa 

the 

Indiana  Field. 

L,oosi 

n,  Oot.  24th  18J3. 

In 

onversation  with 

gentleman  resi 

line; 

n  York,  Ind.,  lie 

lated  to  mo  ill 

e  fol 

omns  fact   nliite 

nreming  with 

•    pr 

fessional    genlle- 

nn  in  an  adjoic 

ing 

own.    He  was  so 

uch  surprised 

k  him,    "But, 

compare  M  ISO 

»ryn 

illi  tire  enurch  do 

>ul"    -'No,  Id 

not, 

'  was  the  prompt 

•  ply,    "Ma, 


i  th-ii 


!for 


At  the  close  of  my  speech  at  Albion, 
Ind.,  Oct,  20.,  1873,  a  gentleman 
came  to  the  aland  where  I  offered.him 
Morgan's  Expose  telling  him  that  for 
25  cents  he  could  take  the  first  three 
degrees  in  Masonry.  He  replied  that 
he  had  already  taken  soven  degrees  iu 
the  natural  way;  and  that  I    had  been 


TtiE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE  :  NOVEMBER  S,  1873. 


telling  the  truth  about  them.  He  then 
picked  up  Scrapie's  little  work,  contain- 
ing Mrs.  Gregg's  affidavit  of  ibat  mur- 
der in  a  Misonic  lodge  in  Penn^ylv  rain 
and  turning  to  that  thrilling  story,  he 
placed  his  finger  on  the  name  of  Cyrus 
Gregg,  and  said,  "That  man  was  my 
father."  He  then  went  on  to  say  that 
bis    stepmother    was    au    exemplary 

could  not  he  impeached.      He  also  gave 

ion  with  hia  statement ,  which  I  did 
with  thrilling  effect  the  following  even- 
ing. 

I  spoke  in  a  school  bouse  seven  miles 
from  here  last  nigiit  to  a  fair  audience 
who  give  olose  attention  for  more  than 
an  hour  and  a  half  to  myself,  Bro.  Fait, 
and  Dr.  Cook.  Both  these  gentlemen 
intend  to  do  something  in  the  lecture 
field.  You  will  hear  more  from  them 
erelong,  Noble  county,  Ind. ,  will 
soon  be  up  and  dressed  and  will  " fight 
to  kill." 

Ocr.  24. — Spoke  to  night  in  the 
Town  Hdll  to  a  small  but  intelligent 
audience,  among  which  were  a  number 
of  secret  society  men,  who  like  the  rest 
listened  with  respectful  attention  while 
I  attempted  to  prove  Masonry  both  a 
religioun  and  a  political  institution. 
Before  the  address  s  town  organization 
was  formed  at  Albion  auxiliary  to 
the  county  society  on  Monday.  It 
was  finely  officered,  and  will,  I  predict, 
do  yeomvi  service  in  our  cause.  They 
already  talk  of  holding  fortnightly  meet- 
ing through  the  winter. 

I  an  much  pleased  with  what  I  have 
seen  in  this  county  and  also    much  en- 

to  ba  on  my  way  to  Ohio,  from  whence 
God  willing,  your  readers  shall  hear 
from  me  again.  J.L.Bablow. 


Elections  in  Ohio, 


SUMMKHFIELU,  Ohio, 

Oct.  23d,  1873. 
Dear  Cynosure:  —  Asa  matter  of 
ews,  and  perhaps  an  item  of  interest 
d  many  of  your  readers,  the  following 
i  submitted  as  a  brief  synopsis  of  the 
news  of  our  work"  in  this  place. 
Pith  our  friends  everywhere  we  have 
ist  passed  through   the    first    political 

ndliberty.    Muny  of  our  professed  srm- 


first  ai 


ay  oft 


3  skir 


when  the  storm  of  battle  crush  bad  ful- 
ly opened  many  of  our  friends  had  as 
fully  deserted.  Yet  thanks  be  to  God 
who  givetb  us  the  victory,  nbout  250, 
veteran  like,  made  a  fair  exhibition. 
The  seed  is  pretty  well  sown  in  our 
county,  but  more  organieilion   is  need- 


pen 


ling  i 


should  be  established.     By  "the  bless- 
ward  this  great  woik    to   greater    sue 


your  services,"  said%  Rw.  M.  E.  Mai 
ter  Mason  to  me  about  a  year  since;  t 

answer  this  divine,  and,  fur  the  consol; 
tion  ol  our  fellow  ''Sojourners  in  thi 
wilderness,"  we  will  briefly  notice  a  lei 
facts.  It  is  not  denied  that  the  pres 
of  the  land  is,  and  has  been  silent  a 
death  on  the  question.  It  ban  eve 
been  the  boust  of  oar  enemies  tha 
the  clergy,  statesmen  and  popula 
opinion    have    not    moved    a    tongu 


their  underground  cunning,  and  make 
it  a  specialty  to  ridicule,  belittle  and 
make   contemptible   to   the   world    the 

'■It's  a   few  fools  here;  two  or  Ibr 

crafty   fanatics  the"re,  a  Little   crocodi 
society  yonder,  etc.,"   then  comes  t' 
defiant    inquiry,    'What    can  you   do 
Thus  "the  image  of  the  beast"  bus  been 
busy  in  displaying  its  "wisdom,  beauty 
and    strength"  with  a    view  to  deceive 
"the  outer  and  profane  world." 

After  a  careful  reconnoitcr  through 
the  ballot-box,  we  are  shocked  with  a 
full,  open  aod  free  acknowledgement  o! 
the  lie.  The  potent  cry  now  upon  the 
streets  (very  much  unlike  the  forego- 
ing), from  our  Republican  candidate  for 
R-p, 


nty, 


hold  you  (two  or  three  1)  Anli-maa< 
are  destroying  the  groat  Republii 
party  of  ours.      Your  little  croooeila 

into    power,  and    truly  they  that  hi 
turned    (be    world    upside  down  hi 
come  hither  also !"  We  would  just  h 
say  (in  justice  to  oureelve*)  that  in  keep 
ing    with    their    Masonic  charily    I 
have   credited    us  with    more  than 
dues  in  grabbing  after  the  spoils.     Re- 
publican   Masons  thought   it  policy 
vole  for  Democratic  clansmen,   and  i 
willing  lo    own  it,  lay  it  to  the  fault  of 
Anti-masons  (a  handful  of  fanatics). 

Let  our  friends  everywhere  thank 
God  and  lake  courage.  The  time  for 
real  and  effectual  action  is  at  band,    We 


have  got  hold  on  the  right  string,   n 
all  faithfully  pull  together.     ' 

d    forward  rapidly    from  now    to    I 
lext  busy  season  and  at  every  etectii 
Wt   let   tbe   question    be,    We  ca 
lect  an  Anti-mason    yet.     But  put  up 
your  man  and   try  your  strength  and 
thus    you  will    gain  strength.     If   yoi 
n't  got  a  ticket  go  o    the  principl 
low.    "Eternal  vigilance  is  the  prici 
of   liberty;"  God    help  ua    to  both   sei 
d  feel  it. 
Yours  for  moving    npon  their  works 


DbebLick,  0..  Oct,  27,  '73. 
Bro.  K.— The  election    in  Williams 
unty  this  fall    has  caused    much    ex- 
ponent.    About  one  year  ago  three 
en  in  thiB  county.   Wm.  I.   Kirk,  N. 
Harrison  and  H.   S.    Kirk  voted  for 
dams,  the  Anti-masoniccandidate  for 
President.     Tbe  craft  jeered  and    the 
county  papers  ra'ide  no  mention  of  the 
of  these  men.     This  fall  a    ticket 
■iroiriHl-r]  j.ist  li.-'^re  the  e|e,  tn>n. 
in'tvem-'tit  was  vig  Tously  opposed 
by  both  parties,  the  "wire    pullers"  of 
each  party  declaring    that  the   move- 
was  gotten    up  by   the    opposite 
party  lo  defeat  their  own.     Neverthe- 
Beventy-five  men   voted  the    clenr- 
-rafmnuc  ik-ki-t,  and   a  great    many 
rs  voted  split   tickets.     Never  be- 
bas  there  been  such  a  mirkm-  up 
:kets  in  this  county.     On  the  State 
ticket  the  Republican  majority  was  105. 

lected.  Many  of  tbe  anti  secrecy  men 
yoting  their  regular  party  ticket  with 
he  exception  of  those  who  were  known 
dherenu  of  the  lodges.  At  the  elec 
ion  in  my  township  the  only  question 
liscuBped  was  the  question  of  secrecy 
,nd  when  the  sly  brotherhood  saw  the 
ismes  of  their  favorite  candidates  beinc 
checked  off  the  tickets  and  the  names 
of  others  substituted  by  our  men  they 
to  work  at  tbe  same  thing  in  sup- 
port of  the  men  of  their  choice  but 
failed  to  elect.  One  young  Mason  in- 
formed me  with  great  earnestness  that 
it  year  tbe  Masons  and  Odd-fel- 
lows would  concentrate  forces  iu  this 
nty  and  nominate  a  ticket  of  their 
own.  The  prediction  called  forth  great 
aplause  from  both  sides.  A  direct 
sue  is  all  the   people    want  and    this 

i  the  wall.  Our  young  parly  already 
jfds  the  balance  of  power  in  this 
>unty.       Toe  Beast    reels    upon  bis 


since  a  Methodist  preach- 

uto  the  Caledonia  Lodge, 
ch  a  great  reason  for  re- 
joicing that  tbe  Masons  called   together 
the  brethern     of  several  lodges    to  re- 
that  was  lost   by 
joining  the  Methodise,  huroh  but  is  now 
itored  and  being  taught  in  the  more 
perfect   way    of  salvation   by    Masonic 

There  was  a  great  Masonic  y-illjerin^ 
n  Caledonia  lately,  the  olj-ct  being  to 
lay  the  corner  stone  of  a  schoolhouse. 
There    was   a    great,   motley  company 
quipped  after  the  custom  of  Freemason- 
ry, so  called,  which  marched  in  process- 
with  spear^and    sword,    square  and 
pass  and  many  other  fooleries;  but 
st  of  all  leading  the  school  children 


Kcllgfous  Mews. 

Rev.  Joseph  Travis  has  just  organ- 
a  |M"!1ihuii:  Fne  Method]  d  church 
mmerfiald,  0..  numbering  twenty- 
members,  and  more  ready  to  join. 
This  body  is  mainly  composed  of  sece  - 
from  the  M.  E.    church  on  account 
ts  connection  with   the  lodge.— The 
tuna  Yearly  Meeting  of  Friends  num- 
i  15,000,  and  has  received  S57  new 
nbeis  the  past  year. — The  Christian 
population  of  Persia  numbers  about  50,- 
qudlly  divide  between  Nestoriaua 
Armenians.     They    have     aiways 
been  oppres-ed  by  their   Mohammedan 
ulers,  and  a  Mohammedan  whobecomes 
Christian  is  still  liable  todeath.     This 
igorout-  usage  is  being  softened.      Du- 
ing   the  Shah's    visit  to   England   the 


of  old    and 
Wm  Bruce.  D.  D. 
ated   professor  of  Biblical    Lite 


ntye 


sin  of 


from  three  to  seventy  five  in  one  year 
iidcred  a  healthy    growth.     Our 

friends  are  becoming  more  determined; 
enemies  preparing  lo  divide  on  the 
L'rem  question.  There  can  be  but 
result.     Jesus  shall  reign. 


A  Fuithful  Church  Blessed. 

Editor  vf  the  Cynosure: — The  Lord 
s  heard  the  cry  of  his  people    in    the 
fcc-lt  Valley  Baptist  church,"   and  is 
blessing  them  abundantly   in  the  con 
version  of  souls.      Rev.  Nathan  Callen 
lor,  the  pastor,  has  been  holding  meet- 
ngs  A>r  a  short  time  ptit.     Many  have 
irofeseed    hope,  and    eleven    have    al 
■eady  been  added  to  the  church  by  bap- 
:ism.     This  is  the   church  that   some 
four  years  since  voted  "No    fellowship 
th     oath-bound     secret     societies." 
nee  which  lime  it    has  been  a    target 
tor  M.ihoiis  and  '  jacks,"  and  eveni 
luirches  have  not    reserved   their 
'See  the  Scott  Valley  Church.  "    1 
•ou  can  see  the  effect  of  opposing  s 
ocieties."     Such  has  been  the  she 
hell  poured  in  upon  them  forslai 
up  for  the   who'e  truth.     And  w. 
be  effect     When  their  Lord 
were  found   watching.      "Tl 
if  the  Lord  is  with  them  tha 
and  he  will  show  them    his 
"     Psalms  xxv:  14. 


Miilmll.lirignurt 
■tfiiieul  we-igli 

i  ilj.-j.ijhli-l 


I  ist  gives    Ins  jo.l-ini.-ii  i  iVL'iuht.  -nu,.,!' 

MlliS  Tl!" 


I  send  you  to-day 
rand  four  renewals 
iber  with  the  beginning  of 
olume.  I  am  glad  that  you  are  going 
j  stop  the  paper  when  the  Bubacriptio 
una  out.  I  think  it  is  the  best  nay  I 
un  a  paper-    1  still  beer,  trying  for  ne 


From  an  old  friend  in  New  York 

My  prayer  is   for  your    succei 

final  triumph  over  the  secret  ordi 


act  or  even  to  SLbscribe  for  a  papei 
though  of  late  1  have  felt  somewha 
couraged.  They  have  been  more 
ing  to   read  my    Cynosure;  and   t 

have  said  if  there  was  an   Anti-ma. 


ithe 


would  v 


Ther 


lite  a  number  of  Freemasons  about 
There  has  been  quite  a  flourishing 
Good   Templar's   Lodge, 
he     capacity    ol 

S"im'  of  the  'good  work.' 


Gallon,  0. 


nty.i 


lusytl 


i  esse  iu    hand  w: 

th— The  election   in    tins  city 

/went  10,000  or  12,000  ma- 
jority for  the  Hesing  bummer  ticket. 
in  the  Stale  elections  in  Illinois,  Wis- 
consin, Massa.  buret's,  New  York,  New 
y,  Minnesota,    Kansas,  Maryland, 


legraph  id  also  breaking  the  pow- 
istoniB.—  Rev. 
leiy    inaugur- 


U.  P.  Toeological  Seminary  at 
enia,  0.  Tbe  institution  has  twenty- 
x  students,  and  more  expected. — For- 
■-five  students  are  studying  for  thi 
iinistry  alOberlin. — A  Chi 


bed  in    li 

li  nine  members.  It  hi 
five  schools  and  over  100  scholars. 
There  are  twenty-lite  Protestant  n.-hool- 
and  1000  pupils  in  Palestine. — On  tht 
Sioux  reservation  there  are  nine  Pres. 
with  750  members 
and  eight  native  preachers,      Tne  gre 

part  of  the  Old,  and  the  6 
Testament,  has  been  trans 
the  Dakota  language  for  the 


NEWS  SUHAUBY. 


ag  counted.  Months  ago  A.  0.  Hes 
rig,  the  former  leader  of  Chicago  Ger- 
uans,  siezed  upon  the  enforcement  of 
he  Sunday  liquor  law  as  an  issue  upon 
rhichhe  might  bring  Chicago  under  his 
ieel.  The  Germans  were  organized  in 
very  ward,  and  carefully  instructed 
hat  a  war  of  races  was  upon  them  and 
ihe  'Puritans"  must  be  put  down.  To 
nucleus  is  attached  the  entire  li- 
gamblini;  and  rowdy  interests  ol 
ly,  who  are  attracted  toward  the 

The   character  of   many    of   the  noiui- 
of  this    ''bummer  party"  should 
banish  all  thought  ot  their  eli 


influence  of  2.500  saloons,  500  1 
stores,  brewers  and  distillers  i 
city.    Milwaukee    and    Cincinnat 


lUnt 


f  in  i.','u  )•'>;> uhtiiiipi  :_'ive  t 
a*.— Ab  a  result  c 
es  of  Mr.  Alger    t 


letyi 


organized     and    held 

last  Sunday    in  a    low 

West  Side.     They  represent  themselves 

as  a  people's  church,   broad  as  the  lodge 

"broad  enough   fur    Christians,    Jews 

Mohammedans  and   Chinese." 

Country. — The  failure  ol  Hoyt 
Sprague  &  Co..  in  New  York  last  weel 
was  a  disaster  nearly  equalling  that  ol 
Jay  Cooke  &  Co  It  brought  tbe  Sprigi 
family  with  their  numerous  faotorie 
throe  or  four  banks,  and  25.0UO  emplo 
ees  lo  the  mercy  of  creditors.  The  It 
ib   thought  will  accomodate   ai 


force  i 


the  Senator   and  son-in-law  of  i 
Chief  Justice  Chase   is  one  of  the  coi 
panv- — The  great    dry  goods  lirmofl 

ed  and  has  been  allowed  an  exiensii 
by  creditors. — Reports  Irom  factorii 
much i in*  shop",  railroadu  and  corpoi 
lions  employing  large  numbeia  of  nor 

ing  force,  time,  or  pay,  This  is  pi 
fcularly   the  case  at  the  East. — E. 


years   in  the    penitfiutinry.     The  New 

York  press  is  surprised   and   justly  in- 
dignant  at   the  verdict.      If   Stokes  is 


through  to  Chicago   on  Monday. - 
stated  meeting  of  the  Plymouth  C 
Brooklyn,  the  report  of  an  investigating 
adopted     striking    th. 


'eek.  Charnbord's  prospect  of  a  throne 
i  hardly  conceded,  and  the  Bourbon 
iction  now  want  MacMahon  confirmed 
s  pr- sijeni  for  a  term  of  years  or  foi 
fe.— The  troubles  in  the  Canadian 
overnment  have  reached  a  crisis.  Si 
John  Mc  Donald,  governor  general,  be- 
'  nplicated  last  year  in  the  Canadi 


na  Pacific    railroad, 


himself,  prorogued    the  Parlia 


Parlia 


i  aud    ha 


Bippi 


B  Democratic 


V.rgibia  and  M.si 
.   in  hvoi 
Anti  monopoly 


SuIjm  ii  |.l  ion    Letters     Iteieheil    from 
Oct.  8th  to  85th, 

Scott  Aldrich.  WmA  Anderson,  A  R 
Brooks,  J  Black.  J   I  Baber,  Jas  Brown, 
s,    J    L   Benton.  C  Beard-ley,   P 


A  Biown.  E  Boyle,  B  Dooliitle  S  T 
Barrett,  Natl  Crane,  E  S  Cook,  J  T 
ch,  Gen'l  Cutter,  Geo  W  Clark,  P 
rater,  L  Cbitt.nden,  W  M  Cama- 
P  Crandell,  Geo  Deitrich.  W  D 
D-Vol,  H  A  DllHflg,  Jas  M  Denny,  G 
G  Edgerton,  Geo  Ely,  J  J  Emmes,  J  N 
Edwards.  Israel  Everett,  John  Edgar, 
ley  G  Elliott. T  B  France,  J  M  Fry, 
(2)  Geo  Freed.  N  D  Fisher,  Wm  Fer 
ner,  E  C  Guild,  S  D  Green.  TS  Grove, 
S  E  Hoffman,  J  W  Hobson,  0  Hanson. 
D  U  Harrington,  Hev  II  Hintzf.  S  Har- 
■,  I  A  Hart.  A  C  Hale,  E  Howard. 
D  J  Harris,  John  Harley,  C  F  Hanby, 

ningB, 

E  Junks,  Rachel  Kirby, 
David  Kelly,  J  W  Liyesay,  II  Lewis,  D 
Light,  J  P  Logan,  R  H  Morey,  R  H 
McCoy,  G  H  Mahbott.  Jos  Miller,  Wm 
Mosher,  J  C  McCoy,  E  Manville,  E  B 
Mintze.  S  McGinnesH,  M  N  Miles,  HN 
Miller,  J  N  Manley,  Geo  L  Mason,  W 
Matthews,  Alex  Needles,  Geo  North- 
rup,  Nath'l  Norton.  J  B  Nessell,  W  B 
Ooleaby.  S  Y  Orr,  B  T  Pettengill.  J  b 
Prince,  E  Palmer,  II  Preston,  T  Per- 
kins, M  Plummer.  R  H  Purvis,  Geo 
Pegler,  E  E  Parker  S  J  Pulver,  J  W 
Rner.  J  Kemington.  S  P  Reed,  Mrs  E 
A  Rowley.  Isaiah  Rider,  Dan'l  Rowley, 
0  D  Shepnerd,  y  .S  Gales.  C  Slegner. 
Rob't  Shaw,  John  Swallow,  J  M South, 
F  Semole,  P  C  Stone,  Robl  Sto.  kwell, 
Siraiton,  T  R  Shiner,  E  A  Stev- 
11  Sclomterg,  L  G  Seitert,  E 
i,  C  E  Sackeit,  F  E  Stearns, W  A 
iv,  Geo  SwsnsJn,  J  P  Stoddard, 
h-  S'Toggins.  T  T  Titus,  H  D 
lam.  Wm  Thornton,  Mrs  0  Vorce, 
Jos  Work.  E  C  Walker.  J  Winans, 
John  Wright,  J8  Williams.  ER  White, 
H  M  Wilcox.  ("2)Cnas  Widler,  0  H 
Williams.  Wm  Whitaker,  S  F  Walker, 
ley,  W  G  WaddleH,  D  Witmur, 
,  J  T  Yarrington,  D  Yant. 

Clubbing  List. 


Extracts  From  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  s 
Sworn  to  by  tbe  Grand  Lodge  of  Rhode  Island. 


Hon.  John  Ouincy  Adams'  Letter, 

Hiving  Hi  a  and  Him  Father'*  Opinion  of  Freemasonry 


Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

Giving  His  Opinion   of  Freemasonry    (1832). 


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secretsTfmasonry. 

BY  ELI  TAPLEY. 
TRACT  NO.  4. 

GRAND    GREAT  GRAND!! 
By  PHILO  CARPENTER. 

This  la  a  one  psiit*  tnicl  i-nllini;  i[n;iuoiil[on  of  the  public 


a  of  ] 


Pric 


Satan's   Cable  Tow. 
'Freemasonry  is  0nlvl52  Years  Old," 

"Mtirder  and  Treason  not  Escsoptd." 


Freemasonry  In  tne  Church. 


Character  ami  SiimImI.  of  1'rft'rua.onry 


Address  of  Niagara.  Coait;  kociatioi,  Saw  York. 

Morgan   Murder,  and  l 


Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry. 


HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D. 

Chancelor  of  the  University  of  N. 
Y..  on  Secret  Societies. 

GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY. 

MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  and  VOID. 

•V1""'"'1  «'"""«'■  "™!','V.,i,'7","»!f»'"'.""'!!,,'J,',W 


Oriria  0tli»iti!H3  and  Espeases  i  h  Grange 


Sis  Reasons  why  a  Christian  should  not  is  a  Froemsso 

"T£°,"£rtS?rt™.''»l'  pt'T""""' ' 

ENOCH  HONIYNEII'S  TRACT. 


TERMS  FOR  THE  CYNOSURE. 

Club    Rates.    Weekly   Edition. 


Who  Murdered  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan? 


Abduction  and  Murder 

Capt.  William  Morgan, 

This  in  a  Book  of  Thrilling  Interest,  and 

nhowB  dourly  that 


1  OBEDIENCE  TO  MASONIC  I 


t7~See  Sample  Paces  below. 


Stafford,    a  villa  i 


,   l.iit.  .still  l.'t'i  no  d<»nbt  "ii  tin- 


l  Millet 
nnl  [iroc, 
ued   by  n 


li/ngtli    iivoived  that 

t  Le  Roy.     It  should  here  be  stated  thai 
the  successive  arrests  of  Morgan  and   Mi 
"  leu  app« 


ily  iiis:i|i|i'-;iri'd  frmti  tluit  pi: 


word,  and  walked  ^ 


Stafford,  this 
■oom,  holding  in  his  lmi>d  a 
larye  and  quick  steps  airo« 


uiun strati;  witb  linn.  Iiai'iii^  l>  inn-d  in  some  way  which  lie  can- 
not recollect,  thal.bilins  was  Ins  |nusccutor.  Johns  Imwever 
answered  in  a  voice  that  faltered  a  little,  "Miller.  I  aiaoi.lv 
doing  what  I  have  been  ordered  to  do."  During  Ins  detail 
tion  in  the  room,  one  of  the  guards  told  him  in  Inujrmigi' 
loud  enough  lo  I"'  ln-iird  by  all  in  the  room,  ibat  he  was  not 
to  be  tried  at  Le  Roy,  nor  to  stop  there,  nor  lo  be 
tried  by  an  ordinary  tribunal,  but  was  going  where  Mor- 
gan was.  Miller  u-sked  "What  tribunal  f"  lie  replied,"  Vou  will 
see."  The  others  made  no  remarks  in  denial  oref|iUnatioii, 
bat  he  heard  one  man  say  I"  another,  ''Miller  is  rnnhing  hul 
an  entered  ajijirentiw."  To  detail  all  the  evasive  falsehoods 
and  idle  assertions,  by  which  French  and  his  eoniljulors  en- 
deavored to  excuse  themselves  irom  proceeding  »ith  Miller  lo 
the  justice's  office  at  Le  Roy.  wouldoo  u  useless  waste  of  our 
own  Lime  and  the  ji.itience  of   the  reader. 

Il  was  manifest    that  the  conspirators  wished    lo  consume 


Mill'-i   in  .is  in  I'ncta  jiroce: 

his   resolution   seemed 

k  the  whole  crowd  proceeded, 


jise  and  tumult,  to  Le  Roy,  4 
i  tbe  part  of  French  to  preven 
H  himself  placed  before  the  y 
arrant.  French  then  gave  din 
its,    and  disappeared.      Miller  : 


magistrate  licit  a  warrant  had  ('■■ri  is-ned  against  Mdler. 
and  out-  John  Davids,  on  the  oath  and  at  the  request  of  Dia- 
led Johns;    John  Davids  had     1 n  also  arrest' d   hv   the  ilirei- 

tions  of  French,  but  the  sheriff  of  the  comity  informed 
them  that  lie  was  in  bis  custody  on  the  jail  limits,  upon 
which  he  was  discharged  from  the  arrest.  Miller  having 
thus  uhtaineil  permission  to  return,  was  making  the  best  of 
his  way  to  a  public  house,  when  French  and  Julius  suddenly 
former  endeavored  lo  seize  Mil'  " 
dly  for    help  lo    retake    the  |i 

an.    But  altlioii-h  ait'iopi.s  were  made  ti 
ion  of  Miller,  lie  succeeded  in  reaching  a  public  lion" 


id    relieved  his    family  from  terror    and  alarm.      That  this 
)f  men  took  place  for  the    purpose  of  se- 
mti^  the  arrest  of    Miller,  by    virtue  of  a  process  never  in- 

lided  to  be  acted   Upon,    we  shall  take  no  trouble  U>  sllOW  to 

ie  public.       We  have  conclusive  jirooi  from  the  express  dec- 

who  led  the   troop,  and  from 


,  tha 


of  the  objects  they  I, ad  i 


down  the  office  ©f  Millm.  if  that   should  ha  Deursaary  for 


3  pull 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  NOVEMBER  G,  1873 


Benrlu?  the  Cross. 


The  In1  ivirr   rros*.  the  iicirer  lii-nvrn 

No  cross  without,  no  God  within. 
Death,  judgment,  from  Ibe  aearl  are 


Tho 


r  Christ 


This  is  tho  touchstone  God  applies; 

Unwct  by  showers  from  weoplni;  eye-l 
The  gold  by  fire  is  purified; 
Tin-  Christian  is  by  trouble  tried. 

The  heavier  cross,  stronger  faith; 

The  loaded  palm  strikes  deeper  root; 
The  vine  juice  sweetly  lasueth 

When  moD  have  pressed   the  clustered 


The  heavier  cross,  the  heartier  prayer, 
The  bruised  herbs  most  frafiraiit  arc. 

If  wind  and  sky  were  always  fair, 
The  sailor  would  not  watch  the  star; 

And  David's  psalm?  had  ne'er  been   nung, 

If  grief  his  heart  had  never  wrung. 

The  heavier  cross,  the  more  aspiring; 

From  vales  we  climb  to  mouutaincrest; 
The  pilgrim  of  the  desert  tiring, 

Longs  for  the  Canaan  of  his  rest. 
Tho  dove  has  here  no  rest  in  sight. 
And  to  the  ark  she  wings  her  flight. 

Death  is  a  friendlier  face  to  see; 
To  life's  decay  one  bids  defying— 

From  life's  distress  one  then  ia  free. 
The  cross  sublimely  lifts  our  faith 
To  him  who  triumphed  over  death. 

Thou  Crucified  I  The  cross  I  carry— 
The  longer  may  it  dearer  be; 

And.  lest  I  faint  while  here  I  tarry, 
Implant  thou  such  a  heart  in  me. 

That  faith,  hope,  love  may  flourish  there, 

Till  for  my  crosi  the  crown  I  wear. 

Honesty  in  Buying  and  Selling 


To  God,    his  neighbor,  and   himself,  i 
Whom  neither  force  norfawning  can 


re  living  beyond  your  means,  bor- 
2  moti-y  wherever  you  can,  with 
)0d  prospect  of  repaying  it,  in 
words,  preparing  for  an  u-w^u- 
by  which  you  will  pay  ten, 
twenty,  or  fifty  cents  on  a  dollar  to 
our  creditors. 

You  are  not  honest  if  you  have  plao 
i  your  property  out  of  jour  hands  to 
fold  payios  your  debts,  and  arc  living 
i  luxury  while  many  a  poor  man  and 
■oman,  whom  you  owe,  is  toiling  bard 
>  procure    the  bare    necepsaies  of   life. 
You  are   not,  if  you  are    habitually 
practising  frauds  in  your  daily  business, 
either  by  asking  exorbitant  prices,    by 
giving  a   poorer  article    than  you    have 
■lit i act   for,  or  represent   it  to   be,  or 
any  low,  mean  arts,  deceiving  those 
ith  whom  you  deal. 
You  are  not  an   honest    man  if  you 
nnot  fearlessly  look  every  man  in  the 
:e  and  say,  '"I  am  not  wronging  you 
by  word  or  deed;  I  am  in  no  way  tak- 
ing advantage  of  your  weekness,  ignor- 


from  giving   all 


Honest!  Yes,  every  inch  of  him  hi 
est  as  the  day  b  long.  Honest  wt 
in,  honest  without.  He  ia  the  very 
picture  of  honesty .  Hia  whole  cc 
indicates  honesty,  every  thought,  look, 
act,  moving  muscle.  His  honesty 
shines,  beams  forth,  looms  up.  N- 
one  ever  suspects  him  of  dishonesty,  o 
his  defrauding  in  weights  or  measures 
He  gives    his  customers  good  articles 

ed  diwn,    running   over.       This    mai 

is  known  abroad  for  his  honesty.  His 
customers  are  constantly  increasing 
from  the  fact  he  is  honest,  and  dealt 
honestly.  The  truth  is,  it  is  mon 
safe  and  pleasant  for  every  one  to  dea 
with  an  honest  man,  than  to  dea 
with    a  rogue. 

This  honest  man  of  whom  we  are  nov 
speaking,  needs  no  public  advertising 
in  the  dailies  or  weeklies. 

The  expense  of  advertising  is  saved 
his  honesty  is  the  be6t  advertisement 
read  and  known  of  all  men.  Honesty 
or  being  honest — strictly  upright  in  al 
business  tranaactions — is  the  best  and 
cheapest  way  of  advertising.  He 
is  always  the  best  policy,  and  a  truly 
honest  man  in  the  sight  of  God,  ont 
that  provides  things  honest  in  the  sighl 
of  all  men,  is  the  noblest  work  of  God 

Reader,  beloved,  do  you  wish  t< 
prosper  in  things  temporal  and  eternal 
be  happy  here,  happy  for  evert  to  havf 
a  conscience  void  of  offence!  to  lit 
down  and  sleep  sweetly  and  refreshing 
lyt — be  honest,  live  honestly,  dea 
honestly,  provide  things  honest  it 
the  sight  of  all  men.  Tell  the  truth 
the  whole  truth,  and  nothing  but  th« 
truth.  "Buy  the  truth  and  sell  itnot 
also  wisdom,    instruction,    and    under 

"Just  balances,  just  weights,  a  just 
epbah.  and  a  just  bin  shall  ye  have, 
I  am  the  Lord  your  God."  Lev.  xix. 
36. 

'•To  do  justice  and  judgment  is  mon: 
acceptable  to  theLord   than  sacrifice.' 

In  penning  tho  foregoing,  our  eyt 
was  definitely  on  the  beloved  Samuel 
Wilde,  now  in  alory.  Ho  died,  aa  ht 
lived,  in  peace.  "Precious  in  the 
Bight  of  the  Lord  is  the  death  of  hit 
saints."  "The  righteous  are  had  in 
everlasting  rememberanee." 

Friends,  is  it  your  desire  to  die  a* 
this  good  man  died!  Then  live  at 
he  lived.  Be  honeet  in  your  business 
transactions;  deal  justly  with  all  men 
pay  all  dues,  even  the  smallest.  Make 
conscience  of  Btrict  punctuality  in  little 
things.  Promise  not  a  farthing  without 
liquidation  at  the  very  time.  Pay  ofl 
your  little  bills,  little  ones  and  great 
ones.      "Owe    no    man   anything    but 

Are   you   an    honest   man  J     Not  if 


et.  God  lives,  and  souls  perish! 
If  you  will  be  hia  servant,  and    endure 

OSS,  and  obey  his  commandments, 
and  do  his  work,  he  will  lead  you 
through  trials,  toils,  hunger,  cold  and 
nakedness,     it    may    be,  but    he   will 

i  your  labors  with  a  blessing;  and 
preserve  you  blameless  till  be  shall  ap- 

Putaway  whining,  grumbling,  envy- 
ing others  or  complaining  at  your  lot. 
Turn  to  God.  Your  congregations  are 
:is  large  as  you  will  want  to  answer  for 
in  the  day  of  judgment.  Your  one 
talent  is  quite  enough  for  you  till  you 
diy  up  the  old  mouldy  napkin  nnd  get 
it  out  and  use  it;  and  as  for  salary, 
reputation,  and  bodily  comforts,  you  art 
ten  times  as  well  of!  as  your  Masiei 
was — so  now,  what  more  do  you  want1 
What  more  can  you  ask  fort—  The 
Christian. 


■ncealments,    make  : 


stick,  "fake  weights  and  measures. 
'A  false  balance  is  an  abomination  t 
theLord;  but  a  just  weight   is  his  dt 


,'Thou  shalt  not  defraud  thy 


lying, 


"A  rightei 
ut  a  wicked  m 
th  to  shame."     Prov.   xiii.  15. 

Resolve  from  this  hour  forward  tob 
n  honest  man.  Remember  thai  God' 
ye  is  upon  you  in  the  shop, 


.  the 


v,,i.  .1  - 


•  holds  you  accountable  for  every  dee< 
me  in  these  places  of  business 
whether  it  be  good  or  whether  it  b 


>  the  work  of  t 


•Lord."— Ne 


When,   under  Nehemiah,  the   Jews 
undertook    to  rebuild  their  city    wall, 
there     was    hard  work   for   each,  anr 
enough  of  it  for  all.     We  take  it.  that 
even  the    nobles  had    no  apology   for 
withholding    their   necks.      It  wai 
work  for  their   own  Lord,   and,  lh 
fore,    no     notions    of  personal    dignity 
were  in   place  as   an  excuse.      If  they 
were  nobles,  all  the  more  should   they 
lead  on  in  this    noble  work.     We 
sorry    they    should  have  borne    t 
testimony  agitirist   the  genuineness 
their  own  nobility. 

Now    everybody  knows  that   o' 
work  is  hard  on   the    weary  frame, 
you  have  the  more  to  d",  because  no 
body  else,  equally  bound,  does   less,  it 
may  not  only  tire  your  muscles — it  mi 
do  what  is  yet  worse — chafe  vour  apir 
Hence,  in  such  a  case,   you    will  net 
great  watchfulness,  lest  you  fret      P. 
liap»  you  will  need  to  consider,  that  y 
have  only  your  responsibilities  to    be 
primarily — your  first    and    main    duty 
being  to  please  your  Master,  and  si 
right  with  him.      If  your  brethren 


'  this 


nig.     Take  c 


Ksjier-ially,  do  m 
may  be  tll.it  some  whom  you  think 
li.uk  for  indolence,  an-  doing  more  tl 
yourself.     It  is  needless    to  mince 
matter.     You  complain  that  others  do 
not  feel    under   your   exhortations  or 
your  preaching;  the  trouble  is,  you  do 
not  feel    yourself.     You  talk    of   the 
hardness  of  sinners'  heart6 — your   own 
heartis  hard.   You  complain  of  careless- 

carelesa  and  worldly  yourself.  Christ 
is  just  as  near  to  day  as  be  was  twenty 
or  thirty  years  ago.  And  if  be  is  not 
as  near,  and  as  dear,    and  as    precious 


life,  you  are  aimply  backslidden    from 
him. 

Ah,  my  brother,  this  will  never  do! 
Get  near  the  Lord,  bury  your  old  expe- 
rience— it  is  dead,  and  mouldy,  and 
rank.  Go  to  God's  word  for  fresh 
bread.  Burn  up  your  old  sermons. 
Hide  yourself  in  your  closet  and  draw 
near  to  God.  Gat  your  own  heart 
l.r-'kfn  urn!  tln-n  other  li curls  will  break. 


Put 


make-believe  sympathy  ;  your  heavenly 
tones,  apd  all  your  tricks  to  raise  a 
smile  or  draw  a  tear,  and  come  down  to 
the  solid  hard-pan  of  solemn  fact.  Do 
ml  pretend  to  be  what  you  know  you 
ought  to  be,  but  be.  content  to  own  up 
just  what  you  are.  TflH  the  people  that 
you  are  dead  and  buried,  worldly  and 
stupid,  lukewarm,  dumb  and  hlind.    Tell 

all.  that  you  don't  feel  half  no  ashamed 
or  bo  bad  about  it  as  you  ought  to.  Get 
dovrn  to  the  bottom  oi  the  lull  where 
you  belong,  and  ihen  God  can  use  you 
and  exalt  you. 


A  Sufi  Answer Turneth  Away  Wrath. 

One  of  the  Berne  colporteurs  enler 
ed  a  three  storied  bouse,  in  which,  ac 
cording  to  the  custom  of  the  country 
three  different  families  lived.  He  be 
gan  with  the  highest  story  and  sol 
copies  of  the  Scriptures  in  this  and  ii 
the  next.  On  inquiring  about  th 
family  on  the  ground  floor,  he  wa 
warned  not  to  enter;  but  he  did  enter 
He  found  both  the  man  nnd  his  wife 
at  home.  He  offered  hia  Bibles 
offer  was  replied  to  with  abuse; 
positive  order  to  leave  the  hous 
stant.aneousty;  he,  however,  stayed, 
urging  them  to  buy  and  read  God1 
holy  Word.  The  man  then  rose  in 
violent  rage  and  struck  him  a  sevei 
blow  on  the  cheek.  Up  to  this  rat 
meot  the  colperteur  had  stood  quietly 
with  his  knapsack  on  his  back.  He 
now  deliberately  unstrapped  it,  laid 
on  the  table,  and  turned  up  the  sleeve 
of  his  right  arm,  all  the  while  at< 
looking  Ins  opponent  in  the  face.  The 
colporteur  was  a  very  strong  man.  Ad 
dn-i?;iiig  Ids  opponent  he  said: 

'•Look  at  my  hand,  its  furrows  shoi 
that  I  have  worked;  feel  my  musclei 
they  show  that  I  am  fit  forwrrk.  Loo 
me  straight  in  the  face;  do  I, quail  be 
fore  you)  Judge  then  for  yourself  i 
it  is  fear  that  moves  me  to  do  what  I 
am  about  to  do.  In  this  book  my 
MaBter  says,  'When  they  smite  yot 
on  one  cheek,  turn  to  them  the  othe 

cheek,  here  is  the   otherl     Smite!     I 
will  not  return  the  blow." 

The  man  was  thunder-struck.  H 
did  not  smite;  but  lie  bought  the  booh 
which,  under  the  influence  of  God' 
Spirit,  works    marvels  iu    the    hums 


What  One  Day's  Abstinence  Would  Ho. 


the  ef- 
fects of  the  drinking  habitsof  this  coun- 
try which,  while  it  ought  to  arouse  oui 
sympathy,  is  really  one  of  those  facts 
which  assist  to  paralyze  the  efforts  ot 
many  people  working  for  the  promotion 
of  good,  and  that  is.  that  there 
-f  unity  in  the  sufferings  and  ou 
caused  by  drunkenness.  In  that 
ble  outrage  atClerkenwell,  winch  called 
forth  so  much  sympathy  and  indigi 
tion,  there  was  one  feature  which  very 
much  added  to  its  atrocity,  tha' 
■  nil"  ring  fell  w  much  ii|mn  wum- 
children.  That  is  a  great  featui 
the  results  of  drinking  in  this  country 
— that  the  blow  falls  heaviest 
women  aud  children  and  those  who 
are  innocent.  Therefore  while  wt 
feel  indication  and  svmyathv  for  thosi 
special  evils.do  not  let  us  neglect  thi 
daily  and  hourly  sorrow  arouud  us 
Hard  times  no  doubt  we  shall  have 
and  yet  in  the  demands  made  for  funds 
to  assist  the  distressed  there  often  oc- 
curs to  me  a  ready  way  of  meeting  it. 
If  the  people  of  this  country  would 
stop  their  drinking,  and  pay  the  price 
of  it  into  the  treasury  of  th 
lent  associations,  there  would  be  *200,- 
000  as  the  result  of  one  day's  absti 
nencel  H  seems  strange  to  speak  of 
the  amount  of  suffering  and  the  difficul- 
ty of  r-lieving  it  when  the  people  of 
this  country  spend  upon  this  one  article 

ago  I  was  at   a   meeting  callsd  to 
Hindu  to   relieve    tin-  distress,  and 
especially  to  provide  means  of  education 
for  the  freedmen  of  America.     There 
was  a  very  generally  expressed    feeling 
that  as  we    have  so  much    suffering 
London  we  could   not    be  expected 
send   anything   across    the    water, 
made   the  remark   that  our  a«socbili 
ifter  three  years,  had  succeeded  in  i 
lecling  ilOO.000    to   send  to   the  relief 
of  those   four   millions  of   freedmen  in 
I  believe    they   have  an  ex- 
upon  Christian  England;  and 
yet  I  say  in  one  day  it  spends  ('200, 000 
ing    liquors!     If  we   could 
this  drink   fur  one  day   we 
l\  00,000  for  the  distressed 
freedmen,  and  another  /100.000   to  re- 
lieve the   distressed  at   home,    and  no 


•e  should  have!— Extract  from  a 
speech  by  Mr.  John  Taylor,  of  Token- 
Yardy  at  Exeter  BalL 


Sabbath  Evening. 


nates    the  boys  that  pass   before  him 

pretty  nearly  their  own  worth.      Ev 

y  man  with  sons  of  his  own  takes  an 

Lerest  in  other  men's  Bons.     There  is 

nothing    like   obliging    ways   to    make 

friends   of  people. and  to  lead  them  to 

speak  well  of  you.   That  will  be  a  step- 


rilk 


•suits  I 


rable  and  far-reaching.  The  neces- 
sary brevity  of  such  au  article  as  this 
will  not  allow  anything   like  n  full  dis- 

tions  are  clearly  and  firmly  in  the  direc- 
tion   juBt    indicated.     The    family,  it 

tution.     It  is  one  of  Gjd's  established 

media  through  which  sacred  tuition  is 
to  be  imparted,  endorsed  by  example, 
and  sanctified  by  sacred  prayer,  and 
thus  the  church  perpetuated.  For  this 
organization,  in  Us  bearing  upon  re- 
ligious culture,  there  can  be  no  substi- 
tute. A  sensational  crowd  may  look 
upon  it  as  an  old  and  effete  system, 
which  the  superior  wisdom  of  the  age 
by  its  wise  inventions  has  superseded. 
But  it  is  not  so,  and  Booneror  later,  we 
predict  with  trembling,  it  will  be  seen 
that  those  only  are  wise  who  adhere  to 
God's  plan  for  accomplishing  his  gra- 
cious  purposes.     The  parent  and  the 

todiaus  of  children.  Any  arrangement 
of  church  services  which  hinders  either 
uf  these  pirties  from  doing  their   duty, 

ent,  and  however  full  of  promise  it  may 
appear,  must  prove  a  disastrous  failure. 
If  we  want  a  generation  that  will  go  to 
church  from  a  sense  of  duty,  and  not 
merely  to  see  and  be  seen,  to  while 
away  a  tedious  hour,  or  to  gratify  a 
morbid  taste,  let  the  Sabbath  be  so  di- 
vided that  the  parent  and  the  pastor 
shall  both  have  an  opportunity  of  teach 
ing  the  young  that  religion  is  not  a 
thing  of  vague  speculation  and  idle 
entertainment,  but  an  interest  ''high  as 
the  heaven,  deeper  than  hell,  longer 
than  the  earth,  and  broader  than  the 
sea,"— Presbyterian  Weekly. 


Childrens'   Corner. 


W 'lint  The  Hen  Say  Of  You. 

''Charley  Leslie."  called  out  a  farm- 
er to  a  boy  who  was  passing,  "we  are 
short  of  hands  to-day.  Couldn't  you 
give  us  a  turn  at  these  pears?  They 
must  be  off  to  market  by  to-morrow 
morning.  If  you  will  help  me  this  after- 
noon, I'll  pay  you  well." 

"Not  I,"  said  Charley,  "I  am  off  on 
a  fishing  excursion.  Can't  leave  my 
business  to  attend  to  other  people's;" 
and,  with  a  laugh,  he  walked  on. 

"That's  just  what  hoys  ars  good  for. 
uow-a-days,"  growled  the  farmer- 
"These  pears  might  rot  on  the  trees 
for  all  the  help  I  could  get   from  them. 

boys  both,  were  obliging  to  each  other, 
and  would  turn  in  and  help  in  a  pinch. 
and  take  no  pay  but  'Thank  ye.'  Lads 
now-a  days  are  above  work,  if  they 
haven't  a  whole  jacket  to  their  backs." 
"Could  1  help  you,  Mr.  Watson!' 
said  a  pleasant  voice  just  then,  as  Fred 
Tracy  appeared  around  the  clump  of 
lilac  bushes  which  bad  hid  him  from  view 
He  had  heard  the  conversation  wit! 
Charley,  and  au  he  was  an  obliging  buy 


the 


waste  for  want  of  hands  to  gather  it. 
"I  have  nothing  in  particular  to  do 
this  afternoon,  and  would  as  leave  work 

"Might  know  ii  was  you,  Fred,"  said 
the  farmer,  well  pleased.  "I  don'tbe- 
lieve  there's  another  buy  about  would 
offer  his  services." 

The  matter  was  soon  arranged,  and 
Fred  pulled  off  his  jacket  and  went  to 
work  with  a  will,  picking  and  assorting 
the  fruit  very  carefully,  to  the  great 
admiration  of  Watson. 

'  'If  that  boy  had  to  work  for  a  living, 
I  would  engage  him  quick  enough,"  he 
thought.  '  'But  he'll  make  his  way  in 
any  business.  One  so  obliging  wilj 
make  a  host  of  friends,  who  will  alwaya 
be    willing   to   lend    a  helping  hand.' 

Fred  would  titke  no  pay  Irom  the  far- 
hard  to  pay  off  a  mortgage.  But  he  did 
accept  a  basket  of  peara  (or  h;B  mothi 


)  very  ( 


the   farmer    initiated  so  warmly  on  his 
taking  them. 

Ever  after  that  Fred  was  sure  of  a 
good  friend  in  farmer  Watson,  and  one 
who  was  always  ready  to  speak  a  good 
word  for  him  whenever  hie  name  was 
mentioned.  Oh  I  if  boys  knew  what 
golden  capital  this  "good  name"  was. 
they  would  work  hard  to  get  it.  Well 
did  the  wisest  man  say,  it  "Is  rather  to 
be  chosen  than  great  riches."  It  has 
helped  many  a  man  to  acquire  great 
riches.  It  is  of  great  importance  to  a 
boy  what  the  men  of  his  place  say  of 
him.  Never  fancy  they  don't  know  you, 
that  they  have  no  interest  in  what  you 


-A\v/,„„,„ 


Freemasonry  Forty  Years  ftp 


From   n  Sperch  of  Mr.  Ward   In   the 


U.S., 


mi 


portant  to  be  known,  that  the  spirit  of 
Anti-masonry  existed  many  years  ago 
in  this  country;  and  yet  most  of  us  were 

the  Anti-masonry  exhibited  at  this  day  ? 
Does  the  same  fate  await  our  efforts, 
which    haa   befallen    the    efforts  of  our 

predecessors!  This  is  an  important 
question  involving  the  interests  of  tho 

Among  those  who  distinguished 
themselves  of  old  in  opposing  Free- 
masonry, were  Masons  of  high  stand- 
ing. The  first  and  principal  among 
them  was  Prof.  Robinson,  one  who  in 
early  life  distinguished  himself  in  the 
British  navy.  He  accompanied  Gener- 
al Wolfe  to  this  country,  was  at  the 
conquest  of  Quebec,  dwelt  in  Russia,  in 
the  service  of  the  Russian  government, 
was  recalled  after  three  years  from  Rus- 
sia to  be  made  professor  in  the  Univer- 
sity at  Edinburgh.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  lights  of  Anti-masonry,  his  charac- 
ter and  integrity  were  of  the  highest 
order.  He  was  afterward  elected  a 
member  of  the  American  philosophical 
society,  of  which  Mr.  Jefferson  was 
president.  He  was  also  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Imperial  Society  at  Peters- 
burgh,  of  which  there  can  be  but  six 
foreign  members  on  earth. 

Such  a  man  as  this,  in  love,  candor 
and  truth  came  forward  and  testifiei 
boldly  and  frankly,  giving  his  declara 
lion  under  his  own  name,  showing  thi 
dangers  of  Freemasonry,  especially  thi 
highest  degree.  He  was  accompanied 
by  Barreul.  While  one,  a  Frenchr 
was  writing  in  one  part  of  the  world, 
other   a   Scotchman,    closeted  \u  L 


e  othei 


writing  upon  the  same  subject.     They 

sorting  to  the  same  documents.  These 
men  in  all  the  efforts  made  at  that  time, 
were  put  in  the  front  of  the  battle. 
They  were  distinguished  men,  especial- 


ly Dr. 


Thai 


tofc 


acter  and  previous  fame  brought  around 
them  men  of  standing  and  of  character; 

many  of  their  inferiors  immortalized, 
the  names  of  these  distinguished  indi- 
viduals have  been  entirely  overwhelm- 
ed, and  their  reputation  grossly  injured. 
1  can  speak  for  one  and  a  great  many  : 
the  names  of  Barreul  and  Robinson 
were  only  known  to  me,  until  three 
years  past,  as  names  of  reproach. 
Had  I  bean  thrown  in  their  way,  I 
should  have  shuddered  at  their  approach, 
so    effectually    had  the  many -mouthed 


rchai 


tis  now;  it  came  forth  with  mildness, 
with  patriotism,  and  with  document*  tt 
iU8l«in  it;  but  Freemasonry  was  toi 
ilrong  for  it. 

Now  let  us  look  around  and  see  wha 
s  better  in  the  prospect 


give 


rage 


thoi 


lar  fat 


fpnn  the  fraternity,  and  to  ft  (ford 
the  power  of  escaping  the  fate  of 
great  men.  One  of  the  first  it 
and  one   of  the    great  things 

which  we  are  able  to  produce  by  In- 
action of  our  political  institutions.  Nov 
we  can  array  men,  by  the  simple  organi 
zation  which  thecourse  of  politics  take; 
in  this  country,  in  a  manner  which  n< 
human,  no  other  moral  effort,  is  cap 
able  of.     It  is  in  this  course,  that  Anti 

reasonable  hope  to  escape  the  fate  o 
their  predecessors,  and  in  this  courai 
alone.  I  know  of  no  other  by  whicl 
they  can  expect  to  conquer  the  spirit 
of  Freemasonry. 

The  spirit  of   Anti-masonry  hi 


eof  I 


andc 


It  will  be  found  so  in  the  writings  of 
Robinson  and  Barreul,  The  workB  o' 
these  men,  instead  of  being  of  an  evil- 
minded,  caluminatins.  prevaricating 
character,  will  be  found  among  the 
most  correct,  explicit  and  documentary 
productions  ever  written.  It  is  especi- 
ally so  with  that  of  Barreul.  Their  ef- 
forts were  not  directed  against  Free- 
masons,   but   against 


The 


tof  . 


masons — it  cares  for  things.  It  tak 
care  for  the  system  of  Freemasonry, 
put  it  away,  and  to  defend  the  eommu 
ity  against  this  dangerous  and  aeci 
enemy. 


The 


the  bailie  thirty  or  forty  years  ago,  is 
idepled  against  Anli-ra-isonsof  the  pre- 
sent day.  We  are  charged  with  being 
n  pursuit  of  men;  with.proscribing  men; 
ind  aiming  our  shafts  at  men.  But  far 
->e  it  from  us;  this  is  not  our  spirit;  it 
s  not  the  spirit  of  Anti-masonry,  f 
;an  speak  with  confidence;  for  if  the 
Baying  be  true,  "  Once  a  Mason,  tdwmjs 
Mason"  aud  I  may  be  allowed  to 
speak  freely,  both  for  the  spirit  of  Frte- 
id  of  ^ili-masons.  I  think  1 
may  be  said  in  this  way    to  understand 

It  has  been  charged  upon  men,  stand 
ng  as  I  do,  that  they  have  abandoned 
.he  institution  without  consulting  with 
their  brethren.  If  we  have  gone  heed- 
lessly   against  our  brethren,    we  are  to 


ANTI-MASONIC  BOOKS, 

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the  Anti-masons  have  gone  en 
against  their  brethren  in  the  inei 
Those  who  have  seceded  hav 
their  first  efforts  with  theMasoi 
selves.  We  knew  not  how  to  gi 
up,  we  will  never  give  them 
have  looked  to  them  and  will 
them,  ns  good  men  and  bretbre 


.tnli-llie 


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I  A  Hart,  Wheatnn,  111. 


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Tin-  lilx-rly  of  tlif  individual  wDlion 


into  the  ''Kappa,  Alpha"  Society  of 
Cornell  University.  The  following 
verdict  was  rendered  by  the    Coroner'! 


in  Ins  death  on  the  night  of  Oct. 
1873,  betwteu  the  hours  of  9  and 
o'clock,  by  accidentally    falling   from  i 


fieB:  1  was  in  the  field  be- 
'enceand  the  tree;  then  I  saw 
Waaon  slip  and  disappear,  Leggelt  dis- 
appearing an  Instant  afterward;  there 
hardly  four  feel  between  ihem 
when  they  Ceil;  I  was  entirely  ignorant 
a   precipice 


The 


sideofSix  Mile  Creek, 


phjii 


who  attended  the  injured 
fesaor  in  the  University,  who  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Society,  and  seven  students, 
alao  members  ol  the  Society. 

The  evidence  shows  that  Leggett 
and  another  student  were  to  join  the 
"Kappa  Alpha"  Society  ou  the  night  of 
the  accident.  Before  the  formal  initia- 
tion the  candidate  was,  according  to 
custom,  to  be  led  blindfolded  to  some 
lonely  spot,  in  this  instance  nearly  a 
mile  Irom  the  village,  in  the  dry  bed 
of  Six  Mile  Creek,  which  could  here  be 
reached  by  a  Fecure  path.  The  blind 
was  to  be  then  and  there  removed, and 
the  candidate  to  renew  his  pledge  of 
desire  to  j.jin  the  Society ;  he  was  then 
again  to  be  blindfolded  and  led  bark  to 

monies,  described  as  very  impressive 
and  enjoyable,  would  take  place.  All 
agree  that    none    of    the    preliminaries 


mended  or  offered;  and    that    Leggett 
made  no  opposition, 

A  party  of  ''Kippa  Alpha"  studentt 


i  follow 


'clock 
,outh    bond 


yards  beyond  the  last  bouse  in  the  vil 
lage,  and  nearly  opposite  a  pine  tre 
which  elands    upon    the    very  brink  o 

hangs  and  is  about  .15  feel  from  th 
turfy  bedof  the  creek.  The  road  fenc 
is  aboul  50  feet  from  the  edge  of  tb 
cliff,  and    the  intervening    ground    be 

or  live,  but  is  pretty  i 

shrubbery.  The  tree 
girth,  has  no  low  brai 
several  Ian."-  roots  ml 
of  them  forming  the  r 
the  fall  ocoured;  then 


and  clei 


i  that  a 


fore 


bat  t 


the  locality,  ihe  tops  of  trees  in  tba 
creek  bed  might  appear  as  such.  While 
awaiting  the  arrival  of  others.  North- 
rup  buckled  a  black  cloth  over  LtggeU's 
eyes;  Leggett  was  then  helped  over 
the  fence  (about  four  feet  high),  end 
left  in  charge  of  Waaon  end  Lee,  ncitli- 


rof  n 


hade 


The  ground  over  which  Leggett  wai 
to  walk  had  previously  been  examinee 
by  Flint;  hut  no  one  else  knew  the  na 
ture  of  the  bank,     excepting    perhapi 

Northup,  a  Senior  and  a  resident  o 
Ithaca,  who,  however,  did  not  appear 
to  be  familiar  with  it. 

It  is  important  to  note  that  all  of  th. 
ravines  in  Ithaca  have,  as  a  rule,  steep 
banks,  varying  from  10  to  100  ft 
high;  and  that  to  great  care  baa  be 
exercised  in  approaching  Ihem  that, 
although  tbe  University  lies  betweei 
two  of  them,  but  n  single  accident  has 


and  we  walked  do1 
had  some  converaa 
boys;  Leggett  was 


l  toa 


vith  < 


large 


3  Of    I 


t  leaning  againi 
tree  at  that  time;  don't  think  1  ha 
i  of  him  before;  I  then  stood  hit 
nsl  th"  tree,  or  rather  he  leaned 
uistit;  1  bad  charge  of  him  be 
as  better  acquainted  with  him 
other  born,  lie   was  leaning  aL'ao'Ki 


that  c 


,bout  three  or  foi 
body  inclining  to   one 
"  et  were  slipping 


cbing  distance;    in 
side  as  though 


ground,  not  down  tbe  precipice;  I  raov- 
forward  to  steady  him,  and  in  so 
ng  stepped  on  what  1  thought    was 

^;  i  i  caused  me    to  slip,  and    I    fell 
rthe  brink;  did  not  succeed  in  doing 


let  the 

He.     Whei 

tain    interested    persons,   all  of  th. 

members  of  this  or  of  other  secret 
atiea,  objected  to  an    inquest,    urged 
at  it  inquire  merely  as  to  the   din 
use  of  death,  and  adviaed  the   avo 
ice  of  all  questiona  tending    to    show 
e  nature  of  the  performances,  actual 
intended.     And  anally,  as  the   eri 

old  not  have  been   more    reluctant  t< 

ve  information  if  they  had  been  unde 
charge  of  murder:  especially    was   tbii 
liceable  in  regard  to  the  blindfolding 
of  Leggett. 

iultof  this  unfortunate  policy 
the  jury   became  auspicious   (  that  is 
thereof  who   were   no 


pinmn. 


the  press  echoed  tb> 

porta  concerning  the  '*killing"of   Leg- 

i  spite  of  this,  the  re  ei 

ie  brat  witness,  fire  day 

petition  of  questions 


li  v  surprioetl 
imagined   th.  _ 


them  disappear, 
have  slipped 
precipice 
ick  me;  my  natural  impulse 
lp  them,  and  acting  upon  it, 
irnn-d  diagonally    off  the  cliff. 


e  light  n 


rillr. 


stingiml'ublf  wordu  being.  ''Ob, don't" 
id  "Take  it  off,"  of  which  variouB  in- 
rpretations,  or  perhaps  none  at  all, 
ay  be  given. 

The  verdict  appears  to  be  satisfactory 

■  the  family    of  the   deceased   and     to 

tbe  members  of  his  Irat-rruty  \lV-rhaps 

ought  to  be    to  all   others.     I   have 


Jtnee.  logitlier  with  ihe  method  of 
elucidation.  1  know  nothing  ol  letial 
rnmiri.iln.ns,  but  tbe  verdicl  of  a 
aner'a  jury  is  presumably  intelligible 
i.he  common  mind.  Leg^eH  vu|uu- 
ly  put  himself  in  charge  of  these 
young  men.  From  the  moment  of  his 
olding  he   was  as  helpless  and   ir- 

nore  ao  than  is  a  passenger  who 


dlltj    of  tllL 

[■rote.-!  liiu 
The  only  ci 


chai 


a  upon  its  very  brink,  even 
il  risk  of  their  own  safety, 
e   juslifible  as    if  they    had 


)ly  doubtful  in  their  nature.  With 
;  candor  and  impartiality  at  my 
and,  I  have  supposed  my    dog  in 


light  hereafter  meet  hia  death    under 

he  verdict  ae  insufficient  1  hold  that 
lame  altaohes  to  all  in  greater  or  less 
egree,  and  that  this  blame  should  be 
idicated  in  the  verdict,  not  in  anyway 
a  punishment  to  the  present  parties  to 

ing  to  others  hereafter  eo  engaged. 


.,-,J,: 


.ngerous   ceremoniei 
d   aa   this  is  proved, 


individual  only.  But  there  is  anotl 
feature  of  tbe  case  whieh  is  inipart  ; 
parent  in  the  evidence,  but  moat  ol 
ous  to  a  spectator  of  tbe  inquest;  a 
this  is  perfectly  characteristic  of  sec 
society    proceedings.       The    witnee 


i shed  t 


all  the 


..'!i...l  - 


argument  that,  "if  you  are  not  a  n 
her,  you  know  nothing  about  th. 
Must  we  assiat  at  an  autodafe.in  order 
to  qualify  for  expressing  an  oj 
upon  the  horrora  of  the  Inquisitic 

An  institution  is  lo  he  judged  in  part 
from  ita  theory,  and  in  part  from  it 
practice;  and,  while  the  latter  ia  th 
is  the  easier  way,  it  is  not  always  th' 
most  trustworthy;  for  the  nature  o 
practice  depends  largely  upon  epecia 
conditions    of  individuals;  and    a    fins 


ances,  and   they  were   the   . 

:s  ofinformation.  The  fast-spr 
imors  arising  from  the  haste 
y  of  the  arrangements  for  aent 
e  body,    would  naturally,    a. 

th  be  known  aa  soon  aa  p< 


aofsf 


,  the  lal 


iriefa 


i  little 


aible; 


who,    being  only    Freab 
itly  :nfected  by    the  cacoethes 
cetandi,  told  in  ten  minutes,   at 
for  their  weakness  could  have    t 
ive,  what   Sophomores,   and   Ji 
nd    Seniors,    not  to   mention    i 
iad  been  striving  to  conceal  for  nearly 
week.     And  to  this   delay,    and  m 
the  inquest  itself  or  I 


evoked, 

mi  sap  pre  h.-m 


loquy  which  has    fallen  upon    all   ou 
es,  and  indirectly  upon  the  insti 
to  which  they  belong. 
a  citizen  of  Ithaca  and  a  membe 

of  Cornell  University,  I  claim  the  righ 


ep  sympathy    for  Lee 
e    and    straightforwardc 


i  the 


Leaving,  now,  this  particular  occur- 
ence, I  beg  leavejto  offer  some  general 
onaiderations  upon  secret  societies, 
he  presentation  of  which  has  been 
lelayed  for  an  occasion  when  the  sub- 
ecl  ia  already  under  discussion.  And 
can  think  of  no  better  medium  than 
he  ever  impartial  Tribune,  which  is 
Iwaya  open  to  both  aides.  Before  do- 
ng  eo,  I  ought  to  say  I  am  not  con- 
cious  of  pergonal  hostility  to  secret 
raternitiee.  During  my  student  con- 
lection  with  the__saientific  and  medical 
choola  of  Harvard  University  I  lived 
,t  home,  and  knew  nothing  of  them 
icept  through  h  fellow-student,  whose 
ntimate  friend  was  a  member  of  one. 
The  impression  received  was  nol  fevor- 
,ble.  but  when,  six  years  later,  I  be- 
ame  connected  with  the  Cornell  Uni- 
eraity,  I  think  that  no   strong    preju- 

nembura  of  secret  societies,  while  never 
very  intimate,  baa  not  been  injuriously 
affected.by  the  mere  fact  of  their  mem- 
bership, nor    have    I  ever    knowingly 


llljU. 


their  hands.      I  c 


e  of  a  fair  and   impartial 


schools;  at  any  rate,  I  never  joined  one, 
nd  have,  therefore,  uo  direct  informs- 
ion  respecting  their  purposes  or  their 
perationa.     Nevertheless,  I  decline  to 


-olleetiun 


lions,  secret  organize 
ed  for  self-protection 
that  all  such  hidden 
persist  after  the  ooct 
them  into  being  is  p 


nents    of  hai 
and  to  their  i 


mfideni 


The  married 
iegree    which 


of  the  parent,  lends 


endei 


.   pen 


ably 


Yet  this  is  what  may  be,  and  to. 
exacted  from  every  membe 
secret  organization,  whether  m  o. 
of  college,  as  the  terribly  dear  price 
1,    political,  or   theological 


of  the 

fera.  I  purposely  enuu 
three,  for  there  are  cliques  in  society, 
cabals  in  politics,  and  sects  in  religion, 
and  it  would  be  very  easy  to  ahow  that 
in  these  departments  do  aecret  organi 
gallons  find  moat  congenial  soil.  Science, 
thank  He  tven,  is  generally  incompati- 
ble with  petty  concealment;  Ood'a  truth 
is  free  lo    all,  and   the   naturalist,    at 

ning  grips 
d  pass- words, and  the  non< significance 
Greek  initials. 

The  most  powerful  and  the  mos 
BchifvniiB  of  all  secret  org.viizuions 
the  ablest  and  most  unicrupuloue  op 
of  religious  freedom  and  of  sci 
irogreas,  is  that  of  the  "Jesuits ;' 


i.i^h-r  Animals  respect  ;u 

is,   and  whioh   only  th. 
ed  o!  human  b.in^>  see! 

i  the  nature  of   blood-re 

for  the  family  ia   in  certain 

like  the  married  pair.  So,  toe 
isolations  of  church,  of  politic! 
tual  aims  and  tastes  of  all  kindi 
t  varying  degrees  natural  an 
ess;  but  only  in  so  far  aa  they  d 
inflict  with  the  fellowship  of  ma 
h  the   recognition  of  the    bight 


w.     "Abo* 

Not  that  at 

upon  the  s 

forbids,  and  r 


;..i.Kli'-a   \ 
worth  in  all  a 


all 


en  form  lull 


and  the  terms  of 
»nl,  •nnouM.d. 

justified  in  forming  an 

n  for  a  few  month 

Jly  binds  him  to  b 
them  only  and   forever, 


r  slightly,  to    uphold   . 
sofrightand  wrc 


supposed    social 
■alher  than  upon 


Icirel     No  assertion  ie  here    made,  but 

the  question  is  a   fair  one.     And  does 

aalize  that  in  a  few    year*   he  will 

man,  a  member  of  society,    and  a 

en  of  the   state,  placed,    perhaps, 

posit  on  requiring  tibiolute  freedom 

of  thought  and  act!  that  be  may  be  a 

husband  and   father,    the  center    of   a 

rclr  and   the  repository    of  all 

ta  which    his   family    relation 

involves  ?     Can  he  fairly  and  honorably 

p  up    an  intimate     relation    with  a 

arge  body  of  individuals  whoie'corpor- 

,te  proceedings  are  kept  from    his  wifs 

nd  children,  for  no  reason   which  one 

an   comprehend,   or   which  he   could 

xplain,  even  if  he  would  I    A  nd  ought 


be    well  enough 


ot  hie,  and  when 
nents  which  may 
themselves,  but 


tthe 


■  thai 


render  aid,  pecuniary  or  oth- 
ier  all  circumstances.  It  is 
■  see  why  the  same  kindly 
annot  be  maintained  without 
y ;  and  it  ia  a  slur  upon  both 
e  and  human  nature  to  hold 
oor  of  charity  can  be  opened 
of  the  handle, 

or  are  all  such 


ipeot 


which  in  point  of   fa. 

"outside  barbarians." 

givers  of  aid  immaculate;  a   near  re  Is 

live,  who  had  been  a  Mason  from  earl 

youth,  and   had  travoled    extensive! 


alls 


of  1 


untry,  one 
m  gave  hir 


told  me  that  whene1 

the  Masonic  grip,  hi 

ty;  and  I  know  members  of  this  and  of 

other  aecret  organizations  with  whom  I 

would  not    trust  the  integrity  of  my 

just  as  black  outside  the  pale;  t 
question  is  raised  or  need  to  be 
I  urge  is,  that  he  who  joins 
fraternity  of  any  kind  wbalaoev 
the  risk  of  "warming  a  viper, 
being  ''taken  in"  by  a  rogue, 
only  claim  upon  his   acquainla 

mon  and  which  any  one  can   fi 
who  takes  sufficient   pains.      In 
for  the  slender  chance  of   benefit    from 
fellowa  of  the  order   under   conditio 
little  likely  to  arise,    we  are   asked 


moral  shadow  and  obliquity, 
being  the  case  in  general,  is  it  st 
that  when,  for  no  good  reason 
they  themselves  have  ever  pretended 
to  assign,  young  men  bind  themselvei 
to  hide  all  their  proceedings  from  tin 
world,  they  are  irresistibly  impelle. 
to  justify  thie  mystery  by  actions  mon 
or  leBS  deserving  of  the  concealmen 
which  they  practice!  Herein  lies  a 
least  one  of  the  occasions  of  immorality 
—the  steps  being 
1,  and,  perhaps, 
earnest  ettort  at  mutual  improvement, 
through  harmless  mischief,  malice, 
plotting,  slander,  aetual  violence  t< 
others,  dissipation,  and  debnueherj 
among  themselves.  Not  that  in  all  ca- 
ses these  deptliB  are  reached,  but  that 
they  do  in  some  is  easily  proved,  anrl 
that  they  may  in  all  ia  aa  easily  demon- 
strated from  the  conditions  involved. 


pretending   I 


thai 


ordinary  acquaintance  with  th 

arrange 

menu  in  the  other  wrld,  1  a 

to  haxard  my  position  therein 

upon  the 

truth  of  the  propoaition  that 

ctettea  are  unknown  in  heaven 

tbey   form  a  prominont  and 

essentia 

feature  of  life  in    the    other 

locality 

Light  versus  darkness;  openn 

ts  vercu 

mystery;  mutual  confidence  v 

rsusaua 

picion   and  distrust.     Young 

men  are 

specified,   and  not   people  in 

general. 

'.::li  ill. hi- 


;  the    least  of  • 
wrongs  that  t 
luded  themf 
Whether  upo 

inn*  Ujimtum  j'm  iwnjiii ficn"  or  from 
■  assumption  of  woman's  inability  to 
sp  a  secret,  it  is  hardly  worth  while 
nquire;  the  fact  remains  that  secret 


Two 


ad  results  are  liable  to  follow.  (1.)  As 
liove  remarked,  the  exclusion  is  a.  bar 
D  the  confidence  which  should  be  ub- 
olnte  between  husband  and  wife,    and 


ien.1  <Kiwnwa.rU.      Ileing  a 

ption  can  hardly  be  found. 

tne  medical  school,  the 
houl,  the  dormitory,  all  bear 
o  the  fact  that  when  for  any 
i  are  phiced  in  social  relation i 
ch  women  Hre  excluded  demor 
ensues — slowly,  perhaps,  but 
nd   that  the  college  soci 


cieties;  lobe  conclusive  we  should  know 
what  equally  eminent  men  have  not 
been  so  connected;  and  it  is  probable 
that,  at  the  most,  it  might  bo  ahown 
that  membership  was  not  incompatible 
with  future  advancement,  and  that  thia 
was  made  in  spite  of  tho  association, 
rather  than  through   its  aid.      1 1  ought 

nd  good 


who  u 


i  theri 


verse,  in  and  out  of  the  organisations. 
It  might  be  difficult  to  obtain  evidence 
upon  this  point,  bul  every  college  offi- 
cer may  ascertain  from  tho  facul- 
ty records,  if  not  from  hia  general 
recollections,  that  of  those  whoso  con- 
ductor method  of  study  call  for  inter- 
ference, a  large  majority  ai"  secret  so- 
ciety men.  What  1  have  seen  and  beard 
during  five  yeara  warrants  me  in  nffirm- 
tng  that  nine-tenths  of  the  mischief  and 
immomllty  of  the  earlier  years  of  the 
Cornell  University  wa^  directly  due  to 
the  presence  and  influence  of  secret  so- 
ciety men  who  came  here  from  other 
id  purpose  of 
engrafting  branches  of  their  parent 
trees  upon  our  young  and  otherwise 
perfectly  henlihy  organization.  And 
further,  speaking  not  as  Professor,  but 
of  the  Univer- 
sity, I  feel  no  hesitation  in  adding  that 
the  larger  proportion  of  all  tho  diatur- 
hich  have  in  any  way  affected 
the  comfort  of  students,  of  faculty,  and 
eena,  have  Wen  either  originated 
ried  oul — or  both — by  means  of 
organizations. 

i  correctness  of  the  following  stftte- 
may  ea-ily  bo  ascertained  from 
those  who  wore  here  at  the  time  the 
18869  occurred.  A  young  student  waB 
nduced  to  join  a  aecret  fraternity;  nat- 
irally  boyish  and  ineonai derate,  he 
ipeedily  fell  boliind  in  his  studies:  he 
mrctmsed  an  expensive  badge:  be  felt 
bound  to  contribute  bin  share  to  the 
frequent  festivities  which  rendered  Gaa- 
■  these  and 
other  society  objects  expended  the  funds 
ir  tuition  and  board:  hia  dif- 
ficulties became  at  last  too  gfeat  for  fur- 
ilment  from  hia  father,  and 
he  left  the  institution  under  not  very 
le  circumstances.  Another 
in  most  respects  the  opposite 
d — young,   it 


»PU( 


..let  Dr.   Crc 


link  « 


i  fully 


cially,    and  more    o 

als   and  in    business 


i  and 


hatever  may   have   bt 

ase  in  past-years,  it  is  certain  tl 

tbe  annual  expenditure  of  an  "o 

leinber"  for  society  purposes,  whi 

he  justifies  to  his  family  on  the  ground 

looked-for   aid  in  misfortune,  i 

r  them  by  life  insurance,   and 

re   himself  while   traveling.       Deny 
this  who  can.     But  one   other   a. 


'Thirty  years  n^.. 
I  waea  member  of  a  college  secret  e 
ciety,  and,  while  I  had  upright  fella 
members,  I  found  the  a;eoci  >tion  " 
chiefly  a  temptation  to  vice.  The  pro: 
be  of  necrecy  prevented  all  disclosii 
to  parents,  and  the  aeclua'ton  was  th 
perfect,  We  met  in  a  back  room  ot 
hotel ;  liquor  was  brought  from  the  b: 

such  styles  of  association,  tbe  convert 
tion  gravitate. 1  to  the  obscene  and  at 
aual.  ...  I  do  not  charge  all 
any  of  our  college  secret  societies    wi 


tunu,a.ll;n 
independent — w 


induced 


lety  whi 


enjoye. 


high  reputation  forscholarslnp,  conduct 
and  social  position.  Some  of  hia  form- 
er friends  perceived  a  change,  but  re- 
spected him  too  much  lo  complain, 
Suddenly  he  severed  has  connection. 
No  reason  was  ever  mide  public:  bnt 
it  ia  generally  understood  ihal  a  mem- 
ber committed  an  offense  against  jus- 


•ndem 


Findii 


But.etill  they  all  c 
portunity    for   sine    ir 
would  not   allow  thei 


vain,  the  new  member  dared  do  that 
which  few  have  ever  done,  and  freed 
himself  from  an  association  in  which 
he  found  the  sense  of  right  and  wrong 
overpowered  by  an  oath  of  mulual  tup- 


p»rt 


Whal 


:en  the 


i  thato 


Urc 


ied  for 


ing  thai 


i  the 


it  in  war  life  or  liberty  may   be    pre- 

ved  through  the  recognition    of  the 

icret    bond."     Now    I  am    satisfied 

that  the  artificial  animosities  and  unjust 

ions    resulting  from  secret  a 


direct  betrayal  of  ihe  party  or  nation 
ith  which  the  benefactor  ia  acting. 
Both  reason  and  experience   indicate 


.ch,! 


than  those   i 

icribed,  I  know  others  for  whic 

picture  is  not  overdrawn.   And  1  would 

*k  tho  members  whether  the  language 

habitually    employed    or  the   subject 

ussed  at  their  meetings,  when  thes 

merely  social,  are  as  pure    as  the1 

ild  he  in  the  presence  of  their  moth 

andsistersl     Any  admitted    differ 

e  for  tbe  worse  is  to  be  ascribed,  ii 

,  at  least,     to  the  secrecy  of   thei 

mgements.      Admitting  that  the  08 

lensiMe  objficu  of  secret  societies    nr< 

ent,  elevating,  and  benevolent,  wt 

fairly  ask    whether  all    of  th-st 


t  brillia 


etudei 


cellent  young  men,  who  was,  in  fact, 
jo  good  to  live,  found  the  secret  bonds 
Tone  of  the  best  societies  too  galling 
ir  endurance.  That  he  retained  the 
:apect  and  good  will  of  hia    late    asso- 


of  tbe 


iDdusi' 

left  thei 


upoi 


1871, 


No. 


without  good  cause,  a  bad  cau 
pretty  sure  lo  be  devised.  Yet,  strange 
nay  seem,  this  fact  is  ayood  sign; 
here  evil  predominated  in  the 
world,  ^fear,  not  modesty,  would  war- 
the  good  deeds  done  in  secret  ;bu 
ng  aa  virtue  is  the  standard,  idei 
»t,  so  long  sin  bides  its  bead  for 
ie;  -Hhey  love  darkness  better  than 
.    because  theii    deeds  are    . 


,,:  :  i 


Dli8hc( 


without  tbe  eleme 
on  the  other  hand: 
claimed  that  (his  £ 
direct  occasion  of  n 
every  kind  in  .'oil.-.;.-.. 
se  in  another  way:  it  i 
cept  uuder  exlraordic 


nay  aa  fairly  be 
i  mystery  is  the 
of  the  trouble  of 


regatjo 

B)  President    Crosby  slates    very  de- 
cidedly  that    his  adverse    opinions  are 

;e  as  secretary  of  a  college  facul- 

ilher college  president  has  averted 

i  third  denounces  them  as  an 
tigatfld  nuisance."  Former  ac- 
>na   render  it   difficult   for  many 


expr. 


thei 


Hem 


bich 


.goodc 

uspected  to  be  wrong;  and  by  a 
natural  oonsequenoe  darkness,  mystery, 
and  concealment  bteome   synonyms  of  > 


and  mysteri. 

i   perhaps   tri 


rue  that  large  i 
en  inallbranchei 
nested  with  seere 


i  ihat  few  regard 
them  as  wholly  beneficial.  In  conclu- 
lion,  I  charge  secret  organizations  with 
lending  to  encourage  plots  and  ma<htn- 
itions  against  law,  order,  and  society; 
with  fostering  the  loweBl  of  politi- 
cians' ana;  with   exciting  unreasonable 


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Your  energetic  State  Agent  lenda  off; 
hear  him:  •'!  am  going  to  make  an  ef- 
fort to  get  one  thousand  Cynosures 
in  Indiana  by  next  year  this  time, 
(Nov.  4.  1873,)."  J.  T.  Kiggins.  He 
will  be  watcbed.  Will  he  be  aided. 
Who  is  the  first  volunteer  to  second  and 
sustain  him  in  his  endeavors  f 


CHB1ST  CLEASSISG  HIS  TEMPLE. 

Twice  the  Saviour  went  into  the  tern 
pie  and  drove  out  the  merchants  whi 
were  there  working  for  a  living  with  i 
pretense  of  religion.  (See  John  ii . , 
and  Matt.  xii. ;  bIbo  Mark  11th  anc 
Luke  19th.)  At  the  close  of  his  minis 
try  hia  language  and  mien  were  terri 
ble.  His  first  cleansing  is  recorded  bj 
John  as  occurring  after  his  first  populai 
miracle  at  the  wedding.  But  the  sec- 
ond cleansing  occurred  amid  bis  blasting 
the  fig  tree,  and  those  awful  parables  of 
the  vineyard,  and  God's  destruction 
the  husbandman,  the  talents,  and  the 
sentence  of  the  unprofitable  set 
which  fell  upon  men  as  his  curse  < 

and  the  world  to  its  catastrophe. 

If  the  wretches  whom  Christ  drove 
from  the  temple,  have  not  their  paral 
lei  in  H.  W.  Beecher,  and  the  mei 
who  make  and  keep  him  popular  in  the 
church  of  Christ  at  the  present  day, 
we  are  unable  to  discern  moral  identity 


nhu: 


lcba 


e  held  our  anni' 
i.),     Theodoi 


ersary  at  Worcester, 
e  Tilton  stated  to  s 
gentlemnn  who  called  on  him  at  bis 
iriiipnrnry  offi  e  of  Die  Brooklyn  (In km 
(into  which  Mr.  Bowen  put  him  tc 
break  hla  fall  from  the  Independent) 
that  Mr.  Beecher  preached  to  his  own 
mistresses  every  Sabbath  day."  This  he 
affirmed  in  all  coolness  while  speaking 
of  his  leaving  the  Independent,  whicl 
was  public  businms  concerning  tb' 
churches,  and  with    no  request   of  cod 


bile  a 


tor  of  habitual  whoredom. 

When,  at  length,  the  scandal  brok. 
out,  as  the  sorceress Woodhull  affirmed 
because  ot  Beecher's  refusal  to  stand  by 
her  in  the  principles  which  he  bad  pi 
valely  professed;  Mr.  Beecher's  fir 
card  to  the  public,  by  which  he  brol 
years  of  silence  under  accusations 
adultery   by  . 


ulpat 


and 


edge  had  accused  him  of  habitual  forni- 
cation, and  preaching  to  his  mistresses. 
And  a  Brooklyn  rumor  crept  into  tht 
papers  suggesting  thai  Mr,  Beecher 
had  bought  over  Tilton  by  paying  him 
twenty  thousand  dollars  hush-money 
— and    he  earned  about   that  &um  near 


Now,  at  Lei 


the 


was  thought  to  be  capped  has 
out  again.  The  New  York  Trib\ 
Nov.  1st  informs  us  that  Willis 
West  had  preferred  charges  againm 
Tilton  for  slandering  Beecher;  and  the 
committee  brought  in  a  report,  culmin 
atingthus:— 

"Whereas  Theodore  Tilton,  a  mem 
ber  of  this  (Plymouth)  church,  ha; 
abandoned  bis  connection  with  the 
church  by  prolonged  absence,"  etc. 
"Therefore,  Resolved,  that  the  name  oi 
Theodore  Tilton  be  struck  from  th€ 
roll,"  etc. 

This  is  the  way  the  Plymouth  (1) 
church  committee  of  discipline  disposi 
of  charges  of  slander  against  their  pas 
tor  for  habitual  whoredom,  viz:  b; 
striking  from  the  roll  the  n-ime  of  tin 
man  who  accuses  him;  and  whose  wif 
is  alleged  to  have  been  seduced  by  her 
pastor.  Mr.  Beecher. 

In  this   church  meeting  Mr.  Tiltoi 
appeared  and  challenged    Mr.  Beeche 
to   accuse  him;  if    he  (Beecher)    hat 
aught  aK.iust  him  I  as  if  neither  God 
nor  the  church,  nor  human  nature  hi 
aught   to  do  with  the  case;  nobody, 
fact,   but  Mr.    Beecher!     |If  the   fat 
were   ae  Tilton   stated,   vie:  That   M 
Beecher  preached  to  his  mistresses  every 
Sabbath,  Mr.  Beecher  was  in  no  c 


;odos 


Mr.  BeetluT  then  t'juk  tin-  plniforr 
ind,  if  properly  reported,  made 
ipi'cli  seldom  equalled  in    the   anna 


ay  of  his  Plymouth  churc 
"From    the  very    beg* 


ie  just  as  large  as  necessary. 

He  then  goes  on  to  argue  against 
laving  any  discipline  or  inquiring  ioto 
the  conduct  of  members;  advocated  the 
principle  of  silently  dropping  accused 
persons  without  trial  or  investigation  o 
ay  sort;  and  ssys  Ibis  plan  was  adopt- 
1  "through  my  influence:"  and  that 
The  Eiaminiog  Committee  have  gone 


logai 


advised    hi 
from  the  church  and  from 

ich  would  be  painful 
nt."l  I 
Of  Mr.  Tdton  ho  says:    ' 


tly  ivitb.lr- 


of  by  expunging  his  name  froi 
records.  And  -ail  this  in  a  so-called 
church  of  Christ  named  -Plymouth 
after  the  landing  spot  of  men  who  can 
to  thiB  country  that  they  might  escape 
from  a  church  made  and  managed  by 
men  for  their  own  cover  and  co 
lence,  and  to  obey  Christ's  law  coi 
ing  his  church  in  Matt,  xviii.  lfi.  < 
Christ  explicitly  lays  down  the  I 
offenses. 

The  Advance,  of  course,    treati 
matter  as  a  half  serious  joke,    suggest- 
ing that  Congregalionalists  will  hardly 
accept  Mr.    Beecher's  "gelatinous"  d 
nition  of  a  church,  but  the    Presty 
and  Herald  of  Cincinnati. the  Reliqi 
Ttlescope,  and  some   other  prints, 
Blonly  awaking  to  the   fact  that     " 
abomination    that  maketh  desolate" 
'■standinu  in  the  holy  place;"  and   that 
men  are  being  cheated  of  their  salvation 
by    uniting  depravity  and  conscience, 
and  turning   the   fmples   of  God  into 
shelters  of  corruption  and  debauch. 

The  Telescope  particularly,  in  a  late 
editorial,  obji  cs  to  the  infidel  and  free- 
religionist,  Johnson  editing  Mr.  Beech- 
er's '•Christian  Union"  and  notes  the 
fact  that  Mr.  Johnson,  in  his  late  open- 
ing speech,  gave  the  same  Masonic  ba- 
sis to  the  convention  of  Free  Religion- 
ists, which  Mr.  Beecher  gives  to  his 
church;  and  which  he,  (Johnson)  de- 
fined to  be  "as  broad  as  humanity  and 
welcomes  alike  Christians,  infidels,  and 


Mohammedans," 

If  shame  had  uot  long  lost 
a  man,  after  putting  infidels 
with  Christianity,  would  be  ai 
conduct  a  paper  called  "  C 
But  the  object  of  Satan  has  i 
to  use  the  name  of  Christ  to 
own  doctrines  so  that 


le  of  God  at  Jerusalei 
those  modern  scribe 
ve  a  worldly  traffic  in 
all  it  religion;  to  liv 
lust  on  conscience-i 
i  their  vile  conduct  b 


sblui 


Whei 


i  i,i -i, 


to  palpable  and  fi 
people  or  any  po: 
lime  for  the  people  to  undersU 
such  flatterers  have  axes  to  grin 
lime  for  them  to  seek  out  as  ca: 
for  their  confidence  and  their  vol 
ofthat  stamp  of  integrity  and 
which  scorns  such  contemptibl 
tin-  deinagiTjue,      Fools  may  bi 


flattery  of  the 
of  theirs,   it  is 


that  which  1  koo 
-  that  1  may  nav 
e  pulls,  I  subscribe  myself  yuu 


;o  Springfield, 
;ry  blessing  u[ 
includes:— 


When  he  is  addr< 
voters  he  is  a  membe; 
ciety  and  refrainB  Iroi 
beciuse  of  his  ignore 
he  is  addressing  secre 
he  professes   the  sate 

even  their  secrecy  he 
and  be  baptized  in  at 
come  out  full  of  powei 


of  the  lod 
as  of  < 
be   thus 


)  Gov 


disapprove    that    of  whic 

nothing,"  how  can    he  it 

wisely  or  safely  give  such 

yea,     quasi     religious,    ei; 

that  of  which  he  knows  ni 

c  in  doubt  that  the    whole   solution    o 

this  mystery  is  found  in  the  formulary 

"Imping  that  1  miy  have  your  support 

at  the  polls." 


Who 


fThe  following  is  clipped  from  the 
Washington  Star,  the  friend  and  orgar. 
of  the  granges.  It  should  be  put  u 
tract  form  and  read  by  every  farmer. 
The  grange  here  substantiates,  out  o 
Us  own  mouth,  all  its  opponents  alledge 
Read  and  reflect  En.  Cth.] 

The  prcj-ct  of  a  national  union  ofag- 


to  the  south- 
was  matured 
the   city   of 


and  put  in  operitio 
Washington,  in  the  year  of  1867,  by  a 
few  thoughtful  and  earnest  men,  who, 
after  cartful  deliberation,  became  con- 
vinced not  only  of  ita  practicability  but 
of  the  desirableness  of  sach  an  organisa- 
tion. In  January,  1800,  Mr.  0.  H. 
Kelly,  who  waB   then  connected   with 


adepa. 


tof  t 


o(  Boston,  and   the  owui 


t'fenirfeiit  Johnson,  to  ma  A  e  a  tour  of 
the  Suuthern  States  and  report  upon 
the  agriculture  and  mineral  resources  of 
the  country.  The  war  had  been  closed 
ths, and  naturally  enough 


a  did  r 

friendly 


nth 


respectfully. 

But  upon  the  recent  occasion  of  tht 
assembling  of  the  Illinois  Grand  Lodgf 
of  Odd-fellows  at  Spriogfi-ld,  the  Gov 
ernor  allowa  himself  to  be  used  as  i 
prominent  performer,  to  give  eclat  U 
the  gorgeous  display  that  was  to  adver 
use  and  glorify  the  order;  and  he  evi 
dently  went  into  it  with  a  will .  In  fact. 
ible  Odd-fellows  must  have  doubt 
ed  his  sincerity  from  his  evident  exag- 
geration and  overdoing  of  the  matter. 
Hear  him:— 


"Your  minion  is  on 
Love,  and  Truth.    You 

no   place   of  power.     1 


of  Friendship, 

;  you  labor  foi 
'olilieal  prefer 
nt;  the  mitret; 
t;  the   coronet 


walk  down  in  the  valley,  where  th< 
and  primrose  do  bloom;  and 
^g  there,     among    the  meek  ant 

the  bereaved  and  stricken  ones  ut  earth 


.-1    re.  1.1 


j  promote  and  foetei 


ulcate  and  practice    c 
to  relieve  the    Buffer 
the  sick,  to  help  the    need 

derly  to  care  for  God's  prei 


iflerc 


from  the  people  of 
e  South,  especially  since  he  visited 
em  in  the  capacity  of  a  government 
icer.  Being  a  member  of  the  Mason 
Iraternily,  „however.  and  of  good  ad- 
eta,  be  traversed  all  of  there  states 
it  of  the  Mississippi  without  a  single 
pleasant  incident.       He   found   that 

"Mystic  Tie  of  Brotherhood" 

is  still  sacredly  regarded  among  the 
isonsof  the  South.  War  had  but 
it  swept  over  the  country  as  with  a 
som  of  fire.  The  work  of  material  re- 
perntion  had  scarcely  begun.  The 
inters,    suddenly    deprived  of   their 


erence,  and  a  few  of  whom  gave  hia 
encouragement.  Among  the  lattei 
wore  Mr.  William  Saunders,  then,  a; 
now,  superintendent  of  the  gardens  anc 
grounds  of  the  Department  of  Agricul 
ture;  Mr.  Wi  liam  M.  Ireland,  then 
as  now,  chief  clerk  of  the  6osoc€ 
effice  of  the  Post  Office  Depart- 
ment; Rev.  John  Trimble,  Jr,,  Rev. 
A.  B.  Grosh  and  J.  B.  Thomson.  Mr. 
Grosh  ii  too  well  known  in  Odd-fellow 


;  whei 


hiBtory  of  that  order  has  been  read,  hit 
name  is  familiar.  Of  the  other  gentle 
men  mentioned  it  is  only  necessary  tc 
say  that  they  were,  and  are,  men  of  ex 
cellent  j-idgment  and  superior  educa 
tion,  and  all  of  them  were  high  mem- 
bers of  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  oth 
ersecret  orders,  and  being  pr.ili  i^nt  ir 
ritualism,  their  assistance  in  the  prep- 
aration of  the  ritual  of  the  new  ordei 
was  of  a  very  valuable  character.  Tbi 
Bubjiot  was  informally  canvassed  by  tht 
gentlemen  mentioned,  at  d  fferenttimee 

to  the  plan  of  or^aniz  ition.  Acting  on 
these  Buagestious,  Messrs.  Kelly  aud 
Ireland,  both  of  whom  boarded  at  the 
United  Slates  Hotel,  on  Pennsylvania 
Avenue,  together  compiled 

Tli )  First  Degree  or  the  Order, 
iu  room  45  of  the  hotel  named,  Augusl 
5,   1667.     On    the   12th   of  the   same 
month,  Mr.   Saunders,   who  liad  been 
direct'd  by  the  Commissioner  of  the  1 
partment  of  Agriculture  to  proceed 
certain  points  in  the  South  anJ  West  in 
the  interest  of  the  department,  took  tr 
first  degree  to  St.  Louis,  and  in  a  lelt 
to  Mr.     Ktlly,    Sandusky,     Aug.     3 
your  ordi 


*  good  many  s 


I  alls 


ermg  the  th 
ing  hit 
propoi 


Da 


Mr.  Sounders  brought  thi 


Mr.  Anson  Barilett,  of  Ohio,  whi 
subsequently     elected    0 veneer  of  the 
National  Grange,  and  Mr.  Wm,    Mui 
of  Missouri,  astociate  editor  of  the  R 
ral  World,  published  in  St.  Louis,  ai 
who  was  after  elected  Steward  of  tl 
National   Grange.       These   gentleme 
as  well  as  others  to  whom  he  menlio 
ed  thesufj-ct,  approved  the  scheme  ai 
thenceforward  took  a  lively   interest 
iu   succesB.      Mr.    Saunders  reported 
progress  from  time  to  time  to  the  agricul 
lural  syndicate  in  Washington,  and  fur 

gentleman  ai  had  promised  to  co  oper 
ate.  Correspondence  was  entered  int 
with  these  gentlemen,  with  Mr.  A.  S 
Moss,  and  Mr.  F.  M.  McDowell,  pn  m 
inent  New  York  agriculturists,  and  oth 


i  businets.  and  even  tte 


i  held  with  closed  dooi 
of  the  Order 


Mr.  Kelly  mentally  inquired  if  the 
pla 


rousi-.i  from  tin  ir  !<  thurgy  and  be 
to    realize    Un-   Imlimnl    p-s->ln!ue 
their  noble  calling.     D  cply  impressed 
with   tho  necessity  of  some  action,  hi 
reached   the  city  of  Mobile,   where  hi 
lirnl  conceived  the  idea  of  the 

Union  or  Agricultural  Societies 
for  practical  co-operation.      He  remem 
lered   that  thse  societies  were  separate 
nd  ind-'pendent  urgan'i  itions,  havinj 

question  occurred  to  him  "WhyeouU 
e  farmers,  both  North  and  Soul! 
the  same  as  the  Masons,  whohavt 
together  for  hundreds  of  years  (oi 
and  educational  purposes,  with  r 

After  spending  four  months  ir 


Tho  Found e 


.   his  far 


idem  of  the  »\e- 
Hon." 

In    November  of   1800 
Wellington,  and   procurer. 

tin1   po-  lolne  departme 


mqu.e 


i  his  project 

ruber  of  ge 

ited  the  mat 


Secret  Fealu  i 

Mr.  Saunders  wroie  as  follows  in  the 
preamble;  "Unity  of  action  cannot  be 
icquired  without  discipline,  and  disci- 
)liue  cannot  be  enforced  without  Big- 
lificant  organization;  hence  we  have 
t  ceremony  of  initiation  which  binds 
is  in  mutual  fraternity  as  with  a  band 
if  iron,  but  although  its  influence  is  so 

hat  or  the  silken  thread  that  binds  a 
math  of  fljwers," 


ed,  especially 
elections    wer 


llinois,  low*  and  Wi 
ajority  of  the  county 
rere  anti-monopoly,  even 
at  Republican  districts.  Mi 
gave  a  Republican  vote,  b 
kably  small  majorities.    T 


the 


of  Hi 


hope  the  nation  will  come   forth   puri- 
fied, ennoblod,  unshackled. 

— Our  present  number    is  a  marked 
one.     Professor  Wilder'a  article  is 
peeled  and  will    satisfy  every  anli' 
lion.       We  are   rejoiced  to   know 
sside  from  its  original  publication  it 
N.   Y.  Tribune  it  has  been  widely 
ied  and,    ot  length.  In  other  jour 
The  State  meeting   in  Indiana   ia 
reported     by     the     secretary, 
omission     of    many     shorter     ari 
to     accommodate      these      two 
not    be    felt.        The    Ritual     of     the 
the  Orange  is  concluded  this  week;  tin 
our  friends  might  have    a  fair   unde 
standing  of  this  order  and  be  ready 


;  thei 


.  th« 


3  apology  for  so  long 


ling  i 


b  forcible  and  from 
the  article    from    the 


Hews  of  our    WorJs 


Pursuant  to  a  call  signed  by  mor. 
than  three  hundred  citizens  of  Indian) 
and  published  in  the  Christian  Cyno 
sure,  ihe  frienda  of  Ami  masonic  senti 
mentsmetin  convention  at  Westfield, 
Hamilton  County,  Indiana,  Oct.  29lb, 
1873.  at  10  o'clock  a.  u.     After  d. 


npTary  or^aniz 


in  was  effected    by  electing   Rev.  A. 
itler,  of   Wayne  Co.,  president, 
H.    Wolford,    of    Jay    Co.,    s 


On  Constitution:— Rev.  H.  C.  West, 
Rev.  S.  B.  Ervin,  Pres.J.  Blanchard.P. 
Rich,  and  Rev.  W.  Mdhgan. 

On  Enrollment:— W.  Talbot,  and 
Rfv.  C.  T.  Wiggins. 

On  Nomination:— Rev.  H.  C.  West. 
S.  Philips,  Rev.  J.  T,  Kiggins,  Rev.  J. 
Fall,  and  J.  R  iberts. 

On  Political  Action:— Pres.  J.Blanch 
ard,  P.  Rich,  Win.  Harvey,  ex-Bishor. 
Daniel  Shuck  and  R.  L.  Fisher. 

The  committee  on  Enrollment  was  di 


three 

oils  ar 

now  signet 

for  county 

ntionn,  lb 
Live   bee 

izing 

a  the   wake 
received  f 

aking  prepa- 
,  many   let- 

parts 

of  IhesM 

e  asking  f,r 

ecturers  and 

aid  in  organising;  the  anti 
timentis  wide  spread  and 
brought  into  an  aotive  for 
ering    the  fact  that  the  wc 

secrecy  sen- 
na essily  be 
m.      Coneid- 

.Tie 

cmed  only  for  a  short  time  in  the 
and  that  the  lodge  seeks  to  terrify 

of  darkness."  and  that  so  much  has 
been  accomplished  with  but  little  effort, 
the  leaders  in  this  reform  are  much  en- 
couraged. 

After  hearing  the  reports  the  con- 
vention adjourned  to  meet  and  at  61-2 
A.  u.of  the  following  day. 


At  7  p.  m.  i 

comfortably   s 
Methodist  chi 


good  congro.ntiiai]  w, 
ited  in  the  Wesleya 
■ch  to   hear  Pres.    Blai 


ion  wan  called  to  order 
tit.  The  devotional  ex- 
onducted    by  Rbv.  C.  T. 

J  aud  approved.  The 
constitution  reported. 
i  amended  and    adopted 


i  that  secret  so- 
Bt    hurtful  and 


lalls 


;  larg.  ly  I) 


tied  by  lodge  men  until  they  fear  to 
-peak  a  word  againat  false  religion  ex- 
in  their  midst,  and  in  many  coses 
charmed  by  the  glittering  show 
of   these  falhe   worshipped  that   they 


ship 


.  then 


I'lie  public  press  is  closed  to  an  alarm- 
ing extentagainBl  anything  Anti  mason- 
ic, while  it  publishes  with  delight  Ibat 
whi;h  favors   Becreiiam.       It  teeks  ihe 


>rld.       Note 


on    with   I 


ra  of  the 

essea  and  church  relation.       The  fol 

■fiD^'  r: solution  w=.s  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  all  who  are  in  sym 

patViy  with  this  movement    may  bo  en 

■oiled  and   recognized  as  members  oi 

Rev.  H.   C.  Wert   read   an  editorial 

from  the  Washington  Star,  a  papei 
published  in  support  of  the  grangt 
igin  of  the  grang 


tented  on   thes: 


ording 


ithority  on  this  subject.^ 
>n  materially  assisted   thi 
f  the  grange  in    all 
hile  President  of 


goo 


MU 


:  United  i 

M  i  ■  >ie-  oi 


>OT 


j  add 


ie  list  of  lecturers.  Of  Bro.  Hi 
we  have  already  spoken.  Bi 
'ley  has  for  some  time  lectured 
irtunity   permitted   in    New  York 


find 


dium. 

—Bro.  S.  Smith,  Charles  City,  Iowa, 
i  again  able,  all  will  rejoice  to  learn, 
o  lake  the  field  in  that  slate.  He  fill- 
ppomtmente  thia  week  at  Marengo, 
tiwa,  where  he  is  to  deliver  a  course  oi 


and    will 
^sponsible 


probably  soon  lak 
igency. 

— Another  item  from  the  Octobi 
lections  in  Ohio— Madison  townshi] 
county     cast     thirty     anti-secn 


veil  known,  he  having  pub- 
d  In  the  ceremonies  of  the 
at  tbe  bead  of  ou  govern- 
.  Blanchard  and  J.  T.  Kig- 


the  grange  movement. 

Mr.  Slout,  by  permission  ol  tl 
vention,  spoke  in  defense  of  thi; 
of  Masonry,  but  his  speech  did  n 
efit  the  'Movers  of  darkness,"  i 
plainly  seen  when  Pres.  Blanoh; 

The  chairman  of  the  commit 
programme,  announced  that 
Blanchard    would  lecture  at  7  ( 

Convention  adjourned  to  me* 


-  Bro.  Blanchard.  the  reports  for  del 
ales  were  called  for.  Reoorta  were 
ade  by  Pres.  Blanchard  of  Wheaton 
Jllege,  lit. ,  Rev.  W.  Millig-n  ol  Jay 
Co.,  Rev.  A.  Butler  of  Wayne  Co., 
Small  of  Miami  Co.,  S.  Ph.ll.pb 
of  Hendricks  Co.,  Mr.  Kelley  of  Fay- 
"o.,  Wm.  Talberl  of  Hamilton  Co., 


utions  are  bo  coniro.lcd  by  these 
ies,  ibat  lodgeinen ,  especially 
nBSOQB,  obtain  an  undue  propor- 
of  the  offices  of  trust.  Secret 
aod    obligations  in    many  casta 

In  order  thai  we  may  do  the  will  of 
God,  the  father  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
ChriBt  in  aiding  in  thia  reform  we  or- 
games  ourselves  under  the  following 


r.  I.  This  association  shall  be 
i  as  the  Indiana  Christian  Anti- 
y  ABBcciation.     It  shall   be  aux- 

-lans  opposed  to  secret  societies. 

Its  object  shall  be  toeipose  the 
igs  of  secret  societies;  to  show 
on  Li-republican 


hull,  and  ihe  cou 
controlling  influei 
secret  rings. 

HI.  The  officers  of  this  a 
shall  be  a  president,  a  vice  president  for 
inch  county  so  far  as  practicable,  a  sec- 
retary, a  corresponding  secretary,  and 
a  treasurer.  All  of  whom  ah-ll  be  elect 
t-d  annually. 

IV,  It  shall  bo  the  duty  of  the  pres- 
dent  to  preside  ut  the  meetings  of  tho 
tssociation,  and  to  attend  to  such  olher 
duties  ns  usually  belong  lo  presidents  of 
Associations.  The  vice-presidents  shall 
e  (iu  order)  in  the  absence  of  the 
president,  and  organize  associations  in 
respective  counties.  The  secre- 
tin!) keep  a  record  of  the  proceed- 
'  the  Association  in  a  book  provid- 


ed to  thee 


-nee  of  the  Association.  TtielreaB- 
uhall  hold  the  funds  of  the  Asso- 
n.and  pay  outlhe  same  on  the  or- 
>f  the    Association  or   the    pres- 

The  board  of  officers  shall  con- 


the  Assicialion  Bhall  be  cba'imuc 
the  committee,  and  Bhall  call  tinm 
yether  by  notice  through  the  Cyno: 


!  Association. 

VII.     Any  person  by    signing   ibis 

miiutiou  becomes  a  member  of  this 


VIII.     Ai 
:clesiastical 

ate  of  India 


may  beamend- 
d  at  any  regular  meeting  by  a  vote  of 
wo  thirds  of  the  members  present. 
Afier  the  adoption  of  the 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE  :  NOVEMBER  13,  1873. 


ihe  Asseeialion  waB  led   in    prayer  by 
Rev.  H.  C.  West. 

The  report  on  Political  Action 
amended  and  adopted  a*  follows: 

[See   report  in  laet   number   of  the 
Cynosure.] 

The  comn 
porled  as  follows: 

President.  — Ret.     A.     Butler,    o 
Wayne  county. 

Vice  Presidents.—  Rev.  J.T.Horn, 
of  Wayne;  Rev.  W.  Milligaa,  of  Jay 
Alei.  Bruce.  Dearborn;  Arthur  Robin 
son,  Marion;  Rev.  H.  Burr.  Spencer 
Rev.  Wm.JackaoD.Jackaon;  M.  Kelley, 
Fayette;  D.vid  Hadley,  Hendricks; 
Rev.  D.  Smith,  Howard;  Isaac  Elliot, 
Grant;  R.Green,  LaGrange;  Rev.  C.P. 
WigginB.  Steuben;  G.  W.Crawford 
DeKalb  ;  Wm.  Leuty,  Noble;  J.  M. 
Truai,  Elkhart;  Rev.J.  M.  Dottenberg 
er,  Fountain;  Wm.  Wisher,  Benton 
Simutl  Engle,  Shelby;  L.  N.  Jones, 
Johnson;  Rev.  Arthur  Rector,  Dela- 
ware; Rev.  J.  T.Var'aman,  Randolph; 
Rev.  H.  C.  Miller.  Union;  Ex-Bishop 
D.  Shuck,  Bartholomew;  Walter  Ed 
gerton,  Henry;  Rev.  John  Hevenridge. 
WBb-iBli;  Wm.  Wbiteel,  Blackford;  J, 
M.  Darby,  Miami;  Rev.  F.  M.  Dtmum. 
brun,  Floyd;  Rev.H  C.Wtst,  Hamilton. 
Secretary,  William  Small,  of  Mi- 
ami; Cor.  Secretary,  Rev.  S,  B.Ervic 
of  Bartholomew;  Treasurer,  P.  Rch, 
of  Hamilton;  the  report  was  adopt 
ed. 
The 


1  and 


The  Association  was  called  to  order 
by  the  president  pursuant  to  adjourn- 
ment A  season  waa  spent  in  prayer. 
The  following  resolutions  were  then 
adopted:  Resulved,  That  our  special 
sympathy  and  support  are  due  to  all 
those  who  come  out  of  tbe   secret   or 

and  to  them  we  pledge   all  proper  de- 
fense against  their  enemies. 

That  to  concentrate   our  power,  and 
give  intelligent  directum  to   our  efforts, 
necessary  that  loyal  men 


programme    an 

that    Pres.   Biuncbard    wouk 
u   the  evening   in  the  Friend'i 


again  caNed  to  separate  from  a  worthy 
(brother);  but  let  us  remember  there 
a  healing  in  the  biltercup.  God  takes 
way  from  us  those  we  love,  as  hus- 
tages  ol  our  faith;  and  to  those  who 
look  forward  to  a  reunion  in  another 
■Id,  where   there  will   be  no 


fom 


may  I 


ownsbip  organii 


throughout  tbe  lengi 


That  the  Christian  Cynosure,  Meth- 
odist Free  Press,  Religious  Telescope, 
American  We*l--yaa,  Christian  Sales- 
man, Earnest  Christian,  Linn  Co.  Pi 
lot,  Reformer,  Am.  Independent  Quar- 
terly,and  fiber  periodicals  that  publish 
truth  and  lads  without  fearing  the  pow- 
er or  courting  the  smiles  of  the  dark 
orders,  are  worthy  of  the  sympathy  ol 
all  who  are  opposed  to  such  order  and 
should  have  their  support. 

The  Cor.  Secretary  was  instructed  to 
furnish  each  of  the  Vice-presidento 
wit1*  a  copy  of  the   proceedings  of  the 

them  published    in    their    county    pa- 
pers. 

Rev.  J.  T.  Kiggins,  state  agent,  un- 


;Nat 


■  ciatiou,  submitted  his  report.  The  re 
port  and  the  following  were  adopted 
Jivsuh-t'l^  That  this  Association  endorst 
Rsv.  J.  T.  Kiggins  as  Lecturing  Agen 
of  this  Association,  and  that  we  pro 
ceed  at  once  U>  raise  funds  for  his  sup 


Free.  David  Shuck,  Rev.  H.  C.  WeBt, 
nd  Rev,  S.  B.  Ervin  were  appointed 
o  prepare  and  issue  an  address  to  the 
ilizens  of  this  state. 

The  following  was  adopted:  Resolved, 


thai 


After  prayer  the  Agfoeiation  adjoi 
ed  to  meet  in  September,  1874,  i 
j'.-ct  to  the  appointment  of  the  Ei< 
tive  Committee. 

At  7  o'clock  p.  m  ,  (Vs.,  Blanehard 
found  u  giod  audience  comfortably 
sealed  in  the  Friend's  church  to  heai 
whit  he  might  say  concerning  thi 
"dark  order*."     His    lecture  the  even 

ter.  A  demited  Mason  said  he  endors" 
ed  every  word.  He  also  said  that  he 
did  not  know  until  that  evening  why 
it  was  that  he  could  never  feel  in  the 
lodge  as  he  did  in  church. 

Thus  closed  the  first  anti-secrejy 
state  meeting  for  Indiana.  All  present 
were  full  of  hope.      Five  religious  de- 


It  may  be  asked,  What  can  you  do  I 
iVe  answer,  ''Nothing  is  impossible 
nth. God."  One  Elijah  as  a  true 
irophet,  was  more  than  a  match  foi 
ight  hundred  and  fifty  false  prophets. 
A.  Butler,  Pres. 

Wm.  Smalt,  Sec. 

S.  B.  Ervin,  Cor.   Sec 


Amen.  (All)  Amen.  (Chaplain.)— 
May  the  grace  of  our  Lord  and  Savioi 
Jesus  Christ  be  with  ua  all,  now  and  e 


This  part  of  the  ritual  will  probably 
e  more  familiar  to  the  public  than  any 
theryet  published  in  these  colu 
Ve  may  therefore  be  more  brief. 

The  funeral  ceremonies  of  the  grange 
re  as  fantastical  as  are  those  of  tin 
hired  mourners  of  the  East  and  nearly 
obtrusive  as  of  the  mother  order  o 
iemaeODry,  The  male  members  mee 
tbe  crange,  each  with  the  badge  of 
urning  (black  and  white  ribbon  on  the 

if  they  want  it,  to  the  residence  o 
the  deceased.  Each  member  male  anti 
emale,  carries  a  small  btjuet  of  fliw 
rs,  fresh,  dried,  or  artificial.  ThVsis- 
srs"  and  "brothers."  of  the  ''order"  fol 
.tllu 


i  relal 


and 


«metery  the  "brothers"  form  t 
igbtanil  left  and  the  procession 
o  the  grave  between  the  lines. 
uaster  now  takes  charge  of  the  ci 
ly  and   says;   "Worthy    brotbei 


t  becom 


duty 


pay; 


wonhy 


.st   tribute   of   respect 

(brother).  Let  us  remember  that  we 
needs  die,  and   are  as  water  spilt 

upon  the  ground,  which  cannot  be 
ithered  up  again;  neither  does  God 
hpect  any  peraou.  yet  doth  be  devise 
eans  that  his  banished  be  not  expelled 
om  him.  Worthy  chanUin  let  us  bowin 
rayer."     All  then    repeat   the  Lord's 

prayer.     The  chaplain   then  reads   the 


htful    than    the  c 


nto  joy.  and  makes  siffl  etion  ap- 
pear what  it  really  is,  a  dU  pens. Hum  of 
rcy.  Heaven  and  God  are  best  dis- 
ii-.'d  through  tears-  scarcely  perhap-, 
fiscerned  at  all  without  them.  The 
onstant  association  of  prayer  with  tbe 
lour  of  bereavement  and  the  scenes  of 
leath  suffice  to  show  this.  We  must 
i"  made  p>'rf<  cl  through  suffering;  but 
be  struggle  by  night  will  bring  the 
dimness  of  the  morning.  The  prayer 
if  deliverance  csl  s  down  the  power  of 
ndunnce,  and  while  to  the  reluctant 
heir  cross  is  too  heavy  to  be  bon.c,  it 
;rons  light  to  the  heart  or  willing  trust," 
These  remarks  may    be  very  onsoling. 

anity  to  make  them  so.  A  h\mnie 
hen  sung  and  the  male  grangers  p,iss 
iround  the  grave,  breaking  apart  their 
losegays  and  dropping  them  into  tbe 
jrave.     The  chaplain   then    reads  Ec- 


.  1-7,  B 


,  the  i 


.  Psaln 


ss  around  and  throw  their  flowers  io- 
the  grave;  followed    by  the   master 

id  pall-bearers  who  make  a  like  de- 
posit while  another  hymn  is  being  sung. 
The  master,  then  proceeds:  "A  goo-! 
mine  is  rather  to  be  chosen  than  prec- 
oub  ointment  and  the  day  of  one's 
leath  than  the  day  of  one's  birth.  (He) 
hall  go  as  (he)  came  and  came  and 
nice  nothing  of  (his)  labor  which  (h-) 
my  carry  away  in  (hi")  hand  ;"  *uud 
o'einly  raising  a  handful  of  earth  he 
.prinkles  it.  .in  the  grave  saying: 

"In  the  name  of  the— Grange,  I  pro- 
lounce   the  words,   (Brother)— ,  fare- 


b  hypo. 


spirit     of     the     Lord     was    p 
"Praise  the  Lord  for  his goodni 


is  a  crowning  device  of  the  devil  to  put 
solemn  words  into  the  mouths  of  onre- 
generate  men  while  they  are  befooled 
by  the  thought  that  they  are  worship- 
ping. The  following  prayer  was  no 
prepared  for  Christian  men,  nor  is  i 
likely  by  Christian  men. but  indefinitely 
lor  any  who  might  use  it  in  the  grangi 
ceremonies.  Its  abominable  sinfulnes- 
is  therefore  more  apparent.  It  is  an 
ti QV ring  of  ''strange  fire."  It  reads: 
"  Almighty  God,  we  give  tbee  hearty 
thanks  for  the  good  examples  ol  all 
those  thy  servants,  who,  baying  finish 
ed  their  course  in  faith,  do  now  rest 
f<om  iheir  labors.  And  we  beseech 
thee  that  we,  with  all  tho^e  who  are 
departed  in   the  true  faith  of  thy 


This  organization  is  to  meet  in  Dan- 
iel's Hall,  in  Seneca  Falh,  N.  Y.,  oc 
Tuesday  evening,  December  2nd,  1873, 
at  half  past  seven  o'clock.  The  convex 
lion  will  continue  through  the  two  foi 
lowing  days  and  evenings.  The  hall  ii 
excellent,  and  eligible;  tbe  largest  in 
the  pliice,  and  the  opportunities  for  n 
oood  Hireling  are  unusually  advantage- 
ous. The  time  is  fixed  one  week  later 
than  was  at  first  decided  upon  so  as  to 
run  clear  of  Thanksgiving  week,  and 
into  a  better  moon.  Corresponding 
has  been  opened  with  Prof.  Charles  A. 
Blanchard  of  Whealon  College,  R-v, 
David  McAllister  of  the  Christian  States- 
man, Rev.  D.  P  Riihbun,  the  centei 
and  n'teptical  of  mob  violence,  Rev  .  Da- 
vid Bernard,  author  of  "Light  on  Ma- 
sonry," Gerritt  Smith,  Howard  Crosby 
andPrjfessor  Durt  G.  Wilder  of  Cor 
nell  University,  who  has  recently  writ- 
in  able  article  against  secret  socie- 
filling  three  volumes  of  the  New 
York  Tribune,  andin  which  he  detail- 
ed the  facts  developed  in  regard  to  the 
death  of  Leggett,  who  was   killed  dur- 

of  the  University.   Rev.  C.  F.  Hawley, 

rml'le  Christian    worker,    is  pastor  of 

a  church  at  Seneca  Falls,  and   will   do 

his  best  in  arranging  the  details  of   the 

eniion;    and   the    people   in    that 

g  city  of  seven   thousand    inhabi- 

will  furnish    ample  entertainment 

I  who  will  attend.     Now,    breth- 

el  us  under  God  do  what    we  can 

ike    arrangements  to   attend    this 

ention.   The  ofEcial  call  of  the  Ex- 

,!■   C.iunitLtre  in  not  yet     printed, 

'ill  be  in  due  time. 


Bipti 

Dlckeon  the  U.  B.  church  has  been  M* 
riouslyilUlDjnville.lll.— Dr.R.W.Pai- 
lerson,  for  over  25  years  pastor  of  the  2d 
Pres.  church  of  this  city  is  about  to 
lake  a  chair  in  tbe  Presbyterian  Theo- 
logical Seminary  of  Chicago.— Rsv. 
Wm  Adams  of  New  York  has  been 
elected  President  of  Union  Theological 
S  minary. — Rev.  J.    G.    Carson,    presi- 

Of   'He 

Homiletics  in  Xeuia  Theological  Semi 
ary. — An  iifljential  meeting  for  the 

1  New  Wilmington,  Pa.,  Oct.  29ih 
Revs.  D.  Uc  A  lister  of  New  York.T.  P 
itevenson  o!  Puiladelphia,  A.  M.  MiJ- 
;ao  of  Pittsburg  and  Dr.  L  insiug  mis- 
onary  from  Egypt  were  the  speakers. 


'Cast  thy  Hrea.l  I'prui   1 


JZ'fitiirx    Cijnumre  : — A   few  weeks 

0  an  esteemed  friend  from  New  York 

city  called  on    us  and   6pent  a  day    or 

1  our  family  friends.     He  is  an 

hr'tslian  gentleman.     He  found 
,bl«  as  often  may  bsseen  ''Ber- 
nard's Light  on  Masonry"  and  "  Finney 
Masonry."  and  said    he  knew   but 
little  of   Masonry,     though    he  had    a 
ilber  who  is  a  Mason,  and   he    had 
.ted  along  so  far  through  life  (being 
v    about    forty)    without  bestowing 
much  thought  or  study  on  the  subject, 
he  left  I    gave   him    a  copy    of 
rd  and  Finney  and  some  of  our 
acts.      In  a  cordial  and    friendly 
received  from  him  two  or   three 
ago,  occurs    the   following    para- 
5r.pt: 

feels  under  obligations 


1  tob 


ispec 


illy  tbe  books  and  tracts  on  ii 
hich  you  yave  me  opened  the 
>rjQo  who  were  before  favorably 


t  finally  did  get   int 


1  ihinHug   ol"  joining  the    Mis^ii^; 
before  we  parted  said  he  had  chan- 
ged his  mind  on  that  subject  and  "should 


The  following 


.IIlImiu    I 


t  field  c 


I  love  the  anti-secret  reform  and  con- 
gratulate you  and  all  olhera  who  are 
taking  the  front  to  pull  down  by  the 
help  of  the  Lord  the  strong  holds  of  sin. 
I  heard  D.  P.  Rathbun  give  one  of  his 
pointed  and  telling  lectures  at  Tioga 
Center,  N.  Y. ,  on  Monday  evening  last. 
The  heathen  raged  monstrously.  The 
lecturer  poured  the  (ruth  oi>  no  sharply 
that  nome  of  the  Masons  owned  thai 
he  told  the  truth  and    others  said    he 


Mas 


.   diSJ 


iselvi 


Raihbuu  and  the  s 


May  God  bless  Bre 


ing  to  save  men  in  a  very  different  mat 
ner  from  tbst  taught  by  our  Saviour 
for  the   grange  taught   them  with  al 


ter  to  Masonry,  for  they  look  and  aci 
enough  alike.  .  .  .  Some  gave 
their  97  veiy  quick  for  themselves  and 
wives  who  are  so  poor  they  could  no' 
give  Si  ior  the  Gospel  this  year. 


Ilelitri.'ii- 


Indians,  and  chitfly  the  African  r 


ANTIMASONIC  TRACTS 


Iow«.  —The 
rcester.    M«a 


im    and   the  Sandwich    Is 
be  transferred  to  other  or- 

1  asked  fc 

Chinese.       The 
r$5Cll),000toBiie- 

King  is 

ppoinl 

eJ  at  Cl  n- 

isfon 


NEWS  SUMMARY. 

r. — The  complicatioi 


Vir^mu*  affair  threaten  to  be  neri- 

1,  but  at  last  accounts  S-cretary  Fish 

5  confident  that  President  Castellar 

would  make  such  restitution  as  the  case 

nded.  t'uhau  enthusiasm  is  greatly 

Meetings  of  sympath 


whei 


been  held  in  New  York  and 
i  volunteers  enrolled.  T'.edes 
:  Cubans  be  decl.red  bellige; 
y  general— One  of  the  juror 

id  for  misbehavior  as  a  juror. 


mrned.— Three  railroads,  the  illinoi.- 
lentral.  Chicago  and  N.  W.  ami 
Chicago    and   Alton,   are    being   pros- 


XOASOXTXC    MURDER. 

SECRETsIf  MASONRY. 

BY  ELI  TAPLEY. 
TRACT  NO.   4. 

GRAND    GREAT  GRAND!! 

By  PHILO  CARPENTER. 

This  is  a  one  page  tract,  calling  the  attention  of  the  publl 
Uiodcsp.iU-  i.o.l  ri.iK-u[..,1siii;Lv)ul'  Frcetuiwonry.  1'ru 
ictfl.  per  100,  $1,00  per  1,000 


Extracts  From  Masonic  Oaths  and  Panalties,  i 
Sworn  to  br  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Rhode  Island. 


Hon.  John  Ouincy  Adams'  Letter, 

(living  His  and   HIh  lalln'fj  (ii>iiii<ui  of  Freemasonry 

(mi) ; 

Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

Giving  His  Opinion   of  Freemasonry   (1832). 


Satan's   Cable  Tow. 


'Freemasonrv  is  0nlvl52  Years  Old,' 

"Mnrder  and  Treason  not  Exceoptd." 


1   law.— The     Peunajlvt 


filling  off  in  export  from  Gr-at  Bniair 
o  this  country.  This  has  turned  iht 
old  shipments  in  our  favor  and  U 
heck  the  drain'  the  Bank  of  England 
as  advanced  the  rale  of  exchani^  to  £ 
er  cent  A  panic  like  our  .ownj  \t 
prireti-  u"1  '■<_!  acr-'ss  the  water. 

FoaEtox.— General  Von  II  ion  hat 
een  relieved  of  the  Presidi-ncv  of  tht 
'russian     ministry  and    Bismarck    faa; 

been      reinstated.  —  The     immediate 
of    the  FrencL 

Monarchy     question     was      ■      lettei 

published  by  Chambord  declining 
)    yield     any     supposed     prcroyativt 

inservativ>'  r>  public  is  now  well  asBur 
d. — A  Cuban  blockade  runner,  tb* 
Virginius,  was   captured  by  a  apsnist 

week,  and  four  of  her  pasaenii'-rH  sum 
uted  at  Santiago  de  Cuba  t>i 


vned  in  this    country  and 
waa  a  U. 

ougti  fillibuster  a 


mldie 


»rmne.  —  1  he  Canadian  "Creiin  MoIj: 
er"  was  routed  in  Parliament  last  week 
r  John  M.Donald,  Governor  Oen^ra 
■Mgned  with  Inn  cabinet,  and  an  entir 
i-w  ministry  tab's  their  place.  Th 
ppo.nimenie  give  general  natisfactii- 
nd  r  st.  re  co  tidence. 


olyi 


summation  and  bliss,  both  in  body  anil 
Boul,  in  thy  eternal  nod  everluling glo- 
ry ;    through  Jesua  Christ   our   Lord, 


1  donl  think  the  folks  here  will  evei 
ecd  tohenr  the  fio>[ji  I  j.r<  achijd  agiiii, 
>r  they  have  all  joined  the  grange. 
Vhen  I  told  Mr.  S.  his  order  was  n- 
ablisned  00  the  love  of  meney  and  wai 
onirary  to  the  spirit  and  the  teaching- 
fChriBl,  and  told  him   lie    has    t.ker 


dd  if  t 


lived  up  totl.ei 


a  they 


A  Tract  Fund  for  Ua  Fres  Distribution  of  Tricts. 

address  Ezra    A.   Cook   &    Co., 

b  ^histort^oFmasonrt. 

mfUBT-KXCLDDINU 


Freemasonry  in  tb.e  Church, 


(haraetir   m,-\    swain.!-   ol    rieemaionry 


HUrsss  of  Niijin  County  Association,  Sow  hi 


OUcts.  i"T  100,  or  J4.00  per  1 


Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry. 


HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D, 


GRAND  LOOSE  MASONRY. 


MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  and  VOID. 


Sii  Rsason:  why  a  Christian  jhli  tolls  a  Frtomaso 


ENOCH  HONEYNELL'S  TRACT. 


TERMS  FOE  THE  CYNOSURE. 


1    Roto*,    Weekly   Edition. 


ito»,    Fortntchtly 


Who  Murdered  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan? 

HISTORY  OF  THE 

Abduction  and  Murder 

Capt.  William  Morgan, 

Thia  is  a  Book  of  Thrilling  Interest,  and 

ahowa  clnarly  that 


m  m 


i  OBEDIENCE  TO  MASONIC  I 


BTSee  Sample  Pages  below. 


s  guardi'd  hj   t 


iidtlie  former  after  s 


In  thi: 


he  v 

French, 

3i',:l,i.|nl;iiii]  i:ii;ii\1''.I,)ii.si:,.iiiisi/1  Willi    I  or  f.  of  Ins  frii'inls 
detention  was  pi 
lo  was  then  aski'd  for 
1  of  the  warrant  by  virtue  of   which  Iv 
dy,  but  lie  steadily   refused  to  exhibit 


tted 


desc 


usel, 


jt  still  h'l'l  no  doubt  nil  tin- 
the  v 


fd  that  it  had  I 
trail.1  itl  Lu  Uoy.  It  shuiihl  here  I".' 
bi'lore  the  Biii.'o-ssii-c  arrests  of  M01 
Julius,   wlu^e  sudih-n    njip,':ir;ui,»'  at 

liutlL'll,     S  U 1 1  ■  I  ■/ 1 1  I  y     ,ll~:l['|"     1J,    '1    l>.    [II    ll 

after  Miller's  intro.iu,  u,.n  to  the  lod( 
sami:  Il.ini,/!  ,)..]ins  i_- r 1 1 ■  <•  .1  1  ,  !■■  •,, 
drawn  swnul,   and  iv.ill.rd  Willi    i.iri; 


inapir 


otiic 


1|,m; 


Milli-rli..« 


ind  of  Miller 
ninal    procecdin| 
>sued  by  a  magi 


i.-.U. 


uoliL'collect,  ihit-l'-iiiis  was  his  pr,js,;,utor.  Johns  linw,;v.'i- 
answered  in  a  voice  that  faltered  a  link',  '-Miller,  I  am  only 
doing  what  I  have  been  ordered  to  do."  During  Ins  deten- 
tion in  the  room,  one  of  tbe  guards  told  him  in  language 
loud  enough  to  be  heard  by  allin  the  room,  that  he  was  not 
to  be  tried  at  Le  Roy,  nor  to  slop  there,  nor  lo  be 
Ir.-.d  by  an    ordinary  tribunal,    but 


x>  another,  "Miller  is  nothing  but 
j  detail  nil  the  evasive  falsehoods 
:h  French  and  his  coadjutors  en- 
res  from  proceeding  with  Miller  to 


plan,  if  it  could  be  avoided.  But  in  tin-  course  "of  thi-  nfter- 
ternoon,  French,  sc.-min^ly  by  inaiK  itIciiw,  admitted  tha 
the  prueesi  he  ha, I  a'j;iinst  Miliar  uas  in  facta  process  in  a  cii-il 
suit;  and  from  that  time  his  P'suhiiion  seemed  somewhat 
shaken.  About  dusk  Lh-'  wlmlccrnwd  proceeded,  with  much 
noise  and  tumult,  t,j  Le  Uoy,  I  rail-  s,  and  rifler  many  elforLs 
on  the  part  of  French  to  prevent  him  from  so  doiin;,  Miller 
got  liims'.'lf  placed  belure  [|i-  justice.  \\\,.,  had  issued  the 
warrant.  French  then  gave  directions  tu  two  of  his  assist- 
ants,   and  disappeared.      Miller  jtaiil  in  the  nllice  alwut  half 


t  liberty    logo    when.-  he    pleas,  d.      This    wfis   about  n 

'clock  in  (he  evening.*      It  appeared  from     lb,'  docket  of  the 

lagistrale  tliat  a  warrant    had  been    issue,!   [igainst  Miller, 


.*  sheriff  of    the    county  informed 

custody    on  the   jail  limits,    upon 

Miller  having 

3  obtained  permission  to  return,  was  muking  the  best  of 
his  way  to  a  public'  house,  when  French  and  .lolms  suddenly 
appeared  again.  '1  he  former  emiravorcil  to  seize  Miller  by  the 
collar,  and  called  loudly  for  help  to  retake  the  prisoner — 
Johns  asked  if  there  was  no  person  there  who  would  help  to 
secure  that  man.  Bui  although  attempts  were  made  to  regain 
possession  of  Miller,  lie  succeeded  111  reaching  a  public  lion1-'' 
and  after  another  ineffectual  attempt  by  French  and  his 
associates  to  prevent  him 


lawlci 


and  a 


'M,. 


iof    ! 


if    Miller,  by 

tended  to  be  acted  upon,  we  shall  take  n,.  trouble  to  show  to 
the  public  We  have  conclusive  pmol  tVom  the  express  dec- 
larations of  those  who  led  the    troop,   ami  from  various  other 

sources,  that  one  of  tl bjects  they  i.ail  in  view  was  to  pull 

down  the  office  of  MUk-i.  if  that    should  be  necessary  for  the 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  NOVEMBER  16,  1873. 


tentioo  needed  for  study;  with  involv- 
ing an  expenditure  which  many  can  ill 
afford,  and  which  all  could  apply  to 
better  advantage;  with  encouraging  de- 
ceit of  parents;  with  funnelling  a  par- 
tial and"  unfair  aspect  of  peraona  and 
thing*;  with  being  childish  in  princi- 
ple and  more  or  lesa  vicious  in  practice; 
and  finally  with  doing  all  this  in  the 
pretended  effort  to  accompliah  certain 
good  purposes  which  could  be  equally 
well  accomplished  without  the  element 
of  secrecy. 

When  the  evil  of  secret  oryanizationn 
is  onoe  admitted  to  outweigh  the  good 
they  accomplish,  the  remedy  should  be 
radical  in  its  nature,  although  ita  i-ffecUs 
may  be   slowly  manifested. 

(1.)  Let  the  membara  of  secret  or- 
ganisations be  at  '  nee  looked  upon  as 
only  "partial  men;"  a  happy  phrase 
employed  by  Haeckel  to  indicate  the 
undeniable  iact  that  only  one-half,  and 
that  the  poorer,    belong3    to  humanity 

(•2.)  Let  ub  deny  their  eligibility  to 
any  position  of  honor  and  trust  involv- 
ing discrimination  between  individuals. 

(3  )  Let  no  woman  marry  until  her 
suitor  takes  a  solemn  pledge  never  to 
remain  in  or  join  a  secret  organization  of 
any  kind,  escept  for  the  protection  of 
life,  health  or  property  during  w 
other  exceptional    circumstances. 

(4.)  Let  colleges  prohibit  the  forma- 

exacl  a  pledge  from  every  entering  stu- 
dent; and  if  neuesaary  make  unhesitat- 
ing expulsion  the  penalty  of  member- 
ship, 

(5.)  Let  the  reasons  for  this  action 
be  embodied  in  a  printed  pamphlet  to 
of  placed  in  the  hands  of  all  who  are 
or  seek  to  become  students,  and  sent 
likewise  to  their  parents   or  guardians. 


Tfrodl    Well,  what  of  Unit  * 
Dii]-t  fiincy  life  'vas  spent  on  beds  of  ea 
Fluttering  (lie  rnse-leuves  *c:iUeivd  by  I 


Lonely!     And  what  of 


Learn  thou  to  walk   by  faith  aud  not  by 

sight. 
Thy  fttepe  will  guided  In*,  and  guided  ri.srht. 

Hard!    Well,  and  what  of  that? 
I>iii3t  fnucy  life  one  summer  boliday, 
With  lessons   none  to  learn,  aud    naught 


Who  I.-.  -.U  ih. 


:  ravens    hfius   his   children 
e  whereao'er  thy   footsteps 

me.  '    —  Selkctf.h. 


i  Trip  to  Canada. 


the 


xpenat 


would  involve  would 
coll<-g>js  in  nme  and  trouble. 

If  for  no  other  reason,  we  hail  the 
admission  of  women  as  a  means  of  sift- 
ing the  secret  society  curse;  they  may 
thoughtlessly  wear  the  badges  of  their 
fr.en.du'  societies  or  adopt  their  modes 
of  thought;  but  as  long  as  they  are  ex- 
cluded from  or  decline  to  enter  the  or- 

ponents  of  the  systflm;  and  where  they 
are  in  the  majority  they  may  even  out- 
vote the  scheming  politicians  of  the 
other  sex. 

Let  the  student"  seriously  inquire 
whether  Bocial  enjoyments,  literary 
pursuits,  or  selenitic  inve:tigatioriB 
cannot  he  attained  without  recourse  to 
a  means  at  once  so  offensive,  cumber- 
some, and  futile  as  secret  meetings, 
hat  in   the  only    desira- 


On  a  pleasant  evening  of  last  Sept- 
ember, we  steamed  away  from  the  rush 
and  roar  of  Chicago  out  upon  the  vast 
and  restless  bosom  of  the  lake.  And 
as  we  looked  upon  the  mighty  waters 
riBing  and  falling  with  the  impulse  of  a 
stiff  breeze,  a  line  of  light  stretching 
ncross  the  billow  crests,  straight  to  the 


1  felt  i 


i  toil  i 


of  the  s 


ble 


lily 


that  is,  a  private  society;  that  a  party 
for  any  purpose  need  embrace  only  in- 
vited and  congenial  guests.  And  let 
them  resolutely  deny  themselves  all 
such  privileges  as  can  only  be  enjoy- 
ed under  lock  and  key,  in  the  dark,  or 
in  a  windowlesB  monstrosity  like  a  cer- 
tain hall  at  New  Haven.     It  has  been 

imadversions  to  college  societies,  in 
order  to  gain  ihesupportof  the  Mason b, 
Odd  fellows,  Good  Templar*,  Farmers' 
granges,  and  other  extra- collegia!'.'  se- 
cret organizations.  This  might  be  ex- 
pedient, especially  if  .my  thing  like  a  de- 
cision by  ballot  were  aimed  at.  But  as 
my  only  object  at  present  is  to  awaken 
public  attention,  I  prefer  to  s'ate  my 
honest  conviction  that,  however  be- 
nevolent may  have  been  the  original 
purposes  of  these  combinations,  all  their 
paraphernalia  and  mystic  rights  are 
just  as  much  tomfoolery  as  those  of  any 
students'  society.  If,  however  the 
MasoiiB,  etc,  can  prove  themselves  su. 
perior  to  college  societies,  so  much  the 
worse  for  the  latter;  if  not,  then  so 
the  worse  for  them  both. 

I  am  well  aware   that   some   of  the 


opm 


to  he  agreeable,  and  that  a  certain 
amount  of  odium  rauet  follow  their  pub- 
lic expression.  But  on  the  other  hand 
I  am  assured  that  they  are  shared  by 
some  in  whose  judgment  I  have  great 
confidence,  and  that  the  great  public 
outside  of  secret  organizations  will  up- 
hold Ihem  in  great  measure.  But  I 
amlesB  desirous  of  establishing  my  o  yd 
opinions  ('which  however,  are  not  con- 
fined to  myself)  than  of  stimulating  a" 
lintrammeled  discussion.  I  only  re- 
gret to  be  called  out  of  my  legitimate 
sphere,  because  tln^e  who  should  lead  in 


nB  of  him  who  holdeth  the  winds 
i  fist,  and  the  water  in  the  hollow 
a  hand.     Ourboat.the  "Caldwell" 


On  the  mornm^  oi'  die 
at  Mil? 

we  started  for  a  hasty  glance  at  the 
Cream  City.  Milwaukee  is  like  Chica- 
go on  a  Sabbath,  the  quiet  streets  are 
not  filled  with  hurrying  people,  ior  the 
.l'-hu-like  spirit  is  entirely  absent. 

From  Milwaukee  we  bear  obliquely 
across  the  lake  towards  (he  Michigan 
shore, but  not  in  peace;  with  the  after- 
noon came  the  wind,  the  ripples  roae 
higher  and  fell  lower  till  they  assumed 
the  dignity  of  wave.  On  every  orest 
curled  a  lip  of  foam  and  we  unfortunate 
landsmen  set  ourselves  to  the  some- 
what difficult  task  of  the  humorous  Ward, 
Lo  keep  inside  of  our  staterooms  and 
outside  of  our  dinner.  Toward  evening 
the  weather  became  somewhat  settled, 
and  when  the  sun  flashed  upon  the 
waters  the  light  of  a  new  day,  the  waves 
had  lost  their  caps  of  white  and  rolled 
in  blue  lines  pist  the  sides  of  our  ves- 
sel. We  were  now  in  full  view  of  the 
Michigan  shore,  the  mountains  on  our 
left  and  the  shaggy  head  of  the  Sleep- 
ing Bear  only  a  few  leagues  inadvance. 
Shortly  after  noon  we  rounded  a  head- 
land and  entering  the  beautiful  waters 
of  Grand  Traverse  Bay  touched  at 
Northport  to  wood.  Although  the 
people  of  Northport  have  built  their 
houses  upon  foundations  of  sand,  they 
arti  not  all  foolish,  for  from  being  the 
worst  place  of  its  size  between  Chicago 
and  the  Straits,  they  have  reduced  it  to 
a  quiet  and  orderly  condition  worthy  of 
all  prosperity. 

Soon  after  midnight  we  touched  at 
Mackinaw  with  the  mails,  and  wben 
the  light  of  the  Sabbath  broke  upon 
the  mist  covered  waters, we  were  plough- 
ing our  way  through  the  blue  waves  of 
lake  Huron;  and  we  thought  on  the 
dayB  when  the  powerful  Huroris  guided 
their  canoes  upon  its  waters,  before  the 
dreadful  tomahawk  of  the  Iroquois  had 
almost  exterminated  the  nation. 

During  the  day  we  made  the  acquain- 


i.f  Mi-  -I-.; 


J  He) 


ofKei 


then 


ooftei 


p-.si  or  j>n  :;t*nt  iillih.iiions.  As  "tncon 
plele  individuals"  they  have  my  con 
plete  sympathy  and  good  wishes  for  e 

Very  respectfully  yours, 

Bukt  G  Wilokr. 
Ithaca,  N.   V.,  Oct.  2d,  1873. 


dall  County,  111.,  a  reader  of  the  Cyn- 
osure and  an  earnest  friend  of  our 
cause.     Traveling  for  her  health  under 

mind  was  still  employed  in  doing  good. 

and  it  could    not  have  been    otherwise 

ili-n  plowing  to   a  Christian    heart  to 

i  how  in  her  weakness  she  sought  to 

ve  the  Lord's  day  honored  on    board 


During  the  journey    we   introduced 

the  subject  of  Maaonry  to  others,  touch- 

lome     of   the   most    objectionable 

s,  and  are  not  without  lo>pes  i lint 

of  them  will  invi-stifritti-  for  lln-m- 


Monday  morning  the  mast  ofa 
en  -ship,  and  the  lighthouse  at 
north  of  the  Detroit  river  were  in  i 
and  about  an  hour  after  the  "Cald\ 
turning  stern  first,  entered  th« 
and  landed  us  under  the  flags  of  Fort 
Thrasher.  Here  we  bade  a  reg 
good-by  to  our  fellow    pa  ;;enu(-r-;. 


dxivi 


alii- 


it    a  furious 
stubble    fields  of 


The 


Of  Pei 


Cobden,  who  in  his  own  seas  carries 
more  guns  than  other  mall  in  England 
having  received  a  panegyric  pronouns 
ed  by  some  clergymen  on  the  charac- 
ter and  services  of  the  Duke  of  Welling- 
ton, has  written  three  very  long  and 
nble  loiters  in  denial  of  the  ji 
the  wars  of  Eng'and  against  France, 
and  consequently  of  the  right  of  We 
lington,  who  led  in  these  wars,  to  I 
cnsnii-red  as  a  good  man  or  a  publ 
benefactor.  He  maintains  at  gre 
length  that  the  war  against  France  wi 
undertaken  to  put  down  the  principU 
of  freedom  In  referring  to  the  it 
measurable  superiority  of  victories 
peace  over  victories  in  war,  he  maki 
the  following  striking  allusion  to  tl 
mi'ral  hen-ism  of  the  Kn-itish  tjunke 
amid  the  Irish  famine: 

''A  famine  fell  upi 


The  ' 


ole 


hastened  lo  contribute  money  and  food. 
But  a  few  courageous  men  left  their 
home  in  Middlesex  and  Surrey,  and 
penetrated  to  the  remotest  glens  and 
bogs  of  the  west  coast  of  the  stricken 
island  to  administer  relief  with  their 
own  hands.  They  found  themselves, 
not  merely  in  the  valley  of  the  shad- 
dow  of  death— that  would  be  but  an 
imperfect  image — they  were  in  the 
charnel  b^use  of  a  nation.  Never  since 
the  11th  century  did  Pestilence,  the 
gauot  handmaid  of  Famine,  glean  so 
rich  a  harvest.  In  the  midst  of  a  scene, 
which  no  field  of  battle  ever  equalled 
in  danger,  in  the  number  of  its  slain  or 
the  physical  sufferings  of  the  living, 
these  brave  men  walked  as  calm  and 
unmoved  as  though  they  had  been  in 
their  homes.  The  population  sunk  so 
fast  that  the  living  could  not  bury  the 
dead,  half-interred  bodies  protuded  from 
the  gaping  graves;  often  the  wife  died 
in  the  midst  of  her  starving  children, 
while  htr  husband  lay  a  festering 
corpse  by  her  Bide,  Into  the  midst  of 
iln-ae  Ivrrors  did  •■■nr  hero-s  pni.-t 
dri^in-  ihe  dead  fri.no  the  living 
their  own  hands,  raising  the    heads  of 


the  t 


■:hi!dn 


olley  of  musketry.     Here  i 


Itv 


resolute  will,  calculated  risk  and  heroic 
resignation.  And  who  were  those 
brave  merit  To  what  "gallant"  corps 
did  they  belong?  Were  they  of  the 
horse,  foot,  or  artillery  force!  They 
were  Quakers,  from  Clapham  and 
Kingston  I     If  you  would  know   what 

them.  You  will  not  find 
ed  in  the  volume  of  reports  published 
by  themselves — for  Quakers  write  no 
bulletin  of  their  victories.  —  Tim  Jour- 


Hliu  Deny  Himself. 


In  devising  a  religion,  man  think 
only,  or  at  lenat  chiefly,  of  himself,  no 
of  God;  of  his  own  rights,  notofGod's 
of  his  own  honor  and  gratification,  no 
of  the  Divine  glory.  What  will  sui 
himself  is  what  he  concerns  himself 
about  He  must  have  something  that 
will  gratify  his  natural  feeling,  or  will 
give  scope  to  bis  natural  propensities. 
He  must  have  something  that  will  not 
crucify  hialuats;  or,  if  his  lusts  must 
not  be  spared,  he  must  have  as  much 
of  the  world  as  possible;  or,  if  the  world 
is  to  be  renonuced,  he  must  have  some 
compensation  forth  is  in  securing  h  name 
for  self-denial. 

Self  in  some  form  must  be  gratified. 
This  is  indiapensable  to  htm,  A  relig- 
ion without  this  would  be  intolerable. 
Self  enthroned,  nay,  deified,  hell  avoid- 
ed, the  world  enjoyed,  are  the  neces- 
sary ingredients  of  man's  religion.  His 
pdigi'nis  aystems  are  a  compound  of 
such  elements  a9  these.  To  lose  self 
in  one  direction,  provided  he  gain  it  in 
another,  he  will  consent;  but  to  sink 
self  entirely  and  in  all  directions,  he 
refuses.  In  name  he  will,  perhaps, 
"take  up  hin  cross,"  provided  in  so  do 
ing  he  can  indulge  his  pride,  or  love, 
or  fame;  hut  lo  take  it  up  so  as  to  -'de- 
ny himself,"  is  what  he  abhora- 

And  yet  this  is  precisely  what  the 
Lord  requires,  and  unless  a  man  will 
do  it  he  oinnot  be  Christ's  disciple. 
Are  we  ready  for  this  crucial  test?  Our 
leader  denied  himself— "even  Christ 
pleased  not    himself," — are  wc   ready 


to  take  up  our  crosses  and  follow  him 
to  conflict  and  to  victory  over  self,  sin, 
and  Satan,  and  death,  and  hell! 


Secrets  of  the  Liquor  Traffic. 

I  have  in  hand  Beveral  copiea  of  a 
confidential  circular  intended  for  liquor 
dealers,  in  which  some  of  the  secrets  of 
the  trade  are  revealed. 

It  contains  211  recipes  for  manufac- 
turing all  kinds  of  spurious  drinks  and 
fancy  liquors  out  of  coru  whiskey; 
and    discloses  where  the    power  of    the 


-that 


a  mintof  money  out  of  a  trifle. 

One  bushel  of  corn,  worth  in  lowi 
some  ten  cents,  will  make  three  yalloni 
of  alcohol,  bringing  from  #1    to  12  pel 


Alcohol  is  bad  enough,  but  thai 
more  virulent  and  rapid  poisons. 
putting  strychnine,    another  nam 


malt,  a  bushel  will  make  four  gallons 
Then,  after  distillation,  by  adding  dead 
ly  poisons,  jimson  weed,  or  deadly 
nightshade,  etc.,  with  four  gallons 
of  water,  there  are  ei^lu.  ^alio. 
equally  intoxicating  drink  from 
bushel  of  com,  sold  at  $2  a  gallos 
4lt!  the  product  of  a  bushel    of  cot 

But  that  is  for  the  rabble.  Now  let 
us  sea  the  delicacies  prepared  for  the 
gentry  and  ladies.  For  this  purpose  the 
manufacturer  has  61  flavoring  extracts, 
7  colorings,  21  choice  essential  oils,  and 
38  drugs.  With  these  by  a  little  sleight 
of  hand,  he  will  take  a  gallon  of  corn 
whiskey  and  convert  it  into  French 
brandy,  Bourbon  whiskey,  Holland  gin, 
or  port,  champagne,  Madeira  claret,  or 
any  kind  of  wine  or  cordial  you  choose. 

For  example:  To  make  French  bran- 
dy, take  brandy  flavor  a  half  pint, 
brandy  coloring  a  half  pint,  age  and  bo- 
dy preparations  one  pound,  corn  whis- 
key 40  gallons,  and  you  have  40  gal- 
lons of  Frsnch  brandy,  worth  from  $7 
to  $10  per  gallon. 

In  the  name  way  a  vile  compound  re- 
presenting every  variety  of  the  choicest 
liquors  is  prepared. 

And  this  is  the  common  liquor  of 
commerce.  Dr.  Cox,  state  chemist  i 
Ohio,  states  that  of  GOO  insp.-t.lioi: 
made    in   two   years    ninety  per  aea 

The  following  case  was  among  then 
'■A  druggist  in  Cincinnati  or  lered  fro. 
New  York  two  hogsheads  of  the  bep 
brands    of  French    brandy  for   medic 

"To  test  them  Dr.  Cox  poured  som 
in  a  glass  and  inserted  a  steel  blade,  and 
in  fifteen  minutes  the  brandy  ti 
black  as  ink,  and  the  steel  a  brigh 
per  color.  The  druggist  refused  to 
and  stood  suit,  and  the  doctor  analyzed 
the  stuff  before  the  court  and  jury,  ai 
found  that  it  contained  nitric  acid,  s 
phuric  acid,  prussic  acid,  guano  peppi 
and  fusil  oil,  and  the  jury  pronouncad 

Such   is   the    disclosure.     And 

there    are  500,000    men,    makers    and 

venders,    entrenched    behind    this  im. 

mensely   lucrative  business,  and   prey- 

upon   the  vitals  of  the  community. 


Will 


the  nal 


■  up  . 
these    shackles 


lined  energy  and  overwhelming  ei 
liasm,  till  the  curse  is  removed.- 
.  Messenger. 


Ob.ild.rens'    Corner. 


Children's  IV]ii|.r|-aii.->- 

No  brandy  red 

No  whisky  hot 
That  makes  the  s 
No  fiery  rum 


v  from  well  or  spring; 


11,1. d... 


3Chk 


They 


nd  shot 


Lave  one  good-natured 
-evereiice  ;,ged  people, 
l  the  utmost  kindness 
and  attention.  Old  age  is  rather  neg- 
lected in  our  country,  and  scenes  like 
the  following  are  not  very  common. 

One  cold  winter  morning,  when  the 
sleet  froze  aa  it  fell,  rendering  walking 
dangerous  even  lo  the  young  and 
itrong,  my  attention  was  drawn  toward 
i  man  whose  age  and  infirmity  made  it 
ilniciHt  imp  issilde  for  him  to  get  along. 
Wc  were  both  w  ilkiug  in  jibe  same 
lirection,  but  he  was  on  the  opposite 
ideof  the  street.  1    watched  him  with 


down  the  street.  Just  a*she  was  about 
to  pass  the  old  man,  he  slipped  and 
would  have  fallen  if  she  h.td  notal 
ed  forth  her  hand  to  Bave  him. 

She  stopped   a  few  moments  to    talk 
with  him,   then,  taking  htB  arm, 

What  a  contrast  they  presented— the 
young  girl,  in  her  elegent  attire,  anc 
the  aged  man,  in  his  wornout  garments 
It  was  a  beautiful  picture,  an  elo 
quent  sermon  upon   the  respect  which 


I  afterward  learned  that  the  old  gi 
tleman  had  once  held  a    high   poailii 
but  through    no  fault  of  his  own   h 
lost  his  property,  and  he  was  then  very 
poor  and  almost  blind.      How    he 
have  prized  the    kind  attention    of  the 
young  girl,  now  that  he  waeioraaken  Lj 
the  friends  of  his  more  prosperous  days 

Perhaps  we  all  need  to  be  remindet 
of  the  Bible  injunction,  "Thou  Bhal 
rise  up  before  the  hoary  head,  and  hoc 


Freemasonry  Forty  Years  Ap 


Mr.     Editor:— There    are    in     tti 

Jfiwirliwrtts  Spy  two  notices  for  Mi 

sonic  celebrations  on  the   24th  of  Juu 

The  Most  Worshipful  and   Rev.  Grand 

High  Priest,  Samuel  Clark, 

ton,  is  to  deliver  an  address  before  the 

Morning  Star  Lodge  in  Leice 

Sir   Knight  Ezekiel  L.     Bascom  before 

Ml.  Zion  Lodge  in    Hard 

vitation  is  given  to  the    brethren  of  the 

order  in  the  neighhi 

in  the  celebration  a 


■;|..'t 


Lp,  .v.i 


ng,  jewels,  badges,  roya 
robes,  and  all  the  trinkets  usually  worr 
on  fetiliva!  days.  I  would,  through  youi 
paper,  extend  the    imitation  *u\\  funh 


can  simplicity  clothed  in  robes  of  royal- 
ty; that  they  may  yiew  the  orimaoi 
blush  (if  there  be  any  sense  of  deling) 


the 


:ek    of  the  t 


3  he 


cends  the  steps  of  that  sacred  desk, 
dedicated  to  the  service  of  God,  to  throw 
hiB  influence,  his  weight  of  charaoter  ir 
the   support  of   an   institution   stained 

forth    the   strength    of   his  mind,   the 

institution  whose  waya  are  darkles* 
and  whose  deeds  are  death.  I  call  up- 
Royal  Knight  his  dagger,    the  com  pan- 

an  emblem  of  Masonic  charity;  and  in 
the  apron  the  impression  of  a  death's 
head,  emblematical  of  nothing  more  noi 
less  than  the  penalty  imprecated  in  tht 
violation  of  his  Masonic  obligatioEs,  I 
call  upon  them  (o  examine  that  Sacrec 
Book  which  contains  the  religion  tries 
profess  to  believe  and  have  dedicated 
themselves  to  preach  by  the  square  and 
compass  (those  emblema  of  Maaouit 
charity)  with  candor  and  decision;  anc 
see  if  it  would  not  be  much  more  ap 
propriate  to  celebrate  the  birthday  ot 
Cain,  and  eul  gize  bis  character,  that 
that  of  John  the  Baptist;  for  no  doub 
Cain  was  a  more  thorough  Mason,  anc 
lived  more  agreeably  to  the  divine  pre 
cepts  of  the  institution. — Ziari  in  tht 
Mnsn.    Yeoman.  1831. 

Oiueideiices  oT  Anti-urn  sonic  Reform. 

In  the  year  1825  (previous  lo  Mor- 
gan's abduction  and  murder)  Richard 
Carlisle,  a  Freemason  of  London,  com- 
menced the  publication  of  the  secrets 
of  Freemasonry  in  a  newspaper  enti- 
tled the  Republican.  His>pui>lication 
was    addressed  to    the  Duke    of  York. 


,  buti 


the  last  foul  oj  no 
that  was    made  a  Royal    Arch    Miso: 

scribe    my    description    of    that    d< 

gree."     He  adds:   *'  In  Miutonry,    eve 

as    a    Royal    Arch    Mason,    you    uni 

learnt    nothing   but  the    secrets  of  fo 

ly. "       Further    he    says,     ■'  Masoni 

is  the  handmaid"    [not  of  religion,    m 

of  oharity,  but]  of  monarchy  aud  ari: 

tooraej  ;  that  it  is  a  social  abominatiol 

a  process    of  plain   lying,  a  pretensic 

teach  an  important  matter  that  tun 

t    a  vacuity;  a  trick   that    fne.eiid<ji 

thing    but  base    tricks;  a  game  tin 


o,d    I-- 


Ihai 


oft 


feel." 

Carlisle's    revelations     accord     ' 

those  i>f  Morgan  and  the    LeRoy  ( 

in.     The    revelations   of    Cai 

d  to  eighteen  degrees;   and  fo 

lasonry    is   the  same   in    Eng: 


ohn    G.  Stearns   of  Paris. 
I    Wm.   Morgan    of    Batavi 
the  Mime    time  and    unbekc 
b  other,  writing  against    the 


of  darkness"  io  the  United  Stales 
neither  of  them  knew  that  Carlisle  had 
taken  the  pen  for  the  s.ime  purpose  in 
England.  Application  for  a  eop'ytigh 
was  made  on  the  same  day  by  Eldei 
Stearns  and  by  Capt.  Morgan.    To  sny 


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Christian  Statesman. . 
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Earnest  Chrisiia 

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life   of  the  God-made    country.       Ir 

stead  of  preaching  couutry  sermons  t 
the  people,  as  did  the  Saviour,  and  laj 

(o  govern  every  branch  of  human  ir 
dustry  alike,  Mr.  Beecher  adapts  hi 
discourses  to  the  habits  of  the  people 
among  whom  he  livea.  He  voices  forth 
and  approves  (he  mammon-worship  0 
the  mart  of  commerce,  instead  of  preach 
ing  to  it  the  warning  words  of  a  Junab 
His  eermona  are  better  calculated  U 
please  the  men  who  pay  him  for  them 
than  the  God  whom  those  men  Bhould 


His 


I  lAddrogs lottersthua^ S"jS(,°S°'m^» 


False 

How  are  we  to  know  false  teacbe: 
By  C'">ni[->:vir,;;  tin.1  in  >viih  the  true  teai 
ers  we  may  know  them. 

The  Saviour  of  'mankind  teaches 
that  "It  is  easier  for  a  camel  to 
through  llie  eye  of  a  needle,  than 
a  rich  man  to  enter  into  the  kiogdc 
of  heaven."  But  the  Gospel  according 
to  Rev.  Henry  Ward  Beecher  reads 
about  as    follows:   ''A  new   comuiand- 

Thia  teaching  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Beech- 
er can  be  the  more  clearly  understood 
when  his  own  words  are  compared,  or 
raiher  contrasted  with  those  of  St. 
Luke.  The  apostle  says,  "And  he 
sent  them  to  preuch  the  kingdom  of 
God,  aud  to  heal  the  sick.  And  he 
said  unto  them,  take  nothing  for  your 
journey,  neither  staves  nor  script  neith- 
er bread,  neither  money;  neither  have 
two  coats  apiece."  But  the  words  ad- 
dressed to  the  Evangelical  Alliance  by 

times  hear  that  the  Americans  are  a 
money  loving-people.  Bless  God  for 
that,  or  what  would  become  of  Ohrist- 

The  language  of  the  Gospel  is-^eek 
first  the  kingdom  of  Heaven,  and  all 
other  things  shall  be  added  unto  you. 
But  Mr.  Beecher  teaches  tbat  money  is 
the  means  of  adding  unto  you  the 
kingdom  of  Heaven,  for,  says  he, '  'how 
can  the  world  be  evangelized  without 


itf 


Mr.  Beech-r  is  agreat  adm 


rofc 


getting  wealth.     According  to  his  opin- 

New  York  Ringmen  tbat  rendered 
them  successful  in  wealth-getting,  not 
their  bad  qualities.  Their  bad  quali- 
ties came  in  and  prevented  their  get- 
ting more  wealth,  aud  securing  what 
they  had  already  got.  Commerce,  a 
driving  commerce,  is  to  be  admired  for 
the  great  good  that  it  does. 

Now  human  affairs  are  naturally  di- 
vided into  .three  departments,  viz.  ag- 
riculture, manufaeluries  and  commerce; 
and  to  admire  or  commend  any  one  of 


,e  departments  over  It 
nlosopbical  point  of  i 


iothe 


ious  point  of  view,  like  preferring  the 
Spirit  to  either  Father,  or  Son.  We 
would  speak  in  reverence,  if  it  ie  possi 
bie  while  treating  of  the  eccentricities 
of  Mr.  Beecher.  But  to  give  a  prefer- 
ance  to  any  one  department  ol  human 
industry  over  the  other,  when  neither 
of  itself  would  be  of  much  account 
without  the  other,  and   when  all  these 


lial  t 


for  nothing  else 


nply  talk— 
)  for  makir 
re-giving,  ac 


It  is  not  unnatural  that  Mr.  Beecher 
himself  should  prefer  commerce  to  the 
simpler  pursuitof  agriculture;  for  com- 
merce is  the  immediate  life  of  the  city, 
while  agriculture  is  the  avocation  of  the 
country.  Mr.  Beecher  is  a  mm  of  the 
town;  he  likes  its  stir,    its  wealth,   its 


'  of  t 


phiUM-    which     Hum-  money  living 
give  him;  and  hence  he  looses  Bight  of 
the  humble  old  proverb  that  God  made 
tlie  country,   but    man   made  the  Un 


■affic;     they   i 


WlldT 


whirl  t 


speculation,  and  laughter-moving  from 
their  very  irreligion.  It  is  preposter- 
ous, and  therefore  laughable,  to  con- 
sider such  discourses  religious.  They 
are  a  joke  upon  all  religion;  and  there 
fore  all  men  are  moved    to  laughter  lij 

All  men  did  we  say!  Not  all  men 
for  those  who  have  a  serious,  earnesi 
sense  of  the  great  importance  of  relig 
ion,  can  only  feel  sad  at    such    exhibi 

B.-eclirr  uubea.      It  is  the  character  0! 


oolit 


rhich 


t  do  this.     It  must  oppose  w 

l\     UJTl'i'-llrit'-B    ■■I[]fi      tlie  IribLr-lllgr    t 

innot  consecrate  these  things  i 
ice  of  God.     It  is  only  God 

make  devils  and  devilish  thin 
prone  bi'-u.      Mr.    Beecher,  gr- .11 11 
(in   his  own  conceit),  would  be. 
lowed  up  in  the   attempt. 


Political  Action  Considered. 

The  objections  to  political  action 
:<:  iim-Kiion  of  organized  secrecy  I 
re  worthy  of  notice  as  faraa  they  t 


:  thee 


political  machinery  to  aivimplisb 
t  moral  reform.  That  it  will  c 
.te  in  the  formation  of  a  mere  | 
1  party.  That  it  invades  the  divi 
r,  to  wit:  that  all  moral  and  rel 
reforms  should   be  effected  by  t 


;  read:  "The  zeal  r 


when 


ted    chu: 


1  the 


efforts  io  join  the  arm  of  polit- 
er with  the  Christian  effort  for 
the  purpose  of  rtligioua  and  moral  re- 
form are  identical  in  principle  with 
hurch  and  state."  We  quote 
from  that  paper,  as  it  is  supposed  to  be 
organ  of  a  body  of  ChrUians  or- 
ganically and  disciplinary  opposed  to 
nd  probably  on  this 
point  reflecting  the  fears  of  many  out- 
ide  the  communion  of  the  Free  Meth- 
>dist  church.  But  wo  think  such  fears 
unfounded,  and  that  there  is  a  wide 
disparity  between  the  two.  It  is  cer- 
legitimate  sphere  of 


what  1 


9  the  1 


3  of  i 


id  we  think  no  good  and 
an  will  find  fault  therewith,  while  it 
maii'f'.'Ktly  injust  and  oppressive  to 
gislaie  church  forms,  cbuicli  doctrines, 
turoh  supremacy,  or  church  support 
dou  the  aubjects  of  the  state.  This 
Iter   would  be  union  of  church    and 

We  agree  with  the  editor  of  the 
love  named  paper  and  any  and  every- 
body else  as  to  the  futility  of  altempt- 
;  pulitical  machinery  to  leg 
lonstrosity  out  of  existence. 
Such  ia  not  the  aim,«nor  would  any 
snter  upon  so  Quixotic 
Gain  ascendancy  uv.-r 
ecret  conclaves  by  mere  political  ma- 
hinery?"     Madness  run   doubly  mad! 


We  1 


lething 


b  iseb-Hs  hope?.     We   k 

it*  a!l-p<Twniing  influence,  its  almost 

nipresent    power  and  cunning,   and 

d  its  signs  and  trace  its  serpent  tnul 

iere  others  little  dream  of  finding  it; 

aud    that     its    blasphemous    arrogance 

strutting     forth     where     angel 

foot    by     reverence    is     stayed.       Its 

rapacity     for      power      leads     it      to 

seek     the     scepter     and     the    Grown 

lowan  serfs  to  do  its  bidding;  its 


andi 


villi    llm- 

rved  tbei 


Nor  ia  there  any  real  ground  to  fear 
that  if  political  action  is  inaugurated, 
such  action  will  lead  to  the  formation 
of  a  mere  political  party  and  thereby 
leave  an  incubus  upon  the  body  nolit  c 
a  bar  to  further  progress,  or  a  shelter 
for  political  mendacity. 

We  never  expect  to  become  a  political 
party  in  the  strict  seme  of  the  wt 
but  a  "  God  and  morality  party," 
Master  Mason  Brick  Pomeroy  u 
fcornfully  to  designate  the  Republi 
party    when  that  party  bad  a  moral 


Paul  he  leaned  upon  and  1 


>rds  l 


party  of  Am 


eking  ih 


ler  best  interest  in  legislating 
if  her  pule  the  affiliating  se 
si.     There   is   no  danger   of  our 


American    people  shall    have    reached 
that  point  wbere  it  demands  the 
gation  of  these  various  secret  org; 

the  need  of  such  a  party  will 
.  and  ceasing  to  be  needed  will  ex- 
pire. The  anomalous  condition  of  Amer- 
lolitics  to  day  is  but  the  necessary 
of  a  party  devoid   of  distinctive 


,  and  the  aggregation  of  thought 
1  men  around  new  centers.  Tariff, 
toms,  place,  power  bring  desire   of 


as  thest 


nd  de 


iough  to  my  knowledge  it  baB  ney 
sen  distinctly  so  stated,  yet  then 
hose  who  argue  as  though  they  be 


order,  I  will  r 


;  den 


argut 


it  follow  that  if  other  means   are 

used  and  under  the  blessing  of  God  ac- 

mplirh  the  desired  end,  that  the   end 

complihlied  is  thereby  vitiated!   Who 

)uld    remand  to   slavery  our    colored 


.31  bee 


j  the 


of  their  enfranchisement  was  the  strong 
,rm  of  the  law,  and  that  military  law, 
nd  not  immediatily  and  dire.ily  tff-cl- 
d  by  the  voice  and  will  of  the  church. 
Who  but  the  infidel  or  restive  libertine 
hurch  and  state  at  our  Sahbath 
blasphemy,  adultery. 


,  gambling,  the  I 
urbance 


■eligioi 


But   the  history    of  the 


d;i      pr.-O 


with 


God's  first    choice  he  has 
past  been  pleased   to    co-opert 

1  in  this  way  ;  and  as  this  question  ii 
one  of  riliLO.ni.-i  obligation  only.bu 
also  of  civil  rights  and  national  morality 
to  the  morals  of  our  neighbor/ 
ipecially  to  to   the  rising   genera 


sight 


alth 


directed  aim  brought  to  bear  against 
this  evil,  and  as  God  in  his  providen- 
tial dispensations  jrives  us  civil  rights  as 
ruly  as  he  gives  us  means  of  grace  fealty 
i>  (j.)d  demands  that  we  use  our  civil 
lower  as  surely  as  we  use  our  gracious 
.bility  to   the  furtherance  of  his    king- 


aligion,  4,  Tbat   it  ib 
and    damning    relig- 


It  is  not  proposed  to  discus 
character  of  MasonB,  ( though 
thing  may  be  incidently  said  on 
point),  but  of  Masonry,  of  the  ir 

ious  principles.     Masons  may  be 
men,  but  Maaonry  did  nrt   make 
good  or  help  them  to   be   so,     Good 
men  m*y  belong  to  and    uphold  a  bad 


rinciples  of  Freem 


rMar 


,  Fellow  Craft, 
on,  to  those  wh 


■en  tin 


M .  o 


erial  good.     It  may    have    relieved  a 

icaniy  assistance  to  the  widow;  but 
he  reports  of  the  order  show  that  by 

far  the  greater  share  of  its  income  goes 
the  purposes  of  feasting  and  display. 

Popery,  with  its  hospitals  aod  sisters 
>f  mercy,  may  have  done  some  good 
lormonisra  has  made  parts  of  Utah  a 
;arden.  The  Saracens  preserved  learn- 

;ood  in  some  way  connected  with  it  or 
he  earth  could  not  bear  it 

But  "what  do  you  know  about  Ma- 
onry  ?     Are  you  a  Mason  I     Have  you 

re  have  seen.      What  do  I  know  about 
London,     Paris,    Vienna,    the    Franco- 
ian  war  ?     What  do  I  know  about 


f other  tl 
ny  degret 


1  the  evidence  of 


.any  things  which  we  may 
id  heard. 

The  23d  Landmark  of   Fre 


eemasonry  are  these — 1.  What  we 
eand  hear;'-1.  What  seceding  M  Lions. 
-ve  told  us;  3.  What  adhering  Masons 
eak,  write  and  publish. 


,  and  its  principles  and 


hich  they  have  spoken  in 
darkness  has  been  heard  in  the  light; 
nd  that  which  they  have  spoken  in  the 
ar  in  closets    has  beeu    proclaimed  on 

•With  the  secrets   of  Freemasonry  it 

1  proposed,  in  ibis  discussion,  to  have 
uiljiug  snecitlly  to  do.  It  is  only  its 
vowed  and  publ  shed  principles,  and 
la  principles  in  one  particular  aspect, 
s  regards  the  subj-ct  of  religion,    that 


rou  wished  to  learn  something  1 
the  principles  of  the  republican  an 
cratic  party,  you  would  not  go  I 
tstic  who  neverread  a  newspapei 
>  the  leaders  of  these  parties,  1 
their  public  speakers,  writers,  new 
3  and  platforns.  If  you  wisbt 
rn  something  of  the  doctrines  1 
jman  Catholic  Church,  you  woul 


\  bishoi 


encyclicals  and  a 


is  of  the  Vatican,  or  some 
1  wishing  to  learn  something  of 


no  further  than  the  'Blue  Lodge."  We 
goto  its  Great  Lights.toils  High  Priests 
and  Grand  Masters,  who  have  been 
from  bottom  to  top  of  the  "anoient  in 
stitution."  We  go  to  theatandnrd  works 
oi  Freemasonry  written  by  these  men, 
and  everywhere  received  by  the    Craft 

If.  therefore,  any  young  and  newly- 
fi-dged  Mason  of  the  first  degrees  should 
say  we  know  nothing  about  Freemason- 
ry, (or  in  the  usual  vocabulary  of  these 
men— "it's  a  lie,"  "all  lies,")  we  hi 
your  pardon,  air.  We  pray  you  ha' 
iving  what  you 


IDgton,  employed  his  It 


equally  congenial 

new  secret  societ 

The  following  il 


i  organizing 

"lis  of  wi-,1.  1 


regard  t 


real  and  never  reveal''  anything 
injury.     We  believe  the  master  in  pref 
erence  to  the  slave.     And  for  tbat  m 
ler  we  know  more  about    Freemasoi 
than  you,    sir.     And    why?     Becai 
we  have  studied  it,   which    you    ne 
did,  as  you  know.     Wo  have   read 
authors.     You  may  have  been  Btrippi 
hoodwinked,  haltered,   degraded,    and 
then  illuminated,  approved  and  colli 
But  what  of  itf     That  ia  the  men 
play  of  the   order-     Its  principle! 
deeper.      An  intelligent  American 
ever  been  across  the  ocean, 


untry. 


uppot 


)wh< 


What  would 
this  prove?  This— that  MaBons  area 
unprincipled  scoundrels 
and  impostors  on  earth.  Publish  to 
the  world  books  professing  to  exhibit 
the  principles  of  Freemasonry,  purport- 
be^written  by  Masonic  authors, 
by  Masonic  publishers,  sold  by 
c  book-sellers;  and  yet  a  fraud, a 
M,sonry  I 


r.U- 


;  of 


:ould 


nade  against  any  s 
mplied  in  this  evasion'  It  ranks 
vith  counterfeiters  and  forgers, 
ithers  have  perpetrated  these  cru« 
agea  upon  these  authors  and  the  in 
ion,  why  do  not  Masons  expose  t 
Vnd  why  do  Masonic  publishers 


lgetc 


is  and  one  for  Free- 
•travel  from  East  to 
e  of  these  editions; 

from  West  to  East,"  and  know  how  to 
your  thumb-nail  in  the  right  pl.c-, 
get  the  other.  The  difference  is, 
aftei  all,  not  much.    Only  in  the  former 

liety  of  the   order  is,    in  a 

hinly  veiled. 

is  no  escap".     It  will   not 

as  to  say  that  the  Grand 
High  PneBtBofthe  order  write  false- 
hoods, that  Mnsonic  publishers  print 
them,  and  that  Masonic  book  sellers  sell 
hem.      That  would  be  allone  witheay- 


eated    according     to    the    ritual. 

sjon  taught  by  thiB  is  that    ibe 
ate   ahould    implicitly  obey    the 

pparent  danger,  having    the    as- 
ie,   however,  that  no  evil  will  be- 
all    bim. 

instance  is  related  of  a  loss  of  life 

ing  a  few  years  ago  in  Philadel- 

n  comequence  of  the  omission  to 

substitute  the   immitation    spikes    for 

the  real    ones;  the    candidate  obeyed 

order,  jumped  on  the  sharp  iron. 

and  died  t'ri  m  the  effects  in   Ibe    lodee 


ger  tbat  the    public 


ouid  1 


ieptt 


The  conclusion  follows.  These  books 
■"  the  works   of  Freemasons.     Tbey 

e  genuine.  They  declare  the  prinei- 
es  of  the  order.  Intelligent  men  in 
ie  lodge  and  out  of    the    lodge   know 

The  Masonic  standard  works  relied 
1  to  prove  the  five  propositions  stated 
joveare,  *'A  Manual  of  the  Lodge," 
The  Masonic  Ritualist,"  "A  Lexicon 
'  Freemasonry"  all  "by  Albert  G. 
Mackey,  M.  D.,  Past  General  Grand 
High  Priest  of  the  General  Grand 
Chapter  of  the  United  States."  '-The 
ion's  Monitor,  edited  by  Daniel 
33d,  Past  Master,  Past  High 
Knight  Templar,  Past  Junior 
Grand  Warden,  etc"  The  same  prin- 
.liinlly  are  also  found  in 
'  of  Thomas  Smith  Webb, 
lasonic  Manual"  of  Robt. 
d    unimportant 


Mason 
iouoftl 


ciples  of  I 


will    be  appreciated    by   the  readers  o 
the   iSe/„raier. 

During  the  process  of  conferring  tht 
third  degree  of  tbe  Knights  of  Pythiat 
the  candidate  is  brought  before  tbe  chan 
cellor,  the  blindfold  taken  off.  and  h< 
is  shown  a  two  inch  plank,  about  a  fooi 
square,  in  whioh  are  several  sharp  iron 
spikes,  four  inches  lone.  After  exam- 
ining  the  article  he  is  led  away,  bui 
presently  recalled  on  the  pretense  thai 
something  has  been  forgotten, 
his  back  is  turned  an  india-rubbi 
quicslysub 


'■nek    ihr<-' 

Anothei 
reply  t 


plac 


hair  over  right 
•eg  ing -Open 


The 


1  fatal  jump  to  bim,  aBtheaban 
ill  easily  penetrate  the  soles  0 
:■  Tne  chancellor  then  gives  tht 
nd,  ''Executioners,  do  your 
Four  men  dreased    in  bis. 


iwna  and  black  masks,  immediately 
eze  the  candidate  by  the  arms  anc 
gs  and  forcibly  seat  bim  on  ibe  india 
rubber  substitute.  Occasionally  a  candi 
jumps  as  directed,  (he  has  proba 
teen  posted  up  by  a  friend).     Tb« 

Knight!"  Sometimes  a  candidate  of  t 
ling  turn  of  mind,  jumps  ovei 
d  spikes,  but  he  is  prompilj 
O  the  starting  point,  compel! 


led  bat 


relsi 


bly 


sof  1 


handed   a 


copying,  but  when  about  to  write  cau- 
le  table  wiih  a  1.  ud  report  nVn  to 


s  the  startled  aud  aa 
himself  by  writing 


>ake  1 


iof  a 


1  skele- 

)  third  degree  in  the  Knights 
!,     the  candidate  is  caused     to 

imBelf  beside  a  coffin,  in  which 
a  skeleton;  across    the  coflan 


;  the 


1  bant 


le,   and    the  other  on   his 
occupies  this]  Oiilion  while 
the    patriarch     (who  also    is    chaplain 
peats  the  charge  or  obligation  of  tbe 
igree.     Meanwhile  tbe  members  pres- 


ided 


e  coffin,  tbe  gas  is  turned  down,  and 
e  peculiar  flime  derived  from  ;.]■  chi>l 
ixed  with  salt,    throws  a    lurid  light 

The   climax   of  the    wtckedaess    of 

such  proceedings  1b  invoking  the,  bless- 


stantly  followed  by  the  right  arm  out- 
Blreohed  upwardly,  the  open  hand  side- 
ways, Ibe  entire  movement  ia  done 
quickly  and  with    energy. 

The  grip.— The  two  middle  fingars 
of  right  band  grasping  or  interlocking 
the  same  fanners  on  tho  other's  hand. 
— 77w  Rpjormtr. 


Freemasonry  Forty  tears  Ap 


Ma.  Editdh:— Lfyou  think  the  fol- 
lowing  wil  be  of  any  public  benefit, 
you  may  give  it  a  place  in  your  paper; 
and  when  a  more  convenient  opportu- 
nity offers  I  will  give  you  a  detailed  ao- 
count  of  certain  circumstances  relating 
to  the  fate  of  William  Morgan. 

"I,  the  subscriber,  John  Price, of  the 
town  of  Ledyard  in  Cayuga  county, 
now  of  the  city  of  Troy,  of  lawful  age, 
say,  that  I  was  made  a  Mason  in  Friend- 
ship lodge  in  Ontario  ciunty,  and  have 
tieen  honored  with  tbe  R.yal  Arch  de- 
gree, if  it  may  be  called  honor.  As 
far  as  I  am  acquainted  with  Masonry,  I 
elieve  the  institution  to  be  corrupt, and 
angerous  to  our  free  republican  gov- 
rnment,  and  often  pervertive  0/ justice, 
have  every  reason  to  believe  from 
hat  I  haveseen  and  what  I  know,  that 
asons  generally  believe  that  they  are 
aund  to  carry  into  effect  all  the  by- 
,wa  of  the  instltuiion,  even  if  it  is  to 
take  the  life  of  a  Mason  who  exposes 
'  e  secrets  of  Masunry. 

John  Pricb. 
Troy,  May  30,  1831 ," 
To  tbe  Masters,  Wardens  and  mem 
rs  or  Green  Mountain  Lodge: — Tha 
idcraigned,  living  wubin  the  junsdic- 
m  of  said   lodge,  respectfully    rrpre- 


refully  and  impar- 
siigated  the  principle  ol  Spec- 
reemasonry,  and  are  fully  of 
the    opinion   that  it  ought  to  be   laid 


10   longer  coi 
with    the  ii 

be  happy  t 


Woodstock,  Vi.  April,   1831. 
As  AFFinAV.T.— We  berebyde, 
ial  in  the  month  01  February  lat 


destroying  a  neighborhood   or   * 

,  and  wss  committing  depredatio 

■y  nightand  he  knew  it,  he   wou 

-till  do  it,  and  ibis  delivered  to  him 


The 


Hal.. 


Elias  Badcoos,  Jr.,  J.  P. 
>ve  is  taken  from  a  series  o 
ts  published   by   the  Rev.  Perly 
ding  Mas 


Berkshire,  Vt., 
defending  himself  against   the  personal 
peration  of  his  quondam  brethren. 
It  shows  how  poisonous  are  the  dootrines 
'reemasoury   infuses  into  culti- 

chnraoter  of  an  oath.     Many    such  we 
■N.   T.    Whig, 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  NOVEMBER  20,  1873 


The  Christian  Cvnnsnrp     coile«i;s-wheato>  is  partic-  thllodue  conspiracy  auaikst 


Cliiniiro,  Tlinr-ila),  .\«v.  •_'»,  1X7;!. 


Special  Nofirelo  Suliscriupra.-In  order 

to  keep  our  mail  list  paid  up  aud  avoid  the 
[lecesaityof  seuiliii.k-tiHIii  for  arn-iraiics.  we 
have  adopted  the  plan  of  sending  cheerful 

weeks  hefore  Hie  uKj.iration  of  every  sub 
■t  day  of  January 


•:  fr-ii,  ...ir 


lail  lis 


e  from  our  list  tl 


edtlnU  llii;y  ii 

■  if  ;i  sinirlr-  Milisuril-cr  v 

CUliuslan!-,>  will   | mil        Wi'li    ^''iipl,', 

BPUii    us    the  ix-y  (or  notify   im  Hint  y 

will  send  ii|  ln.-fore  your  ?ui>-iripiion'c 
pires  tints   preventing  nuy    interruption 


the  Cynosure. 

will  you  not    obtai 

ber  would  give  yn 

There  are  many  p 
able  to  lake  the  p 
cood  use'ofit  if  sent ' 


Dod 


o  send   you  a 
jstal  c- 


it:  or  tin-  mull  may  fail  (.".iln;  it  to 
e  place  of  its  destination. 
We  do  not   seod  postal   cards  to  those 
at   they   will  renew    their  .-uhseriptious 


If  t 


I  v-ni 


joonaa  possible. 


Come  to  the  Convention! 

Our  noble  state  and  the  nation  i 
beneath  the  wrongs  inflicted  by  i 
agencies.  Rings  and  robbery  an 
ruption  abound  in  high  places, 
purity  of  the  Church  and  integrity  of 
the  State  are  in  peril.  The  murder  of 
Morgan  by  Masons,  in  1S26,  awakened 
the  good  people  to  a  sense  of  this. per- 
il- But  this  awakening  proved  tempo- 
rary.    While  good    men  slept  the  ene 

tured  in  secret  conclaves,  pushed  the 
nation  to  the  very  verge  of  ruin.  Aoc1 
now  positions  of  honor  and  profit  art 
mostly  in  the  hands  of  members  of  se 


The* 


fully  on  the  increase.  They  seek  t< 
enter  the  Eden  of  our  best  households 
They  pervert  the  witness-stand,  jury 
box,  and  the  lips  of  the  advocate;  and 
even  the  ermined  Judge  upon  h: 
throne  of  Justice,  and  thus  strike  dow 
the  equality  of  the  citizen  before  the 
law.  More  than  this:  some  of  thei 
take  away  the  key  stone  from  the  onl 
arch  which  spans  the  distance  betwee 
sinful  man  and  a  holy  God !  The  nam 
of  the  one  Mediator  t6  excluded  from 
their  prayers,  and  even  cut  from  thein^ 
spired  word  which  they  profeBs  t< 
quote! 

But  happily,  this  slumber  in  broken. 
In  November  of  1870,  in  the  city  o 
Syracuse,  was  organized  the  New  York 
State  Association  Opposed  to  Secret  So 
cielies.  Since  then  other  states  hav 
moved  in  the  same  direction.  An, 
there  is  a  National  Association  of  lik 
chsracter.       Already    two  Anniversar 


Coi 


e   been    held  by  oi 
State  Association — the  Brat  in  Roche 
ter,    December,    1871:  the    second  i 
Syracuse    last    Much;    and    now   tr. 
third  meets  in  Daniel's  spinous  Hall,  in 
Seneca  Falls,  Tuesday  evening,  Dec 
her  2nd,  to  continue  tbe  two  follow 
days    and    evenings.       Your  presi 
and  council    are  greatly  needed.     You 
are  invited  to  attend    by  every  interest 
vital  to  the  State.  Nation  and  Mankind. 

Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard,  of  Wheaton 
College,  Illinois,  and  other  distinguish- 
ed speakers  arc  to  attend  and  addrcFs 
the  Convention,  Come,  without  fail, 
and  bring  your  friends  with  you. 
A.  Chookb,   L.  N.  Stratton,  Charles 

MjtRRicK,   Z.    Weaver,  D.  Kirkpat 

hick,  W.  Post,   N.  Bingham,  E.  P. 

Sellew,     C.    F.     Hawlkv,   G.    W. 

Clark,  Executive    Committee. 


The   last  Religions   Telescope  h 
witty    and     well-conceived     article 
•'  Finding  Colleges,"   built  to  ordt 
pioneer  towns  before  the  railroad  re 
es  them.     If  we  must  censure  any  part 
of  the  article,  it  is  that  which  puts  the 
contrast  between  the  old  colleges  and 
the    new  quite   too  disparaging  to  the 
latter.     Middlebury  College  graduated 
Mayor    Gaines   of  New    York,  Rollin 

C.  Mallory,  chairman  of  one  of  the 
most  important  Congressional  commit- 
tees, President  Olin  of  the  Wesleyan 
University    and  Nathan  S.   S.  Beman, 

D.  D.,  of  Troy,  one  of  the  ablest  men 
of  this  or  any  other  country,  while  yet 
it  waa  a  new  college  with  but  one  small 
wooden  building. 

The  Cynosure  is  the  organ  of  every 
college  which  expels  secret  societies 
rom  its  halls.  At  the  United  Breth- 
en  State  Conference  at  Lamoile,  111., 
re  were  proud  to  learn  that  the  agent 
f  their  Theological  Seminary  said: 
■  The  Cynosure  has  inserted  and  stands 
ready  to  insert  everything  we  have  sent 
or  wish  to  send  them  for  publication." 
Our  brethren  will  be  glad  to  know 
that  Wheaton  College  has 


oile^e 


rcfaltsi 


!ase  of  students  over 
former  years.  But  erecting  these 
buildings  under  the  bitter  opposition 
of  a  ring  consist!  ng  of  editors,  Borne  of 
the  professors,  and  tbjc  treasurer  of 
Chicago  Theological  Seminary; 
ked  by  endorsers  of  A.  H.  Quint, 
secretary  of  the  National  Congregation- 
al Council.  Knight  Templar  and  Mn- 
Ihaplain,  living  in  Boston,  New 
and  New  York,  we  have  had  to 
struggle.  t]in>ii;;h  formid  able  difficulties. 
We  have  incurred  a  debt  of  something 
more  than  twenty  thousand  dollara, 
which  must  be  paid  off.  We  are  now, 
heedless  of  the  "panic,"  or  "hard 
tinies,"  about  to  appeal  to  the  public 
to  pay  this  debt;  which  we  firmly  trust 
paid.      Our  plan  is  to 


this 


all 


n..ilu"l_, 'h  jirivntL'  ..ll.urs,  denomina- 
tional expenses,  or  other  charities  will 
ie    oppressed    by  it.      Eight    hundred 
lersons  at  twenty-five  dollars  each,  in 
ddition  to  what  we  have  now   prom- 
tied,  will    pay   this   debt   and  place  a 
college  here   by  Chicago,  the  gateway 
the   interior  and    the  west,  which 
II  speak  with  God's  enemies,  and  tbe 
emies  of  our  country,  '"in  the  gate." 


■'Tbe  Co 


applic 


1  still  c 


in  colleges;  thus  betraying  the  fact 
that  it  baa  read  the  Cynosure  or  some 
other  prints  which  call  things  by  their 
right  names.  Does  it  not  know  that 
ita  Masonic  Temple  on  Columbia  street 
lives  and  thrives  and  has  its  being  by 
just  such  '*  tomfoolery  "  supported  in 
part  by  members  of  Presbyterian 
churches  who  take  the  Presbyter  mid 
Herald  I  And  that  Rev.  Henry  D. 
Moore,  of  the  Cincinnati  Tract  Board, 
has  taken  twenty-one  degrees  of  such 
"  torn-foolery  1  "  nay  that  the  same 
"  tomfoolery  " — supports  him  as  a 
preacher  now.  If  so,  why  not,  as  a 
witness  for  God  and  truth,  speak  the 
truth  touching  these  home  matters. 
But  if  it  6ays:  "Behold  we  knew  it 
not;   doth    not  he  that  pondereth  tbe 


lodge 


tall  he 

(■■i.-ordi.'f.'  'i 


led  home  dead  and 
buried  without  an  inquest.  As  they 
wire  carrying  bun  to  the  grave, Dr.  Mc- 
Laren exclaimed  to  a  lending  attorney 
of  tbe  town:  "My  God,  esquire,  if  that 
man  had  fallen  dead  in  my  house, 
would  the  coroner  have  taken  no  notice 
of  it,  or  allowed  burial  without  an  in 
e,"  replied  the  lav>- 
would  have  all  the 
jury." 

Even  anti-secret  papers,  fearless,  ac- 
curate, and  able  as  they  are,  allow  the 
npucalyplk  beast  to  escape  recognition 
in  this  discussion.     The  power  oi  these 


thingi 


ll.e.r  folly   i. 


n  their 


lie  staple  of  paganism  out  from  the 
ime  web  with  burning  a  widow  or 
assing  infants  through  tire  to  Mulocu. 

We  learn  by  a  letter  from  our  excel- 
>nt  Bro.  Crojksofthe  Wesley  ail,  that 
ur  next  anniversary  is  receiving  cere- 
il  attention  and  that  it   will    doubtless 


that 


ad.lr. 


We 


n  Shakespeare  Hall  at  loBBt  one  thou- 
iand  delegates  if  we  go  there.  While 
preliminaries  are  being  settled  let  the 
work  of  choosing  delegates  go  on. 


oO, 


■    of(»    t 


conspiracy  of  the  Masons  to  compass 
Senator  Pomeroy's  destruction.  I 
would  have  put  my  thoughts  in  the 
form  of  an  introduction  to  the  letter, 
but  owing  to  the  absence  of  the  office 
editor,  the  letter  being  directed  to  Hie 
Cynosure  it  was   printed  before  I  eaw 

The  statement  of  '-Photizo"  corres- 
ponds with  what  I  heard  repeatedly 
during  my  recent  lecture  tour  in  Kan- 
sas.  Although  it  was  apparent  that 
the  conspirators  had  succeeded  not  only 
in  accomplishing  Hi*  political  assassin- 
ation of  their  victim,  but  also  in  creat- 
'ng,  I  may  say,  in  public  minds  that 
perplexity  and  uncertainty  iu  which 
mystic  craftiness  everseeka  to  shroud 
its  crimes  and  by  which  it  is  bo  often 
able  to  prevent  suspicion  from  ripening 
into  conviction.  As  the  cuttle  fish  es- 
capes from   its   pursuers  by  darkening 

capes  public  condemnation.  Obstruct- 
ing men's  intellectual  vision  by  inter- 
posing the  inky  blackness  of  their  mystic 
craft,  they  glide  away  from  the  place  of 
evil  action  and  are  not  perceived. 

Thus  it  is  charged  that  after  Sena- 
tor Pomeroy's  Chicago  speech,  the  Ma- 
sons determined  upon  his  political 
death,  for  the  simple  reason  that  he  dis- 
approved of  Freemasonry  and  dared  to 
speak  his  sentiments.  Of  this  the  facts 
stated  by"Photizo"  are  strong  proof.  At 
first,  the  Masons  neetned  lo  have  forgut- 
en  their  usual  caution.  Their  rage  anil 
confidence  transported  numbers  of  them 
beyond  the  bounds  of  mystic,  discretion  . 
The  cool  ones  Boon  hushed  the  talk- 
era  and  the  plot  waB  carried  out 
with  exemplary  slyness;  except  that  a 
few  of  the  actors,  impelled  it  would 
seem  bv  the  fatality  which  always  at 
tends  great  crimes,  made  no  secret  of 
the  fact  that  they  deliberately  set  a  trap 
for  their  victim  and  enticed  him  into  it. 
But  now  when  you  charge  this  design 
of  ensnaring  ami  .niussi  paling  politi.  ally 
upon  Masonry  as  an  act  of  pure  ven- 
geance, they  say,  No — Masonry  had 
nothing  todo  with  it — nothing  wag  said 
about  his  Anti-masonry.  Of  course 
not  When  men  purpose  to  do  a  deed 
of  wicked  malice,  do  they  not  naturally 
seek  out  some  false  pretense  and  justifi- 
able motive  ?  Are  they  not  at  great  pains 
toconcea!  the  evil  motive  for  the  deed? 
Certainly,  if  they  intend  to  strike  but 
conceal  the  hand,  they  always  provide 

And  again  they  say  Masonry 
bad  nothing  to  do  with  it,  for 
many  of  Pomeroy's  fast  and  most  ae 
live  friends  were  Masons.  But  this 
cuts  no  figure  in  this  ease.  For  Ma- 
sons in  the  lower  degrees  know  as  little 
of  what  is  done  in  the    higher  as  pro- 


sofv 


er.  Aud  let  it  be  remembered  that  as 
in  religion  they  are  not  all  Israel  that 
are  ol  Israel;  bo  in  tbe  counterfeits  of 
religion,  they  are  not  all  Masons  that 
are  in  the  lodge,  but  only  those  who  in 
their  hearls  consent  to  tbe  supreme  au- 
thority and  control  of  Masonic  ostbe. 
There  are  many  nominal  Masons  who 
erroneously  suppose  Masonry  acknowl- 
edges that  the  will  of  God  or  the  law 
of  absolute  right,  is  paramount  to  a 
Masonic  oath  and  of  such  force  and  su- 
premacy as  to  render  every  Masonic 
duty  which  conflicts  with  it  asm.  But 
the  'Simon  pure"  Masons  many  of  them 
consider  that  the  Masonic  oath  is  so  aw- 
fully sacred  that  whatever  it  may  re- 
quire is  right,  is  the  highest  and  most 
inperious  duty.  And  others  of  them 
don't  care  whether  it  is  so  or  not:  they 
intend  to  keep  their  Masonic  oaths 
whether  or  no,  and  intend  that  other 
Masons  shall  be  of  the  same-  mind  or 
they  will  not  trust  them  with  Masonic 
secrets,  These  "simon  pures"  are  the 
real  Masons,  the  ones  who  employ 
Masonry  lor  the  evil  to  which  it  is  adapt- 
ed. The  others  seek,  but  vainly,  to 
employ  it  for  good  purposes.  Since 
then  there  are  two  such  dissimilar  class- 
es in  the  lodges,  deceivers  and  deceived, 
we  may  always  take  it  for  granted 
that  the  deceivers,  the  •  'Bimon 
pures"  perform  tbe  villainous  worltand 
keep  its  secrets  from  the  deceived  and 
honest  members  as  carefully  as  they  do 
from  outsiders,  only  using  both  as  un- 
conscious cat's-paws,  as  far  as  possible  to 
do.io  and  keep  them  in  ignorance  of  their 
ma i -niiis  designs.  Therefore  tbe  hon- 
est Mtifona  may  have  adhered  to  Sena- 
tor Pomeroy  and  known  nothing  of  any 
Masonic  conspiracy.  This  would  not 
offend  the  conspirators,  but  delight 
them.  For  it  was  so  necessary  that 
some    Masons  should    adhere  to  their 


-,l    th< 


had 


spiracy,  tbi 

friend  among  them  they  would  beyond 

doubt  have  deputed  a  sufficient  number 

feign  themselves  such  in  order  to  divert 


suspicion  from  tbe  lodge.  The  fact 
therefore  that  Pomeroy  had  many 
friends  among  the  Masons,  pretended  or 
real,  has  not  the  least  weight  against 
the  evidence  in  favor  of  the  charge  of 
Maso  ic  conspiracy. 

Bn  t  further  it  is  claimed  that  the  Sen- 
ator did  resort  to  bribery.  And  there- 
fore it  was  not  a  Masonic  conspiracy, 
but  his  own  corrupt  action  that  ac- 
complished his  defeat.  Here  is  the 
only  difficulty  in  the  case.  We  bave 
on  one  hand  the  oath  of  York,  who 
plainly  ought  to  believed  only  so  far  as 
other  clear  evidence  confirms  his  testi- 
mony. And  on  the  other  we  have  the 
oath  of  Senator  Pomeroy  who  plainly 
ought  to  be  believed  implicitly,  unless 
there  is  clear  and  decisive  evidence  to 
the  contrary.      As   yet   the  develop- 

case  of  all  uncertainty  or  doabt  respect- 
ing the  guilt  or  innocence  of  Senator 
Pomeroy.  The  public  needs  more  light. 
But  whether  the  legal  invesligalions 
that  are  pending  shall  vindicate  or  con- 
vict him,  the  evidence  that  tbe  Masons 
did  corruptly  conspire  to  assassinate 
him  politically,  for  no  cause  but  freely 
expn  Mmg  hissenliini.'iila  against  secret 

main  the  same  whatever  may  be  the  re- 

fault  of  the  psndiog  trials.  They  laid  a 
snare  for  the  innocent:  for  every  man 
is  to  be  held  innocent  until  proved  guil- 
ty. By  their  own  showing  they  tempt- 
ed him  lo  do  tbe  wrong  of  which  they 
accuse  hiin.  And  if  they  prove  bim 
guilty  that  will  not  prove  their  inno- 
cence. They  have  proved  no  wrong 
done  by  him  but  that  in  which  they 
were  the  tempters.  It  was  sad  indeed 
that  our  first  parents  yielded  to  the 
wiles  of  the  tempter.  But  if  the  tempt- 
ed, for  yielding,  fell,  burelythe  tempt- 
er shall  not  go  unscathed.  His  malice 
lost  none  ofits  criminality  by  its  success. 

Whatever  the  final  verdict  may  be  on 
the  charge  of  bribery  in  this  case,  its 
nistory  furnishes  abundant  proof  that 
Freemasonry  is  precisely  adapted  to 
tbe  most  malignant  conspiracies;  and 
that  however  many  honest  men  there 
may  be  in  the  lodges,  there  are  not 
wanting,  and  from  the  secret  nature  of 
the  order  never  will  be  wanting,  bad 
men  enough  in  it  to  employ  lb  eat  adapt 
ations  for  the  infernal  purpose  of  ruin- 
ing even  the  most  innocent  aLd  worthy 
men,  for  no  other  cause  than  daring  to 
speak  their  most  profound  convictions 
against  Masonry.  We  only  regret  that 
Mr.  Pomeroy  when  he  drew  hissword 
bad  not  thrown  away  the  scabbard  and 
repeated  bis  deadly  blows  as  oflen  as 
he  had  opportunity.  Had  he  spoken 
twenty  times  against  Masonry,  Masons 
could  only  have  done  their  worstagaiust 
him;  and  that  they  have  done  as  it  is. 
But  had  he  repeated  his  blows  with  the 
cool  determination  of  one  bent  on  vic- 
tory or  death,  he  would  have  cowed 
the  cowards  and  put  them  to  ignomin- 
ious flight;  or  at  least,  brought  out 
such  devclopements  of  Masonic  malig- 
nity as  would  have  saved  him  what  he 
suffered  by  trusting  to  their  smiles  and 
deceitful  kisses. 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  Prof.  Wilder, 
Dr.  Crosby,  Hon..Wm.  Evarls,  and 
all  others    will  understand    trout   this 

ic  bate  by  once  speaking  out  boldly 
against  it  gains  nothing,  but  loses 
much  by  subsequent  silence.  Masonry 
knows  nothing  of  the  true  doctrine  of 
forgiveness.  It  is  a  cruelly  ravenous 
and  cowardly  beast  that  slinks  basely 
from  the  firm  glance  of  the  fearless  bu- 
maneye;  but  woe  to  the  wretch  who 
rouses  it  aud  then  turns  to  flee  or  gives 
iiiilicitii'iu;  of  fear.  fi. 


KOTBS. 

— After  a  brief  l.ut  hopeful  series  o 
meetings  at  Freedom,  Lasalle  county 
til.,  Bio.  Sloddard  has  turned  lowarc 
Minnesota  at  the  urgent  solicitation  o 
friend  Oren  Cravatb,  He  will  returi 
before  the  new  year,  the  Lord  willing. 

— "-The    Evangelical  Repository  and 


as  they  are  not  tolerated."  That  will 
be  a  happy  day  for  our  youth  when 
the  same  may  be  said  of  all  our  iosti 

—The  Cynosure  of  October  30th 
notices  a  meeting  held  during  th< 
Evangelical  Alliance  in  the  office  of  th< 
Christian  Union  (the  ''sanctum"  o 
OHverJohnBon,  tbe  Free  Religionist)  ic 
favor  of  a  union  of  churches.  Bro. 
Stevenson  of  the  Christian  Statesmen 
corrects.  The  meeting  was  not  in  th< 
Christian  Union  office,  but  in  Dr 
Burchird's  church  (Presbyterian),  and 
two  preliminary  conferences  were  hell 
in  the  office  of  the  Church  Union,  t 
Christian  journal  devoted  to  the  reform 
its  name  indicates. 

—The  notorious  "Senator"  Yo: 
ol  Kansas,  following  the  way  of  oth 
adventurers  of  like  character,  has  e 
tered  the  lecture  held.  He  is  a 
nouneed  to  speak  in  this  city  on  Satu 
day  next;  subject,  "  Wealth  as  a  P 
litical  Power."  His  auditors  w 
doubtless    l»:    entertained    with  the  a 


of  bis 


of  U.  S.  Senators  who  dare  attack  th 
lodge, 

— The  disposition  of  Kansas  secre' 
ism  toward  Ex-senator  Pomeiov  come 
out  in  tbe  following  note  from  a  Dape 
edited  by  Miller,  '-past  grand  masier 
of  Kansis  Odd-fellows: 

"  While  the  Odd-fellows  and  Mason 
were  sending  money  by 

■r"  Imldin 


town,  brother! 

Brail   inl    County    Association, 

The  Bradford  County  Anti-secn 
aociation  will  bold  its  next  qua 
meeting  at  Vdugbt  Hollow,  Bradford 
county.  Pa..  December  17th  and  18th. 
Elder  J  R.  Baird  is  expected  teaddreai 
the  convention.  The  following  breth 
ren  are  cordially  invited;  Bro,  Post  of 
Montrose,  N.  Callender  of  Green  Grov. 
H.  Lounsberry,  D.  P.  Rathbun,  an 
all  lovers  of  the  truth  and  Christianity 

By  order  of  the  Committee, 

J.  T.    Rossbll. 


We   desire  1 
of  the  Indiana 
tiou   publisOed 
throughout  the 

before   the  con. 

I    would  be 
dress   of  some 

a  have  the 
AnU-maso 
in    the   co 

mon  peopl 

|.r."'eding 
nic  Conven 
nty    paper 

nl    directlj 

pleased  to 

h:vh\:X 

county. 

If   you  feel  like  aiding 

dersigned.  and  a    printed 

copy  of  Iht 

Take  che.e 

Inm  publish  them. 
The  vice-presidents  of 

r  «od  have 
the   Indiana 

Mini  me  their  addresses  without  fat 

Send  to  Rev.  S.  B.  Ekvin, 

Hartsville,  Bartholomew   Co.,  Indii 


Rci 


•'  The  Associate  Presbyterian,"  of 
Philadelphia,  had  each  in  their  No- 
vember numbers  able  editorials  on  the 
dedication  of  the  Masonic  temple  ic 
that  city, 

—The  call  of  the  New  York  SlaK 
committee  is  out  and  muat  be  heard. 
The  ylorioua  meetings  at  Rocbesiei 
and  Syracuse  cannot  be  forgotten,  Lei 
the  preaunt  one  be  a  step  further  on. 
Bro.   Slratlon  of   the    WesUyan  is  re 


;  but  i 


ring. 


lor    Hi.- 


Lord 
meeting. 

— Crawford  county,  Pennsylvania, 
polled  forty-three  Anli-masonic  votes  in 
the  late  election. 

—The  article  on  the  "Religion  of 
Freemasonry  "  on  our  first  page,  is  ibe 
first  of  a  series  published  in  the  United 
I'retftylvritiii  last  summer  from  the 
pen  of  R«v.  J.  P.  Lylle  of  New  Con- 
cord, 0,      It  is  a  thorough  and  syste- 


Christian  Absocu 
■o  Seckbt   Sooietibi 

NDMQ  NOV.  1ST,  1873 

res  delivered  .   .    10 
e.een.*523  57 

'e 100  60  $033  0 

..R ."!..'  505  00 

'.".'.""    13000 
0  00 


In   Indiana 

In  Iowa 

In  Illinois 250  00$  1 

T.  til  of    ui-.u ic-:  itv.tilable   for 

ilillerent   parts  "f  Hit  work.  .        1, 70S 07 

TriivHiiig  expeusos      -■-  314  .')J 

Total 11.848  08 

Stale  Agents  appointed:  Rev.  J.  T. 
Kiggins  for  Indiana;  Rev.  H.  H.  Hin- 
man  fur  Wisconfcin.  Arrangements  are 
pending  for  tbe  appointment  of  state 
agents  in  Ohio  and  Illinois. 

This  report  is  tbe  Brst  one  that  has 
been  sent  in  under  the  new  arrange- 
ment and  we  think  it  will  be  regarded 
with  satisfaction  by  tbe  members  of  our 
Association.  Ilshows  that  your  agent 
has  lectured  on  an  an  average  four 
times  a  week  for  ihree  months  of  the 
year  and  three  limes  n  week  during  tbe 

icportahowa  success,  for  he  has,  through 
tbe  bl'ssing  of  God  been  able,  besides 
lecturing  more  than  three  limes  a  week, 
to  render  $425.44  more  tban  his  entire 
salary  and  expenses  available  for  the 
enlargement  of  your  operations. 

Mr.    Sloddard   enters   upon   a    new 


year  of  labor  in  good  health,  witb 
courage  and  a  rich  fund  of  oipe 
acquired  from  his  past  labors  which 
justifies  the  oipectalion  that  the  lum 
mary  of  his  next  annual  report  will  b 


Hews  of  oiar   Worls 


,  Ikd.  , 
of  the 


.24. 


Committee  of  the  Noble  County 
Secret  Association,  a  fair  audience 
telligent  men  and  women  met 
Town  Hall  for   the  double  purnoso  of 

auxiliary  to  the  c-j 

aliening  to  a  lecture  on  tbe  evils  of  U> 

tonry  by  Rev.   J.   L.   Barlow. 

Having  met  at  soven  o'clock  p.  m.- 
that  being  the  appointed  hour — the 
Vice  President  of  the  county  associa- 
tion called  the  houis  to  order,  when  iht 
following  aonstiliittou  waa  rtad  ami 
adopted : 

Art.  1.  This  soeiety  shall  be  called 
the  Perry  Christian  An 


uppo 


Noble  County  Association. 

[The  other  articles  aresucl 
ually  adopted  for  local  organ; 
Ed] 

Aftar  the  adoption  of  thii 
tion  the  following  olEoers  were  duly 
elected  for  the  ensuing  yesr:  A.  H. 
Humphreys,  President;  L.  J.  Naville, 
Vice  President;  C.  Q.  Fait,  Secretary; 
S  N.  Pence,  Treaourer;  and  J.  M.  Fry, 
S.  L.  Smith  and  Win.  Leuty,  mem- 
bersofthe  Executive  Committee. 

The  organisation  being  completed, 
prayer  was  offered  by  Rev.  Mr.  Bar- 
low, after  which  that  gentleman  pro- 
ceeded immediately  to  show  the  evils  ol 

of  the  highest  repute  among  intelligent 
Masons  that   Masonry  is  a  religion,  ant 
claimed  by  Masonic  authors  to  be  supe 
rior    to  therelgion  of   tbe    Bible    ei 
taught  by    Chriit   and    the    Apostles, 
The  speaker  also  showed  that  the  bes 
Masonic  authors  claim  that  tbe  Masoni. 
inatitutioo  is  in   principle  and   in  prac 
tice    similar    to   the  ancient  mysteries, 
termed  by  most  authors   "Ancient  Ma 
sonry,"   and   which   ibe  Apostle    Paul 
condemns  in  Eph.   V-  11,  12-      He  also 
showed  to  the  satisfaction  of  all  unhii 
ed  minds  that  Masonry  interferes  wi 
the  rights  of  every  American  citiian, 
The  meeting  closed    subject  to  a  ci 
by  the  Executive  Committee, 

C.  G.  Fiix,  Set>y. 

A  Good  Sleeting   in  Pike  county.— 

Congregational  Asanclallon  Kcsolv 
On  the  Lodge  Question. 

Editor  of  the  Cynosure: 

I  have  just  returned  from  a  meetii 
in    the  southeast  corner  of  Pike  coun 


nred 


Nol 


the  adherents  of  tbe  lodge  were 
The  enemy  was  routed  for  they  had 
boasted  that  I  would  be  answered,  but 
although  opportunity  was  given,  nt 
one  said  a  word.  Both  lectures  wen 
endorsed  publicly  by  a  United  Breth- 
ren minister.  Rev.  E.  Thomas,  whoii 
also  a  seceding  Mason,    and  at  Iboclost 

passed,  without  a  dissenting  voice,  ir 
which  the  people  pledged  themselves  tc 
act  in  the  church  and  at  the  polh 
against  the  whole  family  of  secret  abom 
■nations.     They  expect   soon  to  organ 


the  floor  a 


em  to  you. 
.end  our  Slat 


reg« 


rms   against  th- 

of  the  right. 
taper  and  enclosi 
t  that  I  could  no 
veniion  which    i 


I  pray  God  to  be  i 
n    for  reform, 
T.  B.  MoCoruicx 
The  resolutions  above  noticed  folli 
Many  will  rejoice  to  see  this  mark 
progress  of  our  cause: 
"Whkrkab,    The  qui 
iocieties  is    beir  g  agitated  in  our  coun- 
ty, and  whereas  they  are  thought  to  be 
i   conflict    with     the  interests  of  the 
'hristian  religion,  and  the  correct  prin- 

Resolved,  That   the  subject  calls  for 

the  prayerful  consideration  of  all  Chrisl- 

,  and   further  we  will    give  our  en- 

■agemenl  lo  a  prudent  investigation 

nd  alter  a  lengthy  and  calm  discus- 
a  vote  of  the  whole  house  was  tak- 
ffhich  was  declared  by  tbe  modera- 
i  favor  of  said 


Minutes  of  tlio  Anti-Secrecy  and    Ke- 
form  Association. 

Portland,  October  22, 1873. 
In  accordance  witb  a   call  published 
by  Wilson    Mdligan   and  others  for  a 


mbled  u 


olije.-tofthecalli 
in  Miller's  Hall. 

Wilson  Milligan  was  elected  chairman, 
and  J.  L.  Manley,  Secretary,  pro  tem. 
Rev.  J.  T.  Kiggins  led  the  audienoe  in 
prayer.  After  appointing  a  committee 
to  draft  a  constitution,  the  Association 
abjourned  until  1  o'clock,  P.  M. 

At  the  hour  appointed  the  conven- 
tion assembled,  and  waa  opened  with 
devotional  exercises.  The  following 
constitution  was  then  read  and  unani- 
mously adopted:     ■     ■      . 

We,  the  undersigned  residents  of  Jay 
county,  Indiana,  for  the  purposes  of 
general  reform,  and  in  the  name  of  the 
God  of  the  Bible,  and  of  Jesus  Christ, 
His  divine  and  "only  begotten  Sun," 
our  Saviour,  do  ordain  the  following 
articles  of  constitution: 

1.  This  society  shall  db  known  as 
the  Jay  County  Anti-secrecy  and  Re- 
form Association,  auxiliary  to  tbe  Na- 
tional AsBocialious    of  Christians  Op- 

[The  other  articles  define  the  object, 
tbe  officers'  duiies,  provide  for  a  semi- 
annual meeting,  etc.] 

The  thanks  of  the  Association  were 
tendered  to  E,  B.  Kikendall  and  Wm. 
C.  Miller  for  the  use  of  iheir  Halls. 

It  wae  resolved  that  all  meetings  of 
this  Association    shall  be   opened  and 


Wilson  Milligan  and   J.    H.  Wolford 
ere  chosen  delegates  to  the  Slate  con- 


Res 


,■■■,!      IVn 


i  who 


the 


cise  jparttality  and  favoritism  toward 
those  witb  whom  tbey  covenant,  are 
disqualified  to  act  well  the  part  of 
American  cilixens,  and  totally  unfitted 
to  exercise  the  functions  of  any  office 
of  trust  at  tho  hands  of  a  free  people: 
believing  that  the  first  requisite  in  a 
servant  of  the  public  ie  that  be  be  a  free 
man,  untrammeled  by  covenants  of  this 


lii'sUvifd,  That  we  hereby  authorixi 


State  convention  at  Westfield  to  take 
slcps  towards  organizing  a  Stale  party 
and  nominating  a   State  ticket    before 

Resolved,  That  tbe  time  has  come 
when  good  citizens,  regardless  of  former 
political  standing,  are  culled  upon  to 
withdraw  their  suffrages  from  the  cor- 


andc 


j  part 


iish  a  copy  of  the  proceedings  of  Ini 
onvention  for  publication  in  the  Port- 
ind  Commercial  and  Portland  Demo- 

The  next  meeting  will  be  held  at 
liber,  on  thesecond  Saturday  of  April, 
874.  Wilson  Million,  Pres. 

J.h.  Manley,  Sec'y,  pro  tem. 


Breaking  »w  Oround— Iter.   S. 


Northern  Iowa  is,  as  are  doubtless 
II  sections  of  our  land,  largely  under 
ie  control  of  Masonry. 

Rev.  S,  Smith  has  been  doing  some- 
ling  in  the  way  of  lecturing  all   about 
ie  country  to  siir  up    tbe  people   on 
aiB  subject.      Uotil  lately  however,  be 
ad  been  unable  to  get  access   to   two 
f  the  most   important  villages  of  this 
;ction,  viz:  Osage  and    Charles  City. 
te  has  just  given  three  very  good  lec- 
ires  in  each  place.      The  former    vil- 
ige    has  been,  almost   from  the    first 
Mtlement  of  the  country    hereabouts, 
stronghold   of   Ibis   dark  oath-bound 
■aternity.  When  I  was  stationed  there 
i  years  ago  as  pastor,  supplying  the 
M.    E.    pulpit,    it   was    tbe  boast    that 
the  organization   of    the   church 
there   had    been  but    one   preacher   in 
e  who  had  left  the  place    without 
being  initiated,  il  be  was  not  a   Mason 
ben    he  came.        During    that  year  a 
tckage  of  the  "American  Freemason." 
monthly  magazine,    was  sent    to  the 
crelary  of  the  lodge,    who    was  also  a 
leading  official  member    of  the  church, 
for     the   purpose    of    obtaining    sub- 
ribers,     which    boldly     placed     the 
.Ihorily  of  Moses  and  Jesus  Christ  as 
ligious  teachers,  on  a  level  with  Zjr- 
ster  of  Persia.    Confucius  of  China, 
d    the    Arabian  Iconoclast,   leaving 
ery  member  of  the  fraternity  at  per- 
fect liberty  to  choose  among  them.     It 
gave  the    following  in   substance,  and 
nearly  in  the  same  words,  as  the  creed 
of  Masonry :     It  teaches  that  God  is  the 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE  :  NOVEMBER  20,  1873. 


in    The  Orand    Lodge  of  Illinois    before  I  mediately  and  tell  him  plainly  that  be 
the  People.  musl  pref6r  his  cnarge9  Kt  once  0 


triumph  of  good  over  e> 
and  for  tlie  faults,  toll,, 
his  brother  man  he  rnu 
the     heaven-born     virt 


cba: 


Were  tbts  creed  uniyenml,  and 
tie  teaching*  everywhere  obeyed,  this 
world  would  be  n  paradise  and  Mason- 
ry without  a  mission.  Thus  by  an  art- 
ful divorce  of  these  three  cardinal 
Christian  graces  mentioned  by  St.  Paul 
from  ^Christ,  their  source  and  center, 
f  infidelity 


was  being  introduced  ii 
nity  to  poison  the  nasu 
even  of  professed  Christian  famili 
About  the  same  time  the  corner  aLt 
of  the  Cedar  Valley  Baptist  Semini 
wa3  laid  by  the  Mnons  with  bypoci 
ical  ceremonies  and  lying  address 
the  principal,  and  pastor  of  the  chm 
1'rothering  the  fraternity    by  a    com] 


aindi 


ltbe 


lOm 


III.  Nov.  10th.  1873. 
—I  was  made  a  Mast* 
nember  of  Yntea  Cit 
,  about  the  lot  of  Jam 
was  expelled  by  th 
h,  1873,  for  writing  th 
^as  published  over  m 
signature  in  your  paper  of  May  13ib 
1873.  On  my  first  entry  into  the  tudjj- 
I  was  addressed  by  the  W.  M.  eubstan 
linlly   as  followed  the  precise    form    of 


Mil  Euito 
Mason  and  i 
Lodge,  No.  4 

lodge,  June  1 


I  had  better  let  Ben.  alon 
that  there  was  considerable  irritatii 
on  the  subject  which  would  die  out 
let  alone.  I  replied,  "That  is  not  n 
way  of  settling  difficulties.  If  there 
rough. to 


head 


Bible. 


9  of  turning  a  soul  from  th< 
downward  way  of  eecrelism. 
much  may  the  52  number* 
h    for   Oud'e  truth  t    The  pa. 


addn 


iMai 


gtvei 


■<i  the  power  of  thr  ordt 
ction  with  the  late    lee 


ture.     A   prominent    merchant    there 

bad -offered  us  the  use  of  a  splendid 
ball  for  tho  purpose,  free  of  charge. 
He  afterward  recalled  it,  nnd  put  on  a 
nominal  charge,  evidently  to  avoid  be- 
ing proscribed  by  the  Masons,  and  in 
jured  in  business.  Thus  the  "ima^t 
of  the  beast"  has  power  to  speak  and 
may  buy  or  sell  who 


villi 


i  1 1. . -  i« 


The 


;endai 


it  is  hoped  that  e 

will  bear   fruit. 

made  of  the  ami-Christian 

the  religion  of  Masonry  as  shown  in  e 

eluding  the  very  name   of  Christ  fro 

its  authorized  worship;  to  which  a  weak 

attempt  w:«  made 

by  saying  that  Christ  created  the  world 

and  was  therefore  worshiped  a3 

Great  Architect  of  the  Universe." 

only  other   argument  I    beard  of 

the  usual  one  of  slandering   the  |i 


orders.  An  eff  irt  was  previously  midc 
to  secure  the  Baptist  church,  by  con- 
sultation with  the  pastor,  who  claimed 
to  be  anti-secret  in  principle.  The  con- 
sent of  the  church  authorities  however 
was  not  obtained,  but  the  paster  prom- 
ised to  read  the  notice  of  the  lectures 
in  the  congregation  the  preceeding  Sab- 
bath. Accordingly  a  notice  was  pre- 
pared and  sent  in,  but  was  not  read. 
Just  before  the  opening  of  the  first  lec- 
ture in  the  Congregational  church,  the 
following  was  handed  us  to  be  read. 
1 'There  will  be  an  oyster  and  ice  cream 
supper  in  the  basement  of  the  Baptist 
church  tliisevening.  By  orderof  Com." 
This  iilfu-deil  opportunity  foi 


and  t 


The 


tially  as  that 
5  left  for  their  r 
ince  here  alsc 
lity  where 


above 


bers  have  professed  the  high  and  boly 
state  of  entire  eanctification,  very  few 
sympathizers    Appeared,  and     perhaps 


9  moved  I 


l  by   this  profes 


How  painfully  this  fact  illustrates 
the  statement  of  the  lecturer  that  in 
the  days  of  the  anti-slavery  a'ilation, 
the  highest  professors  of  religion  were 
at  the  South,  and  amoug  slave  holders, 
But  ibis  race  is  not  to  the  swift,  nor 
the  battle  to  the  strong.  "Not  by 
might,  nor  by  power ,  but  by  my  spirit, 
saith  the  Lord."  This  is  a  righteous 
warfare,  and  we  may  well  appeal  it  to 
the  God  of  battles,  and  confidently  ei 

C.  M.  Damon. 
Charles  City.  Iowa,  Oct. 29,  1873. 


remittance.     He  says  of   the   Cyn 
It  grows    better  and    better    as  ot 


and  i 


with  i 


npani 


will 


pow 


againBt  secrecy  in  every  form, instead 
of  weaknesses  as  the  enemy  and  funt- 
hearled  friends  described  it  in  its  be 
ginning.  It  showeo  that  God  is  more 
powerful  thad  the  enemies  of  the  cross. 
God  moves  his  church  and  the  enemy 
feds  hi*  power,  and  the  end  la  not  yet. 
The  temples  of  Babel  that  arc  built  and 
the  parade  and  shows  that  are  made, 
show  the  strength  of  Satan  to  maintain 


schui 


ithe 


their    danger    will,  as  they   did   forty 


speed  the  day  lb  my  e 


of  the    utmost 

porlancf   to    every    candidate    for 
mysteries  of    Masonry):  Mr.  Hobini 

for  the  first  time  in  your  life 
stand  before  the  altar  of  Freemasonry 
noble  institution  than  which  ha 
listed.  We  admit  none  know 
i  our  ranks,  but  the  charitable. 
the  just  and  upright  Such  personi 
Jciated  together  naturally  seek 
each  other's  welfare.  For  our  oi 
curity  we  bind  our  members  by  solemn 
obligations  which  when  once  taken  can 
never  be  repudiated  or  set  aside.  I  am 
however  free  to  inform  you  that  there 
is  nothing  in  the  obligation  which  you 
will  be  required  to  take  that  will  con- 
flict with  your  duty  to  your  God,  your 
country,  your  neighbor,  or  yourself 
With  this  pledge  oo  my  part  as  the 
master  of  this  lodge  are  you  willing  to 
take  upon  yourself  such  an  obligation 
as  alt  Masons  have  taken. 

This  question  I  of  course  answered 
m  the  affirmative;  for  how  was  it  pos- 
sible for  me  to  foresee  tbat  in  the  event 
of  a  dispute  between  the  W.  M.  and 
myself,  these  solemn  obligations,  which 
can  never  be  repudiated  or  set  aside  and 
from  which  there  is  no  escape  but  by 
expulsion  and  consequent  disgrace,  were 
to  be  interpreted  by  the  associated 
Worshipfuls  (Grand  Lodge)  as  might 
best  suit  their  selfish  purposes.  Be- 
fore becoming  a  Master  Mason  and  mem- 
ber of  the  lodge,  I  was  required  to  take 
in  equivalent  for  an  oath  of  allegiance 
iO  the  Grand  Lodge.  Before  being  in- 
italled  as  master  of  a  lodge  the  W.  M. 
;lect  is  required  to  take  the  obligations 
ipperlaining  to  the  6th  degree  of  Ma 
onry  including  an  obligation  to  con- 
eal  the  secrets  of  that  degree  from  all 
Masons   of   aujnferior    degree.        All 

I)     di-.jji.j3cd  of  by  the  W.. rein;. fill 
era  iu  Grand  Lodge   aesembli 


the    subje. 


•,11,.,-v  i      hi 


dirt 


ion  to  the  evidence  of  all  th 
ies;  nnd  left  him  with  the  in 
on  his  part  that  I  intended  to  drop 
controversy  and  allow  him  to  have 
I  his  own  way.  But  this  letter  has 
i  drawn  out  to  a  greater  length 
i  I  intended  and    it   is   about  time 

my  .ir-iiMier  I  described  to  you  one 


,MSS|.,1     , 


'  which  black  sheep 
:o  the  Masonic  fold, 
In  my  next  I  propose  to  show  youhow 
the  thing  is  done  in  tbe  Eltuwoud 
Lodge,  as  tbe  process  has  been  de- 
scribed to  me  by  Harrison  Steele.  The 
W.  M.  of  said  Lodge  agreeB  with  me 
that  all  foul  work  that  is  tolerated  by 
d  Master  ought  to  be  exposed. 


the  . 


Hoping  to   ; 
a,  I  remain, 
W.  H.  Rod  ii 


Incident  or  the  31  or gru.il Tragedy. 

The  Methodht  Free  Press  relates  the 
illowing: 

Charles  Young,  a  Maeon,  was  con- 
L'rsing  with  a  brother  Mason,  and  some 
of  hie  remarks  being  somewhat  Mason- 


it  1"     He  having  repealed    these 
i,  old  Mr.  Haze,   who  was    one  of 
the  by  standers,  finally  made  this  reply : 


3d  1   km 


Lew 


giance  to  the  Grand  Lodge  he 

gates  himself  to  obey  the    will  i 

bound  by  "Uh  to  assist    each     othe: 
aining   their  authority  over  tl 


ually 


.cb  other  in  the 


,nd    the 


enjoym 


by  the  written  laws  of  Masonry, 
every  Mason  is  bound  to  obey 
according  to  his  obligation  as  a  Master 
tfason.  Worshipful  Masters  are  re- 
ponsible  for  their  conduct  while  in 
•ffice,  not  to  the  lodges  over  which 
bey  preside,  but  to  the  Grand  Lodtre. 
)r  in  other  words  they  are  responsible 
inly  to  each  other.  And  they  are  very 
ipl  to  excuse  each  other's  transgress 
ons  when  only  the  rights  of  an  inferior 
lass  of  Masons  are  concerned. 

After  receiving  tbe  letter  from  Grand 
Jaster  Hawley  in  which  he  refused  to 

.gainst  Benj.  Kersey,  who   was    acting 

Vorshipi'ul  of  Yates  City  Lodge,   July 

8th,  1772,  I  went  to  G.  N.  Pierce  who 

'as  (hen  W.  M.  and  asked    him   if  he 

:new  of  any  process  by  which  a  disaat- 

sfied  Mason  could  obtain  an  honorable 

liecharge.     He  replied  that  be  did  not 

;oow  of  any  such  process, but  thought 

that  perhaps  tbe  Grand   Master  might 

a  special    dispensation   if  I  could 

give  good  reason  for  being    dissatisfied. 

I  told  him    that    I  was    dissatisfied    on 

ount  of  their    being  no  reap  jnsibiliiy 

the  part  of  the  W.  M.     He  told  me 

thst  was  a  mistake;    the  W.  M's.  were 

responsible,    not   to    the    lodges    over 

bich  they  presided,  but  to   a  power 

at  would  be  likely  to  deal  with  them 

uch  moro  severely   than  would    their 

lodges.   I  then  told  him  that  the  Grand 

Master  had  refused  to    investigate  the 

harge  made  by  me  against  Benj.  Ker- 


.nd  I  l 


-eral  r. 


f the  lodge    thought,    that   such 
things  ought  to   be   investigated;    that 
neat  investigation  would    hurt  do 
ut  the  guilty.     He   eaid    that  be 
ad    received     a    letter  from    the 
Grand  Master  informing  him  that  1  had 
-ounde  (in  bis  opinion)    for   com- 
t.      I-Iu  furthermore    iiifuiiin.il  mu 
ibe  Grand    Muster's    refusal  to  in- 
gate  was  the  end    of   the    matter, 
b  Ben.  Kersey  should  prefer  char- 
ges against  me    for    malicious    proBecu- 
,  and  Ben    was   threatening  to  pre- 
uch  charges.      I  replied  to  this  that 
Otlld  not  allow  Bun.  Kersey  or  any 
r  man  to  hold  a  threat  of  that  kind 
my  head;  tbat  [should  sea  him  im- 


but  die 


t  the  lodge  in  Lewii 
night  Morgan  was  brought 
not  attend.  I  am  sorry  I  did 
if  I  bad  Morgan  would  not  have  been 
murdered!'  "  These  cool  and  very 
pointed  remarks  fully  convinced  Mr, 
Young  that  Mr.  Haxe  at  least  knew 
something  about  it,  hence  be  availed 
himself  of  that  precious  Masonic   jewel 


to    hob 
i  Congress  every  i 


tian  character  of  the 
i  synods,  conference 
e  Lutheran  church  i 
lg  which  there  is  occ 


ANTIMASONIC  TRACTS 


the  bemlil  of  travel  rs  i 
and  business  men.— J.  H. 
ing  among  the  Vokimalndi 


the  hotels 
/ilbur  labor- 
ns  of  Oregon 


will  abandons  tobacco.      Four  hundred 
Indians  are  under  his  charge. 
the  meeting  of  the  General  Mis- 


ci'ivt-d  f.r  the  yea 

peases   for   tbe  same    time   $725,000 

there  is  yet  a  ballance    of   442.000    on 


NEWS  SUMMARY. 

-Bishop    Cummins   of    Ken. 
lucky    published  last  Saturday  in  the 
Tribune  a  renunciation  of   the  Episco- 
pal church.    It   is  thought  he  intende 
head  a  revolution  in    that  dennmina 
n   similar  to  the  Old  Catholic  move- 
nt in  Germany    of    which  Dr.  Rein 
na  is  sole  Bishop,  but  hie  ability  for 
;ha  reform  is  questioned. 
Couhtrv— Much   excitement  exiBt 
all   the  Urge  cities  over    the  Cubai 
mbles.     Wiiile    the    right    of     the 
amer   VirginiuB   to   sail    under  th* 
uted  States  Hag  is  generally  doubted. 


A  Trad  fund  for  the  Frae  Distribution  of  Tracts. 


JgSTOK  OF  MASONRY. 

ii  No.  i,  p»rt  rnarr-Sbowa'lhB  orifrlnof  Bpeonlath 

if-  Kii!-,,';',i  \-iV>'kY.""' 
st-'.-vYounT 


he  wholesale  c 

.ssacre  r,f  I 

r  crew  and 

piSBPFigerB    is 

abhorred. 

fhe  governmer 

t  is  prepariri 

g   the  navy 

Of  all  this  Mr.  Rob, 


■eply 


Lewislon 

preacher  a 

cknowled 

Morgan 

was  murdered  by  tbe 

r  he  woulc 

or  could 

rented  th 

ng  of  the 

f   he  had 
Lewiston 

he  was  c 

ailed  to  do 

upon  the 

jot  upon 

n  was   bro 

lght   in,' 

Political. 

York,  Pa.,  Oct.  25,  1873. 
'.itor  Cynosure: — About  ten  days 
his  Stale  held    an  election.     Iu 

ounty  (York )  we  had  only  the 
>ld  corrupt  parties  in  the  field. 
The  full  Democratic  vote  is  about  0,000, 
and  the  full  Republican  vote  is  about 
7000.  Now,  the  important  fact  to  which 
I  desire  to  call  your  attention  is,  that  of 
the  9000  only  about  5000  were  foolish 
enough  to  go  to  the  polls  to  vote  for 
the  Democratic  Masonic  ring  candidates, 
while  3700  bliudmen  cast  their  ballots 
for  the  Itpeublican  Masonic   ring  tick- 


feel  sad   to    hear  tbat 
nen  gave   their  support 

.  M  .-'inic  pulitie.il  rin;:i . 


It  u 


731)0    voters 

hare  the  dus 

from  their  ey 

cs  and  have  sen 

o  choose  ne 

ther,  when  tw 

York  county 

men  are  very  f 

act    tbat    so  ir 

at  burnt'  alio 

a  that  they  are 

to  smell  bad 

odors. 

Tho  time 

las  certainly  c 

■anise  a  urea 

political  party 

I  K  -form 


)  b-    held 


Nal 

Library  Hall.  Piitsburgh,  on  tbe  4th 

id  2th  of  February  next. 

From    Mr.    Spinner's    annual   report 

there  appears   a  large   falling  off  in  the 

pi*  of  the  U.S.    Treasury,   chiefly 

.o   reduced   taxation.      The    cus- 

reeeipts     fell     short    $-28,280,- 

183.        As    the  appropriations    for 


.form 
and.      He 


,Eog 


of  this  country 
homes  for  farm  laborers'.— The  stree 
of  Memphis  have  nearly  resumed  the 
usmd  appearance,  the  fever  having  er 
1 1 rely    abated,    and    the    absentees    r 


-The 


ial  of  ' 


iany  fame,  is  proc 


of  New  York  i 
du'  u\^  jiruu-B  of  dry  goods  to  ratee 
dora  touched.  A.  1  Sit  wart  wil 
be  undersold.  The  country  will 
the  benefit. 
Foreign. — The  Spanish  autburiti 


soldiery  fromSpriin  who  virtually  rule 
hind. — M.cMahon  sent  a  message 
i  newly  convened  French  Assem- 
Jsinng  the  term  of  his  presidency 


!'■;»■  Edition  cf  S :nj;r.'s 


Qliver's  History  of  Initiation, 


MASOXTXC    MTTRDZB. 

secretsIf  MASONRY. 

BY  ELI  TAPLEY. 
TRACT  HO.  4. 

GRAND    GREAT  GRAND!! 
By  PHILO  CARPENTER. 

This  is  a  one  ]>aei  tra'i.  c.llmi:  tho  i.itrntion  of  the  public 

tin'  .lvS|Mtn  -iii.l  r;.lnu...4..  t.ik--  ..f  i-'R-eiuasonry.   Price 


Extracts  From  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  i 
Sworn  to  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Ehodo  Island. 


Hon.  John  Ouincy  Adams'  Letter, 

Giving  Hisnnd  His  Father's  Opinion  of  Freemason 


Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

Uivlni;    ili-  Oiiijiinn    of  rrccanisnTiry      1*:!-!;. 


Satan's  Cable   Tow. 


"Freemasonry  is  0nlvl52  Years  Old,' 

"Murder  and  Treason  not  Exceeptd," 


TERMS  FOE,  THE  CYNOSURE. 


Rate,    WuelUy   Edition. 


Club    Rntoi,    FortnlRhtly- 


Frasmasonryln  tbe  Clauroh. 


Address  of  Uiagara.  County  Association,  How  York. 

Concerning  the  Morgan    Murder,  and  the    characlt 
lurders.    BOcia.' per  100,  or  $4.00  per  1,000. 

Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry. 


HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D 

Chancelor   of  the  University  of  N- 
Y.,  on  Seoret  Societies. 


GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY. 

MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  and  VOID. 


Si:  Bsisons  why  i  Christian  should  not  bo  a  Freeman 


ENOCH  HONEYNELL'S   TRACT. 


Who  Murdered  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan? 

HISTORY  OF  THE 

Abduction  and  Murder 

Capt.  William  Morgan, 

This  ia  a  Book  of  Thrilling  Interest,  and 
shows  clearly  that 

Wis.  Morgan  mi  Murdered  lj  Fisson. 

IN  OBEDIENCE  TO  MASONIC  LAWS 


HTSee  Sample  Paces  below. 


lus 

ordera.     While  lltus 

or  6  of  his  friends  ur 

bhf 

vus"  t°io  "En-  it 

lily 

refused  to  exhibit  or 

mind  of  Miller  or  his 

bee 

issued  by  a  magU- 

ed  Ihataboutedayi 

nnd   Miller,  Dame 

t  JJu 

tuviu.  has  been  men- 

,1  i,  II  I  I 


nd.  as  Miller  d 
i::t~tl~:<:ftV3 
lhl,im.l,annBle, 

itliatfnlte 


lily 


sum  the   room,  one  of  the  ijiiard,   I..I.I   him  in    language 

ud  enough  I,.  I,-  ird  by  all  ill  til,-  r,...i.i.  thai  he  was  n.,1 

be  tried  at  Le  Hoy,  nor  to  atop  there,  nor  Iu  be 
ied  by  an  ordinary  tribunal,  but  was  going  where  Mor 
in  was.  Millcr.iskrd.  "What  tribunal  T  He  re],Iicd."YoU«ill 
e."  The  others  ina.le  no  remarks  in  denial  or  explanation, 
it  be  heard  „ue  man  say  [.,  another,  "Miller  is  millnmi.  lull 
iei,k/W,i/r.e„/,Ve."  "To  detail  nil  ill,-  elusive  fulseliu.ids 
id  idle  assertions,  by  which  French   and  his  eoadjul 


tLelto 


sl.ll 


ug  with  Miller  to 


.nd    fro 


ehadagabBtMillei 


llnl   nine  Ins 


■,..lm 


and 


.  the  whole  crowd  jiroeeeded. 


Le  Hoy,  1  miles,  and  after  many  efforts 
part  of  French  to  prevent  him  ftoui  so  doing,  Miller 
sself  placed  before  the  justice,  who  had  issued  the 
I.  French  then  gave  directions  to  two  of  his  assist- 
mil  disappeared.      Miller  slaid  in  the  office  about  half 


,  duri 


which  t 


,     |il:,l„, 

.1,111, Ue 


,  ..r  pli.ii.till 


..f.|H-..r'-.l  a.'i.iii.    Tl j i-  former  en<]<.:iv.*m 

and  Johns  suddenly 
to  seize  Miller  bv  the 

collar,  and   called  loudly  for    help  to    r 

Julius  luik-'i!  if  Uluiv  was  no  person  llic 

e  who  would  help  to 

|mw..-i.>ii  ■■!' Mi  He  i',  In-  snn'ft'.l.'.l   in    mil 

and   after   another   ineffectual   atlvrnp 

were  made  to  regain 
by"  French   and  hU 

■ivsueiLites  (.u  proven  I  him.  he  returned  Im.'iil  nwlil  I"  liniaviu, 
and  relieved  his  family  from  terror  and  alarm.  That  thia 
lawless  assemlihiife  uf  iieii  ti«>k  [>l:n'e  fur  the  purpose  of  se- 
eurirLL;  tho,uri_-st  of  Miller,  by  virtue  uf  a  process  never  in- 
tended to  lie  aeled  upon,  w  •■  shall  lake  n<>  trouble  to  show  to 
the  public.  We  have  com  lusive  pnn.f  fnuii  the  <*\pivss  de«- 
larations  of  those  v\n>  led  the  troop,  ami  from  various  other 
sources,  Unit  one  of  thf  olij..-cts  they  I. ad  in  view  was  to  pull 
down  the  ollice  of  Milk,,  it"  that    should  be  necessary  for  ths 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  NOVEMBER  30,  1873 


HiearUiiseercry;"Tliyw 

Iderueas, 

Thyuolitun  pWu, 

Shall  yet  be   glad  for    Him 

and   He -shall 

(Tby   kinfidooi   cunie),  wltl 

His  revealed 

face 

rtiuforeais;  thoy Bhftlldtop 

their  prec.oua 

And    sbcd    for  Him   their 

aim;  aud  He 

ahull  yield 

Held. 

"Then   all   the  soothed  wii 

ds  Hhall  drop 

(Thy  kingdom  com 

). 

No  tbey  shall  shout  and  shout, 
Ruining    their  lovely    loyalty    about  U 
dewy  plain, 
And  valleys  round  about. 


Lift  up  thy  voici 

I  shall  ui 
Lift    up,   O  Earl 

Thy  Lord:    and 


The  Republic  of  Liberia, 

Just  two  hundred  years  after  the 
May-flower  had  brought  the  Pilgrim 
Fathers  of  America  to  Plymouth  Rock, 
another  pilgrim  band  with  hearts  as 
brave,  nud  love  of  liberty  ^as  strong, 
eailed  away  from  these  shoren  to  seek 
in  distant  Africa  a  land  of  freedom. 

In  due  time,  we  are  told,  the  £Ood 
ship  Elizabeth  lauded  her  eighty-eight 
emigrants,  colored  persons,  from  the 
States  of  Pennsylvania,  Virginia,  Mary- 
laud  aud  New  Yurk   on  the  equatorial 

Theee  were  the  Pilgrim  Fathers  of 
Liberia.  The  story  of  their  adventures 
reads  like  the  pages  of  our  own  early 
history,  and  it  is  as  thrilling  as  any  ro- 
mance. We  hear  of  hardships  and 
perils,  nobly  met,  w.iatings  by  disease 
and  death,  fierce  encounters  with  sav- 
age foes — albeit  their  brethren — incited 


■oMjuera 

Then 


i  God. 


i  for 


supplied  by  the  American  Culonizitiou 
Society,  just  then  organized,  as  its  con- 
stitution explains,  ''for  the  purpose  of 
colonizing  with  their  own  consent,  in 
Africa,  people  of  color  residing  in  the 
United   States,"    and   by  the    United 

administration  of  President  Monroe,  had 
just  decreed  the  return  of  Africans 
rescued  from  the  ships  of  slave  traders 
to  their  own  country.  The  Society 
had  sent  out  two  devoted  missionaries 
beforehand  to  explore  the  land,  oue  of 
w'.om,  SamuelJ. Mills,  one  of  the  foun- 
ders of  American  Missions,  laid  down 
his  life  on  his  return  voyage. 


InJai 


try    1822,  after 


successful  attempts  to  find  a  safe  and 
healthful  point  for  their  settlement,  the 
colonists,  reinforced  by  a  second  band 
in  the  March  previous,  landed  aud  oc- 
cupied a  little  island  near  the  mouth 
of  the  Mesurado  (  now  Montserado) 
River.  It  still  bears  the  significant 
name  of  Providence  island.     The   na- 


cited  t 


of  slat 


the 


iUUcki-il  them 


toft 


chief  who  brought  them  v 
ly  by  night  lor  several  wei 

with  nearly  all  their  stores  of  provii 
and   merchandize     burned   down. 


med 


Ag, 


in  (_>od  strclchfd  forth 
them.  A  Spuniuh  sl.n 
;harge   of  an   English  p 


diiiunce  I'r.jm  tin ■  island,  and  the  En 
glish  commander  readily  supplied  tin 
colonists  from  the  ship  stores  wit) 
enough  for  their  pressing  needB. 

At  last  the  natives  seemed  to  b< 
reconciled,  and  the  pilgrims  were  able 
on  the  25th  of  April,  1822,  to  land  01 
cape  Mesurado  (now    Moiitherado).  am 


rovia,  after  President  Monroe,  on 
that  had  been  already  purchased  for 
them.  The  natives  again  threatened 
them,  however,  and  at  last   the  agents 

of  the  society  and  the  government  who 
had  accompanied  them,  thoroughly 
discouraged,  proposed  to  return  to 
America. 

"No,"  answered  sturdily  the  heroic 
leader  of  the  little  band,  Elijah  John- 
son; "I  have  been  two  years  searching 
for  a  home  in  Africa,  and  I  have  found 
it.     1  shall  Btay  here," 

And  stay  they  did,  in  charge  of  their 
brave  leader, until  in  August  their  hearts 
were  cheered  by  the  arrival  of  another 
small  company  with  the  intrepid  and 
self-sac rificiog  Jehudi  Ashman,  who 
entered  immediately  on  his  duties  as 
agent  of  the  society,  in'.rea.-iitg  the  de- 
fenses of  the  settlement,  and  making 
every  possible  effort  to  reconcile  the 
natives.  The  slave-traders,  however, 
would  not  let  go  their  hopes  of  gain  so 
easily,  andassembling  the  native  chiefs 
told  them  so  many  falsehoods  about 
the  colonists  that  King  George  of  the 
Dey  tribe,  resolved  to  sauk  the  little 
settlement.  Warned  in  time  by  a  friend- 
ly native  who  risked  his  life  to  bring 
.hem  the  news,  the  pioneers  made 
ready  for  the  defense  of  their  homes, 
and  twice  withstood  the  terrible  onset. 
On  the  2d  of  December,  the  thirty-five 

put    to  flight    fifteen  hundred   savage 


God 


A  day  of  llmnk^inn^' 
proclaimed  sdJ  strictly  observed.  Soon 
alter,  the  most  powerful  of  all  the  na- 
tive chief*,  King  Boatswain,  interfered 
for  their  protect  ion,  and  compelled  King 
George  to  give  up  his  persecutions. 
Thus,  witb  prajer  and  thanksgiving, 
Liberia  was  founded,  and  from  this 
time  began  to  advance.  Immigration 
increased,  intercourse  and  trade  with 
the  nations  was  established.  The 
slave  traders'  forebodings  were  realized 
by  the  euppresstou  of  the  slave  trade, 
oew  settlements  were  formed,  and  the 
progress  of  the  colony  was  establish- 
ed. 

Twenty-rive  years  passed,  during 
which  the  colony  had  greatly  increased 
in  extent,  prosperity  and  in  influence, 
and  had  assumed  most  of  the  details 
of  its  own  government,  though  still 
under  the  fatherly  watch  and  ward  .if 
the  society.  Then,  political  difficulties 
arising  with  Great  Britain  which  only 
sovereign  slate  power  could  meet,  re- 
garding the  habit  of  certain  trading 
vessels  of  landing  goods  in  Liberi  a  with- 
out paying  the  duties,  the  Society  in 
America,  faithful  to  the  best  interest 
of  this  colony,  gave  up  all  its  temporary 
guardianship,  and  advised  the  young 
nation  to  assume  the  responail'iluy  uf 
self-government,  and  declare  itself  a 
free  and  independent  state.  After  delib- 
eration, this  great  step  was  taken,  a  Dec- 
laration of  Independence  was  put  forth, 
whose  noble  sentiments  command  the 
respect  of  all  nations,  and  a  Constitu 
Hon  framed  upon  the  model  of  the  free 
institutions  which  the  fathers  of  the 
Kt-voluli«jn  gave  to  America,  only  lim- 
iting its  citizenship  to  people  of  color, 
for  obvious  reasons  of  self-protection, 
and  to  secure  the    purposes  of  the  ex- 


ithe 


of  the  race  for   self-government.     The 
new    nation   thua    stood   forth  to  the 
world  as  the  Republic  of  Liberia. 
It  is   now   a  little   more  than   fifty 

years  since  the  pilgrim  fathers  of  Libe- 
ria landed  on  Cape  MontBerado;  and 
turning  our  eyes  to  the  young  Repub- 
lie,  what  do  we  see! 

Stventy-eight  years  after  the  aettle- 
ment  of  Connecticut,  the  population 
amounted  to  only  17,000.  A  hundred 
and  twenty  years  after  Maine  was 
colonized,  her  population  was   10,000. 

a  Republic  modeled  after  our  own,  and 
recognized  ,by  all  the  great  powers 
with  a  population  of  20,000  nominally 
Christian,  and  tlOO.COO  natives  who  are 
being  peaceably  civilized  and  Christian- 
ized.    The  whole  numbercolonizedhas 


Afri- 


cans rescued  Irom  slave  ships.  The 
number  of  emigrants  since  the  war  has 
been  2,087,  and  3,000  are  at  present 
applying  to.yo  from  the  United  Slates. 
The  Republic  has  000  miles  of  sea  coast 
—equal  to  that  of  New  England— an 
area  three  limes  as  large  as  Massachu- 
setts, which  can  easily  be  indefinitely 
and  peacefully  extended  into  the  inte- 
rior,  a  productive  Boil,  capable  of  sup- 
porting 15,000, 000  people,  and  a  cli- 
mate suited  to  the  colored  race.  It  has 
a  congress,  courts,  some  fifty  churches 
with  15,000  communicants,  missions 
largely  supported  by  the  peupk,  scbuuls 
increasing  in  number  though  not  yet 
what  they  need  to  be,  a  college,  afree 


exporu  fur  1  ~7J  mnmim 

and  imports,  to  $1118,000.     It  didmc 

trade  on  the  Western  coast   of  Afri 
than  the  diplomacy    and  force  of  ti 


000, 


nd  that  work  la  now  completed.  Itt 
ieople  are  prospermia,  and  contented 
i  their  various    pursuits   and    profeBS 

bixty-four  years  after    the    founding 


Virgini 


a  Govei 


write,  "I  thank  God,  we  have 
neither  free  school  nor  printing  press, 
and  I  hope  shall  not  for  a  hundred 
years  to  come ;  for  learning  has  brought 
disobedience  and  heresy  and  sects  into 
the  world,  aud  printing  has  divulged 
them  aud  libels  against  the  bust  govern- 
ments.  God  keep  up  from  both." 

The  Constitution  of  Liberia  specially 
declares  that  "the  liberty  of  the  press 
is  essential  to  the  security  of  freedom 
in  a  Slate,"  and  in  his  annual  message 
in  1872,  President  Roberts,  first  and 
latest  President  of  the  Republic,  regret- 
ing  the  still  inadequate  means  of  sup- 
plying the  increasing  demands  for  edit- 


lal  f 

donor  of  a  foundation  from  which    tl 
Government  will  receive  $1,000  a  yei 


fort 


Bofc 


All  , 


wonderful  facts  that  meet  our  eyes  whei 
we  look  at  Liberia  not  only  prove  tb 
advantage  of  standing  on 'the  principl 
of  former  generations,  and  receiving 
the  grander  impulses  of  the  niueteeutl 
century.  They  also  prove  that  her 
is  a  race  which  has  been  equal  to  thes 
advantage 


>  Motliem. 


I  know  a  mother  who  dedicated  all 
of  her  children  to  God  at  their  birth. 
Her  constant  prayer  was  that  they 
might  be  converted  early  in  life.  Like 
Timotbty's  mother  and  grandmother, 
she  taught  them  the  Scriptures  from  a 
child.  Her  greatest  desire  was  to  im- 
press upon  their  young  and  tender 
hearts  the  truths  contained  in  Goo's 
word.  Her  prayers  were  uniiriug — her 
faith  was  strong;.  She  never  doubted 
that  God  would  send  the  answer  of  her 
prayers  in  behalf  of  those  dear  little 
onea.  She  looked  for  their  early  con- 
version, and  her  expectations  were  not 
disappointed,  for  she  had  the  gratifies 
tion  of  seeing  them  all  walking  in  wis- 
dom's ways  before  they  arrived  at  the 
age  of  fifteen  years.  Some  of  them  be- 
came very  active,  useful  members  of 
the  church  and  Sabbath  school. 

I  know  another  mother  who  thought 
children  ought  not  to  be  troubled  with 
the  subject  of  religion.  It  was  better 
to  wait  until  they  were  old  enough  to 
know  what  they  were  doing.  She 
wished  her  children  to  enjoy  theinselvrs 
while  young,  and  did  not  like  this 
grave  Kubj'-ct  to  be  pressed  upon  them, 
for  fear  they  might  make  a  false  pro- 
fession.    When  in  her  judgi 


old 


i  the 

ubject,  this  mother  was  surprised  that 
er  children  did  not  become  religious, 
rhile  so  many    others,  younger    than 


icbed 


After   they 
of  them  did, 


indeed,  join  the  church ;  but  in  a  short 
time,  when  feBtive  season  returned,  iu- 

by  those  professors  of  religion,  to  danc 
ing  parlies.  Their  mother  had  often 
expressed  the  opinion  thatdancing  was 
a  great  accomplishment — had  looked 
on  with  delight  as  her  daughters  were 
whirled  around  by  strange  men  in  the 
"graceful  waltz,"  and  had  even  said 
that  she  saw  no  harm  in  professors  of 
n  hgiun  participating n  this  amusemenl. 
It  is  not  surprising,  then,  that  her 
daughtere  entertained  the  aame  views. 
It  was  remarked  by  many  that  "pro- 
fessors of  religion  were  the  gayest  of 
the  gay,  never  seeming  to  become  wea- 
ry of  tripping  on  the  light  fantastic 
toe,"  though  their  faces  were  strange 
in  the  prayer  meeting.  There  were 
old  fashioned  Christiana  in  the  church 
to  which  these  giddy  women  were  at- 
tached, and  they  did  not  hesitate  to 
discipline  these  dancing  mcmDcrs, 
when  they  found  that  private  remon 
strnnce  was  unavailing,  to  prevent  a 
recurrence  of  the  offense. 
is  mortified  and  sorrowful  at  tl 
tion  her  children  occupy,  ni 
feels  that  she  has  reaped  what 
sown . — Religious  Herald. 

How  a  Smoker  got  a  Hon 


'i'i..-fu  .'i,i 


lln 


and  soon   enjoyed  my  quid.       A  few 

years  later  I  commenced  smoking.  The 
habit  grew  upon  me  till  I  was  Bmoking 
a  large  portion  of  the  time  except  when 
asleep.  At  length  I  united  with  the 
church.  Very  soon  the  question  arose 
whether  it  was  right  fur  a  professor  of 
religion  to  indulge  in  such  a  filthy  hub 

long  in  deciding  that  it  was  not,  and 
abandoned  it,  though  it  cost  me  a  se- 
vere struggle.     For  weeks  after,!  would 


involuntarily  feel  in  the  corners  of  my 
vest  pocket  for  8ny  little  crumbs  that 
might  have  lodged  there,  but  I  s 
conquered.  I  still,  however,  enjoyed 
the  cigar. 

Just  at  this  time  I  met  a  friend  who 
was  studying  for  the  ministry. 
puffing  away  at  the  cigar  as  usual,  when 
he  looked  up  with  a  countenance  thai 
I  shall  never  forget,  and  said,  "Broth 

er  H ,    it  don't   look    well  to    see  t 

member  of  thechurch  smoking."  "Yot 
are  right,"  said  I,  and  taking  the  cigar 
from  my  mouth,  threw  it  into  the  gut- 
ter. That  was  the  last  cigar  I  ever 
smoked,  I  was  emancipated  from  s 
slavery  worse  than  Egyptian  bondage. 

I  then  commenced  saving  the  money 
that  I  had  been  ao  long  squandering  for 
tobacco,  and  I  will  tell  the  boys  what 
I  did  with  it,  and  I  think  they  will  see 
that  it  is  neither  wise  not  expedient  tc 
commence  the  expensive,  demoralizing 
habit   of    smoking   or   chewing  tob; 

We  had  long  lived  in  the  city;  but 
the  children,  who  had  learned  i 
thing  of  the  enjoyment  of  country  life 
from  an  annual  visit  to  their  grandpa- 
rents, longed  for  a  home  among  the 
green  fields.  I  found  a  pleasant  placi 
in  the  country  for  sale.  There  wen 
were  over  two  acres  of  land,  with  shadi 
and  fruit  trees,  a  good  garden,  a  fiat 
view  of  Long  Island  .  Sound  near  the 
Academy,  churches  and  schools.  The 
cigar  money  now  came  into  revisit 


ipurc 


)  the  plat 


1  wish  the  boys  who  are  tempted  tc 
smoke  could  see  how  the  children  eu- 
joy  their  home,  as  they  watch  the 
qreat  steamers,    and  the    vessels    with 

sound.  Nor  are  they  less  interested  in 
the  horse,  cow,  and  calf,  chickens, 
pigeons,  rabbits, etc.  Theyenjoy  then 
plays  and  sports  on  the  green  grass, 
which   gives  them    health  and   happi 


My  smoking 
with  that  of  many,  only  six  cigars  i 
at  G  1-4  cents  each,  equal  to  $13 
per  annum;  yet  in  forty-one  yi 
this,  if  all  saved  and  kept  at  inte 
would  have  amounted  to  the  handi 
sum  of  §33,601.42,  to  say  nothing  of 
improved  health,  and  freedom  from 
vous  irritability.  The  subject  is  bl 
worthy  of  consideration  in  an  econ> 
cal  point  of  view. 


Capital  and  Labor. 

sided,  and  he  is  wise  who  walks  al 
about  them  before  forming  fixed  opin 
ions.  A  correspondent  of  the  Wealeri 
Rural  presents  in  the  following  extract 
some  ideas  worth  putting  down.  They 
will  help  in  unraveling  the  problems  of 
money  stringency.  Upon  a  stal 
of  anorgauof  the  granges  that  th 
ey  power  of  the  country  is  pitied  j 


the  r. 


Klepoi 


the  proposition  wai 
a  W'se  one,  nor  the  allegation  a  tru< 
one.  Capital  and  labor  are  inseparahlt 
in  their  interests.  Dwarf,  hem  in,  op- 
press either  of  these  elements  of  accu- 
uiulated  wealth,  aud  you  cripple  the 
other.  Labor  creates  and  upholds  cap- 
ital.  Capital  follows  labor  wherever  it 
goes,     In  some  instances  capital    leads 


Thei 

The  Northern  Pacific  r 
tance.       The  road  Iwm 


yet,  a  necessity.  Its  projectors  hav- 
gone  by  the  board  financially.  Thi 
capital,  however,  exists.  A  great  arei 
of  territory  has  been  opened  up  to  civ 

The  fact  is,  as  a   nation,  numbering 

hut  forty  million  people,  we  are  spreai 

py.  Jay  Cooke  attempted  to  Bpread  ui 
out  a  little  thinner,  but  we  had  reachet 
the  extent  of  our  elasticity.  He  put 
his  bonds  in  market  to  buy  greenbacks 
with  which  to  build  the  road.  An  enor- 
mous crop  of  grain  and  cotton,  an  unpre- 
cedented foreign  demand  for  our  produce 
created  a  demand  for  more  currency  than 
.n  the  country.      Capital  turned 


from 


bonda 

d  left  Jay  Cooke  and  many  others  in 
puble.  A  panic  ensued.  Watered 
Iroad  slock  is  flat.  The  legitimate 
siness  men  of  the  country  are  suffer- 
{;  farmers  are  Buffering,  capital  i^ell 


Capitalists  .ire  timid,  careful;  a  panic 
frightens  them!  What  are  they  doing 
now?  They  are  not  discounting  notes 
nor  buying  produce  toany  great  extent. 
Bankers  tell  their  best  customers  among 
grain  buyers,  ''  Use  your  own  capital: 
we  dare  not  discount  your  paper  1" 
Why !  Because  there  is  a  panic.  Now 
what  is  the  attitude  of  capital  I      Ib   it 


arlike 


■ard  lal 


ict  turn  a  cold  shoulder  toward  specu- 
The  truth  ia,  capital  and  labor,  both 


subject  to  ups  and  downs  of  the  law  of 
supply  and  demand,  aie  inseparable  in 
their  interests.  The  allegation  that 
capital  is  pitted  against  labor  ii 
absurd  to  have  come  from  the  pi 
a  farmer.  If  it  be  true,  civilization  has 
received  an  earthquake  oscillation 
must  hurl    it    backward    a    tho 

The  proposition  to  reduce  railroad 
freights  I  Bhould  find  no  fault  with,  if 
ihe  war  proposed  did  not  present 


<ed  bat 


Uii 


legia 


.he  business  management  of  immet 
imounts  of  capital  out  of  the  hands 
,he  owners  thereof,  by  legal  force,  and 
■un  the  same  by  legislative  committee! 
ind  judicial  presidents. 

Il  won't  do.  Monopolies,  extortion 
ite  prices  on  way  freights  are  grea 
;vils,  but  don't  kill  the  goose  that  layi 
he  golden  egg.  Labor  is,  and  should 
)8  protected  by  law !  Capital  asks  ant 
nust  have  the  same  safeguards.  Rol 
lapitil  of  these  safeguards,  and  it  re 
.reats  to  vaults  and  safes  until  th> 
ffroug  ia  righted.  If  it  is  not  righted 
t  seeks  a  more  congenial  soil. 

We  want  competing  lines  of  railroadi 


i  Wet 


-  E..-1 


numerous  lateral  roads  reaching  out  inti 
isolated  portions  of  the  country.      Ti 
build  them  capital  becomes  an  absolutt 
necessity.     We  advertise,    however,  u 
advance,  that  capital  so  invested    mus 
be  managed  by    a  legislative   board   of 
directors,  and  a  judicial  president,  el 
ed  al  the  polls  by  the    farmers    of 
West.       When   capital  comes   to   i 
assistance  upon  such  invitations,  I  shall 

inaugurate,  carry  on  the  war,  make  it  i 
success,  and  we  can  make  much  of  the 
few  competing  an  J  non  competing  It 
of  railroads  we  now  have — we  will  have 

It  has  taken  national,  state,  count 
town  and  individual  subsidies  to  indu< 
capitalists  to  take  hold,  build,  equip 
and  run  almost  every  railroad  i 
United  Stales.  Aside  from  main  trunk 
lines,  (and  more  than  half  of  these) 
very  few  pay  respectable  dividend! 
Now  it  is  proposed  to  reduce  the 
earnings  full  Gfty  per   cent,  by  legisla 

Can  it  be  done?  No.  Why?  B 
cauae  to  cut  down  the  grosB  earnings . 
any  railroad  in  America  fifty  per  cen 
you  will  bankrupt  the  company,  an 
leave  the  road  in  a  pit  from  which  n 
capitalists  will  ever  raise  il !  To  repea 
we  want  more  and  competing  lines  from 
the  West  to  the  East.  The  mart 
of  our  enormous  crops,  which  art 

with  us  a  necessity.      Capital  ru 
these  immense  labor  carrying  roi 


Childrens'   Corner. 


Killing  Time. 

Never  "kill  time,  boys."  He  is  yc 
est  friend.  Use  him  well.  Don't  1 
im  slip  through  your  fingers  whi 
ou  are  young,  as  many  do.  The  da 
f  your  boyhood  are  the  most  precioi 
ou  will  ever  see.  The  habits  you  get 
ito  will  stick  to  you  like  wax.     I 

;  good  one?,  life  will  be   a  pie 


3  all  e 


IB-Il 


success,  lou  may  not  grow  rich,  but 
your  life  will  be  a  real  success,  never- 
theless. 

If,  on  the  contrary,  you  waste  your 
early  years,  live  for  fun  only,  trifle 
with  your  opportunities,  you  will  find 
after  awhile  that  your  life  is  a  failure 
— yes,  even  if  you  should  be  as    rich  as 

One  of  the  saddest  things  is,  to  meet 
a  man  who  has  let  golden  opportuni- 
ties go  by  him,  just  entering  the  battle 
of  life,  yet  entirely  unfitted  for  bis  po- 
sition. He  is  to  be  pitied,  and  yet 
blamed.  In  this  favored  land  every 
one  can  learn  to  read  aud  write,  for  in- 
stance. But  how  often  we  meet  young 
men  utterly  unable  to  write  a  dozen 
lines  without  making  mistakes.  Reas- 
sured, my  young  friends,  it  will  be  a 
a  of  shame  to  you  as  men,  if  you 
t  pay   attention    to   education  as 

The  world  is  full  of  tmod  books  to 
ad.  You  are  surrounded  with  friends 
d  relatives.  Be  warned  in  time,  and 
in  happiness  and  honor  in  the  future 
from  the  industry   of   the  present,  and 


.  of  ( 


r  large 


had  prepared  and  preached,  aa  hesup 
posed,  a  most  convincing  sermon,  foi 
?nefit  of  an  influential  member  o 
ngregation,  who  was  known  to  hi 
infidel  turn  of  mind.     The  ainnei 


=  tenderly  loved,  and  he  inqui 


The  child  informed  him  that  ah 
thinking  ot  what  her  Subbath-school 
teacher  bad  told  her  about  Jesus  Christ. 
''And  what  did  she  tell  you  of  Jesus 
Christ r  he  asked.  -Why,  she  said 
be  came  down  from  hcaveu  and  died 
for  poor  me!"  and  in  a  momei 
tears  pushed  from  the  eye  which  had 
looked  upon  the  beauties  of  only  sever 
summers,  as  in  the  simplicity  of  child 
hood  she  added,  ''Father,  should  I  no 
love  one  who  has  so  loved  me  1" 

The  proud  heart,  of  the  infidel  wai 
touched.  What  the  eloquent  plea  o 
his  minister  could  not  accomplish,  the 
tender  sentence  of  his  child  had  done 
and  he  retired  to  give  vent  to  his  owi 
feelings  in  a  silent  but  penitent  pray- 
That  evening  found  him  at  the  pray 
ing-circle,  where,  witb  Imikenness  o 
spirit,  he  asked  the  prayers  of  God'i 
people.     In   giving  an  account   oi  hi 


Chn 


"Under  God  I 
little  child,  who  first  convinced  me  by 
her  artless  simplicity  that  I  ought  10 
love  one  who  had  so  loved  me.  "—Brit 

ish  Evangelist. 


ruin,  and   a   soul  uninhabited   by  th< 
Holy  Spirit  of   God  verges   faster  am 


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NARRATIVES  AND  ARSUMENTS 

SECRET 'SOCIETIES 


ADVERSE  TO  CHRISTIANITY, 


A  Seceeding  Mason  of  21  degrees. 


Light  on  Freemasonry, 

BY  ELDER  D.  BERNARD, 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 


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The  Christian  Cynosure. 

No.  11  Wnbagh  Avenue,  Clllcogo. 


ttors  tllllli:  >'il'-rrl|i[|,.ii-,  fori 


ping  religion;  3.  Thf 
religion;  4.  That 
vilish  religion;  5.  Thi 
and  damning  religiot 


Freemasonry 
you   prefer    it. 


)  far, 


It  i 


of  ( 


that 


religio 


Fr<  cim.soDry     is    the 

There  are  two  kinds    of 

world;  the  (rue  and  the  false,  and  Fre< 

masonry  belongs  to  tUe  latter.     It  is  i 

compound  of  paganism,  Judahism  am 

natural     rsligion.        Though       Masom 

sometimes  deny  our  proposition,  atoth 

The  second  paragraph  of  the  "Man 
ual  of  the  Lodge,"  by  Albert  G 
Maekey,  and  also  of  his  "Rtualist,' 
opens  in  these  words:  '-If  secular  us 
BociBtioua  have  found  it  expedient,  bj 
the  adoption  of  tome  preparatory  forme 
to  avoid  the  appearance  of  an  unseem 
proceeding    t< 


'ell  be 


Then 


religious  societies  hi 
observant  of  the 
showing  that  the  "ancient  mysleriet 
(those  sacred  rites  which  have  furnished 
so  many  models  for  Masonic  symbol- 
opened  with  very  solemn 
"In    like 


he   L 
i  lodge  of  Mai 


plainly  distinguished  from 
association,  aud  ranked  wi 
which  are  lo  be  regarded  as 


It  i 


e  that    S  ckels    introdu 


•'Monitor"  by  saying,  "Frcemisonry 
is  a  moral  institution,  and  it  is  a  favor- 
ite definition  that  Masonry  is  a  system 
of  morality,  veiled  in  allegory,  und 
taught  by  symbols."  Iiut  then  it  is  to 
be  remembered  that  from  the  Alpha  to 
the  Omega  of  Freemasonry  it  is  tau»hl 
that  morality  in  „!l  the  religion   which 


him 


■ality    will 


The 


ient  Charges"  of  Masonry 
say,  (M  inual  of  the  Lodge,  page  210), 
"But  though  in  ancient  timeB  Masons 
were  charged  in  every  country  lo  be 
of  the  religion  of  that  country  or  na- 
tion, whatever  it  was,"  (thus  in  Eng- 
land Protestant,  in  Italy  Papist,  in 
Turkey  Mussulman,^  China  Confucian, 


t'lali    M„rr 


r.)     "It 


M-is-onbthe  religion  which  a  mun  should 
profehs  is  a  question  mcr'.'ly  of  expedi- 
ency) ''only  to  oblige  them  to  that 
religion  in  which  all  men  agree."  And, 
page  220,  *'We  being  only,  ai  Masons, 
of  the  Catholic  religion  above  men- 
tioned, charging  a  man  t1)  change  his 
religion  every  lime  he  crossed  a  geo- 
graphical boundary  was  thought  lo  be 
too  broad  a  farce,  and  it  is  deemed  ex- 
pedient to  oblige  him  only  to  ihoBe 
religious  opinions  which  Buit  every 
latitude  and  longitude!" 

That  Masons  regard  their  order  B1  a 
religious  society  is  bo  plainly  taught  in 


ones  might  be   adduced)    that  it   ma; 

seem  unnecessary  lo  proceed  with  th> 
proof.       Lest,      however     it     may     be 
thought  that  our  proposition  is  only 
inference  from    teachings    of  Mason: 
we  give  evidence  of  a  more  unequivocal 
rharacler.     Turning  to  the  '■Lexicon  of 


page 


■'Tin'  religion, then,  of  Masonry  is  pui 
theism,  on  which  its  members  engraft 
their  own  peculiar  opinions;  but  they 
are  not  permitted  to  introduce  them  in- 
to the  lodge,  or  to  connect  their  truth 
or  falsehood  with  the  truth  of  Mason- 
ry." (Let  Masonry  be  true  and  every 
other  religion  a  lie).  Now  if  the  relig- 
ion of  Maioory  be  ''pure  theism,"  then 
it  has  ;i  religion,  and  the  system  must 
be  a  religious  system. 

On  the  subject  of  prayer   (Mnckey's 
Manual   of  the   Lodge,   page    40)    we 


-ad: 


s  Na- 


ught r 


commence  any   great   or    impor 
derlaking  without  first   asking 
protection  and  blessing  of  Deity, 
tliu  becnu  !<-  Ma  onry    is  ;i  rdi-^ious 
ition."     Here,  then,  our  prop-sin-m 
Ernvil  in  terms,  ami    arguni-  nt    it 
only    unnecessary    but    impossible. 
;  is  true   that  on    page   166    of  tlie 

;ion."     This  look-*    somewhat    like 
trick  of  the   conjurer — "now  you 
it,    and  now    you    don't    see    it." 
Having  told  us  again  and  again  in  dif- 
ferent f  jrms  that  Masonry  is  a  religious 
society  or  institution,  it  will    not   avail 
>  say  at    the   last,    "Masonry    is   not 
ligion."    That  it  is  not  true  religion 
and  as  this  is  the  only  possi- 


ble e 


Chri 


b  declai 


ard    her 


Chri 


lian   Association,   aud  on  a  card 

"  Posittvely  no  Profanity  Allowed  in 
these  Rooms  on  the  Sabbath  day." 
rous  as   the  thing  would  seem, 

the  foreigner  would  be  forced  to  the 

frightfully  given  to    swearing;  to  that 
t   that    those  who    pass   for   the 


I  is  no  wonder  the  earth  is  deeply 
disquieted  under  her. 

If,  however,  all  the  "Manuals," 
Jonitore,"  "Ritualists,"  "Lexicons," 
; ,  were  absolutely  silent  as  to  the 
tnt  whether  Masonry  professes  to  be 
religion,  we  have,  nevertheless, 
abundant  evidence  that  it  does  so  injjits 
forms  and  ceremonies.  Masonry  lias 
srs,  priests,  prayers, benediclious, 
s,  morals  lessons,  illuminations, 
regenerations  and  eternal  rewards.  It 
baptizes  the  infant,    and    buries    with 


j  of  i 


the 


of  four  acore.  It  has  borrowed  the 
of  heathen  worship,  and 
■ything  impressive  in  the 
Mosaic  ritual;  tabernacle,  altar,  candle- 
stick, ark  of  the  covenant,  manna,  in- 
;er,se,  mitre,  breast-plate,'  and  all  the 
restments  of  the  High  Priest.  The 
odge  is  opened  with  prayer  and  in  the 
"name  of  God."  Hymns  are  sung  in 
pretence  of  honoring  (toil  and  Masonry. 
both  "divine."  Moral  in- 
ire  imparled  in  the  name  of 
God.  The  lodge  is  closed  with  prayer 
d  h  benediction — "May  the  blessing 
of  Heaven  rest  upon  us  and  all  regular 


is,   Am 


Tomoniee  from  begi 
profane  imitation  of  the  ordinances 
of  the  Church  and  directly  calculated 
produce  the  impression  that  its  spr- 
ues are  the  worship  of  the  Divine  Be- 
g.  even  if  that    were   not   expressed 

The  lodge  is,    moreover,  in  the   lan- 
guage of  Masonry,  n  "  sacred  retreat," 

1  hou;ehold  of  faith  ,"  (Manual,  page 
7),  the  "sons  of  light,"  (Lexicon, page 
270).  Beyond  the  ■<  sacred"  precincts 
if  the  lodge  is  the  "profane  world," 
he  "cowans,"  Qcuon,  dogs,  Manual, 
pnge  101),  though  embracing  the  larger 
irt  of  the  Christian  church,  and  ull 
and  children  besid 


holit 


Jarth 


the  lingua  _-e  of  Misonry,  "profane, 
■coward,'  or  dog.  Jesus  Christ  In 
;elf,  if  on  earth,  would  be  so  I 

M'isonry,  then,  is  not  a'^'-ular  na 
nation,"  but  a  religious  institutio 
Uh  religion  ih  pure  theism,"  the  "j 
il  religion  in  which  all  men  <igp 
The  lodge,  with  its  furniture  and  ce 
is,  is  "sacred,"  Those  who  i 
embraced   in  the    Masonic    commun 


are  "the  sons  of  light,"  and  'tht 
household  of  faith,"  while  the  follow- 
ers of  Jesus  belong  to  the  "profane 
world."  Could  blasphemy  proceed  far- 
ther! 


audie 


MuBouic  Charily. 


-When   you    take 


Honest  Reaobf 
your  seat  in  a  n« 
furnished  la-JieV  c 
eye  upward,  read 
top  of  the  door,  these  words  in  plain 
English,  "  PaBBengers  are 
to  Smoke  in  this  Car,"  d 
you  as  being  anything  nnrc^unnbj  - ! 
If  you  are  much  of  a  traveler,  and  per' 
baps  asmiker  too.  it  does  not,  and  givei 
you  no  uneasiness;  for  you  very  wel 
know,  that  attached  to  all  trains  is  i 
■'  Smoking  Car,"  where  you  can  smokt 
and  chew  and  spit  without  fear  of  inter 

But  ne  will   suppose  the  traveler  ii 
.  foreigner,   entirely   ignorant  of  th< 


nd   in  i 

ends, 


What  does  this  pan  of  a  Mafltei 

son's  obligation  mean)  What  doi 
carry  in  its  face)  Exactly  the  i 
|>nn;i[>ie  as  the  oard  aoove  the  car 
iu  every  particular. 


publi 


a  of 


pie.  That  oard  unmistakably  infori 
him  of  three  facta:  first,  that  Ameri- 
itnoke;  next,  that  they  would 
smoke  in  this  car  if  they  were  not  pro- 
ibited;andla9tly,  that  railroad  compa- 
ics  understand  their  business,  and  pro- 
de  the  American  public  with  accoin- 
lodatious  for  that  purpose.  If  smo- 
king were  not  tolerated  upon  rail-roads, 
the  card  would  read  in  plain  terms. 
Positively  No  Smoking;"  and  if  to- 
bacco were  not  used  in  America,  the 
be  there  at  all. 
will  suppose  that  the  trav 


the 


uld 


joms,  if  they  had    the  liberty, 
er,  this  card  says  as  plain  as  a- 
Upon   week  days  you  can  do  at 
you  please."     Our    traveler  would  at 

hockingly  low  standard. 

We  will  suppose  again,  tbnthe  visits 
me  of  our  churcheB,  and  finds  that  e 
young  man  is  about  to  be  ordained  to 
preach  the  Gospel;  aud  in  the  ordina- 
monies,  hears  the  oilKiauiig 
read  from  the   discipline  the 


folloi 


quei 


Brother,  do  you  faithfully  promise 
that  you  will  not  violate  the  cbaBtity 
if  a  brother  Methodist's  mother,  wife, 
ister  or  daughter,  you  knowing  them 
o  beBuchf"     The  visitor  would  begin 


thorn 


here  a  young  man  about  to  entei 
the  ministry,  who  would  not  be  insult- 
;  and    a  congregalion  which   would 

■t  be  outraged  by  sueli  n  proceeding! 
We  will  now  change  the  hour  from 
ytime    lo    "low    twelve"  at    night. 


lift  • 


iery  fro 


ichu 


n     "  uppi 

guarded.  We  look  in,  and  see  a  num.- 
er  of  men  with  queer  little  aprons  on. 
'be    burning    candles  make  the  rooms 

sufficiently  light  so  that  we  can  clearly 

rith  a  bandage  over  his  eyes,  and 
around  his  body,  which  is  naked 

His  hands  arc  placed  upon  an 

Bible,  and  we  distinctly  bear  him 

repeating   these  words,  after  the  Mas- 

■■Furibennore     do     I     promise    and 
ear  that  I  will  not  violate  the  chasti- 
ty of  a  Master  Mason's    wife,  mother, 
iter,  or  daughter,  I  knowing  them  U> 

suih,  imr  allow  it  to  be  dm-  by  ulh 
a  if  in  my  power  to  prevent  it." 
The  only   difference  between   these 
o  pictures,  is,  that  the  first  is  a  sup- 
posed case,  and  the  last  is   a  real    one; 
a    a    scene  in  a    Master    Mason's 
lodge.     Everyman,  every  minister, who 
me  as  far  as   the  third  degree  in 
ry,  has  been  led  around   in  thin 
shameful  plight,  and  has  repealed  these 


many  ol  tl 
uld  do  the 


in  de< 


cloth- 


i  thing  in  a  pub- 


and  this  car   must  protect  it- 
self accordingly." 

"  We  know  your  tricks,"  fays  Mai 
ry  to  "  the  poor  blind  candidate,"  "  and 
merely  from    personal   considerations, 
are  compelled   to    enforce  certain    Urn 

Now  we  notice  still  further  that  the 
proprietors  of  railroads  do  not  proposi 
to  reform  the  public  of  smoking,  but  oi 
(he  other  hand,  positively  sanction  thi 
practice  by  providing  a  place  for  its  in 

■'  We  take  no  account,"  says  Masonry 
"of  our  neighbor's  wile,  mother,  sislrr 


on,  and  this  obligation    is  simply  a  li 

■Tins  thuij  i* actually  humiliating,"  re 


■  this 


ullful 


■angen 


ves    you   quite   a  margin,  my    d< 
;  plenty  of  room  outside  of  our  i 
ottlate  brotherhood;  and  by  the  pro- 
on,  'knowing  them  to  be  such/  yoi 
'e  a  considerable  field   for    operMioi 


"  I  am  a  minister  of  the  gospel,"  ob- 
jects another  candidate,  "and  this  obli- 
gation is  insulting  to  my  dignity,  and* 
disgrace  upon  the    Christian  religion.' 

"  Tut,  tut,"  answers  Masonry,  with  e 

pity  or  purity,  if  you  please.  That  if 
quite  a  clever  little  dodge  with  yorii 
set,  but  it  don't  go  down  in  this  place. 


Tins  io\li:<.ni,..n  iu  tiulticient  proof  t< 
very  candid,  sensible  person,  Ihhtthn 
egree  at  least,  was   originated  by  thi 


nupt  c 


Masons  tell  ue  they  confer  certain  de- 
grees upon  women  for  protection. 
Protection  from  whom  I     From  Masona  f 

If  Masonry    is  unchangeable,   as   is 
limed,  men  will  get  no  better   in   it, 
,d    the    same    beastly,    selfish,    and 
shameless  indecency  that  brought  ii  in- 
alive. 

It  is  human  nature  to  shrink  from 
ting  our  faith  in  the  purity  of  those 
i  love  broken,  and  the  golden  apples 
confidence  and  trust  turned  to  ashes 
.  our  lips.  It  is  hard  for  the  friends 
of  Master  Masons  to  believe  that  before 

o  touchstone  that  finds  him  a  friend 
n  every  land;  before  he  can  behold  the 
>eauties  aud  enjoy  the  benefits  of  the 
mblime  degree  of  a  Master  Mason,  be- 
yond which  *  ■  there  is  nothing  the  soul 

ill  and  accord,"  fellowship,  and 
place  himself  upon  a  perfect  level  with 
ion  libertines.  But  facta  are  Btub- 
things,  and  thuir  own  books  speak 
for  themselves.  Masonry  as  an  insti- 
ll regards,  a  minister  of  the  Qoapel 
titled  to  no  more  esteem  than,  and 


n  pan- 


IB  purity  of  heart  and  life  f  Is  this 
lucning  the  very  appearance  of  evill 
Dear  lady  reader,  if  you  should  bap- 
pen  to  be  the  "wife,  mother.  Bister  or 
iter"  of  a  Master  Mason,  you  have 
only  to  read  for  yourself,  to  be  con- 
vinced that  they  of  this  heavenly  degree 
it  called  upon  to,  and  do  not  as 
ib  respect  your  chastity  any  more 
than  they  do  the  chastity  of  other  wo- 
vho  do  not  bear  to  them  such 
in.  The  oath  says,  "  not  to  vio- 
late," which  may  mean  much   or  little, 

imns  rmpect;    to  others,  what  it  says 
d  nothing  more.      If  a  man  is  natural- 
ly disposed  to  look  lightly  upon  female 

number  of  oaths  and  murderous  penal- 
can  change   his  nature.        True 


A  friend  of  ours   once  said,  ru 
say  we,  that    "  a   Masonic   lodgt 

man  in  the  community:"  und  ye 
thing,  this  brazen  syren  with  liei 
suggestions  and  harlot  favors,  is  foisted 
upon  the  world  aa  the  great  proi 
of  Virtue  and  morality,  the  twin 
of  Christianity. Wfl  pity  the  virtu* 
must  be  truckled  to  this  outr.ige  upon 
common  decency  for  safety;  we  blush 
for  the  morality  born  of  euch  a  pi 
and  nursed  in  such  a  cradle;  and  God 
help  the  Christianity  that  would 


i  Trip  to  Canada.— If. 


■Strct.  hing    from     the    mist-covered 
banks  of  Newfoundland  to  the  blue 
ters  of  the   Pacific,    bounded   on 
Souib  by  the  United   States, 'and   on 
the  North    by  the   white  territories  o 
king     winter,       possessing       all       th> 

mine,  forest  and  fertility,  th. 
New  Dominion  is  a  young  gi 
ant,  capable  of  crushing  in  a  grip  of 
steel  half  thf  governments  of  South 
America.  But  although  enjoying  a  d> 
gree  of  develop  emeu  t  and  material  pro 
perity  unprecedented,  the  Dominion 
not  without  many  of  the  trials  that  e 
powerful     neighbo; 


salthy  i 


bound  fa' 
crecy  and  alcohol  like  twin  friends 
abroad  io  the  Dominion,  and  as  a 
lence  political  intrigue  and  corr 
of  the  most  audacious  character 
sb  and  perplex  the  honest  min 


Conspicuous  among  the  secre 
rs  of  Ontario  for  power  and  po] 
•  stands  the  Orangemen.  Ever 
King  William  crossed  the  "Boynt 
n  enmity  has  existed  betwee 
Catholics  and  Protestant  Irish,  and 
he  Orangeman  with  his  genr^'oiis  ban- 
era  and  robes,  fancy  sash  and  M as o li- 
ke apron,  represents  the  Protestant 
ide  of  this  feeling. 

On  the  twelfth  of  July  the  Orange- 
men come     forth     in     all  their    glory, 
That  is  their  gala  day.     Look  then  and 
will  see  clothed  in  the  habilaments 
of  royalty,  little  minds  that  cannot  dis 
[juish  between   the  real   and   the 
I.      Listen  then  and  you  will  hear 
lounding   titles   applied  to  simple 
pleased  with  a  showy  bubble  as 

heir  ranks  or  the  fumes  of  tobac- 
l  the  stench  of   rum  may    offend 
your   olfactories. 

Very  hotly  Protestant  those  Orange- 
»n,  and  woe  to  the   unfortunate  Cath- 
olic who  crosses  the  line  of  their  proces- 
,    "To  hell  with  th«  Pipe,"   will  be 
nilered    form    tdeir    valorous  tanks; 
tune   of   -'Boyne  Water"   will   be 
played  for   his  especial    benefit;  and  it 
ild  spirit  of  Erin  should   rise  and 
should    venture    a   retort,  fortunate  in- 
may    he    consider  himself  if  his 
Catholic  eyeB  are  not  blackened  by  an 
Orange  fist.     But  while   the  rabble  on 
the  street  are  ready  enough   lo  consign 
the  Pope  and  all  his  followers  to  perdi- 
lot  so  their  leaders  in  Parliament 
These  slippery  gentlemen  glide    away 
from  their  Protestant  friends  and    are 
illy  found  on  the  side  of  Tories  and 
Catholics. 

"Why  is  it,"  I  asked  of  a  prominent 
)raogeman,  "that  the  lenders  of  your 
ociety  vote  with  the  conservatives  and 
Catholics,  and  not  with  the  Proteat- 
nt  reformers  of  Ontario i"     "Oh  I"  said 

f'lis  orgiiiii/iitiun  1"     Religion-  imh  ed  ! 

Donnybrook   fair  are   religious!     II  lo 

fijiht  for  religion,  but  never  go  to  church; 

,  the  head  of  their  procession  the 
ord  of  the  great  God  whose  name 
they  blaspheme,  and  whose  laws  they 
disobey,  is  religion,  then  the  Orange- 
en  excel  in  righteousness.  This 
uch  for  the  society.  Good  and  pious 
en  no  doubt  honor  it  as  much  with 
eir  presence  as  they  dishonor  them- 
tves.  But  the  organization  is  evil  in 
i  effects,  a  greater  birier,    to  Protest- 


Lruth  i 


that  a  corrupt  church  has  been  able  to 
erect.  We  have  already  intimated,  and 
we  think  there  is  abundant  evidence  to 
show  that  Freemasonry  ia  stealthily 
fastening  its  serpent  folds  around  the 
neck  of  the  Dominion,  however  happy 
and  prosperous  the   country    may    be 


0 


sound  an  alarm  In  Canada,  helore  civil 
governmentis  undermined  hythe  prin- 
ciples of  a  secret  oath  bound  order,  and 

mated  by  the  number  of  their  degrees  I 

The  L'rnyrr  of  Invocation. 


We  consider  that  the  prayer  of  "In- 
vocation" is  an   exhibit   of  one   of  the 

boldest  and  falsest  and  most  inaoleni 
and  presumptuous  asaumptious  which 
Freemasonry   puia  forth    on  all 


In  the  present  slate  of  the  country 
the  following  unique  suggestions  from 
the  Christian  will  be  understood  and 
valued: 

''Give  unto  him  that  asketh  thee,' 
Bays  the  Saviour:  "Lend  hoping  for 
nothing,"  On  the  whole,  giving  seeme 
better  and  cheaper  thau    lending.     No 


i  thai 


to  lose,  and  what  he  is  able  to  lose  he 
may  perhaps  be  able  to  give.  When  a 
man  gives  anything  he  has  no  further 
care  about  it;  and  the  receiver  if 
he  has    any    manhood  about    him  can 


wily 


he 


poin 


protest  and  rebuke  of  all  Christiana  in 
dividually,  and  of  the  whole  Christia 
church  in  its  collective  capacity;  nami 
ly,  the  assumption  that  Freemason' 
temples  occupy  the  place,  religious!; 
of   the   temple  of  Solomon;    and   th. 


i  the 


place  and  inheritance  of  the  Jewis 
people,  nation  and  church  as  God' 
covenanted  people — instead  of  which 
every  true  Christian  will  acknowl 
that  all  true  Christians  and  the  church 
of  Christ  collectively  are  now  tin 
spiritual  temple  and  the  covenant  peo 
pie  of  Ood,  and  not  stone  and  limi 
buildings,  not  Freemasons  as  such,  noi 
the  order  of  Freemasons  collectively 
And  what  greater  or  more  arrogant 
profanenesa  can  be  imagined,  than  to 
find  this  Masonic  grand  chaplain  put- 
ting himself  forth  in  the  very  place  of 
King  Solomon,  and  appropriating  Sol- 
omon's very  prayer  at  the  dedication 
of  the  Jewish  temple!  thus:— 

"And  hearken  thou  to  the  suppli- 
cation of  thy  servant/  and  of  thy  peo- 
ple/ and  hear  thou  in  heaven  thy 
dwelling-place;  and  when  thou  heareBt, 
orgive. 

"For  they  by  tby  people;  and  thim 
nherifance!  For  thou  didst  leparai 
them  from  among  all  the  people  of  th> 

Truly,  here  is  a  pretension   with  i 

tness — and  Freemasonry  is  clearly  i 

rival  religion  and  a  rival  church   to  thi 

iriatian   religion    and    church.      And 

(■hri-lianity  do  not  destroy  it    it  will 

destroy  Christianity.     Its   claims,   like 

those  of  Christianity,  are  exclusive  and 

te    no    rival    claims.     And    the 

ures"  of  the  lodge,  as  well  as  the 

public  orations  of  its  orators,  explicitly 

declare  that  the  principles    and    prac- 

of  Kreemasonry  embody  all    that 

[uisite  to  the  present  and   eternal 

be  the  highest  and   most   perfect 
development    of    moral    and    religious 


mil  the  churches  generally  refuse  to 
xercise  any  discipline  in  the  matter! 
Methodists,  Baptists,  Presbyterians, 
antera  (bo  called),  and  even  some 
United  Presbyterians,  werese.-n  march- 
i  Freemasons  last  week  in  the 
Masonio  procession  in  Philadel- 
phia.    How  long!  0  Lord!  how  long? 

ior  thus  done  to  thy  holy   name, 
the  name  of  thiue  Anointed  One, 
and  to  his  true  church  and  people? 


Be  sure    not  to  ov 
ea,  but  remember  that   your  superio 
iay  at  any  lime  stand  at  your  side. 

Do  not    distrust    others    without    i 

If  you  are  married,  respect  no  om 
"ialiy  who  h.is  not  been  duly  courte 
is  to  your  family. 

Be  decided,  kind,  and  polite  in  al 
your  ullieial  aud  prviate  relations. 

Never  allow  yourself  to  be  led  inti 
the  bad  habit  ot  grumbling  or  fault 
finding,  but  be  pleasant,  agreeable  ant 
ohoerful  in  nil  your  duties. 


■  abili 


pay  a  debt, 
marked:  "It  is  not poimible  toaaknman 
to  return  borrowed  goods,  books,  mon- 
ey or  anything  eUe,  without  putting 
in  peril  the  beautiful  friendship  on  the 
strength  of  which  he  fleeced  you.  He 
was  a  wise  man  who  said  to  his 
friend  wishiDg  to  borrow,  "You  and  I 
are  now  good  friends.  If  I  lend  you 
money  and  you  do  not  pay  it  we  shall 
quarrel.  If  I  refuse  lo  lend  you,  I  sup- 
pose we  will  quarrel.  There  are  two 
chances  of  a  quarrel,  and  I  think  I  will 
keep  the  money  rather  than  run  the 
risk  of  loosing  that  and  you  also."  He 
had  iu  mind  the  old  saw: 

"I  had  my  money  and  my  friend, 
I  lent  my  money  to  my  friend, 
I  asked  my  money  of  iny  friend, 
I  lost  my  money  and  my  friend." 
If  a  friend  wishes  to   borrow  a  hun- 
dred dollars,  and  you  can  afford  it  just 
give  him    fifty    dollars    und  make    him 
your  friend  for  life.     Send  him  a  hnn- 
dred,  and  quite  likely  he  will  shunyou 
and  dodgo    to    get     away   from    you, 
till  he  will  conclude  you  are  a  skinflint, 
and  you  will  make  up  your    mind  that 
he  is  a  rascal,  and  so  money,  friendship 
and  nil  are  gone.     "Give  to  him    that 
asseth."     "Lend,  hoping  for  nothing. " 


The  I 


(iniiiir  Crucible, 


»n*  are  elements  in  chemistry,  in 
;elve"  puii-onons,  which,  by  the 
if  Hie  eijomist,  may  be  so  com- 
with  other  substances  aa  to  ac- 
a  healing  virtue.  The  process 
ly  not  understand,  but  the  fact  ia 


:  of  c 


ispeal 


i  of 


:rly 


peace  and  ruinous  to  our  hopes.     Cast 
the  crucible  of  the   Divine   Chem- 

hose  skill  is  as  infinite  as  His   love 
are  made  to  ''work    together"    in 


What 


remedial 

wlftire. 


■adly    is 


No ar.il ictiun  for  the  present 
be  joyous   but  grievous," 
but  afterward,  after  the  shock  and  the 


nldei 


1  the  s 


iry     of    the    bleeding 

od    forgotten    to    be 

ward  "it  yieldelh  the 

peaceable  fruit  of  righteouanes  to  them 

a  are  exercised   thereby."     "The 

able  fruit  of  righteousness"— there 

re  in  that  phrase,  as  related  to  the 


■an  must  of  us  I 
e\— Christian  , 

We  have  enten 


Gov 


;oldenorgild- 
iturea    glitter  at  us   in    linked 
long  drawn   out,   with    lockets 
id  showy,  dangling    from   the 
ined  button  hole.     We  refer  to 
me  of  the  straws  that  indicate 
social  wind  blows;  dress  is  ty- 
the  man  (or  woman),  and  that 
mbersome,  heavy,    expensive, 
and  ridiculous  if  guilt,  watch- 
ire  worn  is  evidence  of   a  slav- 
lo  fashion,  a  love  of  diaplay,  of 
oteriety    that  is   anything  but 
pleasant  to  contemplate.     It  may  seem 
small  thiug  to  write  about,  and  so  it 
in  one  Beuse,  but  itis  one  of  the  thou- 
sand little  but  effective  items  that  show 
prosperous  nation's  tendency, — to  ex- 
travagance,   effeminacy,     and    a   long 
ain  of  evils  that  may  ultimate  in  ruin. 
-Watchman  and  Refiector. 

The  beginning  of  things  is  in  our 
vn  power,  but  the  end  thereof  rcsteth. 
God's  disposing. 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  NOVEMBER  27,  IS 73 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 


Chicago,  Thnrsrtaj,  Sot.  27.  1838. 


Come  to  the  Contention! 

Our  noble  state  and  the  nation  groan 
beneath  the  wrongs  inflicted  by  secret 
agencies.  Rings  and  robbery  and  cor- 
ruption abound  in  high  places.  The 
purity  of  the  Church  and  integrity  of 
the  State  are  in  peril.  The  murder  of 
Morgan  by  Masons,  in  1B26,  awakeued 
the  good  people  to  a  sense  of  this  per- 
il. But  this  awakening  proved  tempo- 
rary. While  good  men  slept  the  ene- 
has  sowed   tares.     High    treason,   nu- 

nation  to  the  very  verge  of  ruin.  And 
now  positions  of  honor  and  profit  are 
mostly  in  the  hands  of  members  of  se- 
cret societies.  These  societies  are  fear 
fully  on  the  increase.  They  seek  to 
enter  the  Eden  of  our  best  households. 
They  pervert  the  witness-stand,  jury- 
box,  and  the  lips  of  the  advocate;  and 
even  the  ermined  Judge  upon  his 
throne  of  Justice,  and  thus  strike  down 
the'  equality  of  the  citizen  before  the 
law.  More  than  thi-:  some  of  them 
take  away  the  key  stone  from  the  only 
arch  which  spans  tbedistance  between 
sinful  man  and  a  holy  God  I  The  name 
of  the  one  Mediator  is  excluded  from 
their  prayers,  and  even  cut  from  theii 
spired    word   which    tney    profess 

But  happily,  this  slumber  is  brokei 
In  November  of  1870,  in  the  city  of 
Syracuse,  was  organised  the  New  York 
Slate  Association  Opposed  to  Secret  So 
oieties.  Since  then  other  states  havi 
moved  in  the  same  direction.  Anc 
there  is  a  National    Association  of  like 


Either  the  Telescope  or  we,  are  mis- 
taken as  to  the  proper  style  and  policy 
of  dealing  wiih  the  pirate  piper  which, 
i  feel  morally  certain  has  been  started 
d  is  paid  for  by  Freemasons  to  rend 
that  body  of  Christ.  I  saw  in  Phenix 
Mile,  Pa.,  a  seventh  rate  United  Brelh- 
■en  preacher,  who  told  me,  in  answer 
o  my  questions,  that  he  had  joined 
.wo  secret  societies;  that  he  had  been 
.  drunkard  and  was  saved  and  reclaim- 

iburch  was  no  where  in  comparison 
rrith  the  lodge,  as  a  means  of  reform- 
ng  men.)  And  this  preacher,  who 
isid  he  could  not   attend    my    lectures 


Slate  i 


ions  have  been  Held  by 
sfOciaUon— the  first  in  R>c 
;ember,  1871:  tne  secon 
e    last    Mtrcb;    and    now 


Syrai 

third  meets  in  Daniel's  opac'lOUS  Hall,  in 
Seneca  Falls.  Tuesday  evening,  Decern 
ber  2nd,  to  continue  the  two  following 
days  and  evenings.  Your  presence 
and  council  are  greatly  needed.  You 
are  invited  to  attend  by  every  interesl 
vital  to  the  Stat*,  Nation  and  Mankind. 
Prof.  C.  A.  Dianchard,  of  Wheatou 
College,  Illinois,  and  other  distinguish- 
ed speakers  are  to  attend  and  addreM 
the  Convention.  Come,  without  fail, 
and  bring  your  friends  with  you. 
A.  Crooks    L.  N.  Stration.  Cbarlee 


E    P 


Mi- 


We  desire  to  hi 
of  the  Indiana  An 
tion  publi-ned    in 


If  you  feel  like  aiding  in  this  good 
work,  send  your  address  to  the  un 
dersigned,  and  a  printed  copy  of  tin 
minuies  will  be  sent  you.      Take    thee* 

him  publish  litem. 

The    vice-presidents  of    the    Indian; 


I  contemplate  paying  a  flymj 
to  friends  living  in  [varies  ,il>ui 
last  of  January,  and  ahull  malt"  Br 

way  going  and  coming.  I  shall  prob- 
ably go  by  way  of  Si.  Louis  and  Run 
•as  City,  passing  through  southern  [  II 

through    Iowa,  or  northern     Mi 


pondem 


R  =p  clfully.         J.  T.  Ku 
606  E. \V*il»ngton  St., 
Indianapolia.  Ind. 


lendei 


isurpen 


which  deny  to  thi 
lrnternities  what  God  has  bequeathed 
them,  and  bestow  the  fruit  of  this  rob- 
bery upon  brotherhoods  that  have  no 
valid  claim  to  legitimacy.  Bastard 
brotherhoods  are  they  nil. 

Further  the  Bea.it  and  Rand  says: 
They  worry  themseb 


have  taken  the  above  extracts  we   t 
the  following: 

"After  the  dedication  of  the 
balls,  about  three  hundred  persons 
if  a  splendid  supper,  got  up 
the  ladies  of  Tipton,  who  underst 
just  how  to  do  such    things.       P. 


nl:e. 


.  had. 


cause  nf  engager, 
j  a  copy  of  the  United  Brethren  pi- 
le paper  {Tribune)  which  has  bul 
e  avowed  principle,  and  that  is  oppo- 
ion  to  therule  of  that  church  against 

Ifl  had   the    TeUsctpe   I  would    at- 

;k  and  expose  the  treachery  of  that 
ivement  without,  hesitation  and  with- 
t  stint.  I  would  make  the  concern 
infamous  as  it  is  wicked.  Its  first 
mbsr,  with  cool  impud-nce,  notifies 
e  Brethren  ministers  that  there  is 
plenty  of  meney  pledged  to   carry    the 

opposed  to  it  that  they  will  tie  com- 


hese  fraternal  socit'iiee,  that  they 
-Wtrd  themselves  to  traduce,  d» 
thing  for  the  benefit  of  mankind. 
The  Growler  and  its  adherents  talk 
inly. 

"  We  look  in  vain  for  the  record  of 
elief  nff-rded  by  these  'ehriekere'  lo 
he  suff-rinsr  and  needy.  We  see  talk 
■alb:.  TALK,  only." 

BoaBting  and  calumny  are  here  min- 
gled in  about  equal  proportions.  But 
arch  in  vain  for  any  flavor  of 
friendship,  love  and  truth. 

another  column,  speaking  of  what 
the  Odd-fellows  have  done,  not  "  for 
the  "benefit  ot  mankind,"  but  for  the 
Odd-fellows  in  the  stricken  Southern 
ties  during  the  recent  pentilence,  we 
ave  more  of  this  boasting,  thus: 
"  The  Odd-fellows  have  covered, 
themielves  with  glory  during    this  epi- 


good    word  and  v 


-lied   I 


when    1 


to   the  offi.-e,  the  publisher   re 
peated  i<->  me  this   money  boast. 
Now  I  only  upeak  for  one    outsider: 


if  Ihe  Bn 

.op 

or  Telescope  editors  as 

to 

heir   idefi 

1    0 

f   that  piper 

And 

we 

ra  with    the 

al- 

alia of  th 

to 

any  other    c 

lurch.  0 

ly 

ra  the  cause 

of  Ohr 

Sol,  in  m 

T]« 

dement,   the 

rue  pol 

cy 

tmard  ill 

t  n 

overrent  is  to 

expose 

its 

Of  this  there  is  i 

ot  and  c 

sot  be  anj 

m 

stake.     Their 

tone.    1 

ica,  langu 

ag. 

all  are  M.eo 

OK.      Nc 

n. 

They  look  in  vain  for  a  record  of  the 

lief  afforded  by  us  '  -shriekers  1 "  Well, 

i  one  will  have  to  make  this  complaint 

ncerning    thi    secret   societies,  who 

often    justify    their   secrecy,     on    the 

ground  that  Christ  commands    that  in 

doing  alms,  the  left  hand  shall  not  know 

the  right  hand  d^eth.     But    you 

no  occasion  to  look  for  the  record 

of  their  publications    and    the    whole 

bs'dised  to  spread  the   fame 

of    them,   and    every    Orand   Orator's 

_>at  is  hoarse  with  proclaiming  them. 

is  every  eye   is  dazzled    and    every 

is  stunned,  that  all  the  world   may 

w  and  be  amized  at    the    glory   of 

Odd-fellow's  benevolence.   But  what 

e  they  done  so  marvelous  i      Any- 

dutyr    Anything 


has  stood  from  the  firs 
are  pirates  attacking  the 
under  its  ownfligl    Thei 


The 


ing.  There  is  no  help  for  thai 
The  needy  and  greedy,  goodish  met 
ho  hate  self  denial  and  love  lo  be  mil 
d,  will  accept  their  money,    and  es 


agams 


•harsh 

Inquisitions  and  Fre 
.IwHj's  howled  "persec 
sir  cruelty  and    rascal 


do,  and  others  not  Odd-fellowB  or 
Masons  have  done  and  not  felt  thai 
ihey  had  anything  to  brag  of  afier  alii 
The  Oddfellows  of  the  great  state  ol 
seven  hundred  dol- 
the  suffering  Odd- 
fellows in  the  scourged  cities  of  the 
S  ,uth ;  the  M  .sons  did  likewise  for  Ma 
ake  the  whole  heav- 
peansof  glory  to  Odd- 
fellowship    and 


niddle 


who   face  both 


i  be    folio 


st  and  the  apostles;  and    they  call 

3U>:h    pretenders,     "  hypocrite-, "  n 

seed  of  ''vipers,"  ''whited  tepulcbrea.' 

graves  ihat  appear  not,  and  ihey  thai 


of  ihe  fals 
leaders  of  that  day.  The  lino 
is  come  that  "judgment  mual  begin  a 
the  house  of  G  >d;"  and  f.ilae  apostles 
and  church  leaders  will  not  escape 
damnation  of  hell. 


For  the  prophecy  read  2  Tim.iii. 
—"This  know  also  lhatin  the  last  d 
perilous   times  fliall  come.     For   n 

accusers,  despisers  of  those  that 
good.  .  .  .  lovers  of  pleas 
more  than  lovers  ol  God;  having  aft 
of  godliness,  but  denying  the  po 
thereof.  Ever  learning,  but  never  a 
to    come    to    the    knowledge    of 


F..r  the  fulfilment  read  the  Heart 
and  Hand  of  Nov.  8:— 

'■The  Chicago  Growler,  the  Anil 
Fraternal  society  organ,  recently  devot 


)  be  of  an 
baracter— in  other  wor 
.-  prayers  lhal  are  broad. c< 


Here  surely  are    false    accusere   an 
despis-rs  of  them    that  are  g>od,  i.  e 

'growler."  Il  is  merely  toapproveoi 
filelityand  love^to  God  and  to  mat 
We  are  not    «■  an  Li  -fraternal;"    we   ai 

niiiiply  j-stluus  for  ihe  Gud-givon  right 


s  deeds,  not  words. 


joys 


,  have  draped  thi 


r  of  their  hall  and 
try  beholder  as  both  nppropri- 


l   fn.  I 


kindnei 


who..- 


icel  1  The  ChicagoExposition  undei 
le  management  of  citizens  generally. 
id  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Associ 
.n.m  particularly,  sent  twice  as  many 
tousands   as  these    Grand   orders    d< 


nh  n 


■sped    to  anything   but  theii 

ply   announced;  the  good   ii 

no  more  is  said.       Other  cit 

hes.  and  individuals  have  doni 

likewiee,  so  that   compared  with    th. 

;gr-gate  of  relief  thus  bestowed  upoi 

ihe  needy,  because  they  belong  to   thi 

fraternity  of  man  or  because   they  be 

:hese  secrei  orders  is  really  insignifi 
:ant.  And  yet,  the  boasting  over  ihii 
last  is  deafening,  while  the  former  it 
hardly  heard  of,  and  multitudes  art 
duped  into  ihe  idea  that  really   secret 

Christianity.  This  boasting  if  trut 
were  most  unteemly,  and  would  provi 
the  source  of  the  alms  deeds  to  be  th< 
pride  of  self-righteousuesB  or  of  denign 
ing  hypocrisy  and  not  the  love  of  God 

false  than  true,    it  becomes   Bickening 

loathing. 

We  do  nothing  but  ''talk,  talk. 
TALKI"  Well  be  that  as  it  may. 
Odd-fellows  do  more  than  talk.  They 
s>  melimes  relieve  a  distressed  Odd-fel- 
low, But,  mark  ye,  they  tar  htm  first; 
and  for  every  dollar  of  relief  they  be- 
stow, by  their  tarif  of  fees  and  dues, 
they  extort  from  him  four  dollar*;  three 
•  if  which,  to  a  dead  certainty  return  to 
him  no  more.  This  is  the  average  fad. 
In  exceptional  raseB  the  whole  or  more 

returns.     The  general  fact  remains  that 


eared,     after 


i  suffkifi 
hich 


themselves  till  nearly  daylight" 

This  is  but  one  of  several  records  in 
e  same  number  of  similar  excesses  of 
>rldly  pleasures  in  which  Christians 
nnot  indulge    and  obey   their   Lord's 


nd  not i 


>r)d, 
filed  ant 


.n  formed 
"holybarmlesi 
te  from  sinners. 


thers  in  the  pursuit  of  gain,  of  honor 
.nd  of  pleasure;  advantage  at  the  bal- 
lot box,  at  the    bar  of  justice;   advan- 

every thing  where  competition  exists; 
lis  would  render  secrecy  imperative, 
very  "cardinal  virtue." 
The  existenco  of  such  ulterior  de- 
sign beyond  the  ostensible  one. and  out 
of  sight  of  the  honest  members  of  the 
order  as  well  as  of  outsiders, is  the  only 
al  explanation  of  Ihe  immense 
ite  of  secrecy  by  the  msnsgers 
of  these  orders  and  their  determined 
ence  to  it  regardless  of  all  reason, 
all  entreaty,  all  reproach,  and  even 
.gainst  all  the  lawful  powers  of  gov 
rnmeut  to  ferret  out  the  hidden  evil, 
or  to  allay  painful  auspice 


the   emblazoning  of  counterfeit   oi 
Ifish  benevolence,  this  journal  of  Odd- 

llowshipis  a  record  of  excursions    foi 

id  danciug    and    midnight    revels 


lord 


life, 


3  thai 


of  Odd-fellowship    is  of   the 


if  Christ  wer« 

A  clear  implication  tha 
Odd-fellowship  regards  Christianity  as 
erely  a  sect  of  a  vastly 


.nd  -oh  t 


lof 


dtht 


dahommedan.Bm,  Buddhi 
'arious  t-jsit-ms  <-i  idolatry.wiihCbri; 
anily  ,are  the  sects,  having  each  atid 
qual  claims  to  recognition 


And. 


if  a  Clin 


s  God  and  Saviour  deliberately 
tentionally  slighted  and  ignored  in 
hat  professes  to  be  divine  worship 
id  he   be   required    to  disregard    h 

?  prays  as  an  Odd  fellow,  and  by  lh 


spec. 


ligtout 


n.     It  ii 


nful  i 


holy  r 

of  the  claim  of  Christianity  to  be   wha1 

it  professes  to  be — the  true  religion.  It 
is  a  clear,  although  implied  denial  o 
any  superiority  of  our  religion  abov< 
that  of  the  infidel,  the  heathen,  tin 
ravage  or  the  Hottentot.  Usually  Odd 
fellowship  and  Masonry  insinuate  tht 
leaven  of  their  infidelity  with  BUcr. 
art  that  it  is  hardly  perceptible.       Bu' 


jre  the 


•epresented  bb  me 
ed  with  the  broat 
llowsbip.      Rejoic 


off,  and    Cbri 


0   Oddfe 


p  the  itifidi-l  s  great  first  cause,  I 
ban's  Great  Spirit,  the  Mahomme 
s  Allah,  the  Chinaman's  Jouh— ai 
mown  God;  but  know  thou  th 
net  will  verify  his  "word  when  t 
ivens  and  the  earth  have  pa-s 
ay.  He  that  denielh  me  belo 
n,  him  will  the  Son  of  man  deny  c 
a  his  Father  and  before  the  holy  ( 

NOT  WHAT  THEY  SEEM. 


5th  has  a  paragraph    which   sayi 
Prof.  Wilder  of  Con 
his  Tribune  letter  ur 


ity. 


of  t 


ig  that  no  such  evil  is  covored  b; 
secrecy.  No,  they  will  not  sufle 
nment  to  demand  disclosures  eve: 
i  cases  of  mynlerious  death  unde 
Ihe  ir  hands  require  explanation.  Th«i 
tteimined  language  is,  ''Give  us  b« 
ecy  or  give  ua  death." 
Prof.  Wilder  not  only  shows  tha 
;recyin  social  organizations  is  no 
eded  for  their  laudable  end,    but  tba 


albering. 
Notice: — Let  the    friends   of  reform 
ear  well  in  mind  that  the  First  Quar- 
ry Meeting  of  the  Christian  Aasocia- 
ion  of  North- Eastern  Pa.    Opposed  to 
Secret  Societies  will  be  held  in  Factory- 
e.  Wyoming  County,  Pa.,   Jan,  7th 
1  8lh,  1874;  and  will  commence   at 
.'clock  iu  the  evening,  Jan,  7lh.,  at 
!   Six    Principle  Baptist    Church  in 
I  above  named  place.     Elda.    A.  L. 
st,  J.  W.  Raynor,   S.    E.Miller   and 
N.  Callender  are  pledged  to  be  present 
,nd  speak  if  necessary.     We  sxpect  to 
ecure    Eld.   J.     h.    Barlow   of   Bemie 
leights,  N.  Y.,    as  the   main   speaker 
for  the  occasion.     Brother  Barlow    will 
iia  and  mark  the  time  accordingly. 
He  will  hear  from  us  directly  at  an  ear- 


ifcTewo  of  our  Worls 


Work    in  Minnesota. 

UticaMmii.  Nov.  24th.  1873. 
.a  Bao.K.— I  reached  S..Cuarl. 
urday  at  8  o'clock,  P.  M;  preacl 

ed  in  the  Congregational  church  at  1 
M.  the  23d.  In  consultation  hat 
anged  the  following  programme  for 
future  work:  at  Ulica  on  the  24th, 
d  26th  inst.  R-yde  School 
i  the  27th;  Cravath  School- 
n  the  28th;  Rochester  the 
30th,  1st.  and  2nd  of  December.  St. 
Charles  the  3d.  4th.  and  5ih,  Saara- 
loga  the  bib  and  7th.  Fnrther  ap- 
poiniments  iu  this  region  will  depend 
upon  intelligence  received   from     olher 


Thei 


fj.in  in    I 


s  had  il 


lay  hei 


and 


i  still  "reported"  in  the  effici 
the  State.  Prof.  C.  A.  Blanol 
uree.  The  Cynosure,  Pres, 
■'■  and  S*muel  D.  Greene's 
h  others  in  the  hands  of  a  fe. 
t  godly  men  and  wtmeu  have 
:ady  a  great  work    on   these 


Yoi 


irs  in  Curia 
J.   P.Stodi 


PENNSYLVANIA. 

Iteport  of  the  Animal  .Heeling    or 
Association  of  Northeast  l'a. 

Our  report  will  be  brief  and  imu 
feet.  The  afternoon  session  appoini 
at  I  o'clock,  OjI.  15lh,  at  the  City  Hall 
was  held  according  to  appoiotnjenL 
President,  Eld.  S.  E.  Miller,  in  thi 
chair,  and  some  preparatory  bushiest 
transacted,  and  adjourned  to  7:30  ii 
the  evening.  Met  at  7:30  o'clock. 
in  the  evening,  to  hear  a  lecture  b] 
Waller  A.  Seliew  of  G..w»nda,  N.  Y. 
subject,     Secrecy. 


rhole 


His 


proposition,  Secrecy  i 


i  well  s 


if  the 


ruber  from  which  , 


shows  that  the  ends  for  w! 
cieties  are  organized  are  bi 
by  open  organi 
To  be  sure  t 
ble  and  real  ends  are  the  same.  He 
lias  shown  that  the  good  ends  for  which 
they  are  professedly  organized  may  b-.- 
reached  by  open  organizations  without 
incurring  the  evils  and  dangers  which 
are  inseparable  from  their  secrecy. 
This  he  demonstrated,  and  it  baa  been 
a  thousand    times   demonstrated.      Yet 


indut 


:.ba,ld   -l 


evidence  that  the  ostensible  end  an 
the  real  end  of  these  societies  are  nc 
ihe  same;    but    that   before  the    pn 


hip,  love  and  truth"  can 
welfare  of  humanity  can 
icomplished  without  ihe  sec 
Masonry  and  Odd  fellowsl 
,h  it.  But  if  there  was  ori 
red  of  evangelical  righteousn. 
e  holiness  which  prompted  t 


ssire  to  undermine  the  doctrine  tha 
according  lo  godliness,  and  privit 
•  diffuse  a  leaven  of  false  liberality  tbo 
nuld  relax  the  standard  ot  truth  and  i 
are  morals  and  render  a  life  of  earns 
t-a-uree  easy  and  reputable;    if  tber 

monopoly  of  unequal  advantages  ove 


e  others  and  produced  a  little 
de  in  our  minds  while  he  dw 
i;  but  he  treated  the  Euba<qu< 
s  with  such  ability  as  to  dispel 
ty  as  to  the  good  effect  of  the  I 


tedium 


good  aud    had  a 
e    ■' mystery    of 


ind  t 


able 


by  Eld.  A.  C.    Post  of  Montrose, 

on  the  "Religion  of  Maionry." 
closed  the  A.  M.  session.  Met 
al  2  o'clock,  P.M.  in  a  business 
ing  and  suspended  at  3  o'clock  ti 
Samuel  Erwin  of  Brooklyn,  N 
tell  his  experience  as  related  to  Free- 
masonry. This  was  a  truly  useful 
hour  to  the  cause  of  God  and  truth.  It 
almost  melted  us  together.  There  was 
in  his  experience  a  tone  of  simplicity 
and  pathos  that  no  honest  man  could 
resist.  It  was  one  of  thoie  religious 
outguBhiug  demonstrations  from  a  full, 


From  Elder  Itaird- Ohio  Heotln-a. 

GacssviLLa,  Pa.,  Nov.  8th,  1873. 
DsahCtnobubb:— I  have  been  1 
Union  county,  Ohio.  I  had  a  good 
round  trip  of  il  in  the  lecturing  worS, 
aud  bad  good  success  in  getting  hear- 
ers at  each  point,  but  in  nine  faithful 
lectures  I  only  got  one  subscriber  I 
the  C'jn-i-iure;   although    I  made   it 


■da. 


s of the 


at  each  place.  It  is  a  rich  country  but 
ihe  people  are  under  the  fe-u  ol  Free- 
masonry very  much;  they  will  talk 
istr.'iicly  against  it,  and  the  lik< 
the  l< 
but  T 


dget 


well. 


from 


comes  lo  the  duty  of  pay- 
ea,  because  they  are  free 
aod  death   penalties  tbey 


few  do  all  the  paying.  This  w. 
West  Mansfield  and  Darby  Ch 
Union  Co.  Ohio,  where  in  six  m 

the  people  did  attend  with  seen 
tereat  and  attention.      But    wh* 


lecturer  guilty  home  unpaid;  wherei 
be  paid  nearly  half  of  the  entire  sui 
raised  on  Summerville  circuit  for   lei 


t  this 


If  I 


feel 


ght,  and  let  their  preacher  pay  th 
ay  lo  Heaven,  through  alt  oppositi 
nd  abute,  they  will  be  Rsdlj  miatak 
i  a  coming  day  of  reckoning.      Jesus 


May  the  Lord  save  us  from  all  sin  of 
every  kind,  and  help  us  to  spend  and 
be  spent  as  the  glory  of  God  atd  his 
truth  requires;  doing  it  heartily  as  unto 
the  Lord,  and  not  unto  men. 

After  closing  our  Beige  in  Union 
couuly,  including  two  Sabbaths,  we 
took  our  departure  to  Champaign  coun- 
ty, and  reached  the  residence  of  Rev. 
Jas.  WiJkUon,  whose  dear  wife  lay  sick, 
and  was  cared  for  by  a  dear  son  and 
daughter.       The    young    man  in    the 

county,  in  his  buggy,  and  there  1  took 
the  train  to  Lima  in  Allen  count; 
changed  cars  and  just  reached  Wint- 
Station  in  Sandusky  county,  in  time  f 
the  Convention  on  the  2 8 lb.  of  Octobe 
We  had  a  good  lime,   and  it   cheer. 

brother,  J.  L,   Barlow,  whose  compai 
and  labors  will  not  soon  be  forgotten. 
Bro.   barlow    delivered   two   telling 


ring 


ing  very  clearly  the  professors  of   Fri 
masonry  to   be    deceived,     by   rejecting 
the  commandments  of  God   that   they 
may    keep   their  own   traditions; 
and  proved  amply  by  its  <>wn  duct' 
that  Freemasonry  at  best    is    Infidelity 
with  a  religious  garb  to  cover   th 
ceplion.      Bro.  Birlow  had  to  lea 
fore  our  last  meeting,  but  we  had 
emn  lime;  and  the  house  was  full,  and 
the  best  ot  order  was  enj.iyed,  and  lh< 
presence  of  the  good  Lord  was  with  Ui 
tdl  the  last.     We  then  went  to  rest  fo 
the  night,  at  the  house  of  Jacob  Win 
ters,   and    in  the    morning  settled  U] 


ed  after  the  vote,  extending  his  hand  to 
)  said,  ■'  If  you  don't  ask  a  location  I 
11  for  you,"  Another  Mason  who 
eacbes  and  lectures  for.Masonry  came 

•'thiB  poor  man"  holding  in  his  hand 

tide  on  "  The  Sacrament  and  Ma- 
,  by  Rev.  W.  Post,"  and  said, 
you  the  author  of  this  article  t 
If  you  are  I  will  prefer  charges 
it  you."  The  poor,  malicious 
brethren!  I  pity  them.  But  they 
new  better  than  to  attempt  to  carry 
it  their  threats.  So  for  the  present 
ie  storm  cloud  has  passed  and  salva- 
on  is  our  theme.  The  Lord  still  pro- 
des,  though  my  lot  ia  cast  under  "Pha- 
,oh"  who  has  heretofore  gained  noth- 
g  by  his  myaterious  oourae.  It  must 
.me  to  pass  that  after  Pharaoh  hard- 
is  his  heart  a  little  longer  ihe  songof 
Miriam  will  be  heard  through  all 
the  land.  At  our,  conference  I 
hallenged  any  member  to  put  their 
finger  on  a  spot  where  my  moral  char- 
acter was  impeachable;    and  also   said 

to  show  where  I  had  defrauded  him 
out  of  one  dollar.  Some  Masons  are 
contemptible,  but  we  would  only  say, 
'the  Lord  rebuke  them." 

Youre  truly,         W.  Post. 


From  the  Wisconalu  State  Agent, 

Bro.  Hinman  has  been  delayed  by 
cknesB  from  entering  on  his  work, 
at  he  writes  hopefully  of  the  opening 
proBpeets.  Friends  in  Wisconsin  must 
now  'clone  up  ranks,'  and  atandintheir 
place  ready  lor  duey. — 
Randolph, Wis.,  Nov.  14th,  1873. 
Dear  Brother  Kellogg:— I  am  at'last 
in  the  field.  I  lectured  at  Rio  [Colum- 
bia County,]  on  the  evenings  of  the 
12th  and  13th  to  good  audiences  in 
the  Congregational  Church.  The 
wrath  of  the  Abiffites  was  stirred  but 
I  could  not  get  any  rejoinder.  The 
only  lectures  ever  given  on  this  subject 
before  in  this  place-  were    given   in  the 

gregationalist  and  a  Methodist,  in  ad- 
ocacy  of  Masonry.  My  lectures  were 
lermitted  as  an  offset.  We  organized 
.  local  association  and  our    friends    feel 

etrong  in  the  cause. 

11.   H.      IIlNKiH. 


rriction. — In  ihe  report  of  the  In- 

ile  V.  oftheconsliluuon.read,    'The 
boaid  of  officers  sballconsiitute  an  Ex- 

culive  Committee,  three  of  whom 
tall  be  a  quorum."  Other  papers 
inch  published  the  report  will  please 

We  hope  all  our  readers  can  say 
ith  George  Cowley  of  Rio,  Wisconsin, 
We  fell  too  much  encouraged  at  the 

'  we  all  realise  our  personal  responsi- 
bly in    this    work,  if  we    are   strong 


ind 


ery 


isfied 


bless  our  nation  and  the  church 
Christ  throughout  the  world  will  c 
tainly  follow  our  labors. 

The  long  liits  of  manufactories,  mi 
and  other  corporations  which  are  un 


indie 


ion  of 


ancial  condition.  The  day  labor- 
er will  hear  this  contraction  most  heavi- 
ly. Thirty  thousand  it  is  reported  are 
out  of  employment  in  Philadelphia 
alone.  The  labor  Unions  of  New  Yoik 
are  petitioning  for  government  aid  in 
furnishing  work;  but  the  ill  success  of 
such  attempts  in  the  past  is  unfavora- 
ble to  the  plan.     The  city  government 

for    the    relief    of  unemployed    work- 

A  friend  in   Lansing,    Mich.,    writes 

ub  that  bis  paitor  (Congregational) 
pr-  pared  by  request  an  essay  on  the 
question:  Is  it  right  for  Christians  to 
c  uinsct  themselves  with  secret  societies, 
and  read  it  before  the  State  Association. 
The  body  immediately  requested  it  for 


for 


dered  to  be  printed    for  gratuitous  dis- 

the  spot  to  meet  the  expense.  At  the 
Congregational  Triennial  Convention 
ol  the  Northwest,  held  in  this  city  last 
April.  Michigan  was  ably  represented 
by  ministers  and  delegates,  who  helped 
pass  Mr.  Goodenow's  famous  resolution 
against  sustaining  in  their  theological 
studies  students  who  habitually  use  to- 
bacco or  are  connected  with  tbc  Mason- 


;  lodge.     The 


>H'C 


;  Christ 


that 


unable  to  de. 


It 


tut  could  see  a  single  place  wber< 
old  find  any  fault,  without  feelinj 
(0  ol  self-dagradation. 
e  were  compelled  to   leave    befor* 
h  was  at  half  pas 


i  the 


Mti..-. 


re  received  a  good  report.  Brother 
Itfllew.  by  report,  did  a  good  ihmg 
nd  had  a  large    and  reipectible  audi- 


Ontahio,  Yates  Co.,  N.  Y, 
Nov.  13th,  1873. 
Though  clostiy  pursued  by  some  met 
of  the  Masonic  craft,  I  have  not  been 
delivered  into  their  hands.  IlB  agents 
ready  to  do  their  best  were  defeated. 
Rev.  King   David    Nettlelon,   my    pre- 

er  mismanagement — overshoi  the  mark, 
as  the  devil  does  sometimes,  and  the 
sequel  was  the  eonfere-nje  voted  the 
passage  of  my  character  by  an  i 
whelming  majority.  A  few  Masons  of 
the  rank  sort  were  the  minority.  One 
Rev-  Mr.  Monger,  seemed  highly  excit 


airman  of  I 
tigan  paatoi 


Thin 


IrndTord    County    Association,  Penu- 

The  Bradford  County  Anti  secret  As- 

leeting  at  Vought  Hollow.  Bradford 
ounty.  Pa  ,  December  17th  and  18th. 
:ider  J.  R,  Baird  is  expected  lo  address 
The  following  breth- 


CD  are  cordially  invited:  Bro."Post  of 
ilonirose,  N.  Callender  of  Green  Grove, 
I.  Lounsberry,  D.  P.  R*thbun,  and 
,11  lovers  of  the  truth  and  Christianity. 
By  order  of  the  Committee, 

J.  T.    Russell. 


TAB  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE  :  NOVEMBER  27,  1873. 


Sabbath-School  Lesson, 


Birth  of  Mosea. 
Call  of  Mosea. 
7-31.     Doubts  removed 


7.  xii.  21-30,  fil.       Jehovah'a  Paas- 

8.  xiii.  17-22.     The  Exodus, 
fl.  xiy.  19-31.     The  Red  Sea. 

10.  it.  22-fi7.     Bitter  Waters  Sweet- 

11.  xvi.  1-5,    31-35.       Bread    from 

12.  xvii.  8-16,   Defeat  of  Amalek. 

13.  Review  (suggeBt)  Song  of  Moses. 


Ten  Commandments. 
5,  10-20.  Golden  Calf. 
2-20.    People  Forgiven. 


7.  Num.iii.  6-13.   The  Lord's  Minis- 

8.  Num.xix.1-10.     Israel's  Unbelief. 

8.  Num.xx.  7-13.  The  Smitten  Rock. 

10.  Num. xxi.  4-9.   Serpent  of  Brass. 

11.  Deut.    xviii.  9-16.     The     True 
Prophet. 

12.  "  nxiv.  1-12.   Death  of  Mosea. 

13.  Review  (Suggest).     Deut.    viii. 
Mercies  Reviewed. 

1.  i.  1-11.     Bdginnlug  of  the  Gospel. 

2.  i.  16-27.   The  Authority  of  Jesus. 

3.  i.  48-45.   The  Leper  Healed. 

4.  ii.   14-17.      The  Publican  called. 

5.  ii.  23-28,  iii.  1-5.   Jssub   aad    the 
Sabbath. 

fi.  iv.  35-41.     Power  over  Nature. 

7.  Tl-15    Power  over  Demons. 

8.  v  24-14     Power  over  Disease. 

9.  t  22-23,  35-43  Power  overDeath. 

10.  vi  20-23     Martyrdom  of  the  Bap- 

11.  vi  34-44     Fire  Thousand  Fed. 

12  vii  24-30      The  Syro- Phoenician 

Mother. 

13  Review. 


his  consent;  that  a  portion  of  Lis  Cath 
olic  subjects  bad  by  intrigues  and  re 
volts  against  law  greatly  disturbed  lli< 
peace,  which  it  is  tbe  Christian  duty  of 
the  ruler  to  maintain,  and  which  should 
be  maintained.  He  hopes  llie  Pope 
will  use  his  authority  to  stop  the  abuse 
of  priestly  privelegee;  and  in  his  per- 
sonal relations  to  God  will  have  no  oth- 
er mediator  than  the  Lord  Jeaui 
Chriat. 


Religious  News. 

A  new  religious  weekly  of  local  char- 
:ter  issmn  to  be  started  in  Chicago 
died  l-Thv  Alliance."  It  is  to  be  ed- 
ited by  Prof.  Swing,  Dr.  Thomas,  ant 
other  city  clergymen.— Elder  Nathan 
Callender  of  Green  Grove,  Pa.,  re- 
.cioua  outpouring  of  God'i 
bis  people. — Tiie"  first  Prot- 


tMis 


The  De.ifMu 


tOut. 


ix  33-42  The  mind  of  Christ. 
146-52  Blind  Bartimeus. 
n  12-14  19-24.  Fig  tree  Withered. 
;ii28  34  The.twoCommandmenls. 
tii  38-44  Hypocriay  and  Piety, 
dv  3-9  The  Anointing  atBetbany. 
liv  42-50     The  Betrayal.       ' 

xiv  66-72     ThejDenial. 

xv  22-39  The  Crucifiiion. 

xvi  9-20     Tbe  Risen  Lord. 


ritbout 


■■  PaPe' 


Her< 


llias  D.  Ward 
■es:  '  'For  two  years  past  I  have 
ntively  read  the  Cynosure  and 
e  been  deeply  interested  aud  edi- 
,  and  my  whole  Boul  Bym  p.'ith  z-« 
h  jou  and  others  in  this  greal  mural 

omy — tbe  support  of  such  enterprises 
as  prove  useful  in  bringing  men  to  a 
purer  conscience  and  belter  faith: — 

''I  should  have  forwarded  tbe  m  <ney 
before,  but  in  an  effort  to  retrench  my 
expenses  had  about  concluded  lo  Ol- 
der it  stopped,  but  on  looking  the 
ground  over.  I  came  to  the  follow 
ing  conclusions:  1st.  That  the  country 
haa  great  need,  to-day,  of  a  paper  or 
papers,  that  are  neither  •'hoodwinlceif 
or  "muzzled"  by  secretiam.  2nd. 
That  the  Cynosure  ia  such  a  paper. 
3d.  That,  therefore,  /  am  bound  by 
the  obligation  I  am  under  aa  a  citizen 
to  aupport    it.      1    will  beke;    cubtail- 


Tbe  i 


S.  A      GlLLEY. 


correspondence  be 
tween  tbe  Pope  and  the  Emperor  Wil- 
liam has  been  published  at  Berlin.  On 
the  5lh  of  August  the  former  wrote, 
calling  up  the  civil  action  against  tbe 
Jesuits  in  Germany  and  discrediting 
the  approval  of  tbe  Emperor,  but  as- 
suring him  that  such  measures  were 
undermining  hia  throne,  and  declaring 
in  truth  that  every  baptised  person  he- 


■eatlyin  need  of  funds.— The  Foreign 
rH-\i)ijil<ir>j  &<;j*;  "Of  t  Lir-  24'  >,(Xn>,0u<j 
India,  there  is  bi.rely  l.tKJO.niJU  of 
>minal  Christiana  of  all  cl*s»es,  while 
31. me  2-'t!),ouii.i)uOrem^i-itobe  brought 
to  Christ.'— Rev.  Dr.  Hall,  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  York,  says  that  the  rev- 
enues of  many  of  the  Episcopalian 
churches  are  appropriated  thus;  One 
third  for  the  ministers  ana  two-third* 
for  tbe  music.  That  the  cost  of  tbe 
music  in  the  Brooklyn  churches  would 
carry  on  their  missions  five  times  over. 
Rev.  Dr.  Partridge,  rector  of  CI 
church,  declares  mat  the  debt  of 
church  might  long  ago  have  been  i 
celled  with  the  money  paid  to  ungodly 


Suvingi  Depo 

taries   and  ag.u,     urge. 

of   the   postal    telegraph 

.y.tem— The 

gr-^st  B'l.ion 

on  the  10th   in 

at.  by  an  official  mspec- 

Idingi,  many  of    which 

among  the  finest  for  bus- 

■Detain  thm  c 

untry.—  While  the   re- 

of  discharged  employe! 


r    confidence     in     the    money 

earthquake  ahock  extending 
whole  of  Oregon  and  to  Sun 
o.  was    felt  on    Saturday  last. 

ent  navy  yards  and  every  avail- 


l  rough  the   Sabbath, 

le  prospect  of  war  is  d 
Foreign. — An   explo 


.izing  the  worl 
thcirownmidbt 
e  Congregationi 


—The  New  York  Si 
Association  recomm 
to  adopt  weekly  collections  for  sustain- 
ing their  work  and  benevolent  objects 
-Rev.  Dr.  D.  C.  McLaren  of  Geneva. 
N.  Y.,  whose  words  at  the  Worcester 
-eraary  of  tbe  National  Chistian 
""  be  remembered,  lately 
_„.u  .olden  wedding. -Hen- 
ry Bergb,  the  Sew  York  Pnilanthrc- 
pist  appeals  to  clergymen  to  preach  on 
Sabbath  sermons  on  "The 
dutyof  prevention  of  cruelty 


ded  force 
Sickles  had  been  driven  from 
Madrid,  ban.*!}  escaping  with  life,  made 
\e  most  conservative  talk  of  the  ne- 
sssity  of  war.  But  Mr.  Sickl.-s  failed 
:  tbe  hem's  part  this  lime.  He  is  at 
eace  with   Casteiar   and  the    Soari'mli 


imaud  for  justice.  Tbe  renl 
in  Cuba,  which  iigoverned  in 
lawless  rabble,  veritable    lshm 


present  thi 

It  is  .said  that  PreBidem 
Grant  sympathized  with  the  war  clam 
ix,  but  was  held  back  by  this  act.   Th« 

truggiinfi  republic  ol  Spain  tusforbid- 
pacific 


likely    to  be  qu< 


R  .ports  of  her  owner 
tip  and  her  papers  are  very  confl  cling, 
ominally  American,  but  owned  by 
ubans,  she  was  not  engaged  in  any 
gul.ii-  coLuiuefce.      The  rnurderof  her 


iengers 

fully 
o   Bmi 


a  of 


The 


of  the] 


i  Washington 
d  Madrid  hate  jet  no  defined  n-auli, 
It  it    is  altogether  lik-ly   that    by  the 

ve    the  country    another  occasiou  for 
tnk-giring  in  Aim  ghtj  God  that  the* 


rt  the  Un 
■  ground   i 


teful 


iYE.YS  SUMMARY. 


-L.blnshuii'ut    covering     marly     three 

juntry. 

Country. — Judge  Davis  and  tbe  jury 


l„,-.,i ,m,  ,. 
prti-e  u -j  did  ^ 


Of    *1'.',760 


iled  lliat  Mute  in    Congress  and  was 
•  lirsL  anti-slavery  henalor  ek-eU  d  aid 

ni'ifr  Lo  Spain  under    Lincoln. — An 


the  Pope.  The  Empei 
tember  3d,  that  no  me, 
•n  in  the  Prustian  govi 


The 


i  brough 
md    large 


t    off    tbe  Newfoundland  c<>as 

ror  of  Japan  opened  a  polytechnic 
lool  at  Toke:,  Oct.  9th. — Au  im- 
inue  demonstration  in  favor  of  Irish 
,0ms  rule"  .ook  place  in  Dubli 
)  23d.     Sixty    thousand  persoi 


WHLATOS  COLLEyE  C1RUDLAB 
Thie  Im 


[■„;  -j 


located  on  a  beat 

it  of  Chicago. 

5  by   the  Legiali 


was  chartered  in 

ture    of     lllinoiB   in    the       hands    of 

Methodists  who  had  left  their  denomi- 
nation rather  than  fellowship  slavery. 
It  was  thus,  from  the  first,  tbe  nursling 
of  reform,  not  founded  for  speculation, 
or  a  sect;  but   aa  a  protest  against  the 


rorld'a 


of  136  pages  contai 
hundreds  of  engrai 
able  information  ab' 


colored  plal 


.  N.  Y. 


ower  and  vegr 
table  gardens,  and  a  full  descriptii 
price  list  of  seeds  and   bulba.     Jame 

Yick,  publisher,  Rocb 
Ths  New  Yorx  Wii 
n'liLj.ous  dady  and  the 
country,  haa  been  enlarged  since 
meetiDg  of  the  L>ani;'*l;r:>d  Alliance 
pretenta  the  largest  amount  of  family 
reading  with  the  daily  newa  of  any  pa 
per  in  our  knowledge.  Daily  $3.00  i 
year;  weekly  $1.00.  John  Douga!. 
publiahar,     No.     2    Spruce    St     New 


e  plan  of  seniJin"! 


ivnVyZptes 

tify    u-,  tlmt  y 

<„t>.1.M|.th.U. 

in'L'rr'-ij'Mnii 


1H01.  the  original  proprietors  pro- 

a  new    charter   with  a  board    of 

twenty     trustees:    eighteen    of  i 

e  orthodox  Congregatioualisti 

ty     pledged     to     tbe  purposi 

origin,     which     were      thoi 

education,       pure      Christianity      and 

lure     Republic.         That      pledge 

iius  far   been  redeemed.     Most  of 

young    men     fought   in    the 

at  slavery;  and    the    College    has 

accepted   in  honorable    discbarge    fi 

army,    in   full    payment  of  tuili 

and  no  student  haa  ever,  or  if   the  fact 

be  known,  will  ever  be   sent  awa 


ANTIMASONIC  TRACTS 


nng' 


hiobt 


for   fourt 
!  ita  growt' 


steady ;  the  nu 
time  of  this  present  writing  being  great- 
er than  ever  before;  and  its  buildings, 
so  far  as  completed,  having  no  superi- 
ors in  College  architecture. 

Present    Faculty. 

J.  Blancbard,   President,  assisted  by 

Hon.  J.B.  Walker,  late  President  of 
Benzonia  College,   Mich. 

R  v.  J.  C.  Webster,  A.  M.,  Rheto- 
ric and  Belles  Lettres. 

Prof.  O.  F.Lumry,  A.  M.,  ancienl 
Languages. 

Rey.  S.  F.  Stratum,  A.  M.,  Natural 
Sciences. 

F.  G.  Baker,  ProfeBor  of  Mm 
sisted  by  Miss  Sarah  A.   Baker. 

A.  H.  Hiatt,  M.  D.,  Physiology  and 
Hygiene. 

H.  A,    Fischer,    Mathematics. 

MissH.  A.  M.  Reed,  Lady  Principal. 

Mr,  Chas.  A.  Blanchard,  Prof 
tnghf.li  L  nigna;_;e  and  Principal  o  fth< 
Academic    department. 

B.  T.  Pettengill,  Assistant  Principal. 
T.  C.  Moffit,  Tutor. 

Mr.  0.  N.  Carter,  Commercial  De- 
partment. 

Mrs.  Sarah  H.  NuttiDg,  Drawing 
and  Painting. 

Terms  present  year  begin:  Spring 
Term.  April  3d;  Fall  Term,  Sept.  4th, 


ii  Tract  Fund  for  the  Free  DiitnWioB  of  Tracts, 

Me"of  ABtunSSnl*1!0  "'0llJd  ^  "^   W  oirou!lt»  u,0QBnn,la 
.ddresc   Ezea   A.   Cook   &    Co., 


HISTORY  OF  MASONRY. 


A  thorough  education  in  Academit 
,nd  Collegiate  studies,  with  Music, 
'ainting,  Penmanship,  etc. 

Freedom  from  the  craft  and  corrup- 
ion  of  College  Stcret  Societies. 

Morning  readings  by  the  Senior  clas* 
I     Chapf-1-service,    affording    informa 

,nd  delivery. 

Young  ladiea  residing  in  the  College 
njoy  the  advantages  of  an  enlarg 
isl  intercourse,  and  the  regulatio 
well   ordered    Christian    family 
bined. 


Tbe 


3  easy  o 


;  the  fm 


on  each  flj 
will  be  but. 


ioms  spacious  with  separate  apart- 
:enU  for  study  and  sleep. 

The  students'  rooms  are  furnished 
ith  atove,  bedstead,  mattress,  pillows, 
ible,  chairs,  lamp,  wash-stand  and 
■oekery  for  the  Bame.  The  students 
iust  furnish  bed-clothing,  towels,  nap- 
in?,  mirror,  and  n-iythiug  else  desired. 

Industry     ia     honorable.         All    tbe 


>ung 


ladie 


each  i 


t  Mt.  Holyoke,  Roekford,  and  othe 


milk  ant 

VigO 

,  diminiabes   eipe 

or  young 

in  tbe  building  to  1 

or  J82.5U 

or  tbe  balf  year.     Mini 

ter 

liaughltra 

pay  b 

ut  two-thirds  this  a 

urn 

M.ny  y 

link;  L'-nik-raen  find  way 

diminiik 

bj    .... 

a  lab 

r,   especially   in 

the 

m    of 

farm 

work  aad  garden 

in 

Whoalo 

College    ib    now  repre 

en 

led  hj  Us 

ilmosc  '-re 

ry    h 

oorable    walk   of 

ife. 

l'he  eon>p 

etion 

of   the  present  b 

ild 

ngi,  in  lb 

shan 

s  of  a  devoted  Facu 

tv 

niece,  it, 
Srit  [unlit 

«  to  a 

dvantagea,  among 
of  the  country. 

th, 

he  higbe 

tottll 

re,  moat  finished  a 

an- 

neri,  nod 

elements   of  sue 

ii'l  lnij'j'i 

onwi 

life,  are   best  atta 
0  the  fear  of  Qod, 

ned 

MASONIC    MTTHDEH. 


SECRETS  OF  MASONRY. 

BY  ELI  TAPLEY. 

vM-worfla,  onR flnVihrco ie^nu.  S  ata ptxVK^t^nl% 
TRACT  NO.   4. 

GRAND    GREAT  GRAND!! 
By  PHILO  CARPENTER. 

This  is  a  one  page  tract,  calling  tbealtention  of  the  publii 
the  .le-ijniiu-  and  riJiciiK.ua  mlea  of  Frcemaaonry.  Prio 


Extracts  From  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  £ 
Sworn  to  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Rhode  Island. 


Hon.  John  Ouincy  Adams'  Letter, 

ttivlng  His  and  His  Father's  Opinion  of  Freemasonry 
(1831); 

Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

U lying  His  Opinion   of  Freemasonry    (1832). 


Sataa's  Cafei©   Tow, 
"Freemasonrv  is  0nlvl52  Years  Old," 

"Murder  and  Treason  not  Ezoeeptd." 


Fre@sM.asoM.3ry  ia.  tb.e  Gfl-uxola. 


Character  arnl  SjlhIhiIs  nf  I 


Address  of  Hiajintatylsiaciitioa,  N.w  York. 

Cortceming  the  Morgae   Murder,  and  the    characti 

f  F,,.!,,,,^.,,!,.    u*    su.atu  l,y  ihis    aad  other  Maaoni 

Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry. 


HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D 

Chaucelor  of  the  University  of  N- 
If.,  on  Secret  Soeieties. 


GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY. 

MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  and  VOID. 


Origin  Qbligalioas  and  Sspenses  of  Tha  Erasge 


For  catalogue  giving  full  information, 


Sis  Siaiins  why  a  Christian  ,!m'd  lih  %  FretaUS. 


ENOCH  HONEYNSLI/S   TRACT. 


TERMS  FOR  THE  CYNOSURE. 

°lnb    Rntoa'    Weekly   Edition. 


Who  Murdered  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan? 


Abduction  and  Murder 

Capt.  William  Morgan, 

ThtB  is  a  Boob  of  Thrilling  Intereet.  and 
ahowa  clearly  that 


m  m 


1  OBEDIENCE  TO  MASONIC  I 


C&~See  Sample  Pages  below. 


*nd  conducted  to  a  r 
aa,  ordinarily  used 
:ie  was  guarded  by  t 


indthe  former  after  s 


tnder  liis  orders.  While  tlius 
lsel  with  4  or  5  of  liis  friends  ar- 
le  shurt  d-.' ten  tin  n  was  permitted 


held  Millet 

describa  it;  but  still  H't 

counsel,    that   tlic  warn 

length    avowed  tliat  it    liad  been   issued   by  a  magts 


ion  of  the  warrant  by  virtue  of  which  he 
tody,  but  he  steadily  refused  to  exhibit  or 
doubt  on  the  mind  of  Miller  or  Ilia 
nal  protjc'-dinj,', 
ued  by  a  magts- 
Leiloy.  It  should  here  In,-  si.'ited  that  alj.nil  i  days 
bufore  the  successive  arrests  of  Morgan  and  Miller,  Daniel 
Julius,  whose  sudden  apiiearanee  at  BjLavia  has  been  men- 
tioned, suddenly  ili-,art|iiMn'.i  fn.un  that  place.  A  short  time 
after  Miller's  introduction  to  the  lodge  room  at  Stafford,  this 
same  Daniel  Johns  entered  the  nn.nu,  holding  in  bis  hand  a 
drawn  sword,  ami  walked  with  large  and  ijuiek  step*  acros, 
tun  room,  and.  ns  Miller  describes  it.  seemed  anxious  to 
inspire  terror  into  the  eajilive.  Miller  however  ventured  to  re- 
'-'-  with  liitri.  having  learned  nismrae  way  which  hecao- 
his  pros 


language 


not  recollect.  tliatJolina 

answered  in  a  voice  that  fallered'n  little,  "Miller,  I 
doing  what  I  have  been  ordered  to  do."  Durinc  h 
tion  in  the  room,  one  of  tbe  guards  told  him 
loud  enough  to  be  beard  by  all  in  the  room,  that  ho 
to  be  tried  at  Le  Roy,  nor  to  stop  there,  nor  to  be 
tried  by  an  ordinary  tribunal,  but  was  going  where  Mor- 
gan was.  Miller  a  ..\a>d.  "  W  bat  tribunal  i"  lie  replied,"  l'ou  wil 
see."  The  others  made  no  r.-iiiarks  m  denial  or  eAplanatnm, 
but  he  beard  otic  man  say  to  another.   "Miller  is  nothing  bu 


t  Le  Hoy,  would  be  u  useless 


plan,  if  it  could  be  avoided, 
ternooii,   French,    seemingly  by  inadvi 
d  against  Miller  was  ir 


lit;  and  from  that 
laken.  About  dusk  the 
aise  and  tumult,  to  Le  R< 
i  the  [iart  of  French 


ampletion  of  their 
vas  no  part  of  their 
course  of  the  after 
nee,  admitted  tha 
in  I  act  a  process  in  a  civil 

il  proceeded,  with  much 
.,  and  alter  many  ell'orts 
i    from  so  doing.    Miller 


got  himself  placed  before  the  justii 
warrant.  French  then  -ave  directions  to  two  of  bis  assist- 
ants, and  disappeared.  Miller  staid  in  the  uflice  about  half 
an  hour,  during  which  time  the  justice  called  for;  the  consta- 
ble and  warrant,  but  neither  constable,  warrant,  or  plaintiff 
appeared,  and  tbe  justice  informed  Mr.  Miller  that  be  -.vsj 
at  liberty  to  go  where  he  pleased.  This  was  about  nine 
o'clock  in  tbe  evening."  It  appeared  from  the  docket  of  the 
magistrate  that  a  warrant  had  been  issued  against  Miller, 
and  one  John  Davids,  on  the  oath  and  at  the  request  of  Dan- 
iel Johns;  John  Hands  had  been  also  arrested  In  the  direc- 
tions of  French,  but  the  slnrilf  of  the  county  informed 
them  that  he  was  in  his  custody  on  the  jail  limits,  upon 
which  he  was   discharged   from  the    arrest.      Miller   baling 


making  the  best  of 
ten  French  and  Johns  suddenly 
ndeavored  to  sebe  Miller  by  the 


■  ■I'L  hi*''  permission 
nis  way  to  a  public  house, 
appeared  again.    Theformi 

collar,  and  called  loudly  for  help  to  retake  thi 
Johns  asked  if  there  was  no  person  there  who  would  help  to 
secure  that  man.  Li  ill  although  attempts  were  made  to  regain 
possession  of  Miller,  he  succeeded  in  reaching  a  public  liou=  ■ 
and  after  another  ineffectual  attempt  by  French  and  his 
associates  to  prevent  him,  lie  n  turned  laical  night  to  Batavia, 
and  relieved  his  family  fro  in  lenor  and  alarm.  That  this 
lawless  assemblage  of  men  tu.ik  place  for  the  purpose  of  se- 
curing the  arrest  of  Miller,  by  virtue  of  a  process  never  in- 
tended to  be  acted  upon,  we  shall  Like  no  trouble  to  show  to 
the  public  We  have  conclusive  proof  from  the  express  dec- 
larations of  those  who  led  tbe  troop,  and  from  various  other 
of  the  objects  (hey  i.ad  in  view  was  to  pull 


down  t 


fMLlle. 


should  be  necessary  for 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  NOVEMBER  27,  1873 


What  bast  thou  done  to 
;hee  walk  so  helplessly 

Where  Satan  led, 
rer.  riL-nrer  ■.  niiu^  thy  feet 


plied.  "I  have  said  is  »reai 
many  things  to  you." 

low  you  have  in  sermons;  but 
that  nobody  has  said  anything 
1  particular,  before  yesterday.' 
o  said  anything  to  you  yester- 
day 1" 

Henry  Olapp,"   said  lie  (naming  i 
young  man  who  had  recently  entertain 
,  hope  in   God). 
What  did  Henry  aay 


And  called 

To  light  an 


Then  placim:  -harp  tlmrus  on  my  head, 


"AsIe 


him  in    the  e 


.nd    told 


me  if    he  might  say  it.     I  £ 
le  might,     And  then  he  said, 
igh  time  for  you  to  begin  to 
the  Lord." 

"And  what  was  your  anBwearS' 
"I  had  hardly  time  to  answer  at 
for  he  parsed  on.  But  I  said  to  1 
when  he  got  a  few  feet  from  me,  '! 
is,  Henry.'  He  turned  back  his  face 
pnrtly  towards  me,  looking 
shoulder,  and  answered,  'Dt 
and  went  right 


thin 


-ell 


Kn,  ,!,/., 


>d  King  of  Saints.      Aid 

make  your  nation  that   happy 

whose  Qod  i6  the  Lord  and  her 

the  advent  song  of  the  Heavenly 

host,  "Glory 


from  his  horse  and  capturt-d. 
Remember,    then,    this    ru 
mote    thorough,   the   greater 
Little  Crumbs. 


f  and  good 
StotMHin. 


"You  aay  nobody    said  anything  to 
yon  before.     If  he  or  some  ont 
had  spoken  to  you  before,  do  yo 
you  would  have  begun  before!" 
"I  think  I  should." 
Such  was  the  opinion  of  this  young 
man.     To    this   opinion    he   adheared 
long  after.     The  last   time  I  spoke    to 
on  that  subject,  he  said  to  me  that 
believed    that     he   "should    have 
sought  the  Lord  years   before    if   any- 
dy  had  spoken  to   him  about  it." 
Here,  then,  was  a  young  man,    liv- 
l  in  the  midst  of  a  Christian  commu- 
nity till  he  was  more  than  twenty  y 


Bring  them  up  in  the  way 
should  go. 

Give  them  a  good  suhst  imm!. 

Teach   them    how    to  cook  a. 

meal  of  victuals, 

Teach  them  how  to  wash  and 
clothes. 

Teach  them  how  to  darn  stoc 
and  sew   on  buttons. 

Teach  them  how  to  make-   thei 


n  to  make  bread. 
i  all  the  mysteries  of  the 
ig-room  and   parlor, 
i  that  a  dollar  is  onl 


Yes,  soul, I  (limiglit  "[  tlK-e  ami  Wire  i 
Lost  soul,  I  thought  of  thee  I 
What  hast  thou  done  for  me 

This  do  I  now  for  thee! 
What  doest  thou  for  me? 
I  stand  before  God's  justice  throne 
And  plead  for  thee, 


in  that 


very    slender  things  to 
of  souls.     It  is 

I    did   preach    a  pretty 
find  God 


■ithin    thei 
get  to  the 

Teach  them  to  wea 
and  do  it  like  a  queen, 

Teach    them  a    good,    round,     rosy 
romp  is  worth  fifty  delicate    consump- 


old,   a    regulai 


o  scores 

f  Christia 

and    yet 

"nobody 

him!" 

The    firs 

utterec 

to  him  w 

m  .—Dr. 

Sj'fiirt-r. 

A  Work 

for  Mot  he 

the  street,  which  he  hardly  thoughi 
was  of  any  value  whatever,  was  what 
God  had  blessed;  that  when  he  had 
thought  he  succeeded  best  he  had  don' 
nothing,  aod  when  he  thought  he  hac 
succeeded  worst  then  God  blessed  him. 
Many  a  soul  has  had  his  eyes  openet 
by  an  instrumentality  whicli  none    eve: 


I  do  notfind  many  souls  converted 
by  bodies  of  divinity.  We  have  receiv- 
ed a  great  many  into  the  church,  but 
never  received  one  who  became  convert 
ed  by  a  profound  theological  discussion 
We  very  seldom  hear  of  any  great 
number  of  conversions  under  very  elo- 
quent preachers — very  seldom  indeed. 
We  appreciate  eloquence,  and  bave  not 
a  word  to  say  against  it  by  itself,  but 
evidently  it  has  no  power  spiritually 
to  enlighten  the  understanding,  neither 
does  it  please  God  to  use  the  excellen- 
cy of  words  for  conversion.  When 
Paul  laid  aside  human  wisdom  and  said 

speech  he  only  laid  aside  what  would 
not  have  been  of  much  service  to  him. 
When  David  put  off  Saul's  armor,  and 
took  the  sling  and  the  stone,  he  slew 
the  giant;  and  giants  are  not  to  be  con- 
quered to-day  any  more  than  they  were 
then  by  champions  arrayed  in  Saul's 
armor.  We  must  keep  to  the  simple 
things,  to  the  plain  gOBpel,  plainly 
eidached.  — Spurqeon. 


At  the  reunion  of  the  Alurr 
Steubenville  Female  Seminary. 
in  June  last,  Mrs.  E.  M.  Sloa! 
Oakdale,  Illinois,  read  a  history  of  the 
class  of  which  Maria  Bigham  Camp- 
bell, one  of  the  martyred  missionaries 
of  the  Sepoy  rebellion,  was  a  member. 
After  the  recital  of  her  history  the  pa- 
per closed  with  the  following  appeal: 

Sisters  of  the  Seminary,  the  grac< 
that  hath  gotten  her  the  victory  is  a) 
sufficient.  She  has  suffered  for  Jesus 
We  are  still  on  the  battlefield  and  then 
is  brave  work  to  do  for  Jesus  by  tht 
Christian  women  of  this  generation,  j^ 
call  is  now  sounding  through  the  land 
for  them  to  rally  to  the  standard  which 
the  spirit  of  the  Lord  is  lifting  ui 
against  infidelity  coming  in  like  a  flood 
iL  resile  Ding  to  sweep  away  ah  that  v 
Christian  in  our  civil  institutions.  It 
demands  the  abolition  of  chaplaincies 
in  our  army  and  navy,  our  prisons  and 
ms;  the  discontinuance  of  prayer 
■halls  of  legislation;  the  expul 
of  the  Bible  from  the  public 
schools  Ihe  abrogation  of  public 
jLii viti^s  mid  f.iils ;  the  abolition 
of  the  oath  as  a   bond    of  integrity  to 


the 


ncademy.     And   she   doi 


'•I  don't  know  about  that,"    said  an 
old  gentleman. 

■  sir."  said  tic-  ^cho"l-girl, 
flushing,  ''that  is,  I  mean  she  reads  as 
iy  of  them  as  she  possibly  can." 
Just  so,  my  di;ir;"  said  the  uhl  gen- 
nan  kindly.     ''But  I'm  not  so  sure 
about   the    wisdom   of  the   lady    who 
reads  all  the  new  books.     It  Beems  te- 
rn e  that  she  often  must  spend  her  timt 
very  foolishly — very   foolishly   indeed. 
my  to 


oh!  ^en'I'-m 
would  be.  better  lo 
at  all,  than  (o  read 


ight.    It 


,  and  read  a  good  book  thrc 
ek — yet,  at  the  end  of  a 
ime    really    a    well- 


'he     Grand  High    Priests 
tts,  the    Rev.  Bro.    Sam- 
gentleman  and  a  scholar 
officiated  on   the  occasion  as    chaplain, 
If  Mr.  Clark  does  not  know  better  than 
St.  John  for   a  Mason,  we  re- 
gret it,  and  beg  of  him,  for  his  opinions 
entitled  to  respect,   to  examine  the 
.ter.  The  holy  Royal  Arch,  of  which 
friend  Clark  is  now  the  High  Priest 


Clubbiit 

The  Weekly  Cyuos 
the  following  papers 


Religious  Telescope. . 

Crm-'Mii  statesman 

Methodist  Free  Press S 

G.U.lcu  tVn-tr S 

Thct'Lri-i  n:i  ( ii'ti'.y  with   map  of 


iMassa 


hade 


dred  years  ago.  The  first  chapter 
tV-em^jons  in  the  known  world  i 
started  by  Charles    Ed.   Stewart    i 


tion  of  St.  John's  day  by 
was  when  they  organized 
t  Apple  Tree  Tavern,  A. 

'  m^iLWalile  that  men  o 


fesslon  should  come  forth  to  the  public 
with  the  falsehood  in  their  mouths  that 
the  forerunner  of  the  Messiah  partica- 
pated  in  and  approved  of  their  scanda- 
lous mysteries. 

The  c 


eddie 


of  life   may  : 


and  it  would 


>  do  the  markeHEig  lor 

>  foot  up  store  bills. 


■elf-rel..n 


Teach     th.-. 


Tea.  h  l 


Teach  thi 

Teach  them  that  a  good,  steady 
greasy  mechanic,  without  a  cent  ii 
worth  a  dozen  oil-pated  loafers  in  broad 
cloth. 

Teach  them  to  have  nothing  to  dt 
with   intemperate    and  disolufe  young 

Teach  them  to  climb  apph 
fishing,  cultivate  a  garden,  drive  a  road 
team,  or  a  farm  wagon. 

Teach  the  accomplishments— music 
drawing,  painting — if  you  have  tht 
lime  and  money  to  do  it  with. 

Teach  them  not  to   paint   and   pow- 

Teach  them  not   to  wear   false  hair. 
Teach   them  to    say    no,    and  meat 
it,  or  yes,    and  slick  to  it, 

Teach    them   to  regard  the  morals: 
ot  the  money,  of  a  beau. 
Teach  the  essentials  of  life— truth 


Nobody  Said  Anything  to  Me, 

The   title  which    I  have   given  tl 
sketch  is  taken  from  the  lips  of  a  you 

of  my  church.      He   had   called  up' 


3  fore 


upon 


his  religious  duly;  and  after  conversing 
with  him,  and  saying  such  things  to 
him  as  I  thought  appropriate  to  his 
state  of  mind,  I  asked  him  how  it 
came  shout  that  he  had  not  given  his 
prayerful  attention  lo  the  subject  of  re- 
ligon  before. 

•'Nobody  has  eaid  anything  to  me," 
Baid  be. 


and  the 

repeal  of 

11 

aws    looking    lo 

be  elif.j 

cement  of 

"Christian"  morai- 

Friend 

s   i  f  the 

oble    woman,    who 

n  India 

ell  a  victi 

j  the   righteone 

reiril.uii 

n    visited 

on 

that    Christian 

nation  w 

I'J    Ulf!l<   111 

by 

her   money  and 

the   reliLi 

of  Boodh    and 

Mohammed,  will  y 

ot  fear   for  your 

natire  la 

nd? 

Mothe 

ra  in  Israe 

trueted  to  teach 

the  wore 

a  of  God 

ay 

gently    to    your 

children 

in    the    house 

when  yo 

I  walk  by 

the 

way,  when  you 

ie  down 

and  when 

yo 

u   rise    up,    wil 

you  not 

*sk  that  o 

r  n 

ation's   children 

earning,  that  made  no  petti 
lerer   of   women   and   chili 

year  helped  I 


■   L  .r  i's 


uryj 


thou 


sand  dollars,  will  you  not  ad'd  another 
glorious  hdd  to  your  "Women's  Work 
for  Women." 

Daughters  all  of  a  Republic  of  which 
the  lathers  came  to  the  American  wil 
derness  to  found  for  the  glory 
a  Christian  state,  will  you  m 
the  call  T  will  you  not  rally  to  the.  stand- 
ard) Gathered  now  in  our  Christian 
homes,  beautiful  nurseries  of  Church 
and  State,  and  in  our  schools  and  Sab- 

ing   g' 


r  Ship  of  Siate  and  l 


eld  ; 


Pulpit  and 
our  Press.  Work  then,  Christian 
Mothers  1        Work      then,      Christian 

Teachers!  By  the  grace  of  God  train 
for  your  country  a  race  of  Christian 
Statesmen.  Teach  them  that  ''True 
r<  hgion  is  the  foundation,  paient  and 
guardian  of  true  L  berty;"  that  "Free- 
dom cannot  exist,  without  authority 
that  protects  it  from  license    as  well  as 


Rely  upon  U,  that  on  youi 
depends  in  a  great  measure  t 
woe  of  after   life. —  Sdech'd. 


le:icbillg 


full  light.—  Wkately. 


minded,  we  must  let  the  imauiniUi 
n-al'zc  the  bl-faedner-s  lo  which  we  i 
moving  on.  Let  it  calm  you  and  i 
noble  you,  and  give  you  cheerfulm 
to  endure.  Let  us  think  much  of  re 
the  rest  which  is  not  of  indole iko,  ! 
of  powers  in  perfect  equilibrium;  i 
rest  which  is  deep  as  summer  midnigl 
yet  full  of  life  and  force  as  sumn 
suushine,  the  Sabbath  of  eternity. 
Robertson. 


Oliildrens'   Comer. 


Well  Done. 

It  takes  time  and  effort  to  mi 
:an,  but  he  is  worth  all  it  costs, 
i  the  noblest  work  of  creation 
hall  live  after  buildings,  and  n 
icnts,  and  earth  itself  shall 
assed  away. 

A  flaw  in  the  foundation  of  a  t 


■    the     v,hule 


fall.     I  c 


uf  a  College  building  taken  down 
correct  a  mistake  of  the  workm 
You  can't  lake  b;ick  your  life  in  a 
years,     to    mend    the    errors    of  your 

In  fo  great  a  matter  bow  important 
that  everything  be  well  done.  This  i; 
the  way  to  make. the  greatest  speed  oi 
our  way  toward  (ewe  manhood.  A  mai 
was  once  hotly  pursued  by  his  ene 
mies;  while  they  were  in  full  sight  up 
on  the  descent  of  a  mountain  in  lh< 
rear,  the  rzirt  of  his  saddle  broke;  ht 
coolly  dismounted  and  repaired  thi 
breach,  then  in  an  instant  throwing 
himself  into  the  saddle,  he  shot  acrosi 
the  plain  and  escaped  his  pursuers 
Had  he  attempted  to  push  on  with  thi 


■  worthy  to  live,  do    live, 

ie  quite  a   sale    tinny    tor 

ielah  to  look  only  at  twenty- 

iod  rule  for  young  persons 
any  two  new  books  in  suc- 
Uways  put  a  good  standard 


I  Trait  of  l-'iveiuasniirj. 


d  thei,-  tiDyilfs  change*  in  r 
i  right    of  every    free 


God  and  life  eternal 
powers  of  the  world  ti 

when  the  soul  whisper 
ire   and   destiny,    whei 

in  itsawful  proportion-, 
pose  that  there  should  !■■ 


ANTI-MASONIC  BOOKS 

Christian  Cynosure 

Address,  EZRA  A.  COOS  &  CO., 

CHICAGO. 


i  Masonic  llcr.il 


c  Urn  i.. is) 

of  Health 

NiiI.mii.!  A.-ru  iiUuri-i  and  lice  .luiir 

Be    K.-i  i"  ;■.  Mu^.iT.iiie 

i  either  of  last  three  40 

ehold  Magazine  with 


Bii.:.-  :;,  ,.- 


prio. 


ipt 


Freemasonry  Exposed, 

CAPT  WM,  MORGAN. 

"MOHCAW  BOOE." 


Light  on   Freemasonry, 

BY  ELDER  D.  BERNARD, 


.  Sew  Edition  of  Banyan's 


CONFESSION  OF  THE  MURDER 

WM.    MORGAN 

Dr.  John  C.  Emery  of  Racine  Co.,Wie. 
HBNBY  L.  VALANCE. 


Subscription     Letters    Iteeeiv. 


;t.S7tl 


lUii 


Preston  Allen,  A  Andre,  L  C  A 
ews,  TB  Arnold,  Jonas  Adams,  R 
M  Adair,  Wm  Brouse,  J  L  Barlo 
J  M  Bishop,  P   Bruce,  John  Brown, 
Brinkerhoff,  J  R  Baird,  Geo  Brokaw, 
M  Bishop,  W  0  Bancroft,  H  Baseo: 
Dan'l  Brown,   Eliza   Bradbury,   E 
Burnham,  Jno  Ball,   Wm  Banks,   P 
Barnard,  L  Buckley,  D  B  ByerB,   A 
Bhikely,  Jas  Bicknell,  Guernsey  Cam 
D  S  Coyner,  WRM  Colt,  0  Cravat 
Jas  Campbell,  Mrs  A   Clayton,  Jo! 
Camp,  A  Comstock,    0   H   Chapin, 
Croker,  P  Cromwell,    Van    R   Care 
Jos    Catterlin,    J    Crnnson,    Rev   J  L 
Clark,  R  LChitty,  P  B    Chamberlain. 
M  P  Delong,  Mrs  S  F    Durkee,    J    M 
Darby.  Sopbionia  Durkee,  John    Den- 
ny, Mrs  W  P  Daniels,   Jas   De    Lautel, 
E  V  Downey,  Edw'd  Dolph,  J   P   E 


the  cor 

and  publicly  avow  their  J!>npprf.hj 
of   the  mystic  order.      No  matter   how 
pure  and  useful  the  lives  of  such    men 

recently  those  presses  and  tongues 
themselves  may  have  helped  to  record 
and  sound. out  the  praises  of  such  men, 
yet  the  instant  the  avowal  alluded  to  is 
made,  the  Masonic  milk  is  changed  to 
gall;  praise  is  suddenly  turned  to  oblo- 
quy; commendations  to  cursing;  and 
they  "call  him  vile  who  was  but  now 
their  garland."  In  all  these  cases  there 
has  been  no  change  of  character  on  the 
part  of  the  individuals  referred  to, 
they  have  continued  lo  discharge  all 
their  private, domestic, social  and  public 

ever,  have  still  preserved    the  reotuude 
pects  and    bave 


.auifest     the 


lllell.--!  ! 


probity,  and  th 
and  solid  judgment  which  first  won 
confidence  and  praise,  but  they  have 
ventured  to  apeak  with  freedom  and 
eenBure  of  the  obligations  and  doings 
and  lately  revealed  character  of  the 
secret  order.  For  this  they  are  de- 
nounced. 

For  the  truth  of  this  representation 
we  appeal  to  the  observation  of  all  who 
have  paid  any  attention  to  the  course  ol 
the  times.  The  case  of  every  Anti-ma'.ou 
of  any  notoriety  and  influence,  general, 
or  local,  is  proof — proof  positive — proof 
which  we  dare  the  handmaid  thi 
any  of  her  organs  to  deny.  If  Br. 
bring  forward  a  single    exceptiot 


,  from    the 


But  she  dare  not 
once  tike  the  temp 
enjoined   weapon— 


We  have  a  high  regard  for  the  Lei 
cester  people.  They  are  enterprising, 
intelligent  and  patriotic.  They  are 
good  friends,  too,  notwithstanding  the 
slripe  of  Masonry  that  runs  over  their 
hill.  Theoratoroflheday  was  the  "Rev 
Bro.  Jamea  Thomson  of  Natick,  Miss.' 
"It  is  remarkable  that  this  man  has  been 
made  a  Mason  within  a  twelve  month ; 
and  so  much  does  he  glory  in  the  de- 
lusion, that  he  comes  forth  its  cham- 
pion on  this  day,  covering  with  the 
cloth  of  the  Christian  ministry  the  vile 


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kin,  David  Edwards,  G  Fyfe,  H  . 
Fischer,  Tims  Freeman,  John  Finnej 
T  B  France,  C  L  Fan.  A  D  Freemai 
M  F  rink,  Jno  French,  L  C  Gaskill,  John 

J  C   Graham,  Juhn   Gardnei 
B  ('  Green.  S  B  Goodenow,  M  0  Gate. 
*rosvenor,  S  A  G.lly,    Wm   Ga 
Robt  George,  John  Hog' 


,  J  W 


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,k,  C  FHawley,  M.trk  Johnson,  C  H 
.l,>ues,  M  W  Jordan,  A  Reiki 
Kumler.  Wm  Kiuiball.J-s  Kennedy,  K 
Kepter,  WJ  Knappen,  Jas  Kidd,  Jai 
Kdgore.  Amos  Kmgsley,  Sam'l  Lilly 
Anna  Ladd,  Win  Luige,  G-o  Learning 
David  Lore,  John  Lewis.  K  M  Lampard 
M*ry  Leal,  A  D  Low,  J  0  Leach,  C  H 
Lucber,  M  Lovejoy,  S  Lewis,  E  Mere- 
dith, C  C  Miles,  T  B  McCormiek,  J  C 
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Jrt«  McMdlen.R  McClelland,  FManter, 
John  M.A'ullougb,  S  Mills.  Mrs  M  Mc- 
Call,  E  D  Nichols,  Wm  Oburn,  Isaac 
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0  Quick,  Thos  Reed,  F  K  Robbins. 
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nierhmd,  S  P  Sioiip.  B  F  Searles,  Jets 
btuid.B,  S  Simosoi",  John  Smith,  Sam' 
Smith.  Rev  S  Smith,  J  0  Thompeou 
Alex  Thompson,  M  S  Telford,   He*  B 


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Tbe  tragedy  atCoruell  Universi 
brought  out  the  American  press. 


of  Willis, 
ably  beei 


-r..l  ,idi, 


any  general  expression  so  calmly 
and  critically  adverse  to  tbe  wbole 
system.  Tbe  letter  of  Professor 
Wilder  baa  been  already  published  from 
the  New  York  Tribune;  to  follow  that 
able  paper  we  have  collated  opinions 
from  standard  journals,  east  and  west, 
religious  and  secular.  They  show  the 
evident  tendency  of  th' 


the  c 


jbe  ! 


j  hard  agai 
The   jury  of  « 


the  principle  of  secret  societies,  and  r 
it  has  been  opened  in  a  masterly  v 
by  Burt  G.  Wilder,  tbe  well  km 
professor  of  anatomy  at  Cornell.  . 
Of  course,  it  doesn't  fotiow  that 
cause  Leggctt  died  in  the  procetsoi 
tiation,  the  Kappa  Alpha  is  not  a 
nifieent  institution, fur  people  have  b 
known  to  die  in  the  process  of  baptii 
but  this  is  a  good  time  to  reflect  whi 
er  there  are  not  more  general  CODBM 
ations  that  condemn   the    existence 


3  tbe   advancement    of  t 
auses,  secret    organizati 


ithe 


any  purpose.  To-day  and  here,  they 
have  nosuch  excuse  for  their  existence. 
There  is  not  a  moral,  political  or  social 
purpose  which  secrecy  can  aid  more 
than  openness.  Secrecy  may  succeed 
in  springing  an  issue  upon  a  people 
and  carrying  a  single  campaign,  but 
its  ga'ns  are  temporary  and  hardly 
worth  the  pains.  The  Kuow-notliing 
and  P.  L.  L.  organizations  have  really 
accomplished  nothing  l>y  their  secrecy, 
except  to  familiarize  young  people  with 
the  frangibiltty  of  oaths  and  to  till  their 
minds  with  silly  ambitions.  The  older 
social  organizations  are  largely  chariiu- 
ble  in  their  purpose,  but  probably  if 
the  per  cent,  of  revenue  that  goes  to 
charity  were  displayed  by  the  side  of 
that  which  goes  to  fuss  and  feathers 
the  comparison  would  not  be  flattering. 
The  annual  dues  exacted  would  pay 
tbe  premium  on  a  very  fair  life    insur- 


of  the 


tollej 


i  large 


Thei 


pleasure.  Utile  children  display  it 
with  their  triumphant  'I  know  somt 
thing  you  don't"  Most  people  out 
grow  it,  but  some  never  do.  It  is  i 
foible  that  belongs  to  the  juvenib 
mind  and  the  juvenile  state  of  eiviliza 
tion,  It  is  the  meat  of  petty  rathe 
than  of  large  minds,  and  we  fear  wi 
must  say  of  the  feminine  rather  than  of 
the  masculine  cast  of  thought.  £ 
societies,  therefore,  thrive  among 


«,.]|.  ■ 


,  and! 


ordinary  people  who  are  just  below  pol 
itics,  so  to  speak,  and  who  are  satisfied 
witli  :i  mighty  small  honor,  if  it  is  ex 
pressed  mighty  bin-  In  certain  cases, 
like  tbe  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  a  literary 
weight  attaches  to  membership,  but  tli 
seorecy  of  the  order  has  contributed 
nothing  to  this  end.  Tbe  mystic  let- 
ters are  equal  in  effect  to  D.  D.,  or  D. 
G.  L.  The  English  universities,  w€ 
believe,  have  nothing  corresponding  t< 
the  secret  societies  of  American  col 
leges.     .     .     .     We  shall  get  over   se- 

good  many  oilier  childish  things.  Ii 
used  to  be  proper  among  gentlemen  tc 


to  refuse  to   exchange    pul 

i  five  per    cent,    for    parly 
:c. ,  but  now  we  order  thi 
lanly  way.      We  do  not 

si  notions  by   any  autho 


fnirpui-a 


In  fact  we  should  insist  upon  the  si 
preservation  of  all  man's  rights  to  n 
a  fool  of    himself,  but   we   say  at 


.  25. 


I'toloul,;,  i 


I  Vila  t 


have  long  been 
mitled  lo  exist  undisturbed  are  frc 
•ally  brought  into    prominence  and 
msed  in  their  worst  forms    by   some 
u-ii table  accident  or  tragedy  incident 
their    operalions.     Ten  days    ago  a 
young  and  promis'ng   son  of  General 
Leggelt.  Commissioner  of  Patents,  was 
killed    near  Ithaca,   N.  Y.,   by  falling 
from  a  cliff,  while  about  to  be   initialed 
into  a  secret  society  of  Cornell  Univer- 
sity.    ...     So  shocking    an  affair 
may  be  beneficial,  we  trust,  in  suggest- 
ing tbe  expediency  of  a  general  dibeour 
aging    of  secret   societies    among    our 
institutions  of  learning.      Despite  their 
pretenses  there  is  little  that  can  be  said 


hem 


purpoi 


iol  designed  for  literary  or  social  cul- 
ure,  and  seek  to  attain  no  moral  or  re- 
;gious  ends.  Physical  development 
nd  healthful  diversion  are  least  of  their 
bjects.  On  the  contrary,  they  almost 
avariably  breed  rowdyism,  haaiug, 
drinking,  debauchery,  extravagance 
.  disinclination  for  duty.  Assem 
party  of  young  men  together 
here,  with  all  restraint  removed, 
and  perfect  secrecy  enjoined,  and  the 
.  will  be  pernicious.  Students 
e  relaxation  and   diversion,    but 

that  speedily  become  schools  for  vice, 
y  no  means  necessary.  Every 
e  society  should  be  kept  under 
healthful  supervision,  and  the  danger- 
und  ridiculous  fol I ! ■  s  that  are  now 
mun,  under  tbe  de&ign  ilion  of  '  ir. - 
ory  ceremonies,"  should  be  totally 
prohibited. 

From    lime  immemorial   the   secret 

pe  have  been  noted  for  tbe  drunken- 
ss  of  their  members,   for  brawls   and 
elitig,    and  for    many  other    equally 
debasing    absurdities.     The   introduc- 
n  of  any  of    these   baneful    customs 
.o  American  colleges  should  be  close- 
ly guacili  d  against,  and  the  best    way 
it  is  lo  discountenance  all  college 
organizations  that  affect   to   be  beyond 
introl  of  collegiate  authority. 


ll-g'-H    i. nd 
■a^Uibtie, 


til  eruption  of  imiinenne  thru  follows  the 
entrance  of  a  fresh  class  to  the  educa- 
tion couise.  .  ,  .  But  the  'boys' 
learn  these  things  from  their  elders.  If 
tbe  '  secrets'  of  Masonry,  Odd-fellow- 
Bbip,  Knights  c-fPylhias,  Sons  of  Malta, 

could  have  sunlight  let  in  upon  them, 
we  fancy  the  members  thereof  would 
but  be  pronounced  foolish  boys  of  larger 
growth.  If  the  initiated  were  not  ter- 
rified into  secrecy  by  fear  of  having 
their  tongues  lorn  out  by  the  roots, 
they  would  tell  tales  of  nonsense,  of 
fearful  oaths,  of  tcrrihlu  vows,  of  ghast- 
ly sceues,  that    would  make   outsiders 


iu  the  country,  and    the  sad   death  of 

young  L-ggell  may  induce  collegian 
to  consider  whether  there  is  any  ren 
humor  or  pleasure  in  the  coarse  practi 
cal  jokes  of  initiation,  or  any  value  ii 
the  secrecy  of  the  society.  But  this  i 
a  question  for  all  students  in  every  uui 
versify,  not  for  Cornell  alone.     And  i 


svery  other   colle 
a  gross   misstate 

-  of  this   populai 


aw,  one  word  to  the  students, 
(hi',  ii  filing  occasion  to   do   away 
all  there  secret  society  orgies)   W< 
>  they  are  not  peculiar  to  Cornell 


all 


lollei 


re  they  of  auy,  even  the  least  util 
Are  not  these  rude  and  unfeel 
•remonies  as  ridiculous  and  use- 
ind  almost  as  barbarious  as  the 
rites   of  the  Hindoos!     Consid- 

rnble  lesson  of  the  untimely  d. 
.-  of  your  brightest  members  g 
ii ful  and  fearful    emphasis    to 


feeblt 


The  Sprtmifidd  Republican,  refe 
g  to  the  case  of  young  Leggett  ( 
Cornell,  3ays:  "We  shall  get  ov« 
secret  societies  as  we  are  getting  ov» 
a  good  mauy  other  childish  things. 
Again  it  remarks:  "In  fact,  we  shoul 
the  sacred    pn 


:  tools  of    then 


a  say  at    the  . 


th   sense  and    independence. 
'uld  gladly  share  ihe  feeling   that 
ill  soon  'get  over'  this  childisbn 


■  litii-i 


ed  of  Masonry  and  kindred  follies,  and 
ialth  acd  thorough  organization 
leem  lo  be  growing  up  into  en- 
during strength.  The  Republican 
to  make  a  further  advance,  and 
call  these  societies  not  only  'childish,' 
riminal,  Their  immorality  and 
!hristian  character  make  them 
nemies  of  the  church   and   aocie- 

'y- 


Some  few  weeks  since  we  published 
a  article  upon  the  subject  of  secret 
>ciaties.  A  new  illustration  of  their 
reat  evils  lias  just  been  given 


th< 


public     mind     has      been     irresistably 
vn  to  it,  and  is  prepared    to  receive 

lesson  which  it  teaobee. 
tie  ul  li'-y  and  his  bleeding,  aense- 
companions,  with  the  breaking  of 
morning,  were  borne  back  to  town 
id  procession.  The  parents  were 
gathered  to  tho  place  by  telegraph.  A 
it's  jury  began  its  investigation, 
The  faculty  of  tbe  college  and  the  bro- 
earted  friends  attended  to  listen 
awful  story.  But  the  members 
i  society  were   bound  to    Beorecy. 


Boftl 


,  the 


i-lakei 


unmanly    or     untruthful.     Other 
is  are  held  in    subserviency  to  tbe 
iiprem-    claim    wl.ich    < tit-    Pociety 
has  upon  tbe  members. 

We  have  before  spoken  of  the   low 
cjudices  and  antipathies    which    this 

those  who  are   outside,  and   of  the  un- 
til y  and   vicious  friendship    which 

Prof.  Wilder  adds  another   terrible  ac- 

to  the  indictment  which  we  bring 
against  the  societies.     He   shows   that 


their  direct  effect  is  to  take  from  thei 
members  personal  freedom,  and  tba 
liberty  of  judgment  and  action  which  i 
necessary  to  the  boat  growth  of  th< 
individual  and  the  happiness    ofsocie 


Thei 


springs  up  among 
hope  of  this.  Hazing,  against  which 
college  faculties  have  fulminated  in 
vain,  is  already  coming  into  disfavor 
under  the  more   manly  feelings    which 


B0f 


alleges.     We  i 


rowing  tendencies,  its  slavish  judg- 
ments, will  disappear  as  something  un- 
worthy of  our  American  manhood. 


a  brief  reply  to  Prof.  Wilder's  exhnue 
live  indictment  of  secret  societies  i 
general,  and  college  secret  societies  i 
particular.  His  only  points  are  ths 
tbe  evil  charged  on  these  association 
is  inherent  iu    man;    that    there    are; 


hundred  , 


whicl 


young 

men  might  pass  their  time;  that  a  cer 
tain  amount  of  extra  blood  and  th< 
recklessness  of  youth  finds  harmles. 
outlet  here;  that  the  dissipation  whicl 
some  of  them  conceal  might  take  an 
other  form,  and  perhaps  a  worse;  tba 
all  societies  are  not  addicted  to  redicu 


;  that  he  lis 


iof  i 


the 


i  of  I 


lold 


liness,'  and  if  we  abolish  them,  we 
shall  only  have  some  worse  evil  to  en- 
unter.  All  which  we  are  very  glad 
put  beside  Prof.  Wilder^  masterly 
■  ument  as  tbe  best  that  can  be  said 
the  other  side.  If  any  other  advo- 
,e  of  secrecy  betters  the  argument, 
shall  give  it  to  our  readers, 


To  t 


belo-ved  1 
v....il,i  l'I 


Editor  of  the  Cynosu; 
8m:-I  would  not  ask 

'li'pi-ivh.-ul 


Beecher  and  Tilton. 

see  by  the  New  York  papers,   tha: 

Tilton  has  refused  to  recgii'/.-  tin 

diction    of  Mr.   Beeclier's   church, 

that  Mr.  Beecher  has  declared  tba 

lad    nothing    against   Mr.    Tilton 

urgmir  at  the  tame    time,  strenuously, 

hat    no  investigation   of    tbe   matter 

ihould  he  had,  giving  as  a   rensou   hh 

fear  that  the  church  would  be  disturbed, 

and  declaring    unabated    opposition  tc 

of  the   scanilal    case. 

Is  this  wise  or  wicked  i     The    suppres 

of  investigation  in  this  case  is  un 

denied,    and  the  reaBon  alleged, 

to  notice  the  allegation  of  the  eor- 

s  Woodhull.  would  bo  to  give    no- 


of 


from  Mrs.  Woodhull.  but  from 
i  himself,  from  Mr.   Bowen, 

fr.>in  numerous   known    incidents 
led  with  the  scandal. 


iher 


The  following  is  an  extract  f 
published  letter  of  Mr.  Tilton, 
Brooklyn,  Deo.  27th,  1872: 

ow,  my  friend,  you  urge 
speak,  but  when  the  truth  is  a  i 
God's  m< 


,tku  .'. 


j  apir 


vithin  me. 

ii  ti  nntini' 


But  my   wife'i 

of  charity  [and  quenches  all  resentments. 

She  says,  let  there  be  no  suffering  but 
lurselves  alone,  and  forbids  a  vindi- 
on  lo  the  injury   of  others.     From 

the  beginning  she 


handc 


lips,    saying 


when  you  prompt  me  to  speak  for  her. 
'ale  her  more  Christian 
mandate  of  silence.  Moreover,  after 
all,  the  chief  victim  of  the   public  dis- 


pleasure is  myself  alone  and  so  long 
as  this  is  happily  the  case,  I  shall  try 
with  patience  to  keep  my  answer  with- 
in my  ownbreast,  lest  it  shoot  forth 
like  a  thunderbolt  through  other 
hearts.  Theodokk  Tilton." 

In  order  to  understand  this  it  ought 
to  be  said,  that  the  wife  of  Theodore 
Tilton  had  published  the  following 
statement  in  regard  to  Mr.  Beecher: 
She  says — "Yesterday  afternoon,  my 
friend  and  pastor,  Henry  Ward  Beech- 
er, solicited  me  to  become  his  wife  in  all 
the  relations  which  that  term  implies." 

Fairness  requires  that  it  should  be 
stated  in  connection  with  Mrs.   Tilton's 

period,  in  the  absence  of  her  husband, 
Mr.  Beecher  called  on  her  and  obtained 
a  statement  from  her  denying  her  pre- 
vious statement.  Mre.  Tilton  in  this 
case  is  probably  placed  in  the  most  try- 
ing circumstances  in  which  a  wife  and 
mother  can  stand. 

In  a  letter  to  Mr.  Tilton,  so  long  ago 
as  1863.  Mr.  B">wen,  the  proprietor  of 
The  Independent,  bad  said:  'I  some- 
times feel  that  I  must  break  silence. 
That  I  must  no  longer  suffer  as  a 
dumb  man,  and  be  made  to  hear  a 
load  of  grief  most  unjustly.  One 
word  from  me  would  make  a  rebellion 
throughout  Christendom.  I  had  al- 
most said :  and  you  know  it.  You  have 
just  a  bit  of  theevidense  from  the  great 


mypoi 


suing  a  phantom,  but  solei 
ing  over  an  awful  reality."  In  con 
nection  with  this  extract  and  from  the 
same  letter  of  Mr.  Tilton  to  Mr.  Bower 

he  makes  the  following  statement 
"On  tbe  25th  of  December,  1870,  al 
an  interview  in  your  house,  at  which 
Mr.  Oliver  Johnson  and  I  were  present, 
you    spoke    freely      and     indignantly 


living.  Aman  with  a  lack  of  conscience; 
— a  man  that  has  one  morality  for  him- 
self, and  another  for  his  people;  a  li- 
centious  man  and  a  hypocrite,  but  with 
an  overflowing  fulness  of  fancy  and 

^ucli  charges  as  these  were  never 
brought  by  competent  witnesses  againrt 
any  public  man  before,  who  did  not 
demand  an  investigation, 


uffer 


iof  D 


timent  Undei 
Christian  church  to  our  knowledge  has 
ever  joined  their  pastor  in  endeavors  lo 
suppress  the  examination  of  a  case. 
Tbe  case  of  the  recent  scandal  in  Bal- 
timore; the  oase  of  the  Second  Pres- 
byterian ohurch  in  Cincinnati,  the  suc- 
cessor of  Dr.  Beecher;  the  case  of  the 
scoundrel  Maffet.  the  most  popular 
preacher  of  tbe  Methodist  church;— 
all  those  were  investigated,  and  all  the 
culprits  condemned. 

We  are  among  those  who  have  not 
believed  Mr.  Beecher  a  guilty  man. 
We  have  regreted  the    evidence  of  his 

we  have  looked  upon  him  as  a  brilliant, 
but  virtuous  man,  with  free  Icve  pro- 
clivities, preaching  his  own  concep- 
tions for  the  gospel,  but  this  last  effort 
to  prevent  an  investigation  in  his  church 
is  against  both  him  and  his  people, 
If  he  is  innocent,  an  investigation 
would  vindicate  his  character  and  con- 
demn the  guilty.     If  he    is   not   inno- 


lafev 


m  the  families  of  his  congregation. 

alluded  by  name  to  a  woman,  i 
vidow,  whose  husband's  death  you  did 
iot  doubt  was  hastened  by  his  knowl 
dge  that  Mr.  Beecher  had  maiutainei 
nth  her  an  improper  intimacy. 


Tbbi 


i  Tim 


The  Mr.  Oliver  Johnson  here  s 
',  is  a  man  of  business  qualitisi 
verrtaiil"  writer.  He  does  not  profuse 
i  hold  the  views  of  evangelical  Ch 
ana;  and  be  is  now  the  office  editor 
t.  Beecher'a  paper,  Tlie  Christ* 
hiion.  What  does  such  a  fact  mei 
i  be  bribed  to  keep  a  secret) 


r  these 


do  I 


from    Mrs.    Woodhull,   but  from   c 
I  statements  would  be  credited 

Othersubject?.  The  subterfuge  nought 
9  accomplished  by  the  name  oi 
ihulf  is  transparent.  Besides,  i 
Woodhull  is  the  Satan  in  this  case 
Beecher  knew  her  character  ter 
i  ago  as  well  as  he  does    to-day. 


<  be 


thei 


3  now.  Yet  Mr. 
Beecher  then  and  subsequently  ex- 
es with  her;  and  his  sisters 
nd  Mrs.  Hooker,  (not  Mre. 
orded  her  their  friendship 
publicly  and  of  course  privately.  This 
attempt  to  vilify  a  character  that  they 
fellowsbipped,  knowiug  it  to  be 
then  what  it   is  now,  is  suspicious  and 

But  haviug  nothing  to  do  in  this  pa- 
>er  with  the  harlot,  look  again  at  some 
further  testimony  from  Theodore  Tilton, 
editor  of  the  Golden  Age.  In  an  edi- 
torial in  regard  to  a  new  volume  of  Mr. 
eecher's  sermons,  Tilton  speaks  thus: 
To  think  one  thing  and  say  another; 
>  hold  one  philosophy  in  public  and 
another  in  private ;  to  offer  one  morali- 
j  multitude  and  keep  another 
self   is   a   degredation    to  no 


blast  upon  nothing  t 

n.  Nevertheless  ihe: 
much  in  these  pages  showing 

or  frequently  forgets  tb 
priest, and  remembers  thai  he 


uui;,    happy   I 


noble 


what  God  can  do  in  making   a   human 

being  with  h plentiful  lack  of  coneoienci 

and  courage,  but  with   an   overflowing 

Inees  ol  fancy  and  wit" 

This  is  the  testimony,   and  these  the 

roonal  views  of   Mr.  Bowen  and  Mr. 

Tilton— two  men   who  ought  to  know 

Mr.  Beecher  better  than  any  other  men 


j  bade 


This 


ups    mig I, 


he  expected,  as  many  of  his  church, 
well  as  those  who  hear  him  as  a  lecture 
are  persons  drawn  by  the  brilliant  an 
bad,  rather  than  the  better  sides  of  h 
character.  R.  L.   L. 


He  formers. 

The  servant  of  the  living  God; 
ed  by  heavenly  impulses,  warmed  by 
love,  emanating  from  the  great  throb- 
hing,  glowing,  bleeding,  heart  of  Ji 
bus;  moved  bv  acompassion  kindred  t 
that  which  gave  up  heaven,  and  cart 
to  earth,  which  laid  aside  glory  an 
''endured  the  cross,  despising  the 
shame";  he  looks  upon  the  m 
of  humanity  with  a  tear  for 
pang;  and  while,  like  the  great  and 
good  physician  he  uses  every  i 
,llay  the  sufferings  of  the  victi 
iression,  he  remembers  that  tin 
permanent  relief   lies  in  the  removal  of 

d  all-absorbed  in  his  great  work 
forgetful  of  self,  engrossed  with  thi 
terebtsofmen  who  villify  and  calum 
ate  his  name,  he  labors  and  weeps 
d  prays  for  the  society  that  ostracise: 
m  as  a  monomaniac;  white  with 
jwb    like  thei  bolts  of  God,  he    th 

roiig.  Such  men  now  live  and  act.  Not 
aoug  Ihe  fawning  multitudes  of  over 
eased,  over-fed aud  over-honored  ser 
nts  of  the  times:  you  will  not  find 
em  there.  '-They  win  hard  fare  ami 
,rd  toil.  They  lay  up  shame  and  oblo- 
y.  Theirs  is  tbe  most  painful  of 
trlyrdoma.      Racks  and    fa^ols 


Kniiuiiciutloiis. 


Mm 


of  adheri 
those  of  my  friends  and  acquaintance 
whom  as  men  I  value  and  esteem;  but 
tho  demands  of  duly  are  imperious, 
and  they  must  be  obeyed.  If  they  are 
still  hoodwiuked  and  held  fast  by  a 
cable-tow,  I  pity  them,  but  for  myself 
I  must  abandon  an  institution  which 
its  warmest  friends  and  ablest  advocates 
cannot  defend  from  the  foul  stain  of 
imposture,  infidelity  and  murder. 

The  secret  abominations  of  the  or- 
der are  confirmed  by  thousands  of  Ihe 
most  unexceptionable  witness;  they 
cannot  be  wiped  away  in  this  enlight- 
ened age  by  the  stale  argument  that 
Washington,  Lafayette  and  others  of 
high  standing  in  soe'ely  were  Masons, 
which  indeed,  is  about  all  that  can  be 
advanced  by  adhering  Masons  in  this 
region  in  justification  of  their  infatuated 
conduct, 

I  was  initialed  and  raised  to  what 
wretched  abuse  of  language)  is 
the  sublime  degree  of  Master 
Mason  in  King  David's  Lodge,  Taun- 
ton, in  1826.  Tbe  great  advantages 
which  I  was  enticed  to  believe  would 
result  from  my  sonnection  with  the  or- 
der have  proved  vain  and  illusory. 
Language  would  fail  to  express  the  do- 


(bys 


ich  In 


feel  for 


raft  t 


i  God,- 


gers,  but  swift.  .  .  .  But  I 
putiun  of  a  long  life  of  neglect,  a 
■n,  and  obloquy,  and  shame,  a 
it,  and  desertion  by  false  friends 
blameless,  though  blamed,  cut 
u  human  sympathy;  that  is  I 
tyrdom  of  to-day.  I  shed 
s  for  such  martyrs.  I  shout  wb 
e  one;  I  take  courage  and  tha 
God  for    the  real    saints  and    propb 


of  tod 


Another  generation  will  b?  proud  of 
ieir  history  and  erect  monuments  to 
ieir  memory.  They  are  the  Elijahs, 
ie  John  Baptists,  the  Luthers  of  the 
re.  J.    T.  Kkioinb. 


are  graci 


j  apt  I 


the  other 


and    teaches  us  self  knowledge, 
isperhy  we  often  slide  into  a  spirii 
formity  to  the    world  almost  im- 
perceptibly.      Many    a    Christian  whr 
is  stood  bis  ground  boldly  against  thi 
>wna  and  persecutions  of  the  world, 
d   pased  through    deep    affliction  ir 
safety,  has   been  won    by  its  smiles  in 
time  of  prosperity,  and  brought  ei 
to  deny   Win  Lord,  or  has  Mink  ind 
ate  of   deadneas  and  lukewarmnesa 
of  soul. 


tulion  which  binds  a  man  by  the  most 
shocking  and  barbarous  penalties  to 
conceal  all  the  crimes  of  a  brother 
Master  Mason,  if  committed  to  him  as 
a  secret,  "except  murder  and  treason," 
and  even  allows  him  to  keep  these  se- 
cret if  he  pleases,  without  exposing 
himself  to  the  disapprobation  or  cen- 
sure of  the  order.  In  this  oath  MaBon- 
rv  arrays  itself  in  perfect  hostility  to 
all  morality,  religion  and  government, 
I  should  have  retired  silently  had  1 
no'  feh  myself  bound  in  duty  to  add 
my  testimony  to  the  truth  of  the  dis- 
closure mnde  by  William  Morgan  and 
otheis,  as  to  tbe  degrees  I  have  taken. 
The  charge  of  perjury  heaped  on  se- 
so  liberally  by  that  or- 
igly  boaatB  of  its  chari- 
tu.lv  tatiilieil  is  entirely 
void  of  that  charity  which  "seeketh 
not  her  own;  is  not  easily  provoked; 
thinketh  no  evil;  rejoice  th  not  in  iniqu- 
ity, but  rejoiceth  in  the  truth,")  brings 
no  trouble  to  my  conscience.  I  fully 
believe  the  oaths  fo  be  unlawful  and 
impiouB,  and  renounce  forever  their  ob- 


i'-'iloi(;    Mn: 

der  th; 
ty(wb: 


1  alle&rian 
Uution  of  Speculative 
Berkley,  May  18th,  18 


ir,  piti 


ublish 


of  Freemason- 
n  personally  acquainted  with 
of  that  order.  1  do  consider 
ution,  not  only  highly  pernic- 
a  republican  nation,  but  its 
oaths  and  practices  very  obscene  in  the 
ight  of  the  Searchar  of  hearts.  1  have 
leard  thirty  or  forty  Masons  conversing 
n  a  lodge, exult  in  tbeexploitsof  'right 
torshiptul'  brethren  in  executine  their 
inme/oifu]  penalties  on  the  unfortunate 
Vm.  Morgan.  Though  they  were  not 
ye-witnesses  of  the  murder,  yet  they 
xpressed  no  manner  of  doubt,  but  a 
legree  of  demoniac  salistactiou  to  think 
hat  it  was  done  by  brother  Masons  in 
onseqiience  of  ihe  exposition o£  ihese- 
relB  of  the  order.  As  for  myself,  for 
wo  years  past  I  have  not  considered 
ny  Matonic  obligation  binding  upon 
ae;  neither  do  1  owe  any  friendship  or 
allegimice  to    that  fraternity. 

Yours,  B.  M.  Sutra. 

Tyre,  May  3.  1831. 

No  Masonic  lodges  are  permitted  in 
lusaia.  Years  ago  they  were  suppos- 
ed by  tho  Czar,  and  all  lodge  furniture 
nd  insignia  of  Russian  Freemasons 
rere  seized  and  deposited  in  the  pub- 
ic library  at.  Moscow. together  with  such 
archives  as  were  obtained.  M.  Pypian, 
learned  student  of  Russian  history, 
IS  just  published  an 
i  found  in  the  mu 
,le  ol  '-Materials  fo: 
Masonic  lodges. — R6j 

Heaven  and  earth  t 
and  we  who  believe  shall  be  all  togeth' 
company. 


hat 


-'-IlloVed. 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  DECEMBER  4,  1873 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 


Chicago,  Ihursdaj,  Deo. 


IV-.IH,     -."'is.  .1.  ■(!(..   I. i,i  no   rr.r.lt  'lnc*J£°=  °£ 


men  and  women — whose  subecripli 
expire  before  January    1st,  1874;  will 
you  not    be  prompt  to   renew    and  1 
ready  for  a  nay  bappy  New  Year! 

IM1IAWIAKS,  PLEASE  BEAD  I 

Friends  and  Fellow- Helpers  in  the 
Truth: — For  eight  months  1  have  been 
engaged  ae  your  Stale  Agent 
Lecturer,  and  God  ban  bleaaed  our 
laborB   with  a  degree   of  success  truly 

ally  organized.  A  good  State  Aasocia 
tion  haB  just  been  organized,  and  t 
number  of  counties  will  be  organized 
this  fall  and  winter.  Calls  for  lectur- 
ers come  in  from  different  parts  of  the 
atate,  too  numerous  to  be  supplied  by 


roulded  about  refunding  tl 
here  are  others  who  succeed  up"U  oth- 
r  plans.  2nd,  Suppose  now,  brethren, 
hat  each  one  who  reads  this  letter 
lake  this  a  mailer  of  study,  prayer 
nd  effort.  Cannot  each  one  get  at 
east  one  new  subscriber  by  the  1st  of 
January!  What  say  you?  That  would 
»kenine  hundred  and  forty!  How 
my  of  you  will  pray  about  this  he- 
re youretire  to-night!  Will  you!  God 
11  help  Ub    in    this    matter.      Lei  us 


t itb  every  madcap  schei 


;that 


the 


Is  this  endamagement 

i)  spirits  which  inhabit  false  worships, 

ihe  Holy  Spirit  inhabits    the    true! 

We  know  that  the  results  are    precisely 

ipposite  and  antagonistic 


God  grant  us  s 

for  Jesus  sake  I  A 

Your  servant  i 


work, 


TDK  BEKCIIER  CASE. 

"The  Church  of  the  PilgrimB"  and 
"Clinton  Avenue  Church"  (Congrega- 
tional) ol  Brooklyn,  have  appointee 
commilteeB  to  confer  with  the  Ply 
mouth  Church  (H.  W.  Beecher's)  or 
their  suppressing  all  invalidations  o 
the  scandalB  charged  on  their  pastor. 
The  oharges  of  Blander  were  made  by 
W.  F.  West  against  Theodore  Tilton 
who  had  stated  that  Beecber  was  guilty 
.dultery  with  his  (Tilton's)  wife  and 


and  advancing 
would  realize  th 
we  labor  and  pra 
Our  zeal  must  nc 
cool.     We  must 


sidly.     But   if 


r  thee 


twith 


the  G-od  of  battles; 
a  say,  "Thanks  be  un- 
lo  God  who  givetb  ub  the  victory 
through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ."     The 

experiences  of  the  past,  its  disappoint- 
ments, failures,  errors,  (sometimes  per- 


o  drop  Tilton's  name  from  the   church 
Congregatio 
his   speech 
ported  in  the  New  York  Tribune: 

■quence  of  and  through  my 
nfluence,  we  adopted  apolicy  the  verj 
icking  for  rules;  for  when 

leged  that  persons  had  gone  wrong 
looked  into,  and  the  can 
turned  out  to  be  a  case  that  would  tun 
the  church  from  its  great  gospel  work 
the  E. 


iragem 


of  the 


its  victories,  with  the  modi 
achievmenl  should  all  aid  us  in  tl 
exigencies  of  the  present  and  filluri 
In  the  brief  past  1  have  been  permitte 
lo  form  a  personal  acquaint auce  wit 
many  of  you 


r  tablei 


,  and  mingle  i 
be    forgotten 


Alio 


oft 


rblci 


Brothers  and  sisters,  the  c 
against  whom  we  battle  is  subtle 
we  must  enter  the  conflict  in  the 
armor  of  God-  God  has  blessi 
with  miny  facilities  for  diffusing  light 
in  the  midst  of  existing  darkness;  i 
darkness  caunot  endure  light,  just 
proportion,  therefore,  as  you  and  I 
successful  in  introducing  the  sunlij 
of  God's  blessed  truth,  darkness  i 
error  will  be  dispelled. 

What  means  can  we  best  use  to  ] 
mote  this  object!     Perhaps    no  me 


an  agent  as  the  Oywjsu; 
agent  by  which  moat  of  i 
caused  to  see  clearly  on 
and  by  which  we  trust  thousands  wil 
still  be  led  to  the  truth.  This  move 
ment  depends  for  its  success  upon  toe 
Cynosure  more  ihtin  upon  any  othei 
human  agency.  How  important  tha 
it  be  sustained  by  the  friends  of  Zion 
Many  of  you  already  take  the  Teles- 
cope, American  Wesleyan,  Free  Meth 
odist,  etc.  All  these  are  fearless  ad- 
vocates of  the  truth,  and  ought 
on  the  table  by  .he  aide  of  tin 
nosure.      But    they  ought   not 


Wh 


(In, 


.  Beecher  succeeded  i 
^■ligation,  and  carrying 


suppre 


gam  i 


iagai 


3  the 


and  advised  him  to  quietly 
from  the  church,  from  au  in 
that  would  be  painful 


ethod 


Congregational 


g.  nay, 


up  of  the  Lord  and  the  cup  of  devils;' 
*-  "eat  of  the  Lord's  table  and  the  table 
if  devils."  Manville,  a  chaplain  ol 
CharleB  II.,  in  his  book  on  "witches,1 
calls  the  influence  of  incantationB  e 
'devilish  magnetism."  The  Bible  calls  b 
■'  blinding  of  ihe  mind. "  But  whatevei 
:  bo  we  know  that  it  resembles,  in  in 
fleets,  the  charm   by  which    serpent* 


mllo< 


Thb 


,byt 


2  Of  I 


iheir  proceedings  and  mode 
i.  The  professors  will  find 
secrecy  to  be  a  beast  of  a  different  kind 
from  that  of  their  thinking.  Such  curbs 
rightly  used   would    choke  it  to  death , 


they   will 


live; 


This 

conduct 
Church  like  this." 

e    sinks    the    Plymouth 

han  any   other    humau 

vilized,  or   eavage.     No 

troop  of  brigands  could 

without  some    amenability 

where  a  criminal  had  nolh- 

do  but   'withdraw,'  after  attack- 


long  eubai 


But  this 


i.<  m pi  ■■ 


,les  of  Scripture  and 
discipline  ia  nothing 
w  in  that  person  and  place.  Can  it 
that  the  author  of  such  sentiments 
to  continue  to  tench  young  miuisWb 
the  New  Haven  Theological  Sem/ma- 
!  If  so  the  New  England  churches 
have  fallen  indeed. 


■.  Hall  joined  with 
in  excluding  testimony  against 
orders  from  the  Evangelical 

liance.  The  Christian  Shd./.-nimn 
of  his  reason:  "Dr.  Hall's  point  ii 
fense  of  the  action  of  the  Evangi 
Alliance  in  refusing  to  receive  a  brief 
paper  on  secret  societies,  that  in  every 
scientific  congress  there  are  many  rr 

views,  and   who  cannot  be  gratified, 
not  well  taken.     The    Conference  i 
not  asked  to  endorse  the  Anti-secret  i 
aoeiadon,  but  to  hear  a  brief 
of  its  case.     That  scientific-  body  would 
be  Btrangely   inhospitable    who  would 
refuse  to  hear  a  brief  stale  ment  of  any 
scientific  theory,  even  though  different 
from  the  views  generally  entertained." 
The  Watchman  and    Bejlector,  Bos- 
ton, has  a  good  notice  of  the  presenta- 
tion of  the  anti-lodge  reform   by  Prof. 
Blanchard.   Bro.  D.  F.Newton  of  New 
York  writing  to  a  gentleman  in  this  state 
says  of  the  same  occasion : — "There  was 
something  truly  majestic,  grand,  in  his 
standing  up  boldly  in  the  presence  of  a 
numerous  assembly,  before    the  great 
divines  of  the    world  and  pleading 
in  opportunity  to  open  his  lips  for 
Master,  the  Lord  Jesus;  in  opposin 

imph  of  the  gospel  than  any  other,  j 
taps,  on  the  globe.  But  juat  as  I  expect- 
id,  the  gag  was  placed  upon  his  lip; 
I  say,  noble,  grand  1  in  standing  up 
thus;  from  the  fact  that  he  was  Ihe 
nly  one  present  that  had  the  moral 
)urage  to  speak  thus  for  truth  and 
nd  righteousness,  The  Lord  be  prais- 
I.      My  soul  rejoiced  in  witnessing  it.1 


Why  not  take  a  better  way!  The 
Freshman  class  numbers  143  professing 
church  members,  110  of  whom  belong 
to  evangelical  denominations,  and  sii 
iin-  ll-jiiiauisls  leaving  only  eleven  hav 
"rag  no  ehurub  relation.  If  these  fig- 
power  in  this  class  to  effectually  banish 
eecrecy  from  its  rank",  and  so  fur  an 
indefinite  period  from  the 
through  them! 

— Expositions  are  popular 
lodge  makes  stock  out  of  thci 
art  fair  was  held  last  week  ( 
burg  in  this  state  by  ihe  Free 
The  reports  fail  to  show  great 
or  fine  exhibition  or  profitable 
but  it  answered  for 
ment   of    the  orde 


adv. 


SECRET   TEHPEBAMCE  SOCIETIES 

i  it  not  melancholy  to  look  overtb 
eat  temperance  department  in  a  p: 
like  the  New  York  Witness,  an 
how  the  secrel    terupeiance    orde: 


simple  Christianity  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment turned  it  into  popery.  These  or- 
ders odd  nothing  more  or  less  to  tem- 
perance. And  will  that  which  sunli 
Christianity  save  the  temperance  cause! 
The  frivolity  of  the  gewgaws  and  trin- 
kets and  titles, such  as'GrandWorthyPa 


,rn  by  IC 
would,  i 


ulda 


lold  i 


,  whoi 


faying 


dayi 


I  beard 
white  for  beavt 
since:  "Rathe 
Cynosure,  I  would  take  my  axe  in  tbeae 
old  trembling  hands  and  chop  cord 
wood  to  pay  for  it."  How  many  of  us 
would  b<-  willing  to  do  Ibis  ? 

Important  as  the  Cynosure  is  to  the 
cause,  there  are  only  about  four  hun- 
dred and  twenty  copies  read  in  this 
state;  or,   on    average,    about  five  for 


uty! 


!  Let  us  put 


Indiana  Is  Sure  of  Victory. 
How  shall  we  get  them!  Suppi 
you  allow  me  u  few  suggestions:  I 
Home  of  you,  (Father  Leuty,  Absal 
Ballard  with  many  others),  have  b* 
Liking  special  pains  to  get  subscribe 
Brother  Ballard  takes  this  plan: 
teL'a  the  people  if  they  will 
paper  and  at  the  end  of  three 
arc  dissatisfied,  he  will  lake  i 
hands  and  refund  the  money, 
ceeds  in  gelling  a  good  many, 


■..II- 


ut  all  sensible  Oh 
rn  from    th 
surely   do  so 


hidin 


lelfinall  such 


ad  r-lig 

■   feti-ll  o 


rith  holy 


ous  baubles.  Indeed. 
all  nations  Ihe  m  >re  trivial  the  obj 
it  the  stronger  the  supers  tit 
iel  O'Connell  crossed  himsell 
water,  and  al  death  had  his  h 
Rome.  If  a  stupendous  inl 
his  was  enchanted  by  trifli 
lemptible  it  is  no  marvel  that  ordinary 
men  should  be  found  willing  to  treai 
the  weekly  bark-mill  round  of  tin 
solemn  inanities  of  the  lodge.  And  a 
the  habit  of  drunkenness,  once  in  a  man 
never  can  be  got  quite  out  of  him,  s 
but  that  a  single  glass  of  liquor  wi! 
plunge  him  into  inebriation,  which  i 
took  years  of  tippling  to  brir.g  him  t 
at  the  first,  so  when  a  man  has  one 
gone  through  these  necrel  rites,  ther 
is  something  in  him  ever  afterwar 
which  is  not  in  other  men.  There  is 
hankering  for  repetition, when  tbetim 
cornea  round,  precisely  analogous  t 
that  which  takes   the   drunkard  to  hi 


NOTES. 

Bro.  Kiggins  gives  the  word 
diana  and  there  is  no  doubt  bia  I 
thuBiasm  and  industry  will  a 
plish  the  object  of  his  appeal.     A  grand 

give  the  Cynosure  a  list  not  to  be 
ihamed  of.  Is  there  another  state  to 
nulate  the  effort  in  Indiana! 
— Some  of  our  friends  have  au  excel- 
nt  opportunity  of  advancing  the 
mse  against  the  lodge  by  publishing 
rief  renunciations  like  those  in  the 
ihimn  of '40  YenrsAgo.'  Consider  the 
latter  brethren  (we  could  call  many  of 
au  by  name),  and  remember  the  Cy- 
OSWe  i6  always  open  to  you. 
—We  publish  the  call  for  the  annu- 
.  convention  for  securing  the  Relig- 
iiia  Amendment.     In  several    respects 


— In  the  same  line  the  Keystone  of 
Philadelphia  calls  upon  Freemaso 

of    1870  in    the    following     pon 


part.     While  it   i 

general  rule  the  craft 

remony  in  which 


the  Grand  Master  of  Masons  may  call 
the  fraternity  at  large  to  parlici 
u  the    national  rejoicing.      If   h 

does,  then  the  junior    wardens  whom 
uw  will   be  the    worshipful 

Masters  who  will  then  add  luster,  or 
i  shadow,  over  the  good  name  and 
of  Freemasons  generally,  in    the 

eyes  of  the  whole  world," 

—The  Nebraska   Conference   of  the 

United  brethren  in  Christ  is   taking  a 

faithful  course  with  the  self-styled  new 

organ  of  that  denomination.  This  body, 

held  at  Pleasant  Hill,    Nebraska,    Oct. 

30tb,   Bishop     Olosbrenner   presiding. 

passed    the  following  straight- for  ward 

WhkrbaB,  We  believe  the  United 
Brethren  Tribune,  now  published  at 
Hftirisburg,  Pennsylvania,  to  be  in  op- 
position to  the   pure  principles   of  our 


ghty  God  and  his   I 
National  Associate 


Chri 


rce  of  i 

Ruler,  and 


■  Lh.„ 


i  Bible 


Che  -upreme  rule  ot 

ndlcato  that  this   is   a  Christian 
I,  and  place   all   Christian  laws, 

ble  legal  bans  in  the  fundamental  law 
of  the   laud.     Thia  Association  invites 

ment,  without  distinction  of  party  or 
creed ,  to  meet  in  Library  Hall,  Pitts- 
burg, on  Wednesday,  Feb.  4-tb,  18/4, 
at  2  o'clock,  P.M. 

All  such  citizena,  to  whose  notice 
this  call  may  he  brought,  are  requested 
lo  hold  meetings,  and  appoint  delegates 
to  the  Convention.. 

Felix  R.  Bbunoi 
/'rriiiilviit  <>!' thr  Xnti-itfil  Axs»<-i<tf, 


,  joyful    with 


really."  saying,  "Surely  these  things 
lust  be  true."  And  eome  who  had 
een  in  the  lodge  uud  knew,  responded, 

On  Saturday  evening  1  spoke  again 
i  the  Good  Templar's  Hall,  as  the 
church  was  in  use.  The  audience  was 
arge,  very  many  not  being  able  to  gut 
nto  the  hall,  Some  attempts  were 
nade  to  disturb  the  meeting,  but  upon 
the  whole  the  attention  was  good,  and 
.liihel  it."  who  came  to  make  .troub- 
(reshamfully  defeated.  One  man, 
(yclept  'Judge'  Newman,)  who  has 
ipreseutative  of  his  county,  but 
now  is  thought  to  represent  the  cause 
of  aecrecy  and  'forty-rod  whiskey,' 
nuch  desired  me  to  be  ■  Hiram,' 
while  he  acted  'Jubeluin.'  He  a  wore 
(as 


Tiik  Et*n  o 

band.  1879  is  settling  affairs  for 
departure  and  muat  band  over  to 
son,  1874,  a  clean  balance  sheet, 
several  hundred  friends,  make  l 
publisher  happy  and  yours 


mding  o 


l  lie    'doll.il 


News  of  our   Worta 


this  refon 


elatiyi 


i  of  the   Lord 


but  chiefly  that  the 
Jesus  Christ,  which  is  wanting  in  the 
Constitution's  purposely,  witbbutfew 
exceptions,  cast  out  of  the  secret  broth- 
erhoods. They  will  not  and  cannot  be 
friendly  with  the  object  of  the  National 
Reform  Association. 

— A   letter  from  the  Genern!  Agent 

changes  in  his  appointments.  From  St. 
Charles,  Minn,  he  goes  southland  np*"iulh 
next  Sabbath  at  Root  River.  The 
weather  has  been  stormy  and  cold  of 
iate  in  Minn 
fere  with  the  b 
th-  work  there 


which  i 

iccessful  prosed 


TheiirLirl,- 


■  first  p 


!  thai 


know.   The   worshipper  at  false  sbr'un 


through  his  brain,  prepares  bin 


most  of  our  readers  and  as  fearful  as 
new.  Truly  the  Lord  will  brine  to 
light  these  "hidden  things  of  dark- 
ness" and  rebuke  hypocrisy, 

—The  Illinois  State   Farmer's   Asso- 
ciation wants  to  shelter  under  its  pat- 
ronizing wing    all  sorts  of  secret  orders 
which  have  grown  like  parasites,  around 
the  sturdy  trunk  of  trade  and  industry. 
Reside  the  granges, 
of  all  kind-;  Hre  invited  to  be  represi 
ed  at  its  next  meeting  at    Decatur, 
I  be  uncanny  brood  will  need    more 
tentlon  lo  settle  private  questions  I 
for  those  of  serious  nature. 

— The  journalistic  views  on  secret 
ders  on  our  first  page  should  be  m 
ed  and  read.  The  faculty  at  Cor 
have  adopted  a  series  ol  strange  r 
lulions  which  place    the  fraterniliet 


nigral 


ubject  of  Becrecy 


land  by  the  article 
lecting  secret  socie- 
t  in  favor  of  grang- 


e  people  of  the  United  States  an 
awakening  to  the  fact  that  the  Nation 
al  Constitution  is  destitute  of  any  ex 
plif  it  acknowledgement  of  God  or  tin 
Christian  religion.  Although  it  is  th' 
fundamental  law  of  a  great  Cbristiai 
people,  its  want  of  a  distinct  Cbristiai 
character  has  led  even  such  men  a 
Dr.     Woolsey,    Ex-President  of    Yal 


e  that  i 


uld  net 


a  Mobai 


i  of   the    friends 


jut  a  strange 
b  an  indisputable  fact  that  o 
ment  is,  and  always  has  beei 
stered  in  connection  with  t 
Lian  religion ;    that  many   of 

ively  Chrii 


is  yet  m-nnlained 
admitted  on  the  o 
lilution,  with    wb 

Christian  than    Mo 

icy.  lone  a  matter  of 


iBBUcceBBfully.against  the  Chri 
stitulions  of  our  nation.  It 
ie  basis  of  the  most  dangeroi 
i  on  the  use  of  the  Bible  in  th 
ii  schools.  Sabbath  laws,  public 
■nd  thanksgivings,  prays i 
ss  and  State  Legislatures, 
r  similar  features  of  our  national 


the  i 


.hall    i 


j  the 


,izena:      Hot 

1  Consistency 


Shall  we  prove  faithh 
lance  bequeathed  to 
fathers,  and  permitoi 
to  be  overthrown  on  the  ground  Ihnt 
they  are  opposed  to  the  Constitution! 
Are  these  limeB  of  political  corruption, 
linaiirml  ilisusl'-r,  pestilence  and  want, 
times  for  us,  as  a  naiion,  to  depart  far 
Iher  from  God !  Shall  we  not  rather 
faithful  lo  our  trust    as  Christian    cili 


.  Mat 


1  by  bad 


and 


thrc 

terously,  told  what  he  could  and 
lefence  of  his  glorious  pric 

I  bad  challenged  contradiction  (. 

discussion,  but  be  was  more  i 
)  'bully,'  than  lo  argue,  so  he 
is  time.'  I  don't  know  bm  th' 
ould  have  been  mean  enough 
iolence  had  he  not  been  kept 
y  the  friends.  There  was  a 
gang'  from  Cambridge  at  his  b 
'hose  eyes  Ihe  spirit  of  munlei 
ut  clearly. 
On  Sabbath  morning  I  attend 


r.)    and 


iMai 


with  t 


.ended  by  a  Hev.  Booth, 
I  asked  the 
;as  granted  ;— 


In  Fayette  ,-ounty  we  had  some  very 
teresting  meetings,  at  Bentonville 
i  the  Oth  and  6th, and  on  Sabbath  the 
h  inat.  Also  al  the  same  place  on 
onday  eve,  and  Wednesday  the  12th. 
n  Friday  eve.,  the  7th,  we  had  quite 
i  inlerealing,  and  I  hope,  profitable 
eeliDg  at  Harriahurg  in  the  Christian 
lurch.  Stayed  with  brotherHoney  well, 
id  his  very  excellent  family.  Bro.  H. 
na  done  a  great  deal  in  sowing  the 
Dod  seed  in  that  vicinity.  I  ahallnev- 
■  forget  the  kindness  I  received  in 
leir  pleasant  home.  Bro.  Kelley  lives 
ear  them,  and  is  beginning  lo  be  well 
□  own  by  the  friends  of  this  oai 


liberality.  He  is  oi 
laliae  that  it  require 
>n  any  reform,  and  t 
i  to  this  work.  He  1 
eral  hundred  dollai 
a,  rind  papei 


Ma 


uudrt 


They  were  all  present, 
privilege  of  announcing  a 
for  the  afternoon,  which  v 
butl  was  right  there, in  t 

the 

fore  the  sound   of   'Amen,'  had  fairly 

way.     And  the   old 

eated  me  so    had  ne' 

ne.     But  auch   ia    tl 

ry.     In  the  afternoon  I  preached 

>urse  from  Eph.  5.11,12,  to  I 
large  and  interested  audience,  and  tbui 
my  work  ended  in  Mi  lion.  Many  friend: 
of  this  cause  live  in  Milton,  among 
whom  I  may  speak  of  Mr,  J,  H. 
Richard  Hubbard,  Joshua  Izc 
Bro.  Odell,  as  being  good  strai 
o  dare  to  Bpeak  o 


rculat 


I  the 


this  quiet  way  accomplishes  a 
work.  May  God  bleia  him  and  prt 
him    loug.     to   engage  in    this 

Arrangements  were  made  will 
commissioners  to  have  the  use  of  the 
court-house  in  Connorsville  for  a  lecture 
on  Saturday    evening,  the   8th;   but, 


the  sherif  gone, 
pointed  many,   si 


ened.      This  din 


the 


tings 


had 


been    announced  through    the  county 
papers,  and  a  large  audience   gathered 
to  find  that   Freemaaonry  had    loci 
their  own  properly  against  them,   f 
that  against   the  orders    of  the   Ie 
authorities.     And   yet  Mr,    Broadii 
semi-politiciau,  now  ihe  represents! 
of  lhat  county,    was  bo  profoundly 
the  dark  that  he  could  not  see  wher 
Masonry  affects  political  mattersi  How 
long  shall  a  free  people  submit  to  such 
outrages  as  this!     Will    the    people  oi 
Fayette  counly  eupport  a  man  for  offict 
who  can   see  nothing    wrong  in    this, 
and  similar  transactions  of  lodge  power 
irtbeydo  they   deserve  nothing   bet- 
While  at  Bentonville    I  stayed    witb 
Edmond  Wilson,    a  well-to-do    farmer, 
a  Christian   and  one    of  your    radical 
Anti-maaous.        He   very     kindly    took 
Milton, 
a  Wed- 


■irrm-r, 


,  the    12th, 


dience.  Here  Ihe  Masons  and  Odd 
fellows  each  have  a  'lodge;'  and  wbei 
Bro.  Finite  announced  our  meetings, 
tboy  boasted  of  the  '  fun'  they  would 
have,  saying  many  of  them,  that  they 
should  come  out  in  their  regalia.  An. 
indeed  several  wore  their  badges.  B 
they  might  easily  have  been  known  wit 
out  badges  before  1  was  through.  F 
those  very  men  who  came  for  "fun. 
On    Thursday 


away  in  a   raj 
ng;i  sp'keagai 


wded. 


The  lion- 
obliged  to  stand  in  the  isles.  I  jjav< 
the  first  degree  in  Masonry,  and  th< 
initiation  in  Odd-fellowship,  and  in  con 
elusion  challenged  contradiction,  bu 
they  "answered  never  a  word,"  inso 
much    thai ''all    the  people    marvelei 


see  it,  but  fly  to  the  res- 
ucb-abused  institutions  of 
i,   the  institution  that  will 

better  than  the  Christian 
;  benevolent  and  charitable! 
ave  any  other  agency  for 
!  more  complule  than    this 

H.   C.    Stouuhton. 


WISCONSIN. 

The  Work  in  Various  1'lncos. 

foH  du  Lac,  Wis.,  Nov.  22d,  18YS. 

DkahBro.  KKLLOOo:-The  battle  slill 
;oes  on  with  varying  success.  I  was 
inable  to  gel  a  hearing  at  Randolph, 
iut  in  the  town  of  Westford  I  found  a 
hurch  where  I  leaured  and  preached 
on  the  Sabbath  to  appreciative  congre- 
Our  good  brother,  Samuel 
s  a  bright  light  in  that  com- 
Frora  there  I  wentlo  Beavor 
found  it  impossible  to  get  a 
even  in  the  Free  Mothodist 
though  the  pastor  gave  me  bis 
sympathy  and  seemed  anxious  to  have 
e    lecture. 

From  there  1  went  to  Waupun, 
nen,  shutout  from  the  churches,  we 
nted  a  hall  and  had  a  good  coug rega- 
in composed  largely  of  Masons  and 
Odd-fellows.  Good  attention  was  paid 
good  was  accomplished, 
sre  I  came  to  Oakfield  and 
gemenla  for  lectures  on  Mon- 
day and  Tuesday  uext  I  then  came 
rented  a  hall  and  spoke  laateven- 
We  had  a  pretty  good  audience, 
are  much  disturbed  by    rowdies, 


female 


they  meet  I 
Mr.  J.  F.  Slocum  has  been  (or  years  es- 
pecially active  and  earnest.  One  good 
brother,  who  is  a  seceding  Masou  gave 
in  his  public  testimony  to  the  truth  of 
the  revelations  of  Masonry  and  bade  me 
i  uio3t  earnest  Godspecd^in  my  work. 
The  Congregational  pastor  was  the  on- 
ly one  of  the  ministers  who  gave  me  a 
hearing.      But  the  Lord  is  ut  work  liete 

Youtb  for  ChriBt, 

H.    11.  Hihhan. 


i.  Hubbard  told  i 
touching  'Hid  enc  lunging  ineiih-n 
which  he  was  an  eye 
Friend  Quakers  had  been  holding  a 
protracted  meeting,  and  the  spirit  of 
God  was  manifested  in  great  p  >wer  ,  in 
the  conversion  of  some  three  hundred 
eoule.  On  Sunday,  ihe  nth  inat.,  Mr. 
Updegraffe.  the  minister  principally  in 
charge  of  the  meeting,  announced  that 
at  a  time  named  an  opportunity  would 
be  given  for  those  who  had  given  them- 
selves wholly  to  the  Saviour  to  bring  all 
their  superfluities,  such  as  jewelry, 
fine  clothes, etc.,  and  deposit  them  on 
a  table  to  be  sold  to  assist  in  sending 
the  gospel  to  the  heathen.  When  the 
lime  arrived,  many  young  people  but 
recently  converted,  their  hearis  running 
over  with  love  for  God  and  steal  for  the 
salvation  of  souls,  came  forward  and 
placed  Iheir  gifts  gladly  upon  the  altar, 
to  the  am  uint,  it  was  said,  of  more 
than  Ihree  hundred  dollars.     Whal  was 


strangest  of  all. is  toMlorc 

ayoungman 

lauied  Benton,  a   man  of 

wealth    and 

position,    came    forward, 

bearing     a 

Knight  Templar's  uniform 

an  d  sword 

aud,  depositing  U  among 

he   gifts,  he 

said;  ''If  you  can    get  a 

nything     for 

these  lo  help  spread  the  s 

ospel   do  so 

1  have  no  more  use  for  th 

am."     Noble 

young  man  I     This  story 

give  just  a 

[  got  il  lrom  Bro.  Hubba 

d,  a  Quake 

preacher  who  wasan  eye  v, 

itneas.   Thu 

God  works  among  his   tr 

e    followers 

until  ihe    sword    is  conq 

ered  by    th 

religion  of    the   peacc-lov 

ig   Quakers 

Thank  God  for  such  viclo 

ies.andsucl 

encouragement. 

Yours  in  the  gospel,      Joi 

nT.Kkjuine 

;  iu  Stark  County. 


i  quit 


;ommunily,  especially  in  the  U, 
B.  church.  Rev.  I.  L.  Bookwolter, 
of  Western,  Iowa,  delivered  a  lecture  ir 
the  U.  B.  ohurcn  on  the  evening  of  the 
3rd  of  November;  secrecy  ihe  subject, 
He  dealt  heavy  blows  ngnmat  the  nion 
ster  evil,  showing  the  false  claims  tc 
it  antiquity,  religion,  etc.  His  ad 
dress  was  folhwed  hy  remarkfl  from 
Revs.  Stoughton,  Snyder  and  Lee,  all 
of  whom  made  some  good  remarks,  and 
were  listened  to  attentively.  May  God 
hasten  the  lime  when  not  ouly  the 
church,  but  all  lovers  of  liberty  nn( 
free  citizens  of  our  country  may  see 
the  great  and  damnable  evil  of  secrecy 


At  Wnnpun. 

Waupun,  Wis. ,  Nov.  28th,  1873. 

Dear  Cynosure:  — Vie  have  been 
favored  with  au  interesting  lecture  on 
secret  societies  from  Mr.  Hinman,  our 
atate  lecturer.     The  audience  was    not 

masons,  who,  1  believe,  fear  God  more 
than  they  fear  man;  a  few  came  from 
curiosity,  and  then  the  different  lodges 
were  quite  well  represented  hy  their 
male  members — I  notice  they  left  their 
wives  at  home.  They  listened  atten- 
tively and  respectfully,  and  no  rough, 
impudent  rowdyism  disturbed  the  meet- 
ing. I  think  as  they  looked  upon  the 
mild,  calm  face  of  that  true  missionary, 
as  he  was  faithfully  exposing  Ihe  in- 
side works  of  ihe  lodge,  they  must 
have  been  impressed  witb  the  thought 
that  he  was  truly  a  good  man,  and  lhat 
his  earnest  effort  was  intended  for  the 
good  of  all,  and  for  evil  lo  none.  When 
he  concluded  the  way  the  Masons  met 
his  invitation  to  respond  was  with  si- 
lence, unlil  a  contribution  was  men- 
tioned, in  which  they  engaged  vigor- 
ously. The  beneyolence  was  done 
rather  Masonically,  with  great  display 
and  small  coin.  1  do  not  think  there 
were  to  many  Masons  on  ihe  floor  pas- 
sing their  hats  and  rattliug  peunies  as 
the  number  of  pennies  ihey  contributed. 
But  we  overlook  the  display.  It  wan 
probably  owing  to  the  babil  of  lodge 
benevolence.  May  God  bless  ilium  for 
every  penny  they  gave,  and  lead  as 
many  of  their  members  out  from  the 
bondage  of  the  lodge  1 

One  bought  tracts  and  seat  Lens  Ihem 
promiscuously  through  the  crowd. 
Some  ol  which,  rumpled  and  crushed, 
were   caught     up    by    'Young  Amer- 


yeai 


that  1 


o  make  the  opening  prayer.  Now 
rhy  was  this  fear!  What  sunl  all  the 
Teachers  of  the  place  lo  playing  '  hide 
nd  seek'  lhat  evening!       1   would  ad- 


*  thei 


Fat  he. 


to  seek  some  secluded  spot 
Mts-inw  cmnol  find  them,  and 
on  to  the  anxioui  Seat, and  have 
Race  and  Father  Sperry  pray 
for  them,  as  they  both  had  Christian 
courage  enough  to  come  out  and  hear 
the  lecture.  But  1  would  ask  Masons, 
Is  it  reasonable,  's  it  noble,  is  it 
benevolent,    it   it   hokokablkIo  belong 


THE  CHRISTIAN  OYNOSURE  :  DECEMBER  4,  1873. 


to  a  fraternity  that  is  a  terror   to  good 
men!     Let  your   own  conscience 
ewer.     1b  it  elevating  to  emu   yourself 
thirty-three  degrees    below  a   coi 
freeman  of  this  Republic,  which  every 
Mason  does,  that  enters  the  first  de^i 
of  Masonry.      For  wheu  he  has  pasi 
through  all  the  inferior,  servile  degr- 
uf  tin1  i<"tg",  and  obtained  the   high 
round  in  the  Masonic  ladder,  he  is  ui 


.  level 


nth  . 


levei  shall,  but  tbat    it  sbi 
e  powerless  in  this  land 

Mrs.  L.  C.  Akdhkws. 


worked  liiToieiiily  in  Hie  u<\<\~i  of  diaron 
iu;eiueut  mi. I  ililli.nltv  lot  the  reform,  m 
lead  in    tliu    politi.nl    opposition    t.>  tl 

bulge  in  bi^  i-uumy  this  (nil, remarks  on  I 


s  for  I 


leado 


In  regard  to  the  n«w  reform  organ 
ization  1  consider  the  name  of  great 
importance,  It  should  be  something 
short,  definite  and  significant.  Fre 
"quent  efforts  have  been  made  to  organ 
ize  under  the  name  of  "The  People'i 
Party."     That  title    indicated    nothing 


Christian  Reform  Party'  might  indicate 
anyone  religious  syst"m  or  all  religious 
reformat  ions  combined,  embracing  such 
amultitude  of  conflicting  sentiments  as 
would  neutralize  the  cohesive  proper- 
ties and  force  of  the  party.  *The 
Working  Men's  Party,'  '  Farmer's  Par- 
ty,' 'Honest  Men's  Party,'  have  all 
proved  a  failure.  I  was  forcibly  and 
favorably  impressed  with  the  name  of 
'The  American  Party.'  It  is  true.it 
is  subjected  to  this  objection,  a  failure 
on  the  Native  American  Party.  But 
that  name  meant  that  no  man  should 
hold  office  except  native  born  citizens. 
'American  Party'  means  the  American 
form  of  government  in  contra-distt  ac- 
tion to  old  world  monarchies  and  aris- 
tocracies. 'Am^rican'imlicaies  freedom, 
equality,  democracy,  religious  freedom, 
simplicity  an  abundance  in  lieu  of  oppo- 
pression.  lords  and  serfs,  kings  and  em- 
perors, and  all  the  vile  abuses  of  the 
European  and  Asiatic  governments. 
Still  1  am  not  so  partial  towards  any 
name  that  1  cannot  work  with  friends 
who  seek  retrenchment  in  the  wild 
career  of  the  Masonic  leaders  of  the 
people  of  this  country. 

Yours  as  ever,     D.  W.  Bldbrkik. 


Notes  from  Letters. 


\  linmUyii  p^t-Til 'resin  lenan,  we  ue- 
•l'I  scmbii  joyful  in.ie  foroor  n-lmuu'. 
La>  iljueiiiore  thim  r...   take  a   ■  it) ,  for 


light  1 


I  am  in  sympathy  with  your  works. 
As  a  minister  1  have  purged  my  church 
and  laken  two  Master  Masons  from  the 
lodge.  One  by  persuasion,  the  other 
by  discipline.  May  the  Lord  prosper 
you.  Rev.  R.  T.  Wylie. 

The  following  is  of  a  different  and  sad- 
der strain.  The  |>M.}. Lei  pronounced  woe 
upon  a  lam.1  because  its  king  was  a  child; 

how  much  grciitcr  I.- 1  lie  dauber  of  i:i  church 
nhose  >piniuul  u'ui'le  is  lul.-e  to  his  God 
and  ashamed  ol  his  Saviour'*  Cross?— 

On  Sunday  forenoon,  October  26th, 
the  Presbyterian  pastor  of  this  place 
stave  up  his  usual  Sunday  service,  and 
went  to  theUniversalistchurch,  decked 
in  Masonic  apron  and  gloves;  and  there 
in  the  pulpit,  he  assisted  in  the  Uni 
verealist  funeral  services  of  the  day, 
and  marolied    in  his  Masonic   regalia  lo 


theg 


performed.  The  infidel  paper  of  this 
region,  in  reporting  iheae  facts,  says 
that  on  the  occasion  the  Universalist 
pastor  ''preached  an  old-fiahioned, 
Universalibt  doctrinal  sermon,"  saying 
that  the  deceased  had  long  been  of  that 
faith.  Referring  to  the  lodge  display 
of  the  occasion,  he  spoke  of  Masonry 
as  the ''mystic  lie  which  mellB  down 
the  tough  partition  walls  of  business, 
party  and  seel,  mul  makes  all  brothers. 
Its  emblems  arc  the  emblems  of  univer- 
sal brotherhood  and  square  dealing," 
prayed,    anG 


The   Pre-il 


made  no  sign   of  r 


doct 


i  of  t 


Mr.  Editor,  is  not  this  convincing) 
Sixteen  years  the  pastor  of  this  one 
Pretbylerian  church,  and  'hand  and 
glove'  (yes  apron  too)  with  Sunday 
Masonic  Universalism  ?  How  true  the 
thus 


labm 


.elts    down"   all    distinction.      Hi 
the  devil  are  onel    a.   n.   o. 


Qod 

An  old  veteran  in  California  rene 
his  suhwi  rip'iori  and  sends?  us  seve 
interesting  incidents.  His  is  the  ki 
of  zeal  winch  s-iiiiciilied  l,y  Christ  w 
cleanse  the  secret  lodges  from  our  lar 


i  Anti-i 


in   IVi 


aylvania;  read  on-  of  the  first  copies  of 

Bernard's  Light  on  Mt 

lished.     I    fought   slavery  while  very 

young  till  Hod  destroyed  it,  and  if  God 

Bpares  me  1  will    Masonry   till 

We  are  well   nigh   overwhelmed    with 


Masons     and     Odd-fell' 

last  election  day  I  had  a  severe  conte 
with  ex-sheriff  Hume  and  about  a  dozi 
other  high  Masons  about  a  law-suit  ? 
had  in  our  county  OOttrt.  The  Masoi 
packed  a  jury  and  took  a  mining  clai 
from  a  man  that  had  paid  taxes  on 
and  worked  it  for  over  three  years. 

the  lodge  and  had  them  in  a  high  Btorna 
of  blasphemy. 

Just    then    a     respectable    looking 
stranger  took  my  hand  and  said 
"Uncle,   you  are  the  only  man    I  have 
seen  in  the  state  that  had  the  nerve 
tell  the   truth  to  their   faces.     Stick 
them  and  you  will  win." 

1  think  the  Cynosure  is  doing  go 

town,  Masons.     I  drop  a    paper   ab( 
once  a  month  to   each  of  them   in  t 
post-office.     I  likewise  distribute  them 
among  other  neighbors. 

Sam'l  MoGinnib. 

Good  Words  and  (Jooil   Suggestion*. 

A    M.  E.    pastor  in   Kansas  gets    a 
postal  earj  notice  ,m,l  sayB: — 

say  you  hope  that  I  am  pleased 


eryoody  ought  to  he.  I  am  and  t 
7e  been  Anti-masonic.  I  ahvai 
t  Masonry 


Hi..-  Cyn- 

have    i'i/i-n 

that  Mason  _ 

that  the  world  iscursed  with 

From  away  in  Maine  friend  Manter, 
ho  has  read  the  paper  for  years,  sends 
ord:— 

"I think  the  Cynosure  [he  l>usi  religions 
■n-paperiii  the  eouiiiry.  and  1  hope  vet 
■  see  it  the  best  political  paper." 
We  hope  he  may.  It  advocates  a 
tsis  of  political  action  far  higher  than 
that  of  any  existing  party. 

Bro.  Osborn  has  taken  a  life  mem- 
bership with  the  noble  army  of  Chris- 
ians  opposed  to  the  lodge,  and  as  part 
if  that  privilege  says: — 

"  You  must  uevei  think  of  dropping'  my 
mine  from  the  list.  Though  poor.  1  shiill 
pay  my  dues." 

Bro.  Miles,  well  known  in  Pennsyl- 
anin.  thinks  there  is  something  explc- 
ve  in  our   paper  and   uses  it  accord- 

ig'y: — 

"  I  he  Mason-  have  just  planted  a  ''lodce" 
t  Gilisonhurg  1  propose  to  move  upon 
ieir  works,  by  planting  a  Cynosure  in 
ieir  midst.       I  ivnin  Uk-   p-ipcr    enlur.i:cd 

Amen  to  the  last.  Now  a  good  word 
for  an  honorable  man — a  Michigan  post 
ister.  Arrear  notice  had  been  Bent 
.1  eubscriher  who  had  removed,  but 
i  P.  M.  takes  his  place:— 


■  I  like  t 

'■•"V''"'o,,. 

worth  and  I  ' 


,  in  reauius  the   paper,    and 


The  December  number  of  the  Galaxy 
has  fatten  its  place  among  the  literary 
constellations  Its  first  article  is  a 
mewhat  severe  criticism  on  Grand 
Duke  Alexander,  "The  Future  Czar." 
Other  articles  of  interest  are:  General 
Custar's  "Life  ou  the  Plains;"  Third 
paper  of  the  review  of  Charles  Francis 
is'  memorial  address  on  the  'Late 
Wm.  H.  Seward,  by  Gideon 
Welles;  "A  Few  Words  about>ome  re- 
events;"  aad  "What  Became  of 
Louis  17th."  The  Scientific  depart 
as  usual,  is  full  and  good.  A 
shower  of  "Nebulae,"  on  American 
ideals  forms  a  fitting  close.  With  hi«h 
hopes  for  success  in  the  future,  the 
Galaxy  closes  its  sixteenth  volume. 
Sheldon  &  Co,,  677  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


Iliam  Baxter,    the   author   of  the 
la  Temperance  bill,  has  some  pecu- 
?s  as  a    public   man  wholly    to  be 
(ended.     The  people  of  Indianap- 
olis arranged    for    a  compliment    ban- 
in  view    ot    bis  temperance  luhor-, 
but    he  sturdily  refused  the    honor  in 
w  of  the  stringency  of  the  times  and 
■  necessities  of  the  poor- 


One  of    the  effects  of    the   string' 
times  in  New  York  city  is    a  large  f 
ino;  off  from    the    usual    street-ear 
ceipts.     The  falling  off  is  from  8200 
$500   a  day   in    each    company.     The 
street    cars    are  used    very  largely    by 
working  people  in  going  to  and  return 
ing  from   their    daily    toil.      Thousand 
are  now  thrown  out  of  employment  am 


Religious  News. 


Bislmp  Cummins,  the  recent  Beoder 
from  the  Kpi.scopacv,  organized  a  new 
IWormed  church  in  New  York  on  the 
2nd.  He  states  that  not  many  of  the 
clergy  sympallii/e  with  the  new  move- 
ment, feiiring  persecution,  loss  of  liv- 
ings or  influence,  but  the  laymen  are 
more  independent   and    many  will  join 


him.  The  ptesiding  Bishop  of  the  d>o- 
cc-se  ol  Kentucky  has  announced  lhat 
Dr.  Cummini  will  be  tried  according  to 

church  canon  and  enjoins  lipUi-opalians 

ment. — At  a   Methodist  camp-meeting 

sermon  on  the  subject,  twenty  minis- 
terc  came  forward  and  voluntarily 
pledged  themselves  against  the  Ut 
tobacco. — An  unusual  degree  of 
ousness  is  reported  in  the  churches  of 
New  York  and  vicinity.  In  Mr.  Tal- 
mage's  congregation  1,000  remained  af 
ter  sermon  two  Sabbaths  ago  for  pray 
en  and  religious  counsel. — The  N.  Y. 
Wihtes*  remarks  in  an  editorial  on  the 
Plymouth  church  ease  that  "If  there 
is  no  way  in  Congregationalism 
up  the  scandal  which  has  oceasi 
much  talk  all  oyer  this  country,  that 
system  will  be  seriously  wounded, — A 
rtate  Christian  convention  is  sitting  ii 
Syracuse,  N,  Y.,  this  week.  Like  tin 
Evangelical  Alliance  it  seeks  greate 
Christian  union. — Power  I  ui  revivals  up 
reported  in  the  Presbyterian  church  ol 
Independence,  0,,  and  the  Bapti 
church  of  Brownsville,  Tenn.  —  The 
congregation*  ,,|"  i|1H  Third  Pr  sbyterl 
dl  ofthis  city  (Dr    Kilmdge's) 


after 


..f.l.oo 


OdOD 


'  bytl 


ethe: 


NLVVSSl'MllAlt 


,    Dec.     1st.       Vice    LV'stdcni 
Wilson  took   the  chair  of  the    Se 
which  adjourned  after  a  brief  sei 


J  of 

Italian   children  in    this    country,    the 
dilution  ol  arbitration  for  war,    and 
C-,nstiUi  lona!  ;oie-i]iiinei!i.s  rcoird- 
_   the    term    and    election   of  Pres- 
ident    He  also  endeavored  to   read   a 
telegram  Irum   the    Spanish.    Cortes  but 
refused.      Several    propositions  re- 


Citv  — The  lately  elected  officials 
took  their  placeson  Monday  with  better 
promises  than  they  will  be  likely  to 
carry  out.  Elected  mainly  by  the-  gam- 
bling, rowdy,  I'reH-liijuor,  anti-Saobath 
s  they  must  meet  the  wishes  of 
their  constituents  ;  but  smarting  under 
charges  of  this  kind  they  propose  to 
show  by  economy  that  severe  criti- 
have  been  undeserved 


i  the  i 


iat  the    Sunday    laws  be    repealed  or 
aended.     In    this    he    is  joined     by 
irae  of  the  city  dailies.     The   Person- 
LiU-rty  League  has  a  petition    with 
•veral     thousand   signatures,     to     the 
ime  end;  but-  confident  that  the  new 
luncil  will  do  what  is    expected,    will 
ot     present   it      For  the    next   two 
years    Sunday   murders  and  demoli- 
tion will  be  rife  in  Chicago. 
Country. — After    weeks    ot  feverish 
citement  it  was  announced  on  Friday 
that    Spain    had   acceded    to  the  de- 
mands of  our  government:  the  surren- 
der of  the  Virginius,  release  of  the  re- 
of    the     crew     and     passcn- 


thoughl  to  be  over,  but  great  expendi- 
tures are  still  made  in  refitting  the  Na- 
vy, which  costs  annually  $20,000,000 
is  comparatively  uselees  to  our  com- 
ce. — The  public  debt,  increased  ¥:i- 
,0<.iU  last  month.  —  The  tjrt-al  |[t,o- 
tunnel  is  at  last  opened  and  will  he 
This   great 


r  rcunkiriy  ple.'i-v  inform  us;  and  la. 
t  not  lenai',  if  your  name  is  remove 
mi  our  liat   please    have  it     put    back 


.UkiHin  Icilireincnl.  of  Ueeeluts  for  UlO 
National  Christian  Association  Tor 
November. 

J.  S.  Bell,  Indiauola,  Iowa.   .    .  $7.00 
Cole,   Leesville    Cross 
loads,  0.,  (lecture  fund).  .  $4.00 
H,  M.  Biasell.St.  Charles,  III.,       $3.00 
H.  L.  Ksllobs, 

Treasurer,  N.  C.  A. 
One  of  the  friends  above  writes  so 
good  aletter  that  part  of  it  is  presented 
encourage  other  friends  to  a  like  ef- 
fort for  the  cause : — "Enclosed  find  P.  O. 
order  for  $7. 00  to  be  used  in  behalf  of  the 
ause  whereever  you  think  it  is  most 
eeded.  I  am  in  hearty  sympathy 
'ith  your  work,  but  I  am  in  very  limit- 
d  circumstances  and  can  do  but  little 
i  ike  way  of  aiding  you  in  financial  mat- 
srs.  .  .  This  money  that  I  send 
"kings  to  Hod  and  I  cannot,  use  it  for 
jy  own  gratification  I  adopted 
the  Tenth  System"  some  three  years 
gi,  and  keep  a  strict  account  of  every 
thing,  and  all  mon> -y  that  belongs  to  the 
ry  of  the  Lord,  I  do  not  use  for 
myself.  J.  S.  BttLL. 


th  Boston.  It  is  four  ai  d  thrc  -fourths 
in  million 
dollars  and  136  lives.  The  peculiar 
geological  formation  of  the  mountain 
ade  the  work  one  <■(  great  difficul- 
ty.— Ingersoll  and  Farrington,  two  of 
Tammany  accomplices  were 
I  last  week. — It  is  reported 
Bed's  health  ik  r:ipid!)  fining. 
Stokes  is  also  in  the  hospital  most  of 
the  time,  and  young  Walworth,  the 
parricide,  is  not   expected  to    llv 

York 

;k  by  an  infernal  machine.  The 
cial  evil'  ordinance  of  St.  Louis, 
hir'-d   illegal    last     nu turner  by  .ludgo 


Foreign,  —  Another  terrible  ocean 
disaster  has  occurred.  On  Novembu] 
15th,  the  Ville  de  Havre,  a  French 
steamship  and,  next  to  the  OrentEaat- 
eru,  the  largest  and  finest  afloat,  left 
New  York  for  Havre,  France.  On  the 
22d  at  two  in  the  morning,  she  was 
struck  by  the  Seoteh  sailing  vessel  the 
Loch  Earn,  amidships;  n  hole  12  feet 
deep   and  25   to  thirty   feet  wide  was 


im  hiding  the  Papain  and  52  tailors 
were  saved.  The  Loch  Earn  was  bad- 
after  rebelling  all  who  could  be  picked 
up.  Except  a  heavy  fog,  the  cause 
of  the  collision  is  unknown;  the  lost 
vessel  was  very  carefully  managed, — 
The  insurgents  in  Cartagena"  were 
heavily   bombarded  by  the  Spanish    He 

Euhlicaii  forces,  and  200  were  reported 
illed  on  Tuesday  last.  The  typhus 
and  small-p'X  are  raging  in  the    Carlist 

Special  .Notice  lo  Siihsenbcl'S.-In  order 
o  keep  our  mail   lint  |. aid  up  and  avoid    Ihc 

u-i-e-yity  of  seiidiii- bills  for  unvitrnges,  we 

weeks  before   the  expiration  of   every  sub- 


ubseriptionsc: 

list  the 

believe,  intends 
vlllpe 

money  (or  notifi 

preventing  any   inierrupUon 


Hie)   intend  to 
a  single  subscriber 

lit.       Will    MM,    |,|e,is. 

ill  send  it)  before   your  -iuh.-vription" 

a  of 


jer  would   gi 

e    you  the   Cyiio-iire    for  : 

.hle'lo  '':,!.,"" 
»f  it'/      Ue-'u'r 

ny  persons  who  do  not  fee 
ie    paper  but  would    maki 

you  make  them  a  pie-ent 
thiti  your  pastor  read.-  it. 

If  you  renew 

'"ir  eubsi/npt 
ie  e,nueccs-:ar> 

to  send    you  a  "notice". 

Do  not  wait 

or  a  poslal  can!  before  you 

send   it:  or  the 

nail  rimy  fail  to  carry  it  to 
destination. 

who  have  a  i  i 
hat   they   wil 
promptly. 

eul  post :il  carls  to  those 
Iheir  l:ibu)s,  but  we  hope 
renew    their  mbs-cripli-uis 

If  there  is  a 

ly   mistake  about  your  ad- 

ANTIMASONIC  TRACTS 


A  Tract  Fund  for  tie  Free  Distribution  of  Tracts, 


F-ra    A.   Cook   & 


you  feel  like  aiding  in  this  good 
work,  send   your   address  to   the    un 
ned,  and  a   printed   copy  of  the 


bun  pill-dish  them. 

presidents  of  the  India 
Christian  Ann  seerccv  .v^oeiaiion  v. 
iddress 
Rbv. 
Hartsville,  Barthoiom 


I  e-otiiMnplate     pflyniiT    ■•-   flymg    vibit 
friends  living   in     Kansas  about    the 
■  t  of  Januarv.  and  »li.dl  make  arrange- 
;nts  to  speak  at  a  few    points  on  the 
way  got ul:  and  coming.      I  shall    prob- 
y  go  by  way  of  St.  Louis  and    Kan- 
City,  passing  through  southern  I  lli- 
3;   and  would  not  mind  coming  ha-k 
through    Iowa,  or  uorthern     Missouri, 
and  on  to    Chicago.        I    soli-  it  corres- 
pondence   from   lliorie  who  may    desire 

e  near  my  '  'tine  of  march. " 
Respectfully.         J.  T.  Kmotss. 
(iuo  ti.  Washington  St., 


HISTORY  OF  MASONRY. 


MASOITZC    MTJE.DEB.. 

seceetsTfmasonry. 

BY  ELI  TAPLEY. 
TRACT  NO.   4. 

GRAND    GREAT  GRAND!! 

By  PHILO  CARPENTER. 


Hilflii 


>.-  .U-spi-li..  aii'i 
a.  per  100,  $1,0 


Extracts  From  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  as 
Sworn  to  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Rhode  Island, 


Hon.  John  Ouincv  Adams'  Letter, 


Giving  Hianiid   Hi*  I 


-   U|iiliiim  of  I-Veeiiiii-iin 


(1881); 

Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

airing  His  Opinion  or  Freemasonry   (1B82). 


Sataa's   Cable  Tow. 


"Freemasonrv  is  0nlvl52  Years  Old/ 

"Mnrder  and  Treason  not  Ezoeeptd." 


Fr9omasonr7ln  tb.o  Chu?cb. 

fliii ruder  ami   Syniimix  01    i-'reemusonry 

Addrsss  if  Niagara,  Cwnty  isiociilioi,  Hs?  York, 


Concerning  the  Morgan   Murde: 
lrdersi.    BOcts.'per  100, 


l>y    llii^    ami  oilier    Mason 


Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry. 


HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D, 


GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY. 


MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  and  VOID. 


Sis  hum  why  1  Chriitiin  should  sot  be  1  Franw 


ENOCH   HONEYNELL'S   TRACT. 


TEEMS  FOR  THE  CYNOSURE. 


.HHiHm.llHK     -ii'i    for  lh»"..yil"JU 


lull    Raton,    FortnlRhUr     Editioi 


Who  Murdered  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan? 

HISTORY  OF  THE 

Abduction  and  Murder 

Capt.  William  Morgan, 


Thin  is  a  Book  of  Thrilling  Interest,  and 
ebowa  clearly  that 


ly 


IN  OBEDIENCE  TO  MASONIC  1 


Gff"Sce  Sample  Paces  below. 


gonwiis.  Miller  nskec 
see."  The  otliera  m 
but  he  beard  one  mi; 
an  entered  atfpreidic 


■Bed  in  some  way  whidi 
s  prosecutor.  Johns  h 
id o  little,    "Miller,  [i 


shaken.      About  dusk  the  irh.Je  erm.'d  |,r ded,  with  much 

noise  and  tumult,  to  Le  H.,v,  1  miles,  ami  alter  aianj- efforts 
on  the  part  of  Freiieli  to  prevent  him  frnrn  s,.  doir,,,,  Mdler 
got  himscll    plaeed  heli.ro  Hie    justiee.  who    had    issued  the 


tempi  be  Kroncli  and  his 
,eil  ideal  ei-ht  to  Balnvis, 
,r    and  alarm.      That  this 


down  the  office  of  Mille,.   if  thai     shonU  1 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE  :  DECEMBER  4,  1873. 


Thrills  thru'  my  soul  with  solemn  souudl 
Its  tone  with  agony  is  stored, 

Of  one  who  lowed  on   the  cold  ground, 
With  nought  to  shield  his  holy  head 

Save  heaven's  canopy  above; 
The  gathering  darkness,  as  it  spread, 

Witnessed  the  fervor  of  his  love. 

All  night  in  prayer!    Thou  blessed  oue' 

Didst  thou  kind  nature's  rest  forgo, 
That  thou  mighl'at  wander  forth  alone 

To  brood  o'er  man's  sad  state  of  woe? 
Didst  thou  one  long  and  sleepless  night 

Pour  forth  thy  soul  in  ardent  prayer, 
Th«  man  might  choose    yon  world  ol 
light, 

And  dwell  with  <!.„!  and  impels  I  here  V 

All  night  in  prayer!    Think,  oh  my  soul 
For 'twas  for  thee  He  \,  resiled   thus: 

To  point  thee  to  yon  heavenly  goal , 
Whore  every  murmuring  tho't  is  hushed 


!  11  i ur I . "  in  praye!     Yes,  0  my  Lord, 


Sometimes  mothers  think  it  is  hatd 

e  shut  up  at  home  with  the  care  of 

little  children.     But  she  tbat  UtSea  care 

little    children    takes    care  of  great 

She  that  takes   care   of  a 

little  child  takes  care  of  an  empire  that 

knows  no  bound  and  no   dimensions." 

Selected  by  D.  F.   N. 


e  thine  was  poured 


Thus  let  me  view,  with  solemn  awe, 
The  suffering  scenes  of  Christ,  the  Lord 

And  from  Thy  precepts  ue'er  withdraw, 
But  follow  Thee  at  Thy  blest  word. 

— Selected. 


Our  cliildren  were  always  put  into  t 
regular  method  of  living,  in  such  thingi 
as  they  were  capable  of,  from  theii 
birth.  When  turned  a  year  old,  they 
were  taught  to  fear  the  rod  and  cry 
softly,  by  which  means  they  escapee 
much  correction,  which  they  might  oth 

noise,  of  the  crying  of  children,  wai 
rarely  ever  heard  in  the  house.  Ai 
soon  as  they  grew  pretty  strong  they 
were  confined  to  three  meals  a  day. 
And  when  they  could  handle  a  knifc 
and  fork  they  were  set  to  our  table. 
They  were  never  suffered  to  choow 
their  meat.     Eating  and    drinking  be 


At  the  recent  meeting  of  the  Ameri- 
n    Public   Health    Association,    Dr. 
James  of  Dorchester,  Ma=s.,  remarked 
that     a    housekeeper     bestows    more 
mim.  in  M  1 1- 1  lin^n  ril'bon  than  in  st- 
ng  the  food  for  the  family,  ultli-uigh 
health  and  strength   of  the   family 
depended  on  having  good  food.   Again, 
the  preparation  of   the  food  should  be 
jerfect  in  order  to  health  and  comfort 
ind  usefulness,    and  ibat   preparation 
hould  not  be  confided   to  an  untrained 
person.     The    science   of   the   kitchen 
holds  high  power  over  the  good  of  the 
people,    and    deserves  the  attention  ol 
the  highest  minds.      A  lihrary  of  cook- 
books shows    how    to   make  light  and 
cheap  puddings,  aud  economize  a 

ut  to  encouragean  appetite  i 
:    their    purpose    rather    than    to 
adapt  food  to  the  stomach,  and  fit  it  for 
its  great   purposes.       If  one   of 
books  set  forth    the   rules    of  healthy 
cooking,  it  would  be  a  blessing  to  ma 
kind.      It   depends    upon  the   kttch' 
whether    the    family  shall   be   robut 
bright  and  energetic,  or  d'lll,  stupid  and 
slow.     The   housekeeper  measures  oui 
manhood  aod  womanhood  to  the  fami 
ly,  and  her  position  is  thus  a  highly  re 
sponsible  one.     There  is   here  field  fo 
the  display    of    taleut    and    discretion, 
The  employments  ot  men  may  offerlesi 
scope  for  the  adaption  of  great  ideas  ti 
great   ends    than     the     ln.i'im.-Ui-ep'i-rV 


of  sicl 


leldo 


ntly 


happened.     They  were   so 

to  them,  that  when  any  of 

ill  there,  was    no   difficulty    in   making 

them  take  the  most   unpleasant   medi- 

To  form  the  minds  of  children,  the 
first  thing  to  be  done  is  to  conquer  theii 
will.  To  inform  the  understanding  is 
a  work  of  time,  and  must  with  children 
proceed  by  slow  degrees;  but  the  sub- 
jecting the  will  is  a  thing  that  must  be 
done  at  once,  and  the  sooner  tbe  bet- 
ter; for.  by  neglecting  timely    correc- 

and  obstinacy    which    are    hardly   evei 
after   conquered.     In    tbe    esteem    ol 
the     world     they      paaB     for     kind 
and  indulgent,  whom  I  call   cruel   par- 
ents, who  permit  their  children   to  gel 
habits  which  they  know  must  be  after- 
ward   broken.      When    the  will  of   s 
child  is  subdued,  it  reveres  and  stands 
in  awe  of  its   parents.     I   insist  up 
conquering  the  will  ofchildr-o  bctinn 
because  this  is  the  only  strong  and    i 
tional  foundation  of  a  religious    edm 
tion,  without  which  both    precept  a 

this  is  done,  then  the  child  is  capable 
of  being  governed  by  the  reason  aot 
piety  of  its  parents,  till  its  own  under 
standing  comeB  to  maturity,  and  tht 
principles  of  religion  have  taken  root 
in  the  mind. 

As  self-will  is  the  roc 
misery;  so  whatever  ch- 
children,  insures  their  wretchedness 
and  irreligion.  Whatever  checks 
mortifies  it,  promotes  their  future 
piness  and  piety.  This  is  still 
evident,  if  we  further  consider  th 
ligion  is  nothing  else  than  doing  the 
will  of  God  and  not  oui 
one  grand  impediment  to  our  temporal 
and  eternal  happiness  being  thU  self- 
will,  no  indulgence  of  it  can  be  trivial 
no  denial  unprofitable.  Heaven  or 
hell  depends  on  this  alone,  so  that  the 
parent  who  studies  to  subdue  it  in  his 
child,  works  together  with  God  in  the 
renewing  and  saving  of  a  soul ;  the  par- 
ent who  indulge*  it,  doe b  the  devil's 
work,  and  makes  religion  impractible, 
salvation  unattainable,  and  does  all  >  hat 
in  him  lies  to  damn  his  child,  soul  and 
body,  forever!  Our  ohild 
taught  the  Lord's  prayer  at 
they  could  speak.  They  w 
taught  to  distinguish  the  Sabbath  from 
other  days,  and  to  be  still  at  fam'il 
prayers.  They  were  quickly  made  t 
understand  ''they  should  hnve  nothing 
they  otied  for." 
"O'er  way w:inj.  hil.ip.Ti  wmiiiist  th-. 

firm  rule, 
And  sun  thee  in  Ui<-  li^hi  "I"  happy 
Love,  Elope  and  Patience— these  m 

thy  graces. 
And  in  thine  own  heart  let  them  flrnt  keep 

school." 


What  Depends 


>  Kitchen. 


power  of  the    Koman    Catholic  priestB 
heir   congregations,  and    we  are 

upon  a  system  of  education  that    they 
think  is  an  enemy   to  their  faith. 


The  Religion  of  Freemusonry . 


This  proposition  is  established  oy  twe 
meral  classes  of  evidence:  1.  Nega- 
re,  whioh  can  be  regarded  only  as  pre- 
mptive  proof.  2.  Positive. 
I.  The  negative  or  presumptive  evi- 
mce.  While  Masonry  acknowledges 
the  being  of  God.  a  reaurection,  a  day 
judgment,  and  a  future  life  it   no 

lecessary  to  acquittal  in  the  day  ol 
judgment,  and  to  the  reward  of  a  hap 
py  eternity  than  conformity  to  Mason 
io  requirements.  To  be  a  good  Mason. 
i.  e.,  to  be  a  moral,  upright  man,  ie  ai 
that  is  necessary  to  admission  to  tht 
'■  Grand  Lodge  above,"  as  heaven  is  im 
piously  styled.  Search  all  its  prayers 
hymns,  moral  lectures,  etc.,  and  noth 
ing  is  in  tbe  remotest  way  taught  which 
can  be  construed  to  mean  lhat  anything 
else  thau  Masonic  morality  ib  nect 
to  meet  the  Judge  of  all,  and  enti 


itural 


she  has  the  capacity  for  the  former 
work  which  he  may  have  for  the  latter. 
They  cannot  be  perfect  in  the  duties  ol 
a  housekeeper  without  suitable  prepar- 
ation any  more  than  they  can  be  mill- 
iners. Buys  are  trained  for  their  pro- 
fessions.    No   such    training   is   given 

admitted  to  be  their  high  aim  in  life — 
the  superintendence  of  tin-  household, 
The  result  of  carelessness  in  the  kitch- 
en is  styled  'ill  luck.  It  is  'unlucky' 
that  the  bread  is  heavy.  A  carpenter 
might  as  well  say  it  is  unlucky  tbat  hi 
window  beams  are  too  6hort. 

A  touching  story  is  told  of  a  lady  i: 
Kentucky  n  hu  <■•■■•■-.  stricken  with  sudde: 
ease  of  the  optic  nerve,  and  was  tol 
that  she  could  not  retain  bersight  mor 
than  a  few  days  at  most,  and  was  liabl 
to  be  deprived  of  it  at  any  momenl 
She  returned  to  her  home,  quieti; 
made  such  arrangemecls   as  would   c( 

dark  a  journey  of  life,  and  then  sb 
had  her  two  children,  attired  in  thei 
brightest  costumes,  brought  before  her 
and  so,  with  their  little  faces  lifted  t 
herB,  and  tears  gathering  for  the  great 
misfortune  that  they  hardly  realized 
the  liijlii  fadi-d  out  of  the  mothers  eye* 


A  man  may  leave  a  patrimony  to  his 
son;  but  how   soon    it   may  be   mort 

but  how  anon  it  may  be  squandered 
When  he  gives  him  a  sound  constilu 
tion.  an  unblemished  reputation,  a  gooi 
education,  and  an  inward  abhorrence  o 
vice,  in  any  shape  or  form,  theBe  can 
not  be  wrested  from  him,  and  are  bet 
ter     than    thousands  of  gold  and    si) 

An  issue,  vital  to  our  national  life,  ii 
bi-inj;  i-teailily  pushed  by  the  Catholic; 
in  their  war  on  public  schools.  Ii 
Ohio,  joined  by'the  infidel  class  the} 
have  driven  out  the  Bible.  In  Nev 
York  they  graBp  for  public  money, 
The  N.  Y.  Times  has  the  following. ■- 
It  cannot  be  denied  lhat  the  Romai 
Catholics  have  begun  an  active  war  fan 
system.     They 


isfied 


resistance  to  the  common  school 
they  now  boldly  demand  I 
funds  shall  be  appropriated 
port  of  sectarian  schools,  In  the  first 
ward  of  this  city,  Father  0'Ka.rrel  hi 
already  established  parochial  schools  i 
antagonism  to  the  public  schools,  an 
aB  a  basis  for  a  demand  for  suppo 
from  the  public  treasury.  The  plea  ai 
vanced  for  this  enterprise  is  no  less  ap. 


■  than 


the 


same  quarter.  The  priests  nre  deter- 
mined to  have  institutions  for  the  prop 
agation  of  the  Romish  faith  sustained 
out  of  the  public  treasury.  We  are 
glad  to  know  tbat  the  great  body  of 
our  Roman  Catholic  citizens  aren 

which  we  live,  nnd  left  to  themselves 
would  be  content  with  nn  education* 
system  which  has  been  fully  jualifie 
by  experience.      But  we  also  know  tb 


Any  reflecting  m 

nd  w 

lsee 

that  this 

a  more  ensnaring  a 

vl    ilnnm'r 

ous  than 

the   inculcation    of 

posit 

ye  e 

ror.     It 

falls  in  with  man's 

al  a 

elf-richt- 

eousness,  with  the 

inher 

1.-.  t-ut'ul- 

neBB  of  sin,  and   w 

thth 

de 

usion    o 

Satan.       So,  very 

many 

Ma 

ona   wil 

frankly  tell  you  the 

tMas 

onry 

is   relig- 

on  enough  for  tbe 

a,  tha 

the 

lodge    ib 

all  the  church  they 

wish, 

and 

tbat  it  is 

tetter  than  the  church ;  that 

:  s  man 

s  only  a  good  Mas 

she 

will 

0  a  good 

of  the  order  he  will  be    acceptei 
last. 

2.  But  while  the  whole  drift  of 
sonic  teaching, is  tbat  conformity  to  the 
rules  of  the  institution  is  all  that  ii 
necessary  to  eternal  life,  it  also  directl} 
and  positively  inculcates  this  doctrine 
The  following  occurs  in  a  form  of  pray- 
er at  the  opening  of  the  Grand  Lodgi 
(Manual,  page  7.): — ''Enlighten,  wi 
beseech  thee,  the  dark  corners  of  the 
earth  with  the  rays  of  our  benevolent 
institution,  tbat  all  the  ends  of  the 
world  may  know  thee,  and  every  hu 
man  being  be  taught  to  love  his  fellow 

What  more  can  the  religion  of  Chris 
do  I  To  know  God  aright,  and  to  lovi 
our  fellow  man,  is  the  fulfilling  of  both 
tables  of  the  divine  law.  And 
rays  of  this  bonevolent  inst 
could  but  shine  into  those  dark 
of  the  earth,  which  are  now  thi 
tations  of  horrid  cruelty,  there 
no  longer  be  any  need  of  Bible 
sionary  societies,  or  of  the  ministry  of 
reconciliation!  The  lion 
down  with  the  lamb  (in  his 
and  universal  love  and  peace  would 
reign ! 

On  page  22d  of  the  Manual  we  have 
a  prayer,  at  the  initiation  of 
date,  iu  the  following  words:  "  Endow 
him  with  a  competency  of  thy  d: 
wisdom  that,  by  the  secrets  of  out 
he  may  be  better  enabled  to  display 
the  beauties  of  godliness  to  I 
of  thy  name."  In  a  foot  note  Mackey 
says  he  has  restored    the   term   '  godli- 

by  Webb,  and  '  holiness,'  adopted  bj 
Cross.  According,  therefore,  to  thesi 
three  Masonic  authors,  tbe  '  secrete  o 
the  art'  of  Masonry  enable  a  man  bet 
ter  to  display  the  beauties  of  virtuous 
uess,  holiness,  or  godliness. 

What  more  is  needed  to  salvatioi 
than  holiness  or  godliness?  "Th. 
pure  in  heart  shall  see  God."  "With- 
out holiness  no  man  shall  see  the  Lord,' 
but  every  holy  one  shall  see  him;  anc 
a  knowledge  of  the  secrete  of  Masonry 
imparts  this  holiness!  Pity  that  these 
secrets  should  be  hidden  from  the  wo 
men  and  children,   and  the    '  profam 

But  Masonry  can  do  no   more    thai 

"enlighten    the    dark    corners    of  tin 

earth,  and  impart  holiness  to  the  souli 

of  men,     Itcan  'regenerate,'  introduci 

a  man  into  a  new'life,' and   make   bin 

the  subject  of  the  <new  birth.'     "  Tin 

shock  of  entrance  is  the  symbol  of  tin 

disruption  of  the    candidate    from    th* 

i   of  this  world,  and  his  introduclior 

d  tbe  life  of   Masonry.     ...     I' 

the  symbol   of   tbe  agonies  of   tin 

first  death  and    of  the    throes  of  the 

birth, :'  (Manual,  page    21.)       We 

somewhat   like  Nicodem 

these  things  bet     A  mai 

i  first  of  his  mother,  then  born  of 

spirit  of  God,  and  afterwards  hi 

the  third  time  into  the  "  life  of  Mas 

If  Ezekiel   had  looked    throu 

this  'hole  in  the  wall'    he  would   have 

'greater    abominations'  (blasphi 


Lord 


;t  exhausted.     We  are  informed, page 

J  of  the  Manual,  that  the  common  gn- 

lade    use  of  by    operative   Masons  to 
break  off  the  corners  of  rough   stones. 
But  we,  as    free  and   accept- 


,uL.|,l  I 


t  for  the  more  noble  and  glorious  pur- 
iose  of  divesting  our  hearts  and  con- 
ciences  of  all  tbe  vices  and  superflui 
ies  of  life;  thereby  fitting  our  minds, 
is  living  stones,  for  the  spiritual  build 
ng,  the  house  not  made  with  bands, 
iterrial  in  the  heavens."  And  all  these 
incommon  and  extraordinary  effects  bv 


i  gavel 


dy  strange!  The  Chri 
d  by  the  Woid  and  Spirit  of 
God;  the  Mason  by  a  common 
hammer,  which  you  can  buy  in  a 
ware  store  for  a  dollar  and  a  half  On 
the  same  page  occurs  the  following,  i 
which  the  sanctifying  power  of  th 
'common  gavel'  is  still  further  amplfiec 
"The  speculative  Mason  is  engaged-i 
the  construction  of  a  spiritual  tempi 
in  his  heart,  pure  and  spotless,  fit  for 
the  dwelling  of  Him  who  is  the  autbi 
of  purity:  where  God  is  to  be  woreht 

evil    thought    and  unruly  passion  are 
be  banished." 

We  may  be  told  that  Masons  do  n 
believe  such  absurdities.  Probably  nc 
Many  of  them  have,  doubtless,  moi 
sense.  But  you  will  observe  tbat  that 
is  not  the  matter  under  discussioi 

the  absurdities  of  MaBonry  the  me 
of  the  order  believe,  nor  yet  how  much 
of  its  impieties  and  blasphemies 
approve.  Our  inquiry  is,  what  does 
Mason r)  teich?  what  are  its  principle; 
aud  what  do  the  members  of  the  orde 
as  Masous,  profess  to  believe  ?  Whethi 
they,  in  heart,  believe  these  things  < 
not,  is,  at  present,  none  of  our  conceri 
If  they  really  think  such  things  iueffi 
bly  absurd  and  impious  (as  such  a 
objectiou   supposes),    tbe    honest   an 

tion    which    leaches    them,    aod    tl 


from    the  aloning   blood  of 

Jesus   Christ,     is    eternal    damnation. 

Such    is    the  import   of  this   Masonic 

Thus  Masonry  claims  to  be  able  to 
enlighten  the  dark  corners  of  the 
rth,  and  teach  men  to  know  God,and 
ve  their  fellow-men,"  "to  display  the 

rough  the  'new  birth'  into  a   higher 

tife,'  to  "  fit  them  as  living  atones  for 

ie  spiritual   building,   the  house   not 

made  with  hands,  eternal  in   the  heav- 

,"  to   make    their  hearts  "spiritual 

iples,  pure  and  spotless,  fit  for  the 

elling  of  him  who  ie  the  author   of 

purity,"  to   introduce  them  ''at  last  in- 

o  heaven,  the  Grand  Lodge    above,  to 

njoy  the  just  rewards  of  a  pious    and 

-irtuousltfe."     If  the  religion  of  Christ 

an  do  anything  more  than  this  we  are 


Chri 


3  the, 


•■Have  no  fellowship  with  the  unfruit- 
ful works   of  darkness,  but  rathe 
prove  them."  Eph.  v.  10. 

The  reader  may   think   he  has 
proof  of    the  second   proposition 

institution  rears  its  head  with  all  the 
effronlry  of  the  '  Bcarlet  lady,'  claiini 
to  be  'divine,'  thrusts  aside  the  churct 
aud  the  Saviour,  and  proposes  to  savt 
men  without  either,  it  might  be  allow- 
ed to  pass  without  further  rebuke.  We 
wade  on,  therefore,  a  little  further  ii 
this  wilderness  of  error  and    delusion 


"The  covering  of  the  lodge  (Manual, 
page  47,)  is  no  less  than  a  clouded 
opy,  or  starry-decked  heaven,  wher 
good  Masons  hope  at   last  to  arrive,  by 
the  aid  of  that  theological  ladder  w 
Jacob,  in  his  vision,  saw  ascending  I 
earth    to    heaven,  the  three   principal 
rounds  of  which  are  denominated  faitl 
hope  and  charity,  and  which  admonisl 
us  that  we  must  have  faith  in  God.hopi 
of  immortality,  and  charity  for  all  man 
kind." 

Thus  the  lot  of  "all    good  Masons  ii 

they  be  Christians,  infidels,  Jews,  Mus 
selmeu,  or  heathen  I  And  let  not  anj 
one  suppose  that  the  'faith'  which  they 
are  required  to  have,  and  which  is  ex 
plained  to  be  'faith  in  God,'  has  an; 
reference  to  faith  in  the  gospei,  or  t 
the  Lord  Jesus  Chmt.  For  it  is  to  b 
borne  in  mind  that  "  the  religion  o 
Frer masonry  is  pure  theism,"  and  th 
'  faith'  of  the  Mason,  as  auch,  is  onl; 
the  faith  of  a  deist  or  thetst,  and  tbe 
faith  which  is  'coi 
of  every  creed. 


nowhere  more  plainly  than  in  its  bur- 
ial services.  The  members  of  the  lodge 
standing  at  the  grave  in  a  circle  round 
the  dead  body  of  a  departed  'brother, 
the  master  says:  ''Almighty  Father, 
unto  thy  hands  we  commit  the  soul  ol 
our  departed  'brother,'  though  the  man 

or  four  days,  and  his  soul  already 
in  hell.  Every  one  buried  with  Ma 
sonic  honors,  no  matter  what  his  char 
actor  may  have  been,  though  infidel, 
drunkard,  blasphemer,  thief,  whore- 
monger,   or    adulterer,  (aud   there   are 


whoa 


ich)i 


Grand   Li.nige  au'.'ve.       This  is  uuiver 
and  invariable. 

At  tlieclose  of  the  Mineral  ecrnce  i 
lua-tci-  uil'-Ti  a  prayer  c. including  th 
"  May  we  be  received  into  thine  ey 
lusting  kin^'liim,  and  there  enjoy, 
union  with  the  souls  of  our  deparl 
friends,  the  just  rewards  of  a  pious  a 
virtuous  lifo.  So  mote  it  be.  Amei 
The  just  reward  of  the  most  pious  and 
>us  life  ever  lived  on  earth,  apart 


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Convey  thy  love  to  thy  friend  a 
rrow  to  tbe  mark  to  stick  there, 
i  a  ball  against  the  wall,  to  rebi 
ack  to  thee;  that  friendship  will 
Dntinue  to  the  end  that  is  begun  for 
n  end.  —  Quarles. 


Claildrens'   Corner. 


.11  j  Three  Utile  Texts. 


Having  been  a  boy,  I  know  wha' 
!".')■-  !';i>"-  <-<.'  ;;:W!>  through  .  ;iu>.l.  will 
an  interest  in  aud  for  them,  I  an 
prompted  to  write  a  few  words  express 
ing  my  feelings  concerning  them. 

I  suppose  each  reader  has  a  Bible, 
Will  you  take  it  and  find  the  seventl 
chapter  of  Ecclesiastes  and  the  twenty 
ninth  verse,  and,  after  reading  it,  thinl 


prhat   ■ 


ntly  we  make 


often  seeu  in  a  sorry  plight.  How  e 
ly  in  life  thiB  work  is  comment 
Among  your  own  playmates,  how  mt 
habits  are  formed  lhat  are  not  rig 
Now,  do  you  think  there  is  any 
provemeut  effected  in  oue  by  pultin 
pipe  or  aigar  in  his  mouth,  and  i 
playing    himself    in    making    a   great 


a  the 


I  be  t 


hey  8 


the 


r     and    think    tha 
choolmasters.     Th' 


schoolmaster's 
would  make  ti 

grow  up  to  be 

and    strength  just   as   your   Heavenly 
Father  intended ;  and  every  bad  habit 


a  great   many   evils.      Wn 
looks,  or  help  you  in  any  i 


gre 


many  ways  to  hurt  you. 

With  the  temperance  pledge  sign  thi 
anti-tobacco  pledge  and  keep  it.  Seek 
manhood  as  it  came  from  God  ou 
ator.  Follow  Christ,  and  you  will  be 
honored  and  respected;  and  this 
jinncipl"  will  carry  you  througl 
world  safely  and    prosperously. — , 


Address  or   Anti-masonic   Lecturers. 

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tb,  CI,i-i>tiM!  Cyutisure  "like,    l_nn.-i>;. 


rforlndiana.J.  T.l 


'.  Elzea,  Whoaton,  111. 

V.  A.  Wallace,   Seiu-i-uville,  U. 


S.  Smith.  Clinrles  City,  Iowa. 

Ii.  B.  Taylor,  Summerfleld,  O. 

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N    OiCMuler,  Green  Grove,  Pa. 

.1     H.  TimmoDS,  Tarenlum,  Pa. 

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P.  Hnrl.-n,  Polo,  111. 

J.  R.  Baird,  Greenville,  Pa. 

T    15    Mv-L'uriiiick,  Princeton  ,  Ind. 

C.  WiLr.rins,  Angola, Ind. 

J.    I,.   IlMI-hnv,    Ii. -MIUS   llrinhK,    N.    V. 

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WHOLE  NO.  131 


The  Christian   Cvncsure. 


This  fallows  neseBsarily  from  what 
lias  been  already  said.  The  religion  of 
Freemasonry  being  'pure  theism." 
cannot  be  Christianity.  Being  the 
''universal,  or  Catholic  religion,  in 
which  all  men  agree,"  it  cannot  be  the 
religion  of  Jesus,  which  gains  the  as- 
sent of  but  comparatively  few  of  the 
human  family.     Christianity  issligms- 

troduced  into  the  lodge."  The  22d 
landmark  of  Freemasonry  declares  that 
in  the  lodge  ■■all  meet  upon  a  level." 
"A  belief  in  God  constitutes  the  sole 
creed  of  a  Mason — at  least  the  only  one 
he  is  required  to  profess."  (Manual, 
page  40).  At  a  recent  installation  of 
the  officers  of  a  Cleveland  lodge,  a 
Jewish  Rabbi,  Rev.  Dr.  Jacob  Mayer, 
delivered  an  address,  which,  though 
it  must  have  been  lomewbat  startling 
to  Christian  professors,  (if  any  such 
were  present,  is  yet  in  perfect  accord- 
ance with  the  principles  of  Masonry. 
Inspired  with  the  grandeur  of  the 


,  hee 


'■Brethren,    Freerc 


,  religic 


nay, 


of  the 


it   is  religion 
of  mankind. 

uraaii  family, 
ne  family    ol 


God  in  the 
One  God,  one, 
God!  It  does  not  speculate  on  the 
essence  and  nature  of  G.-d;  its  object  is 
the  exaltation  of  the  great  Architect  of 
the  Universe  by  something  better  than 
hair-splitting  argumentations.  It  ig- 
nores the  sell-delusion  of  sects  and  the 


I  the 


all  i 


This  'light' of  Masonry  goes  on  to 
proclaim  the  dojtrine  of  the  order  aB 
alone  containing  the  principle  of  '  uni- 
versal salvation.1  and  scoria  at  Chris- 
tianity as  making  '-God  the  scape-goat 
of  sanctimonious 'sinners. "  This  scarcely 
looks  like  keeping  Christianity  on  a 
level  with  Judaism,  but  the  rabbi  be- 
came enthusiastic,  and  was,  doubtless, 
on  that  account,  pardoned.  Beoides.he 
had  the  whole  teaching  of  the    order  to 

The  Manual  contains  about  twenty- 
five  prayers,  about  as  many  hymns,  n 
number  of  mora]  lessons   and    benedic- 


,  but 


eofllie 


s  the 


'pret 


thei 


lieve"  found.     The    name  of  Chrii 
excluded  ffru  all  the  written  prayers  of 
Masonry.    In  oral  prayers  the  name  maj 
sometimes     l-o    used    by      sufferance, 


in    dir 


the  li 


rcfMs. 


xpres 


22d  landmark.  There  is  a 
of  the  Slates  against  blaspbi 
name  of  Jesus,  but  it  is  nevertheless 
done.  So  there  is  a  law  in  the  lodg 
against  honoring  the  name  of  Jesus; 
may,  nevertheless,  begone.  Laws  at 
sometimes  violated.  No  honest  Msso 
will  eay  It  is  not  a  violation  of  the  prii 
ciples  of  the  order  to  pray  in  the  lodgi 


in  the 


of  Oh 


while 

Masons  say  the  name  of  Christ  is  m 
(ound  in  the  Lord's  Prayer.  But  J> 
bub  was  not  yot  ascended  to  his  Fathc 
nor  enthron.d  as  an  advocate,  nor  tl 
directum  given  to  prny  to  the  Fathi 
in  his  name.  Again,  it  is  said  th 
Christ's  name  is  not  in  the  Psalms,  hi 


ell,. 
Christ. 

It  may  be  pleaded  in  excuse  for  the 
lission  of  the  name  of  Jesus  from  the 
prayers,  hymns,  etc.,  of  Masonry,  that 
it  is  not  an  intentional  thing.  Let  the 
reader  weigh  the  evidence  following, 
nnd  say  whether  this  plea  ib  good. 
Masonry  employs  several  passages  of 
Scripture  (see  Monitor  by  Sickels.pp. 
07)  in  its  ceremonies,  in  which  the 

■y  instana-  it  mutilates  the  words  of 
the  Holy  Spirit  by  the  exclusion  of  that 
'pr-cious'  name,  For  example,  (2 
Tliess,  iii.  6),  the  Holy  Ghost  says  by 
Paul.  "Now  we  command  you,  breth- 
ren, in  the  name  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ."  Masonry  says,  "Now  we 
command  you,  brethren,"  the  name  of 
Christ  is  6trickenout,  nnd  the  quotation 
goes  on  to  the  12th  verse  of  the  same 
chapter,  when  we  have  the  following — 
them  that  are  such  we  command 
hort,  by  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ." 
Here,  again,  the  words  italicized  are 
lilted,  and  the  remaining;  part  of  the 

In  the  ceremonies  connected  with  the 
luctionof  the  'high  priests'   of  Ma 
sonry  into  office,  there  is  a  long   quota- 
ion  from   the  seventh  chapter  of   the 
pistle  to  the    Hebrews,    in  which    the 
language  of  the  Holy   Spirit,    speaking 
ofMelchiseilrc  as  a  type  of  the  ''Apos- 
•  and  High  Priest  of  our   profession, 
hrist  Jesus,"  is  borrowed  and  blasphe- 
oust j-  HppiiL-d  Lo  the  pries!.?  niMeun 
ry.     The   quotation   begins   with   the 
chapter  and  proceeds  to  the  close  of  the 
the  17th, 

quotes  the  17th,  and   omits  the   18th 
d  19th,  gives  the  20lhnnd  2 1st  and 
abruptly  ends  where  there  is  no  period, 
he   sense   is  unfinished.     If  any 
will   take   the  trouble  to  examine 
the  passage,  he    will   at   once  see   the 
;on  of  the  omissions.   It  did  not  suit 
spirit  and  principles  of    Masonry  to 
say,  "For  it  is  evident  that  our  Lord 
sprang  out  of  Vucfaft,"  or  that   ''.Testis 
made  the  surety  of  «  better  tentame  in, 
■  to  use   any   other    language   which 
plainly  and  unmistskebly   points  to  the 
Saviour  of  men.     To  come    before   Je- 
hovah in  prayers  or  other  religious  ser- 
vices, without  the  name   of   the  alone 
Mediator,  is  presumption  in  the  highest 
degree;  but  lo  lay  the  hand  of  impiety 
on  the  very  Word  of  Christ   itself,  and 
accommodate  the  language  of  his  Spirit 
to  the  principles  of  a  "theistie"  order 
is    blasphemy    not    measured   by  de- 

We  advance  a  step  further,  however, 
and  say  that  not  only  is  the  name  of 
ChriBt  omitted  from  the  religious  ser- 
vices of  Masonry,  and  omitted  inten- 
tionally, but  thai  it  is  nlso  necessarily 
excluded.  It  is  the  boast  of  the  order 
that  ''the  distant  Chinese,  the  wild 
Arab,  the  American  savage  and  the 
Briton"  can  meet  on  a  level  in  the  lodge. 
'■Let  a  man's  religion,  or  mode  of  wor- 
ship, he  what  it  may,  he  is  not  excluded 
from  the  order,  provided  he  believe  in 
the  glorious  Architect  of  heaven  and 
earth,  and  practice  the  sacred  duties  of 
morality."  (Lexicon,  page  404.)  As 
the  "distant  Chinese,  the  wild  Arab, 
the  American  savage  nnd  the  Briton," 
whether  infidel  or  Christian,  -'are  not 
permitted  lo   introduce   their    pi 


the 


their  truth  or  falsehood  with  the  truth 
of  Masonry,"  it  is  not  difficult  lo  ace 
what  must,  in  the  nature  of  the  case, 
he  the  character  of  the  prayers  and 
other  religious  services  of  such  an  as- 
semblage. Regard  for  the  name  of  Je- 
sus (1  Peter  ii.7),  is  one  of  the  "pecu- 
liar opinions"  of  the  Christian,  which 
distinguishes  him  from  the  Jew  and 
heathen,  which  is,  therefore,  on  no 
account  lobe  tolerated  in  the  lodge. 
As  all  meet  '  on  a  level'  in  the  ledge, 
ihe  infidel,  the  Jew  and  Pagan  are  eli- 
gible to  the  high  priesthood  of  the  or- 
der, and  when  the  office  is  filled  by  a 
man  of  such  character,  the  danger  of 
the  consciences  of  the  brethren  being 
wounded  by  Christian  '■peculiarities" 
is  not  very  great.  As  a  matter  of  fact 
this  office  is  often  filled  by  some  mem- 
ber of  skeptical  principles,  and  thus  the 
chnracler  of  the  man. and  the  sacred  (?) 
functions  he  discharges  arc-  more  com- 
pletely harmonized.     This  may    be  ac- 


tum South  During 


I  ■■•iii' 


Lexington,  S.  Carolina, 
Nov.  17th,  1873. 
To  UieEditor  of  the  Cynosure: 

I  have  rend  with  great  pleasure  sev- 
eral articles  on  Freemasonry  in  the  col- 


It 


extraordinary  powers  of  mind  to  di-cov- 
er  the  (act  that  there  is  much  of  wrong- 
doing in  this  boasted  'benevolent' organ- 
ization; if  indeed  it  is  not  wholly  and 
"only  evil,  and  that  continually."  Ob- 
servation confirmed  me  in  the  opinion 
years  ago  that  Masonry  was  founded  in 
sellitlinc-s  and  not  benevolence,  as  its 
supreme  law— and  that  it  was  and  still 
is  equally  the  foe  lo  Christianity  and 
Republicanism.  It  extends  the  right 
hand  of  fellowship  with  equal  grace  to 
the  patriot  and  traitor,  with  perhaps 
an  occasional  preferred  favor  to  the  un- 
fortunate in  crime,  who  stabs  hi:  coun- 
try and  its  defenders  in  the  dark. 
"The  maimed,  the  halt  and  the 
blind,"  find  no  favor  in  the  eye  of   this 


i  gam  i 


to  itB  portals,  as  the  favored  ones  who 
pass  its  threshold  to  fairer  mansions 
in  the  skies — nor  can  they  claim  a  pit- 
tance of  its  hoarded  wealth  to  support 
the  failing  strength  of  God's  poor  on 
their  journey  to  the  almshouse  and  the 
grave.  But  the  drunkard  nnd  the 
spendthrift  and  curmudgeon  find  a  wel- 
come iuto the  charmed  circle;  and  al- 
though their  moral  nnlureB  may  be  on- 
ly wounds,  bruises  and  putrifying 
sores,  yet  if  they  are  outwardly  whole 
they  alike  receive  the  brotherly  recog- 
nition— the  sympathy  and  aid  which 
only  brethren  of  our  common  faith  and 
destiny  give  and  demand.  Under  such 
a  system  of  organize  tion,  the  vicious  aod 
unprincipled  will  generally  prove  to 
be  the  unfortunate,  and  the  funds  of 
the  best  and  thriftiest  members  are  thus 
worse  than  wasted  on  the  reckless  and 
prodigal.     What  Christian  can   consiste- 


ntly v 


3  the 


irdshij 


The  t 


uch  a  brotherhood! 
lelfishness  of  the   Ma- 
n   was  clearly  demon- 
cality  during   the  war 
.     Every   church   and 


d  in  this  1 
of  the  rebcllioi 
temperance  organization  in  our  midst 
languished  from  beginning  toend,and 
very  many  of  the  latter  ceased  to  ex- 
ist, while  it  is  a  lamentable  fact  that 
the  rebel  church,  still  extant,  has  but 
little  more  than  a  name  to  live — the 
spirit  having  departed,  perhops  forever, 
— and  yet  Masonry  fattened  like  anoth- 
er vulture  on  the  gore  and  carnage  of 
this  fratricidal  strife.  This  iseasily  ac- 
counted for,  on  the  principle  of  self- 
preservation,  and  shows  most  eonclu- 
sively  the  desperate  character  of  that 
contest.  The  life  of  every  white  man 
was  imperiled  by  the  unequal  strife; 
and  when  at  last  they  waked  up  to 
the  reality  of  this  plain  matter-of-fact, 
the  church  which  bade  them 
for  slavery  against  the  govi 
their  fatheis',  was  forgotten 
tense   excitement  of   the   cc 


o  fight 


■  tl,,-  fill. 


n  brother  was  to  be  raised  up,  were 
deBerled,  nnd  every  man,  saint  and  sin- 
ner alike,  seemed  only  to  look  ahead 
for  the  main  chance  of  saving  hiinse  I 
alive,  and  whatever  else  he  could  lay 
hands  on;  and  ai  thin  feeling  of  insecu- 
rity increased,  thousands  who  were  the 
inoBt  exposed  lo  danger,  flicked  to  the 
standard  of  Masonry  ami  found  under 
its  folds  an  ally  to  despotism  and  trea- 
son— neutral  half-way  ground  on 
which  they  could  meet  and  grasped 
the  hands  of  the  armed  foes,  which 
they  had  failed  to  destroy  in  waging 
upon  them  the  moil  cruel  mid  wicked 
war  of  modern  times.  Here,  they 
were  taught  the  grips  and  passwords 
which  transformed  the  hand  of  a  rebel, 
dripping  with  loyal  gore,  lo  that  of 
brotherly  love  and  affection;  though, 
only  a  few  moments  before,  it  might 
have  plunged  the  sword  into  the  heart 
of  n Master  Mason,  in  defense  of  slavery 
and  treason.  An  organization  which 
can  thus  readily  assimilate  and  combine 
individuals  of  such  diverse  principles, 
opinions  and  prejudices,  must  either  he 
<'n  pahle  i  if  Iran:,  lomrii  i '^character  at  pleas 
ure  or  entirely    destitute  of  all   moral 


principle;  hording  all  together  in  one 
common  slough  of  fraternity  and  equal- 
ity, without  any  regard  whatever  to 
the  difference  which  should  and  must 
forever  distinguish  the  good  from  the 
evil. 

Thus,  before  the  last  great  battle  of 
Petersburg,  in  April,  1805,  n  multi- 
tude of  Confederate  soldiers  inverted 
their  otherwise  worthless  Confederate 
money  into  securing  for  themselves  in- 
itiations into  the  mystic  circle  of  Free- 
masonry, with  a  view  of  making  their 
uiirely  expected    capti 


iof  1 


ml  ami  pkasuil  than  could  other 
he  expected  from  the  friends  of  those 
who  bad  found  only  stm 
death  in  its  most  horrid  forms  at  rebel 
hands  in  Salisbury  and  Andersonville. 
It  was  indeedasad  and  sickening  sight, 
to  behold  valiant  men  who  had  never 
quailed  before  the  iuvincible  hosts  of 
our  nation's  defenders,  fall  down  be- 
fore the  machinations  of  an  unprinci- 
pled horde,  which  promised  brotherly 
protection  to  good  and  bad  alike,  who 
might  yield  themselves  to  the  magic  in- 
fluence ami  protection  of  Masonry,  and 
find  there  a  brother's  hand  and  a  broth- 
er's welcome  without  regard  to  the  great 
question  whether  freedom  and  the  re- 
public should  live,  or  slavery  and  trea- 
son conquer! 

But,  in  the  eventful  days  which  im- 
mediately followed  the  triumph  of  free- 
dom and  the  nation.  Masonry  often  re- 
fused to  number  among  its  southern 
bands,  men  who,  though  true  to  the  na- 
tion had  fled  to  the  lodge  for  refuge  in  the 
dark  days  of  Ku-Kluxism;  and  yet, 
could  find  there  no  outstretched  hand  to 
save.  The  magic  power  which  could 
shield  the  unrepentant  rebel  from  the 
wrath  of  a  mighty  nation,  was  unwill- 
ing or  powerless  to  tave-  that  nation's 
friend  from  the  bullet  s,nd  bludgeon, 
in  the  hands  of  disloyal  Mason*,  un- 
der themaskof  the  miserable,  fiendish 
Ku-Klux.  And  ooce,  at  least,  during 
an  attack  of  these  cowardly  despera- 
does, a  loyal  Mason  fell  before  bis  dtsloy 
al  brethren's  fire,  and  yet  was  saved 
alive  on  giving  the  sign  of  a  Mason  in 
distress,  while  others  of  the  surLrer3 
who  knew  no  sign  of  protection  supe- 
ior  to  that  of  their  nation'"  flag,  found 
only  Hospitable  graves  at  their    bloody 

Thus.  I  have  enumerated  a  few  of 
the  many  delinquencies  and  outrages 
of  this  bo  called  benevolent  organiza- 
tion; and  think  it  is  high  lime  for  the 
American  people  to  ponder  the  demor- 
alizing influence  of  this  secret,  sinful  ca- 
bal, if  as  Christians  and  patriots,  they 
wish  to  preserve  and  transmit  to  future 
generations  the  blessings  of  civil  and 
religious  liberty. 

Very  Truly  yours     Simeon  Cohley. 


.Hii-imii    I 


A  New  York  State  Grange  was  or- 
ganised in  thin  city  last  week;  aud  the 
editor  of  the  Daily  Standard  to  whom 
was  given  a  copy  of  the  Constitution 
and  By-Laws  of  the  National  Grange, 
furnishes  ihe  following  condensed  state- 

The  ultimate  object  of  this  organiza- 
tion is  for  mutual  iusliuction  and  pro- 
tection, to  lighten  labor  by  diffusing  a 
knowledge  ofits  aims  nnd  purposes, 
expand  the  mind  by  tracing  the  beau- 
tiful laws  the  Great  Creator  has  estab- 
lished in  the  universe,  and  to  enlarge 
our  views  of  creative  wisdom  and  pow- 

Anyjpereon  interested  in  agricultural 
pursuits,  of  the  age  of  sixteen  years 
(female),  and  eighteen  years  (males), 
duly  proposed,  elected,  and  complying 
with  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the 
order,  is  entitled  fi  membership  and  the 
benefit  of  the  degrees  taken. 

All  charters  and  dispensations  issue 
directly  from  the  National  Grange. 

Nine  men  and  four  women  having  re- 
ceiver] the  four  hubordinate  degrees,may 
receive  a  dispensation  lourgauize  a  sub- 
ordinate Grange. 

Applications  fur  dispensations  shall  be 
made  to  the  Secretary  of  the  National 
Grange  and  he  sigmd  by  the  persons 
applying  for  the  same,  and  bn  accom- 
panied by  a  fee  of  fifteen  dollars. 

Religious  or  political  questions  will 
not  be  tolerated  as  subji-cta  of  discus- 
sion in  the  work  of  the  order,   and  no 


political  or  religious  test  for  mcmb( 
shall  be  applied. 

The  foregoing  bears  the  ear-i 
of  Masonry  in  almost  every  line, — 
"mutual  instruction  and  protection,"— 
"expand  the  mind  by  tracing  the  beau- 
tiful laws  the  Great  Creator  has  estab- 
lished in  the  universe" — nothing  of  hit 
laws  in  His  Word,—  must  be  "propos 
ed — elected — comply  with  rules  and  reg 
ulations  of  the  order," — has  its  'de 
grees,'  '  charters,'  •  dispensations , 
a  definite  number  having  taken  a  defi 
nite  number  of  degrees  to  get  a  dispell 
sation, — definite  fee  for  a  charter  oi 
dispensation — source  of  money-making. 
— and  finally  "religion  and  politics  art 
excluded  subJTjts  in  the  workings  of 
the  order.  No  person  conversant  with 
the  subject  can  doubt  of  the  Masom< 
lineage  of  this  young  sprout   ot   secre 

cy. 

With  smiles,  and  fair  and  fulsom 
speech — like  one  of  whom  we  read  ir 
the  Bible,  wh"B0  ways  are  naughty — 
they  are  secceeding  admirably  in  decoy 
ing  theunwary  lunbands,  fathers,  sons, 
and  mothers,  wives  and  daughters  in. 
tereated  in  husbandry,  out  of  the  mon- 
ey, out   of  the    beautiful    modesty   at 


the  i 


al  hoi 


iugly  into  sympathy  with 


The  Advent  Review  and  Herohi, 
representing  the  Seventh  day  Advent- 
ists,  published  at  Battle  Creek,  Mich., 


Every  one  that  has  paid  any  atten 
tion  to  the  subject  knows  that  the  chargt 
lies  at  the  door  of  every  secret  society 
in  the  land.  They  all  equally  engender 
"the  low  prejudices  and  antipathy  to 
ward  those  who  are  outside,"  ant 
''their  direct  influence  is  to  take  fron 
their  members  personal  freedom,  anc 
that  liberty  of  judgment  and  action 
which  is  necessary  to  the  best  growth 
of  the  individual    aud  happiness 


ittle 


>  chat 


hope  for  the  abatement  of  the  evil 
The  writer  well  saye  that  "secret  eo 
cieties  will  go  down  when  a  bette: 
moral  sentiment  springs  up  among  stu 

sentiment"  to  be  created,  and  undei 
what  influence  is  it  to  be  fostered! 
Ju3t  now,  after  the  death  of  the  unfor- 
tunate student  at  Cornell  College, 
there  ii  a  reeling  which  work-*  against 
such  societies.  And  so  there  was  a 
tremendous  feeling  against  the  Masons 
after  the  murder  of  Morgan.  But  what 
do  we  see  to-day  J     What  "moral  sen- 

cieties  is  inculcated  by  the  highest 
powers  of  the  nation?  The  corner-stone 
of  the  State  Capitol  of  Michigan  was 
recently  laid  by  a  secret  society,  by 
invitation  of  the    Governor,  and    the 

to  come  to  behold  the  honor  thua  con- 
ferred upon  that  society,  and  upon  the 
cause  ot  secrecy. 

No  important  public  building  ib 
erected  in  these  days  without  laying 
the  foundation  in  this  spirit  of  servility 
to  Masonry:  How,  then,  can  we  ex 
pect  a  "hotter  moral  sentiment"  to 
spring  up  in  the  minds  of  the  youth, 
who  are  led  to  admire  the  gaudy  trap 
pings  of  some  "R.  W.  G.  M."  to  whom 
the  officials  of  the    states  and    the  na- 


i  pay  i 


honor  f    Th> 

our  manhood,  and  to  the  enlightenment 
of  the  age,  and  a  caricature  of  religion; 
for  surely  a  system   that  professes    to 

'to  the  Grand  Lodge  above,"  and  that 
has  no  merit  above  outward  show,  is  a 
sad  caricature  of  religion. 

The  young,  not  only  in  our  colleges, 
but  all  through  the  land,  should  be 
faithfully  warned  against  these  things. 
And  parents  should  avoid  bringine; 
their  children  in  contact  with  the  evil, 
and  not  send  them  to  public  schools 
where  aeoret  societies  are  tolerated. 
When  there,  a  pre,«ure  U  brought  to 
bear  upon  them  which,  to  a  sensitive 
youth,  is  irresistible,  to  cause  them  to 
The  only  safety  is  to  avoid  such 


schools,  and  thus   avoid  the 
bility  and  the  danger. 


Freemasonry  Forty  Years  Up 


Servility  or  the   ltsliglo 
In  1631. 

From  tho  files  of  the  Boston  Tele- 
graph, Aug.  8,  1831,  is  extraoted  the 
following  scathing   review   of  the  Re- 

carder,  a  leading   religious  journal    of 
the  same  city.     Like  cases  are  so 
met  at  the  present  time,  that  thi 
cle  is  not  without  a  melancholy 

In  our  last  paper  we  Btntcd  that 
Messrs.  Willia  and  Tracy,  of  the  Re- 
corder, had  made  a  feint  at  renouncing 

their  allegiance  to  the  Masonic  institu 
lion.  That  our  readers  may  judge  for 
themselves  we  place  their  declaratic 
in  our  columns  of  today.  The  ti 
was,  when  such 
Bible  pledges  would  ha< 
ure  silenced  objections  on  the  part  of 
Anti-masons,  and  probably  have 
fieri  a  large  portion  of  the  Ch 
public;  but,  that  lime  has  gon 
People  know  more  about  Freemasonry 
now  than  they  did  once.     .     .     . 

Mr.  Willis  was  a  proprietor  of  tin 
oldest  and  most  widely  circulated  relig 
ious  newspaper  in  the  land.  He  had 
emphatically  set  himself  up  as  a  watch- 
man in  Zion,  and  a  fa'thful  recorder  of 
whatever  might  materially  effrct  tin 
cause  of  religion  and  interests  of  ib< 
churches.  The  religious  public  wa 
paying  him  thousands  of  dollars  anmi 
ally  for  information.  Christians  am 
churches  had  the  r  glit  to  expect,  ant 
fidelity  to  the  gospel  demanded  a  full 
exhibition  of  all  those  facts  and  pri 
pies  which  tended    either  facilitate 

the    advancement    of    the  R*d 


it  large, 
iould   b. 


stating  facts  and  exposing  the  abomini 
tions  of  Freemasonry,  especially  so  it 
as  they  had  a  bearing  upon  religion 
privileges  and  rights  in  connectio 
with  the  purity  and  influence  of  th 
gospel.  The  blasphemous  rites  an 
obligations  of  that  institution  had  h< 
gun  to  be  developed.  The  cry  of 
murder  had  been  heard  within 
portals.  It  began  to  be  discovered, 
that  the  principles  of  the  order,  cod 
nected  by  profane  and  bloody  oathl 
were  the  bones  and  sinewsof  the  grea 
anti  Christian  beast  of  the  last  dnye 
Under  such  circumstances,  Itwasnc 
Btrange  that  the  cry  of  the  Christiai 
public  was  loud  and  loug  for  in  form  a 
tion.  The  church  as  well  as  cm 
community  was  agitated  to  her  center 
In  her  own  bosom  were  to  bo  found 
multitudes,  who  had  "  lived  delicious 
ly  and  committed  fornication"  with  thi 
great  spiritual  harlot;  and  she  had  th< 
right  to  call  upon  her  physicians  fnth 
fully  to  probe  her  wounds,  and  to  pre 
scribe  the  means  for  her  restoration  and 
soundness.  This  information  Mr.  Wil- 
lis had  it  in  his  power  to  give.  He 
was  the  best  situated  for  this  purpose 
of  any  man  in  the  community.  Hie 
establishment  was  old,  permanent 
and  well  supported,  aod  his  publica 
tion  was  read  every  week  by  many  thou- 
sands. If  the  many  scores  of  papers 
on  his  exchan^j  list  were  silent  at 
Heath,  it  was  still  the  more  necessary 
for  him  to  blow  the  trumpet  in  Zion 
and  there  were  hundreds  who  were 
ready  to  give  him  the  most  ample  and 
faithful  testimony  concerning  the  nUim 

hoatile  to  the  church,  and  more  foul, 
extensive  and  powerful  than  probably 
any  other  which  ever  existed  on  earth. 
But,  uudersuch  circumstances,  and  un- 

whatdid  Mr.  W.1IU  dot  Did  he  blow 
the  trumpet  in  Zion  and  sound  the 
alarm?  Not  in  the  leaBt.  Did  he  pro- 
is  to  maintain  neutrality,  and  to  have 
thing  lo  do  with  the  controversy  on 
either  side!  YeB.  Did  he  observe 
neutrality  which  he  professed  to 
ainl     No.     When  a  full  and  seri- 


i  of  Fre 


mry 


itlhjrcd  liiin  for  public 

lv  pure  Christian  and  patriot  [Gen. 

7  Bewail]  in    the  slate  of    Maino, 
andothersof   aaimilar  nature  from  olh- 


te  Recorder?  No.  What  reason  did 
io  editor  of  ihe  Recorder  assign  for 
(eluding  such  communications  from  its 
ilumns?     The    following  is  an    an- 


'Gei 


*:—  It  t 


mid   afford 


much  plen 
friend  and  patron,  Gen.  Sewall,  an  op- 
portunity to  lay  his  views  before  the 
public  through  our  columns  on  any 
subject  which  ho  deems  important,  if 
we  could  do  so  consistently  with  our 
convictions  of  duty.  It  is  will  known, 
however,  that  we  have  repeatedly  de- 
clined solicitations  of  the  same  kind  lor 
reasons  that  have  been  published.  Our 
paper  has  from  its  CMmeun  ment  been 

room  to  spare  for  the  protracted  discus- 


would  e 


iti-ru.is.Tr>  --Mirni  tin^  n.m|'  ,vi(h  p,.|- 

inol  consistently  intermeddle.  —  {■  Bi- 
ll of  rna  Reoorokiu 
Were  the  communications  of  Gen. 
wall  and  others,  which  could  not  find 
dace  in  the  Recorder  political  ?  No 
i  tho  epiatlea  of    Paul    are 


political 


Cbri 


to  be  subj'Ct  to  civil  authority. 
Were  the  -letters  of  R  v.  Henry  J  >nes," 
which  could  not  find  a  place  in  the  Re- 
corder, political  7  Far  from  it  Never 
did  any  human  producttoiiH  breathe  a 
purer  spirit  of  Christianity  or  cinfine 
themselves  more  excluaively  to  the  in- 
terests of  the  church  and  religion.  Has 
the 'topic' of  Maaonry  and  Anti-rniwm- 
ry  been  "  more  disputed  and  inflamma- 
tory" than  the  principles  winch  have 
agitated  the  Unitarian  controversy,  in 
which  the  Recorder  has  been  ungagtd 
from  the  beginning?  Not  in  the  least. 
But  did  the  Recorder  observe  thit 
strict  neutrality  on  the  suhj-el  of  Ma. 
'Onry  and  Anti-masonry  which  had, 
been  avowed  by  its  editors.  No 
When  a  large  number  of  Musonio  pro- 
fessors of  religion,  from  the  state  of 
Vermont,  forwarded  iheir  vindication 
of  themselves  and  Masonic  principles, 
and  virtually  charged  the  lie  upon 
more  than  five  hundred  seceders.  in- 
cluding ministers  of  the  gospel,  civil- 
ians of  the  highest,  distinction  and  pur- 
est charac  er.  and  many  private  mem- 
bers of  the  church,  it  was  very  prompt- 
ly inserted,  notwithstanding  the  "in- 
flammatory" and  "  pokic-d  "  nature  of 
ths  subject.  When  Rev.  Joseph  Searle 
forwarded  a   communkalion,   called    a 


R-cord-r,  with  no  other  apology  thai 
the  following  salvo: 


tof  t 


ued  in  regard  to  Ai 
preclude  us    (rom    puhlmluii: 

therefore  comply  with  the 


nry 


Had  we  ihe  files  of  ihe  Recorder,  we 
could  easily  show  thai,  in  many  other 
instances,  such  kind  of  neutrality  has 
been  maintained, as  to  throw  the  whole 
weight  of  its  character  and  influence 
upon  the  side  of  Freemasonry. 


An  old  writer.  Sir  Walter  Raleigh 
who  flourished  in  the  sixteenth  century. 
thuB  discourses,  in  pcelly   strong   Eng- 


l  that  c 


>hom 


that  loved  it,  for  it  transfereth  a  man 
into  a  beast,  dectyed  health,  puisoneth 
the  breath,  destroyuth  uaturnl  beat, 
bringeth  man's  slomaob  to  an  artifi- 
cial burning,  deforroeih  the  face,  rot- 
teth  the  teeth,  and  to  conclude  maketh 
a  man  contemptible,  soon  old  and  de- 
spised of  all  wise  and  worthy  men; 
in  thy  servants,  thyself  and 
thy  companions,  fur  it  is  a  bewitchi  g 
and  infectious  vice;  and  remember  my 
irds,  that  it  were  better  for  a  man  to 


subject 


for 


all  other  vanities  and  sinsare  recovered, 
drunkard  will  never  shaU  off  the 
delight  of  beastliness,  for  the  longt-r  it 
i,  tho  more  he  will  de- 
light in  it,  and  the  older  he  groweth 
ill  be  subject  to  it,  for  it 
dulleth  the  spirits  nnd  destroyt-lu  the 
ry  doth  the  old    tree,    or   as 


l,el   ol    I 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  DECEMBER  11,  1873 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 


;CIiI<\ik'<p,   IhnriiJfly,  Deo.  11,  18 


rith  the  brand — "who  made    Isrs 
in;"    then  a   Good     Templar's   ] 

fhich  neither  has,  nor  pretendB  lo 


of    Shaker?,  the    Mor 


■  the 


WANTED.— At  the  Cynosure  office  ns 
soon  a*  posilhlc  three  hundred  puMal 
cards  or  letters  from  subscribers  whose 
time  was  ont  during  the  months  of 
Sept.,  Oct.  nnd  Nov.  We  hope  yon  will 
renew  yonr  subscriptions.  If  yon  in* 
tend  to  do  so,  bnt  are  not  quite  ready 
to  Henri  the  money  non  will  yon  please 
■end  us  n  cnrd  stating  this  Ind. 


*arv.— Rev.  Mr 
while  since  tha 
*ould  that  wee] 
lit  it  seems  tba 
the  Slate  Asso 
at  Seneca  Falls 


Oca  Next  Annivei 
Crooks  wrote  as  some 

decide  on  the  place; 
meeting  relerred  it  to 
cialiun,  held  last  we.-l 
At  this  writing  we  h 
the  action  of  that  bod 
nivereary, 


2.  Itallowt,  your  mem' 
double  connection,  worse  by  half  iba 
belonging  lo  two  churches,  vis:  wit 
a  church  and  a  lodge. 

His  voting  to  exclude  Freemasoi 
ry  is  good,  but  is  neutralized  by  hi 
ocal  position  toward  the  Tribum 
which  is  for  lettina  the  Freemasons  ii 
.  the  church. 


It      the     first, 


had  i 


sellent 


single  exception  that  our  dear  brotl 
Stratton,  who  gives  soul  and  life 
sueh  meetings,  was  "sic A1  frum  ov 
work."  This  must  not  be.  1 
life    is  too   precious  to  be   burned  < 

as  the  local  committee  at  Syracuse 
forma  us.  our  readers  shall  know  ab< 


Na- 


Rbi 


-Hoi 


Gillktte.  —  A  very  able  paper  from 
this  gentleman  will  be  found  in  the 
present  number,  taken  from  The  Hart- 
ford (Conn.)  Daily  CouranC  The 
Christian  Statesman  from  Philadelphia, 
and  other  papers  advocating  a  national 
recognition  of  Christianity,  will,  of 
oourse  publish  Mr.  Gillett's  etrictun 
on  President  Woolsey  with  congratuli 
tions  to  the  able  and  dignified  write 
Mr.  Gillette  was  long  Gle  leader  of  natio 
at  reform  against  slavery,  ai,d  the  anl 
slavery  candidate  for  Uovernor  on  thi 
ticket.  We  believe  he  did  not  reac 
the  gubernatorial  chair  of  his  stat 
but  he  did  represent  reform  in  tl 
United  States  Senate. 


Whenever  President  Woolsey 
touched  any  question  of  reform,  h' 
justified  his  designation  by  Le< 
Bacon,  at  his  inauguration  as  Pres 
of  Tale  College.  In  hie  sermo 
that  occasion,  Bacon  called  him 
iniifTvasive  Professor  of  Greek.'" 


ssoope:— The  Friends   of   Christ 
dread  the  influence  of  the  secret  orders 
in  ibis  country,  view  with  deep  ami 
any    symptom  of  distraction  or  divis 
in  the  church  of  the  United    Breth; 
in    Christ.       The   issue    is     definitely 
made  up  between    the  Christian    relig 
ion  and  the  lodge;  and  lo  modify  you 
,nge  your  base  in  theprei 


eoft 


Bill 


of  defeat    We 


His 


nptt. 


Tri 


wne,  while  he  says  be  voles  for  p 
hibition  and  appears  lo  outsiders  eitl 
dieingenious  or  weak.  And  his  li 
of  taking  in  the  lesser  orders  and 
excluding  Masonry,  their  mother  t 
model,  is  conceding  the  principal  a 
yielding  the  ground. 
Thepointot 


ve  bat 


whether  Cbristless  r 


legreee 


practiced  by  Christians  and  non-Chris 
tian  leagued  together  in  secret  broth 
erhood  are,  or  are  not,  lo  he  tolerated 
by  the  churches  of  Christ) 

If  the  invention  of  religious  and  sol 
emn  rites  be  admitable;  and  rites,  too 
baaed  on  a  creed  which  omits  Chrisi 
purposely 


Freem 


m,    then    I 

should   be 


)t    why 
ed;    foi 


skulls,  are  mere  matters  of  taste,  if  tb< 
principle  of  inventing  religions  be  al 
lowed.     On  the   contrary,  if   religioui 


Mr.  Flickiogf-r's  ground  are: — 

1.   His  proposal  to  change  your  n 

deference  to  those  who  oppose  allp 

hibitory  rules,   surrenders    the   prin 

>f  prohibition;  going    halfway 

those  who  will  come  no    step 


bojd 


"THE  ACCURSED  THINU." 

In  the  Franco- Prussian  war,  French 

aaonryeipelled  the  Emperor  William 
id    the  Crown  Prince;  but    German 
asona  did  not  expel   Louis   Napoleon 
ho  provoked  and  began  the  war. 
In  our  war  of  the  slavery  rebellion, 
Rob.  Morris'  -'Voice  of  Masonry,"  con- 
ned  northern    Masons   for  obeying 
,- oaths  and  fighting  their  "Southern 
brethern;"    and    aaid    that    instances 
vera  known  when  a  charge  was  order- 
-d  tbat  the    sign  of  distress   given  by 
rebel  Masons  wbb  not  respected;  "The 
Too   late!    The    bayonet 


ice  that  the    Tribu; 
upported    by    Masonic 


, pilei.ee  and  subjugate  thechurch 
United  Brethren  to  the  pov 
the  lodges  in  ihis  country.     En. 

THE   BEECHER  CASE. 

J  is  the  whole  of  it. 

rs  ago  Mr.    Bowen  said  Be 


that  is,  he  v 

>n     whose  .  uoi  -principles, 
lewdness,  or   any  othei 

possible,  wrote  a  letter 
>wen,  urging  him  to 
,d  he  inculpated  his 
[ton)  with  Beecher. 
Til  Ion  also  quit  Beeche  t'b  church  and 
snt  to  a  Universalis!  meeting;  givins 
his  reason  tbst  Beecher  "preacher, 
his  mistresses  every  Sabbath." 
Awhile  after  this,  a  paper  was  pub 
bed,  purporting  to  be  a  recncilatiun 
rned   by  Beecher.  Bowen  and  Tilton 


,  hi«  <!e 


and 


This 


lan  pei 


It    deals 


and   offem 

bad  disgraced  religion  and  the  "  m 
spotted"  Plymouth  church  in  parlici 
lar;  yet  it  is  a  private  paichiiiu  up  ul 
public  scandals,  by  hi: 
and  having 


>God( 


his  church:  a  mer^  aecret  compact. 

The  publication  of  this  paper  brough 
out  the  first  card  from  Mr.  Beecher 
exonerating  and  praising  Tilton,  tbt 
man  who  had  said  in  the  Brooklyn 
Union  office  tbat  Mr.  Beecher  "preach- 
ed to  his  mistresses  every  Sabbath, 

Next  a  rumor  creeps  into  the  papers 
that  Beecher  had  paid  Tilton  (who  wat 
needy)  twenty  thousand  dollars  ''hu-h 
money;"  since  which  time,  Tilton  sayi 
nothing  against  Beecher,  and  Beechei 
nothing  against  Tilton. 

Charges  of  slandering  Beecher,  art 
preferred  in  Plymouth  church  againsl 
Tilton;  who  appear?,  denies  the  juris 
diction    of   the    church,  yet   offers    to 


•ch.-r    dcU 


be 


against  Tilton,  xhields  him  frum  trial: 
and,  though  a  large  church  commiltee 
had  accepted  the  charges,  and  report- 
ed on    them,    Beecher    discovers    that 

and  says    that  "  under  my  (his)  influ 

•'again  and  again  advised  accused  mem 
bera  to  withdraw  without  trial  or  heal- 
ing. 

Two  Brooklyn   churches  take  alarm 
at  this  "Congregationalism,"  and  aBk 

Tne  Plymouth  church  meet  and  refui 
it,  inculpating  the  two  chuicbes:  vo 
504  to  25. 

The   two  churches    reply;  stand    c 

cil,  and  ask  further  questions. 

Plymouth    church    met    again   la 
week,    Mr.    Beecher   exhausts    huraa 
torn;  still  shuns  i 
b  if  it  were  certain  death; 

Tilton's  name  ia  not 


flattery  on    Dr.  Stoi 


in  the 


nded, 


li'iM'unli- 
riijllntiili- 


im  was  given  the  key  of  th> 
b  pit.  And  he  opened  tb> 
1  pit ,  and  there  arose  a  Bmok> 
i  pil,  an  the  smoke  ol  a  great 
and  the  sun  and  the  air  w 
by  reason  of  ihe  smoke  of 


Seventh  and  Eighth  avenues 
day.  Dec.  9th,  at  7,45  p. 
publn-  are  invited  to  attend.' 


has  done 


irk."    '-But  such  t 


added  thia  Masonic  writer,  "only  ear 
ontempt  of  the  world  of  Miboi 
In  short,  Freemasonry  was  a 
ne  on  the  side  of  slavery  and  r 


bellic 


i  againi 


Aehan  and  mar-plot   lo   all 
itching  into  the   Cuba-Spain 

Castelar   and    the  Spanish     Republic, 
of   the  junto   of   Cuban 


holdei 


Vhu     I 


i; .  ciuUii- 


MII'KS 


In  the  second  article  of  the 
1  The    Religion    of  Freeraaso 
published  Nov.  27th,   an  error  crept  in 
from  the  printed  copy.     Near  the  mid- 
dle of  the  second  column  there  should 
a  period  after  the   word   "thus"  it 
e  passage  "we  accept  it    thus.       Ma- 
ury is  the  handmaid  of  religion." 
—  George  Maxwell  Randall,  the    lab 
-Nonary  h'shop  of  the  Episcopal  dio- 
?e  of  Colorado,  was  a  Freemason,  and 
is  buried  with  the  rite  of  the    order. 
ie  scene  at  the  funeral  is  described  by 
intelligent  lady  who  saw   it  as 

jgustin  .     Wuy  not,  brethren 


1  Chem 


efor 


church  I 

— This  very  important  work  may  yel 
be  done.  A  writer  in  the  Church 
Journal  and  Gospel  Messenger,  Prot- 
estant Episcopal,  "  fully  oelieves  there 
will  yet  be  in  the  church  a  legislation 
againsl  secret  societies,  as  utterly  in- 
consistent with  ihe  reality  and  worll 
of  that  one  great  society  the  church.' 
May     God    speed  the^day! 

— The  school-house  meetings  bav* 
not  been  pushed  in  our  reform  as  the] 
deserve.  They  reach  that  class  o 
mind  nearest  the  foundation,  ant 
whose  importance  in  the  aocial,  com 
mercial  and  political  life  of  the  countn 
is  dnily  and  justly  increasing.  Ther* 
should  be  hundreds  of  meetings  tbi 
winter  like  the  one  noticed  in  the  Pilo 
of  Mt.  Vernon,  Iowa,  below.  Why 
need  any  group  of  reformers 
an  agent  when  they  have  in  tl 
matter  for  an  interesting  and  useful 
meeting.     The  Pilot  says: 

secret  meeting  last  Saturday    nig 
Kepler's  school-bouse,  but  have  learned 
it  was  a  success  in  thought 
siasni.     Several  speeches 
and  notably  one  by  Rev.   S 
Mr-  Young  jb  'bright,'  and  poin 


1th  £ 
raft  woi 


-Hei 


l  force  and  cle; 
t.     We  c 


how  in 
odiim  tothoa. 
ctureB.  Petei 
.re  also  highly 

r  Baptiatjbreth 


ren.     Rev.   J.   Hyatt 

known  pastor  of  Lee  Avenue  Baptis 
church,  Brooklyn.  His  chief  reputa 
tion  lies  in  his  adoption  of  "  open  com- 
munion" against  the  protest  of  his 
brethren  of  other  churches  An  even 
ing  or  two  before  thanksgiving  he  ap- 
peared in  ihe  lodge-room  of  the  Yew 
Tree  lodge,  No.  401,  and  mad  e  an  ad- 
drees.  On  opening  lie  said  be  was  nol 
the  Re?.   Bro.  .!.  Hyatt  Smith,  as   an- 


incedt 


the 


That  jiersonage  he  bao  juat  left  in  tl 
ante-room,  but  he  wa«  simply  Bro.  . 
Hyatt  Smith,  the  Mason,  and  hew 
proud  to  own  it.  Thus  openly  rejec 
ing  the  Christian  brotherhood  whf 
compared  with  the  false   relation  of  tl 


-New  York  Mai 


for    a     Cubai 


-anged 


Friday  night  of  this  week  at  which  it  ii 
reported  Henry  Ward  Beecher  and  Hon, 
Win.  .Evarts  will  speak.      The  formei 
has  so  often  appeared  as    the   defends) 
of  the  lodge  that  it  is    not  surprising 
iat  he  should  prop  his  failing   repi 
m  by   some  shift  like  this,    hut 
erling  words  of  Mr,  Evnrts  last   bi 
er  at  Yale  discredit  such  an  annoui 

—The    N.    Y.    Daily    Witness    of 

Saturday  laat  has  the  following  noli 

Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard  will  del 

first  i  fa  free  course  of  lectures 

-.semasonry '   in    the   Third    It. 

Church,  Twenty-third  street,  betw. 


Perhaps  the  readers  of  the  Uyw 

11  be  interested  with  an  item  of 

from  Noble   county,   Ohio.     Thr< 


Hail,  brother,  well  i 


,  l  ravel  llinnuli  : -in  ;-,:it 


IS  thief,  sir,  but  bring 
w  up  the  sign  of  dia- 
i  joy  a  sad  brother]  to 


light, 


^anget 


way, 


Every  Mason  will  Btand  by  a  brother  in 


iteld 


lief,  I 


icir  moat  valued  jewel,  the  co 

Who  would  stop  foratrifle,  Freemaa 
Unless  it  can    bring   its  possessors 


)rtl 

ey  a  Mas 

owe 

dh> 

e  to 

5«, 

Bonof 

he  emit  a 

hould 

ol, 

ubbl 

r7e 

State  A 

t^oath.1 

■*"" 

ad  pa 

alia 

1.  T 

«siu  iiiUm 

-SOD 

T 

ie  meet 

in  a 

•nd 

la  n 

eelings 

have  thu 

Fsr 

been 

«ry 

Elder  Be 

olive 

and 

with  ua. 

Brother 

Rathbuo 

aal 

oh 

ere,  wel 

aod  atror 

S,  » 

ving 

jua 

pie. 


finding  a  aeeeder.  Onlay  J.  R)ae  win 
carries  his  Masonic  diploma  and  is  not, 
warning  men  to  beware  of  Masonry 
He  joined  the  order  aome  aeveo   yean 


and 


etly 


most   the  lodge  for    the     past    fo 
are.     He  now  comes  to   the  conve 

The  weather  ia   rainy    and    this  fa 
b  doubtless  diminished   the   atten 

ce  somewhat,  still  audiences  are  iarj 
d  the    apparent  interest  great. 
Letters  from  Gerrit  Smith,  Prof.  Wil- 
r   of  Cornell,  and  others  have   been 
:eived  and  will  doubllees  soon  e< 
ht.      The    following  speaks    f 


Resolutions;    Correspondence  and  ihe 
National  Meeting.      11  a.  u.    Report, 
the  state    of   the    work — open  to 


lation  ot  the  Lesser  to  the  Greater 
crei  Orders — opened  by  L  N.  Stta 
and  B.  F.  Roberts,  a:  30  p.  u. 
cm-sion:  Relation  of  Freemasonr 
the  Churches  of  Christ — opened 
W.  Post   and  A    Crooks.    6  p.    m. 


Evening — 7  1-2  p,  m.  Report  in  pari 
of  Committees  on  Finance  and  Enroll- 
ment.  8.  AddresBhyC.  A.  Blanohard 

HowH&maniuadeaMaaon. 

Morning — 0  *.  u.  Devotional  Exer- 
cises. 10.  Report  of  the  Committees  on 
Nominations :  Correspondence:  Nation- 
al  Meeting  and  Address  and  Resolutions, 

Final  report  ofCom- 
m  Finance  ind  Enrollment, 
acussion:  Religion  of  Free- 
to  the  Slate — opened  by  Z, 
nd  Donald  Kirkpatriok.  4. 
Final  Report  on  Address  and  Reso- 
lutions. 

Evening— 7  1-2,      Address  by  C.  A, 


No 


ble  County  Christian  Association  op- 
sed  to  secret  Societies.  The  Asso- 
ttion  has  dooe  much  good  by  the 
.IrtbuUon  of  periodicals,  tracts,  book*, 
d  the  employment  of  public  speaker?. 

hip  organizations;  by  these  means 
quite  a  large  i  art  of  our  people    have 

enlightened  in  regard  to  the  dan- 
gerous tendency   of  Masonry  and    kin- 

L  spring  we  issued  a  call  for  a  county 
political  « 


I!    I.V.IW 


ntyi 


tthe 


ounty     has    ever    surpassed     it. 
Twelve  out   of  our  fifteen    townships 

represented.     The  people    were 

'enthusiasm  and  nominated  a  full 

for  county  i.fficers.     We   did  not 

late  conaei  valive  men,  but  radical 

masons;  nol  only  in  a  moral  sense, 

but  [), -lineally   radical.      Your    humble 

:orrespondeut  was  placed  at  the    head 

of  the  ticket,   and    to  the   best  of  hie 

j    defended    the    ticket  and    the 

platform  of    principles  adopted    by  the 

■ention.     I  spoke  in    a   majority  af 

townships;   and  I  think  could  the 

ity    have    been    more    completely 

aiaed  our  vote    would    have    been 

-■•pi.'  ilmgly  larg-r;  we  can   do  bet- 

Uulher  canvass.       Our  present  <-u\>rt 

an    ice-breaker.      Our  vote   came 

almost   entirely  from   thu    Republican 

iks  and  their  majority  in  this  county 

Bmall;  consequently  every  argument 

1  device,  lair  and  false,  was  employed 

keep  the  party  intact,    and  to  injure 

)resenlaiiou  of  the  anti-secret    candi- 

*.es       I  think  for  the  first  vote,  under 


>  did 


Th« 


60 ;  inCenter  50 ;  Jefferson  37 ;  Slock 
Wayne  40;  and  in  the  county, 250;  and 

this  was  accomplished  in  a  square  fight 
upon  the  merits  of  the  question  politi- 
cally. Some  of  our  friends  upon  whom 
we  relied,  when  the  hour  came  desert- 
ed us,  but  I  think  they  will  do  betler 
It  requires  very  considera- 


,uld 


ieful  i 


ot  have    the 

the  talkin 

'  was  over,   as    tbe  Baying  iB, 

confederate 

"lit  out.' 

He  went  one    way  and  the 

iful  works  of 

dek  olive 

went    another.        After   a 

ive   it  at  all. 

search  of 

a  few  hours  they  gave  it  up. 

pel  led    from 

The  cont 

actor  was  acquitted,  although 

lodge  by  the  very  device  through 
oh  they  had  hoped  lo  ensnare  him, 
,  ia  perhaps  useless  lo  add  that  tbe 
papers  already  made  out  were  neyer 
,ven  to  Mr.  Gould,  and  that  the  situa- 
on  was  immediately  given  to  a  man 
ho  had  several  timeB  faded  as  a  U-ach- 
■,  and  whose  prime  excellence  coosis- 
d  in  dexterously  giving  tbe  signs,  tok- 
ns  and  grips  of  the  "  Secret  Brother- 
hood." The  young  man  thus  saved  to 
ty,  free  government,  the  church 
and  Christian  education  is  now  Princi- 
pal of  Rochester  Seminary,  Walworth 
Co  ,  Wis.,  where  with  his  associates 
he  is  doing  a  noble  work  -n  preparing 
young  men  and  women  for  practical 
life,  and,  by  the  way,  an  effort  is  being 
made  to  aecure  for  the  reading-room 
of  this  institution  a  library  of  Masonic 
and  Anti-masonic  books  and  contribu- 
tions Irom  friends  of  books  or'otherwise 
would  be  thankfully  received  and  thor- 
oughly read.  The  Religious  Telescope, 
American  Wesleyan,  Methodist  Free 
Press  nnd  other  publications  would  be 
read  and  appreciated  if  our  brethren 
place  Ibem  along  with  the  Cynosure  in 
the  reading  room  of  Rochester    Semin- 


ithe 


of  Cbri 


educe 


J.  P.  Stoooa 


Preachers  oT  the  Uospcl. 

Editor  of  the  Cynosure:— Has  any 
preacher  of  the  Gospel  a  rijjlit  to  make 
use  of  his  sacred  office  for  the  purpose 
of  t-upporting  an  imposition,  ihe  bene- 
fits of  which  are  expected  lo  redound 
to  his  own  self-interests.  Does  the  of- 
fice belong  to  himself,  or  lo  tbe  people  1 
Has  he  a  right  to  lend  its  sanction  to 
any  other  institution  than  that  of  the 
church  ?  Is  any  man  fit  for  the  sacred 
ho    can 


.  for  sla 


e  gospel 


bier 
reputation,  pla< 


,r,.1     fuiu: 


for 


e,  party. 


iz-d  in  i  lii- 


pretty   well   organ- 

to  complete  our  organisation  as  soon  as 
possible.  I  have  delivered  about  one 
hundred  lectures  in    this  county,   and 


re  nol  fully  canvassed  it  yet.  Th* 
mt  consideration  in  this  cocflictiB  for 

r  people  everywhere  toorgaoize.  W« 
ye  been  holding  monthly  meeting, 
-y    regularly  for  four  years  past;    oui 


Subscr.bers  who  through  neglect  su 
fer  their  paper  to  stop  a  week  or  tw 
before  renewing  will  find  themselve 
much  the  losers.     The  regular  concei 

the  possibility  of  making  it  good.  Thei 
interest  in  the  reform  will  suffer  Iobi 
Every  reason  is  on  the  side  of  a  reguls 


Another  Han   Saved, 

In  the  year  I860  the  office  ofSuper- 
intendent  of  Public  Schools  in  Dane 
county, Wis.,  was  held  by  J.Q,  Emery. 

In  the  prosecution  of  his  work  he  sever- 
al Limes  called  upon  J.  H.  Gould  who 
rendered  him  efficient  and  acceptable 
service  and  thus  became  conversant 
with  tbe  business.  Mr. Emery  deeming 
it  for  bis  interest  to  vacate  ihe  office 
which  he  held, tendered  his  resignation 
to  the  State  Superintendent, A.  J.  Cra'g, 
and  wan  released.  A  conversation  then 
occured  between  Have  two  gentlemen 
as  to  who  should  succeed  Mr.{E.  in  the 
ni  peril  tendency.  It  was  agreed  that 
Mr.  Gould  should  be  tbe  appointee  and 
papers  were  made  out  accordingly. 

Pending  tbe  official  signing  and  de- 
livery of  tbe  papers,     Mr.    Gould  (  who 


Mae 


allho 


ht  of  joining)  whs  approached  "on 
the  aly"  by  wily  members  of  tbe  craft, 
aid.  "  You  can  have  the  appoinl- 
ifyouwilljoin  the  Masons."  Find 
ing  the  young  man  a  _litlle  averse  to 
mil  proceedings  they  offered  to  pay 
lis  initiation  fee,  $30.  This,  ffer  how- 
iver  had  the  opposite  effect  from  that 
ntended.  Mr.  G.  repelled  it  as  a  bribe 
.nd  an  insult,  and  told  them  he  would 
uive  nothing  to  do  with    their   corrupt 


ideral c 


jrmoniam  in  the  Holy  Scriptui 
y  man  puts  Mormonism,  Ku-Kluxi 
any  other  form  of  Masonry  on 
me  level  with  the  church  of  Ch 
es  be  not  thereby  dishonor  Chi 
Philosophically  speaking,  ia  it  a 
obable  that  the  man    who   atten 


j  Mai 


rub  ihei'i.r 


religion,  has  any  thing  mnrp  than  t 
very  hiiperbVial  knowledge  of  either  o 
iheml  Can  tbe  ostrich  by  hiding  its 
eyes  in  the  sand,  or  tin-  Mason  by  bid 
ing  his  under  a  hood  wink,  escape  tbt 
observation  of  the  present  aget  King! 
used  to  appoint  bishops;  and  who  ir 
the  United  States  are  to  appoint,  to  the 
all  important  office  of  preaching  the  gor 
pel  unless  it  is  the  people)  If  unwortbj 
men  fill  tbat  office  are  not  the  peopl* 
responsible  for  ill  The  prieal  has  been 
seen  superintending  a  cock-fight;  and 
a  thought  that  cock-fighting 


iordi 


i  the  fun. 


of  hi 


office,  as  preacher  of  the  gospel;  i 

lulion  of  Freemasonry?     In  all  s 
ity,  if  a  man  becomes  the  member  of  a 
cock  pit,  a   jockey-club,  or   a   Mi 
lodge,  oight  he  nol  lo  give  up  p: 
ing  the  gospel  1  Inqoih 

[These  questions  have  a  plain  a 
in  the  words  of  Jesus:  "Ye  e 
serve  God  and  mammon."] 


The  safe  way  of  sending  monpy  i 
P.  O.  order  which  costs  bul^ue  c 
for  $10.00  or   und  r;  or  by  regist* 


Lodge  Work  in  Albion,  Ind. 

Albion,  Ind.,  Nov.  24th.  167.1 
On  Ihe  morning  of  the  20th  insta 
a  young  man  working  on  tbe  extent 
or  Ihe  B.  and  O.  R.  R.  at  ibis  p'a 
went  lo  the  contractor  and  asked  for 
some  money ;  upon  heing  lold  that  they 
were  out  of  money,  he  asked  f. 
der.  Upon  this  rrquesi  the  co 
drew  a  revolver.  The  yuung  n 
ing  his  design,  caught  him  by  the 


eldl 


■eupoi 


life 


died    the    young    man  in  tbe    sit 

ing  to   the  lodge,)went    to  the  Ji 
of  the    Peace,   (who   is  a   man 


igh  ■ 


i  the 


lodge 


but  not  eo  high  as  might  be  in 
side  world),  and  told  him  in  a  Ma^oni. 
way  of  course,  that  be  was  very  mucl: 
excited  and  did  not  think  what  be  was 
doing.     And  who  can  (ell    how    many 


1  told  1 


me,  the  y 


i  Just 


told  him  tbat  he  could  do  nothing  for 
him,  that  be  could  get  no  redress,  Bui 
the  boy  was  not  to  be  but  off  in  that 
way;  ao  after  delaying    two  hours  tbe 


,  who 


who 


draw   the    revolver. 

know  a  doctor  who  resides  iu  Albi- 

who  was  once    an  Odd-fellow;  but 

ng  the  error  of  his  ways,  came  out 

renounced  the  order.     They    have 

royed  his  reputation    as   a    doctor 

I  verily  believe  they  would  cut  his 

throat  if  they  dared.     I    might  go  on 

nd  relate  several  other  instances  of  like 

baracter     that  have  occurred    in   thia 

^mediate  vicinity,  I  mycelf  having  not 

ntirely  escaped  them.     And,  now.sir, 

re  we  to  be  governed  by  such  a  clique 

s  thief     Is    thia   beautiful  country  of 


.thai 


lUgbt 


all  t 


:ation,  tobegovern- 
men  as  these  t    I    echo  the 
f  Patrick  henry,  -'Forbid    it 
igbty   God."     Had  we   not  better 
break  Ihe  shackles  that    »o   completely 
e    may;  and   before 
fast  tbat  we  cannot 


they  ar 
break  t 


nt     Lei 


and 


r .  Let  us  put  our  shoulder  to  the 
■I.  Lei  us  go  to  Ihe  ballot-box 
put   the    right  man  in    the    right 


WASTED.—  Information     from    nil 

hose  time  Is  out  as  to  whother  you 

wish  to  coullnuo  the  Cynosure.    The 

date  on  the  label  of  your  paper  shows 

when   the  subscription  expires. 

The  ahipment  of  five  thousand  tons 
of  Lake  Superior  pig  iron  to  England 
within  a  short  time,  1b  significant  as 
marking  the  decline  of  England's  supre- 
macy in  the  iron  manufacture.  Impor- 
tations of  iron  to  this  country  have 
fallen  off  greatly;  while  the  consump- 
tion of  tbe  metal  is  increasing  from 
year  to  year.  But  the  development 
of  coal  adapted  lo  iron  smelting,  to- 
gether with  the  fact  that  the  process 
of  reducing  ores  by  coal   gas  is  lapidly 

make  the  United  States,  within  a  very 
short  time,  the  greatest  iron  manufac- 
turing c  untry  in  the  world. 

Mexico  and  Switzerland  have  recent- 
ly introduced  radical  changes  in  their 
constitutions  regarding  liberty  of  con- 
science. Tbe  following  are  clauseB 
from  a  bill  introduced  for  Ihe  revision  of 
the  SwisB  Federal  Constitution: 

1.  There  shall  be  complete  freedom 
of  conscience  and  creed. 

2.  No  one  shdl  be  compelled  to  take 
tiarl  in  ihe  acts  of  any  religious   body 

3.  Civil  and  political  rights  shall  not 
he  made  dependent  on  any  i  emulations 
or  conditions  of  a  religious  kind,  and  no 
religious  opinions  shall  be  admitted  as 
justification  for  neglecting  ihe  duties   of 

4  No  one  shall  he  compelled  to  pay 
tuxes  for  the  support  of  a  religious 
body  of  which  he  is  not  a  member,  and 
every  citizen  shall,  se  far  as  compati- 
ble witli  public  order  and  morality,  en- 
joy equal  freedom  in  the  exercise  of 
his  religion,  and  protection  for  tbe  pub- 
lic services  thereof. 

A  railroad  discussion  lately,  between 
gentlemen  who  have  had  some  part  in 
politics,  turned  upon  the  increase  of 
Congressional    nnd  Executive   salaries. 

President's  salary  under  the  new  law 
was  no  more  than  thai  of  many  in   pri- 

rily  greater.  The  following  from  a 
daily  journal  shows  tbe  incorrectness  of  J 
this  argument,  and  thai  the  American 
people,  contrary  to  the  Jenius  of  iheir 
institutions,  are  supporting  one  family 
in  royal   magnificence: 

The  While  House  approprialions    for 
the'eurrent  year,  1873-4,  aro    in  detail 
as  follows: 
Furnace  keeper,     -     -     -     .     $      720 

Two  policemen, 2  640 

One  night-watchman,      •  900 

Usher, l   200 

Two  doorkeepers,      -     .      -         2  400 

Steward,  2  000 

Mfaienger. 1    200 

Secretary  and  clerks,  -  -  -  10,000 
Contingent  expenses,  -  -  -  0  000 
Aimuul  repairs  White  House,  15  000 
Refurnishing  While  House  •  10  000 
Fuel,     .......      .5  000 

Green  house, ]0  000 

Grounds, 10  000 

Tola', $77  060 

To  this  add  $50,000  for  the  Presi- 
dent's salary  fir  the  current  year,  and 
the  expense  of  ihe  Executive  establish- 
ment thus  amounlB  of  $127,000  per  an- 
num. It  is  to  be  remembered  that 
there  are  very  many  olher  household 
expenses,  Kuch  as  for  gas,  which  are 
defrayed  in  appropriation  billi,  and  that 
a  President's  salary  is  really  a  much 
larger  amount  lhan  $50,000  a  year.be- 
cause  of  ihe  smaller  amount  he  ia 
obliged  to  expend. 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE  :  DECEMBER  11,  1873. 


BeUgloi 

Beside  the  reguli 
prayer-meeting  held  by  the  students  of 
Wheaton  College, 

i  kept  up  during 


Read  These  Columns. 


Thei 


forr 


for 


'Dthe. 


■al    inter< 


■'U1-...I  this 


neeling.—  A  Bap 
uich  in  Orange,  N.    J.,    baa  for 

1  years  taken  up  the  duties  uf  an 
ilion  society  by  supporting  young 
n  their  theological  studies.  Last 
it  spent  §4,000  in  this  work.— 
are  237  Congregational  churches 
about  London,  England.  67  of 
have  been  established  since  1852 : 


ther 


nit  ,.r . 


thesi 

labor;  thirty 
individual  Christians.  Measures  art 
being  taken  for  a  clo?er  union  of  these 
churches  in  faith  and  fellowship,—  Sev- 
eral churches  of  the  Alleghany  Wes- 
leyan  Conference  are  enjoying  special 
outpourings  of  the  Holy  Spi 
—Rev.  C.  E.  Cheney,  of  Chicago, 
who  was  appointed  B  shop  of  the  "Re- 
formed Episcopal  church"  at  the  Com- 
min's  meeting  in  New  York,  has  ex- 
cepted, with  the  consent  of  his  church. 

Sabbath  before  a  congregation  of  4.  U00, 
was  an  able  argument  against  brgl 
churchiam. — Sabbath  afternoon  ue 
vice  for  strangers  and  down  town  res 
dents  was  commenced  last  Sunday  i 
thiB  city  under  the  charge  of  the  Epis- 
copalians.—  Wm.    Armita^e,  Kpi-.-opal 


ing  these  good  words  at  this  time. 
Coming  as  they  do  from  persons  who 
have  been  reading  the  Cynosure  from 
one  to  live  years,  they  are  weighty  en- 
dorsements of  the  excellence  of  the  pa- 
per and  may  be  used  with  goud  results 
by  those  who  are  trying  to  obtain  hbw 
subscriber.  They  will  doubtless 
strengthen  and  encourage  all  who  read 
them  as  they  encourage  us. 

Amos  Kinqsley,  now  in  his  eighty- 
second  year  writes  in  a  clear,  though 
trembling  hand,  "I  have  kept  all  my 
lies  of  the  Cynosure  since  I  began  to 
ake  it,  and  when  1  get  in  a  crowd  or 
ide  on  the  cars  1  draw  my  bow  at  a 
enture  and  let  fly  the  Cynosure  arrow, 
oping  it  may  hit  between  the  joinlsof 
ae  harness,  hoping  it  may  inflict  a 
-oundif  it  don't  kill. 
If  every  one  that  take"  the  paper 
ould  do  likewise,  it  would  help  on 
le  good  cause,  I  think,  by  enlightening 


i.  Salisbury, 
riles,  "Husband  h 
two  years   and    v 
I  Btop  it  (theCyn 
we  will  have     to 


)  for  the  Cyni 


Falls,  N, 

i  been   sick  al 

thought    wi 


of  the  forinighlly  and  writes,    "  I  like 
the  Christian  Cynosure   gene/ally 
more  because   of  its  political    platform 
and  moral  tone  and  gospel  fepirit. " 

"  /cannot  afford  to  have  the  Cy 

sure  discontinued.      Keep  my  came 

the  book.      I'll  send  the  money  soon 

J.  J.  Fast,"  Canton,  0. 


,  belie 


is  striking  at 
miic  rniij'-Hly  . 
he  list,  and  I 


.  C.  Ce 


,  Ind. 


i  may  expect  my  money  for  th( 
mre  soon.  J  will  do  what  /  cat, 
new  subscribers. 

H.   F.    BrJFFHiM. 

Batavia.Mich, 

tt  to   receiving  the   cash    in    ad- 


espeet.s  --veil 
ve  often  find 
rani  cach   lo 

promptly  as  i 


laying  1  will   remi 

nore  than  the  othe 
ourselves  unable  i 
neet   our  obligation 


feeling    , 


'her« 


But* 


to  be  Speaker  of  the  House. 
resident  appointed  Attorney 
I  Williams  to  the  vacant  Chier 
ihip  and  sent  the  appoint 


use  lies    near 
uld   do  much 
t    subscription. 
J.  C.  Barland,    of  Eau  C 
rites,— "Dear  Cymmre: 
find  S2. 00.   Though  timeB  are 
ild  not  ;;i\e  up   your  1 

hood  and  for  God's  truth  tb 


She 


in  no  haste  to   confirm    bin 
choice  is  unfavorably  receive 

parts  of  the  country. 


ispee 

specie    pay  re 


the  3d 
In    th* 


id  vocal 
House 


1  pained 


special 


ot  trie  salary  bill  is  appointed 
and  the  question  is  being  discussed  i 
both  houses.  Pinchback.  who  is  cor 
testing  a  seat  in  the  Senate  frou 
Louisiana,  is  a  colored  man.  The  St. 
Louis  Republican    publishes  a   record 


groveling  of 
at  the  bid- 
mater.  (Thi 
ghty  bulwark 


bill  for  an  air  line  railroad  between 
Chicago  and  New  York  to  receive 
government  aid  by  remission  of  duties 


ing  of  this  slimy  u 
reaa  that  should  be  a  n 
f  truth  and  freedom.)" 

C.  B.  Whittley,  Shi 
hio,  writes;  ''Dear  C 
isure,  1  am  in  full  sympathy 
>u  in  your  noble  work."  He  closes 
v  saying  that  the  paper  ought  lo  be 
lad  by  everybody  in  our  land. 

"Dike 


Cyn 


■  papei 


Ho 


amnesty  bill  passed 
bill  removes  all  disabilities  connectec 
with  the  rebellion,  and  Jeff.  Davis  may. 
if  it  becomes  a  law,  take  a  seal  in  Con- 
gress if  he  can  get  elected. 

Codntby. — The  storms  of  last  week 
were  felt  generally  through  all  the  lake 
reports   of  destruction  coming 


tany  ; 


Btribers  yet,  but  hope  to  get  s 


Wev 


in  from  the  different 

buildings  anil  tcleprapb  no|e( 
experienced  m  this  city,  in  Dayb 
Toledo.  O.,  io  Detroit,  E  ist  8i 
and  the  lumber  region  of  Mich., 

tract  of  i.imh-r  |.r.,.trai-d.  —  Th 
peller   City  of    De 


all  who   are     trying  t 


large 


>it    foundered    off  , 
i  Huron  last  week 
and  it  is  feared  all   on   board  were  1c 
—  The    steamboat    Royal    (icurge 
ploded   at    Albany.  La., 


Ul.-Tihl-IS 

'Broken  Seal,"  or  purchase  "Finney  on 
Masonry,"  "History    of  the  Abduction 
and  Murder  'if    Morgan"   (a  hook    con- 
ing !'egal   evidence   on    the    case), 
ratives  and  arguments  showing  the 


a  of  i 


killing    four 

of   N 
by  h 

Howard  C 


d    fuel 

-  I  lie..l 


ny  thing 
mfully,  an 
nany  book-^ 


;   or  alien 

s.       They     will 

Lhey     pay     for 

probably    will 

pamphh 


Iowa    hrgi-ly 
lomesteaders.       They    muBt   ha 
until  spring,— Gen.  O.  0.  Ho 
baa   resigned    the    Presidency 


)  friei 


Ne 


ay  or,    and    elected 

y. — Five  liquor-sel- 
D,  Pa.,  were  lately 
'  of   $50    each  and 


,he      Cynosure. 
There    is    hope    for    ihe    far 

ihe  may  do  a  great  work  foroui 


for  it)  as  long  as  I  live.      Please 

nueh   needed  reform.     S.    Simp 
Pilot  Rock,  Oreg- 
"  I  like  the  paper  better  the  r 


s  for 


Wm.   Su 


ail  the  Cy 
t  parts  of  I 

•■  may  he 


Xenia,  Ind. 
e  to   persons  in 
the  country,  that   its 

publication  thai  will 
Its  sentiments,  and 
hicb  tbeyareset  forth 


1  alt-lit 


W.i.  Obuh. 


the  Lock  Earn  has  arrived  in  Plymouth, 
Eng. ,  and  reports  on  I  he  disaster  which 
sunk  the  French  nt-earn-shm,  the  Ville 
du  Havre.  Tho  collision  is  charged 
wholly  on  the  latter  vessel,  which  was 
badly  steered,  and  the   French  captain 

ed  to  help  save  the  drowning  passen- 
gers. It  is  to  be  hoped  that  thia  sad 
disaster  will  be  fully  investigated. 


We  often  hear  of  others  v 
way  of  extending  the  work 
Ihe  practice  might  beco 
imong  all  our  frubaeribera. 
Sam'l  Allen,  of  London, 
•Dear    Cynosure;    you  t 


The  Phkbident's 
englby.  After  revh 
•latione,  in    which 


e  legislation, 

i  favored.      A 

hours  of  Coi 
on  the  whol 
ind  abroad. 


-bold  pel  with  us  since  your  birth. 
In- Hen's  bles-in^K  follow  you." 
C.  Read,  of  Albion,  O..  writes  of 
the  Cynosure.  • '  It  is  a  very  wf.tcome 
messenger  in  our  family  circle. 
My  prayer  is  every  day,  O  Lord, 
leanaeand  purify  th>  CliristianCburch. 
want  my  paper  continued  and  never 
>  stop  sb  long  as  it  Iuib  the  present 
ng.  Let  its  precious  1'ght  go  forth  in- 
)  all  the  world.  I  will  do  all  I  can  to 
rculate  it." 

"I  say,  like  Alwood,  ihe  'Christian 
lynoBure  ought  to  be  read  by  every 
■  an  in  the  world,  for  I  cannot  get 
long  without  the  Religious  Telescope 
nd  tho  Cynosure.      Wm,  Brobss, 

Wadsworth,  0. 

Rev.  J,  Dawson,  Swanton,    la.,  ex- 

peots  soon  to  take  the  weekly   instead 


sympathetic 
do  not  call 
or.  We  wish  every  subscriber  whose 
ubscription  has  expired  would  write  to 
is  as  soon  as  possible.     Send  the  cash 


i  tak- 


know,  also  requires  a  '  special  order.' 

S.  11  Fal  ley,  Indianapolis,  Ind  .,wrtt( 

"  1  always  have  paid  81.00  on  the  fii 

of  July  and  one    on    January    first. 

the  Cynosure  hi  jive  yean 


I  think  it  would  do  thi 


Y.        He  reports    hard    work  wi 

that  the  reward  for  some  kinds  of  work 

writes  of  the  death  of  a  subscribe 
says.  'Elder  Throop  has  gone  t( 
place  where  good  Masons  never  ca 
ter,  ns  they  have  a  separate  depart 
called  the  graud  lodge  above. " 


necinl  Notice  to  I 
lessityof  sending  t 


ills  for 


d  up  and  avoid    the 

on  of  every  sub- 

t  day  of  January 


'by  tl 


a  notice 


Wed 


.  five 


Is 
paper  by 


yeai 


ho   pays  his 
merit  in    th 

subscriber  I 


T.   P.    Robb,     Ort 


3ndi  five  dollai 


r  Coble,    htlle  sh<  i'l. 


>  bold,  so  brave,  and  yet  so  tr 
wish  you  God  speed  in  the  sa 

Prest.  Allen  of  Westfield, 
Would  that  I  could  use  more  < 
of  the  Cynosure, 


thee 


a  gen 


1  'specially  iheir  eternal  well  beini 
1  the  welfare  of  all  whom  they  influ 
e.     We  ask  oil  true  hearted   people 


>thei 


itiments  disseminated    by 
Masonry  and  its   supporters    from    our 
untry  and  from  the  earth. 
Eli    Tapley,     of    Columbus,     Miss. 
ites:  "  Inclosed    find  the  renewal  of 
y  subscription  for    the  Cynosure  and 
■to  three  others.     I  expected  lo    for- 
ward mine  at  an  earlier  dale,  but    was 
%  for  other  names.    I  rejoice  with 
l   your   great  success    in   labor- 
enlighteu  the  world  with  regard 
evils  of  secret  orders.     I  am  still 
to  keep  every  one   lean   out  of 
the  dens  of  the  'evil  beast.' 

U'ir  ki^-ihi'  lies  -n  i.h-  ihe  brink 
Of  many  a  threatening  wtlve 

liutV'i-  lives  t'o  save. " 

Us  C.  Briggs,  of  Chickasaw,  Iowa, 

;a;  "  Friendly  Cynosure:  I  inclose 

dollars  in  tbU  for  you.    (Go,  mile, 

though  I  feel  your  loss  more  than  some 

their    thousands,)       Come  Cynosure, 

ivith  your  stirring  appeals,  your  warn- 

ng    cry,     your   startling    facts,    your 

strong  logic,    and    flash    the  light    of 


>  of  I 


land. 


lal   thi 


hiddi 


murky  clouds,  make  your  pathway 

g  point  in  the  heavens  shall  cast  a 
iancc  over  the  evening  of  the  wurkl. 
i  you  speitk  when  I  shall  be  forgot- 
in  the  grave;  may  you  renew  your 
nglh  as  the  eagle,  may  your  trum- 


I  had  s 


sgroi 


bo    Sliel 


thei 


bylery.    Havi 

i  give  light  n 

Barlow  Uarl 

Inclosed  yoi 

the  Cynosure, 

stop;  but  1  ea 
I  am  doing  al 
people    on    si 


,,    sends  ten  dollars    and 

r  eight  copies  (of  the  Cy- 
lo  ministers  in  my  pree- 
ing  just  come  here,  1  wish 

,  of  Alton, Mich.,  writes: 

will  find  two  dollar*  for 
I  had  thought,  as  the 
bard  I  would   have   It 


»vc  from  our  list  the  n 

permit.  Will  you  plei 
ncyfur  notify  us  that  y 
;ire  your  subscription  < 

tit i in.'  nuy    interruption 

in1  lo  -olieil  snli'iri|.n..iiM 
itala  a  club  of  i 


C  fail  to  carry  ii 
lal  carls  to  th 


ANTIMASONIC  TRACTS. 


L  Tract  fund  for  the  Frot  Dislrikition  of  Tracts. 

ddrees  Keba   A.   Cook   &    Co.. 

HISTORY  jtf*MASONRY. 


TERMS  FOR  THE  CYNOSURE. 


c 

ll.t  '■',',„"„,,',-"„'. 

ho  sender  ibouM  fto«p  &d  acoonn 

irly  please  inform  us; 


CUilihfng  List. 
kty  Cynosure   will  be  si 


,lian  ^ttne-moo t 

odist  Free  Press i 

Christian  (monthly  with  map  of 

without   map S 

MftS(,:ik  Hcril-J    i 

WVitiMi  It'irul    i 

,'Folks'Riir»l(iii<iulhly  with  two 

la)  AgricultarisVaadBje'Jour 

Hei    ICeper's  M*,i;  w.W:'.'. '. '.'. '.'.'.'.'.'.  '.'.S, 

Banner i 

jmo  with  either  of  last  three  10c 
Wood's   Household  Mva'inc  with 

^i  t:iirisii.in  ..'.'.  /. V.V.'.'.V. '.'.".".". 


Anti-masonic   Lrrtn: 


(iener.il  Asii.-i 


i.Ohrl 


-.Si., in. 


Sfite  Lei-mre 
)5E.  Washin; 

State  lecturer  for  W: 
iau,  Ironton,  Wis. 

I  A  Han,  Wheaton, 

C.  A.  Blanchard.  Vi 

I'.  Elze.i,  Wm 

W.  A.  bullae,  „. 

.1.  It    Nesscll,   Kllmulou,    N     V 


J'.llll    Li.- ". 


Soiieciivilk',  n- 
lington,  N.  T 
ii,  Detroit,   Mic 


R.  B.  Taylor,  t 

L.  N.  Strattou,  Syracu 
N.  Callender,  Green  C 
J.  H.  Timmons,  Tare 
Linus  Jhittenden,  Cry 
P.  Hurleas,  Polo,  111. 
J.  H.  Baird,  Greenville 
T  It  M.  Cormlck,  Pri: 
(.'    Winona,  An^.l.i.In.1. 


J.  L.  Barlow.  Bei 
1.  Johnson, 


Rev    K.  .I..ii 
Josiah  McCf 

(.'.  F.  Iluwlev.  S,-„ee>i  F; 


Heights,  N.  Y. 

Creek,  Wis. 


lit  so  many  that 
w,  yet  progress 
t  lecturer    would  I 


MASOITIG    MTJB.DER. 


SECRETS  OP  MASONRY. 

BY  ELI  TAPLEY. 
TRACT  NO.  4. 

GRAND    GREAT  GRAND!! 
By  PHILO  CARPENTER. 

i  ofthepublii 


i,  $1,0 


f  Freemasonry.  Price 


Extracts  From  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  i 
Sworn  to  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Rhode  Island. 


Hon.  John  Ouincy  Adams'  Letter 

Hiving  Hiannd  FIls  Father's  Opinion  of  Freemasonry 


Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

diving   His  Opinion    of  Freemasonry    (1882). 


Satan's  Cable  Tow. 


"Freemasdnrv  is  0nlvl52  Years  Old," 

"Murder  and  Treason  not  Ezoeeptd." 


Freemasonry  in  tne  Cn-urcn, 


t'lniriirter  uml   Syttihnl-  of  l''reemnsonry 

Address  of  Niagara  County  J  ssociation,  Nsw  York. 

C'uiicerning  ihe  Morgan  Murder,  and  the  characte 
f  Freemasonry,  ns  shown  by  i  his  and  other  Mason! 
lurders.    50cts.  per  100,  or  $4.00  per  1,000. 

Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry. 


.rtnifjhtly     Editioi 


HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D 


GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY. 


MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  and  VOID. 


Irigin  Obligations  and  I}c$snse£  of  The  Qr&ngc 

Si:  Seaiom  v:',ij  i  Christian  should  sot  bo  i  Freoniso 

ENOCH  HONEYNELl'S  TRACT. 


Who  Murdered  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan? 

Th.  toiwor  to  thUquctlon  1.  lonnd  to  ln«I 
HISTORY  OF  THE 

Abduotion  and  Murder 

Capt.  William  Morgan, 

ThiB  is  a  Book  of  Thrilling  Interest,  and 
shows  clearly  that 


IN  OBEDIENCE  ' 

(7~See  Sample  Pages  below. 


ducted  to  a  room  in  the  third  story  of  a  stoiu 
linarily  used  as  a  Masonic  lodge  room.  In  th 
guarded  by  live  men,  who  said  they  were  11c 


.iidthe  former  after  Bome  short  detention  was 
icii  to  see  him.     The  constable  was  then  n: 

icriptiou  of  the  warrant  by  virtue  of   whicl 


Ik-1-I  Miller  in  cu-tuilv.  but,  lie  stradily  n.-lu.si'd  tu  exhibit  <> 
describe  it;  but  stili  left  no  doubt  on  the  mind  of  Miller  or  hi 
counsel,  that  the  warrant  was  in  a  criminal  proceeding 
ami  at  length  avowed  that  it  had  ln-en  issued  by  a  magi; 
trate  at  Le  Roy.      It  should  here  be  Mated  that  about,  s  day 

Julius,  ivhose  sudden  npjn-arance  ,t  liaLma  has  been  nun 
tinned,  suddenly'  <lis.ijip.  at.-ii  fn.iiu  •  .  ,'  |.|  i.  ■■.  \  ■  ,.>,-(  uki 
after  Miller's  iiitr.Mii.'iiun  to  the  l<"Ue  r..  th  at  >t.,t:..id.  th;; 
same  Daniel  Johns  entered  the  room,  holding  in  his  hand  i 
drawn  sword,  anil  walked  with  lar-e  and  <| u i>  k  sti'DS  !n'n>- 
the  room 
inspire  ter 

[imii.Ii Mil'  witu  him.  having  lea 
nut  iei  ulleet.  tlial.Julins  wns  Ins  fin'-eeiitor.  Julius  lee.vev 
answered  in  a  voice  that  faltered  a  little,  "Miller.  I  am  or 
doire_;  vi  hat  I  have  been  ordered  to  du."  During  his  . I ._- 1 - 
tion  in  the  room,  one  of  the  guards  told  him  in  hingua 
loud  enough  to  he  heard  by  all  in  the  room,  that,  be  was  n 
to  be  tried  at  Le  Roy,  nor  to  stop  there,  nor  to 
tiled  bv  ail  o/dinarv  tribunal,  but  wn±  [,'oiiig  where  M. 
ganw.is.  Mdler.Lsked,  "What  tribunal  T  He  n-plied/'Vou^ 
see.'  The  utbers  made  n<<  n-marks  in  denial  oi-ex|>latiiilii> 
but  lu-  hi  qj  d  .  iqo  man  -say  to  anothei 


s  from  nrocoeding  with  Miller  b 


lamtesl    that  the  conspirators  wished    lo  c 


the  process  lie  had  a^ainsi  Miller  wjus  in  facta  pre 
suit;  and  from  that  nine  his  resolution  seemed  somewhat 
shaken.  About  dusk  the  whole  crowd  proceeded,  with  much 
noise  and  tumult,  to  Le  Its-v,  4  miles,  and  afti.-r  many  efforts 
on  the  part  of  I-'rench  to  prevent  him  from  so  doiti^,  Miller 
got  himself  placed  before  the  justice,  who  hud  issued  the 
warrant.  French  then  ^n  e  direetions  to  two  of  his  assist- 
ants, nnd  disappeared.  Miller  .-(aid  in  the  office  about  half 
an  hour,  during  which  time  the  justice  called  for  the  consta- 
ble mid  warrant,  but  neither  i  .nist able,  warrant,  or  plaintiff 
appeared,  and  the  justice  informed  Mr.  Miller  that  he  -.v.~ 
at  liberty  to  go  where  he  pleased.  This  wns  about  nine 
o'clock  in  the  evening."  It  appeared  from  the  docket  of  tne 
a^islrat'-  that   a   warrant    had  been    issued   against   Miller, 


»ppm 


irne.l   I 


rn-ht  to  Uat;ivi 


and  relieved  his  family  from  terror  ami  alarm.  That  this 
lawless  assemblage  of  men  took  place  for  the  purpose  of  se- 
curing (In-  arrest  of  Miller,  by  virtue  of  u  process  never  in- 
tended to  be  acted  upon,  we  shall  take  no  trouble  to  show  to 
the  public.  We  have  conclusive  proof  from  ihe  express  dec- 
larations of  those  who  led  the    troop,   and  from  various  other 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  DECEMBER  11,  1873. 


The  Fntnl  Moment. 


Tbtre  II  ft  line,  bj'  us  unseen, 

Thatcroasc9  every  path, 
The  hidden  boundary  between 

God's  patience  nod  his  wroth. 

To  pass  that  limit  is  to  die- 
To  dioasif  by  .Health: 

It  does  uul  quencl)  tin'  l)i"imn,£  ''>'' 
Nor  pale  the  glow  of  health. 


But  on  that  f 

ivhen'.l  (juJ 

Iudcllibly  h 

Unseen  by  m 

d,  for  man  a 

la  blind  and 

in  the  dark. 

Or  feel  that  he  is  doomed. 

He  feels,  perchance,  that  all  is  we 
And  every  fear  is  calmed: 

Not  only  doomed,  but  damued. 


How  far  may  we  go  on  in  ain? 

How  long  will  God  forbenr, 
Where  docs  hope  end,  and  wl 

The  confines  of  despair? 


"  Ye  who  from  God  depart, 

While  it  is  called  to-day,  repent, 

And  harden  not  your  heart." 


piv-isihiliiy  could  tbi-y  barmnnize 
i  same  political  family.  So  early 
4ft  the  people  of  the  territory  of 
Utah  elected  officers  for  a  state  govern- 
,  and  demanded  admission  to  the 
Union,  with  teriffie  threats  in  case  of 
refusal.  But  neither  threats  nor  blan- 
lents  could  swerve  Congress  from 
termined  rejection,     And  this  not 

but  also  from  the  reason  that  their 


rstem.  ecclesiiu.tic.il  :-.n:>  i 
InMi.1  wi  tli  the  govemmei 
f  this  country.  t 
tal  dogma  of  tho.r  faith, 
every  true  Mormon  holds  to  as  c 
the  revelations  of  their  proptic 
founder,  is,  that  the    authority    < 


laws  of  the  hind;  and  i 


|j\i-.ini"iuii 


■  L'l.it 


States 


iljKVJ'i   lli.-i 

Rocky    mo. 


pow 


conquest  should  be  track- 
coro  of  blood  from  the 
itains  to  the  Atlantic 
d  their  prophet  Smith. 
By  a  receut  decision  of  the  United 
Slates  court  for  the  territory  of  Utah, 
a  Mormon  is  disqualified,  by  bis  princi- 
ples and  practice  as  a  Mormon,  to  serve 
theUnited  States  as  a  grand  juroreven. 
In  rendering  this  judgment,  Cbief-Jns- 
tice  McKeon  remarked: — 

"  If  the  mass  of  the  American  peo- 
ple were  barbarians,  or  if  the  patriarch- 


al or  tribal  system  of  govern ni 


nc  thei 


.■■J'.., 


Ailed  i 


could  not  eiiBt.  It  h  not  a  little  hu- 
miliating that  it  should  seem  to  be 
necessary  to  add,  that  our  constitution 
and  laws  do  not  require — nay,  do  not 
permit  the  toleration  of  any  practice 
which  wages 


of   eivi)-,,; 


There    have  been    re- 
nhich  have  required  the  offering 


The  Evniicclkul  Alln 


At  the  late  meeting  of  the  Evangeli- 
oal  Alliance  its  honor  J  d  president,  Dr. 
T.  D.  "Woolsey  of  New  Haven,  read  a 
dissertation  '"  On  the  attitude  of  the 
constitution  and  government  of  the 
United  States  toward  Christianity,"  in 
which  the  writer  undertakes  to  show 
that  this  nation  by  its  constitution  and 
laws  is  not  distinctively  Christian  in  its 
character;  and,  to  illustrate  his  argu- 
ment, concludes  by  asking  affirmatively, 
**  If  the  people  should  all  turn  Moham- 


Mori 


change  would  t 
relation  and  int 


the    la 


Christ 


.y,  in  the  opinion  of  thi 
,  with  these  two  exeep 
ledanism  or  Mormonisn 
mpatible  with  the  const! 
3  of  the  United  States  ai 
nd  the  consequent  =up 
ble  by  the  Koran  o; 
ion  with  all  the  im 
mes  practiced   under 


planting  of  the 
the  Book  of  M< 
moralities  and 
them,  would  n< 
change, "  but  everything  might  go 
smoothly  on  in  perfect  harmony  with 
our  political  system.  With  these  ex- 
ceptions, no  'material  change'  would  be 

r  Mormon  dynaBty.     Our  civil 

flexible,  bo  devoid  of  Christian  principle 
and  positive  morality,  as   to  fit  almost 
any  people  with   equal  facility,    Chris- 
tian or  infidel,  civilized  or  savage. 
Such  idea  of  the  nature  and  fitness  of 


littl- 


inline 


Ihoi 


have  grown  up  with  the  old 

that  God   is  king  ofj  this  n 

vine  right,  we   are  glad  to    believe,  art 

in  conflict  wilh  the  history  and  charac 

ter  of  tbe  government  from    its    incep 


i  to  the 


Lou: 


newspaper  column  would  be  quite  in 
sufficient  for  an  adequate  review  of  thi 
past,  we  come  directly  to  one  of  the  il- 
lustrative   suppositions,    and    the    oi 

us,  namely,  the  transition  of  the  pe 
pie  of  the  United  Stales  to  Mormonisn 
What  would  follow  such  a  change  v 
cannot  anticipate  further  than  it  is  for 
shadowed  by  the  character  of  existir 
Mormonism.  The  transmuted  peopl 
we  must  suppose,  would  do  as  ll 
Mormons  do,  think  as  they  think,  a 
as  they  act.  Utah  would  be  spret 
over  the  whole  area  of  the  United 
Stales,  and  their  threatened  conquest 
by  the  apocalyptic  prophet  of  Mormon- 
ism would  then  be  swiftly  accomplished 
In  this  mirror  alone  can  we  Bee  our 
selves  as  other*  wouid  see  us, 

For  a  quarter  of  a   century  the  Mot* 

door  for  admittance  to  the  Union, 
have  found  tbe  door  boiled  ag 
them.  Congress,  again  and  a^in 
refused  the  applicant*,  Why?  Fo 
simple  and  sole  reason  that  Mormon 
with  or  without  ils  polygamy,  is  utterly 
incompatible  with    republicanism, 


ulda 


done  in    this  country,  i 
man  so  dishonest  that    h 
aopt  to  justify  tbem  by    th 
plea  of  r^hgious  toleration  V 

ords  of  the  chief-justice  t 
specially,  that  our  goverr 
>l  tolerate  anything  which 
it  the  very  existence  of  civi- 
;If,  [are  fitly  spoken;  they 
dance  with  sound  jurispru- 
dence, the  lawgof  self-preservation,  and 


the  d 


Bofc 


But  the  court  before  named  has  g 
en  further,  and  by  a  judicial  deci 
1870,  refused  naturalization  to  Mor- 
m  aliens,  on  the  ground  of  their  pe 
liar  religious  tenets  and  correspond 
ing  practices.  In  giving  his  opinion 
chief  justice  used  the  language  fol- 

Vn  applicant  for  naturalization  asks 
for  afavor;  asks  for  the  high  privilege 
of  American  citizenship;  and  he   must 
to  the  satisfaction   of  the  court 
that  he  is  worthy   of  it-       Well,   what 
i   their  [aliens]    views  of  American 
ilizationf      What  do  they  believe  to 
the  rights  and  duties  oi  an    Ameri- 
i  citizen  f     Before  tliey  take  the  oath 
of  citizenship,  I' t  the  court  be  satisfied 
whetber  they  believe  the  supreme  law 
of  the  laud  to  be  the    constitution,  the 
if  Congress,   and    the  treet'es  of 
the  United  States;  or  whether  they  be- 
lt to  be    the  revelations    of  some 
amic  prophet.       Let  the  court  be 
satisfied  what  'pretended'   laws  of  God 
they  mean  to  obey,  and  what   positive 
laws  of  God   they  mean  to  defy.       Id 
runtry  a  man  may  adopt  any   re 
he  pleases;  but  no  man  may  via 
ur  laws  and    plead  religion  as   ai 
e;  and  no  alien  should  be  made  t 
i  who  will  not  obey  the  laws.  Let 
is  and  aliens  distinctly  understand 
that  in  this  country  license  is  not  liber 


jgain 


thei 


not  only  by  its  polygamy,  but  also  by 
its  whole  polity  and  drift.  Ils  govern- 
ment is  a  hierarchy,  with  ils  supreme 
powers  vested  in  its  first  president,  who 
holda  in  his  despotic  hands  both  sword 
and  purse.  Every  true  Mormon  is 
bound  to  execute  the  will  of  his  chief, 


upon  all  recusants  who  shall  dare  op 
pose  it.  "Gentiles,"  as  all  anti-Mor- 
mons are  brauded,  are  maltreated,  har 
rassed  and  often  slain  by  them  with 
impunity.  Their  haughty 
fiant  of  the  authority  of  the  United 
Slates,  declares,}  "I  am  and  will 
be  governor,  and  no  power  car 
hinder  it  until  the  Lord  Almighty  *\v.\\ 
say,  Brigham,  you  need  not  be  gover 
nor  any  longer."  The  name  spirit  de- 
nounces the  army  of  the  United  Slates, 
sent  there  to  maintain  the  public  inws, 
as  a  mob,  and  drives  out  their  terrify 
al  judges  at  the  point  of  the  bayonet. 
Mormonism,  in  all  its  etrange  phases 
is  but  another  name  for  despotism.  Iti 
parallel  for  cruelty,  debauchery,  ant 
usurpation,  im^Hi'Moui  i  uiv-il  manliim! 
Lust  is  its  spring  and  tyranny  ils  prop, 
And  how  can  it  be  supposed  that  this 
rank  growth  of  bigotry  and  adultery 
this  vile  excrewnn-  of  blasphemy  nm 
possession 


nd  liv 


■  >]i-IK'l.'  ill.il 


Beated  in  Rome;  the  serpent  stolen  in- 
itoEden;  pandemonium  broken  into 
Paradise,  and  no  ''material  change" 
■■e.\cepting  the  laws  relating  to 
marriage  and  intestate  estate!"  It 
vould  naturally  be  supposed  that  a 
leople  committing  all,  or  nearly  all  the 
rimes  forbidden  by  the  decalogue, 
vould  make  some  rather  "  material 
hange"  in  the  laws  of  the  land;  as 
great,  at  least,  as  their  own  transmu- 
tions  from  Christian  citizens  to  Mor- 
on subjects,  from  our  American 
filizalion  to  outlandish  barbarism. 
Tbe  founders  of  the  republic  pro- 
foundly believed  in  popular  intelligence 
lorality  as  the  basis  and  support 
of  the  structure.  On  these  foundations 
they  builded.  But  Mormonism,  like 
uh'immedanism,  leaves  most  ol  the 
shorn  children  of  its  seraglios  to  grow 
up  in  ignorance,  and  as  for  morality 
ive  already  seen  how  morality 
fares  in  this  hotbed  of  crime  and 
uncleanness.  In  every  point  of  view, 
religious,  political,  social,  and  educa- 
'onal,  it  is  at  tvar  against  the  existence 
f  our  Christian  civilization,  and  could 
iO  more  live  under  it  than  night  under 
the  eye  of  day.  It  is,  by  no  means, 
'trauge  that  this  government  should 
persistently  spurn  such  n  suitor  for  ad- 
mission to  the  Union,  and  leave  the 
inxious  smorosa  to  go  unseated  to  the 
thiHy-eight  states,  until  civilizing  and 
■  deeming  influences  sIihII  have  purifi- 
ed and  decked  her  in  seemly  robes  for 
tbe  nuptials. 

Can  it  be  Irue  that  the  learned  writer 
ally    imagines,  on  his  supposition  of 
all  the  people  turning   Mormons,   that 
our  present  law  of  justice  and  huraani 
ty;  of  equal   rights    and  moral  obliga- 
tions would  be  honored  and  upheld  in 
their  integrity  under  the  ascendancy  of 
a  depostic    hierarchy,   seeking  to  hide 
its  guilty  head  in  the  night  of  the  dark 
ages, with  its  poly.'.imy,  its  polytheism, 
its  sensuality  and  its  savageness?  Does 
be  indulge  the  preposterous  idea  that 
laws,  springing  from    Christian   princi- 
ple, and  redolent  of  love  and  good  will 
to  men,  would  flourish    in  the   foul  at- 
mosphere  of  the  harem,  or  amid    the 
corresponding  debauchery  of  Utah  I  Or 
does  he  flatter  himself  that  the   grand 
Seignor   and    Brigham  Young    art 
enamored    with    our    equal    laws 
Christian  civilization,    that  the  K( 
or  the  Book  of  Mormon,  would  quietly 
supplant  the  Old  and  .New  Testate 
Can  he  inform   us   how,    without  rank 
perjury,  Mormons  could  swear   fidelity 
to  our  constitution  and  laws,  when  thi 
whole  Mended  polity  of  church  and  stt 
is  jutterly  variant    therewith,    warri 
against  our  civilization  f    Or  can  he  et 
mate  the  value  of  an  oath  coming  frc 
such  a  clan  of    renegades,   whom    t 
states  of  New  York,  Ohio,  Missouri  a 
Illinois  could  not  tolerate,  and  who  fled 
from  civilization  to  the  lone  desert  and 
howling  wilderness,  to  find  fit  room    t( 
practice    their    superstitious  rites   anc 
gross  carnality? 

I  pause  here  with  the  remark,  tha 
the  question  under  discussion  reiolvei 
itself  into  this,  namely,  is  God  or  Mam 
mon,  Christ  or  Belial,  king  of  Ibis  na 
lion?  It  hardly  need  be  added  that  thi 
undersigned  declares  for  Christ  as  king 
forever,  believing  with  Jefferson,  that 
"our  liberties  are  the  gift  of  God,  an 
are  not  to  be  violated  but  with  h 
wrath;"  and  with  Webster,  that  "thei 
is  nothing  more  certain  than  th) 
Christianity  is  part  of  the  law  of  tb 
land  "  F.  Gillbttb. 


tion  ceases  and   a  disposition 

nve  such  a  course  takeB  its  place. 

I  think  we  ought  to  consider  it  one 
of  God's  scourges  if  some  of  our  breth- 
ive  met  a  temporal  loss  in  the 
late  financial  panic,  on  account  of  non- 
producing  stock,  gamblers  and  reckless 
peculators.  Perhaps  a  few  more  such 
hocks  will  give  us  moro  confidence  in 
the  Lord's  securities,  and  a  lit- 
tle less  confidence  in  the  wild- 
cat securities  that  have  character- 
ized the  late  money  panic  The 
Lord  tells  ua  that  -'He  that  giveth  to 
the  poor  lendeth  to  the  Lord."     And 

ben  our  confidence  in  that  promise  is 
lost,  we  then  leud  to  the  rich,  thinking 
our  money  is  more  secure.  So  when 
the  bottom  falls  out  of  these  earthly 
securities,  let  us  try  the  Lord's  banks 
and  see  whether  we  will  be  disappoint- 
ed. ;  .  .  Again,  how  many  of 
our  dear  brethren  and  sisters  are 
toiling  day  after  day  without  the  me-ins 
necesaai  y  to  get  a  fair  start  in  life,  that 
have  neither  teams,  houses,  nor  land, 
and  yet  have  families  to  support !  How 
easy  to  raise  the  burden  off  bucIi  by 
lending  a  few  hundred  dollars  for  a  few 

all!     My  mind  just  now  runs   to    the 

benevolent  acts  of  a  good  old  brother 
who  is  now  across  the  Jordan  of  death, 
that  bad  accumulated  much  worldly 
goods  aud  lived  in  northern  Illinois.  1 
know  of  another  old  brother  who  was 
in  very  needy  circumstances,  and  per- 
haps would  always  have  remained  ao 
had  it  not  been  for  the  kiudness  of  the 
rich  brother.  The  rich  brother  let  the 
poor  brother  have  a  farm  and  stock  to 
raise  on  the  most  liberal  terms,  and  the 
result  was  the  poor  brother  soon  accu- 
mulated enough  to  go  west  where  he 
was  able  to  buy  him  a  comfortable  little 
home,  aud  though  the  rich  brother  is 
dead,  he  yet  liveth.  Such  a  brother 
cannot  be  forgotten.  The  old  brother 
that  was  thu6  favored  and  who  is  still 
liviii;,  often  repeats  the  acts  of  kind 
from  the  rich  brother,  aud  even 
children  of  the  poor  brother  rise  u 
day  and  call  him  blessed;  and  without 
doubt  the  children's  children  will  yt 
learn  the  name  and  tbe  kindness  of  th 
rich  man.  —  Weekly  Pilgrim. 


Investing  Money  for  Jesus. 

That  it  is  allowable  aud  right  for  tho 
people  of  God  to  lay  up  treasures  and 
accumulate  the  goods  of  this  world 
seems  clear,  and  admits  of  no  doubt 
from  the  leaching  of  the  Scriptures. 
But  that  tbe  prople  of  God  have  a  gos- 
pel right  aud  privilege,  either  by  pre- 
ceptor example,  to  apply  the  same 
accumulated  goods  in  any  way,  or  to 
any  purpose  that  their  fancy  or  wishes 
may  dictate  to  them,  we  greatly  doubt. 
This  is  far  from  being  the  way  th:it  Je- 
sus points  out  to  us,  as  we  are  by  him 
represented  only  as  stewards  over  the 
goods,  while  the  Lord  is  the  rightful 
proprietor,  So  that  if  wewish  to  serve 
our  Master  acceptably  we  must  neces- 
sarily consult  his  divine  will,  as  to  how 
we  shall  dispose  of  them. 

And  as  money  seems  to  be  included 
as  a  part  of  the  goods  over  which  we 
have  the  stewardship,  I  think  the  cap* 
icle  a  pertinent  one.      It 


i  well  t 


wn  tha 


legitimately  bo,  in  an  honorable,  up- 
right, htraighl  forward  business,  and  as 
long  as  we  see  them  making  a  faithful 
disposition  of  Lhr*ir  accumulated  gouda, 
we  have  no  cause  to  censure,  but  rather 
feel  lo  justify  them.  But  when  we  see 
them  follow  the  example  of  a  money- 
loving,  money-craving,  monopolizing 
world  by  investing  the  Lord's  goods 
railroad  bonds,  or  place  them  in  t 
care  of  somo   wealthy  bank,   or  woi 


.  tbe. 


.  the    bankii: 
justi 


when  a  minister  was  urging 
that  the  names  of  the  subscribers  to  an 
nstitution  (it  was  the  missionary  cause) 
hould  be  published  in  order  to  increase 
the  funds, and  quoted  the  account  of  iht 
poor  widow  and  her  two  mites  to  justify 
ding,  he  settled  the 
question  by  rising  from  his  seat,  and 
askinn;  in  his  clear,  shrill  voice.  ''Will 
ease  give  us  the  name  of 
that   poor    widow." — London    Friend, 


Why  not  tell  bim  that  he  should  not 
watches,  reaping  machines,  and 
^raphs  invented  by  men  of  more 
genius  than  himself,  until  he  hits  devis- 
of  his  own  equally    efficient' 


Tho  fact  is,  thai 
of  othe: 


Astrology  in  Persia. 

The  Rev.  Benjamin  Labaree,  Jr.,  a 
missionary  in  Persia,  giveB  in  "The 
Presbyterian  Monthly  Rword,"  the  fol- 
lowing  interesting  account  of  the  bond- 
age in  which  that  people  are  held 
through  their  belief  in  astrology: 

"In  Persia  astrology  is  recognized 
as  a  science,  almost  as  much  as  in  the 
days  of  tbe  Magi,  While  tbe  poorer 
classes  cannot  afford  to  consult  the  as- 
trologers in  their  affairs,  the  wealthy 
and  ruling  classes,  up  to  tbe  Shah  him- 
self, pay  the  highest  deference  to  the 
calculations  of  the  profession.  If  a 
journey  is  to  be  undertaken,  or  a  mar- 
riage celebrated,  or  a  robe  of  bonor  to 
be  put  on  in    public,  the  astrologer  is 

hour.  Implicit  obedience  is  accorded 
to  bis  utterances.  Should  tbe  day 
fixed  for  a  journey  prove  inconvenient- 
ly early,  still  exact  compliance  is  given 
to  the  requirements  of  the  heavenly 
bodies.  At  the  appointed  hour  the 
tr.iveh'r  leaves  his  house,  And  goes  to 
the  next  door  neighbor's,  or  to  a  garden 
beyond  tbe  city  walla.  He  may  there 
spend  days  or  weeks  iu  completing  his 
preparations  composedly.  In  no  case, 
however,  may  ho  revisit  his  own  house ; 
he  is  supposed  to  be  absent  on  his 
journey. 

"The  entrance  lo  the  city,  too.  on 
returning,  must  be  at  the  propitious 
hour  revealed  by  the  astrologer.  Rather 
than  anticipate  it,  the  party,  be  it  king 
or  prince  or  subject,  baits  a  few  miles 
distant,  and  whiles  away  Hupnrlluoua 
time  in  the  Persian's  favorite  employ- 
ment of  smoking  or  tea-driuking. 

1 'The  faith    reposed  in    the  astrolo- 


luJi 


crously  displayed  two  or  three  years 
ago,  when  they  announced  to  the  peo- 
ple of  Tabriz  a  desolating  earthquake, 
Tho  whole  city  and  country  were  filled 
with  alarm.  Tbe  heir  apparent  to  the 
Pen  in  throne,  with  his  court,  and 
thousands  of  the  residents,  withdrew 
from  the  city  to   tents   erected  for   the 


1'nhlleltj    in  (  hri.tin 


Itii 


of  every  day  life,  few  men  seem  able 
to  stand  p(-pul»rity  and  fame,  and  in 
higher  things  it  would,  pirlnpp,  be 
difficult  lo  say  whether  tho  fear  or  the 
praise  of  man  is  the  greatest  snare. 

It  has  often  been  remarked  that 
even  she  whote  deed  of  loving  thank- 
fulness whs  declared  by  our  Lord  him- 
self to  be  worthy  of  being  told  for  ao 
everlasting  memorial  of  her,  is  only 
sookenofar-  "a   certain    woman,"  and 


iry  of  E 


"The  frequent  assumption  that  every 
isu  has  tbe  ability  lo  fettle  all  relig. 
us  questions  by  examinations  anddis 
neries  of  hisown.  is  a  cause  of  skep. 


b  hallo 


i   ol 


arthly 


lake 


C-hil&rons*   Corner. 


The  1 


I'    I  illel. -.-I 


Nol 


ago,  as  we  were  riding  by 
a  pleasant  farm-house,  a  friend  said: 
"In  that  house  lives  a  boy  who  has  a 
great  sorrow  lo  carry  wilh  bira  all  his 
life  long."  And  then  he  went  on  It 
tell  bow  Willie,  a  few  months  before, 
while  amusing  himself  with  his  father'i 
rifle,  had  pointed  it  at  his  little  sister 
and  playfully  asked  it  be  should  shoo1 
her.  She  screamed,  of  course,  as  little 
girls  always  do  al  sight  of  a  gun.  and 
he.  laughing  to  see  her  fright,  pulled 
tbe  trigger.  It  went  off.  He  had  no1 
thought  that  it  was  Loaded,  but  it  was 
and  he  had  killed  his  sister.  If  thi: 
were  one  case  alone,  it  would  be  iuox 
pressibly  sad,  but  when  almost  ever] 
week  tbe  papers  bringus similar  storie 
from  different  parts  of  the  country,  it 
beeomeB  something  worse — criminal. 
Boys  like  guns.  There  seems  to  be  ; 
friM-ination  about  the.  dangerous  thing! 
thiit  they  cannot  withstand.  And  it  h 
right  and  proper  that  they  shoulc 
learn  how  to  use  them.  But  death- 
dealing  we.tpons  should  be  bandied 
with  care,  even  when  one  is  positively 
certain  that  there  is  no  danger.  Reck- 
lessness in  using  them  is  i.o  sign  of 
course,  as  some  people  seem  lo  think. 
Indeed,  bravery  and  fool  hardiness  sr-] 
dom  go  together — so  rarely,  that  w< 
have  noticed  that  the   best  mark^raer 

tola,  and  muskets,  and  rifles,  have  been 


ivhov 


iably  t 


careful  in  using  them,  never  by  any 
chain  e  pointing  them  towurd  anybody, 
whetlnr  loaded  or  unloaded.  Wc  sup- 
pose that  not  one  of  those  hundred 
people   who    have  'accidentally' 

would  give  all  his  possessions,  an 
dergo  any  amount  of  suffering, 
could  undo  the  act.  But  nothing  of 
lhatkindcau  change  the  case.  He  will 
have  to  suffer  tbe  consequences  of  that 
one  criminally  careless  movement  all 
his  life  long,  .and  carry  his  heavy  bur- 
den down  to  the  grave.  So,  boys,  learn 
to  handle  your  guns   carefully, — Ad 


A    grandfather 

the  youngster  suddenly  asked  him  why 
his  hair  was  white.  "Oh,"  says  grand 
papa,"  that's  because  I'm  so  old.  Why 
did'nt  you  know  that  I  was  in  the  arkt 
In  the  ark)"  crieB  Tommy:  "wh; 
aren't  Noah,  areyou,  grundj'-ipa  i 


"Oh  no,  I 
"Ah,  thei 


t  Noah,' 
e  Shem." 


"No, 


tSbei 


Oh,  then  suppose  you're  Jnphet. 
No,  you  haven't  guessed  right: 

Well,  then,    grandpapa,"    said 

heal  knowledge,  "you   must    be  on 
the   beaati" 


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Boyden.  J    Brigham  El 


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man  Gray,  S  M  Gates,  I)  Hillsamer, 
Wm  Howorth.  Jas  Hudson,  J  A  Her- 
sey,  J  Hunter,  H  II  Hinmnn  E  B  Has- 
kin,  A  C  Hall,  G  W  Holstead.  Thos 
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son, J  W  Jones.  H  Kingsley.  A  D 
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The  Religion  (if  Fn 


Objections. — 1.  There  are  degrees 
connected  with  Masonry  in  which  Christ 

This  is  admitted.  These  degrees  are 
the  Knights  of  the  Red  Cross,  Knights 
Templar,  and  Knighu  of  Malta.  The 
last  two  are  sometimes  denominated 
Chivnlric  Masonry.  They  are  derived 
from  the  G'uivalric  orders  which  flour- 
ished during  the  dark  ages,  and  were 
conspicuous  in  the  Crusades.  Sickels 
(Monitor,  page  23.)says  these  degrees 
are  "strictly  Christian,"  and  Mackey 
(Lexicon,  page  381)  says  the  Rose 
Croix  (Red  Cross)  -is  in  the  strictest 
sense  a  Christian  degree."  Supposing 
therefore  that  the  'Christian"  de- 
irrees  are  ''regular"  degrees  in  Ma- 
sonry, how  far  they  are  compatible  with 
the  '22d  landmark,  which  declares  that 
'■all  meet  upon  a  level"  in  the  lodge, 
with  the  declaration  that  the  religion 
of  Masonry  is  pure  theism  that  Ma- 
sons  are  "obliged  only  to  the  universal 
religion  in  which  all  men  agree"  the 
reader  can  judge  for  liimeelf. 

But  the  material  fact  in  the  ease  is 
that  these  are  not  'regular'  degrees  in 
Masonry,  but  'aideilcgrees.'  They  are 
said  (Lexicon,  page  33,)  to  be  "ap- 
pendages to  the  (American)  rite.  And 
Sickels  (Monitor,  page  6,  appendix) 
says  they  are  "conferred  in  connection 
with,  and  under  the  sanction  of,  Ma- 
sonic Assemblies;"  plainly  implying  not 
by  them.  "These  side  degrees,"  says 
Mackey,  (Lexicon,  page  444,)  "hare 
no  connection  with  the  ritual  of  Mason- 
ry, and  tLeir  legality  is  not  acknowl- 
edged bv  grand  lodges." 

li  is  well  known  that  one  of  the  land- 
marks of  Masonry  is  that  no  woman  can 
be  made  a  M.ison;  and  yet,  in  the  Lex- 
icon you  will  find  what  is  calle.l  'An- 
drogynous Masonry,'  or  degrees  in 
whioh  men  and  women  are  received 
together.  These  degrees  are,  like  the 
former,  conferred  "in  connection  with, 
and  under  the  sanction  of,  M tannic 
Assemblies."  But  they  are  not  'regu- 
lar,' but  merely  'side  degrees;'  of 
which  a  great  many  for  different 
reasons    have  bean  appended     to    ihe 

(Were  it  » 


light  be  classed 


from  the  Lexicon,  page  416,  417,  tht 
oeremonies  of  the  French  degree  of  lh< 
•'Knights  and  Nymphs  of  the  Rose,"  ir 
which  it  is  plainly  evident  that  th< 
lodge  is  turned  into  n  brothel,  the  can- 
didates at  the  conclusion   of  the  cere 


Venn 


,nd  hei 


Mackey     hays,  (Lexicon,   page  382,) 
''the  Rose  Croix  is  an  attempt  to  Chris- 


Fret 


lonry. 


And 


viewed  in  this  ligh 
admire  it  as  au  ingenious  and  beautiful 
adaptation  of  a  universal  system  (Ma- 
Bonry)  to  a  move  contracted  principle 
(Christianity),  nnd  as  a  pardonable,  if 
not  indeed  a  praiseworthy  attempt  to  ap- 
ply the  sublime  principles  ol  our  all 
tolerant  order  to  the  illustration  of  thai 

der    which    we    are    now    living."     Of 
«elman,   or  pagn 


takes  thei 


his  standing  as  a  Mason.     He  i 


icily 


tain  "the  summit  and  perfection  of 
Ancient  Craft  Masonry"  and  see  noth- 
ing whatever  of  these  degrees.  They 
do  not  lie  in  his  way  to  that  "summit 
of  perfection."  How  fur  it  is  possible 
i"  iiniiilguuvit*  i>HsMni-m,  Islamiem  and 
Judahism  with  Christianity,  and  pre- 
serve anything  distinctive  or  valuable 
in  the  latter  every  one  can  judge  for 
himself.  "What  communion  hath  light 
with  darkness  f  What  concord  hath 
Christ  with  Belial?  Beoause  there  are 
"amir  iLjynr.nis"  degrees  in  Masonry  it 
might  as  well  be  claimed  that  women 
ara  recognised  in  it   as  to  affirm  that 

Christian  degrees.     These  are   merely 


moJiitiona  of  Ma«c 


all 


'Landmarks"  or  -'body  of  Masonry." 
2.  The  Bible  is  recognised  in  Ma- 
sonry and  constitutes  part  of  the  fur- 
niture of  every  lodge.  It  lies  on  the 
Hilar,  is  one  of  the  great  lightg  of  Ma- 
B-tnry;  many  of  the  'lecture*'  of  Ma- 
sonry are  taken  from  it,  and  Bible  his- 
tory enters  largely  into  the  Masonic 
ritual.  It  ia  also  carried  in  the  pro- 
cessions of  the  order.  This  is  well 
calculated  to  deceive,  especially  the 
young  and  unsuspecting.  Let  us  see, 
after  this  parade,  how  far  the  Bible  is 
recognized  by  Masonry.  (1.)  "It  ia 
one  of  the  three  great  lights  of  Ma- 
sonry." Observe,  it  is  not  the  great 
light.     No  such    thing.      It  is   one  of 

are  the  other  two  great  lights  on  a  par 
with  the  Bible!  Well,  the  square  and 
the  compasses!  The  Bible,  says  the 
Manual,  is  the  rule   -four   faith,   and 

our  duty  to  our    fellow-man.    and    the 


mpase 


uty  I 


Nol 


jthis 


illuminated  with  its  wonderful  light, 
we  bad  thought  the  Bible  taught  us 
our  duty  to  our  fellow-man,  and  our- 
selves, as  well  as  to  Qod.  But  not  so; 
we  must  look  to  the  square  and  com- 
pass for  that!  (2.)  "The  Bible  (Lexi- 
con, page  6-2,)  is  used  among  Masons 
as  the  symbol  of  the  will  of  God,  how- 
ever expressed."  Observe,  the  Bible  is 
not  used  by  Masons  as  a  revelation  of 
the  will  of  God,  but  as  the  'symbol'  of 
Ins  will,  and  "however  that  will  may 
he  expressed."  The  import  of  this 
latter  clause  is  thus  explained  in  the 
Manual,  page  53:  ''To  every  Mason, 
whatever  may  be  his  religious  creed 
that  revelation  of  the  Deity  which  is 
recognized  by  his  religion  becomes  his 
trestle-board.  Thus  the  trestle-board 
of  the  Jewish  Mason  is  the  Old  Testa- 
ment; of  the  Christian  the  Old  and 
New  Testaments;  of  the  Mohammedan 
the  Koran,"  and  so  on  round  all  the 
false  religions  in  the  world.  The 
guarded  language  of  the  Lexicon,  tnat 
the  B.ble  is  the  "symbol  of  the  will  of 
God,"  is  thus  in  the  Manual  uuguaril- 
edly  expanded  into  this  broad  declara- 
tion that  the  Word  of  God  as  used  in 
the  lodge,  is  precisely  on  a  par  with 
the  words  of  the  false  prophet,  the 
writings  of  Confucius,  the  Shaslera  of 
the  Brahmins,  or  the  book  of  Mormon  I 

We  see,  therefore,  what  place  and 
authority  the  Bible  has  in  the  lodge. 
It  1b  '-one  of  the  greaL  lights  of  Mason- 
ry," "a  symbol  of  the  will  of  God." 
'  'teaches  us  our  duty  to  God ;"  but  you 
orosa  the  Turkish  frontier  and  this  great 
light  is  extinguished,  and  the  Koran 
substituted  in  its  place.  This  is  now 
the  great  light  oi  Masonry,  the  sym- 
bol of  the  will  of  God,  and  teaches  our 
duty  to  him,  Hud  becomes  the  rule  of 
our  faith  1  And  men  calling  thea- 
silvea  Christiana  write  these  things  and 
publish  them  I 

3.  Masonic  lodges  are  usually  dedi- 
cated to  St.  John  the  Baptist  and  St. 
John  the  Evangelist,  And  1b  not  thi 
a  recognition  of  Christianity?  Well  it 
looks  like  it.  But  we  have  learned  that 
in  Masonry,  things  arc  not  always  ac- 
cording to  their  looks.  Indeed,  they 
are  generally  the  reverse.  This  is  a 
cover.      Suppose  we  look  under  it. 

See  Lexicon,  page  lt)7,  108;"Lodges 
were   anciently   dedicated  to  King  Sul- 

generally    dedicated    to  St.    John    Ihe 

Baptist,  nnd  St.  John    the    Evangelist. 

In  English    lodges  which    have 

adopted  the  union  system  of  work,  the 

This  change  was  adopted  by  the  Grand 


Lodge  in  England  in  1813,  to  obviate 
the  charge  of  sectarianism.  I  have, 
however,  elsewhere  endeavored  to  prove 
that  to  this  charge  we  by  no  means 
render  ourselves  amenable  by  this  ded- 


)  the 


tMat 


Chri 


of  n  religious  sect,  but  as  bright  exam- 
ples of  all  those  virtues  which  Masons 
are  taught  to  revere  and  practice." 
The  English  method  of  avoiding  the 
charge  of  sectarianism  was  to  put  the 
two  Saints  John  outof  the  lodge.     The 


paralleled.      Even    ''Christian    lodf 


ed  to  them  as  Christians  but   i 


tMa< 


but  . 


pious  and  good  meul  (In  order  to 
winch,  according  to  Masonry,  neither 
Christianity  nor  saintship  is  necessary!) 
Ri't  /ru/ing  them 


3  that  i 


ognizing  them  only  as  eminent  Masons 
is  notl  Of  course,  Mr.  Mackey.  this  is 
perfectly  clear,  but  it  is  not  quite  so 
clear  that  the  two  Saints  John  were  em- 
inent Masons  or   Masons  of  any  kind. 

It  would  be  an  interesting  subject  of 
study  to  consider  the  forerunner  of  the 
Lord  Jesus,  in  the  intervals  of  his  min- 
istry, meeting  unbelieving  Jews  and 
idolatrous  gentiles  on  a  level  in  the 
lodge,  and  with  a  lambskin  apron 
tucked  under  his  leathern  girdle,  play- 
ing at  murder  over  the  body  of  Hiram 
Abiff!  And  as  for  the  other  St.  John, 
his  connection  with  the  order  gives  us 
a  new  insight  into  the  meaning  of  some 
uf  his  writings,  John  iii.  19-21 — 
"And  this  is  the  condemnation;  that 
light  has  come  iolo  the  world,  and  men 
loved  darkness  rather  than  light,because 
cause  their  deeds  were  evil.  For  every 
that  doeth  evil  bateth  the  light,  neith- 
er cometh  to  the  light,  lest  his  deeds 
should  be  reproved.  But  he  that  do- 
eth truth  cometh  to  the  light,  that  his 
deeds  may  be  made  manifest  that  they 
are  wrought  in  God."  "And  to  which 
of  the  saints  wilt  thou  now  turn!" 

4.  It  is  sometimes  said  that  Masonry 
cannot  be  a  Christ  lew*  order,  or  so 
many  professing  Christiana,  and  even 
Christian  ministers,  would  not  be  found 
in  it.  As  there  is  no  ein  of  which  such 
persona  may  not  be  guilty,  and  aBSome 
of  these  will  be  found  in  hell,  it  seems 


r  this  s 


It  may  be  added  that  as  there 
ia  scarcely  any  sin  of  which  real  Chris- 
tians may  not  he  guilty,  we  should  be 
careful  in  imitating  their  example,  and 
follow  them  only  so  far  ,ts  they  follow 
Christ,  which  will  never  take  us  into 
the  lodge,  from  which  he  himself  is 
excluded. 


I  lie 


.  flles-.il^c. 


The  message  this  year  looks  queer 
m  on  Anti-masonic  Btand-point. 
ere  is  no  recognition  of  Divine  Prov- 
ince either  at  the  beginning  or  end  ol 
a  fact  whioh  eeema  very  natural 
th  one  like  President  Grant,  who  hat 
-ni  faith  in  the  hollow  ehams  of  Ma- 


Thei 


■ery  l 


t  paragraph    saye    that  "  po 


exist,  ■  specially  in  the  agricultural  re- 
gions,"    What  is    the  reason    of  this; 

high  that  it  can  go  no  higher;  or  ia  it 
because  it  has  got  so  low  that  it  cannot 
go  lower,  the  whole  nation  having  set- 
tled, like  sediment,  after  the  shaking 
up  of  the  war,  to  the  same  low  level) 
As  an  evidence  of  the  lowness,  not 
highness  of  political  Bentimont,  the  ex- 
istence of  secret  rings  of  all  kinda, 
back-nay  grabs, Credit  Mubilier  scbt-mes. 
etc  ,  ia  irrefragable  and  irrefutable. 

The  fact  is    undeniable,  that   under 
our  lute  administrations,  political  senti- 

hardly  elements  enough  left  in  the  coun 
try  to  form  a  party — a  reform  party, an 
anti-ring  party,  against  it.  But  on  the 
contrary,  the  effort  made  in  Washing- 
ton, near  the  presidential  chair,  to  get 
up  a  political  partisanship  among  the 
farmers,  is  made  in    the  direction    and 


favor  of  Masonry;  for  the  grange, 
which  was  born  in  the  District  of  Col- 
umbia, is  a  secret  society  1  Mark  thatl 
the  effort  to  get  up  partizanship  in 
"the  agricultural  regions,"  emanates 
from  near  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia,  holding  a  charter 
from  Congress;  and  that  partisanship 
is  to  he  Masonic,  Jesuitical,  anarchical, 
despotiol     Now  we  would  ask  our   fel- 

masonic  Association,  who   are   making 


lb.  rl 


tion,  viz:  against,  the  grange  move 
ment,  which  is  the  noblest,  safest,  anc 
best  principle  for  the  nucleus  of  a  par 
ti^'iu  organization — our  own,  which  if 
opposed  to  all  secret  associations,  oi 
this  clandestine  effort  to  turn  over  tht 
country  to  the  rule  of  Masone  and  Jes- 
uits I  We  are  certainly  right  I  Let  ui 
go  ahead  ! — the  message  to  the  contra- 
ry notwithstanding.  r.e.o. 


An  agricultural  correspondent  of  the 
Chicago  Tribune,  who  seems  to  write 
from  experience,  presents  a  very  com- 
mon sense  view  of  the  granges,  out- 
side any  moral  relations  of  the  order: 
The  time  was  ripe  for  a  new  order  of 
things  and  the  farmer's  clubs  came  for- 
ward to  occupy  the  position  and  to  be- 
lt is  true  that  the  Patrons  of  Hus- 
bandry had  made  a  sickly  attempt  at 
something:  but,  as  this  measure  eman- 
ated from  Washington,  it  whs  looked 
upon  with  suspicion.  But  parties  in 
Iowa,  Illinois  and  other  states  took 
hold  of  it,  and  to  a  great  extent  mod- 
ified and  remodeled  the  institution,  and 
gave  the  order  new  life  and  vigor. 
But,  after  all,  itissimplya  farmer's  club 
with  closed  doors  and  a  ritual  In  the 
first  degree  it  is  a  personation  of  "La- 
borer and  Maid;"  in  the  second,  that 
of  the  "Cultivator  and  the  Shepherd- 
ess;" third,  "Harveater  and  Gleaner;" 
fourth.  "Huahandman  and  Matron;" 
All  of  these  make  up  a  pantomime  that 
serves  to  amuse,  as  they  draw  in  the 
whole  of  the  members  to  take  a  part. 
We  may  put   these   plays  on  a  footing 

or  finding  the  button.  It  is  Bimply 
amuaoment  to  draw  young  people  to- 
gether, and  the  first  object  of  the  or- 
der was  for  simply  social,  moral,  and 
mental  instruction.  That,  at  least, 
was  the  avowed  object  of  Mr.  Saund- 
ers. But  Mr.  Kelley,  who  is  the  real 
head,  gave  it  a  broader  field,  tinged  with 
Washington  ideas;  but  these  had  to  a 
great  extent,  to  give  place  in  the  re- 
modeling to  suit  the  present  crisis,  and 
to  meet  the  present  wants  of  the  peo- 

The  young  people  are  drawn  to  i  t  by 
the  novelty  and  as  soon  as  that  wears 
off,  it  will  prove  a  simple  farmer's  club. 
Its  virtues  and  its  advantages  have 
been  greatly  exaggerated,  which  may 
retract  on  the  membership.  It  has  also 
the  disadvantage  of  being  a  rather 


paying,   msl 
$3.00   each,    and  females  GO  eta.     i 

females  $2.00 

Fifteen  dollars  is  paid  to  the  sec 
tary  of  the  National  Grange  for  t 
charter  and  the  deputy  who  organi; 
the  grange  receives  §5.00  and  trav 
Hi;.'  eipeusee  mid  the  remainder  e/.>-s 
to  the  grange  treasury  for  current  • 
pense 


The 


Ifor  c 


r  grange  i 


If  our  farmer's  club,  that  has  been 
swallowed  up  in  this  grange,  had  paid 
>ut  this  sum  for  such  newspapers  as 
idyocated  their  interest,  or  invested  iu 
i  club  library,  I  have  no  doubt  that  in 


end 


mid 


But  thiaianotthe  end  of  it,  for  we  have 
to  pay  for  our  regalia,  which  will  cost 
something  more  than  $1.00  for  each 
member,  and  added  to  this  is  10  cents 
per  month  for  monthly  dues;  6  cents 
a  quaater  of  this  goes  to  the  State 
Grange.  New  members  pay,  males 
*5,  and  females  82,     of  which    sum  *l 


the   Statu    Grange 


The  remainder  of  these  Bums— that  is, 
of  the  new  members  and  monthly  dues 
— is  retained  by  the  grange  for  its  own 
use.  If  I  could  seo  any  advantage, 
any  secret  art  by  which  we  could  grow 
more  crops  for  less  labor  and  money, 
could  sell  our  produce  for  a  greater 
price,  or  could  purchase  our  supplies 
for  less  money  than  the  members  of 
farmer's  clubs,  I  would  be  satisfied; 
but  thus  far  no  bucIi  secrets  have  been 
given  in  charge  of  our  grange. 

The  only  feature  that  looks  like  an 
advantage  is  the  social  one;  but  then 
we    ought    to    have    these   pantomime 

The  charges  are   too  high.     The  old 

men  meet  to  transact  the  ordinary  busi- 
ness of  the  olub,  and  the  young  men 
and  we  of  the  softer  sex  are  drawn  to- 
gether for  the  sake  of  tht  show.     I  fear 

new  features  put  in  the  pantomime, 
that  there  will  be  a  falling  off,  and  that 
the  ritual,  which  is  the  common  bond, 
may  cease  to  hold  us  as  one  body  with 
one  mind.  .  .  ,  As  it  is,  I  doubt 
if  the  Patrons  have  accomplished  as 
much  as  they  wobtd  have  done  openly 
through  the  farmer's  clubs.  When  I 
become  a  little  more  familiar  with  the 
fit  of  the  regalia  and   the   workings  of 

at  length. 

in  the  knowledge  to  be  gained  on  join- 
ing the  order,  for  I  was  satisfied  that 
there  was  nothing  within  the  order  of 
any  value  that  could  not  be  reached 
outside  of  it,  and  that  its  vaunted  se- 
crets were  just  no  secrets  at  all.  It  is 
simply  a  farmer's  club,  with  a  ritual  of 
pantocaine,  aitling  with  closed  doors, — 
a  sort  of  farmer's  club  aristocracy,  and, 
in  fact,  it  possessed  no  advantages  be- 
yond that  of  novelty  to  draw  on  addi- 
tional membership. 

The  fact  is,  that  our  grange  has  sim- 
ply swallowed  up  our  farmer's  clubs, 
put  on  regalia,  paid  out  a  large  sum 
for  its  ritual  and  passwords;  while  in 
point  of  business,  it  has  made  no  real 
progress.  The  buying  and  selling  go 
on  just  as  they  did  before. — cash  pur- 
chasers having  the  advantage  of  those 

The  young  men  get  the  young  ladies 
out  to  the  meetings  of  the  grange,  and 
It  must  be  confessed  that  they  have  a 
general  good  time, — not  quite  equal  to 
however,  to    the  old -fashioned 


It  is  a  great  pity  that  those  good  old- 
fashioned  institutions  should  have  been 
allowed^lo  disappear.  We  now  have 
compact  well-filled  neighborhoods, 
quilts  are  needed  as  much  as  corn;  and 
then,  except  this  year,  we  have  plen- 
ty of  apples  for    paring-bees;  and    the 

ings,  for  we  husk  in  the  field,  while  in 
York  Slate,  the  corn  was  snapped  from 
the  hill  and  hauled  into  the  barn,  and 
then  husked,  and  the   husks  saved  for 

nad  after  the  quilt  was  finished,  and 
the  corn  wa»  husked,  and  apples  par- 
ed! Such  times  over  red  ears  and  red 
apples  and  the  shaking  of  the  quilt  I 
Lame!  the  Patrons'  meeting  is  noth- 
ing compared  to  it.  Those  required  no 
secret  ritual,  no  other  pass-word  than 
the  eye   or  a  soft  squeeze  of    the  hand 


old  I 


of  1 


Tha 


If  they  would  open  the  doors  of  the 
granges  and  take  off  their  regalia,  it 
would    present    a  farmer's   club;  that, 


>rganm 


aud    sliould 


But  1  fear  that  history  will  sot 
busy  with  the  order  and  its  gam 
of  tinsel  will  be  hung  up  with  si 
orders  that  have  gone  before,  I 
that  the  order  will  gradually  lay  asidt 


b  regal 


sfor- 


Thei 


ceal  and  nothing  to  ho  gained  by  a 
fight  in  the  dark.  The  monopolists 
stand  out  openly  and  hid  the  world  de- 
fiance. We  must  meet  them  in  the 
open  market,  with  cash  in  hand,  and 
send  men  of  integrity  to  make  our  laws, 


ad  select  good,  faithful  businessmen 
>  carry  them  out.  This  is  the  kind  of 
arfare  that  we    must  wa«e. 


The   "Fenltentes"  or  New  Mexico. 

Some  time  since  we  published  from 
the  Church  Journal  and  Jtfensenger 
upon  this  extraordinary  sect  of  secret- 
ists.  A  correspondent  of  tho  Evan- 
ijt'iisl  traveling  in  New  Mexico  confirms 
the  formeratatements.  He  thus  apeaks 
of  the  enactment  of  scenes  represent- 
ing   the  trial  and  crucifixion  of  Christ; 

For  instance,  on  Easter  Week,  ''The 
Penitentes,"  a  secret  society  of  the 
most  ignorant  Catholics,  epend  the 
time  in  some  secluded  ranch  dragging 
atones,  crucifixes,  and  other  heavy  bur- 
dens, cutting  their  flesh  with  knives 
and  tearing  it  with  cactus  thorns.  On 
Thursday  and  Friday,  wearing  only 
drawerB,  they  are  led  blindfolded 
through  the  streets  of  a  village,  lashing 
themselvea  with  tough  weeds  until  the 
blood  flows  freely.  These  tortures  end 
in  the  cathedral,  where  they  represent 
the  darkness  and  confusion  which  fol- 
lowed the  crucifixion.  After  again 
lashing  their  bodies  pitilessly,  they  re 
main  in  total  darkness  an  hour,  groan- 
ing, shrieking,  and  hurling  sticks  and 
atones.  This  week  of  penanco  they 
deem  ample  atonement  for  all  their 
sins  for  the  year,  After  it  they  are 
privileged  for  another  year  to  live  as 
much  like  devils  as    they    know    how. 

Tohiu,  an  old  frontiersman,  tells  of  a 
Mexican  who  claimed  to  be  the  Lord 
Jesus  himself,  and  to  have  power  to 
take  and  restore  life.  This  fanatic  per- 
suaded Tobin's  brother-in-law  to  make 
a  trial  of  his  power,  promising  faith- 
fully to  restore  him  to  life  again  in 
three  days.  The  experiment  was  made. 
The  fanatic  stabbed  his  dupe  to  death, 
and,  adds  the  narrator,  '-He  is  dead 
yet."  And  all  this  in  these  Chris- 
tian United  Stales. 

New  Mexico  has  100,000  American 
thirty 


a  thei 


the  ballot  they  cast  into  the  ballot-box, 
and  a  large  majority  of  whom  uro  sunk 
into  the  moat  abject  superstition.  They 
already  have  the  ballot;  shall  they  have 
the  Gospel  i  They  are  knocking  at  the 
door  of  Congress  to  ba  admitted  into 
tlie  sisterhood  of  States;  shall  they  be 
evangelized? 


Taxation  of  church  property,  cem- 
eteries, institutions  of  learning,  etc., 
is  now  being  advocated  by  many  ielig- 
ious  journals  of  tune  serving  character. 
Rev.  John  Rankin  has  written  the  fol- 
lowing brief,  but  forcible  argument 
against  the  plan: 

1.  Churches  make  no  money,  and 
therefore  have  nothing  with  which  to 
pay  taxea;  they  make  no  pecuniary 
profits. 

2.  Members   of  churches,  in   addi- 

are  unable  to  support  p.iti 
aid  from  benevolent  insli 
tax  such  churches  would  t 


.ve    to    pay 


3.  Churches  benefit  all  classes  of 
people,  infidels  as  well  as  Christians. 
They  are  essential  to  a  goud  state  of 
morale,  and  a  good  state  of  morals  is 
essential  to  securing  life  and  properly. 
Hence,  churches  tend  to  secure  the 
lives  and  property  of  infidels  as  well 
as  of  Christians.  They  are  a  general 
benefit,  and  therefore,  they  should  be 
exempted  from  taxation.  There  is  no 
good  government  in  any  part  of  the 
world  where  there  are  no  churches. 
Nothing  but  an  incessant  preaching  of 
the  gospel  can  produce  and  aUitaiu  that 
that  state  ol  morals  whioh  is  essential 
to  the  maintenance  of  our  government. 

The  movement  for  taxing  churches 
is  prompted  by  a  desire  to  tax  Catholic 
churches;  to  accomplish  this,  there  is 
a  willingness  to  tax  all  of  Ihe  Protestant 
churches  in  the  nation,  this  is  un- 
wise. So  long  as  there  are  Catholics 
who  cau  not  be  made  Protestants,  il  is 
better  that  they  should  have  churches 
Without  churches  Catholics  would  be 
worse  than  they  are  now.  They  are 
not  all  bad  people,  and  Protestantism 
has  thrown  restraints  around  them.  1 
would  not  vote  to  tax  aCatholie  dun.  li. 


I    would    I 


a  Jew 


ayna- 


longu 


ia  well  for  them  to  have  syna^ngues  in 
which  to  teach  the  Ten  Command- 
ments, I  never  heard  of  a  Jew  being 
sent  to  a  penitentiary  for  crime.  To 
tax  the  church  is  to  tax  Christianity, 
which  would  be  utter  disgrace.  Chris- 
tianity gave  our  government  its  birth 
and  form  and  has  sustained  it  nearly 
one  hundred  years.  Infidelity  may 
work  its  death,    Christianity  only    can 


Freemasonry  Forty  fears  ftp 


Mus.mi-y  —  IK  Pitiable   Shlfh  and 


The  lone  of  Masons  has  wonderfully 
changed.  When  the  murder  of  Wil- 
liam Morgan  first  began  to  be  talked  of, 
the  only  reply  Masons  enndeueeiuled  to 
make  to  tho  charges  implicating  their 
order  was  that  he  was   a   perjured  vil- 

scoundrel;  and  that  according  to  his 
own  showing  if  he  had  taken  the  oaths 
he  said  he  had,  he  deserved  to  he  put 
to  death.  How  many  respectable  Ma- 
sons have  justified  the  murder  of  Mor- 
gan, as  a  just  punishment  for  his  viola- 
tion of  Masonic  oaths?  The  Philadel- 
phia Sun  states  that  the  natneu  of  sev- 
enty-two Masons  who  have  justified  the 
murder  of  Morgan,  as  a  penalty  due  to 
his  Masonic  crimes,  can  be  produced  in 
and  about  Philadelphia.  We  ehould 
like  to  receive  evidence  of  Buoh  declara- 
tions made  by  Masons  in  this  qunrler; 
give  us  Ihe  names  and  the  proof  and  wo 
will  present  them  to  the  public. 

The  argument  now  stands  thus: 
Hundreds  of  Masons  have  declared  that 
if  Morgan  took  such  oaths  as  lie  has 
published,  he  was  a  perjured  wretch 
and  deserved  to  have  the  penalty  of 
death  inflicted  upon  him.  The  Grand 
Lodge  of  Rhode  Island,  driven  to  the 
wall  by  the  prefsureof  public  opinion, 
now  ndmlls,  unequivocally,  that  the 
very  language  of  the  oaths  in  the  three 
first  degrees,  is  such  as  has  been  slat- 
ed by  Rer.  Messrs.  Potter.  Chose  and 
Tatem,  and  Messrs.  Sprague,  Prentice, 
W.  II.  Potter,  Ballon  and  otherB.  We 
thus  have  an  official  confession,  ihefirBt 
made  in  this  country,  that  the  oaths  in 
the  first  three  degrees,  as  diacloaed  by 
Morgan  and    Bernard,  are  substantially 

Now  reflect  on  the  above  and  look 
back  to  the  vituperation,  the  charges  of 
infamous  falaeLood  which  have  been 
heaped  on  respectable  aecedi  rs  for  the 
last  five  years  for  asserting  Masonic 
oaths  to  be  just  what  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Rhode  Island  now  admits  them  to 
to  be  in  substance,  nay,  in  very  lan- 
guage 1  When  the  public  perceive  how 
they  have  been  abused  by  Masonic  ef- 
frontery in  this  denial  of  what  is  now 
admitted  to  be  tact,  they  will  have  no 
difficulty  in  believing  that  other  por- 
tions of  the  same  oatba  of  more  dan- 
gerous, import,  as  revealed  by  seceding 
Masons  and  deoied  by  adhering  Masons 
are  strictly  and  literally  true.  We 
have  effected  agond  deal  in  gelting  the 
Grand  Lodge  so  far  as  lo  admit  that  ihe 
three  first  oaths  are  just  as  bad  as  we 
have  stated  them  to  be.  Now,  if  the 
Grand  Chapter  will  only  enter  the  lists, 
we  will  engage  in  three  months  to  con- 
vict them,  or  bring  them  to  confession 
iu  the  same  way. — Providence  Ameri- 
can, 1831. 


One  Skobit  Society  An  -usnno.— 
We  are  gratified  to  learn  that  the  en- 
lightened efforts  of  Adam-,  Story,  and 
Everett  have  prevailed,  and  that  the 
Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society  at  Harvard 
University  abolished  the  secrotsof  that 
association  by  a  vote  passed  at  their 
meeting  on  Thursday  evening. — Ibid. 


By  friendship  you  mean  the  greatest 
love,  the  greatest  usefulness,  the  most 
open  communication,  the  noblest  suf- 
ferings, the  severest  truth,  the  hearti- 
est counsel,  aud  the  greatest  union  of 
minds  of  which  breve  men   aud  women 

Ho  who  would  raproaoh  au  author 
for  obscurity  should  took  into  his  own 
mind  to  see  whether  il  is  clear  there. 
In  the  dusk  the  plainest  writing   is   il- 


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THE  SITUATION. 

Every  genuine  movement  of  reform  is 
a  bush  burning  but  not  consumed.  It 
ib  a  night-journey  like  that  of  the  He- 
brews under  the  flame-cloud  from  Egypt 
to  Canaan.  It  is  bright  overhead,  bui 
dark  all  around. 

We  are  led  to  tbia  thought  by  th< 
situation  of  our  National  movemen' 
against  toe  despotism  and  idolatry 
which  is  breathing  from  the  lodges  lilci 
miasm  from   caves.     Those  of  ue   wh< 


and  i 


Monti 


B  for  wa 


National  / 


nivereary  was  cuc-duiMoally 
it  the  appointment  is  yet 
incomplete.  One  good  a  d  eloquent 
State  lecturer  is  getting  discouraged 
and  wishes  to  resign.  One  slate, 
sup  to  the  pre  hen  tun  supplied, 


pledged 


nih« 


aftei 


delayingusformontbs  by  his  promise  fa 
enter,  backed  out  of  the  work  befor 
be  began  it  without  delivering  a  lecture 
and  a  multitude  of  similar  facts  coul< 
be  recited. 

Yet  never  in  the  history  of  reforn 
was  the  march  of  truth  toward  am 
over  the  popular  mind  more  steady  o 
sublime.  Almost  every  newspaper 
shows  some  mark  or  symptom  of  th> 
coming  downfall  of  our  American  Da 
gon,  and  ihe  triumph  of  Christ's  ark 
One  cannot  look  over  a  file  of  paper 
without  being  reminded  by  the  state  o 
the  country  of  a  cold  day  in  March 
when  spring  is  coining;  and  the  fall  of 
an  icicle  from  the  eaves  on  the  sunny 
side  of  a  house;  the  sprightly  piping  ol 
some  ventureoome  spring  bird,  and  a 
bit  of  green  turf  peeping   from    undi 


thee 


that 


blood,"  but  against  l'wi 

the  heavenly  regions,"  I 

taaing  of  the  Greek   i 


prayer  in  this  cause,  it  will  succeed, 
as  the  anti  slavery  cause  succeeded,  by 
blood.  For  the  spirit  of  the  lodge  is 
worse,  more  cruel,  and  more  crafty 
than  the  spirit  ol  slavery.  And  every 
day  we  are  admonished  that  •■without 
Christ  we  can  do  nothing,"  absolutely 
nothing  against  it. 

The  cause  which  seeks  national  rec- 
ognition of  the  Christian  religion  is 
identical  and  equally  radical  with  ours. 
They  ate  indeed  one  and  the  same. 
The  power  and  popularity  of  tbe  lodge 
spring  from  its  opinion  of  Christ  and 
Christianity.  Freemasons  who  shut 
tbe  door  of  their  lodges  against  Christ 
will  never  vote  to  let  him  into  the  U. 
3.  Constitution. 


did.  We  must  have  a  monthly  concert 
lyer  in  every  village  where  there 
handful  of  enlightened  friends  of 

reform.     Friends  and  others,  how  shall 

this  be  brought  iboutf 


THE    KELlttlOUS   AMENDMENT. 

The  following  sensible  remarks  Are 
from  the  Bdigima  Telescope: 

''This  proposed  amendment  finds 
many  severe  opponents,  particularly 
in  tbe  pulpit  and  in  the  press.  The 
liberal    thinkers'    of    the  country   are 


opposition.       As  all 


foremost 
doubtlei 

of  freedom  to  recognize  Oh 


jir-'i'.i'.in"! 


i,  the  King  of  Kings. 
We  see  no  reason  in  opposing  this  prop 
osition  on  the  grounds  generally  urged, 
that  this  is  already  a  Christian  country. 
If  this  ia  the  case  what  harm  in  mak- 
ing the  Consiiti 
Christianity." 

If  a  direct  vote  could  be  taken  wheth- 
er this  country  and  government  should 
be  Christian  or  heathen,  <lou  "tless  three 


lifeguard    of 


St.  John's  Day  orations  for  the  glo- 
rification of  Freemasonry  are  little  more 
than  tbe  repetition  year  by  year  of 
Ibe  same  stereotyped  form  of  vain  boast- 
iug,  false  assertions  and  hypocritical 
pretentions.  The  falseness,  the  emp- 
tiness, the  intent  to  deceive  in  these 
performances,  1ms  been  so  often  eipos- 
d  that  men  tire  of  tbe  refutation  how- 
ler able  and  unanswerable.  Not  so 
nth  the  creatureB  who  copy  and  repeat 
hese  annual  harangues  to  gaping 
rowde  of  knaves  and  dupes.  Destroy 
lis  "cobweb,"  ''  fib  or  sophistry,"  he 
s  dumb-founded  for  the  moment  and 
hen  is  "at  his  dirty  work  again." 

So  with  the  Odd-fellows.  We  ex- 
josed  their   slanderous    assault    upon 


uid  ■ 


geographies  stand  as  they  are.  Possi- 
bly not  one  in  twenty  if  even  in  fifty 
persons  would  be  unwilling  to  be 
Christian,  at  least  in  the  geography. 
But  if  the  issue  was  made  up,  bo  men 
could  dodge  the  vote,  a  greater  num- 
ber would  doubtless  prefer  to  be  non- 
committal. The  actual  rejectors  and 
crucifiers  of  Ohrist  were  few.  Those 
who  staid  away  and  lei  him  be  rejected 


and  ! 


oldiei 


Tnrlepvnilt- nt  holds  that  "  each  man 
should  be  sworn  by  what  to  him  is  most 
sacred  in  bis  religion."  i.  e.(  by  as 
many  gods  as  there  be,  that  paper  ad- 
vocates governmental  heathenism. 

If  the  American  people  can  be  made 
to  comprehend  this  subject,  in  its  true 
practical  bearings,  they  will  soon  Bettle 
it,  and  settle  it  right.  But  inertia  is 
often  stronger  than  momentum;  and 
multitudesaluggishly  hope  that,  though 
our  Constitution  owns  no  God,  and 
confesses  to  no  religion,  since  Christian 
ideas  pervade  'it  we  shall  get  on  well 
without  express  recognition.  Such 
should  remember,  that  infidelity,  hav- 
ing a  lodgement  in  our  Constitution. 
must  soon  and  certainly  come  to  con- 
trol the  whole  inBt 


er  of  your  house, 
whole  of  it,  unlet 
dually 


i  tbe   rob- 
lelf  in  one 

■  on  C'titro 


,  all  1 


s-holdei 


■s  asked    w 
i  themselvt 


twenty  year's  grace  to 

In  I860  they  seieed  the  forts  aod  fired 

on  the  flag  because  Lincoln  was  elected 

against  their  will!     We    shall  soon  be 

pushed  by  the 

(for  false   gods  are  none;   and   pa 

whether  Jehovah  or  Bsal  is  God  1 


h'-''"' 


iola.     It 


latter  of  little 


7  they,  whethei 


•alud- 


id,  for    when  retained   the 

teacher  caruleslly  or  hurriedly  reads  a 
few  verses,  and  probbably  the  select- 
ion not  the  most  suitable  for  benefiting 
children.  To  this  we  reply,  it  is  cer 
tainly  important  to  have  the  Bibli 
properly  read  and  the  selections  outlet 
to  the  character  of  the  audience.  Bu 
even  when  this  cannot  be  obtained,  it  il 
still  important  that  the  Bible  be  read 
ry  reading  of   it, 


carelessly  done,  puts  it 
cupied  by  no  other  Look,  and 
es  upon  the  mind  of  the  acholf 


npree 


ithe 


r  only  « 


tad  laid  it  on  his  desk  and  told 
lildren  it  was  standard  of  life; 
that  would  save  the  school  from 
a  theortic  bedlam  where  there 
responsibility  to  anything  but 
ctum  of  a  master.  A  Bchool  with- 
Bible  or  a  constitutional  govern- 
family 


fathei 


>rld 


Who 


Chrii 


oastings  of  their  own  cbaritabh 
giving  only  a  few  weeks  ago.  Bu 
nothing  daunted, the  Heart  and  Hand 
of  Nov,  29  repeats  the  same  miserable 
slang  again.  We  give  it  in  full,  believ- 
ing that  the  severest  rebuke  will  be 
contained  in  a    repetition  of  their  own 


aion  at  Seneca  Falls,  N.   T.,  Decembi 
^nd,  to  take  into  consideration  the  best 
means  of  stopping  them  all.       A 
ble    wailing  call    has    been    mat 
which  we  have  a  copy.     In  this  call  it 
anya:   "  These  societies  are  fearfully  on 
the  increase."     Perfectly  correct,    and 
for  every  anti-lecturer  that  is   sent  out, 
for  every  convention  that  is    held  pro- 
fessing  such    sordid,    selfish,    bigoted 
views   as   are  professed    by  these  self- 
righteous  individuals,  the    fraternal  so- 
cieties of  the  land  will  add  a  thousand 
members  to  their  rolls.     Now  and  tl 
a  one-idead  mind  may   be    tolled    i 
the  ranks  of  the  anties,  hut   no  horn 
reflecting  man  or  woman,  on  Ameri 


"tinkling  brass  and  sounding  cymbal' 
of  the  "  sbriekere. " 

Men  who  profess  the  high  character 
the  intelligence,  the  refinement,  liberal 
ity  and  benevolence  which  tbe  Odd-fel 
lows  do,  and  yet  in  the  representative 
choracter  of  editors  can  descend  to  aucb 
vulgar  blackguardism,  are  not  to  b 
soned  with.     What  we  have  to  say  of 


fend  for  the  authors,  but  fortbose  whi 
are  capable  of  at  least  a  degree  of  can 
dor  and  of  being  influenced  by  truth. 
To  such  we  appeal,  and  beg  them  t< 
note:  Fir6t,  that  the  representativi 
Odd-fellows  are  exceedingly  mad  a 
Christians  who  oppose  secretism.  Am 
yet  in  the  same  paragraph,  that  burn 
blue  with  this  wrath,  they  assert  thai 
for  every  lecturer  we  send  out  and  for 
every  convention  we  hold  the  secret  or 
den  will  add  a  thousand  to  their  rolls. 
Is  it  possible  that  they  apeak  tbe  truth ' 
or  at  least  that  they  believe  what  the; 
sayt  Surely,  it  is  not  in  the  nature  o 
things,  that  such  helpfulness  or  a  be 
lief  in  such  helpfulness  could  provoke 
such  Wrath.  If  they  believe  we  art 
driving  men  by  thousands  into  the 
lodges,  they  must  believe  at  the  saint 
time  that  this  increase  of  numbers  is  at 
unwholesome  kind  of  prosperity,  which 
instead  of  establishing  the  "orders"  if 
likely  in  the  end  to  destroy  them.  Di 
they  believe  this!  Why  then  do  they 
glory  in  that  which  is  but  disguised 
ruin  I  They  boast  of  it  as  actual  prog- 
resses real  and  permanent  gain ;  and  yet 
want  language  to  express  their  rage 
us  for  such  efficient  aid.  Ah!  truth 
galls  them,  and  though  it  c 
idle  curiosity  hunters,  and  th 
pulously  selfish  and  ambitious  in  shoals 
into  their  net,  yet  their  coming  di 
not  heal  the  wound  or  ease  the  sn 
which  truth  inflicts.     Though  its    w 


uppei 


till 


these  bitter  boasters  must  be  a  riddle  to 
themselves. 

Indeed  the  operation  of  truth  upon 
secretism  for  its  destruction  involves  a 
paradox,  a  secret,  a  real,  not  a  made  up 
secret,  and  one  not  always  understood 
even  by  the  friends  of  truth,  much  less  by 
those  who  abide  in  darkness.  The  par- 
adox is  involved  in  this  assertion  of  tbe 
wise  man:  "The  prosperity  of  fools 
shall  destroy  them,"  and  in  this  saying 
of  Paul:  "We  are  a  eweet  savour 
God  both  in  them  that  are  saved  and  in 
them  that  perish:  to  th> 


life 


•  life, 


the   other   a  savour   of  death  unto 
death."     As  the  sun  hardens  clay,  but 
truth    makes  the    good 


ebad  \ 


The 


the  apostles  applied  il.  made  of  some 
mble  and  loving  Christians,  and  of 
lers  raging  persecutors;  increased 
;  activity  of  the  idolaters  and  the 
numbers  initiated  into  the   pagan  my 


,  the 


the 


tadels 


of  the  idolatry  of  that  day,  But 
though  the  command  to  "have  no  fel- 
lowship with   the  unfruitful    works  of 


\  great  outcry 


darkness,"  but  to  i 
d  reproye  them, 
gogues  and   occasi 
.gainst   tbe  Christians  as  being  "  sor- 
did, self  righteous  and  bigoted."      Tel 
the  final  result  was  the  establishment  of 
Lianity  and  the  utter  extinction  of 
the  idolatries  and  the  mysteries,  or  sa- 
tieties of  that  age.       What  has 
been  is  that  which  shall  be .    Satan  has 
though  to  revive  the  ancient  mysteries 
and  with  them  the  ancient  deism,   and 
olve  all  the  light  of  gospel  truth 
oliness  in  the  mist  of  doubt   and 
ost  of  dead  morality.     But    the 
truth  which  exposes  the  design  and  en- 
ables the  right  hearted  to  discern    be- 
een  the   righteous   and  the    wicked 
11    produce    agtiu    that    separation 
liich   will   give  health  and  vigor    to 
the  churches   of  Christ,  and    languor 
id  dissolution  to    the    synagogues  of 
dan.       What  time    the  light   draws 
ose  who  have  the  tenderness  of  con- 
ience  and  the  sacred  prudence  which 
ue  love  to  God  in  the  heart    inspires 
from  the  lodges,   and  prevents  all  Buch 
from  entering;  from  that  moment   our 
work  is  done;  no  matter  how   many  of 
Solomon's  fools  are  by  the  same  means 

meat  packed  without  silt  will  nutnfy, 


abhoi 


j  whei 


Chris 


iana  with    one    consent    forsake  them 
and  as  in  duty  bound  devote   their  a 
of    time,    of   means,    and    influence  t 
Christ  and  his   oHine.        It  does    no 
therefore  surprise  us  at  all,  or  alarm  u 
in  the  least  to  be  infoimed  bytbe  myt 
tagogues  that  our  efforts  increase   thei 
initiations.     On  the  contrary  we  tak 
fresh  courage,  just  in  proportion  as  w 
are  able  to  believe  that  their   boasting 
is  based  on  facts.     Thus  far  it   aesm 
us  that  the  truth  is  tuking  effect  and 
working  surely  towards  its  predestin 
triumph.      On  tins  theory  alone  ca«  I 


ixplai 


the 


aternity  think  we  are  greatly  increa? 
g  their  membership  and  yet  theyar 
:ry  angry  about  it. 


tChri 


and  him  crucified,  ''Tolled  into  tht 
ranks  of  the  anties"— That  fact  is  tht 
hand  writing  on  their    wall.     The  toll 

ing  of  these  minds  into  the  ranksof  tht 
'Antib'"  is  the  tolling  of  the  death 
knell  of  modern  mysteries. 


THEiCUUAN  AVENGERS. 

The  cover  under  which  the  Mason 
hub;"  i-  plotting  for  Cuban  spoil  is  di 
played  in^the  following  "  comtnuuic. 
tion"  to  the  lodges  of  New  York,  Bigi 
ed  by  Elwood  E.  Thome,  Deputy 
Grand  Master, and  fifty  other  promine 
Masons  :— 

"To  the  worshipful  master,  warder 
and  brethren  of  Lodge  No.  —  :  The  u 
dersigned  would  hereby  most  fratern 
ly  call  your  attention   to  the  cruel  ai 

owb  and  orphans  ut  M  inter  Mhsoiih.ii 
only  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Suntiai 
de  Cuba  but  also  tbe  subordinate  lod 
es  on  the  Island  of  Cuba  are  subjects 
In  I860  the  Grand  Lodge   of  Santiago 


de  Cuba  was  placed   ui 

the  Jay  following,    without 

having  acknowledged  themselves  to  b< 

Free] 


de  of  the  city,  since  which  time  every 
ian  found  to  be  a  Freemason  has  eith- 
r  shared  the  same  fate  or  been  ban- 
bed  to  Fernando  Po  or  other  pel 


Thee 


of  thoi 


n  ho  were  thug  slain  or  imprisoned  v 
confiscated  to  the  government,  tl 
families  left  entirely  destitute,  and 
under  the  penalty  of  death, 


lildren,  who  had  bi 

ie  woods  (they  not  being  allowed  to 
ave  the  district)  without  food  or  shel- 
r  to  escape  a  more  fearful  fate  than 
?«Lh  at  the  hands  of  the  Spanish  tore- 
i,    and   Borne  of  these  women,    with 

ikedness,  were  hunted  by  these  liber- 
ries  and  subjected  to  the  vilest  out- 
.gos.  These  are  lacU.  In  the  name 
■  humanity  and  in  obedience  to  our 
n-e  .if  justice,  we  ark  you  to  forward 

officers   and    under  the    seal   of    your 
the  Most  Worshipful  Grand 
Mai"  " 


Lodge  to  lake  such  action  thereon  as  it 
may  see  fit." 

This   letter   missive   bears  the   very 

plausible  a|ipearan.'e  ol   avenging  injur- 

-tue  and  defending  a  persecuted 

unity.      It  appeals  to   the  strong- 

ntimenl   of  manhood.     No   man 

of  honor  and  gallantry  can  learn  of  the 

opprtssinn  mid  abuse  of  the  weak    and 

?nt  unroueed.     But  Masonry  must 

•  itself  if  outsiders  have  learned  to 

read  it  by  contraries;  and  its  bestprais- 

ncts  are   often  lowest   in    the  moral 

ile.     There  are  reasons  for  believing 

this  outburst  of  chivalry  is  one  of  them. 

members  of  the   Grand  Lodge    of 

Santiago  de  Cuba  were  arrested  and  ex- 

tsd  in  I860,  four    years   and    more 


If  the  Masonic  system  is  as  per- 
fect throughout  the  world  as  pretend- 
tbe  Grand  Ladgeof  New  York  had 
knowledge  .  of  the  fact  years  ago. 
Wherefore  did  it  delay  any  vindication 
sonic  honor  until  the  present  lime* 
We  learn  further  from  the  Freemason 
fSt.  Louis,  and  other  sources,  that 
the  present  action  is  based  on  iuforma- 
eceived  from  a  private  source  in 
Cuba.  The  New  York  Herald  pnblish- 
is  a  long  letter  from  a  Mason,  said  to 
p  a  magistrate  in  Santiago,  to  a  Mason 
a  New  York.  This  letter  dated  Nov. 
5th,  is  in  answer  to  one  written  in 
April  last,  requesting  "full  information 
in  regard  to  the  massacre  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Sintiago  de  Cuba  and 
present  condition  of  their  widows  and 
orphans."  The  letter  goea  on  to  de 
scribe  the  execution  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 
the  writer  himself  claiming  to  have  warn 
ed  its  members  of  their  danger,  and  de 
tails  the  suffering  ol  their  families  from 
the  action  of  the  Spanish  voluol 
from  that  time    to   the  preaent, 


these  outrages,  and  to  have  bad  km. 
edge  of  the  facts  since  1689,  and  yet 
rendering  no  direct  assistance  nor  using 
any  efforts  to  arouse  foreign  sympathy 
and  intervention.  Only  after  the  cap- 
ture of  the  Virginias  he  helped  bury 
several  victims  of  Spanish  oi 
among  these  outcast  families. 

The  only  explanation  of  the  pi 
furor  among  the  Masons  is  that  they 
are  operating  for  the  lod^e,  hoping  i 
turn  the  excitement  on  the  Cuban  quei 
tion  to  their  own  advantage  and  beg. 
hatred  of  Spanish  republicanism  in  tin 
country.  Why  else  should  they  foi 
get  to  redress  such  a  Masonic grie vane 
for  four  years?  No  Christian  commi 
nity  would  have  been  pera^eutcd  >■ 
long  and  so  unjustly.  Foreign  mtdn 
tion  would  prevent  it.  But  Masourj 
with  all   its  boasted    benevolence    an 


.ifl- 


i  glorify   the     system. 


?er  an  exaggerated  i-tory, 
-  a  base  neglect  ;  in  eithe 
lake  capital  for  the  lodge. 


Eoclksiastical  Action  in  Kausss 
the  Patrons  of    Husbandry   is  prompt 
and  just.     Tbe    United   Presbyterii 
Synod,  meeting  in  Lawrence  in  October, 
passed  upon  the  order  in   thesi 

"  Wltereas,  the  last  General 
bly  decidfd  that  the  order  imp 
oath  or  pledge  which  is  contrary  to  the 
law  of  the  church,  and  exhorted  mem 
here  of  tbe  church  to  abstain  from  con 

ivher-u.i,  thin  order  ib  rapidly  eifudnij 
and,  though  il  may  bo  short-lived,  oth 
ers  of  a  similar  char 


Jtesolvetl,  1.  That  all  our  pastoi 
missionaries  be  and  hereby  an:  directed 
to  give  timely  warning  to  the  peoph 
where  they  may  be  called  to  laboi 
of  the  true  character  of  the  order. 

2.  That  Presbyteries  and  sessioi 
should  exhort  and  entreat  such  men: 
hers  as  may  have  connected  with  this 
society,  in  order  to  lead  them  to   abar 

3.  That,  as  a  last  resort,  those  wb 
persist  in  defying  the  law  of  the  enure 
should  be    subjected   to    the    disc'plin 

The  Kane™  Conference  of  the  Unii 
ed  Brethren  in  its  eighteenth  session  b 
Topeka,  Nov.  6th,  took    the   followin. 


publican    principle: 


•upting 


;  of  tbe    youth    of  < 


lurch;  therefor 

Resolved,  1,  That  we  will  strictly 
id  firmly,  yet  kindly,  and  in  the  spir- 

of  meekness,  administer  the  rule  in 
ir  discipline  on  secret  societies." 

These  resolutions  speak  a  'etermina- 
>n  which  God  mil  bless.  It  is  of  the 
me  Bluff  which  made  the  martyrs;  for 
;rer  was  a  sinful  practice  shut  from 
tbo  ohurch  .but  Saltan  poura  upon  il 
imoly  and  peisecution,  only  inde- 
less  severe  than  that  borne  by  the 
Bses  for  the  truth  in  former  ages. 
But  if  these  pastors  slop  with  a  "resolu- 
on"  the  end  is  noL  gained.     They  must 

ie  first  step  in  secrecy;  that  ia  too  of- 
in  lbs  fatal  one. 

The  principal  provisions    of  the  now 

German  ecclesiastical  law  are  as  follows: 

No  Catholic  priest   can    publish  any 

icipliuary  law  or  sot,  excepting  as   it 


nffects  purely  religious  matters  oi 
cerns  tbe  clergy;  no  priest  oau 
or  publish  any  disciplinary  penalties 
against  any  person  for  fulfilling  the 
laws  of  the  State,  whether  they  i 
flict  or  not  with  the  laws  of  the  Chui 
no  priest  can  publish  any  diaciplinary 
penalties  to  be  inflicted  upon  any  per- 
sons for  voting  or  not  voting  at  public 
elections;  no  priest  can  name  any  per- 
son by  name  in  tbe  publication  of  dis- 
ciplinary penalties.  The  penalty  affix. 
ed  for  the  violation  of  these  provision* 
is  a  tine  of  not  less  than  1,000  thalero, 
and  imprisonment  for  not  less  thantwc 
years  and  moreover  the  offender  canbt 
suspended  from  practicing  the  profess^ 
ion    of  clergyman. 

NOTES. 

—Rev.  J.  P,  Stoddard,  the  Genera 
Agent,  has  just  returned  from  Mione 
sola,  where  he  has  held  a  number  of 
successful  meetings.  An  accoi 
bis  trip  will  appear  next  week, 

— Aiiy  friends  in  or  adjoining  Wash, 
tenaw  county,  Mich.,   who    de6ire  t> 
ures  from  Klder  J.  R.  Baird,  will  pie 
write  to  James  C.  Kiggins,  Delhi  Mi 


aw  Co. 


lioh. 


published  the  able  AJdrt 


— Vice-prefident  Wilson,  having 
lified  the  Senal"  that  he  must  leave  the 
chair  of  that  body    until    his   health 
more,  fully  restored,    Senator  Oarpei 
lerof  Wisconsin  was  unanimously  put 
forward  by  tbe    Republican  caucus   foi 

a  defender  of  the  "salary  grab,"  tbii 
action  is  thought  to  signiiy  no  repeal 
of  that  act.  Carpenter  is  beside  h 
Knight  Templar  and  active  in  the  order, 
As  Kpi-akor  Blaine  is  also  a  Knight  Tem- 
plar we  Bhall  probably  have  both 
branches  of  Congress   under   the   Ma- 

— Nast,  the  cartoonist,  has  sharp- 
ened hie  pencil  for  the  grange.  A  late 
number  of  the  Harper's  Weekly  con- 
tains one  of  his   sketches  in    which  a 

other  with  a  wrecked  train  in  the 
background ;  and  as  the  former  se 
piles  of  produce  near  by,  he  snaps  at 
the  other,  ('I  say,  Mr.  Wildcat  Spe 
lalor,  what  am  1  to  do  now!" — and 
ceiveB  the  growling  reply,  "Solve  your 
own  problem,  Mr.  Farmer  Despot' 
The  subject  i*  treated  legitimately,  but 
there  Is  a  more  vital    point    yel 

—Although  disappointed  in  bav 
complete  account  of  the  lectures  in  New 
York  and  vicinity  there  are  assurant 
of  their    success.     Beside    the    leti 
from  a  Presbyterian  pastor  elsewhei 
Dr.    Pollook,  of  the    United    Presby 
rion  church  of  Jersey  City,  who  had  1 
gun  a  serieB  of  lectures  on  the  BUbje 
writes,  l,as  an    apparent    interpofiiti 
of  God,  we    are  to  have  Prof.   C.   A. 
Blanchard  deliver  a  course  of  four  lec- 
tures, two  in  tbe  first  and  two   in  tht 
second  U.  P.    church    in   Jersy   City. 
When  I  concluded    to   deal    with    the 
subject,  and    so   announced,  I  did    il 
trusting  only    in    God    to  guide    to  s 
profitable    issue,    for  to  me  the    iesui 
was  and  still  is  doubtful;    the    path  ol 
dutyonly  is  plain  and  tb;it  is  "go  for- 
rord."     Hence  1  am  greatly    eneour- 
ged  to  know  that  so  valiant  a  defender 
!  the  truth  is  to  take  a  part  In   this 
he     very    beginning  of  the  ''war"  in 


ITews  of  our   "^Torli 


-  Secret  Societies. 


This  organization  held  its  four! 


:ettng  n 


Falls 


of  December.  The  largest 
t  young  city  was  required  to 
perform  the  duty  of  holding  a  larger 
ompany  of  persons,  we  are  lold,  than 
a  ever  gathered  (here  except  upon  the 


prim 


rety 


ted  the  bm 
meetings,  and  the  speaking  was  such  as 
and  interest  large  numbers  of 
ilizens  as  well  as  to  fill  with 
hopes     than    ever   before    the 

Prof.  C.  A.    Blanchard.    R-v.  D.    P. 
Rithhun,  Rev.  J,  L.   Barlow,  R-T.  A. 

Crooks,  Donald  Kirkpatrick,  Esq..  Zeb- 

having  done  wonderful  things  in  the 
speaking  line.  The  junior  editor  of 
this  paper  hoard  only  three  addresses. 
They  were  very  able  and  we  may  say 
masterly.  The  first  was  made  by  0. 
J.    Rose,   of   Madison    University,  who 


jcently  renounced  the  "Invisable 
Empire," — Freemasonry.  He  display- 
ed his  Masonic  parchment,  and  made  a 
idling  speech.  Of  course  he  must 
quiet  d'livn,"  or  have  trouble. 
The  second  was  a  warm  and  heart. 
Lirnng  address,  made,  by  Elder  D.ivid 
leroard,  whom  most  of  our  readers 
know,  13  the  author  of  that  work  which 
i  the  standard  authority,  both  among 
Masons  and  Auti-masoni,  known  as 
"Light  on  Masonry."  The  saintly 
face,  the  pathos  and  tender  sympathy 
if  his  heart  were  very  visible,  both  in  his 
vords  and  in  the  eyes  of  many  of  his 
.uditors.  He  flaid  he  visited  Seneca 
Tails  Borne  thirty  two  years  ago  to 
preach  the  Gospel  of  the  blessed  Christ. 
Several  hundred  sinners  came  to  Jesus. 
One  hundred  persons  joined  the  Bap- 
tist church  and  one  hundred  the  Meth- 
odist and  other  churches.  He  had 
learned  that  many  of  these  had  gone 
eir  eternal  home.  He  had  seen 
-   such    revivals     but    should  not 

^ie  will  bo  still — my  lips  sealed — 
my  heart  forget  lo  beat.  1  am  rejoiced 
that  I  have  been  permitted  to  stand, 
though  so  often  alone,  for  this  precious 
Gospel  of  th*-  Son  oftGod.   1  shall  go  soon 


May 


)  all 


as  to  meet  in  the  paradise  ol  God."  He 

then  closed  with  an  affectionate  appeal, 
aud  a  beauliful.poetical  quotation.  That 
he  has  been  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
Board  of  Missions  for  fifty  yenrB  is  a 
sufficient  guarantee  of  bis  standing 
among  his  own  people. 

The  third  speaker  was  Prof.  C.  A 
Blanchard  of  Wheatoo  College.  Hia 
effort  was  to  prove  that  if  seoret,  oath 
bound  organizations,  such  as  ihe  Free- 
masons, triumphed  in  this  country,  the 
prevalence  of  such  piinciplea  would  re- 

His  address  was  highly  ap- 
and  elicited  much  applause 
from  the  crowded  auditory.  It  was 
graceful,  eloquent,  masterly  and  now- 
portable. 

The   Convention    was    considered  a 

the  working  forces  of  tbe  body  fromva- 
quarters  were  gratifying.  An 
atter  for  Prof.  Burt  G.  Wilder  of 
Cornell  University    was   received    and 

rill  be  published  next  week. 


Lectures  or  I'rofessor  (J.  A.  Blanchard. 


Bkooklvn,  E.  D.  Dec.  12,  1873, 
Hear  Cynosure: — 
as  taken  place  in  Brooklyn.  Tbe 
on  of  ihe  First    United   Presbyte 

-ji  gn  tuition  of  this    city    have    m 
u  arrangement   Willi  Professor    0. 

lies  .hi  Freemasonry.      The  first 


irch  i 


t  Det 


also  quite  a  respectable  rcpreoci 
of  the  order.  The  subject  was, 
Autiquity  of  Freemasonry." 
speaker  did  justice  to  tbe  euhjei 
the  expectations  of  the  people, 
nejt  lecture  will  be  delivered  nex 
Thursday  evenin. 


We 


Experience  Meeting. 


Willing  to  Fight  fur  the  Lmhrc. 

Eds.  Cynosure:  — There  is  a  Baptist 
hurch  at  Mahopac  Falls,  N.  Y.,  and 
their  pulpit  has  been  supplied  the  past 


rbyi 


He 


iby 


BOf 


nenlaud  honorable"  institution  of  Free- 
nasonry.  Well,  an  effort  was  recently 
nade  by  some  of  the  church  lo  settle 

nm  preach  against  Catholicism  and 
)lhor  evils,  but  the  great  evil  of  Ma- 
loury  he  claimed  to  be  iu  full  fellow- 
ihip  with,  and  such  a  man  he  could  not 
'oto    for   to  be    his    pastor.     Tnis    of 

tept  speaking  out  and  interrupting  the 
leacon  iu  his  tak  uutil  finally  he  sat 
down  saying  as  he  did  so,  that  he  be- 
the  Lord  knew  his  heart  and 
thai  he  felt  it  his  duty  to  take  this 
end  in  the  matter.  "I  believe  the 
urd  knows  that  you  ain't  much  of  a 
mtteman,"     repli-d     the      minister. 


Here  *as   ■ 

oirc 

instance    where    the 

3hrl«t.     01 

■5 

my  was  shown    in  a 
of    the    goapel   of 
a  spirit  I  The  same 

minister  wa 

heard    to  say  at  another 

ime  b,  .  n 
t  bad   been 

ambe 

of  witnesses  that    if 
r  limes,  and  the  dea- 

con  had  talked  as 

In*    did   to   him    he 

would  have 
n  his  head 

/be 

he  head  of  his  cane 
ould    have   done  it, 

Is  it  possible  that  one  of  Christ's    true 

not  prove  to  be  other  lhan  the   unfruit- 
ful works  of  darkness  f     Well,  did  the 

ohurob  settle  him 
manifesting  euoh  a 

as  their  pastor   after 
spirit!  Not  a  bit  of 

THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE  :  DECEMBER  IS    1873. 


Hes 


iched  his  tareweli  ser- 
mon to  that  church.  Oh !  that  not  on- 
ly that,  but  .'very  other  Christian 
church  in  our  land  would  arise  and  say 
to  all  ministers  and  others  who  adhere 
to  Masonry:  If  tho  so-called  religion  of 
the  lodge  ia  better  than  the  religion  of 
Christ  then  go  on  in  it  and  leave  the 
church;  but  if  not,  then  stick  to  the 
church  aud  keep  away  from  the  lodge! 
I  believe  that  if  all  our  churches  would 
come  out  and  take  tins  stand  theabom- 
inable  institution  would  very  Boon  fall  to 
rise  no  more.     Yours  etc.,  C. 


need  in  a  sad  dilemm 
i  good  conscience,  if  h 
to    have  a  client   who  : 


Anti-n 


"V...  n,,-, 'i 


•  Hill  a 


the  depot,    I    engaged  in  e 
with  a  Presbyterian  clergyman  of   my 
acquaintance  who  has  been    raiaed  (■; 
led)  to  ''sublime    and    ancient  de<r< 
through  tho  grave  of  Hiram  Abif/" 
feet  deep    perpend  on 


formed  him  t 


i  my  way 


fur 

theraaeured  him  that  we  were  'after'  hii 
fraternity  with  a  ''sharp  stick."  Inreply 
be  said,  '  'What  can  you  do?  The  !odg< 

which  I  replied,  "Your  craft  talked 
very  much  like  that  a  few  months  b 
fore  they  killed  Morgan,  Boon  afn 
which  they  were  glad  to  hide  then 
selves  from  the  wrath  of  the  people.' 
With  a  frankness  and  simplicity  al 
■olulely  refreshing,  my    frin 


"Ahl 


.  L  II  t 


This  ( 


testing  Hurt 
"You  have 

We  don't  intend  to  be  caught  in  that 
Morgan  trap  again,  1  assure  you,"  that 
turning  aside  to  smile  audibly,  1  went 
on  my  way  somewhat  comforted. 

I  am  afraid,  however,  that  my  friend 
lost  his  jewel  and  very  much  injured 
his  new  name.  I  hope  hie  lodge  breth- 
ren will  deal  gently  with  him.  for 
knowing  him  as  I  do,  I  do  not  believe 
that  he  really  intended  to  confess  to  a 
'cowan'  lik*  myself,  that  the  fraternity 
did  kill  Morgan      It   was  a   slip  of  the 

A  South  Afrlcau  Funeral. 

Dear  Bro.  K.— The  following  I  ob- 
tained from  a  young  man  in  Syracuse 
at  the  oonvention  of  the  New  York 
state  Association  opposed  to  secret  so- 
cieties March, 1872:— 

"  When  in  South  Afrioi,  in  the 
month  of  August.  1871,  I  saw  a  pro- 
cession of  men,  they  were  on  the  way 
to  the  grave  frot 
quired  who  they  were, 
by  a  gentleman  standiu 
were  Freemasons  bur 
Mason.  There  were  a 
riages  in  the  precession 
there  were  no  women, 
reason  of  this,  and  wai 


uhuri 


(the 


:nd  the  funeral,  even  though  the 
friend  was  husband,  father,  or  brother. 
Behind  and  running  along,  side  were 
perhaps  a  score  or  more  of  natives  from 
the  interior  decked  in  their  paint  and 
feathers  aud  in  fact  all  the  paiapher 
nalia  of  the  Cuffirs,  Hottentots,  Zaloos, 
and  Malays.  Almost  all  ol  them  were 
nearly  naked,  with  a  cloth  around  their 
bodies  and  a  great  bunch  of  leathers 
ou  their  heads.  And  from  where  1 
Iting  the  proces 


i  hard  I 


lined.    i';<UJ-, 


Correspondence. 


Our  n-ddi-ia   will   him 


Bgrea 


ring 


broken  up.  It  is  gratifying  to  know 
that  the  ^reai  powerful  ring  of  which 
Tweed  was  the  very  jewel,  has  come 
in  collision  with  the  courts  or  law  and 
the  court*  have  pro.ed  the  atronger. 
This  is  as  it  should  he.  When  the  conn 
prevails  over  secret  collusion  then  the 
poor  man  may  fcxpfot  to  have  his 
rights  and  equal  justice  may  prevail. 

We  observe  thai  Judge  Davi',  the  pre- 
siding  justice  in  Tweed's  case,  in  deal 


ing  wi 
follow 


wycrs, 
which  i 


of  all  consideration.  '  'I  ask  you,  y 
gentlemen,"  said  his  honor, '  'to  rei 
ber  that  good  faith  with  a  client: 
can  justly  require  bud  faith  in  youi 


This 


lark 


■etly  i 


very  heart  of  Masonry. 
Upas  shadowi  men  are  taught  10  be- 
lieve that  they  can  keep  faith  with  the 
lodge  and  yet  remain  true  to  their  du* 
ties  as  Christian  men,— that  they  can 
be  loyal  to  the  lodge  and  at  the  same 
time  true  to  the  courts  of  t'.e  land.  The 
Judge  has  dissipated  this  illusion,  and 
has  punished  with  fines  those  old  sta- 
gers in  ring  duplicity,  who  in  their  eer- 
vioe  of  a  score t   collusion,    ventured  to 


The  reform  for  whioh  the  Cynosurt 
is  working,  and  for  whoBe  special  ob> 
ject  it  was  established,  is  beginning  tc 
work  at  last.  Secret  rings  and  tbt 
prospects  of  Masonic  editors  are  feeling 

High  Priest  aud    all   his  coadjutors   iu 

sheep-skin  clothing  are  being  coDsidera 

and  useful  lives  may  once  more  breathe 
in  freedom.  Let  the  reform  proceed 
until  the  grand  hailing  sign   of  distress 

news-paper  office  of  the  land  !  So  mote 
it  be!  f.  H.  o. 


Tin'  (Jraniro  In  Clay  County,  Iowa. 

Editor  Cynosure: — Being  a  resident 

of  a  county  controlled  by  granges  I 
have  abundant  opportunity  of  observ 
iog  the  workings  of  the  system;  ant 
supposing  that  a  few  lines  from  thii 
part  of  the  world  would  not  be  objec 
Lionable,  I  will  transmit  a  record  of  th. 
■benevolence'    of    the    'Patron?.'     List 


i  of   ibe 


thorities,  are  deslructive  of  this   funda- 
mental principle  and  of  fatal  tend 
Dees  not  this  warn  people  to  bev 
Masonry  and  other  st 
We  ehould  ever  remember  such  wa 
ing  aud  act  accordingly. 

M.    Kkllt, 


Thomas  Griffith  writes,  "I  cannot  do 
ithout  the  Cynosure." 

Nathan  Shelly  of  Eagle  Harbor  senda 
is  renewal,  a  new  subscriber,  and 
rites:  "I  have  been    confined 


oom  for  the  last  three  mc 
light  shock  of  paralysis, 
leen  able  to  read  or  write 
lusiness.     I     circulate  yo 


nths   with  a 
I   have  not 


all  a  i 


oft 


;ood  standin 
ick;  living 
ty  the  people 
le  grange    wa 

sideriug  that  the 
ut   700    strong 


ad  picnic  rally  whicl 
of  this  county  held  latelj 
Grove.      Cot.  Smedley,    6 


lOhri 


and    although     aim 
uuty  I  am    looking 

C.  C.  Thompson 


Who  Patronize  the  Lodge  | 

.York,  Pa.,  Nov.  16.  167. 
iitor  Cynosure:— i  wish  to 
attention  to  a  few  ideaB  in  re. 
Freemasonry  and  its  cbara 
appear   to    k 


i  diffei 


They  i 
utall  o 

M  Hi  JIH       .7.; 


ablui 


rill 


veal"  any    of   their   rascality. 

of  horse  thieves,  they  would  not  select 
good  pious  men  for  it;  and  as  Maaonry 
horse  thieving  tliey 
should  only  take  the  very  worst  of  men 
Id  got  upa  grand  Masonic 


,ard  aud  Finney    would  he  received  fo 
J.  FiBkJr.,  and  Jeff.  Davis  could  easily 


;r    make  good    adhering 
t    either  secede    and  de. 


E.J. 


and  bene  vole 
nounce  the  oi 

fear  of  losing  thei 

Are  executive  anil  judicial    officers  of 

a  United    States  and   of  the  several 

,tes,  bound  by  an  oalh  or  affirmation 

support  the  constitution  of  the  U.S. 

neb  says  "Congress  shall  make    no 

law  abridging  the  freedom  of  tho  press 

>r  of  speech."     Query:    When  a  sher- 

ff  locks  a  court-house  door  aud  prevents 

i  man  (who  has  got  lib-rly  of  commis- 

lioners)  going  into  that  house  and  mak- 

ngaapeeoh;  does  that  (sheriff  by  that  act 

'iolale  his  oatb  1     And  is  he  not  guilty 

>(  perjury     by     so     doing  ?     Are    free 

speech  and  free  pre -a  inherent  rights ! 

Does  the  constitution  say  there  shall  be 

passed  that  will  abridge    them! 


and   afterwards 

ing,  or  ofubridg- 
rs,    guilty  of  per- 


ji.jrt  Un- 
guilty of  pi 

jury  by    violating    the    Constitution! 
Should  not  such  a   man  be  punished  t 

George  Washington  in  km  last  words 
people  ol"  the  UaiU'd  Stales  says 


■Alio 


,  alio 


itnph." 

MarshalltowD 


;  your  pa- 
ir  Norwe 

oined    the 


norable  standing   of  Mr.  Gape, 
ring  treasurer.       His   property 


iacopal 
resided 

ording 


and  gave  in  his  sermon  an  i 
review  of  the  office  of  bishop 
t"  [Cpi*i-"pil  forms. — Gerald  Ma*( 
the  hnglish  poet,  lately  lectured  on 
life  and  character  of  Charles  Lamb, 
on  Suck1.iv  lio  appeared  as  preacher 
fore  the  Free  Religionists.  He  was 
nounced  to  speak   on  "  Why  Does 


y  evening  of  paralysis. — Heavy 
■tarted  a  flood  on  the  Ohio  and 
a-ies,  which  on  S*  turd  ay  and  Sun. 
day  threatened  great  damage  to  Pitts 
bum,  Wheeling  and  other  cities.  It 
ubsided    Monday. — St 


Belk 


rried  to    Mrt 


Bowen  at   Nicbola^ville,    Ky., 
foots  up  to  $3,9' 


Thursday 
the  lakes  for 
J,  nearly  $1,000,000 


ANTIMASONIC  TRACTS. 


A  Tract  Fund  for  the  Frse  Jiitrihtian  of  Tracts. 


HISTORY  OF  MASONRY. 


;  of  them  of  c 


C.  Quick,  Weston,  Mich.,  sent 
new  subscribers  with  several    re 
and    closeB,    ''Wishing  the    Cyi 
much  succes,  and  with  faith  in  the  ut- 
t<nmt-'  triumph  of  tmr  cause." 

The  Linn  County  Pilot,  Mt.  Verno 
Iowa,  adds  to  these  the  following  con 
mentation.  With  the  aid  of  ou 
friends  we  mean  to  keep  the  Cynusui 
to  this  mark:  ''First  among  the  news 
paper  organs  in  the  great  cause  is  th 
Christian  Cynosure,  published  in  Ch 
cngo,     .  .     The  Cynosure  is   ou 

of  the  best  religious  papers  published 
in  the  country,  is  a  seven  column  fob 
sheet,  neatly  printed  on  the  bcit  i 
paper  and  its  pages  sparkli 


wholei 


Who  Can  Tell  r 

Kna.Nov.30.— It 


that    Mr.      S.     C.     West,     Pes 

ter,    is    to    be     removed,     in     fi 

of      H.        C.         Payne,       It 

that    Matt     Carpenter,    who  i 

at  Washington,  favors  the  change 

will   use   his  influence  to    bring  i 

it.      Mr.  Payne  lias  been  an  activ 

member  of  the  Young   Men's    Republ: 

Club  for   years.     No    charges    ai 

le  against  Mr.  Wrest,  who  is   a   Re 

publican    and    a    gentleman    of    ability 


,nd 


gnty. 


Why  is  a   capable    and    honest 

us  rejected?     Has    Mr.    Payne   any 

ber   club    relations?      Can     Knight 

Templar    Matthew    Carpenter.  M.   C, 

plain  whether  the   grips    have    nny- 
ing  to  do  with   the  case. 


Boliplous  Newt. 

lev.    D.    P.   Rathbun,    well 

ill  the    readers    of  this    pai 

n  engaged    in    revival    meetings    in 

Odessa,  N.  Y.     Ninety  conversions  are 

ported.— Tho    Church    of     the    Pil- 

grims  (Or.  Siorrs),  and  Clinton    Ave. 

gregationai  church    (Dr.     Budding 


f  church  polif 

—The  churches  of  1 

for  each    3 


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mi  ted  it  is  | 
of  God, 


and  government. 
ew  York  number 
',000  inhabitants, 
e  Dutch  Relormed 
d  where  Castle 
—The   Free  Wdl 


ommonly    know 

latter  church  is  open  con 
numbers  30,000.— It  is  ea 
ns  for  foreign 


'The  Church 
n   as    Wine. 

oinpaot.  The 

umaled  that 
little  less    (ban 


American  Board 
ghl  percent,  for  necessary  expenses; 
le  Presbyterian  Bo.tr d  spend  7  3-4 
ints  in  getting  one  dollar  to  the 
eat  hen. — The    47tli    annual    meeting 

of  the    New    York    City    Mi    ' 


held  last  Wednesday  The  M< 
supports    40    mission* 

i'ii  ipi'l.i,  Tond  n;-  :■■■! 

i_:-  weekly,  visits  2<t. 000  UqiiIhb 
ry  year  ouiside  the  pale  of  anyjcht 
nd    expenda   $50,000   annually. - 


.lisfrictioii  uill  he  given  to  the  country. 
he  last  prop  mi'iuii  is  an  increase  of 
Jariea  from  tbe  old  rated  to  $5,600 
id  actual  traveling  expenses.  The 
oubo  has  passed  th.-  $4,0u0,0"0  na- 
il appropriation  lull  an.:  is  discussing 
i  act  repealing  the  bankrupt  law  with 
On  Monday  oyer  900 
ntroduoed  in  the  House. 


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xine  has  been  concluded.  He  wb 
found  guilty   of  treason   and   receive 


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Vi-'.<, ",  r'iir.u 


MASOITIC    MTJSDEH. 

secretsTfmasonry. 

BY  ELI  TAPLEV. 
il^ni^^¥ffixSrV?£rwS^»1rtW^ 
TRACT  NO.  4. 

GRAND    GREAT  GRAND! 
By  PHILO  CARPENTER. 

This  is  a  one  pace  tract,  calling  the  attention  of  the  public 

to  the  Jisputu:  nij.l  ntLi  iil'ui.-'.  tn;>-s  ul    [•'rcemasomy.  Price 
15  cts.  per  100,  $1,00  per  1,000 

Extracts  From  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  ( 
Sworn  to  bv  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Rhode  Island. 


Hon.  John  Onincv  Adams'  Letter. 

Hiving  HlHand  H1b  Futber's  Opinion  or  Freemasonry 
(1831); 

Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

Hiving  His  Opinion   of  Freemasonry   (1832). 


Satan's  Cable   Tow. 


'Freemasonrv  is  0nlvl52  Years  Old,' 

"Murder  and  Treason  not  Exceeptd." 


Freemasonry  in  tae  Cnuron. 


Charuvlcr  nnd  Symhol,  of  ^reeina-niiry 


Address  if  Niagara  County  Association,  Nsw  York. 

ConCTiiini;  tin-  Jlurmn  .Mardur,  nnd  the  characte 
f  Frci.'imiS'inry,  m  shown  by  this  aud  Other  Masonii 
lurders,    GOcts.  per  100,  or  ^4.00  per  1,000. 

Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry. 


HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D. 

Chanoelor  of  the  University  of  N, 
Y.,  on  Secret  Societies. 


GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY. 

MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  and  VOID. 


Si:  Esissns  w'aj  i  Christian  should  is,  bo  %  Fissmisi 


ENOCH  HONEYNELl'S   TRACT. 


TERMS  FOE  THE  CYNOSURE. 

Club    Rates,    Wookly   Edition. 


Who  Murdered  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan? 

HISTORY  OF  THE 

Abduction  and  Murder 

Capt.  William  Morgan, 

ThiB  is  a  Book  of  Thrilling  Interest,  nnd 
shows  clenrly  that 

I/a.  Morgan  ms  Murdered  by  Freemasans 

IN  OBEDIENCE  TO  MASONIC  1LAWS 

File*  t;  Hill,  roit-pild,  oisgls  ce;r  33  dk,  13.00  ptr  in. 

HTSee  Sample  Paces  below. 


Koceeded  to  St.iHi>ril,  a  village-  nliout  six  miles  c 
Jatavin.  On  nrriring  there  MUler  was  sewed  by  V 
liiJ  conducted  to  a  room  in  the  third  story  of  a  stoi 
njj.  ordinarily  used  as  n  Masonic  lodge  room.  In  tl 
IS  wis  guarded  by  Eye  men,  who  said  they  were  a 
uu'iBtiiQia  Lo  French,  and  under  his  ordors.  Wli 
.i.-uUhJi.-lI  and  ^u.ir-lcl.  hi-  .-.lUPir-i:!  with  -.  or  6  of  his  fr 


itbt  on  the  mind  o 


i  of  Morgan  nnd  Miller 
rhose  sudden  appearance  at  Uatavia  has  bui 
uddenly  disappeared  from  that  place.      A  s) 


nd,  and  walked  with    large 
,  and,    as  Miller   describes   i 

o  the  captive.     Miller  bowevi 


„■.     'J..U 


answered  in  n  voice  that  f;iliiT''d  a  hule,  "Millei 
doin-/  wliat  I  liuve  been  ordered  to  do."  Duril. 
tion  in  tho  room,  one  of  the  guards  told  him  i: 
loud  i-nougli  to  be  beard  by  all  in  the  room,  that 
to  be  tried  at  Le  Hoy,  nor  to  stop  there, 
tried  by  un   ordinary  tribunal,    but  i 


.'as.  Miller .isk.-il."VVhjttli-ilmiiair  He  repln'-l."i 
s  made  no  remarks  in  denial  orexpla 
man  say  to  another,  "Miller  is  nuMi 


To  detail  n 
by  which  French  and  bis  coadjutors  ■ 
.Iiciu-.-.'lves  from  proceeding  with  M>ll"'J 
i  Le  Roy.  would  be  a  useless  waste  of  < 
itiertce  .ji   the  reader.  t/m 


nspir, 


82 

the  time  until  night  should  favor  the  completion  of  their 
projects,  and  that  to  proceed  to  Le  Roy  was  no  part  of  their 
plan,  if  it  could  be  avoided.  But  in  (lie  course  of  the  nftei 
teruoori,  French,  seemingly  by  inadvertence,  admitted  tlm 
the  process  lie  b;nl  against  Miller  was  in  fa'et  a  [irocess  in  a  civil 


vithn 


appi 


se  and  tumult,   to  Le  Roy,   4  miles,  and  after  many  ellorU 
tin'  part  ol' French  to    prevent  him   from  so  d<iiii"[    Miller 
.  hinisell    j,laced  before  the    justice,   who    had    issued  the 
rrant,     French  then  gave  directions    to  two  of   his  nssi^t- 
s,    and  disappeared.      Miller  staid  in  the  oflice  nhmit  half 
hour,  during  which  time  the  justice  called  for  the  consla- 
aud  warrant,    but  neither  constable,  warrant,  or  plaintiff 
.  ;d,  and   the    justice  informed  Mr.  Miller    that  he  wr« 
liberty    to  go    where  he    pleased.      This    was    about  nine 
o'clock  in  the  evening.*     It  appeared  from    the  docket  of  the 
magistrate  that   a  warrant    bad  been    issued  against   Miller, 
and  one  John  Davids,  on  the  oalh  and  al  ihe  rc.juestof  Dan- 
iel Johns;  John  Davids  had    been  also  arrested  by  the  direc 
tions  of  French,    but  the  sheriff  of    the   county  informed 
them  that  he   was  in   his  custody   on  the   jail  limits,    upon 
which  be  was    discharged    from   the    arrest.      Miller  having 
thus  obtained  permission  to  return,  was  making  the  best  o~f 
his  way  to  a  public  house,  when  French  and  Johns  suddenly 


event  him.be  returned  ii 

and  relieved  bis  family  from  terror  and  alarm.  That  this 
lawless  osscnililaL."'  oi  men  took  place  for  the  purpose  of  se- 
curing the  arrest  of  Miller,  by  virtue  of  a  process  never  in- 
tended to  be  acted  upon,  we  shall  Like  no  tremble  to  show  to 
tho  public       We  have  conclusive  proof  from  the  e.,prcs>  dec- 


e  "ili.-e  oi  \hn,.,    if  that  should  b 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  DECEMBER  18,  1873 


Work  While  It  is  Called  To-day. 

L>!  there's  no  time  for  rest  to-day  I 

There's  stubborn  work  to  do 
For  every  willingjhcart  and  hand 

The  blessed  daylight  through. 
Nor  must  we  loiter,  slack,  or  sleep, 

Save  in  the  friendly  night, 
Which  hides  beneath  its  grateful  shades 

The  labors  of  the  light ! 


"I  shouldn't  think.  M .  the  last 

;ntioned  smoker  could  afford  to  smoke 
many  eig< 


Brothers  of  human  k 
In  many  a  dark  and  sic: 

And  there  are  burdens 
And  fetters  to  be  brol 

With  many  a  toilaom 

Up  I  for  the  worM  i--  ful 
The  earth  is  sown  wit 

Quick  springing,  like  lb 


-.  settle  bis  board  bill.  He 
ife  board  where  I  do,  sod  it 
■et  in  the  house  that  he  never 
thing  until  the  landlord  makes 
B  uncomfortable  to  them,  and 
ild  have  been  turned  out  long 
ago,  only  for  pity  towards  the  wife. 
Moreover  said  wife  has  not  had  one  bj- 


lnBlant  In  Prayer. 

Speaking  of  prayer,  at  the    anniver- 
sary of  the  London  Missionary  Society, 
Spurgeon    said,   "  Oh     tit    more 
prayer!     I  had  an  odd   Illustration  of 
>ower  the  other  day,  in  Italy.       In 
hotels  there,  there  are  little   ivory 
-ons  in  the  wall    upon   which   you 
put  your  linger.      They    communicate 
ilectric  wires  which  ring  the  bells 


ntbe),      and 
the  poor  aoul    talked  of  going  to  the 
for  a  spring  suit,  and  then  a  sum- 
ditto,    until   whenever   she    men- 
i|  tli*"*  mhject,    dead  silence    would 


i  otbei 


And  t 


Thelaborer  reaps  the  golden  grain, 
Theconquerer  wins  the  spoil. 

—Independent. 

All  About  Tobacco. 


thing  but  the  old  and  decidedly  shabby 
and  these  are  the  fnota  that 
hud  prompted  me  to  remark  that  he 
could  scarcely    afford    to   smoke  many 

"Afford!"  said  my  friend  with  a  ris- 

aut  itt     Why  be  will  pay  for  bis  ci- 

it   he   don't   pay 


if  h 


(and  he  can't  here),    if 

for  anything  else;  the  cigars  must  come 

— and  he  don't  smoke  leB-j  than  five   or 

;  a  day  either." 

"Ah,"  thought  I  to  myself,  how  glad 
his  wife  would  be  if  she  had  that  cigar 


my  friend,  'I  will  put  you  up  to  a  wrin- 
kle— keep  your  finger  on  the  button. 
If  you  only  just  put  it  on  it  rings  the 
fyou  keep  your  finger  on. 
the  bell  wilt  keep  ringing  down-stairs.' 
Well,  I  did  so;  but  even  then  the  wait. 
not  come.  At  length  my  friend 
We  have  a  couple  of  bedrooms 
I  will  go  into  one,  and  your 
friend  can  go  into  the  other;  let  us  ring 
bells,  and  then  we  shall  fetch 
up  all  the  waiters  in  the  hotel.  So  we 
our  fingers  on  the  three  buttons. 
kept  them  there,  and,  I  warrant 
you,  the  passage  was  souu  full  of  wait- 
ae  another.  They 
thought  the  whole  house  must  be  on 
iply  explained.that  as  the 
ne   bell   did   not    do,    we 


F  for  a  f..-v 


weeks.     It  t 


.old  i 


I  have  no  city  directory  of  my  own, 
but  when  occasion  requires,  I  ha^'e 
carle  blanche  to  look  over  that  of  a 
friend  who  is  proprietor  of  a  drug  store. 
The  other  day  as  I  was  thus  engaged, 
a  gentleman  who  might  be  twenty-five, 
oame  in,  and  after  sidling  about  until 
some  other  customers  were  gone,  he 
tapped  on  the  glass  cover  of  a  show- 
ease  and  pointing  to  some  cigarettes 
asked  the  price.  Being;  informed  on 
that  point,  he  requested  to  examine 
them  and  said; 

'■Put  me  up  two  dollars  worth  and 
oharge  them," 

As  he  left  the  store,  I  asked  the 
clerk  in  attendance,  "Is  that  man  mar- 


"He  ia 

"How  I 
garettes  li 


a  the  s 


"Oh)  well!  judging  from  what  I 
know  of  him,  I  should  say  about  five 
days,  or  maybe  a  week,"    replied    tin 

■'Ob  I"  said  I,  cogitating  aloud,  "i 
he  smokes  two  dollars  worth  of  cigar 
ettes  a  week,  and  has  to  get  then 
charged,  he  won't  marry   very    soon. 

"You're  right  there,"  chimed  in  th> 
clerk,  "unless  he  gels  a  girl    with    lot 

of  stamps, can't  afford  it;  but  what 

he  spends  that  way  is  nothing,  you 
ought  to  Bee  aome  of  the  fellows." 

Just  as  he  spoke  a  carriage  drove  up 
from  which  leaped  a  dashing  young 
man  who  come  in  hastily,  saying  as  he 

"Got  any  more  cigars  like  those  1 
hfldlaatt" 

The  cigars  were  produced. 

"Three  dollars  a  dozen,  I  believe,' 
he  aaid  interrogatively.  That  was  the 
price.  "Put  me  up  two  dozen,"  h> 
said,  as  he  opened  his  pocketbook;  hoc 
while  the  attendant  changed  his  tei 
dollar  bill,  he  lighted  one  of  ihe  cigar* 
then  pocketed  the  change,  and  with  t 
hop,  step  and  jump,  was  tn  his  car' 
riage  and  drove  off. 

"How  many  cigars  a  day  do  yoi 
suppose  that  man  smokes)"  I  inquired 

••Dunno,"  replied  the  clerk  with  < 
shake  of  the  head.  "But  I  never  set 
1  hie  mouth,  'less 


joice  their  laundress  too,  as  w 
landlord;  but  they  haven't  th 
he  has  bis  cigars.  T. 
(.•red  aquaint,  old-fashii 
a  rural  district  of  Coi 
I  a  small  and  somewhat  rocky 
and  seemed  to  grudge  its  incrense. 
The  farmer  and  his  wife  toiled  long 
and  bard;  she  especially,  for  be  was  so 
v  of  motion  that  he  couldn't  oyer- 
rk,  the  thing  was  a  moral  impossi- 
bility; that  is,  giving  what  he  always 
took,  tho  regular  hours  of  sleep  out  of 
twenty-four.  But,  that  woman! 
What  her  hands  and  feet  accomplished 
re  weary  to  tell  and  sad  to  know, 
in  that  houae  every  penny  was 
ted  carefully  and  often  before  it 
-pent;  and  uo  fallals  of  dress — in- 
,  no  dress  at  all — save  the  shilling 
i,  had  been  purchased  foi 
eh,  yet  every  mortal  week  that 
alive  man  chewed  up  bis  fifty 
i'  worth  of  tobacco.  Comn 
needless,  I  refrain. 

return  to  the  dru^  store.   "About 
those  'i^an.-tU-s,"  said  I    to    ray   friend 
they  not  buppoaed  to  he  f-T  Indies' 
or  do    you   sell   them   chieBy    to 


men  and  boys, "was  hie  respoi 
er  he  told  me  that  ladies  so 
uy  them;  but  he  gave  me  to 
d   that  such    ladies   are    pretty 


>beloi 


had  a  lot  1 


I  then  beth-jugl 
bought   cigaretU 


party, 


'Now 


igs.  It  could  not  be  seen  or  kn 
ut  the  very  knowledge  of  ita  eiie 
made  him  fee)  that  he  was  less  a 
ian  he  ought  to  be,  gave  him  a 
g  of  inferiority. 

When  you  see  a  neat,  tidy,  cle, 
cheerful  dwelling,  there  you  will  I 
joyous,  loving,  happy  family.  But  if 
filth  and  squalor,  and  a  disregard 
refining  delicacies  of  life  prevail  in 
household,  there  will  be  found  in 
al  character  of  the  inmates  n 
that  is  low,  degrnding,  unprincij; 
■l   ni>!     iln.j'  1'iin;/.        i  ji.  ,■■■■■'■ 


uld  r 


all  i 


nging  < 
thought  ^ 
found  it  a  capital  plan;  but  if  they 
Id  only  come  more  quickly  anothi 
I  we  would  do  it  no  more.  Evei 
:  a  man  prays  he  rings  tht-  great 
in  heaven  1  If  two  of  you  agree 
:hing  anything  concerning  the  kin 
i,  it  shall  be  done  unto  you.     The 


ingi 


If  t 


and 


would  begin  to  put  thei: 
Qjjers  upon  the  bell,  the  electric  com 
lunication  between  earth  and  heaven 
would  awaue  the  very  angels,  am 
ring  them  down  with  untold  biasing 
pon  the  church  and  upon  the   world. 


Consider. 


Fren.h. 


ecause  he  had  just  r 
he  had  a  hole  in 


stock- 


sgroi 


iught  1 


'JLJ'TlY    H 


ainst  neglect  of  cleanliness  it 
d    tidiness  of   dress. —  //■■■;:'. 
Journal  of  Health. 


Franklin's  Neighbor. 

Hearing;  that   young    Friuklin 

ened  a  printing  office,  he    concluded 
make  him  a  cull,  and  accordingly  ap- 
ired  one  day  at  the  door  of  the  new 
establishment.      Franklin's    experience 
siness  had  not  been  promising  thus 
,nd  his  view  of  the  future  was  any- 
thing but  cheerful.     His  face  hrighten- 
wever,  as  bo  saw  the  portly  old 
'man  at  his  door,  and    noticed  hie 
elegant  and  courtly  bearing,    thinking 
that  he  might  have  come  with    pi 


i  for 


rgoin  debt, 


,ys  of  the   first    Nspi 

me  the  richest  nation  in  the   world, 

aich  seems  proved  by    the    fact   thai 

the  German  indemnity  of  n   thousand 

millions   of    dollars,  which    they  were 

obliged  to  pay  has  all  been  discharged 

wo  years  while  we  have  been  strug- 

C  for   eight   years   with    twice    as 

;h.      PerhapB     the     wealth    of  the 

tl-Ii  fir  men*  iintr.  hi  much  from  the 

.11  farm  ay  stem  and   the    nigb   culli- 

on  they  give  the   soil.     There   is   a 

,  difference    between    farming    in  a 

ie  wny  and  having  all  work  done  in 

the  best  manner, 

What  Causes  Hard  Tiuiei. 

Too  many  spend  money   and  too  few 


made  prodm 

We  buy  t 

pay  for  cash 

We  are  h 


— Ex. 
Address  oT 

(.Hill  r;il   .A 


Too  many  i 
dustry,  and  t- 
and  derive  pit 

We  spend 


it  we  do  not 
tefui.  know  t 


f  ua  prefer  idleness 

o  few  of  us  bow  to  work 

isure  and  profit  fro 


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ADVERTISING. 


Freemasonry  Exposed, 

CAP'T  "WM.  MORGAN. 

"MOHCA1T  BOOS." 


Light  on   Freemasonry, 

BY  ELDER  D.  BERNARD, 


..  f..Vi! 


In    the   day    of  adversity    con 
Think  calmly  o£  your  condition.     Cease 
murmuring  and  repining.     In  poverty, 


Ask  yourself  the  question,  "Why 
am  I  afflicted!  Have  I  departed  from 
God  1  Have  I  sinned  ignorantly .  know- 
ingly, or  willfully!  Havel  neglected 
duty  I  Have  I  despised  reproof! 
Have  I  grieved  the  Holy  Spirit!  Have 
1  wickedly  departed  from  the  Lord! 
Have  I  refused  Christ's  cross?  Havel 
shrank  from  bearing  his  reproach!  Has 
will   been  stubborn  I     Hare  I 

Tn  bold  by  reason  of  God's  long 
suffering!  Have  I  loved  the  world! 
Have  I    lusted    after    riches!     Havel 


"  I  am  sorry,  very  sorry,      Bald 
old    gentleman,  looking    very    sol 
and  speaking  in  a  very  impressive 
"  It  must  be  an  expensive  undertaking 
and  your  money  will  all  be  lust.     Don't 
you  know  Philadelphia  is  already    fall- 
men  are  obliged  to   call    their  creditors 
together.     I    know    as  an    undoubted 
fact,"  be  continued,  with  great  empha- 
sis, "  that  all  of  the  circumstances  that 


Childrens'   Corner. 


otherwise,  hi 
buildings 


the  ruin  more   sweeping  and   dreadful 

He  then  proceeded  to  illustrate  these 
iteraente  by  detailing  the  private    af- 
fairs of  a    number  of  individuals    into 

whose  business  he  had  been  prying, 
rave  me,"  says  Franklin ,  "so  long 
ill  of  misfortunes,   actually   exist- 


t  off  suddenly, 


d  behold  a 
■bon   bottles 

found  in  their  vacated    chamber. 

on  the  whole  I    don't   think    highly  of 

cigarettes;  and  as  I  wended 

ward  way  I 


.hstanding  the 


cigar 


i  li-  c 


some;    and    I 


pani 


wonder  whether,  notvi 
fact  that  our  grandfath. 
our  husbands  and  brothers,  names  re- 
vered and  dear,  mostly  use  the  Indian 
weed;  whether,  on  the  whole,  the 
world  is  not  the  worse  and  not  the 
better  for  all  this  smoking  and — bah  I 
chewing,  not  to  mention  tbi  money 
spent  on  it.  That  there  are  good  men 
who  indulge  in  this  habit,  I  don't  deny, 
but  still  insist  that  these  good  men 
have  p-  bad  habit.  This  is  not  a  lec- 
ture; but  for  answer  to  those  who  at- 
tempt to  excuse  the  practice  on  the 
grounds    of     philosophy — i 


-I    would 


half-a-dozen  a  day.     Shouldn't  wonder 
i    he's  back  before  the  week  is  oi 

'-Married!"  I  asked. 

•'Yes,   married;  but  he  has  plenty 
of  money,  and  his  wife  has  plenty, 
of  ber  own,  but  I  never  see    them 


of  thei 


self  1 


Folks 


gather  much;  not  that  they  quarrel,  but 
be  sports  round  a  good  deal.  She  used 
to  stay  at  home  when  they  were  first 
married ;  but  now  she  is  in  the  city  most 
of  the    winter;  and  summers  she  goes 

It  was  evident  there  was  no  home 
behind  the  scenes  there,  whatever 
might  be  the  reason.  Several  custo- 
mers now  came  in,  but  I  was  interested 
and  made  beheve  busy  over  that  direc- 
tory, keeping  one  «yo  on  the  cigar  and 
cigarette  quarter.     Shortly  altera  man 

ter;  the  small  boy  of  the  establishment 

him  a  cigar  and  he  went   forlh    rejmc- 

tomers  were  gone  and  the  coast  clear 
again,  I  said  to  my  friend,  the  propri- 
etor, ae  he  came  to  my  aide  for  a  mo- 
ment's chat. 


cause  he  felt  the  nest 
as  a  matter  of  phi] 
osophy !  I  trow  not.  No,  nor  for  anj 
other  reason  than  this:  to  be  in  the 
fashion.  But,  the  habit  onou  formed, 
then  the  enslaving  power  of  the  atim 
ulant  comes  in  and  holds  the  victim  t 
very  slave — a  slave  even  though  i 
Christian.  The  only  hope  I  Bee  foi 
the  men  of  to-day,  the  tobacco-slaves  I 


ollified  with 
until  they 

feel  that  theirs  is  no  ignoble  thralldom ; 
and  then,  perhaps  ihey  will  since  to 
save  at  least  their  sons  (they  will  have 
to  get  pretty  much  down  to  the  cradle 

though)  from  contamination.     Surely 
this  is  a  worthy  Geld  for  Chi 
who  should  take  up  the  wi 

tion,  if  not   the    Christian!     The  field 

k  wtiiii-  I'or    the    liiirvn.it,  Lhe    lab- 
are  tew.— Christian  at  Work, 


Thorns  and  bri 
aged  buds. 


eigbbort     Have    I 


pressed  the  heipli 
the  prosperous!  Have  I  called  the 
proud  happy  f  Have  I  murmured  at 
my  lot!  Have  I  neglected  prayer! 
Havel  forgotten  God!  Has  my  wor- 
ship become  a  form!  Have  I  robbed 
ngs!     H. 


1    neglei 


ord! 


I  de 


i  reproofs!     Have  I  been 
lindful  of  his  mercies!     Have    I 
nproved  my    opportunities!     Ha 
een  a  barren  fig  tree !     Have  the  c 
f  this  world  choked  the  word  (     Have 
made  gold  my    hope!     Have  I 

my    home !      Have  I 


wMce 


laid  up 
Sue! 

we  may  put  to  ourselves  in  sickness, 
trouble,  in  calamity  and  in  distress. 
In  the  day  of  adversity  consid 
Bring  the  soul  before  the  judgmc 
sent.     Seek  to  know    the  will    of  God 


ind  do  it  from  i 
;be  Lord  and  hi 


will  retu 


Re  I 


i  springeth  not  from  the 
i  rod.  In  the  day  of  adi 
ider.—  The  Christian. 

Neatness. 

essence,  aud  purely  for  it! 

man    is  neat    for   appen 
.ere  is  an  instinctive  feeling  that 
power  in    it.       When    a 
a  physician  or  lawyer  for   tbe 


t  dress;  a  lady  will  c 


1    h.T 


the  it 


and  honesty 
will  find  htm  in  hia  store,  his  shop,  hit 
cou..ting-hoiiae.  The  most  accomplish- 
ed gamblers  dress  well;  the  moBt  en- 
terprising swindlers  are  faultlessly  cloth- 
ed, but  countless  multitudes  are  but 
white-washed  sepulchera.     Too   many 


e  seen."  Washington  Allston,  tht 
ie  great  artist,  the  accomplished  gen 
eman,  suddenly  left  his  friend  stand' 
t  tbe  door  of  a  splendid    Boston  man- 


e  place,  that 

Eired  hie  si 
d  resolved  to  redoublt 


'  Frank- 


however 


gy,   and  to    work    as    he    never   hat 
>rked  before. 

'•The  industry  of  this  Franklin,' 
d  Dr.  Bard,  at  a  meeting  of  th- 
irchant's  Club,  not  long  after  the  oc 
rrence  of  the  incident  we  have  re 
,ed,  "  is  superior  to  anything  of  th' 


i   whei 


and  1 


neighbors 


a  of  Fra 


it  here.     But  poor  Mr.  Mick- 
■   continued,"  aaya   Franklin, 
n  this  place  of   decay,  and 
n  the  same  style,    refusing  for 


>  buy  a  bouse, 


the  end   I 

ad  the  satisfaction  to  see  him  pay  five 
mea  as  much  for  one  as  it  would  hi 

ist  him  had   he    purchased  it  when 
ret  begun  his  lamentations." 

Almost  every  young    man  of  ent 
n-in  encounters  a  Samuel  Mickle, 
ich  the  example  of  Franklin  afford) 

boltaome  lesson. — Ex. 


We  are  the  temples  of  the  Holy 
Ghost.  I  see  the  necessity  of  tb< 
greatest  purity  in  the  outward  roan 
To  beep  the  whole  requires  constan 
prayer,  watching,  looking  always  ti 
Christ,  I  mean  that  the  soul  never  b 
diverted  from  him  for  one  moment;  bu 
that  I  view  him  in  all  my  work,  taki 
hold  of  him  as  the  instrument  by  which 
I  do  all  my  work,  and  feel  that  nothing 
ie  done  without  him.     To   seek  men, 

my  view  at  present,  that  I  wonder  we 
are  not  all  struck  dead  when  the  least  of 
this  comes  upon  us.  I  know  immedi- 
ately when  1  grieve  the  Lord,  the  Spir- 
it speaks  within;  and  to  do  wrong  in 
the  great  light,  is  tbe  great  offence. — 
Bramwell. 


tifuland    ii 


rt.Mllldu 


eosive  than  the    foi- 

n  by  a  West  India  captain  o 

en's  Friend  Society. 

tell  you  of  a    feat  performed 


sailor  boy 
He  waa  1 
adapted 


higbt  of  the 
.eraily  a  boy,  and  far 
>  the    duties    of 


nd  whei 
arfully.  Some 


r  than  at  sea! 

The  ship  was 
of  the  rigging  got  foul    the    mail 
head  and    it   was  necessary  that 
hould  go  up  and  fix  it  aright 


>  New  Edition  of  B;n;;is's 


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ATTOKHEY-AT-LAW, 

And  Notary  Public, 


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WHEATON,  ILLINOIS, 


CONFESSION  OF  THE  MUEDEK 

WM.    MORGAN 

Dr.  John  0,  Emory  of  EacinQ  Co,,Wifl. 

HENRY  L.  VALANCE. 


BROKEN  SEAL 

OR  PERSONAL  REMINISCENCES 


BY  SAMUEL  D.  GREENE. 


Walsh's  Review  of  Freemasonry, 

REVISED  EDITION, 


Finney  on  Masonry. 


Westfield     College, 

Woatflold,  Clark  Co.,  IU. 


Berciri'i  Appendix  to  Light  on  Uasonrj 
i^ao.,•S''KA^."l"tl,","'°,""■ 


when  I  heard  him  < 

The  lad  lifted  his 
at  the  sw;nging  mi 
wrathful  sea,  and  at 

mined  countenance 
hesitated  a  momei 
rushing  i 


cap,  and  glan- 
it,  at  the  boili; 
the  stately,  del 


,  the    deck,  he    pitchtd 


when  he  returned  he  laid  bis  hand 
on  tbe  rallioes.and  went  up  with  a  will. 
My  eyes  followed  him  till  my  ht-'ad 
was  dizzy,  when  I  turned  and  remon- 
strated with  the  mate  for  sending  the 
boy  aloft, 

"Why  did  you  send  him!  he  cannot 

replied    the    mate,     "to 


*'I  did  it, 
,T6  life.   We've  eo 

i  holds  like  a  squi: 


Again    I   looked, 


3  lost  a 


el.      He 


.hot 


II  tears   din 
mpelledd  to 


lecting  every  moment 
of  hia  hut  fall. 
t  fifteen    or  twenty  r 
down  and  straighteni 


Fay  i 


i  Uo. 


debt  t 


fori 


ng    opei 


One 


vho  stopped  giving  and  asking 
redil  a  few  years  ago  recorded  it  ae  his 
iperk-uce  that  he  can  now  buy  more 
iiau  he  ever  bought  before,  and  sell 
lore.     The  caie   is  mentioned   of  the 


I  aloft  r 


opray. 


Do  you  pray  I" 
Yes  sir.  I  thought  that  I  might 
come  dowu  alive,  aud  I  went 
mil  myself  to  God." 
Where  did  you  learn  to  pray)" 
At  home.  My  mother  wanted 
o  to  Sabbath  school,  and  mytes 
rged  me  to  pray  to  God  to  keep 
audi  do". 
Whatwas  thai  you  had  in  youi 


"My  ' 


We  read  of  the 
i  youth, of  the 


aich  my 


iaehc 


bid  of  the  Sp. 
valor   dUplnj 
id  Therniopjli 
the  annals  of  heroism  do 


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Richardson's  Monitor  of  frtsmasonry, 


ELDER  STEARNS'  BOOKS. 

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Freemasonrv, 


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he  particulars  of  the  trial. 
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NARRATIVES  AND  ARGUMENTS 

secrIFsocieties 


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A  Seceding  Mason  of  21  degrees. 


Duncan's  Masonic  Ritual  ail  Hoailor. 

Ill  unrated    with    Explanatory    Knjravtng 


Light  on  Freemasonry, 

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The  ChristianCynosure. 


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WEEKLY   JJlUlTION,  *2.w  a  YBAR 


VOL  III.    NO  11. 


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WHOLE  NO.  116 


TUe  Christian  Cynosure. 

No.  11  WabHSli  AYOHiie,  Chkaejo. 


SEMIiST. 


1I1E  REfl    AKItA 

There  ia   necessarily 

nd  somt  d«ma;o'  »  Ifi 
f  operation!  is  displacu 

L  few  of  OUT  subs, T'l.H-li 

atne  of  lb  em  perhaps  i 


to  get  our  subscription  list,  paid  up  pre- 
piratory  to  the  removal  from  our  list  ol 


to  us  about  the  mi-understanding   and 
we  have  promptly  answered    their  let- 
ters, endeavoriug  lomake  all  right.     Jt 
is  a  difficult  thing  to  come  up  to  a  c 
basis  in  four    months,  after  u.in^ 
and  a  half  yean  the  plan  of  disconti 
iog  only  by    special  order.       But 
friends  most   of  them   consider  thii 
better  way.       It  is    now  practiced 
some  of   our    most  juccssful    news 
pers.      We  have  felt  anxious  to  keep  all 
our  subscribers.     We  do    not  wish 
lose    one    of  them.        They   are   c 
friends,  co-laborers  and  helpers.     1 
oause    needs    them,        The    Cynosi 

The  times  are  very  dull,  and  we 
not  wish  to  crowd  them.  We  m 
their  subscriptions  if    they    can  npi 


s  designed 

The  la* 


secure  justice  for 
of  the  Invisible  Empire  are  designed  tc 
sscure  favors  for  all  Masons.  The 
State  endeavors  to  protect  citizens,  by 
punishing  violators  of  law.  The  lodge 
endeavors  to  protect  Masons  against  the 
laws  of  the  land  us  long  as  they  an1 
true  tQ  their  obligations  tp  the  Invisibh 
Empire:"     J" 

The  laws  of  the  United  States  forbid 
slander;    tliell,    murder    and   treasi 
Invisible     Emj: 


ml      M  .- 


landei 


t'.clB  tln'-m  in  slandering,  stealing 
from,  or  murdering  any  one  else.  Thii 
was  proved  for  all  time,  by  the  murde 
of  Win.  Morgan,  who  having  put  him 
sell'  outside  the  protection  of  the  lodg. 
hy  revealing  it*  sec-re  if,  w^s  slandered 
stolen  from  his  wife  and  children,  aiu 
then  murdered  with  the  unanimoui 
consent  of  all  adhering  members  o 
this  order. 

c  this  murder  became  known 


aded  t 


do   its  murder 

It  h 


still  t 


them  the  paper  if  they  will    pay  for 
soon:     Of  course  we   cannot  find    ou 

whether  or  not  they  can  do    so  uules 

So  again  we  ask  nil  who  have  nc 
written,  whose  subscriptions  have  ex 
pired  or  are  about  to  expire, to  write  u 
a  few  words.  It  coats  but  one  cent  t 
send  us  a  postal  card  and  we  esteem  i 
a  great  favor. 

We  tru--t  that  the  coming  year  wii 
witness  greater  progress  than  any  yea 
preceding.  Our  opportunities  fo 
work  were  never  before  so  numtrou 
and   prospects    from    the    bi-ginning    c 


Address  of  the  ■ 


Fellow 
purpose  of i 


-n- 


Freem 


nry 


>ur  opposition  lo 
kindred  order", 
net  for    this    pur- 


pose, and  once  more  we  set  before  you 
in  a  few  word*,  the  reason  for  the  ac- 
tion we  deem  it  n'-cessary  to  take. 

Free  ran  so  nry  is  a  government  hidden 
from  and  hostile  to  the  government  of 
the  United  States.  Its  Iswb  are  for  the 
protection  of  Mason**,  and  not  in  form 
or  in  suirit  like  the  laws  of  the  State. 
The  good  oil'aen  is  bound  to  sustain  the 
laws  of  the  visible,  and  the  Mason  is 
bound  bound  to  sustain  the  laws  of 
his  Invisible  Empire.  If  then,  there 
two  nre  opposed  to  each  other,  it  is 
manifest,  that  just  so  fast  as  the  Invisi- 
ble Empire  gin 


Masonry  ii 


a  live, 


ite,  and  that    if 
United    States 


and  penaltie 
ork  ur  i  telly  so  far  as  It  c 
e  noted  lhat  this  and  like  crimes  do 
esult  from  the  abuse  of,  but  adhere 
j  Masonic  obligations. 

By  the  laws  of  this  Invisible  Empi 
be  smallest  violation  of  Masonic  lav 

punishable  with  death,  it  is  hence 
erly  impotable  to  enforce  Masonic  1 
rithout  murder.  But  though  Man 
;ho  break  their  oaths  have  been,  s 
re  to  be  murdered,  murderers  who 
>ng  lo  the  order  are  to  be'protec 
i  the  crime. 
I'uU  ■■    iillic'iiiii    mir   ptc  i!    the    pi 


ih«-  Mg<- 
;  being  u 
oumstances.  he,  howe 
hind  in  paying  up 
lodge,  and  for  this  res 
Dablonega  refused  to 


i  belonging  to   the  t 


ni'il"ij  to  Diihlonega  to  request  the  loilgi 
to  bury  the  deceased  brother  Musoni 
cnlly,  but  they  absolutely  refused  or. 
the  ground  that  he  was  behind  in  set 
tling  up  his  dues.  His  family  pur 
chased  a  parcel  of  white-headed  t&cki 
which  they  gave  to  the  carpenter  tc 
drive  into  the  lid  of  the  coffin  in  the 
brm  of  a  compass  and  square,  hut  he, 
>eing  a  Mason,  absolutely  refused  to 
:onferthe  honor  on  hisdeceaaed  broth- 
:r.  Hence  it  appears  that  Mr.  Baird 
Vfla  discarded  by  his  Masonic  brethren 
olely  on  the  ground  of  his  poverty. 
Spectator. 
Cuban  Masonry. 

Sditor  of  the  Cynosure:— 

In  President  Oram's   last  message  I 
find  the  following: 

In  taking  leave  of  the  subject  for  the 
reseat  I  wish  to  renew  the  expression 
'  my  conviction   that  the  existence  of 
frienn  slavery  in  Cuba   id    the    princi- 
pal cause  of  the  lamentable  condition  of 
the  island. 

I  have  paid  some  attention  to  the 
difficulties  with  Freemasonry  in  Cuba 
a  few  years,  and  if  wliai  appear  in 
Chicago  Tribune  of  Nov.  20th  is 
,  why  did  not  the  President  refer 
his  exciting  cause    which  calls    for 


ihai   Mi. 


t  well  a 


j  for  I 


light. 


nher  of  . 


office-holders  ire  subjects  of  this  In 
ible   Empire,    justice  will    be   turned 
away  backward,  iruth^will  fall    i 
streets,  and  equity  will  not  be  allowed 


nter. 


The 


iinge 


destroying 


soon  come  to  rely  upon  forci 
their  rights,  and  reliance  upon  force  is 
anarchy.  Painful  illustrations  of  thii 
sad  result  are  not  wanting.  France, 
Spain,  Mexico,  and  the  Republics  o 
Central  and  South  America,  have 
been  so  honeycombed  by 


:  Jesuits,  M;1 


,  Friei 


Oil  i 


the  People. 


.it  l'-usr  fi  t,  ,,,,,111  .-  iK'lii'e. 
i'  holy  fa  t.  that  a  na- 
.!'ji;iliz"d  an  1  di-sfroyed, 
nuent  and    co-operation 


ithom    the 

of  the  minis) 

In  the 

inisters,  or  priests,  h  ve  been  direct- 
s  or  influential  members  of  the  secret 
liis  which  have  corrupted  the  people 
d  rendered  self-government  well  nigii 


n  land  many  ministers 
lis  secret    anil    Invisible 

is  also  a  false  and  idola- 
rvliile  many  more  stand 

before  it.  Tin-  religion 
plained    by  the  religion 


of  Christ,  is 

f  the  lodg. 

u  a  despotic  religion,  which  invariably 
leads  lo  a  despotic  stale — and  a  corrupt 

d  and  fi.ll  n    church  leads  to    this  di- 

aoralil<ng  work     which    must   end  iu 

ither  regeneration  or  ruin. 
Thfse  being 


thii 


of  all  villainy,  and  pledge 
t  of  Ood  and    humanity    o 
futiifiil  and  persistent  labors- 


Sli.-lehi  -  nt   >l:*ioni'j   ,' 


the  South. 

of  Lumpkin 
of  the  Peace 

Mr.  Biard, 

ther  religion 


»Ma. 


■  thie 


trj:- 


rk,;Nov.  19.— Owing  to  a 
mtained  in  a  letter  from 
t  ou  the    night  of  the  7th 


them  much  trouble.aud  is  it  not  strange 
that  the  Masons  of  this  country  have  not 
been  arouBed  before!  Spanish,  foreign 
and  Cuban  Masons  imprisoned  just  for 
disobeying  miliuvj  orders  and  punish- 
ed for  not  disclosing  to  their  govern- 
meni  what  had  been  told  them  ''on  the 
square"  of  course!"*  Hor. inlet  How 
could  the  Masons  of  this  country  wait 
for  acts  still  more  horrible  before  calling 
the  •*  Grand  Lodge"  together, 
what  do  the  Masons  propose  to  d 
in  calling  the  ''  Grand  lodge!" 
that  is  a  secret  the  government 


able 


.11    Mir, 


deserves  cen-ure  and  ridicule, 
quenily  ihey  either  know  and  art 
inal  for  permitting,  or  are  crimiu: 
allowing  their  own  ignormce. 

I  have  my  opinion  of  the  real  < 
and  worth  of  n  professor  who  is 


nally  e 


■eiety.     Men  ought 


I  believe  during  o 


io  cruel  as  to  p 


bin  M  lionb  from 
cret  conclaves,  but  in  conversing  i 
scores  of  returned  soldiers,  nearly 
express  their  unqualified  belief  that  Ma- 
sonry waB  a  great  hindrance,  in  ma 
ways,  in  putting  down  the  rebellion. 
Winona,  Minn.       Ohen  Cbavato 


(Yiiat  are  They  Good  Forf 


When  we  read  or  hear 
hich  we  are  not  fully 
quire,  ''WhatiBit  good  for," 
3  purpose,'  "For  what  end 
tended!"      This  being  learned 


■    1i-ruh-.il. 


inst. ,  when  the 

the    Virginias   reached  San 

Spanish  volunteers,   in   thei 

exultation  over  their  trium 

the  widows   of  the    Masons 

shot  in  1868,  and  brutally  outraged  the 


f  the 


that  they  cannot  po„bilily  r> 
tilion,  now  circulating  in  t 
ln'ing  sigiu'd  generr-liy  by  t 
of  the  Mas'inic  lodges  in 
and  Past  Masters  of  loda 
',  calling  lor  a 


the  Grand   lodge  of  t 


s  may  be  necessary. 


Iu  the    report  of  the 


'  The  .Spanish 


lau.j-r 


id  by  fraud  aud  to  be  i 
factory  and  oppressive    in 
nd  religious;  threatening 
the  Masonic  fraternity,  a  targe  and  in- 
ial  order  on  the   Island, 
people    rebelled    and     drove    the 
Spanish  into  strongholds  on  the  coast." 
Not  far  from  the    time  of  the  above 
port  I  cut  from  the  New  Vork    Trib- 
i«  the    following  scraps: 
"Crrr  of   Mexico.  March    5tb,  via. 
avanna,    March  7th.— The   Voice  tie 
Cuba  publishes  articles,  to-day.  denun- 
ciatory of  Masonry  in  Cuba,     The  Mr- 
lately  arrested  for  holding  a  meet 
contrary  to  the  orders  of  the  Uap- 
General  are  still  iu  jail." 
lAVANNA.June  22d.-All  theSpauish 
for,  i;_Ti  mi'inliL-rii  of  the  Mam. nil'  m- 
irr<  sted    for  atteudmg  h  mre-iiny  ol 
i-s  have  bei'U  r--le;i-;eii  on  giving    tl 
to  appear  for  trial  at  the  summoi 
of  a  military  court." 

tK,  July  15.  — Dispatch* 


ed  fro 


,  Ha' 


ptba 


(he  22d  of  Juno  twenly    of  the    thirty 
Masons  imprisoned    ou  tho   charge    of 
ug  held  secret   meetings  and  con- 
spiring with  the  revolutionists  wore  re- 
leased.    Nine  Spaniards  and  the  other 
a  Cubans  an-  still  prisoners.    A  short 
Tie  ago  one  of  the  Cuban  Muh.hik  wsm 
rtured  for   refusing   to  tell    what  he 
lew  of  the  rebellion,  after    which  he 
ib  put  in  a  dark  cell  and  fed  on  bread 

ain  taken  and  whipped  while  naked 
r  refusing  lo  disclose  what  hid  been 
Id  htm,  saying '  *  My  oath  as  a  Mason 
,d  a  mania  too  sacred;  death  I  hon- 
."     The  ten  Cubans  are   still  prisoi 


i  able  to    forr 


>k-  ;.re  effects  and  from  them  by  in- 

If  we  pass  a  waste  of  uprooted   for- 

it  it  is  at  once  inferred    that   a  blast 

s  been  there.      If  wc    pasa  by   the 

y  and  find    a  fine,  beautiful  edifice, 

I  about  its  ornaminted  w.ilks  andse- 

le  rrsting  places   are  strolling  or  sit- 

g  the  maimed,  halt  and  unfortunate, 

s  at  once  oonjeetured  that  the   good 

i  benevolent  have  been    there;  and 

if  we  don't  know,  some   one  can  and 

will  soon  tell  us.     But  if  we  pass  alon 

by  night  in  another  way  beneath  pre< 

ipices,    in    lonely  nooks,    where    wi| 

hiasts,  beasts  of  prey  and    night  ow 

clamor  through  the  dism;il    hours,  an 

the  6hrieks  of  the  mutilated  and  dyin 

greet  our  ears,  or  the  dead  lay   etrew 

in  our  way,  and  no  light  is    there  an 

to  our  inquiries  no  reply    is  made   e; 

cept  the  echoes  of  our  own  voice,  what 

do  we  then  infer!      What  would  bi 

been  the  feeling  and  instant  inquiry  of 

the  anxiom  father  and  mother  of  the 

unforlunale  Leggett,  had  they  on  thai 

fatal  night  wandered   along  the   banki 

of    the     murmuring    Six-Mile    Creek 

when  the  dying  groans  and  almost  de 

lirious  cries  of  "Oh  don't!"  "Oh  don't!' 


3  that  in  a  h 

■u  d~v.iii.-d    i 


iebng  t 


It  seems  lo 


prin.'iph' 

solid  worth  are  so  strongly  demanded, 
men,  at  least  in  hii-h  places  and  posi- 
tions of  trust  and  responsibility,  ought 
to  be  exceedingly  discreet,  use  much 
forethought,  call    largely    upon    their 


rof  ( 


of  Solomon  they  have  for  some  tim< 
least.  Hialory,  both  Masonic  and  "| 
fine,"  unite  in  saying  that  SpecuUi 
Masonry  originated  iu  a  club  of  the 
votees  of  Bacchus,  at  the  Applo  Tree 
Tavern,  London,  June  24,  1717, 

The  j,  nernlion  in  which  the  heathen 
mysteries  are  held,  even  now,  by  Ma 
sonic  writers,  mny  be  seen  from  the  fol- 
lowing extract  from  Crois'  Chart  of 
Freemasonry,  page  2-20: 

the  beginning  of  the  fiftheen- 
iib  the  Great  prohibited 
nguished  the  pagan  the 


tury,  Thee 


ilogy  in  the  Roman  En 


'■Kil  dei/i, 


I  K«.-i 


lyrightand  wroDg,  make  their hourao 
consideration  many  and  often  enter  feel 
ingly  and  spiritedly  into  fervent,  heart- 
fell,  pious  prayer. 

Are  they  a  benefit  to  a  student  1 
They  are  not,  morally  or  intellectually. 
Can  they  be  socially!  No.  For  ont 
benefitted  socially  must  be  bene- 
fitted  mentally,  morally,  because  upon 
these  primarily  rest  all  his  relations  tc 
his  fellows.  All  the  benefit  that  can 
limed  for.them  is  strictly  selfish, 
and  this  man  ought  not  to  have,  for  ol 
ian  has  enough  without  any  devel 
opment,  encouragement  oraids.  Then 
hat  do  we  find  to  recommend  them! 
o  morals,  no  intelligence,  absolutely 
nothing.  Yes,  worse  than  nothing, 
because  anything  that  does  not  advance 


This  propos 
be  only  afloui 
rhetoric.      It 


'Take  it  off!"     "Take 


thei 


men  with 
el     Ha^ 


What!  Can  we,— mei 
souls  pass  unmoved  this 
we  no  feeling!  Have  we  no  hea 
Have  we  no  powers!  Ia  there 
enough  here  to  bud  Llie  bio  id  and  tl 
the  heart'  Can  we,  dare  we  al 
mute  before  this  monster,  wl 
breathes  poison  and  plague  in  the  very 
vitals  of  all  lhat  is  worthy 
church  and  state  I 

What  could  have  been  the  reply  of 
the  faculty  of  Cornell  University  when 
asked  by  the  bereaved  parents,  Why 
the  death  of  our  son!  Could  they  say 
m  are  not  responsible;  when  the 
rime  was  committed  by  an  organiza- 
lon  approved  by  them!  If  they  do 
ol  sanction  the  "  Kappa  Alpha"  they 
t  least  permit  it  and  a  permit  by  a  le- 
al aulhority  is  equivalent  lo  a  sane- 
on;  or,  will  they  be  weak  enough  to 


'■lib. 


.mil  . 


r  power!"     Ifs 


right  l 


lieir  power;  where  their 
iere  is  the  power  thai  has  iht 
top  the  organization  of  meant 
r  ihe  desiructioii  of  life  anywhere, ex- 
pL  those  who  can   act    from  a   legal 

upon  the  executives  of  Cornell  issprink- 

blood  of  the  murdered    I.ei^i -([. 

Faculty  and  Regents   be   Ignc- 
to  the  nature  and  effects  of  such 


the  less  excusable 


>  thei 


lion  may   be  thought    lo 

sh  of  words — a  display  of 

ia  proposed,  however,  to 

fe  it,  and  a  candid    consideration  c 

evidence  is  asked.       It  has  already 

been  said  that  Mnsonry  is  a   compound 

of  paganism,  Judaism  and    natural    re- 


in 


from 


ligion, 


of. 


>agau 


ido 


-ship. 


suffered  in  thegeu- 


e  aut1  orlty  of   Masonit 
B  justified  in  Baying  thai 
tea   and  ceremonies   oi 
derived  from   Paganism 
to  the  symbols   which 
itolen   from   the    Mosaic 
nlii&l — the  ark   of  the  covenant,    th 
of  the    high  priest,  the   in 
though    they  wer 
■  it-  use    obligatory 


Mast 


and 


js,  claiming  for 


i  lawful  and 


jeta 


aChri 


llb.dll 


them,  and  substituted  the  ordinant 
ol  New  Testament  worship  their  use 
the  worship  of  God  is  now  unlswl 
and  idolalrouB ;  no  more  acceptable  th 
if  they  had  never  b-en  appoints 
And  there  ib  the  additional  blasphemy 
of  profaning   what  God  once  ma 


Bl-     l-ilSH 


.  Masonry  has   added 


Sqll.l 


level 


ously  consecrated  to  the    worship  of 
i  as  the  Grand  Architect  of  tho  U 
ae,    and  lo   the  purification  of    I 
irt,  and  the  inculcation  of   the  d< 
»  of  a  religious  philosophy."     (Ma 


redly  de- 


it  employs  ritea  once  divinely  appoint 
ed,  but  no  longer  lawful  to  be  used,  oi 
ae  it  has  added  idolatrous  ceremo 
uies  from  other  6'iurees,  It  is,  accord- 
ing lo  the  Scriptures,  the  service  of  th* 


Thei 


i  the 


heathen  mysteries  and  Freemaennrv  it 
constantly  acknowledged  in  Masonic 
works.  "In  the  ancient  mysteries 
(those  sacred  rites  which  have  furnish- 
ed so  many  models  for  Masonic  symbol- 
ism) the  opening  ceremonies  were  of  the 

key's  Manual,  second  paragraph. ) 
These  mysteries  were  those  of  Mithras 
in    Persia,    Isis    and   Osiris    in    Egypt, 


i*s.  First,  that  of  Dr.  Oliver  (  whe 
:ordiog  to  Maekey,  ie  the  most  pro 
found   and    philosophical    of    Masoni 


lhat  they 


derived  from  the  "patriarchal  mode  of 

ship  established  by    God    himsi 

Notwithstanding  the  deep    ven 

(says  Maokey)  in  which  I  hold 

ning  of  Dr.  Oliver,  I  prefer  the 

theory,  which,  leaving    the   or 

of  the  myseries  where  Oliver  has  pie 

finds  the  connection    between  tl 

d  Freemasonry  commencing  at 

mg  of  Soh 


tTjr, 


mysteries  of  Bacchus  had 
ntroduced  by  the  Dyonisian  artU 
and  into  their  fraternity  Hiram 
i  all  probab  lity,  been  admitted." 
ive  here  a  very  naive  confession, 
yeteries  of  Bacchus  aud  Freema- 
were  solemnly  joined  in  wedlock 
building    of  Solomon's    temple, 


'  gence,  and  on  the  part  of  the  learned  i 


n  the  latter;  and  they  hm 
gone  about  in  the  world  hand  io 
^withstanding  the  "deep  ven 
which  the  learning  of  Dr.  Oliv 


Now,  a  system  which 
ves  Its  symbols  from  tl 
f  pagan  worship,  and  profanely  appro- 
riates  and  perverts  their  original  de- 
gn  (which  was  to  typify  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ),  the  lymholsof  the  wor- 
thip  of  Jehovah,  and  besides  religiously 
:onseeraled  other  symbols  on  its  own 
lulhority— and  all  to  the  pretended 
vorehip  of  God,  and  purification  of  the 
ouls  of  men,  and  the  rendering  thtm 
it  for  the  "house  not  made  with  bands, 
sternal  in  the  heavens,"  ia  not  only  a 
system  of  false  religion,  bui 
of  idolatry.  "Whomsoei 
gresseth  and  abideth  not  in  the  doctrint 
of  Christ,  hath  not  God."  Masonry, 
aa  a  system,  does  so.  It  abideth  not 
in  the  doctrine  of  Christ,  and,  there, 
fore,  according  to  the   Apoalte   Johi 


fy'mg'  tfd    Baving   power,    is  beyond 

question    a    system     of    idolatry,  and, 

eforo,  virtually  and  in  effect  a.  sya- 

of  devil  worship.     It   is  nothing 

and  nothing  less  than    the  service 


■,  giving  their  thoughts  and  en 
)  the  support  of  minor,  party  n 
i  schemes  for  righting  hum 
r    «"d    pre 


I  of  ( 


all 


heir  efforts  upon  thU  one  beaven- 
ppoinled  method.  Were  all  the  time, 
ilent  and  wealth  which  have  been  ex- 
ended  upon  Freemasonry,  Odd-fcllow- 
hip,  trades  unions,  farmer's  granges 
nd  Kindred  organizations,  devoted  to 
3  the  diffusion  of  Christian  principles, 
carrying  the  gospel  to  the  homes  aud 
a  of  the  ignorant  and  destitute, 
ring  outcast  and  vagabond  chil- 
mo  the  .Sunday  echo  .J,  and  giv- 
ie  li-h!  and  blessings  of  civiliza- 
i)  those  whose  lot  is  in  the  dark 
re  of  the  earth,  the  status  of  the 
u  family  might  be  vastly  elevated 
from  whut  it  now  is,  both  physically, 
morally  and  intellectually.       We  know 

id  offices  performed,  many  noble  deeds 
ought,  through  such  organisations, 
II  their  benevolei 


Chri 


ch  that 


i  has  not  been  e 


the 


ri  aed".  iU  Icii-t  aim  mg  its  memb 
private  party  organizations.  Freema- 
y  gives  to  those  of  whom  it  hopes 
^ceive,  or  has  received;  this  is  not 
jcordar.ce  with  the  disinterested 
t  of  the  gospel. 

oreover  we  have  cause  for  believing 
t  satieties  t'"'  be  dangerous  elements 
Republican  government.     It  would 


r  that    Mai 


tGoi 


"it  hath  b 
honor  of  the  I 
pompous  cerei 
ceptable  worsti 


I."     There  ia  no   re, 

ntes,  nor  true  and  at 
.  The  God  of  Masor. 
3  God,  the  God  of  th 
lure  of  their  own  fancy 
ices,  from  beginnin 
latrous   and    blaspht 


that  idolatry  m  th 
tl  (Deut.  xixii.  17 

come  newly  up, 
feared."  This  is 
they  pretended  to 

i  of  the  golden  calf.     It 
the  Israelites  who 


"They  a 

J;   to  gods    which 

hich  their   ii 

id  of  Iirael    when 

Jehovah  by 


dolalry  oflhe  Ammonites  and  Monb- 
tes  in  the  worship  of  Molech  and  Cue- 
nosh,  that  ''they  sacrificed  their  sons 
ind  daughters  unto  devils"  (Psalm  ovi. 
37).  And  Paul,  in  writing  to  the 
JorinthianB  (1  Cor.  x.  20-21),  does 
lot  hesitate  to  declare  the  wor-hip  of 
ihe  whole  heathen  world  devil  wor 
ihip.  "I  say  that  the tbiogs  which  th< 
3enliles  sacrifice,  they  sacrifice  lo  dflv 
Is,  not  God;  and  I  would  not  yesbouh 
iave  fellowship  with  devils.  Ye  ca"' 
lot  drink  the  cup  of  the  Lo  d  and  tht 
oup  of  devils;  ye  cannot  partake  of  tht 
sble  of  the  Lord  and  the  table  of  dev 
Is."  The  Gentile  worship  (much  of  it, 
,1  least.)  was  not  professedly  the  wor 
hip  of  Satan,   or  of  the  principle   ol 


il,  bul 


-elys 


,  for 


'ntially  so.  Nevertheless,  the  Holy 
pirit  does  not  hesitate  to  affix  this 
brand  to  it  Whut  the  heathen  called 
Baal-worship  the  Scriptures  pronounce 
Satanic  worship;  and  the  worship  of 
Bacchus  and  of  the  devil  are   one  and 


te  supposed  obligatio 
,  thousands  of  lives,  , 
ney,  during    the  lat« 


mry, 


What  .-Net 


table,  i 


■alsl 


srly    inac 
one  of  its 

lir  judicial 


system  often  a  failui 
influence,  the  guilty  party  escaping, 
while  the  innocent  suffer!  We  admit 
the  charge  aoroetimes  preferred  against 
Ihe  church,  that  it  ia  selfish,  and  parti- 
Tun  often  is  il  made  an  inslrument  by 
<ig  management  of  designing 
b  and 
,  who 


,  for  e 

office,     and   casting    dow 


ult   from  human   imperfection;   they 
re  not  the  fruits  of  Christianity. 
The  imminent  peril  of  the    hour  is 
found     in     that    unhallowed  thirst  for 


ople,  which  c 
e  money 


sible  offices  in  the 


's  yift,  and  to  buy  th 
money,  whith  leads  ambi 
gogues  to  "set  their  Irapi 
by  ferini'liting  political  sir: 
by  dividing  the  mnss 
posing  felivns,  miking  Ut' 
itiltiplying  party  organ! 
mrse  multiplying  ulli.v-. 
ospel 


the 


ideriug  good  for  evil  and  the  like. 
0,  when  will  man  learn  effectually  the 
mporlant  truth  that  to  wrong  his  fel- 
owmen  ia  to  wrong  himsell,"  while  in 
seeking  to  advance  the  beat  interests  of 
ill,  he  will  find  for  himself  an  unfailing 
ource  of  liappinessl  a. 

Buckland,  Oct.  8. 


ia;  and  that    if  they  I  the  a 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  DECEMBER  25,  1873 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 


liiniL'o.  5  lnir.iluy,   Dec.  25.  1873. 


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is  e\|n.-i'ii'i|    !o    ho  pre* 

liusimj-b!  i '  hi  in.'.  ■(  ...5  u-idi 

veriiirv  will  hi'  br  -li^nt 

p. 

By  orelc 

of  cLi 

adopted  the  plan  of  s. 


per,  replied:  "I  would^rather  have  the 
troop  of  conscientious  men  and  women 
who  nre  working  for  the  Philanthropist 
a  direct  appropriatioD  from  Con- 
gress. For  they  will  stand  by  the 
truth  and  Congress  will  not." 

The  prospects  of  the  Cynosure  are 
st  now  very  encouraging;  but  one 
fourth  of  our  subscriber's  terms  expire 
cember  and  January.  If  these 
should  not  renew,  or  the  non-renewals 
ihould  fail  to  be  made  up  by  new  sub- 
icribcrs,  things  will  wear  a  different 
'ace.  We  muit  constantly  remember 
that  this  cause  rests  on  the  self-denial, 
itism  and  piety  of  its  supporters, 
iuBt  do  so  until  we  begin  to  send 
to  Congress.     Then  the   tide  will 


Remember  the  paper  must  Btan- 
ciiimgi-  in  a  cash  basis,  and  that 
r-!i:ill  then  loose  the  names  of  all  1 
Masons  or  "JBQka"  to  whom  the  \ 
has  been    sent    by  the    benevolent 


i«   hi'lil'M'. 


We  expect  nfter  tin.*  nr^l  day  of  January 

those  who  do  not  renew  hytlie  lime  their 
¥iil.B.TnMi.iiisi'\iiiri'  i-Ni.ts-iantire  is  receiv- 
ed that  tlu.'v  intend  t..  renew  soon.  We  do 
tint  wis|[  to  remove  from  inn-  list  the  uuine 

will  permit.  Will  you  pica's.? 
l'l  us  rue  money  (<>r  notify  u-*  tlmt  y..u 
11  K-nd   Hi  bc'ore    your  -nl.-.  i-jpii.m' ■.-.■■- 

r  ren-ivirii;  tie-  ci.n--.-i.ifi v.-  u  ui.bei^  of 
M./fihiTS  Hie  . 


ilif  Cyao- 

If  you  L 

will  y.  .11  i 

ber 
There  a 


..'  Oj  nosure 


'..!<.  ni.it  feel 


r  relatives  can  you  ni'ake  then 

if  it?     Be  sure  tb:U  yuiir  piulor  ren.U  ii 

If  you  reue"   iitnnit    three  weeks    liefo 

ir  -fi.il.K. T[]. lion  rM'ircs  of   course  il   W 


per  reiruhii-ly   please  inform   i 
from  our  list   plen^e    have  it 


Gen.  Charles  H.  Howard  has  be- 
come part  owner  and  taken  charge  of 
the  Advance  as  editor  in  place  of  W.W. 
Patton.  This  change  is  a  most  cheer- 
ing augury.  Gen.  Howard  was  a  stu- 
dent in  college  when  Sumter  was  bom- 
barded and  the  slavery  war  begun. 
He  went  at  once  to  his  brother  0.  0. 
Howard  who  had  been  educated  at 
West  Point,  and  rose,  by  merit,  rap- 
idly to  the  command  of  a  brigade  and 
the  rank  of  General.  He  is  sincere  in 
his  religious  convictions;  and,  in  his 
hands,  the  J  finance  will  not  advocate 
the  expulsion  of  the  Bible  from  prima- 
ry schools;  deny  the  law  of  the  Sab- 
bath; or  justify  '-the  experiment"  of 
licensing  brothels  in  St.  Louis,      He  has 


ailed  ! 


We 


learn  already  that  the  affairs  of  the 
Advance  are  brightening  and  its  pros 
pecta  are  good. 

A  small  Sunday  School  paper,  Bible 
Studies,  is  issued  from  the  same  office, 
beautifully  executed,  and  illustrated 
with  magnificent  engravings.  For 
specimen  copies  address  Gen.  0.  H. 
Howard,  Advance  Building,  101  6th 
Avenue,  Chicago.  The  Bible  Studies 
IB  offered  low  to  schools. 


Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard  writes  from 
NewYork  Dec.  18lb  :— « I  travelled  all 
night  to  reach  this  place,  and  am  now 
speaking  five  nights  in  a  week."  "I 
am  endeavoring  to  arrange  for  conven- 
tion in  New  York  and  Philadelphia. 
The  latter  place  has  already  voted  to 
have  one,  and  it  will  be  decided  here 
next  week."     Under  su 


dbute 


'I  hai 


a  threatened  with  a 
complete  break-down  in  health;"  but 
we  rejoice  that  he  is  better  and  hopes 
still  to  improve;  and  he  adds  with  beau- 
ty and  preicsion:  "  I  am  of  good  cour- 
age ;  and  trust  in  the  God  whose  Christ 
the  false  religious  of  eurth  insult  and  ig- 
nore. It  is  in  his  name  that  I  go  out  to 
this  battle.     I  am  glad  that  you   pray 


fori 


■  do  8 


The  Jersey  City  Evening  Journal 
contains  a  facetious  report  of  one  of  bio 
lectures  in  that  place  of  moie  than  aclose- 
prinled  column.  The  report  is  racy 
and  humorous,  out  respectful  to  tho 
lecturer;  and  shows  unmistakably  that 
that  paper  rejoices  tnthediscussionnnd 
despises  the  lodge.  Hundreds  of  pa- 
pers eye  the  cause  with  satisfaction  and 
long  for  the  lime  when  Freemasonry 
shall  he  where  slavery  is. 


Dr.  Bailev,  of  the  Flii!<i,ithro/»\,t 
rhen  urged  by  S.  P.  Chase  to  asl 
ome  goveinmeiii  patronage  lor  his  pa 


.  Rr> 


Hi.. 


refreshing   to    read  the    Con: 
ninutes  .of  the  glorious  Church  of 
The  United  Brethren  in  Christ.     Here 

an  i- x tract  from  the  Michigan  Confer- 

' 'Whereas,  A  paper,  called  the  Uni- 
ted  Brethren  Tribune,  published  at 
Karrisburg,  Pennsylvania,  claims  to 
be  a  United  Brethren   periodical;   and, 

Whereas,  It  is  the  judgment  of  this 
conference  that  said  paper  savors  of 
i?.'s.ubordinatiou  and  insurrection,  aim- 
ng  to  unsettle  the  minds  of  the  mem- 
bers of  this  churoh  on  the  subject  of 
-eel. .  y;  therefore, 

Resolved,Th&l  we  will  discourage  the 

pie." 

And  here  another    from    the    West 
t'.nf.-n-oce.  Iowa: 


Thfl 
i  of  our  late  Gel 


indorse  the  a 


the  subject  of  s< 

assure    the    United  Brethren    C 


I  buried  beyond  t 


How  the  following,  also  from  tbe 
Miohigan  Conference,  .contrasts  with 
thechurches  and  church  papers  which 
cringe  along  in  the  rear  of  popular  sen- 

ii|.  something  which  shall  have  an  ex- 
cellent appearance  of  religion,  as  "uni- 
fication" and  the  like: — 

I.  The  Christian  church,  being  God's 
chosen  instrument  to  educate  the  na- 
tional .tin!  individual  mind  in  pure  mor 
ality,  should  at  all  times  use  its    influ- 


THE  NATIONAL  ANNIVERSARY! 


rStr 


irk  of  o 


s  the 


ment  at  which  we  could  inform  the 
friends  of  the  cause  that  our  next  an- 
niversary is  fixed  for  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Let  us  now  gird  ourselves  afresh  with 
"the  whole  armor  of  God"  and  go  up 
to  this  field  of  battle  with  the  "rul- 
ers of  the  darkness  of  this  world." 
Les  ua  strike  for  one  thousand  dele- 
gates at  least.  The  National  Commit- 
tee wilt  at  once  enter  on  a  vigorous 
correspondence  lor  speakers  and  minor 
arrangements,  but  the  thing  to  be  done 
is  prayer    and  action, 


J  Tayloi 


popular  work, 
The  Natural  History  of  Enthusiasm, 
says  "That  evil  should  have  invaded 
higher  orders  of  natures  than  ours,  and 
then  reacted  upon  our  sphere,  is  not 
contrary  to  reason,  and  is  taught  every- 
where in  the  Scriptures."  And  Paul 
says  "  we  wrestle"  with  "wicked  spir- 
its." The  sore  conflicts  of  such  men  as 
Luther,  Bunyan,  and  Wesley  with  these 
spirits  kaye  pointed  many  a  dull  joke 
ami  provoked  maoy  a  broad  grin  from 
the  servants  of  Satan;  but  the  Bible 
account  of  these  matters  will  yet  be 
found  true,  and  men  of  sense,  if  indeed 
we  are  such,  should  act  upon  the  as- 
sumption that  they  are  so.  We  need 
monthly,  or  at  least  staled  prayer- 
meetings  all  over  the  United  States  for 
tho  cause  in  general  arid  for  our 
anniversary  in  particular.  Christ 
alone  is    the  Master  of  spirits,  good 


.  him 


nothing;'.'  but     our     movement, 
a   French    or     Mexican  revolutioi 

like  the  infidel  wing  of  the  American 
Hbkiliii.iiiiuts.wi!!  be  a  bubbling  cauldron 
'if  principles  and  passions  scalding  and 
evaporating. 

There  will  be,  at  the  close  of  the  an- 
niversary, 


tObe: 


mil  be  invited  to  ^take  part;  civil  gov- 
ernment, though  ordained  of  God,  be- 
ing a  league  in  which  the  children  of 
God  and  the  children  of  this  world 
may  properly  unite.  True,  there 
ought  to  be  no  "  children  of  the  wick- 
ed one;"  but  there  are,  and  they  are  by 
no  means  all  outside  the  churches. 
But  the  fact  that  a  man  is  unregenerate 
does  not  disfranchise  him. 

Let  there  be  no  hesitation  therefore 
in  going  into  a  mass  political  meeting 
and  push  this  infamous  business  of  the 
secrer.  otders  to  the  wail.  And,  if 
possible,  we  will  have  such  a  crowd  at 
Syracuse  has  not  seen  since  the  Jack- 
son Democracy  used  to  meet  there  un 
the  lead  of  Silas  Wright.  We  musi 
drive  these  dens  of  despotism  out  o: 
the  ballot-box,  the  jury-box,  and  tht 
legislature.  Why  should  men  swon 
in  secret  to  despotism,  administer  fret 
government! 


1.  Like  the  lodge  it  is  a  pure  relig- 
ious fiction  unauthorized  of  God.  We 
have  but  one  birth-day  recorded  in  the 
Bible,  and  that  cost  John  the  Baptist 
his  head. 

2.  Unlike  Sunday,  which  retains  no 
trace  of  sun-worship,  it  retains  a  strong 
tinge  of  its  heathen  origin,  as  a  feast 
to  "  The  Lord  of  M'srule."  The  cases 
in  the  law  courts  sprung  from  Christ- 
mas frolics;  the  dances  and  shameless 
vices  of  whole  populations  in  the  Greek 
Islands;  and  the  "Christmas  rebellions" 
while  slavery  lasted  in  theWest  Indies, 
prove  this. 

3.  It  operates  as  a  rival  and  substi- 
tute for  "  The  Lord's  Supper,"  the  ap- 
pointed celebration  of  his  death.  See 
Episcopal  congregations  which  have 
hundreds  at  Christmas  and  thirty  or 
forty  at  the  Communion. 

4.  It  slowly  kills  out  the  Sabbath. 
All  priest  days  weaken  'the  Lord's 
day.'  Thanksgiving  came  from  the 
Puritans,  Christmas  from  the  Cavaliers: 
the  first  from  New  England,  while  the 
Sabbath  used  to  be  kept  there;  the 
other  from  the  slave  states  where  Sun- 
day meant  visiting,  and  from  Europe 
which  sent  us  the  lodges.  And  as 
Christmas  and  the  lodges  rise  in  New 
England,  the  Stbbath  sinks.       Please 

6.  It  is  Christ's  ''mass"  from  a  mul- 
titude of  Popish  masses,  and  Santa 
Claus  stands  behind  the  scenes  in  all  of 


a  Palestine  on  the  25th  of  Decembe; 
Vnd  when  the  children  are  taught  oc 
tear  untruth  in  religion  it  weaker 
heir  belief  in  the  whole  of  it. 


,  0» 


tablie 


1,  Christ 


our  church  doors  open  for  above  one 
hundred  priest-invented  festivals  like 
itself.  Plenty  of  Chicago  ladies,  mem- 
bers of  Congregational,  Presbyterian 
and  Methodist  churches,  already  say, 
why  shouldn't    we    observe  Easter    as 


lansi 


uch, 


uld. 


Both 


Christmas  and  Easter  should  stand  ot 
fall  together."  W.  W.  Patton,  the  late 
editor  of  the  Advance,  advocated 
twelve  such  festivals  fur  Congregation. il 
churches,     one    each    month    of    th< 


■But 


Sunday  without  suu-worship,  why 
can't  we  keep  Christmas  without  a  Sat- 
urnalia? If  one  has  sloughed  off  its 
heathen  nature,  why  not  the  other!' 


ligious  observance.  Yet  all  the  Christ 
mas  sermons  in  Christendom  will  nc 
more  convert  a  sinner  than  the  lecture! 
of  the  lodge:  simply  because  Christ  i: 
in  his  own  appointments  and  "  fills' 
them.  Satan  and  his  angels  are  in  al 
religious  fictions,  and  Jill  them.  Se< 
1.  Cor.  10,  20,  etc. 

What,  then,  is  our  duty  concerning 
Christmas! 

Answer,  Help  people  to  be  socia 
and  happy  in  spite  of  Christmas,  Uttei 
our  testimony;  be  cheerful  nnd  loving 


— Interesting  letters  and  notes  from  H, 
H.  Hinman,  the  Wisconsin  State  agent, 
S.  D,  Greene.  N,  B.  Blanton  nnd  oth- 
ers have  to  wait  until  next  week,  as 
also  the  editorial  of  our  associate  editor 
continuing  the  argumpnt  on  Odd-fel- 
lowship. 

— After  reading  the  articles  on  the 
"New  Arrangement,"  "Notice  (oSub 

a  pen,  and  do  the  thing  that  seems 
right      Nobody  will  regret  it, 

—The  "gentlemanly"  Masons  have 
not  yet  subsided.  They  boiled  out  in 
the  following  style  when  Bro.  Stoddard 


Jied  the  acid  of  truth  l 


Had. 

Blanchard,  who  was  here  on  tbe  same 
is^racefui  business  a  year  ago.  Mason- 
y  will  live  a  thousand  years  after  such 


check,  recently,  in  Pittsburgh.  Th' 
force  on  one  of  the  journals  refuied  t> 
work  until  the  publishers  had 
tbe  demands  of  one  of  their 
They  were  all  discharged  and 
ion  men  put  in  their  placea. 


isfied 


the 


four  other  papers  left  work,  and 
for  a  few  days  the  Pittsburgh 
'  dailies'  nearly  belied  their  name. 
They  succeeded,  however,   in    getliog 

men  outside  the  order,  and  the  latte, 
has  surrendered  at  discretion.  Thi 
Typohraphical  union  at  a  late  meeting 
resolved  to    disband    and    return 

— One  effect  of  unionism  among 
lors  is  described  by  a  master  worki 
in  the  N.  Y.  Tribune.     He   says   that 

neymen  Tailor's  Society"  rules  the  prise 
of  clothing  made  to  order  by  dictating 
to  the  master  the  price  for  their  work. 
The  organization  is  represented  as  so 
powerful  as  not  to^be  denied,  and  as  a 
consequence  prices  for  this  kind  of  work 
have  doubled  in  a  few  years. 

— The  poem  appearing  in  our  issue 
of  December  1 1th  is  attributed  to  James 
Montgomery.  We  are  informed  that  it 
was  written  by  Prof.  J.  A.  Alexander, 
and  originally    entitled  "The  Doomed 


Encouraging  for  the  Anniversary. 

The  following,  adopted  at  the  New 
York  State  Convention  shows  the  wil- 
ling spirit  of  brethren  in  that  State. 
Let  their  efforts  and  of  the  Natio  nal 
Executive  Committee  be  supplimented 
by  every  organization  and  Anti-masou 
in  the  country: 

1.  Resolved,  That  it  is  with  pleas- 
ure we  learn  that  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee of  the  National  Christian  Anti- 
secret  Sjciety  Association  contemplate 
holding  the  next  Annual  Convention 
in  the  city  of  Syracuie,  N.  Y.,  and  wo 
will  do  all  in  our  power  to  make  said 
Convention  a  signal  success. 

2.  Resolved,  That  we  suggest  th 
first  or  second  Tuesday  of  June,  1874 
as  the  best  time  fur  the  meeting  of  said 


3.   Resolved,    That  we  invite  Piufes 
or  C.  A.  Blanc-hard   to  spend  as  muc 

the  meeting  of  the  National  Conventio 
as  may  consist  with  his  other  dutie1 
and  that    in  our  several    localities    w 


rill  a 


I  th.- 


aid  possible. 

4.  Resolved,  That  we  appoint  dele 
gates  to  represent  this  Association  it 
the  National  Convi  ntion,  nnd  we  re 
commend  all  local  churches, conferences 
and  Associations  sympatbizinrj  with  the 
objects  of  this  Association  to  reprtsent 
themselves  in  like  manner. 


ETews  of  oiar   Work 


Dear  Bro, B.: — Last* 


Falls. 


>ring  we  had,  until  the 
last  day,  a  stormy  time.      The  fii 
second  evenings  we    had  smart 
yet  our  congregations   were  good   and 
they  paid  close  attention    to  the    word 

and  were    evidently 

size  if  not  at  the   interest  of  the 

gregations.     The  Inst  evening   the  hall 

was  filled  below, 

lery.     The    gei 


tthe 


well  filled  on  any   si 

jfret  whatever,  All  our  friends  w* 
well  pleased  with  (he  meeting,  and  e 
gurlwel!  of  its  results.  To  say  that  CU 


all  thai 


Yean 


He 


hiui--.-if  improved,  I  never  heard  hi 
acquit  himself  better.  He  has  a  lar 
place  in  the  hearts  of  the  Anti-maso 
of  New  York.   God  bless  him. 

Bro.  Bernard  was  with  us,  and  his 
heart  was  cheered  at  the  prospect  of 
the  sure  downfall  of  the  powers  of 
crecy.  Rathbun  was  with  us,  with  his 
guns  double-shotted,  which  he  fired 
right  and  left,  without  mercy.  H( 
the  Masons  do  bate  him  I  We  also  had 
with  us  a  young  man  named  Rose. 
from  our  Baptist  University  at  Hamil 
ton  in  this  state.  He  kept  quiet  unti 
the  last  evening,  when  he  opened  tht 
fire  on  the  enemy  by  a  public  renun 
ciation  of  Masonry,  right  in  the  face  of 


of  the 


offered 


;ed  as  he  spread  out  before 
lertificate  of  membership 
icers  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 
r  things  he  gave  as  shock- 

e  recognized 
as  that  of  a 
At  the  close 
approached 


prayer!"      What    shod 
And  yet  Christian  minis 

where  such  things  are  possible. 
We  appointed  Z.  Weaver  of  Sy 
our  State  Lecturer  and  propose  ti 
forward.  Yours  truly, 

J.L.  Bari 


Light  Breaking  In  0 


:-  Fast 


Professor  Charles  A.  Blanchard, 
who  is  now  enlightening  the  public  in 
Philadelphia,  New  York,  Brooklyn, 
and  Jersey  City,  touching  the  false  pre- 
ences  of  Freemasonry,  delivered  a  very 
ble  leoture  in  the  2d  United  Pree- 
lyterian  church  of  Jersey  City  on  the 
evening,of  the  12th  inst.  Theaudience 
arge,    intelligent,    and   attentive. 

of  the  truth,  his  lecture  on  this  occa- 
sion was  clear  and  convincing,  and  cal- 
led forth  from  the  audience  expressions 

in  reality  they  tremble  in  his  presence; 
and  no  wonder,  when  they  see  their 
works  of  darkness  dragged  to  light  by 
him  and  held  up  to  the  scorn  and  con- 
tempt of  the  intelligent  and  virtu- 
number  of  adhering  Freemasons  pres- 
ent on  this  occasion,  the  pistor  of  the 
church,  in  his  introductory  remarks, 
stated  (by  permission  of  Mr.  Blanchard) 
that  if  aDy  Mason  present  should  re- 
gard the  order  as  misrepresented  in  any 
particular  during  the  course  of  the  lec- 
ture, the  lecturer  would  be  happy  then 
and  there  to  be  corrected.  And  fre- 
quently during  the  delivery  of  the  lec- 
ture, the  speaker  invited    refutation  if 

though  thus  pressed  to  defend  their 
system  there  was  not  one  to  open  his 
mouth  in  its  defense.  And  why!  Ev- 
idently because  defense  was  utterly 
impossible.  The  sworn  brotherhood 
would  have  liked  to  protect  their  idol 
if  they  only  could;  for  at  the  close  of 
the  meeting  two  of  them  came  forward, 
evidently  no  little  irritated.sffirming  ir 
substance  that]such  lectures  would  'do 
Freemasonry  more  good  than 
But  when  Professor  Blanchard  replied 
that  if  they  thought  so,  he  was  ready 
after  his  present  course  of  lecture 
completed,  to  lecture  (o  them  free  of 
charge  for  three  weeks  if  they  desired 
it,  they  would  not  accept  of  the  { 
erous  offer.  The  truth  had  hit  th 
they  had  felt  its  power;  they  could 
gainBay  it,  and  hence  they  felt  very 
Bore.  Is  it  not  marvelously  Strang* 
that  men,  intelligent  men,  will  cling  t< 
a  system  that  tbey  know  cannot  be 
defended;   and    then  become   irritated 


Tliia 


s  the  first  of  a  eerie 
of  four  lectures,  and  at  its  close  Profei 
eor  Blanchard  remarked  that  as  yet  he 
bad  only  been  clearing  away  the  brush, 
Verily,  if  what  we  have  heard  be  but 
the  clearing  away  of  the  bi 


toft) 


the  fraternity  may  well  tremble 
ticipation  of  what  is  coming.  Every 
good  citizen,  and  every  good  Christi; 
especially,  owes  Mr-  Blanchard  a  debt 
ol  gratitude  for  the  good  he  is  doin; 
in  exposing  this  anti-republican  an> 
anti-Christian  system.  We  wish  hie 
a  hearty  God-speed,  and  pray  that  th 
Lord  may  abundantly  bless  his    labors 


Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard  ofWheaton 
College  is  now  delivering  his  cou 
lectures  on  Freemasonry  in  this  city, 
Harlem,  Brooklyn.JerseyCity,  andPbi 
adelphiaon  successive  evenings.    Large 

each  place.  The  second  one  in  the 
course  was  given  last  evening  in  this 
city,  and  held  the  audience  for  nearly 
an  hour  and  a  half  in  the  closest  atten- 
tion. The  N.  Y.  Tribune  reports  it  as 
follows: 

At  theReformedPresbyterinn  church 
in  Twenty-third  street,  last  night,  Prof. 
Charles  A.  Blanchard  lectured  to  a  large 
audience  on  ' '  Freemasonry."  The 
speaker  nnrrated  a  series  of  incidents 
respecting  Masonry  which  be  claimed 
to  be  derived  from  statements  of  seced- 
ing Masons,  and  from  these  based  his 
argument  in  condemnation  of  the  order 
as  injurious  to  society,  the  stale,  and 
religion.  At  the  conclusion  of  the  lec- 
ture a  plan  was  proposed  for  a  further 
demonstration  on  the  part  of  Christ- 
ians against  the  Masonic  order. 


A  nuraber«f  Mas 


BOf  ' 


close.  In  going  out  some  angry  re- 
ire  made,  and  they  gathered 
fronting  the  door  waiting  for 
Mr.  Blanchard.  Aa  soon  as  he  appear- 
d  and  stared  \<k-  c  ig<-d 
ibed  and  a  great  crowd 
followed  him  through  thestreet.  One 
nan  raised  hia  cane  as  if  to  strike, 
iUt  instantly  friends  were  between  him 
.nd  Mr.  B.  Another  with  a  sneer 
asked,  "  Have  you  any  books  to  sell !" 
id  another  said, "Get  yourceflin  ready, 


night  i 


We  were  reminded  of  the  "bulla  of 
Bashan"  and  "the  dogs  that  compassed 
about"  the  Saviour,  and  fell  that  there 
w.is  a  literahty  in  these  brute  deeijjiia- 

such  angry  fellows  "of  the  baser  sort" 
would  not  believe.  If  they  had  dared 
they  would  have  torn  Mr.  B.  in  pieces. 
Their  impotent  rage  was  a  demonstra- 
tion of  the  truth  of  the  revelations  which 
they  had  heard,  and  proved  to  the 
most  skeptical  that  Masonry    organizes 

and  strong  body,  and  threatens  the  lib- 
erties and    life  of  all  who  dare  oppose 


The  a 


atlian  has  been  discovered,  the  doors  of 
his  face  are  opened,  his  torrible  teeth 
are  exposed  to  view,  his  scales    shut  up 

locked,  and  the  air  and  light  of  heaven 
;n  upon  the  long   hidden  c"ark. 


i  the 


mystery  of  iniquity  and  hate  the  beast 
and  all  his  images.  Prof.  Blanchard 
if  doing  iH'bl"  service  to  tho  cause  of 
Christ.and  the  Providence  of  the  Medi- 
ator is  opening  before  him  a  great  door 
and  effectual.  J.C.K. 

New  York,  Dec.  17,  1873. 


Organization  in  Genesee  Countj. 

GoonRioH,    Mich.,  Dec.   9,  1873. 

Editor  of  (lie  Gynosw,e:— I  have  the 
pleasure  of  informing  you  and  the  read- 
ers of  the  Cynosure  that  a  County  As- 
organized  for  Genesee  Co.,  Mich.,  at 
the  Congregational  church  in  this  vil- 
lage, Oct.  7,  1B73.  The  following 
officers  were  duly  elected:  For  Presi- 
dents, Hon.  George  Kipp;  Vice  Presi- 
dent, S.  Matthews  of  Flint;  J.  Reming- 
ton ol  Fenton,  Charles  Hoyt  of Mundy, 
and  J.  W.  Campbell;  Recording  Secre. 
lary,  Wm.  Purkis;  Corresponding  Sec- 
retary, A.  Oldfield;  Executive  Com., 
J.  W.  Campbell,  M.  Liscom,  and  J.  F. 
York;  Treasurer,  J.  W.  Campbell,  Li- 
brarian J.  F.York;  Committee  on  Plat- 
form and  Constitution,  W.  M.  Beden, 
A.  Oldfield,  and  J.  W.  Campbell. 

At  a  subsequent  meeting  (Nov.  4th) 
Ihe  latter  Committee  submitted  the  fol- 


dark  clouds  are  visible;  the  deep  moan- 
ugs  of  distant  thunders  are  heard,  and 
,he  winds  of  angry  elements  now  seem 
;ohowl  and  sweep  fearfully  around  us; 
but  the  people  seem  to  be  asleep,  un- 
oncious  of  their  danger;  and  while 
uen  sleep,  the  enemiej  of  liberty  and 
qual  rights  are  actually  sowing  the 
eeds  of  dissolution  broadcast,  all  over 
mr  happy  country. 

That  there  is  at  the  present  time 
among  Ihe  American  people,  au  over- 
anxious and  unbounded  thirst  for  su- 
premacy and  power,  every  observing 
man  must  see;  and,  aa  money  is  power, 
and  leads  directly  to  favoritism  and 
monopoly,  many  of  the  corrupt  and 
designing  men  of  this  nation,  especial- 
ly those  in  high  official  stations,  spare 
no  pains  to  gratify  their  insatiate  de- 
sires,even  if  they  have  to  tram  pie  justice 
and  equal  rights  in  the  dust  to  do  bo. 
Now  it  is  quite  evident  that  almost  the 
whole  publlo  business  of  our  country  is 
carried  on  under  the  influence  and  con- 
trol of  leagues,  and  rings,  monopolies, 
secret  combinations  and  conspiracies. 
Among  Ihese  we  have  the  trades  un- 
ions, the  workingmens'  unions,  the 
stock-jobbers'  rings,  the  manufacturers' 
rings,  the  whiskey  rings,  rail-road  mo- 
nopolies, express  company  consolida- 
tions, and  manyolhers.  Somsoflhese 
are  corporate  bodies,  and  others  are 
knocking  at  the  doors  of  our  legislative 
halls  for  charters,  and  exclusive  privile- 
ges, ihat  they  may  the  more  success- 
fully rob  the  public,  and  gain  undue 
advantage    over     their  fellow    citizens. 

ral  laws  of  trade  are  seriously  retarded, 
and  busineps  is  kept  in  a   feverish   and 

Now  aB  the  irietids  of  humanity,  and 
the  equal  rights  of  all,  we  call  for  a 
radical  reform  of  these  abuses.  We 
hold  that,  if  it  is  the  right  and  duly  of 
Congress  nnd  legislative)  bodies  to 
grant  charters  and  exclusive  privileges 
lo  one  man,  or  a  body  of  men  in  busi- 
ness matters,  it  is  also  their  duly  by 
KiM'  l.'^ifihiur.n  lo  restrain  these  favored 


of  t 


and 


If  t 


,  be 


we  ask  what  is  the  use  of  law  and  gov- 
other  name  for  weakness  and    imbecili- 


my  i 


No  : 


has  a  moral  right  to  ask  such  privilege, 
and  no  legislative  body  has  a  right  to 
grant  it.  The  natural  result  of  allsucu 
immoral  legislation,  only  has  a  tenden- 
cy to  enhance  crime  and  misery,  be- 
sides untold  suffering,  and  double  taxa- 
tion upon     any   people,      The    present 


vofs. 


eof  i 


i  reflecting    minds  than    tha 
lasis  ofall    righte 


and  founded  upon  tbe  divine  eoveignty 
of  God  aB  taught  by  Christ  our  King, 
and  his  apostles,  (See  Rom.  xiii.)  and 
that  his  will,  as  taught  in  the  Script- 
ures of  truth,  should  be  consulted  by 
al!  legislative  bodies,  and  those  in 

and  that  the  application  of  these  pri 
pies  as  a  finality  "was  designed  by 
Creator   as  equally    binding  upon   all 
departments  of  human  conduct,  w 


of  pri 


life, 


organizations.  The  happy 
growing  out  of  a  faithful 
ce   to  thes^  great    moral    and 


iuWb 


manity  to  a  stale  of  happiness 
usefulness  hitherto  unknown  t( 
race,  and  place  them  on  a  level  far 
above  the  intri^u-  nod  cunning  crafii- 
ness  of  corrupt  and  designing  men. 
As  an  elementary  basis  of  all  govern- 
ments, four  great  objects,  or  principles 
should  be  carefully  sought  after,  and 
permanently  secured  to  all  its  sulijects, 
and  without  which  no  people  can  be 
happy,  viz:  1st,  Liberty,  2nd,  Equal- 
ity, 3d,  Unity,  and  4th,  Peace.  Upon 
these  sacred  principles  our  forefathers 
of  1770  sought  to  establish,  and  did, 
"ordain  and  establish  for  themselves. 
and  us  their  posterity"  the  present  re- 
publican government  of  ihe  United 
States  of  America.  This  achievi 
and  blessings  which  we  now 
under  it,  were  secured  to  us  only  by 
"eternal  vigilance."  the  loss  of  much 
blood  and  treasure,  besides  the  untold 
Buffer inga  of  women  and  children  Up- 
these  great  principles  as  a  basis, 
and  by  tbe  blessings  of  Divine    Provl- 


manufacture  and  sell 
intoxicating  liquors  as  a  beverage,  will 
exemplify  the  truth  of  the  above  re- 
marks. The  idea  is  preposterous;  and 
we  believe  the  law-making  power  of 
these  stales  will  be  held  fearfully  re- 
sponsible for  these  things.  We  demand 
reform  on  this  question,  and  go  for  a 
prohibitory  law. 

We  are  also  opposed  to  the  renewal 
and  extention  of  patent  rights,  because 

satiate  their  avarice  at  the  expense  of 
the  many,  by  selling  their  discoveries 
at  fourfold  their  actual  cost. 

Another  Bource  of  danger  that  now 
threatens  the  rights  and  liberties  of  the 
American  people  is  to  secularizs  the 
government  in  all  its  departments. 
This  insulting  demand  is  now  boldly 
advocated  by  a  large  clasB  of  American 
citizens,  and  comprehends'among other 
things,  the  abolishing  of  all  charitable 
institutions  now  supported  by  public 
funds;  and  all  religious  services  now 
sustained  by  government;  and  especial- 
ly that  the  use  ot  the  Bible  in  public 
schools  be  prohibited.  They  demand 
also  that  all  judicial  oaths  in  courts  and 
other  departments  of  government  shall 
be  abolished,  that  the  enforcement  and 
observance  of  Sabbath  laws  be  repealed; 
and  that  all  laws  looking  to  the  en- 
forcement of  Chiistian  morality  shall  be 
abolished.  Now  we  ask  the  people  of 
Michigan,  we  ask  the  people  of  Genesee 
county,  are  you  prepared  for  this?  Are 
you  prepared  to  elec 


Ithui 


whole 


and  prospei 


;,ppy 


;e  in  our  happy  condition   seems 
lent;  a  storm  is  evidently  gather- 
ing:  away    down  in   the  low    horizon 


man,  and  rob  you  of  every  element  of 
moral  and  religious  restraint  lhat  good 
men  bold  dear,  or  that  bind    them   in 

course!     We  answer,  No,  no/ 

Bui,  above  and  beyond  all  the  evils 
whioh  we  have  enumerated,  we  hold 
that  the  evil  tendencies  of  secret  oath- 
bound  societies  are  to  be  feared  more 
than  all  others.  These  orders  for  sev- 
eral years  past  have  evidently  been  on 
the  increase,  nud  fast  growing  into 
popular  favor;  all  founded  on  similar 
general  principles, — secretism;  and  all 
giving  countenance  and  support  toeaoh 
other;  while  their  inside  workings  are 
hidden  from  public  gaze  by  horrid  oaths 
and  barbarous  death  penalties.  At  the 
head  of  all  these,  stands    speculative 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE  :  DECEMBER  25,  1873. 


Fretiiiiatonrj  8£  lit  g'ant  evil    uf 
whole  broud.  the  parent,the  tun.arfl 
which  the  lesser  satellite  rtvoive;  and 
we  hesitate  not  to  say  that  the    priti 
plea  and  practioei  of  this  order  are  win 
ly  incompatible  and  neceasirily  opposed 
to  the  civil  aDd  religious  institutions  of 
our   country.     We    givo  below    some 
reasons  why  we  make  this  charge:  1st 
Because  it  is  a  secret   iDSlitution,     3b- 
cr-t'iBm  is  the  badge  of   evil  doers    the 
world  over,  but  honest  men    need   no 
such  covering.      2nd,    Because   it  is  a 
despotic  power,  and  therefore  opposed 


t  el  m 


righi 


adra 


and  inflict  death  penalties  upon  its  owe 
members  for  a  violation  of  its  own  secret 
laws,  which  neither  the  laws  of  our 
country  or  the  laws  of  God  recognize 
as  enmes  at  all.  4th.  Because  lis  mem- 
bers consent  under  oath  lobe  murdered 
fur  a  violation  ofauy  of  its  secrets.    6tb, 


e  Mat 


cipline 


ber  for  a  violation  of  the  laws  of  our 
country;  but  on  the  contrary,  if  arrest- 
ed for  crime,  or  a  violation  of  law,   ev- 

Beeing  the  sign  of  dibtrrss  given  by  a 
brother  10  fly  to  bis  relief  at  the  risk  of 
his  life.  6th,  Because  a  Master  Mason 
ia  sworn  to  apprise  a  brother  of  all  ap- 
proaching danger.  Vih,  Because  Ma- 
sons are  sworn  to  keep  inviolate  all  the 
secrets  of  a  brother,  uiurd"raud  treason 
excepted ;  and  tuey  left  to  his  own  elec- 
tion. 8th,  Because  the  Royal  Arch 
Mason  swears  to  assist  a  companion 
when  engaged  in  any  difficulty,  and  es- 
pouse his  cuise  so  far  as  to  release  him 
from  the  same  whether  he  be  right  or 
wrong;  and  also  to  keep  bis  secrets  in- 
violable, murder  and  treason  not  ex- 
cepted, ftlh,  Because  we  believe  it  to 
be  a  system  of  fraud,  a  system  of  idol- 
atry, blasphemy  and  murder.  101b, 
Because  in  many    instances  it   control 


aim 


controls  the  whole  American  pret-s.both 
secular  and  religious ;  all  bow  to  its  be- 
hests; and  12th,  Because  in  a  great 
measure  it  controls  the  pulpits  aod 
eburclii-s  ol  tlie  emire  country. 

For   these   reasons  we    hold  that  no 
legislative  body  has  any  right  to  grant 


laudiblc  and  lawful  way,  all  then- tin 
ening  dangers.     Tbertfore,  Jtesolved, 
that  we    the    undersigned    citizens  ol 


adopt  for  our  government    the  folio  w- 


ary  to  the  National  Christian  Associa- 
tion for  the  tame  purpose. 

Arr.  II.  Iw  object  shall  be  to  dis- 
seminate light  am)  knowledge,  and  to 
do  all  in  our  power— with  a  Christian 
spirit — to  suppress  the  dark  eecretin&ti- 
tulions  of  our  country,  and  promote 
just.ee  and  equal  rights  to  all.  [Here, 
the  names  of  the  officers,  and  their 
specific  duties  are  omitted.] 

Art.  XI.  We  hereby  pledge  our- 
selves not  knowingly  to  support  for 
office  of  profit  or  truth  any  man  who 
is  an  adhering  m'-mher  of  any  secret 
i  retailer, 


,    hJ.I'U.I    l 


rofin 


i'n  ;  [i  |in>rp 


Art.   XII,   We  hold  that  the    Chri. 
am  .Sabbat h  i-.  iiirl.spenfcibly   i 


Correspondence. 


TueUruiise  in  Vermont. 

Editor  of  tlie  Oynomre:— This  new 
movement  to  draw  farmers  into  the  sup- 
port of  secret  societies  by  which  they 
are  to  he  swiudled  out  of  their  minhood 

take  quite  as  well  in  Vermont  as  some 
of  the  news-papers  make  out.  It  must 
ba  remembered  that  the  news-paper* 
are  largely  under  the  influence  of  Ma- 
public  believe  thai  farmers  are  rushing 
into  the  lodge  by  thousands.  We  will 
give  you  one  case,  by  which  you  car. 
judge  of  all.      A  few  farmera  and  thei 

towns,  made  a  move  last  June  to  get  ui 
a  grange.     Every  thing  was  conducted 
in  secret,  so  that  it   is  not  known  how 
many  members  were  initiated,  but 
tainly  not  many,  for  all  who   cam* 
gether  at  any  lime  could  he  seen, 
uieful    pnrposes  which   they  were 
accomplinb    became    known,   howe 
and  these  were  to  teach    an    approved 
plan  of  cooking,  and  attending  to  house 
plants;  getting  grain  cheaper    from  tbi 
West;  putting  down  rapacious  raihroat 
rings.elc     In  fi„e  n\\  [be  2reat  advan 
tages  that  can  be  got  out  of  gri'ps,signs 
winks,  nods,  hints,  inuendoes,elc.,wer 
to  come  to  every  happy  member  of  thi 
grange,  women  aod  all.     As  the  proof 


of  tho  puddit 


ithe 


ting, 


load  of  corn  was  brought  from  the  W 
under    the   ausptct-s  of  the  giariL'c, 
show  bow  cheaply    it    could  be    done, 
aud  what  great  benefits  could  be  m 
to  flow  from  secret  collusion,    whicl 
proscribed  by  the  law.      But    here 
matter  ended, six  months  have  icare 
elapsed ,  and  the  grange  is  seen  to  cc 
together  no  more.      Cooking  is  can 
on,  and  house-plants  are    cared    foi 
the  same  old  way  as  formerly,  with. 
a  secret  sign   or  grip;  and  that   ch. 
car-load  of  corn  from  the  West  has 
yet  been  followed  by  another.     In  fi 
there  is  hardly  anything    to   show 
the  surface  that  this  grange  ever  ex 
ed,     The  principle  movers  of  it  wer 
man  and  wife  who  had  charge  of  a  farm 
belonging  to  a  man  of    Boston,    M; 
who  is  a  great  Mason;    aud   the    result 
has  been  one  or    more    paragraphs   in 
the  news-papers  heralding  the   forma 
tiou  of  the  grange.     A  few    men   s>nd 
women,      otherwise     honest     perhaps, 
have  become  sophUlicated,  and  innocu 
lated  with  the  baneful  Masonic    arts  of 
craft,  machination,  duplicity,  and  doub- 
aning.     Unsuspecting  men    have 
themselves    helped   teach    their   wives 
ow    to   hold    covert   understandings 
ith  strangers,  and  to  look   to  making 
i  advantage  out  of  secret    practices, 
hioh    every     hooest    person    should 
■om.     Every  thing  goes  to  show  that 
this  grange  was  a  trick  of  Masonry,  got 

doubtless  the  thousinds  of  granges  tli.it 
;  reported  by  Masonic  newspapers 
being  rapidly  formed  in   all  parts  of 

the  country,  are,  in  many  cases,  noth- 
ore  substantial  than  this  one.    If 

ports,  we  should  have  to    believe    that 
all  the  farmers  oftheUnited-StaUshad 
iddenly  become  smitten  with    the  de- 
re  to  put  themselves  under    the    con- 
trol of  the  Masonic  lodge,  and  to  resort 
cret.  underhanded  practices  in  or- 
,ocome  by  their  just  rights!  Is  not 
government  able  to    Becure    men 
their  rights,  that  they    must   resort  to 
ecret  combinations?     If  one  set  of  men 
an  get  up  a  secret  collusion,    cannot 
notberset  of  men  get  up    one   against 
themt     If  all  men  an4  women  were  to 


becoi 


j  Ma; 


si  Would  it  make  corn 
cheaper,  or  cooking  better,  or  house- 
thrifty  t  This  game  of 
Masonry  however,  in  getting  up  the 
grange,  is  very  able  atrategy.  The 
being  assailed,  and  if  it  should 


The  grange  is  to  play  the  same  part  for 
Misonry  and  Odd-fellowship  combined, 
that  Odd-fellowship  formerly  played 
for  Masonry.     The     more  honest   far- 

the  lodjre  can  rally  around  itself, 
the   stronger  it    will  be  to   resist    the 

ng  forces  ofitsadveraaries.   While 


mry  i 


treat  it  must,  the  grange  will  he 
routed,  or  dissolve  of  itself;  but  when 
the  pursuit  is  over,  the  lodge  wilt  re- 
turn, and  out  of  the  scattered  grangers 
make  tjouil  Masons.  How  many  farm- 
ers are  there  in  the  United-States  who 
are  willing  to  lend  themselves  to  such 
vile  uses  as  this!  Who  of  them  are 
ready  to  surrender  their  independence, 
and  become  the  tools  of  the  crafty  ring-t 
and  secret  councils  of  villages  and  cities! 
Who  will  sell  the  farmer'*,  birth  right  ol 
freedom  and  independence,  for  the  de- 
lusive purpose  of  cheapening  corn,  im- 
proving couking,  and  bt-tt'-ring  the  con- 
dition of  house  plants?  We  are  willing 
to  admit  that  by  secret  practicea  corn 
can  be  cheapened,  as  well  as  character. 

nen  for  nothing;  for  in    that    way 
he  got  by  stealing.         f,  u.  o. 


NEWS  SUMMARY. 

Congress.— Gen.  0.  0.  Howard, 
who  has  beencliarged  with  defalcations 
amounting  to  over  $300,000  by  the 
Hec'y  of  War,  has  appeared  before  ih<- 
House  Military  Committee  and  filed  an 
answer  to  the  charge  aud  asked  lor  an 
investigation. — Debates  on  the  Salary 
bill  have  been  long  and  inconclusive 
The  House  passed  a  bill  filing  the  ail 
ariesof  ConareBBmHTat  $13. 000. 

Cm, — A  great  meetiog  of  laborers 
was  held  at  12th  street  Turner  Hall  on 
Sunday  evening.  They  were  addressed 
with  fiery  speeches,  sometimes  mingled 
with  oaths,  and  advised  to  demand 
work  of  the    city  authorities.     This   is 

the  district  nud   these    the   speaker', 


.bich 


leiiipernnce  law  two  years  ago.  Ii 
y  no  means  probable  that  a  divis 
of  the  property  oT  the  industnou> 
iven  plenty  ol  work    would    greail) 


of  the. 


are  the  support  of  satoonsand  low  dog 

Countht.— The  funeral  of  Prof.  Acj- 
assii'.  took  place  on  Thursday  last — 
Judge  Dent,  father-in-law  of  Pn-s. 
Grant,  died  at  the  While  House,  Dec. 
15ih,  and  was  taken  to  St.  Louis  foi 
burial.  The  President  and  family  a 
eompanied  tho  body. — Perteet,  a  Chi 
cago  wife  murderer,  was  bung  in  the 
jail  at  Joiiet,  III.,  on  Friday  last.— Tue 
1st  Biptist  church  of  Brooklyn 
burned  Sunday    evening. — The 


devise  a  remedy.  The  best  solution  o 
their  troubles  in  the  closing  of  even 
saloon  in  the  land.— There  is  accumulat 

g  evidence   that    the    ■*  Vireinius"  o 


Cuban  n< 

vessel.  The  investican 
commenced. — The  new 
I'eniH  vlianiFi  wa»  adopted  by  a  major 
ityof  over  100.000  last  week  Tuesday. 
Foreign.— Emperor  William  of  Ger- 
many is  in  low  health.  He  bas  bad 
one  attack  of  apoplexy.        At  the  city 


i  of  J 


Me: 


I  hue 

my    pei 

ie  Thames.    London,  on   Sunday 

m  persons  were  drowned, 
led  that  the   Brmsli  gove 

e  Spanish  butcher  of  San 


Richard  Edwards.  President  of  the 
linois  Slate  Normal  School,  has  decid- 
d  to  enter  the  ministry  and  will  be 
ordained  in  the  form  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church  this  week. — Mr.  Smith  of 
the  BritishMuseum  has  discovered  a  tab- 
let in  the  Assyrian  mounds,  which 
proves  the  Sabbath  was  an  institution 
f  the  ancient  monarchies  of  Assyria; 
the  chariot  of  the  king  it  says  was  not 
ne  furthon  that  day.— 
Archbishop  of  Posen,  who  has  repeat- 
dly  violated  the  new  ecclesiastical  laws 
of  Germany,  has  refused  to  resign  at 
the  request  of  the  government  and  will 
the  Pope  only.  An  order  has 
therefore  been  published  that  all  bish- 
ops shall  swear  to  maintain  subordina- 
te Btate  at  their  installation.— 
A  Scripture  readers'  Association  bas 
n  formed  at  R'>me,  by  reading  the 
Bible  from  house  to  house.  —  The  cor- 
of  Jubilee  Hall  of  the  Fisk 
University  at   Nashvdie,  was    recently 

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work.  Continue  to  deal  heavy  blows 
at  the  head  of  the  beast,  aud  urge 
thorough  political  organization.  God 
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prove  his  faith,  he  sends  for  his  minis- 
ter with  his  own  renewal. 

The  pastorof  a  United  Presbyeristi 
Congregation  in  Pennsylvania,  who  is 
just  getting  acquainted  with  us,  says 
''Your  sample  copies  came  promptly  to 
hand.  I  am  very  much  pleased  with 
it.  We  have  here  more  to  do  with  the 
'Odd-fellow:  Craft,'  than_  with  -Mason- 
ry,'  I  will  therefore  he  glad  to  seeany- 
ihing  in  your  issues  that  will  serve  to 
iask  the  'Three-linked  Drolker- 
hood.'  I  am  heartily  in  sympathy 
ith  tho  war  against  secret  orders  as 
ich ;  and  yet  I  have  regard  for  60me 
idividuat  members  of  them."  We 
shall  have  enough,  and  more,  indeed, 
to  say  of  the  evils  of  Odd-fellowship 
than  we  wish  might  be  needed. 

Alexander  Henderson  of  HarriBville, 
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just  what  it  ought  to  be,  a  m03l  valua- 
ble paper.     Surely  can   it  not  be  put 
hands  of  every  one."     That  is 
the  very  work  every  reader  should  help 
Circulate  the  paper.     Letpeo 
!  the  facta  about  secrecy.     Bro. 


Uood  Words   from  Business  Letters, 

For  the  encouragement  of  many 
friend*,  we  continue  to  publish  these 
"Good  Words."  "Cheer  him,"  shout- 
ed oneof  a  crowd  ata  fire  when  a  no- 


)life, 


H.  adds  what 
pray  for — "In 


stlj  d 


i  the 


Chri 


Rev.  D.  Oglesby,  of  Richview,  III. 
writes  ' 'I  want  tJ  be  considered  a  life 
nember  on    the  subscription   list   and 

ly  after  I  am  gone  to  the  land  where 
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iome  thought  of  giving  it  up,  but  1 
ike  it  so  well  I  have  concluded  to  con- 
inue  my  subscription." 

A  friend  in  the  Iowa  Deaf  and  Dumb 
Asylum  writes,  "I  cannot  part  wilh 
I  would  have  sent  my  renewal  be- 
fore this  if  I  had  not  been  sick.     Wish 

J.  A.  DoddsofMt.  Chestnut,  Pa,, 
ves  a  cheer  for  the  lecturers  and  edi- 
rs  to  strike  hard  when  an  evil  musl 
e: — •'!  have  taken  ibe  Cynosure  fur 
■o  years.  And  I  wish  to  say  that  1 
i  higlily  pleased  with  it.  Some  good 
!0ple  think  you  are  rather  rough  on 
the  lovers  of  darkness.  I  think  quite 
differently.  The  disease  isdeep  stated 
rl  of  the  most  maglinant  type   ami 

;move  it.     I   would  say    double 

the  dose,  especially    lo  those  that   are 

prof-'  ■■nig  Christians  and  at  the    same 

Members  of  the  lodge;  they  bare- 

faccilv  impugn  the  wisdom  and  good- 

i  of  God. 

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icrihers  got  here.     I   will  try   and 

send  you  some   new  ones.     I  like    the 

paper  well  and  think  the  cause  a  good 

writes    J.     W.  |  Baldridge    from 

Cherry  Forks,  O. 

kewise  J.  H.  Peacock  from  Coul- 
He,  HI.—  -With  all  my  heart,  I 
you  God  speed  in  the  glorious 
work  in  which  you  are  engaged.    I  am 


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lew  subscribers."  Of  the  Cornell  trag- 
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iraiige,  that  the  parents  of  the  murder- 
id  and  injured  could  be  induced  to  look 
upon  ihe  matter  as  trifling  and  be  wil- 
;iet  from  prosecution.  I  think 
the  whole  societyare  guilty  before  God. 
and  all  the  other  secret  societies  which 
give  countenance  to  such  barbarities. 

John  Berry  of  Carbondale,  Pa.,  says 
he  is  now  living  ou ''borrowed  lime,"  for 
he  has  passed  "three  score  and  ten," 
yet  has  enlhted  for  life.  Twenty  years 
be  has  labored  against  the  lodge  and 
will  to  the  end.  He  sends  a  commu- 
nication from  a  Mason  which  shall  have 

C.  J.  Wetherhee,  Broadalbin,  N.  Y., 
writes,  "the  times  are  rather  hard, 
money  light;  but  I  am  an  Anti-maeon 
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(.Tuuijilr.]  yiiiri  i\nJ  diriy  Jacket 
5iuy  btclolbc  the  golden  ore, 
Of  (be  deepest  t  Urn  i  l'Ij  I -s  unci  iVelirii;-- 


Mnii  uiiruiseil  among  hia  fel 
Ofl  forgets  his  fellows  the 

Masters— rulers— lords,  rem 
That  your  meanest  kinds  a 

Men  of  liibor,  men  of  feelini 
Men  of  tboughl  and  men  l 

Claiiuiiv.'  equal  rJgUts  to  sum 


-■real  windi  ill 
speaker  is  ap 

>Lls    ofbims 


I'-iilhiL'  Imihhi  alu'ie  :.]v 
Ot  a  nation's  wealth  i 


Living  only  to  rejoice, 
While  lln!  |'"0r  man's  milrn^ed  frvdh 
V  airily  lifts  its  feeble  voice. 

Truth  and  justice  are  eternal, 

Born  with  loveliness  and  light; 
Si"T>i  wrongs  slmll  never  prosper 


gised,  said  lie  v 
what  be  could  i 
for  the  future. 


.  prei 


But  as  pebbles  in  the  s 


Ith'ni ■vi.li'iu  e  in  Hard  Tim 


At  present  'two  miles'  is  a  large  sun 
to  give  away.  While  seeking  to  de- 
.T'-ti^e  :i'l  •■xpen^'B,  we  arc  disposi-d  l< 
make  short  wr-rk  with  outgoes  tbat  sr< 
quite  under  our  control,  like  those  fo: 
benevolence.  Our  resources  are  en 
therefore  we  say,  by  our  ac 
unless  the  Lord  will  give  ui 
of  pecuniary  pros' 
ve  very  little  finau 
return.       Especially 


perity  he  ca 

cial  aid  from 

will  this   be  the  case,  if 

without  system, — if  its  a 

upon  the  ability  of  an  a 

our  mood  when   an   obj 


■  giving 
nt depends 

is   present- 


We  need  to  riw  u;>  ibei  !.-'&  (hi 
vate  interests  are  oi  first  ira)»^rii' 
is  a  fit  time  for  us  to  a-knon  l<-d  ■.■<? 
God's  is  the  only  business  which 
go  forward,  and  that,  in  fact,  his 
ness  is  ours — the   one  above  all  others; 
to  which  our  capital  is  pledged.     Oui 
responsibility  is   increased — not  dimin 
ished — by    the  pressure.     Much    tha 
would     in    easier   times   be     donatet 
by  worldly  men  will  now   be  withheld 
aDd  the  burden,  (do  we   call    it  a  bur 
dent)  mu 


(  many  of 
ate    life's 


■  ■  ■  r ! d I y  grounds  there  is 
i  soft  answers;  for  tbe 
,0  win  tbe  day,  and  gain 
in  the  end.     De  tjuincy 

■oof  of   a  coach,  he    fell 

ne  in  bad  health,  and 
it  another  pa^.en^-.-r. 
i  with  much  surliness, 
moroaely  of  this  inva- 
irt.  De  Quincy  apolo- 
aaunwell,but  would  do 
j  avoid  failing  a-kejj 
Nature    would    not  be 


all  thi 


It  is  a  remarkable  fact  that  one  half 
hour's  summer  sunshine  deflects  the 
vast  mass  of  the  Britannia  Tabular 
Bridge  more  than  all  the  dead  weight 
that  could  be  placed  upon  it.  What 
a  tribute  to  the  might  of  gentleness? 

That  school  child  made  a  good  reply 
who  said  that  meek  people  were  those 
who  "give  soft  answers  to  rough  qucs- 
tions."  But  how  far  the  world  is  from 
taking  the  Scriptural  standard,  and  con- 
sidering meekness  a  valuable  quality, 
we  may  learn  by  a  common  use  of  the 
word.  Who  would  like  to  have  said 
of  him,  as  of  Moses,  that  he  was  "very 
meek!"  Something  mean-spirited 
would  be  the  popular  acceptation;  no- 
body would  understand  the  words  to 
express  any  enviable  virtue,  if  us£d  in 
the  degenerate  conversation  of  the  day. 
And  yet,  how  does  the  Giver  of  all 
blessings  signalize  the  meek?  They  are 
among  his  specially  blessed — ''they 
shall  inherit  tbe  earth." 

A  gentleman  came  to  Sir  Eardley 
Wilmot  In  great  wrath  at  an  injury  he 
had  suffered  from  some  persouii  high  in 
worldly  position,  and  was  considering 
how  he  could  best  show  his  resentment. 

"Would  it  be  manly  to  resent  it?" 

"Yes,  but  Godlike  to  forgive  it,"  The 
idea  had  an  instantly  soothing  eliVct. 
and  he  left  that  interview  thinking  no 
longer  of  revenge. 

It  ia  related  of  Anthony  Blanc,    one 
of  the  earliest  converts  made  by    Felix 
Neff,  tbat  when  he  was    struck'on  tbe 
head  by  an  opponent  of  the  truth,    he 
said,  '  'May  God  forgive  and  bless  you  I" 
The  other  exclaimed  in  a  fury  that    he 
would  kill  him.     Some  days  afterward 
Anthony  met  Una  man  in  a  narrow 
pine  read,  and   fully  expected    to 
struek  iiLiain,  but,     to   liiri     niD^YJ-m- 
a    hand  was    outetretched    with   tbe 
heartfelt  words,    "Mr.  Blanc,  can 


stages  of  his  journey,  thereafter  b. 
ed  with  the  tenderness  of  a  womi 
ard  the  invalid. 
Miu-h  practical  philosophy  lien  in  the 
saying   of  one  little   boy   to   another 
"Don't speak  bo  cross;  there's  no  use  ii 
it."     Truly  no  use  for  anything   bene 
iki;iK>i   pleasant,  but  much  use  for  tin 
inflaming  of  discord  and   establishmen 
ofmflice.     Especially  in  domestio  lif 
is    the   sharp  answer  one    of    Satan' 
choice  i- iiffiues    f>r    the   creation    ot  a! 
unclinritiil'leness.     And  those  whoca: 
refrain  from  it  under  provocation  hai' 
achieved    a  great   victory  over   tbem 
selves.     One    of    the   most  tried   and 
moBt  holy  woman  tbat  ever  lived 
thus,   as  described  by    ber   celebrated 
son,  Augustine,  "She  had  learned  i 
to  resist  an  angry  husband,  not  in  di 
only,  but  even  in  word.   Only  when 
v.TiF  miootb  -niii  ;r  inqiil  elie  ivuld  [■ 
an  account  of  actions,  if  haply    he  had 
taken  offence. " 

In  a  word,  while  many  matroni 
bad  milder  husbands  would,  in  familiar 
talk,  blame  their  husbands'  lives,  si 
would  blame  those  wives'tongues.  An 
they,  knowing  what  acboleric  busban 
she  endured,  marveled  that  it  coul 
never  he  perceived  that  Patricius  ha 
beaten  ber,  if  there  bad  been  any  d' 
mestic  difference  between  them.  At 
how  closely  the  meek  spirit  is  allied  I 
that  of  the  peacemaker  in  tbe  next  be- 
atitude we  may  gather  from  Augus- 
tioe's  further  words;  ''This  great  gift, 
thou  beBtowedst,  0  my  God,  to 
that  good  hand-maid  of  thine,  that,  be- 
i  any  discordant  parties,  when 
:gon  both  sides  most  bitter  things, 
as  swelling  and  undigested  choler 
s  to  break  forth,  she  never  would 
disclose  aught  but  what  would  tend  to 
their  own  reconcilement,"  Short-lived 
would  be  the  strifes  of  the  world  did 
everybody  act  like  Monica. 

Ther;  are  a  few  sweet,    placid   tem- 


irned  to  the 


i  Of   : 


<  giace  will  give  forth  no  discordant 
isic       If  these    words,  "Whether, 

er  ye  do,  do  all  to  the  glory  of  God," 
our  life  motto,  we  shall  not  need 
Bigh  for    opportunities    of    useful- 


n  room,  to  ask  the  Lord  foi 
"Lord,  what  wilt  thou  have  us 
-day?       Let  us  work   for    thee, 


Well,  well!   what  did  ail  Doltie  I  Sh 

id  jHuiiively  refused  to  kiss  her  fa 
isr  for  a  whole  week.  He  went  t 
his  work  very  early  iu  the  morning 
lefore  her  blue  eyes  were  open 
aud  did  not  come  home  till  dark.  Doi 
vayB  watched  for  him,  and  ran  t 


percieve  and 
,nd  they  are 
biy  hk'wii'd. 


•>ze  the  opportun 
■nderfully  and  ren 
■  Ye  have   not.  be. 


ir  to  her,  though 
anybody  would, 
for  my  Master?' 

telling  him  tha'.  hi-i  c.n: 

of  tlit'  words,     "Here  i 


L,  "Shall  I  close 
or  6hail  I    say 
And.    lifting 
ent,  she  wrot 

apt  illustrati. 


;  city,"   and  asked   if  1 


folded 
the    an: 


'Thai 


My 

loii^  year*  ago. 
ture,  hit  home 
liorlly  after  re 
the  blessing  c 
(he  gi 

would,  when  we  might  say 
Jesus?— Zta'ij/  Witness. 


]  much    for   those  I 

ad  no  one  has  spoke 
nee  my  mother  died 
'he  bow,  shot  at  a  vi 
nd  the  young  man 
liced  in  the  fullness 
el  of  peace. 


What  the  Church  Wa 

The  N.  Y.  Intelligencer  at 

home  truths  to  Us  reader 

The  church    is  not    an 


Ckildrens'   Comer. 


of  the  church  and 


nd  when  1 


on  bis  knee,  but  when  he  tried  to 
i  her,  she  would  shake  ber  head  so 
pha'ic'dlj  as  to  set  the  sunny  curls 
dancing  about  her  eyes,  and  then  tuck 
r  rosy  face  down  on  his  shoulder. 
At  last  be  grew  almost  angry,  aod 
e  evening  he  put  her  down,  saying 
■rnlj\  "I  won't  have  any  little   girl 

Doltie   went  to  her   mother  with   a 


■■I.,  and  L 


shim.  Why  is  it?" 
"Because,  becanse — ' 
siippped. 


,   d  <rli'is/,   don't   he   ;it>iiid 


hiipp.'ff     you     wlo-p   i 


down,  and  t 


forgiv 


el"     The  soft 


i  hail  tokened  li's  lit  art,  "brcftkir." 
the  bone." 

Does  not  Sir  Matthew  Hale  see 
greater  m;.h,  when  we  recall  his 
to  Cromwell's  angry  speech,  "My  lord 
juatice,  you  are  not  fit  to  be  a  judg< 
Sale  bad  refused  to  lend  himself 
BuruH  arbilnir)  action,  and  his  only  ii 
awer  to  the  Protectory  words  wi 
"Please  your  Highness,  it  is  very  tru< 


whom  the 


tofta 


comparatively  eaty;  hut  with  most  per- 
sons it  mupt  be  the  fruit  of  resolute 
self-control  and  Belt- conquest,  of  a  hab- 
it of  mind  produced  by  watchfulness 
and  prayer.  One  can  sympathize  with 
the  passionate  school-boy  who,  ponder- 
ing on  this  subject,  asked  another, 
"What  soft  thing  is  very  hard!"  and 
explained  bis  meaning  thus:  "If  it  is 
not  a  bard  thing  for  a  fellow  to  give  a 
soft  answer  when  he's  right  down  vex- 
ed, then  I  don't  know  where  you  will 
find  anything  that's  hard." 
But,  if  the  school-boy  lei 


.  the  t 


"Tbe    be- 


putting  ii  i 
of  strife  is  when  one  letteth  out  water," 
and  the  soft  answer  will  always  enable 
us  to  fulfill  the  following  injunction. 
"Leave  off  contention  before  it  be  med- 
dled with."  Yet  how  easily  we  justify 
ourselves  in  this  wrong  doing,  prompted 
by  the  demon  Pride!  How  quickly 
does  the  sharp  retort  leap  to  the  lips  I 
how  clever  do  we  deem  ouiselves  when 
the  thrust  (probMjly  as  poi-oned  as 
could  make  it)  has  been  given  !  We 
riot  remember  that  this,  like  other  hu- 
man temptations,  was  met  and  conquer- 
ed by  our  i  reat  Exemplar;  we  do  nol 
consider  Him  who  "endured  such  con- 
tradiction of  sinners  against  himself,' 
who,  "when  he  was  reviled,  reviled 
not  again;  when  he  suffered,  he  threat- 
ened* nol,"  although  the  twelve  legions 
of  angels  stood  ready  at  his  call, —  Wes- 


('  'I'll! 


0|.|i->i 


How  many  there  are  in  the  oh 
of  Christ  who  -.ioh  for  rppporumui 
ii-efuliiesB,  while  they  never  take 
of  those   close  at   hand.       They  , 

H"ii)ef  ijing  Lu  do,    irouie  oreal  thing, 

Nuaman  of  old — and  the  simple  Wi 
til  Jonl  in  are  thspised  by   them. 
if  we  remember  that  life  is  made  up   of 
little  things,  and  the  daily  conseci 
of  these  little  things  may  bring    about 
great    results,    like    the    small   seet 
which  e<  attend.  heiiL;  »re.iL  harvest. 
would  not  look  further  than  our  e?erj- 
day  walk  and  path  for  means  of  u 


Itii 


time,  and  whose  bauds  must  be  moved 
backward  or  forward  every  few  days  to 
:p  it  right  It  is  God's  society  upon 
earth  for  the  propagation  of  truth  for 
the  salvation  of  souls,  and  for  building 
e  kingdom  of  hia  grace  among  all 
is.  To  make  it  worthy  of  iu 
and  design,  every  single  church 
of  Christ  needs  its  proportion  of  the 
time,  money,  zeal  and  devotion  of  ever 
one  of  its  members.  Men  spend  mon- 
ey freely  for  costly  amusements,  for  or- 
nament, style,  display  and  fashion. 
They  give  hours  and  days  in  gratuit- 
ous services  to  banks,  insurance  com- 
panies, and  other  public  concerns.  But 
how  many  grudge  even  tbe  fag  enji  of 
time,  the  refuse  of  their  luxuries,  and 
the  worn  out  remmnis  oi"  their  strength 
to  the  Church  of  Christ  and  her  inati- 
tutional  Is  this  right!  Christ  L,ave 
himself  for  that  church  which  he  hath 
bought  with  his  own  precious  blood; 
and  8he  often  suffers  for  the  want  of 
the  services  of  those  to  whom  the  Lord 
has  intrusted  her  care.  Loyalty 
and  love  are  essentials  of  her  probper- 
ity. 


A  Story  to  the  point.— At  a  Meth 
odi  t  "missionary  breakfast"  in  Leeds, 
England,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wiseman,  ir 
speaking  of  of  the  success  of  foreign 
missionary  work,  related  this  deeidedly 
pat  little  story: 

"There  were  thoaet-who  said  tbat 
their  success  amounted  to  but  little.  1 
missionary  and  an  old  colonel  of  th 
army  happened  to  be  traveling  hom 
from  India  in  company.  The  colonel 
protested  that  in  thirty  years  be  bat 
not  seen  a  single  converted  Hindoo 
Tbe  missionary  held ,  hia  peace  for  : 
lime,  and  when,  shortly  afterward,  ih 
colonel   began  to  talk  with    greai  gusi- 

lumber  of  elephants 
missionary  protested 
thirty  years  in 


ihot." 

Refined  homes  are  the  end  of  civili 
sation.  All  the  work  of  the  world — th 
■ailroading,  navigating,  dijging,  delv 
ng,ma  ufact.uritig,  inventing,  teaching 
writing,  lighting,  are  done,  first  of  all 
family  the    quiet  of 


wn  hem 


mdly, 

ossible    with 

uty.     The  work  of 


angeruus  to  go  where  art  has 
ployed  to  make  things  which 
Bweeter   and     pleasant- 


Many  people  ac!  us  if  ihey  thought 
liat  because  they  bav«  special  need  of 
atience,  therefore  they  may  do 
ut patience  altogether. 


brought,  instead  of  o 


of  the  night  before;  and    ■ 


grower  a  its  of  violence  L 
done  on  the  previous 
Yeomans,  aud  a  few 
thought  it  best  to  yield 
night  at   least,  our  civil 


Doltie  put  both  chubby  arms  ai 
her  mother's  neck,  putting  her  mouth 
close  to  her  mother's  ear,  aud,  in  what 
she  supposed  was  a  whisper,  said 

"  He  drink  some-medicine  or 
thin'  in  the  even'  time  before  he 
home;  and  it  must  be  dreadful  stuff, 
for  it  makes  me  feel  sickish  to  bi 
when  he  puts  his  face  close  to  m 
and  that's  all;  aud  I  do  love  ) 
And  she  sobbed  as  if  her  loving 
heart  would  break. 

As  tbe  wife's  glance  met  that  of  her 
husband,  his  face  crimsoned  with  a 
flush  of  shame.  The  secret  was  out. 
For  the  week  past  he  bad  been  in  the 
habit  of  stopping  a  few  moments  at 
the  house  of  a  friend,  wiio  bad  just  re- 
turned from  a  voyage  to  Europe,  and 
had  a  great  many  interesting  things  to 
relate.  He  always  took  a  glass  of 
something  strong  at  night,  and  insisted 
that  Dotlie's  father  should  drink  with 
him;  and  that  was  how  it  happened. 
But  he  never  touched  a  drop  afterward  ; 
the  pure  caresses  of  hia  innocent  child 
were  of  more  value  to  him  thun  even 
tbe  good  will  of  his  frieud,  and  the  lit- 
tle Dot  never  had  cause  to  refuse  him 
bis  evening  k'i68. 


itber  friends 
up,  for  that 
and  religion; 
This,  how 
ever,  did  not  appease  the  rioterB;  fo) 
they  fired  their  cannon,  and  kept  tbeii 
drum-  aud  tiles  in  play  almost  iuces 
santly  till  near  eleven  o'clock  at  night 
and  among  other  elegant  specimens  o 
motX"  ratio  politeness,  beat  tbe  rogue'i 
march,  or  some  such  tune  near  tbi 
door  of  Mr.  Yeoman's,  under  whost 
truly  hospitable  roof  I  was  then  en 
gaged  in  conversation  with  him  an< 
several  other  gentlemen  on    the   rude 

ed  out  of  doors.  So  much  for  North 
Adams'  Freemasonry,  and  its  regard  for 
liberty  of  speech.  I  afterwards  deliv- 
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places  by  all  but  the  rigid  adherents  of 
the  mystic  tie;  if  it  can  be  any  longer 
termed  mystic,  every  part  of  which 
has  been  fully  and  freely  exposed.  At 
Lenox,  the  Masonic  fever  was  so   high 


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Is  Separate  L'olillcnl  Action  ' 


My  a 

tentior    has 

been    repeatedly 

thie  subject, 

until    I  feel  that 

ad  vocal 

,  i  am  called  upon 

to  show 

e    be    any,     why 

the  affir 

oative  of  llri 

question   should 

be  take 

,     The    wri 

er  of  this   article 

•adhere 

to   that   o 

rtion   of  Christ's 

h^    be. 


army  which  in 
the  sturdiest  opponent  of  that  foul 
iod  of  church  and  stale,  from  wl 
has  sprung  the  major  part  of  tbe  t 
borne  by  men  during    the    paet    1 

cry  of  "Union  of  church  nod  state, 
a  trumpet  call  ''To  Arms."  1  ni 
hear  it,  without  having  roused  wil 
me  all  the  combaliveni-es  lying  la 
in  my  nature;  and  I  am  ready  to 
bist  even  unto  blond  striving  aga 
thiB  sin.  But  there  are  bo  many  f 
prophets  go 


nng, 


into  the  w 
possible, 

elect,  that  1  feel  called  upon  I 
consideration  of  prudence, 
the  spirit*  whether  they  are 
or  deceived,  and  thus  witting! 
wittingly  assisting  in  di-ceivioj 


Should  it  be  asked  here  "what  if  he 

nndt  find  in  existence,  a  party  which 

will  allow  him  to  carry  out    his    relig- 

the  same  time  his  political 

,"  then   I  say  let    him   join 

himself,   and    make    one — 

just  what  in  the   fear    of  God    we    arc 

proposing 


ebeeo 


[  Const 


.-,!  with 


thei 


that  dem-min 
Free  Melhodi 
for  God  against  all  the  recognized 
lorms  of  sin,  aud  especially  against 
secret  societies,  I  have  felt  to  say, 
■■God  bless  the  Free  Meibodisle  I"  Now 
when  they  eiect  a  banner  againat  the 
political  action  contemplated,  on  which 
is  emblazoned,  ''This  is  union  of  church 
and  state,"  1  ,as  s  Baptist,  and  a  "dyed 
in  the  wool"  antagonist  of  such  a  union, 
am  bound  to  come  to  a  halt  and  exam- 
ine anew  the  field  on  which   1   propise 

The  editor  of  the  Free  Methodist 
says  of  our  contemplated  political  ac- 
tion, "The  teal  may  be  commendable, 
but  we  think  it  similar  to  that  of  Con 
stantiue.  when  be  united  church  aud 
state."  And  again;  "These  efforts  to 
join  the  arm  of  political  power,  with 
the  Christian  tffort  for  the  purpose  of 
religious  and  moral  n  form,  are  iden- 
tical in  principle  with    union  of  church 

Now  if  our  purpose,  as  Anti-ma- 
sonic  reformers,  poluiol  and  religious, 
is  fairly  tet  forth  in  the  above  extracts 
then  I'll  have  none  of  it.  That  our 
good  Bro.  Bailey  is  honeni  in  view  and 
expression,  I  have  not  the  least  doubt. 
Let  me  stand  whore  lie  does,  and  see 
principles  and  rehults  us  he  Bees  them 
and  I  am  with  him  to  the,  death,  if 
need  be.  But  1  believe  from  his  words 
as  quoted  above,  that  he  misconceived 
our  aim",  and  has  not  fully  taken  into 
his  view  the  whole  of  our  work.  He 
looks  upon  tho  end  aimed  at  as  solely 
'moral  and  religious.'  Here  lies  the 
gist  of  the  question.  Is  Masonry  with 
its  litters  of  ravening  whelps,  a  purely 


:    Of   1 


md  I   will 


know  Mavonry    for    what 


better.  Sad  experience  haa  taught  us 
— is  teaching  us — that  Masonry  with 
its  satellites,  is  a  mighty  political  en- 
gine sapping  the  very  foundations  of 
our  civil  liberties;  while  as  a  false  and 
heathen  religion  it  is  undermining  the 
pillars    of     Christianity. 

carries  with  it  corresponding  duties  and 
responsibilities.  The  citizen  ismpoc- 
sible  to  God  and  humanity  for  the  re- 
sults of  his  actions  as  a  citizen.  If  he 
be  a  Christian,  he  ought  to  feel  him- 
self under  God's  law.     Whether,  therc- 


.  ye* 


r  drink, 


the  gbry   of  God."  and 

obey  that  law  at  the  ballot  box,  as  well 

When  a  Christian  finds  that  the 
clrim-  of  his  political  relationship,  are 
such  as  to  compel  him  to  ignore  his  re- 
ligious action,  or  in  other  words  to  di- 
vim  e  hia  religion  and  his  politics,  then 
he  is  bound  by  his  highest  obligations 
to  abstain  from  such  political  action. 
To  go  further  in    that   direction   is  to 

and  the  best    inter- 

of  which    he   is   a 

;n.     But  shall  he  or  may  he  throw 

.11  political  action f     No,     If   it  be 

right  for  him  to  act  aa  a  citizen  at   all, 

it  is  his  duty  so  to  act.      But  in  all  his 

the   Christian.     If 

the  political  party  with   which    he  has 

•orrupt   that    he 

his  Chridtianity,  he  must  leave    it    and 


s  of  th- 


he 


fhn 


ell  as  the 


from 


Uy,  < 


i  the 


love 
mbition  for  place 
urselves  driven  I 
native.  This,  or 
i  ol  God  and  hun 
zens,  by  ceasing  t 
aly  doors    opet 


of 


innot  longer  innocently  vote  wit' 
ther  of  the  parties  now  dominatin 
ie  country;  because  they  are  hot 
ader  the  control  of  those  secret  soc 
ies,  we  feel  it  ourduty  in  every  legit 


:  way   to    oppot 


It 


general,   and    rarely 

ticket,   has   been    put  bef"« 

public  for  years,  which  has  been 

ne  or  more  names  of  personi 

belonging    to  the  secret    fra' 


tly  dia 


ted,  however  hone 
the   oath-bound 

whether  in  harmony  with,  or  oppos 
ights  and  interests  of  gove 
the  individual  subjects  tho 
of.  The  history  of  the  endeavors 
he  state  of  New  York  to  ferret  c 
n d  pumuli  the  murderers  of  Willi. 
Morgan,    furnish    painful   evidei 


the  t 


loftl 


Mai 


ry  then  laughed  the  power  of  govern- 
to  scorn.  It  defies  all  power  to 
its  progress  to-day.  It  holds 
■igns  of  political  power  in  its 
bloody  hands;  and  "judgment  is  turned 
iway  backward,  and  justice  standetb 
ifar  off;  for  truth  is  fallen  in  ihealreet, 
aud  rquily  cannot  enter." 

Every  vole  given  to  these  parties, 
to  elect  to  office  the  minions  of  the 
lodge,  helps  to  perpetuate  the  evils  un- 
der which  we  are  groaning,  and  to  fos- 
ter political  corruption,  and  crime. 
Have  1,  or  any  of  u«,  longer  a  duty  in 
this  direction!  Can  it  be  my  duly  as 
a  citizen  to  vote  up  that  which  1  feel  it 
my  duly  to  pray  dowut  These  ques- 
tions answer  themselves  To  longer 
act  with  either  of  the  great  parties,  as 
now  constituted,  compela  the  Anti-ma- 

Christian.  This  u  to  make  a  man 
falae  lo  God,  his  country,  and  himself. 
In  every  man  the  Christian  should 
dominate  the  citizen,  and  not  the  lat- 
ter the  former, 

I  take  the  ground  then,  that 

is  the  duty  of  Anti-masons,  unless  they 


-ould  ei'hei 
nt.rely,  or 

■ith   lliur   C 


rising  of  the  citizens  of  this  country, 
to  stay  the  encroachments  of  the  lodge 
upon  the  body  politic,  and  ere  long 
the  government  of  the  people   v. 


iant.  and  i9,  therefore,  under 
It  discards  grace,  and  stands 
rit  alone.     It   has  no    "foun- 

led  for    sin    and  for    unelean- 


rnsh 


make  them  whi 
Lamb."     It  hai 

and  appears  in 


erthr 


rise   that   which    leading    Mi 
confessedly     aspiring   and    conspiring 
for,  that  which   they  call    "The    Holy 
Empire,"    a    combination    of   reli 
with  the  state,   the  foulest   the  n 
has   ever    seen.     Before    this  coming 
••Empire,"  already     reachi  ng 


grasp  the  scepter, 
liberty  will  be  driv* 
ihey  now  occupy 
world — to  die  dishc 
of  the  toils  of  deer. 


i  from  the  throne 
o    the  joy    of  tb< 

jrioreu  by  the  hands 

poliBtn  now  in 

■s.     In  thenai 

religion,  and  a 

I    call    upon 


from  present  party  relal 
is  in  separate  political  aci 
great  duty  of  the    present    ti 


Our  whole  argu 
conclusion,  and  the 

It  is  a  damnable  religion.  The 
Scriptures  tench  that  the  denial  of  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ  is  a  damnable  heresy 
(2  Peter  il.   1-3).     "But   there    were 

irophets,  a'sn,  am:>ng  the  people. 

IB  there    shall  be   false   teachers 

I  you,  who  privily  (in  the  secrecy 
lodge)  ehall    bring  in    damnable 

es,  even  denying  the  Lord  that 
bought  them, and  bring  upon  themselves 
wift  destruction.  And  many  shall 
oilow  th-ir  pernicious    wayafas  it  has 


>  pasf),  by  re 
truth  (individ 


of  whom  the 


.nable 


SB) 

Il  be  evil  spoken  of.  And  through 
itousness  shall  they  with  feigned 
da  make  merchandize  ol  you  (doing 
-fiit« mptible  secrets  in  parcels  and 
ng  them  at  fc'26  dollars  apiece), 
lit.*  judgment  now  of  a  long  time 
and  their  damnation 
"     Judgment  is  in  pur- 


lingereth  n> 
ibereth 
of  thesi 


,  the. 


on,  that  light  is  cu 
If    I    had 


tbad 


than  light, 
id  spoken  unto  then 
but  now  they  h 
nry  1 


Mai 


iow  leading  away  thousands  from 
the  church,  and  from  the  paths  of  vir- 
y  asBociation  with  the  intemperate, 

blindfolded  and  haltered  down  the 
road  which  leads  to  the  chambers  of 
rnal  death.  And  it  will  lead  all  who 
put  their  trust  in  it  to  eternal  damna- 
"Hc  that  believeth  not  shall  be 
?d,"  though  he  were  the  grandest 
high  priest  of  the  grandest  lodge  on 
"He  that  believeth  not  the  Son 
not  Bee  life,  but  the  wrath  of  God 
abideth  on  him,"  and  will  abide  on  him 
forever,  unless  he  turn  from  his  evil 
Masonry  "hath  both  seen  aud 
hated"  Christ  and  the  Father.  "But 
r  man    love  not   the  Lord   Jesus 


thia 


lathei 


Freemasonry  is,  therefore,  a  datnna- 
>le  and  damning  religion.  It  crucifies 
■the  Son  of  God  afresh,  aud  puts  him 
o  an   open  ehame,"    by  sotting   aside 

nd  grace.  Il  knows  no  "surety  of  a 
better    covenant, "    nor,     indeed,    any 


e  in  the    Mood  of   the 
no    High  Priest  .who 

ran  by  his  own    blood. 

the  presence  of  God, 
and  adds  much  incense  to  its  prayers. 
Itfl  "high  priests"  are  taken  from 
among  men,  and  have  infirmity,  (some 
of  them  being  infidels,  drunkards  aud 
whoremongers),  and  they 
of  the  order  of  Aaron  nor  Mi/!c)iieei.,-c, 
but,  Jikt'lJereboBin's.lhey  are  thepriesti 
of  the  "calves  and  of  the  devils." 

ludes  Christ 


tho  point   of  crucifying    his   Sav- 
r  afresh  and  putting  him  to  an  open 


We  have  devoted  our 
lis  discussion  to  Freema. 
nd;ieft  other  secret  orderi 
nd  lo  the  claims  of  Freen 
>  rivalry  i 


of  the 


eMet 


-nry  only 


God  and  man,  the  man  Christ^  Jesus." 
We  have  done  so  for  the  reason  that 
we  prefered  to  'fight  only  with  the 
king.'     Secret  societies,    whether   an- 


all 


fathei 


and  all   who  I 
byh 


nry  denies  and  e 


Mil 

excluded    from 


■  ilimtii 


■  as  worthy,"  nor  "st 
'  gins  mingled  with  fii 
he  tree  of  life  which  i 
the  paradise  of  God," 

crystal,  which  proceedelh 
hronc  of  Ood  and 
eae  Masonic  builders  n 
on  which  the  Lord  hath 
Christ  is  to  them  a" 
and  a  rock  of  offense 
d  at  that  stumbling  si 

b  they    are    proud 


last't 


nit  - 


vill    be  found 
the   "sani 


of    depraved     reason    and    perverted 
Scripture;  and  when  the  rain  of  w 
descends,  and  the    uaoda    ol  judge 
ime,  aud  the  winds  of  vengeance! 
nd  beat  upon  it,  it  will  fall,  aud  great 
ill  be  the  fall  thereof,  and  great 
<■    I  he  i'.itijiiislimi'int     and.    dismay     of 
lose  who  are  found  in  it,  and  of  somt 
ho  stand  admiringly  on  the  outside  o 

Free  masonry  i  s  therefore,  '  'incon 
stent  with  the  spirit  of  Christianity, 
jd  church  members  ought  not  to  havt 
llowship  with  such  associations"^. 
.  Testimony,  Art.  15th).  Suppose  w< 
raw    a   picture.     The  Christian    pro 


.■nli  Cli.-i 


lake  fa 


wherever   he   goes.     And  Christ  has 

promised  to  be  with  him,  and   not  for- 

safcejhim.     He  concludes,  however,  he 

Id  like  to  become   a  Mason.     Wea- 

with  the  company  of  the  profane 

ugh  the  excellent  of  the  earth),  he 

;s  to  associate  with  the  "household 

of  faith"  in  the  "sacred  retreat  of  the 

lodge."     Tired  of  the  darkness   which 

he  find*  in  the  church  and  in  ihe  world, 

he  longs  for  that  "moral  and   intellect- 

:ht"  which  shines  only  in  the  Ma- 


He  is  asked,  Who 


mes  there!  A  poor, 
,  profane  believer  in 
>ping  in  intellectual 

lo  guide  his  steps, 
i  path  which  leads 
n  who  gives  duty 
lay  be  a  Christian 
of  divinity,  yel  this 
ich  is  put  into  his 
is  thia  you  hold  by 
Jhriat,  my  Saviour, 
lim.     We  all   meet 


here  *upon  a  level;'  ou 
theism,'  the  relig 
en  agree.'  But  I  r 
let  go  my  Saviour,  andai 


which 


t  like  < 


,e)     Well, 
ter  with    ] 

forsake    \ 


,  if  he  v 


)farc 


ules  of  our  order  as  to    lay  aside    his 
rown,  put  off  his  royal  rohes,  and  yield 
ip  his  Bcepter,  take  on  no  aira   of  su- 
periority, but  sit.  meekly  down   by  the 
oflUbbiBen    Israel,  Mohammed, 
Confucius    and    Joe    Smith,    he    may 
nein.  Tho.so-Cr.lled  Christian  passes 
bul  does  his  Saviour  go  with    himi 
If  this  Christian  would  turn   about,    as 
lers  the  door  of  the  lodge,    would 


i  hall  of  l 


iingl 


one  god  hath  begotten  them.  Free- 
masonry is  a  king  among  ihose  of  mod- 
ern dale,  or  (to  change  th*  gender)  the 
mother  of  the  whole  brood.  They 
have  all  been  conceived  in  the  Bame 
baleful  and  teeming  womb,  have  sucked 
the  same  breasts  and  been  dandled  on 
mpregnated 
rise  one    of 


i  the  a 


pots 


these  orders  and  the  whole  de 
What  appears  under  difieren 
indeed  but  oneaystem  of  enmity  again i 
';be  mystery  of  godliness'  as  it  is  rt 
vealed  in  the  gospel,  and  centers  in  th 
person  of  Jesus  Christ.  And  when  tl 
head  of  this  lengthened  serpent  is  e 
fectually  bruised,  the  tail  will  die  indu 
couraeoftime. 

'■Thine  hand,  Lord  Jesus,  shall  fin 
out  all  thine  enemies;  thy  right  hand 
shall  find  out  those  that  hate  I 
Thou  shall  make  them  as  a  fiery 
in  the  lime  of  thine  anger;  the  Lord 
shall  swallow  them  up  in  hia  wrath, 
and  the  fire  shall  devour  them.  .  . 
Be  thon  exalted,  Lord,  in  thine  own 
strength;  ao  will  we  sing  and  praise  thy 
power." 

Another  Yoke  against  tho  Lodge. 

Among  the  journals    which    speak 


W-nd-.l 


up-iii  her  illustrious 
Phillips  in  1837  spoke  a  word  mFan- 
euil  Hall  in  favor  of  freedom  and  in 
denunciation  of  the  murder ofLovejoy, 
and  henceforth  Harvard  ceased  to  rec- 
ognize him,  though  one  of  her  moBt 
accomplished  graduates.  Proscription 
for  advocacy  ol  the  right  and  for  de- 
nunciation of  tho  wrong  ia  as  likely  to 


come  from  the  hat 
erature,  and  refinen 
other  quarter.  0 
learning  may  bo  full 


i  from 


hi'i  V  ling 
An  Inglorious  Defense. 


ton  is  there  effected  J" — Address  to 
People  of  ifastachusttto,  1833. 
rhe  acniiBatinn  of  the  great  Btates- 
n  sweeps  along  with  it  the  defense 
up  by  this  writer,hkea  squadronof 
airy  which  swoops  down  on  an  incau- 
jb  trooper  and  coup-da  him  to  swell 


ulto 


ranks.      It  hai 


lOthe 


nth  i 


the  able  organ  of  the  Reformed  Church, 
published  at  Cincinnati,  the  Christian 
World,  whose  voice  has  been  bo  uni- 
formally  for  tho  good  and  against  evil, 
he  last  number  of  the  World  or 
the  following  editorial  under  tht 
head  "Secret  Societies:" 

■Speaking  of_the  Legett  case  in  par- 
ticular, the  Springfield  (Mass.)  Ilepub- 

m  embraces    the  opportunity  to  say 

We    shall  get    over  secret   societies 
getting   over  a  good    many 


We  shall    get  c 


1  of    Lin  ir  )i 


■  din 


Thei 


chara 

that  the  leading  secret  societies  are,  ii 
practical  workings,  esi-'ulidly  d,- 
True,  a  few  Old  Testament  fig 
ind  incidents  are  made  use  of,  bu 
id  that  everything  is  negative 
The  religion  of  Jesus  Christ  is  not  rec 
agnized,  much  less  taught  in  them 
lundredsof  their  members  believe  ii 
Lie  supremacy  of  these  societies  fo 
ie  salvation  of  their  souls,  and  ar 
ius  led  to  despise  the  regularly  appoint 
d  means  of  grace.  It  is  a  myster; 
'hy  men  who  have  correct  views  o 
Christianity  should  lend  their  influent 
sns  whose  inevitable    ten 


and  limit  th 
y,  aye.  a 


he   fourdalions 

.usefulness  of  the   Christ- 
It  is  a  still    greater  mjs- 
arked  inconsistency,  thai 
n   who  are  forever  holding   up    the 
linaucesand  institutions  of  the  church 
1  the  ne  /'las  ultia  •■{  her  advantages 
i,    with  perhaps   equal  zeal,    aiding 
and  abutting  societies,  healhen  in  origin 
id  infidel  in  tendency. 
The    foregoing     ia    plain,    outspoken 
truth,  worthy  Ihe  utterance  of  the    or- 
gan of  the   Reform. d  Church — belter 
known  to  some  of  cur  readers  as    the 


table  question  of   secret    i 
Truly  in  tho  above    trumpet 
lain  sound.  —  Tefescq/ie. 


Caution*  Conservatism. 
The  unpopularity  of  the    Abolit 


.  Ihoi 


Khost 


comprise    tin-    age     profiling    that 

-.      Harvard    never    mustvred  cour 

em'ueh  to  confer  tho  degree  of  L. 

L.D.  on  Charles  Sumner  till  the  year 

850,   though    he    graduated    at   that 

rly  thirty  years   before. 


V.tl,-   ami 


ahead  of   1 


ing  that  dogre 


societies,  has  couched  his  lane 
rushed  into  the  columns  of  the  Trib 
um.  The  charming  simplicity 
which  he  uncovers  his  weak  at 
hia  antagonist,  "and  his  own  n 
sciousnes3  of  the  exigencies  c 
cause,  make  one  feel  pity,  and  i 
of  shame  in  attacking  nira.  ,  Having 
declared  that  "nearly  half  of  the 
hers  of  college  faculties,  if  not  a 
proportion,  at  least  in  New  En^ 
were  in  their  college  days,  members  of 


I  will  a 


is,"  he 


to  the  prizes,  honors,  etc,  taken  hei 
during  the  last  year,  first  premisin 
that  Amherst  is  not  an  exception 
college  in  this  respect,  and  lhat  aagood 
if  not  a  better  showing  in  favor  of 
secret  societies  could  he  made  on  anj 
of  the  last  thirty  years'  honors  Tb< 
last  catalogue  of  the  college  issued  ii 
November,  1872,  contained  the  name 
of  'JUS  students,  of  whom  about  12l 
were  connected  with  secret  orjaniza 
lions,  while  the  remaining  142,  o 
more  than  one-balf,  were  eilher  mem 
bera  of  tho  anli-.ecret  society  or  o 
none.  The  number  of  prizes  given  bj 
the   college  was  40;  the  number  taken 


letyz 


elerx 


the  whole  nu 
of  all  the  pri 


prising  less  than  one-half  of  the  college 
e  than  three- fourths  of 
er  given.  The  valm 
given  was  $1,164,  o 
siety  men  took  $958 
ass  than  one-fifth  of 
it,  for  the  element  em 
an  one-halfthe  college. 
i  not  enough,  I    migh' 


en  las 


at    of  the   first    fifteen 
the    last   comm-ence. 

a  Phi   Beta    Kappf 


high* 


icholai 


hat  The  Amherst  Student  and 
college  publications  have  been 
founded,  supported,  and  almost  wholly 
edited  hy  the  same  element;  that  from 

dement  are   selected    the   orators 

poets  of  the  different  classes,  &c. 

ad  infinitum." 

ie*  not  the  writer  know  that  this 
is  the  very  objection  urged  against  all 
irtilioial  "fraternities,"  that  they  draw 
in  undue  proportion  of  social  distinc- 
tions and  advantages  to  their  members 
o  the  disadvantage  and  injury  of  oth- 
t  men.  The  discovery  that  Freema- 
ons,  though  a  small  minority  of  the 
vliole  people,  held  a  large  majority  of 
he  effices  in    the    gift    of  the    peopl 


b  of  the 


ago 


Thf 


ad  to  sit  in  the    General    Court.     Of 

iese,  one  thousand  may  be  Masons. 
o„tun  bad  last  year  sixty-three  mem- 
ers  in  the  House.  Of  these  by  rela- 
ve  proportion  of  numhers.  there  should 
;tve  been  six,or  at  most  seven  Masons, 
!ow  many  were  there?  Nearly  thirty, 
.  .  In  the  county  of  Worcester. 
lere  are  say  ten  thousand  citizens  eli- 
ible  to  the  Senate.  One  tenth  oflbat 
umber  may  be  Masons; — one  member 
i  tho  Senate  would  be  more  than  their 
proportion  of 


like  the 


Now  if  the 

ns  of  Worcester  county  were 
atricians  of  ancient  Rome,  an 
nobility,  exclusively  eligible 
i  the  Senate,  what  would  be 
the  difference  of  the  result    from    that 


ur  charge  lhat  the    college   fra- 
?b,  by  introducing  an    organized 

nd   control    the   bestowment  of 


irded  by    the    faculty. 


hould  be  allowed  to  exist  and  operate 


Ur.  Guthrie  and  Hugh  Miller. 

A  writer  In    the  Sunday   Magazine, 

the  integrity  of  the  celebrated  Scotch 
geologist.  When,  as  at  present,  defal- 
cations in  public  fundsjare  being  brought 
lo  light  it  is   cheering  to   contemplate 


r  Dr.  Guthrie 


i  tell- 


greatly  perplexed  about  Hugh  Miller. 
The  harassing  work  of  editorship  of 
the    Witness  newspaper  —  nvTe   than 

ried  on  by  him  alone  with  literary  and 
scientific  laborsoftlie  most  arduous  kind. 
The  two  were  interfering  with  one  an- 
other, the  whole  burden  of  them  tell- 
ing seriously  upon  his  health  and  spir- 
its. A  lucrative  situation  in  a  publio 
office  had  just  been  offered  to  him, 
which  he  was  hesitating  to  accept.  Dr. 
Guthrie,  who  doubtless  had  a  large 
share  in  getting  him  the  offer,  was 
greatly  concerned  about  this,  no 
only  from  the  desire  that  Mr.  Miller 
might  be  relieved  from  all  mere  literary 
drudgery, and  left  free  to  follow  bJBown 
chosen  paths,  but  from  a  kindly  care 
for  his  family  now  growing  up  around 
him — an  ample  provision  for  whom  it 
aeemed  so  unreasonable  to  reject.  That 
we  might  bring  our  united  influence  to 


■  upo 


him 


Dr. 


uree  of 
gather  in   my 

go  afterwards  to  the  agent  of  the  Mar- 
ilbane,  (by  whom  the  of- 
fer bad  been  made,)  who  was  fully  io- 


ould  t 


dull 


ioli    about 


We 


;eede, 


s    oESce.       His  explanation    was 
and  full,  and,  as  it  seemed    to  as, 

perfectly  satisfactory.     No  other  respon- 
sibility was  to  be  incurred  than  what  is 


upon 


ubli.'      funct 


we,  by  our  questions,  were 
ng  out  this  explanation.  Miller 
i.-nt  with  li"'i<i  inclined  and  down- 
)ok,  as  usual.     He  asked  but  the 

single  question: 

Would  I  be  responsible  for  all   the 

public  moneys  that  passed  in  ihe  course 
i  year,  through  that  office!" 
f  course,"  was  the  reply, 
e    said    nothing  more,   and    we 

fondly    hoped    that  he    would  accept. 


Tha 


of 


»  Well."  said  Dr.  Guthrie,  "you  are 

Miller  gathered  himself  up  audstood 
■ect,  ••  I  find,"  he  said,  "lhat  lately 
my  memory  has  been  failing.  I  osn- 
ust  it  as   once   I   could,    and  no 


We  poured  all  kinds  of  arguments  and 
emonslrauces  in  upon  him.  He  stood 
s  the  rock  stands  among  tho  billows, 
itterly  unmoved.  As  ihe  two  men,  he 
nd  Dr.  Guthrie,  stood  fronting  one 
■nother  upon  that  pavement,  which 
vas  most  lo  be  admired,  the  overflow- 
ings of  brolherly  kindness  in  one,  the 
ueBs,  nay  sti  rnmsa  ol  principle  in 
her  f  Miller,  we  may  bu  all  quick 
,  was  wrong,  but  was  ihere  an- 
other man  in  Scotland  who,  in  such 
[stances,  would  have  rejected 
n  offer  upon  such  aground. — Sun- 
day Magazine. 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE  ^JAKUARY  1,  1874. 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 


I  hicuiii),   I  hnr.ihiy,  -Inn 


We  Wish  All  tin-  Readers  of  the  Cyno- 
sure, Olil  and  Young,  n  Happy,  Uaorul 
NEW  YEAK. 


Tho  greni  trouble  with  us  nil  is  that 
we  do  not  lake  time  for  soberly  consid- 
ering the  effect  of  tbe  work  that  we  are 
doing  as  regards  the  past  and  the  fir 
lure.  It  is  well  to  meditate  at  the  ap- 
propriate time  bo  that  when  the  timt 
for  action  comes  then;  will  be  no  falter 


the  Cynosure  was  large  cnoug 
print  every  one  of  them  and  we  c 
■  lly  thank  those  faithful  nnd  holy  men 
id  women  who  have  walked  weary 
miles  and  have  sharpened  every  thought 
'  >ping  thereby  to  extend  the  cireula- 
>n  of  the  paper. 

We  siiy  to  nil  those  who  read  the  pa- 
per weekly  and  approve  it,but  go  about 
various  occupations  making  no 
st  effort  to  extend  the  principles 
they  approve: 

Up!  Let  all  the  soul  within  you 


lookc 


the 


naturally  di 

il  wort  comprising  iinUi.-i  lb  it  head 
Animal  meetiog^    nl     the     Ni 


At.,„., 


'   labors  or    tb'    General 
Han  Cynosure  and  the 
work  of  the  organs  of  the  churches, 
cluding.also  the  work  of    the  Christian 
Stat'-Miwn ;     th« 
oonaiy  ;n. J    tow) 

Wuhout  au  aim  we  will   accomplish 
nothing  and  the 
briefly,  to  save   the    prect 


It  is  impossible  to  briny  a  clean  thin 
out  of  an  unclean  and  if  the  hearts  < 
men  are  full  of  unsubdued  depravity 
aud  if  they  are  unable  to  discriminate 
between  true  and  false  religion,  be- 
tween a  Christian  and  a  pit-run  country. 
the  mercy  of  God  will  allow  thi 
make  a  full  aud  terrible  demonstration 
of  that  fact  and  theu  destroy  them  as  a 
nation  and    as  a    Christian  church. 

So,  clearly,  our  first  duty  is  prayer- 


Are    we    lollowing  C 
beam  cast  out    of  our   awn    eye? 

.'  l-e'-p  tbe  Wiihli'iib  lm)\  i   Do 


stellf 


ands 


■  World-  arc  •  !]iiri:iii-r  li'-nvi-ii  ln-dol.li hj; 

Thou  ham  lmtan]i..urto  light. 
N-.u  th-  blazoned   eroS.  unfohliuG, 
On  I  right  onward  for  the  right.'1 
We  think  that  the  Anli-maeomc  ek- 
ent  in  the  United   Stales   should  be 
■presented  in    the     great    Centennial 
Exhibition  to  be  open  for  seven  months 
Philadelphia    in    1 876.     Arrange- 
ments are  every   day   being    made  for 
great      national    exhibition.      Two 
Fira  is  a  short  time  for  us  to  prepare 
anything  worthy  of  the   causa  w< 


We 


we    do?     How   shall 
wish    all    of  our   read. 

■  thoughts  on  tins  .ul-j. 


the  Christian  Slatesnia, 
get  their  meetings  at  Pittaburgon  Feb. 
and  5.  Tbe^elescope,  The  Wesleyan, 
The  Free  Methodist,  Watchman  an' 
Reflector,  The  Rational  Banltst,  tl 
United  PreBbyterian  and  many  othi 
papers  are  dang  a  great  and  good 
work  for  the  church  in 

Of  the  State,  County  and  Town  work 
as  well  as  of  all  the  other  departments 
read  from 


irch  tht 

Scriptures?  ""Have  we,  with  God's  help 
removed  from  our  hearts  the  last  fibre 
of  that  root  of  all  evil,  the  love  of  mon 
ey)  Do  we  always  speak  the  exac 
truth?  Are  we  -'providing  things  hon 
est  in  the  sight  of  all  men,"  ourselvei 
included!  Do  we  keep  the  Golden 
Rule!  Do  we,  in  all  respects  beep  the 
body,  its  appeLites  and  passions,  under) 
Do  we  exercise  to  the  utmost  extent 
of  our  ability  that  charity  which  is  the 
bond  of  perfectness,  loving  God  with 
every  moral,  mental  and  physical  pow- 
er he  has  given  us  and  our  neighbor, 
every  neighbor  as  we  love  ourself?  Do 
wen-commend  religion  in  our  private  and 
public  life? 


hearts;  and  a 

era  are  b-.-auug  in  '-ill  p  iri. 
try,   from    Canada,    Mai 


and  California  on.  the  West  and  South, 
this  will  be  a  national  anti-secrecy  work, 
a  positive,  personal  end  radical  promot- 
ing of  the  nrinciples  which  underlie  our 
opposition  to  tbe  secret   orders. 

After  attending  to  this  home    efforl 
which  is  within  The  reach  of  all  of  up, 


And  we  close  c 


rNe< 


let  i 


what 


other  agencies  in  this  An 
ment.  The  Nations!  Anniversary  meet 
iDg  will  be  held  in  Syracuse,  commenc 
inn  Tuesday,  Jane  2nd  .,  and  will  ad 
journ  on  Thursday,  June  4th,  for  a  Na 
tional  Political  Mass  Meeting.  Praj 
for  these  meetings  and  do  all  you  cai 
to  have  your  locality  represented  a 
them.  Collect  all  the  fads  and  statist 
ics  concerning  the  secrecy  and  aulisecre 
your  locality  and  seni 


i  than 

The  work  of  lecturers  is  constantly 
opening  new  fields,  which  are  calling 
for  help  in  the  shape  of  a  weekly  Cy- 
nosure. We  wish  allparents.whoread 
this  article  and  have  lirigbt,  enterpris- 
ing hoys  and  girls  who  want  to  earn  a 
little  money,  would  tc  II  their  children 
that  for  every  dollar  they  get  in  sub- 
scriptions to  the  Cynosure  the  publish- 
ers will  give  them  twenty  cents.  We 
wish  we  could  turn  out  a  whole  army 
of  agents  lo  work  on  every  possible  oc- 
casion thiB  winter  for  tbe  paper.  Hav- 
ing adopted  the-  cash  system  it  will  re- 
quire great  vigilance  on  our  part  and 
the  persistent  co-operation  of  our 
friends  to  Beep  the  Cynosure  even  from 
losing  ground. 

The  paper,  our  readers  will  rejoice  to 
know,  is  now  entirely  out  of  debt.  But 
a  large  amount  of  money  must  come  in 
at  this,  its  harvest  lime,  fur  we  will 
odebt  during  the  long  hot 


,-,pi-i 


U1S--H  if  p.u-isi 


ly  dwindle. 

Will  you  no 
ble)     If  not,    can  you  instruct   some 
trustworthy  young  men  or  women   or 
children  in  the  way    to    work   for    the 


1  the  mi     Yoi 


Do 


until  every  family  within  at  I 
miles  of  your  home,  a  Sunb 
journey,  has  been 


We    have  one  or 
■very  county    (ex- 
1  the    state    of  New  York 
similarly  scattered  in  oth- 
er elates.       Do  yon    not  want   every 
county  in  tbe  whole  United  Suits  pur- 
ified  by  tlu  sentiment-    pu.mulg.ited    in 


for  Lhe   Cy 

cept  eight)  in 
and  thei 


the 


by  tlu 
Cynosi 


The  i 


■e,  to  work  everywhere 
ug  books  and  taking  suh.vripn-nis. 
mreto  send  none  but  those  who 
trustworthy  into  the  work,  and  theu 
.aiu  them.  Every 
aud  doctor  ought  to  read  the  Cy: 


livery  farmer  who  has  heard  of  Buch 
tome  a*  a  grange  ought  to  read  tt 
paper  for 


citizen,  bis  eulogist  does  not  name  it. 
In  this  obituary  of  Moore  the  eulogist 
sneers  at  Mr.  Greene  as  "the  High 
Priest  of  Anti-msBODry."  and  speaks  ol 
nti-masonic  discipline  with  bilter- 
,nd  contempt.  We  shall  soon  be 
:  the  writer's  judgment  will  be 
ed.  The  preservation  of  Mr. 
Greene,  David  Bernard,  Gerrit  Smith, 
and  other  veterans,  is  wonderful.  We 
they  may  be  permitted  to  meet  us 
raeuse  next  June,  the  month  of 
s.     They  will  soon  be  where 


Wesifield  and    their 


Resolved,      That     the     Committee 

judge   that  at  least   $1,01)0  should   be 

used  for  lecturing  purpoBes  in  the  state 

of   Wisconsin  during   the  year    1874; 

id  the  state   agent,  Rev.  H.  H.  Hin- 

iu,  is    hereby  instructed    to  use   all 

suitable  efforts  by  public  contributions, 

especially  through  private    solicit  a- 

to    obtain    pledges    for  the  above 

mentioned  amount. 

Resolved,  that  we  learn  with  great 
leaaure  that  our  New  York  State  aux- 
has  undertaken  the  support  ■ 


THK  AillKlllUAS  COMMUNE. 

Six  thousand  men  are  said  to  ha- 
en  in  their  names  at  officer,  ope 
ed  by  tbe  leaders  of  tbe  working  mf 
-f  Chicago,  who  claim  to  be  out  of  ei 
nloyment  and  needing  bread.  And  tl 
Tribune  says  that  the  proper  method 
of  dealing  wiili  thi-.  ru.iss  of  hungry  It 
borers  is  the  problem  of  the  hour.  Mil 
ery,  though  the  fruit  of  sin,  has  a  valt 
claim  to  compassion,  and  hunger  i 
misery.  But  bankrupts  in  the  bus 
ness  of  life,  like  financial  bankrupt' 
should  be  held  to  give  account  of  the 
assets;  «nd  the  laborer's  assets  are  h 


-.ball-d   , 


Now 


wages 


drilled  by  a  set  of  a 
lose  word  they    crov 
b  or  processions. 
ar  or  so  after  the  gre 
sly  bif 


of  all  kindi 

cago.     For  a  considerable    period  c 

ters,  etc.,  had  five  dollars  per  day 
abuut  tilVen  hundred  dollars  per  y 
piid  promptly  from  the  capital  wl 
flowed  in  to  rebuild  the  burnt  c 
What,  has  become  of  ili-m-  earning* 

Most  of  the  6000  laborers,  if  not  alt  of 
them  to  a  man,  are  members  of 
more  infidel  clubs  and  eecret   so 


Thei 


soft 


clai 


any  of  them,  soft-handedjr 


of  lei 


who  : 


-  did 

they  1 


hon. 


have  doc 


lount    of  good  it 
speut  upon  the   Cynosure.     Will   you 

do  all  you  can  to  prevent   the  continu- 
ance of  this  waste? 

Looking  1-Tward  joyfully  to  a   year 

of     self-denying,    successful    work    for 

Christ  and  his   kingdom,   we    are  your 

friends  and  cc-laborers, 

Ezra  A.  Cook  &  Co.,  Publishers. 


ons  from  college  faculties 
ieties.  These  will  be  pub 
■arly  day. 


;  of  Yates  City  Lodge, (III.),  These 
ters  reveal  much  ed  tlu-  aeiu.il  opera- 
b  lodge  system,  and  aie   re- 


nthlyc 


liable. 

3d.    A    department  v 
ati  1,   opened  for  the  nit 
prayer  sagtjested  in    late  editorials,  lor 
wbnh  any  item-,  of   encouragement   tt 
prayer  are  requested. 

4ib.    A  department  for  the  Anniver 
sary,  where  will  he    found    suggestion! 
topics  for  d'srii-ision.  management, 


lil:u>a»emelH, 

s"and"Expe 


•  ■gisiauires,       political 


To  lie  S"  and  tu  thV'uf'W 

ieuce"  departments  we  v 
.,nd  correspondents  lp>m  all  over  t! 
country,  who  shall  send  short  lettei 
n.-wspaper  clips,  etc.,  and  thus  enliven 


the  I'jiu 


ind  aid  the  reform. 


Tub  National  An 
for  June  2d.  next. 
Committee  decided  that  the  opening 
session  should  be  held  on  Tuesdi 
evening,  with  a  preliminary  devotional 
meeting  in  the  aften 
In  lhe  meanwhile  let  there  be  no  delay 
in  appointing  ib-l-  g::i>-s  from  every 
iary  association  and  every  church  whose 
HjinpathiZ'Ts  ure  with  lhe  relori 

Hon.  Sam'l  D.  Grkbnb  writ 
very  interesting  letter.  He  sen 
box  of  printed  matte 


history  of  the  Morgan  struggle,  in 

old  (80),  and 
Tea,"  replied 
:  1  shall  fi'bt 


ich    ll 


man  said  to  him;  ,(S 
fighting  Masonry  yel?" 
Mr.  Greene,  "while  II 
the    cause    of    the  po 

ness    under  the  cross,  ; 


is  my  Saviour 
s  us  an  obituary 
ol'CbarleH  W.  Moore,  clipped  from  tbe 
Boston  Journal.  This  Moore  b  lauded 
through  as  entire  column    of  the  Jour- 


.-.      It 


Mli-'hIiLl- 


work,  if 

day's  bread  honestly  acquired.     One 

the  chief  speakersof  the  Chicago  labi 

e  iB  the  well  known  son  of 

nfidel  preacher,    banker  a 

bankrupt,    who    has  never    "labors 

.irking  with  his  own  hands,"  and  has 


oadvi 


a  the 


e  laborers.     These  m 
ipulate  the  working  n 
:  cattle  in   Block-yards;  and 
Darnings  of  the  men 


The  initiation  fees  alone  of  these 
thousand  laboring  men,  into  a  Ma80 
lodge,  would  cost  the  sum  of  three 
hundred  thuTS'iii'l  dollars;  a  sum  e 
quale  to  feed  eyery  member  of  tl 
f.mul'ej  until  bpring.  And  if  tbe  t 
spent  by  these  0000  poor  laborers 
grog  Bliops  could  be  ascertained  and 
add-.-.L     duuo.ieij    il      would   swell 


than     half 


n.l.dlu 


;e  the  fire.  And  it  is 
one  hundred  and  fifty 
,  published  in  tbe  Chic; 


the  wolf  of  wai 


mg 


Chris 


Hire  neniug.  [burnt'  of  tin. in)  in  di-i* 
bowel  the  Relief  Society  in  the  etyh 
Masonic   oaths;  supply  their  Tamil 
aud  send  the  bills  to  the  Mayor  of  their 
own  choosing,  that  the   city    property 
holders  may  pay  them. 

The  case   is   just  this.       In  a  large 
family  nf  noya,  lhe  prodigal    sons,  hi 
ing  Bpiiat  their  living  with  harlots, co: 
back  on  the  thrifty  and  virtuous  me 
ber.-*  of  the  family,  and  threaten  them 
unless    they  consent   lo  a  division    of 
property;    which  process  begun, 
be  repeated,  till  in  a  little  while    there 
would  be  no  property  to  divide, 
hunger    of    starving    people,  mi 

removed, Chicago  must  hecomea 


Tns  State  Lkotoki 
lengthy  and  serious 
be  meeting  of  the  En 


;   General  Agen 

-.  of  the  work  ai 


u  c?one  without  lb-'  financial  aid 


■  adopted: 

!!  Mi"|.|j,.d  ,i 
it,  Rev.  J. 
,nd  par 


the   labors   of 

Iviggina,  in  thi 

in  <  [ft-i'iing  the  state  and  c  mnij  org 
izationB.  We  instruct  our  General  Age 
t"  correspond  with  Mr.  Ki^gina  touching 
tbe  pledges  made  for  lecturing  purpos 
es  in  Indiana  and  report  the  result  t 
this  committee:  and  we  request  lb 
officers    of  the  Stale  Assutiuiiuu    to  al 


This 
very     nearly.     Mom 


s  <•-'! 


tha 


halt  which  Odd-fell 
brothers  for  that  year  was  returned  to 
them.  The  balance  of  the  brothers 
received  nothing  back. 

Since  the  payment  of  this  amount 
is  charged  to  the  account  of  charity, 
these  brothers  of  course  must  be  reck- 
as  fit  subjects  of  charity.  Is  it 
little  singular  that  a  class  of  men 
carefully  seleoled  from  the  healthy, 
perateand  well-to-do  portion  of  so- 
ciety, and  whose  members  are  dropped 


ind    that  Mr.  /..  Wean- 


will  i 


We  hope  that   the    ei 
ile  will  stimulate  the    friends  in   o 

Others   on    Illinois    and  Ohio  ^ 

dopted  and  will  be  published  Boon 


BOASTING  AND  BAM'EKIMJ  OF 
THK  OUD-FELLOWS  AGAIN  MET 
BY  FACTS  AND  FIGURES. 

After  tbe  paragraph  in  the  Heart 
and  Hand  on  which  we  commented 
o  weeks  since,  is  the  following 
We  shall  look  with  interest  foi 
ar's  report.  We  desire  to  ae< 
many     brothi 


,nd  how  mu< 


Miiev-  purl.      We  beliei 


e  done  I     Words  feed  i 


t  the 


gry 


:sl  they  are  very  much  inter- 
ested. Would  really  line  to  have  ue 
blow  our  own  trumpet  as  they  do. 
Not  content  with  ringing  the  changes 
endlessly  upon  the  mighty  gifts  of 
charity  which  they  lavished  upon 
initiated  among  the  sufferers  of  i 
phis  and  Shreveport  (which  afier  all 
was  but  a  meagre  pittance  compared 
with  what  Christian  people  outside  t 
thoBe  orders  did  and  made  no  ado  i 
tbe  form  of  braggiug  about  i1 
the  secret  orders  even  got  up  a  flan 
ing  celebration  ostensibly  to  honor  tt 
lady  nurses,  but  really  to  emblazon  tt 
charity  of  their   orders   in    their  jou 

d  thus  appropriate  to  the  lodgi 


sad  of  I 


thof 


i  all  t 


t,  but  their 


i  lodge 


tempt  to  steal  their  honors  and  put  th 
as  a  halo  about  the  brow  of  Odd-fellow- 
ehip.  Shame,  where's  thy  blush? — 
No,  this  example  does  not  entice  ub,  at 
a  model  for  imitation.  Yet  as  Pau 
once  suffered  himself  to  become  a  foo 
in  glorifying,  we  take  it  as  a  thing  pos 
sibly  allowable  under  the  compulsioi 
of  such  towering  vanity   as  these  Odd 


ellow 


xhibit.     For  c 


sceud  to   a   few   comparisons    of  facts 

Conveniently,     for   this, 

number  of  tbe  Heart  and  Hand  which 
challenges  comparison  contains  the  offi 
cial  statistics  of  the  I.  O.  of  O.  F.  foi 
the  year  1872.  This  ahowe  an  incomt 
of  $4,291, 071,12, the  whole  tax  imposec 
and  collected,  either  for  initiation! 
on  polls  or  property  of  the  order, 
whose  total  membership  at  the  begin- 
ning of  the  present  yei 


The 


erngs 


of  I 


iherefore  per  membe: 
2  1-2  mills,  to  say  nothing  of 
ijalia,  festivals,  and  other 
jxpenses,    which   would     am 


es  as  much  as  the  whole  i 
.  T/he  whole  cost  of  O 
»  to  the   membership    for 

aybeputat  817, 104,284.48.     I 
jt  to  be  wondered   at   therefore   t 


fello' 


And 


it  is  simply  absurd    to  maintain  t 
Odd-fellows   do,   that   such   a    burden 
can  be  borne  and  is  borne  by  the 

bers  outside  of  all  governmental 

and   expenses  of   living,    and    yet  the 


i  pay  ju 


»  much  to  support 
md   general  i 


with 


lies  as  if  they  paid  nothiog 
Forty  dollars  a  year  outside 

men  of  moderate  means  will  tell  c 
their  ability  to  meet  ths  legitima 
claims  of  benevolence;  will  surely  re 
suit  in  much  robbing  ol  God  in  tyth< 
aud  divinely  appointed  offerings,  that 
they  may  meet  man-imposed  exat 
A  drain  which  if  stopped, or  diree 
a  saving's  bank,  or  put  at  lawful 
es^,  would  nmouut  in  forty  years 
independent  endowment  Tor  old  a 
But  what  (eats  of  charity  wen 


formed  with  I 


s  four  millioi 


jns  spent  by  the  members  in  re 
le  four?     Well,    48.002   broth' 

paid    $1,057,210.87,   utider  the 
i  of  relief;   almost  one  quarter  of 


;d  upon  the  rich.  And  the  lit- 
tle expended  on  <he  poor  man's  funer- 
I,  he  had  paid  for,  himself,  out  of  his 
wn  hard  earnings.  So  with  all  their 
harity  really  there  is  no  charity  in  it. 
But  allow  all    they    claim.     Then   wm 

ue  $4,391,071.13 

to  brothors  $1,057,210.07 

Widowed  families        171,600,08 


pay  their  regular  dues;  th 

lesB  almost  one  in   every  nine  of  them 

retain    their   good   standing 
paupersl     I  fancy  I   hear  some  C 
v  exolaim,  indignantly,  "Thy 

paupers."  Why,  then,  do 
pay  these  paltry  sums  and  call  it  c 
ity  t     If  they  are  not  paupers  they 

i subjects  of  charity;  and  if 
Gi  Mibj-et-.  i>l  ebarity  the    payiuer. 

)-caIled    relief  is   not   a   work    of 
charity.     It  is  a  simple  business  trans- 

i,  the  mere    payment  of  a   debt, 

work  of  benevolence  is  a  deception  and 
hypocrisy.  That  some  of  the  Odd- 
ows  see  and  feel  this  is  evident 
from  a  communication  in  the  same  uum- 
of  tbe  Heart  and  Hand  from  S 
shepherd  one  of  the  Past  Grandi 
of  the  order.  He  says,  "brothers  wht 
;  to  receive  this  relief"  frequently 
donate  it  back  to  the  lodge.  Why) 
suse  other   brothers  do 


e  do  not 


(■uIlr.ld-T'-d    !1 


paupei 


e  tliau   they. 


This 


■  declH 


i  the 


benefits  and  poor  ones  decline  thei 
and  he  asks  that  there  be  a  change 
this  matter,  that  this  payment  of  i 
lief  shall  be  put  upon  the  simple  ba 
of  health  insurance  and  called  by 
right  name.     Then  let  those  who  wa 


the 


raw  the  policy  when  it  beeoir.eii  due 
id  let  them  who  prefer  to  pay  thei 
wn  doctor's  bills  and  funeral  expensei 
e  exempted  from  the  lodge  duei 
hich  furnish  the  funds  for  such    ben 


This 


uld  ha- 


lanly  and  honest  look.  But  an  ion 
nee  policy  which  costs  three  or  1< 
irnes  ils  face,  where  are    the    fools 


nujt  be  struck  from  tin 
or   reduced    at   least   ninety 
Call  it  $100,000. 


I  by  paym 


f$l7l 


i  this 


should  be  subjected  to  a  similar  rei 
tion  with  the  relief  paid  to  broth 
It  was  bought  and  paid  for  by  the  I 
band  in  advance.  It  was  not  needed 
in  a  majority  of  the  cases.  Only 
small  portion  therefore  can  be  properly 
charged 

But  let  thisstand  withoutdeduction, 
Then  we  have  orphans  relieved  (nun: 
ber  not  stated)  by  payment  of  819 
344.72.  Let  that  stand,  though  som 
of  them  were  well  supplied  with  fnendi 
and  funds  no  doubt 

Then  we  have  for  advertising  th> 
lodge  by  funeral  pageants.  ?'2  5  5.  :*54. 15 
Now  as  lo  these  funeral  pageants,  w 
just  remark  in  passing,  nobody  in  i 
civilized  and  Christian  community  eve 
wanied  decent  burial,  even  when  Odd 
fellowship  aud  Freemasonry  wore   un 

Nor  would    anybody    be    injured    ii 
this    regard    if  these  orders   were    t< 
drop    out   of  existence    to-day.     They 
usually   increase   the   burden   and 
pense  of  funerals  to  the  bereaved    e 
than  they  diminish  them.     Their  pres 


liket 


t  of  hired 


mockery  and  offence  lo  sincere  oneE 
The  mercenary  mourners  imprudent!; 
crowd  sside  the  real  ones;  the  Christ 
leas  deism  impiously  crowds  out  th 
evangelical  gospel;  and  thus  rudel; 
snatches  away  the  Christian  mourner' 
ordy  consolation  in  those  scenes  wrier 
the  Borrows  of  death  encompas 
him.  And  all  this  that  a  false  sup 
piaster  may  advertise  itself  and  asser 
its  superiority  over  alt  that  Is  true  ant 
sacred  in  the  religion  of  Christ,  in  it 
connection  with  death  and  with  eterni 
ty.      If  Masons   and  Odd-fellows  prefe 

Christian  churches,  why,  let  tne  deai 
bury  their  dead.     But  the  church,  tin 

minister,or  tbe  Christian,  who  does  no 
meet  their  unpious  intrusion  into  our  sa 
cred  solemnities  with,  "Get  thee  be 
hind  me  Satan,"  is  derelict  in  duty. 
We  see  a  lavish  expenditure  of  money 
in  these  funeral  pageants,  but  nothing 
that  has  one  trait  of  true  benevolence 
igbutabraeen  and  hypocrilica 
ion     upon    sorrow    with     which 


leddle, 


ley  may  have  been 


And  t 


Odd-fellowahip 

benevolent  woi 
Heretofore  thei 


annual    reports    have 


aoexpenseof*1.700. 
ivem  in  the  expenses 
r  orphans  during    the 

our  large  cities;  and  these  po^r  chil- 
;n  are  not  the  children  of  our  friends, 
of  brothers  in  the  church,  but  simply  . 
the    poor  and    friendless  or    homeless 
helped  or  perish.       Per- 
chance they  may  bo  the  children  of  un- 
Christians,  or  of  idle   and  of 
irents.or  of  Odd-fellows  whose 
nability  lo  pay  an  endless  tax,  has  for- 
feited their   claim  lo    funds  which   in 
er  days  they  invested  in  that   "  be- 
ilent  order  which  now  in  their   cal- 
ly  retains  their  money,  but  ignores 
givers  as  a  squeezed  orange.      But 
nakes    no  difference,   the  Christian 
society  takes  up  the   child    of   the 
Odd-fellow,    whose  poverty    has    sunk 


more  than  one  third. 

uao  seriously  declare, 
■elief  is  the  real  objec 


-eli.'f   l 


.are   foi 
passing 

nly  advocate  so  ridiculoun  an  absurd 
ity  and  can  look  each  other  in  the  ey 
while  doings.,  in  public  and  not  burs 
■ghter,  shows  great  command 
of  the  risible  muscles.  Especially  whe 
perfectly  ev 
dent  that  not  more  than  one-tenth  j 
that  one. third  goes  to  those  who  ai 
proper  objects  of  charity.  To  speak  i 
round  numbers,  half  a  million  of  well-t 
do  men  tax  themselves  *17, 000,000  i 
help  the  hundredth  part  of  their  nun 
ber  of  their  needy  friends  to  *15U,00t 


which  the   ordei 


really  needy,  or  are  at  all  benefited  by 
what  they  call  relief.  The  others 
be  far  more  benefitted  by  beiug  left  to 
assert  their  real  independence  by  helping 
themselves ,  investing  their  earnings 
for  a  rainy  day,  inatead  of  spending  on 
Odd-lellowbhip  and  living  from  baud  li 
mouth, "and  thus  become    the   depend- 


It  n 


1  the 


dolla: 


e  fifth  of  that  amount;  and 
s    the    least   of  all, 
1.       Or  to  speak  mo; 
phans  get  one  do.lar 
revenue.     The  widows  get 

Funerals  take  a  little  less  than   one 
every    seventeen.       Poor  brothers 
ceive  a  fraction  over  one  out   of  every 
four.     While  a  small  fraction  h-si 
two  out  of  every    three   goes  into 
abysmal  coffers  of  the  order,  to 
the  crisis    that  shall  develop  the 
object  of  the  grand  conspiracy,  oi 
coming  of  bolder  and    more   succi 
Tweeds    than    him  oi  Blackwell' 

Thus  we  see  that  in   the  bestow 
of  thiB  vast  so-called   benevolent 

two  parts  in  three  are  appropriated  for 
hoarding  and  stealings;  and  of  the 
balance  the  nearer  the  work  approach- 
es to  the  charitable,  the  less  the  appro- 
priations, and  the  farther  it  recedes  I 
this  the  greater  the  appropriation. 

to  say  that  lb 


-  than  ' 


i  dollai 


enty 


the  last  year's  inci-mc  of  the  ordei 
bestowed  upon  a  really  lit  eubji 
charity,  using  that  word  in  the 
of  reliefer  alms-giving,  and  tbatn 
was  bestowed  not  upon  the  principle  ol 
benevolence  but  of  insurance. 

We  are  willing  that  the    Odd-fellow 
should  enj  >y  all  the  ■onif-rl  which 
be  derived  from  the  consideration    t 
of  the  forty  dollars  he  spends  annually 
upon    Odd-fellowship,     perhaps     fiftj 

of  the  craft  who  is  a  proper  object  O 
such  an  alms.  But  we  are  not  willing 
that  he  should  be  made  to  believe  tha 
the  bestowment  of  this  crumb  of  at 
alms  is  the  main  or  real  object  of  Odd 
fellowship.  Much  less,  that  this  much 
vaunted  but  really  contemptible  alms 
giving  entitles  the  order  to  bear  the 
palm  in  nil  Christendom  and  jusnfi1 
its  insolent  comparisons  and    reproacl 


r  once,  therefore,   we    accept   ihi 

iiiBulling  challenge    of  these    vaunlinj 

almsgivereof  50  cents  a  year.       ■'Sliov 

what  i/oit  hive  done;   wi-rds  feed  nut  the 

ngry."      We  speak  as  Christians  aiu 

behalf   of    Christians  in    disti'icliu 

un  secret,  so-called,  benevolent  aooie 

i.     We  have  originated  and  sustain 

ed  the  Children's  Aid   Society  in  New 

York  city,  wl 

lolhing  aud 

hitdren  in  oi 


and 


1. 300  were  furnished  with    good    per- 


Hui 


mty 


We 


tbo 


%  sign  of  distress  wo  require. 
That  is  God's  draft  on  all  true  beuevo- 
Thoy  who  pass  this  by  and  de- 
mand some  other  secret  signature,  dis- 
honor the  cheeks  of  heaven    and   prove 

own  benevolence  a  Bham,    a  coun- 

Well,  heie  is  one   item   of  Christian 

arity  towards   orphans   of  101,700. 

ju  may  multiply  ibat  by  twenty  and 

en  not  exceed  the  amount  of  Cbrist- 

i  alms  in  this  country  during  the  past 

year  for  this  same  purpose,  which   will 

give*  1,231 ,000    to   offset  your  *19,- 

000. 

7.  T.  W,  Aveling  of  London  re- 
ported in  tbo  meeting  of  the  Christian 
Alliance  in  New  York  statistics  of  ton 
similar  organisations  of  Christian  phy- 
lanthrophy  in  Great  Britain  which  have 
raised  for  orphans  twenty  millions  of 
dollars  in  round  numbers,  mostly  dur- 
ing the  last  twenty  years;  and  he  states 
that  the  amount  expended  annually  in 
his  country  for  puip-jaes  of  Christian 
philantlirophy,  i.  e.,  over  above  what 
is  paid  over  lo  sustain  Christian  institu- 
tions, is  not  less  than  fifteen  and  a  half 
millions  of  dollars.  Set  down  as  much 
done  for  Christian  ph.ilautb.ropy  in  tho 
the  United  Slates  and   you    would  not 

much  is  done  in  every  Christian  con- 
gregation for  the  good  of  those  in  their 
own  locality,  of  which  no  record  is  kept 
or  report  given,  that  exact  estimates 
are  impossible  and  the  vaslness  of  the 
amount  incomprehensible  if  the  items 
could  all  be  collected.  Besides  all  this 
and  of  more  value  than  all  the  dollars 
and  cents,  whether  paid  by  Christians 
or  others,  is  lhe  fact  lhat  "  Godliness  is 
profitable  unto  all  things"  and  the  "poor 
have  the  gospel  preached  to  them." 
Four  denominations  of  Protestants  in 
this  country  raise  and  expend  annually 
more  than  four    millions    of  dollars   in 


preaching      Lhe   '  gospel 
could  or  would  n 
tidings  of  salvati 


thoi 


r  the 


Thei 


ol  th--  tilings  we  have 
done.  And  we  asserl,  fearless  ol  truth- 
ful contradiction,  lhat  450.000  of  tne 
poorest  widows  in  our  churches  actually 
paid  more  money  during  the  year  1872 
lo  proper  subjects  of  real  philanthrophy 
than  the  same  number  ol  Odd-fellows 
paid  to  like  subjects  through  that 
vaunted  benevolent  order.  Our  poor 
widows  are  more  than  equal  to  the  av- 
erage Odd-fellow  eveu  in  the  pecunia- 
ry amount  of  their  benevolent  giving; 
and  as  to  the  real  value,  the  genuine 
charity  of  their  gifts  more  than  equal 
to  all  the  secret  lodges  in  Christendom. 


A  Nkw  Volume. — A  historical  work 
of  240  pai;es  up.>o  secret  societies,  an- 
cient and  modern,  has  just  been  issued 
from  the  press  of  Ezra  A.  Cook  dt  Co. 
The  design  of  this  book  is  to  give  a 
brief,  but  comprehensive  outline  of 
their  rise,  progress  and  character,  with 
respect  to  tbe  Christian  religion  and 
republican  government. 

The  name  of  Gen,  J.  W.  Phelps 
appears  upon  the  title  page  under  the 
modest  claim  ol  having  edited  the 
work.  Whether  he  is  considered  edit- 
or or  author  it  is  evident  that  he  has 
bestowed  much  research  and   labor  up- 


lany 


in]    in     theori 


'nj-:c  lures 

or  fables,  but  from  facts  drawn  from 
sources  of  unquestionable  authenticity. 
Among  the  subjects  treated  is  the 
claim  of  Freemasonry  lo  antiquity, 
which  the-    writer  admits,   if  it  is  ad- 


of   In 


'  pagai 


nry.  He 


;ihra.etc.,— 

lemicnl    with    Freema- 

i  ibat  any  way  these  cou- 

ilule  the  only  ancient  Freemasonry  of 

hich  authentic  history  gives  any  trace. 

He  then  giveB  the  character  of  this  ao- 

Masonry  as  depicted    by   reliable 

iaus,    ancient  and    modern^   and 

gives  an  extended  illustration    of  then 

baleful  influence  in  live  life  of  the  ape*- 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE  :  JANUARY  1,  1874. 


of  the 


tate  Julian  recorded  by  Gibbon.  Me 
then  showe  the  origin  of  Freemasonry 
in  its  present  speculative  form  and  fi**fl 

early  part,  of  the    18th    centuiy.      He 

WmlimqLuii's  Freemasonry 
laying  of  the 
tional  capitol  by  Masons ;  and  traces  the 
hiBtory  of  the  order  in  the  United 
States;  next  the  history  of  the  Free- 
mason rings;  then  of  the  Credit  Mobil 
ier  ring.  TbtSjlasl  four  chapters  are 
occupied  with  very  able  and  inferen- 
tial discussions  an  to    the    benevolence, 

ry.  We  think  those  who  have  inves- 
tigated these  matters  most  carefully 
will  be  interested  and  profited  by  read- 
ing this  book,  and  those  who  have  not 
investigated  them,  if  they  will  read  it 
with  the  love  of  truth  in  their  hearts 
will  afterward  have  no  desire  to  have 
anything  to  do  with  secret  societies. 
We  hope'the  work   mry  have   a   wide 

Published  by  Bi 
price  60  cU- 


Kotes  from  the  Enst.  —  Prof.  Blan- 
clHn-d'd  Str-mid  Lecture  In  Jersey 
City. 

Editor  oftlie  Cynosure:— 

The  friends   of  the  cause    of  man's 

rery  and  degradation  of  the  Masonic 
ge,  will  be  pleased  to  hear  of  any 
rance  being  made  upon   the  works  of 


.pie. 


that  I  now  write  you    such  intelli- 
ce.      Until   very    recently    secrecy 
has  been  quite  at   ease    in  Jersey  City 
and  vicinity.     But  it  has  pleased  God, 
'hom  secrecy  dishonors,  to  bring  forth 
>  the  light  some  of  the  dark  and  darn- 
ing   ways  of  this  child  of   the  devil, 
ome  weeks  ago  the  pastor  of  the  Uni- 
id  Presbyterian  Church    in    this  city, 
nnounced  to  his  people  that  he  would 
preach   a   series  of  discourses  on    the 
subject  of  "secret  societies;"  which  he 
rdingly  did.     Beginning  with:  1st, 
divine  organizations,    the    family. 
Church  and    the  State;  2d,     The 
Freemasonry,  its 


for  a  long  time.  And  I  am  per- 
suaded from  what  1  know  of  the  people 
and  place,  it  has  sent  a  shell  into  the 
enemy's  camp  that  will  prove  a  source 
of  great  disquietude.  We  are  locking 
forward  with  much  encouragement  to 
isor  Blanchard's  two  remaining 
lectures  on  Dec.  2(1  and  Jan.  2.  of 
hich  you  will  receive  a  report.  Ear- 
sally  enlisted  in  the  cause  of  light  and 
truth,  Against  the  unfruitful  works  o 
darkness  I  remain,    Youis    truly, 


i  A    Cook   &    Co. 


table 


nptio 


Ita  ; 


NOTES. 

We  received  sad  news  last  Saturday 

of  the  death  of  the  Rev.  Lewis  Bailey, 
editor  and  publisher  of  the  Free  Mtth- 
odist.  His  health  had  for  some  time 
been  feeble,  so  much  bo  that  for  weeks 
he  had  been  constrained  to  give  up  the 
severest  of  his  editorial  duties.  At  the 
lime  of  his  death  he  was.  we  learn,  un- 


republican  character;  0th,  Its  anti- 
Lian  character;  6th,  Its  oaths; 
7th,  Its  crimes.  It  is  true  that  few 
besides  the  members  of  the  congrega- 
gation  attended  the  discourses,  but 
they  appear  now  to  have  a  marked 
providential  connection  wilh  opei  ing 
the  batteries  of  light  upon  the  citadel 
of  darkness  here.  For  while  they 
leing  delimed,  and  when  it  was 
town  to  the  pastor  that  any  help 


i  the  c 


Tuesday 
edand 
P.  M.  wl 
-Elder 


are   at    Gnlva,    III.       0 

ling  ftbloou-vessel  ruplui 
ok  rapidly  until  2  o'cloc 
e  l"e:|  asln-p  in  Jesus. 

page  was  already  in  ly/| 


We  1 


>   th,-    alia 


he  opinions  of  Bro.  Bai- 
ley will  not  be  con&idered  discourteous. 
indeed,  there  is  reason  to  believe 
those  opinions  were  homewhat  modified 
in  the  discussion  of  the  subject  in  the 
Free  Metkodist  and  Cynosure.  The 
political  bearing  of  the  reform  must 
have  more  prayer,  thought  and  argu- 
ment, especially  in  the  near  prospect  ot 
organization  for    a  national  contest. 

— Two    new  journalistic   enterprises 
are  reported  which  will  sustain  the  re- 

orm  against  the  lodge.    "Our  Banner,'' 
monthly  devoted  to  the    principles  of 

.he  Reformed  Presbyterian  Churcl: 
will  soon  be  issued  from  New  York, 
Its    motto,   "For    Christ's   Crown  ant 


t  lo'Jges  reprr 


s  oppof 


;  fort 


other  abomina 
Another  is  tl 
a    local  paper 


Gentry  county,  Mo., 
ise  thatindefntiguible 
opponent  of  the  lodge,  Bro.  G.  W. 
Needels,  will  have  n  large  interest, 
A  hearty  welcome  lo  both  these  co-la- 
borers for  Christian  liberty. 

— Our  readers  will  be  interested  to 
learn  that  the  accomplished  scholar 
and  editor,  George  W.  Curtis.  Editor 
of  Harper's  Magazine  and  Weekly,  has 
written  an  able  editorial  in  the  Maga- 
zine for  January  on  secret  societies.  A 
reprint  may  06  expected  next  week. 

— We  shall  endeavor  also  in  the 
next  number  to  give  a  sketch  of 
a  new  ''order"  lately  added  to  the  fam- 
ily of  secrecy,  the  "Patrons    of  Indus- 


just  cause,  Prof. 
Charles  A.  Blanchnrd  of  Whealon  Col- 
lege, Illinois,  who  is  a  hoBt  in  himself, 
ed  and    look  the  field  in  purau- 

of  lectures  in  New  York,  Brook- 
lyn, Philadelphia  and  Jersey  City;  and 
the  above  mentioned  discourses  served 
mong  other  things  to  lead  the  people 
o  consider  the  tubject  and  to  desire 
'more  light."  So  that  the  last  night 
the  1st.  U.  P.  Church  was  well  filled 
both  in  the  main  audience  room  and 
gallery.  Freemasons,  Odd-fellows  and 
their  kin  were  present.  And  one 
ild  not  help  from  concluding  from 
ihe  forlorn  appearange  of  the  members 
of  the  ''craft"  that  they  felt  exceedingly 
uncomfortable  as  they  sat  under  a  con- 
* -mortal  hours." 
During  that  time  the  Professor  sent  his 
i  "thick  and  fast"  into  the  body 
aoiiry  and  kindred  orders.  Ma- 
ad  their  sympathisers  tat  mute, 
though  they  were  offered  pi 
refute  in  a  gentlemanly  mannei 
nrght t 


innot  attempt  a  discription  of  thi 
an  only  be  fully  appreci- 
heard,  and  we  do  appre 
We  feel  like  lifting  up  oui 
head,  as  it  were  from  the  hidings  of 
Lame  that  no  watchman  has  hitherto 
iried  to  give  the  people  warning.  I 
nay  however  slate  in  a  summary  way 
lie  line  of  thought  presented  by  the 
lecturer,  this  being  the  f-ccond  lecture 
of  the  course;  the  first  was  delivered  in 
,he  Rev,  R.  Armstrong's  church  a  week 
i^o.     Prof.  Blatichard  commenced  wilh 


9  Of  ) 


try," 


iety. 


rthe  laborer    aod    artisan,  aB 
the  grange  is  lor  the  farmer. 

—The  full  and  interesting  reports 
from  New  York  and  vicinity  will  excuse 
the  unusual  variety  of  corroapondence 
"great     and    effectual 


iry  may   be  derived :  lBt,   from 
ight,what  we  see  Masons  do  a 
funerals, laying  cornerstones, etc. ,  2nd 

a  what  renouncing  Ma 
it  is  done  in  the  lodge 
i    being    equally  relia 


Fill    W*    lid- 


lutS^! 


eofh 


first   numbe 


fort: 


as  a  leading  health  journal.  The  de 
acriptinns  oi  city  hospitals  in  Cincinnati 
and  New  York  are  interesting,  and 
Prof.  Lynch's  paper  on  '  The  Preven- 
tion of  Disease,"  and  another  on  the 
Sewage  Question,  especially  the  advan 
tage  to  be  seenred  by  the  dry  earth 
system  of  treating  refuse,  are  of  great 
value.  A.  S.  BarneB  it  Co.,  New 
York,   $3.00 

Chili p  TniiH|n>rt, 
National    improvement 

crtt  or  myBlery  of  it  J     What 

is  the  boy  for  eating  his  cako  secretly, 

selfishly    behind    the   door, 

openly,  at  ihe  table  at  the  reyularmeal 

hour,  with  ihe  rest  of  the  ft 

we  not  all  in  favor  of  cheap  transporta- 

If  this  cheap  transportation  is  to 
made  to  play  the  p;irt  of  the  poor  v 
ow's    son  in    this  new-I'mi^le.!    Mute 

Cynosure  will  let  ua  know  it.     I  w 
cheap  transportation,  and  am  willing 

Masonic  shame,  if  you  please. 

Common  Sehbe 


Second,  the  false  assumption  of  great 
inliquity  on  the  part  of  the  Fn 
;ous,  when  in  fact  it  dates  no  further 
>ack  than  the  year  A.  D.  1717,  when 
t  was  born  in  the  Goose  and  Gridiror 
ile  house  in  London. 

Third,  its  false  claims  that  the  best 
nen  in  all  ages  have  belonged  to  tb< 
order,  when  the  opposite  is  notoriously 
tct,  as  was  instanced  by  selling 
men  as  Albert  Q.  Mackey,  of  S 
C.  Daniel  Sickelsof  N.  Y„  and  Alber 
G.  Pike    of   D.   C,  the  champions  o 

Wm.  H.  Seward,  Dan'l  Webster,  John 
Q,  Adams  and  others,  by  which  all 
could  see  at  a  glance  how  preposterous 
the  claim  of  Freemasonrv  is. 

Then  proceeding  lo  the  subject  foi 
the  evening,  viz:  "The  Ceremonies  o 
Freemasonry."  The  Prof,  gave  i 
most  graphic  and  minute  detail  of  ini 
nation  into  ihe  first  or  Entered  Appren 
tice  degree,  then  of  the  raising  t< 
Fellow  Craft,  and  also  to  the  third  oi 
Master  Mason's  degree,  describing  the 
knocks,  words,  signs  and  grips,  the 
readings  and  mock  prayers,  hoodwink- 
ing, stripping,  ineurr.dcriiig  around  the 
lodge,  falling  among  thieves  and  mur- 
derers, being  slain  and  raised  after  four- 
teen days,  in  imitation  of  their  lying  le 
gend  of  Hiram  Abiff,  by  one  of  tht 
craft  personating  ihe  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
Such  is  a  mere  outline  of   one  of   the 


iwhie 


The  Brooklyn  Storm." 

iooklvn,  E.  D.,Dec.  26,1873. 

s  northern  wind  was  busy    lifting 

the  Masonic  fl  ig,   when  Satan    looked 

rth  and  sent  a  storm  which  has  raged 

ith  unabated   violence    for    the   past 

eek.      Sulphurous    blasphemies  end 

ginq  tliundiT  and  ahowi-rs  of  tobacco 

lice  saluted  the  cause  on  the  night  of 

the   aecond    lecture.        Next  day    the 

Brooklyn  Times  came  out  with  an  im- 


md  in  a 


spec! 


i  false  r 


port  of  Professor  Blanobard's    lecture. 
Letters  pro  and  con  followed;    hut  the 
e  exceeded.     The  wholw  city  was 
fied.     One    man,  who  had    been 
proposed  and  voted    upon  by  the  Ma- 
rt-fused  to  be  initialed   when    he 
how    they  acted.        Other    yuun^ 
lonry,  and 


■ned  t 


i  Anli-r. 


no  doubt  that  there  are  more 
-en  thousand"  in  this  city  who 
bowed  the  knee  to  this  mod- 
Aaiong  those  worthy  of 
is  Rev.  N.  Woodside.  who 
preaches  a^.tinst  the    system,  and    ex- 


Blauchai 


iety 


Last  night  Pre 
vered  his  third  lecture  in  the  church  to 
a  very  into  l.gent  and  respectable  audi- 
nce.  The  Masons  were  out  in  larger 
umbers,  but  in  the  main  behaved  them 
elves,  for  they  saw  two  sturdy  police- 
len  at  the  dour*.  But  they  went 
way  racing  and  swearing  that  they 
rould  be  "even"  with  Blanched  yet. 
'he  lecture  was  a  must  powerful  and 
ud  convincing  testimony  against  Fr'-e- 
aasonryand  lully  showed  thatitsobh- 
gations  are  opposed  to  the  laws  of 
God  and  of  the  state. 

storm  terrified  some  of  the 
i)  members  and  officers,  and  the 
almost  felt  that  he  had  been  left 
but  God  stood  by  and  strength- 
ened him,  Now  the  flag  of  truth  is 
floating,  the  mast  unbrken  and  the 
building  safe. 

Cynosure,  to  excuse  my 
few  lines,  God  make  you  like  the  "bar- 
ley losf  thai  overturned    the  tent,"  the 
ord  of  the  Lord  and  of  Gideon!" 
Yours  truly,  W. 

report  of  the  first  lecture 


.set  nt'uinst  Ihe  I'dme  ot  Darkness 

Prof.  C.  A.  Btanchiird  delivered  his 
third  lecture  on  Masonry,  Dec.  22d,  in 
the  .Scotch  Presbyterian  church,  23d 
street,  near  8th  avenue,  to  a  large  and 
ntelligent  audience,  savins;  a  tew  out- 
,'iders,    the    offsoourinirs    of    creation, 


Hi'  r 


distil  tbam-e;  and  dmiliih.-s-. 
mob  violence  would  have  been  had,  had 
not  the  police  been  on  hand.  Fine  as- 
sociates for  our  President,  members  of 
Congress,  doctors  of  divinity,  ministers, 
leaders!  "Hail  fel- 
rv>  attempt  an  anal- 
lines  of  thediecourse 
Suffice    it 


lnjut 


arly, 


a  ,-ie. 


fd  ihe  sedi: 
few  Masons  and  Odd-fellows  scattered 
through  the  audience  were  boiliugwhh 
rage,  and  nothing  but  fear  kept  them 
from  wenking  vengeance  on  the  speak- 
er. But  [jthanku  to  God  the  righteous 
are  bold  as  a  lion,  while  the  wicked  flee 
when  no  man  pursue  th.       Long  had  I 

claves  were  hot  beds  of   iniquity,  sink 
holes  of  morii    filth,   but    I  had  not 

dreamed  of  what  the  devil   was   doing 
locieties.     Hot 


th« 


the 


villi  e 


ll^lc   !-|.|lll 


[li.-se  liulgi.-s  I 

saith  the  apo 
fellowship  wi 
drink  the  cup  of  the  Lord,  and  the  cup 

the  Lord's   table,  and  of  the    table    of 


the 


■ory,    yo 
f  Free 


masonry  and    Odd -fellowship,    judging 
from  what  I  saw  hist  evening,    it 
steeped,  distilled,  or  boiled  down 
jelly  I 

The   cler«y  and  editors  in   oui 


ted 


been  a  popular  subject  in  a  worldly 
sense  for  discussion,  not  a  church  or  a 
hall  in  our  city  would  have  contained 
the  audience  I  You  see,  beloved,  what 
an  Herculean  task  is  before  you.  The 
battle  ia  yet  to  be  fought,  the  Augean 
stable  is  scarcely  begun  to  be  oleansed. 
The  Lord  give  grace  equal  to  the  day. 
He  will.      Go  forward.  d.t.n. 

The       Exccntiue       Committee       hav- 


Letters  from  Bro.  Hinman  are 
ging.  His  health  which  has  bee; 
ue  fail  ts  fully  restored.  He  1 
een  lecturing  through  Sauk   com 


ANTIMASONIC  TRACTS. 


Hellgioi 
Bro.  D.  T.  Shepardsc 


'(inijclM   in  the   We.-ili-yui 


:.  Chai 


ra,Bat 


Iv.mi;.  lihl,  Ini-  hecn  -jn: 
ful  revival  efforts  In  sev, 
liis  city.— The  revival  it 

mill  in  the  city  could  not 
ices  and  open  air  meet  in  ( 
daily  last  week. 


.News  Summary. 
ihasa  holiday  reel 


weeks. 

Cirr.— Rnff-rty,    who 

policeman  in  August,  1872 


s of  three 


,  but  as 
seder* 


has     been     convicted, 
een    hanged  on    Friday 

■i  urai'iEed  Justin  time  to 


and  he  will  have 
— The  demonstrations  of  the  unemploy- 
ed laborers  grew  more  fierce  during  last 
week.  5.0U0  marched  to  the  city  hall 
on  Monday  to  demand  woik  of  the 
Mayor  and  Council.  These  wonhiea 
surrounded  themselves  with  a  large  po- 
lice force  for  protection  from  the  men 
ho  elected  them.  The  leaders  want- 
1  ihe  Relief  and  Aid    Society  to  hand 


CocNTar. — Daniel  E.  Sickles  has  re- 
signed his  office  of  Minister  to  Spain 
and  Caleb  Cushing  appointed  to  the 
place— The  nomination  of  Attorney 
General  Williams  to  the  Chief  Jus- 
hip  has  not  been  confirmed 


likely  to  b 
other    department    offii^n 
public  funds    to  provide    j 


week  and  in  several  places  m  In  ian* 
ond  Ohio  accidents  have  occurred 
through  the  strikers,  and  in  the  form 
er  Gov.  Hendricks  has  resorted  to  th( 
militia  to  keep  order.— The  U.  8. 
gunboat  Ossipee  arrived  in  Norfolt 
on  Tuesday  and  reported  that  the  Vir 
giniua  founders*  and  sunkatsea.  Sc 
the  question  of  ownership  is  settled  be 

Fobeiom.  — A    French    investigalioi 

of  the  Ville  du  Havre  disaster  throw 
blame  on  the  Hootch  vessel.  An  Eng 
lish  inquiry  now  progressing  seems  ti 
prove  the  contrary.  —  Dispatches  fr<>n 
Gihraller  report  the  loss  of  an  Eng 
iish  vessel  and  twenty-three  liyes. — 
Eighteen  persons  were  drowns 
the  sinking  of  a  steamboat  on  th( 
erTyne  in  England,  Dec.   26th. 


Now  York  market. 


L  Tract  Fund  for  the  Fra  Distribution  of  Inels, 


"The  Antiamsonic  Scrap  Book," 


jnSTORY^l^MASONRT. 


MASOITIG    MTTB.DEH. 

SECRETsli  MASONRY. 

BY  ELI  TAPLEY. 
TRACT  NO.   4. 

GRAND    GREAT  GRAND!! 
By  PHILO  CARPENTER. 

This  Is  a  one  page  tract,  culling  Hie  attention  of  the  public 

o  the.  despotic,  and  ridiculous  titles  of  P~  — 


.  *!.<»'  |>er  ! 


!  Freemasonry,  Price 


Extracts  From  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  as 
Sworn  to  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Rhode  Island. 


Hon.  John  Ouincy  Adams'  Letter, 

Giving  HlH.and  His  Father's  Opinionof  Freemasonry 


Hon.  James.  Madison's  Letter, 

Uivlnir   His  Opinion    of  Freeiiinsmu-y    (13:W). 


Satan/s  Cable  Tow. 


"Freemasonrv  is  0nlvl52  Years  Old," 


"Murder  and  Treason  not  Eseeeptd." 


Freemasonry  la  the  Church. 

!lETD°JS?<Sr^ui^^?C^UU^TorUPeTftSilM" 


Chnrnclor  nu'1   Sjim!m|.  of  Freenminiiry 


Address  of  Niijsn  County  kosiition,  Now  York. 

Omteriiiu.:  the  Murtrun  Murder,  und  the  charactei 
f  Freemasonry,  a3  shown  by  lliis  urn!  other  Miivuni. 
iimier*.     r.iMs.  per  lO'i.  >,t  ->Ulo  per  1,000. 


Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry. 


HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D. 

Chancelor  of  the  University  of  N- 
Y..  on  Secret  Societies. 

GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY. 

MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  and  VOID. 


Si:  Hiison:  why  a  Christian  should  not  k  i  Freemaso 

-ENOCH  HONEYNELL'S  TRACT. 


TERMS  FOR  THE  CYNOSURE. 


Descriptive  Catalogue 

PUBLICATIONS 

EZRA  A.  COOK  &  CO.. 
13  Wabash  Ave. 


GEN'LPHELPS' 


NEW   BOOK 


OH  SECRET  SOCIETIES ! 

FREEMASONRY  EXPOSED, 

by  CAP'T.  "WILLIAM  MORGAN. 


THE  BROKEN  SEAL. 


By  SAMUEL   D.  GREENE, 


OPINIONS  OF  THE  PRESS. 


History  of  The  Abduction  and  Murder  of 
Cap't.  Wm.  Morgan. 


Valancs'e  Confession  of  The  Murder  of 
Capt.  Wm.  Morgan. 


The  Mystic  Tio  or  Freemasonry  a  League 
with  the  Devi!. 


NdBRATIVES'AND  ARGUMENTS, 

„., .,  ^  yK'ANCIS  SEMP1.E  of 

The  Antimaaon's  Scrap  Book. 
21  CYNOSURE  TRACTS. 


Who  Murdered  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan? 

HISTORY  OF  THE 

Abduction  and  Murder 

Capt.  William  Morgan, 

This  is  u  Book  of  Thrilling  Intoresl,  »nd 
•how>  clearly  thm 

Wo.  Morguvu  Murdered  ky  Freemasons 

IN  OBEDIENCE  TO  MASONIC  LAWS 

Prl«  t;  VtH,  Ftil-ptll.  BLieU  0sp7  M  til.,  11.00  pi  Ih. 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE :,; JANUARY  1,  1874. 


Another  Tear. 

Auullier  year!  Another  year! 

Trie  judgment  of  tbiB  world  ii  uear, 
And  all  its  children  fuiut  for  fears 

Famine,  pestilence,  and  war. 
Mix  witb  praises,  prayers  and  tear 

Spurned  by  pain  and  stirred  by   » 
Herald  Dim  who  comes  from  far, 
In  Elijah's  llery  car,— 


Daily  turns  with  sudden  change 

Thu  kaleidoscope  of  things: 
But  the  ruler,  just  and  wise, 

Orders  all  as  King  of  kings  : 
Hark,  his  thunder  shakes  lue  sk 

Lo,  his  vials  are  outpoured! 
Earth,  in  hitter  travail  lies, 
And  creation  groans  and  cries 

For  our  expected  Lord! 

Stand  in  courage,  stand  in  faitt 

Tremble  not  as  others  may; 
He  that  conquers  hell  and  deatl 

Is  the  friend  of  those  who  pri 
And  in  the  world's  destined  wo 

He  will  save  his  own  alway 
From  the  furnace's  trial  glow 

Till  the  harvest  all  is  stored. 
Rescued  from  each  earthly  foe 

By  our  avenging  Lord. 

Yea,  come  quickly!  Savior  com 


nor  feel  afraid— 
s  all  arrayed, 
■f  tbe  Lord. 

of  William  l 


Tbe  distinguished  William  Wirt, 
within  six  or  eight  months  after  hie  first 
marriage,  become  addicted  to  intempT- 
ance,  the  effect  of  which  operated 
strongly  upon  the  mind  and  health  of 
his  wife,  and  in  a  few  months  moreshe 
was  numbered  with  the  dead.  Her 
death  led  him  to  leave  the  country 
where  he  resided,  and  he  moved  to 
Richmond,  where  he  soon  rose   to  die- 


But  i 


aboi 


him,  and  occasionally  he  was  found 
with  jolly  and  frolicsome  spirits  in  bac- 
chanalian revelry.  Hib  true  friends  ex- 
postulated witb  him.  to  convince  him  of 
the  injury  he  was  doing  h 
he  persisted.  His  praci 
fall  off,  and 


the 


He 


sadvi 


y  get  married. 


rof  ■ 


ing  his  habits. 
do  if  the  right  per-on  offered.  He  ac- 
cordingly paid  his  addresses  to  Miss 
Gamble.  After  some  months'  attention 
he  asked  her  hand  in  marriage.  She 
replied: 

"Mr.  Wirt,  I  have  been  well  aware 
of  your  attentions  for  some  time  back, 
and  Bhould  have  given"  you  to  under- 
stand thatyourvieilsand  attentions  were 
not  acceptable,  bad  1  not  reciprocated 
tbe  affection  which  you  evince  for  me. 
But  I  cannot  yield  my  assent  until  you 
make  a  pledge  never  to  taste,  touch  or 
handle  any  intoxicating  drinks. 

This  reply  to  Wirt  was  as  unexpect- 
ed as  it  was  novel.  His  reply  was  that 
he  considered  the  propositions  as  a  bar 
to  all  further  consideration  of  the  sub 
ject,  and  left  her.  Her  course  towards 
him  was  the  same  ah  ever— his,  resent 


ie<dect.     In  the  c 


i  of  i 


pluccd  i 


One  day,  while  lyina  in  the  out- 
skirts, of  the  city,  near  a  little  grocery. 
or  grog-shop,  dead  drunk,  a  young  ls- 
dy,  whom  it  i6  not  necessary  to  nnmf, 
was  passing  lhal  way  lo  her  home,  not 
far  off,  and  beheld  him  witb  his  face 
turned  up  to  the  scorching  rays  of  the 
sun.     She  took  her  handkerchief  with 

face.  After  he  had 
remained  in  that  way  some  hours,  he 
was  awakened,  and  his  thirst  being  so 
great,  he  went  into  the  little  grocery 
and  yp'gfhop  lo  get  a  drink,  when  he 
discovered  the  handkerchief,  at  which 
he  looked  and  the  name  wae  on  it.  Af- 
ter pausing  a  few  minutes,  He  exclaim- 
ed: 

•'  Great  God  I  who  left  this  i 
Who  placed  this  on  my  face?" 


;.h! 


glasa,exclaimiiig — "Enough!  enough! 
He  retired  instantly  from  the  etore.foi 
getting  his  thirst,  but  not  his  debauch 
the  handkerchief,  or  the  lady,  vowingi 
God  gave  him 


i.ing  dripks. 
?  the  hardest  ef- 


fort in  his  life.      If  b 


i  foot. 


She 


,nd  tbi 


i   hat  addr- 


him  a  note  under  our  own  hand,  invit- 
ing him  to  her  bouse,  which  he  finally 
had  courage  enough  to  accept.  He 
told  her  if  she  still  bore  affection  for 
him,  he  would  agree  to  her  own  terms. 
Her  reply  was: 

"My  conditions  are  what  they  ever 
have  been." 

■'Then,"  said  Wirt,  I  accept  them." 
They  were  soon  married,  and  from 
that  day  he  kept  his  word,  and  his  af- 
fair? brighten. -d,  while  honors  and  glo- 
ry gathered  thick  upon  his  brow.  His 
name  has  been  enrolled  high  in  the 
temple  of  fame,  while  his  deeds,  his 
patriotism  and  renown  live  after  him 
with  imperishable  lustre.  How  many 
noble  minds  might  the  young  ladies 
save,  if  they  would- follow  the  example 
of  the  heroine-hearted  Miss  G..  the 
fnend  of  humanity,  and  of  her  coun- 
try.— Set. 

Little  Trials. 

Women, of  allothers|  especially  those 
who  have  the  cares  of  hou-iekeepTi;; 
and  the    management  of  children,  are 


imoregnev 
oub,  in  the  long  run,  than  the  greater 
sorrows  of  life-  When  the  child  cries, 
the  father,  unless  he  be  a  .pnrag.m 
of  fathers,  finds  bnsinesa  suddenly  call- 
ing him  down  town;  he  remembers  an 
important  errand  at  Jones'  that  he  had 
forgotten,  until  the  cross  child  refresh- 
ed hip  memory.  The  mother  is  a  pris- 
oner in  her  bedlam,  an.i  what    wonder 


fail,  : 


with  some  long-tried  Mid  heavily  bur- 
dened soul,  heart  and  hope  give  out  at 
last!  The  great  heroes  are  not  thoso 
who  have  carried  heaviest  sorrows 
meekly,  but  those  who  have  en- 
dured daily  contradiction!  of  peo- 
ple and    daily    embarrassment   of  cir- 


r  the   ii 


and  i 


:  borne  in  obscurity 
tbe  flower  of  patience  and  the  fruit  of 
long  suffering. 

In  great  trials  there  are  compensa- 
tions. All  the  world  of  our  acquaint- 
ance is  looking  at  us,  perchance,  and  the 
large  sUy  upon  which  mir  fortitude  or 
our    integrity    is    exercised    affords    U! 


Or, 


egotin 

mfin 

is  a  satisfaction  in  a 
But   there   is  a    m 

about 

little 

cares  that  ehula  c 
The  great  heroes 

they 

o  wh 

om  the  world  build 

unmarked  graves  in  every  cemetery. 
Only  God's  transplanting  shall  reveal 
them  intheir  glory — Chrhtpm  Union. 


At  tbe  late  Friends  Bible  School 
meeting,  or  Sunday  School  Convention 
at  Ly.  n,  Mass, ,  a  speaker  mentioned 
the  following  facts: — 

But  300  years  ago  a  body  of  Rom- 
ish priests  made  a  great  fire  in  Earl 
street,  in  London,  and  burned  every 
copy  of  the  Bible  that  could  be  found, 
and  then  congratulated  themselves  that 
at  last  the  Bible  was  destroyed.  To- 
day on  the  very  spot  where  this  fire  was 
built,  stands  the  great  buildings  of  the 
British  and  Foreign  Bible  Society. 
where  the  Bible  is  printed  in  178  dif- 
f-.Tf ut  languages,  and  it  may  almost  be 
said  that  an  additional  copy  comes  from 
the  press  at  yevery  tick  of  the  clock- 
Voltaire  tried  lo  invalidate  the  author- 
ity of  the  Bible,  referring  to  the  ac- 
count of  Ninepeb  given  by  Jonah  and 
other  prophi 


they  described  could  have  existed, 
without  leaving  a  trace  behind;  but 
scarcely  hud  tbe  grave  closed  over  the 
hoary  old  infidel,  when  the  earth  open- 
ed and  Nineveh,  shaking  herself  from 
the  dust  of  ages,  stood  forth  with  her 
unimpeachable  testimony.  Beneath 
the  plain,  when;  tin-  Aral  roam<-d  and 


r.agei 


aofr< 


rda  baa  been  fount 
left  twenty-five  centuries  ago.  "graver 
to  use  the  words  of  Job,  ''with  an  ir 
|)»u  aod  lead  iu  the  rock  forever,"  ai 
some  of  these  being  brought  now  ai 
placed  aide  by  side  with  the  pages 
Holy  Writ  are  found  to  answer  one 
the  other  as  doth  a  man's  face  in 
glass.  The  speaker  exhibited  copies*  i 
canvas  from  several  slabs  found  in  tl 
palace  of  Sennacherib  at  Nim-veh,  bi 
showed  how  i 


S0fV 


•per, 


Chlldrens'    Corner. 


Some  years  ago,  as  good  Mr,  Gullaud- 
el  was  walking  in  the  streets  of  Hart- 
ford, there  came  running  lo  him  a  poor 
boy,  whose  intelligent  eyes  fixed  the 
gentleman's  attention.  The  boy  in- 
quired, ''Please,  sir,  can  you  tell  me  of 
any  one  who  would  like  a  boy  to  work 
for  him,  and  learn  to  read  I" 

'•Whose  boy  are  you,  and  where  do 
you  live!" 

"I  have  no  pa  reins,  sir,"  was  the  re- 
ply "and  have  just  come  from  the 
work-bouse,  because  they  would  not 
teach  me  to  read." 

The  gentleman  made  arrangements 
witb  the  authorities  of  the  town,  and 
took  the  boy  inio  his  family.  He  soon 
acquired  the  confidence  of  Mr.  tiillaud- 
*>l  by  his  faithfulness  and  honesty.  He 
also  learned  to  read,  and  was  allowed 
the  use  of  his  master's  library,  where- 
by he  made  rapid  progress  in  tbe  ac- 
quisition of  knowledge.  It  became 
necessary,  after  a  while,  that  George 
should  leave  Mr.  Gallaudet,  when  he 
was  apprenticed  to  a  cabinet  maker  in 
tbe  neighborhood.  There  the  same  in- 
tegrity won  for  him  favor.  To  gratify 
his  inclination  for  study,  his  kind  mas- 
ter had  a  little  room  fitted  ap  for  him 
iu  the  upper  part  of  the  shop,  where 
George  gave  up  bis  leisure  lime  to  his 
favorite  puisuit.  He  made  rapid  at- 
tainments in  mathematics,  in  the  French 
lauguage,  and  other  branches  of   learo- 


Af:er  beiui 


i  this 


surprised  ttadt  the 

appa 

eotly 

contented 

and  happy  youth 

had 

thus 

MJ.l:!l-]:l, 

>ecatafe  diesalisfiec 

wit 

his 

situation. 

"Please,  .ir,  m 

1    yo 

a    ask  Mr.  Qal 

audet  to  call,"  cor 

iinn.-il  <ri'. 

rge,  ''and 

I  will  explain." 

His  kind  friend 

was 

invite 

1    accord- 

ingly,  and  at  tea-time  the  apprentice 
presented  himself  with  hie  manuscripts 
in  English  and  French,  and  explained 
hie  singular  intention  to  go  to  France. 

"In  the  time  of  Napoleon,"  Baid  he. 
"a  prise  was  offered  by  the  French  gov 
ernment  for  the  simplest  rule  forraeas- 
uring  pluln  surfaces.  Tbe  priae  has 
never  been  awarded,    and  that  method 


I  ha' 


duttc 


He  then  demonstrated  his  problem, 
to  tbe  surprise  and  gratification  of  his 
friends,  who  immediately  furnished  the 
means  for  defray  inn  bis  expenses?,  and 
witb  letters  of  introduction  lo  the  Hon, 
Lewis  Cass,  then  the  American  Minis- 
ter to  the  Court  of  France.  He  was 
introduced  to  Louis  Philippe,  and  in 
tbe  presence  of  the  King,  nobles,  and 
plenipotentiaries,  this  youth  demonstra- 
ted his  problem,  amid  the  plaudits  o( 
the  Court.  He  received  the  prize,  be- 
sides valuable  presenis  from  the  King. 

He  then  took  letters  of  introduction, 
and  went  to  tbe  court  of  St,  James,  and 
gained  a  similar  prize,  off  red  by  the 
Royal  Society.  He  then  returned  to 
the  United  States.  Here  he  was  pre 
paring  to  secure  the  benefit  of  his  dis- 
covery by  patent,  when  be  received  a 
letter  from  the  Emperor  Nicholas  him- 


.  had 


nessed  his  demonstrations  at  London, 
inviting  bins  to  make  his  residence  at 
the  Russian  Court,  and  furnishing  him 
with  ample  mean«  for  bis  outfit. 

He  complied  with  the  invitation,  re- 
paired to  St.  Petersburg,  and  became 
Professor  of  Mathematics  in  tbe  Royal 
College,  under  the  special  protection 
of   the  Emperor  of  all  the  Russias. 

One  to-diy  is  worth  two  to-morrows. 
Boy's,  uso  your  spare  moment*  well. 
Had  George  Wilson  been  an     idle  boy, 


imgs 


the 


npany, 


Masonry  mid  Kelhrlon. 

Masonry  has  fifteu  been  eaid  to  b( 
he  '  handmaid  of  religion,"  but  had  i 
>ee-'    rather   asserted    that   religion    h 

he  handmaid  of  Masonry  it   would    bt 
■  nicli   nearer  tbe  real    truth.         Strang! 


>■>«>■  s 


3  thai 


itandB  the  principal  BUpport  of 
tbe  tottering  fabric,  and  but  for  its  aid 
would  soon  be   levelled   in    the    dust. 


this 


,  Ho 


■claration,  and  what 
proof  can  you  give  thai  Masonry  is  up- 
held by  religion!  We  answer  then,  in 
the  first  place,  a  very  groat  proportion 
of  the  miniHters  of  our  holy  religion  in 
all  the  Christian  denominations  (the 
Friends  only  excepted)  are  members  in 
full  communion  with  the  institution. 
and  by  the  weight  of  their  character 
and  influence  do  all  tbey  can  to  sustain 


oily.     Is  it  not  soi       And   if   M.somc 

institution,  or  attend  upon  its  unhallow- 
ed midnight  orgies,  does  not  the  sim- 
ple and  single  fact  that  they  belong  lo 
the  society,  give  to  it  the  sanction  and 
support  of  their  characters  and  influ- 
ence! And  when  we  speak  of  the 
dreadful  crimes  of  the    fraternity,   and 

of  the  order,  do  we  not  immediately 
hear  the  reply,  Oh  1  All  this  cannot  be 
true.  There  is  the  Rev.  Mr.  A.  and 
the  R<  v.  Mr.  B.,  etc.,  who  are  Masons. 
and  we  do  not  believe  that  your  ac- 
count of  Masonry  *  correct      Is  it  not 


there 


.  Iarg< 


part  of  the  clergy,    who  althougl: 
belong  not  to    the  craft,  yet  give   their 

not  see,  ''any  harm  in  Masonry,"  and 
express  great  (ears  least  their ''dear 
people"  should  gel  "excited  on  the  aub 
ject,"  and  it  should  "make  difficulty  in 
the  church,"  In  this  way.  ia  it  not  a 
fact  that  tbe  great  body  of  the  clergy 
now  stand  the  firm  and  efficient  sup- 
porters of  the  blood-stained  institution 
and  do  more  to  discourage  the  oppos- 
es of  Masonry  than  the  MaBons  can 
possibly  do  themselves?  And  is  it  not 
yet  a  fact,  and  a  shocking  fact,  too,  thai 
the  churches  of  our  land,  generally,  are 
in  the  most  fraternal  fellowship  with 
Masonry!  And  while  the  Masonic  in- 
stitution, as  such,  and  in  its  collective 
and  official  capacity  has  been  proved 
guilty  of  kidnapping,  arson 
der.  audits  whole  tjstemsho 
a  complete  series  of  sworn  falsehood, 
blasphemy  and  deception,  are  not  Ms 
sonic  church  members,  although  actual 
ly  and  bona  fi-ie  accessories  to  all  iti 
crimes  aud  abominations,  still  consid 
ered  as  good  and  worthy  communicml- 
at  the  table  of  our  common  Lord !  W« 
repeat  the  questions,  more   in  pily  and 


thai 


mger, 


thei 


things  so)  And  if 
tbe  handmaid  ofMa^onry*  Andisnc 
the  position  we  assumed  correct,  tht 
the  church  now  stands  the  prinelp; 
support  of  the  Masonic  institution? 

But  what  would  you  have  done?  ei 
quires  a  timid  and  hesitating  Christian 
Would  you  have  all  Masons  expelled 
from  our  churches,  and  all  Masoni 
m '» inters  disn  isi»d  from  their  societies 
Yes,  just  so.  We  would  have  all  tho 
done,  without  any  hesitation  or  nier 
tal  reservation  whatever.  We  kne 
that  many  are  very  much  alarmed  t 
such  a  proposal;  but  for  ourselves  w 
have  no  fears  on  the  subject.  We  be- 
lieve that  religion  will  lose  nothing  by 
her  divorce  from  Masonry.  We  belie- 
the  church  can  never  fellowship  immc 
ality  and  be  the  better  for  it.  V- 
know  Masonry  to  be  gross  wickedne 
and  we  believe  tbe  sooner  the  chureh 
purged  of  such  Masons  as  will  adhe 
to  their  oaths,  the  brighter  will  her 
light  shine  before  the  world.  This  hi 
parts  of 


and  i 


nllu. 


6  Of 

:  been    highly 


iible  and  beneficial. 


Am.  ludenondei 


(jtu» 


Bao.  EiJiTOita! — I  againgive  you  the 
right  band  of  fellowship  and  bid  you 
good  speed  in  your  efforts  against  the 
powers  of  ritualistic,  secrelism;  for,  after 
all,  a  deep  sealed  love  of  ritualistic  sin 
and  parade  underlies  all  these  d&rk&e 
covered  societies.  It  is  the  same  sp 
it  which  corrupted,  and  atill  corrupts 
the  church.  It  is  all  ritualism  aud 
Rationalism,  whether  Masonic,  high 
church,  low  church,  orwhatnot.  Fmhl 
on, victory  will  crown  your  efforts.  But 
what  I  wish  to  say  to  your  readers,  is, 
that  in  a  quiet  way  we  are  doing  good 
service  in  the  cause;  and  that  each 
number  of  tho  Quarterly  tella  upon  the 
ranks  of  our  opponents.  Their  ^uns 
are  being  silenced  1  And  now  I  I  ave 
:i  pmpoiiitiun  to  make  to  all  the  friends 
of  the  cause  throughout  the  country, 
which  is  thie:  We  wish  to  organize  a 
Publishing  Company  on  the  following 

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of  truth  and   righteousness  on    such   a 

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,ry,    1827 


-  Rman  Catholics 
les  fury.  In  Jan- 
[>l  Urns'.-  who  hnd 
tried,  and  it  wis 
hoped  tli at  the  evidence  at  their  trials 
would  clear  the  mystery.  But  they 
pleaded  KUiliy,  and  this  hope  was  bsf 
tld.  Meanwhile,  a  b.idy  of  delegates 
from    tin*    various   co 


ain  the 


Mo; 


Proi.  Wilder,  of  Cornell, 


lu  the  year  1823,  William  Mor^ai 
living  m  Bacavia,  in  the  western  pi 
of  .New  York,    near  Butt'jio,    nan  su. 

book  wnich  would  reneal  'he  secrets  , 


Mas 


sMd,oi 


i  party  oi  pcr«>.u.B   In 
edt  ol   Murg  m  upon 


e.cmug  In,'  waa  discharged  at  the 
noe  of  those  who  bad  caused  his 
t,  and  Was  taken    Irom  the    j  til  af- 


O*clo( 


iinj.. 


who   had    obtained   the   discharge  in- 

him,  an  1  throwing  him  into  a  carriage, 
hurried  off  to  Rochester.  By  relays 
of  horses  and  by  ditlureiii  hands  he 
was  borne  along,  until  he  was  lodged 
in    the    magazine  of   F«rt  Niagara,  at 


JOf   I 


eftu. 


Thee 


those  that  had  preceded  it, had  nrousei 
and  iull  Lined  lire  mindi  of  the  peoph 
in  Batavta  and  the  neighborhood.  t 
committee  was  appointed    at  a    publ>' 

might  be  fouad.  They  could  didcove 
only  that  Morgan  had  been  seized  upui 
his  dioe barge    in  Cumridaigu  i  iiud  bur 

tied  off  toward  Richenter;  but,  beyon. 


mpoted  of   m-n  \A   nolo  political    ptr- 

b,     Investigation   showed  that  Ma- 


ihey    discovered    that  in    or 
magazine   in  which   he    had 

ti  icu  \si  had  been  put- to  death, 
j  wiih  its  revelations,  had  been 


red  thai  Mas  wry  held  itself  su 
i  loyal  to  their  Misonic  oaths  tl 
efore,  was  held  to  be  a  fatal  foe 


;  spring  of  1827, 
excluded  from 
general   election 


ability  to  procur 
the  offenders  in 
Bheriffl,  juries,  a 


At  tbi 

ticket,  and  they  carried  the  counties  of 
lee,  Monroe,  Livingston,  Orleans 
!i;y.tra  against  1>  >th  the  great  par- 
A    state    organization    followed, 

and  the  election  of  1330  the  Anli-ina- 
candidate,  Francis    Granger,  was 

adopted    by  the  National  Republicans, 

and  received  one  hundred  and    twenty 

and  twenty  eight-thousand  ,for  Mr. 
Throop.  From  a  state  organization 
the  Anii-m  isona  became  a  national 
party,  and  in  1832  nominated  Wm. 
Wirt  for  the  presidency,  The  Anti- 
misonic  electoral  .ticket  was  adopted 
by  the  Nation il  Republicans,  and  the 
union  became  the  Whig  party,  which 
in  1838  elected  Mr.  S-ward  governor  of 
New  York,  and  in  1840  Gin.  Harrison 
President  of  the  United  States. 

The  spring  of  this  triumphant  po'iti- 
cal  movement  was  hostility  to  a  secret 
society.  Many  oi  the  most  distinguish- 
ed political  names  of  Western  New 
York,  including  Mill.trd  Fillmore,  Wm. 
H.  Seward,  Thurlow  Weed,  Francis 
Granger,   James    Walsworth,   George 

And  as  the  larger  portion  of  the  Whig 
party  was  merged  in  the  Republican, 
the  dominant  party  of  to-day  hss  a 
certain  lineal  descent  from  the  feelings 
aroused  by  the  abduction  of  Morgan 
from  the  jail  at  Cansndaigua.  And  as 
his  disappearance  arid  the  odium  conse- 

that  it  liy  for  a  long  lime  moribund, 
and  although  revived  in  later  years, 
cannot  hope  to  regain  its  old  import- 
ance, so  the  death  of  \oung  Leg-gelt  is 
likely  to  wound  fatally  the   system,   of 

The  young  man  was  undergoing  ini- 
tiation into  a  secret  Bociety.  He  was 
blindlolded,  and  two  companions  were 
leading  him  along  tho  edge  of  a  cliff 
over  a  deep  ravine,  when  the  earth 
gave  way  or  they  slipped  and  fell  from 
the  precipice,  and  Legget  was  bo  in- 
jured that  he  died  in  two  hours.  There 
wub  wbr  no  allegation  or  suspicion  of 
blame.  There  was.  indeed,  an  attempt 
of  some  .  nemies  of  the  Cornell  Uni- 
ver-.i'y — a  hostility  due  either   to  sup- 


By—  io  stigmatize  the 
failed  instantly  and  utterly  ln- 
(1  t  ,.r  U  ggelt,  of  tho  Patent- 
in  Washington,  Hie  father  of  the 

very  noble  and  touching  letter  to  shield 
Diversity  and  tho  companions  of 
,n  from  blame  or  responsibility. 
He  would  not  allow  his  grief  to  keep 
ilenl,  when- a  word  could  avert 
ice.  and  his  modest  magnanimity 
:or  his  eorrow  the  tender  sympa- 
thy of  all  who  read  hie  letter. 

Every  cull  gian  knows   that  there  ia 

i  K'  cr>'l  society.  Everybody  knows, 
lot  in  particular,  but  in  central,  that 
is  object  is  really  "good  fellowship," 
-villi  the  charm  of  mystery  added. 
Everybody   knowB — for   the   details  of 

ientially  the  same — that  there  are  cer 
;»in  practical  jokes  of  initiation — toss 
ingB  in  blankets,  layings  in  coflina.  dip 
pings  in    cold    water,    stringent   cate 


Literary  brotherhood,  philosophic    fra- 


ni.'ll-..: 


nulai 


thes 


he  noble  names  by  which  the 
youth  deceive  themselves  and  allure 
Freshmen;  but  the  real  business  of  the 

ty    is  to  keep  the    secret,  and   to 
II  the  member:  possible  from   the 


"the 


.'1  .w  Fn 


n-l   talent   li.'u 


nd  impresses  the   fresh   imagina- 
ith  the  names  of  the  famous  hon- 
orary members.     The  Freshman,  if  he 
He,  and  he  is  more  so_ every  year, 
naturally  wonders  how  the  youth,  who 
undeniably    commonplace    iu  the 
daily  intercourse  of  college,  should  be- 
&uch  lofty  beings  in   the    hall  of 
et  society;  or,  more  probably,  he 
thinks  of  nothing  but  the  sport  or  the 


oiher     known    lecturer,     Plau    for    a 

week's  campaign  or  more.      Find  places 

for  the  meetings.     Advertise  them  well 

beforehand.       Make    >11  your   arrangc- 

iU   for  funds.       This  at   first   may 

e  to  come  out  of  a  few;  but  faithful 

k  will  soon  bring  you  helpers.     The 

my  "  is    vigilant, --never   more   so. 


.iu.li. 


r  life  Which  I 


He  feels  the  passionate  curiosity 
of  the  neophyte.  H;  is  smitten  with 
of  the  hermetical  philosophy. 
He  would  learn  more  than  Rjsicrucian 
vision  soon  dispelled. 
But  the  earnest  curiosity  changes  into 
esprit  du  corps,  and  the  mischief  is 
that  the  secrecy  and  the  society  feel- 
likely  to  take  precedence  of  the 
really  desirab'e  motives  in  college, 
idredfold  greater  seal  to 
obtain  members  than  there  is  generous 
rivalry  among  the  societies  to  carry  off 
honors.  And  if  the 
purpose  be  admirable,  why,  as  Pro- 
Wilder  asks,  the  secrecy?  What 
■ty  do  ft 


ntellei 


of  t 


;tu  lent  than    the  open    society!     Has_ 

ege  done,  or  can  it  do,    more   for  the 
ntelligeut  youig  man  than  the   Union 
Debating  Society  at  the  English   Cam- 
bridge University,  or  the   similar   club 
Oxford?  There  Micauley,  Gladstone, 
the  AuatioB,    CharleB  Butler,   Tooke, 
d   the    long   illustrious    list  of 
ind     able     Englishm-n      were 
a  d  iu  the  only  way  that  mau- 
i  can  be  trained,  by  open,  free, 
generous    rivalry    and    collision.     The 
ber  of  a  secret  society    in    college 
illy  confined,  socially  and  intellect 
ually,  to  its  membership,  for  it  is  found 
the  secret  gradually  supplant    the 
open  societies.     But  tnat    membership 
depends  upon    luck,    not   upon    merit, 
while  it  has  the  capital  disadvantage  of 
erecting  lake  standards*  of  measnrment 
that  the  Mu    Nu    man   can    not   be 
it  to  the  hero  of  the  Zeta  Eta.     The 
iTfloy  is    a  spice    that  that  overbears 
the  food.     The    myslio   paraphernalia 
lie  of  the   baby-house,  which  a 
generous  youth  disdains 

'b,  indeed,  an  agreeable    semi- 

ihe   veiled    friendship    of  the 

secret  soe'ety  which    every    social   na- 

ndcrstands.     But  as  students  are 

higher  standard  of  requirement,  it  i 
probable  that  the  glory  of  the  secro 
iociety  is  already  waning,  and  that  the 
allegiance  of  the  older  universities  to 
of  frank  and  manly 
intellectual  contests,  involving  uo  ex- 
returning.        At     least 


nil  n 


tongn 


yof  t 


—Some  of  our  breihret 
■ell  convinced  about  the  v 


of  th« 


•   crumbs  of  consolation    from 
latency  of  members  of  these    fra- 
tiuB.     Governor    elect   of  Wiscon- 
Taylor,  is  a  Good  Templar,  yet  h« 
elected    by    the    whiBky    interest. 


vith 


Hlllo. 


aftei 


of  a  R 


of  Good  Templars  there.  An  ensle 
preacher  look  occasion  to  say  in  a  si 

tu  prohihi'ion,  when  he  was  at  or 
deserted  by  his  choir  composed 
Good  Templars.  A  mermVmhip 
aii.h  Clin-iiain.  w.mld  soon  go  to  mi 


Work!  H„i1,!l  ll.irklll 


are    hereby     appealed 
s  of  Huff»nng  humanity. 
;ed  and  at  work  during 
r.hs.     Let  your  Eiqouttye  Commit- 
plan  for  frequent,  nil  clings.     If  you 

no   one  among  you  prepared    to 


end 


and  i 


the  a 


rs  of  Baal.     Our  miniBt 

■  gOBpel,    which  is    no   j 
churches  Ungaiah,  while 

build  costly    templet 
Christian 
thronc-d;  God  dishonored;  an 
jwned  in  perdition. 
Is  this  a  time  for  Christiai 
traen  to  hug  their   money 
!B,   while  the  armies  of     i 


Chri 


ITol   : 


rtbe 


oufliot 


jwer  of  darkness  that   tl 
of  light  are  neither    dead  noi 


Conjoint  Funeral  Services! 

To  the  Editor  of  the  Cynosure: 

Here  is  a  practical  question,  deeply 
affeclinc  the  interests  of  religion  and 
society,  which  1  would  be  greatly 
obliged  to  any  clergyman  subscriber  of 

Is  it  proper  for  a  minister  of  the  gospel 
to  assist  at  the  burial  of  the  dead  in 
conjunction  with  a  Masonic  high  priest 
or  other  member  of  the  mystic  tie ) 

It  is  getting  to  be  quite  common, 
that  when  a  deceased  person  is  buried, 
aclifsof  men  calling  themaelvefl  Masons 
and  pretending  to  belong  to  th«  most 
moral  inh'.ituiiori  that    ever  subsisted," 


thereby  admi 
are  as  good  a' 
ry,  therefore, 

pose  of  foicinj 


n  with  Masonic  forms, 
at  these  Masonic  forms 
!  own,  and  thatMaaon- 
i  religion?      And,   in 

a  funeral  service  of 
ed  for  the  express  pur- 
liniBters  of  the  gospel 
ilasphemous  shams  of 
itut'ing  a  religion  as 
.tardjgionl 


good  as  the  Chr 

It  appears  to    me  that  a  minis! 

tl  e  g'Hp'l  should  a  I  fats  d-cl"ii- 1" 
form  any  other  funeral  services 
ihorn-  which  nre  pre'crihed  by  Int. 
Beet,  and  those  exclusively. 

The  duty  of  the  minister  of  Chr: 
to  dii.tmguifrh  between  good  and 
not  l.o  c>  nfound  them,  or  let  then 
i.-on'.'imiled  ili'-mi^h  hi-*  instrum.- 
ity.     If  Masonry 


>cogn 


;  be,  then  hs  does  wrong 

i  wishes  to    be  buried  as    a 
*  Buddhist,  or  a  Mohammed • 


a  buried  so;  but  why    should   a  Cor 


Masonry  is  very  liberal,  very  libera! 
indeed,  and  would  be  very  willing 
doubtless  to  be  placed  on  the  same  lev- 
el ^villi  Congn-jalionnlism;  but,  I    can- 


true,  that  Congre< 
willing  to  be  put 
wilh  Masonry. 


Yates  C'rrr,  III.  Nov    14th,  1873. 

Ma,  Editor:— In  my  last  letter 
promised  you  that  I  would  id  tl 
show  how  the  thing  Is  done  in  the  El 
wood  lodge.  But  b.t'er.  ^oin^  n 
farther  I  wish  to  say  to  your  readers 
should  not  expose  any  of  these  thingi 
they  were  not  eocouraged  by  t 
Grand  Master.  I  consider  his  refusal 
snve^[iL.al-  such  things  uk  being  e<iu 


process  by  which  hundreds  of  objec- 
tionable candidates  can  be  and  proba- 
bly are  smuggled  into  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity. 

Once  upon  a  time,  while  Doctor  J. 
K,  Secord  wa=>  W.  M.  of  Horeb  lodge, 
No.  303,  of  Elmwood,  the  lodge  was 
called  upon  to  vote  ou  the  petition  of  a 
certain  notorious  black-leg  to  b'-  made 
a  Mason.  G.  W.  Smith,  who  is  as  in- 
dependent as  any  Mason  can  be  (some 
Masons  pretend  that  when  a  man  is  un- 
der oath  he  cannot  be  independent) 
was  very  outspoken  in  hiB  objections 
and  held  up  his  black  ball  so  that  all 
present  could  see  it  before  he  deposited 
it.  Now,  according  lo  MaBonic  law 
this  rejection  would  hold  good  for  one 
year.     But  the  next  thai  Smith    heard 


of  hi 


3  that  h- 


.  Mai 


Ma 


son  and  member  of  the  lodge  and  had 
got  thern  in  less  than  three  months. 
Smith  was  of  course  very  much  sur- 
prised, but  could  see  no  help  for  it  and 
concluded  he  might  just  as  well  keep 
his  mouth  shut  iu  regard  to  it  as  to 
make  any  complaint.     .Some  time   af- 


e.rd  Smith  f 
It 


way.  The  i.Mg..- 
was  called  upon  to  vote  on  another  pe- 
tition and  the  candidate  was  rejected. 
Now  if  everything  connected  with  the 
balloting  had  been  done  according  to 
Masonic  law  it  would  have  beem  im- 
possible for  the  W.  M.  or  any  one  else 
to  know  who  cast  the  black  ballot.  But 
in  this  case  it  must  have  been  known 
by  the  W.  M.  that  Doct.  W.  M.  Swish- 
er was  the  man.  The  W.  M.  closed 
the  lodge  in  due  form  to  remain  closed 

unless  soouer  convened  by  orderof  the 

W.  M.  The  lights  were  blown  out  and 
all  hands  left  the  hall.  A-t  they  were 
leaving  Eome  one  nudged  Smith  and 
said  in  a  whisper,  "  Come  back  again, 
Wash,  after  a  little  and  we  will  have 
some  fun."     Smith,  being    in  for   any 


sport 


t  back  ii 


closed  and  lock- 
ed and  all  was  darkness  and  si- 
lence     until     Doct.      Swisher     (who 

Smith  says  "smelled  a  rat")  came 
back  nnd  gave  the  door  three  powerful 
kicks.  Being  unable  to  gain  admission 
he  went  about  his  business.  The  hall 
was  lighted  up;  the  lodge  opened  in 
due  form;  the  candidate  was  ballotled 
for,  elected  and  initiated  in  due  form; 
and  more  than  all  that  he  was  by  spec- 
ial dispensation  from  the  Grand  Mister 
made  a  Master  Mason  in  three  weeks. 
So  much  for  what  I  have  been  inform- 
ed   of  Dr.   Sscord's    exploits    in    that 

Now  for  Doct.  Harry  Steele.  Sjo« 
after  I  bad  received  the  Grand  Master's 
refusal  to  investigate  charges  against 
B"iij.  Kersey,  I  was  in  Elmwood  and 
I  asked  an  old  acquaintance  of  mine 
(who  is  a  Mason),  who  was  the  best 
posted  Mli6*ju  in  town.  He  referred 
me  to  Doct.  Harry  Steele.  I  went  to 
his  office  and  had  a  long  talk  with  him 
about  the  charge  that  I  had  made 
against  Kersey.  He  allowed  that  there 
was  some  grounds  for  comphint.  but 
said  that  unless  the  Grand  Master 
could  be  made  to  see  the  necessity  of 
nn  investigation  I  might  as  well  dtop  it. 
He  had  considerable  to  say  about  the 
W.  M.'s  prerogative?  and  exemptions 
from  criticism.  I  remember  distinctly 
about  his  claiming  that  all  subordinate 
officers  must  obey  the  W.  M.'s  orders 
whether  such  unlt-re  were  lawful  '.run- 
awful.  He  then  went  on  to  tell  me 
how  h-  evaded  Jack  Wood's   objection 


Iig.on  a 


place  for  them.     And  then  .1  n 


i  I,.,. I 


tof  I 


ly  every  candidate."     (The  doctor  did 

Jack  wax  the  one  who  was  black  balling 
the  candidates.)  "  I  dctermini  .1  Lo«et 
around  his  objection .  Sol  preb  tided  to 
close  thelcdg-  ;  ai  una  J  i  I;  ■  IB  gone 
I  opened  again  nud  hnd  th-  candidate 
elected  nnd  initiated."  In  m;  la  I  let- 
ter to  you  I  think  I  closed  at  the  point 
when  I  had  just  made  an  amicable  set- 
tlement with  Benj.  Kerfey  and  left 
him  under  the  Impression  that  I  in- 
tended to  drop  the  subject.  1  wee 
obliged  to  accept  his  statement  that  he 
rescinded  his  order  to  the  deacon  to 
pass  the  box  without  black-balls,  al- 
though such  statement  was  contradicted 
by  general  witnesses;  and  the  deacon 
had  said,  "That  ib  too  thin."  K  reey 
appeared  to  be  perfectly  willing  to  ac- 
cept my  statement  that  I  had  made  a 
chiTge  against  him,  not  for  the  pur- 
pose of  injuring  him,  but  be- 
cause I  could  see  no  other 
way  of  obtaining  an  investigation;  and 
I  could  not  help    thinking  that  such 

claimed  (and  be  allowed  mv  claim)  tl  kl 
if  I  was  obliged  to  allow  thai  i 
merely  madea  sli^bt  mistake  he  ihoulil 
adow  that  I  bad  only  made  a  mistake 
in  my  proceedings,  and  that  I  was  ac- 
tuated by  the  best  of  motives. 

It  hs-j  just  occurred  to  my  mind  thai 
I  t.iiid    something    in   my    Bret    lettei 

the  advancement    of  Toes.    Kersey  in 


.lie   i 


ely 


ic  could  say,  "Amen, 
tel  l...i  b  ib  I lit."  On  Mon- 
day morning  nl  I.  n.i'y  prayeri  he  wns 
prostrated  on  tl  ■■  U-  oi  tome  bwp  hours, 
9  bile  hi  gri  nn.. I  wi  jit,  praised  and 
rtughfd.  lie  received  a  communica- 
tion on  that  day  apprising  him  that 
i  p  hi  i  en  it  M.  K.  Church  who  did 
not  i, --Id  their  tODjjuee  about  Masonry, 
wen  unacceptable,  nnd  could  receive 
only  the  lowest-rale  appointments. 
Tim  referred  to  men  mho  had  never 
been  Masons  Our  brother  thought. 
"What,  ih-  ii,  will  he  the  fate  of  him 
who  bos  been  a  Mason  and  denounces 
it!"      On  Monday  evening  lr-    told     the 

-  on  r  if  oi  hi  thou  >hl  tho  !•'.  M. 
Church  whs  the  only  asylum  for  such 
as  he.  He  asked  my  counsel  as  to  join- 
ing. 1  said,  t*o  (o  the  Lord, — go  to 
headquarters — nnd  then  v.  hen  'I"  limes 
i  ome  k  biob  wj  men's  bouIbj  you  can 
la  I  I  .  l.  on  be  autbi  -  -  -,  and  nppeul 
— "Tluo,  O  Lord,  dide'I    i     m   here," 


rthal 


uld    . 


slack  l.dh 


red, 


says  he  voted  what  he  supposed    lo  b< 
a  black-ball  after  black-b  ill     weru    pro- 
cured.    The  W.  M.  deman 
sons  for  objecting,  and    was    answered 
thus:    "Mr.    Pierce,   that  is    none  of 

ward  I  called  at  the    slot 
&  Pierce  and  asked  P.erce   to   explain 
tome  the    doclnneof  object! ore-     He 
did  so  thus:     "When   a  brother    has 


■  bje, 


objectioi 

brother  be  must  ml 

the  W.  M.  giving  his  reas  i        erefor, 

and  if  the  W.  M-  thinks   BUch   reasons 

good  he   stays  proceedings,    otherwise 

he  proceeds  notwithstanding  such    oh 

jection."     I  asked  Pierce  lo   show   me 

hie  copy  of  the  Grand   Lodge  bylaws, 


if  he  would  be  pleas 
■  governed  by  it.  No  more  at 
it.      From  yours  truly. 

W.  H.  Romsi 


A.  Remarkable 
A  correspondent  of  the  Free  Metho- 
from  theformaln-m  of  the  lodge  in  cqn- 


ion  wilh  a  Free  Melbodist  qu; 
neeting,  at  Fairmouni,  Mum. 

ist  yet   purgeth    the  conscienc 
i    Irom    ''dead    works."     The 


Our  quarterly  meeting  was  l 
attended.  The  Spirit  inapiK 
preaching.  On    Saturday       ei 

the    M,  E.   preacher  appointed  i 
work,  aro<>e  after    the  *■  nu  in   in 


fMai 


He  said  that  Finney  had  given  i  u 
expos  )ol  the  Master  M  -sou's  degree, 
which  was  as  far  as  he  had  climed  the 
Masonic  Udder;  and  be  doubl  d  uol 
that  the  mysteries  bad  be-  n 
up  lo  the  topmost  runt'.  He  Bald  that 
deal h  was  the  penalty  of  th"  Step  be 
bail  taken,  and    added    "if  1    BUddenly 


,appe. 


isilj    c  mjei 


has  become  of  me."  He  assured 
the  congregation  that  he  should  not 
leave  the  M.  E.  Church,  but  Btay  and 
r*  form  it.  His  exposure  and  renuocia 
lion  were  most  thrilling, — even  elo- 
quently made.    He  naturally,  of me, 

cleaved  to  the  Free  Methodist  bretl  r.  a 


fe  and  I  should  go  b  >m 
i.  He-said  that  the  damvAstra- 
Siiturday    evening  hud    uied 


iful  t 


»  l"cal  preacher,  delivered 
noel  thorough  and  y 
.  we  evei  hi  ard  against  ;e 
popular  religion,  Wearo 
ve  such  men,  bo  tbi  i  &u  e  o 
i  -mill  |  oea  on, 

T.  S.  La  Dui 
Xemporauco  Items. 
Host. m    Fire    Department 


,  Iqi 


:led   of  s<  lling     quor 

I  !.■    igely    aid  tin  re 
i    ■  II   i-  now  without 


rs  of  the  Grand  Trunk 
in .  'a,  -  gned  tho  pledge 
nd  invited  then  employee  W 
■i  of  i  lie  hitter  have  feigned! 
in  the  refreshment  roomB 
-  i 1  en, 


ling  by  far  that  of  the 


.it '  7..111  .  qu  il  i"  1  In     wimlf  jjr"duce  of 

8c  stl  ind, ■>  umod  in    its    naanuftte- 

t-ir.',  hi. tl  1I1-  r-vmii.'  from  this  source 
nearly  tquals  hall   the  taxition    of  the. 


Ln.11 


Acc  .rding  10  the  report  of  the  reve- 
nue commissioner,  E,  S,  Youogi  fhere 
are  .me  hundred  and  hl'iy  thousand  It- 
censed  rum-shops  m  the  country.  Ii 
.  nployea  in  these,  in- 
cludmg  the  owners,  nud  add  to  them 
the  landlords  and  others  pecuniarily 
iffi      we  will,  at  the 

V    ll  Pi  -  L .     bft1  '     at        1  my    of   liwlf    a 


rible 


bu 


mm 


is  he. 


by  thedis<  phi  e 

Lion;  ■ '.  .  how  lo 

u      -i  bis    immortal 

...  ,.  i  11  .  .  ee  noble  facul- 
,:■■■■  1. .,  j.,  ■■  for  art  I  on- 
.,  to 
and,  ..i  cour  b,  tob  -  I  "... 
elm  1  ee  ovi  1  the  public  mind, 
inter.  1 11  tbi  ce  ..-■  rns  ol  his 
ui  -  veil  hia  n<  ig  irln  .  to 
object 

■bi-t   ...n,      ,.  baud     tl    lift    nud 

■    .  '  help  ib.  right 

rung.     Whocan  think 

I  id  1  uch  a  miserable 

Ai        ho   ■    '.■■     1     may   be 

hostility 


■t   truth  a 
th.  CI  - 


1  poel,  you 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  JANUARY  8,  1874 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 


Chicago,  Thursaay,  Jau.  8,  1874. 


tail  that  Christmas  comes  and    tfoes  as 
usual. 

Wheu  one  is  unable  to  refute  ibe  ar- 
guments by  which  a  great  truth  or  du- 
ty is  sustained  and  lie  is  determined  to 
flout  with  the  popular  current  iu  disre- 
gard of  that  truth,  it  is  quite  natural 
that  be  should  resort  to  obloquy  and 
low  slang  phrases,  h 


Gen.  Phelps'  Book. — This  boob, 
''Secret  Smveiii'P,  Ancient  and  Modern," 
already  noticed  by  our  Associate  Edi- 
tor, judging  from  ua  "fleet  on  our  own 
mtnd,  is  destined  to    exert  a    powerful 


i  the 


,utho 


modestly  styles  himself,  has  with  rare 
judgment  selected  and  given  the  very 
documents  which  a  lecturer  against  the 
lodge  wants.  The  old  "mysteries"  and 
their  antagonism  to  Christianity;  the 
Masonry  of  Washington  and  his  virtu- 
al secession  from  ii — the  impudent  ef- 
frontryof  the  lodge  id  claiming  him; 
the  toadyism  of  President  Grant  and 
Schuyler  Colfax  over  a  lock  of  Wash- 
ington's, or  somebody's  else  hair,  at  the 
Boston  Post-office;  the  cringing  of  An- 
ti-masonio  statesmen,  Fillmore,  Web- 
ster and  Seward  in  terror  of  the  lodge; 
the  harlotry  of  Masonry,  English  and 
American,  in  assuming  charge  of  inter- 
national politics,  and  trestles  between 
England  and  the  United  Slates;  the 
diBgusiin?  intervention  of  the  lodge  at 
the  close  of  the  French    and  German 

and  more  Gen,  Phelps  has  given,  ac- 
companied with  clear  pbilisopbical  dis- 
ertadons  of  his  own,  which  will  make 
his  book  an  epoch  in  the  history  of  the 
confliot  between  Christian  civilization 
and  the  lodge. 


"The  Cynosure  urges  seven  argu- 
ments against  Christmas  and  calls  it 
"religious  fiction."  The  duly  concern- 
ing  Christmas,  it  says,  i6  to  "help  peo- 
ple to  be  social  and  happy  in  spite  of 
Christmas.  Utter  our  testimony,  be 
cheerful  and  loving,  and — wail." 
Wait  what  lor! — Telescope. 

Answer.  Wait  for  men  to  learn  that 
a  religious  fr  lion  cannot  be  acceptable 
to  God  or  profitable  to  men;  that  fun 
and  religion  combined  in  one  observ- 
ance are  a  bad  mixture;  and  that 
Christmas  is  all  these.  A  B.tp- 
tist  brother  in  Massachusetts  said 
must   have    patience 


Man: 


(o    dis 


lerence  between  a  divine  appo: 
and  a  devil's  get-up."  We  mu 
till  they  can. 

The  /ntfepeJHfenf  discoursed!  thuB:— 
"The  Cynosure  adduces 'Seven  Ar- 
guments Against  Christmas.'  One  of 
these,  is  that,  "like  the  lod^, 
pure  religious  fiction  unauiboriz-  d  of 
of  God;'  and  another  is,  for  substance, 
that  if  people  are  allowed  to  be  cheer- 
ful on  Christmas  day,  they  may,  likely 
enough,  lake  it  into  their  heads  to  be 
cheerful  on  several  other  days  of  th( 
jear.  The  Cynosure  would  undoubted- 
ly sympathize  with  the  Highlander,  of 
wbom  the  country  parson  telle:  'I  was 
in  Edinburgh,'  said  he,  'upon  the  Sab- 
ba'  day.  It  was  an  awfu' sight!  Peo- 
ple were  walking  along  the  streets 
smiling  as  if  they  were  perfectly  hap- 
py.' We  shrewdly  suspect  that  the 
Cynosure  has  misgivings  of  its  own  as 
to  whether  the  evei,t  which  Christmas 
celebrates,  he  not,  on  the  whole,  a  mis- 
fortune, and  that  it  could,  if  it  should 
try,  give  seventy  times  seven  reason 
why  Judaism  is  a  much  better  religioi 
than  Christianity." 

ThisiBSatan'B  old  charge  in  Eden 
that  God's  way  is  harsh  and  hia  owi 
way  pleasant.  Never  did  one  altemp 
to  displace  religious  Bhams,  but  he  wa 


accused  as  hostile  lo  human 


enjoyn 


Nothing  could  be 
Judge  Upham,  a  Unitarian,  in  his  "Si 
lem  Witchcraft"  says  the  early  Puritar 
were  a  happy  and  joyous  people;  thf 
the  New  England  forests  rang  with  the 
hiliarity  of  their  log  cabin  raisings, 
their  huskings,  quillings,  apple  par- 
ings, thanksgivingB,  and  New  Year's 
parties.  They  were  neither  morose 
nor  licentious,  neither  Roundheads  nor 
Cavaliers.  It  is  religious  fiction  like 
Christmas,  which  have  madi 
nuns,  anchorites  and  ascetics,  of  all 
ages.  Loose  doctrines  and  loose  mor- 
als make  loose  saints;  and  Saint  Wood- 
hull,  Saint  Tilton,  and  Saint  Beechei 
have  always  been  vibrating  between  the 
harem  and  the  cloiBler.  These  are  the 
Christmas -loving  saints;  and  the  lade- 
pendent  has  been  their  organ.      Is  it  tc 


"AND-TnttRE  Shall  Come  in  th 

DaTS    ScOFFEKS." The      Jl-rnl 

Presbyter  of  Dec.  31,  1873,  ci 

the  following  dignified  editorial: 
The  Christian  Cynosure  in    it 
on  Ubrii 
titled      < 

ChriBtmas."      But    still 
along   with    the    (ragging  of  this  doy\ 


This  is  a  judge  of  the  criminal  c. 
Chicago.   He  lectured  on  "Ins"pirai 

the  Lecture  Hall  of  the  Methodist 
Church  Block  a  week  or  more  since. 
The  Chicago  Times  reports  the  lecture 
from  which  we  take -it  random. 
Ofthe  instinct  of  bees  he  Bays:  "We 
call  it  instinct.  Let  us  not  hide  the 
reality  under  a  name.  It  is  God."  He 
concludes  that  inspiration  therefore 
needs  no  "supernatural  attention."  Of 
ling  of  God  with  Abraham 
concerning  the  destruction  of  Sodom  he 
ibly  be  accepted 
ement  that  God 
clothed  Adam  and  Eve  in  the  skins  of 
animals  he  sa'd  it  presents  God  "in  the 
threefold  character  of  butcher,    tannor 

This  judge. who  in  supposed  to  swear 


"Itc 


tethin 


■  othei 


travels  over  the   path  beaten    bard 
the  feetof  infidelity  and  beurrillily,  and 
without  giving  credit  to  the    Bible   for 
its  ddi -riii.' from  all  human  production: 
by  its  fidelity  in  relating  them,  gives  a 
rehash  ofthe  vices  of  Jacob,  David  and 
Solomon;  and   forgetting  that   there 
not  one  sound  principle  in  modern  Ie 
islation  which  is  not  derived    from  the 
Mosaic  code,  he  rates  Moses  as  he  won!' 
a  culprit  who  had   connived  at   crime 
and  thinks  if  Moses  had  seen  a  telescopi 
he   never  would    have  said  that    God 
"made  the  stare." 

But  without  following  this  charlatan 
judge  through  bis  diegu< 
in  which  he  dogmatizes  ag.iin* 
tism,  and  teaching,  as  though 
original  with  him,  that  nothing  short 
of  the  inliinite  caa  comprehend  infini- 
tude; yet  (as  though  be  knew  perfect- 
ly what  God  could  or  could  not  do)  he 
scouts  the  'dea  that  he  could  be  mani- 
fest, more  A  uwiroio,  through  the  finite  fac 
ullies  of  a  man. 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  this  modern 
"Daniel  come  to  judgmeut,"  willrefrain 
altogether  from  swearing  witnesses, 
since  Christians  ewear  by  the  God 
whom  he  derided,  and  there  is  no  oth- 
er but  fictions,  made  out  of  human  con- 
ceptions such  as  his.  But  the  marvel  is, 
what  has  this  judicial  hypocrite  and 
reviler  of  "God  manifest  in  the  flesh' 
to  do  in  a  lecture  -r>  on>  owned  and 
trolled  by  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  i  Have  the  disciples  of  Job 
Wesley  come  to  believe  that  the  ir 
Stinct  of   bees  and    the  inspiration    of 


iuld  not  have  claimed  if  the  lodge 

the  usual  penalty  for  "ffi<  ial  absence. 
"ier,  worth  several  thousands  and 
a  fine  business,  drew  and  used 
htB  benefits.  Just  prior  to  these  three 
a  brother  worth  8500  was  sick 
3  weeks,  clear  on  the  books,  re- 
ceived nothing,  and  applied  for  noth- 
ing— because  be  was  sensitive,  and 
afraid  to  do  so,  and  yet  the  most  faith- 
ful officer  in  the  lodge.  II  may  be  said 
■  tuch  occurrences  (a  sample  of 
thus--  taking  place  in  all  lodges)  are  no 
fault  of  the  system.  1  think  they  are. 
It  is  fair  to  judge  any  system  by  its  re- 
ults.  Business  is  one  thing  and  be- 
levolence  another.  The  system  is 
faulty,  in  that  it  is  at  one  and  the  same 


of  every  kind  and  for  every 
ttainable  good." 
These  are  surely  very  gl  iring  ine- 
qualities and  if,  aa  he  Bays,  they  are 
ily  samples  of  what  is  done  in  all  the 
lodge?, '.he  "friendship,  love  and  truth" 
the  order  does  not  elevate  the  mem- 
bership above  the  most  sordid  mean- 
the  lowest  grades  of  fallen  bu- 
•■Business  is  one  thing  and 
iuce  another,"  and  legally  Odd- 
lip  is  "a  mere  health  insurance 
company!"  True,  Past  Grand.  And  if 
f  Odd-fellowship  and 
tb<-  people  would  only  hear  thesetrutbs 
ihould  hear  no  more  o 
Odd-fellowship  as  a  charitable  institu- 
This  disposes  of  all  the  boasting 
of  Odd-fellowship  on  the  score  of  ma 
terial  aid  and  pecuniary  benefits.  Then 
is  no  benevolence  in  ir;  only  bu-.int.-BS 
mere  health  insurance  and  that  of  the 
most  exacting  and  unprofitable  d'  scrip 
to  the  insured  thai  usurers  ever  had  the 
audacity    to    propose.    That 


WHY  THIS   PJfKl'ETUAL    UNREST! 

The  following  --\tract  from  a  lettei 
of  S.  R,  Shepherd,  of  Grasshoppei 
Falls,    Kansas,    is   highly   suggestive, 


■y  ihoi 


long  to  see  these  shams  and  swindles 
exposed  and  destroyed.  Mr.  Shep 
herd  tells  us  he  has  been  an  Odd-fel- 
low for  fifteeu^yearsjand  twelve  years  e 
Past  Grand.  He  writes  in  behalf  of 
reform  in  the  benefit  system  of  Iht 
rrder,  declares  that  as  now  managed, 
it  is  unequal  if  not  unjust  in  its  actua' 
working  out,  often  a  source  of  weak- 
ness instead  of  strength  to  the  lodge, 
frequently  causing  alienations  between 
brothers,  abseuce  from  lodge,  N,  -  P. 
D.  [i.  e.,  non-payment  of  dues]  anc 
final  loss  to  the  order  of  good  ant 
worthy  brethren." 

Surely  ir,  is    unequal    and   unjust  ti 
tax  the  poor  for  the  benefit  of  the  rich, 


into  posuesviol]   ol    I  In-    whole      fund 

last. 

But  lot  Mr.  S illustrate  this  u 

equal  and  unjust  working  out: 

Brothers  who  realiy  i.-u^ht  to  r.-cei 
and  use  the  weekly  amount  which  v 
will  suppose  Uj  be  promptly  drawn  and 
placed  in  bis  hand,  frequently  donal' 
the  amount  back  to  the  lodge.  Why 
LVcau-p..  other  brothers  do  bo,  and  b 
is    keenly 


rlbai 


-rwhc 


I  alUml   !...<'. .'■ 


n-i'i  ■:■  tut 


-lii:-h  desire  to  insure  each  one  bis 
own  health  and  advantage,  to  do  with 
a  confederacy  secure 
are  ■  'true  and  noble?" 
up  to  the  fountain  o: 
Can  such  an  artificial 
in  supply  the  place  of 
and  spiritual  arrangements 


dalne.l    <-.., 


dollar  paid  back  on  policies, 

But  he  says  there  are  two  pha 
OuJ-felloivsiiip;  one  occupies  a  much 
higher  plane  than  the  other.  The  first 
relates  to  bodily  or  pecuniary  relief, 
the  other  to  "relief  in  distress  of  every 
kind  and  for  every  attainable  g 
Of  course  relief  from    (he    distr 


for 


curt  and  from  the  sentence    and    e 
cutiou   of  justice.      "And  ior  every 
tamable  tyod,"  every  sort  of  advantage 
over  outsiders  and  every  benefit  which 
religion    Uself    can    confer.      How    ff 
does    this   declaration   come   bhort   of 
justifying  our  charge   that    Odd-fellow 
ship  iB  a  conspiracy  aj;ain-t  society  am: 
an  impious  attempt  to   destroy    Chris- 
tianity  by    substituting    its    fellowship 
for  that  of  the   church;  its   authority 
for  that  of  Christ's;  and  its   right) 
ness  for  his  redemption, 

But  hear  this  Past  Grand   further: — 
"It  is  a   great  mistake    to   suppose 
that  all  men  want  benefits   when  they 
are  sick.     Thousands  of  the    best  m 
of  our  land  do  not  join  our  order,   1 
runs"  as  is  often  said — ''Why  you    i 
nothing  but  a   health   insurance   co 
pan y— all  well  enough    for  operatic 
mechanics  and  such  «3  live  from  hand 
to  mouth,  but  I  do 
my  health  insured."     The  fact  is,  they 
ivaii!  exclusively  something    higher  i 
iu  the  scale   of  buniau  relationship 
Iriend-ldps  which  are  true    and    noh 
and  thiii  spring  from  an    inspiration 
if  from  the    pure    fountain    of  infinite 
love — that  are  not    brought  down  and 
prescribed    by    dollars  and 


of 


3  Of  ( 


and    technaiii 


Th. 


i  of  soul  and  spirit,  ior  bu- 
rn affection  and  fellowship .  The 
>rld  is  cold  and  selfish.  It  is  filled 
tb  "ways  that   are  dark   and  tricks 


d"-veli.pi  d  and  man's  nature   is  dwarfi 
and  shrivelled. 

Our  heart  is  touched  with  the  juet 
;ip[ir.-eiauon  of  "the  foddei 
busks  of  Odd-fellowship  in  its  henefitB, 
which  is  here  expressed;  and  with  the 
yearning  of  the  human  soul  for  friend- 
ships which  are  line  and  fur  fellowship 
with  the  fountain  of  infinite  love. 
This  is  the  one  great  want  of  humani- 
ty, and  which  it  feele  even  in  iu 
dwarfed  and  shrivelled  condition,  and 
ofthe"ways  th; 


that 


that 

Even  the  Odd-fellow  must 
longing  which  nothing  abort 
in  union  of  soul  with   the  pure 


i0ul  iu  the  love  of  kindred  and  the 
lympathiea  of  the  few  kindred  rnindt 
vith  wbom  we  naturally  orpiovidenliul- 
y  have    familiar 


>  wc-tk'f  benefits  which  he  said] 


union  of  sa'iits  with  each  other  and 
ilb  himself.     But  what  haB  mor 

>  with  this?  or  what  baa   a   blindfold 

illation  into  maL  -b'-iiei'i-  myi.lcrii-n. 


i  God's 


ill  be    refunded.       All    applications 
ust  be  certified  by  a    member  in  good 
audingand  the  character  of  the   ap- 
plicant will  be  carefully  inquired  intoby 
mittee  appointed  by  the    Master 
Workman.     If  the   report   of  them  is 
satisfactory,  they  will  be   ballo'.ed  for. 
Three  negative  ballots  will  be  required 
reject  an  applicant. 
The  initiation  fee  for  males  shall  be 
o  doliais,  and  for  females  one  dollar, 
e  dues   shall  not   be  less   than    ten 
its  monthly,  from  each  member. 


man's  redemption   and    per- 
sons?    For  home,  kindred,  intellect- 
l  and  moral  affinity,  for  Christ's  atone- 
ant,    and  revelation  of  the  true  God, 
d  for  regeneration    and  sanclification 
'    the   baptism   of  the   Holy   Spirit. 
Truly,    these    blindfold    initiates    put 
their  inventians  and  their  carnal  leagues 
and  friendships  and  their  righteousness 
•i  the  plase  of  God's  arrangements  and 
i    God's    righteousness;    yea,    of  God 
limself.     Alas!  they    have 
they  have 


i  of  liv 


ind  ha' 


hew 


old  r 


rater." 


which 


What  marvel  then  if  they  often 
want  their  system  essentially  modified 
as  PaBt  Grand  Shepherd  suggests  1 
What  marvel  that  they  should  be  "at 
when  a  hungry  man  dreameth  and  be 
hold  he  eatheth,  but  he  awaketh  and 
his  soul  is  empty;  or  as  when  a  thirsty 
man  drenmsth  and  behold  hedrinketh, 
but  he  awaketh  and  behold  he  is 
and  his  soul  hath  appetite." 


SEW  ] 


USATIOSAL. 


The  rapid  spread  of  the  Patrons  of 
Husbandry,  its  apparent  success  an 
vast  revenue,  have  tempted  other  at 
venturers,  unscrupulous    fortune-hun 


iasing  i 


above  all  a  fat  revenue,  by  like  meth- 
ods. Under  the  title  "  Patrons  of  In- 
dustry," a  new  "order"  wasstarted  last 
year  in  New  York.  J.  H.  Brown,  the 
self-styled  "  secretary"  of  the  "Na- 
tional Lodge,"  published  a  letter  on  thf 
3Uth  of  October  last,  stating  that  there 
were  then  200  local  lodges,  and  calls 
for  general  deputies  to  organize  exceed- 
ed his  ability  to  answer.  "  Whereso- 
ever the  carcase  is,  there  will  the  eagles 
he  gathered  together."  The  S..ythe,  an 
agricultural  journal, has  been  appointed 
organ  of  this  "order,"  and  publishei 
the  following  abstract 


By  industry  we  thrive.  In  union  w* 
have  success.  In  secrecy  we  havi 
power.  In  confidence  we  have  peace, 
In  right  we  have  might.  In  thesi 
signs  we  Bhall  conquer.  The  prosper- 
ity of  a  nation  is   in  the    happiness   of 

The  people  find  happiness  in  peace 
and  plenty,  and  peace  and  plenty  re- 
sult from   diligence  and  labor. 

Freedom  and  justice,  regardless  ot 
persons,  are  the  right  of  every  human 
creature.  Earnest  work,  honest  deal- 
ing and  equitable  i>ay.  are  the  just  por- 
tion of  every  person. 

In  bonds  of  mutual  interest  and 
friendship,  we  join  hands  in  working 
together  for   the   general  good   of 


First  Degree, — Apprentice;    Second 
Degree — Laborer;  Third  degree — Joui 


Composed    of  Master     Workmen     of 
fr,i-iil  lo,:g.h,  and  their  wives  who  li 
taken  the  third  degree,  or    their    p 


The  officers  of  the  various  lodge* 
consist  of  and  ran*  as  follows:  Mastei 
Workman,  Workman,  Helper,  Laborer, 
Secretary,  Treasurer,  Lodge  Keeper, 
Watchman,    Stewardess,  Workwoman. 

All  officers  shall  be  choBC-u  by  vote. 
There  shall  be  an  Executive  Council 
composed  of  the  master,  secretary  and 
Ireasuier  of  the  National  lodge;  and 
tiiey  shall  act  with  full  power  to  ap 
p'jint  members  uf  the  order  as  depu- 
ties   to    organize  lodges,  and  shall    re. 


love  them  at  their  d 
Local  lodn.es  shall  r 


■nth, 


lodge* 


The  National  lodtje  shall  meet  an 
nually.  Special  meetings  may  bt 
called  at  any  time  by  the  Master  Work- 
man uf  each  lodge. 

All  laws,  rituals,  etc.,  or  changes  oi 
the  same,  shall  be  made  by  the  National 

Any  person  of  the  age    of  eig 
years  (males)  or  fifteen  yeare,  (fen 

gible  and  entitled  to    membership 
after  due  examination.      Every  appli 
:UBt  be  accompanied  by  the  fee  of 
icrehip;     if  rejected    the  money 


members  of  the  C< 

dace  will  be  filled 

pring  labors    will 
here  be 
md  conn 
plied    for 


Ten    local  lodges    may 
State    lodge.      The  expenses    of    the 
■a  sha'l  be  assessed  upon  th( 
loc 


;es  pro 


>the 


bership,  a"d  the  expenses  c 
National  lodge  shall  be  assessed  ii 
upon  the  State  lodges.  A 
f  $10  shall  accompanyeac 
plication  and  be  paiii  into  the  trei 
of  the  National  lodge.  The  funds  of 
the  National  lodge  shall  be  appropriat- 
ed by  ballot  of  said  lodge. 

The  Executive  Council  shall  appoint 
General  Purchasing  Agent,  who  shall 
give  bonds  for  his  fidelity.  He 
have  charge  of  all  arrangemer 
purchasing,  between  the  producers  and 
consumers,  of  all  Bortsof  commodities 

m  iy  purchase  any  article  he  may  wish 
through  the  Master  Workman  cf  hi 
local  lodge,  upon  payment  of  th- 
amount  required  on  the  price  list.  Sucl 
payment  must  be  made  in  advance 
with  a  written  order,  endorsed  by  the 
Master  Workman,  and  bearing  th 
of  the  said  lodge.  Each  lodge  shall 
keep  a  seal,  an  impress  or  copy  of 
which  shall  fir?t  be  filed  with  the  Gen- 
eral Purchasing  Agent.  Price  listi 
shall  be  issued  by  the  Executive  Coun 
oil,  giving  the  reduced  prices — less  thi 
agent's  profit — of  eacbarliele,  tisagreei 
to  by  those  who  sell  to  Patrons,  at  firs 
prices;  snch  lists  shall  be  kept  by  each 
Master  Workman,  and  Bhall  nev 
be  disclosed  to  any  person  outside  of 
the  fellowship  of  the  order. 

The  duties  and  obligations  of  the 
fleers  of  the  National,  the  State  and  the 
local  lodges,    shall  be  known    only  t< 
members  of  the  order.  ■ 

There  are  no  oaths  used    by   this  or 
der.      Members  are  obligated  upon  thei 


NOTES. 

Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard  expects  to 
conclude  the  aeries  of  lectures    in  New 
an-1  vicinity  this  week. 
Rev.    J.   P.   Stoddard    spent   the 
Sabbath  and  a  day  or  two  later   in  La- 
ity of  this  stale.     There  ia  a 
good  work  being   accomplished  in   the 
where  Dea.  Hub- 
bard has  for  years  and  with   much  op- 
position  been   sowing    the   seed.     On 
the  10th,  17th  and  18th,  Bro.  S.  holds 
meetings  at  Wlieaton  in  ihe  court-house 
and  college  chapel, 
j  —A    lodge    of  Druids   in    the   city 
f   Rochester,  N.     Y.,   wasj  the    other 
day  the   victim  of  a  joke    of   its   own 
mufacture.     Shortly  alter  ten  o'clock 
nday  night,  Dec.  28th,  bright  lights 
re  seen  flashing  in  the  upper  story 
tidows  of  a  building.      Citizens   and 
lice  rsiaeo  toe  cry  of  fire,  and  while 
3    engines   were  coming,  rushed     up 
tirs  and  burst  in  the  doorwith,  "You 


red  hoi 


to  disclose  anything  connected  with  the 
or^'iiiiz  itiou.      Each  loti-e  cares  f<_>r 

Unworthy  members,    against  wh 
i;h;irt;i.-s  of  uut.iithiulness   to  the    in1 
ests    of    the    order  may    be    proven 
shall  be  expelled  by  the  Master  Woi 


ruble  1 


cofc 


ism,  the  doctrine  of  Carl  Marx  reduced 
to  a  syllogism;  fair  to  the  eye,  but  c 
rupling  to  the  heart.      The  governm< 
is  despotic.     The  members  are  pad 
in  degrees  and  ranks,  the   highest  oi 
bi-ing  ek-^ib:e  to  the  State    lodges    a 
tin  inside  ring  of  these  farming  the  1 
iiomil  lodge.     Members    of  these   b 
ies  are  accommodated    with  the    cc 
pany  of  their  wives  under  certain  ct 
ditionB;  which    may  be  considered 
auidiormiug  feature-  made  ne-ceSbary 
our  social  condition,  or,  more  properly 
a  gilt  edge  to  cmice.il  objectionable 
tures.     The  Nation**!  k"-i_e  has  -up; 
control,   The  expense  of  starting  a  l 
mumlodge    is     for    charter,  £16;    for 
initiatory   fees  £18;    besides   deputy'* 
fee,  which  is  generally  iu  the    grange 
nlhly  dues  £l ;  ball  rent,   rega 


i;ix  ior  ei^'iit  men  and  two  women 
the  average  condiuon  of  laborers  in  e 
cities,  but  we  doubt  it.  As 
exchange  of  values,  it  is  worse  than  i 
tual  loss.  The  obligation  is  a  tn 
like  the  grange.  Men  whose  power 
secrecy,  whose  happiness  is  a  Muss 
man  dream  of  ''peace  and  plenty"  will 
care  no  more  for  an  oath  than  for 
pledge.        Indeed, 


!  grea 


uthei 


timate  than  themselves. 

Unlike  the  grange,  which  fors 
politics,  the  "Patrons  of  Iodustry".pro- 

publish  (not  in  the  above)  that  "TI 
votes  of  the  Patroua  of  Industry  will  I 
cast  for  honest  men,  and  wb  oak  fih 

Tub  Illinois  Statu  Work.— In  at 
swer  to  inquiries  of  friends  regarding 
State  Agent  for  Illinois,  we  publish 
isolulion  adopted  by  the  Executii 
ommittee  at  their  last  sitting: — 
ReBolved,  that  we  deeply  regret  tl 
delay  in    procuring  a  State    Agi 


Illin 

fort  be  made  to  Becure   the  services   o: 

racu'cable. 

The  General  Agent  is  using  all  prop- 
r  effort  to  seoure  the  right  man;   and 


the  Lord  will- 


eiy  iB  rapidly  dividing 
parties— Christians  and  inhdeis.  xne 
less  important  lines  are  being  oblitera- 
ted. The  more  trivial  distinctions  are 
bemc  wiped  out.  The  friends  of  the 
incarnate  God  on  the  one  side,  holding 
up  the  crimson  banner  ol  atonement, 
and  the  unbelievers  in  God's  word,  and 
God's  Sou,  on  the  other,  shouting 
"Abolish  the  Sabbath,  down  with  the 
church,  bury  the  Bible."  These  are 
eat  divisions  into  which  all  the 
ats  of  society  are  resolving  them- 
The  process  of  division  jb 
ig  in  the  church  and  out  of  it, 
The  elements  are  mustering  for  the  ter- 


God; 


QUEUIES. 

epurl.  has  tn  en  living  about  Wasb- 

.  that  Secretary  of  the  Treasury, 

Richardson,  and  Secretary    of  the    In- 

Delano,  were  soon  to    exchange 

portfolios.      The    former  has  not  cer- 

inly  shown  remarkable  financial  abili- 

s;    perhaps    Mr.     Delano    would  do 

Iter.     But  how  nice  that  both  being 


a.      We' i 

dback  by  the  startled  master  of  cere- 
nonies.  After  an  explanation  the  po- 
icemen  and  crowd  withdrew,  sayiDg, 
'Weill  guess  ilsallrlght  but  it  looks 
queer;"  and  the  initiation  proceeded. 

-The  Sabbath  ^ecorrfer(Seventh  Day 
Baptist)  Alfred  Cetter,  N.  Y.,  iB  pub- 
lishing a  lively  discussion  called  out 
by  the  Cornell  business.  A  defender  of 
college  societies,  dreading  the  effect  of 
news  columns  filled  with  the  story  of 
Level's  di-uth,  tuok  their  part;  but  has 
been  ably  met  by  some  one  who  makes 
good  use  of  Prof.  Wilder's  and  Mr.  Cur- 
tis' articles,  and  has  beside  done  good 
service  by  getting  into  print  a  discourse 
of  Prof.  John  Bascom  of  Williams  Col 
k'n>.-  agfiir-ht  the  Greek  Cateruities. 


of  offices  without  a  '*  By  j 

e  country.       Is  the  Cabinet  and    its 

•  t    responsibiliiit-s     a     plaything    for 

e  lodge?     Who  oan  tbll ! 

Albert    Pike,    the    grand  Ma&on    of 

America,  has,  or  is  soon  to  move  to  Al- 

xandria  on  the  Potomac.     The  grange 

ssues  its  decroes  from  Washington.   Ib 

the  National  Capital  to  be  made  lodge 

headquarters  of  the  United  States.  Who 

l! 

rty,  condemned  of  three  jurieB, 

and  thrice  saved  from  just  ex<  cution  by 

Judge    McAllister,  have  you,  or   your 

uneel,  Small,  any  interchange  of  grips 

th  the  expounder  of  the  law  ?      Are 

y  or   all  three  Masons  1      Who    can 


Debate  on  Secret  Organization. 


i  folio* 


;  propoi 


Resolved.  That  Lhe-  oath*,  ubligati-.i 
and  political  operations,  and  secrecy 
general,  as  practiced  by  Freemason 
Patrons  of  Husbandry,  and  secret  oat 
bound  organizations  generally,  are  att1 
Christian,  an  ti -republican,  and  am 
social;  and  are.  therefore,  opposed 
our  civil,  religous   and  soc'.al  r  .-ins. 

The  discussion  is  to  commence  on  tl 
evening  of    Wednesday,    the  28lli    of 
January,  1874.  and    will  continue   t' 
Thursday  evening. 

The  debates  on  the  affirmative  w: 
be  Revs.  J  Uodds.  and  R.  Loggan;  on 
the  negative.  Dr.  E.  Younkin,  and 
Rev.  J.  B.  McCleary. 


The  following  petition  is  being  circ 
lated  through  the  state  of  Ohio,  and 
receiving  numerous  signatures: — 
To  the    Constitutional    Convention  of 

the  Slate  of  Ohio: 

The  undersigned,  citizens  of  th< 
State  of  Ohio,  respectfully  petition 
your  honorable  body: 

1.  That,  the  following  clause  in  th< 
Bill  of  R'guts  in  our  present  Constitu- 
tion, viz:  ''Religion,  morality  and 
knowledge  being  essential  to  good  gov 
ernment,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  tin 
General  Assembly  ...  to  en 
courage  schools  and  the  means  of  in 
Blructiuu,"  in.iy  be  allowed  to  remaii 
unchanged, 

2.ThatBUch  religious  ackuowledg 
ments  may  be  placed  in  the  preamble 
of  the  Constitution  as  shall  iuiiicult 
that  this  is  a  Christian  commonwealth 
and  shall  place  all  tbe  Christian  laws 
institutions  and  uiayes  of  the  govern 
on  an  undeniable  legal  basis  in  tb< 
fundamental  law  oi  the  State, 

Monthly  Concert  of  Prayer  for  tho  Re- 

"God  ia  blessing  our  work.  1 
have  mor*  prayer;  like  old  Jacob,  hold 
on  to  God  and  have  faith  in  God' 
promises." 

Thus  writes  John  Finney  of  Mart! 
field,  O.  We  remember  his  strong 
pleadingB  in  the  prayer-meetings  at  the 
Oberlin  Convention,  and  know  he  can 
advise  from  experience.  Let  us  be  ad 
monished  by  him  at  ibis  day  also.  Th< 
concert  of  prayer  will  bring  out  many 
cases  like  the  one  mentioned  on  the 
first  page  of  this  number,  of  a  Metho- 
dist pastor  in  Mnnesota,  aud  like  that 
mentioned  in  November  last  by  B.-o. 
Kiggins,  where  a  young  Knight  Temp- 
ing ofthe  Friends  in  Indiana,  and  lad 
down  the  regalia  and  weapons  of  his 
sham  Knighthood  and  became  a  true 
r  in  God's  army  of  truth. 
religious  contemporary  has  tht 
following  remark  on  the  growing  antftg- 
m  of  truth  and  infidelity,  a  SUgges- 
topic  for  the  prayerrmeel'ing: 

LSuobiirrV.  [■  e.m   tail   lu  ;  n-  thai  -lucl 


tof 


betw 


side 


,  they  ( 


ngOE 


iBfer 


News  of  our   TKTorls 


The  Foff  Rising  i 


Ma; 


Brooklyn,  (E.  D..)  N.  Y., 
Dec    18,  1873. 

Editors  ofthe  Cynosure: 
Dear  Sirs:— You  will  no  doubt  be 
glad  to  hear  that  Professor  C.  A,  Blan- 
chard'u  lectures  are  like  the  north  wind 
to  clear  off  the  mists  of  Masonry  from 
the  minds  of  the  peoplo  of  this* 'City 
of  Churches."  The  first  lecture,  "The 
Antiquity  of  Masonry"  was  admirably 
reported  U  the  Brooklyn  Times,  aud 
as  it  entered  the  homes  of  the  people, 
e  like  dust  before  a  be- 
;alled  him  a  liar.  Mason- 
sympathizerb-  denounced  him  as  a  Uni- 
versalis!, a  man  -'black  balled,"  and  too 
vile  tospeak  in  achurch.  -They  all  cried 
Why  oppose  Masonry?  None  but  the 
United  Presbyterians  or  the  Roman 
Catholics  will  allow  him  to  oppose  the 
■'Good  Masons."  The  result  of  this 
sensation  was  that  our  church,  which 
holds  about  400  persons,  was  well  filled 
with  an  intelligent  audience  including 
80  or  90  Masons  yesterday  evening, 
Dec.  18th.  After  reading  about  the  dumb 
devil  and  the  strong  man  overpowered, 
leadiag  in  prayer,  tbe  pastor  gave 
to  tlio  lecturer,  who,  taking  up  his 
ect,  The  ceremonie  s  of  Freema- 
y,  was  interrupted    before  he  had 


■He's 


nty8 


nth 


a  of 


liar;"  but  when  he  sboweri 
how  they  were  stripped  at  their  enter- 
usual,  laughed,  then  blushed,  then  ra- 
ged, one  said,  "In  what  part  of  the 
world  are  Masons  bo  made?"  Mr.  Blan- 
chard answered,  "Any  where  in  Brook- 

if  the  Bpeaker  was  a  Mason.  The 
first  supposing  that  he  was  addressed, 
said,  I  have  tho  honor  lo  say  that  I 
have  been  a  Mjsou  twenty  years,(great 
applause  by  Masons).  The  lecturer 
answered,  "You  will  see  before  I  am 
through."  Then  another  sprung  up, 
and  raged  and  curBed,  and  shook  his 
fist  at  the  speaker,  because  he  called 
Masonry  the  Mason's  god.  Then  turn- 
ing ou  the  pastor  and  officers  of  the 
churcb,  said  they  bad  no  business  to 
have  so  vile  a  man  lecture  in  the  church. 
Tbe  confusion  now  becatne  so  great  that 


ules,  and  a  leading  Mason  rose  and 
aid  that  they  had  come  lo  hear  a  lec- 
ure.  For  his  part  be  had  heard  noth- 
oe    offensive,  except   applause.       He 

thought  that  although  some  of  them 
might  be  intidels.they  ought  to  remem- 
ber that  this    wan  the    house  of   God, 


md    not   only  ac 
vould  injure  thei 


this 


Aftei 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  JANUARYS,  I6T4 


Profeeeor  then  pointedly 
questions  proposed  to  him  by 
bods.     One  Mason  chimed  the 
ryexisted  before    1717 — bee* 


Wr< 


Mit 


1643,  according  lo  Chamber's  Eoc. 
The  Professor  showed  that  Christopher 
Wren  was  an  operative,  not  a  Specula- 
tive Mason,  and  as  be  quoted  Cham- 
bers, and  half  a  dozen  other  Eqc'b.  , 
the  people  taid.  Blnncuarda  enough 
for  them.  Moreover  he  made  the  same 
Mason  feel,  when  be  told  him  that  be 
had  perjured  himself  when  he  called 
the  seceding  Masons,  "Perjuredmen." 
The  fraternity  made  an  tfl'uri  to  alarm 
the  people  by  shouting  "Sbut  the 
doors  and  don't  let  one  go  out."  But 
at  length  they  quietly  ilisb.'tndud  nnd 
went  borne.  The  Anti-masons  were 
jubilant.     They  admired  the  talents  of 


laker 


the 
other  by 


leai 


the 


w)y 


d  the  York  Masonic  conspira- 
defeated    Senator  Pomeroy, 

e  Mr.  Pomeroy  three  or  four 
fter  he  delivered  hia  Anti- 
peech  in  Chicago,  though  I 
e a  copy  of  the  speech,  but 
n  the  abuse  of  the  Kansas 
t  be  bad  made  a  speech  on 
ect.  After  trying  in  vain  to 
get  a  copy  of  the  speech,   I  w 

im   then  that  unless  he    went  to 
work  immediately  to  build  up  a  party 
Masonry,  that  Masonry    would 
m  from  Dan  to  Beershtba;   that 


grip,  wink  school-girli 
called  each  other  by  the  names  of'Ju- 
bila,Jubilo,  Jubilum."  The  audience 
was  particularly  horrified  at  the  blas- 
phemies of  the  death  and  resurrection 
of  Hiram  Abiff.  The  next  lecture  will 
be  delivered  Tuesday  evening  26th, 
Subject  "The  Obligations  of  Freemason- 
ry." May  God  protect  Bro-  Blanchard 
and    long    spare  him    for    this    great 

from  El- 


go  I 


lie  bud  about  live    years 

:ould    reath   him,  and  by 

the  federal    patronage    with    biB 


-Sot 


Dear  Cynosure: — Having  attended 
the  county  convention  of  Bradford 
county,  Penna,  held  in  the  new  Wea- 
leyan  Chutcb,  about  three  miles  from 
Rome,  1  must  say  that  the  gracious 
hand  of  the  Lord  was  powerfully  pres 
ent  through  all  the  meetings,  in  pro- 
tecting us  from  the  wrath  of  the  ene- 
my. Bio.  J.  L.  Bush,  who  h  Presi- 
dent of  the  Association,  is  still  treading 
in  the  same  path  with  increased  vigor, 
as  when  we  first  knew  him  ten  years 
ago;  and  also  Bro.  H.  Lou  on  berry  is 
still  in  the  goo.  old  way.  The  conven- 
tion was  a  complete  victory  over  the 
works  of  darkness.  1  left  Ihein  giving 
God  the  glory,  to  whom  alone  it  be- 
longs.    May  the  L  >rd    bless   the  dear 


plied   in  a  very   lengthy   letter, 
d  wound  up  by  saying  that  be    did 
t  think  the  time  had  arrived    to  take 
political  action  ami  sent    me  a  copy  of 
the   Cynosure    (the   first    that  I   ever 
and  in    fact    the   first  intimation 
there  was  such  a  paper  published 
e  world).     I  heard   high    Masons 
after  he  made  that   bptech   abuse 
and  tay  that  he  was  going  through 
for  the  last   time;   that   had  been   de- 
cided «pon 


Good  Effect  of  a  Short  Visit. 

A  letter  from  Jone;vii!e,  Mich,, good 
if  late,  says: — 

Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard  stopped  here 
over  Snuday  the  98d  ol  November  hat, 
and  delivered  two  lectures;  one  in  the 
Town  Hall  on  the  relation  of  Freema- 
sonry to  the  religion  of  Christ"  and  the 
other  In  the  Baptist  church  on  the  Re- 
ligion of  Masonry:  t  bowing  it  to  be  not 
only  a  false,  but  a  Cliristless  religion. 
All  things  considered,  the  unfavorable 
weather,  the  lack  of  due  notice  and  a 
union  nutting  of  two  churches  in  be- 
half of  the  Bible  audk-uces  weie  good. 
The  speaker  handled  these,  subjects  in 
a  familiar  but  masterly  manner,  making 
his  points  too  plain  to  he  misapprehend- 
ed. On  Monday,  having  obtained  s 
few  subscribers  for  the  Cynosure,  he 
proceeded  on  his  way  East,  having 
done  a    good  work   for   Joneeville,     bui 


ugh. 


We  have  ■ 
itol  ic,  how 


..r  Yurk '„  CiHittllliieuta. 


short  t 


rfroi 


stated 


uld 


onge 


lUght 


id  rami 


.1    li.ll,     f,T 


opposing 
they  said  which  had   dom 
lan  all  the  churches. 
There  i 


I  this  c 


in  this  county),* 

Pomeroy  was  defeated  by 
spiracy  and  not  a  few  belie 
:o  be  a  Masonic  conspiracy. 
Very  rtspectfully  yours, 

N.   B.    Blanton. 


{Mr.   York 
eve  Mr.  Po; 
wicked 


Experience  Meeting 


r  Shakes  tiff  the  Chains 
tor  of  the  Cynosure: 


tliN  e  copies 

your  work. 


rible  i 


nd  throw  my  influence  in    with  theE 
rlio  are  striving  to   overthrow   it. 
, as  also  a  member  of  the    Minneto! 
Vnnual  Conference  of  the  M.  E.  cburcl 
tut  when  I  learned  of  the  influence  tb. 
MasoDry     has     in     her    councils,    an 
church  government,  (as  in  the   case 
Bro.  Levington    and  others)  1  felt  thi 
I  could  not  conscientiously    remain   i 
her  ranks.     I  therefore  withdrew,  and 
united  with  a  church  where  I  can 
lull  liberty  to  work  and  preach  ag 


Mas 


the   gre 


lu  its  issue  of  December  27lb,  th> 
Christian  Statesman  thus  speaks  of  the 
lectures  in  Philadelphia: 

■■Prof.  Chas.  A.  Blanchard  of  Win 
ton  College,  Illinois  has  delivered  three 
lectures  in  this  city  on  Freemasonry. 
These  leciures  have  been  admirable 
specimens  of  logic  and  rhetoric  enforced 
by  a  delivery  both  pleasing  and  (fleet- 
tve.  The  fourth  and  last  lecture  of  the 
couree  will  be  delivered  on  Tuesday 
evening  the  30th  inat. ,  and  will  dis- 
cuss "The  religion  of  Freemasonry." 
The  cause  of  trun  religion,  of  social  pur- 
ity and  public  justice  receives  import-int 
service  in  these  lectures,  and  Piof. 
Blanchard. his  venerable  father  ,l he  Preo 
identof  Whealon  ^College,  and  their 
self-denying  co-laborers  deserve  the 
cordial  co-operation  and  prayerful  sym 
pathy  of    Christians  of   all    denoroina- 

Bro.  Graham,  of  Mercer  Co.,  III., 
writes  that  the  dncuesion  of  the  lodge 
is  kept  before  the  people  in  that  vicini- 
ty ,  but  tbey  want  a  state  lecturer  tc 
give  lime  and  labor,  who  can  rally  the 
people.  Such  an  one  will  be  put  intc 
the  field  as  soon  as  the  proper  person 
appears.      See    the    resolution     of  the 


Though  we  are  a  feeble    folk, 

battle  against  wrong. 

My  preient  purpose  in  writing  you, 
is  merely  to  unite  my  testimony  with 
that  of  others  who  have  renounced  th« 

hidden  things  of  dishonesty,  to   the  ef- 
fect   that    the   exposures    of  Masonry 


red  over   the 

nard's  Light 


i   far  as  I 


itbout  having  heavy    fines  shaken  at 
tbem. 

ome  Odd  ring  men    are  telling   the 
litiated   that   they    would   give  up 
their  sly    practices    if  they    bad    their 
y  (hundreds  of  dollars)  back   in 
pockets,  but  they  still    use   pass- 
words and  pay    up  the  fee3  and    dues, 
w  foolish ! 

■ome  ring  men  tell  me  that  I  have 
a  the  cause  of  many  joining  the 
r  orders  and  yet  they  get  vexed 
ut  it.  Perhaps  they  think  too  many 
:ally  cooks  will  spoil  the  broth. 
:  big  lusty  fellow  that  I  sent  into 
mysteries  of  Masonry  was  about  as 
;sh  as  they  evej 


Bible,  where  it  is  said  we  should  do 
good  unto  all  men,  but  especially  the 
household  of  faith.  I  see  no  good 
reason  why  we  should  have  any  secret 
jrderinthis  country.  Cons^quenily 
n  order  to  throw  my  little  influence  on 
the  right  side,  as  I  believe.  I  bid  you 
Godspeed  Pin  your  noble  work.  I  will 
ike  your  paper.  Send  it  on. 
David  Koobrs. 


Ill     V 


thai 


iake  something  out  of  the  winks, 

grips,  etc.      His  head  is  just  one 

big  bump  of  swinish  Eelfishuees,     What 

noble  Mason  he  will  be  by  the    time 

i  wool  is  dyed   thirty-three    limes  in 

;    intense    selfishness  ,  of  Masonry  ! 


l-^ran. 
No 


,!    fulw 


,  Vernon,  low 


wkof  : 


ercyi 


like 
you: 

your  Gospel  teaching  is  felt,    read 

practiced  in  every  home  in  our  beloved 

ntry;  and  may  its  healing  power  be 

lelt   and  heeded  throughout  the  world  1 

Oh  how  long  will  the  Christian  church 

lumber  and  sleep,  while  her  greatest 

nemy  is    not  only   eowing    tares  but 

ooting  up  all  her  vital    piety.      Sin    is 

terrible  in  any  form.     Slavery  was  cru- 

hell, but  Speculative  Freemasonry  if 

tcrne  of  all  of    Satan's  fiendish  de- 

r.  D.  Platner. 

seceder  in  Braudon.  Vt.,  is  work- 

and  he  has  evidence 

I   intend  to   take    the  Cynosure   ai 

jong as  I  live.ii  it  is  published;  and  toge 
all  lo  take  it  that  1  can.   I  think  I  ehal 

enclosed    S2  for    the   weekly. 
Yours  truly,  James  R.  Taylor. 

A  friend  in  Manteno,  III,  knows  tin 
effect  of  the  paper  and  wants  minis 
lers  instructed  in  the  truth.  He  send 
this  order: — 

I  am  now  presenting  three  copies  o 
the  fortnightly  to  friends  I  hope  toben 
fit,     I  am  now  intending  to  increase  thi 


igfo. 


1  wish  yo 


;  thet 


fortnightly    ut   just  what    you  can    e 

ministers.  Please  send  me  a  bill,  ar 
I  will  send  namts.  John  T.  Parkkr, 
I  like  your  paper  very  much  (wnti 
Bro,  Fellows  of  Marengo,  Itl.,)andc 
so  the  cause  it  advocates.  1  am  than 
tul    there   are   men    who    dare    spe; 

A  well   known   contributor  suggee 

the  reform:  — 


Jteli;;!, 


I  So 


reported  in  the  U'ecl.-j- 


lahors  at    0  less., 
month  of  Decent 

cinily  by    profesni 


>n  of  63  o 

ol  pray,  r  is 


•flings,  aiu-nded  with  much  mUT"H 
Mr.  Hammond's  labor-!  at  Alton,  III, 
set!  Monday  morning  with  a  pnyei 
■i-ung  lour  In m tm  long,  More  lha 
0  have  signed  the  covenant  an 
e  number  incriMies  (laily.  He  got 
St  Louib.— The  Reformed  Episc. 
pal  church  has  established  a  coDgiegi 
'       '  n  Peoria  and  holds  regular  service. 


i  the  G.-rm 
with  Ullr 
Presbyter 


.News  Mimuiiiry, 

;ss  n-assembled  on  Monday, 
c  took  up  the  salary  busiu-  ss ; 
e  discussed  the  civil  rights 
s  sdd  that  Pres.  Grant  has 
conferred  with  a  number  of 
aud  finds  the   oppusii 


Williams  for  Chief  Jui 


ong  for 

will  be  with 


of  wealth.— The 


i.B.  J.  Sites 
,1  internal  re 
recenlly  an 


energetic  measu 

list  and  pushing 

All  should   ts 


Wei 


Mai 


t  Mast 


"Th< 


Any  friend 

in  or   near  V 

count?,  Mich.. 

whodesire  lec 

Elder  J.  B,  B 

ird,    will  plea. 

nicate  with  Ji 

ne.   0.    Higs 

Mille,  Waslite 

aw  Co.,  Mioli 

If  you  have  I 

will  you  uot 

hlulu   a  club  o 

U':,-.ll(.  II 


Judge  Whitne 
lefence  before  the  Grand  Lodg- 
The  Broken  Seal,"  etc, 
I  have  used  Morgan's  eipose  of  fc 
sonry  in  a  lecture,  reading  from  it, 
i  he  purpose  of  showing  Masone  w 
present  (and  ignorant  of  the  fa 
that  Masonry  is    really  exposed   to  t 


of  the  lodge,  in 
l  their  pow- 


world,   and  alto  to  show  others  the  e 

surdity  of  their  (E 

Prominent  membei 

eluding  the  Master,  who 

letting  Christians  did  all 

t  r  to  make  the  people  beli 

lying.         But  at   the  same  lime    thi 

h.-sd  a  charge  made  out  against    me    I 

part  of  the  secrets  of  Masonry;  and  tl 
next  day  I  was  oied  to  apjear  for  trial 
on  this  charge.       Thus    they  virtually 
admitted  that  I  apoke  the  truth. 
I  should  be  glad  to  see  an  asc 
formed  in  this  state,   auxiliary 
National    Association   of  Anli 
operate    i 


nd  .wdl  gladly 


>thia 


e  fur  the  Right, 


Delhi 

•  llli.  iTi|>linllf 

Cyno&ure  for  c 


Last  measures  to  Have  the  Lodge. 

Yore,  Pa„  Jan.  3,  1874. 

Editor  Cynosure; — 

An  Odd-fellow's  son  informs  met! 
ourYork  rin-s  now  fine  all  members  w 


j  keep  tht 
.  Money 
ood.     Cou 


Lodge  Favoritism. 

Ottomwa,  Iowa,  Dec.  27th,   1873. 
Editor  of  the  Cynosure: 

Dbar  Brother  : — I  have  been  a  read- 
er of  your  valuable  paper  for  the  last 
ail  months.  For  years  past  I  have  had 
implicit   confidence   in    ministers   and 

and  yet  believe  there  are  many  go'irf 
people  belonging  to  this  order.  But 
within  the  past  few  years  I  have  had 
my  confidence  shaken  in  this  order.      I 


Ihai 


lapet 


1  favoi 


clan  say,  if  it  had  b 


ulyc 


)  peri 


d  his  brother,  a  mem 
ber  of  the  same  church,  was  needy,  hi 
was  in  duty  bound  lo  aid  the  inlideli:  . 
belonBed  to  the  secret  order.  Thi, 
does  not  agree  with  the  teaahing  of  tin 


Douglas.-Prcidcnt     Bui 
Chicago    University    has   re 

r. — The  engineers' strike  Ol 
ilvania  lenn-d  roads  is  over 
have  been  employed  and  lb 
:  out  of  work.— The  work 
Miw  York,  Pittsburg  aud 
lontinue  I.  hni.revolu' 
igs. — The  Bradbury 
s  buiuid  ou  Fru'iiy  ie>. 


al,  and  censuring  i're- 
ing  ihebill.-IIeiirv  '"lew 
i  of  New  York,  who  wer 


ANTIMASONIC  TRACTS. 


A  Tract  Fund  for  lis  fa:  Distribution  of  Tracts. 

"The  Antiamsonic  Scrap  Book," 

HISTOaTToTMAMNRY.  ^ 


MASONIC!    MTTB.DEII. 


SECRETS  OP  MASONRY. 

BY  ELI  TAPLEY. 
TRACT  NO.  i. 

GRAND    GREAT  GRAND! 
By  PHILO  CARPENTER. 


Extracts  From  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  a 
Sworn  to  bv  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Rhode  Island. 


Hon.  John  Ouincy  Adams'  Letter, 

Giviutr  Hieand  Ilia  father's  Opinion  of  Freemason 


Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

tiivinir  His  U|,lniiin   of  Freemasonry    llsll'il. 


Satan's   Cable   Tow. 


.i.,™r,K'i.7oh»"  KS  KUXToWsSSS:  SKS 
Freemasonrv  is  Onlv  152  Years  Old," 

"Mnrder  and  Treason  not  Escesptd." 


Freemasonry  in  th.e  Cnvirola. 


I  Symbols  of  Freeiiiii^inry 


r  present  aci 
isa  taken  the 


Address  of  Niijiritalj.issoiitio!,  Now  York. 


Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry. 


HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D. 


GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY. 


dS 


MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  and  VOID. 


1U.SBTH  U.  BATES  QK  PRBSMMOHRT. 


"ENOCH  HONIYNEIL'S  TRACT. 


TERMS  FOR  THE  CYEO^URE. 


Descriptive  Catalogue 

PUBLICATIONS 

EZRA  A.  COOK  &  CO.. 
13  Wabash  Ave. 

CHICAGO 

GEN'L  PHEiPS' 


NEW   BOOK 


OH SEJRET  SOCIETIES! 


FREEMASONRY*  EXPOSED, 

by  CAP'T.  WILLIAM  MORGAN. 


THE  BROKEN  SEAL. 
By  SAMUEL   D.  GREENE, 

OPINIONS  OF  THE  PRESS. 


History  of  The  Abduction  and  Murder  o 
Cap't.  Wm.  Morgan. 


Valance's  Confession  of  The  Murder  of 
Capt.  Wm.  BfiorBan. 


The  Mystic  Tio  or  Freemasonry  a  League 
with  the  Devil 


NABRATIVES'AND  ARGUMENTS, 

"  fey  ■FRAHcis  SEMPLE  of 


The  Antimason'3  Scrap  Booi, 
21  CYNOSURE  TRACTS. 


Who  Murdered  Capt.  Wm.  Morgin? 

HISTORY  OF  THE 

Abduotion  and  Murder 

Capt.  William  Morgan, 


rhii  is  i  Book  of  ThiUUtiB  In' 


J  OBEDIENCE  TO  MASONIC  I 

l  67  Sill,  tol-Fitl,  aitgl*  Cp;  11  oil.,  I3.0C 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  JANUARY  8.  18-74 


Tli:  UrJgrlit  SldP. 


Smiles  upon  our  passing  footsteps 
-    From  its  lowly  hud  of  sond. 
Now  uail  then  a  virgin  rosebud, 
Breathes  upon  us  by  the  way; 


OodhaUt  placed 

All  along  our  | 

Emblcnit*  faint  t 


Hupi'V  in- 
Ami  cuj.i. 


a  happy  life  be  thine. 


An  excellent  in<l\  i.n 
member  of  a  society  na 
Pittsburg,  related  to  m- 
incident:     "Her    fathei 


3  of  tbe 


'  in  Fra 

.untry, 


board  Thomas  P-itno,  tin-  ^rent  ii 
escipin^  to  the  United  States  ft 
life.  The  old  captain  was  al 
infidel.  On  boird  thh  vessel  wa 
captain's  daughter.  She  had  beei 
verted  at  n  Methodist  revival  in  ih 
of  Baltimore,  and,  at  her  father 
to  eave  her  fromulter  nr  Inncboly,  he 
took  her  to  Franc.  mid  ou  the   ; 


Training  Children  to  Purity. 


my  child  on  the  subject  of  chastity 
She  is  rapidly  growing  older,  and  a  qui 
she  will  know  without  my  training/ 
So,  in  accordance  with  this  reeolutioi 
when  her  daughter   asks   questions  01 


dnw.ubj._-. 


i  fah( 


The  child    perceiv 

e  is  not  fairly  dealt    with     and    h 
r  curiosity  greatly  excited. 
''While  men  slept   the  enemy   air 
d  sowed  lares  among  lh<.- 


way. 


Matt 


.  25 


Rest  assort 

not 

era,  il  you 

do  not 

m|,arl  inslmc 

a  to 

the  rising 

age  on 

lllia  delicate 

qu 

Stio 

n,    the   enemy  of 

.11   righteon.t 

es 

W 

11,    even 

o  your 

'  hitter  w 

■.pin* 

Fur  the  lips 

of 

ange  «om 

mb    n   honeyc 

m 

nd    her   m 

onth  is 

rooolher  tha 

1." 

"Her    1„ 

sliiietli  unto  A 

alii,  n 

ad  her  pat 

-  nnlo 

he  dead.     N 

na 

tha 

go  utilo 

her  re- 

;■  i!  sworn." 


•'He 


slaughter,  or  as  n  fool  goeth 
reolion  of  the  stocks.  'J 
strike  l!mm!>li  his  liver;  as  a  bird  hasl- 
eth  to  the  snare  and  knoweth  not  it  i 
for  his  life."  Prov.  vii  22,  23 
"Hearken  uuto  me,"  says  Solomon 
now  therefore,  0  ye  children  and  n 
tend  to  the  words  of 


t  thine  heart  inclir, 


er  paths.  For  she  hath 
y  w.'Uin.i.-d:  yea.  many 
ve  been  slain  by  her. 
he    way    to    heil,  going 


mpurity. 


■able.      'Il, 


legion. 


1  Paint 


uld  i 


troversy  witli  his  dan^ht-T; 

was  a  subtle  reasiner,   he  ( 

drive  the  young  lady  from 

irjge.      He  approached  her  blandly  ami 

said:     "I  learn    young  lady,  yen 

professor  of  the  religion  of  Jesus. 

said:     'lam,   sir;'  and    just  th 

felt  the  power  of  the  Divine    Sj 


rheai 


Said  t 


AIL, 


you  a  question. 
Paine.'  He  then 
'You  Christians  are  lookio; 
of  judgment.'  'Tee,  si 
young  lady,  suppose  the  I 
for  day   does   not   come, 


me  to  ask 
.inly,     Mi 


Whei 


false 


fear  of  a  great  day,  and  ihe  fut 
which  you  dream  and  dread  so 
'True,  Mr.  Paine.  Let  me  una*. 
question  by  asking  another.' 
ceed,  lady.'     'If  sir,  the  Bible  ii 


is  a  noble  ar 

swer,  and  true.     If  1    am 

wrong,  I  Ion 

e    nil;    if  you   are    wronif 

you  have  n 

thing  morfi  than  I  to  lose 

Lady,  stick 

to  your  profession.      I  iiftvt 

word  to  say.     I  am  taken 

In  my   own 

net  '" — Christian    Prtsn 

Hole-,  for  a  Christian  Hay. 

Begin    the   day  with   meditatior 
jrayer.      Acknowledge   yuur  al  1  fiance 
-o    God  as   (he  sovengn  of  your 


<i  Jd  tt  ciinHtaiil  presr'uci 
your  hand  in  hia,  your  ej 
him.  Think  often  of  him 
say    nothing,  think  nothing  which  may 


■8  fixed  upon 
i:o  noll.ini;. 


The  least  little  r 


whatever  infinite  w 
best,  almighty  nowei 
finite  love  will  rot  su 


B0f   i 


lekne 


l,— in  all  hoi 


on  his  almighty 
of  sorrow  and  disappointment  ,on  his 
unconquerable  love.  Our  aspirations, 
our  yearning  affection 9,  our  capabilities 
of  happiness  are  all  so  many  promises 
of  God  that  the  time  will  come  when 
they  shall  Lave  (heir  happy  fulfillment 
Resolve  to  be  on  your  gu.rd  during  the 
day,  to  speak  evil  of  no  one.  to  avoid  all 


heaven;  to  be  contented,  good  temper. 

ed,  of  good  cheer,  to  deal  justly  and 
love  mercy  and  walk  humbly,  in  soli- 
tude to  guard  Ihe  thoughts,  in  society 
the  tongue,  at  hume  the  temper.  Live 
only  a  day  at  a  lime — take  bhorl  views. 
Let  it  be  thy  only  care  that  thy  God 
~„„  a   j  .i      i        .i            ii         "  .    "Modest,-.  lilii'iliiuiH.n.lH  ;|ii 

luay  ti'id   llii    in  n'l  in  -  ;iu<!  i      ■■i-i ,,  '  '       ,  ,      ' 

.  \  '■     "  -M.-l-f    W.lll.    Hi:i'l    |n     ,|-|       ;,„    I     , 

uofte      a,  it  may  please  him    to  visit    Moro  ricil  ,bun  g„|,i  or,Uwr 
ihee.SeUcUtd,  J  0  may  it  always  on  us  shine. 


citing  food  and  drink,  exciting 
ny,  exciting  amusements,  etc.,  all 
tend  to  impurity.  The  libertine  is  ev- 
erywhere. The  vile  woman,  that 
prowls  about  the  country  to  procure 
victims  for  houses  of  death,  is  every- 
where, vile  printB  and  publications  are 
everywhere,  tbe  licentious  fashion,  the 
thousand  and  one  excitements  are  ev- 
erywhere. They  cluster  around  those 
unshielded  by  parental  instruction  and 
paient.il  example,  or  urge  them  for- 
ward into  the  gulf  of  pollution. 

And  now  we  ask  a^aio,  would  you 
have  yowchUdren  among  those  who 
are  thus  neglected,  thus  unshielded, 
thus  tempted  to  go  down  to  the  chnm- 
bers  of  death  and  hell? 

Giid  has  directed  parents  to  leach  all 
the  commands   to   their   children,  hi 
given  line  upon  line,  and  precept  upon 
precept  on  the  subject  of  purity;  givei 
some  of  the    most   thrilling    incident? 
has  shown  the  fearful   effects    of  liceri 
tiousness  on  nations  and  on  individuals 
And  shall    parents  now    excuse   tl 
selves,  saying,  "1  don't  know    hoi 
teach    my    children  ("     Will    they 
rather  seek,    and    shall    they   not 
that  guidance  the   Lord  is   ever    ready 


a  Opium  Shop- 

n    that    the  habit   of 


using  opium  ^  greatly  on  the  im 

irrasp  on  iis  victim  when  once  fairly 
fixed  is  more  terrible  than  that  of  alco- 
hol. The  following  description  01 
scenes  in  an  opium  shop,  is  taken  Iron: 
fJjipincotCs  Magazine: 

On  ah  four  sides  ol    tbe   room   were 
fiii'  hen  placed  thickly  against  the  walls 
and  others  were  scattered  over  the  ap< 
partmenl  wherever  there  was  room  foi 
them.     On  each  of  these  lay  extended 
the  wreck  of   what  was  once   a    man, 
Some  few  were  old— all  were    hollow, 
eyed,  with  sunken  cheeks  and  cadaver- 
ous countenances;  many  were    clothed 
in  rags,  having  probably  smoked  away 
their  last  dollar,  while  others  were  of- 
fering to  pawn  their  only  decent  garmen 
lor  an  additional  dose  of  the  deadly  drug. 
A  decrepit  old  man  raised    himself   »■ 
we  entered,  drew  a  long  sigh,  and  ther 
with  a-half  uttered  imprecation   ou  hii 
own  folly  proceeded  to   refill  his    pipe, 
This  he  did  by  scraping  off,  with  afive- 
incb  steel  needle,  some  opium  from  1 1  ■ 
lid  of  a  tiny  shell  box,  rolling  the  paste 
into  a  pill,  and  then,  afier  heating  it  io 
the  blaze  of  a  lamp,  deposit   il   within 
the  small  aperture  of  his  pipe.     Sever- 
al short  whiff)  followed;  then  the  smok- 
er   would  remove    the   pipe     from    his 
mouth    and  lie.    back   motionless;  and 
then  replace  the   pipe,    and    with  fast- 
glazing   eyes    blow    the  smoke   slowly 
trough  bis  palitj    nostrils.        As    the 
lreotic  effect  of  the  opium    began    to 
nrk  he  fell  back   on    the  couch    in    a 
ate  of  Billy  stupefaction  that  was  alike 
pitiable  and  disgusting.    Another  amok- 
a  mere  youth,  lay  with  face  buried 
bis  hands,  and  as  he  lifted  his   head 
ire  was  a  look   of  despair  such    as  I 
have  seldom  seen.     Though  so  young 
pasn  complete  wreck,  with    hollow 
,   sunken    chest,    and    a    nervous 
•iiing  in  every  muscle.     I  spoke  to 
and  learned  that  sis  months  hefur- 
lad  lost   his    whole  patrimony    by 
gambling,   and  came    hither    to   quaff 
fiTgetfnlnefs  from  these  Lethean  cups, 
oping,  he  said,  to    find    death  as  well 
s  oblivion.     By  far  the  Larger  proper- 
ion  of  the  smokers    were    so   entirely 
nder  the  influence  of  the   Btupefyinj 
loison  as  to    preclude  any    attempt    a 
cm  venation,  and    we  psssed  out    fron 
his  moral  pest-houie  sick  at   heart   a 
re  thought  of  these  infatuated    victim 
of    self-indulgence  and   their   etarving 
ies  at  h'>me.      This  baneful   habit, 
formed,  is   seldom  given  u 
from  three    to  five    years'   indi 
itterly  wreck  the  firmest  cc 
the   frame  beaming  daily 
iated,  the  eyei 


to  work   miking  more  chains  for 
people. 

Many  anil  many  a  lime  the  p03 
struggled  to  get  free,  but  all  in 
and  many  a  time  people  came 
large  brimmers  and  huge  stones 
tried  to  break  the  chains;  hut  i 
all  to  no  purpose.  The  Lamme: 
stones  made  a  great  noire,  but  they 
broke  nothing,  and  the  deceive 
bughed  at  them. 

At  last  there  came  one  bringing  a 
hag  full  of  files,  and  he  offered  < 
each  prisoner.  Some  of  the  pri; 
were  so  used  to  their  chains,  that  they 
liked  them,  and  did  not  take  the  files, 
because  they  did  not  want  to  be  free, 
Another  of  the  prisoners  said,  "tbi< 
file  is  of  no  use,  can  this  little  thing  dc 
what  the  great  hammer  there  c  mid  ii"' 
do?  Look  at  this  thick  chain  around 
my  body;  though  I  work  for  a  year,  1 
could  not  break  it,"  So  some  of  them 
would  not  take  the  file,  others  threw 
them  down  after  a  few  moments'  trial; 
others  worked  patiently  away.  Those 
that  had  only  the  thin  bracelet    round 


filed 


,  (and 


imes   the  hes 

viest    chain*    woult 

snap 

sunder  with 

a  touch  of  the  file) 

other. 

who  had  m 

ny  thick  chains,  hai 

to  work  on  pallen 

ly  for   years  before 

Edith 

M  worked  g.i 

led   their  freedom. 

Th 

deceiver  is 

in,  and    tbe  chain 

are  s 

nful  habits. 

A  bad  habit  some 

imes 

at  first  does  n 

otseem  very  wrong 

'or 

nstance,   mat 

y   a  little  child    wit 

teal 

piece-  fs)c;ar 

ortellafahehoodfo 

uu,  who  would  u» 

Bteal  money  or  tol 

W 

en  we   h.ve 

once    been    oaugh 

with  these  little  si 

is,    we   are    loadei 

with  heaver  ones. 

Punishments   ant 

a  doc 


Then  Christ  comes  with  the  file,  tha 
love  or  gratitude;  and  if  we  patient- 
ly   work  away   in  love   for  Christ,  wi 
be   freed    in    time.       Sometime! 
t  freeB  us  while  we  are  quite  little 
children,  sometimes  not    till  we  are  ol- 
sometimes  he  freei  us  suddeuly, 


Th. 


Did  parents  realize 
porlanee  of  seeking 
purity  of  their  ehildr- 

■flieiently  as   they   do 


he    inn  nit-- 

,  did  they    feel 
igly,  and  a 


to  her  injury 


Many 


the  giddy    thoughtlet 
thfol    vivacity,    without      the 
slightest  thought  of  wrong,   cast 
upou  the  character  of  a  y 
which     it       required     years 


M.,.|f-tv  u.  .  (,. 
MUlifal,     lovely, 


lodesty  beam- 
every  feature. 
,  look,  word,  and  deed! 
iw  lovely  thou  art  J  An- 
ils are  enamored  at  Illy  seraphic  lov- 
lessl  All  heaven  smiles  complacently 
thy  enchanting  beauties. 
Modesty  in  a  female    is    the    crown- 


fortli    radia 


topmosl   Mm, i    ..I  i  i  . 

.Vherecan  we  hope  for  . 
iBty.  gospel  purity  and  . 
ept  in  Christinninolher 


dlcnc 

imperial 
iplictty. 


the 


the  c 


bfc. 


Discipline  of  Trials— It  is  not  th' 
things  that  we  call  best  that  maki 
man;  it  is  not  the  pl^asantest  things 
it  is  not  the  calm  experiences  of  life;  it 
in  life',  rugged  experiences,  its  temp 
ests,  its  trials.  The  discipline  of  life  ii 
here  good,  and  there  evil;  here  trouble 
and  there  joy;  here  radiance  and  there 
smoothness;  one  working  with  the  oth 
er,  and  the  alternations  of  the  one  and 
the  other,  which  necessitate  adaptations, 
constitute  a  part  of  that  education  which 
makes  a  man,  in  diatinction  from  an  an. 
imal,  which  has  no  education.  The 
successful  man  invariably  hears  or 
h"i3   brow    the  marks  of    the   strugttlt 


Oh.ildrens'   Corner. 


1  he  HrenlMi*  of  l'Iiain« 
was  a  decitful   i 


,:ike  -I.. 


I  Of    I 


othet 


Once  thei 
ished  to  n 
nt  savages 
ig  some  round  circles  of  bright  steel, 
ad  he  said  to  them,  ''Put  these  brace- 
la  on  your  arms."  The  poor  crea- 
irea  thought  they  were  pretty  orua- 
ients,  nud  they  gladly  put  them  on, 
ow,  these  bracelets  were  not  really 
bracelets,  but  handcuffs  made  to  fasten 
prisoners  with,  So  when  the  deceiver 
iad  once  got  the  men  in  his  power,  he 
aid,  "Now  put  these  pretty  chains  on 
your  ancles,  and  these  on  your  legs, 
ind  this  big  chain  around  your  neck." 
Then  most  of  the  ignorant  menobey- 
il  limi  oladly,  and  went  on  putting  on 
be  chains;  but    some    eaid,    "No,  we 


tbade 


■rli;    the, 


cramp  m;  lake  them  off  again.' 
Hut  he  laughed  at  them,  and  answered, 

should  have  thought  of  that  be- 
now  you  are  in  my  power  and 
Io  as  1   bid;  put   on  these    other 

,  or  I  will  make   you."     So   all 


[We  pre 


mI-i, 


t  this  w 
i.     Thn 


ekar 


3  feat 


ithe 


of  a  friend  two  copies  of  the  "Misunkk 
InteUigencer,"  published  inBalavia,  N. 
Y.,  May,  1827,  have  been  sent  us, and 
the  following  articles  are  from  its  col- 
umns— genuine  specimens  of  Masonic 
journalism  and  fraud  from  within  a  few 
months  of  Morgan's  "taking  off." 
They  show  the  painstaking  of  the 
lodge  to  calm  public  mind,  and  turn  it 
from  careful  investigation  of  tbe  dark 
deed]: 

'  •  The  editor  of  the  Black  Rot*  Oi- 
zrtte  has  some  desultory  remarks  on  the 
Morgan  ntfiir,  from  which  we  extract 
the  following: 

'  It  is  about  seven  monthB  since  the 
abduction  and  ablation,  deportation 
or  destruction  of  the  celebrated  Captain 
W.  Morgan.  Ever  since  that  unfortu 
nate  event,  which  bas  consigned  to 
fame  so  many  parsonages,  either  as 
actors  in  the  conspiracy,  or  abettors, 
accusers,  vengeance  seekers,  or  aveng- 
ers,a  warfare  has  been  carried  uo  ag.nm-t 
the  whole  body  of  Freemaeons;  there 
has  been  much  beating  of  tbe  air, 
where  no  enemy  could  be  found.  A 
whole  community  has  been  ngitated  in 
a  district  of  country  of   greater   extern. 

eracy.        Meetings   haye  been 
which  have  partaken 
sions  of  infuriated  po 


nore  of  the   pa 
iical  lealohj,  thu 


Freem 


,  preaching  the 


died 

w)  did  as  they  i 


,  (/or   they    i 
sbid, 


>  slaves.  And  the  worst  of  it  all 
I  wa?,  that  when  the  deceiver  had  them 
|  completely  in  bis  puwer,  he  set    them 


patiiotic  ladies,  they,  too,  have  ha 
meetings,  and  threatened  to  drm 
the  curtain  of  separation  between  thei 
ly  daughters  and  the  most  free  an. 
acceptable  of  the  Masons.  Editors  of  pn 
have  made  heartless  appeal 
passions — have  cried  for  hel] 
for  the  helplea*,  {aud  worse  than  wid 
I  state  of  the  wife  of  Morgan,  am 
while  their  eyes  wera  still  wet  will 
hypocritical  tears,  have  extorted i 
dollar  for  a  bald  pamphlet  of  00  paget 
from  those  who  want  information  mor. 
than  they  want  bread.     .     .     . 

asembted  from  several  of  the  coun- 
tbe  infected  district,  the  conven 
hich  sat  at  Lewtston,  and  which 
afterwards  established  itself  for  a  short 

posed  to  possess,  what  several  of 
their  members  avowed  they  did 
possess  a  clue  to  the  fate  of 
thu  unhappy  Morgan;  a  talismanic 
wand  seemed  to  ho  in  their  possession 
which  could  accomplish  everything, 
except  unsealing  the  portuh  of  the  un- 
seen world. 
'But  tell  i 


examination  of  some  forty-fire  wilne- 
•■«,  at  the  circuit  court  recently  held 
the  county  of  Niagara,  at  the  Cou 
lb. ns-  in  Lockport,  did  not  disclose 
(act  which  could  induce  a  most  intel 
gent  nnd  respectable  Brand  Jury  to  b 
lieve,  that  William  Morgan  was  cv 
brought  within  the  limits  of  that  cou 
ty  much  less  did  he  receive  his  deal 
in  that  fortress,  gray  with  the  frosts 
seventy  winters,  aud  brightened  by  ll 
beams  ol  as  many  suns  of  summer. 

'That  Mr.  liriicc,  il„.  ..|,,.,-,tf,  ,-  ;,M 
son,  there  is  no  doubt — that    he   '■  s 
lected  and  returned  the  aforesaid  grand 
jury,"  or  "that   it  was  done   by 

erpr    .able— that  this  Sheriff  is 
cateda    i  ,.    the    principals    i 

outrage,  (upon  Morgan)  by  the    ' 


..I  ii,'. 


arks 


h'ii. 


:  .1.   . 


could  prove  it;  and  on  this  point  a 
grand  jury  of  the  county,  have  on  thtii 
oaths  said,  that  no  facts  had  been   dU 

closed  whereby  they  could  impeach  oi 
present  any  .citizen  for  the  offence 
That  this  jury  wem  selected  by  an  im 
plicated  sheriff  because  their  opinion; 
were  formed  before  they  were  summon 
ed,"  is  eupposing  a  degree  of  nirruptio: 
and  perjury,  not  warranted  by  the  char 
acter  of  that  jury,  some  of  whom  wt 
know,  and  all  wo  understand  to  be  re 
apectable  men.  We  have  been  told  by 
a  citizen  of  Lockport  ttint  only  seven  o 
the  twenty-four  are  Masons. 


1'lllT---.    . 


Auti- 


',  GbriM.oin  Uyie 


"»  K.  W.ishin  ;i  -n  Si.,  India 


Lecturer  for  luiliann,J.  T.Kigjiinflii 

apolis.Ind- 

,  H.  11   Hin 

n.  Wis. 

Wheaton,  III. 
icbard,  W'ett'.h    r 
I'  Elzei,  Wheaton,  111. 


YV.  A.  \V„1U. 


N. 


D.  P.  Rathbun,    lieincWille, 
jfl  City,  Iowa 
It.  IS.  Taylor,  Suiiii.ierri, ■'■■'. 
L.  N.  Strati 

N.    C-.ik-L!    i- 

leii'lcL,  Crystal  Lake,  111. 


,  Charles  City,  Iowa. 
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I..  N,  Stratloti,  Svr:tci];.  ,  IS.  V. 
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,  Tareutum,  Pa. 
_a,  Cry 
P.  flurless,  Polo,  III. 


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gustine,  P  Allen,  L  Ayres,  Jas  Atkin 
Wm  Anderson,  J  Auten,  John  An 
m,   C   0    Beatly,    A  Bennet,  B  F 
agardncr,  Juo  Bill,  0   Brooks.  C 
H  Barringer,  J  A  Brown,  C  0  B»Htty, 
D  Baker,  0  C  M  B.U-s,  J  L  Barlow,  A 
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,yles,  J  Brownlee,  Wm  Corry,  F  M 


Curt 

H  Oline,  N  Callender,  J    W 

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I,  J  H    Canfiel'd,   Wm  Cow 

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,h"  lillson  II  .1  V^r.w.'Mii.r  M 
Van  Horn,  DC  Van  I.  ,.  U  -  \  ,M  . 
O  WiUou  W  (.  Wuite,  N  Wnite  A 
Work,  OB  Worth,  U  M  Webb 
Welch,  D  Who,  r  It  Wilkina,  .1 
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RA  Washburne,  OS  Wilaon,  It 
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4  THE  ADVANCE.  18 

A  WIDE-AWAKE  PAPER 


ASew  ;::-..;■,  if  Banyan's 


The  Ablo.t  nnd  Bnst  Writer. 
A  NEW    FEATURE 


Beau'.iful  Floral  Crosses. 


J.L.MANLEY. 
ATTORWEY-AT-L  A.W, 


WHEATON    COLLEGE! 


Westiield     College. 

WestSeld,  Clark  Co.,  ill. 


ANTI-MASONIC  BOOKS 

Christian  Cynosure 

Address,  EZRA  A.  COOK  &  CO., 


Light  on   Freemasonrj 

EY  ELDER  D.  BERNARD. 


Lloyd's  Large  Library  Map, 


Price  of  th9  Advance  S3  CO  a  Year. 

HARD  TIMES  OFFER 


Z  CHRISTIAN  PILGRIM. 


Walsh's  Review  of  Freemasoniy. 


REVISED  EDI' 


Finney  ion  Masonry. 

CHEAP  EDITION. 


i  to  Light  oi  I 


ELDER  STEARNS' BOOKS. 

AJNT    IISTCiUIRV 

Freemasonry, 


JjetterB    on    Masonry, 

A  New  Chapter  on  Mason' 
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es that  hold  in  Fellow 
ship  Adhering:  Masons, 


.1.    W.    HAIN'S    NEW   BOOB 

THE  SECRET  ORDEKS 

This  work 

allows  clearly  why 

Freemasonry  oueht  nol  to 

fellowsbipcd   by    the    U.  I' 

Church    or    any    other 

Christian    Ch.ireb. 


]  Lockport!  publish  j  bavaye,  W  11  -Sintlh,   11    L   Smith,'  W 


ADVERSE  TO  CHRISTIANITY, 


Masonio  Books. 


Mackey's  Masonic  "Ritualist : 

MONITORIAL  INSTRU5TI0N  BOOK 


ucim  mu  or  \n  lodoe. 

MACKEY'S   TEXT  BOOK 

MASONIC  JURI3PRDDENCE. 


Richardson's  lloiitor  of  frojuaionrj, 


A  Seceding  Mason  of  21  degrees. 


Light  on  Freemasoni  7, 

BY  KLPEIt  D.  BERNARD, 


!:v;;;:;;,;:S::,;v;;|:::jnas.V'a 
tiincia':  Hisonic  Ritual  aid  Uonilor, 

Oliver's  Historj  of  Initiation, 


The  Christian 


EZRA  A.  COOK  &  CO..  PUBLISHERS.  CHICAGO.  ILL. 


"In  Secret  Have  I  Said  JVothing."- 


WEEIwY    KDITION.  r.'.vO  A  YEAR 


VOL  III.    NO  14 


CHICAGO,     THURSDAY,    JANUARY  15    1874. 


WHOLE  NO.  118 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 


So.  11  Wabash  Aicuue,  Chicago. 


oulJ  e-e  as  any  mtn  of  good  sense 
md  candor  might  have  aeen,  toe  ex- 
eed.Dg  wide  dfi.rence  between  an 
■arnest  foiih  in  Jesus,  and  the  mere 
call.ng  on  bia  name  as  a  cabalistic 
ord,  and  this  were  enough  to  madden 

lemselvrs  and  others.  He  arose  and 
rove  ihsm  out  of  the  house,  -'naked 
and  wounded. " 

This  an  produced  a  crisis   at   Ephe- 

■  n  the  one  hand,  and    heatbeniam  and 

ipened  men's  eyta  !o  the  absurdities  of 


lOllO 


mystery-worship,  or,  in  molern  lin- 
guajje,  where  a  Gran  1  Masonic  L.dge 
was  held.  These  seven  aons  of  Sceva 
a  Jew,  probably  practiced  the  mystic 
arts  of  that  secret  society,  combined 
with  the  corrupt,  cabalistic  nolioaa  of 
the  Jews,  It  was  the  superstitious 
belief  of  the  timeB  (hat  certain  names 
had  a  mysterious  magic  infljence.  just 
as  the  square  and  compass  is  now  aup 
posed  to  have.  '  It  was."  says  Milmao, 
•'by  the  holy   Tttra   grammUim,    the 


jrding  ti 


ex.nurUn  historian  of  the  J. 
Moses  and  their  gifted  ancestors, 
wrought  all  the  wondcrs  of  their  early 
history.  Pharaoh  trembles  before  it, 
this  awful  cabalistic  word,  aod  the 
plagues  of  E^ypl  bad  been  obedient  to 
the  utterance  of  the  terrible  monosyl- 
lable, the  intffiile  name  of  the  ''Deity." 
Such  would  seem  to  have  become  the 
— that   the 


legem 


iuld  h 


of  I 


empty  word,  Xh 
belief  had  degeneraied,  as  all  religio 
beliefs  are  prone  to  do,  and  had  bee  li 
a  mere  spiritless,  unmeaning  medley 


of  I 


nmgs 


.e  Jews  of  the 
heathen    worsh 


aplo   of 
a  Dam,  i 


hose  symbol  was 
the  mjon,  wa^  worshiped  under  va- 
rious nameB  and  as  possessed  of  various 
functions,  just  as  tbe  virgin  Mary  is 
wort-hiped  at  our  day  under  numer- 
ous designations  as  our  Lady  of  Reme- 
dies. Our  Lidy  of  the  Oik,  Our  Lidy 
of  Ouadulopc,  etc,  Sj  Diana  had  sev- 
eral names  us  a  celestial  deity,  she 
bore  the  name  of  Luna,  or  the  moon; 
as  a  terreslial  goddess  Bhe  was  called 
Artemus  or  Dictyna;  and  in  the  infern- 
al region*,  Hecale,  or  Persephone,  in 
which  latter  character  she  kept  in  awe 
the  mul  ilude  of  shades  or  ghosts  of 
the  regions  below.  Tiie  D  aoa  Trifv- 
mis,  also  called  H<*cate,  is   represented 


rthr< 


bod- 


.  perl 


all  m 


ihe  thr< 
oon,  crescent,  half  ar 
frequently    invoked 


that  the  sick  were  healed  by  calmg 
nn  tbe  name  of  Jesus,    and    thinking, 

cabal-site  word  which  they  might 
make  use  of  successfully  as  well  as  em- 
body else,  proceeded  to  the  endeavor 
o!*  exorcising  evil  spirits  by  afjiring 
ibem  '"by  Jesus  whom  Paul  preaonelh." 
It  would  nlso  appear  from  the  narra- 
te than  these  seven  Bona,  in  thepms- 
■  cution  of  their  enchantments,  had 
stripped  them  elveB    naked,  as  Masons 

uons  of  the  present  da>)  aa  a  means 
perhaps,  of  ridding  themselves  as    Wtll 

as  Libers  of  evil  6pirils;  or,  it    may    be 


bat  I 


rjn,  b tripped  them   of  i 
his  rage.     Tbe    prob. 


of  the    Lord    Jee 


tnysl 


s  Of  I 


Da 


(Ike    Mackey'a    Lexicon    and     Webb's 
Monitor  doubtless),  ''and  burned  them 

about  these  men   of  new   convictions. 

Tney  burnt  up  their  Mason;c    .vionitors 

the  eyes  of  all  men.     Tbey  did  not 

■rely  throw  up  their  charters  for  the 

ie,  craftily,  as  Masons  have  done    in 

later  days  in  order   10   let   the   storm 

over,  but  they  were  evidently  sin 

truthful,   honest   converts   from 

.  c.balislic    practices,    to     a    real 

in  the  Lord  Jesu<,   tbe  source   of 

ith.     They  meant  what  they  did 

.1  earnest,  burning  their  books  be- 


The  Misona  make  use  of  the  nam< 
of  Jesus,  and  other  scr  plural  words  ir 
heir     bo>ki   of    secret,    mystic    arts 

by  the  magic  of  which  they  may  seen 
putatioot     Dj    they   by 


eof  f 


the  > 


sprts  from  society,  and  give  itthetone 
of  sincerity,  truth   and   moral   health  I 
Is  it  probable  that  a   Buddhist   priest, 
or  the  seven   aons  of  a  Jewish    lUbbi, 
or  the  mufti  of  Mohammedan  faith,  or 
a  heathen  juggler,  or  ahabitual  drunk- 
ard— for  all  these    may    be   Masons  in 
od  Handing — can  these   call  on  the 
me  of  Jetus  as    a    power    to    b.snsh 
1  spirits  Irom  individuals  or  from  so- 
tyt     Ib  it  at  all  probable  that   such 
nception  oi 


Christ 


a  of  1 


Let  us  take  courage  my  friends;  for 
though  the  cabalists  are  numerous, 
and  have  the  powers  of  the  church 
and  of  tbe  slate  in  their  hands,  though 
ihey  drown  ihe  tenses  ol  the  people 
with  tbe  cry  of  'Qreat  is  D.ana  of  ihe 
Ephesiane,"  or  Great  and  Divine  is  Ma- 
sonry,    and   though    we    who  oppose 


the  spirit  of  Jesus  and  his  apostle  Paul 
on  our  6ide,  we  may  drive  the  myeta- 
g 'gues  into  the  light  and  expose  them 
in  iiieir  naked  deformity  and  wounded 
superstitious  belief  before  the  eyes  ol 
the  whole  world;  bo  that  the  million 
doll  >r  temples  of  Masonry,  shall,  like 
the  lemple  of  D.ana  of  Ephesus,  be 
amwg  the  things  that  were. 

L-t  us  hope  tbat  many  who  belie, 
in  Christ,  especially  Masonic  prenche: 
who  have  unequally  yoked    thcmaelvi 


doubtless  wore  an   apron,  and    though 

ment    in    the   community    this    apron 

faith  tbat  could  almost  remove  moun- 
tains, yet  it  by  no  means  follows  that  a 
aetof  Mason?,  by  pu'.ung  on  aprons, 
and    by  assigning  lo  each  a  nuysieriou- 

piani  within  society  the  virtues  which 
they  pretend  these  aprons  have.  The 
Masonic  apron  and  the  aprons  that  St. 
Paul  wore  at  Ephetus  are  two  very 
different  things.      There  is    nothing    in 


i  them 


vay  except  in  the  i 


sa.r<-d  name  as  used  by  Si.    Paul 
hie   followers— that   the    purposes 


which  the  English  version  of  the  I\ew 
Testament  translates  by  the  word  fpt- 
cial.  The  EnglUh  translation  reads— 
"And  God  wrought  specal  miracles  by 
the    handa   of  Paul;"    but    the    Greek 

dered  by  the  word  special,  may  have  a 
more  clearly  defined  ehade  of  meaning. 
lis  real,  radical  eense  may  be  conveyed 

gar;  which  impl.es  that  the  miracles 
wrought  by  St.  Paul  were  not  the 
mere  common   feats    of  subtle    art,    or 

sorcery,    which  were  performed  by  the 

something  very  d.ffercnt;  they  were 
such  as  the  power  and  spirit  of  the 
Lord  alone  could  accomplish. 

And   it    behoovea  us    as    Cbrislan, 

tuttng  the  leatb.-r  apron,     the    plumb, 

the  empty  c.balistic  rites  and  ceremo- 
nies, etc..  cf  Masonry  in  the  j.l«ce  of 
the  spirit  of  Jesus.  We  must  not 
make  the  fearful  mistake  of  conceiving 


eighb 


And  i 


vicious  beyond  all  comparison  ia  that 
spirit  which  would  exult  in  aeein^  a 
powrful  collusion  persecute,  bear  down 
and  destroy  an  independent,  well 
meaning,  fellow  citizen.  There  ie  no 
generosity,  no  equity,  no  manlineea   in 

My  readers,  ai  republican  men,  as  a 
sovereign  people,  who  have  the  inter- 
ests of  forty  millions  of  souls   and   the 

of  these  things.     Our  fellow  American 


ho  joi 


ng,  pra< 


which  gives  open  evidence  of  its  purity 
in  the  sight  of  all  men.  The  brotherly 
hve  and  equality  which  arc  taught  us 
by  the   Christian  religion,  are    not  the 

those  qualities  which,  forlhe  interested 
purposcf  of  ngyiand'Zt-ment  and  power, 
are  inculcated  by  Misonry;  i hey  are  as 
essentially  d  ffsrent  from  the  imitations, 
as  was  the  spirit  of  St.  Paul  from  that 
other  spirit  which  animated  the  seven 
sons  of  Sceva,  the  Jew. 


The 


1  of    t 


rs  of  our  Puritan  fathers,    na 
as  of  Sceva   did    from   the    bi 


out  evil,  and  k-^eps  the  tody  politic  ir 
health,  by  prnc  icing  the  s>c.et  arts  ol 
Fretm  isom  y ,  than  which  the  super 
i- litmus  woiship  aiEphetsus  could  hard 
ly  have  b^eu  more  idolatrous  anil 
blind! 

The  great  Wallenstein,  who  led  the 
proud  forces  of  the  holy  Runin  Em- 
pire .-gunst  the  B.mple  minded  Giwte 
.■us  Adulphua,  worshiped  Christ. 
Hut  connected  with  his  chapel  was  * 
lower  fr.m'where  he    used    lo  ««ze  in 


the 


and  thereby  cist  the  naliv  ties  of  king 
and  empires,  lie  believed  in  aurolog] 
as  autne  of  our  leading  men  do  in  Fret 
masor.ry;  but  the  holy  R-m  .n  E  njiir 
has  steadily  lost  ground  from  that  da 
to  this.  The  connection  of  the  Chri. 
lino  Chapel  and  the  astrologies!  Tow* 


iMast 


nnlet 


.  Illinois,  Dec. 3.1   18(3. 


can  cement  of  Tho'.  Kersey  by  readi 
-ection  40  of  the  Grand  Uiige  by-la. 
to  the  W.  M.     This  section  ia    as    t 

»  The  ballot  shall  be  cpread  for   ea 


ns    be   demanded.      Where   s 

id  been   nj-cbd  by   ihe    lodge 
eciionaha.i  not  a.  bar  hm  Iron 

J  for  such  degree  at  tbe  next  oi 
sequent  meeting. " 
aw  is  directly  opposite    to  thi 
xpounded  to  me  by  the  W.M 


rMas 


lappened 
iny  of  my 


stha 


i  Knoxville  Lod^e,  No.  CO, 

msinesa.but  for  the  purpose 
of  showing  whom  1  have  had  to  deal 
Willi.  At  an  election  for  efficera  of  thp 
lodge,   Dcnj.   Kersey  and  T.  J.    ILle 

worshiplul  master.  Just  helore  ihe 
vole  was  taken,  Hale  made  a  proposi- 
tion to  Kersey  to  vote  for  him  on  con 
dition  ilmt  he  (Kersey)  should  vote  for 
him  (Hale).  Kersey  agreed  to  thia 
and  pledged  his  woid  n:id  honor  as  a 
Mason  that  he  would  without  fail  vote 

forT.  J.  Hide  (hie  opponent )  for  the 
office  of  worshipful  master.  When  the 
volts  were  counted  there  were    found 

lo  be  ihiriy-one  (or  thereabouts)  votes 
for  Btnj.  Keisey  and  thirty  lolea  for 
T.  J.  Hale.  Benj  Kersey  was  there- 
fore d<  clared  duly  elected  to  the  ifuce 
of  worshipful  master.   The  subordinate 


office 


ioftl 


Hale 


led,  when.th. 
,  with  the  ex 
were  found  t«. 
lajority  of  one 


t<  ly,  the   sub* 
preprfraiions. 


effic.  (  U. 


waa  not  some  way  to  imp  llenj.  Kertey, 
who,  all  b>  1  eved,  voted  for  himself,  li 
waa  ai  1  LSI  decided  that  the  best    way 

from  each  one  who  voled  for  Hale. 
Thirty  such  statementa  were  procured 


•el,  l 


Iw 


led  for  II  .Ie  Iben  Hale  in.  elected  bj 
«  cleao  m»j  irily.  Kersey  found  him- 
relf  in  font,  and  he  .tuck  loit.uf  course, 
thnl  be  did  vote  tor  II.1-.  The  mutter 
whb  investiyuted  by  the  Grnnd  Muter, 
who  dec  1. red  T.  J.  11.1.  duly  ilictad 
W.  M.  ol  K.ox  11.  Lidge,  No.  00. 
Uerj  Kerrey  ud  bis  ndhlreMs  sece- 
ded from  Knoxvil.e  Lodge  and  oig.n- 
•z-d  Pacfic  Lodge.No.  4oO,  from  which 


t  Knox,  le    lo  this    jlice.       It 


Yules  City  Lodge,  No.'4,S,  i 


i,l.  in 

against  blm  and  accuse  him  of  ml'., 
earce  in  oOue. 

I  w  11  now  describe  another  ejrph.i 
uf  Kersey  and  E.btmun  and  then  g. 
bsck  to  the  history  of  my  conirovers; 
w.lh  Yates  City  Lodge.  W.  II.  Ea« 
mill  was  \V.  M.  and  lierj  Kersey  wa 
deacon,  or  the  wor.b'plul  *  rigbl-hant 
man.  at  the  lime  when  the  l.dge  wa 
ell  dupon  to  vote  On  Ihe  peii.ion  o 
Hie  Rev.  James  Smiih  lo  be  made  i 
Maion.  Now  the  Rev.  Mr.  Sjiilh  wa: 
pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  chu.ch,  o 
which  church  Mr.  E.Btman  was  i 
membrr,  and  E.stman  was  ver,  am 
i.iu.  that  his  pastor  stoul  I  be  made  i 
Mison;  fur  it  is  a  well  known  fact  tba 
the  Pre.byleriaas  as  a  chu.ch  are    bi 

a  Mason,  was  not  wi.l  ng  lo  pay   any 

of  the  lodge  ihoue.htf.al  he  ought  tl 
pay  the  eame  pnee  that  any  other  ca  ■ 
didale  would  be  r.  quired  to  pay.     Foi 


red  thai 


U.i 


i.ll  d,   uil.ss  ! 


;migh 


He  did  not,  a.  was  his  duly 
.  there  were  si-fnient  tl  ck  si 
while  balle.     Ruim  Clev.l.oc 


I  hav, 


in  the  I 
there  m 


lion  whatever  paid  I 
Cl-velandat  lhat  lit 
been  informed  that  it  waa  intimated  to 
Clevilind  a  day  or  two  afterwards, 
lhat  if  he  did  not  keep  quiet  he  wool  I 
gelhims.il  hosted  pretty  sudde.  ly. 
Cleveland  was  completely  cowed.  He 
has  said  to  me  more  than  o-ce,  "I  am 
a  poor  man  and  not  shl .  to  prosecute  a 
Masonic  lawsuit  against  a  Maioo  of  ihe 
33d  degree,  and  1  should  only  get  my 
s.liinlotroubljll  I  should  undertake 
it."  I  told  him  that  if  ever  1  had  oc- 
casion to  prefer  charges  against  a  broth- 
er Mason  1  6houid  doio  without  regard 
to  his  Masonic  rank.  That  the  Ornnd 
Master  was  wai  01 1,  a  Master  Mason 
bound  by  his  obi  gilion  not  to  impose 
upon  a  lodge  of  Ma-ons  or  an  individ- 
ual brother,  or  suffer  it  to  be  done  by 
another  if  in  bis  power  to  prevent  it. 
Clevehnd  assured  me  tbat  1  would 
have  to  get  rid  of  all  such  foolish  no- 
tions before  1  could  get  along  smoothly 
in  my  intercourse  with  tbe  lodge.  He 
also  assured  me  lhat  1  did  nolyel  know 
ibe  extent  of  my  oblgalone. 


I  hat 


t  Cleveland  was  abo. 


with  me  on  Ihe  lubjeet  of   Ma' 
He  however  made  one  impor 


lo  act  the  hypocrite.  Il  1  should  say 
what  I  thought  in  regard  to  your  case 
I  ahould  be  hoisted  a  great  deal  qu  ck 
er  than  you  were  "  1  said  on.-e  in  c  n- 
venation  with  n  Royal  Arch  Mason 
lhat  1  would  a.k  nothing  heller  than  lo 
.inch  RufusCleveland  at  a  lime  when  he 
was  independent  ol  the  ring  thai  1  bad 
to  contend  wilh.     The  reply  is  worthy 


The  Intel  iiaiionul  u,  America. 

The  purpose  of  making  ihe  Unilo 
Slsles  the  battle-ground  in  ihe  war  tl  i 
onm.ni.m  is  waging  upon  s  cicly 
s  talcing  a  strong  bo'd  upon  the  lent 
■rsol  the  International.  Coafusin 
iberly  wilh  license,  ,,  they  do.  lie 
i.lur.lly     con.ludc    that    the   Unite 


nd    mo. 


They 


nose  win)  would  tight  10  wrei  ch  it  from 

earning.  If  il  bt*  allowed  to  paas  un- 
iee:ded,  tiie  second  will  b>^  dot  upon 
is    and  someday  we  shall  be  t-U'prised 


;  h,dr, 


fo.8 

ll,  and 


liner  Hand,  tb-y  Have  r 
vuhalloiherp-ople.-the 
ipetch.  of  public  me^tint 


ihe  facilities  for    prel  minary    organ  z  ■ 

liny  0'i/an  Z'.-d  farce  to  oppose  them. 
Tneie  is  no  military  police  in  our  ciiief 
pow-rful  enough  to  meet  them  at  the 
first  s-j/n   of   violence.       There    is   nc 

Ihem.  There  are  dem«gl>gues  wh. 
wili  pander  lo  ihe-m  an  .1  peaceful  con 
wrvalive  ciiz-ns  who  will  fear  them. 
Ti.is  is  ibe  condition  of  things  tbe) 
count  on.  and  this  ia  why  Amerc 
willprob-bl/  be  the  favorite  field  fol 
for  their  work. 

We  must  no  longer  close  our  eyes  tc 
tho  dancer  the  International  threatens. 

So  were  ihe  dange.s  of  secession  ami 
.0  was  the  danger  of  civil  war.  Bui 
recession     and    civ  1    war    came;  cm. 


agivi 


decly  when  il  did  come,  and    fund  us 

ready  a  formidable  organiztiion.  What 
other  political  force  ast-rts  i's-lf  to-day 
m  France,  Germany,  Russia.  Spiin,  It- 
aly, Geat  Britain  and  tbe  Uu  td 
Siat-s,  as  this  does  t  We  know  what 
it  hasd-me  within  the  past  few  year. 
in  France  and  Spain.  The  thody 
iragedies  in  which    it  was    the  moving 


hold  in  Germany,  where  it  hasrs  b-dd- 
est  and  ablest  leader?.  We  have  the 
testimony  of  Straus*,  the  Geimin  echol 
ar,  that,  "the  Huns  and  Vandals  of 
modern  civil  z  ition,"   aa    he    properly 

high  places  and  low.  Tney  arc  repre- 
sented even  in  Parliament,  and  must 
be  numerous  and  powerful  throughout 
Germany  to  make  themselves  heatd  in 
spite  of  so  strong  and  despotic  a  Goi- 
ernment  a*  that  of  Bismarck.     In  Rua 


ted  by 


the  co-operation  of  the  student  class, 
and  despotism  alone  keeps  it  under. 
In  Spain,  it  is  allied  with  the  savage 
barbaniy  of  the  mountain  districts. 
In  England,  it  finds  more  freedom  of 
expression,  though  less  violent  dem- 
onslra'ion.  And  now,  in  the  Urn- 
ted  States,  the  movement  is  heard, 
like  the  rumb'ings  of  a  ntbtei- 
rannean  fi  <*,  warning  the  people  of  tin- 
danger  Ol  an  erruption.       The  warning 

Organiz  d    force    alone    could    give 


iiurJ  a 
Inl 


If 


pared  for  it.  Organz  lion  must  be  rae 
by  organiz. lion,  and  force  by  force 
While  our  ejstem  of  governmen 
guarantees  freedom  of  thought  am 
speech  to  Communists  aa  well  a 
id  other  people,  and  thus  pei 
raits  them  to  t>p-  lit  their  dan 
gerous  doctrinti,    and    make    convert 


Ml 


10  wo.k 

lowers  ol  Karl  M  >tx,  for  il  ey  mean  husi- 
ne-s— nut  m    Paris  and   Berlin  merely 
but.  in  New  York  and   Chicago. 
—Okkagt  Tribune. 

Men  niii.  Have.  Uivon. 

Jacob,  a  youth    driven    from  home, 


and  ttie  prine.es  and  rulers  and 
lofl-rael  gave  for  the  building 
ouse  of  the  Lord,    three    thou- 


court  of  Babylon  und  supported  at  his 
table  more  than  one  hundred  and  fif  y 
workers  for  tne  Lord.  Neb.'vi    10-13. 

gave  orders  tbat  the  house  of  the  Lord 
should  be    ouilt    at  the  expense  of   all 

Ezra  vi :  3—8.  The  pr.m  live  Christ- 
ians cliet-rfully  supLiorltd  their  mints- 
istetsand  the  poor-  For  this  pur- 
jjoie  each  church  had  an  eeiabl  shed 
fund.  Ziccheua,  who  waa  very  rch, 
gave  one-half  of  Ins  gotd*  to  the  pour. 
Doddridge.  H-mmoad,  Annesley, 
and  Cmef  Justice  ILL-,  habitually  gave 
one  tenth  to  the  purposes  of  piety, 
D.-.  Wans,  Mrs.  Rjger^,  and  Arch- 
mshop  Tllolsou  gave  twenty  per  cent, 
or  one-fi.th  of  their  income;  M».  Burp 
conaecrafd  one-fourttr,  Hon.  Robert 
Boyle,  Mr.  Brand,  R  :v.  ThomftB 
George,  one  half.  N.  R.  Cobb  gave 
io  the  cause  of  God  over  *H0,0OU  Mr. 
E.  S.  F.  reserved  for  himself  only  $5,- 
UUO.  and  gave  of  his  income  ti-1.000. 
Mr  Wesley,  after  whom  we  take  our 
denominational  name,  lived  frugally. 
ar-d  gave  some  SloO.000.  Mr  W.Ikes, 
of  Eng'and,  a  poor  m-chanic  who 
prayed  Gjd  to  pru^p^r  b-m  in  worldly 
gi  ode.  waa  proi-pemd  immensely,  and 
in  18o3  his  missionary  subscription 
nirounted  lo  thidj-five  dollars  per  day, 


In  1 


■•Ci.rapromisis  are.    the  makeahiftaof 

of  some  warii  rs  in  ihe  army  of  the 
Lord  to-day,  Thero  ia  a  week  i-hrink- 
injj  from  actual  conhat  when  trials 
come-  to  put  their  courage  to  the  proof. 


who 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  JANUARY  15.  1874 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 


Chicago,  Tlmrflday,  Jan. 


never  since  succeeded  better  than  d 
King  Saul ;  and  infidels,  whose  nan 
and  faith  consist  in  not  believing;  at 
these  fag  ends  of  hnmanity  are  pui  i 
to  a  Methodist  Episcopal  lecture  root 
where  no  one  would  be  permitted 
assail  Freemasonry,  but  where  tl 
Bible  was  assailed  and  the  lectu 
pra:sed  as  '.'eloquent;" — and  Cbica, 
iienceaare  invited  to  lake  these  m> 
guides  in  approaching  "a3  near  t 


found  this 
of  an   ag. 


irkable 


lOUgbt 


It,  is   the 


well  written  record  of 
ful  man,  who  from  trapping  wolves  in 
the  woods  of  northwestern  New- York, 
went  up  by  the  grace  of  God  and  the 
force  of  a  remarkable  genius  to  be  pas- 
tor of  Tremoni  Temple  Baptist  Church 
in  Boston,  and  a  leader  in  the  moving 
host  of  God  against  the  evils  of  this 
wotli  which  obstruct  the  kingdom  and 
delay  the  coming  of  Christ. 

Dr.  Colver  was  on  his  knees  taking 
the  Royal  Arch  oatb,  but  stopped  short 
at  ''murder  and  treason  not  excepted," 
arose  from  his  knees  and  said,  "  Gen- 
tlemen, 1  shall  never  iaki  that  oath!" 
"Then,"    was  the   reply,    "  you    will 

But  he  did  leave  alive  and  denounced 
the  lodge  from  the  next  pulpit  and  on- 
ward till  death. 

All  this,  together  with  his  renuncia- 
tion, and  much  more,  is  faithfully  re- 
corded by  his  Baptist  biographer,  J. 
A.  Smith,  D.  D.,  who  haB  made  th« 
book  for  Baptists,  but  it  is  fit  on  a  mul- 
titude of    accounts  for  general  circula- 

Dr.  Colver,  when  I  last  met  him, 
was  professor  in  Chicago  University, 
and  in  a  little  while,  if  President  Bur- 
roughs lives,  he  will  cite  this  fact  to 
show  the  churches  that  the  University 
was  always  down  on  Freemasonry. 
Will  not  those  respected  brethren  con- 
sider whether  they  are  not  displeasing 
God  by  not  doing  it  now !  I  hope  the 
book  will  be  on  sale  at  the  Cynosure 
office.     It  is  a  mighty  document  and 

THE  PHILOSOPHICAL  SOCIETY. 

TheChicigo  Tribune  informs  us  that 
"Some  months  ago  a  society  was  formed 
in  Chicago  by  a  number  of  liberally 
minded  gentlemen,    Hebrews,    Doctors 


the  slaves  misernb!e;  provoke  them  to 
violence  and  rivet  their  chains  tighter: 
and  hence  it  was  clear  that  abolitionists 
:ould  be  actuated  by  no  other  than  n 
ipirit  of  insane  and  unmiied  malignity. 

sai  slavery  defended,  for  the  simple 
eason  that  there  was  no  other  way  tc 
defend  iL      And  it  is   just  so  with  se- 

Lges  of  Christ's  day  repel   his  re 

proofs  and  his   holy  doctrines  and   hii 

nder  calls  of  mercy,  by  placing  at  hi; 

or  the  wrath   and  discord    and  inno 

nt  blood  which  their  pertinacious  sell 


FATHERS    WTIEELE-R,    Oi.HSTEAI), 
AMI  THE  KOliTllEUS  CHUISTIAiN 

ADVOCATE. 

A  friend  ha-,  sent  us  a  number  of  the 
Hortkern  Christian  A'lvocnte,  publish 
ed  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  containing  i 
lunicstion    from  Rev.    Dewitt  0. 


favor   of  s 


with  explanations  by  the  editor,  whic 
together  h-ive  been  to  us  richly  amui 
ing  and  altogether  hnp-fuliy  bug^.stiv 
to  our  cause.  We  will  try  to  Bet  th 
matter  before  our  readers  in  brief  b 
that  they  may  sbar 


and 


in  No 


j  thai 


.used. 


.  the 


cide  of  J  udas  and  the  crucifixion  of  J. 
sus,  was  it  not  the  result  of  his  bias 
phemy  in  malting  himself  fqual  with 
God  and  because  he  was  actuated  by 
no  good  motive  or  rational  hope  of  do- 
ing any  good,  but  by  the  spirit  of  a 
devil  stirring  up  wrath  and  hatre.'.  and 
causing  "  wide  spread  evil"   wherever 


Masonry  is   the  handmaid   (o 

jion,  nor  of  charity,    bui)  of 

arcby  and  aristocracy;  that  it  is    £ 


3  feel." 


-In  yet 
jrees  speakii 
victory,  for  ? 


nothei 


,  the 


when  truth  backed  by 
oes  forth  to  exoroise  sin 
keeps  possession  in  qu- 
el iess  and  peace,  affects  the  lamb,  the 
dove,  the  good  angel  of  light  and  all 
beneficence,    unt  I    he  recognizes    the 


token  of  certain 
□  shall  shake  off 
>ase  fear  of  the  lodge-power  and  open- 
y  discuss  it,  it  falls.  Tee  American 
?keeman,  Vol.  1,  No  1,  Albany ,  Gea- 
ry county,  Mo.,  has  reached  us;  Nee- 
dles and  Traver,  publisher,  R  N.  Trav- 
It  presents  a  bold  front  to 

takes  for  its  platform  that  adopted    t»y 
the  National    Association;  and  speaks 
.    independent   spirit   that   will 
be    felt   and    honorably   reco^,- 
ven  while  opposed,  by  the  press 


Then 


[In-  A'lw.ict.it-'  published  ; 
lion  from  Fatbej  Wheelei 
cic ties, which  theeditorsa 
general  drift  agai 


n-Iyc 


of  Div 


nfidel 


1  othei 


irodox;  for  the  purpo- 


powerofmorlalatodo."     Prof.  Hai 

Dr.  Thomas,  (Methodist)  Dr.  Abbot 


ned 


of  thi 


On  the  strength  of  these  do 
reputation,  the  trustees  of  the  Metho- 
dist Church  Block,  let  this  society  it 
there  to  hold  its  philosophical  seances 
'■There  was  no  formal  contract,"  siy 
Tribune  reporter;  "But  a  tacit  under 
standing  that  the  hospitality  of  th 
church  should  not  hi  used  as  a  fulcrun 


One  hardly    km 


nplicity  or   stupidly    o:' 


"orthodox  doct' 
Willi    Jews  Slid 

rs  of  divinity' 
inSdels    in    I 

",r°.e 

truth 
those 

with  "a (a 

ouid   abstain 

f°oSmu, 

their  tno 

wri  sentiments 

of  hos- 

o  Christ  and  the  Bible. 

Th 
wequ 
lectu 

Tribune 
ote  is  very 
ers  before 

reporter  frjt 
tart  upon  o 
this  society  o 

1    whom 

who 

""""re" 

Dken  BpTilist; 
moral    uncles 

oi,-:ss:; 

while 

the   same 

writer   unacc 

ountably 

lauds 

Judge   Bo 
e  that  cer 

olh,    who    iai 

in   bis 
s  in  the 

Old'] 

eBtament 

cannot  be  ace 

pted  a 

HI.™ 

and  that 
n  Genesis 

the  hislory  of  the  ere 
'presents  God  in  the 

three 

old  chars 

ler  of  butcher 

lanne 

Let  ub  look  at  this  Philosophical  £ 
ciety  of  "orthodox,"  Jews,  opiritii 
and  InoJels,  united  '-for  the  purpose 


made  up  In  part 


,,pp.  . 


Thus 


HtLillL'      G..d 


infidel 
e  whole 
,od    his 


Word,  these  Chicago  sages)  set  < 
equal  philosophers  in  search  of  i 
agreeing  in  no  first  principles  .>r  ) 
nized  standard  or  guide  but  their 
minds,  and  that  flitting  swamp-light 
called  liberalism.  In  a  word, 
take  Judaism,  which  eighteen  t 
ries  have  branded  as  a  failure;  fat 
spirit  worship,    whose    followers 


□mplained  of, 

igonthesub- 
,g,  this  letter 
of  the  oldest 

I'irit,  tilf.jrdfd 


!,-.lVly    valve;"  he    hai 

ject  and  uniformly  r.  Ii 
of  Father  Wheeler,  or 
members  of  Cml'trent 
mild  and.Christian  i 
n  opportunity  to  stop  the  clamor  fo: 
admittance." 

But  Rev.  Dewitt  Clinton  01  mstead 
fused  ,with  the  spirit  of  the  great 
High    Priest     of     Freemasonry,  after 

horn  he  was 
standing  the  reasons  of  policy  which 
nu'.'iicud  tlie  etlit'T  in  admitting  even 
le  word  of  disapprobation  of  his  idol- 
atry, was  greatly  exercised  in  mind,anc 
as  the  Northern  from  week  to  week 
came  under  his  eye,  it  suirgest,.il  mull- 
ing but  that  dreadful  communication, 
Week  after  week  was  so  vividly  rec-dled 
that  the    piper    seemed    to    him  filled 


nble 


idem 


lasonry  divine,"  and  he   be] 
t  if  courage  and    forbeara 

At  length  he   seized  his  pi 


nded 


accusers  of  Masonry  had  been  allowec 
to  publish  so  many  articles  and  shown 
n-"1  signs  of  reaching  the  end  of  venliuj 
their  spleen,  that  something  should  b. 

deed"  says  the  editor,  ,(b..th  sides  shall 

be  heard;  but  B.o.  0 sees  a 

tUude  wlnre   there  is  but  one,  1 
'we    have    been    taking    a   Hip    Van 
Winkle  nap.'      If  he  will  please 
any   more,  it  will   wonderfully   ( 


a 'e  rimy  like  GJeon's  lamp  upon    thj 
[idianites.      In  every  lamp  they  s;w  i 
jou'and    warriors.       The    words    of 
■uth  send  perpetual   echoes    int 
■riling  he  ins  unless  they  are  drowned 
y  the  c'amors  of  falsehood. 
What  next  amused  us  was  that  wht 
iro.  0.  addressed  himself  to  the  rel 
tlion  or  correction  of  Father  Wheels 


i  did  r 


.Lh  ;■ 


argument,  accusation  or   wrong  t 

moniacsof  Christ's  time  and  the  s 
holders  of  our  own,  "Lit  us  al 
You'll  divide  the  church.  We  cai 
pleasantly  and  without  noise.       II 


lakes 


uproar.  If  there  is  At 
we  shall  lay  it  all  to  the 
Indeed  he  tells    us   lha 


'  thai  he  st'iyid  away  I'r.ni  pn.-aoliin" 
id  class -meetings  b;c-iu;e  the  p  reach- 
's and  cHSi'lrjadera  were  Masons;  lh: 
?  backslid    and   in  his   j»<- rpl<-x: ty  b 


And 


:ely  the 


says  he,  "we  place  all  ihe 
door  of  the  agitators,"  not 
division  and  strife,  and  the  insanity  ant 
suicides  resulting  fn,m  discussion  of  th( 
subject,  but  all  the  evil  which  the  wick 
ed  agitators  charge  upon  the  secrel 
orders;  all  this  he  places  at  t'-e  door  o! 
lh'.-  agitators,  insi-.ting  that  it  is  not  poa 
sible  that  they  can  haye  any  rational 
liupe  of  doing  any  good  or  any  di 
or  motive  to  do  anything  but  ' 
spread  evil."  In  all  this  he  bet 
the  utter  weakuees  and  honelessneas  of 
his  cause.  He  brings  afresh  to  ou 
mind  the  slaveholder  of  the  ante-re 
hellion  period,  insinting  that  the  ag'itu 
tion  of  the  slavery  question  could  d> 
nothing  hut  unmixed  evil;  destroy  th' 
peace  of  society  ;  divide  the  churches 
weaken    the   hands  of  ministers;    mak. 


,  Lett 


peace.  "  Art  luou  come  to  tor- 
us, before  the  time?''  Have  you 
.her  than  a  spirit  of  pure  maligni- 

,ion,  no  right  to  do  it,  tormenting 
fore  the  time !  But  when  the  om- 
.ent  truth  suffers  the  liar  no  fur- 
but  commands  an  end  of  such 
some  sophistry,  then  be  roai 
s.  Well  let  him  roar  and 
rend, 'tie  the    harbinger   of  his  de par- 


Most  ami 
-arda  the    i 


■  i  Mi 


Olid 


t  and  a  fiaeofilOO  each.      Aft 
a  month  in  prisin  both  these  v 

ent  of  the  United  States.     Thr 


Bro.  KigginB  also  tskea  a  just  view  of 
he  importance  of  the  Christian  Cyno- 
ure.  Although  he  has  obtained  but  a 
mall  number  of  subscribers  in  the  past, 
,e  has  taken  wise  and    vigorous   meas- 

ubscnb-Tsthis  year,  and  hopes  for  at 
?ast  one  thousand.  Now  ii  the  time 
o  help  him  in  this  work;  if  every  sub- 
cnber  in  Indiana  would  send  him  an 
verage  of  three  new  ones  the  work 
rould  be  done.     Will  you  not  improve 


family  a 


\ided;  -JJi',9.95  for  almost  ten  monlhB 
faithful  service  is  hardly  equivalent, 
adequate  to  the  support  of  his  famil 
I  think  after  reading  the  above 


i-Ohrist 


■On, 


dieve    uoseriptural, 
icked. 

We  h*»ve  also  been  aggrieved  to 
now  that  G.  W.  Chapman  endeavored 
i  disgrace  brother  S.  N.  Pence  by 
ting  through  a   sham    of    excluding 

e  had    publicly  and    peacefully    with- 


he  present  season  for  getting  subscrib- 

dured,  we  believe,    unjust   persecution 

during  the  last  year,  and  especially  we 

have  endured  injustice    in   the  act  of  n 

ffiiuency,  are  encouraging.  L'ke  a 
ucce6sful  general  who  comprehends  the 

certain  Masonic  clique  bring  ng  up 
charges   against  brother   C.    G,   Fait, 

iluatiot,  Bro.  KigginB  has  not  only 
dealt  heavy  blows  with  his  own   saber 

concerning  what  he  said  in  a  public  de- 
bate in  reference  to  secret,  oath-bound 

organizations. 

lost  (f  others  for  the  campaign.     Shall 

We  believe  these  charges    were  mv 

his  work  go  forward?     1  believe  every 

rue  friend  responds,  Yes,  let  it  proceed, 

and     unscnpturally    entertained    and 

unjustly       acted       upon        by         the 

eldership   in    the   interest    of    a    dom- 

ind organized  in  the  inlt-rest  of  free 
government  and  every  lodge  dUbmdtd 
or  driven   from  the  knowleJge  of  hor- 

ineering  Masonic  clique,  that  rules  out 

of  the  church   e-very  one  who  dares  to 

show  their  unlawful    and    unscripiura 

We  have  also  been  aggrieved 
know  that  G.  W.  Chapman  called 
question    the    testimony    offered     by 


They  eagerly  snatched  all    the    cop- 

piesof  the  Cynosure  be  had  to  dialrib- 

ud   pleasantly   departed;  in   the 

at  least,   convinced  that  a   great 

work  ha?  b; en  done;  may    God    water 

ed  and  make  it  bring    forth  fruit. 

Our  position  ia  eftibhshed.     Our  church 

>;en  made  Drominent.     Our   Lord 

;hard  I     Yours     truly,  r.  t.  w. 


Dear  Cynosure:— On  last  even- 
;,  Januiry  2nd,  Prof.  ChailM 
.  Blanch  ird  delivered  the  last 
of  a  course  of  fair  lectures  on  Free- 
asonry  in  Jersey  City,  the  1st  and 
1  in  the  Sucond  U.  P.  and  the  2nd 
d -tin  in  the  FirslUP.     The  church 


led;     The  att;ndan. 


fnqaent  marks  of  approbation  greelod 
the  speaker.  The  several  ''crafts" 
were  numiriusly  represented,  and.  to 
their  honor  be  it  said,  off-red  no  inciv- 
ilities to  either  the  speaker  or  the  au- 
dience, as  I  hear  they  did  in  N.  Y.  and 
Brooklyn.  The  subject  of  the  Uoture 
waa  "The  Religion  of  Freemasonry," 
and  it  was  delivered  in  Prof.  B's 
characteristic  style.at  once  pleasing,clear 
jnvincing.      Ha  brought    i 


i  believi 


and  that  he  ought  to 
1 1  say  that 


ng  of  all  was  the  editor'i 
ibition  of  impartiality  t( 
ailants  and  defenders  of 
Father  Wheeler  des'n 
and  dissemination  of  the 
truth,  else  he  would  not  have  e. 
ed  it.  Rev.  Dewitt  C.  desires  its 
suppression.  The  editor  propos- 
huld  the  balances  even  between 
by  publishing  Bro.  Olmstead's 
an  offset  to  Bro. 
Wheeler's  and  quit  Bquare,  Ii.  u  e., 
ho  utterly  refuses  who  Bro.  Wheel- 
er desires  and  grants  precisely 
what  Bro.  Olmstead  demands,  and 
all    that  he    demands.     That  ie  quit- 


and  i 


;enced 


d    of    robbic 


inent   in  Joliet  for 

his  wife  repaired  to  Washington  at 
obtained  bis  release  by  a  pardon  fro; 
President  Grant.  This  convict  was  d 
of  the  most  distinguish^ 


Ma; 


trahty  towards 

r— giving   up 

to  the  wrong. 


Masc 


the  truth;  denying  tl 
bracing  the  opposite  e 
the  right  and  giving  * 
That's     compromise; 

Such    even-handed  justice   betweer 
the  contending    parties  may    prove    t< 

the  opposers  of  Masonry  forever.  Bui 
we  opine  that  it  will  rather  increasi 
than  diminish  thr  clamor  for  discussion. 
How  often  did  Congress  interpise  th< 
majesty  of  law  to  silence  the  chmoro 
discu-sion  and  agitation  against  si i very. 
but  the  more  they  cried  silence,  thi 
louder  rose  the  clamor,  until  it  brough 
the  roar  aud  din  of  baitle,  and  slavery 
perished  in  it.     Sic  semper  sit.       u. 


KOTES. 

—The  General  Agent  is  spei 
the  week  in  Du  Page  county  near 
city.  He  speaks  at  Turner  June 
Big  Woods  and  Wheaton. 

—Prof.    C.    A.    B'anchard   giv 


,N.  Y 


tCorn 

a    week.     The   top: 
■Bt   lecture   is   «'  Who   kille 

M.  Leggett."     The  meie  ai 
nt  of  such    a   lecture    mu; 


ned  by  a   hand 

regarding    th> 
cinily   con 

for  all    thi 


ork  in  New    York  and 


tin  Freeman,  Albany, 
a  series  of  lectures  by 
-ton  in  Gentry  co 


—The  Amei 
Mo.,  announce 
R?v.  John  Levi 
Mo. 

— A  correspondent  of  the  Free  Press 
describes  the  M.  E.  church  of  Cam 
N.  Y. ,  as  well  under  the  control  of  the 
lodge.      The  pulpit   Bible  is   adorned 

lately  the  preacher  set  forth  in  public 
that  the  company  of  disciples  waiting 
in  the  upper  room  for  the  descent  of 
the  Spirit  were  very  like  a  lodge  of 
FreemaaonB.  He  considered  them 
formed  in  a  secret  society  according  to 
Masonic  ceremony.  If  such  a|senti- 
ment  is  not  blasphemy,  what  iB 
it? 

— A  controversy  on  the  merits  of 
Masonry  is  appearing  in  the  White  Hall 
(N.  Y.  )  Tribune,  in  which  the  lodge 
is  ^overborne.  Its  opponent  quotes 
from  a  prominent  Mason  of  eighteen 
degrees  a  paragraph  not  very  flattering 


i  by  o« 


i  Chic 


as  so  positive  and 
at  no  defense  could  avail; 
■uld  doubt  his  guilt;  and 
pardoned  before    he    had 


yet  ne  was  pardoned  b 
hardly  been  as  many  da; 
he   was  sentenced  years.     And    what 

testified  against  him  was  shortly  aUe 
turned   out   of    the    service.      There 


is  right  ;  and  gentlemen  of 
t  intelligence,  having  ei 
j   of  judging  correctly, 
hat  these  witnesses  trsufi-d 
nd  were  upright  and  faith- 
Had  Masmry  anythii 
.  matter  1 


j  your  w*y,  have  your  say 
it  get   di 


d,   persevere, 

Remember 

y  get  uliy-lwo 


jeded, 


of  the 


And 


d,  in  his  present  poaiti 
still  further  you  will,  I  am  persuaded, 
sde  that  he  speaks  like  an  honest 
and  a  Christian  when  he  says  "I 
,  have  a  support   or  abandon  the 


-ethr< 


Shall  Bro.  Kiggi 


,  what  is  to  be  done) 
ne  leave  the  field  for 
or  shall  he  be  con- 
npetencyi  The  Exec- 
would  be  exceedingly 
efficient  a  worker,  and 
loney  at  their  disposal 
ve  him.  I  have  this 
,  lo- 


of  this  Masonic  clique 
of  which  he  himself  is  the  ruler. 
We  feel  also  aggreived  at  the  action 
G.  W.  Chapman  in  drawing  up  and 
iling  out  what  we  believe  he  knew 
be   false    charges   atrainst    brother 

.■orile  brethren  to  obtain  signatures 
ereto  and  ihen  claiming  the  right  to 
in  judgment  npon  =iiid  charges,  al- 
though strongly  protested  against  by 
,ther  C.  G.  Fait.  And  while  he 
i  actintr  in  the  capacity  of  elder  or 


1st.  Let  t 


i  differ 


lounty, 


Indiana,  meet,  and  after  consultation, 
determine  what  they  will  raise  toward* 
the  support  of  the  Slate  agent,  anr 
fend  either  the  money  or  a  pledge  U 
be  paid  within  a  given  tirne  to  H.  L, 
Kellogg,  treasurer  of  the  N.  C.  A. 
who  will  receipt  for  all  such  sums  ant 
forward  immediately. 

2nd.      Let   friends    who    have    '.h< 
m^aos  forward  individual  subscription; 

3d.  Let  i 
that  the  worl 
state  the  oasi 
a  collection. 


tors  who  feel  anxi 
hould  not  b?  binder 
)  their  people  and  t 


tain  a  Stale  lecturer 
?ant  and  need  a  mai 
How  shall  it  be  d 


ReT.  J.  T. : 


in  Indiana. 


Mr.  Kig^ri?  entered  the  E-ld  as  Lect- 
urer and  State  Agent  for  Indiana  Feb. 
17th  187J,  under  appointment  of  the 
Executive  Committee  of  the  N.  C.  A; 
and  below  is  a  summary  of  his  report 
for  the  remainder  of  the  year  1873: 
Lectures  and  sermons  deliv- 


Lj    ...   i  ■ 

LV|..   11     L-=. 


d  (pages),    -  4U0U 
803 
bcrs,        -  20 

,u  tUo  lecture 


[at  Bro.  Kiggins  has  not  been  an  idle 
the  field,  and  that  he  has  not  beei 
'erpaid  for   bifl  services.     The  repor 


the  Executive  Coo 
blanks  for  reports, 

which    it   is  hope 
ur  ou  the  part  of 


his  work  before 
ttee  had  provided 
given  definite  tn- 

and   hence   the 


K.'i 


inlly  t 


ith  him  as  residents  of  Indiana. 
His  labors  are  as  abundant  as  could 
have  been  expected,  and  even  surpass 
most  of  us.  An  average  of  twenty-five 
public  addresses  per  month  for  the 
lime  charged  to  employers  would  do  for 
a  M.  E.  minister  of  the  primitive  stamp; 
and  is  certainly  a  good  record  for  a 
young  man  lo  make,  in  the  face  of  auch 
opposition  as  the  opponents  of  secrecy 
every  where  meet. 


his  matter  and  hope 
f  you  are  not  already 
my  be.  If  you  can  do 
me    at    No.     13     Wabash 


lnd. 

Lioosier,  Ind.,  Dei 

We,   the    undersigned 

the    Christian    Church, 

heiein  publicly  withdraw  our  fellowship 

from  all  brethren  upholdin; 

ing  the  institution  comdemned   by   the 

Apostle  Paul  in  Ephesians 

any  other  secretoath  b^und 

And  also  from  those  brelhre 


zing 


We  have  in  ot 
act  of  injustice  and  willful  partiality 
upon  the  part  of  the  eldership  (and  ee 
pecially  upon  the  part  of  G.  W,  Chap- 
man whocontnls  that  hoard),  in  it* 
excluding  from  the  church  brother  J. 
M.  Fry  and  sister  Rufina  Fry;  and  we 
believe  this  result  was  brought  about 
by  G.  W.  Chapman,  publicly  declari 
with  his  fist  upon  the  Bible,  that  t 
church  could  not  hold  Fry  and  himself 
at  the  name  time,  and  also  in  Chapn 

tee  that  decided  the  difficulty  bctw. 
himself  and  them. 

We  have  also  been  advised  from 
pulpit  by  G.  W,  Chapman  to  treat 
brother  S.  N.  Pence  aa  a  heathen  i 
a  publican,  and  also  advised  that  if 
treat  him  as  a  brother  we  would 
partakers  of  hia  evil  deeds;  while  it 
well  known  that  brother  S.  N.  Pence 
was  not  charged  with    any  immoral 


ealsc 


iCbn 


either  a  gentle 


vote    permitted    these    brethren 
ig  these  charges  againBt   brolhei 
C.  G.  Fait,  together  with   their   wivei 

from  the  church;  which  acts   of  inju* 

tice  we  think  would  disgrace  the   con* 

moncuurlsof  any  half  civilized  union 

And  believing  we  cau    have    no   re. 


s  for 


i  unde 


the  ruling  of  G.  W.  Chapman,  wi 
obey  the  injunction  of  the  Aposll. 
Paulin2nd  Thess.  111.  0  and  with 
draw  our  fellowship  from    these   diaor 

Christian  deeds  of  partiality. 

Theron  Teal,  John  Francisco,'} 


i  Pence 


Mill 


Harriet  Niles.  Abbie  Chapman, 

Elizabeth  A.  Teal,  John  Minier, 

JohnSquier,  Edmund  Squier, 

Wm.  Hiyes,  Elisabeth  Hayes, 

Mary  E.  Hayes,  Sarah  Fry, 

Geo.  W.  Campbell,  JulietU   Campbell. 

Unfit*  S.  Turner,  Ad  dine  Turner, 


News  of  our   Worls 


and 


Mi- 


hottility  of  t 
Chriaiian  religion,  the  utter  falsity 
insufficiency  of  the  idolatrous  re- 
ligion of  Masonry,  greatly  to  the  udvan- 
of  the  cause   of   light   and   truth 


npts 


iription  of  the  lecture,  and  I  don't  know 
that  I  can  aay  as  much  in  as  few  words 
or  pay  a  more   justly    merited  compli- 

ply  stating  a  fact  or  two.  It  is  re- 
ported in  a  paper,  not  in  our  interest, 
that,  "At  the  close  Rev.  Mr.  Pollock 
asked  the  audience  who   indorsed    the 


■  ■nlliug  those  ui.pi.-i'd  I. 


the  "noes  failed  (o  "pat  in  any  appear- 
ance," he  rose  to  still  further  endorse 
the  speaker,   and    would  have    done  bo, 


e  regard  as    a  very  good    kind 


of  "those  oppose- 

this  down  as  fact 

When  the  nsir 


Tins  you  cau   put    down 
:inember  the    case    where 


eofthei 


News  from  the  War  iu  tin  East. 

Brooklyn.  E.  D.,  N.  Y. 
Jan.  7lh,  187-1. 
Dear  Cynosure: — Let  me  speak 
through  thy  pages  to  thy  delighted 
readers  of  the  war  in  the  E*st  Never 
of  late  had  the  hosts  of  Masonry  been 
attacked  in  this  region  by  so  strong  an 
enemy.  Indeed,  tue  press  called  Pro- 
fessor Blanchard  ''a  bitter  oppouent," 
and  they  really  did 


lo  "answer  Mr.  Blanchard 
champion's  -'faith  failed"  just  when  i 
should  have  wax-id  strong,  and  they  an 
swered  Mr.  B.  --'Oh  tell  it  not  in  Oath,' 
but  these  two  notable  defenders  of  Mt 
aonry  answered  Mr.  B.  by  rising  whei 
those  "who  endorsed  the  views  of  thi 
speaker"  did,  and  sittm 
same  time  they  did.  Tl 
ber  tiirke,  and  these  thr 


the 


id;m 


tea:    1st.  Fort 


subj^i 


of  Mat 


ig  to  estsblish  their  point  by  depre- 
iating  the  character  of  our  brother, 
ud  others  by  defending  him.     On  the 

j  hear  the  last  lecture  of  the  course; 
ubject,  "The  Religion  of  Freemason- 
y,  or  Modern  Idolatry."  Afier,  as  us 
portion  of  Scripture  and 


3  Past 


red  with  u 


)  Profc* 

his 


m-nts  in  proof  of  the 
Freemasoniy  ib  a  false 
audience  were  deeply  i 
Miaons  at  times  sought  t 
hollow  laughter.  This  t 
them,  for  every  time  thei 
pie,  looking  at  each  other,  seemed  to 
say  ''Blanchard  told  the  truth  then." 
Perfect  order  was  enforced  by  the  pres- 
ence of  police.  This  is  an  evidence 
against  the  institution  of  Masonry.  The 
lecture  was  reported  in  the  "Tirnei" 
next  day  without  casting  a  single  slur 
upon  the  Professor,  they  gave  the  Ma- 
sons a  "slap"  for  their  ungentlemanly 
conduct  during  a  solemn  lecture  in  the 
house  of  God.  At  the  close,  brother 
Blanchard  assured  the  Masons  that  he 
had  no  ill-will  toward  any  of  their 
number.  That  it  was  because  Mason- 
ry was  wroug  that  he  lectured  a^ains-t 
it;  and  he  besought  them  to  withdraw 
from  its  folds. 


u.  lleocy  and  acceptability  of  Prof. 
BUncbard'a  work  here,  2d,  For  the 
marked  interposition  of  God,  in  thus 
affording  encouragement  to  persevere 
good  v 


1  that  "afire  ha. 


i  kindled"  here 


that  wdl  i 


:er  than    it 
Some  people  here  don't 


ILLINOIS. 

Organization  iu  La  Salle  County. 

Cuioaoo.  Jan.   10th,  1874. 
Freedom,   in  LaS.lle    County,    III., 

as  once  the   Bite 'of  three   flourishing 


conditi 


doubtless  combined  to  produce  this  re- 
sult, and  among  them  the  lodge  influ- 
ence is  most  prominent.  Obtaining  a 
foot-bold,  it  began  its  work  and  had  be- 
come strong  before  some  of  the  most 
reliable  inhabitants  were  aware  of  its 
presence.  Gradually  it  sapped  the  foun- 
dations of  the  church  and  drew  the 
young  men   into   its  artful   toils,  until 

its  infidelity  and  stupefied  with  its 
Chnslless  worships.  But  there  are  a 
few  still  in  Freedom  who  have  not 
bowed  the  knee  to  Baal,"  and  who 
•'  cry  and  sigh  over  the  desolation  of 
Zion."  After  a  Beries  of  lectures  iu 
different   parts   of    the    township,    the 


THE  CHRISTIAN   CYNOSURE:  JANUARY  15,   1874 


faithful  met  in  the  Town  Hull  on 
8 ih  inpt..  and  organized  an  auxiliar 
the  N.  C.  A.,  deierminedlo  resist,' 

this  subtle   foe.     Twenty   two    nai 

were  subscribed  to  the  conatilulion 

an    effici-nt    corps   of  office™   elet 

bo    will  pusb    forward    this    worl 


refon 


of  fret 


l^nt  and  Ulirisi'd  religion,  as  opposed 
>  the  despotism  and  heathenism  of  the 
sdge.  J.  P.   Stoddard. 

WISCONSIN. 
The  Enemy  Met  at  Muuston. 


pertinent 
whom  I  I 


HiLLsn.uoooii.Wia.  Jan.  Oth, 1874. 
Dais    Urn.  K  :— I  lectured  ou  the 
evenings  of  the  2dand3dinsL  atUiUs- 
ton,  the  county  seat  of  Juneau  county. 
I  bad  sent  some  bills  which  had    been 
duly  posted,  and  my  lecture  bad  been 
publicly  announced.     Much  pains  was 
takon    to  circulate  (be    report  that    I 
would  not  be  ibere,  but  I  Lund  a  go»d 
congregation  in  the  Baptist 
eluding  lour  ministers  and  a  large  pro- 
portion of  Masons.      I  was   listened, 
with    excellent  attention    until  I    1 
neuriy  fiaiaued  my  lecture,  when  I  i 
inteirupieil  6rst    by  a   balf-inloxicn 
isked  irrelevant  and   i 
.lions,  and  next  by  a  n 
Ed,  to  my  turpmp,  ^ 
the  pastor   of    thd    il.   E.     church 
Mtuston.     His  language  and  manners 
were  such  us  do  Chribtiao  or  gentleman 
would  think  of  indulging  in ;  and  which 
not  only  elicited  the  rebuke  of  his  breth- 
ren in    the  ministry,    but  the   remark 
from  some  that  •  -they  would  never  bear 
lbalu.au  preach  again." 

After  1  had  concluded,  the  Baptist 
minister  made  a  brief  reply,  extolling 
Freemasonry  and  Odd-fellonbliip  as 
most  benifiosnt  institutions  and  disclaim- 
ing all  sympathy  with  those  who  op- 
posed them.  The  Masons  were  in  a 
rage;  dured  me  to  lecture  again  in 
Miuston;  told  me  they  wanted  to  hire 
me,  as  I  was  doing  more  to  build  up 
Masonry  than  could  be  done  in  any 
other  way.  I  told  them  I  should  be 
glad  to  lecture  for  them  as  often  as  I 
could,  and  proposed  the  next  evening, 
provided  they  would  procure  a  hail. 
This  was  agreed  to;  and    the   meeting 


open  his  mouth  against  this    image 

i  beast  which  the  devil  has   set 
m  the  M.  E    churcb.     The  Grand  M 
r  of  the  Grand  L^dge  of  Minroiota 
i  M.  E.  prf siding  elder.   Father  Hiod 
metimes   preach*  s   powerfully    from 
hat  be  calh  the  devil's  prayer.     "Lm 
us  alone."  (Luke  4.  34)   to  the  great 
disgust  and  also  discomfiture  of  secret- 
Brother   Riley  con6rmed   all  that  1 
said,  and  then  read  the  M«ter  Mason's 
degree  as  g;ven   by  Morgan-     He   re 
marked,  "What  lam  about  to  read  is 
word  for   word  ap    I  beard   it  in   the 

ay  memory  >s  good.     I  now  ad 

■  mi'ldecUre  this  expose  of  Mor- 
ft  lie;  but  I  declare  that  in  such  a 
1  of  its  strict  truthfulness,  they 
While  he  wis  rending,  the  master 


of  Fai 


«d  "That  isnolhing  like  Masonry; 

and  I  do  not  believe  brother  Riley  that 
iver    were  a   Mason    or  inside   a 

lodge."  Brother  Riley  replied,  'I  have 
jmit  from  lheJjcl*>on  Lodge  ol 
late,  as  a  regularM.sterMi-on  " 
aaster  answered,  "I  do  not  be- 
t,  I   should    like   to   see  il."     I 


thci 


■li6cate   with  the   blanks  r 
ly  filled,"   and  brother  Riley  pr 


the 


hall  the  next  evening  I  found   it  occu- 
pied as  a  dtneing  school  and  that  there 


The  undersigned  in  performance  of 
hiBduty  at.  Jumor  Warden  of  the  lodge. 
resents  the  following  charges  against 
rother  A.  T.  Riley,  a  Hemmed  Mason, 
etiJing  wiibin  the  jurisdiction  of  this 
lodge,  viz : 

Violation    of  Obligation. 
Specifications. 

1.  Toil  ut  Fairmont.    Minnesota   on 
the  22d  day  of  November,     1873,  and 
'"  'era  other  days  continuing   from 
ale  to  the  present  time,    he    has 
publicly  denounced  Masonry,    and    re- 
i-d  all  allegiance  to  the  same, 
That  on  the  29tu  day  of   Novem- 
ber. 1873,  in  a  pul-1  c  store  in  said  Fair- 
nl,  he  did    publicly  divulge,    or  at 
i[.t  in  divulgi-,  a  [_..!■  i  us  ih.'  ut'I.i'iti.'U 
.  Muster  Ma-on. 

!.  That  at  that  time  and  pi  ice   last 
resuid,  he  did   pui-Iicly     trainee  ,'mii 
ime  M-tscns,  and   Ma-onry  in  gener- 
al, and  falsely,  and  maliciously  slander- 
ed, John  W.  Bordick, 


i  copy  ot  the  origin 


,  pro  ttvi. 


mblei 


uple. 


It  appears  from  this  paper  that  broth 
r  Riley's  case  was  discussed  in  tht 
'Vrmoni  Lrjdge,  at  the  regular  lodgt 
neetingon  Novemb.r  29ib,  1873,  tin 
Siiurday    immediately   preceding    thi 


iefly 


the  close  it  was  replied 
candid  way  by  a  prominent  Mason,  and 
afterward  in  a  violent  and  abusive  ba 
rangue  by  the  lawyer  of  the  previous 
evening;  to  which    I  made  a   brief  re- 

missed  and  the  Masons  gathered  around 
me  and  poured  out  their  rage.  On 
shook  his  fist  in  my  lace  and  repeated 
1?  charged  me  with  lying.    Others  gav 


i  there  was  Know 
wledged  to  be  "adei 

l,"  and  t 


d  Ma- 


rof  i 


from  my    evil    ways, 


ira     ol    Mil 


lings 
One    t 

h,   namely,    the 

e  cburcbet 


presiding  .llicer    must  hive    known 

s.     How  does   this   agree  with  his 

public  aud  repealed  declaration  that  be 

lid  not  b=lieve  brother  Riley  had   ever 

ieen  a  Mison,  or  insidea  lodge,  or  had 

!d,  -'he  did  publicly  divulge  or  attempt 
o  divulge  a  part  of  the  obligation  of  a 
Master  Mason,"  agree  wilh  the  declara- 


uldl 


lurbed.  The  leaven  is  at  wurk  ii 
Mauiton  and  fruit  will  be  seen  by  am 
by.  I  am  now  at  Hillsborough,  Verno; 
county,  lecturing  in  the  Free  Baplii 
churcb.       Yours   for  Christ. 

H.  H.  Hl.NMAN. 


lusonryl 
Brother  Riley  rend  to   the  congrega- 

ion  on  Friday  evening  ihis  bill  of  char 

;es,  and  the  public  opened  their  eyes- 
One  of  the  names  of  the  committee  or 
s  bill  is  that   of  a  member  elect  of 
i  Minn.    legUUture,   one,  that  of  a 
)minent  lawyer,  and    one,  thai  of  an 

M.  E.  member,  louga  diss  leader  and 


r  Trial. 


:     be.lM 


llhJB 


i  followin 


the  lodge: 

On  Tnunday  evening,  December  4th, 
I  delivered  a  lecture  against  Masonry, 
at  Fairmont,  Martin  county,  Minneso- 
ta. The  power  of  the  Holy  Ghost  rest 
ed  on  me.     The  houne  was   thronged, 

were  present  who  lived  ten  and  fifteen 
miles  distant.  When  I  concluded, 
brother  A.  T.  Rile/,  addressed  the  au 
dience.  He  is  the  preacher  mentioned 
in  my  last  letter,  who  first  seceded 
from  Masonry,  and  then  found  himsel 
compelled  to  secede  from  the  M.  E. 
churcb  or  allow  bis  lips  to  be  padlocked 
in  regard  to  the  abominations  of  thii 
anti-Christ.  His  presiding  elder,  t 
Royal  Arch  D.  U.  warned  him  by  tin 
fate  of  two  others  who  reside  in  tin 
Fairmont  circuit.  One  of  these  mus 
be  a  reverend  father,  yet  vigorous  and 


the  PtUm  Marion,  Iowa:  — 
R  v.  S.  K.  Young  made  an  Ami 

masonic  speech  al  Barge's  tchool-hous 

be  warmed  up  to  his  subject,  and  had 
a  full  house-      He  has  an  appoint 

at  John  LeighWhool  house  next 
day  night. 


A  good  work  to  be  done  by  in  .ny  of 
our  friends — looting  among 
miglibort.  they  will  find  occasionally 
one  wlio  has  forgotten  to  renew 
would  be  glad  to  continue  the  ( 
sure  if  aaked  to  do  so.     Find  all 


(JooJ  Words  from  Letters. 

Il  is  my  opinion  that  ihe  Cynosur 
is  doing  more  to-day  for  the  race  i 
man  and  ihe  glory  of  CbriBt  than  an 
other  paper  on  this  continent.  Gc 
bless  it  and  the  cause  il  bo  nobly  adv 
cates,  Natubk  Cam-mush. 

It  is  the  prayer  and  CO  Operation  ■ 
such  friends  as  Bro.  C.  has  been  ' 
ibis  reform  which  make  the  paper  win 


i  you 


edition,  I  thought  I  could 
without  it,  and  have  been  a  reguh 
subscriber  since.  Of  late  I  thought  1 
must  curtail  expenses  and  would  have 
to  part  with  the  Cynosure.    But  I  have 

money  order  for  two  dollars  for  ihe 
year  commencing  Nov.  7lh,  '73.  1 
like  to  read  a  paper  whose  editor  is 
neither  afraid  or  ashamed  to  expose  er- 
ror, no  matter  how  popular  it  may  be. 
Go  on  then, dear  sir,  and  may  Almighty 
God  direct  and  bless  your  i  ffjrts. 

E.  GnoaoB. 
the  dullness   of    public 
the  lodge  question,    Rriv. 
1'otneroy,  of  Waterford,  N.     Y.,    says: 
jut  paper  is  like  an    avalanche  upon 
ly  with  the    lights   all  out  and    it 
people  a-leep,"     Something  like  an  a 
to  shock  is  needed  to  awaken   ll 
people,  surely. 

Goodtich,  Mch. 

ued   becitu 


tooi 


r  paper 


upars 


fith  i 


array td  ;.nd  concentral 
heir  blrength  to  build  up  a  hymen: 
raud  and  corruption  among  men  i 
illle  sheet  bears  a  conspicuous  pi 
,nd,  as  I  believe,  by  the  blessing 
Jod,  and  the  help  of  honest  men,  > 
re  long  put  to  flight    the    enemy,  i 


i  the 


world  many  of  the  dark  dens  of  in 
quity  in  all  their  naked  deiormity. 
Yours  in  love,  A.    Oldfield. 


The  following  items  show  the  tem- 
per of  the  Roman  Catholic  church  more 
plainly  than  argument. 

the  dedication  of  a  Roman  Cath- 
olic church  in  Green  Springs,  Ohio, 
the  American  colors  were  displayed 
beneath  the  papal  flag.  This  aroused 
the  iudiguation  of  citizens,  and  the  may  - 
r  sent  word  to  the  B.shop  that  due 
•spect  must  be  shown  to  the  national 
ig,  and  his  request  was  complied 
U!i. 

B  -hup  MiQ  laid  of  Rochester,  says 
the  United  Presbyterian,  in  bis  sermon 
the  dihedral  of  thru  city,  recently 
ry  earneaily  exhorted  his  hearers  to 
ler  heartily  into  political  life,  in  the 
>rt  to  obtain  office,  and  rise  to  posi- 
es of  influence  and  power.  The  fu- 
e  of  this  country,  ho  said  to  them, 
fiely  depends  upon  those  wbo   bear 


You  I 


tyou 


j  doe 


By 


public  1  fe,  and  making  your  advan 
nt  in  the  public  service  tributary 
i  prosperity  and  sway    of    Calhol 

cLurch. 


.'i.ll-edoiH- 


viu  i.r.gcu'  n  and  the  lul 

is  not  denied  that  there 
distress  among  the  laboring  cl 

than  usual.  All  that 
proparly  done  to  reli 
of  furnishing  employ 
While  the  case  is  not  so  bad  as  it  baa 
been  represented,  it  i*  bad  edough  to 
require  the  forbearance  and  oo  opera- 
tion of  all  classes  to  make  it  better. 
Tb«  Communists  have  already  done 
much  to  decrease  pnblx  sympathy 
for  the  unemployed,  and  if  they  are 
allowed  to  pursue  their  insine  meth- 
ods in  the  name  of  the  working  men, 
tliey  will  disiroy  it  altogether.     Tney 

agitators  be  suppressed  by  the  class  in 
wliose  names  they  profess  lo  speak, 
and  there  will  instantly  be  a  union  ol 
exertion  to  solve  itie  problem  before  us 
which  will  soon  lead  to  the  happiest  re- 


WiKTEO     at 

hundreds   of 
you  .end  u»  on 

the     OjIKMWe    OIE;e, 
lew   eubscnbcis.     Can 
el 

Bolls  to 

B.  F.  Jacobs,  i 
littee  for   aelec 


of  the 


ng  the  International 
recently  a»ked  lb 
prayers  ol  the  Chicago  daily  noo 
meeting  for  that  body  which  meet 
February  4th  at  Philadelphia  to  aelec 
lessons  lor  1U75,  These  lessons  ar 
i.ow  used  in  nineteen  languages  an 
their  use  will  be  greatly  exiendei 
another  year. —Dr.  R.  W.  Patterson 
preached  his  farewell  sermon  to  tht 
Second  Presbyterian  church  last  Sab 
bnlh.  Ho  lias  been  its  prstor  for  ovei 
thirty  yaara. — The  revival  al  Alton 
nded  lo  tin-  neighbor 


(M.-lhodist)  Boston,  under  the  mini 
try  of  the  Rev.  Messrs.  Inskip  and  Ma 
D.mald.      At   the  ctas-e  of    the  sermo 


iesa  can  hardly  find  a  more  popula 
profitable  or  useful  book  to  sell  tba 
Scxyax's  Coupletk  Works.  Ou 
igent  sold  six  hundred  copies  in  eigl 
nonlha  last  year.  Send  for  furlht 
^formation.  (3ee  advertisement  t 
mother  column.) 


s  Summary. 
-Caleb    pushing 


Spain,  when    President  Grn 
request  of  Attorney -General 


i  favor 


working  hard  with  ihe  chances  against 
him  —On  Monday  the  Senate  substi- 
tuted for  the  House  Salary  Bill  one  re- 
pealing the '■  gr  .b  "  act  of  '73,  and  r*- 
-toring  all  salaries,  except  those  ol 
President  and  Judges  of  Supreme  Court, 
to  their  old  level.— The  most  brilliant 
and  mark.d  speech  of  the  session  was 
made  in  the  Hous-  last  week  by  Elliou, 
a  full-blooded  negro,  member  from  S. 
Carolina   in  fa\or  of   tne  Civil    Rights 


k  of  Kentucky  has  been  ex 

tactions   in    the   Naval  de 

partment      The  Hpproprialion  for  pay- 


The  Grand  Jury  having  tak- 
on the  late  treasury  defalca- 
a  true  bill  against  D  A. 
.  two  indictments,  for  perjury 
■lecity' 


tings  v 


i  held  i 


,ted  Ihe  telegraph  1 
fifty   miles.     Cnmmui 


fore   last  i 

;n  and  got  adrift  on  a  floe.     Af'er  si: 

days  exposure  they  were  rescued;  bit 

party  of  six  retouerB  were  capsiBei 

d   lost. — The   legislative   bodies  lha 


;  Jan  Olh.  of  111  ,  Minn.,  N.  Y. 
ndPa.;  Jan.  7tb,  of  Wis.,  Miss.,  Md. 
I.ss.  and  Me.—  A  dwel  ing  near  M.y- 
die,  Mich.,  was  burned  Jan.  2nd  and 
,  whole  family  perished.— The  New 
York  Independent  haB  been  sold  to 
mted  hy  Dr.  Talmadg-- 
(the  Christian  at    Work  company)  tor 


■?j.jo,.h 


;  ->7.j,'t : 

it  is  Btate 


of   Ohio   on    Monday.     Thi 

called    together    large   numbers  of  the 

party  who  had   re 
tired  from    politics. — A  bill  has    been 

Ky.  legi-l  itore  for 


upiiresaiou  of  Ku-Kli 

with  the  recommendation  of  Gov. 
Le.le. 

Fohbios,  —  Spanish  dispatches  say 
that  Serrano,  Ihe  new  President,  will 
not  convene  the  CorteZ  for  a  year  and 

foiti    in    suppressing    the  Carlisle  and 

been  placed  in  a  state  of  seige  and  the 
Carlagena  insurgents  have  proposed 
lo  surrender.  Castelar  has  left  Spain 
for  France.— Lite  elections  in  France 
bave  been  strongly  Republican.  A 
failure  of  the  National  Assembly  to 
support  mime  government  measure  led 
all    Ma.Mthun'a  cabinet  to  resign   last 


AMTIMASQNIC  TRACTS. 


L  Tract  Fund  fir  thi  fas  Distribution  of  Tracts. 
"The  Antiimsonic  Scrap  Book," 


HISTORY  OF  MASONRY. 


MASOXTZC    MTJRDEH. 

SECRETsli  MASONRY. 

BY  ELI  TAPLEY. 
TRACT  NO.  4. 

GRAND    GREAT  GRAND!! 
By  PHILO  CARPENTER. 

This  is  a  one  pain'  tract,  t-.-il  Lmpj  tiiL-ntu-ntion  of  the  public 
to  the  despotic  ami  nl  i  nimb  niie.-  m"  Freemasonry.  Pnce 
,c    -.  per  100,  |l,0u  per  l.OOU 

Estracts  From  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  as 
Sworn  to  bv  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Ehode  Island. 


Hon.  John  Ouincy  Adams'  Letter, 

OiYing  Hisund  lib  Father's  Opinion  of  Freemason 

Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

Giving  His  Oi.tninu    of  r'r-ema*„r.ry    (lSJfJ). 


Satan's   Cable   Tow. 


Preemasonrv  is  0nlvl52  Years  Old,' 

"Murder  and  Treason  not  Exceeptl" 


Freemasonry  in.  tb.e  Ciiurcb.. 


Cliarai'MT  nrol   Nviili.il-  of  frcemmonry 

Address  of  Niagara  County  £  ssaciation,  New  York, 

O'ineruini;    the   Morgan    Mil 
Preeniaeourj',    an    sbo«n   by    ilii?    and  oilier   Sluflonic 


O.neeruini:    the    Mmilmh    Murder,  nnd  Ihe 
murders.    50c is.  per  100,  or  $4.00  per  1,000. 


Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry. 


HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D. 

Chancelor   of  the  University  of  N- 
Y..  on  Secret  Societies. 


GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY. 


MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  and  VOID. 


jug  lowna. 

||,n,gr..™  ,.n 
1  IT   Colleg. 


irful 


ongl 


Si:  Riisoii  whj  a  Christian  should  not  b:  i  FrsjMii 


ENOCH  HONEYMLL'S  TRACT. 


TERMS  FOR  THE  CYNOSURE. 


Descriptive  Catalogue 

PUBLICATIONS 

EZRA  A.  COOK  &  CO.. 
13  Wabash  Ave. 


Gl.NL  PHELPS' 


NEW   BOOK 


ON  SECRET  SOCIil  IES! 


FREEMASONRY*  EXPOSED, 

by  CAFT.  WILLIAM  MORGAN. 


THE  BROKEN  SEAX. 

By  SAMUEL   D.  GREENE, 


OPINIONS  OF  THE  PRESS. 


!■■' 


History  of  The  Abduotion  and  Murder  of 
Cap't.  Win.  Morgan. 


Valancs's  Confession  of  The  Murder  of 
Cant.  Win.  Morgan. 

r 


The  ByBtio  Tio  or  Freemasonry  a  League 
with  the  Devil. 


K19.BATIVES'AND  iROOMEHB, 

'  feyUFRkmclS  SEMPLE  of 


The  Antimcison'a  Scrap  Boo!c, 
21  CYNOSURE  TRACTS. 


Who  Murdered  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan? 

HISTORY  OT  THE 

Abduotion  and  Murder 

Capt.  William  Morgan, 


J  OBEDIENCE  TO  MASONIC  LAWS 
B;  Iift.ll,  fls»J«l  U  a»gt,  1U.M  t*'  1». 

•  c;  Hill,  F;i'.-f HI.  Olajli  <hn  &  ;l,->  *--M  f"  in- 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  JANUARY  15,  1874 


8peal»a,  in  the  pauses  o[  Hie  cannon's  roar, 
O'er  fields  of  corn  by  fiery  sickle*  reaped 
And  ]ei"t  dryoslics.  over  trenches  heaped 
With  nameless  dead;  o'er  cities  starving 

Under  a  rain  of  fire:  through  wards    of 


fail-',  try  peace,  put  up  the  i 


ber  of   deities,  yielded    l> 
yielding  to  the  pur* 


>  the  fa'ilh   of 

,  with  Islam- 
r  monotheism 
the  full  reveUtion  of  Christ. 
Rising  in    more  comprehensive   and 
piriUia.    bonnge,   Christian    worship 
9  the    holiest   intense  of  earth.     It  is 
he  enthusiasm  of  virtue    and  gooJne.-s 
nspiring  humanity   and    realizing   the 
kingdom   of     heaven   on   earth,      Ak 
iristianity  becomes  the  universal  faith 
d  the   accepted     mei-hnd  uf  charily 
d  pbiliinlhropliy,  the  world  will  wor- 
ip  at  her  altar.     Already  the  instinct 
of  religion,  the  order  of  pivmrj'-nce  and 
the  testimony  of  prophecy  unite  in  pro- 
claiming "Immhnuel,    God    with    us." 
Let  all  who  dwell   upon  the  earth,  and 
all  the    angels  of   God.    worship  him." 
—Dr.  Everts, 

A  Wumlcrfnl  Mission. 


Of  fair  or 

finger,  in 

the  moii 

er's  f  ac 

In 

liy  s 
lov 

id:  "Put 

fiend, 

Trf)l 

To 

Intc 

thof 

^Mii-nnl 

sliion  of 

uSe  a 

awenpi'iied   cjuquere  every 


folcncy  of  Hie  Itclifflous  Sentiment. 


t  growth  of  superjtilii 


iuf  r 


that 


larges  c 


profit  wbicb    others 
of  Christ  at  this  daj 


isincorlty   in  C1m.V3s.on. 


honor 

at  wickedness 

I  we   s 

mean 

nicked 

ees  in 

R« 

nera],  n 

thing 

f.     On 
o:  be 

really 
It  i 

do 

of 

J. 

em  pa 
n  we   d 
self-aba 

In  the  old  legend  it  wai 


"Too  trus  too  true;  Gjd  hi 

i rough  the  grating. 
"Surely  I  have    been  guilty  of  every 


iof  i 


hec 


off 


pairs  the  osseous  frame,  psrverted,  de 
velopes  bodily  deformity;  so  the  relig 
ious  eense,  which,  in  normal  express 
ion,  confirms  the  order  and  benuty  of 
society,  perverted,  produces  the  i 
Btrosiiies  of  religious  and  civil 
potism.     As  religion  is   so  polen 

normal  order  is  the  highest  conct 
mankind.  Paganism,  Mohammeda: 
and  the  Papacy  can  never  be 
thrown  by  crusides  against  exi 
EuperstilioD,  but  may  b=i  replaced  by 
truer  worship.  If  the  soil  of  bun 
be  left  without  true  culture,  it 
up  with  idle  beliefs;  as  a  garden  with 
weeds.  Men  are  ready  to  btlieve  every- 
thing, when  they  believe  nothing. 
They  seek  diviners  when  they  forsake 
prophets,  witchcraft  io  place  of  sacri- 
fices ;  and  they  grope  into  the  caves  of  sor- 
cery when  they  leave  the  temple  of  the 
Lord.  Superstition  is  more  natural  and 
conservative  than  total  unbelief.  The 
rejection  of  Christianity,  therefore, 
would  be  followed  by  reaction  toward 
some  inlerior  faith.  Without  some 
Bense  of  religion,  the  race  would  be- 
come animalized  or  Satanic. 

This  necessity  of  true  religion,  has 
been  attested  by  the  wisdom  of  ages. 
The  greatest  military  leader,  if  not  the 
greatest  geniuB  of  modern  time,  de- 
clared — "Religion  can  never  be  erad- 
icated from  the  heart  of  man,"  A 
modern  liberator  gives  this  striking  les- 


for  a  horse  and  was  relumed  as  an 
ir  exchange,  and  on  two  subs*  quern 

tobacco;  whose  epirit  was  then  so  bruk 
:  he  tried  to  commit  suicide;  who 
fterwards  sold  to  Portuguese 
traders,  rescued  by  an  English  vessel. 
;d  to  Christianity,  educated, 
and  ultimately  ordaiued,  and  was  con 
irated  a  Bishop,  such  a  tale  as  that 
could  not  fail  to  be  acceptable  to  the 
a  sensational  literature. 
;w  still  more  largely  on  bis 
fancy  and  declared  that  the  parents 
the  child  had  been 
wrenched  in  bis  childhood,  be  met 
igain  after  a  separation  of  twenty-five 
tars;  that  his  heathen  relatives  re- 
vived from  him  their  first  knowl 
idge  of  Christian  truth  and  that 
lis  mother  died  under  the  rool 
if  her  son's  Episcopal  reiidence. 
it  would  be  said,  perhaps,  that  fancy 
lad  exceeded  the  limits  of  probability 
<Vnd  yet  this  U  a  simple  story  in  bar 
st  outline  of  the  Bishop  of  the  Nigei 

Edjai,  aYorubanlad,  was  seized  by 


[five  mercy  upon  him,  0  Lord." 

d  force  at  leant  a    depreca- 
ndulged   in   pride,  malice, 


Moh. 


i  gang 


,1321 


through  the  vicissitudes  detailed  abovt 

until  he  found   himself  on  board  H.  M. 

Myrmidon,"  free  and    petted   by 


iffleei 


i  1  Crvwth-r 


b  .plized 


"Reli 

every  thinking  and  h< 
profjundest  of  Am 
thus     pictures    man 


thwa 

butdarkness.desi 
ligion  is  the  re'j 
the  principle  of 


red,  man  floats  awa; 

is  all  gone,    its  dest 
i  whole   future  noth 


nd  dei 


promotes  pLil.nthropliy  an 
progress.  The  ration.lism, 
denying  or  ignoring  the 
world,  makes  man  an  outgn 
matter;  that,  boasting  the  si 
of      reason,       under      the 

that,  j 


apung 

hension  and  varying  conception  of  God 
as  the  only  revelation, makei 
own  Bible.and  religious  worebipulf-ap- 
precation,  that  unsettles  faith,  nucki 
prayer,and  represses  the  i mortal  aspera 
lions  of  the  sou!,  is  the  mostsubtile  anc 
dangerous  foe  to  Bocie'y.  The  udver 
earies  of  religion  ar«  the  enemies  of  tht 
lary  of  supe: 


j  than    the    boastful 


The  suppliant  poslii 

haughty  irreverence 
pbilosoj 


kepli 


irreverence  of  the  pretend. 
er.  The  true  r-xpounde 
plars  of  religion  are  the  bi 
guides  uf  mankind.  As  the  Chii 
i  order  of   worship  ia  the   purest, 


Then 


,'hed  1 


nful 


mournful,  the    honts 

"Yea,  alas,  some  of  this  I  bad  beard 
f  before;  the  Lord  hove  mercy.' 
The  i-xisperaled  carninal  could  stand 

''Why,  you  fool,"  be  burst  out  sbarp^ 

o  the  letter  1" 

'■Alas,    alas,    the   good   Lord    have 
mercy,"  said  the  pitiful   priest,  "fur   it 
3  Eminence  ia  a  hypocrite  like 
C.  S.  Robinson- 


lid  with  adv 

rlened  by  cea 

tsily,  nothint 

seleas   con. 
stimulates, 

heerp,  and  encourages,  like  ihe  reading 
of  sufferings  bractly   borne  by    those 
who  have  gone  before   us.     Can   any 
woman  peruse  the  life  of  Mary  Somer- 

jaws  of  f tab 
common    life 
embroider  pa 

on  and    the  e 
t      Can  abe 
ntaleltea  for  1 

contentedly 

and  leave  ih 

bright  realm 

a  of  science 

totally    unej 
woman  can  d 

ploredl      W 
well  on  the  a 

U-.-vvraeliU 

of  Frederick 

he  Great,  on 

hia  indomit- 

able  spirit,  o 

n  hisuutiriug 

eniTfy  ami 

Dur  civilization  he  did.  That's  just 
16  way  skill  is  bought  now.  Men  go 
to  the  market  and  buy  it  for  what  the 
an  in  his  ignorance  and  his  necessity 
willing  to  sell  it  for.  Sir  Robert  Peel 
jsires  no  rebuke  of  your  Christian 
vilizalion.     He  did  what  I  have   Been 

o  Slate  Street,  what  is  the  reputed 
■thics  of  your  pulpiL  Now,  genii,  m^n, 
he  labor  reform  means  to  inlrodu:e  a 
-ivibzation  which  would  have  made  S  r 
R.bert  Peel  behave  thus:  When  our 
:omes  be  would  have  said,  '  -D  ck. 


rniielf  growing  stronger  and  b 
id  abler  Io  'pluck  victory  from 
row  of  defeat. "—A7'.    Y   Tribune. 


.liiU  tniiL'lr  nory  reside: 


movement     of      the     United     State 
Robert      Peel,     the      father     of    tt 
great  Sir   Robert    Petl,    was    a  cor 
fortable      English      mechanic.        1 
started  a  colt  n  factory,  small  in  mee 
ureand  smaller  slill  in  pr<  fits.     It  w 
at  the  commencement  of  the  cotton  e 
terprite,  and  Rjbert  at  that  time    w 
almost  unable  to   make  bis    enterpri 
pay  him.      The  profits  fell  so  often  b 
hind  the  expenses  that  it  is  said  be  some- 
times   contemplated    abandoning    the 
movement.     Tte  difficulty   that  beset 
him  was  apparently  a  ir  lie,  but  it  wns 
a  trifle  that  undermined  Lis   whole  ef- 


ine-tentb. 


ud  the  busine 
ig  shall  be  the 
Hat  would   hav 


nd  spending  $10  a 
ttion    would    have 


mh 


ek.     On 


lifted  D.ck, 
liooeri  Peel,  into  the  rank  of  educated 
Englishmen.      It    would   have    le 
f.i'nily  worth  a  couple  of  million  t 
lirs.     It  would  have  left   him   ir 


..II    thai 


■dtli    and    hi 


Ciiildrons'    Corner. 


Light  on   Freemasonry, 

BY  ELDER  D.  BERNARD, 


ndha, 


ofitlb 


tthis 


a  decided  stand  with  the  Mason 

members  of  the  church,  done  all  in  h 

power  to  uphold   them  and   to   oppoj 

s  and  others  who    were    opposed  I 

Some  time  after  my    renuncialioo 

who  had  nil  !  it  and  who  lia  i  expri-s>e 


sgral 


nth  the 


i  1  ha 


ed.  lit  condemned  ihe  princi- 
ples of  Freemasonry  and  parlicuUrl)  U- 
blaspheroousoiths.  He  did  not  see 
why  such  oaths  should  not  be  a  b.r  to 
communion;  said  we  should  not  he 
willing  to  commune  at  the  Lord's  table 
with  one  who  had  b?eu  guilty  of  pro- 
fane swearing;  but  he  could  not  con- 
ceive of  any  more  profane  swearing 
than  the  oaths  of  Freemasonry,  or 
words  to  thiil  ifftjct.  Since  that  lime 
in  cons*  q  tence  of  the  conduct  of  Frfe- 

lolbe  Masonic  institution,  the   church 


/ided.  Dut  what  is  the  conduct  of  Urn 
iamc- cb-r^ymnni  Why  he  preachei 
.o  the  Masonic  pari  of  the  church,  ad 
Lord's;upper,aiii 


a  decided  ntand  a 
;  the    Ma 


fort. 


The    Gla 


The  1 


S  of  lliugrnpliy. 


3  of 


*ly 


well-known   London   clergyn 
cated   in   the    Church  Msuoo 
-ty'n  Ifi-tituiiori  at  Fourah  Biy 
ordained  in  13*3  and  accompanied 
Mr.  Townsend  to  Abbeukala. 

re  in  the  country  whence  he  bad 

been  dragged    into   slnyery,   he   found 

ioth(r   and  sisters,   and   was   the 

sofbri  i^ing  them  into  the  church. 

fourteen  years  later,  in  1807,   he 

founded  the  Mission  in  Niger   country. 

ere,  as  in  ancient  times,  the  m.ssioi;- 

y    Bishop   has    confronted    heathen 

ooarchs  and  told  them  of  their  enor. 

The   Bishop    (lor   Mr.    Crowther   was 

:rated   Bishop   of    the    Niger   in 


The 
■  ally  rccognizjd.  InBli 
training  the  young  do  we 
to  ihe  lives  of  eminent  mec 
hoping  they  may  he  rouse 
lion, at  the  sight  which  ill 
present  of  conquests  ove 
vicious  tendency,  or  "outrageous  f 
tune."  We,  in  middle  life,  who  s' 
have  reverence  for  the  dreams  of  a 
youth,  find  no  greater  stimulus  to  ( 
ertion  than  in  reading  the  biograph 
of  Washington,  of  Fn  derick  the  Grei 
of  Faraday,  of  Mrs.  Somerville,  of  Wee- 
ley,  of  Calvin,  of  Luther;  and  lh< 
quoted  couplet  ringi  in  our  ears, 

"Lives  of  great  men  all  ren.in.l  ih 

In  _the   muhiplic 


of 


■thai 


■nperilcd.     The  slave  trad' 

polygamy,  the   if>noranc 

ihe  fanatacism  of  Mohan 

e  the    obstacles  against 


-  h-is  had  t 


tial   church 


In  1807   a   su 
built  at  a   place   called    'Oaitsha;'* 

ie  tame  time  the  daughter  of  an 
leniial  chief  resolved  to  be  bapt'2 
spite  of  the  remonstrates  of  I 
lends.  These  two  events  raised  I 
jealousy  of  the  heathen  to  a  fever  he 
ihe  Christians  were  fine!*,  and  w 
this  fine  a  female  slave  was   purcha 

and  there  tncnGctd  tithe  gods  to  ati 
for  the  sins  which  had  tolerated  Ch 
lianily  in  the  lind.  When  ihe  p 
sions  of  the  people  were  thus  arou 
Bishop  Crowther  demanded  an  an 
ence  ol  (he  King.  He  showed  how 
much  better  a  sutject  he  was  bimc 
as  a  Christian  than  he  would  hi 
been  had  be  remained  a  heathen.  1 
king  a'  firi-t  relented  to  Tar  as  to  or 
nil  Christians  out  of  the  land,   guar 


ting 


}  them 


:anceled,   and   lolerc 


i;,r(.i,l,i'.]. 

This  worl 
ve  Bishop 


trictly 


iw  carried  on   by  a    na 

Bpect  it  is  unique  anvng;  Anglr 
sstons.  Not  a  single  Europear 
bare  in  it.  There  is  a  difficult 
before  it,  but  the  obstacles  hi 
Buimounted  yive  promise  for.  the 
and  prove  the    capacity    of 


ielf-a 


l.—  Ex. 


aid  of  Richard  Bmer,  ant 
that  he  valued  not  an  emp 
on  his  tomb,"  Sdf-denia 
apt  of  ihe  world  were  Bhin 
in  him.     The  offer  of  a  bish- 


s  and  girl 


:  thai 


story  after  all,"  and  though  they  me 
?rive  much  information  of  varioi 
nds  from  this  class  of  books,  they  a 
jt  impelled  thereby  to  wa'k  "in  tl 
nhs  of  highest  integrity.  It  was  wh* 
ie  woman  toutht-d  the  hi  m  u!  Clint 
irment  that  6he  was  made  whols  ai 


of  the 


call  the 

thered  all  over   the  mtchin 

bobbins   and  the    tapes  wei 

tb  it;  they  refused  t 


i  the 


ardly  enabled  him  to  earn 
The  anxious  master  sought 
science ;  he  s*ni  for  Watt,  ihe 
nlor  of  the  cotton  machinery, 
.usted  his  ingenuity,  ind  was 
.e  called  upon  London  and 
;ering  talent  of  Ihe  greatcap 


i  obst 


equally 


successful. 
there  was  one  man  in  the  mill  that 
never  stopped.  Every  day  he  drew 
his  full  wages.  Hib  machine  was  nev 
er  cncuitb-'red.  At  the  end  of  the 
month  hia  pay-roll  was  fat.  He  pro- 
duced for  S.r  Robert  Peel  a  full  i 
and  took  a  full  reward.  They 
men  to  watcli  him,  but  they    cou 


tlbe 


The 


sorkers  to  pump  him,  but  they  could'i 


findii 
crtPeelsenlforhim.   A  rud 

awkward  country  booby,  D 

pulled  his  forelo 
-cratched  the  floe 
of  bis  left  foot  t< 


sailor, 


.aid 


hh  one  hand,  and 
th  the  heavy  sh' 
keabow.andPe 
im,  "Dick,  Fitzgerald,  the 
says  that   your  bobbin: 


Is 

"Well,  DlC 


.u?ei 


It  i 


aiodo 


ment  is  felt.       While,  tb- 

tpecies  of  literature 

place    of  bioctraphy. 


eforc 


hich 


sbav 


tthei 


,u  these  foun 

■pi  i 


y  quaff,    with 
T went; -five  and    thirty  yea 
Youth's  Histories  formed   a 
cry  wel'-appoinled  juvenile  1! 


t cannot  lake  tb 
Parents  shotil. 
Idren  have  acees 

they   thi 


sayo    Ihe 

>rary.   We 

yet  they 

were  vBsily  more  beneficial  than  the 
lietcious  wrilings  which  have  d  is  placed 
them,  for  they  delineated  real  flesh  and 
blood  heroes,  men  and  women   ol  like 


tering  h 


lUght  D 


otbe 


where  duly  nnd  inclination,  virtue  and 
nice,  Apollyon  and  God,  keep  up  inces- 
sant coofl'ei  1  Yet  there  are  few  of  us 
ihat  cannot  by  magnetic  sympathy  feel 
the  surfings  of  mighty  temptation,  or 
Lhe  raovings  of  lofty  desire,  or  the  yearn 
ngs  for  immortal  fame  that  have 
wrought  upon  and  mou'd^d  the  charac- 


,  by 


iliis  r.jmpatliy  that  biography  is  so 
tint  an  ir.  flu  ence  for  good.  Seein] 
in  a  g'a^s,  dark'y.  the  developmeni 
l lie  perfect  ideal,  we  are  changed 
birr 'a  r  image,  and  from  one    degre 


i  languid  in  the  pur 
ir  weary  in  well-elo 


I  will  pay  you  if  you  will 
What  do  you  want  for  your 
The  man  locked  down  a  mom 
faid  he,   -Master,  I  will  tell  j 


3  man  win 

>■  l>iibi>ui-; 


down  on  t 
.he  kindlin 


Ikn.isiu. 

id  Willie    Grey   as   he 

saw-horse  and  looked 
rood  which  he  ought 
y  have  been  tpl.lling  for  hia  mother. 
I  do  wish  I  could  do  something  for  lhe 
wld,  some  great  action  that  every 
ne  could  admire',  and  that  would  make 

nd  happier.      I  wish  I  could  be  a  hero 


i  be  a    hero? 
Mayna.d.  wh 


>ked  bis  cousin, 
oming  up  just  tin 
iear  his  soliloquy. 

"0,"eaid  Willie,    coloring,    "every 
nc  admires  a  hero  nnd  talks  about  bi 
nd  praises  him  afier  he  is  dead." 

'■That's  lhe  idea  I" said  John.  "Yi 
rani  lo  bs  heroic  for  the  eake  of  bei 
alked  about!" 

Will  e  did  not  eiactly   like  this    way 
>f  pulling  it. 

•'Not  only  that,    but    I  want    to 

;ood   to  people,  convert  the    heath< 

ir — or — save  a   sinking  ship,    or  si 

country,  or  sjmetbing   li" 


"Thai 


.ounds 


,  bsli. 


,  Willie,    the    greatest  heroes    ha- 


lect  no> 


c  greut.-sl — -iccor.iin^  t" 
Christian  standard— have  always  be( 

small:"  and  here  John  took  up   the 
and  began  to  split  kindling  wood. 

Willie  jumped  off  the  saw-horse  ; 
began  to  pick  up  ibe  slicks  wiibou 
word;  bui  though  he  said  nothing, 

'•I've  wasted  a  lot  of  time  in  think- 
ing what  things  I  might  do,  if  I  only 
had  the  chance,"  be  thought.  "Ft 
neglected  the  things  I  could  and  ougl 
to  do.  and  made  a  lot  of  trouble  fi 
mother.  1  gutss  I'd  better  begin  m 
heroism  by  fighting  my  own  laziness 

Will  any  boy  adopt  Willie's  resoli 
tion  and  carry  it  oul  in  bis  daily  lift 
-ChiU's    Wurld. 


U tion  I     Tl: 

y  Fret -ni.isor.a  to  whom  he  preach' 
1  administers  the  Lord's  supp' 
inowbd^e      themselves    bound    t 

those  very  profane  oaths,  which  1 
.ggravated    epeeies 

profane  Bnearingand  ought  in  hia  opi 


Walsh's  Review  of  Freemasonry. 


ANTI-MASONIC  BOOKS 

Christian  Cynosure 

Address,  EZRA  A.  COOK  &  00., 


Finney  on  MasoDry. 

CHEAP  EDITION, 


ELDER  STEARNS' BOOKS. 

AN    INQUIRY 

Freemasonrv, 


Letters    on    Masonry, 

4.  New  Chapter  on  Mason- 
ry. Addressed  to  Church- 
es that  bold  in  Fellow- 
ship Adhering  Masons. 

the  Uuoe  bound  ittonovolomo,prica»l. SB 


tbelr    felb' 
i  thai 


art  of  lue   c 


ting  brelliren  without 
enaml 

1  refer,  SHy  they  h 


Ib.t  coafes- 
edly  tbey  bold  ihem-.elvee  sacredly 
lound  by  their  M.uonicoaihsl  I  sbull 
eave  it  for  others  more  skilled  in   elll- 


pen 


thfy  marlted  with  c 
inlegnty  ?  The  m* 
referred    in    this    . 


■j  SM 


Rev.  J,    W.    BAIN'S    NEW   BOOK 
THE  SECRET  ORDERS 


ADVEE3E  TO  CHRISTIANITY, 


A  Seceding  Masan  of  21  degrees. 


Light  on  Freemasonrv, 

BY  EI.DFK  n    BERNARD, 


Jrfectly  correspond  with     my  e 
or  the  men! 

A  Lovea  OF  Co.vstBTjscv. 


■  ADVERTISING. 


ley  foruis 


nploye 


mike 


Paeiaair  atarjlnnce,  t 
hud  [UHcliinery  cuntrtt 
the  whole  mill,  and  rise  suddenly  into 

ed  the  topmost  line  of  lhe  English  gen- 
try,    lis  family  is  among   the  first  in 


Eurt 


ieldi 


He's   got    §20, 000,0 


All 


a  man   that   tells 
3  paid  the  man  we 


id    half  a 


gallon  on  Sunday,  and  910    a  week  i 

long  as  lie  livid;  paid  him  liarnlsonv  \- 
Bays   the  historian;    and  according 


Ma.  Eonoa:— I  am  a  n 
Mason.  Having  been  io  wi 
foolish  as  to  fall  into  the  Mate 


rould  not  renoui 


A!b  .lilii]  of  Sinju's 


J.L.  MAIM  LEY. 
ATTORNEY-  AT-LAW 


WHEATON    COLLEGE! 

WHEATO.\.  ILLINOIS, 


Westfield    CoUege, 

Westfield,  Clark  Cs„  111. 


Bemird'i  Appendix  to  Light  01 .!;.;:::; 


Masonic  Books. 


s  Masonic 

MONITORIAL  INSTRU3TI0N  BOOK 


umn  mm  sf  th:  lodes, 

MACKEY'S   TEXT  BOOK 

MASONIC  JURISPRUDENCE. 

Mi  Ueulor  of  Immj, 

Richardson's  Monitor  of  rrs.siiisjrj, 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 


EZRA  A.  COOK  A  CO..  PUBLISHERS.  CHICAGO,  ILL 


"In  Secret  Have  I  Said  JVothing."- 


WEKKU     U1HTION,  t 


VOL  HI.    NO  15 


CHICAGO,    THURSDAY,    JANUARY  32   1874. 


WHOLE  NO.  119 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 

JWEEKLY   AMD   FORTNIGHTLY, 
Nil  11  Wabash  Avenue,  Chicago. 


The  Masonic  Question. 

[We  insert  tbe  following  pointed  re- 
ply to  Hugh  F.  McDermott,  editor  of 
the  Jorsey  City  Herald  entire.  The 
arguments  on  tbe  age- of  Masonry,  and 
the  reliability  of  our  knowledge  of  the 
order  will  be  rememb  'red. — Ed.  Cy.n] 
Editor  of  tlie  Jersey  C>ty  Herald: 

Through  y. 


i  other, I  1 


opy 


the  Herald  issued  on  the  2tflb 
in  which  I  find  an  editorial  under  tbe 
aboye  caption,  to  which  I  am  disputed 
to  reply. 

You  Bay  "the  Rov.  Mr.  Pollock 
doesn't  seem  to  enlenain  a  very  high 
opinion   of  the  usefulness   of  Freema- 

'■And  he  pilches  into  tbeF.M's.  from  tbe 
pulpit,  which  is  their  business."  A^eed 
again.  And  you  have  undertaken  to 
attend  to ''their  business."  And  he 
makes  slight  mWukes  in  regard  to  the 
origin  and  influence  of  the  order,  which 
ia  everybody's  business."      Very  well. 


mistakes 


ietaktB,*  and  it  is  quite  proper  that 
erybody  should  desire  to  have  all 
You  further  say, 
'•Mr.  Pollock  &ays  that  the  order  origi- 
nated in  a  London  gin-mill  something 
over  a  hundred  years  ago.  This  asser- 
tion on  the  part  of  the  reverend  gen- 
tleman betrays  an  ignorance  (iome  less 
charitable  persons  might  call  it  an  un- 
healtby  desire  to    misrepresent)  of  the 


These 

differ  from  th 

•\  misapplication  of  a  name,  or 
misleads    the  people    to    apply 
tue  unqualified  title  of  Freemasonry   to 
the  present  order.     Men  are  free  before 
joining  the  lodge,  but  they    are  bond- 
en  afterwards.      And    who  d^es    not 
low  that  not  over  one  in    fifty,  prob- 
ily  not  over   one  in   a  hundred,  is  a 
mason  or  builder  in  atone  t"     Aid  al- 
iough    DJU'-'h    is    made   of  the   title 
Freemason"  as  being  the  ancient  title, 
lis  is  nut  even  tbe  name  chosen  by  the 
resent  order.      They  lung  Bine.-  ceased 
be  known  by  that  ancient  title,  and 

hich  they  are  more  properly  known, 
"Free  and  Accepted  Masons"  and 
Speculative  Society  of  Freemasons." 
The  old  passed  away  and  the  new  Btill 
.rouble  tbe  earth. 
ave  seen  that  however  Mr. 
Webster  any  feel  about  the  antiquity 
enuine,  original  Freemason,  he 
very  strong  on  the  antiquity 
of  the  "Free  an.)  accepted  Mason."  or 
the  "Speculative  Society  of  Freema- 
10ns  "  S.ill  it  won't  do  to  give  it  up 
>n  his  mere  Bay  so;  for  be  may  not 
lave  been  a  Mason,  and  Hence  could  not 
mow  about  the  antiquity  of  this  most 
ixcellent  order.  We  had  better  consult 
iome  others  on  this  point.  Indeed,  I 
:annot  help  thinking  that  Mr.  Webster 
las  been  reading  up  somewhat  on  Ma- 
ionry  since  you  consulted  him.  I 
found  in  his  company  several  works  on 
hat  Bubject,  and  on  looking  over  some 
1  them  1  don't  wonder  much  that  his 
]ind  should  be  n  little  turned.  1 
shall  quote  from  only  two  of  them. 

Hiydeu's  Dictionary  of 


U'jj-, 


3  Off* 


lie  title 
b  those 

'  less  charitable  persons'  that  I  lied. 
That  was  very  kind  in  you,  Mr.  Editor. 
Thank  you.  Bui  we'll  juil  stick  a  pin 
here.  You  then  say,  '*  In  regard  to 
the  age  of  Freemas-inry,  we  would 
Bimply  refer  Mr.  Pollock  to  Webster's 
Dictionary,  where  he  will  fi  id  the  or- 
der described  as  ancient."  Was  Mr. 
Webster  a  Freemason!  What  does  he 
know  about  the  order)  Why  refer  me 
to  him  rather  tban  some  good  brother 
of  the  order,  who  might  be  expected 
to  have  just  the  'slightest  knowledge' 
of  the  great  antiquity  of  the  order? 
Don't  you  just    here  concede    that  at 

be  known  to  others  than  Misoub? 
But  1  consulted  the  old  gentleman 
and  bud  he  does  know  something 
y,  though  I  dis- 
.  little   wavering    at 


abjut     Frt 


t  fact! 


;  that  1 


enjoyrn 


ance.  Quile  a  different  story  you  pe 
ceive.  You  will  notice  that  when  M 
Webster  emploFB  the  word  ancient  b 
is  referring  to  an  association  of  Masoi 
or  builders  in  stone."  There  were,  i 
is  well  known,  for  a  long  time  local 
lodges  or  fraternities  of  practical  work- 
ing Masons,  „r,  us  we  would  say,  l.radei 
unions  of  actual  working  stone  ant 
brick  masons.  These  for  certain  rea 
Hons  were  called  Freemasons.  They 
may  be  properly  called  ancient  fro 
ties,  and  Webster  does  so    style 


Bat 


,   I   do  not  I3nd  tbe    ordei 


The   public  has  been,  and 

» large  extent,  hoodwinked  by 
m  nly  worn  title  of  Freemason- 
n,  in  fact,  according  to  its  origi- 


r  hui'dei 
□e  tbe  i 


e  and  brick. 


icle  Fr« 


in  17 1 V  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England 

as  established,  that  of  Ireland  was  es- 
ibliahedin  1730,  and  that  of  Scotland 

go,  which  hardly  entitles  the  order  to 
e  called  "'ancient."  1  quote  secondly 
fromG  W.  Steinbrenner's"  Origin  of 
and  Accept- 
ed _  Mason,"  and  doubtless  knowa  all 
about  tbe  order,    but  be  doesn't  seem 

page  20  he  says:  "  Let  Freemasons, 
then,  give  up  their  vain  boastings, 
vhicb  ignorance  Lns  foisted  into  the  or- 
ler.and  relinquish  a  fa'niloua  antiquity 

Ugh  I  why,  that's  enough  to  turn  the 
iind  of  one  who  is  not  labor- 
g  under  "an  unhealthy  desire  to  mis- 
represent" the  subjeot  in  land,  and  it 
may  open  the  eyes  of  some  who  read 
your  paper. 

in  page  134,  h'?  says,  "  Ma- 
sonry hid  fallen  into  such  a  decline  be- 
the  years  1702  and  1716  that 
aciety  was  obliged  to  adopt 
the  resolution  of  admitting  men  of 
prof. 


lent  Fn 


..I    : 


.onry, 


i-"      Thue 

"  gathered 
her  its  scattered  fragments,  an< 
I  a  struggling  exit,  barely  escapin: 
ural  death,  by  an  artful  dodge  in 

new  and    different  organi 


ribed 


the 


id  following  page:    "The  few  1< 
.  London  thuught  fit  to  cement  under 
Grand  Master,  as  the  centre  of  i 
and     harmony,    viz:    the    lodges  that 

1.  At  the    Goose  and  Gridiron   all 

2.  At  the  Crown  ale-house. 

3.  At  the  Apple  Tree  Tavern. 

4.  At  the  Kumruf-r    and  Grapes  tav 

They  and  some  old  brothers  met  a 
the  said  Apple  Tree,  and  having  put 
into  the  chair  the  oldest  Master  Mason, 
they  constituted  themselves  a  grand 
lodge  jiro  tempore  in  due  form,"  and 
'•accordingly  on  St.  John  Baptist's  day 
in  the  year  of  King  George  I.  A.  D. 
1716,  the  assembly  and  feast  of  the 
Free  and  accepted  Masons  was  hold  at 
the  aforesaid  Goose  and  Gridiron  ale- 
hOUSe." 

Now,  Mr.  Editor,  this  is  Mr,    Stein- 


If  you  do  not  see  that  the  modern  or- 

d"  upon  a  different  basis,  composed 
of  different  material,  designed  for  dif- 
ferent objects,  and  having  ever  a  new 
,  your  readers  will  see  it; and,  al- 
though it  might  seem  a  little  harsh  to 
some  minds  to  smite  a  giant  with  his 
own  swoid.  yet  when  the  giant  defies 
the  armies  of  tbe  living  G-d,he  cannot 
deserve  a  better  fate ;  so  we  sball  draw 
out  the  'pin"  we  'stuck' a  little  while 
ago,  and  quote  with  slight  alteration  us 
follows,  viz:  Mr.  McDermott  sayB  that 
the  order  is  "described  as  ancient  by 
Webster."  ''This  assertion  on  the  part 
of  the"edilorial  "gentleman  betrays  an 
gnoraace  (some  lesB  charitable  per- 
ioob  might  call  it  an  unhealthy  desire 
IO  misrepresent)  of  the  subject  he  has 
taken  in  band,"  and  "  in  regard  to  tbe 
of  Freemasonry  we  would  simply 
refer  Mr.  McDermott  "  to  Webster's 
Dictionary,  where  he  will"  not  "find 
tbe  order  described  as  ancient"  Refer 
gain  to  Hiiyden,  aa  above,  where  he 
ill  find  it  positively  dating  from  1717, 
ad  to  Steinbrenoer  also  as  above, 
hen  he  will  find  the  order  as  it  now 
lists,  described  as  not  ancient,  but 
desciibed  and  positively  set  down  as 
dating  from  1717. 

to  the  little  matter  of  difference 

en  Mr.  Webster  and  yourself.you 

ist  arrange  it  between  yourselves. 

by  all  means  yon  should  take  Mr. 

Steinbrenner  "to   task."       The   effort 

ight  produce  a  more  'healthy  desire' 

it  to  misrepresent  in  the  future.      So 

uch    for     '  slight    mistake'    number 

Then  you  ask,  "How  did  Mr.  Pol- 
ilk  know  t"  He  may  have  consulted 
iVebster,"  but  you  add,  "we  do  not 
lieve  that  any  sensible  person  will 
say  that  Masons  meet  together  year  af- 

do  I,  and  I  am  not  aware  that  any  one 
ser  said  they  did  so;  '-and"  say 
"If  that  object  is  not  a  good  one 
ist  assuredly  be  an  evil  one." 
moBttrue.  Then,  "to  make  any 
redit  his  assertion  that  it  is  not 
the  former,  Mr.  Pollock  should  obiain 
and  present  positive  proof  that  it  is  tbe 
.  This  he  has  not  done,  and,  un- 
ve  are  greatly  mistaken,  cannot 
do." 

Well,  Mr.  Editor,  about  this  'posi- 
tive proof  business.  It  is  simply  an 
old  Masonic  dodge  that  has  been  punc- 
tured until  it  will  hardly  stand  the 
process  again.  Still,  it  may  as  well  be 
repeated  for  your  special  benefit.     You 


,  that  a 


whoii 


an't  be  believed  when  he  talks 
Masonry,  because  he  doesn' 
positively  the  truth  of  what  he 
,  secondly,   tha^t 


.  a  Mai 


junces  the  order  can't  be  believed 
hen  he  professes  to  reveal  its  secret 
'ciUBe,  you  say, he  is  perjured.  Th 
ju  attempt  to  block  up  every  sour 
of  light  to  the  outside  world,  and  then 
fall  back  on  your  '  positive  proof 
dodge.     Let  us   see  just  how    well  il 


1st. 


Mason  c 


l.-l„. 


;  bed 


So  you  say,  and  demand  '  positive 
proof.'  In  other  words,  you  act  on 
the  principle  of  those  who  covered  the 
eyes  of  the  Son  of  God.  and  then  cal- 
led on  him  to  prophesy  who  smote  him. 
Now,  Bir,  I  reply,  yoo  have  no  right  to 
demand  'positive  proof.'  Strictly,  none 
but  mathematical  truth  is  susceptible  ol 
this  high  degree  of  '  positive'  demon- 
stration- Masonry  is  not  mathematical 
truth  and  hence  is  not  auscepti 
ble  of  that  kind  of  '  positive  proof. 
It  consists  of  persons  and  things, 
doings  of  persons,  etc.  These 
matters  of  fact,  about  which 
al  evidence  alone  is  all  that  the 
ture  of  tbe  case  admits  of.  Ab  to 
itive  proof  of  this  nature,  Ms 
withhold  it,  and  bo  have  no  right  to  ask 
for  it  in  this  issue.  All  that  can  bf 
demanded  on  your  part,  is  that  I  ad- 
duce such  evidence  as  shall  render  tbt 
truth  of  my  declaration  morally  certair 
and  so  leave  no  ground  for  a  reasonable 
doubt  in  the  mind  of  an  unprejudiced 
person.  Thus  far  I  hold  myself  respon 
Bible. 

And  the  first  point  I  make  against 
you  ia  one  that  has  great  weight  with 
jurists,       It  is  this:    Where   a   party 


th  holds,  or  conceals,  or  destroys  any 
evidence  which   is  peculiarly  within  his 

the  presumption  is  that  the 
withheld,  would,  if  given,  rc- 
falsehood  or  error  against  the 
party  so  concealing  it  and  in  favor  of 
the  other  party.  Bvery  school-boy  un- 
derstands this.  Now,  a  knowledge  of 
the  concealed  workings  of  the  lodge  is 
material  to  this  issue.  This  knowledge 
is  peculiarly  in  the  possession  of  Ma- 
sons, and  they  withhold,  conceal  and 
destroy,  as  may  suit  the  case,  and 
hence  the  presumption  is  that  there  is 
falsehood  or  error  in  the  system. 

My  second  point  is  that  we  have 
reliable    sources   of   Masonic  informs- 

1st.  Men  have  eyes  and  ears,  They 
can  see  and  hear.  They  can  see  Ma- 
sous  at  business,  on  parades,  at  funer- 
als, at  tbe  laying  of  corner-ttones,  ded- 
ications and  the  like.  They  can  hear 
Masons  stamp  and  hiss,  and  behave  like 
u  set  of  'caged  hyenas'  at  Anti-mason- 
ic lectures,  and  by  these  means  they 
can  gain  some  Ji.iowledge  of  Ma- 
sonry. 

2d.  Men  can  read.  Masons  print 
many  books  and  papers  that  men  of 
the  outside  world  can  and  do  get  and 
read,  and  thus  learn  so  much  more 
about  Masonry. 

;ing  Mi 


tthe  b 


>rking 


of  the  system.  These  three  bo 
an-  ail  opi-n  to  every  man  who  cm 
gain  reliable  knowledge  on  the  subject 
and  from  these  any  man  who  desires  tc 
inform  himself  may  come  to  know  sub 
stantially  al!  that  any  member  of  th<: 
order  knows  as  to  its  general  work' 
ings. 

Now  you  will  admit  the  reliability  ol 
the  first  two  of  these  sources  of  infor- 
mation, but  you  deny  the  reliability  ol 
the  third  somce,  that  of  renouncing 
Masons,  and  your  denial  just  helps  me 
to  put  the  last  puncture  into  your  'posi- 
tive proof  dodge.     You  say.    second, 


:M* 


because  he  is  perjured.  Yes,  he  is  per- 
jured— you  cannot  believe  him.  Now 
if  you  do  not  believe  him  when  he 
speaks  about  facts  with  which  you  are 
intimately  acquainted,  it  must  be  be- 
cause he  does  not  speak  the  truth 
about  thoBe  facts.  And  if  he  does  not 
speak  tbe  truth  in  this  case,  then  he  Is 
not  perjured,  but  strictly  keeping  his 
Masonic  oath  by  attempting  to  deceive. 
But  you  say  he  is  perjured,  and  of 
course  you  know  he  ie.  And  upoi 
your  own  testimony  I  am  monlly  cei 
tain  he  tells  me  exactly  what  he  B«or 
in  the  lodge  he  would  not  tell  me,  tha 
is,  he  tells  me  the  truth,  and  that  i 
Masonio  perjury.  So  I  now  know  tha 
whenever  I  find  a  perjured  secedini 
Mason  he  is  the  man  who  truly  reveal 
Masonry,  and  so  it  appears  that  th 
editor  haB  'signally  failed'  again.  Tbi 
time  he  has  'let  the  cat  out'  nicely.  H 
hai  given  us  the  key  to  "  Free  and  A< 
cepted  Masonry"  free  gntis  for  nothing 
And,  indeed,  I  am  not  particular  whicl 
horn  you  take,  Mr.  Editor,  for  if  you 
say  this  seceding  Mason  is  perjured, 
then  you  establish  the  truth  of 
i!'i  I  iraiionB  about  Masonry.  If  yoi 
he  is  not  perjured,  then  you  remov 
objections  and  make  him  a  competent 

bud  off  as  the  four  lepers,  who,  if  they 
lied  into  the  city  should  die,  and  if  they 
sat  still  should  die.  So,  if  you  stick  to 
your  perjury  dodge  you  are  defeated. 
If  you  give  it  up  you  are  no  better  off. 
You  can  do  no  better  than  cry  out, 
"  Great  is  Diana  of  tbe  Rphesians." 

I  have  now  established  the  reliability 
of  all  three  sources  of  Masonic  knowl- 
edge, and  may  have  relieved  your  mini 
as  to  "How  Mr.  Pollock  knows,"  etc 
So   much,  then,    for  mistake    number 


:    ^IVe    .-III 


the  i 


tthen 


HlBO 


that  his  cauBe  is  the  cause  of  God 
and  that  he  himself  has  no  aim  but 
Master's  glory.  Doubtless  he  has 
inquiry  to  make,  but  it  has  reference 
only  to  his  motives;  the  Christian 
in  upon  his  heart,    not    upon  his 


He  regards  right,  not  strength.  And 
that  questiou.  once  well  settled,  his 
path  is  clear."  Dk  Aubione. 


The  Lodge  as  It  li 


back  t 


'ersy 


the  Yates  City  lodge 
:ede  to  do.  Fnding  that  the  W.  M.s 
vere  likely  to  be  allowed  to  interfere 
with  the  ballot  at  their  own  pleasure, 
and  there  was  no  legitimate  remedy  for 
abuses,  I  determined  to  see  if 
was  any  way  for  me  to  get  clear 
i  lodge,  Mr.  Pieroe  showed   me  a 

the  subject  of  demits  says  "There  are 
i  Illinois  two  additional  reasons  upon 
hich  demits  have  sometimes  been 
granted:  1st,  where  Masonry  is  alleged 
to  interfere  with  a  brother's  relations 
with  tbe  church;  2d,  where  Masonry 
seriously  interferes  with  the  har- 
mony of  a  brother's  domestic  relations," 
I  determined  to  avail  myself  of  an  ex- 
cuse that  had  existed  from  the  first, but 
which  I  did  not  know  was  available;  I 
therefore  wrote  and  gave  to  tbe 
tary  the  following  application  for 


Tbe  undersigned  respectfully  asks 
leave  to  withdraw  from  the  membership 
Lodge.  His  reason  for  this  re- 
quest is  Masonry  seriously  interfere! 
with  his  domestic  affairs. 

W.  H.  Robinson. 
Yates  City,  Illinois,  March  10th,  1873. 

I  have  been  informed  by  tbe  nenioi 
warden  that  this  application  of  mini 
caused  considerable  discussion  in  the 
lodge.  Some  of  the  members  wh< 
were  well  acquainted  with  my  circum 
stances  were  in  favor  of  granting  my  re 
quest  without  unnecessary  delpy,  and 
they  thought  that  I  would  be  Ba 
to  let  the  lodge  alone.  Others  thought 
that  it  bad  by  tome  means  become 
known  outside  of  the  manner  in  which 
the  lodge  busings  was  being  conduct- 
ed; and  that  the  reason  I  gave  for  wish- 
ing to  withdraw  was  not  the  true,  or 
at  least  not  the  only  reason,  and  there- 
fore it  would   not   do  for  the  lodge  to 

formation  was  given  me  by  the  Senior 
warden  since  I  was  expelled.  Tbi 
next  day  after  the  presentation  of  my 
application  for  a  demit,  I  called  on  the 
W.M.  and  asked  him  if  the  lodge 
granted  my  request.  He  said  that  my 
application  had  been  laid  oyer  for  twe 
weeks  and  that  it  would  be  nil  right. 
From  that  time  until  charges  were  pre- 
ferred against  me  I  asked  the  W.  M. 
aboutjthe  demit' ab"ut  a  half  dozen  times, 
unable  to  get  any    satisfactioi 


t  of  hii 


•ardt 


On 
;  folioi 


■  of 

'.  & 

M.,  hereby  respectfully  ask  for  a 
certificate  of  voluntary  withdrawal  froi 
the  order,  for  the  following  reasons:  1 
Masonry  seriously  interferes  with  my 
domestic  affairs;  2.  Masonry  under 
your  administration  is  differeni 
most  important  particular  from 
ia  represented  to  he  in  the  published 
Constitution  and  by-lawn  "f  the  Grand 
Lodge,  as  I  am  prepared  to  prove. 
Yours  fraternally, 

W.  H.  Robinson. 
To  this  letter,  which  was  registered, 
I  in  due   time    received  the   foll-twinr, 
evasive,  not  to  say  insulting  reply: 
From  the  Enst  of  the  most  Worshipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  tbe  State  of  Illinois, 
Ancient  anil  Accepted  Masons. 

Office  of  tbe  Grand  "aster 
Dixon,  111.,  May  23d,  1873, 
W.  H.  Robinson, 

YateB  City,  III., 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother: 

Yours  of  the  10th  inst.    is   received. 

The  proper  place  for  you  to  apply  forr 

demit  is  to  the  lodge  of  which   you  art 

a   member.       The  Grand  Lodge   doei 

not  issue  demits,  as  any  other  reasooa 

bly  informed    Mason   could  have    told 

you.  Fraternally  jours. 

Jakes  Hawl, 

Grand  Mi 

Seeing  that    I  was  not  likely  to   get 

an    honorable  discharge,    I  thought   I 

mightai  well  go' in   for  tbe   next  bes 

thing,  I  therefore  on  the  25th    of  May 


the  presence  of  brothers  Westfall 
id  Adams  (who  I  felt  sure  would  re- 
>rttotheW.  M.,  anything  I  might 
,y)  expressed  my  sentiments  in  lan- 
guage sonreoly  fit  to  be  put  in  writing 
my  where  but  on  the  record  of  a  Mason- 
is  lodge.  I  also  on  the  2d  of  June 
vrote  again  to  the  Grand  Mnster  sub- 
tanliallyaa  follows: 

Yatkb  Citv,  111. ,  June  2d,  1873. 
,Iiv,(  Worshipful  trr.ind  Master: 

Your  answer  to  my  letter  of  May  10th 
i  about  what  might  have  been  expect- 
ed, for  I  believe  I  neglected  to  inform 
you  that  I  applied  to  the  lodge  for  a 
demit  nearly  three  months  ago,  and 
have  not  yet  received  any  answer  what- 
ever. Now,  as  I  am  held  agumst  my 
will  to  be  a  member  of  Yates  City 
Lodge,  No.  448,  I  propose  to  return  to 
the  charge  that  1  made  some  time  ago 
against  Bro.  Benjamin  Kersey.  I  claim 
that  you  cannot  without  an  investiga- 
tion and  without  a  very  careful  investiga- 
tion at  that,  determine  whether  there 
are  any  grounds  for  complaint  or  not 
I  therefore    propose    that    if  you    will 


will  pay   all 

ie  expenses   in  ci 

ee    the 

dmr^i'  | , r i ) v i- 

entirely  groundlei 

will 

ven    furnish  secui 

the  co 

tltyo 

Yours  fraternally 

W.  H.  Robinson. 

Tbi 

letter  I  also  registered, 

and   in 

dueti 

nelre 

ceived  the  followin 

of  whi 

hi  w 

11  omit   the    usua 

ing. 

Ihrrw 

.  III.,  June  13th, 

VV.  H 

Kohin 

YateB  C 

ty,  111. 

id  Brother 
Your  favor  of  2d  inst  was  received 
P.  O.  here 
the  Cth  inst  If  you  present 
charges  against  W.  Bro.  Kersey  of 
such  nature  as  to  render  an  investiga- 
tion necessary,  I  shall  order  one.  But 
if  in  my  opinion  tbe  charges  are  not  of 
sufficient  importance  to  demand  an  in 
vestigation,  I  shall  decline.  9o  far 
there  has  nothing  been  presented 
against  his  official  action  or  against  him 
person. illy  sufficient  to  base  an  investi- 
gation upon.        You  can  submit    your 


ad  I 


:IglV. 


Jambs  A.  Hawli 


md  Maxte 

Bofore  submitting  my  case  a   secor 

time  charges  were  preferred  against  n 

by_the  lodge,  which  charges  will  be  i 

cited  in  my  next  letter. 

W.  H.  Robinson. 


The  Sail  Fate  of  Young  Legget 

Where  a  young  student  is  cut  off  in 
the  full  hope  of  future  usefulness,  it  is 
end  under  any  circumstances;  but  much 
more  so  is  it  the  case,  when  he  falls  a 
victim  to  a  low  scheme,  or  combination, 
or  joke.  The  loss  of  life  then  becomes 
the  mournful  waste  of  a  precious 
without   one    compensating   considera- 

Had  these  who  were  aiding  in  youiij 
Leggett's  death  been  engaged  in  somi 
lawful  or  useful  purpose,  his  deatl 
might  not  be  so  lamentable,  but  wua 
plea,  or  excuse,  have  they  now  to  muk< 
bat  the  old  one  of  which  the  Bible 
speaks  as  the  very    Bame    excuse 


sands  of  years  ago! 


deal 


tered     arrows,   fire-brands 

amone  their  neighbors,   and  then  asked 

in  exculpation  of  their 

not  in  apart  f"    Were   not   the   young 

men,  who  blindfolded   the    noble    Leg- 

gett   on  the  brink    of  a   predp.ee,  in 

sport,  cracking  a  good  joke? 

It  is  true  tbe  unfortunate,  blindfold 
ed  boy  fell  from  that  precipiee,  and 
was  killed,  bis  last  words  being  ''Oh 
don't,  take  it  off,"  nnd  grief  and  afflic- 
tion were  needlessly  sent  into  the  bos- 
om of  a  heart  rent  family;  but  what  ol 
that!  were  not  the  young  men  insportt 
— Did  they  not  have  their  little 
Are  not  secret  societies  good  fun 

It  ie  a  singular  fact  that  at  the  very 
time  when  strenuous,  Jesuitical  efforts 
are  being  made  to  exclude    the    Bible 


creeping  into  those  schools,  and  through 
their  agency  this  young  Leggett  haB 
lost  hia  life,  when^if  the  manly  U 
of  tho  Bible  had  been  heeded,  his  life 
would   have    been  spared,         o.  u. 

Letter  from  a  ,\en  England  Minister, 

Wokobstbr,  Mass.,  Dec.  22,  1873. 
Dbar     Brother: — Secret     societies 
are    unquestionably    a    meanB  of  sen- 
sual   enjoyments     and     some     world- 
ly    advantages;     and    so  long  as  nier. 


b  li  oking  for  nothing    higher,  or  are 

pecting  (o  reach  the  higher   in    spite 

of,  or  by  means  of  these  selfish  contriv- 

,  it  is  quile  coincident  with  fallen 

nity  that  they  should  be  used    as 

NevertlmleFs  I  am  convinced  that 
ey  are  exerting  a  most  disastrous 
influence  upon  our  churches,  nnd  liken 
poison  are  gradually  consuming 
the  hidden  springs  of  Christian  vitality. 
The  pulpit  and  the  press  of  Now  Eng- 
and  are  to  day  held  in  solemn  fear  of 
peaking  or  printing  against  theacoath- 
lound  associations.  Inasmuch  as  the 
nen  composing  these  associations  are 
icattered  through  all  orders  of  socie- 
ty. hii>h  nnd  low,  sacred  and  profane, 
and  kept  in  a  condition  of  comparative 
Micealraent  you  know  not  whom  you 
ill  assail  if  yon  speak  i>rpu'  li-- 1 >  :\;;niimt 
iCBfl  secret  orders.  The  friend  In 
horn  you  most  confided,  your  long 
jB'-nt  son,  your  distant  relatives,  your 
beltynerf  pastors,  the  judge  on  whom 
you  depended  to  defend  your  rights, 
you  learn  with  sad  surprise  is  a  Free- 
maeon,  or  Odd-fellow,  or  held  in  some 
other  society  by  a  tie  which  you  cannot 
dissolve  and  which  \b  to  him  more  sa- 
cred than  any  that  you  can  claim.  Per- 
haps he  belongs  to  your  churcb — you 
grieve  when  you  fi:;d  that  he  holds  on- 
ly partial  fellowship  with  you.  He 
is  aleo  in  league  with  what  you  be- 
leive  to  be  Anti-Christ.  YeB,  it  is 
Anti-OhraL  And  when  a  man  says 
he  will  cleave  to  tbe  lodge  though  he 
forsake  the  church,  what  sort  of  a 
Christian  brother  is  he! 

Freemasons  smile  at  your  making 
such  a  hobby  of  "Morgan,"  whom 
they  pretend  was  either  a  myth  or  a 
monster.  Well,  then,  leave  thisdoubt- 
ful  argument,  and  cut  off  both  ends  of 
this  dark  system  historically  and  pros- 
pectively and  show  only  its  hideous 
and  vitalizing  center,  in  its  principles 
and  aims,  and  this  is  enough  to  convince 
a  true  Christian  that  it  is  Anti-Christ 
You,  my  dear  brother,  are  doing  this 
good  work  efficiently,  if  not  perfectly, 
and  Christ  is  with  you,  I  doubt  not: 
and  may  you  hold  on  and  like  Daniel  in 
Babylon,  '  'Stand  in  thy  lot  to  the  end 
of  the  days. "      Yours   as  ever, 

W.     J.  Whit*. 


Temperance  Items. 

Oxford  county,  Maine,  contains  80,- 
W  inhabitants,  hus  no  grog-shops  and 

Tin-  Christian  Union  says  it  must  he 
onceded,  we  fear,  that  the  Bingham- 
jd  Asylum  for  inebriates  lu  a  failure, 
'lie  Rev.  Mr.  Bush,  the  retiring  chap- 
lin  says  that  cases  ol  reform  are  few. 
Inly  three  of  the    eighty-two   patients 


tinued  in 
and  nil    t 

Mr-   In..;)., 
t-lliyeiil. 


tadm 


■  ■it  -.-<iu. 


w  to  punish  driink- 
ii  in  France,  1,122  drunkard* 
arrested  in  Paris  durint:  the  space 
ty  eiL'ht  hours,    and    yet  wo  are 


i  there 


--'"■"■5 


The 


;  countries. 

■•:     authorities    of    Boston 


made  11,126  arrests  lail  year  for  drunk- 
enness, and  but  79  for  liquor-sellinjj. 

A  new  organization  is  boing  formed 
in  New  York,  called  "The  Order  of 
Washington,  to  operate  in  the  political 
arena  of  the  temperance  question. 


8  thai 


given    for    secrecy 

their  blushing  modesty  from  the  ex- 
posure of  their  good  wo>ks.  But  who 
would  ever  suspect  the  existence  of  such 
delicate  sensibility  in  a  lodge  olinbdels, 
blasphemers,    old  topers  and  J.'wst 


"To 


debt 


•  ithout    the 


reasonable  prospect  of  ability  to  pay,  is 
obviously  dishonest,  and  to  neglect  or 
refuse  to  pay  a  debt  is  equally  or  more 
dishonest  And  just  here  ie  the  root 
of  all  the  financial  troubles  of  these 
times  or  any  other  times.  Tho  whole 
difficulty  lies  in  the  disregard  of  these 
principles  of  common  morality  on  which 
is  based  all  sound  political  economy.  . 
.  .  It  is  always  wrong  to  do  business 
on  a  fictitious  basis,  and  that  principle 
condemns  half    the  speculations  of   our 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  JANUARY  23,  1874 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 


^Chicago,  Thursday,  Jan.  22.  1874. 


highest  terms. 

The  religious  papers  of  the 
headed  by  the  Independent,  hav< 
found  out  that  secret  societies  have 
sed  for  weeks,  from  Presby 
pulpits  and  to  crowded  houseB  I 
The     only    assignable     expb 


Why  do  we  not  hear  of  the  starting 


of] 


mthly  c 


sof  I 


fore 


i  from  ibe  lodge, 
commune,  and  other  secret  infidel 
derst  Monthly  concerts  of  prayer  for 
the  enslaved  ceased  only  when  praying 
for  the  downfall  of  slavery  became  a 
recognized  legitimate  subject  of  auppli 
cation  in  the  regular  prayer-meetings  o 
the  churches.  Now  that  "  the  Spiri 
is  poured  upou  ue  from  on  high,' 
and   revivals   are  multiplying,  it  is   i 


good  time  to  atari  prayer-i 
pray  tor  the   purifying  of  c 


Rkv.  J.  G.  Terrill,  pastor  of  th. 
Free  Methodist  Church  on  Morgan 
street,  north  of  Randolph,  Chicago, 
has  had  ani  still  has,  interesting  re 
vival  meetings  this  winter.  Mr.  Terrell 
is  ao  able  and  agreeable  speaker,  and 
member  of  our  National  Executive  Coc 
mittee.  Last  Sabbath  we  atteuded 
communion  season  with  his  people, 
which  waa  one  of  much  interest  and 
power.  Every  Christian  who  longs 
for  our  deliverance  from  the  curse  of  the 
secret  orders,  and  who  spends  a  Sabbath 
in  Chicago,  should  find  hie  way  to  the 
Free  Methodist  church  on  Morgan 
street.  They  will  find  a  sincere  people 
there,  and  if  Mr.  Terrill  ipreaohes  will 
be  well    repaid,  besidi 


.  that  the; 


willr 


-We   like  a   condiment  of  anticipa- 
So    be  ready   for    reports    from 
brethren  Callender   and  Kiggins    next 
They    came  too   late   for  this. 
ome  more    good    poetry  is    wail- 
ing from  Elder   Barlow  aod  others. 

Prof. C.A,Blancha.d  will attend.the 

National  Reform  Convention,     meeting 

Pittsburgh,    Feb.  2d;  having  been 


se  Anti-masonry,     because  they    ar 

d  thej:  dure  not  notice  Mr.  Blanchard 
labors  favorably,   for  fear    of   injurin. 
their   subscription  lists.       Thus   these 
editors  see  God's  truth  struggling   and 
gasping,  and  they  sit  silently  in   their 
ous  sanctums'   and    look  on.     If 
there  is  a  better  and  truer  explanation, 
will  the  Independent  giye  it?      Sneak 
thieving  is  an  honorable  calling  couipi 
ed  with  that  of  an  editor  who  foists  I 
journal  on  the  churches,   flies  a   reli 
ious  flag,   pocketB   the    money  of    t 
churches,  and  looks  on  in  silence  while 
the  lodge  is  throttling  poor  and  faithful 
ministers  throughout  the  country ;  who, 
like  Paul,  warp  their  people  to  "  have 
no  fellowship  with  the  unfruitful  work* 
of  darkness." 

Our  correspondence  encourages  ut 
about  our  next  national  anniversary  al 
Syracuse.next  June  2d.  The  Beligiout 
Telescope  gives  a  cheerful  and  stirring 
notice  of  it  and  every  thing  is  bright 
and  hopeful  in  that  di: 
have  Bitch  a  meeting  there  aB  this  great 


ntry  r 


the  t 


Thei 


i  this  city. 


di|. i;atea  who  can  and  will  hear  their 
jn  expenses,  or  whose  neighbors  will 
ud  them.  And  let  us  there  prepare 
meet  the  coming  Presidential  cam- 
ign. 

ANOTHER  TRIPARTITE. 

The  New  York  Witness  has   the  fol- 

Rev.   Mr.    Beecher  and  Dra.    Storrs 
and  Haddington   have    had  a    friendly 


>  Ne 


occupied!  Why  are  ye  the  last  to 
speak  of  bringing  the  king  back  I  New 
England  was  once  the  frontier  of  re- 
form. Write  to  Rev.  J.  P.  Stoddard, 
13  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago,  Ills. 


The  Independent  is  not  sold.  The 
daily  press  everywhere  announced  the 
sale  and  gave  the  terms  as  given  in  the 
last  Cynosure.  This  was  our  author- 
ily. 


Senator  Pomerot'b  trial  for  brib- 
ery was  lately  called  up  before  the 
Shawnee  County  (Kas.)  District  Conrl 
and  his  bail  declared  forfeited,  and  an 
order  made  for  the  ex-Senator'a  arrest; 
"not  exactly  for  his  punishment,  but  tc 
ascertain  who  sold  out  to  him:"  that  it 
ob  a  party  trick!  So  says  the  Chicago 
Tribune's  Leavenworth  correspondent, 
who  very  sensibly  and  significantly 
adds:  "The  bond  only  calls  for  420,000 
and  Pomeroy  could  better  afford  to  pay 
that  than  take   any   chance   of  trial 

would   add    "at   any    time,  while  the 
courts  of  Kansas  are    governed  by  the 
lodge  and  its  cringing  abettors,"     This 
Mr.  Pomeroy  should  have   consid 
befurr  !ji»]ih-i.^.'  Li*  Harwell  Hnll  spi 


nry. 


Hie 


s  openly  and     manfully 


THE  PROSPECT. 


Mr.Hin 


■gingly    of 
n  Wisconsin.     Breth- 
ren begin  to  interest  themselves  for  his 
support.     This  should  be  done  regut: 
ly  and  promptly.       One   or  two   en< 
gelic  men  in    the  Wisconsin    State  A 
Bocintiori  should,  and  can  easily  see 
this.      There  is  money  enough  and 
spare  to  sustain  this  cause;  but  the  pi 
pie  who  have    this   money  want  to 
sure  of  the  men  and  the  facts. 

Rev.  J .  M.  Snyder,    who  waB   be 
chaplain  and  captain  of 


J  field 

as  agent  in  Illinois.  He  cannot  leave 
his  people  at  Kishwaukee  at  present, 
hut  will  lecture  within  a  radius  of  twen 
ty  miles,   which  lie  can  travel  with  hii 

The  committee  hope  for  the  presen 

to  supplement  Mr.  Snyder's  work  will 
lectures  by  a  young  gentleman  now  ir 
a  Theological  Seminary,  who  is  warm lj 
endorsed  by  Owen  Cravath,  Esq.    Ar 


angem 


lade. 


Re?. 


■  field  i 


Ohio 


Prof.  Ohaa.  A.  Blanchard  has  closed 
his  labors  in  Philadelphia,  New  York 
and  vicinity.  The  Brooklyn  DaUij 
Times,  Jersey  City  Earning  Journal, 
and  other  secular  papers  have  reported 
his  lectures  with  replies  from  the  lodge. 
Even  the  old  New  York  Tribune  ha? 
noticed  his  labors  respectfully,  and  let- 
ters from  United  Presbyterian    clergy- 


begin 


10    pn, villi' 


ive& 


Cbn 


•T.i-  Masonic  fr-it-rnity  in  the  per- 
of  Maj.  Gen.  James  W.  Husted, 
Grand  Master  of  New  York,  was  lately 
brought  forward  to  lay  the  corner-stone 
of  a  great  railroad  bridge  over  the  Hud- 
"  aighkeepsie,  N.  Y.  Editors 
bored  by  free  "pu 
friendship's  sake  may  be  able 
mate  the  amount  of  free  advertising 
given  the  ord<-r  in  this  way. 

— Mr.  Scuyler  Colfax  has  takei 
with  bis  old  trade — lecturer  on 
beauties  of  Odd-fellowship.  On  the 
third  of  January,  he  attended  in  thie 
capacity,  an  installation  of  the  Odd-fel- 
low lodge  at  Dwight,  III.  This  cere- 
mony was  held  in  a  church.  On  the 
10th  he  attended  and  addressed  a  eimilai 
meeting  at  Pontiac,  III.  Is  Mr.  Colfax 
on  hie  way  back  to  Washington! 

— The  following  dispatch  reads  well. 
The  G.  A.  R.  has  for  some  years  tilled 
a  Urge  pla-e  in  popular  estimation,  bu 
it  does  not  pay  as  well  as  Masonry  an 
Odd-fellowship,  not  even  when  made 
hobby  for  lame  politicians.  Hence  it 
decline. 

Milwaokek,  Wis.,  Jan.  8.— The  Wit 
npin  department  of  the  Grand    Army 
uf  ilie  Kepul'lii-  con  vened  for  the  eighth 
annual     encampment  at    the    .Soldier's 
e  to-night.     Of  the  entire  Depart- 
not  twenty    delegates    were  prea- 
excluding  the  members  of 
Eighth  Pos 


unfereuce  at  the 


.of  Dr.  Storrs 
lolution    of  the  Con- 

i  difficulty,  which  has 
'i  controversy,  will 


The 


will  tend  I 


n.-.ulpated 


|.r.  tuib'y  !>■  the  result, 
as  must  barmoniouB,  anc 
satisfactory  adjustment  a 
Mr.  Bowen,  who  owns  aod  edits  a 
aper  for  which  he  asks  $400,000 :  and 
ho  was  a  deacon  in  Plymouth  church, 
charged  that  his  pastor  was  a  danger 
nan  tin  families;"  that  is,  lewd. 
Theodore  Tillon,  a  member  of  that 
church,  ipiit  it,  and  gave  as  his  r 
iia  pastor  "  preached  to  bis 
a  every  Sabbath;"  an 
vn  wife  as  one  of  thi 
paper  was  published  and  feigned  l_ 
Beecher,  Bowen  and  Tilton,  which  p: 
per  was  to  be  kept  private,  agreeing  i 

Tilton  ie  prosecuted  by  West,  before 
Plymouth     Church     Committee,     foi 

slandering  its  pastor,  lie  appears,  unt 
to  meet  charges,  but  Mr.  Beech- 
s  his  name  stricken  from  the 
church  toIIb  in  silence, 
he  and  Tilton  are  all  right:  and  further, 
that  that  is  the  way  bis  church  treats 
members  charged  with  infamous  offen- 

Twn  neighboring  pastors,  Storrs  and 
Buddington.  unwilling    tc 
church    which   refuses    t 
charges  of  adultery    itgai: 
made  by    a  deacon  and    a   member  of 
the  church,  -and  which   has  less   disci- 


pline than  a  iituuk-board,  \ 
a  council. 

Mr.  Beecher's  church 
ceive  no  letters  from  Storrs  or  Budding- 
ton  unless  it  appears  that  their  own 
churches  have  approved  the  letters, 
This  appeal  to  their  cotigre^atiuus 
lostors,    is     successful. 


igain 


up 


among  their  people,  and  Mr.  Dougall, 
ofthe  Witness, 
Buddington  and  Beecher  have  met  and 
settled  the  matter  between  themselves! 
— a  matter  which  concerns  every  fami- 
ly and  church  of  Christ  on  earth. 


Thei 


i  who   I 


'Thei 


nothing  hid  that  sh .-ill  not  be  knowi 
and  come  abroad,"  and  God  declares 
''  lie  that  saith  unto  the  wicked,  Ttaoi 
art  righteous,  him  shall  the  peopl 
iiirti;;   imlionB  shml  abhor  bun." 


noils 


claims  of   the    National  Chri 

fore  the  First  Church  of 
Wheaton  on  Sabbath  day,  it  being  the 
occasion  of  their  annual  collection  for 
this  cause.  The  result  in  subscriptions 
and  cash  is  8150.  We  hear  of  oth- 
er churches  which  will  place  this  cause 
on  their  liet  ol  elated  contributions. 
There  should  be  as  many  as  the  evan 
girlical  churches  in    the  country, 


The  only  a 


ithe 


wbich  I  t 


Their"  Ligbt"— if  t 


His  eyes  tightly 

overed,  you  see, 

His  left  breast  is 

aim,  too,  I  declare 

And  made  him  t 

kneel  for  a  prayer 

Asi'1  nothing  he  hears  ton 
Henceforth  in  their  "  ligul 
With  pirates  and  gambler 


If  any   of o 

profitably  we 


-.  tb-i 


vs   of    tl 
,nd   of  I 


part  of  the  truth 
his"he:uers  was  Col.  Edward  Fur- 
son,  Pension  Agent  of  thie  city, 
10  declared  that  the  org .-miration, 
ce  so  powerful,  was  dwindling  away 
nothing,  and  deplored  the  fact,  The 
affair  possesses    no   longer  any   signfi- 

— A  famine  in  northwestern  Iowa 
as  recently  reported.  The  Iowa 
,ate  grange  sent  a  committee  to  inves- 
gate  and  issued  a  circular  setting  forth 
that  there  were  aome  4000  persons  in 
Osceola.  Lyn,  O'Brien,  Sioux  and  other 
counties  who  must  have  food  from 
abroad.  But  the  Iowa  papers  object. 
The  Lamars  Sentinel  of  Plymouth 
county,  the  Times  of  Cherokee  coun- 
ty, the  Spirit  Lake  Beacon  of  Dick- 
the 


ship  and  solicit  subscriptions  1 
Cynosure.  Often  those  families 
you  would  suppose  it  was  of  no 
call,  are  the  very  ones  to  take  the  pa- 
per. A  lady  in  canvassing  once  called 
at  the  house  of  a  Mason.  She  told  hei 
errand  to  hie  wife  who  said  her  hus 
band  would  not  probably  take  the  pa 
per;  but  persevering  she  saw  the  man 
who  was  at  work  about  home,  and  h> 
scribed    immediately.       Do  not   b 


rs  of  which  it  is  composed, 
m  a  private  letter  from 
the  liberty  of  giving  a  few 
:ts.  He  says:  ''I  have  entered 
this  work  after  prayerful  dehber- 
and  from  a  deep  conviction  of  the 
righteousness  of  the  cause.  ...  I 
a  with  an  inward  con- 
;  it  is  a  most  important 
part  of  ministerial  labor. 
If  I  should  be  asked  why  I  give  up 
gular  work  of  the  ministry  and 
make  the  lecture  field  a  speciality,  I 
would  answer,  that  it  is  because  that  1 
regard  it  an  important  part  of  the  duty 
of  every  minister  of  Jesus  to  lift  up  his 
ice  against  this  ''hydra  monster," 
d  because  the  number  who  have  the 
moral  stamina  to  do  so  ia  greatly  in  the 
nority.  I  have  for  years  and  still  ap- 
prove the  courage  of  the  man  who 
dares  do  right,  though  it  subject  him  to 
scorn  and  contempt.  ...  If  all 
who  even  profess  anti-aeoret  procliv 
ties  were  to  do  their  duty  in  epeakin 
and  voting  against  this  evil  alike  t 
church  and  state  there  would  be  c 
necessity  for  this  special  organizatio 
and  movement  But  as  the  church* 
and  pulpits  of  this  great  nation  hav 
been  recreant  to  duty  in  this  regai 
there  ie  in  my  judgment  a  necessity  for 
an  organisation  independent  ol  any  (pal 
ticular)  church,  and  yet  an  organize 
tion  in  wbich  any  church  or  individual 
in  sympathy  with  our  principles  can 
operate-  most  heartily  without  any 
fringment    upon    the     rights    of  c 


thanks  at  our  Thursday  evenii 
ing,  for  the  help  we  were 
them  by  our  agitation  of  the  s 
we  were  adding  largely  to  th 
bers,  but  the  ungrateful  fello1 
ie  to  time.     We   are   t 


A  few 


ice,  a  Baptist  mm- 
ter  joined  the  lodge  in  F.  with  the 
iderstanding  that  the  §40  he  paid  for 
light"  should  be  refunded  to  him 

as  poor  and  needed  the  money, 
as  I  the  lodge  took  him  in  wit 
oney,  and  kept  both,  and  he  ie  I 
gh  for  bis  lost  manhood  and  his 


is  highly 
address,  f 
They  eer 


this 


darkness,  and  when  dragged  to  light 
i  no  more  live,  than  can  the  unholy 
einGod'e  presence. 
I  need  scarcely  say  that  these  lee- 
res  have  stirred  the  hornet's  nest. 
,me  of  the  aecret fraternity  are  eo  en- 

Blanchard. 


aged,  that  they  can  at 
bad  to  be  npplied  to  Pn 
they  look 


Hshuiui'd, 
had  I 


the  perpetra- 
Ideed,  than  like  honest, 
While  otbeis   of  them, 


Til""   gl'l 

there  Ie 

joice  at  the  exposure  which  has  been 
made  of  things  whioli  they  themselvea 
dare  not  expose,  but  which  they  know 
to  be  wrong. 

In  proof  of  this  I  nee. I  but  mention  the 
following.  At  the  close  of  the  Becond 
lecture,  a  Mason  came  up  to  Mr.  Blan- 
chard, and  in  the  hearing  of  the  writer 


j  far  as  I  have  goni 


iMai 


Such  a 


e  of  the  v 


You  will  get  an  account  of  the  me 
ing    from   Bro.   Callender.       He    w 
others  of  the  brethren  felt  that  the  m. 
ing,  despite  the  drawbacks,    was  a 
umph.     It  was    my  pleasure  there 
meet  Bro.  Post,  Callender,  Miller,  Park- 
er of  the  Baptists, — men  good    strong 
and  true, — with  McDougal  and   others 
of  the  Free  Methodists,  and  still  others 

Six  Principle  Baptists,  who  are 
armed  and  equipped  in  the  good  cause, 
and  ready  for  battle,     Of  the  business 

there  was  the  appointment  of  two 


a  of  bu 


;nty'  heartily  dem 
BUt^ment  of  general  destitution;  claim 
ing  that  the  stories  originated  in  Osce- 
ola county,  which  might  be  in  a  suffer- 
ing condition.       They    protest  against 


vindl 


ev    denounce 
In  regard  to  the 


"--inti.- 


of  letters 
is  from  Mr 
W.  H.  Robinson,  it  is  but  just  to  saj 
that  the  author,  not  having  voluntarily 
left,  rhe  lodge,  retains  viewe  on  Masonry 
which  we  cannot  endorse.  We  believe 
that  every  member  of  every  secret  or- 
der should  at  once  and  forever  leave 
such  order,  repent  of  and  confess  hit 
sin  in  having  had  any  connection  with 
it.  Nor  should  any  quibble  over  false 
oaths  interfere  with  a  free  expression  ol 
opinion  about  such  society.  Mr.  Rob 
inson  took  his  own  way  of  dealing  with 
the  fraternity;  perhaps  it  was  best,  but 
we  think  not.  His  statement  of  the 
least  interesting 


much  iu',,1 
and  he  hi 
truth.  A 
dei    of    El 


ill  be  useful, 
■  ■■J  endorsers  (or  tlieii 
it  l-t'.'-r  from  Bro.  Sny- 
d,  III.,  says,  "  Youi 
[-respondent 
telling  points. 


and  i 


is   making 
.  article  re- 

li-lullging 


If  a 


i  the 


her 


iember  of 
ve  to  fol 
low  the  ring-leaders  I 

Are  not  ring-leaders  the  very  char 
acters  that  we  wish  to  get  rid  of! 

Do  not  the  real  ringleaders  of  the 
grange  live  in  Washington;  and  is  it 
probable  that  a  ring  got  up  there  is  any 
better  than  any  other  ring? 

Ie  not  the  grange  like  Odd-fellow- 
ship, a    mere  recruiting  depot  for    Ms- 


An    Ohio 


n-i'rtp.in-h'l 


mdB  thi 


Whei 


rich    in    this 


world's  goods,  but  believes  and  prac- 
tices the  proverb,  "He  that  walereth 
shall  he  watered  also    himself." 


■'Here  is  a  slip  from  the  Medina  Ga- 
zette. This  cannot  possibly  be  true  o 
Oherlin!  Some  mistake!  Publio  senti- 
ment has  not  so  retrogaded  as  to  toler 
ate  such  a  spirit  of  caste: 

'•The   bosre.>raat    the  Park  House, 
Oberlin,  refuse  to  sit  at   the  table  with 
colored  students    and    the    landlord 
compelled  to  provide  for  them  apart.    A 
oivil  rights  bill  is  certainly    needed 
the  hub  ofthe  Christian  universe." 

Perhaps  the  animus  of  this  ite 

be  explained  by  the  fact  that  tin 

Royal  Arch  Mason.      Haa  n 


ections. — Issue  of  Jan.  ' 
irticle  "Cheap  Tranepon 
'Internal     improvement. 


third 


Notice  to  Aism  iatlons  in  New  Yorl 

The  New  York  State  Association  c 
losed  to  Secret  Societies,  requests  i 
County  and  Town  Associations  wit 
in  the  State  to  report  ae  soon 
possible,  through  their  Secreti 
b  or  other  officers,  to  the  Ct 
ponding     Secretary     of    the  State 


Time  and  place  of  orgai 


4.  Present  condition  and  prospects  of 
the    society. 

5.  What  is  the  influence  and  etate  ol 
feeling   in  reference  to   secret  societies 

6.  What  help  is  wanted  from  lect- 
ures; and  what  aid  will  be  afforded  by 
the  Association  in  that  direction. 

Presidents  o(  Counties  or  Towns,  ap- 
pointed by  the  State  Association,  and 
other  (riende  of  the  movement,  are  kind- 
ly requested  to  act  promptly  in  organiz 
once,  and  likewise  tore- 
e  points  as  far  as  pos- 
ranted  in  organizing  it 
irresponding  with  A. 
r.  Sec  of  State  Ass'n. 
I,  L.  Bablow, 
he  State  Association. 


■  entering  the  active  eervice.    I  think 
e  friende  generally  and  especially  thi 
altera  in  Ohio  have  occasion  for  grat 
ide  to  God,  for  raising   up    this    nev. 
y  to  march  in  the   van  of  ourGideoi 
nd  who    are    going  up  to   take    the 
rongholds   of    the   enemy.       I    trust 
Bro.   Caldwell  will  receive    the  enoo' 
sgement  and  confidence    which    he 
seryes  and    that    the     noble  band    n 
"marching  on"    will  strike  glad    hai 
with  the  man  who   for  Christ  and  ci 
science  sake  has  come  to  fight  the  good 
fight  by  your  eide.     Bro.  Caldwell' 

J.  P.  Stoddar 
Chicago,   Jan.  19th,  1674. 


Ill 


To  the  Editor  of  the  Cyn, 


According  to  notice  previously  give 
a  number  of  the  citiiens  of  Freedo 
and  vicinity  met  at  the  Town  Hall,  Jai 
8th,  1874,  at  2  o'clock  P.  M.  to  effe 
a  Township  organization,  auxiliary 
the  National  Christian   Association   o 


Rev.  J.  P.  Stoddard  called  the  mi 
ing  to  order  and   a   temporary  orgi 
xation  was  effected  by    the    electing   of 
H.  D.  Olmetead,   Chairman  and    Geo. 
Keith,  Seo'y. 

After   a    brief    explanation    by    the 
chair  of    the   object    of    the  meeting, 

committee  of  enrollment  appointed. 
The  Rev.  J.  P.  Stoddard  then  addressed 
the  meeting,  in  an  able,  elegant  and 
Christian  manner,  setting  forth  in  the 
clearest  light  the  workings  of  Freema- 
so'nry  and  how  Freemasonry  is  aspiring 
to  the  position    of   dictator  in  our   free 


1  plane  t 
a  StaU.- 


Doalla 


tug  f 


organ- 


truth  of  all  that 
you  have  said  to-night."  And  then  at 
the  close  of  the  lectures  when  the  au- 
dience was  asked  to  rise  in  testimony 
of  their  approval  of  them,  two  adhering 
Freemasons  were  seen  standing.  And 
of  all  the  Masons  present  only  one  ex- 
pressed disapprobation.     Great  good  it 

believed,  will  follow    these   lectures; 

d  our  prayers  and  sympathy  will  fol- 
low Prof.  Bhiucihiird  wherever  he  goeB. 

Jersey  City,  N.  .1.  R.  A, 

Folltloal  Action- 


observer    of  the  heroio  atri 

md  by  speech,  that 
brought  to  the  m-ld  of  action 
ith  pagan  idolatries,  aud   ll 


am  mistaken  inthe  mettieof  those  hay- 
ing the  work  in  hand. 

On  my  way  home  I  stopped  ii 
Broome  county  in  our  state  and  spoke 
to  about_40  in  a  country  meeting-bouse 
far  from  any  village ;  bad  Masons  in  the 
congregation  who  listen* 
to  the  remarks  and  made 
tions  of  disrespect.  H 
sown  from  which  we  Bha 
ere  Jong.  The  cause  is  progressing  very 
encouragingly. 


From    the 


ou(;hlv  Exposed. 


Never  befort.  in  ti.u 
have  the  foolish  and  « 
the  Masonic  fraternity, 
fully  exposed  as  they 


s  craft  of 


t  lodge* 


of 


ntry. 


The  bugle 
brother  and  standard -b-i 
Barlow,  whose  face  I  sai 
at  Monmouth  Convenlio 
to  duty,  if  it  ia  only  to 
boatman's  cry,  Aye,  aye,  air!  Aa  for 
political  action  by  Christian  men, being 
a  union  of  church  and  state,  that  fear  is 
suggested  by  the  devil,  the   founder  of 


er,  Rev.  J.L. 
in  the  flesh 
,    roused    me 

espoiid  to  the 


lelf   . 


Jersey)  City 
ked  doings  of 
:en  so  ably  and 
.ve  lately  been 


port  on  the  abo 
aible.  If  help  ie 
can  be  had  by  e 
H.  Dempsey,  C< 


State  \ 


Lecturer  for  Ohio, 
a  Com 


At  a  meeting  of  the  E 
mittee,  Dec.  27th,  1873, 
inously    resolved : — 

"That  we  concur  in  tl 
of  Rev.  D.  S.  Caldwell  to  the  State 
Agency  of  Ohio,  and  earnestly  solicit 
for  him  the  hearty  co-operation  of  our 
friends  in  that  state,  and  urge  upon  our 
Agent  the  necessity  of  raising  by  pri- 
vate eolicilations  and  pul-lie  collections, 
funds  for  the  efficient  prosecution  of  the 
work  in  Ohio. 

Bro,  Caldwell  says  under  dnte  of 
Jan.  12,  1874, '•!  am  now  prepared  to 
enter  upon  the  work  assigned  me  by  the 


appointment 


Hie 


3  let- 


br.-i.tbi- 


thie  work 


a  spirit  of  candor  and 
I  conception  of  the  work 
he  enters.     Bro.  C.  brings 

His    varied, 


lodge  something  to  do  v 


mind  and  a  loyal  heart 
but  successful  experience  as  a  citizen,  a 
soldier,  a  prisoner  in  Libby,  and  a  min- 
ister of  the  Lord  Jesus,  will  enable  him 
to  approach  all  classes  and  enlist  the 
sympathy  and  secure  the  co  operation 
of  those  loyal  to  Christ  and  free  gov. 
eminent  in  the  interests  of  our  reform. 
That.  Bro.  Caldwell  takes  broad   and 


governm* 
After 


names  enrolled.  The 
then  formally  adopted 
and  the  following  .officers  elected: 
Pres.  H.  D.  Olmetead;  First  Vice 
President,  Rev.  Mr.  Taylor ;  second 
Vice  President.  Caleb  Willard;  Sec'y, 
Geo.  Keith;  Treasurer,  Charles  Olm- 
etead. After  a  few  remarks  by  Dr. 
Vance,  and  a  brief  explanation  by  the 
President,  the  meeting  adjourned, 
subject  to  the  call  of  the  Executive 
Committee.  Geo.  Kbits,    Sec'y. 


Letter  from  Elder  Barlow.— The  N.  E. 
Pennsylvania  Association.— A  Good 
Work  Commenced. 


Bbiiis  Hiohtb,  Sar. 


,  N.  Y. 


landing 


Jan.  12,  18 

Dear  K. — Last  week  it  was  my 

elege  to  visit  the  friends  of  the    ', 

quarterly  meeting,  held  at  Fuel 
Wyoming  county.  Notwithe 
the  heavy  rains  and  the  terrible  condi- 
tion ofthe  roads  we  had  good  audien- 
ces on  both  evenings,  with  a  good, 
stirring  meeting  by  daylight  on  Thurs- 
day. I  have  never  addressed  more 
attentive  and  appreciative  audiences 
than  I  found  here.  There  were  many 
of  the  Masons  and  Odd-fellows  present, 
who,  on  the  whole,  behaved  quite  re- 
spectfully ;  though  many  things  were 
said   rather  trying  for  a  craftsman    tc 


We 


told  that  the    Odd-felloe 
going  to   present  us  a    vote 


by  Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard  in  a  course 
of  four  lectures,  delivered  ic  the  1st 
and  2d  United  Presbyterian  churches. 
In  a  masterly  and  gentlemanly  manner 
he  has  brought  to  tight  the  hidden  works 
of  darkness"  of  this  secret  order,  and 
has  held  tbem  up  to  the  shame  and 
confusion  of  the  more  decent  of  the  or- 
der, and  to  the  loathing  of  all  right 
minded  persons  outside  of  the  lodge. 
Masonry  was  never  before  so  baleful  in 
the  estimation  of  the  intelligent  of  this 
community,  since  the  revelations  which 
followed  the  abduction  and  murder  of 
William  Morgan.  Mr.  Blanchard  has 
shown  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  all 
not  blinded  by  prejudice  that  the  mys- 
tic order  is  wicked  and  dangerous;  aud 
should  be  avoided  and  opposed  by  all 
who  do  not  desire  protection  in  wrong- 
doing. He  has  established  beyond  the 
possibility  of  a  doubt,  the  following 
things,  namely. 

1.  That  its  boasted  antiquity  is  a 
fraud,  that  Masonry  bs  it  now  exists  can 
date  no  further  back  than  1717,  and 
that  it  had  its  birthplace  in  an  ale-house 

2.  That  its  boasted  charitable  char- 
acter is  a  cheat — that  it  is  no  more  a 
charitable  institution,  than  is  an  insur- 
ance company.  It  simply  gives  back 
to  the  widows  and  orphans  of  Masons 
a  tithe  of  what  their  husbands  and  fa- 
thers have  paid  into  its  treasury. 

3.  That  its  ceremonies  are  foolish, 
degrading,  and  wicked  in  the  extreme. 

and  wicked;  so  barbarous  and  wicked 
that  tbey  are  fit  only  for  savages. 

5.   That  its  religion   is   idolatry,   as 
gross  idolatry  as  yoi 
or  India,  or  any    other  heathen 


close  and  vital  union  of  church  and  state. 
To  separate    these  societies  and  make 
them  either  ono  or  the  other,  a  relig- 
on,  or  a  political    government,    would 
destroy  the  institution  for  lack  of  pres- 
tige  and    promise,    for  Daniel    Sickels 
aaya  in  hie  Monitor  of  Freemasonry:  "I 
cannot  conceive  what  more  the    soul  of 
man  requires"  than  these  lodge  bestow- 
When  Goii   was    leading  his   people 
.1  of  Egyptian  bondage  by  the    hand 
Moses,  nod  was  setting  up  a  civil  gov- 
amenl,  which  he  always   recognized, 
he  inspired  Jethro  to  speak  to    his  law- 
ses,  to  "provide  out  of  all  the 
people,  able    men    such   as  fear  God, 
en    of   truth,  hating    covetoueness;" 
And  let  them  judge  the  people  at  all 
asons."  Ex.  xviii.  21-22. 
Inthe  great  aati-?Wery  discussion, 
hilo  the  war  was  a.  moral  issue,  before 
.e  sword  was  unsheathed,  there  were 
fo  classes  of  churchmen.       The    one 
ayed,    "Our   Father    which  art   in 
saven,"  etc,  rose    from   their   knees, 
ent  to  the  ballolt-box  and  voted  "thy 

in  freeing  the  bondman — Lima  voting 

they  prayed.      The  other  class  pray- 

also  imploring    the  Same    blessing, 

kneeling    before    God    asked :     "  Thy 

am    come.     Thy   will    be   done. 


th-    bdiot- 


of   : 


s  thai 


uld 


Which  of  these  two  classes  of  praying 
were  for  joining  church  and  sta^eJ 
Which  of  these  classes  approached 
at  the  throne  of  him  who  hearetb 
prayer,  in  the  spirit  of  prayer,  as  man- 
ifested by  their  works? 


Soil 


r  be.  in  all 


a  China 


B  moril  baitl--SelilB  («r  God  and 
;ht  and  truth  Votes  are  the  moral 
llets,in  a  government  like  ours;  pray- 
ithe  powder.  But  the  chief  question 
who  shall  be  the  gunner?  Christ, 
the  devil  f  To  not  vote  at  all  is  to  be 
rural  deserter,  and  really  on  the 
side  of  wrong.*  Christ  himsolf  laid 
down  the  principle  thai  '•they  that  are 


try. 


tfori 


To 


That  r 


These  things  Mr.  Blanchar 
ly  established.  His  lectures  v 
forcible  and  logical, and  were  I 
throughout  with  n 


the 


needed,  under  God,  to  overt 
gigantic  system  of  iniquity  is 
lighten  the  public  mind,  and 
oughly  to  work.     Masonry  ii 


■d  and 
All  thi 


•jilh.'r  ;] 'lit  cil  pirly    now    before 
country  is  to  let  the  devil  be  your 
aer,  no  matter  how   fervently    you 
pray  ''Thy  kingdom  come." 

Napoleon  Bjuaparte  first  arrested 
the  secular  power  of  the  Pope,  and 
i  up  the  inquisition;  thus  liberat- 
rushed  humanity,  and  blessed  the 
I.  But  when  he  bad  no  object  but 
neat  for  power,  he  fell,  lamented 
alike  for  his  folly  and  his  s-irvioe  to  re- 

•Bro.  G.  will  of  course  except  n  consid- 
ahle  t'o.ly  of  Ami. inn ;on-,  Hit- Hi-toriin-,1 
rt'sliyturi an*,  wliu  i.niscieinioiisly  refrain 
from  [mlilics.— Kd. 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE  :  JANUARY  23,  1874. 


form.  3o  has  »ur  noble  Republics 
parly  noiiieved  (riorums  victories  ft 
crushed  humanity  andcivil  tjovernmen 
but  ila  late  crusades  ayaiuat  the  frai 
chisea  of  the  people  by  overbearin 
determination  of  those  entrusted  with 
power  through  the  hidden  intrigues  ol 
the  "  Invisible  empire"  deserves  Napo- 
leon's fate. 

Democracy,  if  elevated  to  power,  by 
whavever  means,  will  pay  for  the  slaves 
set  free  by  the  war,  Had  assume  the 
rebel  debt  by  some  dodge.  Ho*  then 
can  Christians  support  either  party  1 
.'.  C.  Graham. 
Viola,  III.  Jan.  12th,  1874. 

Mb.  Euitor: — I  am  glad  that  broth- 
er Barlow  has  been  asked  the  politcal 
question,  and  answer.  Yes.  1  hav 
voted  knowingly  for  a  Mason  ainct 
gan  was  put  into  the  lake;  nor  shall  I 
in  future,  or  for  any  men  in  sympathy 
with  them.  I  was  not  hi  favor  of  Mr. 
Ureelay,  and  Mr.  Grant  had  the  aeorel 
mark,  therefore  did  not  vote. 

The  sooner  we  organize  the  better, 
I  am  glad  we  are  to  have  a  space  in  the 


ibjr 


ally  acquainted  with  a  c^so  in  which 
Masonry  saved  a  man  from  the  stale 
prison. 

I  distribute  all    my     Cynosures   and 
they  are  beginning  to   U-ll  and  I  wish  I 
was  able  to  do  more  for  the  cause. 
Yours  for   the  light, 

JOSIAH   SUAW. 

Fall  River,  Wis. 
Letter   n-oin  S.  1>.  Greene  on  the  Mor- 

Editor  of  the  Cynosure. — 

I  notice_in  an  article  under  the  head 
"Forty  years  ago,"  the  assertion  of  Mr. 
John  R.  Mill'ord,  who  says,  "1  have 
seen  a  grand  jury  selected  by  a  Mason- 
ic sheriff  with  the  express  view  to  pre- 
vent an  indictment  against  a  brother 
Mason."  In  the  grand  jury  that  was 
packed  by  sheriff  Thompson  at  Batavia 
for  February  term  of  1837  no  bills 
against  the  actual  conspirators  were 
found;  but  bills  against  James  Gonson, 
Daniel  Johns  and  George  Ketcham  for 
conspiring  to  obtain  Morgan's  manu- 
scripts. This  was  the  most  trifling  affair 
of  the  whole.  Eighteen  of  this  jurywere 
Freemasons,  and  in  the  April  term 
1827,  the  term  when  the  kidnappers  of 
Miller  were  tried  and  convicted,  that 
were  indicted  in  October,  1826,  eight 
of  the  jury  of  February,  1S27,  were  in- 
dicted as  actual  conspirators  in  the  kid- 
napping of  Morg-in  and  Miller;  namely: 
Timothy  F.  Parker,  Hollis  Pratt,  Wil- 
lard  Eddy,  Benjamin  F.  Towner.Augus- 
tus  P.  Haskell,  Benjamin  Davis,  Adna 
Sampson  and  the  foreman,  Samuel  F. 
Butler.  At  the  June  term  following, 
Sheriff  Thompson  who  packed  the 
jury,  Willlftm  Saaver,  the  Master  of 
the  lodge,  Nathan  Follett.the  Masonic 
printer,  and  Blanchard  Powers,  justice 
of  the  peace,  were  indicted  for  conspir- 
acy. Sheriff  Bruce  was  taken  from  jail 
and  brought  to  B.itavia,  but  refused  to 

him  back  to  Lockriort  jail  again.  Nine 
of  the  foregoing  were  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  or  Episoopal  church.  Tru- 
ly did  the  Hon.  John  C.  Spencer  say  in 
reply  to  » committee  of  the  respectable 
citizens  of  Autauga    (Alabama)^  "It 

acters  of  some  of  our  best  citizens. 
Men  who  foitnerly  would  have  been 
among  the  first  in  bringing  to  justice 
offenders  against  the  laws,  have  virtu- 
ally become  the  apologists  of  murder- 
ers and  kidnappers.      So   far  from  aid- 


ing u 


magistrates  and  slu'riffri  have  interposed 
every  obstacle  in  their  power.  Wit- 
nesses have  been  concealed  and  spirited 
away  by  them.  The  guilty  have  been 
aBsiBled  in  escaping,  etc.,  etc.  Such  is 
the  nature  of  Freeinusonry,  yet  con- 
nected with  the  church  of  Christ  and 
opposing  the  laws  of  God  and  man. 


A  famine  of  unprecedented  sei 
is  expected  in  Bengal  India,  from  the 
failure  of  the  rico  crop.  It  is  estimat- 
ed that  eleven  or  twelve  million  ol'  peo- 
ple must  be  supplied,  and  if  the  task 
is  undertaken  by  government  it  will 
cost  *1UU,  000,000. 

Senator  Sumner,  who  was  the  speak- 
er at  the  Pilgrim  Memorial  convention 
in  New  York  last  December  is  an  ac- 
tive opponent  of  the  Religioue  Amend- 
ment. He  recently  presented  to  the 
Senate  a  petition  from  Ohio,  signed  by 
over  37,0t)O  persons, against  the  ai 
ment.  Has  Mr.  Sumner  no  regard  for 
the  principles  of  the  Fathers  whom  he 
eulogizes  i  In  the  memorable  compact 
signed  on  hoard  the  Mayflower  we  read 
that  for  "the  glory  of  God  and  the  ad 
vancement  of  tho  Christian  religion' 
they  undertook  the  voyage  to  plant  t 
oolony  in  America.  Thus  substantially 
acknowledging  in  their  lirat  civil  docu 
ment  the  principle  objected  to  by  Mr 
Sumner's  petitioners. 


Tlie  discussion  ol  Mr.  Lincoln' 
ligious  sentiments  is  again  called  np  by 
letters  and  lectures  of  Mr.  Herndi 
former  la^-partner  and  assistant 
piler  of  a  biography  of  Mr.  Lincoln, 
which  represents  him  as  entertaining 
infidel  sentiments  at  his  death.  Mr* 
Lincoln  has  written  a  letter  positively 
denying  statements  made  by  Mr.  Hern 
don.  Some  expressions  made  by  Mr 
Lincoln  seem  to  be  forgotten  by  hi! 
defamers.  The  colored  people  of  Bal 
timore  presented  him  a  copy  of  the  Bi 
ble  during  his  administration.  In  hit 
response  be  closes  with    the    following 


always  ;wu-d  as  I  believed  wi 
and  just,  and  done  all  I  could  for  the 
good  of  mankind.  I  have  in  letters 
and  documents  sent  forth  from  this  of- 
fice, expressed  myself  better  than  I 
can  now.    In  regard  to  the  great  Book, 


the 


i  gift 


All   th. 

good  from  the  Saviour  of  the  world  is 
communis  ited  to  us  through  this  book. 
But  for  that  book  we  could  not  know 
right  from    wrong.     All   those   things 


very  eiegrinl.  copy  of  the  great  Book  of 

God  which  you  present." 

His  statement  to  Mrs.    Lincoln    soon 

after  his  first  inauguration:  "I  shall 
le  myself;  shall  obey  my  own  con- 
ience  and  follow  God  in  it,"  shows 
e  strength  and  depth  of  religious 
nviction  in  Mr.  Lincoln,  althoug 
is  not  a  technical  Christian. 


OUK  HAH,. 


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ids  her  renewal  from. Beatrice,  Neb., 
ascribing  herself,  "  Yours,  for  the 
-e  of  truth." 

Mrs.  C.  C.  Miles,  Dalton, Luzerne  Co., 
Pa. ,  sends  five  new  subferibersaud  says: 
"  I  am  anxious  to  have  just  as  many 
;ading  yonr  paper  us  I  can.  I  rejoice 
i  its  prosperity.  We  could  not  do 
ithout  it  and  are  doing  all  we   can  to 

We  have  severaHworking  friends  in 
Luzerne  Co.  We  have  thirty-two  sub- 
bers  and  send  papers  to  eleven  dif- 
-nt  posi-offices  in  the  county.  When 
i  remember  thai  your  county  has  one 
idnd  p'iKt -offices,  and  casts  more 
n  26,000  votes.  We  think  you  will 
ee  with  us  that  the  present  number 
of  subscribers  ought  to  be  multiplied  by 

e  hundred  at  least,        All  we  ask    of 

u  however,  this  y-ir  is  to  multiply  it 

■  ten.     Can  you  do  this? 

Chas.  H,  Reed,  Breckenridge,    Mo., 


-'In. 


ey  here,  but  I  cannot  afford  to  do  with- 
roy  paper  while  the  good  cause 
a  all  the  help  it  can  get.  .  .  . 
It  is  giiining  ground  in  some  parts  of 
the  country.  One  man  who  gave  me 
'  's  name  for  the   paper   when  he  first 

mmenced    taking  it  told    me   a  few 

ye  ago  that  there  were  quite  a  num- 

r  who  are  taking  it  now." 

N.  B.    Wetmore,  Herrickuville,    Pa. 

"  I  like  your  paper.  It  stands  up 
boldly  for  the  truih.  May  God  bless 
you  and  the    cause  for    which    you  la- 

Sam'l  Bovey,  Foreston.Ill. ,  writes: 

"  If  tt  would  not  be  n^kiii|T  too  much 

wish  you  would  publish  the.  ritual  and 

avers  of  the  Grange  over  again.    The 

farmers  would  like  to  know  more  about 

the  grange  in  my  neighborhood." 

Have  |you  circulated  our  little  tract 
on  the  Grange!  (Jan  you  not  get  some 
one  to  lecture  to  you  on  that  subject 
We  will  do  what  we  can  for  you,  but 
prolyl. K    Ti^t  .',11  U>a  you  ask. 

Here  is  a  good  letter  from  a  friend 
who  loves  the  reform  aud  has  learned 
how  to  reform  himself  also: 

I  get  able  I  want  to  take 


My  « 


and  can't  do  fo.  the 


B  what  I  would 
ke    to;  but    it  costs    me   nothing  for 

i'elily  <luew  l,>  enconr.ijre  I  lie  unfruitful 


eiderahle,  hence  1  can  spare  a    little  to- 
ward so  noble  a  cause.      loan  do  with- 
out tobacco,  and  liquor,  and  the  secret 
slave  pens,  but  1  can't  do   without    trio 
Cynosure  and  the  JMigiam   Telescope 
1    have  resolved  not  to  support  any  pa- 
per that  advocated  Becreoy.      Wishing 
you  a  happy  New  Year  and  grand  sue 
cebB  in  (he  glorious  enterprise,  I  am, 
Yours  in  Christ, 
II.  T.  Slauohenhaupt. 
James    Donaldson,    London,      Ont 
your   plan    of  prepay- 


Wish    you    abundar 
i  to  have  a  hand  with  you  in 
the    enemies    of   Ring   Jei 
r  all  f 


posing     tli 

May  lie  noon  reign  over  all  the  earth  t 

the  glory  of  God  the  Father." 

1'erley  Mitchell,  of  IJImmiingdnh 
Ind.,  in  his  seventy  ninth  year,  send 
his  renewal,  a  new  subscription,  want 
a  lecturer,  and  in  these  things  sets 
good  example  to  younger  men, 


over  the  land.1 

James  Kennedy,  Los  Galos,  Ca 
subscribes  himself; 

"Your  humble,  but  devoted  friend 
and  brother  and  co-worker  for  the  at 
vancement  and  purity  of  truth." 

Our  list  of  subscribers  in  Califomi 
is  slowly  gaining;  there  are  twenty-fiv 


■.  the  i 


This 


hope  will  be  doubled  before  the    close 

of  the  year. 

T.  A.  Nelson,  Millburg,  O.   has  just 

succeeded  in  getting  the  Cynosure  .into 

the  weekly,  and  writes,  ''1  have  gained 
a  great  victory  and  thank  God  for  it." 
We  hope  others  will  .see  that  the  Cy- 
nosure is  in  evrey  reading  room  in  their 
vicinity. 

Rev.  W.  H.  Haldame,  writes: 
"I  don't  feel  like    parting    with    the 
Cynosure,  though  money  is  scarce." 

J.  A.  Frazer.  Allendale-.  Mo..   Bends 
us   one  of    the  kind  of  letters  we   like 


"I  now  renew  my  subscription  by 
sending  you  five  new  subscribers  for 
the  weekly  edition;  and  hope  to  send 
you  more  in  a  few  days." 

Wm.  Palmer,  Cambridge,  O., renews 
his  subscription  and  writes: 

"I  have  made  an  effort  and  have  not 

Do  not  be  discouraged,  we  send  you 
a  few  circulars  to  distribute;  read  the 
following  and  you  may  be  able  to  work 


faithfully  one  day  and  a  half  to  get  one 
subscriber.  Some  days  I  get  two; 
some  days  four.  So  I  take  courage.  I 
have  in  about  two  months  got  thirtv- 
oee  subscribers.  I  feel  glad  for  those 
good  helpB. 


folic 


I  would  distribute  them 

four  and  then  would  call  ag.iin  and  get 
subscriptions." 

All  these  subscriptions  were  taken 
in  Kosus;cco  Co.  A  county  that  casts 
about  4,500  votes.  We  hope  that  this 
well  begun  work  will  proceed  until  the 
whole  country  is  thoroughly  enlight- 
ened. He  is  trying  to  get  agents  to 
ork  in  Wabash,  La  Grange,  Grant 
and  Huntington  counties. 

We  hope  Rev.  Bro.  Kiggios    will  be 

couraged  by  this;  less  than  thirty- 
five  such  agents  would  put  the  thou- 
,nd  subscribers  into  Indiana  this  year. 

F.  F.  French,  Hardwick,  Vt.,  Bends 
i  a  club  of  five  new  subscribers   with 

It  took  much    prayer  and    bard    work, 
but  who  can  estimate  tlie    good   done? 
n.    Uorth,  Starkshoro,    Vt.,  who 

irly  takes  eight  copies  of  the  week- 

Jt  new  subscribers,  notwithetand- 
i  has  been  hindered  in  the  work 
severe  attack  of  the  rheumatism. 
He  hopes  to  send  a  few  more  names 
We  have  about  eighty  subscrib- 
Vermont  now,  but  if  they  ap- 
preciate its  value  and  labor  accordingly 
number  will  be  multiplied  by  10 
before  the  present  year  closes. 

Eighty    Cynosures  in   a  state    that 
Bts  62,500    votes   for    President  we 
think  our  Vermont  subscribers  will  say 
re  not  enough. 

he  scarcity  of  money  now  is  largely 
ue  to  those  influences  whieh  the  Cyn- 
sure  exposes.  If  you  want  belb-r 
mes  put  the  Cynosure  principles  into 
very  township  in  the  country.  Chanp- 
a  for  the  better  may  not  be  instnuta- 
eous  but  they  will  be  sure.  We  are 
ot  half  through  with  our  mail,  but  we 
iUBt  stop  now  and  see  what  we  can  do 
for  the  paper  before  next  week. 


BeltgtODj  Hem. 


several  cornmuni 
Hyde  Park,  Lombard,  Naperville.  Bi» 
Woods  and  Wheaton  are  among  the 
number.  At  tho  latter  place  an  inter- 
esting work  has  begun  amoug  the 
German  residents, through  the  efforts  of 
Prof.  Fischer,  of  Wheaton  College,  A 
room  lately  used  as  the  dancing  ball  oi 
a  saloon  has  been  occupied  by  their 
prayer-meetings. — The  Rtliijinua  T>i- 
eaco/ie  of  last  week  has  three  column* 
filled  with  accounts  of  revivals  in  thir- 
ty three  United  Brethren  churches, — 
Interesting  revivals  are  reported  by 
Bro.  Snyder,  President  ol  the  Illi- 
nois Wesleyan  Conference  alKishwau 
tee,  and  from  Rev.    O.  Tapley,   Pn 


who 

.oody  and  Prof. 
Sankey  of  this  city  have  for  severs 
weeks  been  engaged  in  a  gracious  re 
vival  work  in  Edinburgh,  Scotland.  A 
very  successful  noon-day  prayer-meet 


ilg  hi 

js  have  beer 

ed,  and  Ihe  evening 
crowded  nnd  many 

smiled. 

—The    Rev, 

Dr.  P» 

rker.  of  Lo 

don,  a 

d    who  be- 

cime  well  known 
of  the  Evangelical 
churches     in    this 

at  the  late  meeting 
Alliance,    eaye  the 

iTsuit 

rganblowing  and  choir-singing 
his  taste." — The  London  S.   S 

'zi 

'™yvJ*"°„ 

f,  with 

218  Sunday 
4,04:!  teach 

81,785    8 

holan. 

There  are 

eomparatively  very 
in  these  schools. 

felt  m 

.le  teacher. 

name  on  the  14tb,  and  on  Monday  sent 
in    the  third     nominee,  Morrison    R. 
VVaite,   of  Toledo,    O.,  who  served    as 
counsel  in  the  Geneva  arbitration  con- 
gress and    !b  now  acting  a3  President 
of    the  Constitutional     Convention   of 
Ohio.— An  ineffectual   attempt   to  re 
ire  the  franking  privilege    was  mad' 
the  House  on    Monday. — The  Sen 
i  has     been    discussing    finance    am 
specie  resumption  for  a  week  with  lilt! 
apparent  profit. 

On    Monday  night  the 

irary  c 


;ar  Van  Buren.  The  Iobb 
e  *200,000.— The  seems  no 
litigation    in  Christ  Reformed 


Church  (Dr-  Cheney's).  The  Bish 
op's  claim  on  the  property  has  not  been 
fully  settled,  and  now  it  is  sold  under 
tgage  for  *9,500.  Another  mort- 
gage of  S25.000,was  ready  (or  fore- 
closure.— Another  meeting  of  the  In- 
held  on  Sunday  to 
thoroughly  organize  their  forces. 
The  NewYork  riot  is  bringingthe  society 

boasting  that  the  working  men  could  not 
'  tubbed  with  impunity.— Ex-Sena- 
Doolittle  of  Racine,  Wis.,  has  been 
elected  President  of  the  Chicago  Uni- 
versity, and  Prof.  Joseph  Haven  takes 
theohair  of  metaphysics,  both  pro  (em- 
-TheRelief  aud  Aid  Society  I ur- 

"  ":9,ooo 

nic  af- 
fected the  jewelry  trade  i 
"v.  Several  large  firms,  turee  tint 
eek,  have  gone  into  bankruptcy. 
Country. — A  communist  riot  too* 
laoe  in  Torn n kin's  Square, New  York, 
Jan.  13th.  The  police  charged  the 
crowd  with  their  clubs  and  dispersed 
I.  Several  policemen  were  injured 
rith  missies.      Thirty    of  the    riotere 


2U.00O  have   left  work 

other   quarters    many    are     following 

them.     Trie  cause  is  a  proposed  reiluc- 

of  wages.   There  are  many  reports 

of  lawlessness,  incendiary  conflagrations 

id  murders.     In  the  upper    Lehigh 


t  thei 
fiftei 


egn  of 


entered  in  one  day  in  the  county 

of    fires     has  come. 

The    residence   of  Jacob  Stiner  whole- 

;     tea     merchant     of     New     York 

ned  Jan.    13.     Mrs-  Stiner  and  one 

daughter  perished  in  the    flames   and 

killed  by    jumping    from 

St.    Joseph,     Mo.,  by    a    kerosene 

plosion.     A  fire  in  Alton,  III.,    Jan. 

,  loss  £80.000.  Two  fires  in  Brook- 
lyn, loss  £100,000,  and  $75,000.  Jan. 
18th,  Charleston  and  Wheeling,  W. 
Va.,  losses  100,000  and  75,000.  Jan. 
3 th,  the  main  business  portion  of  Na- 
tick,  Mass.,  lose  nearly  $1,000,000; 
day  a  Boston  book  bindery,  loss 
§150,000. 

Foreign. — Spiuisb      dispatch"  s    re- 


office,  and   he   ha»  been  requested  l< 
prepare  a  manifesto    to    the  nation.— 
shensrou  is    felt  in    regard  to    thi 
ins  of  foreigners  with    Japan,  till 


killed  by  the  lulling  uf  a  railroad 
'  t  in  Spain  on  the  17tn.— ' 
German  Richm.ig  (the  legislat 
body)  wdl  bn.v  a  str«.r»-r  maj  mty 
Bihmarck's    policy  — 100  UltiamonU 


ANTIMASONIC  TRACTS. 


A  Tract  Fund  for  the  Fr.s  SistributiiD  of  Tracts. 
"The  Antiamsonic  Scrap  Book," 


HISTORY  OF  MASONRY. 


MASOXTIC    MURBEE. 


SECRETS  OF  MASONRY. 

BY  ELI  TAPLEY. 

i?"wo?dVort&  SC»'!l5»'  ««5  por°i("' 5rVpo*Yw3 
TRACT  NO.   4. 

GRAND    GREAT  GRAND!! 


'I  ins  i-;>,..nepaiel 

i  the  despotic  and  ri.lii  ulmi-i  mi'..  ■>(    Free  masonry.   Price 

>  eta.  per  100,  $],0u  per  1,000 


Extracts  From  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  c 
Sworn  to  bv  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Rhode  Island. 


Hon.  John  Ouincy  Adams'  Letter, 

Hiving  Hls.and  His  Father'*  Opinion  of  Freemason 


Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

Hiving  His  Opinion   of  FreomBMnrj    (188B). 


Satan's  Cable   Tow. 


'Freemasonry  is  0nlvl52  Years  Old," 

"Murder  and  Treason  not  Esoeeptd." 


3Tresmasonry  In  tne  Church. 


Chnracter  nnd   Symbols  of  Fr^finasnnry 


Address  of  Hiajran  County  4  nation,  How  York, 


r  $4.00  per  1.000. 


Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry. 


HOWARD  CROSBY.  D.  D. 


GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY. 


MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  and  VOID. 


HI! 


Si:  Rtasins  whj  a  Christian  should  notbo  aFroonaso 


ENOCH  HOKEYNEIl'S  TJKACT. 


TERMS  FOE.  THE  CYNOSURE. 


Weekly 


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THE  BROKEN  SEAX. 

By  SAMUEL   D.  GREENE, 

Tb.l  u.  book  I.  ...  of  BfOoMoMmt  .ol  ..l.e  1.  .bo.ro  07  , 
OPINIONS  Or  THE  PRESS. 


.story  of  Tho  Atduction  and  Murder  o 
CapH.  Wm.  Morgan, 

U.MnSoreo"ffi'"MorSV.rlto°"b.r'o«" 


Valance's  Confession  of  The  Murder  of 

Capt.  Wm.  MorfIfr^„lRlInl„0„ 

..Jod^oDeuTlor^1''!^ 


NARRATIVES1AND  ARGUMENTS. 

""'  °  bv  FRANCIS  SEMPLE  of 

Doom.  loroo. 

The  Antimaaon's  Scrap  Boole, 
21  CYNOSURE  TRACTS. 


Who  Murdered  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan? 

HISTORY  Or  THE 

Abduction  and  Murder 

Capt.  William  Morgan, 


eo 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  JANUARY  22,  1874 


Our  Common  Schools. 


Lome ;  come  to  llic  cull  for  the  conflict  i 

And  tie  clnriou  is  heard  through  th 
breadth  of  the  Dation, 
And  we  rouse  from  our  sleep,  for  the  cans 
that  ia  dear, 
While  we  rally  as  one  for  our  Free  Edu 

O  ye  sods  of  the  free  I     Let  the  temple  b 

On.tlic  rock  of  the  truth,  with  its  pillai 

While  Lhe  blessings  of  Freedom  shall  ro) 


Let  the  people  be  taught  - 


Till  the  dome  shall  be  lost  in  the  bl 

And  the  songs  of  the  free  round  the  altars 
shall  rise. 

Then  down  to  the  future  the  trust  sli 

And  age  unto  age  keep  the  temp 


The  Debauch  of  Conscience. 

Among  the  calamities  which  shame 
and  curse  the  age  in  which  we  live, 
is  the  debauch  and  defilement  of 
conscience,  the  corruption  of  the 
very  fountain  of  integrity,  and  that 
consequent  disregard  of  moral  obliga- 
tion and  divine  law,  which  allows  men 
to   confound  right   and  wrong,    which 


makes  them  careless  of  good 
and  leads  them  to  wink  at 
countenance  evil-doing,  and  a 


evil, 


while  the  very  elements   of  mai 
virtue,  and    integrity,    are   roote 
and  destroyed  around  them,  unti 
roption   and     iniquity  flood    the    land 
with  ahame. 

In  financial  circles,  with  their  gigi 
tic   swindles   and   rascalities,   in   great 
corporations,     with     their    opprei 

leagues  and   clans,    with    their    guilty 

Iiti'"tl  parties,  with  their  rotten 
of  hangers-on  and  place-men;  tr 
governments,  with  its  craft  and  fraud 
and  peculation  by  which  office-seekers 
thrive;  even  in   religious  societies  anc 

wire-pulling,  this  '•leaven  of  the  Phar- 
isees," once  hidden  and  allowed  to  re- 
main, leavens   the    whole    lump   with 


fawn  around  their  leaders,  and  the  con 
tempt  poured  upon  honesty  and  talen- 
which  cannot  be  bought  with  bribes, 
nor  frightened  into  complaisance;  h< 
sees  how  good,  honest,  easy  men,  wil 
bow  down  and  be  ridden  over  by  somt 
yrannica'  leader  whom  they  despise,  bu' 
dare  not  defy;  he  sees  the  aanctimo' 
ho  do  the  Lord's 
d  handle  the  Lord's  money, 
laking  more  pro6t  out  of  God't 
an  they  could  out  of  any  oth- 
t  business,  and  turning  every- 
o  selfish  channels,  and  thus 
ruin  and  disorder  through  the 
the  honest  disgusted,  the 
leble  crushed, 
re  abandoned 


thing  int 

land;  he 
upright  abused 
until  importan 


by  men  of  intelligence  and    integrity, 
and  left    to    languish    in    the  handa   of 
crafty,  c'-'!f-l"vin>_T    tricksters,    who 
and  ruin  all  with  which  they    ha 
do;  the  young  man  sees  nil  this,  i 
Form-  outrageous  iniquity  to  be  abhorred 
and  rebuked,  but  as  the  work   of 


rthe 


3  the  public,  and  sit 
in  the  synagogues, 
and    garb  of  piety 


1  hes 


who  denounce  such  wrongs  are  set 
aside,  while  those  who  tolerate  them 
find  favor;  that  honest  men  are  so 
blinded  that  they  will  combine  to  crush 
the  upright  at  the  buck  of  the  crafty 
and  unscrupulous,  and  seeing  this,  he 
concludes  that  righteousness  ia  a  dream, 
and  integrity  a  name,  and  he  casta  in 
bis  lot  with  the  spoilers,  and  l»'corm*s  a 


oft 

of  their  condemn 

Woe  to  that  m 

thus  debauched. 

Greatness 

for  him.     He  ha* 

1  of  his  u 


■I!*1!,  ih.-ir 


-fuln,- 


up  his  soul  unto  vanity,  nor  sworn  de 
ceitfully.  He  shall  receive  the  blessing 
from  the  Lord,  and  righteousness  fron 
the  God  of  his  salvation."     Psa.  xxiv 

"Lord,  who  shall  abide  in  thy  taber- 
nacle? who  shall  dwell  in  thy  holy  hill? 
He  that  walketh  uprightly,  aud  work- 
eth  righteousness,  and  speaketh  the 
truth  in  his  heart.  He  that  backbitetb 
not  with  hie  tongue,  nor  taketh  up  a 
reproach  against  his  neighbor.  In 
whose  eyes  a  vile  person  is  contemned; 
but  he  honoreth  them  that  fear  the 
Lord.  He  that  sweareth  to  his  own 
hurt,  and  changeth  not.  He  thatput- 
teth  not  out  his  money  to  usury,  nor 
taketh  reward  against  the  innocent. 
He  that  doeth  these  things  shall  never 
be  moved."     Psa.  xv.  —  Tlie  Christian. 


A  Pillow  for  the  Steeple* 


of  hie 


had  been  painfully  harrassed  for  want 
of  sleep.  To  such  a  degree  had  this 
proceeded,  that  if,  in  the  course  of  the 
day,  any  occasion  led  him  to  h 
chamber,  the  sight  of  his  bed 
him  shudder  at  the  idea  of  th 
less  and   wretched  hours  he  had 


ridges  with  a  depressed  plateau  between 
them.  The  distance  through,  from 
heading  to  heading,  is  four  and  three- 
quarter  miles. 

The  tunnel  waa  projected  many  years 
before  ground  was  fairly  broken,  which 
we  understand  to  have  been  in  January 
1852,  Rev.  Dr.  Crawford,  of  Deerfield, 
striking  the  first  spade  into  the  moun- 
tain on  its  eastern  side.  From  the  out- 
set, the  history  of  the  undertaking  has 
been  one  of  struggle,  imminent  failure, 
pluck,  skill,  and  perseverance.  Space 
fails  us  to  tell  of  the  peculiar  and  vexa- 
tious- obstacles  encountered,  the  ingen- 
ious and  costly  mechanism  used,  the 
wonderful  nicety  of,  the  calculation 
by  which  the  eastern  and  western  head- 
ings met  under  the  headings  within  the 
fraction  of  an  inch, 
ualties  and  narrow  escapes,  the 
interesting  experiments  in  met; 
sorted  to,  and  all  the  other  entet 


»r  to  make  others  happier  here 

This  is  the  kind  of  prophets,  priests, 
nd  kings  we  need,  must  have,  else  we 
re  all  dead  men.  What  say  you,  little 
eaders  and  great  readers,  is  it  not  high 


the  whole  armor 
load  and  6re  1 
"Stand  firm.    Oh, 


■f  God,  load  b 


.   rju-,-.n.L 


lould 


a  of  work. 
t  will  stand  when 
rough  it  on  doubt' 
ent  to  the  triumph 


nded  i 


hlmt 


ndea' 


irted  with  the  choic- 

hood,  and  the  tress- 

of  I'>ypt  .ind  the  gold  of    Ophir 

at  supply    its    place.      He    has  be 

i  indifferent  to    right,    tolerant   o- 

g,  r-nreks?  oftlv  iiutlioriiy  "f  G,id. 

;ourse    henceforth,    is   downward. 

He  has  put   away  a   good    conscience, 

id  unless  restrained  by  grace,  he  will 

ake  shipwreck  of  faith,  and  finally  look 

back  upon  the  days   of  his   inno 

uprightness    as  upon  a    dim 

fleeting  dream,  and  feel  that  his  life  haB 

been  a  failure    and   disgrace. 

fear  of   the    Lord   is    to 


It  i 


■-■■;    i  T>  [...J.- !M 


soft 


pressibl"   mind,    than 


trong  t 


well  ■ 

watch  the  windings  of  the  crooked  aej 
pent  and  yet  feel  no  desire  to  bruise  h 
infernal  ln-tid ;  and  ihu«  to  harden  th 
conscience,  and  loose  all  faith  in  pu: 
ity,  manhood  and  integrity,  and  drift 
into  the  current  of  worldly  selfish  craft 
till  every  trace  of  honor  and  upri; 
nesa  has  vanished  away — this  is  fes 

Especially   is    this   dis 


thot 


tions  which  are  called  religious.  Inex- 
perienced, ardent,  and  confiding,  the 
novice  is  there  introduced  to  the 
tricks  and  deceptions  of  unscrupulous 
partisans  and  self-speking  demagogues; 
he  reads,  unprotesting,  i  he  sham  re- 
ports which  he  knows  are  falsi-  and  de- 
deceptive ;  he  observes  the  constant  en- 
deavor to   put   the    best   side   out;  he 


th.-  ur.taii 


ane  person  rejected  for  his  faith,  while 
mother  who  agrees  with  him  fully  is 
?ndorsed  and  excepted;  he  sees  one 
nan  condemned  for  his  faults,  and  at 
.he  same  time  another  f<.'ll"W>lnppi'i] 
yho  is  well  knjwn  to  be  guilty 
iame  things  and  worse;  he  set 
espect   paid    to    worthless   mer 


wrong  and  sin.     And    the  man    in 
ee  heart  is  rooted    'thf  d.'nr  of  <"rod" 
lot   have  partnership    with    evil   in 
form.       "What  communion    hath 
twith  darkness?"     "What   fellow- 
ship hath  righteousness  with    unright- 
2bs?"     A   child   of  the    light,   he 
cannot  countenance    the  secret    wrong* 
which  are  cloaked    under   the   garb  of 
piety  and  philanthrophy.     He  is    com- 
manded to   "have    no    fellowship   with 
the  unfruitful  works  of  darkness,    but 
rather  reprove    them."     He    must   tell 
the  truth,   if  it   costs 


fame,  position. 
stand  for  God,  t' 
ry  and  alone.  J 
heeded,  and  the 
opposition,  he  r 
from  his  feet 
wash  his  hands 
out  fro 


He 


)Ugh    he  stand  solita- 


,  andc 


r  them  and  1 


and  touch  not  the  unclean  thing. 

He  may  be  lonely,  and  poor,  and 
disheartened,  and  sad,  but  God  will  be 
his  friend,  and  in  due  time  he  will 
come  forth  to  light  and  honor,  and  find 
that  God  has  yet  his  hidden  thousands 
who    have  not  bowed  the  knee  to  Baa], 

Through  the  Egyptian    pri 


he  lay  down  a 
his  thoughts  on  somethin] 
time  vast  and  simple— sucl 
ocean,  or  the  cloudless  vaul 
■that  the  little  hurried  am 
disturbed    images   that    flit    before  hi 

hushed  to  rest,  by   the  calming    influ 
nces  of  one 
•Though  i 


tall  1 


;,  was  to  be  pel-.vi.^]    or 

the   thought  of  God. 
o  make    the  trial,  and    think 


of  hit 


Ther 


ulte 


leded  1 


sanguine  hopes,  in  thinking  of  God  he 
fell  asleep.  Night  after  night  he  re- 
sorted to  the  same  expedient.  The 
process  became  delightful ;  eo  much  so, 
that  he  used  to  long  for  the  usual  hour 
for  retiring,  that  he  might  fall  asleep, 
as  he  termed  it.  in  God.  What  began 
physical  operation,  grew  by 


imperceptible 
influence.  The  Bam 
repose  by  night,  wa' 
by  day,  and  at  the 
spoke  to  me,  God,  s 
Gospel  of  his  Son,  w 
tion   and   all    his  dei 


:s,  into  a  gracious 
i  God  who  was  his 
i  in  his  thoughts 
time   this   person 


"fetch   bomf 


a  the  Family, 
amiiy  adds  greatly  t 
It  helps   t 


»ple» 
i  of  vocal 


Show  us  the  family  where 

:  is  cultivated,  where  the  pa 

children  are  accustomed  often 

voices  in  song,  and  we  l 

me,   in    almost    every 

peace,  harmony  and  loi 

•here  the  base,   gross  v 

no  dwelling  place. 


.pin 


kill  and  patience  of  engineers,  work 
men,  and  contractors,  and  an  honor  tc 
the  State  of  Massachusetts. — Congre- 
gntionalist. 


Old  Shoso.—  You  probably  think 
that  if  you  look  very  sharply 
shot',  when  you  throw  it  away,  you 
will  know  it  again  if  it  ever  comes  back 
to  you.     But  that  doesn't  at  all  folio- 

your  hair  with  a  boot,  or  grasp  a  cast- 
off  gaiter  while  you  eat  your  dinner. 
You  don't  see  how  this  can  be?  Well, 
we'll  tell  you.  Old  BhoeB  are  turned  tc 
account  in  the  following  manner:  They 
are  cut  into  very  fine  pieces,  and  kept 
for  a  couple  of  day. 
phur.  Theeffictof  this  is  to  make 
the  leather  hard  and  brittle.  Nei 
material  is  withdrawn  from  the  a 
of  the  chloride  of  sulphur,  washed 

When    thoroughly 


to  powder,  and  t 
tance   like  gum,  that 
re  together.        It   ' 
loulds  and  shaped 
,  knife-handles,  < 


beautifully  said:  "The 

m  in    the   world,    and 

history  of  mankind  1 


Whe< 


:   the 


Pharaohs  thn 


through  the  forty  years'  sojo 
wilderness  of  Midian  came 
deliver  Israel,  and  stand 
tof   God,  and  hold    c< 


the  fit 

B    honored 
sn  was  but 


[an  of  God,"  suffer,  I  pray  you, 

e,  if  you  keep  nothing  el 
craft  and  trickery  in  every  for 
.  to  look  the  whitest  looking  devil 
pious  face,  and  say  "I  w( 
up  for  God,  and  guard  you 
tegrity  as  your  choicest  heritage, 
day  of  trial  will  be  brief.  The  reward 
)mf  sooner  than  you  anticipate  ii 
and  in  eternity  will  be  grande 
than  your  moBt  exalted  dreams.  Yo1 
niss  opportunities  and  loose  posi 
in  this  world,  but  God  shall  pro 
vide  for  you  some  belter  thing,  fron 
which  y>u  cannot  he  barred  by  craft  o 
ejected  by  guile.  Eternity  is  longe 
han  time,  and  the  world  to  come  hw 
lighcr  honors  than  any  that  this  eartl 
an  boast.  Liye  then  for  that  world 
,nd  meditate  solemnly  upon  thesi 
rords  of  holy  writ: — 
"Who  shall  ascend  into    the   hill   o 


The   Hoosne    Mountain 

ie  Green    Mountain  rangi 

ss  the  Western  end  of  Massachusetts. 

lie  Boston  and  Albany  railroad  climbs 

between  Westfield  and  Pittsfield  by  a 

rtiioiis  course    and  a    series  of  easy 

adients,     The  tunnel  lies  further   to 

the  north  and  forms  a  link  in  the  chain 

inication  between  Boston    and 

the  West    by  way  of    the    Fitchhurg, 

and  Massachusetts,  and  Troy 

mfield  Railroads.       The  moitn- 

the    the  Lord?  or   who   shall    stand  in   his   tain,  at  the  pointeelected  for  tunneling, 

who  I  holy  place?     He  that  hath  clean  hands  |  is  about '2,, r)t)0   feet    high,  having    two 


Musi, 
of   Paradis 


ithe  i 


thr 


iiilll    ciiril-l- 


n — heads  of  families — w 


around 
1    heavenly    influeni 
ito  the  paths  of   virt 
igretted  that   good 
o  are  regu 

tions,   should  omit  singing? 

What  more  delightful  scene  this  side 
of  heaven  than  parents,  with  their  eons 
and  daughters,  united  in  the  domestic 
circle  devoutly  mingling  thi 


lhe  llm.-ac'l  unite!. 


On  Thanksgiving  day,  the  thin  par 
tion  of  rock  which  alone  remained  be- 
veen  the  two  sections  of  the  Hoosac 
unnel  waa  broken  down  by  a  prodig- 
ma  blast  of  nitroglycerine,  and  light 
;  last  streamed  through  the  mountain. 
bus  is  virtually  accomplished  one  of 
Le  mo3t  stupendous  engineering    feats 


one  poor  heart  that  has 
nned  and  Buffered,  and  represent  to 
lyeelf  the  struggles  and  temptations  it 
as  passed  through — the  brief  pulsa- 
ons  of  joy,;the  tears  of  regret,  the  fee- 
bleness of  purpose,  the  scorn  of  the 
world  that  has  little  charity,  the  dea- 
of  the  soul's  sanctuary,  and 
iingvoices  within;  health  gone; 
happiness  gone— I  would  fain  leave  the 
ml  of  my  fellowman  with  Him 
from  whose  hands  It  came." 

ndulge,"  entered  the  travelers'    room 
a  tavern  where  sat  a  grave  Friend  by 

les  upon  his  forhead,  rubbing  his  tu- 
rned eyes  and  calling  for  brandy  and 
iter,  he  complained  to  the  Friend  that 
"his  eyes  were  getting  weaker,  and 
;n  spectacles  didn't  seem  to  dc 
any  good."  "I'll  tell  thee, 
friend,"  replied  the  Quaker,  "what  I 
think.  If  thou  woulda't  wear 
pectacles  over  thy  mouth  for 
nontha   thine   eyes     would   get 


No  daubing  here ;  i 
ly  here;  no  conferrin 
blood  here;  no  bowinj. 

expediency  < 


holy  firewithin  should  burn; 

:il  shield  the  champions  of  the  Lord, 

ending  forhis  purest  word.  " 

healing  slight- 
inferring  with  flesh  and 
bowing  to  popular  coil- 
8  here;  no  doctrine  of 
compromising  with  sin 
here.  Skirts  are  cleared  of  blood, 
God'e  full  counsel — "all  the  words  of 
this  life"— come  life,  come  death,  are 
declared  fearlessly. 

"The  battle  field  is  everywhere, 
Onr  foes  lie  close  about  our  way, 

Renew  the  contest  day  by  day; 
And  he  who  in  the  deadly  fight 

Who  keeps  his  armor  pure  and  bright, 

— D.F.  Newton,  author  of  Apples   of 
Gold,etc 

No.  303  W.  20th  St.,  N.  Y. 


office, 

from  the  Pr 

sident 

downwards. 

landed    to.ielher 

with 

sanctions   of 

blood 

nd  oaths  of 

perditi 

in;  with   dis- 

aplim. 

with  conce 

t,  wit 

signs  of  rec- 

ognition  and   cyph 

and  bearing  in  ita 
slander  and  the  mi 

ith  the  public  press 
rain  the  artillery  of 

to  eng^ 

oss  all  powe 

rand 

nfluence,  and 

l,i:n  !.!;  i, 1ST.— Jan.  1 


sLC  i 


,  K  A  Atheri 


E  Adi 

J  P  Albert,  A  Armor,  S  Adi 
Adams,G  Barker.  Mary  A  Bed. 
za  Bradbury,  Jas  Buswell,  C  . 
chard,  J  L  Barton,  Geo  Broki 
Bailey,  A  C  Bauer,  J  T  Bradford,  H  P 
Bnshnell.  Geo  Burford,  G  W  Baser,  A 
Binnie.  Rev  W  Burr,  M  J  Blake,  E 
Brace,  R  M  Bailie,  Rev  G  R  Carroll 
Driii'l  Carpinter,  0  C  Corss.  Jas  Craig, 
W  HCliHinlkr.  T  B  l'..le,Geo  Cowley 
G  Crook,  S  Church;  PIS  ('hiiiob-rlu-n. 
L  Clar&,  M  Cazier,  M  Drennen,  N  & 
Dickinson.  J  L  Downing,  P  Davison,  P 
W  Dietz,  C  L  Dudley,  P  Davids  " 
Douglass,   Henry  Elder,  J  J  Fai 


Political     Kesnliilloni, 


s  of  the  Massachui 


chamber,  June  17,  1831.  Theconven 
tion  was  called  to  order  by  the  Hon, 
Mr.  Webb,  of  Norfolk,  Col.  Elihu  Hoy 
of  Franklin  was  chosen  President  am! 
Dr.  Hooper  of  Bristol  and  Mr.  Oliver  of 
Essex,  secretaries.  The  conventio 
was  addressed  by  Dr.  A.  Phelps  of  Bo- 
ton,  chairman  of  the  Anti-Masonic  State 
Committee,  by  Win.  Hobart  of  Leicei 
ter,  Dr.  Hooper  of  Troy,  Hon.  M; 
Bailey,  Mr.  Walker.  Mr.  Whitney,  of 
Deerfield,    and   several     other   g 

The  following  resolutions  were 
sidered  separately  and  adopted; 

solved,  That  the   conduct   of   the 
ature  of  this  State,  on  the  z 
on  of  filling   the  vacancies  ii 


onclui 


that   Masonry  is    political    and 


Ckildrens'   Corner. 


Little  Folks  as  Reformers. 

No  matter  how  little  we  are,  if  no  be 
the  heart  is  right,  the  life  Is  right.  Ev- 
ery little  boy  and  girl  should  preach, 
be  a  reformer,  do  good,  and  communi- 
cate; set  the  example  of  all  that  is 
true,  honest,  lovely,  and  of  good  re- 
port. Every  one,  little  and  big,  should 
be  a  reformer;  reform  himself,  then  re- 
form others,  so  long  as  there  is  any- 
thing to  reform,  or  any  evil  to  re- 
No  one  is  duly  prepared  to  correct 
the  faults  of  others  till  he  has  corrected 
his  own — set  bis  own  house  in  order. 
The  first  thing  is  to  seek  wisdom  from 
,  bow  to  king  Jesus,  take  him  for 


selloi 


i-pne 


ipart  heavenly  light.  Have  we 
wisdom  from  above — pure,  peaceable, 
^ntle,  heavenly?     We  can  impart  the 

That's  the  way,  little   folks— go  for- 
ward, with  your  souls  on  fire  with  the 
f  Jesus.      "And  whatsoever  you 
do,  do  it  heartily^to  the  Lord  and  not 


Let  thy  will   blend  with  his,  and  honor 
By  walking  in  the  way  thy   Saviour  trod. 


Seni 
iden 

posesseB   the  entire   control 

tional  Republican  party  in  this  common 

Resolved,  That  we  cordially   respent 
>  the  resolutions  adopted   by  the   latt 
.nti-masonic State  Convention  in  Peun 
-Ivania,  "that  Anti-masonry  is  neces- 
mally  political;  that  without   attack 
ing  Masonry  at  the  ballot-box  where  ii 
intrenched  behind    the  political   pat- 
nage  and  power  of   the  government, 
1  efforts  to  destroy  its   usurpation    or 
e  rights  and  privileges  of  the  people, 
ust  fail, and  like  a  rehrMionsuppri^-ivi 
ust  contribute  to  the  power  and   vig 
of  Masonic  despotism." 
Resolved,  That  it  be  strongly  and  ur 
intly  recommended  to  the  people    u 
the  different  sectional    districts  of   this 
commonwealth,  to  nominate   and   sup- 
port for  senators,  men  of  known  and  de- 
cided Anti-masonic  principles. 

Resolved,  That  it  is  of  great  impor- 
tance that  the  popular  branch  of  oui 
Legislature  be  composed  of  men  un- 
trammelled by  Masonic  oaths,  and  un 
controlled  by  any 
"Resolved,     Tl 


do 


the 


',Th 


cause,      as      politically 
the  spirit  of  free  int 

highly  approve  of 


John  Fait,  J  A  Fraz< 
Frank,  Dr  P  Fahmey,  J  W  Fui 
F  F  French,  A  Floyd,  R  Guild* 
sleeve,  R  Gre 


dy,  L    Gloyd,  Philo  Gi 

Graham,  J  Gamble  ,lr,  J  R  Gould,  F 
Gillette,  J  W  Oetefaell,  L  Hobbs,  W  N 
Hartupe,  P  Henderson.  H  H  Hinman 
J  D  Horn,  G  E  Hatiiaway,  J  Hulbert, 
H  Hodijen,  S  W  Hackl-y,  John  Henry, 
G  W  Hall,  S  J  Hooped  E  G  Holliday, 
Win  Haneon,'Joan  Herehey,  E  Hillyer 
MrsC  Harlow,  HS  Huntingdon, X  Hill 


Johns 


Hart,   Jo 


In 

,  D  H  Kd 


W   H 


Kellv,  J..UU  Kennedy,  J  F  Kuhlhiar 
Jas  Kennedy.  D  King,  Ansel  Lake,  Ii 
C  Lyon,M  D Lewis,  .1  lviu^,.|nsPLylle 
J  B  Lumber).  M  <i  Lune,  M  Lisc«ml>.  11 
V  Li.-per,  H  Loker,  P  Miutoi 
Miller,  D  Molyneux,  W  J  Miller,  E  Mar- 


MeCnIky.  levari  M.les,  I  Moffatt,  M 
A  J  Miller,  W  T  Moff.itt,  Wm  MoNowi 
D  MeOlell.in,  D  .\KVicar.  G  McOreeryj 
Win  E  McKee,  Win  J  Nation,  R  North- 
way,  Rev  FL  Nagler,  Elza  Oiborn, 
J  T  Parker,  D  Piukk-y,  U  J  Petiibone. 
Joo  Potter,  J  Padelford,  Warren  Par- 
ker, FK  Phoenix.  Wm  Palmer,  A  Put- 
nam, Geo  Pegler,  J  H  Purdy,  E  Puc-i 
el,  A  S  Kiggs,  J  A  Rohner,  J  F  Rug- 
gles,  D  Reynolds,  U  \Y  Roberts,  J  Rob- 
inson, J  E  Richey,  F  T  Revenscroft,  0 
Reynolds.  S  Robinson,  J  G  Rownd,  J 
H  Snyder,  S  H  Spencer,  J  T  Sander- 
son, Jas  N-iuier,  .1  W  Soyder,  J  W  Snod- 
grass.  0  W  Sangt-r.  S  Smith,  H  South- 
wiok.D  W  Sherman.  H  (J  Stou-hf.n.J  L 
Stuart,  S  Sholes,  W  0  Stevens,  M  S 
Stearns,  S  H  Sitler,  Eli  Scott,  J  R  Sex- 
ton,  H  T  Slaughenhaunt,  y  W  Stuart, 
C  Stryker,  B  F  Towns,  R  Tiplady,  D 
Thompson,  J  A  Ta Image.  D  G  Tear, 
John  lj[!d«rwo<.ii!,  IWjj,  Ulsh, 
ery,  Wm  Worth,  J  F  Willi's,  Aaron 
Work,  Wm  Woollord,  D  Wright.  Prest 
Wallace,  E  Wimple,  J  W  Woud,  " 
White,  A  C  Willard,  D  Witmer,  V 
Walbndge,  Juhn  Wilson,  J  B  Wallace, 
M  Wills,;,,,  A  Wardne 


oung, 


i  iYii 


i.  Wlme,  W 


ADVERTISING. 


of  Sura's 


Light  on   Freemasonry, 

BY  ELDEE  D.  BERNARD, 


Walsh's  Review  of  Freemasonry. 


ANTI-MASONIC  BOOKS 

Christian  Cynosure 

Address,  EZRA  A.  COOK  &  CO., 


Finney  on  Masonry. 


''HEAP   EDITION. 


ELDER  STEAMS'  BOOKS. 

AN    INQUIRY 

Freemasonry, 


Letters    on    Masonry, 

A  New  Chapter  on  Mason- 
ry. Addressed  to  Church- 
es that  hold  in  Fellow- 
ship Adhering;  Masons. 


"1 


Rot.  J.    W.   BAIN'S   NEW  BOOK 
THE  SECRET  ORDERS 

shows  clearly  why 
be    fellowshiped    by    the    U.  P 


ADVERSE  TO  CHRISTIANITY, 


A  Seceding  Mason  of  21  degrees. 


Light  on  Freemasonry, 

BY  ELDEK  D.  BERNARD, 


THE  CHRISTIAN 


Nai 


Anti-i 


the     pro 

Convention,  to  be  holden  at  Baltimore 
the  26th  of  Sept.  next  for  the  pur- 
le  of  norainatiDEC  „ candidates  for  the 
the  Vice  Prebidenc'y, 
supported  on  Anti-masonic princi- 


its    .,bli^- 


New  Jersey,  "That  Freei 
positive  evil,  inasmuch  nt 
tions  require  the  performance  .if  act*  in 
direct  violation  of  the  constituted  an. 
thorities  of  our  country,  which  serious- 
ffect  the  equal  rights  of  in- 
dividuals, and  the  civil  and  po- 
litical rights  of  the  public,  lor  it  ia 
alarming  fact,  which   cannot   be  too 


J.  I,.  MANLET. 
ATTORWEY-AT-LAW 


WHSAT01T    COLLEGE! 


Westfield     College, 

Weatfield,  Clark  Co.,  111. 


Masonic  Books. 


Mackey's  Masonic  "Ritualist  i 


MONITORIAL  INSTRUCTION  BOOK 


mim  manual  or  m  mi 


MACKET'S   TEXT  BOOK 

MASONIC  JURISPRUDENCE. 


lichrdson's  Monitor  of  Freemasonry. 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 


EZKA  A.  COOK  A  CO.,  PUBLISHERS.  <'HICAGO  ILL. 


"In  Secret  Save  I  Said  Nothing,' 


VOL  III.    NO  16. 


CHICAGO,    THURSDAY,   JANUARY  29.  1874. 


WHOLE  NO.  120 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 

No.  11  Wabash  Avenue,  Chicago. 


fi-U  understock.  |>f.»pe:ly  appreciated 

be  making  up  of  Hi e  p  ipiilar  verdict  o 

pporlunities    are  bo   much    deduclec 

from  the  credit  of  his  attainment,  whilt 

("■■  ldl  'l!;(.id>n'iifi_Ms  tire   so    mucb 


fair  piny- 
Bui  hei 


^  always  on  the  principle  ol 
anew  element  comes 


Here 


Ir  Play. 

-The  one  thing  whi-.-h 


I  have  no  doubt  that  some  of  youi 
Masonic  r-  ad>  r~  tb'nk  they  hardly  gei 
this  at  your  banda  They  are  conscious 
that  th»y  personally  do  not  deserve 
soma  of  Hit*  terrible,  lulling  blows  ad- 
ministered by  you  to  the  brethren  of 
the  mystic  tie,  and  judging  others  by 
themselves,  they  Bet  down  our  whole 
opposiiion  to  iheir  fraternities  as  unfair, 
forgetting  that  inch  an  institution  is  to 
be  judged,  not  by  the  intentions  ot    iU 

who  are  not  yet  initiated  into  its  deep- 
est mysteries,  but  by  its  capabilities 
and  the  uses  made  of  it  by  its  reckless 
and  unprincipled  members.  These  men 
would  shudder  at  the  idea  of  murder, 
yet  Masonry  did  murder  Morgan;  a 
if  the  oaths  taken  on  entering  the  ya 
ous  degrees  ot  the  order  are   right  a 


the  public  can  discover,  is  on 
perfect  par  with  his  fellows,  reoeivi 
equal  aid  from  the  community  at  larg< 
but  mysteriously  turns  everything  t 
his  accouut  and  easily  outstrips  them  a! 
while  iu  truth  there  have  been  a  thoi 
sand  invisible  influences  helping  himoi 
without  which  he  would  have  fallen  bt 
hind  his  fellows.  In  the  Grecian  game 
the  discovery  that  a  victory  had  bee 
gained  by  such  means  sb  those  woul 
not  only  deprive  the  victor  of  th 
crown,  hut  doom  him  to  utter  disgrace 
Now  the*  proclaimed  purpose  of  all  ae 
tret  fraterntties,beiDg  mutual  aid  secret 
ly  given,  is  a  purpose  to  give  each  oth 
ir  undue  advantages  over  the  rest  o 
society,  through  the    deception    of  ai 


A  man  was  seen  in  Stale  Street,  Bos 
ton,  not  long  ago,  with  the  above  in- 
scription on  his  bat.  There  he  stood. 
and  strolled  amidst  the  concentrated 
wealth  of  New  England,  looking  as  sol- 
emn  as  an  old  Pharisee, with  this  hall'  im- 
ploring, half  rebukeiul  phylactery  on 
his  hat: 


Who  he  was,  wheiher  a  quack  doc- 
',  defaulting  treasurer,  a  cunning 
yster,  editor  of  some  Masonic  paper, 
bankrupt  broker,  who  after  making 
fortune  by  breaking  others,  doubled 
jy  breaking  himself — whether   doc- 


chant,  man 
■  ugh  to  atlon 


tlodi 


right 


that  you  will 
roald  shudder 


of  the  Golden  Cir 
by    organizing  i 


son,  yet  the  knigh' 
e.did  commit  treasn 

fa  ot  the  Republic 
jack  from  the  ulaugl 
nd  yet  the  Ku-Kiuj 


dered  in  cold  blood    at 

hour,  and  yet  Jesuitry  d 
crecy,  the  f.  arful  oaths, 
designs  of  a  few  crude  a 


0fB 


ted  by    the 

trol— th 

nplisbm 


ciety,     theso  deeds,  and,    if   possible, 

trated.  So  that  it  is  by  the  design* 
and  deeds  of  which  such  organiz  itiout 
are  capable,  and  for  which  ihey  may  be 
or  bave  been  uied,  that  they  are  to  be 
judged.  The  little  animal  which  you 
find  in  the  jungle  may  be  as  gentle  and 
playful  as  a  kitten,  but  let  it    come    tc 


ntye 


oft 


you  find  in  it  all  Die  ferocity  of  the  tiger, 


tofti 
land 


e  horrible 

oatbe  tends  in  its  very  nature  lo  famil- 
iarize men  with,  and  prepare  them  for 
perpetration  of  similar  deeds;  while 
the  sworn  obligation  to  conceal  and  nev- 
er reveal  the  secrets,  and  aid  in  his  ex- 
tremity the  brethren  of  the  order,  puis 
one  in  the  disagreeable  position  of  be 
ing  bound  by  all  the  obligation  such 
oaths  can  oreate,  to  perform  acta  from 
which  every  noble  feeling  of  his  nature 
would  revolt. 

But  I  started  out  with  the  intention 
not  only  of  showing  that  we  give  the 
fraternities  "  fair  play"  in  our  assaults 
upon  them,  but  also  of  showing  that 
their  organizations,  judged  by  their  own 
claims,  and  giving  the  most  charitable 
interpretation  to  their  purposes,  ure  ut- 
terly at  variance  and  at  war  with  fair 
tiety  in  all  its 
;arly  as  poasi. 


ring  from  the  public   all 

l  from  the  secret  fraternity  the  dis- 
iniiMtiny  tdvoit,  which  they  have  to 
stow.  To  the  extent  that  there  ia  in 
:iety  a  discrimination  against  every 
tier  class,  in  proportion  as  the  frater- 
ies  favor  their  members,  they  disfa- 
r  those  who  are   not  their    member*; 

ail  fair  play, society  oulsideof  the  fra- 
ni lies  should  combine  against  the  fra- 
nities  and  favor  each  other  at  their 
pense.  While  society  does  not  thut. 
criminate  against  the  fraternities,  ii 
manifestly  unfair,    dishonorable   aud 

s  vwn  b'ii;-.If,    ,.nd  ..gainst  ibe  uen- 


)  bel,  I    would  lay  a 

ras  a  Mison; — probably  one  i 
idle     French  Masons,    who    ca 

selves     Communists   or    Intern; 

a;  and  who,  alter  diigr.v.'ing  tht-i 
own  capital  city,  Paris,  are  exceeding 
ly  anxious  td'  perform   the  same  job  i 

If  that  man  wanted  work,  why  did 
he  notgoand  let  himself  to  som.*  hon- 
est farmer,  who  is  in  want  of  a  la- 
borer J  It  is  easy  enough  to  find  such. 
Or  why  did  he  not  go  and  buy  a  de- 
serted farm  in  New  Hampshire  and 
pay  for  it  in  ten  years    with  his   own 


<od  livi 


f  he  i 


ntry  * 


ether 


>  look  down  upon  and  crush  the  poor 
.borer  by  way  of  amusement,. 
Now  the  question  is— what  ought 
le  farmers  of  the  country  to  do  for 
lis  min  in  State  Street,  who  wanted 
ork  so  badly  (  Ougtit  tlicy  to  bee  ime 
grangers,  and  thus  turn  themselves 
oody  and  soul,  to  be  played  upon 


■  ifforv. 


He 


escape  due  process  of  law  is,  or  i 

be,  a  villian.      He  who  enters 

gain  advantage  in  his  business 

nest.       He  who  enters  them  to 

political  advantage  is  plotting  again 

Republic.       He  who   enters  thee 

any  conceivable  object  for  which    they 

could  be  constituted  is   actuated  by 

unworthy    motive,  is    opposed  to  /<. 

play,  and  is  so  far  un-American. 

recently  had  an  opportunity  to  s 
working  of  thesyatem.     Traveling 
ail,  on  a   road  which  ia  under  Mi 
opposite  n 


Jladi 


ased  i 


When  the  conductor  came  along    they 
quested  him  lo  let  them  off  ut   a  sla- 
on  where  the   train   did   not  usually 
stop,  and  gave  as  their    reason   that  a 
residing  there  was  at  the  point  oi 
death,  and  they  were  exceedingly 
osee  her  alive-       The  condi 
ly  hut  positively  declined,  giving 
reason  that  hewaB  under  positi' 


egular  e 


to  gel  offal. 

what  I  had  seen  ii 

I  hud  no  hope  of  1 

my  friend    we 


.ttoaa    without    ordei 


*  afier,  traveling  on  the 
it  a  way  station.     From 

J  with  the  promi.n'  I  hat 


this  gave  place    to  a  feeling  of  indig 
id,  that  what  the  breaking  of  hei 


oiild  be  in  even  the  re- 
lonneeted  with  anything 


for  the   interests   of   Com 

.ionala,  and  other  such  M*s 
gnt  they  simply  lo  invite  m 
lue  cuy  who  want  work  to  como 
he  country  and  gel  ill 

ly  makes  of  himself,  by  this  meai 
piece  aud  part  of  a  great  machine, 
chief  use  of  which  is  to  be  played  upon 
for  the  benefit  of  idle  fellows,  residents 
of  cities,  great  seekers  after  wor 
which  ihey  never  find,  wboBe  princ 
pal  means  for  making  a  living  is  "spec 

A  soldier  might   as  ' 

enlist  in  the  army  and 
ders  of  the  general,  as  the  farmer 
expect  to  join  a  secret  Bociety  and 
'  ip"  la-nig  oi.i.ie  ibe  tool  of  a  worth 
set  of  sharpers  in  our  cities,    P.  H.  < 


fa  mly  who  had  attended  the  services 
of  the  Cumberland  Presby  tt  nan 
church  and,had  concluded ,to  unite  in 
fellowship  with  that  communion,  but 
suddenly  changed  their  minds  very 
decidedly,  and  for  the  reason,  (they 
informed  me)  that  they  had  set 
pastor  of  thatchurch  marching  through 
the  streets  in  Odd-fellow's  procession 
decorated  in  Odd-fellow  regalia,  Hi 
appearance  and  company  bo  disgusted 
and  aggrieved  them  that  they  coulc1 
not  receive  him  aa  their  pastor  anc 
spiritual  guide. 

To  this  statement  my  friend  ond  fel- 
v  citizen  replied,  that  he  was  both  a 
eemason  and  Odd-fellow,  and  had 
had  been  for  years,  that  frequently  he 
Seen  present  at  lodge  meetings 
clergymen  had  been  elected  and 
ed  as  members,  and  that  he  had 
witnessed  it  without  emotions  of 
regret  and  misgivings;  and  then  ad- 
ded the  strong  adverment,  sayiug  with 
full  and  frank  expression,  that  the 
lodge  room  of  these  orders  was  no  place 
for  ministers  of  the  Gospel;  that  their 
commingling  with  these  was  not  con- 
sistent with  their  high  calling  and  sa- 
cred profession.  The  train  was  ready 
and  we  separated.  In  my  subsequent 
reflection  on  this  expressed  sentiment 
by  an  adhering  Mason  and  Odd-fellow, 
I  was  ied  carefully  to  inquire,  wh< 


nined  that   I  should 
nformed  me  through 


ing  under  inslru 
Master,  had  dete 
be  expelled.  Hi 
the  Junior  Warden 

such  an  article  was  enough  to  expel  the 
best  Mason  in  the  world.     Sec    62    of 
the  Grand  Lodge  by-laws,  pi 
all  trials  for  Masonic  offenset 
under  its  jurisdiction  shall  tn 
A>regular  charge  in  writing,  specifying 
igned  by 


the  a 


shall  t 


deliv 


secretary,  who  shall  read  i 
regula 


t  the  i 


Mat 


hall    be 


.11  appoi 
place  for  trial,  of  whi 
the  duty  of  the  Secretai 
and  timely  notice  to  the  accused,  wh 
shall  be  entitled  to  acopy  of  the  charr. 
ea  and  [ample  time  and  opportunity  t 
prepare  his  defense. 

I  am  County  Surveyor  and  ex-offici 
Inspector  of  Coal  Mines  in  and  for  th 
county  of  Knox  and  state  of  Illinois, am 
it  was  my  official  duty  to  inspect  th- 
highway  crossings  on  the  three  rail 
roads  of  the 


)dos 


nty. 


i  othei 


ork 


i  propriety  and  honi 
jmeanor  and  good  or 
ter   of  the    Gospel  t 


3   0bll< 


able, 


ligion 
i  his  c 


their  form 


aified 


.'104  -omd 

pc  and  profession  in  the 
jeople;  can  these  louge 
ms  and  those  who  frequent  them, 
proper  places  and  associates  forpro- 
ling    Christiana   or  any    body  el3e! 


.Vnin;:    i 


waning  foolishness 
Odd-fellowship, 

a  and    degrading 


denying  religion 
lly  form3  and  c 
followed  in  the. 
ders,  in  any  wis 
from  the 


laid  t 


nd  be  separate?     Yea, 

,  full  verification  of  the  seuiiment 
f  Solomon,  found  in  Ecclesiasles,  x 
:  "Dead  flies   cause   the   ointment  of 

the  apothecary  to  send   forth  a  stinking 
io  doth  a  little  folly  him  that  is 


eputs 


lfori 


A     faot:      About 

since  I  left  my  reside 
ng  village  in  Illinois,  ' 
ter  with  friends  in  i 
On  repairing  to  the  d> 
pelled  t 


twelve    month 

f  native  state. 
lot,  I  wascom- 
xtra    train    and 


of  i 


putable   and   intelligent    gentleman,  a 

Presbyterian  church.  Conversation 
oon  turned  upon  the  churches  and 
lergymen  of  our  town.  I  remarked 
bat  I  had   known  an  excellent,   pious 


o  appear  before  Yatea  City  lodge, 

.9th,  1872.  At  the  Bame  time  he 
ne  a  copy  of  the  Charges  wilh  sp 
lations  as  follows:— 


In  the  performance  of  iny  dmiea 
unior  Warden  of  the  lodge,  I  hen 
resent   lh>-  following  charges    agai 


i  be  called  on  to  do  for  the  benefit 
assessors.  All  th-B  work  I  was 
required  to  do  before  the  1st  of  July. 
I  had  sent  lawful  notices  to  the  super- 
tendenta  of  the  railroads  that  I  would 
i  prepared  to  inspect  the  crossings  oc 
their  several  roads  on  the  16th,  17th 
and  18th  days  of  June. 

On  the  I4th  day  of  June  I  received 
from  John  S.  Winter,  county  clerk,  thi 
following  notice,  which  I  considerei 
equivalent  to  a  summons;  but  whicl 
Grand  Master  Hawley  (who  is  or  wa 
county  clerk   of  Leo  county,)   pays  ii 


allowed  an  opportunity  to  vote  as  they 
pleased,  two  of  them,  J.  H.  Nicholson 
and  Charles  D.  North,  were  absolutely 
compelled  to  expose  themselves  so 
completely  that  every  one  in  the  room 
knew  that  they  intended  to  black  ball 
the  candidate.  That  they  did  not 
black-ball  the  candidate  was  not,  as  I  at 
first  thought,  in  consequence  of  such 
exposure,  but  was  owing  to  a  cause  for 
which  the  W.  M.  was  not  responsible. 
Two  of  the  brethren,  Martin  B.  Mason 
and  A.  C.  Bloomer,  have  admitted  that 
they  would  have    black-balled  the  can- 

w'nh  the  secrecy  of  the  ballot.  But 
they  expected  Nicholson  and  North  to 
black-ball  him  and  knowing  that  one 
'ilack-ball  was  as  good  as  a  dozen  they 
ach  held  back.        W.H.  Ron  ins 


to  store  the  mind  of  the  rery  aptest 
learner.  Put  a  person  in  possession  of 
all  the  'sign-'  of  Masonry.and  he  could 
no  more  palm  himself  off  Tor  a  Mason 
on  Masons,  than  he  could  palm  himself 
off  for  the  ghost  of  St,  John.  Masons 
prove  themselves  as  Masons,  as  travel- 
ers prove  themsolvHs  as  travelers.  The 
man  who  has  Bpent  years  of  his  life 
in  groping  about  the  celebrated  shrines 
of  the  old  world,  can  sit  down  by  the 
side  of  a  smouldering  fire  on  a  hearth- 

in  tell  great  soul-stirring  stones  of 
■ppliog  castles,  aud  storms  at  sea,  and 

,e  skies  that  touoh  them,  all  painted 
ith  the  tints   of  Italy.        He  can    go 


Mec 


-elate 


The  Ludge  Replies 


>  tie:  Brooklyn 


I    cr-a 


both  to  the  brethren  and  to  the  ui 
ated;  and  has  been  guilty  of  disclosing 
uroL'eediogs  of  the  lodg^  to  outsiders  ' 
violation  of  Sec.  2,  artcle  7,  of  our  ] 
laws.  He  has  also  manifested  a 
vengeful,  unmasonic  disposition  ( 
wint  of  respect  for  and  obedience 
Masonic  superiors,  which  is  in  direct 
violation  of  Sec  2,  article  10  ol 
By-laws.     With  the  following  ape i 


up  Ibe  lodge.  He  also  expressed  a  re- 
gret that  he  bad  become  a  Mason. 
He  has  expressed  similar  sentiments  in 
tiie  presence  of  others  both  tohisbreth- 

2d.  On  or  about  the  25th  of  May. 
1873,  he,  in  the  presence  of  Bro.  F.  T. 
Westfall  and  myself,  ignored  the  opin- 
ion and  ruling  of  the  Grand  Master, 
aud  used  very  low,  degrading  language 
in   regard  to   him. 

2d.  There  was  published,  in  the 
Christian  Cynosure,  an  article  over  hie 
nignature,  which  he  boasts  of  having 
written,  in  which  is  clearly  manifested 
a  revengeful,  unmasonic  disposition.  By 
the  wriiing  and  publication  of  which  he 
has  violated  his  obligation,  and  shown  a 

icity    seldom  wi 
my  man, 

Up  to  this  point,  the    proceedings  o 

the  lodye  were  perfectly  regular,  excep 
y  failed  to  furnish  me  a  copy.o 


irticle, 


e  of  knowing  wheiher  it  was  the 
ritten  by  me  and  presented  to  a 
friend  of  mine  or  not.  Although  the 
article  written  by  me  early  in  the 
pring  was  addressed  "Mr.  Editor,"  it 
*as  not  written  expressly  for  the  Cy 
insure,  and  I  did  not  know  of  theexis- 
once.  of  any  such  paper.  I  wrote  the 
rticle  for  publication  in  any  independ- 
>nl  newspaper,  if  such  a  ihing  could  be 
found.     But  the  W.  M.,  probably   act- 


from  the  lodge. 

GALEsnuao.  III.,  Jui 

W.H.Rubnw,*,  Co.  Sun 
Yaus  City,  111. 
Mr.  E.  T.    Ellett,   Assi 
lersonTp.,  says  that  he 

lo  some  work  for  him  in 
bathe  has  not  heard  froi 

<ttend  to  this  matt-r  as  h 
lurry  and  it  is  quiie  impi 

John  S.  Winter,  Co  Clerk. 
On  the  same  day  I  informed  the  W. 
U.  that  it  would  probably  be  impossi- 
ble for  me  to  attend  the  meeting  of  the 
idge  on  the  19l1i  without  interfering 
witb  my  duties  as  County  Surveyor.  I 
also  informed  him  that  I  h 
Bro.  G.W.  KreUinger,  of  Knoxville 
lodge,  No.  86,  to  act  as  my  counsel 
and  that  I  had  seen  J.  U.  McMurtrie, 
District  Deputy  Grand  Masier,  wb< 
had  promised  to  visit  the  lodge  and 
witness  my  trial.  I  think  thai  the  W. 
M  would  have  granted  me  time  if  he 
had  not  been  fearful  that  the  District 
deputy  would  interfere  with  his  pro- 
ceedings. I  was  forty  miles  away  from 
home  at  the  time  of 
home  at  midnight  on  the  10th.  Before 
going  home  I  saw  Dr.  Harrison  Steel. 
W.  M.  of  the  Elmwood  lodge,  and  be 
informed  me  with  much  appai 
facdon  that  I  was  expelled.  While  I 
was  at  Rio  station,  on  the  R.  R.  I,  4 
St.  L.  R,  R  ,  on  the  17th,  waiting  for 
the  arrival  of  the  Chief  Engineer 
road,  I  preferred  the  following  charge 
nst  the  lodge,  and  I  think  the  W. 
M.  was  very  anxious  to  accomplish  my 
sion  before  the    charge  could    be 

pbsCitt.  111.  June  17th,  1873. 

Mn*t  Worshipful  Grand  Master: 

I,  W.  H.  Robinson,  a  memberl  of 
Yates  City  Lodge,  No,  448,  A.  F.  4 
A..  M.,    hereby    prefer    the   following 

charges  against  the  lodge  of  which  I 
im  a  member.  That  is  to  say,  I  charge 
the  lodge  with  gross  irregularities  im- 
mediately preceeding,  and  closely  con 
nected  with  the  balloting  on  the  peti- 
tion of  a  certain  candidate  to  be  made  a 
Mis  n,  whereby  said  oandidate  was  de- 
clared duly  elected,  when  but  for  such 
gularilies  he  would  have  been  a  re- 
jected candidate  instead  of  a  Fellow 
Craft  Mason,  prohibited  from  becoming 


aid.-, 


)  past    few   weeks  ''professor' 

i,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Blanchard  ai 

him,  (Heaven  save  the  mark; 

l  pulpit  over  on  tht 

modern  Christianity  (that   is  with  the 
most  ungovernable  antipathy  to   every 

and  exposing  (Heaven  forgive   him  for 
the  fraud)  what  he  calls  the  "secrets  ot 


■nry." 


Ofc 


3  the] 


longer    any    mystery   about   anything 

Masonic.     Blanchard  has  let  the  old  cat 

completely  out  of  the  bag  and  with  her 

goat  and   the  gridiron  aod  all    ih.- 

other  paraphernalia,  and  what  is    most 

aarkable  of    all  in     a     Presbyterian 

lister  he  has  worked    himself  up    to 

h  a  pitch  that  be  has  absolutely  neg- 

know  whetherany  of 


iw  its  dying  rays  wandered  through 
e  stained  glass  of  some  old  abbey, 
d  lingered  on  the  lorubsione  of  some 
ad  king.       But  let  the  sham  traveler 


iculiy  of  separating  the 
he  true.  At  the  judg- 
Ul   then,  will    M.sonry 


i  oft 


il.-y 


b'y  of  the  late  harangue  of  a    cer 
other  enemy  of  Miionry,  Pope  P 

u.IX      You  koow  that  high  function 


rMai 


In  my  specifications,  which  were 
allowed  by  a  couple  of  Masons  to 
I  read  them  (one  of  these 
ib  was  secretary  of  a  lodge) 
jl'iin  enough,  bo  that  any  man  of 
ordinary  intelligence  could  understand 
if  he  wished,  1  look  particular 
to  show  to  the  Grand  Master  the  I 


b  top  of  hi 


s  bim  by  detail  froi 
to  the  soles  of  his 
under  his  feet  and  theground  lha 

deep  and  I  do  not  know  how  penetrat 
ingcurseBare  as  a  rule,  but  if  there  it 
any  virtue  in  the  tallest  kind  of  cursing 
I  should  think  that  there  would  be 
danger  that  those  curses  of  old  Popt 
ius  wo-Jld  go  clear  through  the  earth 
id  blister  the  feet  of  the  heathen 
hinese.  Now  lean  imagine  an  old 
an  in  his  dotage,  shorn  of  his  tempo- 
,1  power,  RomedrifU'd  from  Inn  grasp, 
'erything    gone,    but    the  power     lo 


bio 


trembling  all  over  with  age  and  ex- 
it— exclaiming,  curie  his  eyes, 
ia  nose,  curse  his  mouth;  but  1 
dly  imagine  a  man  in  bis  prime 
;upies  a  gospel  pulpit  launching 

nothing   but 


ihea 


jut    lis  lei 


Mu. 


n  I  imagine    him  using    as  his    text 
book  in  place  of  the  Holy  Bible  a  fifty 

'hicb  has  been  exposed  on  every  news 
land,  and  by  which  the  gullable  part 
f  the  public  has  been  humbugged  foi 
the  past  twenty  or  thirty  years.  I  havi 
respect  for  the  old  Pope,  because  | 
his  age  is  against  bim.  I  havt 
for  Blanchard,  because  being  t 
myself,  I  know  him  to  be  a  will 
ful  and  systematic  fraud.     The  fact  U 


len  1  1 


■    about    her  company   and 

ice,  and  very  likely  of  bap- 
hope,  follows  naturally. 
r    a    boy   Bpeakiog    of  his 


e,  and  the  boy  has  taken  a  long 
i  toward  the  bad.  And  the  girl 
i  pouts  when  reproved  by  her  moth- 

ly  mutinied  against  the  law  of  heav- 


I  Iheiek 


iV    y.  Obst 


le    who  doei  not     know   himielf, 

all  his   life  time  lived  away    from 

;  among  his    neighbors,  who    have 

learned  bim  better  than  he  has  learned 

f.      He  who   knows  himself,  has 

lived  at  home,  and  knows  more  ol  him- 

elfthan  his  neighbors    know  of  him. 

Mercy  among  the  virtues  is  like  the 

parkling  and  vivid  as  many,  but  dispon- 
ing a  calm  radiance  that  hallows  the 
rhole.  It  is  the  bow  lhat  rests  upon 
he  bosom  of  the  cloud  when  the 
storm  is  passed,      It   is  the    light   that 

A  good  conscience  is  to  the  soul 
what  health  is  to  the  body;  it  pre- 
serves  a    consani    ease    and  serenity 


i  that, 


and  genllem 


aight  I 


rhioh  can  possibly  befall  us. 

Let  any  man  give  himself  up  to  the 
indulgence  of  his  appetites,  and  bis 
mind  will  became  dark  as  midnight  to 
it  sensible  objets.  He  will  "walk 
the  sight  of  his  eyes  and  the  hear- 
ing of  his  ears."  but  is  nevtr  likely  to 
'e  or    know    anything  of  God    aa 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  JANUARY  29,  1874 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 


Chk'ii!:i),  I  hitrsdny,  Jan.  20.  1874. 


HE?-  1>.  H.  MULLEU'S  SEKMOX. 

Masonic  sermons  aad  orations  are  fre- 
quency sent  to  as  to  be  reviewed.     We 

frequently  reviewed   them.      And 

oq    hind  a  large    number  at    this 

But  we  find  (hem  as  much  alike 


go  v 


a  grot 


and  Dempiey  shall  Bid  the  noble  fore* 
of  lecturers  al  their  command  too  few, 
and  shall  call  upon  the  Lord  for  more  la 
bonrs  for  hie  Harvest,  And  let  nt 
S^b;la-gard  in  securing  delegations 
Arrangements  should  be  mide  also  fo 
reduced  fare  od  New  York  aadweslen 
rail  roads  so  far  as  possible,  and  inqui 
ries  to  this  end  cannot  be  made  too  ear 
ly.  The  National  Reform  Convenlioi 
meeting  next  week  at  Pittsburg  ha 
reduced  rates   over  all    the  Pennsylva 


ENDIND  WITH    F 

friend.        Whe! 
,nd  it,  fa 


desire  for  the  prompt  and  only  uttei 
destruction  of  Freemasonry  and  tb« 
abandonment  of  the  principles  that  un- 
derlie and  sustain  it.  Whether  thi 
work  is  a  quick  one  or  not  depend* 
largely  up»n  our  readers.  They  art 
scattered  through  about  three-fourthf 
of  the  United  States,  in  the  Territorial 

there.       We  have  one  or  more  subscrib 

New  York,  and  we  think  in  as  large  oi 
larger  proportion  in  the  counties  of  sev 
eral  other  states.     We   think  that    wi 

such  a  widely  scattered  circulation. 
Like  the  early-Christiana  who,  wher 
scattered  abroad  went  everywben 
prencbing  the  word,  the  readers  of  th< 
Cynosure  should  spread  its  truths,  sc 
vital  to  Christianity  and  a  free  govern 
ment  everywhere.  Distribute  tracts, 
read  them  to  your  friends  when  thej 
visit  you,  or  you  visit  them,,  so  far  ai 
you  are  able  sell  or  give  away  books 
Gen.  Phelps'  book,  The  Broken  Seal 
Finney  on  Masonry,  Narratives  and 
Arguments,  the  Morgan  books,  eti 
At  all  times  see  that  your  rel: 
tives,  friends,  neighbors,  churcl 
es,  are  informed  and  interested  in  th 
work.     Get   subscribers  for  the  Cyn< 

your  neighbsrhood,  your  toweshi] 
your  county,  and  so  far  as  you  can  ii 
fluence    it,     your     6tate,     receive    i 


ligeni 


m.ke   "quick    work."      Even    though 

will   be  a  quick  and   glorious  work  il 

ovenhrown  and    the  principles  of  di 

rality,  treason  towardeuur  guvernmf] 
and  in  religion  i<  fidelity  and  devil  w« 
ship  are  eradicated  from  the  minds  and 


The 

nnusl  mttiiD.   of  lb.   Lining 

bell  id 
M.ebg 
Feb.  la 

inly  Anti-secret  Society  will    be 
Howell,    Livingston    Cuu-ty, 
i,  on  We  J  ne. da,  and  Tbur.d  ,y 

Gjod 

speakers  from  other  slates  wil 

Bv  Oeoaa  of  Coa. 

Notice  to  Asauohiiiuiij  in  3 

The  New  York  Stale  Ass 
posed  to  Secret  Societies, 
County    and  Town  Acsoci 


i  the 


pOBsible,  tbrugh  their  Secretai 
ries  or  other  cffi:ers,  to  the  Ci 
responding  Secretary  of  Ibe  Slat 
Association,  Rev.  A.  F.  Dempsby 
Blooost  Mills,  Cortlako  Co.,N.  Y. 

formation : 

1.  Name  ofCounty  or  Town,  Organ 
ization;  President,  Secretary  or  othe 
cffi*rs;  with  their  addresses. 

2.  Time  and  place  of  organization. 

3.  Number  of  meetings  held  to  date 
when  and  where,  and  the  number  of 
members  attending  each  meeting. 

4.  Present  condition  and  prospects  of 
the    society. 


What  help   is  wanted    from    lect- 
;  and  what  aid   will  be  afforded  by 


fearful  suf- 
Compared  to  the  importance  of 
those  practical  and  infinitely  varied  se- 
■eta,  the  Btgia  of  recognition  are  but  as 
drop  in  a  bucket.  Nor  are  those 
gos  of  recognition  of  any  importance 
Lily  as  they  are  connected  with  those 
which  haye  impjrtance,  and  as  they 
facilitate  the    o'.he 


'■'g^ers  patriotism  on  the  4th  of  Ju. 
In  fact  they  are  in  general  stale 
tions  from  the  steroiyp^d  works 
of  Rjbt.  Morris,  Sickels. Mickey, Oliver, 
omne  i/enits.  You  may  refute 
over     and     over     and     "the 


who 


another    dedic 


s  St. 


John's    day   returns.     We   are   u 
inclined  to  abjure  the  work  and    i 
clare  that  we  will  weary  ourselves    and 
our  readers   no  more  with  their  nai 

Occasionally  a  man  of  some  ability 
and  standing  comes  out  with  something 
that  has  somewhat  of  originality  and 
presents  ideas  that  may  profitably 
be  pondered  and  their  fallacy  may 
quire  to  be  pointed  out. 

The  recent  sermon  of  D.  H.  Muller 
of  the  M.  E.  church  of  Rochester  N. 
Y.,  may  perhaps  be  considered  to  be 
of  this  character.  At  any  rate  we 
selected  this  for  a  brief  review. 

The  author  writes  with  point  aDd 
clearness  and  evidently  bas  considera 
Me  power   of  condensation    and  is  no 

liness  and  bitter  disdain  toward  Anti 
masons.     But  his  discourse  abounds  ii 

capable  of  being  proved.     It   abounds 

siea  and  detractions  which  ought  to  ei 
etude  the*  author  from  the  pulpits  of  I 
church    which    claims    Wesley   as   it 


Of  unproved  and  unprovable 
mplet 


the. 


concealment  of  its  (Masonry's)  princi 
pies  is  made."  "Maionry  has  nolhin; 
to  fear  by  the  publicity  of  it 
aims  and  arts."  To  these  assertion 
he  appends  no  proof  for  the  obvious  r.ja 
son  that  what  is  palpably  false  does  no 
admit  of  proof.  "No  concealment  0 
principles  ("  Tbe  oathB  which  make 
iheMison  contain  the  only  valid  an 
binding  principlesof  Freemasonry;  nrj 
there  is  nothing  in  Masonry  which  M. 

conceal  and  still  strive  to  conceal  de 
pite  every  dsclcsure.  "Nothing  to 
fear  by  having  all  their  aims  and  a; 
known."  Why  then  swear  their  me 
berB  under  pain  of  death  to  eler; 
■oncealmentl  Thia  involves  both 
false  statement  and  a  self-contradictit 
for  the  author  defends  secrecy  as 
cardinal  necessity,  as  all  Masons  do. 


ft-nolbe 


undt 


"Ita 


We 


s  the 


that  makes  the  Masons;  and  in  all  theii 
oaths  up  lo  Royal  Arch  there  is  no  al 
lusion  to  any  moral  obligation  toward! 
any  or  affectionate  concern  in  the  we] 
fare  of  any  but  Masons  and  their  fam 
dies.  "An  aff.clionste  concern!'1  How 
does  it  promote  this?  By  leaving  all 
but  Mas ms  out  of  tbe  solemn  oblga 
'ions  or  covenant  which  dtfi  ie  and  en- 
force Masonic  duty!  By  teaching 
ihe  r  initiates  to  call  every  Freemason 
brother  and  hrand  all  otbfr'  with  the 
obnoxioui  epithet  of  "profane  cow- 
ana,"  which  means,  dogs.  The  aff -c 
lionate   interest  thua    taught,    any  one 


!     i,M. 


Con 


li    bandi 

those  whom  they  intend  to  prey 
upon,  and  divide  their  spoil.  Wi 
not  only  deny  that  this  stalemen 
of  Mr.  Muller  is  true,  but  we  affirn 
that  the  very  opposite  ia  the  tru'.h 
The  aim  of  Freemasonry  is  to  rob  ma- 
kml  in  general  of  thi 


iuPre 


lefitsof   God' 
',  "Thouahal 


thy  neighbor  as  thy  Pelf;"  to  li 

at    law  to    the  mystic  bniiln-rlm  xl 


Bernard,  pas 


and  ena 
-fits  at 
{See  Mi 
sim.) 

Another  unprovable  assertion — "Th' 
is  no  secrecy  connected  with  it  [Maai 
ry],  save  the  mere  fact  of  recognition." 
The  truth  is  the  oaths  and  indecent 
modesof  initiation  are  kept  as  secret  as 
the  grips  signs,  and  words.  So  are  the 
deliberations  and  acts  of  the  lodge,  and 
all  secrets  of  the  members  given  on  the 
Fquare.  "All  the  secrets  of  Masonry 
and  Masons,"  sweeps  a  wide  circle,  and 
others  than  Mnions  have  often  a  vital 
*t  in  those  secrets  or  which  they 
holly  unconscious,  and  by  reason 


f  thai 


.often 


orkioi 


Whei 


ntelli: 


od  a  Mason,  therefore,  gravely  asserts 
thing  so  monstrously  -and  palpably 
.ntrue  as  that  "there  is  no  secrecy 
onnected"  with  Masonry  "save  the 
aere  fact  of  recognition,"  we  may  char- 
itably hope    he  speaks   without  refW 


him 


delib 


)  reckless 


Then  he  goes  on  to  give  a  rehash  of 
tbe  thousand  times  refuted  and  shall 
sophistry  that  the  creation  and  the  Cn 
:s   and  providence,    tl 


i>» 


uah  "are  a'l  so  many  secret  organ:za- 
tions."  In  all  these  there  is  somewhat 
of  secrecy,  but  more  of  mystery,  that 
is  simply  inevitable  to  the  existence  of 
the  finite  and  the  infinite;  but  nolhiu.  , 
not  even  one  particle  of  Masonic  secre- 
cy in  it  all.  The  mysteries  of  nature 
and  of  Godliness  are   natural,  or  of  dl- 

ficial  and  of  human  device.      The  first 

are  real,  the   last  ficttt;ouB.      Men   do 

pprehend    the  first    because    God 


then 


the  capacity.     They  do  not  apprehend 
the  last,  only  because  men    deny  them 
opportunity.     The  first  are    true  mys- 
teries, the  last  are  false  ones;  they  are 
no    mysteries,     mere     make-believes. 
True  mysteries  are  equally  free  and  ac- 
cessible to  all,  the  false  are   atbilranly 
restricted  to  a  few.     There  ia  no  let  or 
obstruction    to  keep  any  one   from  ex- 
ploring the  true  to  the  utmost  limit   of 
bis  capacity,  or  to  forbid   his  imparting 
all  he  discovers  to  all  the  world.    The? 
are  guarded  by  no  tylers,  no  doorp, 
oaths.     Both  the  pursuit  and   the 
are  perfectly  free.   They  are  the  big 
and  depths  of   wisdom  and  knowlei 
which  God  has    founded   as  the    open 
(not  Becrel)  means   of  intellectual  i 
moral  culture,  and  as  an  equal  herit 

the  arbitrary  devices  of  tyranny  to 
bar  the  many  from   advantages    wi 
they  guard  as  a  monopoly  for  the    few 
at  the  expense  of  the  many.     As  t( 

there  may  be  true  mysteries  in  < 
being,  there  are  such,  but  none  of 
false;  for  every  one  knows  his 
thoughts  and  desires,  and   as  far  a 

And  so  of  the  family;  every   one 
ha9  been  bora   and   bred    in  a  family 
knows  whata  family  is,  and  what  fai 
.ly  secrets  are.        So  of   firms,    cour 


the 


secrecy  ie  of  a  nature  that  is  generally 
and  perfectly  understood.  The 
ialty  of  it  that  may  not  be  understood 
at  the  time  is  intended  to  be  only  tern 
porary.  Perpetual  secrecy  as  to  law 
ful  matters  is  a  thing  unknown  io  anj 
of  these  associations  until  they  at- 
tempt that  which  is  wrong.  No  indi- 
vidual nor  association  ever  desires 
sure  the  perpetual tecrecy  of  that  which 
is  lawful  or  praiseworthy.  Hence  the 
tremendous  efforts  of  secretisls  to  make 
their  secrets  perpetual  has  no  analogy 
save  !n  the  course  of  individual  or  as- 
sociated evil-doers.  There  is  not  prop 
erly  one  panicle  of  Masonic  secrecy  in 
any  of  ihe  examples  to  which  Mr.  Mul- 
ler refers.  If  such  secrecy  were  at- 
tempted in  tbem  there  would  be  in- 
stant explosion.      A    family  attempting 


uld  plat 


ielfo 


ble  society.  A  business  firm  would  there- 

ed  with  search-warrants.  Let  Congress 
undertake  to  sit  in  secret  with  the  uu- 

long  would  it  be  before  the  people 
would  assert  their  supremacy  and  clear 
the  balls  of  legislation  of  such  incum- 
bents » 

We  repeat,  there  is  not  rightfully  a 
particle   of   Masonic   secrecy    allowed, 

of  individuals  and  organizations  of  evil 
dotra  and  the  so  called  "  benevolent" 
secret  orders  that  are  allowed  to  intrude 
themselves  perniciously  and  perilously 
among  the  natural  relations  and  associ- 
ations of  human  society.  In  vain  do 
they  seek  to  confound  their  secrecy 
with  true  mysteries  or  with  the  neces- 
sary privacy  and  discretion  that  seeks 
only  self-protection,  and  modestly  re 
fratns  from  annoying  others  by  oblrud- 
ng  self  upon  them  in  matters  wherein 
they  have  no  concern.  Since  as  Ma- 
sonry professes, according  lo  Mr.  Muller, 
to  teach  the  knowledge  of  God,  to  pro 
mote  virtue,  and  all  the  good  that  per- 
tains to    the  universal  brotherhood   of 


ts  secrecy  brands  it  as  selfish,  as  a  con 
pirator  against,  and  robber  of  tha  uni- 
ersal  brotherhood  of  man-  Perpetual 
ecrecy  is  the  devil's  label  and  title  deed 
o  any  and  every  association  that  has 
su;h  seorecy  as  its  foundation. 

The  self  contradictions,   heresies  and 
tractions  of   Mr,    Muller'a    discourse 


DO!').-; 


etfy,  lecturing  and  organ  zng, 

-The  report  from  Salem.  Ind., called 

for  by  Bro.  Ivig^ins,  has  been  rece 

■  crowded  out  of  this  number 

for  the  political  column  are 

laid  over. 


r«i.s.i.b-.i 


course   of  only    local 

thousand  villages  take  up  tbe  strain, 
despotism  in  America  will  totter  to  its 
fall. 

—Masonry  shows  itself  the  "band 
maid  of  religion  in  this  manner.  The 
Grand  Master  of  Arkansas  decided  that 
"deftmationof  theoiigin,  character  and 
miBBon  of  the  Son  of  God  is  uo-Masooc, 
and  a  Mason  habitually  guilty  rf  such 
should  be  expelled."  Tnis  decision 
was  not  agreed  to,  but  laid  over  by  th, 
Grand  Lodge.  Such  deliberation  mirk 
the  character  of  the  institution  as  as 
sentionally  unchristian.  Would  a  de- 
fatoer  of  Mohammed  or  Brigham  Young 
be  treated  with   such  mercy! 

—The  College  papers  at  Yale  an 
discussing  the  secret  society  question 
especially  ita  religious  points,  whethei 
or  no  the  system  hinders  revivals  o 
religion  in  colleges.  The  particular! 
of  this  controversywe  have  noi  learned 
but  hope  it  may  be  another  blow  upoi 
these  fraternities  which  shall  hastet 
their  approaching  dissolution. 

—Copies  ol  the  Ithaca  (N.  Y.)  Daily 
Journal,  of  the  2lBt  and  22d  have 
been  received  containing  int>' renting  n 
ports^of  the  first  two  lectures  of  s 
course  in  that  city  by  Prof.  C.  A.BIan- 
chard.  Extracts  will  appear  in  thi 
next  weekly.  On  the  second  evening  f 
Masonic  rabble  undertook  their  accus- 
tomed part  of  hooting  and  jeering— 
a  certain  indication  that  the  truth  struck 
home.  The  Telescope  of  last  week  no 
lices  a  series  of  lectures  by  Mr.  Blan 
chard  in  Dayton,  0.,  in  February. 

— A  Jewish  secret  society, closely  as 
eimilated  to  the  Odd-fellows  in  charac 

al  convocation  in  Chicago  this  week.  Ii 
is  styled  the  "  Independent  Order  of 
B'nai  B'rilh  (-tons  of  the  Covenant)  and 


•Com 


,1  Con- 


vention." This  orde: 
ment  of  great  good  to  the  race,  but 
does  not  warrant  a  favorable  judgmei 
by  holding  the  serious  of  this  convet 
lion  on  Sunday,  nor  by  the  receptic 
and  concert  on  the  evening  of  the  sam 

— On  our  first  page  will  be  found 
clmracti'r'RUe  reply  of  the  lodge  to  M. 
Blanchard's  lectures  in  Brooklyn.  The 
very  convincing  allusioDB  to  the  Pope 
and  the  unattainable  secrecy  of  tht 
lodge  need  no  remark,  The  argumen 
is  so  puerile  that  h  reply  would  seem  ti 
give  it  a  force  it  has  not.  Cassia  Lodgi 
f  Brooklyn    has  endeavored    also  by 


mblto 


attract  a  favorable  smile  from  the  citi 
z-ns.  A  R?v.  Mr.Kendrick  here  appear 
ed  to  defend  the  insulted  honor  of  th< 
order  he  so  "dearly  loved,"  but  hi 
remarks  did  not  not  seem  worthy  c 
publication  by  the  Brooklyn  press. 


rchhai 


6  He 


with  able  articles:  "Jehovah  Nisei,  the 
Lord  my  Ii  inner"  by  Rev.  D.  McAllis- 
ter; "The  Reformed  Episcopal  Church" 
by  Rev.  J.  C.  K.  Mllig-m;  ■«  Religious 
Liberty  in  National  Education"  by  Rev. 
James  Kerr;  "Freemasonry"  by  Prof. 
C.  A.  Blanchard.  Tnis  magaz;ne  will 
uphold  the  principles  of  its  denomina- 

and  will  especially  advocate  the 
Religious  Amendment  reform.  It  will 
also    ttaud    true    to  tbe    referm  against 

dge.  Published  by  Our  Banner 
Ass'n;  $1.00  per  year.  Direct  to  Rev. 
J.  C.  K  Milligan,  Ssc'y  of  the  Ass'n, 
No.  847  West  30th  Sf.  New  York. 


TnB  San iTJ.ntur.~- Thia  able  health 
journal  for  February  has  its  usual  in- 
vesting table  of  contents;  "Tbe  Law 
:  Longevity,"  hy  Nathan  Allen,  L.  L. 
D.,    "Scarlelina"    and    ducussions    of 

LS.  Barnes  &  Co.,  New  York. 

The  Oalaxv  continues  lo  present  an 
ble  array  of  contributors.  Gen.  Cus- 
er's  sketches   of  Life   ou   the   Plains, 


Richard  Grant  White,  linguistic  notes 
Rhode  b  papers  on  European  Society 
lued.  The  January  number  ha 
er  on  Seward  and  Lincoln  by  Jer 
i  S.  Black,  who  maintains  the  Ma 
and  ultra  Southern  side  of  thi 
ion.    81,00;  Sheldon  uc  Co.,  Nev 


The  1 


In  lieu  of  correspondence  for  this  im' 
porlaot  topic  we  print  a  stirring  ap- 
peal to  the  workers  in  New  York  from 
ihe    Wtsleyan    to  earneat  co  operation 


the  National  1 


We  hoi 


i  the 


National  M-tmg.  It  is  desirable  thai 
-very  available  lecturer  take  the  field. 
Rsv.  D  P.  Raihburu.  R»v.  Woodruc 
Post.  Riv.  A.  Crooks,  R«v.  Amo, 
Hard,  R-v.  G.  M  Hirdy,  Rev.  N 
Wwdner,  R-v  B.  T.  R  .berts,  Rev.  C. 
D,  Brooks,  R;v.  A.  F.  Djmpsey.  R» 
D.  B.  Sniffio ,  J.  B.  Nesael,  E-q  ,  R,  v. 
D.  B.  Doaglass,  R;v.  N.  R.  Luce,  Rev. 
J.  B.  Fieeland,  Rev.  W.  W.  Jackson 
R-v.  EL  P.  Sellew,  Rev.  H.  Louus 
1.  Catton,  Rev.  Sydnej 
ong  the   men   in   thii 


Wll    llT 


'slow 


'  on  this  question 
any  of  them  being  solicited  will  d 
less  be  ready  to  respond  to  any  re 
able  call.     Besides  ihs  we  believe  they 
will   not    always    wait   until    called    by 


■all  of  Jebu 


hey  go,  preach. 


Was  the  overthrow    of  the   Spanish 
republic  occasioned   by  the  hurail 
of  Castellar's  submission  to  the  ii 


oft 


govt 


rescuing   tbose  captured  pi 

The  following    Is  clipped    from    th' 
Medina,  0.  Gazette  of  the  2d. 

Application    was    marie    some      tim< 


the   Gove 
of  Wm.  Packard  ofChal 
to  the  penitentiary  for 


yeai 


lion  was  niixned  by  jui 
neys,  and  all   parlies  having   ai 
to  doiffi'ially  in  his  arraignment 
-  by  alkr_  nearly  all   " 


applici 


On  Monday  Judge  Le* 


Packard  is  a  high  M 
They    met   in  a  str 


Mr. 


treet,  Packard 
gon.  Bryant  standing  on  the  ground 
the  pubic  highway.  In  some  sc 
adi6cusiion  high  words  were  ust 
ckard  in  a  rage,  with  the  butt  of  I 
ip  struck  Bryant  the  fatal  blor 
ckard  gave  bad  for  appearance 
0,000,  was  tried  at  cm: 


aud  I 


doned.  The  prophecy  of  the  peopl- 
had  been  fulfillel — pardoned  out  in  ( 
year.  Any  other  than  a  Freeraai 
would  have  been  committed  to  j  nl 
the  time,  or  ruled  to  much  heal 
bail;  sentenced  for  a  longer  period  i 
served  it  all  out.  Here  is  another  it 
from  the  same  paper  and  date: — 

f  Orlando  Burt,    chari 


'ith  r 


rape  on  ihe  ] 
.  FranLlin  Hale,  of  Wakei 
:luded  in  Norwalk  last  v 
1  rendering  a  verdict  of ''no 
dt-lt-nd'-nt  had  previously  I 
■d  of    the   same  charge. 


yeai 


tog  on  t 


Honed 

luvo  no 

knowledge,    the  item 

a  Ike   Sr 

t  inform.iion.     But  . 

do  know  Frnnkl 

n  Male.     He  is  a  good 

rmn,  a 

member 

of  tbe   Congregations 

cburcta 

o  Wckcr 

lao,    and  stands   higb 

n  publ 

c  estima 

ion.     It  is  well  worth 

nquirj 

how   m 

ucb     has  Freemasonry 

to  do  w 

lb  this 
I.  terond 

whole  affair  1     What 
trial  and  release? 

Vfhn 
Good    f 
nboira. 

a  good 
Is   il 

hlng  Freemasonry  is 
r    as    the  first  item 
qood    for      other  vil- 

most 

Let's  Eet 

10  tbe  bottom  of  these 

question    is    whet 

er    the    leaders   ol 

those  who  make 

heir   appearanco  in 

>narchists  of  the  old 

world,  whose  obje 

t  is  to   agitate   and 

break   up  our   republican   instilui 

for  the  purpose  of  sowing   the  seed   of 

Jesuitry  and  Monarchy. 

The  Jesuita  prefer  a   monarchy  t< 

republic,  because  it  would  be  eai 
lor  them  to  make  a  king  than  a  pri 
dent  Fklippe  db  Nkki. 


An  Advance. 


ro.K.—  I  have 
the  semi-annual  meeting  of  [the  Le 
monweir  District  Convention,  of  which 
I  am  a  member.  It  met  at  New  Lis- 
bon in  the  Presbyterian  church,  whose 
pastor,  Rev.  A.  C.  Wright,  a  Freema- 
son, was  moderator  of  last  meetiog.and 
chairman  of  the  business  committee  of 
the  session  just  closed.  I  presenter!  to 
that  committee  through  him,  tbe  fol- 
lowing request,  which  I  desired  to  have 
laid  before  the  convention:— "We,  the 
undersigned,  members  of  tbe  L-mon- 
weir  District  Convention,  believing  that 
membership  in  any  oath  bound 
society  is  contrary  to  the  principles  of 
the  Gospel,  and  believing  that  tl 
Christian  ministry  ought  especially 
refrain  from  all  connection  with  the: 
institutions,  do  respectfully  request  th: 
a  committee  be  chosen  to  repjrt  at  oi 
next  meeting  r.s  to  what  are  the  facts  i 
reference  to  Freemasonry,  and  whethi 
it  ought  not  to  bi  discountenanced  i 
the  Christian  ministry." 

Tnis  was  signed    by    four  minister 
members  of  the  Convention, and  though 

ject  of  Freomasonry  1. 


Thia 


way  e 


a  disc 


just  what  the  Masonic  element  dreaded; 
and  so  this  Misoniu  pastor  did  wb 
could  to  persuade  me  not  to  intt 
the  subject;  told  ms  of  the  religio 
terest  prevailing  in  the  church  which 
might  be  arrested  by  such  a  topic;  it 
formed  me  that  my  lectures  at  Mau 
tern  and  other  places  were  making  M 
sons,  and  that  he  himself  had  bean  ir 
du^ed  to  become  a  Mason  by  the  inlr 
duction   of  Rsv.  Wdliam    D;los  Love 


the 


Convention  of  1808.  But  seeing  that  I 
declined  to  retreat,  he  very  courteous! 
presented  the  request  and    moved    th< 


appoi 


The 


though  designedly   consi 

character,  will  doubtless 

ble  report.     This  is  certa 

on  their  action  one  year  ago,  when  they 

voted  to  expunge  from   their    record  a 

resolution     which    mildly 


A  Worthy  Sugjestioi 


read  the  Cynosure,  subscribed   for 
copies,  and  Bent  one  to  a  friend,  bought 
President   Finney's  biok,  and     fel 
warm  Bympathy  for   those  who  wei 
work  in  this  reform,     He  died  and 
buried.      His  wife  and  childn-n  r  o. 
from  him,  through  a  will,  what  proper  y 
Gol  had  given  them  through  honest  la 
bora.     Not  one  of  the  four  sons  woul 
subscribe  for  the  paper  their  father  sut 
taint d.   uNot  one  cent  of  hi^savings  an 

pending  for  existence  upon  a  small  con 
tr.bution  from  them,  to-day,  we  bav 
reason  to  believe  that  contribution  woul 
be  withheld.  In  view  of  these  facta 
methinks,  it  might  be  well  for  men  ii 
sympathy  with  this  movement,  to  men 
tion  it  in  their  wills;  and  then  bein| 
dead,  they  will  still  speak.  If  payin< 
one  hundred  dollars  to  this  work  would 
constitute  one  a  life  member  of  the 
Association  and  purchase  the  Cyn 
for  tbe  family  for  as  many  years  i 


...It  i 


Experience  31eet.nfr> 

I  have     been   fighting   slavery    and 
tobacco  from  the  day  I  arrived  in  N 
York  in  1845.      I  have  now  said  I  * 


inothei 


3  for 


the  sign  and  grip     Aboi 

ago  I  paid  ten  dollars  to  Odd  fellowship 

to  be  told  that  tbe  Bun  rises  in  the  easi 

and  se's  in  the  west.     I  have  been  try 

ing  to  atone  Bomewhat  for  lhat  piece  of 

folly;  and  I  want  every  man  inside  of 

my  "  cable  tow"  (12,000  miles  long)  10 

know  enctly  where  I  stand. 

Manteno,  III.        Joua  T.  Parkbr. 

The  first  1  knew  of  politics  was  in  the 

time  ol  the    murder   of  Morgan.       My 

father  was  a  very    radical  Anti-mason. 

I  have  been    in  the  anti-slavery  fight 

from  the  first;  voted  for  Birney  and  tbe 

aight  thing  since.        Havo  tried    the 

ns  of  Temperance;   found  that  they 

1  not  amount  to  anything.      Was   in 

the  Know  Nothing  lodge  long   enough 

find   out   that   the  Democrats  were 

lining  it.     Was  in  the  Union  League 


that 


during  the  war.  I  think  I 
the  only  way  of  true  reform  h  to  do  as 
the  Cynosure  does,  when  you  see  ai 
evil  to  rebuke  it  openly  and  pers'iBt 
Gborob  IJuiaroL. 


mtly. 


a,  III. 


I  am  in    full    sympathy     with   the 

forty  years  ago;  as  I  had  fought  slav- 
ery until  it  was  dead.  I  have  been 
fighting  secrecy  for  forty  years.  Having 
very  limited  education  I  never  wrote 
against  it,  but  I  love  to  read  what  good 
and  evil  meu  write  and  speak.  I  do 
not  think  it  takes  a  very  profound  sohol- 
lar  to  see  the  monster  creeping  into 
churches  and  fraternities,   and  deatroy- 

W«.  Rkioqlet. 
Gibson  City,  HI. 


Uewa  of  our  "^Torls 


In  t 


Field  In  Iudiai 


Wkstpikld,  Ind.. Jan.  Uth,  1874. 

Dear  Cynosuie: — Permit  me  (o  say 
to  your  readers  that,  although  they 
have  not  recently  heard  from  me,  I  have 
not  been  entirely  idle.  In  November 
after  my  work  nt  Milton,  Wuync  Co., 
I  visited  Dublin  in  the  same  county 
where  Bro.  Buthr,  the  President  of 
our  State  Association  resides.  Here  I 
lectured  two  evenings  to  respectable 
audiences  in  the  U.  B.  church.  I 
stopped  with  John  Huddlestone  and 
Bro.  Scroggy.  They  are  bolb  good 
■'Cynosure  men."  Bro.  H.  ia  very 
much  interested,  and  though  nn  old 
man  brought  liia  wife  to  our  meetings 
at  points  six:  or  eight  miles  away.  I 
trust  God  will  spare  him  long  to  stand 
up  for  the  truth  along  with  r-uch  men 
as  brother  Butler  and  Mariiu  Kelley. 
They  have  done  nobly,  and  will  do 
still  more;  will  you  not  brethren! 

Then  I  went  to  Hendricks  Co.,  where 
I  fou.'d  that  indefatigable  and  intelli- 
gent worker  in  this,  and  eyery  good 
cause,  Jonathan  Philips,  waiting  for 
me  at  the  depit      After  going   to   his 


am.lf, 


school  house,  where  I  spoke  on  ''Secre- 
cy" to  a  BDi  ill  audience.  At  the  requeat 
of  a  number  of  friends  we  arranged  for 
another  meeting,  which  was  held,  aud 
well  attended.   1  also  spoke  in  the  Bap- 

audiencea,  and  I  trust  good  was  done. 
Here  lives  brother  Sam'l  Cosner,  and 
earnest  friend  of  this  cause  and  a  read- 
er of  the  Cynosure,  He  promised  me 
to  do  all  he  ould  to  get  you  introduced 

and  I  hope  you  have  accordingly  "apresd 
yourself."  I  also  stayed  with  brother 
Sam'l  Pbillips:  who  is  truly  a  father  in 
Israel.  ThouZh  a  very  dffi  lent  man 
he  has  stood  up  for  a  pure  church,  and 
his  whole  family,  (J  jnathan  is  his  son) 
have  withdrawn  from  the  church  of 
which  they  were  members,  because 
they  could  not,  conscientiously, support 
ihe  lodge,  oven  in  the  indirect  way  of 
paying  a  Misonic  preacher. 

Oa  Monday  before  starting  for  home 
I  had  the  privilege  oTattendinga,  "gen- 

theQiakersin    CoaUville,  where    the 

preciousness  of  Jesus  was  real  zed  by 
nearly   all  pre 


this 


qute 


tady- 


<oing  people.  They  are  having  good 
meetings  and  extensive  revivals  in  var- 
ious parts  of  tbe  country.  I  was  so  for- 
tunate as  to  meet  with  the  younger  Mr. 
EJwards  of  the  Pliinfitld  Quarterly 
meeting,  a  very  intelligent  young  friend, 
whom  I  hope  to  tee  engaged  combating 
the  powers  of  darkness  in  the  future.  I 
arrived  at  my  home  in  Bowling  Green 
about  the  1st  of  December  to  find  my 
wife  quite  sick.  But  by  the  skill  of  our 
good  Doctor  Va  I,  and  the  blessing  of 
Gid,  she  recovered  sufficiently  lo  allow 
ol  my  attending  an  appointment  at  Sa- 
lem Center.  Ind.,  on  the  24th  of  Dec. 
I  arrived  at  Corrunna  on  the  24ih  in 
the  afternoon.     Brother  H.  P.    Bailer 

ing  about  twelve  miles  we   arrived   at 

.rtedtotbe(Pres.) 


Ispol 


rilh 


ne    liberty.     On   the 
are  was  a  house    full  of    peorle,  and 
;  church    is  an  exiraordinary    large 
i.     I  spoke  four  evenings  and  twice 
Sabbath,  (once  in  the  M.  E.  church). 
On  Saturday    (the  fourth)   evening  a 
jetton  of    $10.00  waa  taken    up   to 
it  in  paying  the  lecturer.     On  Mon- 
evening  we  met  again  and  instead  of 
ag   the   lecture  announced,     I  had 
n  excuse    me,  and    I  spoke  twenty 
utes  on  the  importance  of  organiza- 
;  after    which    I  called  upon   the 
friends  to  express  their  feelings  relative 
i  immediate  organization.     Elder  Ball, 
gray-hairtd  veteran  ot  the  croBs,  for- 
merly a  presiding  elder  in  this  (the  M. 
E.  church),  led   the  van,  by    making  a 
tirring  speech  against  the  orders,  and 
winding  up  with  an  appeal  to    organue 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE  :  JANUARY  29,  1874. 


of  the  most  touching  cat 
aftid  he,  "thought  that  I  waa  done  w 
the  active  battles  of  life.  I  had  gi1 
up  the  fiell  to  the  young   and  the  , 

here."  Twelve  or  fifteen  short  spee 
e9  were  made,  and  llien  while  the  ii 
w,i3  hot,  I  took  a  rising  vote  of  the 
dience  as  to  whether  we  should  org 
ue  or  not.     Two-thirds  of  the    lm 


had." 


be  held   in  ChffjrJ,   Susquehanna 

Co.  Pa.,  on    the  last  Wednesday    and 

Thursday,  the  25th  and    20th  of  Febu 

ry,   1874.     Amtnjj    the    resolutions 

osed  by  us  were  the  following: 

Ji-.vAi^d.    That  the  call  for    a    meet 


;Nit 


i,  N.  Y.,  on  June  2d,   1874,   with 

the  purpose    of  inaugurating    political 

tion,  meets  our  hearty  approval  and 

>  will  endeavor  to  be    represented  on 


iteff.o 


Tbet 


es  in  this  vicinity,  (M,  E.,    Preab 
ian  and  U.  B.)  are  a  unit  on  the  a 

cy  question.  The  Methodist  Episcopal 
brethren  have  a  minister  who  is  an  An- 
ti-mason; indeed  they  will  not  have  a 
Masonic  preacher.  They  desire  broth- 
er Levington  to  visit  (hem.  Will  Bto. 
Leviogtoo  plea«e  correspond  with  Elder 
Bull,  or  the  Postmaster,  at  S*lem  Cen- 
ter, Steuben  Co.,  Ind.?  Several  copies 
of  the  Free  £resa  are  read  here.  I 
hope  for  very  much  trom  this  organ i ai- 
ry, was  authorized  to  prepare  the  pro- 
ceedings for  publication  in  the  Cynosure 
and  I  have  waLched  for  them  with    no 


Uwiati'iu,  feeling  that  the  old    Key 
tone  Sute  should  not    be  behind    her 

Green  Grove.Pa.  Jan.  TOth,  1874. 


liiumi.  Meoliii-    oi'  Hie  Mhuiii  Cmmlj 
(lud  )  Association   Opposed  to  Secret 

Societies. 


wling-L 


lXei 


t  of  the 


mall  interest. 
Well,  1  returned  home, 


i  aftei 


Now  I  am  here  at  this  center,  ' 
field,  again,  after  an  absence  of  tw 
a  half  months  since  the  Stale  me. 
How  I  t,ol  here,  and  what  1  did  o 
way  remaiua  to  be  told  iu  my  next. 
God  bless  and  keep  us  all. 

John  T.  Kiooinb. 

Pennsylvania  Items. 

Dsar  Cynosure  :— The  Christian 
Association  of  North  Eist  Pa.,  oppos- 
ed to  secret  societies,  yet  lives  and  shows 
new  and  unmistabai  1?  signs  of  vigor. 
It  now  looks  toward  embracing  the  Key- 
stone State  in  its  agjM  salve  measures. 
Our  first  quarterly  meeting  of  this  year 
was  held  at  Factoryville,  Pa.,  oo  the 
7th  and  8th  of  the  present  month,  and 

congregations,  notwithslanding  the 
atorm  and  deep  mud,  were  quite  l.irge, 
the  closing  meeting  crowded  and  pro- 
foundly attentive  to  the  truth  spoken. 
Many  sons  of  the  orders  were  present, 
but  made  no  disorderly  demonstrations. 
Some  clattering  and  peeping  was  a  few 
times  heard  in   the  rear  seats,  but  the 

colts;  while  inside  the  ec-creiisis  kept 
their  ■■jewel"  nobly. 

Eld.  J.  L.  Barlow  did  most  of  the 
speaking.  He  is  a  war-horse  not  of 
the  second  diss,  a  grand  vld charger  o 
m»ny  victories;  rich  in  experience,  cool 
"m  battle,  logical  in  argument,  and  mag- 
namimous  toward  the  foa.  Eld.  S.  E, 
Miller,  though  nearly  down  sick  with  a 
heavy  cold,  made  hia  way  ten  miles 
through  atorm  and  mud  to  meet  the 
responsibilities  of  the  occasion,  and  struck 
Borne  very  telling  blows  on  the  head  oi 
the  "beast".  Eld.  A.  L.  Post  of  Mon- 
trose was  also  with  us  greatly  to  the 
comfort  of  ad  (  xcepd  ng  secrelUts  per- 
haps), and  much  to  the  advancement 
of  the  cause  of  (ruth  and  of  God.  Our 
brother  M.  D.  McDougal  (Free  Method- 
iai)of  Wilkesbarre.  Pa.,  with  brother 
Wm.  Bertles  were  on  the  ground  in 
good  season.  Brother  McDougal  gave 
ub  a  handsome  and  enthusiastic  speech, 
which  thril ltd  and  cheered  us  all.  These 
Free  Methodist  brethren  are  a  power 
this  land  against  the  evils  of  this  a/ 
whoBe  name  is  ''Legion."  I  thank 
God  for  tuch  a  noble  band  of  'soldi 
of  the  CrcEs." 

A  fact  for  ministers.     Some  time  i 
a  Baptist  minister  went  from  Daltui 
Facioryvdle  and    joined    the   Mast 
lodge  in  the  falter  place.     He   was 
pay  in  his  $40  lor    initiation  and   tl 
receive  it  back  again.     He    did  pay    it 
in,  but  did    not  gel   it  back.      Of 
Barlow  made  good  use.      It  was  a 
lng  "home  Ihruot"  which   must 
been  (elt  in  that  town  of  the  Baptist(f) 
"Key  Stone  Academy"  with  a  Mas 
corner  stone.      Strung  resolutions 
passed  by  the    body   and   also    by 
congregation  ( in  a  separate  vote  ) 

Christ  and  recommending  immed 
energetic  aclim,  political  and  relig 
These  for  the  sake  of  brevity  are  c 
ted.      It  was  gratifying  indeed  to    pass 

the  very  resolution  which  was  so  ab 
ruptly  tabled  by  the  Abington  Aesocia 
tion  of  Bap.isis  last  September  in  thi 
■'Brick  Church"  in  thisplace.  Acorn 
mitlee  consisting  of  Rev.  M.  D.  McDou 
gal  ofWtlkeBbarre,  A.  L.  PoatofMon 
troeeand  Eli.  N.  Callender  of  Green 
Grove  waa  appointed  t"  correspond 
with  different  portions  of  thin  State  in 
order  to  secure  as  emly  as  practicable  a 
Slate  Association  opposed  to  secret  so- 
cieties. Of  this  committee  Eld.  Na- 
than Callender  of  Green  Grove  is  chair- 


th  of  first  month,  (Jan.,) 
o  o'clock  P.  M.  On  accot 
arterly  meetings  of  the  U.  B,  and 
\V.  M.  churches,  (he  attendance  was 
mall.  By  suggestion  of  the  President, 
,he  constitution  and    the  nameB  of    all 

.ution  was  signed  by  two  otheia,  (mak 

The  following  efficera  were  elected 
for  the  coming  year.  For  President, 
M.  Darby;  Vice  Presidents,  Rtch- 
Tenlon,  Thomas  W.  Carler,  and 
Joseph  Allen;  Secretary,  Wm,  Small; 
Sec'y,  Mdton  Douglass; 
■ex-Lffi;io,  Wm.  Small. 
nstitution  of  the  State  Associ- 
9  read  and  signed  by  all  pres- 


tiiitik    the   cause  is    gaining,  al- 
ii the  progress  is  hindered  by  the 

other  places. 

e  were  not  visited  by  any  Becret- 
r  men,  except  one  Odd-fellow, 
(and  we  think  the  nam?  quite  appropri- 
ite  by  his  "odd"  look  as  he  inserted 
lis  head  aud  part  of  his  budy,  then 
■apidly  retreating). 

After  the  remarks  of  J.  M.  Darby, 
ind  J.  Canada,  the  Association  ad- 
journed to  meet  at  the  same  place  on 
1st  inat.  at  0  o'clock,  P.   M. 

Wm    Small. 


Correspondence. 


til  I 


Newark,  III. 

ar  Brother  H. :— For  a  long  time  I 

bad  it  in  my  mind  to  write  to  you 

v.- nil  th'ian  "but  was  let  hitherto" 

uink  I    must  delay    no  longer. 

hort;  life  is  uncertain;    what  I 

do    must   be    said    and  done 


tall. 


mdred 


■    for 


The  \ 

toodab 

Grant,  between  forty  and  fifty  forGree- 
ly,  and  one  for  ChatUs  Francia  Ad- 
os. If  I  am  accused  of  casting  that 
litary  vote,  I  do  not  deny  it.  It  is 
quite  unlikely  that  I  shall  ever  vote  at 
taction  again,  and  I 
wished  to  have  my  last  vote  such  as  I 
>t  regret   nor    be  ashamed  of 

wish  to  accord  my  emphatic 
protest  against  "  The  unfruitful  works 
of  darkness,"  especially  secretibm — per- 


"Ban  ■■ 


ions,    of  whatsoei 
he    chief  and    foremost    is    Masonry. 
Mmy  and  great  evils  exist  in  Christen- 
and  among  them  all,  I  apprehend 
there  are  none  greater  or  more  danger- 
jus  to  the  religion  of  Christ  and  to  all 
he   valuable   institutions   which   have 
j-en  generated  by  that   religion,    than 
;he  secret  orders  with  which  our  coun- 
ry  and  the  world   are    infested.     Ma- 
ionry  may  well  Btand  as  the  represeot- 
itiveof  the  whole  class.     Against  this 
ind  kindred  orders,  all  Christ's    minis- 
ters and  churches,  yea,  and  all  patriots 
thould  stand  opposed,    as   against  tbi 
most  subtle,  dangerous  and    deadly  of 
foes,   both  to  church    and   state. 
this  Miliject   1  can  tell  you  nothing 
— nothing    with   which   you   are 
much  better  acquainted   than  I.     You 
have    been   in   the   secret.     You  c. 
speak  from  experience,  bear  witness 
what  you  know  and  testify  lo  what  y 
have  seen,  and    I  receive  your  teetin 
ny.     I  think  that  those  who  have  be 
■  fulfill  in  the  M  lamiic  trap,  and  ore  * 
taped  aB  a  bird  out  of  the  snare  of  the 
fowler,  are  eminently  qualified  to  b< 
witness  of  what  they  have  seen  in  I 
lodge.     They  may  be  accused   of  p 
jury,  and  theiefore  not  to  be   believ. 
fact  that  they  had 


and 


.  off 


Voted  that  c 


xt  quarterly  i 


the  cruel  bonds,  repudiate    the    hi 
oalha  and  discard  forever  the  abor 
lions  of  Masonry,  taking  their  bus 
success,   their  properly,  1 1 1 * ■  I r  r>j[uil 
and  their  lives  in  their  hands,  and 
ing   from    this    worse    than   Egyptinn 
bondage,     darkness   and    heathenism 
renders  them  doubly  worthy   of  conf 
dence. 

I  believe  without   the  shadow    of 


doubt,  the  sta- 
men who  have  i 
and  kindred  o 
rictly  t 


If  so,  then,  should 


Maionry  carry  out  its  designs  an 

forth  its  legitimate  fruit,  the  < 
the  republic  are  numbered, "the 
will  go  into  captivity,"  and  the 
will  be  undone. 


s  Truly, 


L.  Farvh 


York,  Pa.,  Jan.  17,  1874. 

BdUor  of  Hie  Cynosure,— The  York 
■'publican  of  the  present  weok 
Ih  its  readers  that  a  grange  has  just 
ien  organized  in  Spring  Garden  town- 
ip,  York  Co.,  Pa.  This  is  its  firat 
ipearance  in  this  county.  So  you 
e  our  bard  working,  honest,  and  un- 
feeling farmers  are  about  to  be 
sled"  j'ist  a  little,  I  have  talked 
uch  and  have  scattered  miny  tracts  in 
is  locality,  and  now  I  feel  some  curi- 


urish    here.       I  wdl  loos  afte 


Masonry  and  Odd-fellowship  are  keep- 
y  very  quiet  here    now,  but  a   great 

many    new  orders   are  being    started. 

Indeed,  they  get  them  up   so  rapidly 


Qi.ult  t 
slyd 


)  with  t 


Asa 


York  and  vicinity,  and  i 
ho  are  burned  out  are  eithei 
Odd-fellows.    I  guess  they  1 


ind.      T 


!  a .! 


the  crimi 
ng  paid  in  matches 

d    be  afraid   to    o 

study  perverl 


i  little 


lodge?,  with  a  view  of  becoming  better 
hem-elves  and  reforming  the  incendi- 
ri^s  instead  of  hounding  tbem. 

Our  county  offi;era  are  all  Masons  or 
ther  foxy  fellows,   and   they  run   our 

heep-skin,  etc  ;  and  as  £300,000  have 

reasury,  I  guess  there  has  been  a  good 
leal  d  winking,  liO'Jd i >_]^,  mid^in^  -.-n:.  , 
ring  on.  Baltimore  detectives  have 
een  here,  Bat  they  can  find  neither 
aoney  or  thieves.  ''Hail  Masonry  di- 
me!" Thou  art  too  shy  and  crafty 
for  Baltimore  detectives,  who  no 
doubt  are  all  foxy  Hirams   themselves, 


a  Masonic  machine,  its  judge, 
attorney,  etc.,  all  being  bir^h 
it  would  be  beat  to  clean  it  oul 

would  feel  safe    without   going 


aptible,   throug 


Mu 


■  do 


c  rascality, 

rcsnertall-'. 

of  the  best 


whether  we  like    it  ■ 

When  I  tell  you  that 

n  York  county  carry    their  armi 

as  regularly  as  they  do  their  watches 
eir  hats,  you  can  form  your  own 
3n  of  the  York  county  Masonii 
,  which  is  managed  by  R.  J.  Fist 
judge,  who  has  been.andmay  yei 
member    of  the   Grand  Lodge   ol 

Yours  truly,         E.   J.  Chaliant, 
Religious  Herri. 


bo  held  in  every  society  through* 
the  church  to  procure  subscriptions  a 
collections,  to  be   equally  divided 


Seminary.— Rev.  E.  P.  Hammond  iu 
g  revival  meetings  in  St.  Louis. 
of  the  daily    papers  endeavor  to 

of  his  meetings.     Several  years 
mated  Mr.    Ham- 
umber  50,000.— 
Rev.  I.SKallocb,   formerly  a  Baptist 
clergyman  of  prominence  in  Boston,  rc- 


Moody  e 


jKai 

dabbled  in  politics  and  bolel-lir-i-ping  ■ 
the  injury  of  bis  religion,  He  haa  r< 
cently  uiven  up  these  occupations  an 
commenced  preaching  with  grt-at  po» 
er.  Hia  return  t'rom  his  bu  lulidii., 
seems  thorough.  —The  Rev.  Dr.  Hall 
church,  New  York,  will  be,  when  com 
pleted,  the  largest  Presbyterian  churc 
in  the  United  Stales — perhaps  the  lari 


ingB,  and    3,194  preaching 


Ol  an    Eipiscopa 

'ougl&as    prea^he 

the    fervor  of  a  Wesley  or  . 


Whitfield.  ; 

fold  a  thousand  t 

months  past 


mending  that  the  different 
tments  of  the  government  be  ren- 
ed  in  the  exhibition.— He  has 
gned  the  salary  repeal  bill,  which 
a  in  effect  Jan.  19th;  Congress- 
and  others,  whose  salary  was 
,  except  the  President  and  Judges 
;  Supreme  Court,  return  to   their 

old  pay.— The  House  Committee  to 
Gen.  Howard's  case  was  referred 

have    reported   in  favor  of  a    military 


clec 


admission  of  Pinchback,  the  choice  of 
Gov.  Kellogg's   faction.     It  is  proved 

him  to  Washington  was  fraudulent. — 
The  nomination  of  Mr.  Waits  to  the 
Chief  Justiceship  waa  unanimously  con- 
firmod    by  tbe  Senate  on    Wednesday 

Citt.— B.  F.  Underwood,  the  infidel 
and  Masoaio  lecturer  spoke  on    Sunday 
b.fore  the  Free    Religious   Society. — 
The  new  city  government  ifl  in    great 
tribulation  from  the  personal  attacks  of 
t*ie  Chicago  Times  upon  Mayor  Colvin. 
Hie  drinking  and  other  <_bnoxious  hab- 
its are  severely  written  up  and  the  par- 
ty which  elected  him  gets  whippedover 
ihoulders. — A  bitter  personal  cort- 
:rsy  has  sprung   up    between    Dr. 
ts     of   the    Wabash    Ave.    Baplisl 
ch  and  Dr.  Borroughs,   late  Presi- 
dent of  the  Chicago  University,    upon 
the  latler's  management  of  the  funds  of 
-Sunday  afiernoi 


»ther 


eld  < 


leeches    but   with 


Internationalist*  have  been  or^ani 

CijCntkt.— A   freshet  in  the  i 

running  through  Buffalo,   N.   Y 

ried  away  a  bridge  and 


Ran 


Is; damage  $80 
celebrated  Siamese  twins.  Chang  and 
,ng,  died  at  Mt.  Airy,  N.  C  ,  last  week 
ithin  a  few  hours  of  each  other. — A 
gasoline  explosion  in  a  knittiDg  mill  in 
Burlington,  Vt. ,  Jan.  2mh.  set  the 
bu  hiuiizou  firt- ;  L>  w.mi-n  perished  end 
many  were  injured.— Thestrike  in  the 
Pennsylvania  coal  mines  is  said  to  be 
virtually  at  an  end,  the  miners  having 
agreedto  the  terms  proposed.     Reports 


i  ordered.  The  new 
■liament  will  assemble  March  5th.— 
3  English    Prince,    Alfred,    Duke  of 


ind  Edinburgh  R^ 
v,  died  on  the  20th. — It  is  reported 
t  Dr.  Livingston  died  last  June  in  the 


M>:ii,  ■■iL-i  fn-v  1'iem   .  .  . 

"        a  Censer 

hriflt mi  (monthly  v 


s.n-M   H.ril! 

ithly  with  two 

National  Agriculturist 
Bee-Keeper's  Mugaiinc 

and  Be 

e.J°Ur2  60 

Chro 
Wood'i 

Household  I 

:.-<•■..  40c  ex- 

A1ABEET  REPORTS 


ANTIMASONIC  TRACTS. 


A  Tract  Fund  for  the  Frea  Distribution  o!  Tracts. 
"The  Antiamsonic  Scrap  Book," 

:<mt&ln.  .11  of  oar  31    Cyno.nro   Tr.cU.  boond   tojothor.  prit. 
iddrees   Kr.ru   A.   Oook   &    Co., 

HISTOEYOF  MASONRY. 


TfciOTNo.  l.PwTnju.T-^Sbowi  the  oripin  ol  Spoon 

Tbaot   No,   1,  Pibt   TlrtKD— Is  ent 
CHRIST- EICJLTJ  DING      RELIGION." 

MASONIC    MTJStBER., 

secretsTf  "masonry. 

BY  ELI  TAPLEY. 
*  TRACT  NO.  4. 

GRAND    GREAT  GRAND!! 
By  PHILO  CARPENTER. 

This  is  a  one  page  tract,  calling  the  attention  of  the  public 
to  the  despotic  and  ridiculous  tulw  of  Free  masonry.  Price 
15  ots.  per  100,  $1,00  per  1,000 

Extracts  Prom-  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  as 
Sworn  to  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Rhode  Island. 


Hon,  John  Ouincy  Adams'  Letter, 

fllviug  HJs.and   Hiy  Father's  Opinion  of  Froemaaonry 


Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

Ulvlnir   Hiw  Opinion    or  Frvi'iuusimi-y    (1s:{L'i. 


Sataaa's   Cable   Tow. 
"Freemasonrv  is  Only  15  2  Years  Old," 

"Murder  and  Treason  not  Eacaoptd." 


Fr002aa.as0aa.ryia  th.©  Ch,urola. 


Character  and  Symbols  or  Freemasonry 

Address  of  Hiigara  Couatj  A  S3scia.tian,  Nov  Tort, 

Concerning  the  Morgan  Murder,  and  the  character 
f  Freemasonry,  as  shown  by  (his  and  other  Masonic 
lur-Jnr-     50cta.  per  100,  or  |4.00  per  1,000. 

Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry. 


HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D. 


GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY. 


MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  and  VOID. 


Irif  ii  Qblis 


Si:  tans  why  i  Elriitim  should  mil:  a Fraeaaso 


ENOCH  HONEYNEIX'S  TRACT. 


TERMS  FOE  THE  CYNOSURE. 


erplnttloa  of  BubBonpUon 


Descriptive  Catalogue 

PUBLICATIONS 

EZRA  A.  COOK  &  CO.. 
13  Walmsh  Ave. 


GENT  PHELPS' 


NEW   BOOK 


ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES! 


FREEMASONRY*  EXPOSED, 

by  CAP'T.  WILLIAM  MORGAN. 

^  U.  J       m   D     BS    o/c.'uOM^.:.'.1:'!,;.!'.. 


THE  BROKEN  SEAL. 

By  SAMUEL   D.  GREENE, 


Or  THE  PRESS. 


History  of  The  Abduction  and  Murder  of 
Cap't.  Wm.  Morgan, 


NARRATIVES19.ND  ARGUMENTS, 

''  °  by  FRAHGIS  SEMPLE  of 

The  Amtimasoii's  Scrap  Boole 
21  CYNOSURE  TRACTS. 


PorlOU,  £lp.-en  ekwiii  Jiia, 6W.W 

Who  Murdered  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan? 


'  OF  THE 

Abduotion  and  Murder 

Capt.  William  Morgan, 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  JANUARY  29,  1874 


Tbe  LIrii 

Beneath  ttie  shut 


What  voice  is  t liis  fit  Jacob's  welly 
"Hoi  ask  of  me,  and  I  will  give, 

From  my  own  life,  thy  life's  supply ; 
lam  the  fount!  drink,  drink  and  live; 

No  moreto  thirst,  do  inorolodiet" 
Strange,     mystic    words,    but    words 

And  they  who  drink  to-day,  as  then, 
To  them  Pliull  inward  life  he  given; 
Their  souls  sb.nl!  never  thirst  again! 
— Prof.    T.    C.   Vpham. 


dition  of  the  poi 
God— has  not  C 


And   has 'not    which  \ 


uld  a 


The    1b< 


The  Heart  Mmlo  CaptlYO. 

A  British  merchant,  who  had  take 
hie  passage  in  a  Turkish  vessel  on  tl 
Levant,  and  had  his  attention  directei 
during  the  voyage,  to  an  interest!! 
slave,  a  Mussulman,  with  whom  t 
Boon  fell  into  conversation.  He  four 
him  intelligent,  quick,  and  of  stron: 
lively  affections.  He  drew  from  hi 
some  particulars  of  his  history,  ar 
found  that  he  had  been  free  born,  but 
had  been  made  captive  in  war. 
misfortunes  fell  heavily  on  his  s 
and  he  felt  the  weight  of  the  mis' 
yoke  he  was  doomed  to  bear. 
merchant  was  touched  with  sympathy 
for  this  help'ess  captive.     The  mc 


p:- yiii lt  il'f  ransom  .price, 
iniquitous  as  it  was,  rendered  this  in- 
dispensable. And  think  you,  dear 
reader,  that  the  infinitely  righteous,  ho- 
ly law  of  God  can  more  easily  be  set 
iide,  than  the  puny  laws  of  unjust, 
■bitrary  men  I  No;  God  has  said. 
■*  The  wages  of  sin  is  death ;"  and  as  we 
have  performed   the    work  the    wages 

substitute,  a  victim,  provided  in  our 
ead.  But  where  is  there  one  compe- 
ot  on  the  one  hand  and  willing  on  the 
Lher,  to  ransom  us  from  the  bondage 
bich    oppresses    and  tbe   destructi 


I  the 


ally  began  to  enter 
affecting  bis  releai 
quiring  as  to  tbe  s 
purpose,  he  fouud 
ably  greater  than 


aband. 


-oyag. 


e.        Cautiously   in 

he  mercantile  profit! 
i.  Still  he  could  no 
bt.  He  spoke  lothi 
his  interesting  Mus 


captain,  to  wl 

price  for  his  ransom. 

cepted;  but  the  slave  h 

part  uf  the    conversatic 

captain  and  the   merchi 

Ing  the  design  of  the  latter — supposing 

tn  fact,  that  he  was  purchasing  t 

his  own    use — he  sprang    firw;t 

eyes   gleaming    with  indignation,    and 

cried  out,   "And  do  you  call   yourself 

a  free-born    Briton,    and  an    enemy  ti 

Blavery  wherever  it  exists,  and  yet  pur 

chase  me!     Have  I  not  as  much  ngh 

to  freedom  as  you  have  yourself!" 

He  was  proceeding  in  this  strain  o 
burning,  indignant  invective,  when  th 
merchant  turned  his  eyes  affectionate!; 
upon  him,  and  said,  ''Ihaye  bough 
you  to  set  you  free,"  Instantly  th 
storm  of  passion  was  hushed,  the  Mue 


fallini 


3  feet  of  1 


exclaimed,  •'  You  have  taken  'my  hear 
captive  I     I  am  your  slave  forever," 

Reader,  this  narrative  is  placed  be 
fore  you  as  an  illustration  of  whatmpal 
closely  and  deeply  concerns  yourself. 
You  may  perhaps  congratulate  yourself, 
on  being  free-born,  and  be  ready  to  sa' 
with  the  Jews  of  old,  "  We  never  wer' 
in  bondage  to  any  man."  But  this 
however,  true  as  regards  some  sociii 
state,  is,  in  respect  to  your  spirilua 
condition,  a  complete  mistake,  Unlib 
this  Mussulman,  you  and  I  were  no 
even  free-born.  Man,  indeed,  was  crt 
atedfree;  but  our  first  parents  be  cam 
the  alaves  of  Satan,  who  deceived  then 
and  thus  all  their  offspring  have  bee; 
born  in  Blavery.  The  Mussulman  fel 
the  yoke,  and  pined  and  groaned  bt 
neath  it.  We,  alasl  naturally  love  th 
yoke  of  Satan,  and    never   dream   tba 


:  pleasing 


suppum;    that 


reality  , 


thee 

less  oppretsor.     So  completely 

in  bondage,  that  our  minds  are 

ed,  aud  we    hug  the  chains    by  which 

we  are  enthralled. 

The  Turkish  captain  detained  the 
Mussulman  slave  lor  proi 
and  what,  think  you,  is 
in  turning  usf  It  is 
forever  I  He  is  a  *'mun 
design  in  deceiving 


islav 


>effec 


laws  of  Turkey  (oruel  unit  iinjii-i  rus  t 
might  be)  gave  to  the  conqueror  of 
Mussulman,  and  the  captain  to  wr 
he  bad  been  sold,  a  title  to  detain  1 
ir,  bonfire,  or  even,  1  suppose,  in  . 
lain  cases  to  lake  bis  life.  Tbe  law 
God,  dear  reader,  is  infinitely  holy  i 


■  upo 


sin, that  (he  holness  and  justice  of  Go 
might  be  arrayed  against  us,  and  ths 
we  might  becume  subject  to  the  inesor 
able  claim*  of  h's  holy  law  upon  th 
transgressor.  Duped  by  Salmi,  w 
have  sinned  willingly  and  with  all  ou 
hearts;  and  thr  more"  you  afcBert  you 
freedom,  the  more  clearly  do  you  ow 
your  own  responsibility  for  nil  the  ain 
which  have  bet  n  brought  upon  you.  am 
fastened  upon  you,  the  sentence  of  eter 
nal  death. 


I    to   profitable    account.     With 
Christain    care    and    scientific    knowl- 
we     might     thrive     better    on 


lb,  there 

'  That  v. 


i  On. 


Do  you  ask  his  nan 
xpresses    the     wc 
'Thou  shalt call  bis  name   Jeaus,    foi 
e  ah  all  save  his  people  from  their  Bins.' 

We  think  it  a  noble,  munificent  act   o: 

the  English   merchant   to  ransom  thii 
ilave  at  the  cost  of  all  the    profit! 

of  his    voyage.     And  so  it  was.      1 


indertook 


large;  but  his  pity   for   the  slave    out 

i^lied  his  value  for  the  treasure,  and 

ir-  <-ly  expended    it  on  his    ransom. 

But  what  is  all  this  to  the  love  of  Jesus 

the  cost  at  which  he  ''gave    Him 

ransom  for  all,  to   be    testified   ir 


Oh, 


tthiB 


win  the  confidence  of  your 
The  poor  slave,  accustom 
ty  :ir:d  injustice,  had  hard 
his  deliverer.  Unwareof  1 
designs,  he  supposed  that  t 
was  trafEcing  for  gain.  One 
wonder  that    he  Bhould     think 


for 


Qg    this 


suspicion  of  bis  yet  unknown  frien 
But  what  occasion  have  you  receivi 
from  God  for  the  dark,  suspicio' 
thoughts  of  him,  which,  alasl   are   n 


all 


.nd    wh 


maybe,  are  still  rankling  in  yours! 
What  has  Christ  done,  dear  reader,  thai 
you  should  distrust  him)  Behold  bin 
inGelhsemanel  BehohUimon tbecroes 
See  there  what  is  in  his  heart  towards  the 
poor  slave  of  sin.  See  there  at  wha 
cost  he  has  fulfilled  the  mission  whicl 
at  the  outset  he  so  touchingly  pro 
claimed:  "The  spirit  of  the  Lord  ii 
upon  me.  because  he  hath  annointet 
me  to  preach  the  gospel  to  the  poor 
he  hath  sent  me  to  heal  the  broker 
hearted,  to  preach  deliverance  to  th« 
captives,  ...  to  set  at  liberty 
them  that  are  bruised." 

Christian  reader,  you  have  falb 
tbe  feet  of  thie  gracious  Delii 
You  have  by  faith  seen  him 
upon  you,  as  it  were,  his  eye  of 
compassion,  while  he  said,  "I 
bought  you  to  set  you  free." 
know  him  as  the  one  who  has  '  'bought 
you  with  a  price."  What  a  price  tha' 
was! 

Shall   not  each   of  ue,  then,    reply 
Thou  hast  taken  my  heart  captive  I 
am  thy  willing  alave  forever!"      What 
true  freedom  can  there   be,  save   abf 
lute  dedication,  unlimited  feally  to  "hi 
who  has" thus  "loved  us,  andgiven  him 
self  for  ue."     To  do  our  own  will 
be  Satan's  dupes  and  slaves.       To', have 
no  object  but  Christ,  and  no    will    but 
tbe  will  of  God,  is  liberty  indeed.     Ohi 
that  the  love  of  Christ  may  constrain 
Ob,  that  our  inmost  souls  may  resp< 
to  the  exhortation  of  ihe  apostle — " 
are  not  your   own,  for   ye  are  bouj 
with  a  price:  therefore   glorify  God 
your  body,  and    in  your   spirit,   wh 
are  God's."      "Whether,  there/ore 
eat.  or  drink,  or  whatsoever  ye  do, 
all  to  the  glory  of  God. — Selected, 


IV  us to. 

going  on,  which  leads  to  want  and  pov 
erty.       High    authority,    from 


a  appei 


ired  us  that 


brothei 


at  the  one  is  worthy  of  the  oth' 
n  lha  matterof  economy  and  util- 
are  greatly  behind  tbe  Chinese, 
before  Bacon  stated  tbe  fact,  il 
iowu  to  that  curious  people  that 
are  a  number  of  little  and  s 
erned  virtueB,  or  rather  faculties 


indc 


Tbe 


"ie  discovers  wilful  and  ignorant  wasti 
on  every    hand.     We    have    eeen  thi 

and    lighted  hid  cigar  with  bank  notet 
walk  Ibe  highway  shoeless. 

The  rag-pickers  of  our  large  citiei 
show  us  how  much  wealth  can  be  gath 
ered  out  of   the   barrels  and  gutters    o 


■  thei 


iy,  fru 


gal  people,  who  have  never  been  seer 
drunk,  have  built  themselves  bousei 
with  the  odds  and  ends  picked  from  ihe 
h'L'liways,  dropped    there  by    carele-f 

home  mines  instead  of  California  flnfa 
When  we  have  more  practical  knowl- 


and 


How     best 


the  dollar  is  the  probli 
needs  solution  by  those  who  would  be 
comfortable  and  affluent. 

Happy  will  society  be  when  the  bulk 
of  expenditures  are  made  for  the  well- 
;of  others  and  when  the  crumbs 
gathered  up  and  utilized:  when 
;h-raember8  everywhere  will  thi 
of  wills  and  more  of  soul  wea 
liberal  giving.  The  waste  of  the 
□h  of  its  entrusted  wealth  is  a  fright- 
ful thought.    In  theory, we  are  with  the 

ty  of  tbe  rich  man.     Romances 
picture  destitution  and    woe,  m< 

fortable  parlors,  but 
do  not 
rolf  fro 


Philanthropic  work  Ian; 


wardrobes   and    lablt 


j  full  a 


with  the    Saviour,  we  spend  and 
with  the  destroyer.     Millions    for    the 
world,  hundreds  for  the   Lord. 

High  wages  and.  large  incon 
of  little  Feryice  without  econor 
the  knowledge  which  maki 
things  available.  Instead  of  pulling 
our  worn  out  boots  and  all  refuse 
around  the  roots  of  grape  vines  and  ap- 
ple trees  we  fling  th< 


Peai 


vines  flourish  strongly  upon  old  leaih 
er  for  twice  ten  years;  wood  ashes  wil 
give  fresh  and  vigorous  life  to  our  gar 
den  plots  and  flowers  through  all  thi 
following  aummer:  the  washtub  empt 
the  right  place  will  make  us  fou 


fold  it 
Thee 


and  s 


Most  people  can  do  this  much  w 
trouble,  The  cents  quickly  becon 
lars.  The  greatest  of  all  waste  i 
poisonous  liquors.  Ordinary  drinkers 
have  each  wasted  a  brown-Btone 
during  their  three  score  years  an 
Heavy  smokers  have  balanced  i 
badly.     Their  contributions  to 


»nd  v 


selves,  which  bring  only  uncomforlabl 
reflections  and  no^dividende  for  grey 
haired  years. 


personal  sacrifices.  The  waste  U| 
ourselves  iB  of  all  wastes  the  m 
wretched.  With  what  condemnab 
feelings  all  prodigals  must  review  the 
selves.  Wasted  means,  wasted  liv 
and  wasted"  opportunities;  these 
subjects  which  appall  thoughtful  n 
when  honestly  looking  buck  over  tl: 
zig-zag  lives  and  wanderings  from 
line  of  duty.—  JV     Y.     Witness. 


The  Salt  Mines  of  Salzburg,  Germany 

The    neighborhood   of    9alzbi 


s  for  i 


,  (tKa 


would  tell  you  that) 

district— well      nigh    three    hundred 
years  old,   and  having  been  constant) 
worked  all  that  time.     Its  size  and  tl 
length    of  its  galleries   are  enormou 
The  entrance   is  from    the    side   of 
hill,  and  after  having    put   on    miner 
clothes,  consisting  of  coarse   over-alli 
with  a  large   leather  apron  fastened  o 
however  with  a  flip    behind,  and  a  fe 
hat,  in  we    marched,  each   with  a  lai 
tern   in    the    hand.     We   went  about 
1,500  feet  right  into  the  bowels  of 
bill,    then  torn 


.  until 


up    I 


I    feet  above  the  level  of  th' 
Then  began  the  exploration 


about  eight  in  all,  and  allowed  t 
there  until  it  becomes  very  salty 
then  it  is  pumped  out  and  evaporalei 
the  outside.  The  miners  clear  ou 
'.  insoluble  matter  that  falls  to  th. 
;tom,  then  let  in  more  water,  am 
the  prooess  goes    on.      The    upper 

eet  wide  and  8  feet  high.     The  wa 
was  to  be  let  into    it  in  a  few  days 

and  that  was  the  beginning  of  whal 
igh  the  action  of  solution,  wuli 
n  year*  be  a  pond,   perhaps  a  l>al 

mile  long,  a  quarter  of  a   mile    wide 


fidelil 


L   fool 


.nd  a  rope  ly- 
g  beside  the  right  hand  one.  Each 
:rson  wa3  furnished  with  a  stout  leath- 
■  glove,  the  apron  was  drawn  between 
the  legs  and  down 


i  be  fort 


the  rope  firmly  to 

away  we  sped.     T 

hen  I   thought  I 


grasped 


truthfulness,  that   he   could 
of  his  going  away,  and  Charl 
his  clerk.     "Ah,  what   a  lucky  day   it 
is  when  I   broke    that    window,' 

,(No,  Charley,"   hia    mother   w 
respond,    ''what    a    lucky  day   it 

you  were  not   afraid   to  tell   the 
truth." — Youth's  Companion. 


te  it  as  a  break 
•  rate  I  would  not 
but  I  know  I  have 


Ithoi 


vas  going  pretty 
it  we  would  never  be  at 
y  apron   and   glove    be- 


■etty  t 


.  I  hat 


eBhot  off  into  a  level  and  gradually 
,me  to  a  sit  still.  It  was  a  very 
range  and]novel  experience,  but  on  the 

way  of  getting  down  stairs  I  have 
found.  We  looked  around  aud 
d  ourselves  in  tbe    very    home    ol 

formed    by    one     lake    eating    down. 

Lighted    by    countless    lamps 
ed     in    three    tiers    around    it, 

was  a  splendid  sight.     This 


Grei 


which    the 


had  ! 


i  held  1 


of  mu*ic  had  made  its  echoes  ring,  an 
its  vaults  had  resounded  to  the  wa1 
Mings  of  the  finest  singers  in  Europe 
We  crossed  the  lake  in  a  boat  and  aftt 
having  examined  the  pumping  and  filtei 
ing  apparaus,  slid  down  two  or  three 
more  such  slides  as  I  described  above 
and  finally  found  ourselves  on  the  sam' 
corridor  through  which  we  came  in 
Here  a  car  built  like  a  saw-horse  oi 
wheels,  stood  waiting,  we  jumped  oi 
astride,  the  breiikman  let  off  its  break* 
and  away  we  bounded  down  the  de 
cline  into  the  darkness.  Soon  w 
could  see  a  white  speck  ahead,  it  grei 
larger  and  larger  and  suddenly  w 
emerged  into  sunlight  and  air. — Bei 
lin    letter    to  Christ  i".n  Slutt-win. 


— A  lady  saw  a  driver  angry  wi 
his  horseB  for  some  fancied  offsne 
about  to  lash  them  severely.  She  i 
terrupteil  htm  by  inquirintt  the  way  U 

both  of  which  she  knew  very  we 
But  the  driver,   too  gallant  not  to  ai 

swer  the  lady's  questions,  had  oppc 
tunity  for  his  temper  to  cool,  and  i 
stored  the  whip  to  its  socket  wilho 
striking   a  blow. 


Ob,ildrens*   Comer. 


Hymn  For  a  Little  Child. 

[make  my  life  a  little  light, 

/ilhin  the  world  lo  glow; 

,t  tie  flame  that  burnetii  bright, 


God  make  my  life  a  lib 
That  helpeth  others  to  1 


emy  neighbors  best, 
my  life  a  little  hymn1 


Don't  be   Cowards. 

n't   tell  a  liel     I   won' 


:oward,"  said  a  fiao  little  fellow, 
^e  had  broken  a  little  statue  of  1 
.her's  in  showing  it  to  bis  playi 
ind  they  were  telling  him  how  he  could 
iecelve  his  father  and  escape  a 
ng.  He  was  right.  Cowards  tell 
ies;  brave  little  boys  tell  the  truth.  S< 
*as  Charlie  Mann  right,  and  was  re 
varded  for  it,  as  the  following  story 
sill  show: 

A   young  offender  whose   nam> 
Charlie  Mann,  smashed  a  large  pane  of 

irst,  for  ho    was    slightly    frighten 
mt  be  quickly  began  to  think,   "W 


y  not  turn  about  and  tell  the  truth?' 
tfo  sooner  thought  than  done 
arliowasa  brave  boy;  he  told  the 
th— how  the  ball    with   which    ht 

i  playing  slipped  out  of  his  hand 
v  frightened  he  was,  how  sorry 
,  at  the  mischief  done,  and  how 
ling  to  pay  if  he  bad  the  nmney. 


lid  nol 


i  where   he  broke 


Freemasonry  Forty  fears  Agi 


Moiithwlck. 

The  following  extract  Is  taken  from  Mr. 

Suulli  \ick'y  udilH'.-Hiii    Strains;*  S|>rini^. 

1  here  a  question  forces  itself  upon 

I  would   rather  overlook — but 
t  pass  it  by — I  must  put  it  to  t 
t  hearts,  the  unsophisticated  cc 
es,  which  have  never  been  sear 
by  the  pride  and  corruption   that   fli 
;he   possession  of  wealth,  and   of 
r,  especially  when  unmerited   t 
their  possessors  or   incumbents: — Su 
pose  then  that,  instead  of  being  a  poo 
anest  and  humble  man,  without   pow- 
ful  family  connections,  one  unknown 
fortune  and  to  fame, William  Morgan 
id  been  the    father,   tbe  brother,    or 
.e  son    of  any  one  of  our    pretended 


Light  on   Freemasonry, 

BY  ELDER  D.  BERNARD, 


Good  Cheer  for  the  Paper. 

A  Christian  lady  in  Columbia  co 

i.,  tells  of  her  first  knowledge  o: 

work  and  her  sympathy  for  it: — 

like  coming  upon  ah  oas 


thei 


ml.ihi.il  Mich   an  one, 
•arely  alluded  to  in  the 

On    seeing    it 
Christian  Ch- 

'. had  long  endorsed  the 

anting   speci- 

promplly  sent. 

pressed  in  your  paper, 

ut  supposed  1 
If  I  were  able 

:  would   send    for  trac 

s  to   distribute 

among  tbe  younq  pe<i|i 

e  here.      For  i 
g  feeling   cere 

Jason.      I  would  like  tc 

labor  for  thei 

overthrow,  for  I  have  si 

fared  on   their 

Geo.  Bristol,  Aurora,  111.  writes :- 
I  ought  not  lo  take  any  paper  thei 
ard  times.  But  I  think  the  CVi.'sn 
i  the  only  paper  I  get  bold  ol  that  h 
he  true  ring;  therefore  I  want  it. 
i  not  only  opposed  to  secret    societie 


who! 


for  yearB  arrogated  to  themselves  all 
the  virtue  and  talent,  and  all  the  high 
places  in  the  State  and  national  govern- 
ments. Should  we,  then,  have  wit- 
nessed all  the  marble-hearted  apathy, 
the  cold-blooded  silence ,  the  foul  treach- 
ery to  their  country's  rights  and  liber- 
ties with  which  they  have  viewed  his 
melancholy  aDd  unmerited  fate,  and  the 
daring  usurpations  connected  with  it 
upon  those  laws  and  constitutions,  which 


other  reforms 

J.  H.  Snyder,  Elmwood,  III., 
I  wish  the  Cynosure    "God 


lention  and    under    the     blessing 
d  the  victory  will    yet  come,     I  a 


)  oftei 


the 


of  the  ever-living  God,  their  eternal 
Judge,  to  cherish,  protect  and  defend? 
No  fellow-cit^ens,  had  William  Morgan 
boasted  of  patrican,  instead  of  plebian 
blood — for  young  as  is  our  national  ex- 
istence, and  proudly  as  we  boast  of  lib- 
iquality,  the    distinction   of 


ndplel 
nds  of  t 


,  who 


shadows,  instead  of  the  fac  similies  of 
the  Clintons,  the  Franklins,  the  Jeff. 
boob  and  the  Washingtons  of  1776;- 
Yes,  I  repeat  it,  had  the  glorious  mi 
tyr  claimed  kindred  with  any  of  the 
leading  demagogues  of  the  day,  tbe 
their  apathy  would  have  been  shake 
off  ''like  dew-drops  from  the  lion' 
mane  I"  Then  their  coldness  of  heai 
would  have  yielded  to  heart-burning 
and  then  their  silence  would  have  bun 
and  broke  upon  your  ears  in  all  the 
rhapsody  of  eloquence  and  all  tbe 
of  feeling.  Then  you,  your  bro- 
and  your  sous  and  all  of  us,  in 
from  every  quarter  of  the  Union  l 


■ally  to  the  ballot   boxes,  if 


ted  fiel 


enge 


irtyr, 


from  our   soil  and  our  clime,  fron 
state  and  national  character,    the    foul 
stain  of  his  innocentblood  1 

But  I  can  tell  these  modern  patrican 
these  rulers  of  a  free  people  that  in  th 
righteous  and  glorious  conflict,  we  wai 
none  of  their  aid.  We  can,  and  aha 
succeed  without  them.  For  there  a: 
limes  and  season1;  in  the  history  of  n 
tions  when  in  the   language   of  the  a 


Rom 


1  that  th. 


>  of 


God,  i 


the 


finally 

cause  is  as  certain   aa   that  God   ruli 
and  reigns  over  all   the    works   of    bis 
creation.     Anti-masonry,  and 
all  who  now  hear   me,    is  no  earthly 

action  for  effecting  merely  the  will  of 
man  in  (he  gratification  of  hist 
ambition.  It  iB  of  higher 
boasts  of  nobler  birth;  and  in 
the  (h*ma»oguPB  of  any  party  attempt 
to  make  it  subservient  to  their  selfish 
views.  It  is  not  only  the  spirit  of  Jef 
ferson  and  the  .sword  of  Washington,  it 
is  the  spirit  ol  Moses  and  of  the  proph- 
ets; of  Christ  and  bis  apostles.  It  is 
"  the  sword  of  the  Lord  and  of  Gide- 
on," and  every  earthly  obstacle  must 
and  will  fall  before  it.  Either  God  is 
not  just,  or  the  spirit  of  Anti-masonry 
in  its  pristine  purity  must  and  will  tri 
umpb  and  innocent  blood  will  be  aveng- 
ed. But  God  is  all  just,  all-righteous, 
all-perfect,  and  hence  all  powerful, 
nly  styles  her- 


U— for  si: 
acles  thai 


deeply  of  tha  blood  of  her  martyrs,  lhat 
no  longer  endure  ihe  horrible  and 
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WHOLE  NO.  121 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 


So.  11  Wabash  A>i 


You.  my  brother,  are  ensnared  iu 
(his  Satanic  net  for  eouIb.  You  have 
three  times  hid  the  "cable  tow"  put 
about  you,  been  blindfolded,  and 
Ud  to  the  Misonic  altar,  and  there,  on 
your  bended  knees,  with  His  holy  Ward 
between  your  hands,  who  had  again  and 
again  in  that   very  Word,  warned  you 


again 


i   ik-.ibei 


i  denials  of  '  'the  craft." 


*  after 


of  th.il 


To  Me  Rev. .  a  ■ '  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Mason"  of  the  third,  or  Mas- 
ter Maaon's,  degree. 
Mv  Fbiind  add  Brother: — I  waol  u 
few  moment/ idain,    honest,  Oh  ml 
talk  with  you.     I  am  seventy  and  ih 
years  of  aye.      I  have  long  known  you 


is    jirii.-ttj.J 

ge  of  the 


the  i 


heaveu.  to  this  portion  of 
proviuco  of  the  high  aud  mighty  ■  'King 
of  kings."     No  .higher   honor  ca 
put  upon  a  mortal  man,  than  the 
mission  you  bear.      Let  us  Icok  at 
few  of  the  details  of  your  im 
accompanying  your     ■*  great    cominia- 

You  are  charged  first,  aud  hefore  all, 
to  say  to  every  one  you  meet,  found  in 
open  rebellion  against  our  King,  to  "lay 
down  the  weapons  of  their  warfare"  and 
return  to  their  allegiance  with  the  free 
and  full  assurance  of  forgiveness.  It 
has  often  beeu  my  high  privilege  to 
witness  your  fiiitiful  proc'aniatiun  of 
this  great  and  all  glorious  truth.  It 
was  proclaimed  in  my  hearing  many 
years  before  I  puid  the  lea-U  regard  to 
it,  1  went  on  year  after  year,  '"from 
ain  to  sin,  and  from  transgression  10 
iniquity." — But  this  is  not  the  time  nor 
the  place,  to  speak  of  the  matchless 
grace  thai  opened  t>  rae  the  door  of 
mercy  and   sweetly  conitraiued    me    to 

You  went  out  in  the  bouya,aey  of 
your  youth,  loo  confident  it  may  be, 
in  your  own  strength  and  ability,  look- 
ing often  at  your  great  commission  and 
peradventure  lei-a^  and  less  d^ily  at 
your   plaiu    and    voluminous   instruc- 

I  am  favored  with  a  copy  of  these 
instructions, and  at  the  very  firtt  glance 
I  gave  them  this  morniug  this  meets  my 
eye :  ''Be  not  conformed  to  ibis  world," 
— neither  to  the  people  of  it,  nor  its 
fashions,  its  pleasures,  its  allurements. 
And  then  this  comes  up  with  power  be- 
fore me,  "Cast  out   the  beam    out  o£ 


■halt  thou  see 
mote  from  thy 


thine  own  ej 

clearly  lo  tal 

brother's  eye 

shall  be  my  purpose  to-day.     This  wii 

speak  in  sincere  sorrow    of   one  of  mj 

great  sins.      God  help  me  to  be  simple 

plain  and  truthful. 

Herein  are  a  few  of  the  things  ii 
which  you  aud  I  have  gone  counter  ti 
the    plain     i 


accompanying 


First,  In  the  oaths  we  have  taken  i 
the  lodge. 

Second,  lo  that  we  "lake  God's  nam 


all  I 


and 


ies  of  initiation,  In  calling,  iu  direct 
disobedience,  a  sinful  man  (aud  often 
one  unworthy  the  name  of  man), 
"Master,"  "Worshipful  Marter,"  "Mjhi 
Worshipful  Mastei,"  and  iu  the  degrees 
which  1  have  taken, and  which  God  hta 
hitherto  kept  you  from  taking.  ''High 
Priest,"  "Kmg,"  ''Scribe.** 

Third,  In  copying  from  God's  word 
the  patterns  of  the  holy  vestments  and 
the  "  holy  mitre"  put  upon  Aarou  and 


i  d  plar 


Sago 


.  D. 


ing  the  fear  ol  God  before  my  eyes. aud 
wholly  unmindful  of  the  Master's 
words,  "swear  not  nt  all, '  1  began  to 
be  a  Miaou;  and  now  after  years  of  in- 
timate and  official  relation  with   the  in- 

teslify  lo  what  I  have  seen  when  I  pro 
nounc*  Masonry  to  be — A  LIE  I 


der,  and  that  Morgan  had  i 
exposure  of  Mj.aonry  in 
hook,  came  lo  the  knowle 
Grand  Lodge,  then  in  session 
of  Now  York,  DaWitt  C 
then  "in  the  East."  Conslernatio.i 
wai  on  every  face.  Morgan  waa  a 
"bright  Mason,"  i.  e. ,  n  lecturer,  and 
"knew  the  ropes."  What  waaUobe 
donel  "A  notable  truth  had  been 
lold,  we  cannot  deny  it" — amocg  01 
s"lvn — but  w?  ni'tzl  ridivttln  it   to   o 


and  are  unmindful  aodunheedful 


f.on  our  r.aiion.  The  old  world 
z  upon  our  shores  from  France 
Rome,  from  Spnia  and   from 

,  on  the  shores  where  our  Pil- 
ars landed,  hosts  of  polluting 
■an  ones.       The    fountains  of 

itured    with  infidelity. 
!  pervertiug  the  simple  I 
reatiou,  aud  fast  bring  n 
and   the  Sabbath's    God 
The  good  years  have 

ineu  were  cilled  by  the  peo- 
;e  our  laws,  who  ''feared  Goi 

covetulisness."      The  who!. 


nil    lake 


and   I 


taken  upon  us,  could  hai 
.■nco  of  lying ;  and  lie 
and     lie     we     do,     and 


lies    when 


Ml; 


ectly  ho  denies  that   Morgan  and  Ber- 
tard  and  Richardson    have    not,  with 

■utious  truthfulness,  told  ihe  "secrets" 
of  Masonry. 

0,  what    a  flutter  there  was  in    the 
camp   at    the    Grand  Mtfonio    Hall  on 

Broadway  that  memorable  night  1  Some- 
thing must  be  done,  and  that  qtiick- 
ind  something  waadooe.  The  word, 
he  whispered  word  given  "knee  lo 
'e,  breast  to  breast,  band  to  back,  and 
uth  to  ear,  was  chauged,  without 
ich  no  unavouched  brother  could 
s  thetyler.     As  rapidly  as  the  mail 


order  from  the  Grand  Lodge 


icated.  The  poor,  blinded, 
ived  and  Salao  deluded  sinner, 
m  often  appears  above   all  otht 


Christ,  are  to-c 
that  1  can  hardly  believe,  yet  am  com- 
pelled lo  realise,  are  giving.your  aanc- 
ioq  and  support,  with  all  the  authority 
nd  dignity  of  the  hi^h  ullier  y-:u  hear, 
j  an  institution  that  in  all  its  ramifica- 
ooa  is  without  Christ,  infidel  in  all  its 

f  its  oaths  which  I  huve  (in  repented 
in  as  I  trust)  taken  upon  me,  that, 
Murder  and  treason  not  excepted,  I 
ill  aid  a  brother    M;i<uii  k»  far  a'.  Iea.;t 


itofii 


,nger.' 


on  ray  poor,  deluded  broth- 
jreea  further,  and  while  drinking 
le  out  of  a  human  skull,  you  will  be 
hardened    in  sin  and  blinded  by  Sa- 


i  call  on  God  t 


n  ibis  and  in  ihe  world 
)nly  for  your  own  sin,  but  for  all  sins 
iommilted  by  him  whose  skull  ibis  was 
lUt  of  which  you  drank.       If— What! 

—if  you  shall  reveal  to  any    one  "any 
d  the  arte  or  ^arta,   of  the   secrete   of 

Turn,  I  implore  you  "come  out  from 
imong  them  and  be  ye  separate."  Death, 
v  martyr's  dealh  may  he  bi-hind  you; 
ml  unrepentant,*  bell  of  remorse  before 
,>ou,  You  know  that  there  is  not  in 
hr  first  three  degrees,  aud  I  auow  that 

sailed,  that  has  not  been  revealed  by 
he  concurrent  testimony  of  hundreds 
of  the  best  of  mou.  It  is  Satan's  work 
lound.iuon  to  capstone.  I  cannot 
y  lifitird,  standing  as  1  do  at  the 
j's  mouth,  speak  of  ibis  great  nn- 
1'siu,  and  of  my  relations  toil, 
a  ••  forked  tongue."      You  aud  I 


Willi 


But   . 


Himself  did  nothing  i 


lailer  has  be^n  reversed,  aud  nmbi- 
ous  men  seek  othoe  and  spend  much 
louey  to  procure  it  iu  the  end  "for 
Ihy  lucre's  sake." 

And  what  shall  I  say  of  the  press? 
0  but  a  word  1  A  aanotified  press  is  a 
boou  so  great  that  au  angel's  pen  can- 
not begin  to  tell  its  irnptrishable  blest- 
ings;  an  uneanctified  one,  so  great  a 
jurse,  that  "the  God  of 'this  world" 
has  chosen  it,  and  is  this  day  using  it 
-is  his  all  reliable  and  most  formidable 
weapou   in  his  warfare  with  our  prince 

upon  one  of  the  palatial  boats  on  the 
"Father  of  waters,"  an  old  man,  his 
hrad  white  with  more  than  three 
score  years, approached  me  with  a  capc- 
;iou3,embijased  portfol 
private  interview."  1 
write  or  tell  of  the 
■  I'.mlu. ;  aud  of  the  las 
he  would  have  shown 
buy.  A  glance  only  im 
with  theme,  and  wilh 
that  I    could   find   no 


prices  in  his  hands.  To  tempt  the 
child  to  steal,  he  pampers  his  appe- 
tite; the  maiden  fair  to  sell  her  virtue 
with  the  love  of  dress  and  ornament. 
T ho  high  and  the  low,  the  rich  and  the 
poor  come  at  his  call,  and  go  and  do 
his  bidding.  At  the  jingle  of  bin 
gold,  -'the  love  of  which  is  the  root  of 
all  evil,"  Arnold  would  sell  his  coun- 
try, Judas,  his  Master,  and  honored  aud 
be  loved  ones  in  our  own  Congress  nib- 
ble at  first  at  his  bait,  ihen  swallow 
hook,  line  and  conscience,  and  wip- 
ing the  mouth  say,  •*  I  have  done  no 
wicktdoeaa."  These  are  but  "thebe- 
ginning  if  sorrows."  The  Aich  onein 
these  last  days,  wields  another  weapon; 
it  is  the  great  coiuuibiad  of  the  devil  in 
his  warfare  wilh  Jesua.  As  I  would 
speak  of  it,  thought  and  Ian 
seem  paralyzed.  StroDg  drink  a 
uneanctitied  press,  the  love  of  money 
and  agreed  for  effite,  will  yet  make 
thia  fair  land  like  the  once  fertile  plains 
of  Sodom,  a  waste,  a  desolation,  a  by 
word  aud  an  bisHDg,  unless  God  should 


balls  in  the  ballot-box;  thereby  com- 
pelling the  brethren  to  vote  while  balls 
or  be  under  ihe  necessity  of  objecting. 
The  W.  M.,  it  seems  from  your  stale- 
ment,asked  if  theie  was  any  object!'  n  io 
the  ballot  being  spread  without  the  black 
ballots,  and  no  one  objeoiod.  The  W. 
M.did  wrong  in  ordering  ballolsepreud 
until  ihe  box  win  properly  supplied 
wilh  both  blackaud  white  billots, 
was    the    Masonic  duty   of  ever 


lie  from  your  o 


lined  thn 
and  fail  to 
ve  had  butlitilacorrespondonci 
.  Pierce  I  thick  he  has  writ 
,  and  briefly  nt  that,  *ud  hii 
.erially  differ  from 


turo  of  a  grog-shop,  wli 
paper,  the  Journal,  lead 
apect  as    n    religion  I      £ 


Boston 

»»„.i,,p 


Jauii 


n»Hy  ] 


»  ohj«( 


ivo  to  Iho  people-  power 
ieir  majesty, and  shake  the  n 
prohibitory  law. 


with 


ecious  child, 
-arly  woman 
•  temperanci 


rish  you  could  give 
cosed  sentence,  (for  e 
ilk)  all  your  experieuu 


and  had  i 

I  my  cheeks 


This 


3  of  I 


iVnothei 


inn 


of 


uth. 


ionic    society,      to     lf-nd      myself— 
3    sell  myself  any    longer  to 
il,    in    this   great    soul  destroy 
ionic  delusion.     It  wer=  folly  in 
,  folly  and   madness  in  us  both, 

hope  of  the  gospel,  to  ' '  cover  up"  this 
hope  lo  prosper.  It  must 
We  may  prosper  as  the 

world  holds  prosperity,  we  may  say  tc 
one  said  to  himself 
-iour  called  a  "fool,' 
ast  much  goods  laid   up 


for 


Bu 


ib  and  be  merry, 

with  any  but  a  deceived  hope,  that 

love  Him,  are  living   for  Htm,  and 

aiming  to  be  like  Him, who  "giveth 

.tonga  iu  the  night,"  when   we   disobey 

His  plain  commandment*.       If  I  may 

judge  by  my  own  experience,  and    the 


lofu 


rs,  the, 


haps, 


u  tie  that  is  harder  1 
md  by    which     we    have 
is  by  chains  of  steel   to  tfi 


a  of  the  good  and  perfect  yifts  that 
ilea  by  ■' water  and  hj  blood."  When 
go  bv    tuiih  where   that   water  aud 


Ohoi 


asyl  O  I 


loi-nuu 
confess,  and  I 
to  God  for  hi 


Ohoi 


Thanks 

speakable  gift!" 

ave  said,  iu  the  heal  of  my  indig- 

i ,  as  I  have  spoken  of  thia  old  em- 

ry  of  the  pit  that  has    no  bottom, 

and  of  an  unsancnh.-J  preBS,  that  3atan 

trumentp,  as  the  all- 

his  great   rebellious 


irfare  wilh    i 


nd    Sal 


His  children  ail    have  their  price.     As 


eavenw&rd    thought 
giv«    them    in     fin 


bio' 


s   In 

prevention  at  (he  ballot  box,  in  the  pul- 
pit, the  press,  and  the  Sunday-school; 
the  last  not  the  least  important.  Tht 
hearts  of  "the  fathers  must  be  turner] 
lo  the  children  I" 

My  brother  nnd  friend,  one  word  it> 
closing,  and  then  farewell.  '-Unprofit- 
able servant"  that  I  have   been,  I  feel 


the  W.  M.  then  ordered  tho  S.  D.  I- 
procure  black  Lallois.  /Now  while  til' 
W.  M.  committed  an  error  in  ordenn; 
the  ballot  spr -ad  as  he  did ;  still,  as  ni 
one  of  the  brethren  objected  at  thr 
time,  and  as  the  W,   M.   hud  black  bal 


oppoi 


,  depn 


to  show  that  any  brother 
ot  hia  rights  in  the  premises  an  invesii 
galiou  would  simply  end  in  an  acquil 
tal.  The  inference  that  brethrei 
Nicholson,  North,  Mason,  and  other 
were  controlled  through  fear  does  no 
not  hold  good.  Brethren  North  ant 
Nicholson  did  right  iu  objecting,  bu 
then  doing  so  is  no  proof  that  they  o 
either  of  them  would  cast  a  black  bal 
lot.  The  statement  of  Bro.  Mason  tlia 
he  failed  to  do  his  duty  through  feai 
that  the  blame  Would  fail  upon  Bro. 
Nicholson  ia  not  worthy ;of  notice,  fur 
therthan  to  say  that  when  a  brother  i- 
bo  timid  a3  to  be  afraid  to  do  what  Ik 
knows  to  be  right  because  such 
possibly  be  charged  against  sc 
he  is  scarcely  capable  of 
Xasonic  suffrage.  If  a 
brethren  referred  to  had   done 


Youi 


,ri    l»  :.,<!< 


me.     I  don 


hood.      "Tear 


long* 


I  be 


:ech  you,  by  your  example,  by  youi 
resence  in  the  lodge-room,  in  Masonii 
ileb rations,  at  the  laying  of  corner 
,onrs,  in  casting  the  "sprig  of  caisia' 
■to  the  grave  of  a  brother  Mason,  tc 
break  one  of  the  leastof  his  command- 
ants." Stand  up  like  a  man,  "ci 
i  the  image  of  God."  and  say,  I  have 
sinned.      Henceforth  I  will  by  help 

both  ''do  and  leach,"  by  precept 


and 


.III.,  Dec.  5th,  1873. 


;e)    is 


ter   (June    I7lh.  1873).    I 
a  to  say  in  conclusion,  'The 

(and  I   do  not    deny    the 
that  I  hive    exposed    this 


ul  right  to  punish  n 


lodge  has  no 
for  exposing  an  unlawful  transaction.' 
When  I  came  home,  June  20th,  at  mid 
ghtl  found  the  following  reply: 
From  the  East  of  the  Most  Worship- 
ful Grand  lodge, 


,  Illinois,  Ja 


■W.  H-  Robim 


vthat 


19th,  1B7*. 


eh. a  do 


wrong.        Your    speeificati 

ihey  may  be  called   is  a.  reeiial  of    reason  why    you  lb.OU.ld 
was  said  and   dona  by  W.  Bi 
Kersey.  Acting  Master,    and   three 
four    of    the    brethren,     and     simply    to;  and  I 
nouuts  to  the  eharge  (hat  Bro. Kersey 
dered  the  ballot   to  be    spread   upon 
Stilton  of  hia  son  to  be  made  a  Maaon  I  doing  so,  am 
a  lime   when   there  wers    no  black 'judge.  I  have  paiijnlly  readyoi 


i  what  tbeyj.beliei 
duty  there  would  not  have  been  a  p 

individual   member  of   the    lodge,  a 
ia  still  more  strange  is  that   t 

should    be     elected     to     the     aeco 

and  third  degree  before  bei 
stopped.  Had  tiny  one  of  th< 
brethren  objected  to  Im  initiation  b-f. 
or  after  be  was  ballotted    for,  it  woi 


yoi 


A,  Hawlkt.  G.  M. 
I  thought  then  aud  I  think  now  th 


time,  instead  of  depending  upo 
W.  M.  (Pierce)  or  myself,  neith 
whom  were  present;  in  fsct  if  ho    bad 


nearly  all  of  the  members  of  Yalei 
Gity  Lodge.  Thnt  is,  previous  to  sal 
og  if  there  were  any  objections  t< 
ipreadingthe  ballot  without  blackballs, 
le  asked  the  logge  in  plain  terms  il 
my  present  had  objection  to  hie  son 
leing  made  a  Mason;    and  receiving  m. 


the  • 


Br...    fvi.tn 


for  granted  that 

IU  aud  ordered  the   Deacon  to 

without   them.       Bro.  J.    H. 

Nicholson  waa  therefore  compelled    lo 


3  did    1 


how  lhat  he  did  i 
rime  ball,  and  he  said 
Bk  to  be  excused  from  voting.  If  that 
ras  not  equivalent  to  saying,  I  wish  to 
ote  black,  I  do  not  understand  the  use 
of  the  English  language.  But  if  that 
lain  enough,  then  Nicholson's 
Lo  the  effect  that  he  r 
og  able    lo  diii!ngai,li 


owspaj 


of  character,  who  aprak  the  words  of 
soberness  nnd  truth,  and  who  have 
discrimination  enough  to  detect  shams, 
and  principle,  enough  to  eipose  them. 
A  new-paper  that  sustains  Masonry  by 
giving  reBpeotlul  notices  of  its  stupid 
proceedings,  encourages  shams  and  im- 
pjaturt-B,  And  aidi  worthless  men  u» 
getand  bold  office  And  this  is  what 
the  Boston  Jov,mai\  does,  probably 
than  any  other  paper  in  tht  souu- 
ind  jet  the  editor  calU  for 


January  Bib, 


"gen- 
CmaiAN. 


1'olUieal  Action. 


May  (rod's  people  wi;ely  uso  all  the 

jitimate  powers  which    he  puts    into 

eir  bauds  against  ihe  giant    evils    of 

this  land!     To  ask  such  a  question  as 


i  to  the  pollaf  The  ancient 
lonorable(t)  con.piratois  of  tho 
lal  rebellion  against    the    Son    of 


God, 


img 


en  bUc 


iwhyl 


leffec 


ally  Slay.. I 
III  refer 


NorlhV  voting  n  black  ball 
ly  say  that  if  he  did  it  was  overlooked 
by  the  J.  W.  protein  ,  firo.  JN't.-h-.l: 
as  well  as  by  the  H   W,  and  Master. 

either  the  W.  M.  or  the  lodge.  A 
the  Ptatement  that  tho  S  W.  wt 
iiave  rij-eted  the  candidate  if  bo  cc 


then 


Thei 


7    h-   COldd 


jpon  i 


lui,,;- 


gainat  the  W.  M..  (Bro. 
I  have  sa'td,  he  did  wrong  in  at- 
pting  to  collect  ballots  unless  the 
was  supplied  with  both  kind*  of 
fits;  but  his  doing  so  was  no  evi- 
co  that  ho  intended  to  deprive  any 
brother  of  his  rights,  and  charges  that 
ntrolled  brethren  through  fear  are 
nary,  and  more]  their  fault   than 


ibargea 


lid  bare  investigations  going  on 
roe-fourths  of  the  lodgen  in  the 
Hsd  your  rights  or  those  of  any 
brother  been  denied  or  taken  from  you 
unjustly,  I  should  not  have  beaitat-'-l  to 
have  ioterfered,  but  nothing  of  tho  kind 
.a  shown.  .(The  only  point  thn*n  is 
:hat  Bro.    Nicholson  and    B.-o.   North 

vour  own  showing;  and  as  1  under- 
stand you  were  not  present,  as  you 
lhat  you  for  the  first  tims  was  in- 
formed   bow  he  (Kersey)    was   worked 


thelodg 

[ST]    If  the  lodge  or  any  of  il»  men 
do  wrong  or  C 


■  thei 

re  further  tunny  thai  I  do  n 
y  wrong,  neither  do  I  inter 
am  not  lo  be  forced  into  e 
:hargfB  agginal  any  one  u 
an-  sulfi.-'ieut'yrouudi  for  n 
nd  of  thill  roust  be  my  op 


ib'aci;  i 


>a)lols,  and  lb 
did  not  blac 

ought  to  settle 


Jlheef 
rUght 


he  I 


iut  which  proved 
be  a  white  one;  aud  he  did  not  at  that 
time  know  that  he  could  stop  proceed- 
ings simply  by  making  objection  after 
he  had  voled,  and  the  candidate  was 
declared  duly  elected.  I  pretend  tc 
say  that  both  Pierce  and  Kera -y  have 
been  in  the  habit  of  deceiving  brethren 
in  regard  lo  their  rights  in  such  mai- 
lers. \V.  H-  RoniNsoH. 


1  Asiuruncc. 


The  following  sentiment  is  accredited 
j  the  Boston  Journal: 

"In  fact  there  never  was  a  time  when 
jenuine  statesmanship  in  Congress 
would  rpceive  a  heartier  and  more  gen- 

1  appriVmion  among  ibe  people  than 

L'his  remark  of  the  Journal  ib  very 
e;  but  what  is  particularly  remark- 
e  about   it  is,  that   there   probably 

re  under  the  influence  of  Ma  onry 
n  it  is  now,  nnd  the  Bisiou  Juwwd 


^.cedingly  Ma; 


calle 


Th»  preBidinu  l 
and  the  House  a 
ire  groat  Mtv^ia. 
roua    Graud  Mastei 

houses.     In    fae 


Lied  under  this  Mt- 
"salary  grab*"  and 
[idles    ara    regarded 

e,"  like  the    n-meui 


i  a  paper,  tbe  Boston  Ja 
rrti-S  iht   base  favor  ol 

to  see  nothing  morewfl 
ic  swindle  than  Gen'l  U 
e  Credit  Mobiler  swru. 
.grab;"  yet  talks  of  "g 


spirits  of  the  slave  holders'  rebellion 
cry  back  egiinR  Ihe  Un- 
ion walls  of  ibis  R'pub'ic,and  the  great 
Masonic    ounapiracy"     reechoes   the 


aery, 


Keep  it  out  of  politics  and  re- 
ligion," away  from  he  polls,  pulpit, 
the  religioui  preaa  and  the  cburob. 
Now  the  meaning  of  all  this  is,  lot  sin, 
St  Ian,  and  Tophet  be  represented 
everywhere,  and  right  and  heaven  no- 
where. For  if  the  pulpit,  pollB,  relig- 
ious press  ami  the  oliurch,  all  conspire 
to  ignore  popular  sin,  btcnute  il  is  pop 
ulur;  whor:in  the  name  of  virtue,  jus- 
tice and   heaven,     will    rebuke  the    un- 


■  i  .j.pi. 


as  tbe  locusts  and  lice 
in  Egypt.  What  is  our  power  for,  In 
the  pew  and  in  the  pulpit,  in  the  press, 
at.  the  polh,  iu  tbe  church, every  where, 
but  to  be  used,  wisely,  watchfully,  en- 
ergetically and  perpetually  for  God  and 
ilyl     When    the  devil   aud    his 


.-L-rrin]   ■  lu 


r  ij..i 


,.il    I,  I  ami 


hostilities, 
God,  aud  l 


iw  York  workingmen, — the 
lonl,  Ihe  United  Party,  and 
iinuoe.     The   International  is 

i  in  1608-9,  bat  internal  dis- 
'uiiicit  il.  A  quafrel  between 
York  sections  led  to  ihe  schism 
ongress  of  The  Hague,  Sep- 
872.  As  the  result  of  that 
lie  parly  headed  by  Karl  Mar 
d  ths  General  C 
>  N.w  York.     This 


UlCll   I 


ln-ir  lives  being  wholly  at  vaiiaiice 
i  their  talk,  it  is  certain  lhat  the 
■;  for  reform  has  arrived — the  time 
a  real  reform,  and  not  for  mers  lip- 
ice.  It  is  lime  that  the  voters  of 
the  United  States  should  begin  to  mi- 
nd that  "genuine  statesmanship" 
I  be  attained  through  the  jauus- 
faced  institution  of  Masonry,  -the    crea- 


ngs   have  a  peculiar 
no  presiding  officer. 


i  put  a  question  I 


ut  lhat  is  nil.  The 
nt,  is  nothing  more  than  a  mutual- 
enetil  club,  however  skilled  sums  of 
s  members  may  be  in  throning  pelr»« 


FK£I  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  FEBRUARY  5,  1874 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 


ChIcago,|jriiur.H<lay,  Feb.  5.  1874. 


ignoi 


the  nature    of  the  lodge, 
and   Jacob  were  of  the  nature  of  poly- 
gamy.  But  tbe  reception  of  Cbrii 
the   heart,  by  laith,  ia  ultimately   fata] 
to  the  lodge, 
convert's  understanding  ia  enlightened, 
he  must  abhor  a  secret  Christ-rejecting 
elan.       In  the  words     of  ei-Preaidi 
Finney,    his  moral  nature   will  loathe 


trump  of 


Thb  Grasob  U  the  las 
Satan;  and,  doubtless,  the 
geroue  movement  yet  set  on  foot.  Bu 
it  will  fail  as  tbe  Know-Nothings  failed. 
That  foolish  organization  Bpread  for  a 
time  like  fir*  among  dry  leaves,  but  il 
perished  as;quickly.  The  stupid,  glar- 
ing absurdity  of  organizing  a  seorct  or 
der,  under  professional  office -see  ken 
and  political  hacks  at  Washington  tc 
benefit  farmers,  is  ''too  thin"  to  succeed 
any  length  of  time. 

We  heard  a  farmer  the  other  day,  r 
professed  Anti-mason,  dech.rethat  tht 
grange  would  elect  the  next  president 
•And'.said  he,  "I'm  going  to  help  them.' 
He  may  or  he  may  not  be  die  appointed. 
Adams,  the  master  of  the  Nati  nal 
Grange,  lost  tbe  governorship  of  Iowa. 
But  what  are  we  to  think  of  Christ- 
ions  going  for  the  grange  because  they 
are  going  to  succeed.     They  remind  us 


Nob 


hie, 


go  with  the  grange.     It 
Masons;  is  run   by  Masoi 
eled  after  Masonry;  will 
eonry;    and  be    buried    in    the 
loathed  grave,  the  contempt  and  al 


got  up  by 

will]    M 


It  ie  obvious  that  there  is  to 
long  and  fierce  struggle  before  tht 
oretordera  lose  their  hold  on  the  U 
States  in  church  and  state. 

It  is  clear,  and  growing  clearer  t 
reflecting,  that  the  double  conne 
with  a  lodge  and  a  church,  and  a  double 
allegiance  to  Freemtts 
public,  cannot  and  must  not  be  tolerated 
if  we  expect  Christianity  or  popular  gov- 
ernment to  etand.  The  millions  of  taie, 
consumed  on  such  temples  of  secrecy 
as  are  now  erected  in  Philadelphia  and 
New  York;  the  time  of  able-bodied 
citizens  consumed  in  vain  and  worth- 
less objects;  but,  above  all,  the  sys- 
tematic aetting  aside 
displacing  the  civil  oath  by  others 
threatening  horrible  and 


mpt 


e  first  planted;  unless  thei 
low  shall  this  be  done* 


ships  ever  have  run  oot  and  run  dow 
the  Christian  religion  where  they  hav 
got  footingin  its  churches,  and  they  e\ 
not  that  rnulNUi.]..- 


I  Freem 


littb- 


tle   about    the    order.        They     swell 

ability;    while  the    men  at    tbe  bead 
of  it  hate  Christianity    and  give    th 
first  allegiance  to  the  lodge  as   ng;,i 
the  State. 
The  Rev.  A.  Crooks  of  the  Wedeyt 


rill  be  r 
ial  organic 


[.■ml.cv-i!. 


propoi 


lowship    tbe    pract 
which  are  idolatry, 
OD  this  earth.      Ai 

ceB    of  the    lodge, 
f  there  ia  idolatry 
d  churchea  in  San- 

Franci.co ma 

aa    .»(,!, 

lake   and 

keep  in  their 
lowing  them 
idolatry  of  th 

fellov 

uliip  ('till 

inuo  the 
ple.,aaot 

imen.nl- 

yr..V.-||ii|. 

ea  tolerate  the  lod^e 
How  and    when 

woralnps 
shall    [hi 

national 

nnion  be  form 

edt 

What  aha 

be  don.? 

aboot  it  net 

June 

I  .Svra.  ii- 

B.  Breth- 

The  Notion 
to  be  held  at 

"hoi 

meeling, 

"The    United 

foru 
Ohu 

eh"  "of' 

11    ,    V.ll.ll 

Christ." 

would  do  [for 

ua   as 

Christian 

s.      The 

toleration  of  a 

eeore 

empire  w 

thin   Llim 

great  commonwealth,  seeking  its  owr 
ends  by  its  own  secret  laws,  oaths,  am 
penalties  is  not  to  he  thought  of.  I 
idolatry  would  have  swamped  the  He 
brew  commonwealth  in  Moses'  day;  it 


Wee 


Pierpont    wrote    thi 
died  n'orazy  fanatii 
ild   destroy 


*in>ve  lines,  li-  wan < .'.[."U  a  crazy  lam 
to  think  that  the  ballot  could  dest: 
slavery.  But  it  has  done  it.  And  w 
can  destroy  the  lodge  by  the  same. 
The  two  organisations  under  God  will 
doit, 

AUASSIZ. 

This  nolcd  and  interesting  person  ie 
dead;  and  the  press,  especially  the  tech 
nically  religious  press,  bus  pronounced 


md  under  and  ba< 
,sm  for  the  study  i 
w    neither  intermi 


ponded  with  his 
uigh  boundless, 
legislature,   in  th 


ntellie 


Tbe   M ass ach  list 
midst   of  the    great 
.id  twenty   thousani 
ate  treasury  for    hi 
in    which,  it    would 
to  suppose,  that  c 
laand    of  the   sta< 
rever  will  have  a 


surioua  that  tbe  most  zealous  persont 
or  supporting  and  lauding  the 
itudy  of  dead  animals  and  reptiles 
,urned      to     stone     are,       generally, 


ven      p.-i 


of  the  Ian 
guages  of  dead  nations;  albeit  tho  Ian 
guages  of  Christ  and  his  apostles,  and 
of  the  conquerors  ol  the  world. 

Galileo,  Bacon,  Kepler,  Newton  and 
Franklin  have  all  left  ideas  and  princi- 
ples which  tbeachool-housesand  work- 


shops 


imple 


the    world  have    domesticated 
Ie  theii  own.     We  fear  it; 
thf    eulogists    of    Agasi 
t  th*  laws,  principles,  or 
re  tc  bear   his  name    to  other 


rally  I 


bis  altars.  He  believed  that  Eden  was 
a  myth  and  that  men  sprang  up  in  fan,' 
ilies,  not  indeed  like  monkeys,  but  like 
mushrooms;  each    country    furnishing 

And  when  1  asked   him   what  bearing 
his    theory  of  diverse    human    origii 
was  to  have  on  tbe  doctrine  thatCbr 
died  for  all  men.  having  taken  their  n 


"Ofc 


died  for  all,  as  whoever  light*  a  ci 
all  who  come  see  by  it" 

"But  what,"  I  asked,  "  are  we 
with  Paul's  teaching  that  "Godci 
of  one  blood  all  the  nations  of  m 
all  the  face  of  the  earth?" 

"  Prove  me,"  be  replied,  with  what  I 
do   not   understand    unless   it  w 
quibble, — "Prove  me    that  one  blood 

Well;  he  is  gone,  and  we  shall 
follow  where  the  limners  of  eternity 
have  painted  the  hosts  of  heaven 
following  and  worshiping  Christ,  who 
appears  "in  the  midst  of  the  throne  as 
it  were  a  Lamb  slain  from  the  founds 
tion  of  tbe  world,"  And  if  we  surve) 
the  nations  on  this  side  death,  it  would 
surely  seem  as  if  Paul  said  truly 
*'  Neither  is  there  salvation  in  any  oth- 
er."  Let  ue  emulate  his  virtues,  and  hii 
zeal  for  k'-owledge,  but  cleave  fast  l( 
him  who  was  and  is  "Thb  Troth." 


A    FIUNCK  FALLEN. 

tie-low,   our   subscribers    will   read  a 
brief  obituary  of  a   "King  and  a  priest 
unto  God,"  not  only  as  all  regenerated 
souls  wilt  he  Kings  and   priests  in  the 
economy    of  heaven;   but  if,    standing 
firm    against    the  overflowing  scourge, 
which    is  fast   lowering   the  American 
people  to  the  level  of  the  populi 
of    France,   Spain,  and   Mexico   makes 
e;.tness.   Elder  John  G.  Stearns 
l  prince  and  a  great  man." 
Wecouldlmve  wished  ThtJSxam 
urn/  Cli  run  id"  hud  added  une   word 

indent  notice  of  its  correspond). 

i  we  print  in  fall,  But  Elder 
Stearns  has  a  memorial,  higher  and  no- 

inan  .earthly  editors    can  either 

or  take  away.  The  good  saint 
Bernard  must  neon,  we  suppose,  follow 
Stearns;  saint,  in  a  higher  and  nobler 

linn  he  of  the  Romish  calendar. 
But  shall  not  the  pair  who  have  stood 
ide  by  side  against  the  hosts  of  dark- 
iCBs,  when,  as  they  did  from  Christ, 
'nil  the  disciples  forsook  them  and 
fled" — shall  not  these  two  be  minister. 
g  spirit*,  "acnt  forth"  to  louch   with 


their  invisible  fingers  the  heart  strings 
of  the  soldiers  of  Christ,  left  behind,  tc 
meet  in  Armageddon  the  battle  shook 
to  come?  "Help,  Lord  I  for  the  godly 
manceasetb;  for  the  faithful  fail  from 
among  the  children  of  men". 

Rev.  John  G    Stearns  died   today, 
10th  inst,  at  the  age  of  78  years.     He 


aighe. 


days.  He  de- 
ader!,  to  use  hia  own  words,  -'peace- 
fully,  peacefully"  to  the  tomb.  Hit 
illness,  at  times  trying,  was  for  tht 
most  part  painless.  His  religious  con- 
versation during  hisdecline  waadelight- 
ful  and  refreshing;  to  tbe  writer  itwat 
of  real  value.  Father  Stearns  was  born 
in  New  Hampshire,  was  educated  a1 
Hamilton,  ordained  at  Waterville,  (N. 
Y.)  was  in  the  ministry  fifty-two  yeans, 
serving  numerous  churchei  in  llii--  Stale. 
His  third  wife  survives  him.  He  wai 
tbe  author  of  several  books,  which  wert 
written  in  del'toc-  ui"  ilie  truth  agains 
the  attacks  of  error.  He  wrote  ant 
published  upon  Slavery,  Intempi 


vet.  This  book  has  reached  the 
edition.  This  book  .cost  him 
friends,  but  opposition  ODly  strengthen- 


Clinton,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  10th, 


Whether     the     humiliai 


Cast 


subm 


arrogant  demand  of  our  govern 
inent   in  the  Virginias  matter   caused 

his  overthrow  and  that  of  tbe  Spanish 
Republic,  or  aided  that  disaster  to  lib- 
erty, we  are  not  sufficiently  informed 
to  make  any  positive  assertion ;  although 
it  seems  to  us  highly  probable  that 


chief  c 


of  th< 


ithe 


there  is  hardlyroom  for  a  doub'..  Th 
discovery  all  at  once  after  the  lapse  o 
five  years  that  the  Spanish  governmen 
in  Cuba  "martyred"  a  number  of 
Masons  near  Santiago,  whose  widows, 
it  is  said,  were  outraged  by  the  mob  ir 
their  demonstration,  uf  joy  at  the  cap 
ture  of  tbe  Virginius  is  a  fact  of  great 
significance.  Why  waB  that  exec 
then  first  proclaimed  and  reiterated  by 
all  the  Masonic  filibustering  papers  ol 
the  nation,  with  a  shriek  for  vengeancf 
to  be  executed  on  Lhe  Cubans.  Those 
Masons  were  not  executed  for  being 
Masons,  but  for  using  Masonry  accord' 
ing  to  its  adaptations  for  perpetuating 
conspiracy  and  treason.  Just  as  the 
Vtrginus  was  captured,  not  aa  an  indig- 
nity to  the  flag  or  government  of  the 
United  States,  but  to  frustrati 
busters,  and  rescuo  our  flag  from  being 
prostituted  to  the  purposes    of  pirates 


Yett 


filib 


demanding 
vengeance  upon  the  Cubans.  Why 
should  they  demand  this?     Why,  thai 

popular  in  Cuba,  might  be  set  up 
become  the  controlling  power  behind 
the  throne,  as  it  is  here  and  in  every 
country  where  it  is  let  loose  and  liberty 
to  combat  it  with  press  and  tongue  ie 
put  in  chains. 

A  poor,    deluded  Mason,   of    Gran 
ville,  Mich.,  fired  with  the  spirit  of  this 

expressing  very  pious  concern  for  ue 
lest  our  sincerity  should  be  seriously 
doubted  if  we  denounced  the  crime  ol 
murdering  one  man,  said  to  have  been 
committed  forty  years  ago,  and  wen; 
silent  respecting  the  numerous  murders 
and  horrible  barbarities  inflicted  upon 
the  Masons  of  Cuba,  and  upon  their 
widows  and  orphans  at  the  pr 
time.  Why  do  you  not  demand,  said 
he,  that    "justice  shall  overtake    th 


talefaot 


s?"      For 


make  no  such  demand.  First, 
they  are  wholly  without  our  jurisdic- 
tion; and  secondly,  the  only  evidence  in 
the  case  is  Masonic  newspaper  rumor; 
always  to  be  taken  at  a  large  discount, 
but  in  this  case  attended  by  circumstau 
cos  that  utterly  annihilate  their  credi- 
bility. This  poor  Mason  is  distressed 
that  we  should  have  so  little  horror  at 
Anti-masonic  violence  in  Cub*;  hut  the 
very  fervor  of  his  piety  was  an    evident 

lon^liiL'  LO  riWeep   C'.lha   jrirli  piling  :.fjr-- 

and  carnage.  His  cowardice  equalled 
bis  hyp  'Crisy,and  he  withheld  hi-  nam ■-, 
or  we  would  give  it  to  the  public.  But 
he  is  a  representative  Mason  with  re- 
spect to  the  Yirginius  affair,  aud  there- 
for we  believe  the  policy  of  ourgovern- 
'B9  dictated  by  Free- 
ii  g  rati  tie  1   tins  Hpiiil  ,,f 


Maar 


]  blind  and   lead    people  to  say, 


Masonry  had  nothing  to  do  with  i 
it  would  have  been  confided   to  sc 

Masonry  never  does  such  tilings  openly 

another  place  and  by  another  nam 
foretall  suspicion.  Then  the  sinking  of 
a  scow,  accidentally, in  a  channel  where 
it  would  blockade  a  Spanish  man-of-wt 
just  in  the  nick  of  time  to  prevent  In 
acting  ai  a  protection  to  tbe  Cubnm 
the  sinking  of  the  Virginius  just  after 
our  Attorney  General  was  obliged 
acknowledge  that  she  bad  no  right 
our  flsg,  but  was  really  a  piratical  craft; 
in  the  hasty  and  private  discharge  of 
the  prisoners  without  trial,  such  us  the 
protocol  bouud  our  government  to  at- 
tend to; — all  have  a  genuine  Masonb 
aspect,  and  satisfy  us  thnt  those  mem 
bers  of  our  administration  who  are  con 
nected  with  the  secret  orders  fully  rec 
ogniia  the  authority  of  the  grand  sov 
(.'reigns  of  those  orders  and  acted  under 
them  in  that  sorry  business  to  tbe  dii 
grace  of  our  nation  and  the  temporary 
overthrow' of  Republicanism  in  S( 


Rev.  W.  P.  MoNakv's  Skbuon  on 
FkEKUAsoHitv, — A  copy  of  this  dts 
course,  which  was  preached  in  Bloom 
ingtou,  Ind.,  Dec.  8,  1873.  has  been 
put  into  our  hands.  We  commenced 
to  read  with  the  intention  of  noting  the 
plan  and  glaucing  at  tho  heads  so 
form  a  general  idea  of  its  oha 
But  we  were  immediately  i 
and  borne  along  by  a  powerful 
current  of  thought  and  feeling 
from  which  we  found  no  escape 
until  wc  had  quite  read  the  sei 
raon  through,  It  is  the  most  thoroug) 
ly  exhaustive  compend  of  the  whole  ai 
gumi-nt  against  Masonry,  we  have  evt 
met  with  in  so  small  a  compass.  Call 
tiiil  conienst'd  inl-l  lecluM'ty  .tod  pin 
kindness  are  the  traits  which  charade 
ize  every  part — there  are  no  attempt 
at  fine  writing,  no  cumbering  of  thought 
iding  words.     No   turn- 


e  after 
i  to  the 


mga 

"'   i£8  atop- 

ponents;  no  bitterness  or    unkindness 
towards  any  living  soul;  nothing   tl 
shoulo  give  any  offense;  but  the  wri 
seem:,  wholly  absorbed  with  bissubj 
and  the  reader  finds  himself   very  so 


;n  the 


..»di' 


Th 


author  does  not  B  tar  tie  you  by  novelty, 
nor  charm  you  by  originality,  but  ac- 
complishenwliat  is  more  difficult,  pre- 
sent familiar  ideas  with  such  clearness, 
direclnes;  and  timple    earnestness    thai 


'11   gain   , 

'  the  i 


Inrgedc 


leptio 


importance.       You     welcome 
familiar  truths  a*  old  acquaintance  afi 

discussed  mainly,  but  the  application  of 
the  arguments  to  other  secret  societies 
is  frequently  pointed  out.  The  refer- 
ences lo  authorities,  hoth  Masonic  and 
Anti-masonic  are  abundant  and  bo  ju- 
diciously  selected   that  lecturers    and 


the 


■■dinglj    . 


subject  will  find   it. . 
venient  aud  valuabh 

ere  nee,  a  Bortof  abridged  concordance 

Would    that  such   sermons  might   be 

preached  in  all  the  pulpits  and  then  be 
printed,  and  read  in  all  tbe  families 
Christendom.      If  we  might  eelect  o 
aud  but  one  hucIi  for  universal  diffusion 


select  than  thi 


•ould  a 


Bbo.  Caldwell  and  the  Work  u 
Ohio.— Friends  in  Ohio,  and  through- 
out the  country,  indeed,  will  rejoice  t< 
learn  that  the  state  agent  has  begur 
his  work  with  every  indication  of  God'l 
favor  upon  it.  A  letter,  too  late  for 
insertion  t  n  we--k,  from  Bro.  Cald 
tells  of  a  serie.-i  of  eucmngmg  meetings 
in  Williams  county,  and  the  blessedness 
of  tho  work  to  himself.  He  beli 
as  we  do,  that,  tbe  statu  is  ready  for  or- 
ganisation, aud  wants  the  brethren  from 
every  part  of  it  to  write  him  imme 
ly,  suggesting  time,  place,  mann 

thing  else  of  intercut 


the 


ting 


d     he    held    before    the   National 
Anniversary,  so  that  Ohio  may  be  ably 

presented  in  that  meeting.     Wat 
ie  for  another,  friends;  but  each 


Pittsburgh  yesterday,  Feb.  4th.      Dele- 

,    and   the   meeting  opened  with 

siasra.     Hon.  Felix  R.  Bruuot  is 

inent  chairman.     Addresses  were 

by  Revs,  T.    P.    Stevenson  and 

D.  McAllister  of  the  Ohrirtian  States- 

Prof.  Kerr,  Dr.  J.  A.  Brown  and 

Prof.  0.  A.  BlanchHrd.     TheCtf-ioaure 

presented  in  the  d 


rep« 


Prof.  Blanohard 
F  the  Na- 
opposed 


It  is  Btill  published  at  Sycamore,    III 
by  Arnold  Bros.     Monthly  at  50  cts. 

XOTtiS. 

— A  correspondent  wishes  to  kno 
whether  Prof.  Wdder's  article  on  seer. 
orders  is  published  in  tract  form.  It 
has  not  been  published  except  in  news- 
papers The  publishers  of  the  Cyno- 
sure have  projected  a  pamphlet  which 
will  contain  Prof.  Wi Ide r's  able  paper 
and  others  of  equal  Importance,  bear- 
ing especially  upon  the  system  of  col- 
lege secrecy.  It  will  be  published  ii 
May  or  early  in  June,  and  the  efforts 
of  friends  are  desired  to  secure  a  large 
edition.  Such  a  work  should  be  put 
in  the  hands  of  every  student,  and,  ii 
deed,  ..f every  young    person. 

— The  article  on  our  first  page  "by 
Past  Royal  Arch  Mason,"  may  be  re 
Ogojzod  by  some  as  from  a  gentlema 
who  contributed  :\  number  of  articles  t 


signature    of  "An  old  Mason." 
approaches  the  end  of  life  he  wi 

tion  whose  blasphemous  oatliB 
been  a  cause  ol  bitter  repentanc 
— The  reports  from  Ithaca  I 
special  mterst.  So  far  from  subduing 
the  evil  spirits  in  a  number  of  the  stu- 
dents of   Cornell  University,    the  mur- 

made  a  way  for  a  legion  of  devils, 
Soon  after  that  melancholy  occurence 
the  faculty  resolved  not  to  allow  any 
secret  society  winch  could  not  be  satis- 
factory shown  "to  be  favorable  to 
good  scholarship,  good  order  and  mor- 
ality, and  to  be  free  from  all  initiation 
or  other  rales,  ceremonies  or  proceed- 
ings, dangt-rous,  degrading,  or  unwor- 
thy of  gentlemen  and  members  of  an 
institution  of  learning."  Tbe  faculty 
can  now  show  what  is  meant  by  their 
resolution.  The  matter,  we  hope,  will 
have  no  peaceable  ajustment  until  thi 
rioters  unconditionally  surrender,  Thi 
thorough  manner  in  which  the  Ithaci 
Journal  deals  with  the  case  is  havin| 
a  good  effect.     In  its  issue  of  Jan.  26th 


ply  in  an  abusive  manner,  claiming 
right  to   show  such    disapprobation 
they  see  fit  to  a  public   address,     The 
editor    makes   it  an  occasion  for    again 
lashing  them  roundly.     Besides,  Prof. 
Wilder  writes  that  while  he  did  no 
pin ■■uiul    reasons    attend    the    leeti 

roughs   whom    he    could    have    r< 
nifd     nliould     huve  been  arrested 


>ng  the  students  and    ci 
es  the  charges  of    the  Jour- 
the  opinions    of   promin 


edu. 

by  r'-'[uestin^  the  faculty  to  take  sucl 
measures  as  shall  test  tbe  soundness  o 
these  opinions  and  bring  the  blame  o 
the  disturbances  upon  those  who  mad> 
it     But  in  the   latter  case  they  will,  if 

the  saored  precincts  of  the  lodge.  Proi 
Btancbard  noted  sensibly  in  leaving  th 
field  to  tbe   people   of  Ithaca.     If  they 


a  peat 


—The   National   Grange    is   n 
session  in  St.  Louis.     These  que 
are  reported  to   be  among  the  leading 
ones  before  it:     a   new  ritual,  tbe  di 
poaition  of  250,000  surplus  funds,   tl 
Boston  grange,  political  action.and  opi 

INSTEAD  OF  SEORET  ORGANIZATION.     Each 

one  of  thoae  propositions  is  vol 
which  only  the  despotic  character  of 
tho  order  can  smother,  Ae  for  the 
first,  it  ie  an  action  full  of  meaning, 
whether  we  regard  tho  objectionable 
features  of  the  old  ritual  to  a  sincere 
conscience,  or  the  fact  of  its  wide  ex 
posure.  The  second  means  that  our 
farmers  are  enriching  some  useless  per 
sonagea  besides  middlemen  and  rail, 
roads ;  a  great  building  fur  headquarter! 
in  New  York  is  proposed  as  the  place 
to  hide  this  mo->ey.  The  Boston 
grange  will  have  a  strong  argument  in 
the  establishment  ol  a  number  of  gran- 
ges in  this  city,  St  Louis,  Cincinnati, 
and  elsewhere,  whose  members  are 
bb  far  removed  from  (lie  (arming  inter- 
ests as  themselves  or  any  other  com- 
mission men.  Ab  for  political  action, 
the  leaders  fear  its  adoption  and  pro- 
pose lo  keep  the  order  out  of  it,  leav- 
ing individual  members  to  push  the 
ballot;  but  whalevor  success  they  have 
will  be  passed  to  the  credit  of  the  or- 
der, which  meanwhile  hides  its  hand, 
>w,and  pretends  to  ignore  politics. 
Of  the  last  proposition  the  leaders  know 
that  their  little  game  will  be  out  of 
their  hands  if  so  radical  a  obange  is 
and  there  is  little  prospect  of  its 
ndoption;  but  the  bare  mention  of  it 
hows  the  feeling  of  the  agricultural 
linages,  whose  honesty  must  yet  pre- 
vail. 

— Not  enough  is  done  through  circu- 
ittiou  of  tracts,  etc.,  to  dispute  the  en- 
ro.u-bmiiit  of  this  order.      In  Minneso- 


where  it  is  longest  aud  be.-st  known 

novelty  i;  gone  and   the    power   c 

petty  secrecy  is  becoming  contemptible 


News   of  our  Work. 


but  i 


i  East, 


e  are  meeting  it  by  spreading  ml'".-- 
on  among  tho  people;  n  g-ntl-mati 
ing  that  his  old  town  in   Vermont 
about  to   organize  a   grange,  s«nl 
3  a  quantity  of  papers  and    tracts: 
another    request    comes    from    Preble 
county,  O.,    where  the  order  is  repor- 
ted  as   "increasing    like    dog-fennel;' 
another  sends  to  a  friend  in  Iowa  whe 
has  written:  "Shall  I  join  the  grange?' 
Snow-flakes  stopped  Napoleon,  so  may 
a  multitude  of  individual  efforts,  though 


.  Him 


-Your 


eighbo 


The  New  York  State  Association  op- 
posed lo  Secret  Societies,  requests  all 
County    and  Town  Associations  with- 

posaibie,  through  their  Secretar- 
ries  or  other  officers,  to  the  Cor- 
responding Secretary  ot  the  State 
Association,  Rev.  A.  F.  Dempsev, 
Blodoet  Mills,  Cortland  Co.,N.  Y., 
on  tho  following  aalistical  points  of  in- 
formation : 

1.  Name  of  County  orTown,  Organ- 
ization; President,  Secretary  or  other 
officers;  with  their  addresses, 

2.  Time  and  place  of  organization. 

3.  Number  of  meetings  held  to  date: 
when  and  where,   and    the  number  of 

and  prospects  of 
nfluence  and  sti 


tbe  Association  in  that  directioi 
Presidents  of  Counties  or  To' 
pointed  by  the  State  Associali 
otheririendsof the  movement,a 
ly  requested  to  act  promptly  \vl  » 


the 


:Oi,l  jili-wi^e  ti 

.  far  a 


Bible.     If  help  is  wanted  in  organizing  : 

can  be  had  by   corresponding    with     A 

H.  Dempsey,    Cor.   Sec.  of  State  Ass' 

J,   L.  Barlow, 

EreaidmU  of  the  State  Association 


"The  Niagara  County  AbsooI 
opposed  to  Secret  Societies"  will  hold 
their  annual  meeting,  in  the  city  of 
Lockport,  Feb.  17th  and  18th,  1874 
commencing  Tueaday,  17th,  at  10  A 
M.  We  hope  Bro.  C.  A.  Blanchard 
and  Bro.  Baird  will  be  with  us. 

T.  Coblibb,  Sec. 


(J  I DRIES. 


The  new  State  Capitol  at  Alban 
N.  Y,,was  to  cost  only  84.000,00' 
nut  it  comes  out    that  unless  'the  pla 


-orgeon-; 


there  wi 
plumes  ; 

very  rainy  day,  when  Knitflits  Tern 
plars  and  the  flock  of  greater  and  lei 
ser  Masons  essayed  to  lay  the  cornei 
stone  of  the  aforesaid  building.  I 
lything   Masonic  about  the  ei 


ullio 


dollai 


"During  the   last  eighteen   montl 
fifty-nine  persons  convioted  of  Ku-Klu 
ism  have   been    pardoned,    and    about 
twenty   applications  for  pardon  are  stil 
pending  before  the  Attorney  General.' 

"Thou     hast   nourished    and    brougbi 
up  children."     Who  dare   accuse   the* 

of  deserting  them  when  thy  popularity 

Can    prison     bars  or    death    ws: 
withstand  thee? 


Dear  Friends  :— I  see  in  the  aci 
of  Bro.  Kiggins'  labors  for  the  lasi 
months  that    he  does  not  receive  a 
p  >rt  lulfi  ient  for  his    time    and    1. 
Now  I  am  getting  alone:  in    year-; 
not  able  to  do  much,  but    I  would   be 
sorry    to    have  our    State    agent   retin 
from  such  a  work  as   he    is  engaged  in 
sol  will    promise    to  give    the    sum    o 
$5.00  in  the  course  of  the  year,  rathe 
than    be  should    quit   the    field.     Tin 
ball  muBt  be    kept  rolling  if  possible 
I     am     surrounded    with    Masons    ant 


"jm 


heard  a  lecture;  but  1 
to  hear  and  learn  something  about 
'"(mage  of  the  Bensl"  and  I  will  read  tht 
Cynosure  and    and  try  lo  keep  posted. 
Your  friend  in  the  cause, 

Jacob  Riho. 
Marion,   Grant  Co.,  Ind, 
Here  is  the  next.     Who  follows? 
Doha,  Wabash  Co.,   Ind. 
H.  L.     Kellogg: — 1    enclose     two    dol- 
assist  Bro.  Kiggins,  State  agent, 
work.      He  should  bo  sustained. 
rorK  is  glorious  and  spreading  no- 
Tnos.   Gibbs. 


lata 


nal. 


The  lectures  oy  Prof.  C  A  Blan- 
tard  announced  to  be  given  in  Ithaca, 
ere  delivered  in  Journal  Hall  and  not 
;  Cornell  University,  as  staled  in  thu 
'^Hosure.  The  first  lecture  was  de- 
cered  under  embamssing   eircuuostan- 

ted  and  the  friends  of  the  cause  in  the 
were  in  total  ignorance  of  the 
liat    no    proper     preparation    had 

lectures.  Professor  Blanohard's  aer- 
were  engaged  and  the  ball  rented 
parties  residing  outside  the 
place,  who  evidently  supposed  that 
their  responsibility  ended  there, 
lectures  were  not  properly 
advertised,  no  bills  were  posted, 
ud  the  attendance  the  first 
veuing  was  small.  The  subject  was 
College  Secret  Societies,"  or  as  an- 
ounced  in  tho  Cynosure,  "Who  killed 
Mortimer  Leggett?"  This  tragedy  is 
still  freBh  in  the  minds  o  the  citizens 
of  Ithaca,  and  a  lecture  on  the  subject 
would  undoubtedly  have  attracted 
much  attention  had  it  been  generally 
understood. 

The  next  day  handbills  announcing 
the    subject  for  the    evening's    lecture, 

carried  to    nearly  every  bouse    in    the 
and  the    attendence 
,  a  number  of  studei 


a  a  disturbance 


allu- 


rdnnt  sounds.  Tbe  lecturer  was 
obliged  to  atop  several  times,  the  stamp- 
ng  and  hissing  being  ao  loud  that  his 
roice  could  not  be  heard.  At  the  close 
ue  congratulated  the  young  men  on 
the  possession  of  such  excellent  feet  and 
lungs,  n  compliment  which  they  ack- 
nowledged by  attending  him  to  his  ho- 
tel and  pelting  him  with  sn  .wballs. 

On  Thursday  evening,  the  Professor 
repeated,  by  request,  the  lecture  on  Col- 
lege Seoret  Societies,  the  audience  was 
still  larger  and  tbe  students  with  a  few 
exceptions,  sai  in  a  body,  with  a  sprink- 
ling of  Masons  among  them.  At  the 
conclusion  of  the  prayer  offered  by  a 
resident  minister,  there  was  loud  cheer- 
ing from  that  part  of  the  hall;  and  the 
lecturer  had  hardly    commenced  when 


■  ih.,i 


Ithaca  and  Pandemonium  are  synony- 
mous names.  Several  ladies  became 
frightened  and  left  the  ball.  Professor 
Blanchard  was  repeatedly  obliged  to 
stop  speaking  five  and  ten  minutes  at 
a  time,  hissing,  stamping,  barking  and 
a  "baa"  from  one,  left  no  doubt  in  the 
minds  of  sensible  people  as  to  what 
sort  of  birds  and  beasts  are   enraged  at 


The  Pr< 


lessor  pri-Kcrved  hi-;  composure  and  good 
humor  unruffled  throughout.  Whenhe 
had  nearly  finished  these  vigilant  cham- 
pions of  secret  orders  and  public  dis- 
orders aroie  in  a  body  and  marched  to- 
ward the  door,  Btnging,  whistling  and 
stamping;  then  marched  back  and  took 

closing  remarks  from  being  heard. 

Professor  Blanchard  spoke  of  the 
discrepancy  in  the  statements  of  the 
atudents  at  the  investigation  in  the 
caee  of  Leggetl's  death,  one  of  whom 
testified  that  they  were  not  initiating 
young  Leggett  into  the  Kappa  Alpha 
society,  while  others  stated  that  they 
were;  implying  that  some  ol  the  wit- 
nesses bad  perjured  themselves,  After 
the  lecture  Vice-President  Russell,  of 
Cornell  University,  arose  to  defend  the 
character  of  tbe  young  men  and  to  rec- 
oncile their  contradictory  statements. 
His  explanation  was  that  the  walk  out 
to  the  cliff  was  not  properly  a  part  of 
the  initiatory  ceremonies, although  pre- 
liminary to  them  the  candidate  was  tak- 
en there;  and  to  Uhe  his  own  language, 
''with  the  moon  careering  through  the 
azure  heavens  to  add  to  the  eolemuity 
of   the  scene"  a  solemn    oath  was    ad- 


■e.ll    wl.,.1 


secrets  should  be  revealed    to  him  dur- 

by  moonlight  is  doubtless  a  very  im- 
pressive sight  but  wouldn't  a  great 
part  of  the  effect  he  lost  on  the  candi- 
date from  the  fact  of  his  being  blind- 
bided?  The  moon  ia  said  to  exert, a 
leculiar  influence  on  lunatics  and  idiots 
.ud  possibly  men  who  consent  to  bo 
blindfolded  and  led  aronud  in  this  mon- 


ths 


nflui 


na  the  two  cla 

sea  before 

named. 

Profeasor  B 

anchard  w 

ia  escorted  to 

his  hotel  by 

everal    frie 

nda,    followed 

closely  by  tbe 

students,  w 

ho  attempted 

to  throw   red 

pepper  In 

his  eyes,    but 

happily  did  n 

it    Mnccet'd. 

He  had  ex- 

peeled  to  loot 

re  Friday 

evening,    but 

decided  not  u 

,  as  it    wa 

thought  no 

ladies    would 

venture   again  and    few 

peacably  disposed  men  and  the  lecturer 

would  be  eat 

ely  at    the 

mercy  of  the 

THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE  :  FEBRUARY  5,  1874 


could  not  enforce  order  and  the  proba- 
bility is  that  he  <  mild  not  have  succeed- 
ed in  making  himself  heard  haJ  he  at- 
tempted to   lecture. 

Of  course  much  will  be  said  about 
•'young  blood"  and  "wild  oats,"  and 
the  blame  of  the  whole  proceeding  will 
bo  adjudged  to  the  students,  yet  prom- 
inent Masons  were  seen  among  them 
and  encouraging  them  in  their  disor 
derly  conduct.  There  is  nothing  to  be 
said  in  justification  of  their  proceed- 
ings, but  until  public  lynchers  eet  better 
namples  we  cannot  expect  better  things 


An    anti-secrecy    t 
Marion,    Franklin   county.    Pa.,  or 
the  alternoon  of  the  24ia  of  January, 
The  services  of  the  Rev.  J.  M. 
LJishop  having  been  secured    the  meet- 
is  organized  by    electing  Rev.  D. 
U.  Rumler   Chairman;    Samuel    Lee- 
ec'y.   Rev.    J.    S.    West   offered 
prayer;  after  which    the   Ch( 


The 


i  place. 


First  M.  E.  church 
D.,  is  advertised  to  lecture  a  few 
miles  from  here  on  the  "Beauties  of 
Secrecy."  Of  course  he  is  a  Mason; 
preaohing  the  religion  of  Christ  on 
Sunday  and  the  religion  of  the  devil 
through  the  week;  a  free  gospel  on 
one  day  and  a  religion  that  L>inds 
men's  consciences  with  horrid  oaths 
six! 

It  is  too  soon  to  judge  of  the  full  ef- 
fect the  lecturen  will  have,  but  they 
were  by  no  means  n  failure.  People 
who  have  hitherto  been  indifferent  on 
this  subject,   are   beginning  to   inquire 


I  the   frie 

of  .the  cause  are  thoroughly   aroused. 
"God  speed  the  right."  Anti. 

The  Ithaca  Daily  Journal  ^ives  fair 
and  impartial  reports  of  the  lectures, 
crediting  Mr.  Blancbard  with  being  a 
"  pleasing  and  forcible  speaker,"  ''worth 
hearing  whether  one  haB  made  up  bis 
mind  to  agree"  or  not,  and  who  "  'takes 
ground  cautiously,  weighs  well  his  ar- 
guments and  presents  them  in  attract- 
ive language".  01  the  second  lecture 
(on  Masonic  ceremonies)  the  editor  says, 
with  a  questionable  apology  for  his  ig- 
norance: "We  have  no  means  of  know- 
ing of  course  bow  much,  if  any,  of 
this  description  is  true;  but  if  it  be  a 
fact  that  men  conduct  themselves  in  the 
manner  described  last  evening,  it  is 
moat  assuredly  a  fact  that  the  very  ac- 
me  of  silliness  and  grotesquenees  has 
been  reached,  and  we  are  not  surprised 
that  the  most  inviolable  secrecy  in  re- 
gard to  such  supreme  folly  is  enjoined 
by  the  rules  of  the  order,  and  wi 
observed  by  tlte  members  whe 
passed  through  the  perform* 
The  editor  criticizes  sharply  th> 
duct  of  those  disturbing  tin-  k-eiu 
"  cannot  believe  that  Mssoob  wo 
gage  in  such  disreputable  practic 
The  outr.^e'.'U:,  disturb  inc 
the  third  lecture  are  detai 
considerable  length.  We  mak. 
for  a   short  extract: 

"The    lecturer,    last     evening,    had 
not  been  speaking  longer   than    fifteen 
minutes,  before  be  was  inteirupted  by 
sneezes,    hisses,      affected     coughing, 
stamping  of  the  feet,  groans  and   other 
disorderly    proceedings.     The    precau- 
tion bad  been  taken  to  have  two  police 
men  stationed   in  the  hall,  but  beyond 
ejecting  one  student  upon  the  order  of 
u  gentleman  connected   with  this  ol 
nothing  was  done    to    preserve    01 
Grown  bold   by   this  impunity,    tin 
forts  to  drown  the  speaker's  voice  i 
redoubled.     Songs,  cheers,  swinging  ol 
hats,   rising  and  crowding  together 
tumultuous  confusion,  so  increased 
uproar  that  numbers  ol  lad. -.-j.iitfri^ij  l 
arose   and   precipitately   left   the  b 
while    those    who  remained    were  i 
vous  and  anxious,  beleiving  every  n 
ute  that  a    movement   would  be    m 


ntertained  the  audience  for  two 
hours  on  the  evils  of  secret  oath-bound 
<-s,  confining  his  remarks  princi- 
pally to  Odd-fellowship,  its  initiation, 
obligation,  etc.,  proving  from  Grosh's 
il  Ibat  it  ii  anti-Christ.  At  the 
close,  the  chairman  said  all  who  de- 
nother  lecture  on  the  following 
Monday  evening,  subject,  Freemasonry, 
should  rise  to  their  feet  The  entire 
ongregation  arose,  save  a  few  hood- 
naked  brethren;  many  exclaiming, 
'we  must  have  something  on  the 
;rangeB  on  Monday  evening  also." 
The  speaker  remarked,  "Very  well." 
After  tbe  congregation  was  dismissed 
i  number  gathered  at  the  village 
Th<-     hoodwinked   and    their 


which  would  culmin 
lee.     Indeed,  at   ti 
the   wild   surging 
cries,  shouts  and  g 
back  part  of  the   h* 

ate  in  a  general  me 
nes,    judging    fron 
of    the   crowd,    the 
neral  tumult  in  the 
II,  it  seemed  almos 

certain  that   a  batt 
among  the  roughs. 

e    was  in    progress 
The  frequent  cries 
of  the    boisterous 

crowd  of   'Set  dow 

nl'   'Set  down!'  Se 

down!  sufficiently 

attested    the   trutl 

which,  among  othe 

s,    tbe  speaker  wa 

trying  to  impress,  that  the  moat  active 
members  of  Beoret  college   societies — 
the    'politicians' — were   invariably   thi 
coarsest  and  moBt  ignorant  students  in 
the      University.        When     Preaiden 

icting  v 


i  called 


>ok  the 


former  arguments   and 

peak  of  the  necesBi 

bility  of  an  Anti-mas 

After  a  few  remarks  by   persons   pres- 

i  association  opposed  to  secret  ao- 

i  was   organized.     The  following 

officers  were  duly  elected  for  the   year 

President.     S.    R.    Rail;   Vice 

lents,  D.  D.   Deunison  and  John 

Harpster;    Secretary,    A.    G.    Par-ell; 

Treasurer,  H.  P  Butler,  Committee  on 

Platform  and  Constitution,   H,  P.  But 

ler,  S.   S.   Butler   and  A.  G.    Panel! ; 

mmittee  to   report   Friday   evening, 

n.  2,   1874. 

Thus  closed    this   series   of  lectures, 
liich  were  entirely  satisfactory  to  the 
friends  of  truth.     There  arevery  many 
nasons    here   and  they  are   wide 
i  on  the  subject  of  aecretism.     We 
wish  the  speaker  a   hearty   God-speed 
id  pray  that  the  Lord  may  abundant- 
ly bless  his  labors. 

On   Friday  evening,    Jan.  2d,  187-1,- 
;  met  at    the  church  to  hear  the  re- 
port of  the  committee;  their  report  was 
submitted  and  adopted. 

H.   P.  Boiler. 


at  one  time.     Some    lit 
Led  by  (he  speukei  1  know 


"  This 


filled 


rave  man,  a  Baptist 
I  said,  'Gentlemen, 
Odd-fellow  at  one  tin 

lie  tiling: 

about,  but  the    n 
oipal  points  of  the  Lecture  a 
put  a  damper  on  tbe    nois 
evening  the  houi 
principal   citizens  of  the   sur- 
country,     Tbe  speaker  enter- 
e   audience    for  two    hours  on 
jet   of  Fieemasonry,   its   anti- 
anil  anti-republican  charaoter, 
together  with  its   initiation  and   horrid 
After    which   he   took  hold  of 
trie  granges  mid  for  one    hour  he  han- 
dled thiB  subject  in  BUch  a   manner   as 
at  the  "Gates  Ajar;"  some  farmers 
aiming,  "I  thought  it  wouid  come 
that  way;"  another  said  "This  lect- 


Experience.  Meeting. 
E.  D.  J.  Myers, Cop!  iy, Lehigh  Co.  Pa 
-I  have  experience  enough;  hav< 
:en  In  five  lodges,  such  as  Odd-iel 
ws,  Knights  of  Pythias,  etc. ;  hav 
nounced  ther 


dollai 


The 


>rder 


■,ugho 


U  i-:  ivnvrK  k 


Editor  of  the  Cynosure.'— 


iplei 


of 


ol  informing  j 


e  Rev.  John  T.  Kigginshas 
.  and  delivered  a    series  of  very 
iti-masouic  lectures  in  tbe  Uni 
upied  by  tl'c  Prerfhyten 


United    Bre 


•oning, 


-The  Lutheran'  Almanac,  by  Kurte, 
tbe  number  of  ministers  in  that 
church,  in  this  country,  at  2,332;  con- 
.ions,  4,346;  and   .538.039   mem- 
bers, divided  among  the  Synoda  as  fol- 
General  Council,    152,407;  Syn- 
odical   Conference,   202,285;    General 
Synod,    106,517;     Southern    General 
nod,    13,419;  Independent   Synod, 
!)48 — There  is  a  proposition   to  sell 
the  "Old  North  Church"  on  the  corner 
of  Fulton  and  Williams  Btreets,    New 
York,  the  cradle  and  home  of  the  Ful- 
~  -  prayer  meeting.     The   Witness 
Bays    that    the    Reformed     Collegiate 
h,    which  owns  it,  is  very  weal- 
thy, having  a  building  which  cost  >1,- 
~'    ,000,  but  it  wants  tc  sell  the  "Old 
North"  for    missionary    purposes! — In 
estimating  the  power  ol  religion  in  thi* 
ltry,  it  is  important  lo   know  that 
e  are  more  than  60,000    Protestant 
about  3.000    Catholic   churches  in 
United  States. 


,  of  th< 


Sews  Summary. 


-The  great 
week  is  the  battle  between  Senator! 
Carpenter  and  Morton,  on  the  Louisi 
ana  question.  The  argurnenlsof  the  for- 
oer  are  against  tbe  whole sal.-  corruption 
md  fraud  of  the  Republican  leaders,  eo- 
lolled.'in  that  state.  Morton  pictured 
of  negroes,     Ii 


I    would   i 


uploy  i 


sour  State.  Since  I  renounced  openly 
my  friends  are  against  me,  Masons  or 
Masons;  but  1  forgive  them  ail  free- 
ly, for  they  do  not  know  what  they  do, 
and  pray  that  their  eyes  will  be  opened 
re  too  late.     I  read  the  other  day, 
an  M.    D.,  of  AllenLown,   Lehigh 
Pa.,    went   to  Chicago  to  get  bis 
degree,  and  all  the  papers  prai  <d 
■„»r  having  received  that  honor.      I 
you  God  speed  in  your  good  work. 
j,  r.  ,  Richland  Co.  Ill:— I  was  a 
ihiper  of  thiB   Idol    set  up   by   the 
devil  in  tbe  churches,  but  am  now  free 
d  worship  God  through  Jesus  as   the 
ly  hope  of  the  guilty. 


>  be  "loved  and  prized  by  God 


-Whei 


Whit 


led  thei 


ding; 


:  the  : 


the  name  of  Dr.  Wilder,  much  hissing. 
Which  of  these  men  was  honored! 
We  fear  President  White  will  exc 
in  bitterness  of  spirit  'What  evil  t 
have  I  done  that  such  men  praise  i 
Red  peppei  was  thrown  about 
room;  frantic  rushes  were  made  for  tbe 
stairway,  then  equally  frant 
back  again  to  their  position  in 
partof  the  hall.  Finally,  th 
who  had  not  for  n  moment 
temper  or  self-possession,  was  compelled 


g  Wednesday 
ber  24th,   1873. 

The  fiist  evening  the  lecture 
troductory  to  the  question  a 
treating  !>f  the  general  character  of  the 
institution  of  Freemasonry  and  othi 
secret  societies.  The  second  evening 
tbe  speaker  opened  the  doors  of  the 
lodge  nud  gave  us  tbe  lectures,  pa 
word,  grip  and  signs  of  the  first  th 
degrees,  and  shewed  tbe  folly  i 
absurdity  of  the  name  and  the  wicked- 
ness of  the  obligations.  On  tbe  third 
evening  be  fully  and  completely  demol- 
ished the  Master  Mason's  degree, under 
mining  the  foundation  "f  the  institution, 
proving  by  sacred  and  profane  history 
that  the  legend  of  Hiram  Abiff  as  re- 
ceived and  practiced  by  Masons  is  false 
in  substance  and  in  fact.  On  the  fourth 
evening  the  subject  oi  discussion  was, 
the  religious  character  of  the  institu- 
tion of  Freemasonry.  At  every  lect- 
ure the  audience  was  large,  intelligent 
ve  Mr.  Kiggins  ie  an  able 
f  the  truth.  His  lectures 
were  clear  and  convincing,  and  called 
forth  from  the  audience  expressions  of 
hearty  approval. 

number  of  adhering 

.nd  frquenlly  during  the  coureeof  the 
EC t urea  the  speaker  invited  refuta- 
iou,  if  what  he  had  said  was 
i0t  true,  hut  though  thus  pressed  to 
efetidthi'  system,  not  one  opened  his 
nouth  in  its  defense;  but.  they  were 
.  little  irritated,  affirming  in    Bubst; 


ble  that  a   new  flection 
and  Pinchback  wil 
a. — The  investigat1 


trict  of  Columbia  lias  been  passei 
committee,  aud  serious  develop] 
xpeeted. — The  Secretary  ci 
sr  has  sent  proposition.*  i- 
i  to  shut  off  the  sale  or  ban 

to   the    Indians. 
k  .—The  Supreme  Court  ha 
red  an  important  decision  a 
ing  the  power  of   the  mayor   to 


tbec 


opn- 


extraordinary 
is  recently  sprung  up 
,  chiefly   throng' 


fforts  of  Dr.  Dio  Let 


\----.y,  BiU'.er,  Perry  and  Highland  ct 
The  ladies  organize  in  a  to 
tsit  every  saloon  iu  a  body. 


the    dealer 

new  visitors.  Few  hold  . 
threaten,  some  are  more  than  willing  tc 
close  their  nefarious  traffic— The  Prohi 
bitory  law  is  being  enforced  in  Bos 
ton.  On  Wednesday,  several  hotels 
ted  and  liquors  valued 


TERMS  FOE,  THE  CYNOSURE. 

arras:,    rfnn> >,  .,„.>..  .,«■.., 

llblur,    ,U,K,   \  I. .;>„-,! 1  M. ,r „f  Mo,*an, 


■U»tboForUilj,litlF,  ' 


Descriptive  Catalogue 

PUBLICATIONS 

EZRA  A.  COOK  &  CO.. 
13  Wabash  Ave. 


GEN'L  PHELPS' 


Otf  SECRET  SOCIETIES! 

FREEMASONRY*  EXPOSED, 

by  CAP'T.  WILLIAM  MORGAN. 


THE  BROKEN  SEAL. 

By  SAMUEL   D.  GREENE, 

OPINIONS  OF  THE  PRESS. 


Joseph  Keel,  Bolivar,  O:- 
lov  --'!  year, about  I2o'clock 
a  camp-meeting  Fortj  live  years  ago,  I 
was  soundly  converted  to  God.  I  trus 
and  while  I  am  penning  this  I  feel  th; 
I  am  still  no  my  way  Zionward.  Prni: 
the  Lord,  oh  my  soull  I  then  joint 
tbe  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  it  b 
ing  the  church  of  my  choice.  There 
were  very  few,  if  any,  in  those  days,  of 
our  ministers  who  knew  anything  about 
the  hoodwink,  cable-tow,  or  stripping 
room  of  the  lodge;  but  were  men  of 
one  work,  powerful  in  pulling  down 
the  strongholds  of  the  devil.  They 
preached  in  the  demonstration  of  the 
Spirit  of  God  and  the  power  of  God 
ie  down  among  the  people,  who  fell 
like  dead  men  and  women  under  the 
Efhty  power  and  cried  aloud  lor  mer- 
cy. Their  motto  was  all  tbe  while, 
jliness  to  the  Lord."  Oh  that'God 
Id  give  us  hack  the  good  old  days  of 
Methodism  ;>ut  be  never  will  until  her 
itry  is  rid,  and  the  people  too,  of 
u!'  .a  i  damning  curse  to  church  and 
that  the  devil  ever  invented— the 
lodge.      I   will   just   say 


oral  thousand  dollai 
chine  shops  of  the  j 
R,  at  Memphis,  we 


id.— Tbe  dm- 
J.  and  Louisville  11 
re  burned  on  Tues- 
U.  Two  hundred 
of  work.  The  rire 
acendiary. — Indian- 
n  a  strike,  and  nl' 
:  dailies  are  closed 
e  being  imported  rap' 


i   they  did  at 


tuy  < 


I  the 


Boftl 


,  lUt,.u-li 


that  his  words    were    caught   only   by 
thoBO  Bitting  very  near  the    stage." 

The  yourHat.coudemns  without  quali- 
fication the  action  of  these  "scorbutic 
rowdies"  and  appeals  lo  tbe  good  peo- 
ple lo  vindicate  their  self-respect  and 
dignity  by  removing  the  disgrace  of 
such  dlsturbanoeB  from  their  city. 


lectures  would  do  Freemasonry  more 
good  than  harm,  that  th*  speaker  was 
a  humbug  and  hiw  lectures  part  trutl' 
but  chiefly  false.  Mr.  Kiggins 
after  hearing  what  remarks  the  Maaont 
made  about  the  lectures,  at  the  close  of 
the  fourth  meeting  said  he  was  re  a 
lo  lecture  for  them  ii  i.bey  desired  it- 
giving  for  their  lectures;  but  they 
would  nut  except  tbe  offer.  The  fscti 
are  they  felt  very  sore;  the  truth  bai 
hit  them  and  they  had  felt  its  power. 

On  ibeSuhliii'li,  Mr  Kiggins  preach- ■ 
in  the  forenoon  in  the  Methodis 
church,  one  and  one  half  miles  south  ol 
the  U 


i  cbu 


Burrendei 
Pittsburgh.—  After  a  fa" 
Governor  Harvey  has  Been  elected  Sen- 
ator from  Kansas.  He  is  a  Republican, 
but  represents  the  anti-monopolista. — 
A  passenger  train  was  stopped  the 
>ther  dag  at  Gad's  Hill,  Mo.,  by  a  gang 

.  and  plundered  the  o 
No  arrests  have 
Foueign. — The    elections  for  a   new 
Bullish  parliament  are   proceeding  with 
siternent    and  fiequenl 
reports  gi 


thought  I  best 


and    all  I 


the    church 
other   corrup- 


ted   quantity   of  Rev.    W.  P. 
r  h.ile.  at  i  his  office. 


Kclhjious  Nutvu. 


On    Siindv 


fifty-o 


joined  Dr.  Goodnpeed's  church,  (2nd 
Baptist)  in  this  city.  The  total  nddi- 
Baptist  churches  here,  dtir- 
ith  were  179.  At  the  Chi- 
list  MinirHer's  Association  on 
Monday,  «00  conversions  were  reported 
for  last  week;  120  in  the  Centenary 
l  alone,  during  January. — Tbe 
Park  Baptist  Church  are  hiving 
is  disagreement  with  their  pae- 
.  McCarthy.  He  has  never  been 
renowned  tor  a  devotional 
.trictly  orthodox  views.  Last  Sabbath 
th,-  iiittiruliK  a  culm 


ihim, 


filled 


Thma.— English 
report  Ibe  cumin 


j  prim 


.llu 


Oth, 


ody's     p. 


inoe  of  the   powerful 
i   lidinburgh,    undi 

the    work   should  I 
tended     throughout     Scotland.        C 

e  first  Sabbath  evening  of  the  Ne 
ear,  (SU00  men  alone  gathered  in  tli 
>rn  Exchange.  ;ind  upwards  of  2000 
)men    in    the    Free    Assembly     Hni" 
Established  OhurohAnembly  H, 


also  filled  w 
other  churches  we 
time.  The  Jubi 
from  Fisk  University,  T. 

ent,  ami  added  gr^ny 


.  the 


Isidt-Tttblti 


prubiibij 


tbe  Gei 


goveri 


Gladstone's  rule  is 
or  tbe  present,  a  re- 
generally  regreted. 

i  imprisoned  by 


the    National    Christian 

AssiiciuiiiiH    tor  in  ,  ,-ihIiit  uud  Jan- 
uary- 

Philo  Oirp-nter,    $21)0,00 

'    ".  Walker,  Wheatou  111., 

State  lecture  work.  $30  DO 

Fir^t  Chord).  jfOljrHi,  U'li,- .'..,u    111  ?5fi  -'5 

.Chicago -" 

Dora,  Iud.,  for  Indiana 

Mrs   Go.  Chirk,  Uljrriiu,  U. 

"  leluud,  N.  J 


11.  L   Km  i. 


«818.£ 


History  of  The  Abduction  asd  Murder  of 
Cap  t.  Wm.  Morgan. 


Valance's  Confession  of  The  Murder  of 
Capt.  Wm.  Morgan. 


The  Mystic  Tie  or  Freemasonry  a  League 
with  the  Devil 


,  ,     m  J         i.  t       VMk  N  I 

lby  FRANCIS  SEMPLE  of 

The  Antimaaon's  Scrap  Book, 
21  CYNOSUEE  TRACTS. 


Who  Murdered  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan? 


Abduction  and  Murder 

Capt.  William  Morgan. 

This  ia  a  Book  of  Thrilling  Interest,  and 

Wo.  Morguvu  .MiirW  b?  PramuuB 

IN  OBEDIENCE  TO  MASONIC  LAWS 


ANTIMASONIG  TRACTS. 


A  Trad  Fund  for  tin  Frit  Distribution  ol  tracts, 
"The  Antiamsonic  Scrap  Book," 


HISTORY  OF  MASONRY. 


MASONIC    MTTRXTjER. 

MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  and  VOID. 


Sis  Eeaaons  why  a  thristiw  skid  not -a  a  Fmsmo 


ENOCH  HONEYNEIX'S  TRACT. 


HISTORY  OP  THE  ABDUCTION  AND  MURDER  OF 
CAPT.  Wm,  MOBGA.IT, 

(See  Sample  pages  below.) 


proceeded   to   Stafford,    a  village   about  six  mfles  t 
fintavia.     On  arrinnjj  there  Miller  wua  seized  by  I 


I  .l.,|,f,.i  entered  tli<'  room,  holding  in  his  hand  i 
,,1.  utid  walked  with    large  nud  iini'-U  st.j.s  ^-.ru. 


sav  i"  another.  "Miller  ia  nothing  but 
'  Tii  detail  (ill  llie  evasive  fi.i-^hyods 
which  l-'rencb  und  his  coadjutors  en- 
|[.miv.'s  'ruin  j»h.< ■■.■ediiii;  with  Miller  to 
c  Roy,  wouldoea  u*elcsa  waste  of  our 
mce  of  ibe  reader.  ^ 

t  the  conspirators  wisbeu    to  cooaume 


the  '.ime  until  rn:;hi  slmnM  lam 
projects,  mid  that  tu  proceed  ty  Li 
plan,  if  it  could  be  avoided. 


noise  and  tumult,  to  Le  Hoy,  I  miles,  and  nfn-r  many  cltbt  ts 
on  the  part  of  Fn-ncli  to  prevent  hi  in  from  s.i  doiiiLj,  Miller 
got  himself  phiwil  liefure  the  justice,  who  had  issued  thu 
warrant.  French  then  nave  diroetions  to  two  of  his  assist- 
ants, and  disappear.'!!.  Miller  staid  in  tin-  ntlice  about  half 
an  hour,  during  which  tim>p  tin-  justi.  -■  e.alled  iV>r  tbe  conata- 


at  liberty  to  go  whei^  he  pleased.  This 
o'cluek  iii  the  eveniii|^>  It  a])peared  from  the  duck.'t  of  tic; 
niaifistraie  that  a  warrant  hud  been  issued  against  Miller. 
and  one  John  Davids,  on  the  oath  and  at  the  request  of  Din- 
iel  Johns;  John  Davids  had  been  also  arrested  by  the  direc 
tions  of  French,  but  the  sheriff  of  the  county  informed 
them  that  he  was  in  bis  custody  on  the  jail  limits,  upon 
which  he  was  discharged  from  the  arrest.  Miller  havine; 
__.__  [y  return,  was  making  the  best  of 
,  when  French  :md  -l-duis  suddenly 
appeared  again.  The-  former  endeavored  to  seize  Miller  by  th-: 
collar,  and  called  loudly  for  help  to  retake  the  prisoner- 
Julius  asked  if  there  mis  no  person  there  who  would  help  to 
secure  that  man.  Butalthough  -itu-mpl-s  wen*  made  tu  regal:- 
possession  of  Miller,  he  succeeded  in  reaching  a  public  lum" 
and  after  another  ineffectual  attempt  by  French  and  bis 
associates  to  prevent  him.  he  relumed  late  at  night  tu  Batavia, 
and  relieved  his  familv  from  terror  and  alarm.  That  thii 
lawless  assemblage  of  men  took  place  fur  the  purpose  of  so- 
curing  the  arrest  "of  Miller,  1-y  virtue  of  a  process  never  in- 
tended to  be  acted  upon,  «e  shall  lake  no  trouble  to  show  to 


THB  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  FEBRUARY  5,  1874 


Unlhcr  the  Wheat. 


ihey  ring  bells  an 
world,  yet  I  have 
soma  way  of  mnkii 
— S.  S.    Times. 


b  1.  don't    supposi 

o  doubt  they    havi 
;  (heir  joy  known.1 


1.     Dancing   would    lead    me 
owded  roims.  and    late  bourn,    which 
e  irjurioua  to  heaiih  and  useful* 
2.  DaDcing  would  require  roe  1 
and  permit  freedom  with  the  othe 
of  which  [should  be  heartily  ash: 
and  which  I  believe  to  be  wrong. 
Pious,     devoted    Christian! 
good  people    in  general,   disapprove  of 
hoeing;  and  I    think  it    is  not  e 
.et  myself  againt "them.     If  a  thing  be 
:ven    doubtful,  I   wish    to   be  o 
:afc  side. 

4.  D.tncing  has  a  bad  name;  and  1 
nean  to  study  things  that  are  pure, 
lovely,  and  of  guod  report. 

Dancing  is  generally  accompanied 
by  drinkiDg;  and  [  see  drinkiog  produ- 


any  literature  but ibe  almanac, 
vacant  of  our  glorious  gains." 
it  may  object  to  having  their 
taught  to  spell  "'taters,'1 
and    insist  upon    it  that  the 

d    pour  out  of  the  lop  of  the 


Letc 


ligent  reader  smile;  there  are  neigh 
borhoods  where  precisely  theBe  criti 
cisma  are  made.  And  bo  the  teacbe 
has  the  work  of  a  creator  to  do,  nob!1 
work  it  is,  unsurpassed  by  any  other 
and  the  problem  is  bow  to  do  it. 

The  first   thing   to  be   accomplished 


here,  aa  everywhere, 
themselves  to  wc 

,    the    knowled 

usnesB  of  ability    t 

future.     It  is  well 

to  step  aside  from  the 


i  withoi 


,-b    a  itn-r 
0.  Ian 


;oldt 


Jingi 


igrea 


roodB 


iman  face.  I  wasaitting  down, 
old  hunter  came  and  sat  down 
be  course  of  your  beiug  in    tut 


;  and  I  do  in 


ing  i 


tray. 


nth  a 


one  do  you  now  think  of  as  ar 

"Why  I  hardly  know.  1 1 
many  narrow  escapes,  and  ! 
you  say,  seen  some  strange  It 
can  now  recall  one.  It  took  pi 
yeara  ago,  when  I  was  young' 
am  now.  I  had  been  out  a! 
alone   trapping    for    furs.       It 


pleauty  of  graceful 
Bes  and  cheerful  amusements  w 
e  none  of  these  objections  conne 
t)  them  that  lie  against  dancin 
.  Dancing  unfits  the  mind  for  i 
reflection  and  prayer;  aad  I  du 
into  do  nothing  that  Will  estrange 
from  my  God  and  Saviour. 
'.  Dancing  will  not  prepare  n 
>t  Jesus  in  the  judgment;  t 
ild  not  dare  to  have  him  find 
the  ball  room,  or  at  a  dauce  whe 
-Young  Pilgrim. 


just 


i  the  ice  began  to  break    up 

9  of  the  farthest,   wildest  takts   I 

isited.      I  calculated  there 


J   ill.-  lu.i.-r'    h 


3  I  heard  something 
walking  through  the  ice.  It  made  sa 
much  noise  and  stepped  eo  regularly, 
■_  that  I  felt  sure  that  it  must  be  a  moose, 
I  got  my  rifle  ready,  and  J  held  it  cockec" 
In  one  hand  while  I  pushed  the  cano< 
with  the  other. 

'  'Slowly  and  carefully  I  rounded  the 
point,   when,  what    was    my    astonish 

wading  in  the    water — ice  water!     He 


The  Human   Hotly  Compared  to  a  Ha- 
cliiuo. 

Iu  ibe  prumotion  of  health  and  long 

taohed  to  the  importance  of  preserving 
this  harmony  or  balance  of  organ  zi 
tton.  In  tome  respects,  the  humar 
body  may  be  compared  to  a  perfect  ma 
chine,  made  up  of  many  complicatet 
parts.  How  different  the  working  o 
running  of  such  a  machine  from  that  of 
urn-    inii  eriVelly    constructed    and 


Ithe  c 


do  j 


wing  the   Ies- 
let  the   pupils  work 


thei 


Fori 

e  United 


yihi.- 


W.i 


:e,  in  the  geography  of 
:%,  after   going  over  the  map  ques- 
i,  let  the  pupile  study    the  rivers 
ich  Stale,   those  that  flow  into  the 
nUe  Ocean,  into  the  Gulf,   into  the 
Pacific.     Take  the  Mississippi  and  give 
ihutaries,  then   the    tributaries   of 
of  these.     Group    the   states  ac- 
cording lo  their  products, — the  cotton. 
the>heat,  the  rice  states.     We  know 
a  ltlltle  fellow  of  11  who  has  mastered 
the  river  system  of  the  United    States; 

empties.  By  methods  auch  as  these  a 
boy  can  get  a  portable  and  permanent 
knowledge  of  the  geography  of  his  coun- 
try, and  this  is  w 


ignorant  lad  I  once  knew,i 
being  told  something  new  which  si: 
prised  him  very  much,  rem*rke 
"Why,  I  thought  I  knowed  everythi, 
md  here  I  never  knowed  that!  " 

It  is  generally  the  cas?  that  the  ra< 
conceited  people  art?  Ihe  m.jsl  ignorai 
True  irudooi  >s  alrcays  modest  a  id  u 
Assuming  as  the  fullest  heads  of  wh< 
are  those  that  hang  their  heads  t 
lowest.  When  a  student  remirked 
hia  pr^fessorj  that  he  had  now    finished 

plied,  "Indeed!     lam  only  beginning 

When  you  begin  to  fincy  that  you 
know  almost  everything,  you  may  rest 
assured  that  you  have,  as  yet,  hardly 
begun  your  education. 

a  boy  or  cirl  ridiculous  in  the  eyes  of 
others.  Such  scholars  are  sure  to  be 
the  laugbing-itoek  of  the  school,  and 
there  are  plenty  who  will  lake  a  pleas- 
ure in  lowering  tbeir  opinion  of  them- 
selves, often  in  a  manner  more  sharp 
than  kind.  But  worse  still,  this  fancy 
stop?  all  improvement.  You  know  the 
bleaays,   "Si 


Journal,  the  0?on<hga  Republican,  I 
and  others  do  justice  to  the  Grand 
Lodge  and  Mr.  Bruce  in  Ibis  case  J" 

To  this  call  ihe  Commerd.<l  A<tv  rt>. 
set  of  Saturday,  gives  ibe  annexed  im- 

niahos  a  Sinking  commentary  on  Kree- 

"Will  the  Commercial  do  justice  lo 
the  Grand  Lodge  aad  Mr.  Bruce  iu  this 
case )"  neks  the  CrafUman  The 
;ial  responds  ''Mosl  certainly 
and  in  so  doing  we  bavo  two 
lo  correct  Mr.  Bruce  tells  the 
truth,  then,  when  he  says  the  Grand 
Lodgj  d'd  not  loan  the  money  lo  hlin. 
ecorded  on  the  Secretary's  ree- 
f  the    proceedings  of  ibe  Grand 


LI. I  I-  i:  LIST  -J. i..  lo-  s.  loTl. 


J  M   Adair,     S 


Light  on   Freemasonry, 

3Y  SLDEE  D.  BERNARD, 


Mr.  Bn 


eutye 


lathu 


rithnr 


rith 


lother: 


alii 


d.-B*   <>ft 


iedo 


harmony   in    their    at 

'.    be  in   the    very   nati 

the  case  far  greater   liability  to  dib 

',     it  is  in    persons 

mperfect  il-bal lancet 


hot  lea  and    food.      He    had  a  bon 

had  gnawed  a lmo.it  lo  nothing.     He 
nearly  frozen,    and  quieted    down 
Boon  fell  atleep.     I  nursed  him  lik 
infant.     With  great   d 
roundabout  way.   I  foi 
of  the    (own    from    which    he   came. 
Slowly    and  carefully  I  got  bim    alone 
around  falls  and  over  portages,  keeping 


that 


of 


,l.i-  nil,. 


he  liv 


nily  under  deep  excitement,  and  more 
than  a  hundred  men  were  scattered  in 
the  woods  aud  oa  the  mountains,  seek- 
ing for  my  cr^zy  companion,  for  they 
had  learned  that  he  had  wandered  into 
the  woods.  It  bad  been  agreed  upon 
that  if  he  was  found  the   bells   should 


bei 


As  soon  as  I  lauded  a 

broke  (.utin  loud  not. 
fired,  and  their  report. 


I  Um.-  I  .jit 


"How  many  limes   1  had  lo    tell  lb 
■ml     In.reruwpcopl.ncn. 

ay  with  joy,  for  the  man  was  of  one  o 
he  first  aad  best  families,  and  they  hat 
.(■ped  that  Ins  insanity  would  be  bu 
einpor&ry,  as  1  afterwards  learned  i 
Fas.     How  they  feaiteil  me  and  whti 


way. 


-n  Hung 


r  my  eomfoi 
place  of  wonderful  joy.  Tuey  seemed 
to  forget  every  body  else,  and  think 
only  of  the  poor  man  whom  I  had 
brought  back." 

The  old  hunter  ccised  and  I  said, 
■'Don't  Hub  make  you  think  of  the  fif- 
teenth chapter  of  Luke,  where  ihe  man 
who  lost  one  sheep,  left  nil  the  rest  and 


ng  point,  though  ail  the  tlher 
parts  of  the  system  are  in  a  perfectly 
sound  condition;  and  Dot  unfuquenllj 
life  1b  terminated  by  a  sing'e  or^an, 
ar  even  some  part  of  it  giving  out,  when 
ill  the  olher  organs  rciaht  have  per- 
formed iheir  healthy  functions  for  many 
years. — Sanitarian  for  February. 

Hints  lu  Teachers. 


and  distribute  among  the  masses  of  pe> 

pie  seed    facts  and  teed  thoughts    thi 

shall   i^nninaic  and  grow  till   univers 

intelligence  shall  be  the  rule  and  igno 

ance   the   exception.      The   wonderful 

revelations  of  the  spectroscope,  the  nii- 

croEcope,  the    telescope,    are  set   forth 

by  illustration    bo  ample,  by   language 

plain,  that  any  person  of  good   com 

in  sense  can  understand  them,    and, 

according    to    bis    capacity,  appreciate 

Our  writers  of  school  h..uli-  vi.- 

each  oilu-r  it.   Iri^ing  llies"  ficts 

n  the  apprehension  of  children  and 

youth,     thus    stimulating    the    love    of 

'{uowledge  and  feeding  the  young  mind 

sith  the  pure  milk  of  science, 

In  cities  nnd  large  towns  where  teach- 


rltc 


lougtat 


and 


horn 


t-i  j  li.'ing,  and  of  the  t- 
mr  Saviour,   that  there  is  joj 
in  over  one  repenting,  relur 
terl 
'Ob  yes  I    I  have    often 


...■hi, ig  ,.l    ■ 


■  „l  hi,,. 


.ion  with  othe 
country  places 
very    different 


do  not  go  o 
der  one  a"r£ 

pocket  and  a  gram 
if  we  di  1  the  questions  that  arise  ar 
the  problems  given  ub  lo  solve,  wou 
receive  little  help  from  these  sources 
A  newspaper  exercise  once  a  wee 
is  bb  admirable  study  for  a  count] 
school.  Let  the  teacher  read  tl 
items  of  foreign  n«ws  and  the  childn 
tell  all  they  know  of  the  different  cou 

dress,  government,  peculiarities.     L 


can  see  nothing  of  the  broad  world  bul 
the  little  beat  along  which  they  plod. 

E(cur.-.ions  into  side  paths  of  informa 
lion  under  the  guidance  of  a  live  teach 
er,  will   give    freshness   of  ardor    am1 

ries  of  knowledge  and  it  will  keep  the 
teacher,  too,  out  of  the  tread-mdl  of 
hum-drum  school  duty,  and  vast); 


Y    T.-ilxn: 


Ch.ildrea.3'   Corner. 


Sorry  Is  not  Enough. 

01  vi  I  Where  ia  Allan)" 
noment  ago  he  was  playing  with 
lie  cart  in  the  yard,  hauling  dirl 
currant  bushes.  I  cannot  tell 
nany  cartfuls  hecarriei.  He  wa; 
is  a  little  man.   But  Allan  is  gone. 


this 


'Allan  I  Allan  I" 

'  IVse  here  I"    at  last    said  a   small 

:e  fram  the  back  parlor. 

'  Wb. -it  are  you  there    for!"    asked 

mother,  opening  the  door  and  look- 

Mian  did  not  answer  at   first.       He 


t  been  here  long  'nuff,"  said 


•Wh.it 


■    here    k-r 


l,I  punishing  my  own  self.    I  picked 
some   green    currants,   aud  they 
into  my  mouth,"  said  Allan. 

'■Oh!  when  mother  lold  you  ni 
Green  currantawill  miku  my  hub 
sick,"    aaid    bia    mother,    in   a    sorry 


said    A I 
the  back 


"  You  needn't  pumli 
Ian,  "  I  punish  myself,' 

Hid  mother  often  pot 
parlor  alone    when    he    had    been 
naughty    boy.  and,  you  see,    he    toe 
the  same  way  with  himself. 

"Are  you  not   sorry  fur  disobeyin 
your  mother,"  she  nuked  Allan. 

"  I  sorry ;  but  sorry  ie  not  'nuff 
stay    here    a    good     while    and    hav 
thinks." 


;  thei 


hop. 


for  a  fojl  than  for  him."  Tae  dullest 
boy  in  school,  who  really  applies  liim- 
■II  diligently,  will  outstrip  in  the~race 
ie  brightest  boy  who  fancies  he  knows 
?ery  thing. 
If  you  Bad  this  spirit  rising 


,tryt 


find  yourself  soon  an  object  of  ridiculi 
to  others,  and  will  learn  at  the  least, by 
hard  experience,  that  in  factyou  know 
scarcely  anything  wo-th  ki 
Prabylerian. 


aith 


i  Apocalyp 
singly 


■by  i 


ifoot 


pames, 
on  horseback,  let  them 
them  venture  out  of  their 
take  open  ground  and  the  people  will 
foou  bn  able  to  understand  them,  ar- 
rive at  the  facta  involved  in  this  contra 
versary  with  Freemasonry,  and  com 
prebend  the  real  motives  and  cliarac 
ttr  of  the  respective  parties. 

In  this  light  it  was   that  we   wen 
glad  to  see  the  addresses  of  the  Rhod> 
Island  Grand  Lodge,  and   in  this   ligh 
we  greet  the  subj  jined    letter  from  El 
Bruce,  oue  ol  Uk-  c  ■nvi<-t-<tco>~>\>T 
in  the  abduction  of  William  Morgi 
conspirator  obeying  his  Masonic  ol 
lion    in  violating  ihe    laws,    while 
ually  holding  the  office  of  Sheriff, 
ihe  official  oaih  upon  him    to    faith  full} 
execute  the  laws,    the  former  (the   at 
dresi-)  hr -ught   after  it  speedy  conki'i 
lion   from  a   number  of  the   moat  r 
Bpeolable  Masons  in  Rhode    Island,    I 
Bay  nothing  of  what  ihe     R/t.'j    did    i 
exposing  its   fallacies;  and   the  latte 
('helette.)  has  brought    out    a  whol. 


The  following  ia  what  Eli  Brace  w 
to  the  editor  of  the  Craftsman,  a  fc 
working    Masonic     paper    publisb.ee 


man  troin  Ell  Bruce,  dated  CBUBuduli-un,  Adj.  i 

••Feeling  indignant  at  some  remark 
made  by"  Mr.  Weed  in  the  Alban 
Evening  Journal  of  the  20th  ult.,  tr 
getber  wiib  arlicles  from  the  Onon.?i; 
ga  7?f/>'tW'Lvi/i  and  the  New  York  Sj><t 
tator,  I  wrote  to  Mr.  W.  a  letter  < 
which  the  following  is  a  copy: — 

Ma.  Wekd;—  I  saw  this  morning  so m 
articles    copied  in    your    paper    of   Hi 


29th  i 


calculated  to  mislead  public  opini 
ami  as  I  am  the  bubject  of  remark 
feel  indubitably  bound  locorrect  tht 
as  one  whose  feelings  are  still  alive 
public  sentiment.  I  lake  the  libe 
(o  ask  the  correction  through  the  sa 
source  which  M,nve  it.  publicity. 

The  Grand  Lodge  did  not  then  (1827) 
nor  at  any  subsequent  period,   loan  i 
money,     So  the  remarks  of  the  0n< 
daga    Republican    an    those   of    O 
Stone,  as  well  as  your   own,    viz:  'tl 
testimony  is  of  that  direct  character 
important  iu  making  out   the    case 
participation    in    ibe   Moigan   outrage 
against    the  Grand    Lof'ge'  must  lull  u 
the  ground.  Eli  Bruce." 

On  this,  the  Craftsman,  hardening 
in  Ub  Masonic  pride,  glories,  saying 
"MrBruce'H  character  for  veracity  ii 
so  well  established  that  whatever  ma] 
have  been  his  misfortunes,  we  yeniurt 
to  say  Thurlow   Weed  himself  will    no! 


t  the   ; 


oney    was     given 
absolute    tfonatic 


the 


oftl 


i,  for  the  same  . 

pposcd  to  be  eudur- 
of  the  Anti-mt 
The  Craftsman  U  now  answered.   Will 
publish  our  reply  lo  the  Grand  Sec- 


aud 


Upon  this  suhj-ct  of  Eli 
the- conduct  of  theGraod  Lodge  in  Ji 
S27,  we  have  received  a  very  interi 
ng  letter  from  a  gentleman  of  great 
[>ecub  lily  in  Mnatgom-jry  coun 
lighly  approving  of  our  course  upon 
his  great  Masonic  and  Ami-mi 
question.  He  has  been  a  high  ai 
Mason,  and  confirms  what  we 
'gard  to    ibe    proccniiin 


Like  o 


iind  disgusted  with  those  proi 
and  though  not  a  political  Ani 
he  has  not  net  foot  in  a  lodge  i 


OUU  MAIL. 
i  Badly,  Winona,  Iod.,  writes: 
.  de.  lorj  ihe  tendency  of  Mum 

iii-.ilUi-: ing  Hie  ISIoodol  11 


f  Freer. 


11  ]-..  l.llef. 


his  Cynuiur-  -  t->  Ihe  li  >l  iidvniiiaijf  u 
closes  hy  Msyiog  "  I  hope  the  next  pri 
ileniinl  eleein.n  will  be  Masoo   aud  A i 

Sarah  A.  Proctor,  New   Kulland,  I 

I  UiinlC  it  (rbc  Cynosure)  is  just  I 


|.:i;  ..■[ 


to  be  si 

J.  P.  Donuldson,  College  Springs 
'  I  like  the  cash  system,  ilioucli  I 


Mouths,  ptiyic 


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MONITORIAL  INSTRUCTION  BOOK 


nam  ham  or  m  um, 

MAOKEY'S   TEXT  BOOK 

MASONIC  JURISPRUDENCE. 


Sichirdson's  Monitor  of  Frooisoirj. 


The  Christian  Cynosure 


EZRA  A.  COOK* 


PUBLISHERS,  CHICAGO,  ILL. 


"In  Secret  Have  I  tiaid  A'oihi?!'-.' 


WliliKiA   BUTTfON, 


VOL  III.    NO  18. 


CHICAGO,     THURSDAY,    FEBRUARY  12,  1874. 


WHOLE  NO.  11*2. 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 

No.  U  Wabash  Avenue,  Chicago. 
Alw*y«  Writo  Plnlnly,  lendtnc  Id  llio 


The  House  of  Representatives  have 
recently  reversed  a  rule  which  has 
stood  unscathed  until  now,  ever  since 
the  foundation  of  the  government.  The 
Democracy,  even  in  the  palmiest  days 
of  its  alliance  with  the  slave  power  re- 
spected it;  and  they  have  fought  for  its 
salvation  now,  but  in  vain.  Favored  by 
Knight  Templar  Blaine,  by  Gen.  But- 
ler, advocate  of  -'Back-pay  grabs"  and 
Credit  Mobilier  swindles,  and  perhaps 
by  a  score  or  two  of  Grand  Masters  of 
Grand  Masonic  Lodges,  the  sly  craft 
who  desire  not  to  have  their  names  re- 
corded, so  that  the  people  can  see  how 


they 


opei 


the 


dark  and  vote    for  charters  to    Masonic 
lodges  without  having  it  known. 

A  new  rule  of  the  House  has  been 
adopted  by  a  vote  of  124  to  101,  by 
which  an  overborne  minority  of  one- 
fifth  in  favor  of  moral  principle  and 
freedom,  can  no  longer  compel  a  ma- 
jority of  rogues,  as  it  could  formerly, 
to  have  their  names  made  known  to  the 
public.  The  minority  is  gagged,  like  a 
:epted  Ma:on  at   his  i  nit  la- 


may  : 


way  and  act  another  way,  just  tike  any 
Sublime  and  Perfect  Brother  of  the 
Mystic  Tie.  without    having   hie   little 

game  discovered  for  some  time — not 
until  he   has  secured    a    fortune,    per- 

Meu  who  are  taught  always  "to  con- 
ceal and  nevet  to  reveal,"  by  the  lodge, 
will,  inevitably  practice  the  lesson  in 
Congress  if  they  have  a  chance.  They 
will  cmceal  their  votea  from  the  peo- 
ple, and  never  reveal  them  on  all  such 
questions  as  back  pay  grab,  Credit 
Mobilier  swindles,  and  charters  for  Ma- 
sonic Hall  Associations  in  the  District 
of  Columbia,    or    on    whatever   other 


;  that  i 


rthe 


Aes 


disarming  the  minority  of  its  rights, 
Gen,  Butler  "said  be  was  generally  in 
tbe  minority  in  Congress.  It  is  well 
that  he  is.  So,  perhaps  are  the  Ma- 
sons in  the  minority  there;  but  this 
last  measure,  like  some  others,  is  per- 
fectly in  accord  with  the  maxims  of  the 
craft  and  has  probably  been  carried  by 
them,  the  Republican  party  being  en- 
tirely under   their    control. 

One  of  the  People. 


Gobi 


i  G.  M, 


Yates  Citv,  III.    Dec    6th.  1673. 
Mr.  Editor:— 

On   the  22  day  of  June   I  wrote 

follows  to  the    Urand  Muster: — 
Yates  Citv,  III,   June  22d.  1873 
Mint    Worshipful  Grand  Master: — 

Your  careful  consideration  of  my  lone 

letter  is  probably  as  go  id  an  invesliga- 


in   yo: 


position  touhi     make,  ;yid    1    therefor 
propose  to  be  satisfied    with    it.     Ani 

While  I  was  forty  miles  away  fron 
home,  engaged  in  the  performance  of 
tho  duties  of  County  Surveyor  of 
Knox  county,  the  lodge,  as  I  have 
informed,  resolved  to  expel  me  from 
all  the  rights  and  benefits  of  Masonry, 
Now  I  ask  jou  if  such  proceedings  ii 
in  accordance  with  Masonic  law  or  is  i 
not  rushing  matters  faster  and  furthei 
than    is    absolutely    necessary.      The 


iBrged  is  exposing  the 


oerning  v 


mplai 


and  which  you  allow  to  be  wrong,  but 
not  of  sufficient  importance  to  require 
an  investigation.  You  say  that  if  you 
were  to  investigate  such  matters  you 
might  have  investigations  going  on  in 
three-fourths  of  the  lodges  of  the  State. 
If  such  be  the  case,  is  it  not  perfectly 
natural  for  a  young  and  impulsive  Ma- 
son like  myself,  to  conclude  tbat  the 
practice  of  unlawfully  interfering  with 
the  ballot  prevails  to  an  alarming  ex- 
tent. I  now  appeal  to  you,  in  advance 
of,  and  to  obviate  the  necessity  of  an 
appeal  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  to  reduce 
penalty  in  my  case  to  indefinite 
suspension.     Yours   truly, 

W.   H.   Rodinsok. 

time  I  received  the  following 

n  which  it  will  be  seen   that, 

although    the  Grand    Master  does   not 

recognize  me  a-i  a  Mason,    he  does  not 

ate   to  communicate    with  me,    an 

der  denounced  as  as  enemy  to  Ma- 

y,  concerning  a    proceeding  of    the 

lodge,  which  according  to  a  decision  of 

L  A.  Pierce  had  nothing   to  do  with 

,y  caBe.     Mi.  Hawley  in  lact  commits 

le  same  kind  of  an  act  as   the  one   for 

hich  I  was  expelled. 

From  the  Fust  of  the  Most   Worship 

fid  Omnd  L'nl'je  oj   Illinois. 

Dixon.  111.  June  25th,  1Q13. 
H.  RobiuBon,    Yates  City.  111. 
ear  Sir: — Your  favor  of   the    22d 
received    and    contents    noted.       The 
lodge  should  have  afforded  you  reason- 
id    opportunity  to  defend 
yourself,  and  if  they  did  not  you   have 
good  "rounds  uloq   which   to  base   an 
.ppeal.    I  cannot  interfere  with  amount 
f  punishment  inflicted  by  the  lodge,  or 
hange     it      from      one      grade      to 
.nother.     Neither      the      G.     L.     or 
G,     M,      can   restore      you    to    mem- 
p  in  Yates  City  Lodge,  except  to 
ide  the  trial  and  order  a  new  one; 
and  judging    from   the    temper  of   the 
lodge,  if  I  were  to  order  a  new  one  tbe 
result  would  be  the  same.     The  Grand 
jdge  can  restore  you  to  a!i  tin*  rights 
d  privilege*  o'  M  i-o  iry, except,  that  of 
embership    in  any    particular    lodge, 
they  are  satisfied  that  you  have  been 
o  severely  punished;  or    they  can  or- 

LMr. 


ordered  the  ballot  until  the  box  was 
supplied  with  both  kinds  of  ballots. 
3o  it  was  wrong  for  a  brother  to  ad- 
Iresa  the  W.  Mi  without  rising  to  his 
eet,  yet  a  brother  might  address  the 
shair  while  sitting, -or  in  what  might  be 
considered  an  improper  manner;  yel 
f  he  Bought  to  remedy  the  wrong,  or 
did  do  it.  he  should  not  be  followed 
up  and  subjected  to  tbe  trouble  arid 
hame  of  a  trial.  In  the  case  you  pre- 
ented  the  W.  M.  did  not  decieve  the 
□dge;  he  stated  the  fact  that  there 
me  were  no  black  balls  in  tho  box, 
nd  added  that  if  there  were  no  ob- 
cctions  the  ballots  would  be  collected. 
Then  was  the  time  for  brethren  to  have 
objected.  They  did  not  and  ballot  was 
partiidly  collected,  when  objection  was 
made  and  black  ballots  were  furnished 
and  each  brother  had  an  opportunity 
to  vote  just  as  he  choose,     I  desire   to 


-  tha 


my  poE 


telle 


barrussing,    probably 

consideration  further 
dismissed  it;  and  it  seems  quite  strange 
that  you  should  be  the  one  and  the 
only  one  to  make  complaint,  when  it 
appears  that  you  were  not  at  the 
meeting  and  knew  nothing  of  the 
matter  until  the  Bro.  was  ob- 
jected to  after  being  elected  to 
the  3d  degree.  Your  own  indi- 
vidual rights  had  not  been  touched 
and  those  that  you  claim  were  over- 
awed by  the  notion  of  Bro.  Kersey  have 

plaint.  I  think  you  have  allowed  your 
passion  to  control  your  judgement  in 
this  matter.      Yours  truly, 

James  R.    Hawlkt,  G.M. 

In  a  few  days  I   wrote    again    to  the 

Grand  Master  substantially    as  follows; 

Yates  Citv,  III    July  1st,  1873. 

To  James   A.   Hawley,    Grand    Muster 

A.  F.  &  A.   M.   State  of  Illinois, 

Dear  Sir  : — 1  have  received  your  lei 

of  expulsion.  I  assure  you  thai  yov 
are  mistaken  in  your  conclusion  that  I 
am  anxious  to  be  restored 
ship  in  Yates  City  Lodge,  o 


Ipm 


ilegea  of  an  unaffiliated  Mason.  I  mere 
ly  ark  to  be  spared  the  disgrace  of  hav- 
ing my  name  published  in  the  Grand 
Lodge  reports  as  an  expelled  Mason, 
find  I  claim  to  be  entitled  to  that  much 
•jonsideration  at  least.  You  are  also 
very  much  mistaken  in  your  conclusion 

tain  charges  against  Benj.   Kersey.      I 

acknowledge    him    as    one  of  my   best 

frieudB.     You  are  also  mistaken  if  you 

that  1  wish  to  prosecute  charges 

st  Bro.    Nicholson    for   using  im- 

i     lan_runge    in    the    lodge,  for    I 

never  accused    him    of  any  such 

thing.      You    perhaps  remember  that 

your  letter  to  me  of  January  2"2d,you 

d  that  you  could  not  investigate  auspic- 

is.     You  required  a   regular    charge 

fore  you    could  act.     Accordingly    I 

ide    a   regular    charge,    not  that   I 

shed  to  make  trouble  for  Benj.   Ker- 

sey.orany  other  man;  but  I  bad  inves- 

nd  several  of  the  members  of  the 
,   that  the  election  of   Thos.   Ker- 
sey to  the   first   degree  in  Masonry  was 
iecured  by   an   interference    with   the 
perfect  secrecy  of  tbe  ballot.   I  thought 
ben  and  I  think  now  that  BUch  matters 
hould  be    investigated,  and   if  it    was 
m  accident  as  claimed  by  Kersey,  then 
the  fraternity  should  be  placed  on  their 
guard    in  regard  to  such   accidents   in 
the  future.     But  Kersey  would  not  con- 
descend to  make  any  explanation  to  the 
lodge,  and  the  W.  M.  was   determined 
lat  there  should  be  nothing  i-aid  about 
either  inside  or  outside  of  the  lodge. 
e  even  expressed  a  regret  that  he  did 
)t  forbid  the  mailing  of  my  second  let- 
r   to    you.       You  say  tbat  if  appears 
range  to  you  that  I  should  be  tho  one 
id  the  only  one    to  make   complaint, 
hen  I  waB  not  present  at    the  time  of 

:ily  account  for  this  on  the  supposition 
tat  I  was  tbe  only  member  of  the 
lod"e  who  was  willing  to  risk  the  for- 
feiture of  all  his  Masonic  rights  for  the 
sake  of  forcing  this  matter  upon  youi 
nwilling  attention.  You  say  that 
iy  rights  in  this  matter  had  not  been 
arched.  I  claim  that  they  had.  Every 
iember  of  a  lodge  is  interested  in  the 
■lection    of   candidates,     and    when    a 


that  a  candida 
been  elected  by    any   unlawful 


;thr< 


brethren  who  were  present,  hut 
who  were  to  timid  to  object  openly, 
he  has  the  right  to  complain,  even  if 
he  was  absent.  The  fact  of  his  being 
absent  gives  him  the  right  to  com- 
plain. 


Secret    Societies  In  Williams  College, 


Wii 


,  Nov. 


Rev.  o . 

Dear  Friend  and  Teacher:— Often 
since  I  left  there,  it  has  occurred  to  me 
to  write  when  thinking  of  my  friends 
in  Oherlin.  I  find  college)  life  here  dif- 
ferent from  what  I  anticipated  in  very 
many    respects.      I  had   hoped 


inflm 


thrown  around  one;  the  same  ; 
Harnestncss  manifested  in  the 
our  master;  but  in  this  I  wa 
pointed  as  far  as  tlie  students 
iltbough   the   faculty 


lal  and 


lofe 


ly  to  stem  the  tide  of   infidelity  i 
belief  which  has  cast  itself  over 

Not  that  the  students  are  < 
unily  imm-irai,  or  except  in  a  v 
■w  cases  avowed  infidels, yet  they  st 


iofll 


bargy 


gards  the  claims  ot  religion.     This  in  i 
great  degree  I  attribute  to  the  iniluen 
ces  of  secret  societies.     I  have  studied 
into  the  system    with   some  pains,    in 
therefore   feel  assured  of  what    I   sa 
The  secret  society  system  as  carried  i 
here  U  entirely  of  a   social   churacli 
nothing  lit'-iv.rv  being  pretended.    Each 
society,   of   which  there  are  five  here, 
has  a  house  of  its  own,  fitted   up  ir 
splendid  style,   where  the  greater  pan 
of  the  members  room.      I    will  say    for 
their  credit  that,  at  least  in  this  collegi 
they  are  not  guilty  of  the  charge  of  ii 
cuing  disturbances,   and  going  in   oj 
position  to  the  will  of  the  faculty,  moi 


ieties.     Publicly  they  are  very  mor- 
but  I  know  tbat  very  many  of  them, 
sot  all,  have  drinking  at  their  build- 
s.       As   a   general   thing,    prayer- 
etings,    Sunday-schools,     etc. ,    are 
wholly  carried  oo  by  anti-secret  society 
,   Seciety  men  generally  are  nsham- 
i  take  part  in  reiigi-ms  meetings.    1 
sed  last  Sabbath  ,  that  out  of  forty- 
four  in  the  Freshman  class  only  ten  re- 
d  during  the  communion  services 
ot  one  a  sojiely  man.      Many  of 
them  come   here   to   college  with  firm 
purposes,  as   they    suppose, 
many  of  them  soon   lose  all  interest  in 
And  1  am  free  to  confess  that 
reflecting    upon  llie  system  of  govern- 
Oberlin  and  the  high  standard 
lity  and  order    there,  there  is 
truly  wonderful  to  my  mind. 
And  after  paying   due    tribute    to  all 
the  high  qualities  of  the  founders  and 
present   faculty    of  that   institution,   I 
nk  that  nothing  shows  more  wisdom 
than  the  prohibition  of  secret  societies. 
We  frequently  have  petty  disturbances 
ire.     Once  all  the  class    but    myself 
ifused  to  go  to  recitation    and    were 
suspended.      I  do  not  say  this  to  praise 
myself,   but  only  that  you  may  know 
teachings  mid  pr-:>e[ita  receiv- 
ed at  Oberlin  were  not  in  vain.     I  am 
trying  to  do  what  I  can  for  the  Master, 
I  often  fail  for  want   of  taitb, 


recital,  by  eloquent  tongue,  of  the  mys- 
teries that  the  mass  of  mankind  can  not 
look  upon.  It  is  a  fine  field  for  nn  ap- 
peal to  the  inquisitive  quality  of  our 
e.  All  persona  desire  to  unravel 
mysteries,  and  this  desire  leads  them 
!en  with  the  greatest  interest  and 
patience  to  the  recital  of  strange  slo- 
ind  revelations  of  the  hidden  and 
ad"  riles  and  practices  of  any  age 
n.  We  hnv  seen  Urge  audiences 
held  spell-bound  for  hours  list'-ning  to 
the  revelations  of  strange  secrets. 

"Escaped  nuns"  find  eager  and  nev- 
tiring  audiences  wherever  they  at- 
npt  to  reveal  the  "mysteries  of  the 

Escaped  Masons  when  they  have  the 

urage   to  lectme  upon  tbe  mysteries 

of  Masonry,  get  crowds  to  bear   their 

ccounts.       So   also   thOFe    who   post 

tiemselves  by  rending   the  revelations 

f  irreproachable    men    who   left  the 

■d-jeq  .'an  gain  an  enthusiastic  bearing 

rherever  they  go. 

«L'be    dry    themes    tbat   lecturer"  of 

he  '  'bureaus"  generally  select  an-  most 

y  listened  to  more  on  account  of  tbe 

celebrity  of  the  lecturer  than    the  in- 

of  the   lecture.      But  already  in 

tbe  present  agitation  of  secrecy  in  this 

uutry.  men  ordtoarily  obscure  have 

gained  considerable  notoriety,  uud  can 


adit 


i  thai 


r  prayei 


i  of  grace,  you  will  nuppliei 
for  my  weakness, 

Your  friend  and  pupil. 


Fight  and  Fellowship. 

Two  words  begin  with  "f,"  Jigfit  and 

fellowship.     If  I  mxatfiglU  a  great  sys- 

}f  sin,  must  I  also  fellowiki'i'    the 

?     Who  fights  Freemasonry  and 

i\U'ut\<hipi  it  in  the  most  sacred 

of  all  places  below  heaven,  the  church 

nullifies  his  own  victories,  condemns  his 

lattles,  and  appears  on  the  stsge 

on  as  a  pugilist  in  the  ring, — first 

embraces    his   antagonist,    then   mauls 

m,  then  takes  him  back  to  his  fond 

ibrace.     But  worse  than  all   he  will 

t  obey  God  who  forbids  him  to  fel- 

wship  the  ''unfruitful  works  of  dark- 

■Sylli.'gi -.tie  arguments: 

It  is  a  sin  for  a  saint  to  fellowship 
the  unfruitful  works  of  darkness. 

=emasonry  is    no  unfruitful    work 
of  darkness;  therefore 


Freemasonry. 

Or   take  the  arguments    thus: 
No  Cbn  luin  ought  to  fellowship  i 


N.>     Cbn 


fellowship 


i>\'\\\  another  aspect  of  the  esse: 

No  Christian  man  ought  to  fellow- 
ship a  system  of  infidelity. 

Freiinii'-onry  is  a  rink  ietidelity; 

Therefore  no  Christian  man  ought  to 
fellowship  Freemasonry. 

We  might  multiply  these  arguments 
indefinitely.     As,     Freemasonry    is    a 

etc.,  etc.  Shall  we  after  all  fellowship 
it  in  our  pastors  and  deacons  in  the 
moat  sacred  of  all  relations  this  side  the 
Holy   of  holies  above!    Our  reas 

our  conscience,  our  whole  relink  us 
iDg,  the  Triune  God,    say,  No. 


Anli-s 


i  Leclnre-fleld. 


We  regard  anti  secrecy  as  a  legiti- 
mate field  for  tho  fair  and  reasonable 
lecturer  to  enter  and  gain  what  hearing 
he  can.  Very  many  do  not  so  think. 
Hut  if  this  question  of  all  others  in 
America  can  not  be  discussed  openly 
and  frankly,  it  is  certainly  very  singu- 
lar. The  constitution  guarantees  tc 
American  citizena  free  speech,  saying 
tbat  there  shall  be  no  abridgment  ol 
the  freedom  of  the  press  and  of  speech. 
Under  the  Magna  Charta  of  our  liber- 
ties, we  contend  that  the  field  of  oppo- 
aitiou  to  secret  societies  may  be  legiti- 
mately entered. 

It  is  then  an  open  field  in  the  senei 
of  hcine:  lnwful  ground,  and  it  can  nol 
be  advertised  against  any  fair  cham- 
pion of  opposition  to  secret  societies. 

It  is  certainly  an  interesting  field. 
What  more  delights  an  audience  than  s 


They  have  an  interesting  subject.  The 
lame,  the  poor,  tbe  females,  the  unini- 
tiated generally,  hear  gladly  the  dis- 
closures of  auti-secrecy  lectures.  They 
feel  also  in  addition  to  the  gratification 
of  their  curiosity  that  there  is  a 
of  justice  in  publishing  the  locked-up 
"secrets  and  mysteries"  of  lodges  tbat 
pretend  to  have  a  link  of  connection 
wi;h  the  past  that  others  have  not. 

It  is  a  very  fruitful  field.  Converts 
are  easily  made  to  a  cause  that  aims  at 
the  overthrow  of  rings,  clans,  and  hum- 
bugs in  general.  The  people* of  this 
country  want  light  upon  the  subject  of 
secret  societies.     If  they  get  it  they  are 

The  arguments  tbat  can  be  used  by 
any  ordinary  thinker  are  powerful,  and 
when  some  extraordinary  man  throws 
himself  into  the  fray,  ho  can  employ 
arguments  that  will  ''knock  down"  any 
reasonable  bearer,  friend,  foe,  or  "neu- 
tral." 

Such  men  as  Gerril  Smith,  Charles 
Francis   Adams,   Tuaddeus    Step 
have  done  wonders  in   this   field, 
present  there  are  in  it  rising  men 
will  doubtless  make  their  mark. 
sensitiveness  of   the   orders   on   being 
"touched"    is    remarkable    and    ad 
greatly  to  the  interest  of  the  lecture 
work.     Everybody  knows  tbat  it  is  i 
ways   much    more   gratifying    to   bear 
down  upon  those  who  become  irritated 
than    upon    those    who   take    m 
cooly.     The  affected  indifference  of  the 
lodge-men  is  poorly  acted,  and  in 
frequently  they  grossly  interrupt 
ings  held   by    opposing   speaker) 


Thisr 


ifestation  also  shows  that  the  field 
ought  to  be  deeply  cultivated.  Sub- 
soiling  ought  to  go  down  to  the  very 
bottom  of  the  s  il  and  bring  up  all  tbi 
decomposing  matter  hidden  there.     A: 

not  a  legitimate  one.  so  long  it  must  be 
worked  diligently.     Doubtless  God 
tends  to  use    human  means  to  reveal 
thing*  thai  are  concealed.     W 
speaking  of  those  secret  matte 
are    ''nobody's    businesi 


The  Religious  Amendment. 

From    the   earliest    history   of 
common  school    system,  the  Bible 
religious  exercises   have  been   enjoyed 
by  our   children.     Now  a  desperate  ef- 
fort is  being  made  to  displace  them  and 
this  under  the  plea  that  for  the  state 
leach  rrligH'ii  is  antagonistic  to  the  sp 
it  of  the  United  States  Constitution, 
Christian  marriage  of  one  man  to  b 
one  woman   has  been   the   law   of  the 
land,  and  that  this  relation  shall 
ored  only  when  one  of  tbe  parti 


eof  t 


iage 


ask  Congress  to  legislate  on 

Mormon    polygamy   next   winter,   but, 

tr  beBt  constitutional  lawyers   declare 

at  such  legislation  would  be  unconsti- 

Our  Sunday  laws  are  sought  to  be 
repealed  bb  unconstitutional.  Our 
oaths  administered  to  witnesses  and  to 
nagistrales  are  lo  be  abolished.  Oaths 
we  coming  into  vogue  without  the 
aameof  God  in  tlr  m  to  conform  them 
;o  the  oath  prescribed  f-.r  tbe  President 
n  the  United  States  Constitution.     At- 

Ci,ngreas,  and  Thanksgiving  days  ap- 
poimed  by  the  President,  as  uticonstitu- 
loual.      In  short,    every  Christian    i'ea- 

emoved,  to  conform  tbe  government  to 
be  Constitution,  and  all  this  iB  logical. 
)  ne  thing  or  the  other  must  inevitably 
idlow — either  the  government  mui.t 
onform  to    the   Constitution,     or    the 

form  to    the   government. 

The  infidel,  the  Jesuit  and  the  im 
moral   are    asking  the 


Tganumion.      Let  us  hegin  at  once  to 

ay  tho  foundations  of  a  great  national 

party  of  freedom,  which  shall  demand 

"  e  entire  secularism  of  our  municipal, 

ite  and  national  government. 

Let  us  boldly  and  with  high  purposo 

eet  tin!   duty  of   the   hour.     Rouse, 

then,  to   the     great  work   of   freeing 

America   from    the  usurpation  of  the 

lurch  1     Make    this     continent     from 


srly.  Prove  that  you  are  worthy  de- 
pendents of  those  whose  wisdom  and 
patriotism  give  us  a  Constitution  un- 
tainted with  mperBtitionl  Shake  off 
your  slumbers,  and  break  the  chains  to 
■bich  you  have  loo  long  tamely  sub- 
litted.  Fhakoib  E.  Abbot. 

Toledo.   0.,    Jan.  I.  1873. 


ktht 


other 

The  difficulty  in  France  was,  that  the 
government  and  the  governed  were  as 
infidel  as  the  decrees  of  the  National 
Assembly,  It  was  a  fair  speoimen  of 
nfidel  democracy.  What  has  saved 
us  is,  that  while  we  have  had  an  infi- 
del Constitution  stealthly  imposed  on 
us  by  a  lew  infidel  men,  the  nation  and 
people  were  not  cognizant  of    the    fact 


lifted 


they  kuown  it  Still  we  have  as  the 
foundation  of  our  government  a  great 
Christian  people  and  distinctively 
Christian  institutions. — Rev.  A.  M. 
Milligan.  _ 

Organized    Effort   to    de-Chrlstianlze 
1 


"Mj  Country,  Klglu  «r  Wrong." 

Tbe  above  sentiment  is  the  extreme 
if  Infidelity.  It  is  not  only  infidelity 
o  tbe  Scriptures,  but  infidelity  to  God 
ind  righteousness.  Crime  is  no  less 
irime  because  "my  country"  may  per- 

irimes  I,  as  an  individual,  mult  hear 
ny  witness  against  tho  crime,  or  bo 
disloyal  lo  God. 

Wickedness  is  all  the  more  terrible 
when  supported  and  propagated  byna- 
lion.1  power. 

National  sins  are  as  surely  punished 
as  individual  sins,  '*T hough  hand  join 
in  hand,  the  wicked  shall  not  be  un- 
punished," If  my  country  smiles  with 
tbe  fist  of  wickedness,  God  shall  smite 

Go  I  is;  and    right  must  ultimately 

evatl.     "The  Kingdom  is  the  Lord's, 

and  he  is  the  Governor  among  the   na- 


The  enemies  of  Christianity  have 
openly  announced  their  programme  in 
the  following  ''Demands."  The  ''Lib- 
eral  League,"  with  branches  or  organi- 
zations in  many  parts  of  the  country, 
has  been  formed  to  promote  them,  and 
the  Judex,  formerly  of  Toledo,  now  of 
Boston,  an  able  and  scholarly  paper,  is 

from  its  columns  the  following: 

1.  We  demand  that  churches  and 
other  ecclesiastical  property  shall  no 
longer  he  exempted  from  just  taxation 

2.  We  demand  that  the  employment 
uf  ctiapl.-tms  in  Congr-.38,  in  stat*'  Legi-- 
latures,  in  the  navy  and  militia,  and  in 
prisons,  asylums,  and  all  other  institu- 
tions'supported  by  public  money,  shall 
be  discontinued. 

3.  We  demand  that  all  publio  appro- 
priations for  sectarian,  educational  and 
charitable  institutions  shall  cease. 

4.  We  demand  that  all  religious  ser- 
vices now  sustained  by  the  government 
shall  be  abolished;  and  especially  that 
the  use  of  the  Bible  in  public  school-), 
whether  ostensibly  as  a  text  book  or 
avowedly  as  a  book  of  religious  wor- 
ship, shall  be  prohibited. 

5.  Wedemand  that  the  appointment, 
by  the  President  of  the  United  States 
or  by  the  Governors  of  tbe  various 
States,  of  all  religious  festivals  and  fasts 
shall  wholly  cease. 

fl .  We  demand  that  the  judicial  oath 
in  the  courts  and  In  all  departments  of 
the  government  shall  be  abolished,  and 
that  simple  affirmation  under  p-iins  and 
penalties  of  perjury  Bhall  be  estab- 
lish- .1  in  its  stead. 

7.  We  demaud  that  all  laws  directly 
or  indirectly  enforcing  th 
of  Sunday  as  the  Sabbath  shall 

8.  We  demand  that  all  laws  looking 
to  the  enforcement  of  " 

ality   shall  be  abrogated,   and  tbat  all 
laws  shall  be  conformed  to  the  require 

and  impartial  liberty. 

0.  We  demaud  that  nol  only  in  the 
Constitutions  of  the  United  States  and 
of  the  several  States,  but  also  in  the 
practical  administration  of  the  same,  nc 
privilege  or  advantage  shall  be  conced- 
ed to  Christianity  or  any  special  relig- 
ion; that  our  entire  political  system 
shall  In'  founded  and  mlminisiered  on  ti 
purely  secular  basis;  and  that  whatevei 
changes  shall  prove  necessary  to  this 
end  shall  be  consistently,  unflinchingly 
and  promptly  made. 

Liberals!  I  pledge  to  you  my  undi 
vided  sympathy  and  most  vigorous  co- 
operation, both  in  the  Index  and  out  of 


,  in  this  wn,k  of 


,  lib- 


tposi 


Ifyo 


country,  then,  lakes  a  wrong  position, 
and  persists  in  injustice  or  cruelty,  you 
are  hut  helping  to  push  her  to  a  preci- 
pice by  sustaining  her  in  that  position. 
The  truest  friend  to  his  country  is  be 
who  tries  to  cure  her  of  her  faults, 
rather  than  confirm  ber  in  them.  Tbe 
only  loyalty  which  God  approves  iB 
loyally  lo  right.  And  ho  who  plants 
himself  in  the  right  and  stands  there, 
is  the  real  friend  to  his  country  and  to 
man.—  Way  Side. 


Daulel    Webster  mi   Subli.illi^cliouls, 

At  a  public  meeting,  held  in  the  in- 
terests of  Sabbath-scho-'ls  nt  Washing- 
ton  in  1831,  this  great  orator  and  slates. 

Most  great  conceptions  are  simple. 
The  present  age.  has  struck  out  two  or 
three  ideas  on  the  important  subjecl  of 
education,  the  diffusion  of  religious 
knowledge    parlaking    in   a  very  high 

simple,  but  their  application  is  exten- 
sive, direct   and  efficacious. 

The  object  of  Ssbbalh-scbools  is  of 
large  and  liberal  character.  It  is  to 
diffuse  the  element  of  knowledge,  and 
to  teach  the  great  truths  of  revelation. 
Il  is  lo  improve  to  the  highest  of  all 
purposes,  the  leisure  of  the  Sabbsth; 
to  render  its  rett  sacred,  by  thoughts 
turned  toward  the  Deity,  and  aspiring 
to  a  knowledge  of  His  word   snd  will. 

There  are  other  plans  of  benevolence 
about  which  men  may  differ.  But  it 
seems  lo  me,  there  can  be  no  danger 
of  error  here.  If  we  are  sure  of  any- 
thing, we  are  sure  of  this,  that  the 
knowledge  of  their  Creator,  their  duty 
and  their  destiny,  is  good  for  men; 
and  that  whatever,  therefore,  draws 
the  attention  of  the  young  to  the  con- 
sideration of  these  objects  and  ena- 
bles them  to  feel  their  importance 
must  he  advantageous,  to  human  hap- 
piness in  the  highest  degree,  and  in 
all  worlds.  I  am  most  biipjiy  to  con- 
cur in  this  object,  and  to  bo  present  at 
this  meeting  to  give  it  my  aid  and   en- 


When  the  Aposjes  were  beginning 
to  found  the  Christian  church,  after 
the  death  of  the  Savioui,  they  prayed 
to  be  empowered  to  speak  boldly  the 
truths  of  llie  Lord:  but  Masons  swear 
not  to  speak  the  things  which  they  are 
charged  10  keep  secret  by    men. 


-Whal 


70 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  FEBRUARY  12,  1874. 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 


Chicago,    I  Iiurmliiy,   Keb.  12,  1874. 


THE    COUNELI,    UMVEKSITY   MUB. 

Mortimer  M.  Leggett  was  killed  wbile 
undergoing  initiation  into  a  secret  so- 
ciety in  Cornell  University,  Ithaca,  N. 
Y.  Pror.  Bart  G.  Wilder,  who  de- 
clined co-operation  with    our  National 

tian,  but  only  a  scientist,  published  mi 
able  letter  against  secret  societies,  in 
the  N.  Y.  Tribune;  and  the  Cornell 
Faculty  passed  and  published   a 

brutuiu  fill  man  resolutions,  the  no-point 

"ifesohietf,  That  no  secret  society  shall 
be  allowed  to  be  established  or  remain 
in  the  University  which  shall  not  be 
shown  to  the  satis  diction  of  the  faculty 
to  be  favorable  to  scholarship,  good  or- 
der, and  morality,  and  to  be  free  from 


alii 


r  oilier   rules, 


This  resolution  of  the  Cornell  Facui 
ty  reminds  one  of  the  judgment  t 
Pilate,  when  lie  washed  his  bandw  and 
declared  he  found  no  fault  in  ( 
while  judicially  giving  him  up 
murdered.  Did  not  these  savant 
that  Leggett  had  been  killed;  tbnt  his 
initiation  was  "dangerous"  enough 
break  his  neck,  and  degrading  enou 
to  induce  the  wretches  who  killed  him 
to  lie,  swear  false,  and  seek  to  smugg 
his  corpse  out  of  town  to  escape  th 
coroner,  and  conceal  the  fact  that  they 
had  killed  him  I 

Well,  Prof.  C,  A.  Blanchard 


.  of  c 


,  but  i 


the  death  of  these  Apocalypti 
ists;"  little  and  large.  The  Seer  < 
nos  saw  the  earth  open  her  mout 
swallow  up  the  flood  which  th 
dragon's  mouth  poured  out,  to  drow 
in-clad  woman,  Christianity.    Ar 


Ion.  Jeremiah  Black  represents 
the  Abolitionists,  with  Seward  at  their 
head,   as   the    despisers,  and  the  pro- 

y  Democracy  as  the  friends  of 
justice  and    th' 


,  the  i 


irhm 


of 


and  Slidell  ( 


the  mouth-flood  of  the  dragon)     Read 
gain  Rev.,  chapter  12lh. 

But  this  grange  beast,  like  Know- 
Nothingisia,  is  too  shaky  to  last 
There  were  grangers  enough  in  Iown 
to  give  their  national  "Master,"  Dudley 
W.  Adams,  the  nomination  for  Govern- 
or and  he  wanted  it.  But  as  the 
whole  thing  is  a  cheat,  they  cheated 
him  out  of  it  and  gave  it  to  a  hack 


ithe 


ngei 


>  kill 


off;  rtnd  farmer  Ad: 
rupt  enough  to  wink  at  this  glaring  il- 
lustration  of  the  hypocrisy  of  the  order. 
So  he  orders  the  Boston  Grange  to  givt 
up  its  charter;  but  said  "middle- men1 
laughed  and  despised  his  simplicity,  re 
fused  obedience,  and  the  Massachusetts 
Stal^  Grange  sustained  the  Boston  lodge 
iu  its  rebellion.  Thereupon,  like  anoth- 
er Pio  Nino,  Master  Adams  declares  al 
St.  Louis  to  his  National  Grange, 
"Unless  auoh  defiance  of  authority  it 
/imperii/  rebuked  and  jiuni-shed,  youi 
executive  officer  will  be  powerless  in 
the  future,  and  anarchy  will  reign  ir 
the  order." 

Of  course  it  will,  dreadful  Master  Ad- 
ams. In  a  short  time  your  order  will 
be  nothing  but  "anarchy;"  and  th 
old  harlot,  Masonry,  will  pick  up  you 
stragglers,  whose  thirst  for  secrecy  wa 
contracted  in  the  grange. 


ley  paid  him  noth- 
ing) to  lecture  in  Journal  Hall,  Ithaca, 
on  secret  societies.     Prof.   Wilder  wai 
too  busy  to  attend  or  aid  in  protecting 
the  lecturer  against  the  University  mob; 
but  Prof.  Russell,  whoever  that  worthy 
may  be,  was  present,  sat  by  and 
his  dear  students   throw    pepper  ir 
eyes  of  the  police,  and  heard  the  I 
ings  of  the  University  menagerie,  with- 
out an  attempt  to    restore   order;  but 
arose  iu  a  hall,  hired  and    paid    lor  by 
others  and   for  other  purposes,  to   vin- 
dicate   the    soiled    honor   of   his    dear 
friends,  the  students. 

The  citizens  of  Ithaca  attended  Prof. 
Blanckard's  three  lectures  in  increasing 


;  kidni 


)ed   wi.ii 


the  war,  which  Preston  S. 
declared  he  with  others  had 
been  preparing  for  thirty  years,  was, 
according  to  Mr.  Black,  wholly  the 
work  of  the  North,  and  treason  tri- 
pled in  the  triumph  of  our  flag. 
3ut  for  its  great  length  we  would 
publish  in  our  columns  the  whole  ol 
.ly  to  Mr.  Adams.  It  is 
child  may  refute  it;  so 


bearing  upon  the  relation  of  their  de- 
nomination to  the  lodge,  lias  suggested 
a  new  topic  for  discussion,  that  nf  fel- 
lowship with  secrecy.  We  will  set 
aside  a  half  column  or  so  weekly  for 
free  discussion  of  this  important  point. 
Brethren  who  have  a  valuable  thought 
it,  for  or  against,  and  can  expre--- 

i-fly,  n'-uy  be  sure,  sooner  or  later. 

hearing.  Bro.  Calender's  syllo- 
gistic argument  will  do  fora  beginning. 
A  letter  from  an  M.  E.  brother  will 
follow. 


ricked    thf 

ort   of    horribh 


t  thai 


m.M:vm.m  i;  cxhiaorihsary. 

Tho  Widow  vs.  I.  0.  K.  M.  &  I.  0.  0.  F 


We  consider  the  ground  taken 

subject  of  religion, 

orin<  ipk    nl 
i    cherish.     n 
Amend: 


large;  but  the  lecture  ' 


mob,   backed   by  Professor  Rus- 

bs  where  mind  is  free,  unhappily, 
t  novelties;  but  the  peculiarity  of 
10b,  line  those   against   the  early 


is-the  " 


Jeremiah  S,  Black,  endorsing  gei 

ally  Mr.  Gideon  Welles'  review  of 
Adams';.  Eulogy  of"  Seward,  has  gi 
another  which  may  be  termed 
strictly  South-side  view. 

After  strangely  lauding  Mr.  Ad; 
in  no  measured  terms,  in  words  like 
the  following;  ''Your  reputation  fo: 
tss  integrity,  for  great  talent  and 
.era!  principles,  gives  your  words 
t  tbe  authority  of  an  oracle- 
is  perhaps  no  man  in  this  coun- 
hose  naked  assertion  would  go 
further  than  yours  at  home  or  abroad,' 
Iter  such  words,  Mr.  Black  turns 
id  and  awsaults  in  the  character  of 
Mr.  Seward  almost  every  ideo  and 
principle  which  distinguished  the  eulo. 

He  begins  by  denying  to  Mr.  Sew- 
1  any  honesty  in  defending  an  un- 
popularclient  charged  with  murder.and 
noceeds  to  his  entrance  into  political 
ile  as  an  Anti-mason.  His  language 
n  dealing  with  facts  of  history  is  gunrd- 
diy   Masonic,  and  his   venom   toward 


lty  and  standing"  at  its  back. 

It  is  perhaps,  too  much  to  hope  tor 
that  Colleges  under  State  Legislatures, 
and  in  whose  faculties  infidelity  stands 
officially  on  a  level  with  Christianity, 
should  have  officers  capable  of  standing 
for  truth  and  free  speech.  But  if  such 
creatures  as  this  Russell,  with  his  Bun- 
nell at  his  hack,  do  not  feel  the  weight 
of  popular  indignation,  we  fail  in  our 
estimate  of  the  people  of  New  York. 
The  editor  of  the  Ithaca  Journal  did 
not  enter  into  the  discussion  as  against 
the  lodge;  but  )hie  bold  and  manful! 
stand  for  freedom  of  discussion,  as  well 
as  the  scholarly  ability  with  which  he 
writes,  makes  one  proud  of  this  coun- 
try while  such  men  handle  the  press. 


The  National  Grange,  Dudley  W. 
Adams,  Master,  has  been  in  session  at 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,    since  Feb.   4th.     This 

secret  swindle   has   drawn,    it    appears 

farmers  to  pay  the 

the   local   lodges,   called    grange: 

meeting  at  St.    Louis  and  beep    tin 


by 


|   thoup^h 


>ugli  from  Un 


wives.     But,  out  of  their  surpl 
ies,     they     have     appropriated 
amounts  to  different  State  Grai 
may  be  that   for  a  time  some 
money  will  be  put  to  just  ub> 
one  would  think  it  a  roundi 
for  charily  to  reach  suffering    farmers 
in  north-western  Iowa, 

But  though  lliere 
swindle  in  the  grange,  the  one  grand 
perpetual  objeotion 
is  the  religious  and  moral  corruption 
which  they -work  by  their  ''rites,"  Iheii 
"eecret  ceremonies."  Here  is  tho  hid 
ing  of  their  power.  This  setting  men, 
taken   promiscuously,  to  practicing   re 

random  has  long  cursed  tbe  old  world 
and  is  cursing  the  new.  They  m 
turning  us  into  Mormons  and  Mexican 
But  a  free  country,   under  God,   is  i 


He  a 


a3  charged  that  one  William  Morgan 
as  seized  aud  forcibly  taken  out  of 
10  state,"  and  adds.'  tins  iuu.it  singular 
aragraph:  "To  kidnap  a  freeman  and 
.wlesslj  carr}  him  away  beyond  the 
inch  oi  habeas  corpus  or  other  relief 
as  at  that  time  regarded  as  a  most 
trociom  crime,  etc.,  etc.  But  he  goes 
a  to  add,  '-That  Mr.  Seward  had  any 

emely  doubtful."  This  in  the  face  of 
is  declaration  long  years  afterward  in 
le  U.    S.    Senate  in  the  days  of  the 

jiow-NothiugK,   tliat    before  lie    would 


f,.ll       IK. 


blade, 

But  lo  expose  thi 
Id  hardihood  and 


his    shoulde 


itrauge  medley  of 
intempt  of  truth 
d  reason,  one  must  quote  the  whole 
Mr.  Black's  article.     When  Mr.  Sew- 


When  he  hesitates  t 


Mrs.  Fanny  Fleiscbauer  lately  recov- 
ered  funeral  benefits  in  an  Ohio  court 
of  law,  nu'sikist  the  Seneca  tribe  of  I. 
0.  R.  M.  (Rednien),  the  Herman  Lodgt 
No.  208,  I,  0.  0.  F.  and  the  Hormar 
Encampment,  I,  0.  O.  F.,  No,  66. 
Tin  f;o  benevolent  or_'  iiiizutioUM  refused 
to  pay  a  charitable  debt;  compelled  thi 
widow  lo  sue  for  her  relief,  and  acour 
of  justice  compelled  them   to  pay. 

The  Start  and  Sand  of  Jan.  34th 
published  the  decision  of  the  court  ant 
remarks  upon  it  thus:  "A  careful 
reading  of  this  decision  may  be  found 
useful."  We  should  think  it  n 
The  lodges  admitted  Mr.  F's  me 
ship  and  that  they  had  received 
ment  of  ail  arrears  of  dues,  which  they 
accepted  alter  he  was  taken  sick,  and 
that  they  did  this  with  a  knowl-dg 
his  sickness.  The  widow  produced  t 
timony  to  show  that  at  the  time  of  t 
payment  of  their  dues  her  husband 
was  not  so  sick  but  that  he  could  at- 
tend to  bis  ordinary  business.  Tbe 
court  admitted  that  if  the  defendants 
could  prove  conclusively  that  Mr.  F. 
was  so  sick  as  to  be  unable  to  attend 
to  his  business  when  they  accepted  the 
payment  of  his  dues,  though  they  ac- 
cepted them  with  the  full  knowledge  of 
his  sickness;  yet  their  rules  or  by-laws 
would  warrant  them  in  declaring  his 
benefits  forfeited  by  the  lack  ofpunc 
tuallty  in  making  the  payment.  Yet 
as  there  was  a  conflict  of  testimouy,and 

there  was  not  n  clear   pre| iterance  in 

the  evidence  that  he  was  so  very  6ick, 
the  edurt  decided  that  the  widow  should 
have  the  benefit  ol  the  doubt  and  the 
benefit  should  be  paid.  What  shall  we 
say  of  the  benevolence  of  an  institution 
whose  law  allows  it  to  receive  the  pur- 
chase money  of  its  benefits  of  a  sick 
man,  knowing  him  to  be  sick,  and  then 
declare  the  benefit  forfeited  because  he 
was  not  paid  beforeV  What  shall  we 
say  of  the  benevolence  of  the  members 
who  will  resort  to  such  a  Shylock  quib- 
ble to  defraud  a  widow !  The  least  we 
can  say  ib  that  all  this  is  just  what 
might  be  expected  of  secret  orders 
whose  profession  of  benevolence  is  a 
sham,  held  forth  in  a  down  right  swin- 
dling hypocrisy.  No  insurance  compa- 
ny or  open  business  corporation,  making 
no  higher  profession  than  that  of  legiti- 
mate money  makers,  would  dure  confess 
such  infamous  meanness  in  open  court. 
The  feature  of  declaring  policies  forfeit- 
ed by  non-payment  of  premiums  is 
getting  to  be  considered  as  too  nearly 
related  to  a  swindle  for  the  strongest 
insurance  companies  to  get.  along  with; 
and  hence  moBt  of  them  are  adopting 
the  non-forfeiting  principle  in  allcaseB. 
But  to  accept  the  premium  with  full 
knowledge  of  all  the  factB,  and  then  re- 
pudiate, this  is  an  infamy  none  oould 
assume  without  the  aid  of  a  profession 
of"  oenevolence  extraordinary.  "My 
soul  come  not  then  into  their  secret 
and  unto  their  assembly  mine  honour 
be  not  thou  united." 


NOTES. 

Mrs.    Mary  Reuter    began  a 
against   Grand  Grove  of  Illinois  of 
Ancient  Order  of  Druids  in  the  Ci 
Court  of  this  city  lately,  to  recov 
benefit  payable  in  thirty  days  after  the 
death  of   her  husband.     The   rules  of 
the  order  allow  §600,  and  the  clair 
not  paid.     No  one  will  object  to  a  ■ 
diet  such    as  ia   noticed  elsewhere 
an  editorial 

— Mr.    Colfax  lai.oly  lectured    for 
Odd-fellows  in  Bloomington,  111.,  and 
after  the  address  the  order  spread   a 
banquet  lor  the  benefit  of  tbe  poor  of 


s  city.     Of  i 


:  the  e 


for 


largely  . 


Tilt  RELIGIOUS  A.MLMI.11E.NT. 

.  Report  or  tho  Fifth  Annual  Couvou- 
tiou  of  the  National  Reform  Asso- 
ciation. 


,  which  boldly  proclaimed  its  oi 
>  be  in  opposition  to  all  those  n 
stitutions, — lo    demand    the    complei 

ieparation  from  the  state  of  any  reco; 

lition  of  an  overruling   Div 


5th, 


UlK     . 


the  U.. 

in  its  nature,  whoil 
[uently  dangerous  t 


efforts   were    aided   by 

j,   who,    though    not   so  bold  in 

their  opposition,  were,  if  possible,  more 
ve.  Every  railroad  company  that 
i  trains  on  Sunday,  every  Sunday 


it  of  11 


ours.     More    j>n>prrly  s 
ik-r  tlieellorisuinliiirelii; 

Hie  HiC'irelital  o'n  I  of  on 


place  In  the  followiiic 


a  why  wo  give  so  large 


held 


'eek  i 


buled    by   < 

its  case  before  tbe  Star  Chamber 
of  tbe  national  body,  whose  verdic 
not  be  known  for  several  days. 

—The  Knights  of  Pythias  claim 
1,200  lodges  and  100,000  members  in 
the  United  States;  with  twenty-three 
lodges  in  Iowa,  and  thirty-nine  in 
Indiana,  with  a  membership  in  the  lat- 
ter state  of  2,150.  For  the  last  six 
months  of  1673  the  order  in  Indiana 
raised  $12,378.10,  and  Jan.  1,  1874, 
had  on  hand  $4,880,18  cash.  A  fund, 
ostensibly  for  widows  and  orphans,  of 
85,032,73,  and  a  vested  sum  of 
£16,858.73,  purpose  not  stated,  but 
probably   for  the   benefit^of  grand  offi- 


Pittsburgh  for  promoting  the  Religious 
Amendment  whs  a  magnificent  and  en- 
thusiastic gathering.  Library  Hall, 
seating  comfortably  2,000  pereonB  wai 
crowded  at  every  session.  At  least  sev 
enty-five  per  cent  of  the  audience  wen 
voters.  There  were  041  cerlified  dele 
gates  and  422  uncertified,  making  t 
Convention  of  one  thousand  and  sixty 
three  members.  The  hall  was  crowdet 
at  each  of  the  five  sessionB.  Fifty-four 
thousand  two  hundred  and  tweuty 
eight  names  petitioning  Congress  foi 
the  desired  change  in  the  United  Stales 
Constitution  were  brought 

nis  list  of  names  was  the  result  of 
a  few  week's  work,  A  collection 
8404.40  was  taken 
[jledgi-(i  of  money  to  be  paid  dur 
the  year,  makes  a  totul  fund  o 
oil  o,j  for  the  expenses  of  the  com 

ing   year.     The    treasurer's   books  are 

still  "pen  for  furthei 


Burt 


the    F« 


abjec 


Whiggery.  W  en  once  in  the  Senate, 
^binding  steadily  against  slave-holding 
aggression,  he  says,  Mr.  Seward  ''at 
the  very  outset  of  his  career  in  Con- 
gress began  to  press  the  bloody  cup  to 
the  lips  of  the  South,"  and   "offering 


themi 


but 


When  Mr.  Seward 
the  patent  fact  that  the  struggle  be- 
tween 1  berly  and  slavery  wsb  an  "irre- 
pressible conflict,"  he  is  quilty  iu  the 
eyes  of  Mr,  Black,  of  creating  that  con- 
flict, Forgetting  that  Alexander  H. 
Stephens,  vice -president  of  the  slave- 
holder's -'Confederacy",  after  secession 
had  begun,  called  on  the  South  to 
show  one  single  right  of  theirs  which 
the  North  had  infringed  or  taken  away; 
orgett;ng  thai  the  South  owned  the 
Buchanan  administration.  Mr.  Black 
included;  forgetting  thai  our  Generals 
Banks  and  Buller  pledged  their  com- 
mands to  fight  for  the  slave-holders,  lo 
keep  their  slaves  in  subjection;  and 
our  first  Generals,  Scott,  Halleck  and 
McClellm.  made  uur  camps  the  lawful 
liuiiting-grnuudb      foi      fugitive    slavea; 


heavy,  tlosely    printed  < 


'Cftn 


l  Unit 


which  seems  to  bear  ihe  impret 
the  office  editor.  Oliver  Johnson, 
view  and  laud  a  little  book  with 
above  title,  which  book  advocates 
pleUi 


i  the  i 


pape 


ridicules  eertain  western  brethren 
think  they  delect  the  flavor  of  "Free 
Religion"  in  that  paper.  Mr.  Johnson 
declared  lo  me  his  utter  disbelief  that 
Jesus  Christ  was  conceived  by  miracle 
or  that  he  ever  wrought  "the  miracles 
attributed  to  him  in  the  New  Testa- 
ment."  He  also  was  lately  a  leader  in 
a  convention  of  Free  Religionists.  If 
Mr.  Johnson,  (who  was  in  early  life 
my  friend,)  does  not  teach  his  religious 
views  in  the  '  'Christen"   paper  which 

If  he  does  sift  in  these  views  on  all  pos- 
sible occasions,  while  denying  that  he 
does  ho,  he  ia  woree,  via:  a  falsifier  ad- 
ded to  the  two. 


We  Don't  Mean  to  Kill  any  n 


usury. 

and  other  bodies 
forget  to  appoint  delegates  in  good 
time,  to  attend  this  national  meetng. 
While  in  attendance  at  the  last  anniver- 
sary at  Monmouth,  a  distinguished 
Presbyterian  minister,  a  returned  mis- 
entertained,  told  us  a  little  incident  of 
the  Masons  in  India.  One  night  a 
poor  native  was  initiated  by  the  Eng« 
lish  Masons  living  at  the  mission  sta- 
tion, who  was  so  frightened  by  the  ter- 
rors of  the  initiation  that  he  ran  away 
from  ihe  lodge-room,  and  on  his  way 
rushed  breathlessly  into  a  house  with 
his  apron  stil,  on, — he  forgot  to  take  H 
off.  Let  no  wide-awake  actors  in  thit 
movement  against  darkness  forget  oi 
neglect  to  prepare  in  lime,  that  a  tell- 
may  be   held  this  year. 


I-ieue.litr   Man.  (.'nrpeiitei 
ice  the  other  daj 
the  U.   S.   Senate,   and   with 


i  commenced  by  himself, 


•  tbe 


dollai 


thirty-five  cents,  more  or  less,  saved 
from  stationer  j  pilferings,  did  he  n 
ioroel  liiniself  :niil  fancy  himself//! 
aiding  in  the  itai.andaddresBing  soc 
Masonic  lodge  instead  of  the  Senate 
the  Senate  of  the  United  States?  Win 
men  once  begin  to  make  a  mockery 
sacred  or  reasonable  things  as  Musoub 
do,  where  will  they  slop!  Win 
they  Btop  ? 

The 


irelly  of  money  i 


due  to  those  infiui 


fwre  exposes.  If  you  waul  belter 
meaput  the  Cynosure  principles  intc 
very  township  in  the  country.  Chang- 
i  for  tbe  better  may  nol  be  instants- 
eous  but  they  will  be  Bure.  We  art 
ut  ball'  through  wiib  our  mail,  but  we 


r  and  sec  what 


for  the  paper  before  nexl  v 


all. 


of  testimony  might  be  indefinitely  aug- 
:d  by  citing  less  eminent  witnesses. 
The  testimony  is  calm  and  de- 
le.    It  was  nol  called  forth  in  de- 


r,ll     ollie. 


newspaper,  every 


-  of  the   Sab- 


bath, and  indeed  every   Christian  who 


i  upon  the 

ationaluy- 


opposed    the 
the  enemies  of  the 
ions  which  in  mauy  minds 

d  Uie  Lit.  lieBt reverence,  ai 


ccess  and  stability  of  c 

The   President   of  th 
Hon.   Felix  R.  Brunol,  then  spoke, 
remarks    were  received  with    frequent 
demonstrations   of   approval.      1 
course  of  them  he  said: 

We  are  charged  with  meanii 
''unite  church  and  state" — with 
sign  to  "turn  this  Republio  into  i 
ocrncy."  That  we  are  ''opposed 
ligious  liberty,"  and  that  wo  w 
•  'trammel  men's  consciences. "  0 
pouent  flippantly  informs  us  tL 
cannot  make  men  religious  by  la 
if  we  had  any  thought  to  try  i 
learned    Rabbi    declares    that    ' 


The 


tboi 


:!elivered 


folio- 


;   !>re|m:e.' 


rthe  a 


Rev.    T.     P.    Slevf 


Brunot,     Alle 


Philadelphia 
gheny;  Prof.  A.  A.  Hodge,  D.  D., 
Allegheny,  Pa. ;  Rev.  D.  MoAlliiter, 
New  York;  Prof.  David  Kerr,  Pa.; 
Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard,  of  III. ;  T.  H. 
Baird,  Patterson,  Pa.;  Rev.  S.  F. 
Scovel,  Ps. ;  Pres.  George  Hays  and 
Dr.  Audley  Browne.  Interesting  re- 
marks were  also  made  by  Rev.  J.  W". 
Bain,  Rev.  J.  C.  K.  Milligau,  Rev. 
Wm.  Ktoffer  and  others. 

The  business  of  the  Convention  was 
mo, Intrusively  dispatched  with  vigor, 
leaving  a  large  imrt  of  the  time  for  con- 
sidering the  different  bearings  of  the 
subject. 

Rev.  T .  P.  Stevenson  of  the  Chria- 
tmii  Stfitexnuni,  delivered  an  address 
on  "The  3nds  we  Seek."  The  following 
synopsis  of  his  address  we  take  froi 
che  Pittsburgh  Gazette  : 

He    commenced   by  saying    that 
was  well  to  say   that  the  advocates  of 
this  movement   unauimously    disci 
cd  any  intention  of  seeking  a   unioi 
church  and   slate.     All  the  friend 
the  movement   deprecated    u  unioi 
cbuich    and  state,    but  merely  desired 
to    have  a  proper   recognition  by  thi 
state  of  tbe  Creator  of  all  things.   Th 
stale    and    tbe  church,  if  each  bept  it 
own  sphere  in  obedience  to  the  law  o 
God,  could  never  clash.     Neither  did 
the  advocates  of  this    movement   dt 
to  advance  any  sectarian  ends,    for 
convention  was  compoeed  of  Christ 
gathered  from  all  the  Protestant  o! 
ones,  and  there  never  was  to   be, 
never  bad  been  any  attempt  to  enf 
any  sectarian  doctrine. 

The  firal  object  of  the    Conven 
then  was  to  secure   a  perpetuation  of 
the  Christian  in 
now  established 
these  first  was  the  Sabbath,  and  the 


i  of  Ihi 


upheld   by 


Again,  there  was  the  institutu 
public  worship,  which  had  gain 
foothold  in  the  laud.  It  was  reco 
ed  by  all  assemblies  now,  and  thert 
hardly  a  public  convention,  which 
not  introduced  by 
Divine  wisdoai.  Anotho 
was  the  instructor  of  the  young 
Christian  religion  by  the  reading  of 
the  Holy  Scriptures  in  thesohooli 


Chn 


rriage  i 


was  an  institution  which  the  friends  of 
the  ''Religious  \mendment"  proposed 
to  defend.  The  ordinance  of  the  oath 
which  was  now  administered  iu  ihe 
courts  and  in  legal  tribunals,  demanded 

The  maintenance  of  t" 


I  fricm 


of  this 


desired  and  was 
Yei though  t 


every   day 
made  by    til 


.ninlly  men" 
morals    in  tb> 

''iiriri^mi;  oiil 
Engli.lim. 


the 


,    by 
new  sign    board,"   and 
just  landed   upon  our 
ct  the  people,  talks  ig 
norantly  about  "some  who  had  ariseE 
ibould  enact  the 


a  of  a   God." 


i  of  c 


I  explicit  testimony  to  the  rehgioi 


3  of  any  party 


There 


■thing  partisan  or  aectnrian  about  it. 

Men  of  all  shades  of  political  opinion, 

of   the    different    religious    denomina- 

II,  so  far  as   ib  known,  in  the 
South  as  well  as  the  North,  lift  up  the 
me   voice  and   point  at  the  same  ta- 
inted defect. 

Rev,  David  I).  Kerr,  ol  the  Suited 
Presbyterian,  a  man  who  is  regarded 
questions  of  reform, 
delivered  n  valuable  address  from  which 
following: 
have    been  felt  by 


allow 


the 


that 


the  Christian  fharaotur  of  the  nation 
io  well  understood,  and  that 
Christianity  itself  would  remain  so  fully 
recognized  as  the  common  law  of  tho 
land,   that  a  formal  acknowledgment  of 

is  not  necessary. 
plead  for  e 


i.l:  d<  til- 


ling 1 


like   a    flood 


profess  lo  repre: 

ponents.     Let  me  try  to  convince  th 

that  they  misunderstaud  us. 

We  propose  "such  an  ainentlmem 
the  Constitution  of  the  United  States 
{or  its  preamble)  as  will  suitably  ack- 
nowledge Almighty  God  as  the  author 
of  the  nation's  existence  and  the  ulti- 
mate source  of  its  authority,  Jesua 
Christ  as  its  Ruler,  and  the  Bible  as 
the  supreme  rule  of  its  conduct,  and 
thue  indicate  that  this  is  a  Christian 
nation,    and  place  all    Christian    laws. 


all  that  ia  ennobling  to  tbe  Christian 
character  of  the  natiou.  They  demand 
that  our   Bible    be  thrown  out   of  tho 

public  schools;  that  our  religious  outh 
shall  he  abolished;  that  tho  ministers 
of  our  religion  shall  be  driven  out  of 
the  hallB  of  Congress  and  State  Legis- 
latures, as  also  from  all  chaplaincies  in 
the  army  and  navy  of  tho  nation;  that 
our  marriage  and  Sabbath  laws  shall  be 
repealed;  that  all  national  acknowledg- 
ment of  God  in  days  of  thanksgiving  or 
humiliation  before  him  ahall  be  aban- 
doned; thai  all  legislation    in   favor  of 


niable   basi 
of  the  land." 

Passing  over  much  of  his 
;v.-.<\  ',-  duahle  addi 


fundamental   lav 


give  i 


"Deny  if  youchooae,  the  personality 
and  mora)  responsibility  of  the  slate, 
and  accept  the  shallow  thoughts  of 
those  who  liken  the  Constitulion  to  a 
"sign  biard"  or  to  n "town charter" and 
the  state  to  ''a   railroad   corporation," 

to  every  argument  by  which  the  friends 
of  the  Religious  Amendment  have  prov- 
ed the  paramount   importance  and  wis- 

the  instinct  of  fealty  to  Almighty  God 
and  to  the  Saviour,  which,  il  seems  to 
me,  must  inevitably  draw  all  Christian 
minds  to  its  support." 

The  General  Agent  of  the  Associa- 
tion, Rev.  D.  McAllister,  offered  a 
paper  containing  "Testimonies  lo  the 
Religious  Defect  in  our  Constitution." 
As  an  introductory  the  gentleman  re- 
marked: "The  religious  defect  of  our 
national  Constitution,  otherwise  so  ad- 

ing  general  attention.  On  the  one 
hand,  the  enemies  of  our  Christian  in- 
stitutions of  government,  glory  in  the 
fact  that  the  Constitution  of  the  United 
States  contains  no  acknowledgment  of 
God  or  the  Christian  religion;  and  on 
the  other  hand.  Christian  citizens,  how- 
straineit  to  ad- 


iantly, 


:  the 


ting 


Het 


It  may  prove  mi 
t  to    gather  this  array 
itlered  through  many  do 
e  of  which   are  ,-.'_■..■  e.vu bit 


reads 


Cong 


style, 


from  promint 
legislators,  politicians,  lawyers,  minis- 
ters, etc.,  from  Ihe  earlier  days  of  the 
Republic  down,  nil  recognizing  his  de- 
fect 

After  reading  these  selections,  which 
were  quite  lengthy,  but  w 
tereHling  by  the  reader's  v 
the  speaker  concluded  as  I 

"This  brings  us  to  the  year  of  the 
formation  of  the  National  Association 
for  the  Religious  Amendment  of  the 
Constitution.  And  thus  our  chain  of 
testimony  is  complete,  stretching  its 
strong  and  clo.:-l}  connected  liiik^from 
the  very  year  of  the  grave  omission,  to 
the   vigorous,  organized    effort    for  its 


low,  in  closing,  let  me  simply 
Lion  to.  a  number  of  important 
ucerning   this   chain   of  testi- 


itizeuB  of  the 
standing.  Learned  and  patri- 
,  lawyers,  judges,  divines,  leg- 
edilors,  profossors  of  political 
all    unite    in  harmonious  and 


Ohri 


.lity    shall 


;  that 


verything  distinctively  Christian  shall 
e  blotted  out  from  tbe  nation.  The 
isue  has  been  made.     The  battle   has 


)  in  wboBe 
in  dark  let- 
No  Christ- 


thai  he  bears  the  banner 
and  flaunts  in  our  faces  i 
ugly  folds  are  spread  ou 
ters,  -No  God,  No  Chri 
ian    Morality  1'    .... 

Away  with  nil  the  miserable  pleas  with 
which  any  Christian  man  can  excuse 
neutrality  in  such  a  conflict  as  this.  Of 
what  force  at  the  throne  of  God  will  be 
all  pleadings  from  fears  of  union  of 
church  and  state  and  violence  to  the 
consciences  of  men,  most  of  whom  have 


i  the 


vith 


scienc 

has 

any  existence 

that  they  re- 

spect. 

Wc 

want  no   un 

on  of  church 

Let  that  que 

lion  be  raised 

n  thi 

coun 

Iry  and  there 

ie  no  element 

of  the 

opposition    that 

would    raise 

it  would    be 

more  decided 

andd 

nod  than    that  represented 

n  thi 

ention.     We 

strain 

oft 

ie  rightful  lib 

■rliesof   any 

But 

we  would  have  the  God  of 

all   m 

n  an 

d  all  conscie 

ces    ncknowl- 

edged 

in   t 

is  rights.     We  would  have 

the 

3od  of  this  n 

ation    exalted 

n  the 

land 

and   acknow 

edged  in    the 

supremacy 

of    his   auth 

rity    and    the 

glory  of  his 

name." 

Frequent 

applause  from 

the  audience 

assure 

the 

speaker   of  t 

eir   endorse- 

ment  of  his 

Dr.    Brown. 

of  New  Ca 

tie    made   bo 

ne    admirable 

joints 

Wo   have    room 

only  for  tho 

which      mei 
difference! 


r-hgiow 
of  some 


the 


goVrrlllt 


,nd  the  right  of   capital  punish- 

effect.  But  if  Ihe  argument 
rrect  ,  we  never  could  have  any 
at  at  all.  Of  40.000.000  of 
would  be  enough  that  one 
man  should  object  to  something  that 
the  rest  deemed  essential,  and  stand 
upon  his  conscience.  It  would  be  a 
very  remarkable  exhibition  of  tbe  -one- 
man  power:  [laughter;]  but  it  would 
bo  correct  according  to  the  opponent's 
principle;  though  what  was  lo  become 
of  I  be  consciences  of  ihe  remainder  of 
Ihe  40,000,000  would  be  a  perplexing 
question. " 

Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard  of  Whealon 
Illinois,  with  whom  most  of  our  rea- 
ders  are   acquainted,    followed    in    his 


style. 


His    addr* 


upon  "The  Conflict  of  Law,"  and    will 
appear  in  full  in  next  week's  paper. 

The  second  day  was  full  of  interest, 
the  eminent  theologian  Dr.  Hodge 
made  a  strong  speech  in  which  he 
brought  oul  prominently  the  -following 
thoughts.  That  the  mass  of  Christ- 
ians were  in  favor  of  the  amendment  if 
Ihey    understood    it.      The  intelligent 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE  :  FEBRUARY  12,  1874. 


infidels  were  the  only  body  who  \ 
give  the   subject  no   quarter. 


and  that  its  memb< 
tiola  rather  than  n 
the  body  waB  not 
Protestant. 


■eray.  That  infidels  hare 
ind  no  God.  That  the  wr: 
ution  iB  the  standard.  V, 
lilutii>tiH  must  t.1  on  form  to 
en,  hence  amendments. 

To  uuliBfy  infidels  vrc  must  make  the 
inwritten    constitution  conform 


the 


Thus    dea. 


troying  the  Christian  principles  in  our 
history  and  laws  which  h«va  been  ac- 
cumulating since  the  early  colonization 
of  America.  To  satisfy  others  we  must 
aimpiy   supply     that    omission   in    an 

Schools  are  passing  through  the  cun- 
trol  of  stales  to  the  control  of  the  na- 
tion. Can  bcIjooIb  teaoh  true  science 
and  leave  out  the  Creator!  Can  they 
teacli  history  and  leave  nut  the  Gov- 
ernor?    Some  say  that  this  muveinent 

We  must  engage  in  it  or  die. 

Dr.  Scoville,  who  took  for  his  test 
the  eighth  verse  of  the  first  chapter  of 
the  new  gospel  of  liberalism,  (the 
whole  chapter  may  be  found  in  another 
column)  via:  "We  demand  that  all 
laws  looking  to  the  enforcement  of 
niorol  liiws  shall  be  abrogated;  and 
that  all  taws  shall  be  made  to  conform 
to  the  natural  morality  and  impart! 
ality  of  liberality."  Defining  "natural 
morality"  to  be  that  which  man  had 
produced,  rbniwinjr  «aide  revelation, 
he  then  proved,  with  much  clearness, 
that  natural  morality  (history  !urtiisl«?s 
him  bis  facts)  led  to  an  out-growth  of 
idolatry,  Sabbath-breaking,  usury,  re- 
venge, suicide,  adultery,  infanticide  and 
other  crimes.  Romans,  2d  chapter, 
showed    ur    the    bfessiugB   of    natural 


From  Williams  County,  Ohio 

DkerLiok,  Ohio,  Feb.  5th,  1874. 
Bho.  Kkllooo: — Our  county  has  been 
visited  by  our  State  Agent,  Rev.  D.  S. 

itures  here.  Our  friends  are  higlily 
pleased  with  him,  believing  that    he  is 

the  right  man  in  the  right  place."  The 
lodges  in  Ohio  will  find  in  him'-a  foeman 
worthy  of  theirHteel,"in  logic  and  argu- 
and  our  brethren  may  rest  as- 
sured that  in  him  we  have  a    workman 


irality.      It 
>»1ity  .hat  tl 


atrongei-t  objectors  to 
the  proposed  amendment  took  their 
stand.  Will  Cbristiau  people  acknowl- 
edge this  law  ? 

President  Hays,  who  made  the  clos- 
ing speech  of  the  Convention,  put  this 
among  his  other  good  jioiuts:  The  first 


vidrti  for  religious  liberty ,  thus  supply- 
ing centrifugal  force  on  the  subject  of 
religion.  The  present  amendment  de- 
sires the  recognition  of  God  in  Christ, 
which  will  be  the   centripetal  force   of 


the 


t  press 


the    proposed    plan   ol   operations    for 

"Mr.  McAllister  stated  that  the  Na- 
tional Conventions  were  very  expen- 
sive, and  it  was  suggested  that  the 
next  National  Convention  should  be 
postponed  until  July,  1876,  the  Cen- 
tennial of  the  Declaration  of  Indepen- 
dence. In  the  meantime,  five  or  six 
local  conventions  would  be  held— one 
in  Boston,  one  in  Baltimore,  one  in 
Chicago,  one  on  the  Pacific  ^lojie,  and 
two  in  the  Southern  Stales.  In  1876, 
a  grand  National  Convention  should  be 
held  in  Philadelphia,  by  which  time 
the  petitions  for  lite  Religious  Amend- 
ment would  be  signed  by  several  mil- 
lions of  citizens,  and  a  united  effort 
would  be  made  r.t  Philadelphia  to  lay 
those  petitions  before  the  Congress  of 
the  United  States,  and  secure 
amendment  proposed.      [ApplaUBl 


ITews   of  our  Work. 


From   Keck  (Dunty,   Wis. 

Hockfokd,  III.,  Feb.  o,  18' 
DbahBro.  K:— I  met  bro.  Flu 
at  Footville,   Wis..    last  Monday,  and 
went  with  him  to  Centre  Church,  wl 
he  had  an  appointment  for  the  e\ 
ing.     The    pleasant    and    cotnmodi 
audience  room  of  Bio.    Sahin's  chu 
was  w-ll  tilled,    and   both  pastor   and 
people  showed     their   appreciate 
what  was  waid  by    close  and   respectful 
attention,     tiro.  II.    ccupied  about  oti 
hour  in  contrasting  the  GoBpel  and  M 


j  for 


audi 


sen  socially  aud  relig- 
iously. Hie  points  were  well  taken  and 
presented  in  a  clear,  simple  and  forci- 
ble manner,  ao  that  every  child  coulc 
comprehend  what  he  said.  I  have  set 
dom  listened  to  an  addtess  which  in  it* 
adaptation,  simplicity  and  perspicuity 
excelled  Bro.  Iliornan's  lecture  on  M 
day  evening.  The  cause  in  WUcoi 
has  fallen  into  good  hands,  and  I  trust 
the  good  people  lor  whom  and  wit 
whom  he  labors  will  nualnin  him  b 
their  counsels,  their  prayers  and  thoi 
means.      If  the  friends  who  receive  th 


benefit  of  Bro.  Uinman's  labors  will 
each  contribute  something,  be  will  be 
able  to  proseoute  his  miusion  vigorous 
ly,  and  by  the  blessing  of  God,  success- 
fully. There  is  much  interest  appar- 
ent at  Footville  and  Orfordvitle.  and  as 
Bro,  H.  proposes  to  Bpend  some  lime 
in  the  country,  we  shall  hope  to  hear 
of  victories  from  that  quarter^  Among 
the  friends  deserving  of  special  men- 
tion in  Rock  county,  are  Bro.  Andrew 
Stevens  and  his  influential  family,  an 
Rev.  C,  E.  Magelseen,  who  enters 
upon  this  reform  with  a  devotion  that 
cannot  fail  to  secure  success. 

Several  incidents  of  interest  have  oc- 
curred of  which  I  should  like  to  speak. 
lust  defer  until  some  future  time. 
J.  P.  Stoudakd, 


— I.  T.  Kiggina  is  detained 
ccouat  of  sicl 


Experience   meeting, 


The  President  of  t 


Ohio,  the 

Let  us  rai" 


-thai 
shamed," 
Friends  of  oi 

around  our  State  Agent  and  Lectur- 
nnd  'hold  up  his  hands.     Our   cause 
glorious!      It   it    true     republican 
liberty  aud  equality  against  the  despot- 
f  "rings"  and    lodges.     It  is   the 
on    of  ,lesus    Christ   against    the 
heathen  pow-wows  of  lodgea  aud  gran- 
Organize  at   once.      The    work 
be  pushed  vigorously    for  the  en- 
s  not  idle.     Thousands  of  lodgea 
i?oni:i^  th'.-  mum!    Mttrio-iiihen*  of 
tate  with    heathen    performances 
nui  Ohristless   worship.      The    granges 
ho  evidently  brought  on   our  present 
money  crisis  are  now  modestly    a4iog 
farmers  (and  every  body  elae  I   be- 
lieve,   especially    broken    down    politi- 
co pay  ihem  five   doll-irs  each   of 
itlle  money  which  is  left  in  circu 
Ifllion.     But  perhaps  some-  farmers  have 
oney  than  they   need    and   can 
afford  to  be  swindled.     There    ib  how- 
orse  feature. — theheathen  ele- 
Already  we  hear  of  a  swarm  of 
heathen     goddesses    in     our     midst , 
!e,""FJora"  and  -'Pomona."  Alas! 
Some   of  those    would-be    hea- 
then deities  have  fallen  from  the  Christ- 
churcheal     Onoe  they    look    upon 
(heroselves  the    name   of   Christ,    now 
hey  rejoice  to   personate    the    strange 
;oddesses  of  heathen    mythology!     O 
ar  the  eloquence  ot    Paul    to  exclaim, 
•What  fellowship    hath  the   temple  of 
iod  with  idols;  for  ye  are  the   temple 
if  the  living   God,  if  so   be    that    the 
spirit   of  G.jd    dwell    in    you."      Dear 
a  in  Christ  Jcbus,  you  who  have 
bowed   to    tue  image  of   Baal, 
intend    earnestly  for    the    faith 
livered  to  the  B&inta  and  for  our 
liberties;  for  Mr.  Mackeyinhis  Lexicon 
says    that    Masonry    contains     little    of 
'puhhennisiii  or   democracy. 

H.  S.   Kihk,  Cor.  Sec'y. 


meetings,  but  the 

ifiuence  in   fi 
party  or  individua 

jU] 


Dmiilil)    ileethi;:  ul    Xenin,  IMiiu. 
Xesia,  Ind.,  2d  Mo.  8,  1874. 


.   bu-.iu.^ 


i  the 


ng.  The  following  was  adopted 
for  the  filth  article  of  our  By-laws: 
The  regular  meetings  of  the  Associ- 
lion  shall  he  held  on  Mo  'day  night, 
n  or  before  each  full  moon,  eommenc- 
ig  at  seven  o'clock."  The  most  of  the 
lembers  present  gave  a  short  account 
1  their  experience  in  the  work,  with  a 


ed  euprgy. 

Friends  of  the 
truth  are  invited 
eist  ua.  Our  nex 
tho  second  of  nex 


ir  !   with  r 


S,  Smith  of  Charles  City,  lown,  writes 
that  his    health   is   so    feeblo   that   lit 

may  bo  ab!<    to  ijMUtk  at  intervals.' Bro, 


■■W..'!],"; 


member  of  nur  Con^rer:'rt'i'nml 
church,  approached  me  in  the  vea 
bule  after  service  one  Sabbath  mornin 
saying:  "Mr.  D. , you  are  just  the  mi 
looking  for,  I  want  a  good  lari 
donation  from  y-n  f>r  our  Young  M-r 
Chris  lii 

ing  matter,  tractB 
''you  are  just  the    man  I    am    glad    t 
meet,  and  will  respond  generously.    I 
the  first  place,  I  will  supply  you   witi 
tracts;  will  at  onoe  order  a  lot,  and  wij 
order   from  time  to   time  as    you  need 
them.     They  shall  be  nicely  printed 
good  paper,  and  shall  teach  Bible  tri 
only,     that    cannot    he     controvert 
They  will    touch    on  Freem  isnnrv    ; 
other  kindred  secret  societies  and  show 
how  they    hinder  the   advancement 
Christ's  kingdom;  and    of   course 
YouritT  Men's  Christian  Association  w 
all  hindrances    removed." 

I  will  only  add  that  my    proposil 
wni  refused.  Geo.     Uibtkich 


Samuel  Eugle  of  Shelby  Co.  Indiana, 


tthei 


Farm 


Club  of  forty-five  members 
in  good  working  order.  Success  to 
them!  Would  that  such  clubs  could 
everywhere  supersede  the  granges. 

In  compariaon  with  the  flaming  reso- 
lutions aud  speeches  often  made  <  n  the 
farmer's  movement,  the  following  from 
the  platform 
Farmer't 

Illinois,  will  commend  itself  to  every 
candid  mind.  They  seem  not  to  think 
that  "if  all  the  world  were  dead  they 
cowld  do  n  big  businesB  keeping  tavern :" 
"We  will  encourage  all  kinds  of  Hum- 
our midst,  believing  that 
s  bring  .i  market  to  ub  and 
of  transportation  to  both 
producer  and  consumer. 

Our  chief  object  throughout  shall  be 

benefit   ourselves    and    not  to   injure 

y   railroad    or   other  corporation,  or 

any  class  of  tradesmen,  only  ceasing  to 

deal  with  such  as   receive    our   money 

without  giviiij 


.liHiMlrc. 


The 


icle   of  the  Coi 


The  object  shall  be   the  promoti 

he  moral,  intellectual,  social  and  j 

cuniary     welfare     of    the     farmers 


shall  not 
of  any  political 
conspire    to    m- 


ourage    manufactories    and    internal 

tial  co  operation  with  like  orgnnizinnnis, 
.0  carry  to  a  sued  fistul  issue  the  objects* 
it  the  State  AiBOciation." 

Through  the  efforts  of  the  man- 
agers of  the  Alliance,  a  religious 
journal  of  this  city,  principally  in 
charge  of  Prof.  Swing  aud  Rev.  Mr. 
McClure,  the  clergymen  of  Chicago 
were  recently  assembled  at  the  Grand 
Pacific  Hotel  to  eat  a  lunch  and  enjoy 
each  others  company.  Baptists,  Pres 
bylerianw,  Methodists,  fraternized  with 
Unitarians  and  Universalists,  (the  Free- 
mason Univer-ahst  Dr.  Fowler  being 
one  of  the  company.)  Verily,  is  the 
power  of  a  good  dinner  greater  than 
God's  grace?     The   remarki 


truly, of  earthly  bread  t 
if  That  which  came  down  from  heav 
iev.    A.    Mitchell    was    applauded 

ayiBL'  tli.n  lie  had  been  present  ul 


the  dead  who  die 


Religions  News. 


Some  of  the  difficulties  attending  re- 
ligion fl  efforts  m  .  itles  are  augyesud  by 
reading  oi  the  celebration  of  the  137th 
birthday  of  Tom  Paine,  lately  by  the 
Liberal  Suciety  of  Chicago,   compose') 


/late  Ev.  AUiu 


sdeel 


eii  himneli  in  bi\or  of  evaitg.-iitfii.' 
aions  to  his  country  in  all  parisnes 
where  rationalibm  or  formalism  pre- 
vail.— Seven  weeks  after  Mr.  Ham- 
mond began  his  labors  at  Alton.  III., 
the  revival  was  progressing  with  uua- 
bated  power.  It  is  estimated  that  over 
1000  adults  have  been  couverted  in  that 
vicinity  during  that  time. — The  Amer- 
ican Board  of  Missions  has  established 
in  Turkey  222  common  schools,  found- 
ed 78  churches,  educated  110  pastors 
opened    200   preaching 


.ant    population   0 

upon  Boston  choir 
ere  has  resigned  t 
"     T the  1*     " 

Sly  c 


,  he  hai 


the  Uuir. 
giving  ;.,, 

the  chu  re 

body,  unless  a  spl  edy  and  most  radica 
change  shall  take  place  in  respect  tt 
both  the  spirit  and  the  principal  meth- 
ods of  business  m-ma^i-mcnl.  — A  large 
meeting  was  held  in  St.  James  Hall 
London,  I  an.  37th,  to  oxpresa  sympa- 


idded  t 

which  could   hi1 

Every  New  Contribution  to  the  Tract 
Fund  Counts  Double. 
We  call  the  attention  of  every  reader  of 
the  Cynosure  to  this  announcement  (aee 
advertisement)  as  the  demand  for  tracts 
for  free  distribution  is  now  large  and  is 
daily  increasing.  A  friend  has  pledged 
a  dollar  for  every  other  dollar  contrib- 
uted to  this  fund,  so  every  new  sub- 
scription counts  double.  These  Cyno- 
sure tracts  have  been  prepared  by 
some  of  the  ablest  men  of  the  nation 
and  God  has  blessed  them  greatly  in 
opening  the  eyes  of  hundreds  if  not 
thousands  of  young  men  to  the  charac- 
ter of  the  lodge.  But  where  hundreds 
have  been  thus  saved  from  this  sniri 
of  the  lodL'e,  thousands  of  others  neet 
to  be  and  may  be.  For  every  twenty 
five  dollars  new  subscription  to  thii 
fund,  we  send  out  fifty  thousand  pages 
of  tracts.  Do  not  forget  that 
tract  distributors  aa  well  as 
tors  to  the  tract   fund. 


CosGBESB.—Tn  the  House  a   motion 

j  adjourn  May  15th  was  not  well  re- 
ceived, one  passed  expressing  the 
inBe  of  the  body  to  hold  onunlilques- 
jns  of  currency,  transportation  and 
trenebment  were  settled. — The  Sen- 
e  hai  at  last  agreed  to  the  House  re- 
solution to  investigate  the  affairs  of  the 
District  and   has  appointed  its  share  of 


regiil'.le  cimmi-rce  between  th( 
"'    is  introductory   to  the    transporta- 
question. 

rrv. —Rev.  Mr.  McCarthy,  who 
e  ho  irreverent,  a  display  of  oratory 
le  Union  Park  Baptist  church  late- 
ly, wa*  refused  the  use  of  the  church 
last  Sunday.  He  drew  together  a 
rrowdon  the  side-walk  and  preached  to 
lie  in  in  the  morning,  m  the  evening  he 
begged  the  use  of  a  billiard  hall,  whose 
greatly   increaaed  his 


ithrt 


-Ssi 


their  busi 


jsted,  fined,  and 


■T  he  reports  from  0 .,  Bhow 
t  in  the  war  against  liquor. 
The  good  work  is  spreading  into  lndi 
na.  and  the  larger  cities.  Cleveland, 
lolumbus  and  Toledo,  expect  its  visits 
on.     Dr.    Lewi 


i  the 


the    movement,  but   it  ib    a   question 

hether  it  has  not  gone    beyond  the 

taken  wholly  n  providential  direction, 

Considerable  b.-t-lii.y  is    being  work- 


Wisconsin  over  the  appoi 
of  a  successor  for  the  Episcopal 
p  Armitage,  "High"  and  "low" 
h  questions  are  in  the  way. — A 
lehr  and  three  children  perished, 
everal  others  were  badly  burned 
vansville,  Ind.,  last  week. — Rev. 
jovesee  and  a  young  lady  friend 
killed  by  an  engine  near  Walden, 
in  Thursday  last — A  negro  mur- 
was  lyinched  at  Murphyeboro, 
<n  the  4-tii. 


the 

sved  in  England, 
ted  German  atheist  and  author, 
on  the  Oth  inet.— Antieipalii.i.-  '.te- 
ll of  the  British  ehvtkes,  DUra-li 
arrange, t  hjs  ministry,  wbileGla-1- 
e's  cibiuet  are  hi--.Hat.uig  wheiLei 
o  to  resign  before  tin-  ^-assembling 
of  parliament. — The  new  .Spanish  gov- 
ernment haa  been  measurably  success- 
ful against   ih  ■    Inlransigentes  and  C 


lists.    The  fori 


■  li-..ul)le. 


ANTISIASONIC  TRACTS. 


k  Tract  Fund  for  the  Free  distribution  of  Tracts, 

"The  Aatimasons  Scrap  Book," 
HISTORT"oF  MASONRY. 


MASOITIC    MUKDBR. 


SECRETS  OF  MASONRY. 

BY    ELI  TAPLEY 


GRAND!  GREAT  GRAND!! 
By  PHILO  CARPENTER. 

Extracts  Prom  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  ai 
Sworn  to  by  tho  Grand  Lodge  of  Rhode  Island 


Hon.  John  Quincy  Adams'  Letter. 

line  His  and  III.  r.ilhci '.  0|.i[ii.n  o!  bi.iuiajunri  (ISi(.)t 

Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 


Satan's  Cable  Tow. 


"Freemasonr   is  Only  152  Years  Old,'1 

"Mmder  and  Treason  not  Excepted." 
Frsemasoasy  la  tlio  Claurch. 

CHAKAGTUIC    VM>  »YflBUL!i   '  I     1  *:H:.>1AS0M:? 


Address  of  Hupa  U;  kooiatioji  Sis  York. 
Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry. 


HOWARD  CROSBY.  D.  D. 

(ThanoleorEof  tlie  University  lof  N. 
Y.,  on  Secret  Societies. 


GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY. 


^SO^OATJ^ULLaadjraD. 


ENOCH  HOBEYWEIVS   TRACT. 


BRICKS  FOR  MASONS  TO  LAY. 
H  STORY  OF  MASONRY 


TERMS  FOR  THE  CYNOSURE. 


. 


Descriptive  Catalogue 

PUBLICATIONS 

EZRA  A.  COOK  &  CO.. 


GEN'L  PHELPS' 

NEW  BOOK 

ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES  I 

Every  Citi«oo  of  Amwio,.  onBl.t  to  r..,l  (Li.  Bool,. 

1'.'-"     1' .'■!.. '-.O.-M. 

FE£EMASONRY.  EXPOSED, 

by  CAP'T.  WILLIAM  MORGAN. 


.THE  BROKEN  SEAL. 

By  SAMUEL   D.  GREENE, 


OPINIONS  OF  THE  PRESS. 


History  oi  The  Abduction  and  J.  .it 
Cap't.'Wm.  Morgan, 


Valanco'a  Oonfessioa  of  Tie  Murder  of 
Capt,  Wca.  Bfiorgan. 


The  Mystic  Tie  or  Freemasonry  a  League 
with  the  Devil. 

NAP.RATIVESTAND  ARGUMENTS. 

"' "  foy  2FRAHCIS  SEMPLE  of 


The  Asitimason's  Sorap  Boo'i 
21  CYNOSURE  TRACTS. 


Who  Murdered  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan? 


Abduction  and  Murder 


Capt.  William  Morgan, 


i  OBEDIENCE  TO  MASONIC  LAWS 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  FEBRUARY  12,  1874 


By  thu  Bonk)  ll^litnliiK'n  chirr, 


that  kind  Providence  we  owe  this  hap- 
py opportunity  of  consulting  in  peace 
i  means  of  establishing  our  future 
national  felicity  •  Aud  Lave  we  now 
ten  this  powerful  Friend!  Or  do 
nagine  that  we  no  longer  need 
distance!  I -have  lived,  air,  a  long 
lime  (eighty-one  years,)  and  the  longer 
I  live  the  more  convincing  proofB  I 
e  of  this  truth,  that  God  governs  in 
the  aflaira  of  men.  And  if  a  sparrow 
at  fall  to  the  ground  without  hie 
,  is  it  probable   that   an    empire 


rithoi 


aid! 


have 


the 


The 


iing 


itha 


12  get  hold  of 
a  fact  they  instantly  begin  to  set-  it  in 
opposition  to  God's  word-  But  the 
vaunted  ''fact"  of  Tuesday  often  ukes 
another  shape  on  \Vudue«day.  and  by 
Thursday  is  found  to  be  no  fact  at  nil. 
The  truth  is  that  geology,  as  ascience, 
consists  mainly  of  probable  guesses. 
•'That  field  of  peat,"  Bay b  Sir  Charles 
Lyeil.  '-has  probably  been  7,000  years 


ings,  that    'except  the   Lord   build  the 

house  they  labor  in  vain  that  build  it." 

1  firmly  believe  this;  and  I   also  be- 

ive  that  without   hiB   concurring   aid 

;  shall  succeed  in  this  political  build- 

g  no  letter  than  the  builders  of  Ba- 

bol.     We  shall  be  divided  by  our  little 

■rial,  local  interests,  our  project  will 

be  confounded,  and  we  ourselves  shall 

ecome  a  reproach  and  a  by-word  down 

i  future  ages.      And    what    is    worse, 

lankind   may  hereafter,  from   this  un- 

irtunale  instanoc,  despair  of  establish- 

ig    government    by   human    wisdom, 

uest.  I  therefore  beg  leave  to  move 
that  henceforth  prayers  imploring  as 
auce  of  Heaven  and  its  blessings  on 
deliberations,  be  held  in  this  as- 
ibly  every  morning  before  we  pro- 
d  to  business;  and  that  one  or  more 
of  the  clergy  of  this  city  be  requested 
date  in  that  service. — Selected. 


the 


replies  a  friend  of  his  own,  in  a  pub- 
lished cntici3m,"I  think  it  quite  possible 
that  it  has  been  only  700  years  in  grow- 
ing." A  piece  of  pottery  was  fouud 
in  the  valley  of  the  Nile,  and  a  geolo- 
gist immediately  argui-a  that  it  must 
have  Iain  there  more  than  20,000 years. 
But  an  antiquarian  soon  points  out  marks 


shown 


to  he 


Incident  in  a  Coal  Hlne. 


een  those  astonishing  walla  of  coal, 
the  end  of  the  spacious  gallery.   We 
ire.  by  this  time  Bell  prepared  to  ap- 
Eoiate  the  pious  enthusiasm  of  a  well- 
own  Boston  clergyman  (time  deceas- 
ed, widely  lamented,)   who  paid  a  visit 
:se  iritneB  last  summer.     When  he 
found  himself  in  the  heart  of  the  nioun- 
surrounded  by  this  immense  body 
of  coal,    which   he   was  told  extended 
for   miles   on   every    side,    he  looked 


'J.yi.i"  yt;trs  old.  let  it  is  upon  gi 
es  of  this  kind,  which  do  not  ami 
to  a  tenth  part  of  a  proof,  that  the 
Lyells,  Owens  and  Colensos  ventured 
boldly  to  assert  that  it  is  clear  that  Mo- 
ses knew  nothing  whatever  of  the  sub- 
ject on  which  he    was   writing. 

Just  in  the  same    spirit   do    Buusun 


und 


for 


chless  awe  and  wonde: 
ally  took  off  his  hat;  theology 
■u  before  geology;  and  he  called 
to  the  miners,  in  a  sudden,  loud 
■,  that  echoed  portentously  through 


i-ligbte 


"Prait 


and  his  full.: 


ngly  a 


that  the  growth  of  languages  prove 
that  the  world  must  be  more  than  20,- 
000  years  old.  We  refer  them  tc 
confusion  of  tongues   described  by  Mo- 


Very  well,  gentleman,  there  we 
leave  you;  for  men  who  make  up 
minds  before  inquiring  are  not  acting 
like  reasonable  beings.  A  dozen  other 
little  juntos  are  now  at  wort  in  the 
eame  laudable  fashion,  One  set  is 
not  quite  certain  thata  man  was  "devel- 
oped" out  of  an  ape.  Well,  and  what 
was  the  ape  "developed"  out  of?  They 
do  not  know.  Our  comfort  in  all  this 
is  that    this    influenza  will    wear   itself 


the   Lord!    Get  di 

of  you,  and  praise  the  Lord 
nderful  providence!"  This 
he  delivered  with  such  pro 
poetical  power  of  lungs  and  spirit  thai 
all  the  miners  except  one  threw  dowr 
tools  and  knelt  with   him   on  tbi 

••I  thought  first  1  wouldn't  kneel,' 
aid  the  exception;  "I  never  bad  knelt 
or  uny  man,  and  I  didn't  believe  I 
hould.  But  he  begun  to  pray,  and  I 
ell  you  ifmy  kneed  didn't  begin  togivi 
vay  under  me ;  he  put  in,  and  my  legs 
crooked  and  crooked,  till  I  couldn't 
staDd  it  no  longer;  and  then  he  prayed 
ae  down." 
1  thought  the  power  of  the  preache 


thei 


t  like  t 


i  the 


upla. 


Franklin  on  Prayer. 


li-r-nrsng 
picture  of  the  little  group  bowed  in  i 

inly  by  the  small  lamps  hooked  o 
lie  miners'  capB  and  bv  to*;  ^Tt-ne 
if  day  looking  in  smilingly  at  the 
if  the  oavern. — Atlantic  Munthhj. 

The  Law  of  Veracity  isViolatet 

When  we  state  as  true   what   we 


Thei 


sof  i 


the  need  of  looking  to  n  Higher  Power. 
No  people  or  trib»  has  been  found  des- 
titute of  it.  The  philosopher  is  doI 
without  this  sense  of  need.  No  one 
will  acuse  Dr.  Franklin  of  superstition, 
or  of  an  undue  regard  fur    the  superna- 

passed  him  as  a  shrewd  observer  of 
life  and  of  human  affairs,  or 
found  inquirer^  after  the  ct 
principles  that  lie  at  the  basis  of  great 
events.  Let  us  observe  his  language 
in  the  Convention  that  eat  in  Philadel- 
phia in  1787,  to  frame  our  Federal  Coi 
atitution,  when  he  rout'  to  support  h 
motion  for  the  daily  prayers  in  tbi 
body.  It  must  be  remembered  thi 
weeks  bad  elapsed  and  the  Conventio 


When  wc  find  that  we  have,  though 
undesignedly,  convey eil  a  false  im 
pression,  and   do  not  hasten  to  correct 


When  we  purposely  arrange  iln-faets 
it  as  to  deceive : 


bad  I 


uplia 


:  of  i 


all  important  work,  and  that  irreconcil- 
able diflerenee  seemed  likely  to  defeat 
its  purposes  altogether.  It  won  in 
this  state  of  things  that  Dr.  Franklin 
introduced  his  resolution,  and  made  the, 
follow i ml'  remarks: 

In  the  beginning  of  the  contest  with 
Britain,  when  we  were  sensible  of  dan- 
ger, we  had  daily  prayers  in  the 
for  Divine  protection.  Our  prayers, 
sir,  were  heard  and  they  were  gracious- 
ly answered.      AllofuB   who   wei 


i  the 


ob- 


of  the  head,  or  anything  which 
influence  the  mind  and  conduce 
false  impression. 

as   to  deceive,    under  the   e 
pretence  that  the  inquirer  has  no  right 
to  know  the  truth  : 

When  by  word  or  act  we  create   an 
rier'bttnin  which  we  do  not  intend  to 
fulfil: 

When    we    create    an     expectation 

which,  though  we  intended  to  fulfil  it, 

afterwards  fail    to    fulfil,    without 


iplai 


■  of  1 


When  we  do  not   fulfil  a  promise 
ery    reBpect    precisely     as   we     buj 
posed  the  promisee  understood  it: 
When  we  fulfil  a  contract  or  a  proi 
i   in   every  particular,  except  as   ' 
ae,  and  make  no  effort,  show  no  di 

delay  was  unavoidable: 


Children©  Comer. 


lowers  point  to  tue  world  abovi 
tying,  "Trust  thy  Father's  love 
nly  he  thy  future  knows— 
e  doth  all  events  dispose." 


Boeged   Tom,    the  Surety. 
>ne    Sunday  afternoon,    a    big  boy 
id  at  the  door  of  the  Sunday--1  .-lino!. 
was  so  bad  that  he  had  been  turned 
of  school  the  Sunday  before  .     His 
father  and    mother   brought    him  and 
begged  he  might  be  received  in  again. 
The  superintendent  said;    "We  should 
be  glad  to  do  him  good,   but  we  are 
ifraid  he   will  ruin  all  the  other  chil- 
dren.     It    1b  very    bad    for    a  school 
when  a  big  boy  sets  a  wicked  example. " 
"We  know  he  is  a  bad  boy  at  school, " 
said  the  parents,   "but  he  is  teD  times 

you  do  not  take  him  back." 

We  could  take  him  back,  if  we 
could  secure  his  good  behavior.     I  will 

,  thought  the  superintendent. 

3o  be  stepped  back  into  the  school, 

and  rang  the  bell  for  silence,      411  lis- 

■d  while  he  said,   ''That  boy  wants 

iot  take  him  back  without  making 

i  of  his  good  behavior.  Will  any 
be  surety  for  him!" 

.  pause  followed.  The  elder  boys 
shook  their  heads.  They  said  they 
knew  him  too  well.  The  others  did 
not  care  for  him.  But  one  little  boy 
pitied  the  big  bad  boy,  and  was  very 
sorry  no  one   would    be  surety.     The 


ittle  t 


,byt 


ged  Tom."  It  was  not  his  fault  tha 
he  wis  ragged,  for  his  mother  wa: 
very  poor.  The  superintendent  sooi 
heard  the  little  voice,  "If  you  please 
sir;  I  will.  Bir." 

•You,  Tom,  a  little  boy  like  you 
Do  you  know  what  is  meant  by  being 
surety,  Tom!" 

"Yes,  sir,  if  you  please;  it  e 
that  when  he  is  a  bad  boy  I  am 
punished  for  it." 

"And  are  you  willing  to  be  punished 
for  that  big  boy  P 


'■Yea, 


"Then  come  in,"  said  the  superin- 
tendent, looking  to  the  door;  aud  the 
big  boy,  with  a  downcast  face,  walked 
across  the  floor,  He  was  thinking  a! 
he  walked,  "I  know  I'm  a  bad  boy; 
but  I'm  not  so  bad  ae  that!  I'll  nevei 
let  that  little  fellow  be  punished  foi 
me — no,  never."  God  had  graciously 
put  that  thought  into  the  big  boy't 
mind.  He  was  helping  Tom  as  t 
surety. 

As  the  child  was   leaving  school,  the 
superintendent  saw    the  big  boy    and 
little  Tom  walking  away  together, 
said  to  himself,  "I  am  afraid  that 
will  do  Tom  harm.     I  must  go  and  look 

When  he  reached  the  cottage  where 
Tom    lived,     he  said  to    his    m< 
"Where  is  your  son,  Torn?" 

"O,   he's  just  gone  up  stairs  w 
great  boy  he  brought  in  with  him.     I 
don't  know  what  they  are  doing." 

'•May  lgo  upl" 

The  superintendent  went  sofily 
quickly  up  the  stairs,  and  as  herea< 
the  top  be.  could  sue  through  tho  door 
that  Tom  and  the  boy  were  kneeling 
together.  He  Boon  heard  Tom's  ' 
saying  ''O,  Lord,  make  Ibis  boy,  who 
has  been  the  worst  boy  in  the  school, 
O,  Lord,  make  him  the  best." 

The  superintendent  knelt  down  bj 
Tom's  aide,  and  they  al!  prayed  to 
gether. 

God  heard  them,  and  he  made  tbt 
big  boy  to  become  one  of  tho  best  boys 
in  the  school,  and  raised  up  friends  for 
"Rigged  Tom,"  who  put  him  to  school 
and    after  that  sent  him  to  college,    si 

tie   hepiilinn. — C'lncirtl    S'litesuvm 


— If  wo  lote  a  piece  of  good  money. 
we  may  find  it  again;  but  if  we  lose  v 
piece  of  good  temper,  it  is  lost  forever, 


The  Secret  Sessions  of  Congri 


t  question  which  agitated  the 


t  propused  by  the  Federal  Con' 


J78V, 


a  provision,  that   each    House   of 

Congress     should     keep   and    publish 

from  t'me  to  lime  a  journal  of  its   pro- 

ngf,  exo-ptuii;  sucli  ;is    might    in 

their  judgment  require  secrecy. 

In  relation  to  this  article,  authorizing 
Uongress  to  close  their  doors,  to  shut 
out  their  constituents  from  witnessing 
their  proceedings,  and  so  far  to  initiate 
a  Papal  or  Masonic  conclave,  the  jeal- 
ousy of  our  countrymen  was  evinced  in 
ihapes,  and  through  various  and 
nelB.  I  beard  a  venera- 
ble patriot  of  the  Revolution,  read  this 
article  to  a  circle  of  men  like  himself; 
and  the  general  exclamatiou  of  those 
virtuous  and  unsophisticated  men  (wo 
had  not  then  seen  the  cbicancery  and 
management  which  have  distinguished 
later  times),  was  decidedly  against  tho 
article.  What,  said  they,  closed  doorBl 
Secret  conclaves!  Is  this  what  we  have 
been  fighting  for!  We  may  as  well 
revive  the  Star  Chamber,  or  send  for 
the  Pope  and  his  holy  inquisitors! 

But  the  opposition  to  this  clause  o 
secrecy  was  not  confined  to  private  o 
bar-room  circles.  It  appeared  iu  news 
paper  essays,  in  the  resolutions  of  pop- 
ular meetings,  in  pulpit  declamation, 
and  parliamentary  debate,  especially  in 
the  several  state  conventions,  called  to 
deliberate  on  the  adoption  of  the  Fed- 
eral Constitution.  I  speak  of  those  de- 
bates in  general,  from  recollection  ;  but 
if  I  had  them  all  before  me,  it  would 
not  comport  with  the  limits  withinwhich 
I  must  confine  myself  on  this  occasion, 
to  quote  the  opinion  of  many  of  the 
sage-;  .ind  patriots  of  those  deliberative 
assemblies,  who  opposed  the  proposi- 
tion for  clothing  Congress  with  tht 
power  of  changing  itself  iuto  a  Eecrei 
cabal,  instead  uTau  open  and  undisguis- 
ed representation  of  the  people.  I  shall, 
therefore,  confine  myself  to  objections, 
made  by  two  distinguished  members  ol 
the  Virginia  Convention;  and  here  1 
mUBt  do  Virginia  the  justice  to  say, 
that  although  I  b  lieve  she  has  pertin- 
aciously sought  to  control  the  policy  of 
the  Union;  yet  to  the  labors  of  hei 
learned  men,  to  their  genius,  their  vir 
tue,  and  their  patriotism  are  we.  indebt- 
ed for  the  ablest  illustrations  of  om 
civil  and  political   institutions,  and  th< 

sustain  and  hand  them  down  to  poster 
ity.  What,  then,  said  her  Demosthenes 
her  Patrick  Henry,  to  this  clause  o 
secrecy  in  our  federal  charter) 

"The  proceedings  in  the  uortheru  con 
clave,  said  Mr.  Henry,"  "will  be  hidden 
from  the  yeomanry  of  this  countr 
they  are  not  to  publish  such 
ae  they  think  require  secrecy;  they 
may  think,  aud  will  think,  ihe  whole 
require  it,  Another  beautiful  fe; 
of  this  constitution  i-  the  pubiie- 
from  time  to  time ,  of  the  receipts  and 
expenditures  of  the  public  money.  T 


tendt 


Grant  that  any  of  them  are  wicked, 
tnoy  may  squander  the  public  money 
so  as  to  ruin  you;  and  yet  this  expres- 
sion will  give  you  no  redress.  I  say, 
they  may  ruin  you;  for  where,  sir,  it 
the  responsibility.      The  yi 


fools  as  well  as  knaves,  for  having 
edly  trampled  on  the  rights  of  tht 
pie,   they  would  act  like   fools    indeed 
wove  they  to  publish  and  divulge  ih< 
iniquity,  when   they  have  it  equally 
their  power  to  suppress  it,  und  conceal 
it."     Virginia  Debates — Richmond  Ed, 
1806— p  53. 

In  a  eubseqaeut  speech,  Mr,  Henry 
said,  "Give  us  at  least  a  plausible  >-.|iol 
ogy,  why  Congress  should  beep  its  pro- 
ceedings secret.  They  have  the  power 
of  keeping  them  secret  as  long  as  they 
please ;  for  the  provision  for  a  periodi 
■  'i,\  publication  is  too  inexplicit  and  am 
biguous  to  nva'l  anything.  The  ex 
pression,  'from  time  to  time,'  as  1  hav 
more  than  once  observed,  admits  of  any 
extension.  They  may  carry  or. 
moBt  wicked  and  pernicious  of  scb 
under  the  dark  veil  of  seorecy. 
liberties  of  a   people    never   were 


be  i:  irried  on  against  their  liberty   anil 

This  was  the  language  of  Patrict 
Henry,  than  whom  a  more  undaunted 
eloquent,  or  virtuous  defender  of  tht 
liberties  of  his  country,  and  the   rights 


noila  of  the   Uni 


the 


He   ab- 


Mr.  Mason,    if  not  so  distinguished. 

least  as  honest  and  as  zealous  a?  Mr. 
Henry,  in  the  cause  of  civil  liberty,  in 
allusion  to  the  same  clause  said,  "This 
'.b  them  to  keep  the  negotiation 
about  treaties  secret,  Under  this  veil 
they  may  conceal  anything  and  every- 

og."     In  contrasting  the  power  thus 


iaid, 


The  words  of  the  confedei 
iia  respect,  more  eligible.  The  pro- 
-edings,  by  that  system,  are  to  be 
published  monthly,  with  certain  ex- 
ns.  These  are  proper  guards, 
iot  so  here;  ou  the  contrary  they 
ionceal  what  they  please.    Instead 


Vot ice  to  Associations  In  New  York. 
The  New  York  Slate   Association  op- 

ounty     and  Town   Associations   with- 

tho     State    to     report    aa     soon    as 

possible,     through      their      Secretar- 

s     or  other    officers,    to     the    Oor- 

ponding     Secretary     of    the  Stale 

Association,    Rev.      A.    F.    Dkmpsky, 

Bloiuiet  Mills,  Coktland  Co.,N.  Y. , 

the  following  sntistical    points  of  in 

formation : 

Name  of  County  or  Town,  Organ- 
i;  President,  Secretary    or  othei 


suspicion.       You   cannot   discover  the 
advocates  of  their  iniquitous  acts." 

Hut  Patrick  Henry  and  hiscollengue, 
did  not  stand    alone.      Many    were   the 


nls  against  oonfering  on   the  coi 


soft: 


;nt,  any  power  whatever  I 
Bed  in  secret.  It  may  suit  the 
s  of  monarchy,  or  despotism,  to 
al  their  dark  designs;  but  a  free 
and  enlightened  people,  and  a  just  ad- 
ministration disdain  all  works  of  dark- 
nesB,  all  secrecy  and  concealment.  Ev 
ery  honest  man  carries  a  window  ir 
his  breast.  The  vicious,  the  unprinci- 
pled man,  only,  wishes  to  hide  the 
workings  of  his  heart;  and  so  ought 
every  free  and  honest  governmci 
throw  ooeii  its  doors  i\i  all  uni":. 
have  no  secrets,  no  corrupt  <"e  igi 
mysteries  ol'  iniquity  whatsoever. 


OUlt  MAIL, 


A    good    many   are   liegionii; 
ir  eyeio|ieu,   and   llmusHuds 


.T.  L.   Mauley,    Mills  Corners,  Ind 

"My  prayer  is  for  the  full  and  complete 

since--  of  me  glor 

are  engaged.    My 

Cyno£re  until  Jl 

Such  sentiments 
furts  will  surely  he 
and  the  euur-e  needs  resolute,  self-deny 
sQ!'[>orier-r  and  we  |naise  God  that 
have  them.     May  they  be  multiplied. 

John  A.Gordon,  Roseville,  111.,  writi 

Monmouth 
Com 


el-    VI 


Jame.  Kennedy,  LoaUiUo-,  Oilifoi 


prolmlily  he  materially   effected  l>y  the  ei- 

R.  Stuart,  Uatasauqun,  Pa.,  writes: 

Pioin-L-i    (Hie  Cynosure.)      I    like    Ihe   shot 
U.   A    BluiK-lmrd   i-   iiivini;   them   in   New 


part  of  the   held.     The   p.«.|>l<-  me    b"di 
D.irk  -.,.,  "Fi-ueniii-oury,"  and  ure  bi.-di 


':-;.  ' 

ed    solely    upon 

('luhbine; 
fcly  Cynosuu 

"will  be  sent  for 

.-M^onic  ner-iid 

item  Rural 

n -  l-'i il k s ' Iti l r m1  miyi i j ah iy  witli  two 

ycienn-   .-I  Health.     ".'..'.'- 

Nation  il  AL-rie.ilt.irist  and  llee  Jour 

lie .-Ki  i-p.-r' -  Mn-.izim-      

Bil-U-   llnniier 

Win..!'."    n.mselnild    Magtiine  with 
Eiu-iie.i    (N.riuian         


Walsh's  Review  of  Freemasonry. 

REVISED  EDITION, 


i  thei 


addn 


I  orgiiniz 


2.  Time  and  pi 

3.  Number  of  meetii 
hen  aud  where,  and 
lerabers  attending  each  meeting. 

4.  Present  condition  and  prosp 
the     uocieiy 


What 


C.  What  help  is  wanted  from  I 
res;  and  what  aid  will  he  afforded 
io  Association  in  that  direction. 

Presidents  of  Counties  or  Towns. 
nted   by   the  State  Association, 


Light  on   Freemasonry 

BY  ELDER  D.  BERNARD, 


ANTI-MASONIC  BOOKS, 

Christian  Cynosure 

Address,  EZRA  A.  COOK  &  CO., 

CHICAGO. 

1  Boobs  .out  Post-paid  on    reoolpt 


Finney  on  Masonry. 


flHEAP    RDIftON. 


u|i|:ii-ed  t 


port  on  the  above  poinls  as  far  as  pc 
Bible.  If  holp  is  wanted  in  organizing 
can  be  had  by  correenonding  wit'i  ; 
H.  Dempsey,  Cor.  Sec.  »f  State  Asa 
J.  L.  Barlow, 
£ie$id>nt  of  the  State   Associatio 

Notice.— Annual  Sleeting  In  Niagara 
Co.,  N.  Y. 

"The    Niagara   County 

3ecret  SooietieB1'  will  hold 
I  meeting,  in  the  city  of 
Lockport,  Feb.  l7lh  aud  18th,  1874. 
commencing  Tuesday,  17lh,  al  10  A. 
M.  We  hope  Bro.  C.  A.  Blanchord. 
and  Bro.  Btitrd  will  be  with  us. 

T.  Corliss,  Seo. 

Address  of   Anti-masonic   Lecturers. 

Ucncriil  ALrem  and  Lecturer,  J.  P.Stoo- 


P.  Elzea^  Whea 

,  Detroit,  Mic 
D.  P.  Rathbuu,  HerricUville, 
r-.  Smith,  Charles  City,  Iowa. 
It.  B.  Tayh.r.  SuuimerticM,  " 
L.  N.  Strait. hi,  Syracuse,  N.  ',  . 


ELDER  STEARNS'  BOOKS. 

AN    INQ.ITIWY 

Freemasonry, 


Lin,,-    ■liitteii-it-n,  Crystal  Lake,  111. 
P.  ilurless,  Polo,  HI. 
J.  R.  Baird,  Greenville,  Pa. 
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1  Conflict  of  Law. 


Ladies  and  Gentlkmkn:  The  ap- 
parent anil  immediate  question  before 
utt  is:  Shall  the  Constitution  of  the 
United  States  be  so  changed  as  to  re- 
cognize the  authority  of  God,  His 
Christ  and  His  Word  I  The  ultimate 
and  real  question  is:  Are  the  American 
people  to  be  and   continue    a  Christian 

In  the  opposition  of  the  views  held 
by  those  who  called  this  convention 
extremes  meet.  Alboibtie  blasphemers 
and  /'doctors"  of  a  sick  divinity  vie 
with  one  another  in  the  endeavor  to 
preveut  any  national  recognition  of  the 
fact  that  it  is  by  virtue  of  powers  deriv- 
ed from  above  that  laws  are  made  lor 
the  government  of  men.  Should  this 
movement  fail  (as  it  will  not),  most  of 
our  religious  (t)  papers  would  rejoice, 
while  every  infidel  club  and  grog  shop 
in  the  land  would  celebrate  with  laugh- 


Of 


course  opposition  thus  diverse  in 
cter  does  not  spring  from  ihe 
source.  As  in  material  warfare, 
fight  for  gaiu ,  tome  for  vengeance, 
for  glory,  mid  some  because 
et  and  beautiful  it  is  for  fatherland 


>  this 


tion  of  Christ,  the  ribald  atheist  is 
moved  by  forces  which  do  not  con- 
sciously influence  the  Christian  man 
who  honestly  differs  truin  us  in  opinion. 
The  Christian  says:  Our  nation  is 
already  Christian  in  sentiment  and  can 
be  made  more  bo,  only  by  individual 
act.  Putting  one  or  a  dozen  mentions 
of  Christ  into  the  Constitution  will  not 
convert  an  infidel  or  save  a  soul.  Very 
true,  neither  will  putting  a  pump  into 
a  well  make  any  more  water.  We 
don't  put  pumps  into  wells  tor  the  pur- 
pose of  increasing  the  water  supply, 
but  for  the  purpose  of  .using  what  is 
already  there.  Sj  it  is  proposed  to 
put  this  recognition  of  God  and  Christ 
and  the   Bible    into   the    Constitution, 


make 


■  Chr, 


but  t 


ready  existing.  To  pump  (if  you  will 
allow  the  expression)  the  Christian 
feeling  of  the  American  people  into  the 
law  on  marriage,  the  Sabbath  and  hon- 
eBty,uulil  our  laws  adequately  represent 

The  infidel,  on  the  other  hand,  nays: 
"The  Constitution  is  alheislic  and 
should  remain  so.  To  recognize  God 
as  you  wish  would  be  a  practical  union 
of  church  and  s>tate:  would  he  oppres- 
sive and  wrong."  Still  further:  "Many 
of  our  laws  are  distinctively  Christian, 
and  between  them  and  the  atheistic 
Constitution  there  is  a  conflict  of  law; 
this  conflict  must  be  settled  by  abroga- 
ting all  such  Christian  laws.  Water 
can  rise  by  its  own  act  no  higher  than 
its  source,    neither  can  law.     The  Con- 

atheistic  and  the  laws  must   be." 

The  infidel  is  both  tight  and  wrong 
— right  when  he  contends  that  there 
ii  a  conflict  of  law,  wrong  when  be 
says  that  we  labor  for  a  union  of  church 
and  stale.  Even  if  we  were  seeking 
auch  a  union  we  would  be  more  nearly 
in  the  right  than  those  who  have  al- 
ready united  the  stale  aud  the  saloon. 
It  would  be  far  better  to  have  average 
Christian  men  for  office  holder*  than 
the  drunken,  thieving  crew  who  now 
steal  the  public  money  and  demoralize 
the  public  conscience.  It  would  be  far 
better  to  have  the  ballot  box  in  the 
meeting  house  than  in  the  rum  shop, 


where  profane  oaths,  floods  of  filthy 
tobacco  juice  and  barrels  of  whisky  help 
Americans  to  select  their  legislators 
But  union  of  church  and  state  is  the  se 
lection  by  the  nation  of  one  church,  tb 
appointment  of  its  officers  and  over 
eight  of  its  doctrines,  For  such  a  un 
ion  none  of  us  plead.  To  such  a  unioi 
we  are  all  of  us  opposed.  What  we  do 
ask  Is  that  the  nation  tell  its  own  peo 
pie  and  the  world  by  what  God  i 
Bwears  its  judges  aud  what  is  its  Btand 
ard  of  right  and  wrong. 


The  Constitution  declares  that  ( 
gross  shall  make   no  law  respecting 

'.niablislimeiit  of  n-lioion,  or  prohibiting 
the  free  exercise  thereof,  and  also,  that 
u<>  religious  test  shall  ever  b.'  required 
'.-  -i  qualification  to  any  officer  or 
lie    trust    under    the    United    St: 
These  statements  are  very  general.   No 
law  may  be  made  prohibiting  the   free 
exercise  of  religion.     But  who  is  to  de- 
cide what  is  religion!     The  citizens,  o 
course,  for  Congress  may  make  no  lav, 
rt   J  lectin  (:  :<n  establishment  of  religion. 
Every  man  may  choose    his  religion  01 
make  a  new  one,    and    Congress   may 
:ut  prohibit  its  free  exercise.     Tartar, 
Confucian  aud  Hindoo,  may  bring  theii 
gods  many  and  lords  many.     The  Mos- 
aiuaret  may  shine  in    the   setting 
Irora    every    hill  ;     every   grave- 
become  a  temple  of  Celestial  wyr 
sbipers  of    the   dead.     Every   one    of 
India's  three  hundred  million  gods  may 
that   land    where   the  snows   o* 
Himalaya    stand   silent   sentinel,    and 
C;ipe  Comorin  looks  out  upon  the  sura- 
;r  sea.     Every  one  of  them  may  come 
this  Christian  land,  and   here  find  a 
ngenlat  home. 


We 


>n,    tha 


they  do 

s  no  act  respecting  the  eslab- 
of  fcligion.  We  cannot  forbid 
their  practices,  for  we  must  not  prohi- 
bit its  free  exercise. 

It  answers  no  good  purpose  to  say 
that  wife -burning,  man-sacrifi'  in^  and 
babe-killing  are  not  religious  practices. 
These  things  are  done  by  millions  of 
people  in  the  name  of  religion.  When 
say  they  are  not  religious  acta,  we 
make  a  law  respecting  the  establisb- 
of  religion,  When  wo  prohibit 
we  prohibit,  its  free  exercise.  The 
Greek  may  bring  im  god  of  debauch- 
He  may  commit  all  tho  nameless 
1  which  darken  the  fair  name  and 
fame  of  Attica.  We  must  not  say  a 
ord.  He  must  worship  his  own  god 
1  his  own  way. 
The 


■  absurd  for  n 


t  believe.     There  i 


Lb  at  met 

of(-.-ligio 


a  then 


■i'C  ■  had  hergudhi  ofllielt. 
nod  murder;  Germans 
eir  altars  of  human  sacri- 

India,  the  Ganges  for  the  babe,  the  aut- 
for  ihe  wife,  and  Juggernaut  for 
man.      Any   one   or  all  these  foul 

blot*  on  the  history  of  our  race  may  be 
slerred  from  a  past,  over  which 
:ls  might  weep   tears   of  blood,   to 

tional  right  to  object. 
he  American  people   must  say  that 
the  Bible  is  the  Word  of  God,  and  that 
Christianity  in  the  religion  of  this  eoun- 
the  exclusion  of  such  religious 
practices   as  have   been  named  is  pro- 
hibiting  the  free  exercise  of  religion, 
and    hence   unconstitutional.     This   in 
the  Constitution  which  the  infidel  like*, 
,ud  to  which  he  wants  our  laws  adapt. 
ed.     He  desires    to   admit  the   loalh- 
me,  devilish   systems  of  all  heathen- 
im  to  our  own  Columbia,    by  prohib- 
ug  the   declaration  that  God  is   the 
author  of  national  life,  that   Ghrist  is 
the  ruler  of  ualions,  and  that  the  Bible 
the  foundation  of  law.     That  niau 
ho    should    introduce    a    plague,    or 
pluck  down  red  lightnings  from  heav- 
t  of  existence,   would 


"  But, 


the 


ihe  laws  of  the  stales  do  not  per- 
lit  wife-burning  and  man  eating  re- 
gions. Bigamy  is  punished  by  law 
1  vvery  state  of  the  Union,  and  the 
molher  found  loosing  her  babe  to  a 
hungry  shark  would  be  locked  up  in 


prison  or  the  mad  house.  Sabbath 
law?,  chaplains  and  chapels  in  every  de- 
partment ol  public  service  attest  th* 
national  regard  for  religion,"  True 
again.     But   what   right    has   govern- 

ohaplain,  when  it  has  nothing  to  do 
with  religion  and  I  don't  believe  ii 
God?  What  right  to  interfere 
the  suttee  when  my  religion  commands 
US  What  right  to  imprison  for  bigamy 
if  my  religion  teaches  it  and  I  am  free 
to  practice  any  religion  I  choose?  Thi 
answer  is  plain.  Just  no  right  at  all 
No  law  which  forbids  the  free  exerciei 
of  a  religion  which  calls  for  human  sacri 
fice,  adultery  or  blasphemy  can  slant 
a  suit  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  tht 
United  States. 

Nay,  more.     Suppose  (and  you  but 
suppose  a  fact)that  a  body  of  voters  say 
that  their  church  has  authority    over 
the  state  in  civil   concerns.     Suppose, 
further,  that  these  voters   honestly  be- 
lieve   that    their  eternal   salvation    de- 
pends   on  implicit  obedience   to    their 
priests  in   temporal  aa  well  as  spiritual 
matters.     Suppose,    once     more,    that 
the  priests   teach  the  people  to  set  up 
ther  sovereignty  on  this  soil,  to  col- 
arms  and  train  soldiers  iu  pursu- 
$  of  this  religious  conviction,    and, 
lly,  suppose  that  they  (in  obedience 
"ciigi'.'iis   ins!ru<:iiou)    make   war  on 
United  Slates.     What  then  (     Why 
then  our  officials  and  people  are  bound 
tand  still   and   have  their   throats 


For  < 
\   religious 


;  this 


o  prohibit  i 
Of    < 


•This  is 

That  is  precisely  what  we  wish  to  show 
ie  American  people.      To  say  to   the 
orld  that  we  will  have  no  law  prohib- 
iting the  free  exercise  of  religion,  and 
then  putting  men  in  prison  or  hanging 
them  for  exercising  their's,  is  to  adyer- 
e  ourselves  to   the   world  as  liars  or 
Ms,  or  both.     This  conflict  of  law. is. 
tillable  and  irrepressible.      Cur  laws 
11  be  heathenized   or  our    Constitu- 
ii:  Christianized,  and  Americans  must 
on  decide  which  they  will  have  done. 


To  settle  this  conflict  by  Christianiz- 
ing the  Constitution  is  only  an  act  of 
justice  to  the  meu  who  come  here  to 
live  under  our  laws. 

istitutioual  laws  punish"  for  false 
7t  weights  and  measures,  and  of 
:  Congress  establishes  a  standard 
for  money,  weight  and  measure.  So 
Congress  must  establish  a  standard  of 
■eligiou,  or  admit  anything  called  re- 
ligion, as  it  already  has  the  Oneida 
lunity  in  New  York,  the  Mor- 
in  Utah,  and  the  Joss  House  iu 
California. 

Suppose  a  man  decides  to  worship 
the  god  of  stealing,  aud  one  day  w  out- 
performing uis  devotions,  puts  a  pack- 
ge  of  water  bonds  into  his  valise  and 
tarte  on  a  pilgrimage.  He  is  arrest- 
d,  taken  before  the  court  and  declares 
that  he  worships  Mercury;  that  it  is 
part  of  his  religion  to  Bteal.  The  judge 
says  you  must  not  worship  your  god  of 
itealin;?,  and  you  must  go  to  the  peni- 
tentiary if  you  offer  your  devotions  to 
this  divinity.  Public  sentiment  aays 
the  judge  is  right.  The  Constitution 
says  be  jb  wrong,  To  tell  a  man  he 
worship  any  God,  in  any  way  he 
likes,  aud  then  to  imprison  him  because 
he  takes  you  at  your  word,  is  rank  in- 
justice. Tell  the  man  that  the  Bible 
fundamental  law  ami  then  let  him 
■rship  bis  thieving  godlingat  his  per- 
il .  Even  the  conspicuous  weakling 
who  read  his  non-commital  on  this  gui- 
lt the  late  Evangelical  Alliance 
had  a  faint  glimmer  of  this  absurdity, 
aid  near  the  close  of  his  article 
t  might  be  necessary  to  insert  in 
the  Constitution  Borne  fundamental 
principles  of  natural  religion;  ns  if  any 
qows  what  natural  religion  is. 


Nor  do  we  owe  this  change  to  the 
tsent  alone;  Ihu  past  also  has  claims 
upon  ub,  The  land  was  not  founded 
by  atheists  and  infidels,  When  the 
liberties  we  enjoy  wire  secured,  these 
haters  of  the  Bible,  or  their  ancestors, 
contentedly  grinding  in  the  mills 
of  desnolism  which  their  heathenism 
hud  established  away  beyond  Ihu  sea. 
Pilgrims  and  Puritans  planted  the 
New  England  colonies;   Reformers  from 


Holland    the    colony    of   New    Yoi 
Friends,  Pennsylvania;  and  Knguenc 
Florida.     They  came  here  to  establish 
a   Christian  commonwealth,   aud  they 
did  it     They   believed  the   Bible  at 
wrought  it  into   law.     They    honon 
the  Sabbath  and  said  that  it  must  n 
be  desecrated.     They  reverenced  God 
and  said  that  his  name 
faned.     They  looked  t 
ed  women  who  stood  beside  them,  and 
..aid  that  many-wived    relig'tonii 
worship    their    filthy     gods     in    other 
lands. 

In  defense  of  the  sacred    principl 
of  freedom   which  are  found  in  the  I 
ble,   and  nowhere  else  in  alt  the  eartl 
they  stood  and  BUflered  and  died,      The 
barren  earth,  the  hungry  wolf  and  the 
bilcriL  ■-Hvar'e  drank  their  blood. 

Not  to  worship  devils,  or  gods;  bui 
od.  Dying,  they  handed  on  the 
Christian  Republic  to  us,  their  chil- 
dren, and  their  solemn,  earnest  voice! 
to  us  to-day  from  the  hills  where 
they  lie  buried,   biddhj 


>  the 


rchai 


I  know  it  is  fashionable  on  the  part 
brainless  broadcloth    and    b-er-mu^- 
ged  stupidity  to  ridicul-.  those    grand 
ild  fathers  of  freedom  as  narrow-mind 
ed  bigots.     To  say  that  they   hauged 
eir  cats  Monday  if  they  caught  rats 
the  Sabbath,   and  whipped  the  beer 
rrel  if  it  worked  on   the  first  day  ot 
e  week.     It  is  all  well.     Let   them 
igh.  I  have  no  right  to  be  proudatony 
ne,  but  I  have  also  no   right  to  cease 
being  thankful,   that  in   my  own  veins 
,ns  blood  come  down  from  the  aworde- 
en  of  Cromwell,  and   that  my  other 
d  better  Belf  had  ancestors  who  knelt 
the  Grey  Friars'  church-yard  at  Ed- 
burgh,  and  shookJiande  with  death 
Drumcloy  and  Bothwell's  Bridge. 
And,  I  ask,  are  the  children  of  such 
en  to  be  told,  here  iu  this  land  sub- 
dued by  their  labors  and  sanctified  by 
their  graves,  that  they  have    no  rights 
which  blaspheming  infidels   are  bound 
respect?     Must  we  bow  down  before 
baker's  dozen  of  atheists  and  banish 
the    Word    of    God   from   our    public 
schools  at  their  behest  f     Because  some 
Bible  haters  wish  to  come  here  and  en- 
joy   privileges  for   which  our  Bible-lov- 
ing  fathers   freely    poured  out  the  red 
jf  life,  must  we  tax  the  churches 
where   they    prayed,    and   the    graves 
where  they    lie  buried!    Are    these 
who  are  so   fearful  of  church  and 
to   be  permitted  to  join   whisky 
and    the    state  by    a   marria«e    bond 
which  nought  but  a  national  death  can 
i     Is  it   for  this   we  have  the  bi- 
ombs  of  Lexington  and   Saratoga 
and  Valley  Forge?     Is  it  to  furnish  a 
where,  under  the  name  of  Lib- 
men  should   be    free    to   violate 
laws;  under  the  name  of   Equal- 
ity, be  degraded  below  the  brutes:  and 
under    that   of    Fraternity    be    made 
brothers  with  devils,  that  the  rivers  of 
ir  fair  land  run  by  the  solemn  homes 
nur  gloriik-d  dead? 
If  so,  let  the  Constitution    remain  as 
is.     Tax  the  churches.     Expel  from 
r  books  and  courts  of  law  the  bentfi- 
11 1  lenohings  of  ihe  holy  religion    we 
profess.     Take   the   free-loving,    devil- 
■  R-hipping  riligtous  of  the  world  and 
give  them  the  place  before  state    law 
that  they  now  have  before    the  laws  of 
tho  United  States.     Then  tear   down 
your  prisons  and  build  only  gallows  and 
lines,     Put  knives  into   the  bells 
of  your  boys  and  revolvers   into   tha 
hands  of  your  girls.     Welcome  the  age 
f  reason  which  covered  France    with 
: ■<  illt-ss  corpses,  and  wait  until  a  mer- 
lul  earth  opens  and  swallows  you  up. 
but  if  our  fathers  died  that  we  might 
a  free  to  do  right  and  not  wrong,  let 
s  Christianize  the  Constitution.     Let 
b  say:     God,  the  Creator,  is  also  the 
Ruler  of  nations.   Christ,  the  Creator,  is 
also  the  Sovereign  of  men.     The  Bible 
source  of  all  true  religion,  and  all 
valid  law.      Let  ub  hang  this  banner  on 
iter  wall,  and  say  to  all  mankind: 
We  welcome  you,  not  to  the  slavery  of 
ense,  but  to  the  liberty  of  law.     Not 
the  bondage  of  rum,  but  to  the  heav- 
of  home.     Not  to  endless  labor,  but 
Sabbaths  of  rest      Not  to  blasphemy 
of  God's  name,  but  to  the  fruitful  Gelds 


where  his  rdessings  abide  forev.-i  an 
day.  If  you  are  pleased  with  our  p 
form,  come;  if  nut,  slay  away;  for 
.ire  a  peop'e  wh"?r  God  is  the  Lord. 


But,   says  one,   without  doubt,    yi 

tight,    only  you  can't    accomplish 
ir  end.     This  and  ignorance  ai 


jobsl 


ultl 


It  is  quite  euouge  to  <li  coitia^i    un< 
nee    how  many  chickens   are    wea 
boots    and  pantaloons;  some   of   tl 
venturing    their    weak   htlle    cackle, 
the  pulpits  of  our  land.    Men  who  n 
.ask  whether  a    thing  is    right,  but 
ways,  if  it  can  be  done.     To  Buch  let 
me    say    the  right  is  always  practica' 
and  what  should  be  done  can  be  dont 
In  a  world    where  slavery  was  un 
venal,  fetters  have  been  smitten  from 
millions  of  limbs.     In  a  world  drt 
with    blood,  great  nations  have  setl 
grave    questions   without   the    nrbi' 
ment  of  the  sword,   and    Christian 
which  1  isrhteen  hundred  years  ago  had 
only  a    fallen    cro*s     and     an   e 
grave,    now  controls  the  social  life   of 
the    civilized    world.     When   I    hi 
these   faint  hearts  whining  nbout    I 
uselessuess   of   mnnly  endeavor  in 
unpopular    cause,    I  long   for  the    old 
prophet  of  Israel  that  they  may  se 
horses  of  fire  and  the  chariots  of  fire; 
for  Luther,   with  his  "Here  I   stand," 
and  Knox  with  his   "Give  me  Scotland 
or  I  die." 

It  was   a    beautiful    fiction    of  the 

Greeks,   that  in  time  of  battle  the  spir- 

or  departed  heroes  warred  in  clouds 

above  the  contending  hosts.     Who  can 

doubt  that  this  thought  nerved  Leoni- 

when  he  counted  his  ncanl  three 

died    sw->rd?    away  iu  the   Thes-ali- 

nills,  and  Miltiadea  as  be  led  his  ten 

thousand  on  the  Persian  army  of  a  mil- 

nen  and  the    blood-red  plains   ol 

Marathon? 

t  we  of  the  Christian  army  have 
■uth  which  was  faintly  shadowed 
ie  Grecian  fable,  for  when  the 
ns  were  opened  John  saw  Michael 
and  his  angels  contending  with  Satan 
and  his  angels.  Let  us  then  take  cour- 
age. We  fight  not  alone.  We  are  sur- 
rounded by  a  great  cloud  of  witnesses. 
we  listen  we  may  hear  from  the 
iful  past  words  of  strength  and 
■.  Luther,  from  his  well  beloved 
Rhine;  Zwingle,  from  the  snowy  Alps; 
Lalimer  and  Ridley,  from  Oxlord;  and 
.aox,  from  Scotia's  glens,  with  an  un- 
muted  host  of  mighty  dead,  say  to 
irowu  loved  land: 
Oh,  America!  latest  born  of  the  ne- 
ons of  the  earth  I  Be  true  to  tby 
od,  be  true  to  thyself,  be  true  to  the 
orld.  So  shall  the  conflict  of  law 
!ase  forever.  So  shall  white  robed 
igels  guard  thy  shores,  So  shall  thy 
banner  float  forever,  with  its  white  of 
peace,  its  blue  of  heaven,  and  ils  red 
of  everlasting  glo'V- 


»  hclV    i: 


■  innvi-.-n.i-: 


Under  the  overshadowing  influence 
Masonry,  ring-masing  has  become 
the  order  of  the  day.  The  general  as- 
pect of  American  society  now  presents 
vo  great  secret  rings  under  the  meta- 
, orphic  process  of  formation, — one  in 
New  York  city,  and  the  other  in  St. 
,  The  one  in  New  York  is 
French  Masonry,  under  the  name  of 
nunism  and  internationalism,  and 
ae  in  St.  Louis  is  a  moditi  d  form 
of  English  Masonry,  called  the  Grange. 
Now,  where  is  the  difference  in  prin- 
ciple, between  these  two  rings?  Neitk- 

d  both  of  them  are  taking  root  and 


,  „t'  lor-i-jl. 


population  and  foreign  influence.      I  see 

tha'  they  are  treated  differently  by  the 

.uthonties  and    the  people.     In    New 

York  the  forming  ring  is  attacked  with 

broken    in    pieces,   as   the 

forming  water  spout  sometimes  is,  they 

iay,    by   a  discharge    of  artillery   and 

brandishing    of    swords,     pistols    and 

■ding   spikes;    while    on  the  other 

I,  the  great  riug  of  St.  Louis,  that 

;ls    of  having   drawn    eight    r.iiole 

■b  iuto  secret  enclosure,  is  received 

by  the  people  as  if  it  were  the  Irumpet- 

blast  of  some  new  and  awfully  import- 


Now,  why  should  there  be  this  dil 
rence!  A  riug  is  a  ring,  by  whomsc 
rer  made  up,  and  is  no  more  respect 
>le  in  oi.e  case  than  another.  If  i 
an  enters  one  ring,  why  should  hi 


other  ring,  and  why  should  he  claim 
our  confidence  for  any  one  ring  more 
than  for  any  olhert 

II  is  asking  too  much  of  our  fellow- 
cilieeu  that  we  should  be  permitted 
freely  to  enter  clandestine  grog-nbops, 
gambling  dena,  or  licensed  brothels, 
and  still  retain  his  confidence  and  re- 
spect. If  we  are  honorable  men,  our 
lair  and  opeu  dealing  should  show  it. 
We  should  strive  to  avofct   suspicion. 


Cbri 


iely  will  I 


The  Lodge  as  It  Is. 


i  follow 


say  in  your  last  letter  to  me  that  yoi 
do  not  tolerate  any  wrong,  nor  do  you 
intend  to.  In  the  same  letter  you  al 
low  that  Benj  Kersey's  proceeding 
were  wrong.  You  also  admit  that  tin 
ledge  did    wrong  in  expi 


vingn 


lable 


portunity  to  defend  myself;  and  yet 
you  have  refused  to  interfere  in  either 
case.  1  was  expelled  for  exposing 
BbdJ.  Kersey's  unlawful  proceeding 
Now  if  you  allow  the  lodge  to  expel 
me  without  a  trial  (I  have  had  no  trial 
that  I  am  aware  of),  do  you  not  there- 
by givethevery   best  of  encouragt-mei.t 

:ontinuence  of  the  abuse  that  I 
complained  of?  The  W.  M,  in- 
formed me  that  he  should  nol  allow  nv 
to  introduce  any  testimony  to  prove 
that  I  had  received  any  provocation  to 
violate  the  law.  He  bad  evidently 
made  up  his  mind  that  I  Bhould  be  ex- 
pelled, and  had  talked  the  matter  over 
with  those  of  the  brethren  who  were 
most  easily  prejudiced  against  me. 
Then  by  representing  that  I  wished  to 
the  lodge  with  contempt  and 
did  not  intend  to   appear  before  it,  he 

.red    their  ratification   of   his   de- 


ifors 


v  trial 


and  to  be  allowed  an  opportunity  to  ln- 

t reduce-  testimony  to  show  provocation. 

Yours  Irtily,  W,   H,  Robinson. 

To  this  letter,    I   in  a  few    dajB   re 

:eived  the  following  answer  from 
The  East   or  Hie   Mod    Worshipful 

Qiand  Lodge. 

Duos,  111.  July   6th.  1873. 

W.  H.    Robinson,  Esq. 
Yates  City  III. 

Dear  Sir; — Your  favor  of  the  1st  insl 
received  and  contents  noted.  I  have 
amined  the  points  submitted  by  you, 

and    although    there     may    be    goo>! 

grounds  for  a  new  trial  I  think  the  bet- 


efory 


)  tab 


appeal  to  the  Grand  Ljd^'e,  and 
therefore  I  decline  lo  interfere  with 
ilion  of  the  lodge.  If  you  take 
an  appeal  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  you 
hould  notify  the  secretary  of  Yates 
City  Lodge  and  the  Grand  Secretary 
(Hod,  0.  H.  Miner,  Springfield)  in 
riting,  and  request  the  Grand  Secre- 
tary to  call  for  copy  of  records  in  the 
The  appeal  must  be  taken  this 
fall  and  before  the  1st  ot  September. 
notice  to  Yates  City  Lodge  should 
be  addressed  to  the  W,  M.  ,wardena  and 
nembers  of  that  lodge,  and  in  addi- 
ion  to  giving  notice  that  you  lake  an 
ppeal.  request  that  the  secretary  fur- 
nish you  a  cofy  of  records  including  al! 
idence,  etc.     Yours  truly, 

Jauks   A.   Hawlbt,  G.  M. 
When  I  received  the  above  letter  I  at 
it   thought    that    there    was    some 
ance  of  obtaining    a    hearing,    but  I 
on  found  that  the  Grand   Master  in- 

lodge.  The  first  man  that  I  called 
upon  for  evidence  was  Dr.  J.  D.  C. 
Hoil.in  whose  presence  I  wrote  the  of- 
fensive article  that  was  published  in 
your  paper  of  May  loth.     I  asked  him 


uli... 


r  objei 


plained  lo  him  at  the  lime  of  writing 
d  he  was  the  ouly  Mason  who 
anything  about  the  article  before 
1  published.  He  took  a  pencil 
from  his  pocket  and  wrote  a  statement 
.vhich  ihe  following  is  a  copy: 
I,  J.  D.  C.  Hoit,  a  member  o 
ea  City  Lodge,  No.  448,  A.  F,  it 
M. ,    hereby  certify  that  I    was  cog- 


niiaat  of  ihe  fact  thai  Bro.  W.  H  Rob> 
irtion  wrb  writing  the  article  referredf 
to  in  the  third  specification  of  charges 
brought  ugahiHl  him  bv  the  lodge;  and 
hiB  object  iu  writing  ihe  said  article,  aa 
he  explainfd  to  me  nt  the  time  of  writ- 
it,  was  to  attract  the  attention  of  the 
fraternity  in  general  to  the  existence  of 
an  abuse  for  which  there  seemed  to  be 
no  specific  remedy," 

■  There,"  «Ud  ihe  Dr  ,  "I  think  that 
will  answer  your  purpose.  But  wait 
until  you  get   a  copy  of  my  evidet 


would 


not  do  lo  say  anything  contradictory  to 
my  evidenoe  given  there."  I  accord- 
ingly waited  a  few  days  and  when  I 
next  called  on  the  Dr.  I  found  that  he 
waa  prohibited  from  giving  any  evi- 
dence outside  of  the  lodge.  He  wanted 
procure  a  compulsory  process  for 


kmgt 


ould  h 


an  excuse  for  giving  the  required  let* 
timony.  Bui  I  concluded  that  I  had 
enough  from  I  im  and  I  accordingly 
sent  ihe  scrap  of  paper  that  he  had 
given  me, accompanied  by  my  statement 
that  I  saw  him  wrile  it  on  ihe  tUb  day 
of  July,  1873,  to  ihu  Grand  Lodge,  I 
DC-It  procured  the  following  statement 
from  Nichohon  St  North,  who  were 
not  quite  eo  completely  under  the 
thumb  of  the  Worshipful  Mr.  Pisrce 
asweie  the  other  members  of  his  lodge. 
Yatks  CiTf.  Ill  .  July  10.  1873. 

We,  the  undersigned,  members  of 
YateB  City  Lodge  No.  448,  hereby  cer- 
tify that  we  were  present  at,  and  look 
part  in  the  balloting  on  the  petition  of 
Thomas  Kersey  to  be  made  a  Mason, 
and  the  principal  if  nol  the  only  reason 
why  we  did  not  black-ball  him  whb  the 
secrecy  of  the  ballot  was,  as  we  thought, 
interfered  with  by  Hro.  Kersey,  ihe  fa- 
ther of  the  candidate 

J.  H.  NionoLBou, 
Chas.  D.  North. 

We    furthermore    certify   that    Bro. 


Martin   B.  Mason   ha; 
ence  that  h 


uldr 


■  blaik-ball- 


olsoa.  J    H    Nic 

Chas.  D.  Nohth. 

Some    time    afterwards  I      procured 
from    Nicholson    the    following    state- 


olson,  a  member  of  Yates  City  Lodi;e, 
heard  Bro  A.  C,  Bloomer 
r  about i he  10th  day  of  July 
would  have  black-b 
ey  on  his  petition  i 
iade  a  Mason,  if  there  bad  been  e 
terference  with  the  secrecy  of  ihe  bal- 
lot. J,  H.  Nicholson. 

Mr .  Bloomer  at  the  same  time  assured 
me  that  if  I  would  gel  up  a  petition  to 
the  Grand  Master,  asking  him  lo  inves- 
tigate thai  matter,  I  could  obliin  the 
signatures  of  two  thirds  ihe  members  of 
the  lodge.  About  ihis  lime  I  present- 
ed to  Mr.  Bloomer,  secretary  of  Yates 
City  Lodge,  the  following  notice  lo  the 
Worshipful  Mister,  wardens  and  mem- 
bers of  said  lodge: 

You  are  hereby  notified  that  I  have 
appealed  to  the  Grand  Lodge  from  your 
:pelling  me  from  all  the 
benefits  of  Masonry,  and  I 
hereby  respectfully  ask  for  a  certified 
copy  of  the  record  in  my  case. 

W.  H.  Robinson. 

received  the  certified  copy  asked 
for,  accompanied  with  the  spiteful  re- 
will  do  you  a  great 
deal  of  good.''.  1  ftl*0,  about  ihe  same 
ted  lo  Mr.  Smith  Rhea, 
and    asked  him  lo  sign     the    following 

Yateb  Citv,  III.,  July  10,  1873. 
Suiith  Rhea,  a  member  of  Yates 
C.ly  Lodge.  No.  44S,  A.  F.  St.  A.  M., 
her.-by  ceriify  that  although  Bro.  W 
H.  Robinson  did  not  on  the  <Kb  day  of 
February  last  threaten  to  break  up  the 
ludge.  he  in  a  minute  or  two  afterwards 
disc  aimed  any  such  intention,  apolo- 
gized for  allowing  himsell  to  get  in  a 


Mr.  Rhea  looked  at  ihis  statement  (or 

ot  at  the  trial  to  ask  him  such  ques 
ons  as  I  wished,  acknowledged  the 
atement  true  and  finally  refused  to 
gn.  it  because,  as  he  said,  he  had  no 
ght  to  give  testimony  outside  of  the 
itig  any  matter  pertaining 
Masonry. 


W    H    Konmiov. 


Probably  the  only    iwo   institutions 

w  iu  the  world   which  preserve  the 

cutting  out  of  the   tongue  as  a  punish- 

;he  '-ancient  and  honorable" 

of  Misunry    (so-called)  and 


t  of  the  Saab  of  Pel 


the  i 
This 
antiquity  of  Freemasonry. 


eoft 


e  great 


74 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CY1YQSTJRE:  FEBRUARY  19,  1874 


The  Christian  Cvnosure. 


<  likavro,    lliur.il,!)    Feb    1(1,  1874 


There  are  various  cauaea  which  will 
make  our  next  Anniversary  by  far  the 
moat  important  meeting  we  have  held, 
or  that  we  shall  hold  for  years  to  come. 
The  National  Reform  Association  which 
met  at  Pittsburgh  lately,  is  to  hold 
no  more  National  but  only  State  meet- 
ings until  the  Centennial  year  of  our 
national  existence,  187(1;  and  then  to 
hold  a  great  meeting  in  Philadelphia  as 
a  rallying  gathering  to  move  on  Con- 
gress. It  ia  thought  by  some  that  n 
similar  policy  should  be  pursued  by 
our  Association,  viz:  fall  back  for  a 
time  on  State  meetings. 

Then,  our  next  June  meeting  will  be 
in  outer  gyrations  of  the  next  Presiden- 
tial   whirl-pool;    and    since    Harper's 


the 


Mis: 


the  organ  of  the  American  Missionary 
Association,  the  New  York  Daily  Wit- 
ness, with  a  multitude  of  lesser  papers 
throughout  the  country,  have  declared 
themselves  distinctly  to  be  hostile  to 
the  dark  "orders,"  instead  of  a  general 
effort  at  silence  respecting  us,  the  press 
will  be  almost  compelled  to  open  on  one 
eide  or  the  other.  The  voice  of  our 
meeting  will  wake  ten  thousand  echoes. 
We  have,  therefore,  every  imagina- 
ble reason  to  hold  the  largest  and  most 
influential  meeting;  possible  in  Syracuse. 
And  we  hope  that  every  church  where 
opinion  is  right  on  the  subject, 
make  this  Convention  a  subject  of 
est  united  prayer  for  God's  blessing  and 
guidance  in  the  arrangement  for  il 


SCO  I-TL  K-i. 


"  There  sJiall  come  in  the  last  day. 
scoffers  walking   after  their  own  lusts.' 

We  have  at  Peoria,  111.,  a  lawyer  of 
some  natural  parts,  who  Beems  u 
forsaken  of  God  and  goodness,  whose 
gaBsy  and  depraved   nature  now   rui 

pers  have  published  liis  lectures,  and 
particularly  the  one  "An  honest  God 
is  the  noblest  work  of  man."  But  tht 
fountain  and  head  quarters  of  latter 
day  scoffing  is  still  Boston  in  Massa- 
chusetts. Some  one  has  Bent  ub  i 
printed  speech  of  one  of  these  intellect' 
ual  and  moral  wretches  delivered  in 
Music  Hall,  Boston,  against  the  effort 
to  amend  our  national  Constitute 
inserting  in  its  preamble  a  recognition 
of  Christianity.  After  some  heat 
we  give  below  some  of  the  propositions 
of  this  lecture,  that  our  Christian  read- 
ers may  see  the  style  of  intellectual 
and  moral  warfare  now  being  inaugur- 
ated among  the  graves  of  the  Pilgrime 
who  fled  from  priestism  and  its  persecu- 
tion to  Bet  up  on  these  western  shores, 
a  "Christian  Commonwealth"  where 
men  should  be  free  to  every    act  but 

The  lecture  is  headed,  "The  God  pro- 
posed for  our  National  Constitution,' 
and  it  contains  the  following:  "I  ob- 
ject to  Jehovah  then  as  our  God,  be- 
cause he  is  a  liar."  The  italics  are  the 
lecturer's.  "The  same  Jehovah  lied 
to  David  and  his  descendants, — lied 
plainly  and  unequivocally," 

The  lie  to  David  charged  on  Go 
der  this  head,  is  his  promise  that  his 
kingdom  should  be  perpetual, — "Thy 
seed  will  I  establish  forever,  aud  built 
up  thy  throne  to  all  generations."  Or 
dinary  men.  not  ■'priests,"  have  under 
stood,  in  their  simplicity,  that  thu 
promise  of  the  Almigbty  is  fulfilled, 
and  now  fulfilling  in  Christ;  who  wai 
hailed  by  the  simple  Hebrew  masses 
(not  by  "priests")  as  King,  and  "Sor. 
of  David ;"  and  of  whom  all  the  proph- 
ets declared  that  "HiB  kingdom  is  an 
everlasting  kingdom,  und  bis  dominion 
that  which  sball  not  be  destroyed," 

But  ignorant  of  or  despising  this  a; 
unworthy  of  hiB  consideration,  this  lec- 
turer assumes  that  none  but  a  literal 
Jew  and  son  of  David,  on  a  literal 
throne  in  Jerusalem,  would  make-  God's 
promise  of  perpetual  dominion  good; 
and  finding  that  David's  literal  dynasty 
failed  partially  in  Rehoboain,  and  whol- 
ly in  his  successors,  this  leader  of  a 
portion  of  Boston  population  stands  up 
in  Music  Hall  on  Sunday,  and  on  the 
strength  of  the  above  fnets,  charges  his 
Maker  over  and  over  again  with  lying 
'■plainly  and  uuequivucally ,"  nnd  ob- 
jects to  a  constitutional  recognition  oT 
God  "because  he  is  a  liar/"  And  yet 
the  Bible,  Irom  which  he  takes  all  his 
facts,  and  without  which  his  lecture  is 
mere  wind,  is  full  of  instances  of  moral 
fulfilment*)  of  literal  promises  and  proph- 
esies, Christ  himself  was  promised  us 
a  literal  conqueror  with  a  literal  sworu, 
where,  as  every  Sunday-school  child 
knows,  that    hie   "kingdom    is  not  of 


world;" 


,nd  thai 


quenng 

men  and  ruling  them  in  a  truer,  might- 
than  by  physical  force;  as 
is  "spirit  is  more  real  than 
lduring  while  material  forms 
pass  away. 

speaker  proceeds  through 
thirty-four  pages  of  ribald  blasphemy, 
closing  up  with  the  following  para- 
graph: 

This   God  may  seem  to  be  a  very 


folio- 


paper  god;  but  admit 

0  our  Constitution,  and  out  will 

1  army  of  fifty  thousand  priests 
3  hidden  in  his  bowels,  the  gates 
opened 


will  be 


ligimis  I'recdoi 

Yes,  these 
liberty ,  and  yet  there  is  no  priesl-and- 
kmg-ridden  people  on  earth  whose  char- 
acter and  condition  they  do  not  laud  in 
contrast  with  the  Christians  of  these 
United  Slates.  Take  the  following 
from  this  same  lecture  where  he  ia  ac- 
cusing God  of  being  partial  to  Jews: — 

"The   peaceful  and   indusirous   Chi- 
the   philosophic  Hindoos, 


take    charge   of  man's  spiritual  cul- 
re ;  and  yet  he  says  it  teaches  the  ex- 
ence  of  one  God  in  all  hi?  august  at- 
butes,    the    truth    of  the    Christian 
revelation,  self-discipline,  the  control  of 
the  passions,  a  large    fellowship   based 
e  brotherhood  of  man  (what  Peter 
calls  "the  friendship  of  the  world"  ev- 
idently) "teaches  the  highest  morality, 
—  ndeed  he  says  it  symbolizes  the   Ya- 
diBpensations  of  revealed  religion 
itulcates    the    utmost  helpfulness 
■  mi  ii-nilicence  toward  men." 
Abou  Ben  Adhem,    as  the    poet  has 
was  not    religious    fn    the    sense  of 
making  a  profession  arid  attending  upon 
ites  and  forms  and    ordinances  of  the 
hurdies.     The  angel  taking  the  names 
of  those  who  love    the    Lord,  declined 
to  take  his  name.     Meekly  but  cheerily 
Ben  Adhem  saya,  "Write  me   as   one 
who  loves  his  fellow  men" — 


telliE 


-M'"-' 


the 


the 
Greek, 


The  simple  truth  is  that  these  rcvil- 
ers  so  hate  "The  Lamb  of  God  who 
takelh  away  the  sin  of  the  world," 
that,  like  his  crucifiers,  they  are  willing 
to  hail  Roman  despotism  and  call  it 
liberty,  if  they  may  but  be  rid  of  a  Sa- 
viour who  has  died  for,  and  will  not 
tolerate  freedom  to  sin,  Barrabbas, 
Beecher,  and  Wood  hull  they  love.  But 
when  Christ  is  named  they  cry  out 
iinr]  ea-ji  dust  in  the  air. 

RET.   1».    H.   MULLER'S    SEKMOS- 
NO.  II. 

It  abounds  in  self-contradictions. 
He  represents  Masonry  as  world-wide; 
not  limited  by  latitude  or  longitude,  not 
impeded  by  formB  of  governments  oi 
or  diversities  of  colour,  languages  oi 
religions;  and  yet  he  declares  that  the 
"lower  degrees  require  faith  in  God 
the  Almighty,  and  the  higher  degrees 
require  faith  in  Christianity."  N 
Maeonry  exacts  the  homage  and  obedi- 
ence of  the  lower  degrees  to  the  higher, 
and  none  but  Christians  can  be  ad- 
mitted to  the  higher  degrees,  it  surely 
cannot  be  a  universal  or  cosmopoli 
institution.     Mohammedans,  Jews  and 


from    the    higher     degrees,   aud 
brought  under  sworn    obedience  to 
authority    of  degrees   they    can    ne 
enter  without   abjuring    their    religi 
But  the    truth  i:  ,  M-.sonry  requires 
such  faith  in  the    Christian    religor 
amounts  to  an   impediment  in  the  way 
of  the   greatest   enem 
who  may  choose  to  ascend  its  topmost 
rounds.     When  it  professes  to  be  world- 
wide, it  is  sincere.     It  aspires   to  uni- 
versal   dominion.     Btet    when   it   pro- 
fesses to  require  Christian  faith,  it  con- 
tradicts    its     honest    design     and     un- 
dertakes to  deceive  and  ensnare  Chris- 
tians, hy  a  false  pretense  used  in  abso- 
lute hypocrisy. 

Mr.  Muller  says  there  is  no  secrecy 
or  concealment  in  Masonry, 
mere  matter  of  recognition.  And  yet 
he  says,  "it  is  to  be  regretted 
so  unintelligible."  Which 
to  saying  that  Masonry  hi 
amount  of  impenitrable  secrecy  and 
yet  it  has  really  no  secrecy.  He 
to  wonder  that  men  are  not  satisfied 
that  they  sre  fully  informed 
principles  and  objects  of  the  order, 
when  only  some  little  unimportant 
signs  and  pass  words  are  kept  baoK. 
Does  he  not  know  that  a  suspected 
house  may  throw  open  all  its  rooms  to 
the  scrutiny  of  a  holder  of  a  search- 
warrant,  and  not  abate  suspicion  one 
whit,  as  long  as  a  Bingle  closet  or 
cranny  is  closed  or  concealed)  The 
detection  of  tbe  slightest  concealment 
in  such  case  would    confirm  the    worst 

most  frankness  and  innocence.  The 
ostensible  and  professed  principles  and 

ways  good.  And  while  aoy  associa- 
tion retains  one  permanent  secret,  1 
care  not   how    diminutive   it   may    be 

made  to  appear,  no  wise  man  will,  and 
no  fool  can  safely,  conclude  that  he  haB 
credible  and  sufficient  evidence  that  the 
ostensible  arid  the   real  object  of  that 


the 


It 


weakness  of  folly  and  not  the  charity 
of  wisdom  to  believe  that  they  have 
fully  disclosed  their  principles  and  aims 
while  as  yet  there  remains  one  little 
permanent  secret  that  is  guarded  by 
oaths  aud  death  penalties  or  by  affirm- 


ope, 


that  last  door.     Out  with  t 


tthal 


your  suspicious  action  as  n  confession 
that  it  covera  iniquity.  If  not,  and  as 
you  Bay  there  Id  no  danger  in  having 
all  known,  out  with  it,  and  don't  belie 
your  words  by  your  acts. 

Mr.  M,  says.  Masonry  is  not  intended 
to  supercede  religion  or  the  church  ;  or 


\Y  ■. 


ie«rd 


quoted  by  infidel  moralists  as  a  tri- 
umphant assertion  of  the  superiority 
of  their  clannish  generosity,  even  as  a 
ground  of  acceptance  with  God  to  the 
religion  taught  and  practiced  in  the 
churches  of  Christ.  And  Mr.  Muller 
quotes  it  with  the  same  exultant  air  aud 
makes,  the  same  application  of  it.  ap- 
plying it  to  the  clannish  aud  often  cor- 
rupt favoritism  of  tbe  lodge.  Now  if 
Masonry  doeB  all  that  Mr.  Muller  rep- 
resents,  not  merely  securing  all  mora 
virtues  and  kindly  charities,  which  ask 
Ben  Adhem's  case  constitutes  the  pur- 
est, highest  love  of  God,  what  re- 
mains for  the  church  of  Christ  to  do? 
Ben  Adhem's  name  leads  all  th< 
surely  the  church 
Othello's  occupation's  gone.  What 
need  of  a  church  at  all  if  the  lodgi 
produces  the  highest  type  of  love  to 
God)     Yet  while   Mr.   Muller 


ults  c 


:  the  s 


nf  the 


outdoing  the  church  in  the  vital  point 
of  love  to  God  he  declares  in  the  same 
discourse  that  the  lodge  leaves  to  the 
church  the  spiritual  culture  of  man, 
c,tbe  developing  of  h's  religious  hu\c- 
lions  towards  God."  Thus  he  involves 
himself  in  a  flat  self- contradiction  again. 
But  while  asserting  that  Masonry  was 
never  intended  to  supercede  the  church, 
and  yet  glorifying  it  by  ascribing  to  it 

which   is  the  glory  of  the  church,  anc 
on  account  of  which   Christ   desired, 
"Ye  are  the  light  of  the  world."     Mr 
Muller  evidently   felt   the    necessity  ol 
making  a  show    of  leaviug  something 
for  the  ohruch  to  do.     But  all  he 
able  to  glean   after  ascribing  the  whole 
work  to  Masonry    was,  the    regal 
of  creeds,  rites  and  ceremonies,   forms 
and  sacraments,  and   the    developme 
of  religious  affections,  in   which,  ho' 
ever  he  makes  MiiBonry,  in  the   person 
ol  Ben  Adhem,  carry  off  the  palm. 
Herein  is  not  only  seif-contradict 
but  damnable  heresy.     The  inculcation 
of  a   religion  of  mere  ceremonies   and 
feelings,  divorced  from  all    sound  prin- 
ciple  and    outward   works  of    justice, 
purity   and  goodness,  of    what    value 
is  Buch  a  religion  f     Of  Christ's  religior 
this  leaves  merely  the   shell,     Tbe  sail 
has  lost  all  its  saltness.     We  were  not 
surprised   after    seeing  this    that    Mr 
Muller   says,    "If  a   mm    cannot  rise 
into  a  higher  Christian  life  let   him  bt 


Mat 


Of 


religio 


cannot  raise  a  soul  into  the  high* 
Chrkti-'m  lift-  when  you  have  robbed  i 
of  the  very  elements  that  gain  lift 
Another  profound  heresy  of  thissei 
men  is  an  implied  denial  of  the  dot 
trine  of  human  responsibility  and  duty 
with      reference    to    our     fellow 


thing  but  mummery? 
What  business  is  it  to  them  I  Ii 
this  a  Tree  land  V  Ia  this  preacher  a 
brother  of  Cain  that  lie  adopts  Cain's 
subterfuge,  "  Am  I  my  brother's 
keeper  !"  If  we  are  not  authorized 
to  reprove  that  which  is  silly  and  being 
silly  is  also  wicked,  nay,  if  we  are  not 
bound  to  use  all  lawful  means  to  op- 
pose and  destroy  whatever  we  perceive 
to  be  wrong  and  hurtful,  by  what  au- 
thority does  Mr.  Muller  reprove  us  f 
By  what  authority  does  he  reprove 
vice  and- oppression  )  And  by  what 
authority  does  he  preach  and  testify 
against  Romanism  or  Mormonism  or 
infidelity  ?  What  right  has  he  tti 
press  the  gospel  upon  men's  attention 
who  prefer  business  or  pleasure  to  re- 
ligion )  His  right  to  do  all  this  has 
this  foundation,  that  God  requires  us 
to  love  our  neighbor  as  ourselves; 
nnd  tins  he  does  because  he  himself 
has  bound  us  altogether  in  one  bundle 
by  such  intimate  and  indissoluble  ties 
that  if  one  member  suffers  all  suffer, 
and  therefore  woe  be  to  him  who  sees 
another  in  peril    from   any    cause    nnd 


,  bji 


nple, 


*iy    |>r-ji.-i 


Proud      nnd     haughty 


all  reproof,  they  say,  "Our 
lips  are  our  own,  who  is  Lord 
>erusf"     What   business  is  il  to  you 

hether  I  am  right  or  wrong,  as  long 
i  I  don't  meddle  with  your  concerns) 
But  when  a  minister  of  Christ  Lakes 
his  ground,  he  not  only  shows  the 
pirit  of  the  wicked  one,  but  denies 
his  responsibility  to  Christ  and  the 
validity  of  his  own  commission  as  ihe 
,he  minister  of  a  religion  whose  very 
ife  consists  in  its  aggressiveness. 

Again,  much  of  this  discourse  pro- 
ceeds upon  (he  assumption  that  what- 
ever has  the  outward  form  of  goodness 
s  good  or  that  actions  and  characters 
ire  not  to  be  judged  by  the  motiveB 
rem  which  they  proceed.  According 
.o  Mr.  Muller  all  such  scrutiny  of  mo- 
fives  is  the  proof  of  depravity  and  ma- 
ignity.  Of  course  if  the  selfish  and 
unrighteous    favoritism    of  the  lodge  is 


-crutiriv  '.'I 

motives  must  be  prohibited. 

If  men  mu 

t  maintain  that  the   princi- 

pies  and    a 

ms  of  an   association   that 

makes  seer 

t  provision  for  the  keeping 

of  criminal 

Eecrets,    and  of  course    the 

lroiect 

f  criminals,  and  which  has 

rejie;it-iJI> 

peen  detected  in  secret  mur- 

ders,  are*r 

^ht  and  good,  despite  these 

fatal  lueis, 

why  of  course  motives  must 

never  be  scrutinized.      What  seemi 
in-  guoil  externally  must  be  60  decli 
and   the  i^cts  however   clear  or   da 
ing,   wlin-.il    demonstrate  the 
of  motives  with  which  true  virtue  can 
not  possibly  co-exist,  must  go  for  noth 


We 


ling 


appei 


ance.  There  must  be  nll< 
that  might  detect  hypocriBy.  This  iti 
the  logical  result  of  Mr-  Muller's  all 
confounding  charity  when  Masonic  vir- 
tue is  the  subject  of  scrutiny.  Is  true 
charity  thuB  blind?  By  such  indis- 
criminatini;  loosener  will  the  church 
ever  dit-cern  between  Hie  righteous  ami 
the  wicked,  or  ''put  forth  the  precious 
from  the  vile !"  Never.  Not  the 
only,  but  the  church  itself  under  such 
blind  teaching  will  soon  come  to  grope 
as  the  blind  at  noon  day,  and  Christ* 
dom  be  wrapped  in  dark  Egypti 
night. 

In  perfect  keeping   with  this    blind, 
misnamed    charity,    Mr.  Muller  inci 
Gates  the  friendship   of  ihe  world   ai 
supplanter     of    that     fellowship     a 
brotherly  love  whicil  Christ  teaches 
his   new    commandment.      He   ext 
Masonry     because     it    promotes    "the 
kindest  feelings   of    fraternity    among 
men  of  different^  nations,    parties   and 
i-ecta."     Just    the   thing    which   God't 
word  teaches   ub  to  dread  and   shun 
Justice,  equity  and  kindness  are  due  tc 
all  men.     But    the  kiudest    feelings  of 
ir/it  rniiy.  the  inunmcv    of  compla 
and  brotherly  love  are  based  upon 
laith  and  the   love   of  Christ,  and 
exist  only  among  true  Christians.     By 
its  very  nature   and  by  the   commands 
of  God  it  is  restricted  to  the  true  spirit 
ual   church  of  Christ.     It  is   the  com 


Of  8 


Ma- 


liever  can  have  any  share, 
sonry  and  Muller  undertaki 
it  to  believers  and  unbeliev 
every  party  and  every  sect,  Christian 
or  pagan,  all  the  same.  Not  the  faith 
or  love  of  Christ  is  its  basis  with 
but  a  selfish  league,  a  profane,  a 
phemous  aud  a  bloody  oath,  of  mutual 
helpfulness,  is  to  be  its  basis.  "Know 
ye  not  that  the  friendship  of  the  world 
jb  enmity  against  God?"  Because  of 
this  excluBiveneiB  of  Christian  frater- 
nity, the  world  hats  ever  hated  Chrisl 
and  bis  true  disciples.  For  this  caust 
he  said,  "I  came  not  to  eeud  peace  bul 
aaword."  On  thia  point  Mr.  Muller 
takes  issue  with  hiii  Master  undli.ys  all 
the  blame  of  religious  persecution  tc 
the  exclusiveness  of  religious  tenets. 
These  teneta  he  says,  ''in  every  coun- 
try have  made  a  man's  bitterest  ene- 
mies those  of  his  own  household,  es- 
tranged friends,  crowded  dungeons, 
kindled  the  flames  of  martyrdom,  and 
swept  the  earth  with  fire  and  sword.' 
Masonry,  he  aayu,  passes  by  all  the 
tenets  which  produce  such  dire  results, 
i.  e. ,  passes  by  just  what  Christ  did 
not  pass  by.  Masonrj 
Muller,  is  exceedingly  wise  in  this.  If 
so,  Christ  was  exceedingly  unwise. 
Masonry  undertakes  Lo  promote  the 
kindest  fraternal  feelings  and  succeeds. 
Christ  undertakes  the  same  and  sweeps 
the  earth  with  fire  and  sword..  Is  not 
this  beautiful,  coming  from  a  professed 

ter  of  ChriBt  I  Truly  he  merits 
the  applause  of  all  the  haters  of  Christ, 
and  will  get  it,  too. 

No  wonder  that  with  such  viewa  of 
Christ's  amazing  fully,  and  the  vast  su- 

rity  of  the  inventors  ol  Mnsumiy, 
he  should  teach  men  lo  put  their  (rust 
n  Masonry  and  not  in  such  an  unwise 
:eacher  as  Jesus  the  Christ.  Speaking 
of  the  four-fold    helpfulness  of  Masons 

ih  other,    pledged    and    sworn  lo 

u  five  points  of  fellowship,  in  the 
Masters  degree,  he  sayw,  "This  inspires 

trengthenB  confidence A 


ly  sympathy  il   with  him  in  his   life 

■uggle,  but   beside  and    behind   him 

e  those  with  hand  to  back  .supporting 

his  work.      How    hopeful    the    heart, 

bright  the   eye,    elastic    the   step,  ani- 

ited  the  soul,  when  one  knows   that 

he    has    defenders     and     protectors." 

Why   ye3.  he  can  lift  up    his   head  in 

with  impudent   assurance  of   ac- 

quital,    however    guilty,    murder    and 

eaaon  not  excepted.     But  is  there  not 

better   way    for   a    man    to   acquire 

rength  and  confidence  in  his  life  work 

tan    by  such  an   unhallowed    league 

ilh  ungodly  men  !     Is  it  not  written, 

Trust   in    the  Lord  and    do   good,  so 

shall  thou  dwell  in  the  land,  and  verily 

iou  ehalt  be  fed;"  but  "  cursed  is  the 

an  that  trueteth  in  man  and    maketh 

inh    his  arm."     0    how    pitiably    to 

:e  a  minister  of  Christ  [hii-  uncourag- 

g  men  to  "go  down  into  Egypt "  aud 

an  on  its  broken  reed,  instead  of  lay- 

ig  hold  on  the  hope  that    maketh  not 

ashamed  aud    has  Ihe  sure    promise  of 

the  life  that  now  is  and    of  that   which 


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musician,  Richard  Grant  White's 
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from  a  southern  view,  with  a  valuable 
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Anothes    Worker    in     Indiana. — 
le  State  agent  for  Indiana  has  intro- 
duced a  helper  to  the  reform  who  will 
prove,  we  hope,  a  workman    not  to  be 
ashamed.     Bro.    Kiggins  shall    intro- 

Say  to  the  friends  that  Rev.  Wm. 
M.  Givena  of  Center  Point,  Clay  Co.. 
Ind.,   (a  seceding   Master    Mason)  has 

tered  the  lecture  field,  and  is  now 
filling  appointments  at  Weatfield  and 
vicinity  in  Hamilton  county,   lod.      He 

very   highly  recommended    by  Pres. 

lien  and  others,  and  entered  the  work 

ittee  of  the  State 
March.      Friends 


As  to  the  horrible  sin  of  detraction 
hich  with  bo  much  spirit  and  decency 
■  el-ar<i'-d  upon  the  Anti-masons,  it  is 
ips  enough    to   say    that  it  would 

difficult    to    find  a  more    dis'r-  v_>mg 


i  fur- 


nished by  tbe  bitter  and  disdainful 
spirit  in  which  throughout  the  dis- 
course he  slanders  all  thai  di.sappruv-  a 
of  Masonry.  He  represents  them  as 
ignorant  and  foolish,  sanctimonious  and 
hypocritical,  carrying  under  their 
tongues  the  poi6on  of  asps;  spreading 
their  contagion  with  diabolical  malig- 
nity; little  popes  of  all  things  the  ail- 
liest;  whom  malignity  would  prompt 
to  use  the  Inquisition  and  its  fii 
they  dare,  which  they  would  do  but 
that  the  '■orthodox  plan  of  burning  fo 
difference  of  opinion  is  unknown  now.' 
'-Thou  say* st  a  man  would  not  steal 
Dost  thou  steal!" 


discussion  on  secret  aocie ties,  betw 
Elder  M.  S.  Newcomer,  of  Illinois, 
Elder  G.  W.  Wilson,  of  Ohio,  minis 
of  tbe  denomination  known  as  W 
breninana  ..r  Church  of  God,  has  t 

in  the  organ  ot  the  denomination,  and 

has  lately  been  issued  iu  a  volume, 
published  by  Elder  C.  H.  Forney,  edi- 
tor of  the  Church  Advocate,  Lancaster. 
Pa. 

Elder  Newcomer   assails  the   secret 
orders  as  an  outsider  with  known  facts, 
and  using  the  authorized  publications 
of  the  orders  and  the  testimony  of  se- 
ceders.     Elder  Wilson  avows  himself  tc 
be  "an  experienced  Odd-fellow  and  t 
Royal  Arch  Mason,  aud  know  whereof 
I    affirm. "     He  defends    both    ord> 
parting  out    with  the  admission,  I 
"what  is  true  oi  Freemasonry  is  i 
true  of  Odd-fellowship,  they  both  st 
or  fall  for  the  same  reasons,"— an 
portani  admission — and  a  truth. 

We  have  given  this  work  a  curaory 
perusal.  Our  impression  is  that  the 
champions  as  to  ability  are  pretty  even 
ly  matched.  That  Mr.  Wilson  is  i 
very  smooth  and  plausible  sophist  ant 
givea  about  as  good  a  defense  as  hii 
Bide  of  the  question  admits  of.  Whili 
Mr.  Newcomer  is  an  earnest  and  Bound 

guments  that  cannot  be  movad.  Anc 
we  are  entirely  of  the  opinion  of  Jas 
Mackoy,  who  says  to  Eldei  Newcomer, 
of  Elder  Wilson's  replies:  "ffe  has  no. 
fnirly  met  <•  single  proposition;  not  one. 
Nothing  but  assumption  and  prevarica 
tion,  mingled  with  sarcasm  and  im 
peoohment  of  your  motiveB,  has  rui 
through  all  his  productions."  Tht 
work  ia  sold  at  30c.  per  Bingle.  copy, 
and  less  rates  by  tha  quantity.  Ad- 
dress Elder  M.S.  Newcomer,  Shannon, 
Carroll  Co.,  111.,  or  Elder  C.  H.  For 
m-y,  Lancaster,  Pa- 


Secret  Societh.3,  ia 
the  title  of  a  modest  pamphlet  on  the 
question,   "Can  Christian-;  consistently 
connected  with  secret  societies  V     It 
a    paper    read  before    the    Genesee 
Congregational    Association    at    Ovid, 
Michigan,  Oct.,   1873,  by  M.  W.  Fair 
Bold,  pastor  of  the  Plymouth  Church, 
Lansing,     It  is  a   candid,   careful    re- 
if  the  evil  influence   of  secret  or- 
ders of  whatever  name  upon  the  moral 
characierof  the  individual,  on  the  family 
and  the   church,  and  derives   the    plain 
lubion  thai  membership  in  any  He- 
order   is  not  consistent  with    the 
Christian   profession.     The    paper  was 
printed  at  the  unanimous  request  of  the 
and  has  been   widely  circu- 
g  clergymen    in    Michigan, 
and  undoubtedly  wili  greatly  aid    tbe 
ause  of  truth. 

The  Galaxy  for  March  opena  with  hi- 
graphical  reminiscences  of  Tom  Mar- 
hall,  the  eloquent  but  inebriated  Ken- 
uckiau.  Thiaia  withall  an  excellent 
temperance  story.       Sketches  of  Gus- 


just  what    I    want.     I  received    them 
"rom  the  post-office  Wednesday   inorn- 
ng  about   10  o'clock.     I  put  on   my 
cloak  and   went  at  it  in  the   midst  of  a 
storm.     I     worked    about     five 
hours  that  day  and  four  hours  Thurs- 
day, aud  about  two  hours  to-day;  tak- 
j  it  by  house-row,  leaving  one  of  the 
f.    M.    of     A."  at  every  house  and 
cry  shop,  with  one  or  Iwo  and  aome- 
ies  three  others  at  thu  same    place. 
lave  but  three  of  them  (the  Y.  M.  of 
)    left,   and  have   but  half  supplied 
the  village.     I  could  nnd  would  dis 


John  T  Kic 


— In     the     account  of    the    Chicago 
ninisterB      meeting      last     week     o 
ypes     made     us    say      Dr.     Fowl 
nstead  of  Forrester.     The  profaoati 
>f    Scripture   attributed  to  Dr.  Mitchell 
of  the    First    Presbyterian    church    is 
ected    thus   in  the  Interior: 
Another  minister   s;iid     that    a  for- 


We  are  glad  to  make  the  latter  C( 
rection  in  the  interest  of  truth  and  i 
ligiOD. 

— The  National  Grange  adjourned 
St.  Louis  on  Friday  last.  The  Boston 
Grange  was  excommunicated 
ders  given  to  withold  recognition  of 
that  body.  The  Boatonians  feel  rnucl 
aggrieved  and  threaten  to  try  anew  af 
ter  they  are  disbanded.  In  the  selec 
tion  of  female  officers  a  severe  par 
tiality  was  shown  toward  Mrs.  Abbot. 
It  is  su 


liuaband's     c 

onneclion     with 

Boston 

Grange  ahe 
ra."    Itian 

"c'e°b]."ow°B.» 

as  "Flo 
V  of  the 

office,  of  the 

grange. 

female 

LectDRE  Noti:8. —  the  Geimral  Agei 
will  sin-ak  ihtB  week  in  Gennese-  eom 
ly.  Michigan,  and  at  Albion,  Indian 
from  thence  he  goes  to  Ohio. — Tl 
new  lecturer  mentioned  last  week  , 
speaking  in  Medina  county,  Ohio, 
Samuel  Hale,  Esq.,  of  Mallet  Oree 
He  has  been  long  known  in  that  vici 
ity  bb  an  earnest  opponent  of  the  lodg 


.is  request  be  remembered. — He  alsc 
enda  the  name  of  a  new  worker  in  In- 
iana,  Rev.   W.   M.  Givens,    to    whom 


qUEBIES. 

Right  Reverend  C.  E.  Cheney  of 
the  Reformed  Episeopal  church  officia- 
ted the  other  day  at  tbe  funeral  of  s 
gentlema'  whose  remains  were  after- 
ward escorted  to  the  cemetery  by  e 
Knight  Templar  commandery  and  f 
Royal  Arch  chapter.  For  the  informa- 
tion of  several   inquirers,  can  any  ont 

authority  of  Masonry  f 

Practical  Qukbt-ion. — Let 


(it  ia  very  easy  to  suppose  such  a 

ha-)  three  Masonic  assistants,  and  they 

get  up  a  secret  society  among 
selves  for  the  purpose  ol  mutual  benefit, 
by  opening  aud  examining  the  I 
of  the  leading  men  of  the  town, 
would  an  oath  of  secrecy,  administered 
by  and  among  these  men,  be  a  valid 
oath?  Would  it  come  within  the  pur- 
view of  the  30th  article  of  the  Epi 
pal  church?  Would  ile  'sacredness 
respected  by  our  courts  of  law!  Would 
not  Buch  an  oath  be  just  as  good,  just 
as  proper,  aud  just  hs  'honorut 
the  oaths  administered  by  a  Masonic 
High  Priest  i  Qokbi 


The  Tract  Work. 

We  Bugg"st  lo  all  who  have  worked 
for  the  enlarged  circulation  of  the  Cy- 
nosure without  eucouragemant  or  suc- 
cess, that  they  devote  themselves  tc 
the  judicious  distribution  of    Antl-ma- 


for- 


Chui 


even  those  opposed  lo  6ecretism, 
not  (in  many  instances)  keep  tb 
members  enlightened  on  this  Bubje 
Every  dollar  contributed  to  the  tri 
fund  counts  double.  (See  notice 
another  i  tilumil.) 

The   following  letter  shows   a  good 
ly  to  work.     The  cause   needs   hun- 
dreds of  such  laborers. 

CrjVAHOQA  Falls,   Ohio. 
E.  A.  Cook  &  Co. 
of  January    let  is    received; 
also    the  package    of    tracts,      Accept 

The 


three 


i  four  hundred  u 


idd, 


I  think 


ble   talk.     1  think  they    have 
much  as  one   lecture    would 
have   done    already.     1  make    no    dist- 
inction,  leaving   them   at  the   bouses 
nd  shops  of  Masons  freely.    I  tell  them 
am  teaching  Masonry  to  the    ladies 


id  for  more," 
1  hereby  comply.  If  you  can  send  me 
a  few  more,  they  would  be  very  thank- 
fully received.     I  will  distribute  all  thu 


Geo.  Sumter,  Saliabury,  III.— My 
sympathy  and  prayers  are  in  the  cause 
you  advocate,  except  iu  regard  to  free 
trade.  I  am  for  a  high  protective  tar- 
iff.    I    think    it   ia  tbe  road  to   cheap- 

E.  A.  Washborne,    Denver,  Col. — 

I  am  in  favor  of  nominating  eandidatea 
for  the  offiwR  of  President  -nnd  Vice- 
President,  but  am  satisfied  that  your 
"Free  Trade"  plank  had  better  be 
dropped.  There  are  many  thousands 
who  are  unalterably  opposed  to  secret 
societies  but  who  will  not  vote  for  the 
"free  trade  fallacy"  under  any  circum- 
stanced.    The   opposers  of  free    trade 

they  comprise  a  majority  of  the  Ameri- 
can people;  and  any  party  that  makes 
free  trade  an  issue  will  break  down  un- 
der the  burden. 

A  free  expression  of  opinion  upon 
this  or  any  part  of  the  constitution  now 
proposed  is  desirable  before  the  Anni- 
versary in  June.  Only  no  long  argu- 
ments can  be  received. 

The  suggestion  of  an  eminent  gentle- 
man and  ex-Senator  on  this  article  of  our 
platform,  that  free  trade  be  adopted  so 
fast  as  it  ib  reciprocated  by  other  na- 
tions, would  relieve  the  caae  materially 
in  the  minds  of  these  friends.  It  must 
he  also  remembered  that  the  Anti-mo 
uopohsls  and  farmer's  conventions 
have   decided  very    generally    for  free 


The  Question  of  Fellowship. 

To  tlie  Editor  of  the   Christian   Cy- 

I  have  been  a  reader  of  the  Cyno- 
sure for  eome  time,  and  as  far  as  it 
fights  secretiam  I  would  endorse  every 
word  of  it;  but  it  seems  to  me  the 
Cyuoiure  has  a  double  aim:  1st,  that 
of  fighting  Becretism;  and  '2d,  fighting 
Episcopal  Methodism.  I  have  pre- 
sented the  paper  to  several  of  our 
members,  and  they  gave   me  the  same 

I  am  perfectly  satisfied  that  tbe  cor- 
respondence of  T.  9.  La  Due,  and  an- 
other, who,  after  being  careful  lo  par- 
ticularly mention  the  M.  E.  church, 
seems  to  have  been  ashamed  to  sign 
his  name,  was  w  ritten  more  with  a  pur- 
pose to  hurt  the  interests  of  the  M.  E. 
church,  than  to  expose  secretiam.  Is 
that  a  Christian  spirit?  Were  those 
articles  wnitten  under  tbe  influence  of 
the  Holy  Ghost?  I  believe  they  were 
written  under  the  influence  of  a  eecta- 
rian  spirit,  more  ao  than  under  the  in- 
fluence of  the  Holy  Spirit;  and  that  a 
little  more  ''pure  motive"  would  be  ad- 
visable for  both  to  practice. 

T.  S.  La  Due  tried  to  have  all  the 
readers  of  the  Cynosure  believe  that 
all  belonging  to  the  M.  E.  Church  ad- 
here lo  lodges,  when  he  declared  that 
the  P.  E.  was  afraid  that  Bro.  Riley 
would  open  his  mouth  against  the  "Im- 
age of  the  Ueast"  which  the  devil  has 
aet   up  in  the  M.   E.  church;  but  peo- 


nd  Ic 


b  that 


writer  that  there  are  as  many  hearta 
beating  warm  for  the  anti-s.ee ret  cause 
in  the  M.  E.  church  as  there  are  in  any 
other  ohurch.  In  the  above  declara- 
tion of  T.  S.  La  Due  he  does  not  at- 
tack a  P.  E.  or  a  conference,  or  a  part 
of  the  M.  E.  ohurch,  but  the  entire 
Episcopal  Methodism;  not  the  mem- 
bers, but  ihe  foundation. 

It  seems    to  rae   that  to  the   careful 
reader,  Bro.    Riley's  plea   for  seceding 


.   K.    church  i 


ery  poor 


ne,  especially  wilh  those  acquainted 
ith  Methodism;  lor  even  if  his  P.  E. 
as  a  Mason,  he  could  have  appealed 
)  the  annual  conference;  and  if  he 
as  not   satiafled,    he  had  the  right  to 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE  :  FEBRUARY  19,  1874. 


appeal  to  Genial  Conference.  But  ac- 
cording to  ibe  statement  he  fled  before 
the  enemy  to  fight  him.  If  that  hero- 
ism! Why  did'nt  he  do  aa  some  men 
in  our  ratika  have  done  when  they  be- 
came convinced  of  the  danger  ahead, 
they  made  their  convictions  known  by 
writing  p&tnphleta  and  brochures,  and 
warning  their  brethren,  showing  to 
them  the  detriment  of  secretiam,  The 
conferences  have  come  to  their  aid  in 
passing  appropriate  resolutions,  of  which 


Such  heroism  becomes  a  eerva 
God;  and  shows  more    of  the   a: 

apostolic  courage.  Now  I  don't 
this  trying  to  caBt  suspicion  01 
character  of  brethren ;  but  m 
brotherly  love  asking  them  to  be 


bold 


ir  than  St. 
ie    presid- 


;  the   differ 
nt    tempt  ut 


declarations.     Let  t 

Mine   of    Christ.    1 

knowledge,  and  not 

the   cause  carry   us 

blind  fanaticism.     I 

ences  of  church  governmen 

to  edge  our    rwords   at  each   other,  for 

that   will    not   lead    to  victory   in   the 

oause.     Let  pure  motive   be  the  siart 

ing  point.  anJ  uot,    burling   tirebrandi 

at  those   whose  hear  hi  beat  as  warmlj 

for  the  oause  as   your   own.     Let   till 

narrow    shackles   of    sectarianism   fal 

and  you  will  have  more  success.  Stand 

as  one  man   iu    CliriBt,  and  let   Chi 

the  great  Redeemer  be  all  in  all. 

Rev.  J.    Kern 
[It  is  bat  just  to  remark  on  the  I 
mer  part  of   the  above  letter  that  B 
La  Due  should  not  be  mad''  responsil 
for  he  wrote   to  the   paper  of  his  o 
denomination,  the  Free  Methodist,  nnd 
not    to    us.     A    part    of     his     letter 
narrating  the  renunciation  of  Masonry 
by  Bro.  Riley,  an  M.  E.  preacher,  w 
selected  for  our  columns  and  publish 
Jan.  8th,    without  the  Io.ibI  thought 
its  affL-cJing  the  denominational  bi;is 
a  single  individual,  but  rather  as  an  o 
casion  of  rejoicing  that   the    power  of 
Christ   was   yet   exercised  to  free  the 
conscience  from  ensnaring  oaths.     Bro. 
Kern  should,  it  seems  to  us,  rejoice  also 
in  this,   and  that  two  from  his  own  de- 
nomination bore  witness  for  the  truth. 
As  for  Bro.    Riley  choosing  to   change 
his  church  relations,  if  he  followed  an 
honest   conscience    bis  motives   cannot 
be  impugned;    but  that  is  the  question 
to  be    entertained  in   this    department, 
and  we   tbank  the   writer    for  his   free 
expression.     We  do  not   wish  to  ham- 
per a   fair  argument    on  either  side,  so 
long  as   both  present   arguments.     As 
to  the  charges  againut   the  conduct  of 
this  paper  we   believe  tiiem  loo  purely 
imaginative  to  annoy  our  readers  with  a 
reply.]  __ 

Jfotea  from  Wisconsin. 

In  tbe  eastern  part  of  Grant  county, 
Wis.,  25  miles  from  Gal.-na,  111.,  is  lo- 
cated the  village  of  PlatUville,  con- 
taining but  little  -more  than  3.000  in- 
habitants. Though  favored  above  moat 
places  of  its  size  in  the  way  of  churches 
and  schoolu,  it  is  a  very  hot-bed  of  se- 
cretism.  "Melody"  Lodge,  No.  2,  A. 
F.  &  A.  M;  "Washinglou"  Chapter, 
No.  2,  R.  A.  M. ; '  'Lilly  of  the  Mound" 
Lodge.  No.  6,  I.  0.  0.  F;  and  PlatU- 
ville Encampment,  No.  47,  Q.  A,  R; 
together  with  the  Patrons  -of  Hus- 
bandry and  Good  Templars  are  estab- 
lished here.  No  ray  of  light  had  ever 
shone  in  upon  the  mystic  datkness  of 
the  lodge  in  this  place;  until  in  the 
summer  of  1870,  when  a  flood-tide 
was  let  in  through  the  labors  of  Rev. 
Bro's  Urns  Bailey  {now  deceased)  and 
J.  M.  V.  Smith  of  the  Free  Metho- 
dist church.  Since  then  a  desultory 
fire  has  been  kept  up  against  the  sub- 
lime myBterieoi  whichj  h  is  at  least  in- 
sulted in  the  finding  uut  of  the  posi- 
tion, alike  of  friend  and    foe. 

Among  the  lodge  devotees  here  are 
found  Jews,    atheists,   moralists,    gam- 


blers 


.  the  I 


installation  o!  officers  for  "Melody" 
Lodge,  Dec.  27tb,  after  the  Masons 
and  their  wives  had  "lort>fied  the  inner 
man"  and  woman  "with  tbe  corn  of 
nourishment  and  wine  of  relreshmenl" 
they  proceeded  (to  use  their  own  Ian 
gunge,)  "to  c.own  the  repast"  with  a 
gumptious  banquet  of  what  we  Maeon- 
ically  term  the  "Oil  of  joy,""a  feast  ol 
reason  and  llow  of  soul."  As  we  bud 
been  waiting  for  an  oppoitunity  to  see 
the  iiand-maid  in  her  best  attire,  that 
we  might  learn  if  she  was  indeed  ''all 
glorious."  We  have  carefully  examined 
this  '-feast  of  reason"  as  published. 
We  concluded  tbe  examination  with 
something  of  the  feelings  of  John  Locke 
when  he  was  writing  down  the  light 
and  frivolous  conversation  of  the  Earl  of 
Shaftesbury,  the  Duke  of  Buceleuch 
and  Lord  Halifax,  "how  small  if  this 
is  a  sample."  By  one  speaker  we  are 
told  that  the  honor  of  St.  John  "is  im- 
mutably fined, aye,  immortalized  ,in  the 
consecration  ol  hia  natal  day  as  the 
Masonic  New  Year."  Think  of  it  ye 
cowan     Christians;    you     may    honor 


St.  John  if  you  will  as  one  of  the  avant 
couriers  of  Curiilianity;  but  Masonry 
alone  can  immutably  fix  and  immortal- 
ize that  honor.  Again,  we  are  told, 
that  in  the  earlier  days  of  the  craft, 
when  in  was  purely  operative  in  its 
charactei,  the  occasion  was  followed  by 
a  banquet,  where,  perhaps,  loo  often 
the  first  pointof entrance  wi 
or  violated  and  Bacchus  rati 
John  became  for  the  time 
ing  genius  of  the  entertaii 
not  this  very  unmasonic  homely  I  How 
ever  he  tells  us;  ''Time,  civilization. en- 
lightenment and  woman's  chastening 
influence  have  wrought  a  radical 
change."  The  following  questions  are 
suggested:  Will  time  alone  purify  and 
change  from  bad  to  good  I  If  so,  wili 
it  not  in  its  continuance,  change  from 
good  to  better?  nnd  is  there  not  here 
a  door  of  hope  for  universal  cle msing 
—a  heaven  of  earth?  II  civilization 
must  carry  Masonic  improvemi 
it,  how  docs  Masonry  help  civilization? 
What  degree  of  enlighten] 
manded  to  shine    away    all  the  evil   of 

beneficial  lo  Masonry,  why  do  they  no 
admit  her  to  tbe  lodge,  so  as  to  get  th 
full  strength  of  her  influence? 

A  Corner.' gat ionalist  speaker  tell  us 
"Some  people  seem  to  be  anxiou 
whether  these  structures  we  build  wil 
stand  fire  in  the  other  world.  I  woult 
reply  lo  them,  that,  while  it  is  not  ex 
pected  that  tlieBe  man-m 
ar<'  absolutely  fire   proof, 


circlet 


One  of  t 


light  i 


t  being 


them       that 
charged     Maso 


for 


other   peo- 
o  get  in> 


doors  of  our  churches  a 
pie  not  Masons,  and  full 
far  as  we  may  judge,  si 
side  the  strait  gate  and  travel  up 
the  narrow  way  as  of  any  other  class." 
Mark  the  confession ;  Mascnry  is 
man-made  and  not  divine. 

Again  wt  are  informed  "tbe  true 
object  of  Maaonry  as  I  understand  it 
is  to  make  good  men  better,  or  rather 
to  lead  good  men  in  the  line  of  their  du- 
ty. It  was  never  designed  to  make 
bad  men  good;  hence  it  is  not  a  re- 
formatory institution.  This  work  is, 
and  should  be  done  by  the  church. 
Their  mission  is  to  reform  the  world,  to 
make  bad  men  good,  while  our^s  is  to 
make  good  men  better."  From  this  we 
learn  that  Masonry  is  superior  to  the 
church,  in  that  when  tbe  church  has 
aken  men  as  far  as  she  can,  Maaonry 
teps  in  and  lakes  them  farther. 

The  following  language  was  used  by 
.  Reverend  speaker  of  the  M.  E. 
hurcb:  "May  it  be  ours  to  labor  to 
levelope  what  is  Godlike  in  humanity, 
hat  whenever  wo  pass  the  boundary 
me  the  broad   mantle    of   charity  may 


lie  spivnd  i 

■  i  believe  i 

from  the  "< 
ile  of  tut 


mistaken  Methodists  use 
total  depravity,  that  moi 
and   putrefaction    reignei 

■own  of  the  head  to  th 
feet,    and  that  as  a  clea 


ing  cannot  be  brought  out  of  an  un- 
jan,"  so  no  amount  of  leaching  and 
lining  can  dtvtlo/if:    Goilhkv    qu,!m.;, 

A  learned  professor  gave    us  to  un- 
derstand that   '-The  real  object  of  Ma- 
bonry  is  not  a  secret.     The    world  un- 
derstands this,   and    the  cavilings   and 
Fault-findings  because    everything   con- 
toted  with  the  order  is  not  published 
.•onn'ned  to  such  a  q  in  all  number  that 
is  not  worth  while    paying  any  atten- 
m  to  them  ■"     Professor.  '  'despise    no: 
:  ifc'i  of  snv.tU  things,"  for    giant    re- 
Its  often  flow   from  small  causes,  and 
few  and  weakae   are  the  opponents  of 
retism  they  have  enough  of  strength 
shake  down    the    lodge  walls   as  by 
ciiTtliqualte,     Rev.  S.  A.  Gillev. 


St.  Joseph. 


Experience  Meeting. 

From  a  Stooent,  Lake  Crystal , 
un. — I  was  employed  during  the 
tr  as  an  officer  on  the  Hannibal  Hnd 
ad  in  Missouri,  and 
Leavenworth.  The 
teamer  was  converted  into  a  transport 
or  federal  troops  and  wai 
iaptured  by  a  force  of  rebelt 
ieeded  to  hang  the  pilot;  but  tbe  pilot 
vusa  Mason  and  so  was  the  lieutenant 
omnianding,  consequently  the  rope 
vas  thrown  away  and  the  pilot  was  re- 
in thoM  days  J.  P.  K.  Haywaid. 
Supt.  of  the  H.  &  St.  Joe.  road  was 
superseded  by  C.  W.  Mead  of  the  0. 
B,  &  Q.  road  of  Illinois  and  now  super- 
intendent of  the  Northern  Pacific  road. 
Mead  commenced  by  ditidiatging  .. 
the  engineers  and  conductors  who  were 
not  Masons;  and  there  were  many, 
for  Hayward  was  not  a  Mason  and 
under  him  there  was  no  discrimina- 
tion. The  men  who  wero  weeded  out 
were  old  and  tried  servants;  men  who 
hud  risked  their  lives  for  years  to  keep 

the  slate  lo  the   Union.     But    what  of 
that?     They    wern  nc 


was  a  conductor  named  Jew 
be.ing  familiar  with  the  road 
collision  with  another  train. 
a  Mason  hi*  official  head  wn 
He  had  another  collision  ina  few  weeks 
which  endangered  the  lives  of  two 
hundred  passengers  So  serious  u 
blunder  could  not  be  overlooked;  he 
was  relieved  of  his  train,  but  not 
turned  out  into  the"  cold  us  I  would 
have  been.  0  no,  he  was  entitled  to 
wear  a  square  and  compass,  and  must 
be  provided  for.  I  saw  him  soon 
afterwards  selling  tickets  in  St.  Louis 
for  the  same  company  at  a  salary  of 
81200  a  year.  I  myself  Buffered  by 
the  aforesaid  change  of  government, 
although  I  wsb  informed  by  a  friend 
that  I  might  retain  my  place  if  I  would 
join  the  mystic  band. 

Not  long  after  tbe  events  above  nar 
rated  I  went  to  the  University  of  Wis- 
consin, In  the  library  thereof  I  found 
a  number  of  Anti-masonic  works.  I 
read  them  thoroughly,  and  feeling  in 
my  inmost  soul  a  certainty  of  their 
credibility,  I  incorporated  the  choiceat 
portions  into  nn  elaborate  discourse 
which  I  delivered  on  declamation  day 
with  all  the  power  at  my  command, 
Years  have  passed,  but  I  shudder  when 
I  think  of  the  diabolical  p  iBsions  and 
fiend-like  expressions  which    resulted. 

It  is  indeed  true  a  man  may  cry 
aloud,  Down  with  the  goyi 
away  with  the  religion  t 
abolish  marriage — abolish  property — 
overturn  everything,  and 
safe;  but  if  he  pronounce  the  word 
"Matnn"  loud'  r  than  a  whisper,  except 
in  fulsome  flattery,  his  reputation,  if 
not  his  body,  will  be  torn  into  a  thou- 
sand shreds.     1  have  faith  that  Sod  i& 


for  all  India  is  sixty-one  per  cent.' 
Should  this  per  cent,  of  increase  con 
tinue  till  1051.  there  will  be  elevei 
millions  of  native  Christians  in  India 
and  in  2000,  one  hundred  and  thirty 
millions.  —The  city  of  Torontc 
population  of  00,000,  has 
Sunday  schools,  comprising 
teachers,  and  11.200  scholars. 


with 

*iy-f->ur 


able  to  overturn  and    will 
God- defying  order  of  Maai 


i  the 


Ex-Stuator  Pomeroy  was  lately 
ported  to  have  forfeited  bail  in  a  Kan- 
sas court.  He  has  however  appeared 
taken  a  new  bond,  and  tbe  trial  is  sei 
lor  July.  The  developments  in  Kansas 
politics  since  York's  pretended  bribery 


that 


f  fairly  conducted,  would  un 
doubtedly  implicate  Iogalls,  Pomeroy'i 
opponent,  and  many  others.  Amnuj 
the  many  disclosures  is  a  elateme" 
i rum  Hiiiirrove,  ti-    Mason  who  woulc 


iifr  i 


because  of  Lis  obligation.     He   sayi 
blackmail   & 
Pomeroy  out  of  *50, 000  iu  this  bribery 
,  and    that   Capt.    Tough,  Ingalh 
right-hand  man,  promised  him  money 

tell  the  whole  truth  about  the  York 
bribery,  and  he  was    paid  $500  as  pari 

his  fee.     No  doubt   the  lodge  finds 

tracks  in   this   case   hard    to  cover 

o  sight. 

Religious    News. 

in  view   of  the    religious  interest  in 

icago  the  clergymen  of  the  city  have 

deti-rmined  to  ln-id  daily    religi 


very  Urge  additions  to  the  Methodist 
liurch  throughout  the  nortn-west. — 
'be  new  First  Congregational  Church, 
"placing  the  edifice  burned  over  a  year 
.go.    wa9   de  'icated     last  Sabbath.  — 

Bishop     Cummins,    of    the    Ref  >rmed 

Episcopal    Church,  formed  a 


,he  same  day,  and  report- 
n   Philadelphia   and   one  in 

ready  to    be   organized. — Th 
pal  Couneil    i  >i  iL< 

of  Wisconsin    met   in    Mdtv  u 

.tugo.      Alter  a  long  and 

ing  the  clergy  gave  a  bat 

ity  for  Dr.  De  Koven  of  Racin 


i  Nnw  Yt.rk  oi 


Congress  —  The  Senate  has 
chiefly  engaged  iu  discussing  financial 
questions;  among  them  the  espansioi 
of  the  currency  and  the  redialributioi 
of  that  already  in  circulation  are  promi 
nent.  The  propositions  are  extrava 
gant  and  are  not  we:i  reoeived  by  the 
country.  In  the  House  Mr.  Dawei 
able  speech  against  expansion 


union  at  no  distant  day,  and  hi 
pointed  committees  to  arrange. — Navi. 
gallon  can  hardly  be  said  to  have  clos 
ed  at  this  port  this  season,  a  steamer  ol 
ihe  Goodrich  Line  having  made  weekly 
trips  down  the  Lake,  and  has 
worried  through  the  ico  in  the  «i 
Chree  children  in  a  single  family  died 
last  week  from  s 

doctors  fii 

Grain  inspector 
Harper  is  publicly  charged  with  embez- 
zi.-ment  of  *15,000. 

CnuoTRV, — The  Ma^sacltuhelts  Legis- 
lature have  rescinded  the  resolution 
of  censure  passed  upon  Charles  Sum- 
ner in  1872. — The  temperance  revival 
'?  spreading  heynnd  Ohio;  at  several 
places  in  Indiana,  Illinois,  on  Long 
Island,  and  at  Lincoln,  Neb.,  the  work 
h  reported  as  begun.  In  several  large 
towns  of  Ohio  it  is  progressing.  Day- 
ton is  llie  last  one  reported  where  the 
reform    is  well   organized,     There  are 


with 

Cheyenne  tribes,  but  dis- 
patches of  the  17th  were  of  less  alarm- 
ing nature.— By  the  falling  of  a  build- 
ing in  Philadelphia  on  Friday,  seven 
persons  were  killed  nnd  eleven  injured, 
— S-veral  workmen  were  killed  by  ar 
-x|.lo.iou  in  a  nitro-glycerine  factory  ai 
Fort  Ticonderoga,  N.  Y..  last  week. 
—The  autopsy  of  the  Siamese  twin* 
proves  them  to  have  been  vitally  unit 
ed.— List  Friday  a  bold  and  aucemfu 
robbery  was  made  of  the  vaults  of  the 
First  National  nnd  Quincy  Savings 
Banks   at   Quincy,    III,;    $150,000    " 


ANTIMASONIC  TRACTS. 


L  Tract  Find  for  Us  fret  Distribution  of  Tracts, 
"The  Antimasons  Scrap  Book," 

fVddrees  bIzha  A.  Cook  &    Co,. 

historyof  masonry. 


i.d  bonds 


■H-.I.-I 


FoRBIQW. — The     Caplni 


leral  i 


f  the  troublesome    volunteer^ 
prepare  for  active  service.     A  mob  sur- 
round' d  the  government   palace  on  the 
inding  that  all   the  volunteers 


th-  leading  Fn-tu-h  Catholic  paper,  h 
en  suppressed  by    MacMahon  at  the 
quest  ol    BiTimarcli  who  feared  the  in- 
fluence of  papal   journals  upon    the  rc- 
"  tious  of  the  two  countries  —Gladstone 
i    Tueselnv  formally    tendered  to    the 
neen  his  own  and  the  resignation  of  bis 
lleagues  in  the  cabinet,  and    Disraeli 
loi.s  been  called  upon  to  form  his  minis- 
Parliament  will    stand:   conser- 
ves. 351;    Liberals  and    Home-Ru 
S,       302.       Only      2,600.000    voteB 
re  polled    in    the    United    Kuiiolom 
I  Ireland,  a    large   falling  off— The 
iit'-elinicon,     a    vast  safe    depository 
for  family    plate,   furniture,    carriages, 


wich  IsUndH,  died    Feb.  3d. 


The  lay 
nd  f 


ripi>..|Ml.l 


i  laid  i 


Temple,  Boston,  four  sailorswei 
-  tli-  c'lediilHies  who  hnd  hoc 
wonderfully  rescued  from  ebipwreel 
me  of  them  was  converted  wbil'  afloi 
m  part  of  the  wnok.— John  A.  Bopp. 
me  of  the  greatest' 
ountryi,  is  about  t 
ist  cburch  in    Ne* 


Ban. 


iargChl  Baptis 


Diqu* 


8.— The 
fforld,  is 
London,     numbering 


hut   though 
\pollos  irate 
only     of     tl 

'•Paul    m 

y     plan 

and 

o      Lord.- 

-it   is 

letween    16i 

1    and    1671,    the 

>or     nf     Oh 

alians    ha 

than 

loubled  in  lit 

ngai.      --Ic 

Central  India. 

he  native    c 

urch    has 

nearly  four  b 

3ude 

by  one  bund 

Nnrihw.'. 

'■••">  " 

e  per 

t.  has  nearly 

loulAii;  i 

HiePP 

mil  Bombay) 

four  per  cent 

;  und    the 

tout    in 

MASONIC    MURDSH. 

iSA?iSS;IrKSJSiSi.2,1iM^iS^SS 

secrets'  OF  MASONR 7. 


GRAND!  GREAT  GHAWDi: 
By  PHILO   CARPENTER. 

Extracts  From  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  v 
Sworn  to  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Rhode  Idand 


Hon.  John  Quincy  Adams'  Letter. 


Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

liniuu'  Ilisil! I  i  v jMiny  llSlfJl- 


Satan's  Calais  Tow. 


"Freemasonr*'  is  Only  152  Years  Old," 

"Murder  and  Treason  not  Excepted." 


Freoaaasonry  In  th.©  Clmreli. 

CHAKMTlilt  AMI  SYMBOLS  OF   FREOANO.VKV. 

^:h\'^h\}FJ'ik''\\i^'^'A'''  ':|,",,i'''"'"',l'  °"oi°"0^.  °' 
Addrtss  of  Nijjri  County  Awiitni,  Hew  fork, 

Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry. 


HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D. 

Chaneelor  of  the  University  of  N. 
V.,  on  Secret  Societies. 


GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY 

MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  and  VOID. 


BRICKS  FOR  MASONS  TO  LAY. 


Sii  Reasons  whj  i  Christian  should  not  he  a  Freemason 


ENOCH  HONEYWELL'S  TRACT. 


HISTORY  OF  MASONRY 


TERMS  FOR  THE  CYNOSURE. 


»rw„'S'f">""- 


'Ollly    Editii 


-.'M_.i.i-1ii!...ii  1. 1  .in.^ripUoD    ■■ 


Descriptive  Catalogue 

PUBLICATIONS 

EZRA  A.  COOK  &  CO. 

13  Wabash  Ave. 

CHICAGO 

GEN'L  PHELPS' 


NEW   BOOK 


ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES! 

FSEEMASONRY^  EXPOSED, 

by  CAP'T.  WILLIAM  MORGAN. 


THE  BROKEN  SEAL. 

By  SAMUEL   D.  GREENE, 

OPINIONS  OF  THE  PRESS. 


History  of  The  Abduction  and  Murder  of 
Cap't.  Wm.  Morgan, 


Valance'e  Confession  of  The  Murder  o 
Capt.  Wei.  Morgan. 


NARRATIVES1AND  ARGUMENTS, 

""' "'  toy  FRANCIS  SEMPLE  of 

The  A.ntimaaon'8  Scrap  Book. 
21  CYNOSURE  TRACTS. 


Who.  Murdered  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan? 

HISTORY  OF  THE 

Abduction  and  Murder 

Capt.  William  Morgan, 


4  OBEDIENCE  TO  MASONIC  LAWS 


76 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  FEBRUARY  19,  1874 


TIij  Neighbor  and  Thyself. 


The  battle  on  the  Lake  was  fought 
In  aight  of  the  two  hostile  armies,  and 
they  felt  time  the  oucceBa  on  the  land 
depended  oh  the  success  of  the  fleet 
on  the  Lake,  and  ao  it  proved.  Not 
only  the  two  armieatbut  the  inhabitants 
of  the  adjoining  towns  lining  the 
shores,  watched  with  deepest  anxiety 
the  engagement;  for  the  battle  was  to 
determine  whether  they  should  be 
driven  from  their  homes  in  want,  or 
remain  in  their  homes  in  peace  and 
safety.  Not  only  the  shores  but  the 
projecting  points  of  land  and  neighbor- 
ing hills  were  rilled  with  anxious  spec- 
Just  as  the  sun  arose  over  the  eas- 
tern hills  on  the  Sabbath  morning,  Sep- 
tember 11th,  1814,  the  guard-boat 
rounded  into  the  harbor,  and  informed 
Macdonough  that  the  British  fleet  in 
the  distance  waa  approaching  for  bat- 
tle. As  the  enemy  hove  in  sight-,  the 
vessels  were  cleared  for  action;  then 
Macdonough  assembled  his  men  on  the 
quarter-deck  of  the  Saratoga,  the  flag- 
ship, when  he  kneeled  down,  and  in 
humble  and  fervent  ptayer,  com- 
mended himself,  hts  men,  and  his 
cause  to  the  Qod  of  nations.  General 
Skinner  said,  "he  rose  from  the  pos- 
ture with  a  serenity  and  a  calmness  on 
his  brow  which  showed  that  he  had  re- 
ceived   comfort    and 


One  writer  said  it  waa  a  solemn  and 
thrilling  spectacle,  one  probably  never 
before  witnessed  on  a  ship  cleared  for 
action.  Aa  the  British  fleet  was  ap- 
proaching, the  commander  asked  the 
man  at  the  mast-head  what  "he  saw  I" 
■'I  aeeon  their  flag-ahip,  what  appears 
to  be  men  at  prayer."  Downie  replied, 
"That  is  no  good  omen  for  us!"  Wan 
this  remark  prophetic,  as  he  early  fell 
early  at  hio  pOBt  in  the  deadly  conflict? 

On  the  one  side  was  the  hostile  fleet 
coming  down  at  the  sound  of  music. 
On  the  other  side  stood  the  armies  on 
the  land  in  the  order  of  battle  with 
their  banners  flying;  and  between  them 
Macdonough'e  fleet  lay  at  anchor, await- 
ing the  coming  conflict  The  English 
fleet  under  easy  sail,  came  on.  round- 
ing Cumberland  Point,  prepared  for 
battle. 

As  the  battle  commenced,  the  great 
effort  of  the  enemy  appeared  to  be  to 
disable  and  conquer  the  Saratoga; 
therefore  they  opened  again  and  again 
their  broadsides,  and  poured  on  our 
flag-ship  their  iron  hail.  Soon  after 
the  battle  begun,  a  ben-coop  was  shot 
away,  and  one  of  the  fowls  flew  into 
the  rigging  and  crowed  with  his  shrill, 
clarion  voice.  The  sailors  taking  it  as 
a  good  omen,  sent  up  cheer  after  cheer 
as  they  "fought  like  brave  men,  long 
and  well."  Twice  was  the  Saratoga 
on  Are  from  the  hot  shot  of  the  en- 
emy. Though  crippled  and  a  slaugh- 
ter house,  as  one  said — though  Mac- 
donough waa  knocked  down — and  the 
cry  was  heard,  "Our  commander  is 
killed;"  yet  soon  he  arose  and  was  at  bis 

Again  in  a  short  lime  afterwards, 
the  cry  was  heard,  "He  is  killed,  "and  ev- 
ery eye  was  turned  to  Macdonough  as 
he  lay  between  two  guns  covered  with 
his  blood.  But  soon  he  revived,  and 
and  limping  to  his  gun,  continued  to 
sight  it  carefully  and  hull  the  enemy. 
Both  the  British  and  the  American  flag- 
ships were  terribly  shattered,  In  their 
broadsides,  their  firing  was  so  rapid 
that,  at  a  distance,  they  were    thought 

Though  the  Saratoga  was  so  shat- 
tered, Macdonough  ordered  her  to  be 
kedged  around,  and  poured  such  a 
broadside  into  the  British  flag-ship  that 
loft  her  in  a  sinking  condition.  AH  the 
other  shipB  and  gun. boats  of  each 
squadron  fought  bravely    and    terribly 


for 


when  the  British  fleet  surrendered,  ami 
one  of  the  most  important  and  event- 
ful victories  of  the  war  was  gained. 
The  battle  of  Pittsburgh  woe  fought 
on  the  shore  while  the  battle  waa  rag- 
ing on  the  lake.  No  sooner  than  the 
flag  of  the  British  squadron  waa  struck, 
and  the  surrender  made,  and  the  victo- 


ry won.  than  Sir  George  Provoit,  who 
was  prepared  for  an  assault,  on  Pitts- 
burgh, made  a  hasty  retreat,  abandon- 
ing a  targe  portion  of  his  military 
stores,  and  hurried  from  the  battle 
field  of  his  wounded  fallen  and  unbur- 
ied  dead.  No  further  invasion  was 
made  in  those  parts  after  that  signal 
victory,  for  the  boasted  power  of  the 
British  on  Lake  Champlain,  and  on  its 
beautiful  and  romantic  borders,  was 
not  only  weakened,  but  lost.  This  vic- 
tory was  announced  to  the  War  De- 
partment by  Macdonough  on  the  day  it 
was  gained,  in   the  following  brief,    pi- 

"Seplember  11,  1814. 

The  Almighty  has  been  pleased  to 
grant  us  a  signal  victory  on  Luke  Ohnm- 
plain,"  and  then  closed  his  communi- 
cation by  meutiouini;  the  names  of  the 
vessels  taken. 

On  the  Sabbath    the   invading 


liu-i 


lost    battle 


This  lost  battle  of  offensive  warfare  is 
only  one  of  the  many  lost  battles 
begun  on  the  Sabbath  which  history 
records. 

I  might  refer  to  many  in  our  own  na- 
tion, as  well  as  to  many  lost  battles  in 
other  pations,  teaching  us  that  God  has 
a  regard  to  his  Sabbath,  even  in  times 
of  war ,  Great  praise  was  given 
to  Macdonough  in  his  management  ol 
the  flotilla  before  and  in  the  engage- 
ment. It  was  said  at  the  time  that  the 
calm,  deBperate  bravery  with  which  the 
battle  was  fought,  could  hardly  be 
excelled, 

At  the  close  ol  the  action, Sir  George 
Proyost  sent  a  line,  and  asked  him  how 
he  gained  the  victory!  Macdonough, 
taking  care  of  the  wounded,  had  no 
time  to  correspond  with  the  enemy  on 
land;  but  on  the  same  communication 
wrote,  "Hard  fighting."  Not  only 
great  praise  and  numerous  civic 
honors,  but  valuable  and  numer- 
ous gifts,  by  different  towns, 
cities  and  states,  were  awarded 
to  this  prayerful  hero  of  Lake  Cham- 
plain,  Congress  not  only  voted  him 
thanks,  but  also  a  gold  medal,  with 
proper  deviceo  and  inscriptions.  The 
cities  of  Albany  and  New  York  gave 
him  a  thousand  acres  of  land  on 
bnnksof  theLake  uear  where  he  fought 
and  conquered.  The  state  of  Ver- 
mont purchased  and  presented  to  Mac- 
domiu^'h  a  farm  of  two  hundred  acres 
on  the  borders  of  Cumberland  Bay, 
having  a  farm  house  overlooking  the 
Bcene  of  his  gallant  exploit. — Bssex 
Co.  iff.    Y.)  Reiiublican. 


The  New  TfiiiimruiKi'  .11  oveiuent. 

The    wonderful     movement   against 
the  saloons  in  Ohio  may  be  under 

by  the  followiny  description  ■>(  it 
peralions  at  the  first  point  of  attack 
from  the  correspondence  of  the  Chi- 
L-ri-n  Tiibune: — 

Wellington  in  the  county  seat  ol 
Fayette,  is  a  flourishing  town  of  some 
3,000  inhabitants,  located  on  the  Cin- 
nd    Muskingum    Valley   rail- 


,nd  aboi 


mty  ) 


east  of  Cincinnati.  For  years  an  effort 
has  been  in  progress  to  banish  from 
the  place  all  intoxicating  liquors,  or  at 
least  to  prevent  the  sale  of  it  according 
to  the  laws  of  the  state,  but  with  par- 
ordinance  prohibiting  the  sale  of  alcho- 
holic  spirits  within  the  corporation 
limits  kept  the  demon  at  bay;  but  the 
new  board  of  council  men  dropped 
this  ordinance,  since  which  time  our 
town  has  been  at  the  mercy  of.  dram 
seller,  and  young  men  and  old,  and 
even  women,  were  to  be  eeen  B tagger- 
ing  through  our  streets  and  alleys, 
and  there  seemed  to  be  no  alternative 
or  I'-'.b  mptiou  for  us. 

But  there  was  a  "good  time  coming" 
which  we  little  dreamed  of — one  that 
every  town  can  have  the  benefit  of, 
and  secure  lo  itself  a  life  of  happiness, 
just  as  easy  as  did  this  place — the  plan 
of  which  waB  brought  into  existence  as 

On  Christmas  eve,  Dr.  Dio  Lewis,  of 
Boston,    lectured    before  the    Literary 

Society  of  this  place,  on  the  subject  of 
"Our  Girls,"  at  the  close  of  which  he 
offered  to  deliver  a  free  lecture  on  tem- 
perance at  one  ol  the  churches  on  the 
following  day,  and  in  that  address  he 
would  give  his  hearers  a  plan  by  which 
the  ladies  of  the  town,  themselves 
alone,  could  abolish  the  liquor  trnfio 
from  their  midst,  and  forever  keep  it 
out.  At  the  appointed  hour  on  Christ- 
mas morning,  the  citizens  assembled  en 
masse   at     the    Presbyterian    Church, 


what  i 


done.  The  meeting  opened  with  sing- 
ing iiud  prayer,  after  which  the  ad- 
dress; then  committees  were  appointed. 
Au  appeal  lo  the  liquor  sellers  was 
drawn  up,  read,  and  adopted,  and  the 
meeting  adjourned  to  meet  the  follow- 
ing morning,  (Friday)  at  the  same 
place;  and  then  and  there  the  women 
were  to  start  out  upon  their  errand  of 
mercy.  The  hour  having  arrived,  the 
woraoii  from  the  families  of  the  leading 


being  made  to  their  ranks  daily,  Drug 
stores  and  saloons  were  visited  each  day. 
singing  and  prayers  were  held  in  them, 
and  the  drug  stores  all  signed  the 
pledge,  and  the  saloons  were  broken 
up.  When  a  saloon-keeper  surrende  r 
ed,  the  fact  was  made  known  by  the 
ringing  of  all  the  h'.lh  in  town;  people 
wouid  gather  at  *.be  scene  of  action  to 
the  number  of  several  hundred,  to  wit- 
ness the  destruction  of  King  Alcohol. 
Women  whose  husbands,  sons,  or 
brothers  had  suffered  must  were  select- 
as  the  ones  to  demolish  the  whiskey 
barrels,  which  deed  was  done  with 
axes,  and  they  never  worked  harder  in 

The  work  lasted  for  four  dayp,  ter- 
minating on  Monday.  The  Brat  day's 
efforts  seemed  almost   fruitless,    doors 

faces  and  bolted.  At  other  places 
they  were  treated  indignantly.  One 
keeper  threw  dirty  water  and  beer  up- 
on them.  But  these  things  did  not  dis- 
courage them.  The  next  morning 
they  appeared  on  the  street  re-enforced 
and  more  persistent  than  ever.  Into 
the  front  doors,  filling  the  front  rooms 
and  back  rooms  too,  down  into  the 
cellars,  everywhere  they  went,  making 
their  eloquent  pleas,  "We  pray  you, 
stop  this."     "We  mean  you  no  harm, 

each  place  they  sang  a  hymn,  read  the 
appeal,  and  offered  a  prayer,  and  if 
the  proprietor  did  not  yield,  they  po- 
litely assured  him  that  they  would  call 
again.  And  they  did  call,  and^  kept 
calling,  from  day  to  day,  until  they  nl 
succumbed.  When  the  doors  wer 
closed  upon  ihem  tliey  would  conduc 
their  exercises  on  the  side  walk,  At 
first,  the  dealers  offered  to  sell  out  at 
cost,  and  finally  th^y  were  willing  to 
quit  on  any  condition.  Some  of  them 
shipped  their  liquors  and  others  turned 
them  over  to  the  disposal  of  the  ladies. 
The  man    who    had  suffered    much 


"Good  for  you,  Kob,"  saiil  Archie. 

"Why!"  exclaimed  Robert. 

"Because,  when  a  fellow  6ees  where 
he  is  wrong,  that  is  the    first   step  to- 

»rd  reform,     Go  on,  Rob." 

"How  is  it  that  you  always  do  about 
right?"  aBked  Robert. 

"1  fail  very  often,"  replied  Archie, 

But  Robert    was   thinking  of  a  time 

aen  Archie  accidentally  ran  against 
Tom  Davis,  and  knocked  some  of  bis 
books  upon  the  ground.  No  real  harm 
was  done,  but  Tom  struck  him.  and 
called  him  a  "cou founded  blunderbuss.' 
Archie  immediately  picked  up  the 
books,  and,  giving  them  to  Tom,  said, 
pleasantly,  'It's  true,  I  am  a  blunder- 
I  ask  pardou  for  throwing  down 
your  books;  but  don't  let  you  and  I 
•confound'  each  other;  we  ought;  to  be 
friends."  Tom  looked  ashamed,  and 
walked  away  a  few  stepB,  and  soon  re- 
turned, and  ssid:  "Forgive  my  strik- 
ing you,  Archie,"  But  Archie  made 
no  allusion  to  the  blow,  thought  Rob 
ert.  Tom  has  become  a  fast  friend  of 
his.  and  how  he  has  improved  under 
his  influence. 

Arohie  was  no  preacher,  and  remain 
ed  silent  while  Robert  was  thinking 
and  when  he  Baid,    "Archie,    how  die 

said  you   were    naturally    passionate?" 
He  replied,  "I  had  .help 
there  is  a  higher    Help  still,    without 
which  the  other  would  be  of  little  usi 
'■I  wish  you    would    tell    me,"   si 

"You  have  beard  of  Sir  Matth. 
Hale.  One  day,  when  he  was  Lord 
Chief  Justice  of  Englund,  he  refused 
to  do  something  which  Cromwell  had 
desired,  as  he  did  not  think  it  proper. 
The  Protector  was  angry,  and  said, 
•My  Lord  Justice,  you  are  not  fit  lo  bi 
judgel"  To  the  surprise  of  Cromwell, 
Sir  Matthew  replied.  'Please  your  High 


i  the  < 


>  of  i 


pi-r  ■  'i'-,- 

while  aMsistiii;,'  in  getting  the  barrels  of 
whiskey  into  the  street,  mounted  the 
top  of  one,  and  remarked  that  he  bad 
often  been  under  the  stuff'  contained 
in  the  barrel,  but  now  he  was  on  the 
top  of  it,  and  he  intended  to  keep  on 
the  top.  His  wife  broke  in  the  bead 
of  tbo  barrel  and  let  the  whiskey  flood 
the  gutter.  During  the  entire  time 
that  the  woman  had  been  praying  and 
singing  in  the  saloons,  the  Christian 
men  of  the  place  had  been  holding  a 
protracted  prayer  meeting  at  the 
church;  and  that  the  women  might 
Letter  jih.1l'*  ol  the  ■  irnestness  and  sin- 
cerity they  felt  in  their  behalf,  they 
caused  the  bell  o(  the  church  to  he 
lolled  at  the  close  of  each  prayer.  The 
work  that  is  being  done  here  is 
ing  quite  a  sensation  in  this  part  of  the 
Slate,  and  already  the  ministers  and 
several  of  the  leading  women  in  th< 
work  have  received  letters  from  neigh 
boring  towns,  urging  them  to  com* 
and  start  the  ball  rolling  in  those  towns 
,d  tbey  have  consented  to  go,  and  ael 


the  t 


a  fort 


Cbildrens  Corner. 


Hard  to  do— Tlmt  Soil  Tiling. 

"What  are  you  thinking  ib'.ml  Kob 
said  Archie,  to  a  school-fellow  whom 
he  overlook,  on  his  way  home;  for 
Robert  was  reclining  on  a  bank,  beside 
the  footpath  which  led  through  the 
woods,  ou  his  way  to  his  father's  house. 

There  was  nothing  of  particular  in 
torest  which  seemed  to  require  sc 
great  attention  as  that  wherewith  Rob- 
ert was  regarding  the  fallen  leaves, 
which  bad  collected  near  the  spot  where 
he  reclined. 

"Why,"  replied  he,  in  answ 
Archie,  '■!  was  thinking  of  ;■.  *>.>/'(  i 
which  is  very  hard  to  do." 


"Whal 


"It  is  to  give  a  soft  answer,  when  a 
fellow  has  been  provoked,  and  feels 
ilown-n^lit  mad." 

Hubert  could  talk  in  this  way  with 
Archie — not  only  because  he  would 
neither  taunt,  nor  ridicule,  nor  blame 
him;  but — because  he  knew  him  to  be 
a  boy  of  excellent  principle,  who  al- 
ways seemed  to  do  just  about  right, 
and,  although  he  had  a  quick  temper 
he  kept  it  under  command.  So  he  re- 
plied : 

"Why,  you  see,  Will  Osgood  was 
mad  with  me,  because  I  wouldn't  take 
a  hand  at  marbles.  He  called  me  a 
dunce  and  a  spooney,  and  said  1  was 
afraid  of  being  beat,  and  losing  my 
precious  stock  of  wit  and  marbles.  I 
said  ha  was  Ihe  biggest  coward  in  all 
Norlhville,  and  gave  his  marbles  a  hick, 
which  set  them  rolling  all  about,  and 
some  went  through  a  grating  into  a 
cellar.  Thus  I  lost  my  temper,  and 
his  marbles,  and  now  I  look,  to  myself, 
like  a  mean  fellow,  and  begin  to  think 
1  deserve  the  name  lie  oBlled  me." 


.that 


Now, 


I  was  speaking  of  this  to  his  father. and 
he  told  me  thal'the  Ctii'f  Justice 
a  Christian,  never  omitting  any  r 
ious  duty,  ^and  be  daily  studied  the 
character  of  Him  who  is  meek  and  low- 
ly, and  constantly  sought  His'aid.  And 
Rob,  there  is  such  a  thing  as  getting 
help  here,  real  help,  just  at  the  time 
we  need."— Mary  B.  Bale,  in  School- 
day  Magazine. 


The  Order  of  St. 


Sirnulumouiily.  or  nearly  so,  with 
the  Federal  Constitution,  was  the  es- 
tablishment of  the  Society  in  New 
York,  known  by  the  name  of  The  Or- 
tier  a  I 'Saint  Tammany  I — for  It  seems. 
with  all  the  pretentions  of 'our  peo 
pie  to  republicanism,  too  many  among 
them  hanker  after  orders. 

The  Order  of  St-  Tammany,  as  an 
American  institution,  was  not  only  s 
novelty,  but  quite  anomalous.  Its  found- 
ers having  just  emerged  from  the  rev 
olution,  and  still  perhaps  warm  with 
the  Whig  feelings  of  that  conflict, could 
not  condescend  to  borrow  St.  Andrew 
St.  George,  or  St.  Patrick  from  th> 
Roman  calendar.  A  British  saint  wa 
no  better  in  their  eyes  than  George  thi 
Third,  or  even  Lucifer  himself.  They 
therefore  sagely  concluded  to  m 
orphose  a  saint    from   a   savage  h 

The  unsophiscated    natives  of  the 

forest  were  no  doubt  highly  tickled 
with  this  sage  compliment  to  aboriginal 
piety,  and  we  may  presume  thanked 
the  Tammany  Suchems  for  their  wis 
dom.  But  be  this  as  it  may,  then 
were  not  wanting  shrewd  observers 
and  honest  patriots,  whosUBpected  the 
sons  of  Saint  Tammany  of  political  rlt 
"i^'ii",  which  they  were  willing  to  coi 
ceal  from  the  public  eyo,  and  which 
they  intended  to  cover  with  the  manll< 
of  their  pagin  warrior,  converted  foi 
the  occasion  into  an  American  saint 
Others,  again,  uot  so  suspicious,  con 
sidered  the  Tammnny  order  mer-.-ly  i 
the  offspring  ni  ni'iui-iul  vanity  (often  . 
Inudible,  if  not  always  tl  harmless  spii 
it)  as  a  well  directed  compliment  to  th 
natives,  the  sachems  and  sagamores  o 
the  Indian  tribes;  and  with  these,  it 
calumets,  beads  and  buok-taits  create! 
neither  jealousy  nor  alarm. 

The  sons  of  Saint  Tammany,  how 
ever,  have  not  confined  themselves  L 
their  beads  and  their   buck-tails.     Th*. 


irder' 


.  first  i 


tended,  has  long  since  become  a  pol 
cal,  and  no  doubt  in  some  respect:;, 
secret  conclave.     In   more    ways    than 

million  influence  ou  our  political  con- 
cerns. It  has  been  made  use  of  to  el- 
evate ordepress  individuals  wilhout  re. 
gard  to  principles.  Many  a  dark  in- 
trigue has  been  engendered  by  He 
leaders  in  secret,  before  they  have  called 
toffcther  their  deluded  votaries  to  eel 
them  in  motion.  Its  halls  have  fre- 
quently   been    converted    into    denB  ol 


faction  and  turbulence;  audit  is  un- 
doubtedly a  dangerous  engine  of  unprin. 
ipldd  amhition.  a  corrupt  and  a  cor- 
uptiuy  luogu-on  the  body  politic. 

After  the  establishment  of  this  mis- 
chievous Order  of  Saint  Tammany,  we 
that  the  subject  of  se- 
societiea  agitated  the 
public  mind,  lib  the  arrival  of  the  first 
from  the  French  Republic,  the 
id,  and  J.  may  justly  add,  high- 
ly gifted.  Genet.  To  him  we  owe  the 
itablishment  of  what  were  called  the 
Democratic  societies.  These  sprang  up 
ii  rapidly  under  the  auspices  of  their 
llustrious  pp'geuitor.  'is  the  tihleil  nr- 
nies  of  Cadmus,  and  from  New  Hamr 
(hire  to  Georgia  the  Union  reBOttnded 
with  the  clamor  of  their  devotion  tc 
the  principles  of  liberty  and  equality, 
and  their  sympathy  for  the  republi- 
cans of  the  old  world.  Like  the  Cin- 
cinnati, they  professed  to  have  no  ob 
ject  in  view1  but  the  public  good,  and 
nothing  as  much  at  heart  as  to  keep 
alive  the  flame  of  liberty  kindled  in  thi 
Revolution.  It  waa  soon  perceived, 
however,  by  men  of  sagacity,  that  oni 
prominent  object  of  these  societias  wa 
ntry   from 


LETTER  LIST— Jan,  2»»Fol 


Dees 


no  Baldwin,    C  C  Breed,   I  II  Brow 
]has  Barrett,  E  Britten,  J  M   Bishop, 
J  Brooke,  S    Brink,  P    Carpenter.  A 
Csdy,  RevO    Clark,   T    Corliss    D 
~  •'well,  PN    Claijsaddle,    Rev    F 
dor,  J  W  Colo,  W  A  C 
'lord,  J   Dorcas,      S   1 
too  Deitrich,  J  PDops,  C  0  Di 
Dosne,  E  Esles,  Sam'l  Euglc.  B   Ful- 
1  French,   E  W  Fc.itoo.  J   M 
Fr.isn.-r,     S     Foster,      G     W 
3     G      Fail,    L    C      Gadiill. 
Gibson,     .1     D     Gdlett,       A 
(.Milan,   S  V  liiil.tn,  E  D  Hi 
"*  "To 

Hall,  Rev 

J  B  Hobbs  A  C  Horton,  G 
H  Ingram,  J  P  R  James  (2)  Mm  M  T 
MissIJoliiHon.R'v  RE  Jobn- 
3  Jones.  Rev  W  A  Keesy.  T 
Kingsworth.  Miss  0  A  Keves,  J  T  Kig- 
gini  (2,)  T  C  Kirkwood.  Jns  Light, 
D.iii'l  LeggeLt,    S  R    La  Bar.  A  B  Lo- 


t  thai 


ntial 


snlvitfiun,  anil  involve  it  in  the  bon 
of  war,  in  order  to    promote  the    vli 
of  France.    In  this  respect  they  became 
objects  of  suspicion  and   jealousy, 
only    to  their  political   opponents,   but 
as  I  well  recollect,    to  many  sound  and 
incorruptible    members   of   the  Dei 
cratic  party.  Several  of  these  expressed 

would  bee  rune  the  source  of  great  pub- 
ic and  private  mischief;  that  they 
would  not  only  involve  the  country  in 
war,  but  be  made  use  of  to  proscribe 
and  Oppress  individuals  and  finally  sub- 
vert public  liberty.  That  they  per- 
plexed the  administration  of  Washing- 
ton, and  alarmed  him  seriously  for  (he 
neutrality  and  peace  of  the  country  ie 
certain,  and  that  matchless  statesman 
therefore  viewed  them  with  a  jealous 
eye  and  seriously  deplored  their  exia- 
tance  as  so  many  political  nuisances,  sc 
many  hot-beds  of  intrigue  and  faction, 
affording  to  bud  men  the  mean;  ofgrat 
ifying  their  lawless  ambition  at  the  ex 
pense  of  their  country's  ruin. 


The  devil  has  not  indeed  h  <I«c! 
degree,  but  he  is  higly  educated  and 
■  1  <'■-[■' i y  exji  -riv  !n-eJ,  and  ins,  more*i 
h-^.Ti  pr;-.c!.icing,  'lying  and  exerci 
his  art  and  craft  now  well  nigh 
years.  No  one  avails  against  lum  but 
Christ  alone. — Lutlier. 


Perhaps  some  of  you  are  fond  ol 
history.  Let  me  give  you  the  history 
of  pride  in  three  short  cbapti 
Chapter  I.— The  beginning  of  pride 
was  in  heaven.  Chapter  II.— The 
continuance  of  pride  is  on  earth. 
Chapter  III —The  end  of  pride  is  ii 
hell.  The  history  sliowshow  unprofit 
able  it  is.— Dr.  Newton. 


The  trade  in  spirits  aggregates 
money  interest  of  over  £400,U0U,u0li; 
that  in  beer  of  §300.000,000;  that  in 
wine  of  $75,000,000.  Added  to  this 
is  the  value  in  imports  of  about  SlfJo- 
000,000,  and  further,  the  capital  in- 
vested in  buidings,  machinery,  ano 
other  expenses,  so  that  there  is  a  tota! 
of  at  least  §1,500,000,000.  If  we  add 
to  this  the  consumption  of  material 
used  in  lis  manufacture,  the  bandi 
employed,  the  idleness,  poverty,  ant 
crime  caused  by  its  use,  and  the   ex 


ilhe 


■  of  i 


no**! 

',;,;, 

v.irtli  its  weight,  in  gold.      I  have 

ffi 

ow 

bat  the  hlcaslug  of  God   will  go 

Jar  vis 

Gage— 1  ara 

pleased  with  the 

and  better.     I  wil 

inquiry  are  broker 

Sb 

Han 

ity  goes  up, 

asoury  goes  down 

N  f 

LLKH,  Lougu 

ont.Colo  -.— 1  prom- 

Hi.-  Ci/iwi,in 

ere™ 

'ere 

ml  1  inn  .Ii,. 

nrased.  The  furm- 
all  gone   iuto    the 

gruu 

Wewa 

nt  to  say  to  tl 

a  brother,  who  has 

sot' tmlli    and  who  run  ihinl,     ini-lit 

llini,   but    the   Lord    had    em  miriigiii 
s  for  him. 

,  Elgin. Kans:— I  nminuc] 


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RATE  OF  ADVERTISING. 


Light  on   Freemasonry, 

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Walsh's  Review  of  Freemasonry. 


Finney  on  Masonry. 


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A  Seceding  Mason  of  21  degree 


Masonic  Books. 


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MAGKET'S   TEXT  BOOK 

MASONIC  JURISPRUDENCE. 


Richardson's  Heritor  of  Freemasonrv. 


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lass's  %sl  if  Masonic  Law. 

imn'i  Uc  Situal  ail  Honitor, 
Oliver's  Historj  of  Initiation, 


The  Christian  Cynosure 


L  A.  UGOk  ii  CO.,  PUBLISHERS,  CHXCi 


"In  Secret  Have  I  Said  JVothinff"- 


WEEKLY   KD1TI 


VOL  III.    NO  20. 


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WHOLE  NO    124 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 

WEEKLY   AMD    FORTNIGHTLY. 
No.  11  YVabnsli  Avenue,  CUieayo. 

Al-jrnyi   Writ*  Plainly,  •"JQ'llng .In  idt 


Earlham  (  ollek'e. 

Richmond,    Ind.,  9rao-   29 

To  the  Com,  of  the  Naiiono 


r  of  inquiry 


Gentlemen  : — Yo 
received  a  few  days  since.     We  cannot 
now  undertake    to  write  an   article    on 

the  subject,  but  I  cud  siy  on  behalf  ol 
the  faculty  and  the  students  generally, 
that  Earl  ham  College  w  opposed  to  be- 
cret  societies  of  every  description.  Soon 
after  the  organisation  of  our  college  in 
1859, it  became  necessary  to  pass  a  reg- 
ulation  forbiding    all    secret   organize 


□  any    business  men"  sought  to  '  si- 
lence" Paul,   because  they  feared  that 
lecture  would  break  up   the  great 
lodge  of  the  city,  and  with  it,  all  the 
i  of  getting  a  living  by    the  busi- 
nen.     A  similar  attempt,  in  ef 
:o  prevent  fair,  open  discussion, 
mde  by  the  Masons  of  New  York 
ilence"  Morgan,   and  destroy  his 
testimony;  and  the  very  genius  of  the 
nic  institution   is  to  prevent  pub- 
quiry    .ind  free  speech,  even    to 
the  cutting  out  of  tongues. 

i  writer  also  says:     "The  police- 
resent,  instead  of  attempting  to 
preserve  order,   moved  off  to  one   side 
the  hall  and  did  nothing." 
This  describes  exactly  the  benurob- 
g,    intimidating    effect   of    Masonry 
n.D     the    authorities,     upon     juries, 
upon  judges    upon  legislatures,   upon 
i6  press,  ihe  pulpit  and  the    bench, 
i  the.  presence  of  the  secret  terrors  of 
e  lodge,  they  "move  off  to  one  aide 
and   do  nnthiDg."     Or  rather  tbey  do 
do   something;    they    often    allow  tbe 
guilty  to  escape,   us  at  the   Ithica  mob, 
while  the  honest  and  faithful  servitors 


Such  fratern'lie. 
hold  before  we  we 

ally,  intellectually 
The  formation  < 
our  students  woul 
tiou  with  the  colle 
abandon  the  same 


i  foot- 


■  m  my  go" 


rm-lpl.. 


there 

yet  we  believe  their  ] 

ny  of  their  practices    to    bo    incompal 

ble  with  the  higJteat  moral  character. 

The  fact  that  Freemasonry  o  te 
thwarts  every  effort  to  enforce  the  la 
ag.iinst  an  offender  who  is  of  the  frate 
nity,  shows  it  to  be  an  obstacle  to  mo 
al  and  civil  progress. 

We  wish  in  every  way  to  encourag 
the  National  Christian  Asaociatiau  i 
the  exercise  of  every  right  means  i 
justice  to  al!  men  in  opposing  the! 
l"0g  Branding  and  deeply  rooted  evils. 
Respectfully,  Joaapn  Moore, 

Pre&'t  Earlham  College. 


Cornell  Student's  Letter 


Editor  of  lite  Cyn> 
The    New    York 

usually    publishes  let 


tides    in 
tit,  and  1 


ifills  i!'H:lf  Liln-iril  b't/-iii>! 
can,  in  its  issue  of  February  11th,  cor 
tains  a  letter  from  a  Cornell  student 
giving  his  views  of  the  recent  scandal- 
ous proceedings  of  his  fellow  students 
and  others  of  Ithica,  New  York,  at 
lecture  lately  delivered  in  that  place  b 
Prof.  Blanchard,  of  Wheaton  Colleg. 


?lhe 


uproar, 

"silenced"  the  lecturer,  and  prevented 
him  from  proceeding  with  Ids  discourse 
and,  unconsciously  to  the  youthful 
writer  himself,  contains  a  great  deal  ol 
illustrative  evidence  of  the  evil  charac- 

The  subject  of  Prof  Blancbird's  lee- 
turn  waa  tbe  character  of  secret  sod- 
etiea  a-t  illustrated  by  the  fad  death  01 
young  Leggett.  which  every  one  knows 
haa  been  accomplished  by  those  so 
ciottes  in  a  way  perfectly  in  accord  wit! 
iety  principles  and    modes  o 


To  l 


>  thei 


di-di  tin 


brought    home  to   them 
corpse,    -it   It  weie,  nf   the    murdered 
youth,  brought  home  nod  laid 
way   door  of  their   lodge     wa 


.1.1 


and 


ail  i-i  il.   i 


o  break  up  the 


nd  which  the  New  York  ring  would 
bave  liked  so  much  better  than  the 
trying  of  ita  membera  and  putting  them 
In  prison,  "began  a  trade  against  Cor- 


murdci 

but  1  would  like  to  ask 

the  following  queetions  concerning  that 

nt  founded   on 

the    proceeds   of  watered  otock  which 

idows    and     orphans    are  now     econ- 

nizing    in  order  to  redeem;  and  if  so, 

not  the   profligacy  exhibited  by  its 

udents    iu   committing   murder    and 

lieiog  mobs  at  public  II  clures, — a  trait 

of  character  which  might  naturally  be 

pected  to  follow  from  such  an  origin  1 


■'silei 


This  "Cornell  Student"  chargesProf. 
ilnnchard  with  '  'giving  Pres.  White  the 
iu  and  holding  him  up  to  ridicule,  and 
outing  on-  ol"  tin;  students  of  perjury 
rj  the  Leggett  case,"  and  that  "It  was 
ioi  until  the  lecturer  had  made  state- 
aeuts  like  these,  that  he  was  obliged 
o  close  his  lecture." 

This  statement  exhibits  another  trait 
if  Masonry.  If  you  will  speak  fair  and 
softly  of  its  tricks  and  decept'ona ;  cover 
murders  and  other  villainies,  and 
.vash  it  generally,  as  jack-Masons 
d  as  jack-slave-holders   did,  you 


iticians,  as  a  claea,  are  not  reforra- 
They  never  have  been,  and  judg- 
ing from  the  present  out-look  they  vev- 
Ice.  They  avoid  taking  any  po- 
on  questions  of  moral  reform  as 
as  it  ts  safe  for  them  to  do  bo. 
They  look  upon  such  questions  much 
mariner  does    upon  shonle   and 


close  your  lecture.  The 
and  arrogance  of  the  lodge  is 
made  manifest.  It  commits  an 
'Utrageous  murder,  and  then,  when  a 
■eturer  attempts  to  speak  upon  it,  he 
is  obliged  to  close  his  lecture"  by  mob 
iolence!     This  is  Masonry  all  over. 

I  would  remark  here,  that  I  hap- 
ten to  know  Profewsor  Blanchard,  and 
would  believe  his  word  as  soon 
,5  I  would  the  oath  of  a  Cornell 
tudent,  or  the  word  of  President 
White.  Men  or  boys  who  take  secret 
laths,  and  attempt  to  throw  6tonea, 
oust  not  forget  that  their  own  houses 
ire  rather  glass-like. 


party  success    or  individual  election  is 
founder  or  split.      When  they 
do  take  sides  on  such  questions,  they 
:r  of     policy.     Your 
average  politician,  then,  is   a  ''jack"  in 
matters  of  reform. 

Riding  along  on  the  train  the  other 
day,  I  fell  into  conversation  with  Mr. 
if  K — ,  Ind.  He  is  a  politician 
holds   the   po3ition   of 


d-v-iriji    hi- 


i-i  ,.-r  Kv- 


>  tha 


.stake  in    the  pnainveuess  of    his  po 
,ions.     These  positions  are,  first,  lieu 
■   }>iliee  neijl'Tled   their  duty;  and  ii 
11   be    thought    by    the    public,     ] 
isgine,  that  the  Corn- 11  faculty  hav* 
gr.-iuly  neglected  theirs,  too.      Second. 
that  the   Ithicans  present  at    the  meet 
ing    were  not  gentlemen,    though    ex 
eeedingly  ardent  in  their  efforts  to  pro 
tcct  the  threatened  inlerests  of  secret 
societies,  which  we  are  very    willing  to 
admit.     Third,     if    thB   lecturer    had 
borne  as  lightly  aa  he  did  hard  upon  tin 
Liggett  case,  the  ''saddest  event  wbicl: 
ever  occured  at  Cornell,  he  would  havt 
been  allowed  to  proceed."  And  fourth. 
a  great  many  society  men   were  pres- 
ent who   wanted  to  hear  what  the  lee 
turer    had  to  eay,   but  it  waa  men   out 
side   of   the    lodge;     that    is,    Masonic 
jacks,  who  produced  the  ''disorder.' 
We,  who  oppose  Masonry,  can  re 
ily  umI't;  lanu  ihe  truth  of  this  last 


by 


that    the 


class,      the 


hence  the  unseemly  uproar.  60  void  of 
all  decent  breeding  proper  school  dis- 
cipline, and  American  principle 

No  letter  of  equul  length  could  bet- 
ter show  the  trans  and  in?  Ii  nets  of  Ma 
Boary  than  this  of  the  "Cornell  Stu- 
dent." He  has  something  of  the  can- 
dor of  youth  about  him;  and,' upon 
irreotypii 


i  n  clef 


the 

clearly 


ugly  feature 
outlined. 

He   says  that  "There  were  present 
many  business  men  of  Ithica,  who  did 


Mr.   Editor,  1   know  little   of 


,. '1 


tcept 


.  this 


When 

ng  of  a  free  cout, 
irrogant  position 
>y  its  students,    i 

ititution  should  h 


tryu 


IShal!  i 


>  Go  with  Them! 


;th  to  a  noble  reform  yet  in  its  in- 
fancy; that  a  noble  few  have    already 
organized,  and  have  for  some  time  been 
estly  acting  and  voting  for  purity 
humanity  and  God,  let  us  ask  our- 
■■•  (.be  {|ue-U"ri.    Shall  we  qd  wito 
i?     With    one  side    we  must   go. 
cb  shall  it  be?     Christ  says  '-He 
is  not  with  me  is  against  me,"   To 
upt    neutrality,    is     to   be    against 
.     For  whoever  refuses  to  aot  for 
truth  and  righteousness,  does  by  such 
rae  refuse  to  act  for  Christ.     Let 
ik  to  heaven  for  strength  to  act 
nobly  otir  parts    in    the   world's  great 
battlefield,  resting  assured  that — 


■  the 


Clai 


1   hew   „f  -( 


the    adn 


party, 


ire  thought  to  be," 
i  Mortan  as  an  illus- 
ion.    This  illustra- 


1  bp'iilecj  tin- 


For 


thai    il  ., 


•ally 


ordei 


in,  and  politically  a  "ring"  leader  and 

wire-puller  V     He  furthermore  asser 

1  that  the  "true  policy  of  the  R*publi 

in.  party  is  to  ''leave  the  whisky  ques- 

on  alone."     Not  that  he  beli 

itemperance, — 0.    no  sir, 

ut  that   "it  is  essential   In 

keep  tbe  party  in    power."     Certainly 

doing  wrong;   I'll  no 

of  principle  ;  but  Tl 

do  it  as  a  matter  of  'policy.'      This  v, 

his  position  exactly.     And   yet.   he  ie 

"honest  politician!"     And  tbis   it 

■    "honesty"  of  the  whole  class,  ic 

utever  party   you  lind   them.      Ant 

:te  are  the  men  by  whom  the  domi- 

it  parties    are  lead    and   tmurolled 

erv   measure  a'ii.pte.l    by   I  lit-  If^ishv 

e  of  your  state,  is  either  hutched  ir 

:recy  by  a   •'ring'  of  t>ueh   men,   oi 

Is  a    prey    to   their    amenilings    ;tnd 

ulding.     Every    effort  the    country 

f  such  men.  Take 
late  aotion  of  Con- 
i.i|  the  aboli 
;e.  Nothing  could 
be  more  general  than  the  demand  ol 
the  press  of  the  old  parties  for  the  ab- 
olition of  tbis  miauf-i'  of  the  mail  allow- 
ed Cun^ressmeii.  To  satisfy  the  pop- 
ular demand  they  abolished  it;  but  fol- 
lowed it  with  au  iucreaaa  of  salary  as  t 
substitute. 

Tbcbti  men  well  understand  the  fact, 
olory  of  corruption 


made  in  the  e|ir 
ed  in  ii 


i.'rei;s,    gri'twin 


ipta 


.all  i-i    l.rui 


.d  putrilied  sores,  which  "have  not 
en  bound  up  nor  mollified  with  oint 
ent."  In  the  face  of  all  these  facts 
and  a  legion  more,  facts  as  glaring  as 
ie  noon-day  sun;  knowing  that 
the  price  of  liberty  is  vigi- 
lence;"  knowing  that  by  our  voices 
our  votes  we  may  aug- 
tli"  nV-'idy  overflowing 


■uplic 


isfa  it  by  t 


the 


Yates  City,  III.   Dei 
Mr.  Editor:— The  official  report  of 
jy  trial  as  furnished  me  by   the  lodgi 

Regular  Communication,    j 
June  19,  1S73.         [ 
Yates   City  Lodge, 


448, 


,  M„ 


n  in  their  Hall,  Yates  City,  III 
ne  19th,  A.  D.  1873.  A.  L.  E87i 
S  :46  P.  U.  [The  list  of  officers  ai 
membera  present  may  as  well  be  omi 
j     Ledge  was  opened  in  IbI,  2d  ar 


degret 


?  of  the  last  regulai 


The 


M.  then  announced  that  this  was  the 
eve  eet  apart  for  the  trial  of  Bro.  W. 
H.  Robinson.  The  W.  M.  appointee 
Bro.  J.  W.  Hensley,  Prosecutor;  Bro. 
W.  H.  Robiuson  being  absent,  the  W. 
M.  appointed  Bro.  M.  B.  Mason,  De- 
fendant. Bro-  E.  B.  Rhea  wns  appoint- 
ed to  assist  the  Secretary  in  taking  down 
ihe  evidence.  Trial  was  opened  by 
Bro.  Hensley,  who  read  the  charges 
and  specifications  again Bt  Bro.  Robin- 
son. The  summons  was  rend  by  the 
Secretary  who  had  8-  rved  it  ny  W.  H. 
Houser,  Tyler.  Bro.  Houser  was 
called;  ho  testified  that  he  served  the 
summons  on  Bro,  Robinson,  ant 
sented  him  a  copy  of  the  charge: 

Bro.  Smith  Rhea  called  and  asked 
to  stale  the  language  used  by 
Robinson:  "Bro.  Robinson  was  i 
drugstore  Feb.  6th,  1873,  and 
'If  G.  M.  lels  Ben.  Kersey  slip  i 
count  of  his  being  au  old  Mason 
disregards  my  charges  on  uccou 
my  being  a  young  one,  I  will  bui 
the  concern.'  1  asked  him  what  he 
meant,  and  he  said  he  meant  that  he 
would  break  up  tho  lodge.  Ho  said 
also,  'The  higher  degrees  and  techni- 
calities are  used  to  defraud  Masons  ol 
their  rights.  I  have  abundant  reason 
to  regret  that  I  ever  became  a  Mason,1 
At  another  time,  about  a  year  ago,  I 
heard  him  say,  'Masonry  is  con 
able  'if  a  humbug.'" 

Bro.  F.  T.  Westfall  was  then  called 
and  asked  if  hu  had  ever  heard  Bro 
Robineon  use  any  disrespectful  language 
in  regard  to  Masonry:  "I  have  at  oni 


treacherous    and     unpiincipled    of 
opponents,  are  men  who,  while  fearing 
the  lodge    themselves,   Btrive  to  bring 
its    terror*  to   bear   in  sile Being    affi 
upon  us. 

One  more  remark  and  we  are  do 
for  the  present  with  this  "saddrst 
event  which  evor  occurred  at  Cornell  " 
The ''Cornell  Student"  complainB  that 
Professor  Blanchard  did  not  confine 
himself  to  vngue  soft,  tender  generali- 
ties, which  were  to  apply  to  no  one  in 
particular,  but  to  murderers  in  gen- 
eral. He  says  that  Professor  Blanch- 
ard, abandoning  these  generalities 
which  are  bo  agreeable  to  those  who 
of  any  parttoular   wrong, 


nibs    the    publi 
mblic 


the 


.'  public  for  the 


Thus  (hey  prepare 
tbievinge  and  thei] 
much  as  a  surgeon  prepares  his  paticnl 
for  tho  knife  by  the  into  of  chloroform 
That  the  parties  are  corrupt  is  not  ow 
ing  to  a  hck  of  honestf  among  tbi 
masses,  but  to  the  dishonesty  ol  thi 
politicians  who  control  them  by  a  eye 
torn  of  politics  as  bail  us  themselves; 
mean  cauouseu  and  "packed"  conven 
lions,  and  all  the  ''rings"  and  '  'cliques" 
and  "ropes"  and  wires"  that  go  to 
make  up  the  paraphernalia  of  the  dom- 
inant parties.  By  the  operation  of 
these  party  machineB,   "the  whole"  pi 


thru 


i  through 


Ip  it.'     He  also  asked  me  if  I  would 

■  '.-i?  to  prefer  charges  against  him  as 

is  my  duty.     I  answered  that  I  did 

t  wish  to  do  so  if  I  could  help  it." 

Bro.    0.   Rinehart  called   and   said: 

1he  next  day  after  charges  were  pre- 

fered  he  called  at  the  shop  and  asked 

'  charges  had  been  prefered  agninst 

yet,      I  informed    him   that    they 

He  then  said,    'Is   Kretsinger  a 

n  J     I  think  of  getting  him  to  at- 

to  it  for  me,  and  it  may  find  its 

into  the  Supreme  Court,'"      Bro 

HenBley  then  read  the  article  from  the 

Christian  Cynosure  at  evidence  against 

tobinioD  as  charged  by  J.  W. 

..   J.  D.  C.   Hoit  was  then  called 

and  said:   "Bro.  Robinson  rend  me  the 

that  has  just  been  read   by  Bro, 

Hensley  some  time  about  the  fore-part  o' 

i,   and  said   he  wished  to  deride 

iry;  said   his  letter    would  prob- 

iB  published  in  Blanchard's  paper. 

.  J.  0.  Swan,  of  Maquon  Lodge 

ifiO,    was  then    called    and   said: 

Robinson  has  talked  to  me  nboutf 

Kersey.     The  higher  degrees  he 

ere  a  humbug,  calculated  to  draw 

young  M,asone  on  and  get  more  money 

t  of  them.     They  amount  to  nothing 

Here  the  prosecution  closed.  The 
W.  M.  then  asued  defendant  if  he  had 
anything  to   say.  and  he  replied,    "I 

the  cloae  of  the  testimony  the  W. 

dered  the  defendant  to  leave  the 
until   the  vote  was    taken.     Bro. 
W,  H.    Robinson  waa  found  guilty  by 
lanimous  vote  of  the  lodge.     The  W. 
.   next  asked.     Shall  the  brother  be 
pelled."     By  vote,  twenty-one  votes 
?re  cast  for  expulsion  and  two  against. 
The  W.  M.   then  declared   Bro.  W.  H. 
ison   guilty,     and    also    expelled 
from  all  rights  and  benefits  of  Masonry, 
Bro.  Benj,  Kersey  then  offered  tho  fol- 
lowing   resolution:     "Resoloed,      that 
the  injunction   of  secrecy   imposed  by 
ion  23  of  the  Grand  Lodge  By-laws 
and  is  hereby  removed,   and   that 
expulsion  of  Bro.  W.  H.  Robinson 
be  made  public  at  the  discretion  of  the 
brethren. "     This  resolution  was  adopt- 
ed by  vote  of  the  lodge.     Given  under 
my   hand   and   seal   of  said    lodge   at 
Yates  City,  111 ,  this  12th  day  of  July, 
A.  L.  6873. 

A.  C.  Blok.br,  Sec 
[Seal  of  the  lodge.] 
I  have  slightly  changed  the  form 
without  in  the  leant  changing  the  sub- 
stance of  Messrs.  Adams  and  Westfall's 
evidenco  for  the  sake  of  making  it  fit 
for  publication. 


family  physic 

W.  H.  Robim 

fifteen  ye 

he  read 


iubject  of  smuggling  blnck-nheep  into 
the  Masonic  fold  ;  and  he  declared  that 
his  object  in  writing  said  article  was  to 
break  up,  if  possible,thepratice  therein 
id.  J.   J.  Lobauoii,  M.  D. 

W.  H.    Robinson. 


he  agricultural  "order"  is  alreat 
Tumbling.  In  the  face  of  its  boast- 
inlargement  there  is  abundant  eviilen 
that  only  its  secret  bonds  and  deupoi 
organization  prevent  a  speedy  disi 
tegration.     Read  the  letter:— 

bstkr  Crrr,Iowa,Jan.20,1874. 


of  Husbandry  in   this    (Hac 

ty)  have  culminated  in  the 
'al  of  Marion    Grange,    No. 

the  State  and  National  Granges. 

ecessary    to   detail    all    the   c 
which  have  induced  this  action. 


they  haye  been  subjected  to  imposi- 
.ndtbat  the  machinery  of  theor- 
low  constituted  is  useless  as  well 
ixpeneive.  It  is  rumored  that 
other  granges  in  this  neighborhood  are 
lering  the  propriety  of  also  with- 
Bg,  It  is  said  that  one  of  the 
pal  causes  for  dissatisfaction  ia 
ffort  to  drag  away  the  granges 
the   original  object   of   their    or- 


rpnv 


plcl 


and 


member  the  most  offensive  words. 
Smith  Rhea  referred  to  his  pocket 
memorandum  hook  when'he  gave  his 
evidence.  The  lodge  had  considerable 
fun  art  the  idea  of  any  court  interfering 
with  their  proceedings;  and  well  they 
might  when  it  is  uken  into  considera- 
tion that  two  thirds  of  our  judges  are 
Masons,  bound  to  their  Kulgei  by  obli- 
gations that  the  public  know  nothing 
about.  The  whole  of  the  lodge  pro- 
ceedings were  evidently  conducted  with 
a  malignity  worthy  of  the  Holy  Inquisi- 
tion.    My  proeeedingi 


of  i 


thei 


ogeful    diBpo- 
is  a  great  dif- 


that  of 


If   thi 


'Is  not  that  a  pretty  letter, 
man  were  here  I'd  like  to  kick  bim,' 
He  bIro  said  we  would  be  glad  to  got 
rid  of  him  before  long.  He  talked 
with  me  la^t  winter  and  asked  bow  he 
could  get  clear  of  tho  lodge  without  be- 
ing expelled.       I  do  not   think  he  was 

W.   A.    AdaniB,  J.,  W.,    was  called 
and    nuked    if   heard  the   conversation 
just  repeated  by  Bro.   Westfall:  I  did; 
I  also  heard  him  nay,  'I  allow  no  st 
men  to  trample  on  my  rights  if  I 


fcrence  between  m; 
the  lodge.  I  have  been  acting  on  mj 
own  responsibility  while  the  lodge  hat 
been  acting  under  a  charter  from  tht 
Most  Worshipful  Grand  Lodge  of  the 
State  of  Illinois,  and  is  not  expeoted  ti 
have  any  feeling  of  resentment,  evei 
when  it  resolves  to  publish  the  disgrao 
of  a  brother  who  has  in  his  seal  for  th 
good  of  the  institution  given  offense  t 
his  Masonic  superiors 

In  making  my  statement  to  th 
Grand  Lodge,  I  endeavored  to  show 
very  different  motive  on  my  part  (in 
writing  the  offensive  article)  from  the 
one  attributed  to  me  in  the  charge: 
The  W.  M.  had  been  all  along  cogn 
zant  of  tho  fact  that  I  had  had  the  coi 
yeraation  with  Smith  Rhoa  roferred  I 
in  the  first  specification  But  he  did 
not  think  it  worth  while  to  notice  it 
until  that  terrible  article  made  its  ap- 
pearance. Nor  did  the  Junior  Warden, 
according  to  hia  own  statement,  wish 
to  prefer  charges  against  me  as  in  sec- 
ond specification.  In  addition  to  the 
statements  of  Nicholson,  North  and 
Hoit,  Iproourodlhe  following  from  tho 


Elmwood,  Peoria  County   III., 
July  16th,   1678 
I  hereby  certify  that  I  ha> 


i  friend  of 
,  of  Yates  City,  for  the 

Some  time  in  March 


the 


mf.irtnlii-    : 


Secession   In  tho  Grange. 
The  Bureau  County    (III.)   Republi- 


spectable  as  neighbors  who  work  more 
than  eight  hours  a  day,  that  they  may 
educate,  feed  and  clothe  decently  their 
ng   families. 


sadvt 


i  thei 


embers     belie 


The 


of  the  Marion  Grange  believe 
that  the  State  and  National  Granges 
ning  uasd  not  to  benefit  all 
ra  a',  a  olasa,  but  for  the 
gain  of  a  few  individuals,  who  wish 
»  on  the  salary  paid  by  the  farm- 
oney,  and  in  some 
palm  off  on  them  worthl 
agricultural  machinery 
iri^C9.     The   followiog    are  the  reach 


low 


State 


the  t 


'  power   whose    features 
obnoxious  and  intolerably 
ffensivo  to  freedom  and  justice. 

Resolved,    That   the    experience   of 

larion  Grange,  No.  391,   in   the  order 

<f  Patrona  of  Husbandry,  ia  a   history 

of  repeated  wrongs,  frauds  and  insults, 

ited  upon  it  by  those   claiming  and 

cising  the  highest  authority,  and  of 

lent  assumptions  and    high-ii-moVd 

[liiLniie-,  dating  from  lis  tirjt  organi- 

in,  when  it  wasawmdled  by  a  State 

Deputy,  up  to  the  recent- attempted  im- 

poBture  by  the  State  Master  himself. 

Resolved,  that  the  members  of  Mar- 

n   Grange,  No.    391,    conclude  from 

iperience  and  reflection,  that    farmers 

in  combine  and    perfect    an  organiia- 

on    for    their    benefit   more    effective 

than  the  order  of  Patrons  of  Husband- 

whtch     shall    posess    fundamental 


nth  I 


tained  at  a  greatly  reduced 

cost;  in  short,  the  farmers  can  get  along 
much   better    without    than    with    I 

vu'ioui  government  of  the  order. 

Resolved,  That  Marion  Urange,  t 
391 ,  ia,  and  ought  to  be,  free  and  im 
pendent  of  the  Iowa  State  Grange  a 
the  National  grange  and  that  its  a 
m-cti-jn  with  sjid  grange,  is,  and  OUj 
to  be,  dissolved. 


.ally 


normous  sum  of  fiye  hundred  mil- 
lions of  dollars.  The  contest  between 
I  and  labor,  embittered  byunrea- 
Ie  and  ignorant  demagogues,  is  a 
n  of  small  dimentiotm  compared 
with  the  odious  tax  of  liquor  consump- 
m,  voluntarily  undertaken  by  the  la- 
ring  classes.  Most  of  the  men  who 
pack  tho  Cooper  Institute  to  hear  the 
twaddle  of  creatures  like  Banks  and 
Woodhull,  spend  a   great  deal  of  their 


onder  why 


Thot 


who  i 


i  di- 


cing capital  »nd  labor,    are   also  dr 


the     city  of    New    York, 


lake      work     for    our 

1    which   these  people 

e  to   attack,    because, 

probably  they  are   themselves,  for  the 

most  part,  their  most    liberal   pat- 

i.     They  talk  freely  of  appropriate- 

the  savings  of  industrious,    sober 

shrewd  trailers,  but  never    a  word 

choking   off   those     fiery    furnaces 

which  impoverish  and  scorcn  the  maas- 

What  crotchety  and  stupid   heads 

eat  I     How  difficult  to  reason  with 

.     We  are  forced    reluctantly    to 

say  of  them,  they    are  joined  to   their 

idols— let  them  alone. 

io  should  get  the  impression 
that  these  blatant  platform  talkers  rep- 
ent the  honest  toil  of  America.  They 
mostly  political  and  city  scallawags, 
o  have  lauded  on  our  shorea  with- 
t  any  knowledge  of  the  people  or 
the  free  opportunities  of  the  country, 
ttempting  to  transplant  doc- 
uliar  to  countries  where  neith- 
rid  nor  the  people  are  free. 
verty  rarely  lodges  in  their 
i,  and    has  no  natural  affinity 

contrast  tbe  efforts  of  thoBe 
lid  mislead  and  injure  the 
working  classes  with  communistic  doc- 
ind  that  glorious  ami  enlarging 
band  of  workers  who  are  doing  all  that 
i  possible  to  porauade  the  people  to 
bandon  the  use  of  liquor  and  invest 
heir  money  in  healthy  cottages  and 
ne  gardens.  The  laboring  people  are 
heir  own  worst  enemies.  The  polili- 
ian  ar,d  tbe  speculator  can  do  them  lit- 


The 


nillioi 


hem  by  the  tens  of  thousands,  but  the 
niafortuno  ia  tbey  will  wastetheir  earn- 
ngs  in  rum,  and  entail  upon  them- 
ielves  tho  repugnance  and  contempt 
)f  society  in  their  day  of  trouble.  Five 
hundred  millons  of  dollars   tippled  by 


the  workers  of    America 


>  "  unfold  misery  and 


Iri'iiieiiiloiifl  i  list  of  Ignorance. 
President   A,    D.   White,  in  an  at 


squandered  by  unscientific  engineers. 
",  have  seen  the  traffic  of  a  whole  city 
.topped  fof  days  together  because  no- 
lody  could  be  found  able  to  construct 
i  fcr-w-irch  bridge. 

Some  years  ago  I  had  occasion  to 
dsil  on  public  business  one  of  the 
West  India  islands.  The  national  ship 
irhidi  carried  us  out  had  been  newly 
th  engines  and  michiucry 
'  of  nearly  81,000,000,  and 


voyaj 


,nding  i 


Orlevances  of  ITorklngmen. 

At  the  meetings  of  the  working  cla 
B,  seldom  indeed  isany  refer-nce  ma 
a  the  wealth  gotten  by  the    dealers 
quor.     They    are    ready  enough 
ituperate  Wall  street   speculators,  and 
hose  men  who  have    buoyed    up  rail- 
ray  bonds  and   securities    with    which 
he   great   enterprises   of     the   nation 
iave   been  undertaken  and  completed, 
iul  no   denunciation   of  distillers,   nor 
epronoh  upon  themsoUss   for  expend- 


sotd  for  £50,000 — a  loss  on  that  single 

equipped  school    for    the  education  of 
civil  engineers  than  the  world  has  ever 

A  few  years  ago  some  speculators 
profeasud  to  h  ive  discovered  a  valuable 
gold  mine  in  California,  and  com- 
menced selling  stock  at  an  assumed 
value  of  81,000,000.  Mr.  Clarence 
King,  an  expert  mineralogist,  by 
easy    but   sure  tests,  found  there  was 

posely  put  there,  and  the  rich  harvest 
of  the  swindlers  was  at  an  end.  How 
many  millions  of  dollars  he  haa  saved 
parties  by  hia  expos*   of 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSTJHE  :  FEBRUARY  26.   1874. 


The  Christian  Cvnosure. 


nough    v( 

(ire  idcrn'y 


I.rirtu-  ■ . 


!    ri..-  ;ihi.!it 


Tin'    Kxcr-nTivi:  Cunnnittee 

imialChri--ii.nl    \sM>,-i;,ti..n   >u 

.lit-  irniisfictioii  oi  imr.ornmt  li 
,'ull  attendance  is  requested 

By  order  of  the  C 

The  Executive    Committee  ( 


t  Association  will 


i  Uniled  Presbyterli 

,  Indianapolis,  lad. 


<■■■  mid    >i  t 
di:>ii-eJ.      [•' 


:ratic  opponent, 
the  Republican 
of  slavery. 
no  question  but  that  of 
nil  divide  the  effete  political 
And  this  will  make  all  con- 
d  God-fearing  men  grnvi- 
jur  Convention.  Then  by 
th13  "grange"  will  be  in  a 
fit  of  ague.  The  Boston  Grange  ia  ex 
eluded  from  the  order,  with  the  endors 
the  Massachusetts  State 
nned  to  its  back.  A  local 
grange  in  Iowa  has  fallen  off  from  its 
State  Grange.  And  the  rail  roads 
have  already  secured  agents  enough  in 
the  granges  to  ensure  the  triumph  of 
lil  road  policy  in  that  order.  Of  this 
ear;  assured  by  prominent  railroad 
Eclals.     The    farmers,    who   are  nat- 


of      the 

Christian  Association,  opposed  to 
Secret  Societies,  we  resolved  upon 
the  organization  of  the  Key-stone 
state  against  the  "Masonic  Con- 
spiracy."   This    vote  1b     lo    the  rep- 

in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  entreat- 
ing them  without  delay  to  respond  to 
the  corresponding  secretary  [under- 
signed]  of  this  Association  at  Greek 
Grove,  Luzerne  Co.,   Pa, 

Wherever  there  in  a  probability  of 
getting  one  or  more  delegates  from  anj 
locality  in  the  state,  from  a  church 
any  religious  body,  or  any  other  anti 
secret  organization,  lo  attend  a  conven 

and  place  yet  to  bo  fixed)  let  th< 
friends  of  freedom,  truth  and  humanit; 
respond  at  once.  Our  sister  state 
New  York,  has  set  us  the  example  ant 
is  in  good  working  trim.  Why  should 
Pennsylvania  be  tardy  in  this  highly 
important  work!  The  secret  foe  is  a 
work  at  every  point.  Masonry,  gon 
to  seed,  In  the  clan  called  "Molly  Mc 
Quire,"  is  doing  its  diabolical  work  ii 
the  Valley.  Shooting  and  mutilating 
men  ib  their  legitimate  (i)  and  handy 
work.  Almost  every  week  some  n« 
outrage  is   perpetrated   on    inoffensi 

Let  the  people  be  aroused  to  their 
peril!  What  a  state  of  things  we  art: 
compelled  to  see,  or  keep  -our  eyet 
closed.  Our  neighbors,  often  our  near- 
est kindred  and  best  friends,  organizec 
into  an  oath  bound  conspiracy  with  tin 
Prince  of  darkness?  Sapping  the  foun- 


Mr.    Clay, 


from 


by 


/ill 


.-l.tlub-, 


rilln 


;  has  therirriitin  this  country,  to 
o  effect  public  objects  by  secret 

,  It  is  too  much  like  conspiracy. 
rule  honest  men  do  not  fear  the 
light  but  those  whose  deeds  are  evil 
choose  darkness." 

Upon  which  the  editor  of  the   Wes- 
mn  says,  "The  Standard's  head  is, 
'el;"  and     to     that     we    say,    amen. 
Further,  Ihe    Wesleyan   adds: 

be  Utica  Morning  Sercdd,  the 
Phreiiftlriyico.l  Journal,  '.lie  American 
Missionary,  Harper's  Monthly,  the 
Sdenl'jlc  American,  the  Buffalo  Daily 
>-ess,  the  Elmira  Daily  Adn-rtisn-r , 
Weekly  Ithican,  and  the  Central 
Christian  Advocate,  we  notice, 
recently  spoken  on  the  same  side  of 
this  question  with  the  Stand a'rd  abort 
And  the  Syracuse  Daily  within  tbre 
months  bes  hud  two  good  editoria 
it  the  principle  of  secrecy  in  a  frt 

:ae  facts  show  that  the  resiBtle: 
leaven  of  the  truth  is  working;  and  ve 

will  work  and  triumph  before 
The   progress   of   organizitic 

the  black   flag  of  secrecy  has  a 
rapidity    that  is  truly   appalling,     Bui 


farm 


but 


keep  them  open.      Let  every  n^ent 
lecturer  then  :— 

1.  See  that   delegates   to   Syra< 
ire  appointed  m    every    meeting,  h 
littlo   <r   large.     If    expenses   can 
raised  to  send  them,  do  it,  by  all  m- 
but  see  that  the  delegates   are  cho 
The  ravens  of  the  air  and  the   fish  of 
the    sea    have,  before     now,  furnished 
money  for  the  cause  of  God.     Choose. 
choose  your  delegates. 

2.  Inaugurate  monthly  prayer- 
meetings  if  possible,  and  press  at  al 
meetings,  the  importune*  of  prayer. 
There  never  yet,  in  human  history, 
was  a  reform  carried  against  ''tht 
of  this  world,"  but  by  prayer  to  Christ 
and  the  Father  through  him. 

8.  Push,  incessantly,  forstate  a; 
and  the  means  to   sustain  them. 
Btate  agents  are  doiog  bravely, 
states  languish  for  waut  of  them. 

4.  Put  meanB  into  the  Fational 


efforts 


the  c 


tof  i 


the  side  of  darkness.     The  marshal] 
of  the  secret  hosts  is   beginning  tc 
aken  the  friends  of  tru  h.      And  thf 
ult  will  be  the    ''thoughts  of  many 
irts  shall   be  revealed,  '     God's   peo- 
ple  at  length  will   reach   the    position 
where  they  will  "discern  between  bine 
that  serveth  God  and  him  that  servetl 
not."     "Then  shall  one   chase  t 
and  and  two  put   teu  thousand  U 
flight."    Though  the  friends  of  ligh 
should   seem    but  as  a   small  flock    o 
and  they  of  the  dark  orders  to  fil 
land,  yet  final   results    will    show 
"they  which  be  for  us  are 
they  which  are  against  us. 


A  New  Use  o 
lative  Freemat 
intended  by  it 
practical  &pp\\ct 
striking  but  coi 
vancing  your   c 


sOlJ>i 


aling  the  hand;  ad- 
i  interest  by  taking 
neighbor   secretly  ; 


profits  in  organizing  secret  order  among 
orkingmen,  like  the  grange  among 
the  farmers,  and  now  we  have  the 
Sovereigns  of  Industry"  with  head- 
quarters at  Worcester,  Msbs.,  and  head- 
by  a  "National  Council"  composed  of 
ree  persons:  Win.  H.  Earle,  master; 
J.  G.  Hall,  deputy  for  Missouri;  and  J. 
C.  Abbott,  secretary  aforesaid.  Earle 
West,  for  a  ''prophet  is  not  wilh- 
onor,"  etc,  attended  the  National 
Grange  at  St,  Louis  and  claims  to 
its  sympathy.  He  is  now  in  thin 
nd  has  within  a  week  found  per- 
enough  whom  he  has  duped,  or 
persuaded  by  hopes  of  gain  to  form 
three  lodges. 

— It  is  a  very  unusual  case  where 
the  Masonic  fraternity  can  be  made  to 
peaceably  forego  their  parade  over  the 
dead  body  of  a  brother.  But  one  such 
happened  lately  in  this  city.  A  will- 
known  biiliardist,  a  satellite  of  Alder- 
man Tom  Foley  and  hanger  on  at  his 
liquor  establishment,  died  at  Foley's 
house  and  desi-ed  to  be  buried  in  bis 
lot  in  Calvary  Cemetery.  He  belonged 
to  the  Freemasons  and  Knights  of 
Pvthias,  and  the  rights  of  the  elder  or- 
der would  have  been  performed  over 
his  grave.  But  a  little  difficulty  ap- 
peared; Alderman  Foley  beside  being 
a  liquor  seller  is  a  Roman  Catholic, 
and  out  of  regard  to  his  tender  feelings 
the  demonstrations  of  the  ''orders" 
were  laid  aside  and  no  one  heard  a 
lisp  about  any  bigotry  which  interfered 
with  the  ceremony.  Had  Foley 
a  Protestant  and  in  honorable  bu: 
he  would  have  been  paraded  in  tl 


ndemnedf     Could 


-We  have  had 
,uPplime„tal  sec 
and   Odd-fellow 


3  Of   1 


•nfidei 


that 


e  compelled  t: 


feel  that  our  most 
dangerous  "toes  are  they  of  Our  own 
household."  Could  angels  weep,  this 
would  make    them  weep. 

Nathan   Calles-ll;;. 


OURPAPEB. 


Since  Jau.  1st  The  Cynoeuhe  has 
ieen  out  of  debt  and  accumulating  a 
mall  surplus  for  the  dry  season  next 
ummer,    when    the  funds    of  papers 


tha 


But  the  publiebe; 
tbey  contemplate  a  speedy  enlargement 
of  the  paper  so  as  to  keep  pace  with 
the  growth  of  the  cause;  and  to  put 
more  and  more  labor  upon  it.  They 
will  soon    explain    their   plana  for  im- 


the  firs 


l  the  United   Sta 


Its 


Preside 

United 


mayor   and    < 

Chicago  constabulary  should  never  be 
used  to  enforce  the  infamous  Fugitive 
Aud  here  in  Chicago  the 
was  nominated  by  whofe 
a  slavery  fell,  and  put  the 
,es  in  the  fore    front  of   the 

ting  toward  this  couutry  in  conse- 
quence of  tho  fall  of  the  slave  power. 
Do,  friends,  let  us  have  a  National  Pub- 
lishing house  here,  and  a  paper  which, 
like  a  vast  concave  mirror,  shall  collect 
and  send  back  rayB  of  light  on  every 
village  and  hamlet  and  bill  aud  plain 
of  this  great  country. 


THE  AN.MYEIWAKY  AUALV. 

Our  General,  State  and    local  agents 
and   lecturers    will  do  well  to  urj 
cessan'.ly    the   importance    of  oui 


next.       Some     things    which     give   it 
special  importance  are: 

It  may  be  our  last  National  gather- 
ing before  the  next  presidential  eltc- 
tion;  and,  if  a  thousand  delegates  can 
be  registered  hefore  the  meeting,  we 
shall  probably  admit  lo  seats  of  tried 
friends  present  enough  to  enlarge  the 
roll  lo  1, 600  or  2,000.  The  other  par- 
ties will  be  so  nearly  equally  balanced 
that  such  a  convention  of  tried  and  true 
men  will  nearly  hold  the  balance  oi 
power  and  determine  the  election. 
The  Freesoilers  were  bitterly  cursed  by 
the  old  Whigs  for  turning  the  election 


r.-illvng  point.  Remember  the  fable 
of  the  ' 'belly  and  the  limbs."  If  tht 
central  treasury  is  starved,  the  local  and 
state  societies  will  languish.  Mr.  Car- 
penter's subscription  will  more  thar 
sustain  our  general  agent;  aud  for 
every  $500  contributed  beyond  that  wi 
will  put  a  good  state  agent  into  tht 
field. 

5.  Provide  regular  annual  contribiv 
lions.  Every  church  which  puts  this 
cause  on  its  list  for  a  regular  annual 
contribution,  sends  paleness  and  dismay 
through  Iodgedom.  Tho  lodge  de- 
spises and  smiles  at  fitful  efforts;  for  it 
crawls  toward  the  public  mind  as  stead- 
ily and  still  as  a  snake  to  its  victim,  and 
pulls  at  the  government  and  offices  of 
every  city,  town  and  village,  as  steadily 
as  the  weights  of  a  clock. 


perfection  of  secrecy  to  such 
In  this  inventive  age  this 
ire  practical  applications  than 


authors 


mded 


1  of.     The 


SIGNS  OP  PROGRESS. 

As  we  expected  the  Masonic  equality 
of  the  Northern  Christian  Aduomle  in 
proposing  to  quit  even  with  the  Masons 
and  Anti-masons,  by  admitting  oae  ar- 
ticle on  each  side  and  then  doiog  just 
what  the  Masons   want  and  just   what 

elude  further  discu 
result  in  the  peac 
the  editor  seemed  to  expect.  On  t 
contrary  it  has  called  out  a  very  tellii 
repponse  from  Elder  Wheeler,  which 
spread  upon  the  'pages  of  American 
Wesleyan.  It  assures  the  Northern 
Advocate  brother  that  if  the  Masons 
hiv.  feeling?,  and  speauing  the  truth 
on  Masonry  will  embarrdtB  his  paper's 
circulation,  Anti-masons  have  feelings 
also,  and  consciences  too;  and  suppress- 
ing the  truth  will  be  quite  bb  likely  to 
embarrass  his  circulation  as  will  declar- 
ing the  whole  counsel  of  God,  The 
lire  which  the  Advocate  seeks  to  put 
out,  by  his  smothering  process,  is  sure 
to  gain  strength  and  intensity  by  this 
momentary  check,  and  burn  all  the 
brighter  as  it  breaks  out  afresh, 
The  last    Wesleyan  contains 

Tho  Knights  of  Justice  of  the  United 
States  of  America,  whose  seal  is  s 
okull  aud  cross-bonen,  and  whose  gen- 
eralissimo ia  John  II.  Tolman.  Thie 
general lkh mo   certifies  over   his   hand 


.nd  offici. 


md  the  fact  that  ■ 


i  tidied,  remarks    upon  it 


,  of  whom  we 
cause  is  the 
i.      We    think 


ticed  is  the  following,  which  we  find 
in  the-  Christian  Union.  ''Horse  thieves 
in  Texas  now-a-days  go  in  gangs  headed 
by  a  pretended  clergyman  who  gets 
up  protracted  meetings,  and  while  the 
le  are  at  the  house  of  worship  the 
and   file  of    the  gang    go    for  the 


-a- ntihc  courses,  with  a  preparatory 
department,  to  all  of  which  both 
are  admitted  to  the  same  privilegi 
honors.  There  t 
ia  the  cull' giute  department  and  front 
three  to  four  teachers  in  the  prepara- 
tory school.     The    grounds   of  the  in 

connected  with  them  a  large  farm  add; 
ilt  products  to  the  general  revenue. 
Libraries,  a  large    aud    well    funnsisec 


reading  roon 
eral  lectures  ( 
opportunities 


i  lectures   and  a 
ID  various  subjects  furnish 

■ork.  While  there  is  r 
partmeut  ppei  i  il  httentii 
the  study  of  the  Holy 
all  the  depar 


KOTES. 

—The  eecretists  of  Ithaca  ai 
deeming  their  failing  cause  by  putting 
forward  a  Rev,  Dr.  Bristol,  who 
lecture  on  the  magniloquent  thei 
■'The  Utility  .mil  (.Vm  leur  oi  Secrecy." 
Let  the  lecturer  tell  the  whole  truth 
and  bo  will  be  take  for  a  companion  of 
of  law-breakers,  who  make  the 
use  of  Becrecy.     As  this  seems 


n    that  the    ledges  of  the  city    bad 
■e  interest   in  Mr,    Blanchard's 
ia  recently,  although  carefully 
uig    themselves    behind    the   boys 
a  the  University. 
-Deputy  Abbott  of  Boston   Gr.mgi 


lety, 


the  agricultural  order  and  has  turner 
to  money-getting  in  another,  tho  Sov 
ereigoe  of  Industry,  of  whom  be  and 
two  others  from  a  "National  Council! 
— We  recently  published  an  accoun 
of  a  new  order,  "The  Patrons  of  Hus 
bandry,"  so-called,  which  had  n  uaLionii 
council  or  lodge  and  a  secretary  signing 
himself  "J.  H.  Brown,"  Whether  Mr. 
Brown  was  a  mythical  personage  oi 
not,  his  order  is  a  swindle  anil  be  being 

:d  and  the  whole   thine 


ished  i 


i  thit 


devil  has  children  who  could  i 


the 


ities    which   M; 

out  their  secret-society  benevolene 
It  Bounds  qneerly  to  read  the  boasting 
of  these  orders  and  then  the  clrcula 
of  the  "Illinois  Mason's  Benevolent  S 
ciety,"  of  the  Masonic  Mutual  Benefit 
Association  of  Indiana,  or  of  the  be- 
society  among  the  O.id-i"  il.r.v,. 
of  Bloomiugton,  111.,  all  of  which  clair. 
portion  of  the  ledge1 


larity,    viz:   Daymen! 

i.jf  df-'.-c  i>-ed  members. 


.  the  f 

But  the  lodges 

g  contradiction 

gives  them 


t  Syr- 


lished  by  c 


,  for 


ire  reminded  that 
ce  for  the  annual 
1st  be  selected.  Where 
'■Every  purpose  is  estab- 
with    good    ad- 


His  father  attended  the  first  night, 
when  I  called  on  some  Mason  to  assist 
ig  the  Mister's  word  on  the 
of  fellowship.  This  caused 
the  doctor  to  change  color,  and  he  af- 
terward was  among  the  missing;  yet  I 
understood  by  u  number  that  he  had 
nothing  to  say  about  the  lecture  what- 
arded  as  rather  re- 
markable, inasmuch  as  ho  is  regarded 
leading  Musodic  light  of  the 
place. 

We  have  been  Invited  to  hold  our 
:elmg  for  org-inizing  the  state  at  tbiB 
Everything  that  I  could  gather 


,ke  war."  At  o 
'ill  be  little  or  no 
sel  on  this  subjt 
quietly,  with  a 
United  StateB  before  yoi 
can   be   studied   and 

advici 


'■jip.jituiiitv 
it.  But  at 
map  of  the 
,    the  situa- 

ye.n  may  be 


hich  they  need. 
The  first  Convention  of  our  as 
m  (after  the  Aurora  meeting] 
;!d  at  Pittsburgh;  the  second  at 
cago;  the  third  at  Cincinnati; 
fourth  at  Worcester,  Mass.;  the  fifth 
at  Obsrlin,  O. ;  the  sixth  at  Monmouth, 
111, ;  the  eeventh  is  to  be  held  at  Syra- 
cuse, N.  Y.,  and  where  will  it  promote 
the  glory  of  God  and  the  gootl  o 
mankind  to  hold  the  meeting  nex' 
year!  We  hope  (hat  all  who  pray  wil 
ask  that  the  b^st  place  may  be  selected 
and  that  all  who  have  an  opinion  ot 
this  subject  will  send  their  views  fa 
Pres.  J.  Blanchard,  Chairman  ofthi 
Executive  Committee  at  Wheaton,  Illi 


Ohri 


ithe 


f  :.!., 


a  of  a 


ed  the  time  in  visiting  and  talking 
ur  interests;  also  I  preached  foui 
sand   gave  three  lectures  in  les: 


me  Weils,  a  R.  A.Ma- 
Masonry.  The  debato 
i  Van   Bur^n,    II  ihokI; 


■  about  the  debat 


ITews    of  oiar  WorJi, 


bold  on  many  who  would 
icede.  We  learned  lately  of  an  old 
ad  respected  minister  who  had  for 
care  quit  the  lodge  and  would  have 


nothing  more  to  do  with  it;  but  he 
bad  taken  a  benefit  in  the  Masonic  in- 
surance company  and  to  get,  anything 
from  il  he  must  keep  up  a  nominal  con- 
nection and  pays  bis  dues.  So  these 
branches  of  the  lodge  serve  a  double 
purpose:  they  retain  those  who  would 
otherwise  leave  it,  and  they  offer  au 
excuse  to  week-kneed  men  whose  con- 
victions  drive    them   from    the    lodge- 


The  Toledo  Blade  gives  a  chapter  in 
the  political  history  of  Ohio  showing 
the  chain  of  events  which  brought  Mr. 
Waite  to  the  seat  of  Chief  Justice. 
At  the  time  Mr.  Cliase  was  governor  ot 


that 


beet 


President,  says  the  Made, 
to  give  great  offance  to  some  of  the  Re- 
puliluMi'  leaders,  especially  Mr.  Deli 
present  Secretary  of  the  Interior. 
opportunities 


Mr.  Chi 


.  the 


i  that 


iiunnn  lied    Mr.    Lincoln    for  the  p: 
dency  in  18(30.      In    the    early    cor 
Waite   and  Delano  were    mutually 
ja-ed  ;ig;iiust   Chase,  and   when  F 
Grant  was  looking  about  for  cuiin.:e 
in  the  Geneva    arbitration,    Delano 
cured  a  place  for  Waite;  when,  too, 
President    had  twice  failed  iu  selecting 
a  Chief  Justice,   Delano  again    proved 
true    to  his  ally  of  former   years,  and 
the    victory    had  a  zest  because  he  had 
gained   the  place  just   vacated  by  the 
death  of    Chase.     The   circumstances 
lead  to  the  inquiry  if  the   bond  of  the 


3  between  the    S.cietary 


md   the   Chief  Ji 

MaBon.   Can  any   of  our  Ohio  friends 
.ell  whether  Mr.  Waite  is  also? 
Says  the  New  York  Observer 


"For 


past 


been  going  on  to  break  up  the  sale  and 

circulation  of    books  and   pictures   and 

other    things   employed    by    vile   and 

wicked    men   to  destroy  the 

soul    of  young  men  and  wo 

extent  of  this  horrid     traffic  was  found 

to  be  prodigious,  and  the  work  of 


I  oei.trucliou    most    fearful. 
A  of  the  wors- 


der  the  U.  S,  laws,  and  tbey 
signed  to  State's  Prison.  But  they  had 
scarcely  reaohed  their  place  of  deserved 
punishment  before  they  wer-  pardoned 
out  by  the  President  of  the  United 
StaleB,  who  acted  on  the  pelitioaof  ei 
cellent  and  eminent  ministers  of  the 
Gospel,  evangelical  Christian  pastors, 
who  thus  thwarted  the  ends  of  justice 


whoE 


What  reason  can  be  presented  foi 
the  action  of  ibeBe  clergymen!  Were 
they   ignorant  of  the  characters  of 


,  besides  listening  to  one  addi 
Bro.  Stoddard.  I  have  foi 
sympathy  for  our  work  in  I 
in  any  other  county  in  the  st 
recently  attended  by  invita1 
<>ee  Will  Baptist  quarterly  m 
held  at  North  Johnstown.      ' 

i  lirg-  and  the  meeting 
ly  invitation  I  preached 
eniag  from  John  ii.   10, 

deavored    to    show     thiit 


atU'n'la'ic: 
luereKin^. 
m  Sabba-h 
n    which  f 


tthat 


■  and    a 


plishcd.     A  minister  from  whose  ■ 
chain    depended   an    elegant    key 
lost  his  jewel — not  the  keystone,   but 
"silence" — and  with  -t,  it  is  feared  h 
lost  somewhat   of  the   respect  of   hi 
brethren.     It   is   remarkable     what 
profound  reverence  some  people  bav 
for  the  S.it.hatli,  and  how  deeply  they 
are  grieved  if  some  popular  form  i 
iquity  is  exposed  on   that  day. 
the  Pharisees  they  can  see  no  beauty 
nor  excellence    in  breaking  the   1 
of  Satan,  even  though   the  cburch   of 
Christ,    like    the   poor   woman,    b! 
groan  in   anquiBb;  but    tbey  do  see 
im  nense  amount  of  evil  in  the  expos' 
of  iniquity,  whether  on  the  Sabbath 
any  other  day. 

On  Monday  evening  I  lectured  t< 
good  congregation  and  was  glad  that  I 
bad  tho  sympathy  of  nearly   all  of  my 


have  not    finished  my  work  in  this 
ty  bu:  must  go  hence  for  the  pres- 

;ij  tne  hlei_'!ii:i_;  i«  disappearing. 

Yours  in  Christ, 

H.  H.   HlNMAH. 


i0  Ohio  Agent. 

,  O.,  Feb.  16,  1874, 
turned  from  a  tour  It 
Ashiucid,  Uichli.nd, 
s,  this  slate,     I  find 
lause  in  good  cheer, 
and  hope  for  our  fi- 
ss.     I  think  we  shad  succeed 
fail  in  organizing  the  state  I 
National  Anniversary  at  Sy 
iUse,    and  hope   lo  be   properly    rep 
eatedin  that  body.   - 1  did  notsucce 
o  d.-livering  ks  many  lectures  as  I  de- 


Crawford,  Morrow 
and  Wayne  counti 
the  friends  of  our 
full  of  enthusiasm, 

with 


oua  protracted  meetings  going  on  al 
the  various  points  it  visited. 

I  gave  a  series  of  lectures  at  Iberia, 
in  Morrow  county,  in  the  College  buiM- 
ing  since  writing  yon  laBt.  Here  I 
had  quite  a  sprinkling  of  Masons  in  my 
auditory,  but  ibey  behaved  with  much 
decorum  ;*and  so  far  as  I  could  judge 

what  I  learned  incidentally,  I  think  ihe 
meeting  was  a  decided  bucccss.  One 
young  Mason  (a  son  of  Dr.  Reed,  whe 
also  is  a  Mason)  said  after  bearing  the 
tecond  lecture,  -'Well,  there  ia  no  ust 
denying  the  fact,  thai  man  undi  ratunds 
Masonry  and  gave  it  just  as  I  received 
it;"  and   the  friend  who   told 


plimenlary  editorial 

we  make  the  follow 

Professor  Charles 

Wheaton  College,    i 

Summit-street   Chu 


md   highly   com 
in    the   Telescope 

A.    Blancbard,  o 


>  of  let 


.nd     Sunday 


..»!■■« 


"chun 


ichu 


What  would  be  ike 
oceive  into  the  Chris- 


.bought  of  mi? 
lands  who  would 
ian  church  the  adherents  of  false  wor- 
hips— of  heathen  churches?  What 
hall  we  say  of  that  church  in  this  en- 
ightened  country  that  will  take  in  men 
still  adhering  to  these  heathenish 
churches,  the  lodges!.  He  said  that 
me  church  was  enough  for  any  person 
o  belong  to,  that  QO  Christian  church 
hould  allow  its  members  to  belong  to 
ther  "churches"  wtlh  diverse  worships 
nd  religions.  The  lecturer  closed  with 
,  very  searching  appeal  to  the  audience 
in  the  necessity  of  a  deep  spirituality, 
,nd  left  a  very  fine  impression,  relig- 
ously,  on  the  minds  of  all  that  portion 
d  his  audience  not  decidedly  natago- 
listie  to  liifl  anti-secrecy  views. 


Ilrl.     . 


u  Secrecy  -it  »  iuUieslcr.  E 


Ma.  Euitohi— The  agitation  of  the 
subject  of  secret  organizations  in  thiB 
locality  has  been  productive  of  some  re- 
sults. The  friends  of  secrecy  have,  at 
length,  found  themselves  obliged  to 
make  Bome  defense  of  their  cause,  con- 
sequently we  had  a  deb  Ate  in  thie  vil- 
lage, on  the  28th  and  29lh  of  January 
ou  the  following  proposition: 

Resolved,   "That   the  catbs,    obliga- 


te 


bject  of  secret  a 
only  met  the  expect; 
bera  of  the  Philolhi 


ies.  He  not 
b  of  the  mem- 
Literary  Soci- 
li-se  auspW-H  be  lectured, 
and  the  true  friends  of  the  anti-aecrecy 
cane  generally,  but  exceeded  all  tbey 
had  anticipated,    .    .    . 

The  first  lecture  was  against  secret  so- 
cieties in  general.  ThtB  lecture  had 
never  been  written  out  by  the  speaker, 
and  heucegave  full  play  to  the  vivacity 
as  well  as  thestrenglb  of  his  mind,  and 
to  that  flexibility  of  language  of  which 
ha  is  one  of  the  best  masters  we  ever 
heard.  It  also  involved  a  charm  in  the 
delivery  perhaps  excelling  any  of  his 
oilier  lecturers.  He  showed  lhati 
societies  had  existed  from  very  ai 
times;  mentioned    the   fact  that  they 


that  this  age 


l  almost  be  Btyled  the 
cieties;  remarked  that 
very    important   on 
loves  Christians  to  e 
t  well,  and  to  appro1 

lemn  and  oppose  the 

He   showed  that  t 

ilike   in   their  gener 


l  the 


In  the  course  < 
:  many  telling  hit 
cret   orders,  maju 


Hf  showed  by  strong  argument  that 
secret  societies  tend  and  tempt  tt 
ception  and  falsehood,  aud  in  propor- 
tion as  their  principles  are  imbibed  and 
carried  out  will  men  become  crafty 
double-  lealing  and  dishonest.  Hi 
showed  also  most  clearly  the  Bel  fish  na 
ture  of  their  benevolence  and  other 
wiso  exposed  their  evil  tendencies.  Wi 
have  not  room  to  extend  mention  o 
the    points  in  this   lecture    which    wat 


ted,  a 


:ount  of  the 

■eral  degiees 
from    the 


livered. 

The  second  lecture  was 
tion  of  a  Mason.      It    gav 
intelligible  and  striking  ai 
initiatory 
of    Freer 

oaths  of  the  Entered    Appreni 
low  Crafi,  aud  Master    Mason. 
posed  the  enslaving  nnd  degra 
ture   of  the   oaths   and 
the  order.     Tnes    lecture    was  of 
ptcial  ioicji'Sl  to  most  of  the  audien 

The  third  was  truly  a  lecture,  yet 
truly  a  religion1,   discourse,   and  it  w 
pronounced  by  the  people  ot  th'-  Su 
nut  Street  charge,  gen -rally,  to  be  a! 
gether  fit  for  a  Sabbath  evening    me 
tng.      He  showed  that    Freetn  i.onri 
;i  religion,  th  it  il  has  a  system  of  w< 
Bhip   aud   claims   that  to   observe 
teachings    will    save  men.      He    proved 
this  by  quoting  largely  from  their  high- 
est  authorities,   as    well   as    by   othei 
proofs    with  which   his   audience    were 
more  familiar-     He  contrasted  the  re- 
ligion taught  by  Ihe  lodge  and   that  ol 
f  Christianity,  and  showed  their  dissimi- 
d  antagonism  in  a  strong  li-hl. 
ed  that  while  they  carried  the 


Bible 


im , 


rades,  they  not  only  exclude  Christ'* 
name  from  their  prayers,  but  their  pub- 
lished ritual   carefully  selects   from  the 


ial  ope< 


and   secrecy 


etyc 


;onry. 


of  Husbandly  _ 

Liiu  republican  and  anti-social,  and 
therefore,  opposed  to  our  civil,  re- 
ligious and  social  rights." 

There  were    two    rpeakera   oa    each 
le.      The   Freemasons    brought  for- 
ud  two  of  their   ablest   champions; 
and  of  the  speakers  on  the    affirmative 
it  does  not  become  the  writer  lo  speak 
particularly.     Some    important   points 
were  clearly  established  by  the  affirma- 
nt.  That  there  is  no  warrant  in  the 
Scriptures  of  truth  foruecret  oath-bcund 
organizations;     that     perpetual    oath- 
bound   secrecy,    as   a   principle    upon 
which  to  operate  an  association  of  indi- 
viduals, is  clearly  anii-Christian,  suspi 
cious  and  wrong. 

2d.  A  second  point  established  was 
that  Freemasonry  is  a  religion,  and 
professes  to  be  a  saving  religion;  that 
it  is  a  Christlesi  religion;  that  it  not 
only  negatively  fails  to  recognize  the 
merits  and  mediation  of  Him  who  said 
"I  am  the  way,  tho  Irulh,  and  the  life; 
no  man  comHh  to  the  Father  but  by 
me,"  but  it  positively  casts  Him  out. 
These  Bpeculalive  builders  reject  the 
"Stone  that  n  made    the  Head    of   ihe 


rofn 


■npurl 


,  thai 


■.r^u-keni.  did  ii"t  =11110.1  1!  I'i  uny'.lno} 
and  one  of  them  denounced  it  as  "no: 
sense."  And  both  of  thete  geiulemt 
are  preachers  of  the  Gospel  in  tl 
'■Chriblian  Church,"  alias  Campbellili 


vill     1 


lofa 


the    Fathei 
treated  by  profess 
ally.     The  antt-C 
the  lodge  is  bereb; 
3d.    It  was  also 
the  affirmative    ai 
negative,  that   the  g 
lodge  is    monarchical 
despotic  in  it; 


1  distinctly  indicated. 
made  to  appear  by 
d    admitted   by    the 


4th. 


when* 


examine  the  oaths  and  obligations  of 
Freemasons,  that  we  arrived  at ''the  tug 
of  war."  Then  the  contest  became 
quite  interesting  and  animated.  The 
oath  of  the  Entered  Apprentice  was 
read  by  (he  affirmative  aud  commented 
upon;  and  also  portions  of  the  oath  of 
Master  Mason,  Royal  Arch,  Knight 
Templars,  etc.     From  the   oaths,  obit- 


such  as  the  following:  The 
half-denuded  m inner  in  whia 
tered  Apprentice  is  introdu 
lodge,  1 


teful, 


rhlch  t 


npnsB 


s  by  the   Bibb 
-the 


mode   of 
many    of 


i  wearing  being  obs-n'ed 
the  higher  degrees;  the  candidate  for 
nny  degree  must  pledge  himself  by  the 
most  solemn  oaths  or  promises  to  keep 
all 'the  secrets  confided  to  him,  to  per- 
form all  the  duties  required  of  him, 
and  to  conform  to  all  the  rites  and  cer- 
emonies of  the  order,  or  degree,  before 
he  has  any  knowledge  of  what  these 
are,  thuB  surrendering  his  manhood, 
judgment  and  conscience,    and  placing 


TBE .CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  FEBRUARY  26,  187-4 


himself  in  citcuoistanceB   in  which    nc 
one     can     ewear     in     '•irulh,     judg. 
ment      or       riyhteouane3P,     (Jer,  iv. 
2);      and      ihe     Heath      penalty      it 
these      oaths     ia     unchristian,     inhu- 
man,     barbarous     and     abominable — 
a  violation    of  the  laws   of  both  God 
and  man;  Master   Misonu  and  those  of 
higher  decrees    are    bound  to    answ 
the   "grand  hailing   tigu   of  dinlresi 
when  or   wheresoever  given;  bound 
apprise  a   brother    Mason    of   dang( 
bound    to   keep  a  brother   Mason's    i 

and  in  the  Rjyal  Arch  degree,    "mi 
ncr  find    treason  not  excepted;"   bound 
to  espouse  the  cause  of  a  brother   Ms- 
Bon  so  far  as  to  'extract  him  from   any 
difficulty     whether    he     be    right 
wrong;"  bound   to  employ  or  vote  f 
a  brother  Mason  in   preference  to    ni 
otbiT   person    of  equ.il   qualifies tioi 

Scripture,  nnd  of   Divine  names,  in  t 
Royal  Arch.Kaisht  Templars,  Knigli 
of  the  East  and  West,  and  some   other 
degree*,  bm$  enlarged  upon. 

Very  few  of  the  facts  presented  it 
these  points  was  denied  by  the  negn 
tive;  yet  they  did  denounce  in  gener- 
al terms  the  revelations  mide  by  se 
ceding  Misons,  saying,  that  if  thes" 
things  were  true  those  m«n  were  pur- 
jured  rilliana   and  not  to    be    believed. 


-pres 


showing  the  reliability  of  these  books 
that  reveal  Masonry,  they  made  no  at* 
tempt  to  answer  it.  One  of  the  spcak- 
era Referring  to  the  oath  of  the  Entered 
Apprentice,  said,  '-that  was:  not  the 
oath  I  took,"  which  was  easily  ex- 
plained. These  oaths  are  a  part  of  the 
unwritten  laws  of  Misonry,  and  differ- 
ent Masters,  reciting  the  oath  from 
memory,  may,  and  often  do,  make 
slighi  verbal  variations,  to  that  the,  ver- 
biage of  the  oath  as  given  by  Richard- 
ardeon  mny  not  have  been  precisely  the 
aame  as  that  taken  by  the  npeakcr,  but 
the  obligations  are  always  the  same. 
This  spenker  made  one  attempt  to  de- 
ny a  hpeeific  fact  as  follows;  Richardson 
in  his  Monitor,  in  a  portion  which  was 
read  by  the  iiffirmative,  says  that  the 
novitiate  is  dressed  inured  flannel  draw 
ere."  Tue  speaker  gravely  stated  that 
when  he  waa  initialed  he  "had  not  on 
red  drawers."  Bat,  when  asked  what 
he  color  of  his   drawers    were,  refused 

The  debate  excited  a  deep  interest 
in  the  community.  The  large  church 
that  waB  occupied  via?  densely  packed 
during  the  entire  discussion.  The  l»pst 
of  order  was  observed.  No  excitement, 
or  ill-feeling  was  manifested.  The 
closest  attention  was  given  to  every 
speaker. 

Some  important  resulls  have  been 
reached.  A  spirit  of  inquiry  has  been 
aroused.  Many  are  desiring  "more 
light."  Additional  demands  are  made 
tor  Anti-masonic  books  and  [n-riolicals. 
Many  are  heard  remarking  that  they 
never  liked  secretorder^,  but  they  think 
less  of  them  now  than  heretofore.  And 
eome  who  have  been  in  sympathy  with 
them  have  said  that  they  did  not  think 
the  lod^e  a  place  where  a  Christian 
ought  to  be.  The  feeling  that  secret 
orders  are  too  sacred  to  be  meddled 
with,  has  in  a  great  measuro  been  re- 
moved, and  it  is  generally  conceded 
that  such  organizations  may  be  dis- 
cussed,  Yours  fur  light  and  truth. 

J.  Donns. 


Lecture  Note-. — Word  from  Lin- 
den, Micb..  says  that  Bro.  Stoddard 
has  aroused  the  community  and  a  Uvn 
scceder  >s  wanted  to  satisfy  the  sharpen- 
ed applUe  of  the  people.— The  loiters 
from  Wisconsin  and  0 bio  are  encour- 
aging and  hopeful.  Read  what  Bro. 
Caldwell  saya  of  a  state  meeting  in 
Ohio. — Rev.  John  Levinglun  still 
writes  from  Missouri,  where,  with  the 
help  of  Bro.  Needles,  he  is  holding 
large  meeting*. 

The  Question  of  Fellowship, 

An  active  laborer  for  the  reform,  es- 
pecially among  the  members  of  his 
church,  the  Methodist  Episcopal,  nnd 
a  supporter  01  the  Free  Brest,  sends  a 
few  thoughts  which  have  a  considera- 
ble besting  On  this  point:  — 

Bolivar,  Ohio. 

0  that  we  could  get  the  eyee  of  the 
ministry  and  members  of  tliat  church 


j  the 


»ful 


attending  their  dark,  damning,  i 
lodges,  then  we  would  not  have  quite 
eoinany  Jacks  to  contend  withl  Well, 
thank  God,  a  good  many  are  begin 
ning  to  get  their  eyes  -pen,  ant 
thousands  more  ore  beginning  U 
see  the  inconsistency  of  supporiing  i 
great  evil  while  at  the  fame  time  thej 
know  it  to  be  damning  and  ruining  tc 
thousands  of  their  fellow  men,  and  di- 
rectly contrary  to  the  Word  of  Ood,  nnd 


,begiB 


iw  tbepui>.e«lri,i,;s 
preachers  adhering  to  the  loilgi 
aaying  to  them:  Gentlemen,  wis  canm 
conscientiously  support  you,  withyot 
hood-wink,  cable-tow.  and  abominable 
oaths,  to  always  conceal  and  ncv 
veal.     Neither  can  we  receive  th 


rament  of  ou^  blessed  Lord  nnd  SavioU' 
Jesus  Christ  at  your  hands,  whom 
most  precious  name  Masonry  discardi 
in  your  pretended  worship  and  prayeri 
in  your  ungodly  lodge.  Our  God  is  i 
consistent  God  nnd  commands  bis  chil 
dren  to  be  the  same.  So  look  out  foi 
your   "bread   and  bi 


dse;  1 


rskir 


of  your  blood.     Oh,  my  dear  brethren. 
I  nrn  so   glad  that   this  step    is  being 
taken   by  so   many;  it  is   one    of  t 
nifisl  puworful  weapons   we    can    wii 
against  the  lodge,     detail  Anti-masc 
take  hold  of  it 

Joseph  Keel. 


Two  Revivals. 

Lts-don,  0.,  Feb.  14,  1874, 
Bdilor  Cynosure: 

Deak  Sib: — Not  seeing  anything  in 
the  Cynosure  about  the  revivals  we  are 
having  in  southern  Ohio,  1  thought  I 
would  write  you  a  few  thoughts  about 
them. 

The  first  of  the  two  revivals  com- 
menced some  three  or  four  months 
since  in  the  shape  of  granges.  They 
are  spreading  very  fast;  nearly  every 
township  has  a  band  of  Becretists  of 
this  order,  and  tbey  are  unconsciously 
ilividiuL;  the  people  into  two  classes. 
It  is  a  natural  result,  for  Republicans 
and  Democrats  cannot  meet  together  in 
harmony;  therefore  the  granges  are  ob- 
literating both  parties  and  are  forming 
■  iiiMileniiiiiinlly  public  opinion  either 
for  or  against  eectetism.  Those  that 
oppose  granges  are  obliged  to  become, 
whether  they  wish  or  not,  allies  to  the 
anti  secret  party  that  is  gaining  a  fjot- 
hold  in  our  country;  as  the  Know- 
Nothing  movement  resulted  uninten- 
tionally in  closing  out  the  Whig  party, 
and  forcing  them  to  give  their  adher- 
ence to  Democracy  or  the  anti-slavery 
party;  so  will  the  grange  likely  close 
out  the  Democrat  party  and  oblige 
them  to  form  new  affiliations. 

Farmers,  as  a  class,  have  not  a»  a 
general  thing  been  given  to  secreltsm, 
the  fact  that  Freemasons  ami 
Odd-fellows  have  not  generally  fburish- 
the   country;   they  have  confined 


efforts 


This 


aient  of  the  granges  will  g*tli-  r  a 
harvest  for  secretism  that  otherwise 
Id  hardly  have  been  secured. 
While  Satan  ha,i  apparently  triumphed 
n  the  spread  of  the  grange  movement, 
ive  are.  encouraged  with  the  promise 
that  God  overrules  for  his  own  glory 
the  wrath  of  mar,.  The  honest  men 
r  country    will  be  bnuglil   to  see 

of  the  present  day,  from  Ku-Klux.  down 
graugee,  who  are  the  true  friends  of 
the  Union,   who  are  the  true  friends  of 
cause  of  Christ. 

h-  temperance  movement  of  south- 

ibe  Sons  of  Temperance  or  Good 
Templars.  They  would  not  eat  the 
or  let  the  open  temperance  men 
;  and  although  they  will  not  let 
the  open  temperance  men  form  soci- 
even  now  they  cannot  control  the 


:eping 


the 


■  the 


the  : 


especially  those  who  live 

are  doing  the  work,  nnd 

hard  work  it  is;   those ''lorda  of  crea- 
bo  sU  supreme  in  their  grand 


(the 


itrollin 


church  and  the  government,  had  better 
lerf.T<:  lest  the  weaker  sex,  when 
they  have  cleaned  our  country  of  whis- 
key-making and  liquor  selling,  give 
/ism  a  deadly  thrust  by  their 
prayers.  They  have  discarded  the  la- 
by  not  admitting  them  to  their 
midnight  gathering",  though  they 
have  given  (hem  the  sop  of  the  order  of 
Rebehah. 

This  movement  organized  by  Dr. 
Dio  Lewis  has  started  the  temperance 
men  to  searching  thought  whethei 
there  is  not  some  means  by  whicli 
liquor-selling  cannot  be  put  in  the  samf 
category  of  crimes  as  making  and  pass- 
ing counterfeit  money.  Society  has  n 
right  to  protect  itself,  and  will  proteot 
itself  when  any  evil  becomes  domineer- 
ing and  overbearing;  between  liquor  and 
secretism  our  country  is  crushed,  the 
people  are  in  bondage,  are  slaves;  when 
will  they  become  freemen f  It  is  not 
eafe  for  me  to  tell  the  truth  through 
your  columns  personally  of  the  results 
of  secretism  and  liquor  that  I  know  and 
can  prove.  There  is  nut  a  religious  or 
secular  paper  in  eouthern  Ohio,  but  the 
Tilescnpe,  that  would  dare  to  print  a 
very  mild  statement  of  facts  that  cannot 
be  controverted.  It  ia  no  great  won- 
der that  the  women  of  our  country  are 
pleading  with  God  to  fulfill  his  promise 

untoward  generation.      More  nnon. 
Yours  for  the  cause  of  truth, 

Teufbranos. 


Experts: 


ce   .Heeling. 
inPerrysburj; 


A  eorrespondei 
particulars  of  woman's  work  in  tl 
Rugg  is  a  life-long  Anli-E 


i  thi  I 


uder   of  Capt. 


M-irgan,    and 

-  tin  first  *ub- 


tion  therewith, 
senber  for  the  Cynosureln  this  region. 
She  circulates  the  paper  extensively, 
introducing  it  first  in  a  place  where  .i 
number  of  copies  are  now  taken. 

The  tracts  which  you  sent  to  Mrs, 
B.  Keyes  for  distribution  were  divided 
into  packages,  four  of  whieh  were 
given  to  the  M.  E.  minister  to  be  cir- 
culated at  his  four  appointments  on 
this  charge.  He  excused  himself  from 
so  doing  on  account  of  his  ignorance 
of  the  matter— "Did  not  know  Ma- 
sonry to  be  bad,''  etc.;  was  willing 
Mrs  Keyes  should  circulate  them.     Af- 


garded  them  as  bia  "one  talent"  in  re- 
gard to  secretism  which  he  had  rolled 
ina  napkin  and  bid  away;  she  thought 
tuey  belonged  to  the  treasury  of  the 
Lord  and  should  be  in  circulation.  The 
above  named  indies  regarding  the  anti- 
secret  reform  of  vast  importance,  coun- 
ted tojetber,  and  agreed  that  inas- 
much as  he  waB  silent  upon  the  &ub 
ject,  they  would  reserve  a  little  of  his 
pay  and  send  for  tracts  and  books  to 
help  him  preach  and  told  him  their  in- 
tention, and  also  that  such  ignorance 
was  inexcusable  in  a  teacher  of  the 
people  ata  time  when  light  was  pouring 
in  like  a  flood  on  either  hand. 

C.  CoooswatL,  West  Unity,  Ohio. 
— I  was  teaching  school  near  Canan- 
daigua  when  the  Masons  murdered 
Morgan.  I  joined  the  order  the  year 
after.  I  found  every  word  of  Morgan's 
book  true  to  the  dishonorable  degree  of 
Master  Mason.  I  considered  the  who,.- 
of  Masonry  as  far  as  I  went  the  works 
of  the  devil,  and  told  tlft  Masons,  they 
had  tied    to  me,    and  I   snould    leave 

versed  on  the  subject,  that  Morgan's 
book  was  true,  and  they  bad  murdered 
him  for  writing  it.     I  then  left  them, 


andl 


will  fight  them,  and  the  devil, 


Have   yon   done   your   duty  in   the 

trad  work?     Have  you  read  the  tracts 

youiielfl     Have  you    contributed    al] 

night  to  contribute  to  the  fund  for 

ree  distiibutiun   of   tracts?     Have 

vailed  yourself  of  every  suitable 

opportunity  for  distributing  tracts) 

\.  fine  looking  clergyman  who  would 

sider    you  insane-  if  you 


felt  the  need  of  information  on  the  sub- 
ect  of  secret  societies.  Ia  there  a  con- 
erence.  council  or  synod  to  meet  in 
our  town  or  any  other  meeting  which 
binking  people  attend?  Send  for  a 
apply  of  tracts  to  distribute  at  the 
loor.  The  month  of  May  is  generally 
ull  of  such  meeting-;;  ple-ise  rememb?r 
his    and    send    for   supplies    of  tracts 

racts  might  be  distributed  before  the 


>n>l  el.;-   <-f  i 


,  the 


}  for 

r  Annual  Meeting  at  Syracuse.  The 
lowing  from  an  old  friend,  will  be 
id  with  pleasure: 


■ii  .  L:sir,<l  milt. a  aw  \\. 
me  [about  three  years  i 
lor     printing    154. UOO 


;o]  I  hm  prid 


Enoi 


A  friend  in  Connecticut  believes  in 
the  power  of  the  press;  hu  sends  at 
his  own  expense  nearly  fifty  copies  of 
the  Cynusuri!  to  as  many  individuals 
until  niid-aiimim-.y  •>  that  tbey  may  be- 
come uiUTftUed    in    (he    reform  by  the 


ad  useful  way  of  upr* 


New  subscriber* 

re  frequently  call- 

ing    for  back  numb 

rs  to   January  1st 

We  are  sorry  they  c 

annoi  be  furnished 

two  of  the  January 

numbers  being  ex 

liausted. 

Hcllgloi 

clergymen   of  this 


Tnhunc 
dis=attslai 
Pull.-.n,   . 


Pr^byl-r.-... 
II  MltkIiiv  tl- 
t«l    feeling   ol 


I  of  Di 
.if  Hie  Interior,  (Pre?- 
,  R.-v.     Prof.   S„in<r,  ..: 

A    doctrinal 


lift)  1 


iheei 


''in  lii._vi.-ws.  \h-  :- 
rhv  Kt-v'  Mr.  MeK  iiL- 
)astor  of  the  same  de- 
i  optiily  |ii*ui:Uimn    ihv 

i  'Brooklyn, 


on  the  Beecher  matter,  the  00 
on  the  case  reported  ugninsl 
negotiations   and    in   favor  of  i 


lurU- 


jointly  with  Dr.  Buddingtoi 


till  I 

-,l  I'lyn 


prop" 


or  them  in  the  future 
hurch.— The  king  ot  Old  C 
African  potentate,  has  issued  a  procls.- 
aaltou  for  the  observance  of  the  Sah- 
ath,    and  _eays    that  r'heni 


ale  of  strong  drink, 


>pkv 


firing 

processions." — It.  is  said  that  there  are 
already  one  hundred  Protestant 
churches  planted  in  Italy,  and  all  are 
enjoying  more  or  less  prosperity.  In 
Rome.  fu.OuU  childreu  are  in  the  mu- 
nicipal  aehuols,  formerly    under    Papal 

as  a  teacher. — From  a  Union  Sunday 
school  in  Iowa,  comprising  eighly-one 
scholars,  forty  of  the  number  made  a 
ou-'lic  profession  of  their  faith  in  Christ 

nearest  Presbyterian  church  on  one 
Sunday  of  the  past  year. — The  Re- 
formed Presbyterian  church  of  Anier 
u-a  has  reached  its  cenlenuial  year,  the 


Hens  S i.iry. 

Conokkss.—  The    Senate 
chiefly  engaged  In  discueoinj 


the  question  ubly  last 
frank  i.l*  .ihusc  will  not  d 
up  r'L'ulirlv  iii  '-he  Homi 


Coo.^tkv.  —  The  f  mperauce  mov* 
ir-nt  continues  in  Ohtn  w,th  generr 
access,     AtXema  fifteen  "(.loons  hav 


rem    i  J--      M 

.  McCabe,    of  De|a. 

e»b)  v.  ■-.!-  ..     ... 
for  thorough  or-. 
In     ofber     suteR 

efl  president.  epee(.u- 

Pittsburgh,    Pa.! 

L  ic."«  ;  .  ,'i  i     ■  '■ 

ir.i.„,    M.  IFondu- 
tj    and  Fort   Madt 
ski.d.    Bloouningtou, 

i.f-.iril,e.. 

.n-   cubing  tbe  en- 

Remember  that  every  hrighl  dny 
hastens  the  spring;  and  plowing  and 
sowing  leave  litilo  lim--  for  reform  ef- 
forts.    Many,  even  Christians,  at   this 

uselessly  at  stores  and  like  places  of  re- 
sort than  it,  d.rect  effort-  i  -  save  souls 
from  Satan's  dreadful  bondage.  G.d 
left  no  room  for  indolence  in  tiie  crea 
tiOD,  nnd  for  every  "idle  word"  we 
shall  ho  judged. 


ANTIMASONIC  TRACTS. 


K  Tr-wl  Fuil  for  He  Fr«  OiitrUitn  of  Tncti, 


"The  Antimasons  Scrap  Book," 

Contain,  onr  SI  ^""^    ^  '-.  l'^1   tosothor,  prtc. 

Addroi!  Sen.    "°  Oook  Ji™Co,r™- 

HISTORTTROF  MASONRY. 


MASONIC    MUSBIS. 
tS»i7dwS  ?  SJSS  Si.  WAS.  VS  54SSS 

SECRETS  "OF  "MASONRY. 

13V    ELITAPLEY 


GRAND!  GREAT  GRAND!! 
By  PHILO  CARPENTER. 


Extracts  Prom  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  as 
Sworn  to  by  the  Grand  Lodgo  of  Rhode  Hand 


Hon.  John  Quincy  Adams'  Letter. 

cum.  01,  and  Ills  Father's  OijIdIod  of  Freemasonry  (1831.) 

Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

C.vins.-  Hi- op,  in ..-.  nl  rii.ini.s.m-v  (19:12). 


Satan's  Cable  Tow. 


"Freemasonry  Is  Only  152  Years  Old," 

"Murder  and  Treason  not  Excepted." 


S*.f  eeaaasonry  In.  th.o  Cb.-u.rcb.. 


Iintll.s  OF   FRFFMtsnMti 


Address  if " ;rr ■■  Ciucty  ,V:  :v\:i,  Ntw  7ork. 
Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry. 

OB,  UTHMIlHllffll  ON  MASOHfiY 

HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D, 

Chancelor  of  the  University  of  N. 
Y.,  on  Secret  Societies. 

GRANDLODGE  M 

MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  andVOID. 


BRICKS  FOR  MASONS  TO  LAY. 


Si:  Esason.  whj  i  Christian  should  title  &  Freemason 

ENOCH  HOWEYWEIX'S  TRACT. 

HISTORY  OF  MASONRY 


TERMS  FOE,  THE  CYNOSURE. 

Clab    Rate.,    Weakly   Edltlnn. 


.'^.In.i .-ij.Uon  


Descriptive  Catalogue 

PUBLICATIONS 

EZRA  A.  COOK  &  CO.. 
13  Wabash  Ave. 


GEN'L  PHELPS' 


NEW   BOOK 


ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES  I 

FREEMASONRY.  EXPOSED, 

by  CAP'T.  "WILLIAM  MORGAN. 
S!^^^'l^°a0^»^°™»^'SKte«*Si 


THE  BROKEN  SEAL. 

By  SAMUEL  D.  GREENE, 


OPINIONS  OF  THE  PRESS. 


History  of  The  Abduction  ar.d  Murder  of 
Cap't.  Win.  Morgan, 


Valance's  Confession  of  The  Murder  of 
Capt.  Win.  ifcrgan. 


The  Mystic  Tie  or  Freemasonry  a  League 
with  the  Devil. 


j,,:V     •.       i  .    lo   --iCL.Vifc'MTS, 

""' "  fey  JPRAWCIS  SEMPLE  of 

The  Amtiiflicison's  Scrap  BooZs. 
21  CYNOSURE  TRACTS. 

u'l:'::\  ■:■■-■■■■  -..:'-.i;S' 


Who  Murdered  Capo.  Wm.  Morgan? 


Abduction  and  Murder 


Capt.   William  Morgan, 


I   H.>,, !■■  0(  Tt.r.llin.    lud 


I  OBEDIENCE  TO  MASONIC  1 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE  :  FEBRUARY  26,   1874. 


ChrlBtlan  Warfare. 


ght  and  ought 
purposes  of  living 
ining  bouH 
multitudes  who  1 


Cut  off  from  Ilia  Base. 

risit  to  that  place,  and  had  many  in- 
iriea  to  make  about  his  former  ac- 
quaintances, and  especially  those  with 
im  he  had  been  associated  in  effort 
romote  the  cause  of  Christ, 
Mr.    Shearer    ia   alive  and   well   I 

Yes,  he  enjoys  very  good  ht-.ilih." 
3e  is   as  active  an  ever   in    doing 


When  I  6rst  became  acquainted  with 
Mr.  Harlau  Page,  I  judge  he  was  about 
forty  years  of  age,  a  rather  spare  and 
by  no  means  a  very  rugged  man.  He 
did  not  complain  of  want  of  health, 
but  had  to  me  the  appearance  of  one  in 
whom  labor  of  any  kind  required  a 
good  deal  of  effort,  aod  would  not  be 
performed  merely  for  the  pleasure  it 
afforded.     In  character   he   was  one  of 


the 


I  hai 


would  never  have  been  drawn  out  of 
retired  seclusion  but  for  some  other 
principle  than  worldly  or  selfish  am- 
bition. He  was  as  gentle  and  quiet  as 
a  woman,  always  spoke  low.  even  when 
addressing  meetings,  ao  thatitrequired 


■■■}]; 


Nor 


ter  how  much  moved,  there  would  be 
no  gesture,  nor  would  there  be 
change  in  the  modulation  of  his  ' 
Thus  have  I  seen  him  agair. 
again,  in  prayer  and  CL-nfi-Tence 
ings,  with  his  eyes  suffused  witu 
exhorting  ami  rutrerifu^  Clinstin 
a  higher  tipiritual  life  und  greater 
ity,  and  persuading  the  sinner  I 
from   the    wrath   to  come;  but   i 

that  he  would  converse  with  you 
office  desk. 


would! 


Christ 

When    hearing   of    th> 

souls,  his  face  would   lighten  up,  and 

the  expression  of  joy 


plel 


He 


the  slightest  acquaintance  would  liavf 
induced  universal  trust  in  him.  Fidel 
ity  was  written  as  plainly  on  his  face  at 
if  there  in  raised  letters. 


him  from  it. 

He  was  thus  successful,  not  b 
ting  apart  times  or  seasons  for  laboring 
with  souls,  but  having  his  heart  in  hit 
work;  he  watched  as  well  as  prayed 
and  improved  opportunities  constantly 
occurring  in  the  ordinary  walks  of  life, 
not  only  to  him  but  to  others  who  havi 
their  eyes  and  hearts   open  as  he  had 

In    passing   away    from  an  evenini 


yet  the  fullest  reliance   and  trust 

b  was  Harlan  Page,  and  there- 
lousands  in  our  churches  that 
be   like  him  in  his 

id  his  great  success 


Chri 


in  every  respet 


tut  without  having  saved  a  sit 
e.  "He  that  loinneth  souls  i 
-BaptUA  Weekly. 


Iti 


"  You  don't  mean  that 

e  hsa  failed 

n  businers?" 

"No;  his   property   has 

greatly  in- 

creased  within  the   last    t 

voor   thtee 

And  his  spirituality  decreased  in 
proportion — is  that  what  you  mean! 
:  bo,  I  am  sorry   to   hear  it;  he    was 

ae  of  the  most  aealous  and  useful  men 
i  the  township." 

■'He  is  a  zealous  man  still,  but  not 
i  efficient  in  doing  good  as  he  once 
as.  About  three  years  ago  he  built 
large  factory,  and  soon  after  became 
mnected  with  a  railway.  His  time 
thus  became  greatly  occupied,  and  bis 
mind  taken  off  from  spiritual  things. 
He  did  not  neglect  the  prayer-meeting, 
nor  intermit  any  of  his  usual  efforts  to 
do  good,  but  there  soon  came  to  be  less 
heart  in  them,  as  it  were.     Hia  pray- 

what  formal,  and  hiB  exhortations  bad 
less  weight,  A  change  has  come  over 
him.  One  can  scarcely  point  out  any 
difference  in  him,  but  one  feels  that 
there  ia  a  difference.  I  conclude  that 
hie  extended  businsss  has  caused  him 
to  neglect  his  cloeet.  That  is  what  I 
mean    by  his  being  out    off  from  his 


divided,  the  church  was  divided,  fami- 
ere  divided."  I  suppose  all  the 
i  that  can  be  assigned  for  thiB  di- 
is  that  the  different  members 
of  these  communities,  churches,  fami- 
ntertained  and  expressed  different 
upon  this  subject.  Then  aa  I 
understand  you,  you  would  not  have 
ubject  agitated  or  discussed,  in 
church,  community,  or  family,  upon 
hich  their  members  entertain  a  differ- 
ice  of  opinion.  Am  I  correct? 
urely  it  is  the    ground  you    take,  for 

question  whether  Masonry  is  right 
ivrong.  Would  not  your  position 
exclude  from  discussion  every  subject 
under  heaven  1  Pardon  me,  if  I  sug- 
gest that  some  of  your  remarks  remind 
past  events,  and  especially  the 
following:  "Why  seek  to  scatter  6re- 
j,  arrows  and  death  by  such  agi- 
9  as  can  result  in  no  good  what- 
but  invariably  produce  harm." 
This  was  once  a  trite  saying  in  the 
""Why  agitate,"  said  they,  "'it 
only  binds  the  chains  the  tighter." 
You  wish  to  be  let  alone.  So  did  the 
south.  You  threaten  to  secede  from 
the  support  of  the  paper.  The  South 
did  secede.  You  did  not  always  reason 
thus,  for  I  recollect  you  and  I  stood 
shoulder  to  aboulderin  the  anti-slavery 
liscussion  which  ran  so  high  that  many 
if  your  church  members  withheld  their 
upport  from  you,  and  the  whole  com- 
aunity  was  at  boiling  heat,  yet  you 
lid  not  desist  from  the  discussion. 
What  would  you  think  of  the  mission- 
bo  after  witnessing  the  devotion 
of  the  benighted  heathen  to  his  idol- 
worship  would    take  your  ground   aad 


"To  be  thus  cut  off  is  fatal  I 


..I.. in-  a 
as  for  a 


j  he  cut  off 


neglect  of  prayer  is  the  great 
cause  of  unfruitfulness  among  Chris 
tians.  This  neglect  is  not  always 
caueed  by  the  presence  of  business. 
It  is  sometimes  caused  by  great  activity 
in  doing  good-  A  man  became  deeply 
interested  in  the  welfare  of  sinners. 
He  prayed  long  and  earnestly  for  a  re 
vival,  At  length  the  blessing  came 
He  was  constantly  employed  in  at 
tending  meetings,  in  visiting  from  housi 

and  in  warning  the  careless.  He  neg 
lected  his  closet,  and  brought  lean 
ness  upon  his  soul,  even  in  the  mids 
of  sincere  efforts  to  do  good  to  thi 
aoula  of  others. 

The  fkillful    soldier  is  careful  not  ti 
■ff  from    th* 


elf 


jase  of  1 
should  b. 


nil  c 


upplie 


The    Chri 
e  careful  to  the 


The  daring  soldier   may 
cut  himself  off  for  a  time,  in  ord. 
make  a  forced  march  or  perlorm 
-re  a  exploit.     In  this  he  may  n 
imitatad  by    the    Christian.     He 
never  intermit  prayer  in  order  that  he 
may  do   eome   good  thing  for  Chi 
He  ia  shorn  of  all  strength  to  do  g 
when  bis  connection    with  the    throne 
of  Grace  is   interrupted.— if.     T.    Ob- 


ind  walk  with  him  through  th 
,  addressing  him  in  the  most  al 
nate  manner;  and  hie  method 
:o  follow   up  such  a  begun   effort 

i  beyond  his  reach.     He  used  his 
largely    in     writing    to    those  it 
id  best  to  address  in  thin  way. 
personally   those 


Do  Not  Agitato. 


[Fro 


a  the 


l  Chri 


tian  life,  among  them  an  Influential 
mas  in  the  Presbyterian  church,  and 
at  one  time  the  mayor  of  the  large  city 
in  which  he  still  resides;  two  others 
have  been  successful  ministers  for  well- 
nigh  forty  years,  and  each  have  had 
the  same  pastorates  they  now  fill  dur- 
ing the  whole  period  of  their  ministry. 
His  meekness  and  humility  were 
very  striking.  He  never  shrank  from 
labor  or  responsibility,  but  he  would 
n.'ver  Lake  high  seats  unless  culled  to 
them;  and  in  his  last  sicknes  he  had 
such  a  Benseof  unworthinese,  such  ut- 
terly depreciating  views  of  himself,  as 
to  b"  almost  painful  to  his  friends.  I 
saw  him  last  the  day  beforo  his  death, 
when  there    was   the    same  self-abase 


Mb,  D.  C.  OLMbTBAo: 

Dbab     Brother: — In    your    art 

published  in  the  Northern  Christ, 
Advocate  of  Jan.  1st,  you  seriou 
deprecate  the  agitation  of  the  Masonic 
question  by  Anti-masons  because  it  "i 
vides  churches,  communities  and  far 
iltes."  You  Bay  "I  do  not  propo: 
however  in  this  article,  to  enter  into 
general  diBcuaBion  of  the  merits  ar 
priticipl'-Bof  Masonry,  or  of  secret  noci 
Lies.  uo-:allt)d.  hut    to  consider   what 


mifi-rii.-i 


of  this  subject."  After  citing  n 
where  a  man  went  crazy  and  dn 
himself  because  of  this  Anti-m 
agitation,  you  ask  the  question,  ' 
auoh  results  before'  them,  can  tru 
enter  a  community  to  Rtir  up  strife 
after  this  manner;  divide  brethren, 
and  desolate  God's  mortal  heritage 
under  the  pretence  that  they  wish  ti 
do  good."  Aa  the  result  of  a  certain 
lecture  you  any:  ''the  community 


Look  at    the  bird?,   any  idlers  here! 
The  fishes,  any  idlers   there*     Lift  up 

your  eyes    to    the   starry  heavens,  the 
anetary  systems,  worlds  on  worlds  fly- 
g  through  infinite    space;  any    idlers 
■  dozers  up  there)     Look  at  the  skip- 
ping, dancing  aniuialculae,    millions  on 


this 


t  of  worshipei 


id  then   make 


,  all  t 


.,„,,,,■, 


tion  and  secure  peace*  On  the  whole 
)t  the  Saviour  do  a  very  impru- 
dent tiling  when  he  introduced  the  gos^ 

n  caused    more   division  and   strife 

a    the  Anti-masons   of  the    present 

,  and  was  as   much  responsible   For 

the  death  of  a  follower  who  committed 

uicide,  as  they  are  for 

of  the  man    you   speak 

lay  down  a  rule  tbat   no  subjec 

agitated  that  makes  people  £t 

and  kill  themselves)     Then    w< 

to  discuss    religion    which 

.on  cause    of  suoh    results 


Shall 


sells! 


:  the 


,nd     the  ■ 


forcement  of  local-option.  In  Blakely 
they  have  just  visited  such  agitate 
i.  Would  you  "1 
at  the  door  of  the  n 
think  I  am  compi 
■um    sellers.      I  only 


rMai 


ght  v 


should  agitate 


upport  ot  a  good  cb 
-  is  a  good  thing, 
a  its  favor,  but  if  a  bad 
it.  Why  such  fear  o 
!  Is  truth  injured  by  acru 
tiny  I  Is  gold  impaired  by  the  lur 
like  Tom,  who  wa 
arrested  for  stealing  and  being  in  at 
uncontrollable  mood  was  told  by  i 
friend  that  justice  should  be  done  him 
replied,  "That's  what  I  most  fear?' 
Do  you  fear  thw  truth!  In  support  of 
your  position  you  quote  from 
tie  who  says,  '"mark"  such 
"division."  Chri6t  aaya,  "I 
to  send  peace,  but  a  sword."     "For  I 

against  his   father,  and    the  daughter 
against  her  mother,  and  the   daught 
in-law  'igninst   her    inothei --in-law,  i 
a  man's  foes  shall   be  they  of  his   o 
household.'' 

Now  what  do  these  passages  mei 
Clearly  that  where  truth  ib  the   bi 
of  union,  that  man  who  would  mi 
diviaion  by  introducing  error  and  false- 
hood,     should     be      -'marked"     an 
shunned;  but    where    sin,   error    an 
falsehood  have  got  possession,  wheth> 
in   community,  church    or   family,  tl 
introduction  of  truth   will  cause  all  the 
division  and  strife.     Christ  says  it  will. 
Yes,  it  will   produce  just  such  results 
as  we  see  wherever     Anti-masonry  it 
preached. 

In  conclusion,  if  there  be  no  escape 
from  eternal  death,  but  through  Christ 
what  advice  would  you  give  to  gospe 
ministera  and  adhering  Masons  wh< 
have  learned  through  Masonic  works 
such  as  Mackey,  Webb,  Town,  etc., 
etc,  that  Masonry 


■eligion  by  which 


;by 


theological    lad- 


Children's  Comer. 


of  '-Applet 


speak     of     the     Mison'c  instit'it'on    «■ 

favorable  to  t  e  support  of  civil  author 

day,  aod   in    this  country, 

would   be   a  mockery    of  the  commor 

nse  and  seDsibilitv  of  mankind, 

My  father  saya  be  had    known    thi 

love  of  the   fine   arts,  the   delight   ir 

hospitality,  and  the  devotion  to  human 

ity  of   the  Masonio    fraternity.       All 

these   qualities  no   doubt   then    were 

id  yet  are  conspicuous  in  many  mem 

They,  and  quali 


.illio 
die  re  the i 


the 


hold  nature  dressed  in  living  grten 
g  fields,  beautiful  landscapes, 
fruits  and  flowers;  any  idlers,  dozers 
■  loungers,  seen  or  heard  of  here! 
Everything  in  nature  and  grace  are 
stive,  full  of  life  and  motion  on  the 
ing.  The  aun.  the  moon,  the  spari- 
ng heavens,  the  birds,  the  floods,  the 
ppling  brookB,  and  the  flowing  founts. 
The  birds  warble  on  every  tree  in  ec- 
stasy of  joy,  the  tiny  flower,  hidden 
.11  eyes,  Bends  forth  its  fragrance 
of  full  happiness;  the  mountain  stream 
dashes  along  with  a  sparkle  and  mur 
light.  The  object  of 
their  creation  is  accomplished,  and 
life  gushes  forth  in  harmonic 
wort,  0  pluntl  0  stream!  worthy  of 
;he  wretched  idler, 
the  hnne.  the  moth,  the 
curse  of  life. 


angrei 


The  secret  of    all   success  in    life,  of 
all  greatness,    nay,    of   happiness,  is 
live  for    a  purpose,     There    are  mar 
persons  always  busy,  who  yet  have  i 
great  purpose    in    view.     They    fritt 
away     their    energies    on    a    hundn 
things,  never   accomplishing  anythini 
because  never  giving   their   undivided 
attention  to  any  one   thing.     They 
like  butterflies,   that   Sit    from   epo 


t  gam: 


<alth;  while  t 


t  who  strictly  keep3  to  a  certai 
it  around    her    hole,   gradually  lays 
stores   for  winter  comfort. 


the  ant,    thou    sluggai 
Early  bus 


3-like  habits  with  r 
ratered  by  the  dew 


heavenly  grace,  shield  the  jnveniles 
from  temptation's  anare,  they  grow  up 
to  manhood's  prime,  become  useful,  bo 
nevolent  citizens;  shine  as  lights,  if  si 
be  Christ  is  formed  in  the  soul  the  hop. 
of  glory. 


ufc  Partialities. 


rhichl 


limentary 


to  a  friendly 
of  the  Grand 
Lodge  to  him,  In  it  he  expressly 
states  that  he  had  never  been  initiated 
in  the  order.  He  therefore  kne> 
nothing  of  their  secrets,  their  oatlu 
nor  their  penalties.  Far  less  had  thei 
practical  operation  been  revealed  by  the 
murder  of  Win,  Morgan.  Nor  had  the 
band  of  the  avonger  of  blood  been  ar- 
rested for  five  long  years — and  proba- 
bly forever   by  the  contumacy   of  wit- 


nry 


.elf.      To 


publisheda  sermon  censuring  toy  father 
for  anything  he  hud  ever  said  upun  the 
iubject  of  Masonry.  The  electoral 
'ole  of  MassachuBetts  in  1801  was 
my  father. 

liberty  to  make  what  use 
of  this  letter  you  please;  giving  notice 
if  you  publish  it  that  it  is  in  answer  to 

of  inquiry  recieved  by  me. 

very  respectfully.  air.yourobe- 

John  Quinoy  Adams. 
OUlt  MAIL. 


yet    higher  ordei 


the 


of  th. 


They 


many   of  the   monast 

Inquisition  itself,  wh 
the  very  not  of  burning  the  body  of 
the  heretic  to  death,  were  alwa 
ed  by  the  tenderest  and  most  humane 
>gard  for  the  salvation  of  his  soul. 
The  use  of  my  father's  name  for  the 
purposes  to  which  Mr.  Sheppard  would 
apply  it,  is  an  injury  to  his  mem- 
ory which  1  deem  it  my  duty,  as  far 
my  power,  to  redress, 
You  observe  he  i=ays  he  never  has  been 
I  in  the  Masonic  order.  And  I 
ore  than  once  heard  fi 
own  lips  why  he  had  never  enjoyed 
that  felioity, 

Jr.  Jeremy  Gridley  whom  he  men 
IB  as  having  been  his  intimate  friend 
i  Grand  Master  of  the  Massachu 
ts  Grand    Lodge.     He  was  also  Ibe 

October,    17C8,   my    father,  having 

finished  hiB  law  studies,  and  his  sc 
ke.'pmy  m    Win,-- ui.er,   presented 
If,    a  stranger,     poor,    friendless 
iscure,  to  ask  ot  him  the  favor  to 
nt  him  to  the  Superior  Court   of  the 
roviuce,    then    sitting  at    Boston,  for 
Imission  to    the    bar.     Mr.    Gridley, 
his  own  office,  examined  the    youth- 
l  aspirant  with  regard   to    his    profes. 
joal  acquire  merits;  g*ve  him  advice 
aly  paternal  and  dictated  by  the  pur- 
it  virtue;  smd  then  presented    him  f. 
the   Court  with  a  declaration  that   ht 
had  himself  examined    him  and  could 
assure  their  honors    that  his    legal  a( 
quirementa     wore      considerable,    an 
fully  worthy  of  the   admission    whic 
he    solicited.     This    kindness   of    M 
Gridley  was    never   forgotten   by    my 
father  and  1  trust  will   never  be  by  h'n 
children.     From  that  day  forth 
Mr.  Gridley  lived,  he  was  the  in 
friend,  personal  and  professional,  of  my 
father.     He  died  in   1787.     My  fath- 
often  resorted  to  him  for  friendly  cou 
sel,  and  aa  he  was  Grand  Master  of  the 
lodge,   once  asked  his   advice,  whet1 


worth  1 


while 


ANTI-MASONIC  BOOKS, 

Christian  Cynosur  e 

Address,  EZRA  A.  COOS  &  CO,, 


(included,    the 


t  Davenport  or  Kco 


.,  Green  Grove,  Pa 


A  Sermon  on  Masonry. 


Light  on   Freemasonry 

BY  ELDER  D.  BERNARD, 


Walsh's  Review  of  Freemasonry. 

REVISED  EDITION. 


Finney  on  Masonry. 


ELDER  STEARNS' BOOKS. 
an  csraTjraTi 

Freemasonrv, 

Boventh  Edition.  Price  10  cents 


l-:..lii<)]-3.  like  the  rest 

ii-   Jnsh    Hil  ii.i^    siys, 

l.iiid"    ,_.!h  ..I     puipit  i.p. 

en.-.ly 

the  largest? 

ber  of  the  society.  In  the  candoi 
friendship,  Mr,  Gridley  told  him  NO, 
— adding  that  by  aggregation  to  th' 
society  a  young  man  might  acquire  , 
little  artificial  support,  but  that  he  dii 
not  need  it,  and  that  there  was  nothing 
in  the  Masonic  institution  worthy  of 
his  seeking  to  bo  associated  with  it- 

So  said  at  (hat  time,  the  Grand  Mas- 
ter of  the  Massachusetts  Masons,  Jet* 
emy  Gridley,  and  such,  I  have  repeat- 
edly heard  my  father  say,  was  tne 
reason  he  never  joined  the  lodge. 

The  u€e  of  the  name  of  Washington 
to  give  an  odor  of  sanctity  to  the  in- 
stitution as  it  now   stands   exposed    to 


gEWING   MACHINE    NEEDLE g 


>rldi 


.nl  ir.V  ,'i 


of  my  father's   name. 

xii>ji-  profouud  than 
for  that  of  Washington.  But  he  was 
never  called  to  consider  the  Masonic 
order  in  the  light'in  which  it  must  now 
be  viewed.  If  he  had  been,  we  have  a 
pledge  of  what  his  conduct  would  have 
been,  fBr  more  authoritative  than  the 
mere  fact  of  his  having  been  a  Masun 
can  bo  in  favor  of  the  brotherhood.  If 
you  wish  to  know  what  that  pledge 
is,  please  to  consult  the  recently  pub- 
lished writings  of  Thomas  Jefferson, 
Vol.  I.,  from  page  417  to  422  and  bf- 
pecially  the  paragraph  beginning  a:  the 
liddle  nf  page  418.     I  would   earnest- 


t  defiai 


lodge  in  heaven,"  without  a  Mediator! 
Would  you  Bay  cease  to  agitate  for 
fear  that  in  separating  this  system  of 
false  religion  from  the  church  you  will 
make  division  1  Had  we  better  leave 
the  demon  error  and  falsehood  in  quiet 


than    adm 


the 


truth    for    fear    of    disturbance;    and 
thereby  encourage  young  men  to   em- 


own  sanctuary; — nor  had  the  trial 
an  accomplice  in  guilt  marked  the 
fluence  of  one  juror  under  Mas< 
oaths    upon    the  verdict  of  his   ele 

That  Mr.  Sheppard  should  resor. 

letter  from  my  father,  a  professedly 
.^uiuiiii.ai.'d  man,  to  liberab 
sonic  institution  from  the  unrefuted 
charge    of  unlawful    oaths,  of  horr 

divulging  of  which  has  been  punis 
by  a  murder  unsurpassed  in  hui 
atrocity,  is  to  me  passing  strange. 
that  m  father  knew  of  Masonry 
1708  was  that  it  was  fayorable  to 
support  of  civil  authority;  and  this 
inferred  from  the  characters  of  i 
mate  friends  uf  his,  and  excellent  n 
who  had  been  members  of  the 


loftl 


pure 


j  all  v 


pBBB&gl 

>ub Masons,  of  whom 
I    know    there  are  great  numbf 
iey  wish  to    draw  precepts    foi 
hole  conduct  from  the  exampl. 
principles  of  Washington,  or  fro 


,-lllj.T 


opinio 


will     liul 


lifimde  ■■(  Jefferson 

those  pages  lessons  of  duty    for 

selves  which    they    might    consi 

application  of  the  principles  in 

not  identically  the  same,  but  in    every 

essential  point  of  argument  similar  and 


Mich  stronger  basis, 


ould 


Light  on  Freemasonrv. 

BY  ELUEft  D.  BERNARD, 


:  CHRISTIAN  PILGRIM. 


Letters    on    Masonry, 


W.   BAIN'S   NEW  BOOK 

THE  SECRET  ORDERS 

This  work 

Freemasonry  ought  not  to 

i    fdlnwKhiped    by    tbe    U.  P 

Church    or   any    other 


ADVERSE  TO  CHRISTIANITY, 


A  Seceding  Mason  of  21  degrei 


Masonic  Books. 

FOR  SALE  AT  THE  CYNOSURE 


MONITORIAL  INSTRUCTION  BOOK 


J.  I,.  MANIET. 
ATTORNEV-AT-LAW, 


WHEATOK    COLLEGE! 

1YHEATON.  ILLINOIS, 

Xt.tt7»  J,.!i::«,,™X.T°n' 


Westfield     College, 

Weotflold,  Clark  Co.,  111. 


lion    of 
Uuiled 


.  no  Linfumwriibli'  deni. 
B  duly  of  every  Miitjo.i  .u 
alee  al  this  doy. 

I  never  hoard  and  do  nol  believe  that 
Tho  inferenca  waaauroly  natural;— bul  I  the  Rev.  Dr.  Beotly  ever   delivered  c 


Anti-Masonic  Christian  Herald, 


mm  um  of  m  lodge, 

MAOKEY'S   TEXT  BOOK 

MASONIC  JURISPRUDENCE. 


iUiriion's  Monitor  of  Freemasonry. 


j'S 


lilt  IM. 
iaScrss 


Suicu'e  "asonic  Ritual  aad  Monitor. 
.liver's  History  ot  Initiation. 


TheChristianCynosur 


e 


"in   Ha  tret  Mar.:    i  Said  j\otk//'o\ 


VOL   III..    NO.  21 


CHICAGO.    THURSDAY.    MAR.  5,  1874. 


WHOLE  NO-   125. 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 

Jio.  11  Wabash  Avenue,  ('hlcaco. 


ully 


laslers,"  and  again,  if  Christ 
□sen  you  to  be  a  soldier,  you 
r  entangle  yourself  with  the  af- 
tbe  world,  that  you  may  faith- 
ir?e  him  that,  hath  chosen  you; 


tgo  < 


BSREA  COLLBOB,   Ky..      ( 

Nov-  22d,  1873.        ( 
Mesm.  Carpenter,  Sloa  <ie  and  Sirat- 
ton,    Committee    National    Christian 
Association: 

Gentlemen: — 1  am  directed  by  the 
Faculty  of  Berea  College  to  send  you 
the  following  as  a  brief  expression  of 
our  views  on  the  subject  of  Beoret  so- 
Secret  societies  are  of  two  kinds, 
those  which  aim  to  secure  special  and 
unequal  advantages  lor  their  members, 
in  social,  civil,  political  and  business 
relations;  and  those  which  seek  to 
promote  some  moral,  social  01  political 
reform. 

The  first,  among  which  Freemasonry 
is  moat  prominent,  wo  regard  as  selfish 
in  their  nature  and  essential  aim,  and, 
bftHT,  h  '.!■<  :o!ii  -ii  ■  '■<.'  ■  ■''  '  It!  -t'.-in  re 
Jigiou.  They  tend  also  to  promote 
jealousy,  suspicion,  and  discord  in 
•communities;  and  are  fit  and  powerful 
inetrumh-D^.ilitiee,  ready  to  he  wielded 
by  corrupt  and  designing  men,  against 
the  peace,  order  anil  goud 'government 
of  the  country.  We  therefore  deem  it 
our  di'ly  not  only  not  to  countenance 
them,  but  to  oppose:  them,  hy  all  ap- 
propriate means. 

While  we  may  heartily  sympathize 
with  the  ostensible,  r-.od  even  real  ob- 
jects of  the  other  class  of  secret  socie- 
ties, we  regard  them  as  not  only  use- 
less, but  even  harmful  in  their  influ- 
ence upon  the  reforms  they  seek  to 
promote,  inasmuch  as  rhey  ore  distasLe- 
ful  and  otherwise  objectionable  to 
many  of  the  wi"  rod  [rood,  and  thus 
they  divide  aud  cripple  the  forces 
of  reform,  whiib  might  otherwise  be 
united. 

They  also  promote  familiarity  with 
the  habit;  and  forms  of  secret   assoei- 

'  and  thus  become  training  schools,  in 
which  multitudes  are  prepared  for 
those  which  are  most  objeciionable. 
For  these  and   other  reasons  we  tbink 


1  refer 


,  tl>.  i 


'No  student  is  permitted  to  meet 
rith  any  secret  society  while  in  attend- 
nee  upau  school." 

Un-iiurnrjijFly  adopted  Nov.  10th, 
873.         Yours  reepeclfully, 

E.  H.  Faircuild.  Pres.  B.C. 


Odd-fellowship  Exposed. 

Dear,    S: — You   asked    if    Bernard's 
work  is  a  (rue  revelation  of  the  five  de- 
grees of  Odd-fellowship,     It  is  word 
for  word  as  I  received   it.     Odd-fellows 
will  try  to  make  you  disbelieve  it,  eith 
er  directly  or  indirectly  ;  oven  minister! 
have  frequently  done  this.     No  doubt 
it  makes  you  wonder  if  the  revelation 
true,  but  you    may  rest  assured  that 
is;  and  when  any  one  attempts  to  malio 
you  tbink  that  it  is  not,  you  can  reckon 
it  as  false,   und  say  to  such   "no 
has  any   part  in  the  liingdom  of  Gi 

1  have  taken  .jghl  degrees  in  C 
fellowship,  live  in  the  subordinate  led^e 
and  lh.ee  in  th.  camp,  f  believe  tl 
U  all  there  is.  I  have  lately  discover 
another  order  of  winch  1  know  but 
'tie,  but  is  only  known  amone  the  U 
mans.  Of  ihi  Knights  of  Pylhiai 
know  ao thing;  but  one  thing  you  t 
rely  on.  all  seorotorderedony  Christ 
their  workings.  Although  outside  of 
the  order  they  may  confess  ] 
with  the  mouth.  their  heart  ounnc 


When    you  speak   of  my    revealing 
these    things,    they    will  say:  He  is  a 
man  void   of  the  principles    of  honor. 
Just  what  the  nbligatiou  holds  him  to 
do  if  he  is  a  good    Odd-fellow  ie,   to 
his  dues  paid  up  promptly;  other- 
he  miry  bit  an  atheist  or  a  deist,  a 
unmedan  or  a  Jew,  if  only  he   hns 
the  shape  of  a  man,  and  is  sound  in 
iody  and  mind.     The  contract  also  is 
hat  the  order  is  not  to  interfere  in  re- 
igion  or  polities,  and  as  soon  as    it  is 
found  to  do  so,  One  is  released  from  the 
tion;  this  is  my  case  and  I  feel  1 
i  longer  bound  to   keep  those  ob- 
ligations. 

You  may  ask :  '  'How   do  they  deny 
rristi"     1  answer,  simply  by  allowing 
ms'-lve*  (wh-n  they  enter  the  order) 
be  blind-folded  and   surrounded  by 
ains,   to  represent  the  darkness  and 
bondage    of  moral  oature  and  the  sla- 
very of  soul  to    sense;  then  they  are 
led  to  a   6cene  of  a   corpse,  which  you 
Id  is  the  effect  of  sin;  after   this 
lentation — which    is  intended    to 
reach  your  conscience  and   touch  your 
; — they  say,  Restore  bim  to  light 
and  liberty,    which  is  virtually  saying. 
We    forgive   your    sins.     The    virtual 
denial  of  Christ  is  in  the  act  of  repre- 
nting  to  the  candidate  that  there  is 
'light  in  the  world,   whereas  Christ 
id,   "I  am  the  light  of  the  world." 
Mavio^    brought   -he  candidate  into 
light   the     Noble  Orand    says   in    his 
charge,   Io  this  light  we  trust  you  will 
walk,    this    liberty   we   hope   you 
iver  maintain;  here  they  offer  lib- 
erty while  they  themselves  are  the  ser- 
■ants  of  bondage.     I   propose  to   have 
ny  reasons  published  some  time  soon, 
taring  why  1  left  the  lodge. 
Your  Bro,  in  Christ, 

Lawkence  MlLLEU. 
Warren,  III,  Jan.  5th,  1874. 


i  bid  down  as  a  principle  by  our 
iv  that  "every  one  that  doe'.h 
evil  batelh  the  light,  neither  cometb  to 
the  light  lest  bis  deeds  Bhould  bo  re- 
moved. But  he  that  doeih  truth  com- 
:th  to  the  light  that,  his  deeds  may  be 
manifest    that    they     are    wrought   in 

Now,  if  we  find  a  system  embruced 
bad  men  aud  generally  shunned  by 
e  good,  we  have  strong  presumptive 
proof  of  its  falsity.  Let  the  lodge  of 
lam  be  accessible  in  any  place, 
and  we  find  the  following  results: 
1,  Those  who  givo  the  best  evi- 
ence  of  scriptural  piety,  who  maintain 
roily  prayer,  strictly  attend  the  Di- 
ne ordinances  and  observe  a  pure 
n.rality  reject  the  lodge  as  false  and 
linous  to  the  best  interests  of  noeieiy. 
■2.  The  greater  pnrt  of  community 
ho  believe  in  Divine  revelation  and 
re  of  sober  and  industrious  l.abitrt. 
though  not  pious   will  avoid  the   lodge 

8,  If  there  are  in  the  place  any  de- 
ls whose  opposition  to  Christianity 
ae  made  them  unpopular;  when  the 
ump  of  Freemasonry  is  blown,  these 
re  sure  to  flock  to  its  standard,  that 
by  its  many  hides  they  may  be  secured 
from  disgrace.  With  the  Christian  it 
i  the  handmaid  'if  religion.  With  the 
Jew  and  gentile  and  deist  it  stands 
above  sectarianism.  They  can  still 
aim  their  poisonous  darts  at  Christian- 
ity unmolested. 

4,  The  profane  swearer,  the  tippler, 
and  those  who  violate  conjugal  obliga- 
tions by  taking  upon  them  the  Masonic 
vows  can  have  a  code  of  morals  suitable 
to  their  wishes.  Lying  is  a  Masonic 
duly.  If  told  they  murdered  Morgan 
for  revealing  their  mysteries,  they 
must  conceal  and  never  reveal.  Al- 
though the  Word  of  God  forbids  pro 
fane  smearing,  yet  profane  swearing  U 
indispensibie  to  Masonry.  Drunken 
ness  can  be  indulged  when  going  from 
labor  to  refreshment.  Adultery  musl 
be  kept  within  suitable  bounds,  it 
must  not  be  practiced  on  Masonic  fe' 
male  relations. 


Wicked  young  men  and  boys  of 
bad  habits  whose  feet,  according  to  the 
Bible,  *-go  down  to  death  and  whose 
steps  take  hold  on  hell,"  by  joining 
the  lodge  as  soon  as  eligible  are  de- 
ghted  to  find  that  laws  cannot  hurt 
liem  and  that  there  is  another  way  be- 
ides  that  of  the  Gospel  in  which  to  be 
ived,  the  belief  in  one  God  in  which 
It  men  agree.  Then  if  they  live  ac- 
ording  to  the  obligations  of  Masonry 
they  will  be  free  from  sin. 

If  these    are    respectable,    religious 

lodge,  they  are  skeptical  as  to  the 
it  truths  of  the  Bible,  or  as  some 

have  acknowledged  they  know  very  lu- 
li-  of  Mu^onrv,  or  they  are  hypocrites 
nd    would    sooner   leave  the   church 

than  the  lodge.  One  such,  an  old 
f  75  years,  a  minister  of  some 
,    on     what   was  supposed     his 

deatb-bed  was  asked  what  were  his 
irospects  for  the  better  land,  turned 
iver  his  head  in  confusion  and  refused 
O  answer.  Afterwards  before  he  died 
eqiiested  to  be  buried  by  Masonic  cere- 
nonies.      Another  of  those  whom  Ma- 


rhoi 


j  the 


urder  of  Wm.   Morgan,  for  b 

young    Methodist    Episcopal 

far    from  Batavia   at  the 


Masc 


torn    up  he  refused  to   quit    the 

and    was  disowned  and    re  pud  i- 

iu    consequence.      Soon    after    he 

to  Canada  and  was  accepted  hy  the 

Canada    Conference      on    his    solemn 

mise  that   be  would   have  no  more 

do    with    Masonry.     This     promise 

i  violated.     He   not  only    had  to  do 

with  Masonry,  but  would  leave   his  cir- 

to  assist  in  forming  new  lodges. 

He   afterwards  came  to  his  sister's  to 

In  that  solemn   time  he  often  ex- 

:d,  0   this  dreadful  uncertainty, 

can  I  endure  itl     These  gloomy 

doubts ,    what    will    become    of    me  I 

muttered  something   about  Ma- 

.     To  the  great  griefof  his  friends 

the  cloud  never  left    him  till  he    was 

id.     He  sunk  in   the  deep  waters  of 

despondency.     Freemasonry  was  like  a 

lillslone  tied  to  his  neck. 

I  will  close  by  a  few  reflections. 

1.    Infidels  of  various  classes,  Jews, 

?ists,    Mormons,  join   the    lodge  and 

main   with    no  preemptible    change, 

unless  for  the  worse.      Indeed  Masumy 

is  a  system  of  infidelity,  not  even  haji- 

with  a  Christian  name,  nod  shall 


bid. 

2.  Can  that  system  be  agree  ible  ti- 
the will  of  God  which  is  rejected  by 
nod  men  and  embraced  by  bad  men? 
Inch  makes  the  beam  of  the  rigbt- 
>US  sad,  whom  God  has  not  made  and, 
id  strengthens  the  hands  of  the  wick- 


t  return  from  his 
sing  bim  life.     Il 


God  1 


Thert 


<  let  i 


It  is  sometime  said  that  a  mnu  is 
known  by  the  company   he  keeps.      If 

as  who  have  any  regard  for  goml- 

or  the  glory  of  Gad  would  but 
open  their   eyes,  how    can  they    help 

ice  when  they  enter  the  lodge 
that  they  nro  not  with  OhriBt,  the 
great  Master,  and  his  chosen  followers. 
when    they  go  from   what  tbey 


what  i 


ul  dinmpntion  to  be  entered  upon  God'a 
book  of  remembrance,  to  be  revealed 
at  that  day  I  Weil  was  it  said  "Have 
no  fellowship  with  the  unfruitful  works 
of  darkness,  but  rather  reprove  them; 
for  it  is  a  shame  to  speak  of  those 
things  done  of  them  in  secret." 


-The  i 


eof  r 


of  Jew 


Gentile;  swallowing  up  asperity  of 
feeling  as  to  religion,  and  in  many 
welding  citizens  r>f  different 
,ries   ss  though  into   one  uation- 

— We  go  through  life  like  a  man  with 
adark  lantern,  throning  light  only  on 
the  few  steps  before;  but  since,  little, 
by  little  all  the  miles  of  mysterious 
darkness  that  stretch  beyond  our  sight 
will  become  the  few  steps  before  us, 
the  light,  thank  God!  Is  enough  for 
the    whole  way. 


[The  followiug  extracts,  from  uu  ar- 
ticle by  Rev.  A,  M.  Milligan  in  the 
Christian  Statesman,  so  nearly  apply 
to  the  Anniversary  of  the  National 
Christian  Association  opposed  to  secret 
societies,  that  we  cannot  forbear  pre- 
senting them  to  our  readers,  who  by 
changing  Pittsburgh  to  Syracuse  will 
not  misB  the  force  of  the  article.  — 
En.  Cyn.] 

We  are  approaching  the  time  of  our 
next  annua!  convention;  and  many 
friends  or  the  cause  are  asking  the 
question,  what  is  the  importance  of 
holding  these  annual  national  conven- 
tions f  and  those  especially  at  a  dis- 
tance a3k,  Is  it  necessary  that  we 
should  be  at  the  great  trouble  and  ex- 
pense of  having  delegates  at   the    con- 


diences  may  be  masterly  and  convinc 
ing,  but.  it  is  not  heard  beyond  the  pre- 
cincts of  our  city.  The  same  argu 
ments  in  the  same  hall,  but  on  th< 
platform  of  a  National  Convention 
will  be  heard  over  the  length  ant 
brea'dth    of  the   land,  and  across    tin 


the 


ght, 


ly  of  the  argument    itself,  or  of  the 

speaker,    but   also  of  the    convention. 

But  this  is  not  the  only  advantage  of 


ml  r,„ 


The 


unle.-UHr-s  o:  ■  n r  progress,  ii'd  the 
meter  *ud  thermometer  by  which 
weight  uid  beat,  or  the  power  of 
movement  is  determined.  Men 
are  observant,  and  desirous  t" 
;rstand     how   much  importance   to 


Nat 


Com 


tudy  the  number  of 
delegates,  the  character  of  the  men  en- 
listed, their  earnestness,  intelligence 
and  determination,  and  by  these  tCBts 
will  form  their   estimate   of  the   power 

A  leading  man  in  the  country  listened 
to  our  General  Secretary,  while  he  set 
forth  the  purpose  of  the  organization, 
and  when  be  was  through,  said,."Very 
dll  you  have  a  noble  cause — a  cause 
vrthy  of  all  that  can  be  done  in  its 
behalf;  hut   have  you    men  behind  it 


that  a 


and 


through*"  This  m 
pertinent  question  of  importance  to  the 
must  be  answered  largely  by  our 
ntioiiB.  A  large,  earnest  conven- 
L'.-iUn-i-'  d  from  great  distances,  at 
much  expense  and  trouble,  and  repre- 
senting the  whole  country,  means 
work,  and  foreshadows  success.  It  en- 
courages the  friends  and  disheartens 
the"enemiea  df  the  cause. 

In  addition  to  these  things,  a  conven- 
tion stimulates  the  work.  It  sets  all 
who  are  interested  to  work    to  make  it 


the 


friends  of  the  cause  meet  in  convention 
they  become  as  cohIr  to  burning  coals 
food  to  fire.  One  catches  the  fire 
of  another.  Ideas  flash  from  mind  to 
mind.  The  timid  become  courageous; 
llie  di-.-pondenl  become  hopeful;  tho 
weak  become  strong;  while  the  zeal 
and  courage  of  the  strongest  are 
t r ...  i r i y  increased. 

holding  conventions.  But  the  benefit 
to  the  chubs  to  be  derived  from  the 
convention  depends  greatly  upon  the 
character  of  the  convention  itself  and 
the  men  who  attend  it.  A  large  num- 
ber of  delegates  is  desirable,  but  if 
this  large  number  be  gathered  from  a 
very  small  area  of  territory,  or  if  they 
represent  a  small  class  of  tho  commu- 
nity, it  cannot  properly  be  called  a  Na- 
tional Convention.  There  should  be 
represented  as  large  an  extent  of  coun- 
try and  as  great  variety  of  population 
as  possible.  The  delegates  as  far  as 
possible  should  be  representative  men, 
men  of  influence  and  mark  in  their  re- 
spective localities.  Nearly  every 
church  in  the  country,  every  profes- 
sion— the  statesman,  the  judge,  law- 
yer, physician,  minister,  professors  of 
colleges i  divinity  schools,  law  schools 
and  public  schools,  aud  the  first  men 
of  the  country  in  each  of  these  de- 
partments, are  represented  in  the 
movement,  and  as  fur  as  practicable 
should    be   on    our   platform.     Every 


iiaUcuia!  rt'one  is  a  lower  >T  slri-ngtli, 
We  should  at  this  coming  Cocy 
tion  in  Pittsburgh  have  thirty  sla 
represented.  In  order  in  BCCOmp] 
this,  special  efforts  must  be  made 
friends  in  distant  'la'--  sod  territori 
Co-up"rrttii.ui  nod  ukill  in  managerw 
wilt  enable  th**  most  distant  state 
have  at  least  one  delegate, — unless 
perhaps    those    .  beyond     the    Rocky 

Let  the  friends  of  the  cause  in  such 
localities  correspond  with  each  other 
and  ascertain  who  can  go.  and  whether 
some  of  their  numbor  cinoot  unite 
this  with  some  other  object  which  will 
supply  sufficient  motive  to  bring  them 
forward.  Let  different  localities  raise 
and  put  together  funds  sufficient  to 
bring  forward  at  least  one  delegate 
from  every  rtate.  I  have  not  the  least 
doubt  that  an  earnest  endeavor  and  a 
little  wisdom  in  arrangement  will  give 
us  a  representation  of  one«tbird  more 
many   delegates  as 


had 


■of  < 


representing 
thirty  states,  and  numbering  one  thou- 
sand delegates,  with  the  talent  and 
power  on  the  platform  already  secured, 


position  of  influence  and  power    s 
will  defy  the   scorn  of  its  enemiei 
command  the  thoughtful    attention  of 
thoughtful  men. 


The  Uses  of  the  Grange. 

There  are  several  practical  uses  to 
which  an  institution  like  the  grange 
may  be  put.  One  of  these  uses  is  very 
evident  to  all  who  are  familiar  with  th- 
way  that  the  snake  crawls:  it  is  to  cov- 
er the  retreat  of  Masonry,  and  enable  it 
to  take  a  stand  before  an  adverse  pop- 
ular opinion.  It  ie  a  sham  demonstra- 
tion designed  to  divert  popular  alien 
tion  from  the  real  question  at  issue. 
By  drawing  large  numbers  around  it- 
self, of  the  most  respectable  class  of 
society,  viz:  the  farming  class,  Masonry 
may  yet  give  itself  a  respectable  ap- 
pearance, and,  in  the  end,  may  reckon 
upon  a  large  number  of  recmiis  to  itc 
ranks.  Cheap  transportation  will 
eld  up  as  one  of  the  priu'.-iprd  mil- 
hi  "the  order;1'  but  the  strength- 
ening of  Jesuitism  and  Masonry  will  be 
the  end . 

Another  use  of  the  grange  is  to  get 
things  cheap;  and  the  way  to  do  this 
will  depend  upon  localities.  For  in- 
stance, if  you  are  upon  the  Canadian 
frontier,  you  may  get  many  things 
through  the  Custom  House,  or  over 
the  lines,  by  a  mere  crook  of  the  fin- 
ger, winK  of  the  left  eye,  or  a  grand 
bailing  sign  of  distress,  calling  for  help 
for  the  widow's  son,  or,  in  fact,  for  the 
widow  herself,  especially  if  she  be 
fleshy  and  locomotion  difficult  (with 
hidden  laces,  brandies,  broadcloths, 
and  such  things.)  The  Grand  Lodge 
of  grangers  has  been  careful  to  estab- 
lish "subordinate  granges"  in  Canada, 
so  thai  this  operation  of  "buuefiting 
themselves,"  is  rendered  very  easy. 

But  such  a  course  as  this  destroys 
the  revenues  and  vitalities  of  our  gov- 
ernment; opens  a  breach,  by  under- 
mining, into  its  very  citadel,  and  lets 
in  Jesuitism  and  monarchy. 

Every  secret  movomeut  should  be 
distrusted  merely  because  it  is  Beoret. 
No  political  movement  in  the  United 
States  should  ever  be  undertaken  un- 
less it  is  for  the  good  of  all;  and  if  the 
grange  is  for  the  good  of  all,  therefore, 
why  should  it  be  secret  If  The  very 
first  step  taken  by  the  grange  ie  Jesuit- 
oal.  All  the  honest  men  in  il  will  be 
ontrolled    by    the  iustitutiou,  and  be 


ade, 


'  tbei 


brandy;  but  while  under  the  influence 
of  brandy  he  will  be  likely  to  do  things 


evil  inspiration,    undei    whose  baneful 
influence  everything  is  duc.orted. 

There  is  a  trimly  of  baneful  powers 
—there  are  three  evil  Institution  in 
the  laud,  viz:  Maso1  ry,  the  brothel, 
and  grog-jhopa;  and  the  chief  of  these 
is  Masonry.  There  is  no  pos-ible  ex- 
cuse or  palliation  for  it.     Whoever  re- 


ormation.      The     phrenologist     need 
spend  no  time  over  the  pholoyrnphs  of 
men  who  propose  to  redeem  society  by 
the  aid  of  either  of  these  institutio 
He  will  liud  no  hidden  occult  pow 
there  that  will  develop   into  n.^neie 
public  hern-ficence,  F.  H.  C. 


The  Serpent  In  I 


i  of  Hui 


vaded  by  the  < 
ample,  is  the  order 
bandry.  Their  platform,  among  numer- 
ous other  things,  comprises  planks  de- 
claring that  the  Higher  Manhood  roust 
he  developed,  the  laws  maintained,  liti- 
gation avoided,  prejudice,  rivalry  and 
aelfi'jh  ambition  suppressed,  middlemen 
dispensed  with,  the  tyranny  of  monop- 
olies abated,  the  antagonism  of  capital 
and  labor  done  away  with  and  large 
profits  in  trade  abolished.  And  yet 
even  in  this  young  order  there  is  dis- 
cord. "The  singular  beauty"  of  its 
ritu'd  is  scoffed  at  by  tried  members, 
who  say  it  is  too  long.  The  order  is 
not  political,  but  its  head  is  talked  of 
for  President  of  the  United  Stales  hy 
his  followers,  and  it  is  notorious  that 
the  politicians  are  striving  to  capture 
the  order.  There  are  granges  and 
granges  in  New   Enghnd  in  which  the 

most  insignificant  one,  The  Nntional 
Grange  is  as  much  disturbed  by  the 
character  of  the  Boston  Grange  as  by 
any  question  before  it.  Then  there  is 
u  surplus  of  $100,0011  in    the  hands  of 


hard   to  tell   what 


t  of  firm- 


to  do  with  it.     Too   many  ''deputies" 
and  ''lecturers"  and  other    hangers  on, 

some  of  the  brethren  think,  are  trying 
to  gel  a  living  off  the  order 
these  gentry  being  as  ignon 
ing  as  of  any  other  method  of  earning 
an  honest  living.  Fees  and  salaries 
are  questions  of  Interest.  Traveling 
deputies  get  §5  a  day  and  their  ex 
penses.  to  6ay  nothing  of  the  chances 
of  increasing  tbeir  influence,  persona) 
and  political.  All  these  things  nrecon- 
ristent,  perhaps  with  the  development 
of  the  Higher  Minhood,  but  they  arc 
still  rather  unpleasant  in  an  order 
which  aims  to  repress  "selfish  ambi- 
tion.'" The  organization  has  had  a 
most  wonderful  growtn — unequalled 
in  the  annals  of  secret  societies,  Now 
its  troubles  are  beginning. 

The  fact  ib  the  good  old  days  of 
Adam  and  Eve  are  not  to  be  restored 
suddenly  by  any  secret  society.  As  a 
cooperative  organization,  for  mutual 
benefit,  for  cheapening  prices  and  ex- 
tending other  advantages  lo  its  mem- 
bers, no  less  in  political  than  social  and 
business  direction  ,  the  movement  prom- 
ises to  be  a  great  sucess,  but  when 
the  men  who  are  running  It  talk  about 
developing  the  Higher  Mxubood,  and 
doing  away  with  selfishness  by  means 
of  a  purely  selfish,  money-making  or- 
ganization they  are  talking  nonsense, 
and  we  will  not  do  them  the  injustice 
to  suppose  for  a  momc-i.t  mat  ihej 
don't  know  it. 
deal  of  good, 


great 


ierablc 


iOf   B 


believe  their 
leas  purity  or  that  Utopia 
been  established  on  the 
Boston  Herald,  Feb.  13th. 


Freemasonry  Forty  Years  Ago. 


To  the  Grand  Muster,  Wardens  and 
Brethren  ot  ihe  Grand  Lodge  of  (Rhode 
Island  and  Providence  Pluntations:- 


ilerest    your    oflV:i:d   addri 

i«l  jiubli-hed  by  a  commit 
wnapn. 


It  is  asked  for  what  reason  I  con- 
sider myselt  called  upon  thus  publicly 
and  formidh  to  address  ''the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Rhode  Island;"  I  answer, 
there  are  two  principal  ressuns  at  hand 
which  I  deem  sufficient.  Firtt,  I  was 
made  a  Mason  in  a  lodge  which  was 
acknowledged  to  be  under  your  juris- 
diction; and  Secondly,  1  am  a  -'Seced- 
ing Mason;"  and,  of  course,  among 
the  number  whom  you  "boldly  chal- 
lenge to  point  out  a  different  principle, 


penally  annexed  to  Masonic  oaths. 
Though  there  are  many  other  reasons 
which  operate  in  my  own  mind,  yet 
those  ii  ray  only  apology  for  accept- 
ing your  offi'ial  ''challenge,"  and  pre- 
senting io  you  and  your  Ml  ,,v  eitizen:, 

most    solemn    and  unequivocal    asser- 

Bo  assured,  then,  gentlemen,  I  waa 
no  less  shocked  than  surprised,  when  | 
read  in  your  first  address,  the  follow- 
ing   negation  -md   appeal  lo  the  Omni- 


as  a  Grand  Lodge,  and  by  the  author- 
ity Musonicidly  vested  in  us,  we  hereby 
declare,  that  if  any  such    obligation    is 


meiU-iii-  of  Ma  -i-nr,  .  thai  every  Muso 
shall  be  at  perfect  liberty  to  make 
lull  -mil  free  nii;rlu:;uiv  ol  all  principle: 
acts,  and  doings  in  opposition  to  lb 
civil  authority,  tho  laws  of  the  land  < 
of  public  or  private  justice," 
Now,  gentlemen,  I  mm 
this  cither  a3  a  full  and  explicit  renuu 
cialion  of  "ancient  Freem:isonry;"  oi 
else  as  an  asseveration  that  what  Mor 
gan  and  oilier  seceders  have  disclosed 
especially  ni  fur  bb  the  obligations  ar« 
concerned,  i.  wholly  spurious,      If  thii 


masonry"  then  you  and  Inland  upon  a 
level  tn  regard  to  the  institution,  and  1 
most  cordially  hail  you  as  seceders.  If 
it  is  a  mere  denial  thai  the  revelation 
of  Morgan    and  others  is  genuine   Mu- 

should  have  so  generally  reviled  me 
and  others  as  ''vile  wretches"  and 
'  perjured  vidians."  when  we  only  an- 
nounced that  which  was  spurious,  and 
cast  off  such  obligations  ouly  as  you 
declare  lo  be  "un masonic,  null  and 
void."  and    say  we    are    under    ohliga- 

why  I  should  have  bad  ussosed 
upon  me,  in  a  regular  lodge  under 
your  jurisdiction,  spurious  for  genuine 
Freemaaonry;  or  why  I  should  have 
been  expelled,  as  I  was,  from  the  same 
lodge  by  renouncing  what  you  uow  de- 
clare  to  be  ''unmasonio,  null  and  void." 
In  your  jec  md  address  to  the  citi- 
zens of  Rhode  Island,  however,  I  un 
derst'iml  you  to  admit,  that  the  revela- 
tion of  More;  u i  .md  Other  seceders  is 
substantially  correct,  and    may  be  re- 

ii  alight  formal  variation  in  the  penalty 
annexed  Lo  the  obligation,  ...  -  You 
.-av.  "But  in  all  U  ' dc  oh 
true  form  io,  'binding  myself  under  no 
less  a  penalty  than  to  suffer  thus  and 
o  'ere'  oi  'before  /wfU;1  or  in  some 
lodgi  -^  -rather  than,'  and  ie  others 
'.,.  ,.,„  r  than  I  would  violate,'  et&" 
According  to  this  statement,  geutlc- 
men,  1  think  it  cannot  be  much  to  the 
credit  of  m.  mbers  of  the  Grand  Lodge 


iuffer  s 


uch 


in  the  ''work'  of  different  In  h;ey  under 
their  jurisdiction,  aud  especially  in  the 
most  important  part  of  all  the  work, 
thut  of  administering  Masonic  oath*.! 
But  passing  over  the  absurdity  of  these 
forms  of  expression,  which  has  been 
fully  and  fairly  exposed  by  Mr.  Patten, 
who  has  proved  that  on  the  ground 
„i  this  construction,  none  but  those 
who  keep  Masonic  law  could  possibly 
sutler  the  penalty,  I  am  ready  io  admit 
with  you  that  "the  change  is  very  ma- 
terial;" and  whether  this  change  was 
made  earlieror  later,  it  is  entirely  dif- 
ferent from  what  I  received  as  "ancient 
Freemasonry." 


82 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE  :  MARCH  5,     1874. 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 


Chicago,  Tlinrstlui,  March  5,  1 


the 


ESLAilHKMESI  OF  THE  FATOH. 

To   Ike    Patrons  and  Friend*  ofth 
Cynosure:- 

It  baa  been  our 
spread  of  the  cause,  t 
meat  of  its  printing  c 
begins  to  be  realized, 
of  our  paper  inform 
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)  have  an  enlarge 
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is  that  about  the 
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They   thus  redeem  their  promise, 
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of  the    country    and    the    cause,    ai 
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The  present  income  will  not  ausla 
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sand,  they  will  yive  us  such  a  papi  i 
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will    be  proud  of;    a  paper    excludin 
immoral  and  improper   udvertiseuieMi 
opposing  the   lodge  and    its   offspring 
upholding  Christian  religion,   with   i 


oath,  binding  the  business  ^onsciei 
of  (be  nation  to  the  one  living  :md  Li 
God;  sustaining,  in  short,  all  that  v 
"implied  in  that  brave  beginning  of  (. 
National    Platform,    that    ''Ours    is 


Chri 


govei 


meat,  and  '.his  fact  should  be 
ed  in  its  organic  law." 

Meantime,  as  it  ever  has  done,  tbi 
Cynosure  will  hnil  with  delight,  ant 
sustain  without  envy,  every  pape: 
which  shall  be  published  in  tbe  interest 
of  national  purifiaation  and  progrt 
and  stek  to  justify  its  name  and  title, 
by  shining  with  a  Bteady  light,  among, 
it  may  be,  larger  and  brighter  stare 
and  constellations,  but  among  which 
the  Christian  patriot  can  nowhere  Cnd 
a  surer,  safer  guide. 

In  redemption  of  the  pledge  of  the 
National  Association,  given  to  the 
Publishers  at  Oburlin,  our  National 
Committee  respectfully  request  in  theh 
behalf— 

1.  That  every  subscriber  act  as  a 
volunteer  agent  of  the  paper,  as  many 
have  nobly  done,  until  tbe  ten  thousand 
or  more  shell  be  reached. 

2.  That  every  agent  or  lecturer,  lo- 
cal or  traveling,  shall  makea  conscience 
of  reporting  to  the  paper,  In  a  brief, 
condensed  form,  all  facts  of  interest 
bearing  on  the  cause. 

3.  That  all  who  are  willing  thus  to 
act  as  local  correspondents  of  the  paper, 
report  themselves    to  the    Publishers, 


thai 


ed  to  represent,  weekly,  the  whole  face 
of  the  country. 

4.   Aud     as   Lincoln    requests 
neighbors  to  pray  for  him  when  he  left 
Springfield  for  Wellington,  we  request 
for   the    Publishers   a   continuance 
your  prayers. 

J.   BtiNOHABD,       PHILO  CaRPBHTI 

Ahch'd  Wait,     C.  R.  Haokrti-, 
0.   F.  Lnuar,     J,  G,  Tbrhill, 
E.  A.    Cook,     I,  A.  Hakt, 
J.  M.  Sstber.    Ibaac  PnraroK, 
Geo,  Dietrich,    J.  M.  Wallace 
H.  L.  Kellooo, 
National  Executive  Committee. 


The      National     Oobqbeqatio 

Council, — This  is  the  body  organ! 
at  Oberlin,   Ohio,  under  the  call 
committee   of  which  A.  H.  Quiet,  D. 
was  chairman,  then  Grand  Chuplain  of 
tbe  Grind  Lodge  of  Massachusetts. 

Its  firat  triennial   meeting  is  cilled 
New"  Haven,    Connecticut,   Septeml 

man  of  Provisior 
H.  Quint,  secret! 
Council. 

ftnv.  Mr.  Ston 

Tract  Committst 
issued  the   irst  t 


Christ. 

What  concord  hath  Christ  with  Be- 
lial, light  with  darkness?  One  ol 
these  two  will  rule  and  use  that  Coun- 
cil. We  shall  see  which  it  will  be, 
The  influence  of  this  Council  is  to  be 
mighty  either  for  Christ  or  the  lodge. 


BEHEVOLESCJi    GMQUE, 

In  the    Heart   and   Hand  not  long 
since,  there   is  a  curious   disclosure   of 

one  of  the  cunning  melbods  of  securing 
for  a  secret  order  the  credit  of  benevo- 
lence at  the  expense  of  thu  community. 
It  seems  that  the  hard  times 'were  em- 
barrassing to  many  poor  people  in 
ShermaD,  Texas.  The  Odd-fellows  de- 
termined to  improve  the  opportunity  of 
exercising  their  e.Mr.iordinary  benevo- 
lence; which  also  they  did  and  spread 
the  report  thereof  far  and  wide  by  pub- 
lishing the  following  in  their  New 
York  and  Philadelphia  organ: 

The  lodge  decided"  to  request  nine 
bidie.j  of  Sherman  to  underlaid'  the  task 
of  canvassing  tin-  cry.  for  the  purpose 
of  tolicitiri';  money  and  such  articles  a? 
the  brothers  ol  the  order  and  citisens  of 
the  city  would  contribute 
ippointed 


ind 


brothei 

to  assist  them.  The  ladies  all  cheer- 
fully accepted  the  appointment,  went 
to  work  with  a  will,  and  in  a  few  days 
bad  collected  quite  a  respectable,  sum  of 
m^ney,  besides  numerous  articles  of 
clothing,   etc;   and    by.  tbi 


pointed  for   tbe 
"   '  had  s 


f  tbe 


Ibund  a  crowded  bouse  awaitini 
After  entering  and  taking  sei: 
Daughters  of  Rebekab.  sang: 


pinch  were  piled  up 
he  tree;  the  distribui 
aany    a  sad    heart   i 

mother  to  weep  tears  of  joy  -  Long 


the  difference    between    food   held 
by  the  hand  of  true  oharity,   and  food 
which   conceals  a  barbed  hook,  wt 
and    we  mean,   God    helping,  to   ie:ich 


The  first  of  a  series  of  article 
published  under  the  above  title  last 
week.  Perhaps  our  friendB  will  b( 
pleased  to  know  something  of  the  his- 
tory of   these  articles. 

In  the  summer  of  1873  the  Executive 
Committee  of  the  National  Christiat 
Association  Opposed  io  Secret  Soeie 
iie^  appointed  Philo  Carpenter,  Prof. 
J.  R.  W.  Sloane  and  Rev.  L.  N.  Slrat 
ton  a  committee  to  solicit  from  the  Fac 
uitiea  of  nil  Evangelical  colleges  iu  tut 
United  Slates  an  opinion  concerning 
the  relation  which  '•  Freemasonry  anu 
kindred  orders  sustain  to  the  moral, 
social  and  -political  welfare  of  oui 
covrntiry," 

The   Committee    adopted  a  form    of 
req in.-.  I  which    was  went    to  nearly  i 
hundred    and  fifty    American  fuller 

Papers  were  received  in  response 
die-  iiolicilrilion  from  eight  states  a 
01."  ii'i'ritorv,    froai  Mciiools    in    ilie 


3    differ; 


the 


I  the 


lie  day,  and  long  will  the  poor  of  this 
juujiuiiity  \>{\!~~  iiio  pint  that  prom 
id  an  ('Odd-fellow'  Christmas  Tree 
Tbat  such  gilts  should  hi*  diuti.bul. 
i  p.Jl  well.  Doubtless  much  of  thesp: 
,  of  true  generosity  and  Christian  Io 
'as  exercised 


But 


strikes  us  as   uni 

ue  about    it  is,    tbat 

the  ladies,  who  a 

best   are  allowed  to 

enter  oaly  a  backs 

ed  of  Odd-fellow  ihip 

did  t 


Thee 


very  few  were  OJii-fcllo  ip,  contribute! 
the  money;  and  tbe  lodge  took  the 
whole  control  arid  the  whole  credit. 
As  if  John  Shei-ifian  had  induced  a  cir 
cle  of  ladies  to  beg  ten  thousand  dol 
lars  giving  an  indefinite  moiety  of  the 
sum  himself,  and  then  calling  the  rchole 
city  together  :-;li oak!  display  tbe  money 
brilliant    transparency    )abell< 


ith  flaming  lettt 
'.rgess  to   the  poor 
world  remember  the 
bless   the   spirit   tho 
Sherman's  largess. " 


wort  c 


John.  Sherman 
Long  will  the 
and  the  poor 
rompled    John 

a    bunglini 


e  second  c 


would  b< 

andment  to  worship 

it  16  the    likeness  of  nothing   in 

i   above  or  earth    beneath.     oS 

of  this  affair  we  may   say  the    Odd-fel 

»s  did  not  vioirue    the  Saviour's  pre 

pt,  "that  when  thou  doest  thine  aims 


npet   before    thee, 


Whei 


don 

for  thej 

but  otbi 

pii.V'-  another* j  rn"ney  we  call    it  r( 

bery,   whenh£  uses  another'-.  Uegu  ■ 

wit  hour,  credit,  we    call    it    pi  ig.ans 

when  bo    uses  an  other's  aigu'iivmi- 


alo 


polltU    1    ' 


3  call  ii 


thunder;  but  when  he  boldly  mo 
lizea  th"  credit  of  a  whole  commu 
ch«rit\, and  spreads  it  as  a  rob>'  of  glory 
.0  beguile  trie  pooi 


tlr.-il     ■   xl.O 


-■ible    and  1  i  IV 


toft 


it  some  one  will  say,  why  se 

and   discredit   so   good    a    < 

Surely  good  was  done.     Twhb  a 

me,  fit  lo  gladden  any  bouev 

Why  not  encourage  such  deedB 

and  presume  the  motive   lo   have  bran 

good  aa  the  deed)     No  woudet  men 

I   you  ''tbe  growler"    aud  think  you 

;  actuated  by   a  mean  spirit  of  envy 

and  malice. 


Wo 


iof  . 


We     kno 


3dd-rellow's  Christmas    tree"  to    bit 

1  Bight,  or  teach  the  umvary  to  dia- 
rn  the  feigned  aweemessof  ita  foa- 
ree,  or  force  113  whole  hateful  cir- 
nS  into  the  light,  utnj  into  general 
;ecration.      Ilcbililrn  citn'r.  appreciate 


me  popular  journals,  that 
ow  better,  (though  depre- 
ret    Greek  fraternities),  art 

all  literary  institutions,  an 
i  of  the  aatistits  of  tbe  U. 
lioner's  R'-port  on  education 


ieired  directly   from  t 


:  thai 


the  students  therein  reported,  (aside 
from  Catholic  students),  belong  to 
f.tituiiiins  which  iuive  no  secret  col 
societies,  Iii  many  schools,  w 
lln-v  ar,-  \i»'v  Ujleraled  tlieie  in  Li  gi 
ing  sentiment  against  them. 

By  giving  our  pecuniary  and  n 
mpp  ir'.  together  with  our  patron 
to  the  fountains  of  learning  which  hold 
just  and  wise  positions  on  the  secrel 
tOMt-ty  question,  and  in  all  other  piop. 
er  and  effective  ways,  let  ua  seek  tc 
purify  all  the  colleges,  which  arc 
iii- lulling  th.;  educated  minds  of  oui 
United  States. 


BLA   K-BOUK    COME  TO  UK1EF. 

Cuynhnga  Lodge,  No.  22,  I.  0,  0, 
P.,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  made  last  Bum- 
mei- nn  entry  in  the  -'black  book"  of 
tbe  order  which  bus  cost  them  SlO,- 
OOO.  Tbe  circumstances  are  these: 
Mr.  Edwin  Lyle,  a  member  of  the 
lodge  and  a  P*st  Grand,  was  entrusted 
to  collect  funds  for  the  relief  of  an  Odd- 
fellow's widow.  He  collected  $114, 
which  the  lodge  claimed  he  neither 
paid  tbe  widow,  nor  turned  over  to  its 
treasury.  As  a  suitable  puoisliment  in 
Odd-fellow  jurisprudence,  tbe  lodge  by 
its  committee,  published  a  circular,  ap- 
pending thereto  a  portrait  of  Lyle, 
and  sent  5,000  copies  to  tbe  various 
lodges  of  the  country.  Tbey  also  sent 
abroad  Lyle's  photograph  with  a  state- 
ment of  his  conduct  on  the  card.  This 
was  done  by  resolution  an  follows: 
Resolved,  That  we  expose  said  Ed 


.Lyle 


nding  0,000  circulars  all 
)  reach  if  pos- 
i  ■  worBing  lodge,  with  his 
r-  .Viiclic  I,  and  thereby 
mru  every  brother  of  the  I.  0.  O.  F„ 
■i  ,  Ufa  n  .■  bread  tho  aaid  Edwin  Lyle 
s  a  bad  man,  a  swindler  and  a  per- 
iled villain,  unworthy  the  trust  and 
Dtifidcncc  of  any  living  man;  and 
'am  the  public  generally,  as  well  as 
ny  brother,  to  bewnre  of  him  in  any 
apacity  In   life." 

Mr.  Lyle  rebel1--]},  brought  »iiit  lor 
bel,  placing  his  damages  at  830,000, 
nd  on  Feb.  10th  the  case  was  commit- 
mI  to  jury  by  Judge  Jones  in  a  fair  aud 


i  for  the  plaintiff  with  §10,000 

saee  is  probably  without   preci- 
the    history     of   English    or 

m  practice,  and   as   such   must 
rded  aa  showing  tbat  the  lodge- 

ict  and  defeated.  When  our  judges 
in  be  free  to  follow  Judge  Jonee,  and 
old  an  impartial  balance  in  the  in- 
;rpretation  of  law,  the  redemption 
druwi'tb   nigh",  of  many  who  are  bro 


:  regs 


ted  by  l 


ed   lodge  pow- 


liH  case  will  open  the  door  for 
vindication  of  character  in  Other 
38  and  orders;  and  if  this  one 
•ijfl  bn  followed  up  by  the  bun- 
i  of  dishonestly  libelled  men,  tho 
i  of  black-book  isuo  is  over.  Tbat 
a  barbarous  system  prevails  and 
owed,  can    only  be    explained  by 


upon   the   public  mind. 


suitable  arrangements  for  our  ap 
ing  Anniversary,  and  in  order  t 
it  is  highly  important  that    I  hi 


orgam 


the 


our  reform.  Will  you  not  send  them 
to  me  at  once,  so  tbat  I  can  enter  them 
on  the  record  and  confer  with  you  in 
reference  to  delegates,  reduction  of  rail- 
road fare,  etc.  J.  P.  Stouoaro,  Gen'l 
Agent,  N.  G.  Association. 


Berga  College. — An  interesting 
opinion  from  the  faculty  of  this  insti- 
tution appears  in  this  number.  Berea 
College  stands  alone  in  Kentucky,  an 
institution  open  to  white  and  colored, 
male  and  female  on  equal  footing.  It 
stands  a  witness  of  tbe  Ubora  and  suf- 
ferings of  John  G.  Fee  for  the  anti- 
slavery  cause.  Mr.  Fee  wan  the  son 
ofa  slaveholder;  hut  while  preparing 
at  Lane  Seminary  for  the  foreign  mis- 
sion wdrk,  he  became  an  abolitionist  and 
devoted  bis  life  to  preaching  the  wcspel 
of  freedom  in  Kentucky,  hiB  native 
state.  Caasius  M.  Clay  gave  bim  ten 
acres  of  land  iu  Madison  county  where 
he  established  an  anti-slavery  church 
aud  school,  which  were  aided  by  the 
America"  Mis-i-oinry  Association.  Suon 
after  the  John  Brown  raid  at  Harper's 
Ferry,  a  party  of  armed  slaveholders 
visited  Berea  and  drove  Fee  and  hiB 
companions  uom  the  state.  At  the 
close  of  the  war  the  work  was  success- 
fully resumed,  and  Be  re*  College,  with 
an  able  faculty  of  twelve  members, 
with  new  and  convenient  buildings, 
and  nearly  250  students,  etands  today 
a  witness  for  the  power  of  God's  truth 
against  the  hostility  o:  a  great  national 
prejudice.  A  new  Ladies'  Hall,  of 
brick,  with  accommodations  for  104 
students  was  completed  last  year. 


iOgn 


3  feel 


The  publishers 
tbat  in  connection  with  all  the  extra 
expenses  attendant  upon  enlarging  the 
Cynosure  that  they  cannot  continue 
the  two  editions  of  the  paper.  Tbe 
fortiiightly  subscribers  will  be  trans- 
ferred to  tbe  weekly  list. 

And  we  request  our  friends  to  send 
all  subscriptions  from  this  date  forward 
for  the  weekly  addition  of  the    Cyno- 


Toe  Cynosure  finds  tbe  spring  a 
appropriate  t'mo  for  pufting  forth  ne1 
leaves.     Tbey  will  appear  in  April. 


.  Denn 


l  particularly  ( 


the 
tent  free  from  any    tangling  alli- 
ith  existing   temperance  organi 
Dr.    Dio  Lewis    has  also  ex- 
pressed   himself  publicly    as    unwilling- 
anything  to  do  with  the  secret 

the    article    on    another  page, 
from  the  Boston  Herald,  it  is  stated  tbat 

National  Grange  reported  at  it^ 
uK-etiLi;:  iluu.ouo   urplus  funds. 
ake;  for,  though 
it  and  no  reports 
iept   : 


while  expunged  troro  its  records  eve 
reference  to  the  Boston  society.  A 
though  yet  undeveloped,  this  mov 
ment  promises  to  split  up  one  of  l! 
most  dangerous  societies  that  curse  tl 

— A  writer  in  the  Anti-Jacobin  R 
view,  an  English  magazine  pubbshe- 
A.   D.,  1800,   presents  a  Scriptural  a 


chapter,  7lh  to 
generally  const) 
ish  oliurcb.  T 
rect;  for    "tha 

be    revealed,    a 


he  i 


Bidera 


"whose    coming  is 
tbe    working  of   Satan,  with    all 

;r,  and  signs,  and  lying  wonders" 
not  be  destroyed  but  by  the 
itness  of  the  coming  of  Christ,  v. 
ad  from  passages   in    the    Revela- 

nference  that  the  harlot  of  Baby 
rill  be  destroyed  previous    to  thh 


aremonies  of  tbe  Kmghls  of  Kadosh 
-.  li'M-ribed  by  the  Abbe  Barreuil  in  hia 
lemoira  of  Jacobinism  in  which  the 
undidale  is  terrified  by  literal  lying 
'onders;  beset  on  all  sides  with  ap> 
arent  horrors,  as  if  in  the  very  shad 
w  of  death,  so  that  the  mental  agony 
-as  relieved  frequently  by  unconscious 
ess.  The  study  of  2ndThessaloniam 
nd  chapter,  in  connection  with  the 
■velaHiiiis    nf    the  decree   orders    ant 


.i-Uin 


will 


found  profitable  by  all  our  readei 


Lecture  Notes. — The  General  A^en 
nfter  a  brit-f  trip  ia  Michigan  and  Indi 
ana,  returned  to  this  office  last  week  ir 
time  for  tbe  Executive  Committee  meet' 
ing  on  Satuaday.  He  spoke  at  Lin- 
den. Mundy  Center,  Pentonville,  Good 
rich   and  Bedford,     Michigan,    Liyoniei 


Caldwell,  Ohio  St  at*  A^ 
a  -Ji£cu;eion  at  Van  Bureu,  Hancock 
county,  this  week.  The  work  under 
Bro.  Hinman,  of  Wisconsiu,  is  reportec 
as  progressing — Prof,  C.  A.  Blanch 
;iro  i;  !'p";tl;ini_'  i his  we--li  in  Monmoutli 
111. ,  the  scene  of  some  brilliant  triumpui 


Queries. 


In  bis  decision  on  the  question  of 
the  Bible  in  the  public  schools,  Judge 
Webb,  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Ohi 
uses  the  following  lauguag;  "When  it 
(tbe  Constitution)  speaks  of  religion, 
it  means  the  religion  of  man,  not  tht 
religion  of  any  class  of  men." 

This  decision  notonlyoverthrowa  tbt 
the  public  schools,  but  all  otli- 


rChr 


ages 


s  $50,0 


iniformly    stated 
:eipti 


The 


National    Grungo   for   th1 

to  be  £100,000;  so 
there  was  noihiri:;  iu 
the  treasury  at  the  beginning  of  the 
hotly  improbable,  this 
folly,  has  cost  the  farmers  850,000  dur- 
ing the  past  year. 

— At  a  meeting  of  the  Boston  Graoge, 
held  Feb.  25th,  letters  from  the  disaf- 
fected  Marion  Grange,  Iowa,  from  an 
organization  .:.-.  Ilnoklyn,  and  from  a 
jer  of  the  Massachusetts  State 
Grange,  asking  that  an  independent 
ment  be  taken,  aud  pledging  iaip- 
pert  if  Boston  would  lead.  The  folio W- 
were  adopted: 

U  iiEHEAM,  Tin   members  ul  the  ilos- 
Gruugo   became  Patrons   of  Hus- 
bandry, BO-salled,  in  good  faith  and  reg- 
ular form;  and 

Whereas,    Without  having  violated 
ir  obligations,   wo  are    ('eclared  not  in 
good  htiindin-j;  by  tbe  National  Grange, 
-culled,  at  ot    Loum;  therefore, 
lie&jlved,    That  such  notion  was  con- 
trary to  the  common   obligation,  which 
makes  each  and  every  one  a  member  of 
the  order,  and  was  done  simply  Lo  cast 
itical  power  into  the  hands  ofa  fac- 
i  who  seek  the  control  of  our  state; 
therefore, 

En.:.oli':'d,  Thai,  the  ISoalon  Grange. 
and  ought  to  be,  and  we  hereby  de- 
ire  ourselves,  independent  of  a  sclf- 
cunstiluieil  body  knov.ii  tis  the  National 
adopt  the  following  as 
I  principles, 
follows  the  declaration.  Tho 
body  also  resolved  to  arrange  lor  a  con- 
vention at  SpriugQeld,  Mass.,  March 
6th,  ut  which  representatives  from  sev- 
eral states  are  expected  to  atteud.  The 
Massachusetts  State  Grange   has  mean- 


the  same  principle  be  declared 
slituLional.  The  above  sentence  sounds 
like  Masonry.  Has  not  this  Judge  had 
his  training  in  a  Masonic  lodge,  rather 
than  in  the  Christian  church?  He 
seems  to  think  tbat  Maannic  religion, 
Christian  religion, 


lof  t: 


win 


e  Judge  a     Ma- 


who  km 


r  this  question  through   the  Cyn> 


Editor  of  the  Cynosure: 

Setline  rtside  entir.-ly  the  question  a 
to  whether  I  am  worthy  of  being  con 
sidered  a  Christian,  I  claim  that  I  hav> 
t-  much  right  to  be  regarded  a  pinlos- 
pher  as  any    Mason    has.     This    being 


D.E.  Ed 


,  CreBton.  III.— We 


this 


E.  and  Congregational.  They  both 
love  the  dark  institution;  aDd  oi 
the  Co nTregat tonal  ministers  advocates 
the  sale  of  alcohol.  How  thankful  I 
would  be   if  a   pure    gospel   could   be 


I    the 


with  these  religions, 
churches.  I  battled  against  slavery 
until  God  destroyed  it ;  now  I  intend  to 
fight  the  remainder  of  my  life  against 
those  sins  tbe  popular   churches    love. 


The  Lodge  as  It  Is. 

By«MMOii.n<.tB30c0d«r. 

Vatkb  City,    III.,  Dec.  8th,  1873. 

Mr.  Eoitor: — I  at  this  time  saw  th 
result  of  my  appeal,  but  as  I  was  i 
for  ii,  I  determined  that  I  would  fore 
Mr.  Hawley  io  show    whether  Masonr 


a  what 


was  advised  by  un  old  acqua1 
Mr.  Hawley's  (and  a  Mason  t 
look  out  for    bia  interference 
papers,     I  therefore  v 
to    the   Grand    Secretary    asking    I 
about  my    papers,    a-d    reyisiciod 


nhird  i 


stating  that  my  papers  were  on  file  and 
the    case    regularly    docketed, 
time  after  this  I  engaged  O.    F.   Price, 
W.  M.  of   Vesper  Lodge,  Gak-aburg, 
act  bb  my  attorney.      In  due  time  I 
ceived  from  the  Grand  Secretary  uol 
of  the  time  aud  place    for  tbe  trial    of 
my  appeal  which  wan  to  be  at   McCor 
mick'a  building,  in  Chicago,   Oct.    2d, 
1873,  at  2   o'clock   P.    M.     Mr.    Price 
advised  me  to  go  in  person  before    tb( 
committee  on  appeals ,  and  I  went  and 
took  with  me  tbe   following   certificate 
Galesburg,  Knox  Co.,  III., 

Sept,  27lh. 
1  hereby  certify  that  W.  H.  Robin 
son,  County  Surveyor,  has  furnishec 
thij  effico  uritiaiaetory  evidence  that  In 
was  at  work  for  the  county  in  the 
north-western    part    of  Henderson  T'p 


Seal. 


tools  with 


nty  Clerk. 


Clerk's  letter  of  May  U 
davit  showing  that  1  gave  due  notice  t< 
tbe  W.  M.  that  it  would  probably  bi 
impossible  for  me  to  attend  the  lodgi 
meeting,  June  19th,  187a,  without  in- 
terfering with  my  duties  as  County 
Surveyor.  I  also 
followingdocument 


iCn 


111,, 


Sept.  20th: 
To  George  N.  Pierce,  W, 
Yates  City  Lodge,  No.  448.  A.  F.  and 
A.  M: — I  hereby  demand  of  you  an 
unequivocal  answer  to  this  question. 
Did  lor  did  I  not  give    you  due  notice 


tho 


.*h    of  Jui 


uld  probably  be  impossible  foi 
atteud  a  regular  communication  of  your 
lodge  on  the    19th   day  of  June.  """ 
without  interfering  with  my   du 
County  Sun 


W.  H  .Rue 


State  of  Illinois  I 
Kd(-x    Canity.  (  t*;', 

I  hereby  certify  that  i  l 
Sept.  20th,  187a.  prescn 
to  G.  N.  Pierce,  and  he  m 
I  have  no  reply  t 


vi-  Lb1:,  il'.y. 
.,1  ('j,.  nl.uve 
de  reply  by 


lakes 


eply, 


■emptor  ily      refusing 


*hyi 


t  that  I 


one  of  the  sly  craft  engaged  in  any 
thing,  without  suspecting  him  of  beirtf 
at  work  playing  off  some  trick!  I  hard- 
ly ever  suspect  the  infidel,  tbe  atheist 
or  any  one  outside  tbe  lodge  of  spend 
ing  bis  time  in  playing  tricks  ''with  in 

tiou;  but  I  never  seea'brighi  Mason,' 
without  bavingsucli  hfea*  p-i-'S  tbiougl 
my  mind,  Now,  why  is  it  so!  Is  it 
because  I  am  prejudiced  against  the 
smooth,  oily  brothers,  or  is  It  tbe  fault 
of  the  lodge?  p. 


KxpiM'k'iiue  Meeting. 

i.  M.  Bedsn,  Hadley,  Mich:— A 
■t  luoe  -.nice  tivu  of  my  mj^hbiirs 
h     •'cowans"  or    "book    Masons") 

ed  a  stove,  first  giving  the  hard- 
?  merchant  th-':  »igm>f  Rnte.e:!  Ap. 
itice  Mason,  then  Fellow  Craft  and 
Master  Mason,  to  ail  of  which  he  re- 
regulor  Masonic  answers.  Our 
book  M.won  still  went  higher,  when 
the  merchant  remarked,  "You  have 
gone  higher  tban  I  have."  The  mer- 
chant also  reduced  tho  price  of  the 
stove  85,  because  bo  was  selling  to  a 
brother  Mason.  Who  dare  say  now 
that  Freemaaonry  is  not  a  benefit?         I 


CtlAKLHB  L.    ROUEKTS. 

\     Seal.     \  Notakv  Poolio. 

Equipped  with  these  additional 
papers  aud  (than us  to  the  kindness  of 
some  of  my  Masonic  friends)  with 
money  enough  to  pay  my  expenses,  I 
made  my  appearance  at  the  Grand 
Lodge  rooms  about  10  o'clock  A.  M. 
The  first  man  I  met  there  was  W.  H. 
Eastman  in  the  Grand  Secretary's  room. 
He  pretended  entire  ignorance  in  re- 
gard to  my  case.  I  noticed  tbat  be 
was  tbe  sole  occupant  of  the  room,  and 


came  to  look  up  the  p.ipera,  the  specifi- 
cations and  the  copy  of  the  Cynosure 
were  mining  (perhaps  they  went  after 
the  blnok  balls).  I  furnished  acopy  of 
the  specification'-  and  by  hunting  up 
your  nflice  procured  a  copy  of  Ih 
nosure,  which  was  perused  by  the 
members  of  the  committee.  i 
neither  of    them    manifested    much 


sail  < 


told  (as  I  was)  "Th 
matter."  I  said  it  was  rather  an  up  hill 
business  for  an  expelled  Mason  to  con- 
tend with  the  Grand  Master,  but  I  had 
nothing  to  lose  and  I  proposed  tospeak 
freely.  We  bad  quite  an  animated  dis- 
cussion, in  which  ho  allowed  that  the 
'spaper  article  did  not 
pinch  of  snuff,  and  that 
he  bad  no  cause  to  complaiu  of  a  want 
of  respect  on  my  part  in  my  intercourse 
with  him,  Mr.  Pierce  then  said  that 
the  most  serious  offence  with  which  1 
had  been  charged  was  the  use  of  disre- 
spectful language  in  regard  to  the 
G'and  Master  in  the  presence  of  Bros. 
Adams  and  West  fall.  I  asked  him  if 
he  proposed  to  hold  members  of  his 
lodge  accountable  for  what  they  said  in 
private  conversation.  He  replied, ''It 
could  not  have  been  private  for  it  was 
in  Westfall's  store."  I  told  him  tbat 
all  of  my  private  conversations  with 
Weslfall  or  Adams  were  either  in 
Westfall's  Btore  or  Adams'  shop,  and   I 


lime  but  West  fall  and  Adams;  an* 
hermore  1  considered  it  small  busl 
i  for  the    Worshipful    Master    of 


be  h  ul  neglected  for  four  months  to  i 
lice  my  alleged    threat   of   bieakiii> 

the  lodae.  *Well,»  anid  he,  "forhei 
ance  is  sometimes  a  virtue."  "E 
actly,"  said  I,  "and  you  have  uiai 
ested  a  wonderful  sight  of  forbearaio 
towards  me,  haven't  youi  Did  I  r 
giye  you  due  notice  that  I  could  i 
attend    lodge    nt  the   appointed     lim 


And  did  l 


t  for  i 


And  did    you    no 

crowd 

this   matter 

through   in  ray  a 

sence   and  expel    me 

without   a   trial!' 

"1    g 

notice,"  said  he,  ' 

and  yo 

x   won't   gain 

anything  by  bavii 

gthec 

for  I  shall    prefer 

charge 

against  you 

for  your  actions 

since 

ou  wero  ox- 

pelled."     "I  hop 

,"   said 

I,  "lhat  you 

do  not  propose  to 

exercie 

e   junad'ctioo 

tcoUttUUOd 

W.H 

Robinson, 

i  Parly  iviii  u 


t  DImn 


Tbe  Wood  County  Sentinel,  Bowling 
Green.  O.,  published  ou  Feb.   28th    a 
notice  of  a  discussion  iu  tbat  place  be- 
tween our  Indiana  State  lecturer  and  a 
Knight  Templar;  both  disputants  hav- 
ing signed  the  following  agreement: 
Qu.-eiU'ii  io  be  discussed — 
Keiiulved,  Thai  Fncnwonry  is  anli- 
t'liri'-tian  are!  :mli-R -publican. 
Kiggine. 


Negative— J.  A.  Sbai 

The  discui  ' 
Kiggtns,  and  each  disputant 
three-quarters  of  nn  hour  in 


opened  by  Mi. 


The    sudden  and 


he  discussion  is  told  by  Brc 

tho  following  letter:— 
Ghben,  0,,  Feb.  27,  '74. 


Dbaj 


!    Of    I 


While  we   wer- 
Bhipful  Mr.   Pie 
time    for    trial 
called  out  of  lb 

the 

ind   held  a  con- 

Coagregati 
"mg  a    Knig 

iahed  he    a 

il:z 

Pierce  in  the   1 

ail    nea 

.  Hawley,    and 
r   by.      After   I 

discuss    the 

folio  win 

Robin 

th;ii  I'.ind  i.v 


if  you    will  plei 
rill  hen 


:o  say."  I  replied  that  I  had 
ceived  a  copy  of  the  record  in  my  case. 
I  admitted  the  truth  of  all  that  the 
rimess  hud  said;  hut  denied  all  re- 
engeful  feeling,  and  said  tbat  my  Iioe- 
ility  was  agaioat  the  abuue  that  I  had 
xposed  after  the  Grand  Master  had  re. 
ased  to  investigate.  Mr  Hawley  in- 
terrupted me  and  after  disclaiming  any 
intention  to  interfero  in  my  case  recited 
the  Kersey   transaction.     He  was    not 


lace  between  myself  and  Cot.  J3hu  A. 
hannon,  of  this  place;  but  I  regret  io 
■  inform  you  that,  as  "there's  many  a 
ip  'twix  the  cup  aud  tho  lip."  the 
.id  discussion  will  not  take  place.      It 

Last  winter  a  Royal  Arch  Mavou 
ne  of  the  "city  fathers")  made  me 
e  proposition  to  discuss  tho  subject 
ith  a  man  whom  he  would  find.  I 
consented.  He  selected  Mr.  Shannon, 
at  that  tim1;  Prosecuting  Attorney  for 
county,  who  agreed  to  cebate 
bj.-ct  *ith  me.    but  left  me  lu  fix 


and  a  Christian  at  the  same 
ccepted  the  challenge    then 


Now,    1   hat 

two  of  them    ou    my 

hands,      and 

both      Sir      Knights 

Well,  as  the  ti 

ne  was  iu  both  instances 

left  to  me,  and 

as  I  bad    then  arr;-un<ed 

to  enter  the  le 

would  "kill  tw 

ture  field,  I  tr.ought  I 
birds  with  one  stone,'1 

by  taking  them 

both  at  once.     Accord- 

ugly,    when  a 

home  in  April  1  Uxed 
n formed  both  of  them 

The  time  (thou 

gh  tbey  bad  told  me  to 

suited  neither  c 

ime"),  strange  to  say, 
'  them.      1  asked  Lhem 

hat  would  be 

or  suggest  some  time 
suitable    to    them;  but 

'they    would 

ot."     The    matter    lay 

THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  MARCH  5,  IS 74 


,  until  recently  il  was  revived  by 
ut-mpi  op  the  pun  oi  some  Masons 
inke  it  appenr  that  I  was  afnld  of 


..IU 


.'i>  -xpr» 


Bthei 


they  accepted  the  time  I  fiied  upon, 
next  week,  tiodan  agreement  was  dmwn 
up  and  signed,  and  published  in  the 
official  paper  of   the  county  yeBl«rd»y. 


Last  nigbt  1 


.  dhan 


telegram  from  Oolumbtia  requiring  h 
immediate  presence  (!)  He  tool  il: 
road  for  that  place  tins  morning,  lea> 
ing  word  with  his  friend  r  that  "h 
could  not  In?  back  io  time  for  Ihe  ili 
cueaion."  Well,  here  1  am  feel.D 
blue  enough !  I  did  suppose  that ,  aftt 
all  the  blustering  nod  blowing,  an 
having  the  matter  twice  published  i 
the  county  paper  and,  once  from  ih 
pulpit,  we  would  be  able  to  bring  th 
matter  to  a  close.  Well,  I  suppose  i 
is  closed  ;  but  what  a  close  1 

On  Monday,  D.  V. ,  I  start  for  Indi 
ana.  I  will  be  at  Fairmount,  March 
4th,  at  Veedersburg,  Fountain  county, 
on  the  11th,  and  export  now  to  visit 
Noi.h-  county  about  the  lfitll. 

Friends  in  Iowa,  Kansas  and  Ne- 
braska,   pleas*.-   hold     the  hand-bills    1 


Idor 


for 


A  Masonic  Vigilant 
The  Briar  Hill.   St. 


-..-the  time 
definitely 


Co., 


N.  Y.  correspondent  of  the  Q-ouverneui 

Htrakl,  relntes  the  following  disgrace 
ful  action  of  town  officials  recently  oc 
ourringin  that  vicinity:  The  collet 
tor  of  ibiB  town,  David  Griffin,  is  s 
wagon  maker, .and  took  in  the  taxea  al 
his  shop,  kei-ping  the  money  there. 
Mr.  Griffin  Hepped  out  a  few  moments, 
leaving  Mr.  Collins,  a  painter,  whe 
works  in    Ihe  t  hop.    there    alone.     Od 


ited   i 
1  §55.     No  c 


shop  during  his  absence,  except  Col- 
lins, he  naturally  concluded  Mr.  Collins 
had  taken  the  money,  and  demanded  it 
of  him.  Mr.  Collins  denied  the  charge, 
saying  he  had  not  taken  it.  The  col- 
lector related  the  circumstances  to  a 
number  of  Masonic  brethren  who,  with 
him  connived  together  to  make  him 
own  up  and  refund  the  money.  Mr. 
Collins  was  taken  and  put  into  a 
eleigh  and  rapidly  carried  to  a  piece  of 
woods,  whereupon  a  demand  was  made 
lor  the  monty  with  the  threat  that  he 
would  be  hung  if  he  further  tried  to 
conceal  his  guilt.  The  man  seeing  hie 
doom,  preferred  telling  a  lie.  by  own- 
ing up,  as  afterward  proven.  He  con- 
fessed of  his  theft  und  told  where  on 
the  person  of  his  wife  the  money  was 
concealed  and  would  be  found.  Upon 
returning  fo  his  home,  he  there  denied 
stealing  the  money,  and  the  wife  also 
denied  morning  it  On  the  following 
morning  he  was  arrested  and  tried. 
Found,  not  guilty;  on  the  ground  that 
all  confeesione  musi  be  voluntary. 
Collins  fearing  that  these  men  might 
yet  carry  into  effect  their  threats,  set- 
tled the  matter  by  paying  *25.  Had 
it  been  a  band  of  bush-wackcrs  who 
committed  this  outrageous  act.  without 
first  having  thoroughly  and  cooly  con- 
sidered the  matter,  it  might  have  look- 
ed mor"  plausible.  But  the  party  con- 
sisted of  a  supervisor,  assessor  and  a 
constable.  None  envy  our  worthies' 
positions,  hut  rather  favor  the  idea  of 
fairer  means  of  operation  and  Ie3s  hasty 

After  recounting  the  money,  it  wns 
found  that  Mi"  colh  ctor  Imd  thirty  cents 
more  than  hiu  booke  showed. 


Lew 


,  0. 


Editor  of  the  Cynosure: 

I  notice  'ii  the  columns  of  your 
worthy  and  eicelleut  paper  of  Dei;. 
Mb,  1873,  n  communication  by  one 
Jobu  T.  Kiggins,  of  Fayette  county, 
Indiana,  in  which  !..•  rcfera  loa  stirring 
revival  of  the  Quaker  i  oi  Friendo,  ndd- 
ing  to  the  chinch  over  time  hundred 

There  is  a  peculiarity,  Mr,  Editor, 
about  this  revival  which  seems  to  me 
not  compatible  or  in  harmony  with  Irue 
Christianity,  and  that  is  the  Belling  of 
their  jewelry  and  fine  clothes,  and 
using  the  proceeds  in  sending  the  Bible 

to  the  heathen.  It  jewelry  and  fine 
clothes  arc  not  becoming  for  Christians 
to  wear,  does  it  mend  the  mailer  or 
sanctify  these  articles  by  Belling  thera 
to  others)  Supuosc  a  aaluoii  keeper 
had  been  among  the  number  of  con; 
verU  and  had  he  bad  brought  for- 
ward his  beer,  »iu  and  whiskey  to  be 
sold,  and  th.  proceeds  used  to  spread 
e  gospel, 


the  i 


ei     I   think 
t  of 


l    j   I 


would.     Th. 
in  equivalent 
as  good,  to  bring 


about  the  desired  end,  equivalent  to  do 
me  evil  that  good  may    come  out  of  it, 

Secret  societies  in  this  county  and 
immediate  locality,  rule  the  people; 
only  a  few  .here  and  there  are  swak* 
as  to  the  evil  consequences  ol  the  or- 
der*. They  have  but  little  opposition 
for  the  reason  that  churches  are  nu- 
merous, and  about  all  the  members  be- 
long to  Masons  or  Odd-fellows .  There 
is  need  of  a  good  anti-secret  lecturer 
in  this  locality. 

About    two    years    ago  there  was  n 
lecture  given  iu  this  place   by  a  presid- 
ing eider  of  the  M.    E.  church,  by 
name    of  Detnpaey,  for   the    benefit  of 
the  Sunday-sohool;  subject  ■ 'Secret 
cietk-s:  are  they  right  or  wrung!" 
claimed    to  be  a  Master    Mason,  and  of 
course  took  the  ground  that  the' 
right.     I  will  give   you    his   ass 

claimed  that  secrecy  was  right  I 
God  was  the  author  of  it.     It  wa 
for  to-day  there  was  no   greater 
than  God.     They  teach  from   the   pul- 
pit   that  the  Bible  is  God    ret 
the  lit'er  assertion    be    true    then   ihe 
first    must   be  the-  grossest   infidelity. 
i  also  asserted  that  outsiders  claimed 
isonry   to  be  a  religious   instil 
said  they  (Masons)  did    not  o] 

iatever.  Then  I  would  ask 
busuie=s  has  a  religious  man  in 
ons,  unless  they  are  hypo< 
iat  hypocrisy  I  He  also  stated 
that  they  did  not  claim  to  be  a  chi 
ile  institution  either,  for  there  i 
iot  be  a  Mason  found  in  any  o 
haiitable  institutions  in  the  ats 
Ohio.      If  they  did  not  bribe  and 

.  our  courts   of  justice,    no   doubt 
y  of  them  would  find  their  way 


eo.  we  may  ask,  what  wi'l  become  of 
Ihosf  preachers  and  bishops  who  are 
bound  to  the  diabolical  thing  by  oaths 
and  death-penalties,  and  continue  to<id- 
here  to  it,  though  they  kuow  it  rejects 
Jesus  Christ*  "My  soul  come  uot  thou 
into  their  secret"  And  we  may  further 
nsk,  What  wiil  become  of  the  church 
two-thirds  of  whose    ministers  an 


jump  i 


right 


3.  0. 

Notk. — We  do    uot  know  what    use 
e  worthy  Friends  nwde   of    the  Jew- 
ry.    Knight     Templar's    sword    and 
trappings,    etc.,   brought    forward   on 
occasion    mentioned.     The   objec- 
i-at=.cd    above  is    pertinent,  but  the 
r -.1  mijlit   h-i'.'e  liei-n    worked    mi.-.' 
les  of  use;  which  could  not  be  well 
red  for  the  stock  of  a  liquor  seller. 


Local  Papers  Wanted. 

Wellington, 111.,  Feb.  10th,  1874. 


lernard  andotbei 


the 


till    the  organisatio; 


few  years  back. 

established  with  proper  management 
>  cannot  fail  of  success.  Truth  ia 
ighty   and    must,  prevail.     I  think  I 

understand  full  well  the  strength  of 


they 


everything  nearly  or 

qut 

e    their   own 

way  now,  they  dare 

not 

neet  our  lect- 

urers   with  argume 

abuse,  epithets,  and 

even 

io    throwing 

p?pper!     Seeing  ihf 

ess  (we  think 

only    temporary    ho 

)  the    friends 

of    the    lodge    had 

using     Prof. 

3lanchard    to  leave 

Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  we 

shall  not  be  surprie 

d   t 

at   lodgemen 

,t  oilier  points   ehould   e 

ven    organize 

'Pepper    Brigades,' 

as 

hey  certaiulv 

Cor 

all.     What  a 

noise     the    Masons 

and 

Odd-fellowa 

would  make  if   the 

'anti 

i"  should    do 

as  they  aie  doing] 

We 

would  be  ar- 

tested  and  punished 

aaw 

would  richly 

deserve. 

Our  cause  here   i 

air 

ng,    perhaps 

even  strong   enough 

tor 

in  a  local  pa- 

per;  this  we  could  easily 

do  by  getting 

up  a  stock  company 

The 

paper  would 

nearly  or  quite  pay 

ts  way  ,ond  if  any 

oss  was   sustained 

n  the    publication 

the  friends  ofa  tree 

press 

would  gladly 

make   up.     Friends 

wh 

at     say   you) 

We  need  such  a  pap 

many    other 

loci- 


cease  and  assist  in  holding  up 
the  bands  of  the  Mends  of  the  Ct/no- 
ure.  We  greatly  need  apolitical  news- 
.aperin  New  York  city,  our  commercial 
enter,  that  would  stand  up  boldly 
gainst  the  lodge  and  in  favor  of  a  free 
press,  lo  push  the  anti-lodge  cause  an 
New  York  Tribune  did  the  cause 
of  freedom  in  slavery  times.  Who 
inaugurate  the  enterprise  i  I 
e  by  appealing  to  all  parts  of  our 
it  could  be  accomplished. 
[{■:-,p-  <  '.fully  yours, 

J.   S.  HlOKUAN. 


r  Oartwrlght 


Masonry. 

Henry  Berry,  an  aged  brother  with 

)m   I  lately   conversed,   Bays  he   at 

tended  a     camp- roe  "ticy   in     Christian 

County,    uenr  Taylorville,     III,    Borne 

twenty-two  years  ago,   aud  beard  Peter 

irlwrii<!it    preach    at    said    meeting. 

One  of  ihe  evils  upon   which   Pole; 

inflicted  his  well  directed  blows  on  thai 

Masonry.    Brother  Berry 

says   he  well  rt'members  the  folh 

Masonry  originated  with  the 
devil,  and  will  end  with  the  devil."     If 


bound,  and  i 
auppurt  thia  Christ-rejecting,  Bible-re- 
jecting and  blasphemous  system?  0 
Jesus,  save  thy  sheep  and  deliver  them 
of  the  hands  of  such  shepherds — 
Free  Press. 

l-ellgfons    News. 

The  Presbyterian  elegy  of  this  city 
are  much  disquieted   with  Prof.  Swing 

d  Mr.  MoKaig,  who  minister  respect- 
ing Fouth  and  Ninth  Presby- 
terian churches.  The  editor  of  the  In- 
terim- inteniiu  bringing  charges  againM 
ihe  former  before  the  next  meeting  of 
the  Preshyiery  in  April.  This,  and 
the  attacks  of  several  religious  piper; 
upon  the  moraia  of  the  Chicago  Tri- 
bune, have  brought  out  that  journal  in 
spiteful,  hut  not  altogether  unj1 


front    end,     and  the  imp 
sengers,  unable    to  stop 
pulling  the  bell   rope  had 
or  burn.     The   car    burned    up  befor 
the  train  slipped;   ten  persons  are  be 
lieved  to  have  perished  and  nearly  al 
are  injured. — A    boiler    explosion    al 
Lancashire,  Eog. ,  on  the    2nd  killed 
20    and    wounded    3D   persons,   soi 
fatally. — An  English    expedition    ii 
tin'  Ashnulee  country  has  met  with  s- 
eral   reverses  but  after  a  seveie  bat 
baa  reached   the   capital. — The  dant 
from    famine    in    India    ii  still  grei 
1,000,000  people  are  threatened  wi 
starvation. — The  Carlisls  are  reported 
to  have  captured  Bilboa  in  Spain  anc 
to  have  gained  a  victory;  the  govern 
ment  troopa  losing  800  killed  and  40 ( 


W.  P.    M.    Nahv's  Sermon   on 

Masonry. — The  first  edition  of  this  aer- 

prtnted  at   Bloomington,  Ind„    is 

all    sold,    but  a    new   edition    will    be 

printed  at  the  Cynosure  office  by  April 


Price,   6   cei 


60  c 


nth    the  above  and  Mr.    Mc- 


upon  the  vanctity  of  religion,  for  whict 

the  churches  mu%t  bear  a  share  of   th< 

blame, — It  is  stated  that   some    2,10( 

conversions  have  followed  E.  P.   Ham 

mond'a    work     in    St     Louis.  — Eldc: 

Knapp,  a  celebrated  Baptist  evangelist. 

died  in    Rockford,  III,,    on    Monday.— 

seventeen  years  Spurgeon    has  re- 

ved  13,000  persons  into  his  church 

London  on  profession  of  their  faith, 

has   erected  thirty-six    chapels  in    tut 

letropolis.    and   supplied    them 


-udyiug   f 
The  British  Presbyterian  Confer- 
has    a    hundred     missionaries    in 
South    Africa,   besides   14,000  church 
mbers,    5,000   on    probation,     and 
000  Sunday-school  scholars.— There 
but   fifty  churches  in  Berlin.     The* 
building  of  churches  appertain   to  the 
The  people  will  not  give  volun- 
tarily to  this  object,  as  they  are  not  al- 
call  their   own   pastors. — A 
self-supporting  Methodist  church  is  be- 
ing built   under   the   charge   of   Rev, 


Willie. 

churches 

sented    i 
Citliobc 

Church    of 


iCalc< 


India 


J.ipan  are    Greek, 
■  'i    English    churches, 
Board,     the    [J-frmei 


1  twelve  churches  and 


Sews  Summary. 


id  developed  a  decided  oppoail 
helping  the  scheme  as  it  now  stands. 
■S  'UK  proposing  a  national  rather  than 
international  celebration.  The  original 
bill  provided  lhat  nothing  shall  be  paid 
.he  U.  S.  treasury  lor  services  for 


the  < 


ipoei 


■ppropriattou. — '1  be 
ig  privilege  came  up  again  in  the 
House  on   Monday  but    was   refused  a 
tearing. — An     investigation     of     the 
per:ml  ,ige[.cics  lor  the  detection  of  cus- 
,uiu  frauds  shown  a  ring  of    the  worst 
type  and   implicating    ex-Sec'y    Bout- 
;ll,  Sec'y  Richardson  and  others. 
Citt. — Last  week    Tuesday  a  canal 
iat  laden  with    wheat  from  here   ar- 
rived at  Lockport  on  the  Illinois  river. 
navigation    has   no   par- 
alell. — Chicago   ealoon     keepers    have 


ailing  to  them 
elves  notices  oi  meetings  for  prayer  u 
heir  holes,  and  in  some  casea  by  evei 
employing  lewd  women  to  hold  pre 
tended  meetings  of  prayer  in  their  sa 
loons.  Crowds  of  the  vicious  wer 
attracted.  City  pasture  quit< 
gemrally  approve    the    movement,  but 


effort    to  follow  the  Ohii 
'he      Health    aud     Police 

Hcvcr.il    Alderman     want 

licensed   and  regulated    in 

this  city,   probably  for   their   peraoi 


methods.— 1 
-Boards    and 


safety.     The   Tribune   dei 


the 


-R'liori.'  from  the  Indian 
peaceful  aud  indicate  no 
The   Greeley  (Col)  Tribune 


that  the  trouble 
i,  aaloon  keepers  and  ag 
furnish  army   supplies. — The 


-  permanent  form  i 


Ohio,  and  still 

The    work    is 
tes  with  many 


spreading  in  udjac 
i-igub  ol  a  vigorous 

the   liquor  traffic—The    Brooklyn 

^  of  corrupt   politicians  ia  breaking 

up?  the  District  Attorney   Uritton  hav- 

'ng  been  removed  and  another  member 


i,  Iowa,  last  week 
oroni'lily  organize  for  politic 
Rafferty,  who  shota  Chicag. 
m  in  1872,  was  hung  at  W* 
l„  on  Friday  last. —Two  of  the  pub- 
lic school  buildings  ul  Rochi 
fired  by  i  oms  fiend 


nldrt 


reported  that 
ths  from    trac 


from  10,000 
in  the  last  fe 
n  Southern  Illinois. 

Foreign.—  On  Saturday  a  borribh 
accident  occurred  near  bondon,  Can, 
A  passenger  car  at  the  rear  of  i 
freight      train      took      fire     in     tb< 


OUK  MAIL, 


ANXIMASONIC  TRACTS. 


I  Tract  Fund  for  the  Frog  Distribution  of  Tracts* 


"The  Antimasons  Scrap  Book," 


HISTORY  OF  MASONRY. 


i  tryine.i.1  yet  the  people  t( 


ebeen  trying  t« 


Ihiihc  Slcirns,  MmaneU,  Mi-s  wntc-:- 
canuot  hi;  reconciled  lo  purt  witli  tlie 
Cynovtr,},  bur   inu-t    h.i v.-    ii  continued  to 

>ears  to  have  grcit  aud  powerful 
"  There  is  uo  il.,ulit  about  ilii; 
fact,  but  they  that  bo  for  us  are  more 
lose  who  arc  against  us. 
nes  Smith,  Qebrou,  N.  Y,,  Speaks 
death  of  one  of  our  active  workers 
he  calls  Father  John-iou,  but  the 
uitt  one  does  lives  after  him,  for  ho 
there  is  an  increasing  Aiiti-masonic 

lend  from   Sparta,   O,    writes:— "I 

to  my  papers  when  read.     Will  do 

possible,  on  the  sly,  oth- 


C  ii3  like  Ud- 
ioT  i'  M.iruj'e 


my  Imsinei 

ere  arc  hundreds 

Wo   hope  their 


it  the  full    election"   for   the  £ 


ul   in>]»:  ,llie   i,,ir  I    will   pro-pei   you    in 

A1-   puslor  of    ii  (■■.surrt'jraiii.u   I    hope 

■  lie  niirred  up  .onl  .i—inied  iu  tny  >vork." 


of  darkne-s  are  iu 
lodge  rules  to  a  en 
m.     May  God    hat 


John  Qainblo,Jr.  Gambles,  Pa.,  writes:  - 

1  Imvf  uo  notion  or  biddioa  you  [the  Cy- 

lu'cs  by    cmti'-^ul'  ii  des 


Freemasonry  la  th.e  Church. 


CHAKACTF.lt  AMI  SVllllllI.S   <IF    FitFOASOMt  V 


Address  of  Hugra  C-unty  hw\%  No?  York. 


Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry. 


-ilili-    Wl,  . 


,11  i.Hp* 


MASOXTXC    M^KD^R. 


SECRETS  OF  MASONRY. 

BY   ELITAI'LKV 


GREAT!  GREAT  GRAND!! 
By  PHILO  CARPENTER. 

Extracts  From  Kasonio  Oaths  and  Penalties,  as 
Sworn  to  by  the  Brand  Ledge  of  Rhode  Island 

Hon.  John  Quincy  Adams''  Letter. 

Giving  HI.  und  nl*  Faille's  Opinion  i 


Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

Olrins  Ills  ll|ii it  Fr nnsmn-r  (18S2). 


Satan's  Cablo  Tow. 


'Preemasonr>-  is  Only  152  Years  Old," 

"Murder  and  Treason  not  Excepted. " 


HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D. 

Chancelor  of  the  University  of  N. 
Y..  on  Secret  Societies. 


GRANDJODfiJEJASW 

MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  andVOID. 


BRICKS  FOR  MASONS  TO  LAY. 


Sis  Seasons  why  a.  Christian  should  nolbc  a  Fmmasci 


ENOCH   HOKEYWHl'S  TRACT. 


HISTORY  OF  MASONRY 


TERMS  FOR  THE  CYNOSURE. 


.'.plr.,ii',ii  .,,  .,'i-ipUon 


Rate.,    Fortnightly    Edition, 


Ten  BnlMCiipilon.,  o 


Descriptive  Catalogue 

PUBLICATIONS 

EZRA  A.  COOK  &  CO.. 
13  Wabash  Ave. 


GSNX  PHELPS' 


NEW   BOOK 


OK  SECRET  SOCIETIES ! 


FREEMASONRY.  EXPOSED, 

by  CAP'T.  WILLIAM  MORGAN. 


THE  BROKEN  SEAL. 
By  SAMUEL   D.  GREENE, 


OPINIONS  OF  THE  PRESS. 

ESiToV'i'  .«Sr»"1"/«'".»  ■".  ■  .'■  ."'.'. ':  '.'"",'■  ",:";L,;;;v;;;,";,;;'-i 


History  cf  Tho  Abduction  and  Murder  ol 
Cap't.  Wm.  Morgan, 


Valance'B  Oonfesrioa  of  Tho  Murder  of 
Cant.  Wsa.  BSGrgan. 


N;1?.RATIVES1AND  ARGUMENTS. 

'  fey  SBASrcis  SEMPLE  of 


The  Astlm 
21  CTNI 


Who  Murdered  Capi.  Wm.  Morgan? 


HISTORY  OF  THE 


Abduction  and  Murder 

Capt.   William  Morgan, 


1  OBEDIENCE  TO  MASONIC  LAWS 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE  :  MARCH  5,      1874 


What  Smith  Said 


Well,  Mary,  I've  been  thinking  of  u  thing 


I'll-   lime*  un-  ink'luly  i')iinhj   nnl 

ace  pinching  close; 
And  how  we're  ull   to   winter  through  I 

reckon  mi  one  knows. 
Just   take  ourselves       The   rent    if 


another  quilt  upoi 
last  Sunday  'm 
'  talking.    While 


11    the  fellowH 
fairly     bullied 


bou|i  he  pretty 

loaftogon 

try  to  make  ends 

l>ut  lie  whs  mm 

is  (euliiiK  bud. 
r  baby  died  a  w- 

when  i!  died    hi 
i-  l.mt  weakly  \ 

once  a  while  a  day; 

c  didn't  get  his  pay. 


lappeued    il 

illl he  grewexcTlcdaVlie  talked  a 
"By  (.Jeorgel 


so  Ue talked  until  L 
'till all  was  blue; 

quietly  I  listened 
pletely  through 


f he  poor  would  g.iblik-  up    the  ric 

And  just   how  that  would   help  ua,  Bill,  I 


..L-li-jMiie 
ambling  should  begin, 


,   It  £ 

awful  tl 


Now,  Bill,  support..  thai  you  and  I  had  h 

And    laid   some   Lilly    dollars  by.     Wi 

hardly  like  to  hear 
Of    going    halves    with    every  one    w 

chauced  tLicomeiiloijg; 
We'd  keep  our  hand  upon  the   whole  and 


Well, 


nothing  wrong, 
right    in   you  or  I  k  nuht 


biggeat  b 


,111't  eiiou'.'h 


'Wdingbula  little  larj 

we  are,  Bill,  and  ho- 

t  bo   helped    to  tah 
j  the  eara. 
ri-ad\    lor    h   job  that    on 

eatiug   at  the  loaf  tin 


'  of  w..rk   lii. 


We'n 

We  cling  t 


II   ,d,    li!,'.    ■: 


■mby 


independence 
we  might  fuel  like  men, 
huddling  in  a  pen." 
So,  Mary.  I've  been  thinking  o 

b  offering  una! 

0  take   btni  up 


Andlii 
So  if  we" 


We'll 


'i  safely  through, 


K       ,.t. 


We'll  get  enough  of  bread  tl-  .■-, 
Then  Willie  won't  be  smil»b>.J  i 
And  Lucy  vi 
a  I  will  h 

10l(] 

■•  ;1U\    t"-'!illel 

shall  haven 

And  take  enough  of  c 
queeu,  I  '    " 

"na  llttk-wmi. 

-  I  roubles 


llli     tllCll     a 

*  will  be  a 

o  hold  my  head 
ignasany  r    "' 

ly  trt.ul . 

y«n       l'i  li 

tllUv      I'llDUl 

queeu,  I  1 


granu 

Ami  .Iht.j  n 


.   little  pile. 
,on't     ■■■.nit    I 


—Fraud  cannot  be  a  aucceae  in  t 
long  run,  for  Gotl  rules  in  the  mo: 
world  equally  aw  in  the  physical  cr 
lion,  and  it  is  not  consonant  with  ji 
liee  to  allow  permanent  BUCcess  reau 
ing  from  the  in  fraction  of  his  com  mat 


I  lieiue-  lur  llevlvnl  Times. 


From  all  quarters  come  tidings  of 
■pecial  meetings  and  revival  services 
following  the  week   of  prayer.     How 

and  personal  labors  for  souls  effective, 
is  the  practical  question.  We  can  get 
some  valuable;  lessons  by  looking  at  the 
methods  pursued  by  the  most  power- 
ful preachers  of  the  Word,  from  the 
days  of  Edwards  on  to  the  days  of 
Nelson.  Lyman  Beecber  and  Thomi 
a.  Skinner.  Undei 
thest 


l  the  i 


■  of    I 


3  fact 


And 


miiflKy  element  of  power  in  the  best 
preaching  of  those  days  was  the  meth- 
od of  presenting  the  moral  government 
of  God,  and  the  terrible  sinfulness  of 
sin  in  the  eyes  of  such  a  God.  Sin  was 
presented  in  the  way  that  the  Bible 
presents  it — not  as  a  miafortue,  a  blun- 
der, or  a  physical  infirmaty — but  as  the 
wilful  Rnd  guilty  violation  of  God's 
law,  deserving  righteoua  retribution. 

Under  suoli  faithful  preaching  sinners 
were  intelligently  convicted.and  brought 
to  repentance.  They  were  made  ti 
see  what  sin  is,  and,  therefore,  why 
an  atoning  Saviour  is  needed,  and  why 
they  should  gee  to  a  Saviour.  Such 
preaching  made  thorough  work.  It 
broke  down  human  pride,  and  routed 
men  out  from  their  "refuge  of  lies." 
Many  of  the  leading  Christian  laymen 
of  the  last  forty  years  owe  their  spirit- 
ual power  and  vast  usefulness  to  the 
thorough  dealing  they  received  at  the 
time  of  their  'new  birth."  The  sur- 
face of  their  character  was  not  merely 
scratched  oyer  with  emotional  and  po- 
jjr.'>i'ini]L',  such  as  in    loo  current 

r  day;  but  there  was  deep  ili.-gtiL; 
down  into  the  lower  strata,  and  their 
eternal  hopes  were  built  on  the  base 
rock.  The  sharp  drill  was  used;  thi 
fuse  of  divine  truth  was  laid  and  lighted 
and  duriug  the  revivals  conducted  by 
Skinner,    Finney    and    Wi 

blastings  that   shook  men's  souls 

the    community    around    like 
earthquake. 

Whether  the  scenes  of  those  days 
repeated    in   our    time,  is    not 
question.     But  it  is  undeniable  that 
mighty    truths    which    they    preached 

th  such  awakening  power  need  to 
presented  K»,iin,  and  with  their  bold 
delity.  And  why  will  not  the  sat 
truths  produce  the  name  effects? 

;  me  bluntly  suggest  whether  tl 

just  the  very  time  for  more  thor- 
ough preaching  of  the  nature    of   God, 
d  the  nature  of  sin !     A    great   deal 
is  said  about  coraingto  Christ:  but 

ire  not  taught    why    they   should 

to  a  Redeemer 
that  they  deserve  to  die  if  they  rejected 
lira.  So  much  is  said  about  the  "love 
<f  God,"  that  sinners  forget  that  oui 
holy  God  can  hate— and  does  hate  all 
iniquity  with  an  infinite  indignation! 
views  and  low  views  of  God's  he- 
God's   justi 

g  gu'itii 


then  atop  and  drain  the  heavenly  chal- 
ice, because  the  divine  spirit  is  filling 
the  cup.  It  is  a  true ,  solemn,  and  in- 
teresting thought,  that  we  are  to  wait, 
to  linger,  to  tarry,  for  the  blessing  to 
oTme  from  the  world  before  ue. 

To  search  the  Scriptures,  with  the 
clear.unmotedeye  of  meditation  secures 
treaaurea  of  knowledge  known  only  to 
him  who  thus  coolly, piously, and  philo- 
sophically, studies  the  Word  of   God. 

Let  any  man  give  us  the  reason  why, 
when  the  Scriptures  are  read  so  much, 
memory  retains  so  tittle,  the  quotations 

reason  is  not  found  in  the  fact  of  hasty 
readingof  the  Word  of  God.     There,  as 

elsewhere. 


Our    I 


While  it  is  so  generally  admitted 
that  the  milk  of  cows  may  be  affected 
by  the  vegetables  used  as  food,  and 
also,  that  the  lamb  may  be  made  to 
resemble  the  lion  by  the  free  or  exclu- 
auimal  food,  it  would  seem 


table 


nfer 


In  a  letter  which  I  received  lately 
om  that  glorious  veteran,  President 
inney,  of  Oberlin,  he   writes:  Much 

said  about  the  loot  of  God,  but  with- 


f  fondness,  or  mere  good  nature 
.finitely  discriminate tf.Bin-hatine 
searching  and  holy — n'coiiMUraing  tire 
It  ie  a  fearful  thing  to  fall  into  th 
bauds  of  a  God  of  such  love." 


quinil'-'jovtj  oi  union  to  Chn-il,  than  tin. 
etern  old  patriarch  of  Oberlin. 
Nothing  eiliii-riii  so  calculated  to  maki 


holm 


we  ministers  look  towards  God's 
throne  of  holiness,  justice  and 
love,and  then  look  over  into  the  pit  which 
idles  with  endless  Same,  we  must 
feel  like  hastening  to  pull  immortal 
len  out  of  the  burnings.  Then,  with 
hat  fervid  urgency  nhall  wo  point  ain- 
ers  to  the  loving  Lamb,  who  taketh 
way  the  sins  of  the  world.  Here  are 
lemes  for  the  hour — and  for  eternity. 
-Evangelist. 


Rbadino  the  BiBi 
e  slowly.  Take  I 
ive  but    little  time 


—Read  your  Bi- 

A  great  mathe- 
lattciau  once  (.aid,  if  liei  lift'  depended 
pon  solving  a  problem  in  two  minutes, 
c  would  spend  one  of  the  two  in  de- 
ding  how  to  do  it.  So  in  reading 
16 Scriptures;  if  you  are  pressed  for 
me  (and  this  ought  to  be  a  rare  case), 
then  spend  the  precious  moments  on  a 
portion  of  a  chapter.  When  you  feel 
thut  the  mind  and  heart  begin  to  drink 


are  similarly  influenced  by  food:  made 

stronger  and  healthier  by  the  use  of 
good  and  proper  food,  and  unfavorably 
affected  by  „he  opposite  course. 

To  the  careful  observer  it  must  be 
apparent  that  wo  are  departing  or 
have  departed  from  the  simplicity  of 
the  fathers  who  were  not  only  frugal, 
but  industrious  and  comparatively  sim- 
ple and  natural,  though  not  faultless. 
In  New  England,  at  least,  there  has 
been  a  decided  tendency  toward  the 
excessive  use  of  highly  concentrated 
and  stimulating  food,  pastry,  etc.,  all 
calculated  to  derange  the  organs  of  di- 
gestion, not  only  by  overtaxing  them, 
but  by  furnishing  in  excesB  certain  ele- 
ments of  nourishment  not  needed;  and 
also,  by  withholding  other  elements 
absolutely  needed.  We  use  too  much 
fine  food,  especially  since  some  of  this 
is  produced  by  the  unnatural  process 
of  the  separation  of  the  elements  need- 
ed for  the  proper  development  of  the 
physical  powers,  and  manifestly  intend- 
ed by  the  Creator  to  be  used  as  they 
were  combined  in  the  grains.  Instead 
of  this  natural  use,  the  miller  often,  if 
not  generally,  separates  the  muscle- 
making  from  the  heat-producing,  fat- 
tening portions;  while,  following  these 
indieationR,  we  give  to  our  domestic 
animals    what   our   children    need    to 

and  vigor  to   the   whole   frame,    while 
we  feed   our  children  on  carbon,   the 
the  starch,  the   white,  central  subatan- 
C8S   which  are  manifestly   intended  es- 
pecially to  fatten  and  sustain  the  animal 
heat — ''respiratory    food."     We   s< 
to   forget    that   this   central     mast 
starch  can    alone    sustain    human 
but  for  a  short  time,  and  that  the  ni 
genous  elements,    those  by   which 
muscles,  brain  and  nerves  are  sust 
ed,are  principally  found  in   the  o 

Indeed,   i 


very  much  upon  th 
tained  by  simply 


■oportion  of  glu- 


The   whole 


lob- 


ing  (or  crushing) 
me  grain,  is  equally  nutritious  with  the 
grain  itself.  By  sifting  out  the  bran 
we  render  the  meal  lt-sa  nutritious, 
weight  for  weight,  and  when  we  con- 
sider that  the  bran  is  rarely  less  and 
is  sometimes  considerably  more  than 
fourth  of  the  whole   weight  of  the 


of  the  covering  of  the  grai 
see  much  waste  of  wholesome  human 
food.  Bread  or  food  made  from  the 
whole  wheat  or  meal  is  therefore  more 
nutritious,  and  as  many  persons  rind  it 
also  a  more  salutary  food  than  white 
bread,  it  ought  to  be  generally  prefer- 
red and  used." — Johnston. 


thor  of  note,  correspond  with  the  above, 
as  we  might  reasonably  suppose,  since 
on   this  point  we  can    scarcely  expeel 

If  these  principles  are  correct,  the 
use  of  so  much  fine  flour,  etc,  cannot 
but  prove  unfavorable  to  the  health  of 
the  rising  generation.  It  is  notstrange 
that  so  many  of  the  children,  the  vic- 
tims of  such  false  habits,  have  such  de- 
fective teeth,  and  that  so  many  young 
ladies  still  in  their  minority,  have  false 
teeth  and  almost  false  muscles  and 
nerves.  It  is  not  strange  that  such 
substitutes  for  bones  ahould  yield  so 
readily  to  the  power  of  the  corset 
cords;  bo  fearfully  deforming  the  cheat 
that  only  a  half  of  a  natural  inspiration 
is  possible.  It  is  not  strange  that  such 
famished  nerves  should  invite  the  neu- 
ralgia, or  that  such  brains  should  be 
d    twaddle   of 


lefied  with  tho  ii 
the  gay  parly,  or  t 
overwrought  sketch* 
covered  literature. 


of 


The 


■edyi 


"dyspepsii 
by  the    gi 


places  her  most  valuable  products  with- 
in the  reach  of  the  sunlight,  just  be 
neath   the   hull    or  husk.     While  the 

save  carbon,  or  the  fattening  element 
the  hull,  even,  is  rich  in  iron  and  silex, 
while  the  real  crust  contains  most  o) 
the  elements  of  nourishment,  thai 
which  affords  health  and  strength,  the 


r  of  endu 


,  the  i 


arts  of   the   grain.     Here  it 
material    in     the     form    of  the 

pbor-pbales  of  lime  and  soda;  here  i 
mscle-food,  the  "nitrates,"  with 
vhich  the  muscles  waste  away 
te  flaccid,  nerveless,  soft  and  near 

ly  worthless, 

es  properly  nourished  both  by  ni 


boarding-school.     The  firat  is  hard 

firm,  plump  and  round,  is  alive;   whili 

other  is  soft,    yielding,   lacks  sub' 


alsi 


tho    "phoi 

es"  by  which  the  brain  and  whole 
ous  system  Are  nourished,  and 
out  which  furnished  by  some 
form  of  food  differing  essentially  from 
bonaoeous,  these  must  famish. 
rse  the  carbon  is  needed  as  res- 
piratory  food,  but  not  that  alone, 
of  other  elements  ii 
the  germ,  in  this  mass  of  starch,  is  nol 
life  for  any  consid- 
erable period, 

On  this  point,  n  learned  author  oi 
ir  text-books,  the  chemistry  used  in 
any   of    the    higher   institutions    ot 


■  'The  bran  or  husk  of  whea 
separated  from  the  fine  floui 
11,  and  is  often  condemned 


than  eillu-r  tin.-  grain  as  a  whole,  or  th 
whiter  part  of  flour.  The  nutrittv 
quality  of  any  variety  of  grain  depend 


mple  habits,  the  use  of  coarser  food, 
>od  containing  all  of  the  elements 
hich  a  kind  Father  has  furnished  for 
Such  are  found  in  the 
al,"  introduced  in  1826 
and  lamented  Dr.  J,  C. 
Warren,  of  Boston;  in  the  good  Scotch 
oat  meal,  which  has  done  so  much  for 
the  Scots;  and  indeed  in  the  meal  of 
all  of  the  grains,  though  wheat,  on 
the  whole,  may  have  the  preference. 
The  free  use  of  fish,  also  will  do  much 
to  improve  the  state  of  the  nerves  and 
brain,  while  the  grains  will  afford  in 
their  normal  state  improved  bones  and 
muscles . 

It  is  but  just  to  say  after  much  ex- 
perience and  investigation,  that  on  the 
whole  wheat  has  special  claimsand  that 
no  preparation  of  it,  especially  for  weak 
digestion,  can  equal  that  of  "crushed 
white  wheat,"  recently  introduced, 
made  at  the  Atlantic  Mills,  of  Brooklyn , 
N.  Y.  The  use  of  this,  not  only  by 
the  sick  but  by  all  cliBsee,  would  tend 
materially  to  diminish  the  constipation 
now  so  alarmingly  prevalent  in  Nev 
England,  and  consequently  tha 
princely  disease,  known  as  dyspepsia 
It  is  simple,  nourishing,  easy  of  diges 
tion,  economical  in  a  "panic,"  may  bi 
made  very  palatable  by  various  com 
binations,  and  as  a  whole,  a  valuable 
article  to  such  as  "eat  to  live,"  It  ii 
particularly  appropriate  for  the  las 
meal,  if  one  w"uld  secure  dreamlem 
sleep  and  sweet  repose. 


prominent 
merchant;  the  one  had  risen  to  useful- 
ness, respectability  and  wealth,  while 
the  other  was  now  a  wreck,  with  rea- 
son dethroned,  lost  to  society,  his  coun- 
try nnd  to  heaven,  and  he  asked  the 
audience  what  made  the  great  differ- 
ence? At  the  same  time  putting  hia 
band  on  bis  bottle  he  said,  ••Tliere  it  is/ 
Oiere  it  is!  The  bottle  has  been  my 
downf  ill  and  my  curse." 

Young  men  beware— that  bottle  has 


i   than  all 


evil  combined.  You  may  notexpeet 
fall,  but  ere  you  are  aware  you  v 
wake  up  to  a  consciousness  that  is  t 
late  I  too  late  I  I'm  lost  1  lost  I  *'C 
a  man  take  fire  into  his  bosom  and  r 
be  burned. — Cross  and  Crown. 


IRH  Fail,   C    G    Fail,    M   E    Fislc. 
Frink,  J  A  Gordon,  D  Guild,  N  Gree 
The?  Gibbf.    MC  Gerard.  P  G  Horn, 
P  Hoy.  J  S  Hickman.  Wrji.    Halh.we 
Thos  Henderson,  A  Holmes,  HHH 
man,  H  JenneBS,    W    H    Johmton. 
Kelley.  RB  Lank,  A  Lull,  S  L  Mom 
Alex  Mackie,  R«v    J    T  Morton,    Dan! 
Meader,  L  McVicker,  G  W  Merritt,  D  S 
McHenry,  S  Y  Orr,  (-1)  R-v  (I  O^son. 
J  J  Olds.  Rev-  J  Pixlev,  W  H  Parker, 
W  H  Ptabody,    Jos    Palmiter,    Btrvn 
Pease.  D  Pretty,  J  as  Rubj    Saul   Etui 
sel,  L  Reynolds,  Joel  Seger,  J  11  Smith 
Wm  Scott.  F  Shriiier,  A    Sproti,    Mis- 
S  J  Swahlin.  W    C  Stevens.  Jno  Sum 
meriand,MrH  L  It  Bmitb.J  PSioddatd 
SSchryver.  B  ATozier,  W  W  Temple' 


ii,  R 


Children's   Corner. 


"His 


rdon' 


the  streets  at  night,"  said  Will  Ga«or. 
in  a  mocking  tone,  "belter  tie  the  babj 
to  the  bedpoet  with  his  mother'i 
apron -string." 

John  Melleu's  face  flushed  at  these 
taunts.  No  boy  likes  to  be  ridiculed 
especially  when  a  crowd  of  his    play- 


felloi 

laugh  againet  1 


e  John, 


lother. 


'We  shall  have  a  grand 
•.  It  won't  hurt  you  just  for  once 
ave  a  little  fun." 

No,"  said  John,  ''1  shall  mind  my 
er.  The  Bible  says,  'Honor  thy 
er  and  mother.'  and  I  shall  do    it." 


Wil 


ing  off;  "don't  stand  listening  to  his 
preaching."  On  he  went,  and  the 
boys  quickly  followed. 

John  went  home,  and  in  preparing 
his  lesson  for  the  next  day  and  joiniog 
in  the  home  pleasures  he  had  forgotten 
all  about  the  boys. 

The  next  morning  on  his  way  to 
school,  he  heard  that  tho  boya  had 
been  arrested  and  sent  to  jail  for  being 
drunk  and  disorderly.  Think  how  anx- 
iously their  parents  must  bave  been 
waiting  all  night  for  their  boys  to  come 
home.  And  then  to  be  told  that  they 
were  in  jail — how  it  must  have  sur- 
prised and  pained  them! 

Don't  be  wandering  in  the  streets  at 
night,  boys.  It  is  a  bad  habit,  and 
nothing   but   harm     can    come    of  it. 

If  these  boys  had  minded  their  pa- 
id stay 


,-n  difi 


Not 


Stop!  Is  that  my  Endi 


physical  t 


[  man  see  the  end  of 

w  ot  a  certainty    that 

inly  produce  his 
eternal  ruin,    I 

f  our  talented  young 
an,   just  beginning    the    habits  that 
II  of  a  certainly    slay  them,    wo 
stop    and  say    ''that    nhall   not   be 
I."     But  not  having  the  gift  ot  U 
iwludge,  we  have  to  profit  by  othi 
takes,    and    seeing    the    rocks 
which  they  have    foundered,   so  dii 
frail  barke  us  to  reach  the  desi 
n  of  rest  and  peace. 


i  holdir 


temperance  meeting  in  one  of  the  small 
ns  of  this  county,  there  came  mtc 
house,  while  I  wat>  speaking,  ■  :  p'-r- 

he  had  to  bo  put  out  of  the  meeting, 
came  in  and  took  from  bit 
pocket  a  bottle  of  liquor  from  which  he 
1  walking  up  to  the  pulpit 
desired  to  speak.  I  pacified  him  as 
t  I  could,  with  the  assurance  that 
should  address  Ibe  meeting  when  1 
had  finished.  He  then  took  a  scat  be- 
ide  me  and  waited  for  his  turn.  As  I 
poke  of  the  power  ot  appetite  binding 
fith  chains  of  adament  the  helpless 
ictim  to  bis  destroying  cup,  and  allud- 
d  to  the  prayers  and  tears  of  the 
ieart-broken  wife  and  disgraced  ohil- 
ren,  as  they  plead  with  him  to  do  bet- 
Br  and  leave  his  old  companions,  he 
irept  like  a  child.  After  I  got  through 
speaking,  he  arose,  although  so  drunk 
ie  came  well  nigh  falling  over, 
horted  the  voung  people  to  take 
warning  by  him  and  avoid  the   bottle, 


well. 


happy 


night  by  being  in 

John  Mellen 
prosperous  man.  And  so  will  evei 
boy  who  will  stand  up  for  the  righ 
and  honor  his  father  and  mother. - 
Little  Crumbs. 


■'It  la  Too  Late  Now. — During  r 
aeries  of  religious  meetings  held  in  th< 
schoolhouse  of  a  small  village,  a  verj 
little  girl  became  much  interested  foi 
the  salvation  of  her  soul.  Her  father, 
a  hater  of  holiness,  who  lived  next 
door  to  the  place  ot  meeting,  and  who 
had  at  one  time  solicited  the  pray  ere 
of  Christians  for  himself,  strictly  for- 
bade her  again  entering  the  house  ol 
prayer.  The  poor  little  girl  was  much 
oppressed,  and  knew  not  what  to  do, 
but  obeyed  her  father,  until  the  nexl 
meeting  was  nearly  half  through,  then 
slipping  out  without  his 
aud  getting  through  a  hole 
yard  fence,  she  hsstily 


.on,  E    B  Thompson,  M™    E   Till 
">  J  Wil 


The  Weekly  Cynosure 

one  ve„rloo),l  ,,r  n„w  ■■ 
the  following  paper-  (to 
at  the  anuesiiil  redueuil  n: 

Christian  "-i-.u'-iHai. 

Mel.hH.lh!     I-Vue    1'lO'e..    .    . 

Gn|,Icu   Censer 

TlirOll'l-l-lMlll"Ni|,lj-    , 


Bee-Keeper's  Magazin 


Wood's  Household  ! 


.,  Christian  Cynosure  '  >til'  e, 


ir  Indiana,.!.  T.KigKiui 

.u  St., Indianapolis,  Int 


State  lecturer  for 
an,  Ironton,  Wis. 
I  A  Han,  WlitwtoD,  111. 


W.  A.  Wallace,  Seueeavillc.  O. 
J.  ii.  Ne.=.:d:,  r.;i!>.,^„),  N.  Y. 
Johu  Levington,  Detroit,  Midi. 
*\  P.  RatbbuD,    Herriekville.     I'm 


.:>.  :-miU,,  CliArltP  Cit\,  ],,-. 
R.  B.  Taylor,  SummerUeld    >.•. 
L.  N.  Strauon,  Syracuse,  N.  T.; 


!  bitten  den,  Crystal  Lai 


P.  Hurless,  Polo,  111 


:,  Greenville,  Pa. 


i,  Gourhon,  In, I. 


Wm.  M.  Qiveos,  ( 


■nPZDw 


Swell 
JEWING 


Light  oil  Freemasonry, 

BY  ELDER  D.  BERNARD, 


befor 


father  mlesed  her,  but  when  lie  found 
her  gone,  he  went  immediately  to  the 
meeting,  where  she  was  on  her  knees 
with  others  lor  whom  the  people  of 
God  were  praying  Sn  enraged 
he,  that  he  went  directly  forward,  and 


lok  bet 
the  plac 


3  her 


to  carry  her 
led  her    from 


'■It  i 


I  giv( 


lit."  This  was  too  much  for  the 
hardened  sinner;  he,  too,  sunk  on  hii 
while  God's  children  united  it 
r;  and  very  soon  he  found  th 
ir  for  himself,  though  be  had  ki 
ttly  attempted  to  shut  him  ou 
lis  daughter's  heart. — Sel. 


LETTER 

J  T  Atki 


-Feb.    18-26,     1871. 

Mrs  E    W    Andrews, 
Ashabeannar,  T  C  Applelon,  Evan 
.nbow,    W    M  Beden,  J  NBear,  J  B 
air,   AlexBaird,  A  H    Brings.  M  W 
ioknell,    Alfd    Beecher,  H   p1"  Butler. 
9  Bayles,  S  F  Bailey,  C   Bender,  0    C 
M  Bates,  E    Brookhart,    J  M  Bishop.  J 
J  G  beebe,  D  S 
Caldwell,  Jos  Chamberlain,  D  R  Craw- 
ford, T  G  Catlett,  J  Cues,  J  A  Cooant, 
Rev  J  Corley,    T  F  Curry,  R    Dow,  D 


J.LMANLEY, 
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, 


WHBATON    COLLEGE  I 

WITEATON,  ILLINOIS, 


Westfield     College, 

Westfleld,  Clark  Co,,  111. 


Anti-Masonic  Christian  Herald. 


ANTI-MASONIC  BOOKS, 

Christian  Cynosure 

Address,  3ZEA  A.  COOK  Si  CO., 


Light  on   Freemasonry, 

BY  ELDER  D.  BERNARD, 


Walsh's  Review  of  Freemasoniy, 


KV1SEO  EDITION. 


Finney  on  Masonry. 

OHEAP  Kin  iiotv 


ELDER  STEARNS'  BOOKS. 

AN    INQTUKV 

Freernasonrv, 


Letters    on    Masonry, 

A  New  Chapter  on  Mason- 
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ship  Adhering  Masons. 

The  too  bound  Inonn  volume.  ,,rico  J1.26 


I'M 


THE  SECRET  ORDERS 

ThiH  work 
slinwa  clearly  why 


ADVERSE  TO  CHRISTIANITY, 
A  Seceding'  Mason  of  21  degrees. 


Masonic  Books. 

FOR  SALS  AT  THE  CYNOSURE 
OFFICE. 

E4sSE3°1\'HSh1S 
Mackey's  Masonic  Ritualist : 

MONITORIAL  INSTRUCTION  BOOK 


mum  mui  of  the  lose 

MACKEY'S   TEXT  BOOK 

MASONIC  JURISPRUDENCE. 


•Richardson's  Utsitor  of  Freemasonry. 

sums1  rsBLWi  uohitor. 
Ihase's  Digest  of  Minnie  Law. 

Duncan's  Masonic  Ritual  and  ilonitor, 
Oliver's  History  of  Initiation, 


TheChristianCynosure. 


EZRA  A.  COOK  &  00..  PUBLISHERS,  CHICAGO.  ILL. 


"In  Secret  Have  I  Said  Nothing."— J»ene  Christ. 


W£EKLY  EDITION,  I 


VOL.  III.,  NO    22 


CHICAGO,  THURSDAY,    MAR.  12,  1874. 


WHOLE  NO.  1J 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 

WEEKLY    AND    FORTNIGHTLY. 

No.  11  Wabash  Avenue,  Chicago. 


Weatville,  0.,  Oct.  13,  1873.      } 

Gentlemen  :     Your  letter  requesting 

the  views  of  tlie   Faculty  of  Otterbein 

University  respecting  ''the  influence  ol 
Freemasonry  on  the  social,  civil  anil 
moral  character  of  tbe  citizens  of 
America,"  \a  before  us.  In  compliance 
with  your  request,  the  members  of  the 
Faculty  have  agreed  npon  the  follow- 
ing  reply: 

From  what  we  have  learned  of  Free- 
masonry through  the  testimony  of  wit- 

in  character,  that  their  testimony  csn- 
not  reason-iblj  be  doubled,  it  is  our 
deliberate  and  firm  conviction  that  the 
influence  of  the  institution  is  bad  alike 
upon  the  social,   civil  and  moral  chur- 


queully,  can  not  fall  vury  far. 

Allow  me  to  uny   having    been  con- 

cted  with  two   secret   societies,  both 

which  I  left  in    disgust,  that  I  like 

your    outspoken     style    in    treating    n 

imothevil — your  courage.      I  may 

be   permitted   to   say  that,   even 

when  I  belonged   lo  these    institutions, 

I  could  but  feel  belittled  by  the  various 

iea   of    the    meetings,    feeling 

uch     valuable    time    ie    often 

uid  worse  than  wasted  by  the 

ries  and    mere  forms  by  which 

i  w^'fi  often   so    far  exhausted 

portnnt  business  was  often,  if 

•rally,  neglected.  These  pomp- 

j monies,    it    may   be,  are    the 

Ltraclii f  the   organizations, 

ng  the  unthinking  and  perhaps 
the  heartiest,  who  love  forms  more 
tbansubftance. 

Din    somewhat    extensive    observa- 

?,  I  am  thoroughly   convinced   that 

f-lfishness  is  the  foundation;  that  by 

far  the  greater  number  join   that  they 

advantages  as  busi- 


of 


ial  chai 


f  btCiiiiM'  of  i 


e  and  partial  principles,  m:ut- 
tno  its  advantages,  as  it  often  does,  ul 
the  cost  of  those  who  un'S  not  join, 
or  are  not  jiermltted  to  join  the  order. 
Bad  upon  his  civil  character  because  it 
requires  him  as  a  Mason,  at  least  in 
some  instances,  lo  screen  and  defend 
those  whom  his  duties  as  a  citizen  re- 
quire him  to  expose  and  bring  to  pun- 
ishment. Thus  it  disqualifies  him,  if 
Masonic  obligations  be  honored,  to  be 
either  a  faithful  citizen  or  a  just  and 
impartial  officer  of  the  law.  Bad  upon 
his  moral  character  because  it  mingles 
the  sacred  with  the  profane,  the  true 
with  the  false,  in  its  ceremonies;  and 
because  it  administers  extrajudicial 
oaths  with  barbarous  penalties  attached, 
thus  rendering  it  essentially  anti-Christ- 
ian in  character. 

We  might  assign  many  other  reasons, 
established  by  overwhelming  arid  itnin- 
peachable  testimony,  in  support  of  our 
views,  but  we  think  the  above  suffi- 
cient, if  there  were  no  others,  to  justify 
us  as  patriots  and  Christiins  in  uur  op- 
position to  Fret-masonry,  and  to  prompt 


As  to  other  secret  orders,   while  we 
do  not  believe  that  ibey-are  all  open  u 
tbe  same,  or  as  grave  objections  as  Free, 
masonry,   -w      yet   consider   ihem    all: 
from  the  very  fact  of  their  secrecy,  pe 
culiarly    Busoeptible    of    abuse   to    evil 
ends,    and     therefore      objectionable; 
aud  a*  the  good  liiey  profess  to  e 
may  be  secured  by   open   methods 
so  susceptible  of  abuse,  il  is  our  i 
viciion   that  be.  who   would  bent    mib- 
serve  the  interests  of  society,   ihe 
lerests  of  the  st/if,  and  the  intercsl 
tbe    church,    should   eland  aloof  from 
them  all. 

H.  A.  Tbompsoh,  J.  E.  Goitmbk 
Miriam  M.  Colk,  P.  MoFaloek 
Lizrib  K.  Millkb,      Husky  Gahst 


i  Ha 


F,  ir.it  It  >/■ 


Messrs.    Editobs  : — Having   a  copy 
of  your  paper  handed  me   in  ti.e 


that  it  is  oulsp  iken  and  coneiderabl 
inclined  to  aim  well  its  missiles.  Tin 
is  well.  Since  the  spirit  of  the  age  is  ii 
fav.or  of  earnest  Work,  whethei  for  good 

tbe   East,    are     thoroughly   awake,   or 

paratively  f«w  are  now  wilting  lo  pay 
olheri  for  "doing  their  thinking," 
though  of  course  there  tire  some  bo  in- 
dolent that  they  are  never  expected  to 
do  much  mental  or  physical  labor. 
Such  will  never  become  much  elevated, 


While 


— irrluding  the  Christian — have  a  right 
...  i.  <•_  nd    esp'ti:ill\     their    own    inter- 
ests, that  which  locks  not   beyond    its 
»wn  limits  has  no  claim  lo  benevolence, 
lo     philanthropy,    or    even    humanity, 
organization    that,  in  its   relations 
an.  professes   to  ignore    all   other 
,ons   and  obligations,   and  compels 
-mh  Tihii\  in  iln-ir  d iiiios  t ■>  each 
others  to  disregard    family    bonds    and 
esof  consanguinity, — "rescuing  a Ms- 
Diiic  brother  in  preference  to  a  natural 
brother",    may   be   properly     regarded 
ith  distrust. 

But  the  m  irked  tendency  of  tbe  age 
for  men  and  women   to   band   Ibem- 
Ives  together  fo-  some    definite    pur- 
pose, ihst  by  concerted    action  and  in- 
they  may    gain    some    financial 
ige,  or  a  higher   social   position, 
something  not  based  on  personal  merit. 
This  bodes   evil   to    our  free   inetitu- 
ind  indeed  is   inconsistent    wilh 
free  Democratic  principle.     If  we  are 
to  enjoy    the     elective    franchise   it  be- 
as    iu     fundamental 
basis,  ihat  the  principles  of  all  should 
be    fairly    presented    and    understood. 
Ie  community    should 
know  of  Ihe  candidates  competing    for 
iiiionB  thai  their  character  and  fitri's- 
,y  be  canvassed.     This   is  often   rfe- 
d  by  the  conditions  of  secrecy  as   nil 
may  know.      Since   some   organi/alion- 
have  elected  office  re   not  known  as  can 
dales;  and     still    others    may    do    so 
henever  il  is  for  their  interest.   There 
a  L'oiiiluil.  danger  thai  the    ''outs"  of 
c    political    parties    may  al  any  lime 
form  an  alliance  with  any  secret  associa- 
for  the    purple    •  !  gaining    s^mr 

mission    of    the    opposition   t<* 


'And    John    Wesley,    was    a    ainson." 


Under  this  heading  the  editor  of  the 
Wayne  County  Journal,  of  Palmyra, 
N.  Y.,  publishes  the  following,  clip- 
led,  as  he  says,  ''from  the  Christian 
Ige,  a  readable  and  reliable  paper  pub- 
lished in  New  York:" 

;The  decease  and  funeral  of  Hugh 

Martin,   of  Dowupalrick,    are  reported 

the    Downpatricb  RecoTiler,  which 

stales  that  Mr-   Martin  was  known  aud 

■eporled  as  'the   father  of  Masonry'  in 

the  district,  he  having"  been  connected 

th  tbe  craft  lor   th'riy-six  years,  and 

.ire  particularly  wilh  lodge    No.  Ml, 

jwnpntrick,    in  wbicn  tbe  R?v.  John 

Wesley,   the   founder    of  Methodism, 


than  mortal  aid,  more  than  ordinary 
coinage,  energy,  seal  and  wisdom.  He 
wbo  launches  out  on  this  troubled  sea 
of  selfishness  musi  expect  to  meet  op- 
position, to  encounter  adverse  winds, 
and  to  hazard  much  in  the  contest. 
Institutions  based  on  selfishness  with  a 
substratum  ol  passion,  flanked  by 
V  and  potion,  and  stimulated  by 


r  fallei 


Fie    who 


>-' 


irk    b'-fore  him. 
age,  the   mass 


forn 
In 

of  the  people  have  but  lillle 
consecudve  thought.  The  indulgence 
of  the  propensities  loo  often  lakes  tlie 
precedence.  How  shall  1  gratify  my 
lower  nature  \n  Jar  I  o  often  the  all  ab- 
sorbing question  of  tho  masses.  The 
reformer,  therefore,  is  met  on  Ihe 
very  threshold  ■■(  bis  labors  by  adverse 
influences,  and  he  may  soon  be  ma 
to  feel  that  a  Vast  ocean  is  before  hit 
that  labors  are  inviting  him  that  may 
erUBu  men  ol  Herculean  powers 
the  realm  of  medicine,  ibe    peop 


j  purchase  a  lie 
.ol.ile    .ill    iho  laws  uf  the   physical 

,  or  to  war  wilh  tlie.   whole  being. 
must  learn  that   the  only 


it  of  1 


ol.e  Sir 


God' 


ws,  and  that  a  disregaul  of  thei 
id  a  Violation  ol  the  lav,;!  of  health 
ust  he  succeeded  by  iho  penalty 
:ide  from  accidental  death;  and  also 
iat   simplicity    of  diet,    regularity  of 


sunlight,  with  an  avoidai 
ating  drinks  and  all  narcotics,  will  do 
more  than  the  mere  enipl.-ynvi 
Irugs.  In  the  Christian  world, 
teed  to  be  taught  that  word* 
rh  aper  and  <f  lea*  influence  than 
icta;  thai  smiles  and  kind  word 
vorth  more  than  they  coat;  that  a 
heart,  a  spotless  life,  are  of  mon 
porlni.e  than  mere  zsal.  strong  ' 
nd  empty  professions;  and  that  is 
uly,    is  no  passport  to  the  kingdom  of 


i  Ibe 

der  on  October  30th,  IT 
This  looks  like  a  plain 


number 

onth  and  day  of  his  initiation,  aud 
is  a  quasi  eudosement.  by  the  Journal. 
jme  will  doubtless  be  greatly  sur- 
fised  at  this  revelation,  A  revelation 
deed  it  ie,  not  of  ''the  founder  of 
Methodism,''  but  of  the  fraternity  whoe* 
to  make  it.  Rev. 
John  Wesley  wsb  borne  June  17th, 
,ud  died  March  2d,  1701.  (New 
Enc.)  Thus  Masons  claim 
ie  godly  and  immortal  John 
Wesley  who  punctured  every  "wind- 
bag," and  was  death  on  all  shams,  in 
some  instances,  lo  screen    and  defend 

half  year?  before  hit  death,  when 
ripe  tor  ln-aven,  took  to  the  rol- 
licing  ropresoaUiive;  of  the  Apple- 
:  Tavern  clique,  whose  midnight 
was  in  the  "fea6t  and  the  bowl, 
song  and  iho  dance;"  lliat  the  dear 
man  bowing  under  the  weight  of 
e     than     fourscore    years,     brekei 


I  .bora 


nf.  r. 


1  the  . 
al  and  lay  L 


witli   a  gudgeon"    and  toled    inlo 
midnight    den    ol    conspirators    aga 
Christ   and     society,    directly    in 
face  of  Ida   life-long  teaching;  that 
consented    to   expose    to   their   vulgar 
gaze  hi»  entire  person,  except  what  his 
sbort,  loose.  Bhirt  would  cover;  th 
consented  to  wear  the  "lodge  dra 
that  bad   been   on  the  sensual  loinB  of 
the     haters    of     tbe     '  'paalm-singi 
round-beads''  such  as  he;   to  be  "blii 
folded,"    "right   foot    slippered,"    left 
fool    bare,"    "left  breast  and  left 
bare."  and  by  a  rope  round  his  neck  to 
he  led  about  for  Ihe  sport  of  the  vulgar, 
and  then  made  to  kneel  and  swear  with 
repealed  oaths  "to  conceal  and  never 
reveal"  any  secret  Mnsonically  commit- 

vealed  or  not:  '  binding  myself  under 
no  less  penally  than  to  have  my  throat 
cut  across,  iny  tongue  torn  out  by  tbe 
roots,"  etc.,  that  he  consented  to  the 
blasphemous  use  of  the  Holy  Scrip- 
tures, and  to  confer  ibe  names  and  ti- 
tles of  the  holy  and  infinite  find  on  bia 
roistering  confreres,  and  joiu  with 
them  in  ciTcint<n;en  iho- lonely  barbar- 
ous and  profane  or  nauseously  puerile, 
thus  Belling  hia  manhood,  hm  con. 
science  and    his  will    to  the  conspiri 

Did  the  silver-haired  old  saint,  "the 
father  of  Methodism"  from  the 
of  Beuhih,"  in  eight  of  the  *'0c 
City,"  and  adjusting  his  affiirs  to 
the  "hidden  stream,"  give  hand  and 
will  to  Apollyon  lo  do  these  things 
which  every  man  must  do  lo  gaii 
fellowship  of  the  lodge! 

We  need  lo  bold  on  lo  our  indigna- 
tion with  douhle-biited  bridle,  whei 
with  cool  impudence  that  advertises  i 
large  discount  on  our  penetration 
men,  who  have  sold  cut  their  marihoud 
attempt  to 


die  our  intelligence  with  such  mon- 
strous impostures,  such  enormous  false- 
hoods, and  such  detestable  frauds. 

This  slander  on  John  Wesley  is 
worse  than  forgery.  That,  utters  a  lie 
to  get  your  property.  This  is  more. 
John  Milton  would  have  called  it  mur- 
der and  robbery  together,  because  it 
murders  character  to  appropriate  alt  its 
treasures  to  its  own  base  purposes.  It 
implies  that  Wesley  was  a  hypocrite, 
preaching  one  thing  and  secretly  prac- 
ticing another,  lise  tbe  arch  traitor 
who  sold  Christ-  Poisoning  a  good 
man's  coffee   to  kill  his    body 


.-III,  tin 


oft-r 


attempt  to  destroy  Wesley's  character 
and  rob  Christ   and   his  church   of  the 
rich  and  rare  legacy  he  left  them  eighty- 
three  years  ago. 
Oberlin,  Ohio. 


Influence  of  the  Lodge  npon  01 
Doctrine. 

In   the  Christian    Union,  (H.    W. 
ecber'a   paper)  of  Dec.  24th,   1873. 

the  page  deyoied  to  anew*  nn^  qu  -s 
ns  from  correspondents,  we  notice  tbt 

Mlosiog  question  and  answer: 

Q. — ''Is  a  man  who  denies  thediyin 

ly  of  our  Lird  Jesus  Christ,  and  doei 


model 


:«pt  1 
for  sit 


prebend  the  divinity  of  i 
'  .  but  it  is  not  wli 
r  accepU  that  make; 


other  religions  precisely  in  this;  that  it 

observer,   nor  tut  treed  which   he 

ity  which  he  practices,  but  what  he  is.'" 

The  above   queetiou  relates   to   the 

fact  whether    a  man  denying   our  Lord 


,  post 


,  Chn 


Thf 


Yes!  To  '*de 
uy  or  accept"  Christ  is  quite  imma'.er 
ial.  Whatever  " rites"  or  forms  of  wor- 
ship   he   observes;    what     ''creed"   oi 


"belie' 


rality 


he  practices,"  is  "not  essential,"  "but 
what  he  is."  Strike  out  all  these  and 
pray  tell,  what  is  he*  Let  ihe  Gospel 
of  our  Lord  answer.  "He  that  believ- 
eth  not  shall  be  damned."  "He  that 
believelh  not  the  Son  shall  not  see  life, 
but  the  wrath  of  God  abide  th  on  him." 
"He  that  believelh  on  the  Son  of  God 
hath  ihe  witness  iu  himself;  he  that  be- 
lievelh not  God  hath  made  him  a  liar, 
because  he  believeth  not  the  record 
that  God  gave  r-f  his  Son."  Jeaus  says, 
"Whosoever  shall  deny  me  before  men, 
him  will  I  also  deny  before  my  Father 
which  is  in  heaven."  These  quotations 
are  positive  and  plain,  needing  uo  corn- 
It  might  he  justly  inferred  that  the 
questioner's  mind  had  previously  re- 
ceived a  bias  lo  some  extent,  or  such  a 
question  would  not  have  appeared  in  a 
professedly  Christian  journal,  and  when 
proposed,  the  answer  from  a  Christian 
stand-point  could  have  been  nothing 
less  than  an  emphatic  no,  instead  of  an 
equivocal  Yea!  "Who  is  a  liar  but 
be  that  denietb  that  Jesus  is  the  Christ! 
He  is  au  nnti-ChrUt  that  denieth  the 
Father  and  the  Son."  (1  John  ii.  22.) 
When  Christian  ministers  and  people 
suiter  themselves  to  he  educated  by  tbe 
"secret  lodge,"  or  the  "secret"  system 
that  denies  Christ,  our  Lord,  and  casts 
bim  out  as  beneath  their  notice,  it  is 
not  strange  that  such  persons  minds 
should  become  blinded,  and  they  "left 
to  believe  a  lie,"  and  by  such  teaching 
lead  others  iu  the  broad  road  to  death. 
Permit  me  here  to  quote  a  lillle  from 
that  loved  disciple,  John  the  Revela- 
tor,  who  ao  liierally  describes  ihe  ee- 
cret  anti-Christian  system  as  to  be 
worthy  our  notice  in  relation  thereunto. 
He  says,  "And  the  beast  (Matoi  ry) 
which  1  saw  like  unto  a  leopard, 
(stealthy,  sly,  dec.-ptive)  and  the  dra- 
gon (Satan)  gave  him  hla  power,  and 
his  seat,  and  great  authority.  And  I 
saw  one  of  bis  heads  as  it  were  wound- 
ed to  death;  (Masonry  was  wounded 
nearly  lo  death  when  it  murdered  Mor- 
gan,) and  his  deauly  wound  was  heal- 
ed; (Savory  preserved  what  little  life 
remained,  and  the  war  became  an  anti- 
dote to  heal  the  wound;)  and  all  the 
world  wondered  after  tbe  beast  f  And 
they  worshipped  Ihe  drag  Oil  which 
gave  power  unto    the  beast;  and    they 


wr.iHiipjxd  ihe  be.v-',   (Is  thh:  not 
sonic  worship  ?)  saying,  who  ia  like 
to  the  heastl  (better  than  Christ)     Who 
is  able  to   make  war  with    the   beast! 
(Masonic    boasting)     And    there   v. 
given  unlo  bim  a  mouth  speaking  gri 
thingr,    and    blasphemies.     And     he 
opened  his  mouth  in  blasphemy  against 
God.  lo   blaspheme  his  name,   and  hii 
tabernacle,    and    them    that   dwell    ii 
heaven;     (Literally  true  as  to  Manon 
ry.)     And   it  was  given   unto  him    t< 
make  war  with  the  saints,  and  to  over 
come  them;  (the  Christian  religion  it 
made    war  witli,   and    Christian   mec 


indn 


,en  dn 


lodge;")  and  power 
er  nil  kindreds,  and 
tongues,  and  nations.  (Masons  boast 
of  their  system  being  universal.)  And 
II  tbat  dwell  upon  the  face  of  the 
artb  ahall  worship  him,  whose  names 
re  not  written  in  the  book  of  life; 
(this  is  conclusive  that  Ihote  bearing 
the  imige  and  worshipping  the  beast, 
will  fail  of  finding  their  names  written 
in  the  book  of  life.)  He  doeth  great 
wonders,  .  .  .  and  deceiveth  them 
tbat  dwell  on  the  earth,  .  .  .  that  as 
many  as  would  not  worship  the  beast 
should  be  killed;  (this  truth  liierally 
harmonizes   with  llisunry:)     Aad  he 

their  right  hand,  or  in  llieir  forehead*, 
(M, 


night  b 


r  eell,  i 


had   the    mark   or  the   name   of    the 
beast,   or  the   number  of  his    n^me," 
(bound  together  by  horrible  oatha  and 
penalties,    as   against    -'cowans,"   and 
the    religion   of    Christ.     (Sen    Rev., 
chap.    13.)     "If  any  man  worship  Ibe 
beast  and  bia  image,    and  receive  his 
mark,    the   aame     shall   drink    of  the 
wine   of   the   wrath    of  God    which 
poured  out    without  mixture  into  t 
cup  of  bia  indignation."     Here  is  t 
penalty  of  God  towards  those  adhering 
lo    the    described   anti  Christian    wor 
ship,   receiving  and  bearing  the  iroagi 
of  the  beast.     (Rev.  xiv.  0,  10.) 


Taste,  Manners  D 


Men 


lull 


■  ntlie  ground) 
of  morality,  then  it  should  be  educated, 
if  need  be.  -We  have  seen  female  dress- 
es ou  the  stage  that  would  hardly  an- 
swer as  an  habitual  costume  for  decent 
ladies  in  the  street  or  parltr;  and  yet 
they  appeared  very  tasty,  for  ihe  ocea- 

We  do  not  know  but  that  it  is  good 
taste  lo  teach  our  girls  tbe  modes  of 
signaling  and  carrying  on  a  conversa- 
rinks.  nodt,  hints,  ah  insinu- 
becks  and  wiles  and  wreathed 
smiles"  with   strange   gentlemen, 'that 

lions  of  the  present  day,  male  oi  fe- 
male; but  we  doubt  ihe  effect  of  it 
upon    tbe  manners  aud  morals   of   the 

If  a  peculiar  slant  out  of  the  coiner 
of  the  left  eye  would  enable  a  young 
woman  to  sell  butter  and  eggs  at  a  bet- 
ter advantage,  or  the  crooking  the  lit- 
tle finger  of  the  right  hand  in  tbe  dex- 
ter palmof  a  hansdome  young  clerk, 
or  any  other  engaging  trick  should  do 
it,  we  would  not  object  to  it  for  that 
purpose  alone;  but  if  it  Bbould  come 
to  be  used  for  a  more  natural  purpose, 
or  for  a  worse  one,  of  which  there  may 
be  numerous  kinds,  we  should  object 
to  it  so  far  as  our  own  female  relatives 
are  concerned.  He  must  be  a  strange 
man  who  should  desire  Ins  daughter 
taught  such  tricks.  When  a  girl  is 
once  trained  in  tbat  way,  raising  the 
price  of  eggs  and  lowering  that  of  cali- 
co is  not  the  only  purpose  that  she 
will  put  her  educttion  lo.  Secret  arts, 
"ways  that  are  dark  and  tricks  lhat 
are  vain,"  are  the  last  of  all  arts  that 
should  be  taught  to  American  ladies. 

Toaeeayoung  woman  strutting  in 
a  scarf  thrown  across  tbe  shoulder  like 
a  grand  marshall's  belt,  engaged  in 
pnliiifd  indirection*,  and  dealing  in  co- 
vert understandings  wilh  men,  on  the 
eioat  subject  of  trade  and  Ir.ffic,  which 
is  no  mora  controllable  by  the 
practices  of  men  and  women  '■ 
the  great  ocean  itself,  ie  one 
slr.cigeat  apectaclea  that  a  free  and 
easy  people  has  yet  presented  to  the 
sun.     Mrs.  Partington's  sweeping   the 


:  of  hel 


tchen  with   a  broom 
is  nothing  to  it. 

The  consequences,  however,  on  the 
manners  and  morals  of  the  mothers  of 
our  future  leading  statesmen,  cannot 
fail  to  b>.- lamentable.  Secret  grips  aid 
signs  where  all  are  free  and  eu,ual,  are 
considerably  out  of  place,  The  lan- 
guage which  they  convey  is  not  that 
which  elevated,  truthful  and  refined 
characters  usually  employ  in  their  in- 
tercourse. Fahsjer's  Clod. 


Granges  aud  Open  Clubs. 

Mr,  Charles    W,    Green,  secretary  o 

the  National  Agricultural  Congress  was 

bmgago  in  -Si.   |n,ui>,  and  there  gave 

porter  his  opinion  of  some  features 

of  the  grange    movements    which    are 

.luable  and   will   be  interesting  to  our 

■The  grangers  say,  I  believe  tbat  they 
lo  not  politically^  a  grange,  but  lhat 
hey  do  so  individually  Ia  not  such  a 
ouree  practicable!"  "By  making  suoh 
Bsertions  they  are  simply  making  them. 
elvtM  ridiculous.  You  may  have  noticed 
bat  one  of  the  resolutions  adopted  by 
he  Illinois  .Slate  Grunge,  at  Bkiomiug- 
on,  made  the  declaration  you  speak  of. 
md  yet  they  sent  out  a  dozen  purely 
poluical  resolutions  n^lit  in  ihe  face  of 
it.  The  last  Rami  World,  too,  has  an 
article  by  Mirier  Allen,  declaring  posi- 
tively that  ths  grange?  do  not,  and  can- 
uot,  disciiEB  political  questions;  and  or 
the  aame  page  is  more  thau  a  half  col 
umn  of  political  resolutions,  adopted  al 
a  receut  county  council  of  the  granges. 
Such  inconsistencies  are  only  calculated 
to  bring  reproach  upon  the  order. 
declaring    what 


B  foUc 


politic  ll." 

"I  1 


i  of  the   meaning  i 


"Oh!    you  know  tbat  ib  secret-     I 

presume  their  action  will  ouiy  have 
reference  to  perfecting  the  business 
details  of  their  organization.  Another 
subject  suggested  by  tlie  Indiana  Far- 
mer, an  intense  (-range  paper,  alto- 
gether within  the  charmed  circle,  will 
be  as  to  the  disposition  of  their  surplus 
$50,000.  As  the  Rural  World  sug- 
gests lhat  the  choice  of  permanent  lo- 
cation for  the  national  offi'.es  may  also 
be  determined  hero,  the  inference 
mighl  be  drawn  that  the  surplus  would 
be  expended   for  buildings  somewhere, 

"I  have  seen  the  Boston  Merchant 
Grange,  which  was  suspended  by  ibe 
Grand  Master,  had  appealed  to  the 
decision  of  the  grange,  I  presume  that 
it  will  find  a  settlement  here  J" 

"YeB,  it  probably  will,  and  ii  Messrs. 
Thompson  and  Ahboll  ure  as  determin- 
er ns  they  represent 
themselves,  it    may  be  a  subject,  of  con- 

derableimportar.ee.  Mr.  Abbottclaims 
that  the  Master's  ruling  would  exclude 

vera!  members  of  the  National 
Grunge,  and  several  subordinate  gran 
yes,  one  of  them  at  St,  Louis." 

■'There  is  one  advantage  in  secrecy 
which  I  had  not  before  thought  of. 
They  cau  have  their  family  quarrels 
lo  themselves,  and  no  annoy  their 
neighbors  and  the    outside  world    with 


them 


"Yes,  ■ 


1  that  is  about  t 


'  only   ad' 

id,  except 


they    can  dii.pen;.    tbe 
at  tlu    left   hand   may 
the  right   is  doing,  in  tbe  Scrip- 
tural fashion.     In  view  of  the  difficulty 
perieoted    in     letting     politic?    abme, 
is  feature  of  secrecy  is  likely  to  cause 
em  much  embarrassment.     It  is  cer- 
tainly too  late  to  entertain  the  idea  of  a 
political  party,  strictly    as  such, 
and  the  political  influence  of  any  secret 
organization  must  be  seriously  compro 
mised  by  the  fact  of  suoh  secrecy. 

Again,  the  feulure  of  the  y range,  and 
the  ritualistic  ceremonies  incident  to  il, 


valuable  t 
hu-.tn.v-s  ii 


audi 


im  all  the  reports  we  have  Been,  that 
t  one-half  of  the  granges  arc  paying 
cir  dues,  a  sure  indication  lhat  the 
teres t  in  them  ie  flagging. ' 
"You  consider,  thou,  that  the  move- 
)nt  is  losing  headway  I" 


'•Not  at  all.  The  open  associations 
are  now  gaining  ground,  and  if  there 
was  any  system  or  record  such  as  the 
National  Grange  has  adopted,  the  ex- 
lent  of  the  open  organizations  would 
surprise  you.  One  great  advantage  for 
open  associations  which  the  grange? 
lose — and  which  they  cannot  afford  to 
-is  the  assistance  of  the  preas  in 
disseminating  their  work.  Look,  for  ir> 
stauce,  at  the  Illinois  meetings  last 
month.  The  four  days'  proceedings  of 
the  Slate  Grange,  with  ils  750  mem- 
bers, were  all  recorded  in  less  thau  three 
columns  of  the  daily  papers,  while  the 
proceedings  of  the  Decatur  meeting  for 
three  daya  filled  page  after  page  of 
the  Tribune  and  Times,  multiplying 
the  influence  exerted  by  them  many 
thousandfold,  Its  expressions  are  still 
being  discussed,  and  will  be  for  months 


Really,  this  secrecy  breeds  a  selfish- 
ness entirely  foreign  lo  the  agricultural 
character,  and  it  surprises  me  to  see 
the  agricultural  publishers  so  forgetful 
of  their  journalistic  rights  as  to  encour- 
age a  privacy  of  discussion  which  de- 
prives them  of  their  most  valuable  aub> 
j-ctmatler,  Tho  seeking  of  many  of 
them  after  the  loaves  acd  fishes,  in  the 
form  of  8ub6criplions,iflcertuinly  liable 
to  bubjecl  them  to  the  ,charge  of  being 
Buln'iihzjil — it  may  be,  justly." 


Mot  too  Radical.—  The  Rev.  Wm. 
Arthur,  of  London,  in  the  course  of  a 
lecture  he  has  just  delivered  on  Prus- 
sia, say3;  "Before  I  began  attentively 
lo  read  all  the  books,  pamphlets  and 
newspapers  lhal  1  could  get  upLn  the 
subject,  I  had  an  impression  that 
Prince  Uismark  had  gone  too  far,  and 
lhat  he  was  lighting  Rome  with  her 
weapon, — a  little  bit  of  persecution; 
but  after  not  a  little  reading,  that  im- 
pression has  been  modified,  and  now 
my  feeling  is.  that  Bismark  has  simply 
translated  into  action  what  the  edu- 
cated German  mind  thought  i 
necessary,  if  Germany  was  to 
tion,  that  he  has    simply  eml 


molulely 


rual     legislat 
lefend    the 


i  pillai 


of 


bo  great  n 
the  midst  of  that  strng- 
a  power  moving  greater 
nius  of  Bismark;  a  moral 
than  the  strength  of  old 
tm;  a  knowledge  deeper 
ie  searching  intelligence 
as  Schultz  and  Reinkens. 
iction    of  God   making  a 


,  for 


andc 


sngai 


al  glory,  are  once 
true  faith,  until 
isposed  to  believe 
l  beyond  their  he- 


freedom,  Iheir  a 
jre  bound  up 

the  Pope,  and  even 
lief  in  him,  to   submit 

ul'.itudes  forced  to  ft 
no  holding  with  bim,  and   at  the  sa 

me  preserving  a  good    government 


V'e  once   heard    Rufus  Choate  make 
ugumenttive   hours  long  to  a  jury. 


,  the 
legibilities   of 


ng,  the  appeals 
the  jury,  were  over  in  two  hours.  Still 
idvo.;ale  continued  speaking,  re- 
ig  with  additional  vehemence 
be  had  said  before,  wilh  new  il- 
lustrations and  arguments.  We  looked 
,t  the  jury  in  order  to  discover  ihe 
ause  of  this  seemingly  useless  ex- 
lendilure  of  mind  and  force.  Eleven 
f  tlym  were  palpably  convinced;  the 
welfth,  the'  loreman,  a  hard-headed, 
luimaginative,  unimpressible  man  of 
lubiness,  had  on  his  face  a  look  of  in- 
credulity. Choate  devoted  three  hours 
to  the  UBk  of  breaking  down  the  will 
of  this  one  man,  and  of  compelling 
bim  lo  admit  the  cogency  of  reasoning 
which  was  foreign  to  his  habits  of 
thought.  He  did  not  stop,  and  we 
then  thought  he  never  would  stop, 
until  he  had  conquered  this  disbeliever. 
It  seemed  for  some  time  that  years  of 
talking  would  be  of  no  avail.  At  last, 
however,  the  bard  countenance  soft- 
ened, the  stony  eyes  were  moistened, 
the  lips  lost  their  rigidity, — in  short, 
the  whole  man  collapsed.  Then  Choate 
concluded  his  argument  in  a  few  quiet 
and  telling  sentences,  and  sat  down 
sure  of  the  verdict.— E.  F.   Whipple 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  MARCH  12,  1874 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 


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First,    let  every  friend  of  the  Cy: 
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Will  you  not  make  this  matter  a  per- 
sonal affair  and  respond  promptly 


Mr,  Editor: — A  friend  has  sent 
a  number   or  "The    Christian    Cy, 
sure."  containing  an  article    under  the 
above  heading,  to  which  I  respectfully 
ask  to  be  allowed  a  brief  reply. 

1,  After  saying  that  be  \ 
"amused,"  '"H"  proposes  to  try  to  set ' 
matter  before  the  readers  of  the  Cy. 
sure  so  that  they 


that 


i  for 


Why  did  be  not  give  tin-  article  c 
(a)  so  that  the  readers  might  extract 
their  own  amusement  from  the 
tain  head?  Who  knowsbut  the  a 
ment  may  have  lost  some  of  its  fresh- 
ness and  exhilaration  by  pasing  througl 
the  greedily  absorbing  channel?  Yes: 
soberly,  I  ask  as  a  matter  of  justice 
that  my  entire  article  may  be  gr 
your  readers,  so  that  they  may  judge 
for  themselves   as  to  its  amusing   ch; 

2,    Who   is    "Hi"     If  the   associs 
editor   is    known  as  writing   over   tt 
initial  I  do  not  know  it,  and  there  is 
way  of  ascertaining  the  fact  but  by  the 
blunt  question  above.     I  will  say, 


,  that  e 


I  the  ' 


„ir,.. 


article  in   question,  I  l^ave    been 
ceipt  of  several  anonymous  coram 
tions,    from     Anti-matuiis,    I    suppose, 
One  from  western  N.  Y.     The   autl 
signs  himself  "A  Methodist  Preache 
who  Bays  several   thing:- totally   uus 
tained    by    truth.     But   as    he    gi' 
neither  name  nor  address,  I  cannot, 
I  would, enlighten  his  darkness.    Now, 
I  submit,  Mr.  Editor,  whether  it  looks 
right  for  men  denouncing  secret  eocie 
ties   to   practice   auch    secrecy    as   tb< 
withholding  of  their  proper  names, 
know  of  few   Bpecies   of  secrecy  mor 
reprehensible  than  this.      An  honorabh 
combatant   does    not  stab    unde.'   the 
fifth  rib,  but  meets  vou    face    1 
This  skulking   behind    ficiiliou: 
is  too  cownrdly  for  men    tbat 
their  business   to  fight   secret  ! 
(b).     In  the  face  of  prudential 
for  withholding  my  own   name,  I  have 
given  it,    like  a  signer    of  the  Declara 
tion  of  Independence,  thus  making  my- 
self a  target  for  all  the  missies   anony- 
mous or  otherwise  which  secret  organ- 
izations like  the  "N.  C.  A."  and  others 


)  hurl  : 


3(C). 


.    Again,  "H"  is  amused    that  I  do 
take  up    the   arguments  and    state- 
,ts   of  Father   Wheeler   and   refute 
■a.     (I.)  That  was  not  the   design, 
of  my  article  (d).     1  did  not  propose  to 
discuss  the   principles  of   Freemasonry 
ew  what   haB    been  said   in 
the  N.  G.  Advocate  upon  the  subject, 
but  to  show  the  folly  and  wickedness  of 
tarn    notations  of  this    v-.-xeti    ques- 
l,      Had  he  published  my  article  en- 
■,  this  would  have  been  clearly  seen. 
(2) .     Then  I  have  to  say    that  while  1 
had  read  other  articles    that   had   ap- 
peared in  the  JV.  C.  Advocate  upon  the 
subject,    I    had    not    noticed    Father 
Wheeler's,  and  knew   not  of  its  exist- 
ce  until  named  by  the  editor.     So  alt 
H"  says  about   that   waa  fighting   a 
an  of    straw  (e).     (13.)     Why    did 
it  "H"  address  himself  to   the    reluta- 
>n  or  correction  of  the    facts   and  ar- 
iments  in  my  article?  lam  "amused" 
see  bow  be  slips   around   them.     Ib 

4.     "H"  declares   that  my   article  is 

in  favor  of  secret  societies,  and  that 
is  infused  with  the  spirit  of  the  great 
high  priest  of  Freemasonry."  Nc 
why  does  be  say  that!  What  is  tin 
in  it  to  prove  its  author  a  Mason,  evs 
I  claim  that  I  might  say  all  the  article 
contains  and  not  be  a  Mason. 
itoree-.i  by  thousands  not  Ms 
sincerely  regard  the  utterances  of  that 
article  demanded  by  the  f 
Take  the  following  illuslra 
specimen:  Recently  one  of  these 
fanatical  agitators  solicitated  the 
a  Methodist  church  in  which  tt 
his  hot  tirade  against  secret  soi 
A  committee,  not  Masons,  being  called 
to  consider  the  request,  decided 
grant  the  favor.  Wherefore  1  Like 
sensible  men  they  said:  "Weare  now 
at  peace  and  prosperous.  Other  soci- 
ties  once  as  prosperous  have  been  torn 
in  pieces  by  this  kind  of  agitation. 
Who  will  be  benefited  by  it?  No- 
body. Who  will  be  injured?  Many, 
perhaps."  Can  "H"  blame  the  com- 
mittee? Will  he  call  them  "Masonic 
sympathizers?"  They  were  not;  bul 
they  were  peace-makers  and  peace- 
preservers, — the  very  characters  on 
whom  wasonee  pronounced  a  blessing. 
Had  these  men  such  an  account  ol 
your  doings  as  the  number  of  the  Cy- 
nosure that  I  have  gives,  where  min 
isters  of  Christ  are  maligned  and  so- 
cieties actually  torn  in  pieces,  they 
would  congratulate  themselves  upon 
their  fortunate  and  narrow  escape  from 
hke  calamities.  Whatever  e 
of  agitation  might  do,  the  kind  that 
you  are  promoting,  is  evidently  doing 
vast  harm  (h).  I  imagine  tbat,  could 
those  men  assailed  speak  for  them- 
selves, we  Bhould  have  a  very  different 
showing;  and  who  shall  say  that  they 
are  less  truthful  than  their  accue> 
ers?     (i) 

6.  I  understand  that  "H"  is  denounc- 
ing the  principle  of  secrecy,  and  yet  I 
see  from  your  paper  that  Anti  masons 
have  a  central  organization  called  "N, 
0.  A."  What  do  those  letters  stand 
for?  Not  for  the  Northern  Christian 
Advocate,  for  this  is  denounced  for  Hi 
honest  attempt  at  even  handed  justice : 
because  it  would  not  allow  the  Anti 
masons  to  have  all  to  say,  but  opened 
its  columns  to  an  qual  amount  on  the 
other  side.  J<  vhis  "N.  C.  A. 
C'i-ly  hay  it;  auxiL  ay  coeietief,  its 
Etilution,  officers,  agents.  I  at 
propose  to  show  that  it  has  no  right 
thus  to  organize,  but  it  looks 
a  secret  society,  and  I  honestly  suspect 
it  is  to  all  intents  and  purposes,  having 
signs,  pass-words  and  grips,  and  th' 
like  (j).  Now,  if  I  hear  of  one  in  thes 
parts.  I  shall  try  to  get  inside.  Do 
you  think  I  can.  be  admitted  to 
their  secret  councils? 

Now  I    ask    that    the    "N,     C. 
shall  gti  i'  us  in1!  ii.ii'i.-,  publish  it-i 
slituiion,  i.nd  let    the    world    know 
object  am!  d-sign.  and  all    its    intc 
workings.     If  it   doc-snot,  I  shall  < 
tend  tbat    it  is  secret.     Particularly  I 
want  to  know  if  it  is  a  religi 
(k).     What   creed   does   it   adopt?  (l) 
Methodist,    Baptist,      Presbyterian 
Episcopalian?      It  is   -said    that   so: 
make  Masonry  a  religion.    This  may 

Anti-iua-'Oiiry  a  religion?  (in)  Son 
men  must  have  a  hobby.  But  Chri 
:e  ih>'  only  Saviour  (n). 

Dew itt  C.  Olmstkad. 

(a)  It  was  not  worth  the  space. 

(b)  The  article  signed  "H"  was  c 
the  editorial  pige.  An  artricle  c 
(bis  pag"  thus  sig-rri    bears  no  tort 


jonymouB    publications    and    letters 
!  dislike   as  sincerely  as  docs  Mr.  0. 

(c)  Write  Mr.  0.  among  the  heroes 
of  history. 

(d)  Neither    whb  it   our    purpose  lc 
refute  or  to  publish  in  full   the  aim- 

i  or  arguments  of  Mr.   Olmstead, 
Mr.  Wheeler,   or  the  editor  of  the.  Ad- 


(e)  The  editor  of  the  Advocate  says 
he   had  published  only  Mr.    Wheeler's 

tide  on  the  subject.  Mr.  0.  must 
ittle  that   with    his  own  editor,   not 

(f)  Yes,  suggestive  of  the  fact  that 
uur  opinion  the  statement  of  his  po- 
ioos  would  be  all  th>  refutation  iliey 
>uld  require  with  our  readers.  If 
ey  require  more  we  refer  them  to  the 
swer  of  Elders  Wheeler  and  Callen- 
r,  in  the  American  Wesleyan. 

(g)  The  Advocate  published  Mr. 
O'e  article  as  a  Masonic  offset  to  Elder 
Wheeler's  Anti-masonic  article.  Be- 
sides, Mr.  0.  could  say  he  is  not  a  Ma- 

that  were    the  fact,  three  times 
while  he  is  quibbling  about   it  once  in 

number  paragraph  that  he  wrote  -'on 
the  other  side"  from  the  Anti-masons. 
This  reported  fact  is  anonymous — an 
UuBtration  or  a  supposed  case,  nothing 


(h)  Elder  0.  seems  really  to  think 
tbat  shutting  up  churches  and  news- 
papers against  free  discussion,  is  the 
o  secure  peace.  That  is  the  way 
despots  and  popes  secure  it,  as  long  as 
can  crush  the  spirit  of  liberty  to 
e  bv  authority  or  force.  But 
where  freedom  reigos,  it  is  like  confin- 
powder.      Give  it   open  air  and  it 


l  this  subject   is   lighter    than 


full  name  have  all  been  published 
the  beginning.  Mr.  Obnstead 
e  a  member  of  any  of  our  or- 
itions  by  simply  renouncing  the 
practice  and  advocacy  of  organized,  en- 
forced perpetual  secrecy.  He  can  at- 
nd  all  our  meetings  and  be  a  Ma- 
rt still,  if  he  chooses.  Secret  coun- 
s  we  have  none, 
(k)  It  is. 
(1)     Christianity. 

(m)     Very  likely;  for  Anti  masonry 

simply  true  Christianity    against  all 

other  religions,  and  all   counterfeits  of 

the  true. 


but  ci 


what- 


would  forbid  it  to  have  fre.icmu.se. 

i  not  the  free  discussion  we  ask 
endangers  the  peace  of  the 
churches.  If  Masonry  were  right,  to 
turbid  discussion  of  it  would  be  the  way 
to  promote  division.  If  Masonry  be 
wrong,  its  advocates 
for  all  the  evil  that  accomp 
attempt  to  rid  the  church  of 
wisdom  that  is  from  abov 
pure,  then  peaceable."  Re' 
and  you  change  the  truth  of  God  to  a 
lie.  Of  all  precepts  you  have  just  thi 
one  to  please  the  devil.  Instead  of 
peace  with  impurity,  Christ  sends  a 
sword.  Sin  and  holiness  cannot  dwell 
together  in  peace.  When  such 
inalions  as  Freemasonry  find  their  way 
into  the  church  it  is  vain  to  cry  pi 
There  can   be  no  peace  until  it  or 


peace-maker  who  "contends  earnestly 
for  the  faith,"  who  fights  best  for  the 
expulsion  of  the  vile  intruder. 

(i)  Could  Masons  "speak  for  t 
selves!"  An  implied  conl'-a-.  mi 
they  cannot.  Who  binders  them 
not  this  a  free  country?  But  in 
free  country  Masonry  has  bereft  them 
of  liberty  of  speech  on  matte 
deeply  concern  their  reputati 
this  tyrannical  institution  would  only 
allow  them  to  speak  Mr,  0,  would 
have  us  infer  tbat  their  testimony 
would  be  the  opposite  of  that  of  the 
Anti-masons,  and  would  be  fully  as 
credible.  Hence  we  should  already  in- 
fer tbat  the  testimony  of  all  the  seced- 
ing Masons  is  already  neutralized  oi 
overbalanced.  How  absurd!  These- 
seding  Mason  declares  himself  and 
proves  himself  to  be  absolved  from  all 
,  .blig.uiuns  lo  Masonry  and  from  all  i 
guileful,  compulsory  and  wicked  oath: 
He  has  nothing  therefore  to  bind  < 
bias  him  to  favor  Masonry  in  hia  tesi 
mony.  Nothing  to  bias  him  igam^t  i 
nothing  to  gain,  but  much  i 
lose  by  testifying  against  it ;  ht 
■the  same  means  of  knowledge 
what  the  adhering  Mason  ha: 
There  is  nothing  under  heaven  but 
love  of  truth  and  a  sense  of  duty  to  in 
pel  him  to  testify  against  Masonry 
What  is  there  to  impeach  or  weaken 
the  testimony  of  bucu  a  witness?  Es 
pecially  when  his  general  character  fui 
truth  and  veracity  is  beyond  reproach 
or  suspicion,  and  there  are  thousands 
of  them,  and  their  testimony  is  a 
monious  unity  1  Can  the  testimony  of 
an  adhering  Mason  weigh  anything 
against  such  witnesses?  He  acknowl 
edged  that  he  is  uuder  a  moat  sacrei 
obligation,  even  an  eath,  forever  ti 
conceal  all  the  secrets  of  Masonry  am 
Masons,  all  the  work  and  doings  of  tin 
lodge  from  the  outside  world,  i.  e.,  t( 
keep  them  in  ignorance;  which  is  the 
same  as  to  lie  to  tbem  if  they  pretend 
to  giye  thera  any  information 
these  secrets.  And  it  is  a  fact  k 
to  all  who  observe  these  things  tbat 
these  Masonic  witnesses  "ac 
getbor. "  The  way  their 
contradict  themselves  and  contradict 
each  other,  was  not  equalled 
conflict  of  testimony  against  our  Lord 
on  his  trial.  These  witnesses  as  truth- 
ful on  this  subject  as  the    seceding  Ma- 


Thei 


ivheu  they  are  sworn  under  death 
ties  not  to  tell  the  truth, 
;  [hey  evade  the  truth  by  endleBS 
lU.ctionB,  of  equal  weight  witt 
that  ol  those  who  are  perfectly  free, 
id  who  all  testify  to  the  same  facts  I 
e.allv",  it  seems  utterly  impotable  thai 

il  to  see  that  the  testimony  of  the  se- 
lling Mason  is  unimpeachable  and 
eighty,  while   that   of   the    adhering 


If  Christ  is  the  only  Saviour.  snot 
t  Christians    wholly  discounleuar 

everv  institution  which  ignores  Im 
ean  any    hoot.* -riding '-unipare. 

folly  and  sin  with  sustaining  bucI 
ogerous  counterfeit  "f  religion,' 

Unfinished    Business. 

The  Sixth  Anniversary  of  the  J 
tional  Christian 
proaching.  and  the 
pointed  at  our  lust  meeting  should  bi 
and  probably  are  vigorously  at  work, 
I'll-  duties  assigned  to  each  of  these  re- 
spective committees  are  highly  import- 
ant, and  will  I  trust, 
tion  they  deserve.  Following  the 
order  of  the  record,  I  find: 

1st.  A  "committee  on  standing  rules 
rl  by-laws  for  the  government  of  the 
nual  meetings  of  the  Asic  iation." 
naisting  of  Pres.  D.  A.  Wallace, 
Pres.  J.  Blanchard  and  Rev.  J.  L.  Bar- 
low. 

.   "Incorporation  of  National  Cbrie- 
i  As-vcanon  referred  lo  the  Execu- 


Polit 


Ac 


Executive  Committee:  Pres.  J,  Blanch- 
ard, J.  L.  Barlow    and  L.  N.  Stratton, 

4tb.  The  question  of  organizing  a 
stock  company  being  under  considera- 
tion it  was  resolved:  "That  this  body 
approve  the  plan  proposed  by  coi 
tee  on  consolidation  for  a  joint  stock 
company,  for  the  purpose  therei 
stated."  The  plan  proposed  provided 
that,  with  proper  legal  advice  the  E. 
ecalive  Committee  should  take  steps  I 
form  Bueh  a  company. 

A   faithful  report  upon    each  of  the 
above  topics    will   prepare  the   way  for 
very    important    action     at   our   nt 
meeting.     Indeed,    its  importance  < 
scarcely  be  over  estimated.     Aided 
the   facts    presented  in    the  reports  of 


humbly  trust,  under  the  guiding  baud 
of  God,  are  to  be  laid  foundations  upon 
which  mahy  generations  shall  build. 
This  rapidly  advancing  movement  is  t< 
he  taken  up  from  that  incoherent  etat( 
inevitable  in  the  machiuery  of  great 
and  hated  reforms  in  their  early  strug 
ales,  and  placed  upon  a  basis  where  i 
will  be  known  in  our  laws  ami  us  right 
protected  in  our  courts.  Plans  for  tin 
years  campaign  should  be  carefulh 
considered,  and  provision  made  for 
meeting    the    expenses   of   this    great 

To  do  all  this,  and  do  it  well,  is 
small  undertaking.  It  will  require 
■'wisdom  not  of  this  world,"  laboi 
sacrifice  and  money;  not  simply  on  th 
part  of  a  few,  but  on  the  part  of  all 
who  are  interested  and  friendly  to  tin 
cause.  Let  no  one  '  'put  hi=  hand  to  the 
plow  and  lock  back."  The  lions  by  the 
way-side  are  chained.  The  e 
worthy  (he  sacrifice  by  which  il 
cured.  It  is  worth  just  what  a  r 
lican  state  and  the  church  of 
Christ  is  worth  to  this  nation,  t 
and  i.o  your  children." 

jecture  as  to  the  probable  number  of 
delegates  who  will  attend  the  meeting 
at  Syracuse,  but  it  is  high  time  foi 
every  friend  to  consider  tin  iniporlanct 
of  the  work  to  be  done;  and  if  this  ii 
clearly  comprehended  by  the  people, 
there  will  be  no  lack  of  interest  or  o. 
numbers. 

Brethren,  let  us  lay  this  matter  be- 
fore God  in  all  its  important  features, 
and  especially  let  us  pray  for  wisdom 
mid  Divine  guidance  to  direct  our  sev- 
eral committees  in  their  different  la 
bora,  for  in  the  present  state  of  our 
cause  it  is  very  evident  that  much  is 
depending  U|ion  their  efficiency  and 
wisdom. 

I  am  prepared  to  furniah  blank  forms 
nf  certificates  for  delegates  lo  all  who 
desire  them,  and  hope  soon  to  report 
u  uVlinite  (ilau  which  may  he  of  service 
in  ibu:ie  going  to  the  annual  gathering. 
Your  fellow  laborer  in  the  Master's 
vinyard.  J.  P.  Stoudard, 

Genl.  Agent,  Na£l.  Chris.  Ass'n. 

Ottbkbbih  Uhivbbbix?. — The  faculty 
<■!  t. h 1 1-.  institution,  the  largest  controll- 
ed  by  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ, 


rsity,  named  from  the  founder  of 
enominatinn  was  established  in 
and  has  prospered  and  struggled 
'c  most  colleges  at  the  West  until 
the  present  lime.  The  college  haB 
suffered  by  tire;  the  buildings 
.brary  whb  destroyed  in  1870, 
luring  February  last  the  female 
boarding  hall  was  burned,  involving  a 
loss  of  some  $10,000,  partially  insured. 

jo  acknowledged  that  its  friends 

ion  rally  and  make  good  its  los:-es, 

The  present  buildings  are   large,   new 

;onvenient,    and   are    filled    with 

200    students.      Westerville,  O., 

t    the    institution    is   located,    ia 

twelve  miles  from  the  state  capital,  and 

di  m-rihrd   as    a  beautiful  and   quiet 

rn.    without  a  grog-shop,  and  in  it 

aal    character  well  adapted    for  th 

,t  of  a  large  and   prosperous    instils 

n.     The  founders  of  this  Universit; 

believing   ibat   their    data/liters  should 

as   good  opportunity  for  mental 

culture   as  their   sons,    admitted  both 

to  all  the  privileges  of  the  Uni 

versity  from  the  first. 

During  the  years  of  its  existence  n 
lias  graduated  about  125  young  mer 
and  women  who  are  now  filling  im. 
porlanl  stations  in  society.  More 
than  4000  students 

walls. 


NOTES 

Freeman,  the 

poken,    anti-lodge    paper    of    Gentry 
county,  Mo.,  is  experiencing  aser 
:tty  annoyances   in    the   post  o 
nilar  to  those  met  by   the  Gyn 


then 


public 


Subscribers  fail  to  get  their  pape 
find     them    wrapped   around    grocery 
bundles,  etc.    Tli*  publishers  will  gam 
the  battle,  however,  if  they  tight  it  oui 
and  their  friends  stand  by  them. 

— A  seceding  Masou  of  Brandon. 
Vt ,  says  it  is  reported  by  the  fraternity 
that  his  efforts  against  them  have  killed 
the  lodge  in  that  place.  There  a 
ceders  enough  in  the  country  to  utterly 


fof   : 


if  they  were  united  and  went  forth 
battle  in  the  name  of  the  Lord.  The 
man  whose  soul  has  tasted  the  bitter 
waters  and  has  turned  to  pure 
tains,  has  an  experience  which  Bhould 
be  unerasitigly  for  the  truth.  Think 
of  this,  friends. 

— The  reply  lo  the  Masonic  claim 
upon  John  Wesley  on  our  first  page 
will  be  read  with  interest.  The  papei 
which  Bro.  Clark  quotes  gives  a  differ- 
ent date  from  olbers  which  have  come 
to  our  notice.  The  Syracuse  Journal 
reports  the  initiation  as  taking,  place  ii 
1738  instead  of  1788.  To  make  sur. 
that  the  base  allegations  is  thoroughly 

claimed,  we  quote  from  the  Mtthr.dn.t 
Free  Fress  a  refutation  based  on  Wes- 
ley's journal  and  correspondence: 

"The  above  fabrication  says:  'Rev. 
John  Wesley,  the  founder  of  Mctho 
dism,  wbb  initiated  into  the  secrets  oi 
the  order  on  Oct.  30th,  1738,  in  lodge 
367,  Downpatrick.'  Now  turn  to  sate1 
Wesley's  Journal  Oct.,  1738,  and  you 
will  find  bim  traveling  and  preaching 
in  England 


lira,    die 


'  fabrication    represent.  Inn 


the    'J:M  he    preached  n 


Nov.    3d    at    St,    Atbolb^    .-igam. 
strikes  us   that  '  'J"-'K',"  I  li^m'-eKer- 
hardly   believe  that  John  Wesley 
initiated  in    the   lodg-    at    Dowupalrn-k 
at  the  same  time  thai  lie  was  preaching 
the  Gospel  io  England."1— Free  Fress. 
Feb.  26. 

"On  the  30th  of  October,  the  very 
day  the  article  alleges  he  joined  the 
Masons,  John  Wesley  wrote  from  near 
Bristol,  England,  along  letter  to  his 
brother,  Samuel,  which  shows  that  I' 
thought:)  and  time  were  employed 
better  things    than  that  of  joininy  hi 


the  day  it  is  staled  he  jmued  i 
lodge  at   Downpatrick,    John    Wesley 
was    in    England    hundreds    of    miles 
away,    and    did   not    vUit    Ireland    till 
years   after   that   date." — Free  Fress, 


1  agree    that  the  reform    movement 

against   Masonry    must   begin    it 

church,   and    the    Cynosure   is    doing 

good  work;  but  as  it  is  rather  a  relig- 

■  political   paper   it    meets  with    some 

prejudice  at    first.      I    would    therefore 

iggeBt  that  the  first  page  should  keep 

the  title  it  now  has,  and  the  third  page 

be  headed  the  Political  Cynosure,  and 

this    hall  should   contain  the   political 

matter;   in   this  way  the    paper  could 

be  separated,    and  one-half  given   to  a 

politician   and    the  other   lo  a   church 

ber.    I    would  al-o    suggest    us    a 

)   for    the    new    political    party — 

Bd  States  Party.  P.  F. 

The     above     suggestions   have     merit 

ihow    that  friends   are    applying 


minds  to  this  question.  Our  po- 
litical department  is  quite  small  at 
present,  and  hardly  demandrt  half  our 
space.  The  cause  may  soon,  however, 
require  a  whole  sheet,  an  able  journal 
devoted  especially  to  the  feature  of  the 
reform,  as  friend  Hickman  suggested 
laBt  week, — En. 
A'ditor  Cynosure: 

Noticing  ibe  expression  of  objections 
to  the  "free  trade  plank  "  in  our  plat- 
form, from  Bro.  Sumter  and  Bro, 
Washburne,  in  a  late  Cynosure.  I 
take  this  means  of  giving  my  "testi- 
mony" in  connection  with  their's.  I 
belieye  a  good  and  well  regulated 
tariff  to  be  the  only  means  of  properly 
encouraging  and  assisting  home  indus- 
try and  entorprise,  and  of  devoloping 
the  untold  wealth  of  our  (relatively) 
inexhaustible  resources.  Let-  us  nol 
split  upon  this  rook.  Let  ub  Bleat 
clear  of  it.  John  T .  Kiooiss, 

State  Cbntkb,  Iowa.Feb.  28th,  1874. 

I  am  not  in  favor  of  the  free  trade 
plank  in  the  platform,  believing  thai 
a  protective  tariff  is  for  the  best  inter- 
ests of  the  American  people.  That  the 
platform  should  read  in  favor  of  fn 
trade  "as  tnst  as  reciprocated  by  other 
nations,"  as  suggested,  meets  my  appro- 
val, I  do  not  believe  in  compromise, 
butin  this  case  the  secrecy  question  is 
of  equal  or  greater  importance  than  the 
trade  question,  and  a  largo  proportion 
of  the  opponents  of  seceretiam  will  nev- 
er be  able  to  compromise  their  diveiso 
views  on  the  free  trade  and  protection 
question,   as    to    produce    harmonious 

proposed.  E.  0.  Walker. 


2STews  of  oiar  Woris, 


20, 
According  to  previoui 
meut,  the  Association,  with  nitmerou 
citizens,  met  in  the  court-house  at  10< 
o'clock  a.  m.  ,  lo  hear  an  address  upoi 
the  evils  of  secret  institutions,  by  Rev 
J.  P.    Stoddard,    of  Illinois.     At   th 


rthe 


cnlle. 


order  by  the  President  and  the-  meet- 
ing opened  with  prayer  by  the  Secre- 
tary. The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting 
were  then  read  and  approved.  The 
President,  afier  a  few  introductory  re- 
marks, introduced  to  the  audience  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Stoddard,    who   proceeded  at 

evils  of  secret  institutions.  In  his"  re- 
marks he  stated  that  Hon.  S.  C.  Porn- 
eroy,  of  Kansas,  delivered  a  lecture 
some  time  since  in  Farweli's  Hall  of 
Chicago,  condemning  Freemasonry  ("or 
interrupting  our  courts  of  justice. 
And  immediately  after  this  speech 
those    public   papers    that  lauded  Mr. 


upng 


ird  thei 


the  churches  in  the  United  States  who 
by  their  law  refuse  to  admit  to  (heir 
memtiership  'ho  ■■-  belonging  to  secret, 
oath-bound  socilies.  The  U.  B.  church 
with  a  membership  of  130,000;  the 
Quakers  150.000;  the  United  Presby- 
terians 70,000,  besides  many  minor 
denominations,  such  as  the  Free  Moth- 
odtsls,  Wesleyans,  etc,  etc..  with  nn 
aggregate  Membership  out-numbering 
the  whole  Masonic  fraternity  of  the 
United  States.  By  allusion  to  the  Ma- 
sonic chart,  Bro.  Stoddard  showed  how 
the  Masonic  fraternity  con  trolled  almost 
every  public  interest  in  the  United 
Slates.  Closing  bis  interesting  illus- 
trations of  Masonry,  the  bouse  ad- 
journed to  meet  at  2£  o'clock  p.  u. 


A  few  minutes  after  the  appointed 
hour  the  house  was  called  to  order  by 
the  President,  and  afttr  making  known 
the  objects  of  the  afternoon  session, 
remerks  were  made  by  several  citizens 
upon  the  importance  of  political  action 
as  the  most  snoce;slul  way  of  further- 
ing the  cause  of  Anti-masonry.  A  mo- 
tion came  before  the  house  and  was 
adopted  authorizing  the  Vice  Presi- 
dents of  the  several  townships  to  ap- 
point a  committee  to  enroll  the  Anti- 
ruiuonie  strength  o1  each  township  and 
-.■et  as  many  as  will  to  meet  in  conven- 
tion at  Albion  on  the  second  Saturday 
of  next  April  for  the  purpose  of  mak- 
ing nominations  for  the  various  offices 
to  be  filled  by  the  appio:i clung  fdlelc-c 
tion.  The  following  resolutions  were 
then  ulfi-red  and  unanimously  adopt 

lieiolced.   That  degeneracy    m     y, 
ten    upon   the   records  of  al' 


Al  the  appointed  hour  the  house 
was  called  to  order  by  the  chairman, 
when  Rev.  Mr.  Stoddard  opened  the 
meeting  wth  prayer,  after  which  be 
proceeded  at  once  to  discuss  upon  the 
affirmative  of  the  following   resolution:  . 

Resolved.  That  there  is  i  o  man  liv- 
ing what  can  he  a  good  Christian  while 
living   out   the    principles  of    Freema- 

Rev.  Stoddard  in  the  course  of  his 
arguments  proved  by  Albert  G,  Mac- 
key,  Chase's  Digest,  and  others,  that 
Blue  Lodge  Masonry  has  nothing  to  do 
with  the  Bible;  and  that  Masonry  is 
merely  founded  upon  the  traditions  of 
men.  He  argued  Ih.u  Masonry  hinges 
upon  the  fictitious  story  of  Hiram 
Abiff,  and  that  Masonry  depeuds  for 
its  very  life  and  existence  upon  the  fic- 
titious legend  of  the  temple  builder; 
that  Hiram  Abiff  is  to  Masonry  what 
Christ  is  to  Christianity.  The  audi- 
ence which  well-nigh  filled  the  court- 
house seemed  much  interested  with 
Bro.  Stoddard's  many  graphic  illustra- 
tions and  all  gave  good  attention  and 
treated  the  speaker  with  that  respect 
which  iB  due  our  ministerial  reformer, 
and  which  is  a  credit  lo  the  citizens  of 
Albion.  At  about  9£  oclock  p.  m,  the 
im  (.-Ung  adjourned. 

0.  G.  Fait,  Secretary. 


Editor  of  the  Cynosure; 

On  Thursday  evening  the  2Gth  inst,, 
Prof,  C,  A.  Blanchard  delivered  a 
lecture  in  the  U.  P.  church  at  Nor- 
wood, Mercer  county,  111.,  subject, 
"The  Jesuits  of  To-day." 

This  lecture  was  the  third  of  a  series 
of  lectured  delivered  in  that  place  this 
winter  uuder  the  auspices  of  ihe  intel- 
ligent, enterprizing  congregation  that 
constitute  the  U.  P.  church  of  that 
place. 

The  pastor's  closing  remarks,  "that  this 
proves  that  lectures  can  be  sustained  in 
the  country  as  well  as  in  cities,"  sug- 
gested this  report  from  my  pen. 

Our  young  and  able  lecturer  won  a 
wreath  of  laurels  there  for  Mb  valient 
pleadings  for  this  America  of  ours, 
and  for  a  pure  Christianity  to  be  kept 
free  from  the  "Jesuits  of  To  day" — the 
secret  orders  of  our  land,  that  are  com- 
ing upon  us  as  the  locusts  upou  Egypt 
of  old.  He  passed  the  general  princi- 
ples of  secrelism  in  brilliant  panorama 
before  the  audience,  but  when  he 
lifted  his  mighty  '  "sun-glass"  and 
brought  the  local  rays  of  truth  to  bear 
on  any  one  of  these  orders,  as  he  es- 
pecially did  on  the  Good  Templars  und 
the  grange,  the  smell  of  the  pit,  and 
the  form  of  the  beast  was  most  strikingly 
manifest    in    their    di^olving  elements-. 

When  the  lecture  c!o*ed,  a  murmur 
ran  through  the  retiring  crowd, — 
'•Why  did  he  nol  speak  longer i" 
"Why  did  he  not  give  us  more  of  itJ" 
"Cannot    he    be    had   to    speak    here 


gainr 

Now  loro 


■ught. 


This  U.  P.  churoh,  with  its  devoted 
young  pastor,  Rev.  J.  M.  French,  is  not 

■  than  many  other-  oouulry 
churches  all  over  our  western  rural  dis- 
tricts; yel    they    have  instituted    and 

ned  a  leclusc  course  as  a  means 
of  general  instruction,  through  the  past 

r.  Subjects  of  vital  interest  on 
living  issues   are    thus    brought    before 


iight   and  life,  and 

oligious  energy  to 
d,  that  would  drive 
lay,"  or  any  other 
heritage  of  freedom 


light 


This 


nc  and 


money  by  using  and  utilizing  urguniz.i- 
lionsalready  made  and  houses  already 
provided,  and  save  time,  labor  and  ex- 
penditure of  local  organizations  to  pro- 
mote the  various  civil,  moral    temper- 


irful  a 


appr 


crisis  in  the  polit 
whea  the  people, 
political  affinilk-p,  i 


iiane.'s;   and  do  therefore  recommend 
Nobk-  county  bo  held  to  put  in  nom- 


V   L.in^     b.ave:i'       .■hucm-.i    blessings 

worthy  enterprize,  we  submit  these 
thoughts  to  all  friends  of  light,  and  in- 
telligent investigation. 

J.  C.  Gkuiam. 
Viola,  lit,  Feb.  28th,  1S74. 


General  Agent  awakened  the  people  to 
the    necessity  of    the   reform,  encour- 

agr-d  its  adherents  and  put  t 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE  :  MARCH  12,  1874. 


Zebulon  Weaver,  Esq.,  of  Syracuse, 
who  was  nppoioted  lecturer  by  the  N. 
i.  Stale  Association,  is  giviog  a  ae- 
ries of  lectures  in  Oneida  and  Herki- 
mer counties. — We  learu  that  Elder 
Barlow  is  "Betting  his  house  in  order" 
preparatory  to  engaging  In  the  lecture 
work.— Bro.  Stralton.of  the  Wesleyant 
makes  frequent  raids  into  tbe  country 
about  Syracuse  with  a  ringing  lecture 
in  his  pocket  or  heait. 


next  day,   1  found  the  people  hungry 
for  light  on  Masonry.     I  sold  my  satcli- 
c  books,  and  took 


el  full  of  i 


I  found  b 


The  Lodge 


I  It  I: 


Yateu  City,  111.,  Deo.  Sth,   1873. 

Mb  Editor:  In  my  little  confab 
with  the  worshipful,  Mr.  Pierce,  and 
Most  Worshipful,  Mr.  Hawley,  before 
the  committee  on  appeals,  (which  com- 
mittee consisted  of  two  men,  chosen  by 
and  under  the  control  of  Mr.  Hfiwley,) 
1  accused  Mr.  Pierce  of  having  me  rep- 
resented by  a  dummy  in  the  ridiculous 
farce  that  ho  called  a  trial.  Mr.  Ma- 
son is  an  old  member  of  the  lodge,  but 
no  older  than  Mr.  Nicholson,  who  was 
not  nllowed  to  say  a  word  in  my  he- 
halt.  Before  leaving  tbe  committee 
room  1  acknowledged  the  right  of  the 
lodge  to  puuish  me,  but  not  to  inflict 
the  several  punishment  known  to  Ma- 
sonry. After  my  n.'turn  home  I  wrote 
a  long  leilur  lo  my  attorney  und  sent 
him  a  full  report  of  the  private  conver- 
sation I  ha  i  with  Smith  Rhea  on  the 
6th  of  Feb.,  from  which  conversation 
Mr.  Rhea  extracted  and  preserved  a. 
resemblance  to  a  threat  of  breaking  up 
the  lodge.  I  concealed  nothing  from 
him  and  directed  him  to  conceal  noth- 
ing from  the  Giand  Lodge,  and  I  pre- 
sume ho  followed  my  instructions.  1 
called  on  Mr.  Pierce  the-next  Monday 
morning  and  -isked  him  how  we  came 
out  He  replied,  "Mr.  Robinson, 
when  you  make  suitable  apology  for  in- 
sulting me  in  public  I  will  be  ready  to 
communicate  with  you."  1  asked  him 
what  kind  ol  acknowledgement  be  re- 
quired 


bas  been  a  Muster  Maaon  and  has 
five  degrees  in  Odd-fellowship,  who 
said  that  Elder  Bernard  gave  the  facts 
on  Masonry  and  Odd-fellowship,  and 
the  degrees  as  he  himself  took  them. 
me  Mason  once  tested  Elder 
D.  P.  Rathbun  in  my  house  and  told 
that  Rathbun  had  been  a  Mason,  for 
Id  tell  things  aa  he  did 


;  that  he  han 


unless  he  had 
This  Mason 
left  the  craft  and  will  not  bow  down  to 
the  god  of  Masonry    any    longer,    but 
hip    the    true    God    through 
ist  our  Saviour. 
in'a  name  is  Mr.    William  E. 
jember  of  Towanda   Lodge, 
il  hie  wife  has  been  a  Rebekah,     but 
■  has  left  them  and  renounces  secret 
;ieties  with  her  husband. 
There   is  a  great    anti-secret    feebng 
this  part  of  Cameron    county.  Thank 
God. 


Gore,  a 


lodge     tc-night1 


ply.  Said  the  fii 
Several  are  in  lavor  of  lighting  up 
oyhow,  to  keep  the  thing  alive  I" 
Now,  this  shows  two  things,  let, 
that  Masonry  in  this  place  is  not  in  a 
ry  prosperous  state;  and  2d,  Ma- 
rs are  willing  to  misrepresent  (ni>t  lo 


He 


publically  n-  1  lud  insulted  him.  I 
promised  him  that  1  would  rtnder  to 
him  all  due  acnowledgement  on  the 
first  suitable  occasion;  hut  after  mature 
deliberation  I  concluded  that  he  was  in 
possession  ol  information  that  belonged 

undue  nckiiuwkdgementa  from  me.  I 
therefore  wrote  to  the  Grand  Secreta- 
ry asuing  him  for  his  official  report  of 
the  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  iu  my  case, 
and  in  a  few  d;.ye  I  received  official  no. 
lice  that  the  action  of  Yates  City  Lodge 
was  confirmed.  The  first  time  I  was 
in  Galesburg  I  called  on  Mr.  Price, 
and  he  informed  me  that  he  had  done 
all  he  could  for  me  without  getting  him- 
self into  difficulty.  He  had  talked  the 
matter  over  with  twenty  five  or  thirty 
of  the  brethren  who  agreed  th"at  the 
best  way  to  settle  the  matter  was  to  re- 
instate me,  repremand  Ben.  lieraey , 
and  drop  it.  But  the  Grand  Master 
was  terribly  hostile  and  had  procured 
the  recommendation  »(  the  committee 
that  my  appeal  be  dismissed,  and  ac- 
cordingly it  was  dismissed.  Mr.  Price 
agrees  that  I  am  now  under  no  obliga- 

I  would  keep  quiet. 

In  conclusion  I  will  relate  how  I 
found  out  how  Nioholwn  and  North 
misled  their  vole  on  Tom  Kersey's  pe- 
tition. About  tbe  10th  of  August,  I 
procured  camples  of  the  ballots 
had  been  used,  and  going  to  Nicholson 
asked  him  lo  recall  to  his  mind  the  in- 
structions given  to  him  by    the  deacon 


Editor  of  the  Cynosure: 

It  appears  to  me  that  now,  whili 
stly  temples  that  are  not  Christian 
e  going  up  all  oyer  th«  land,  it  is  thi 

duty  of  all  religions  newspaper?  of  thi 

Christian  perauas 


thai 


hand  in  my  pocket  and  pick  out  a 
black  ball.  He  did  so  and  drew  out 
not  the  black  bead  he  was  alter,  but 
a  round  while  button  minus  tbe  eye. 
I  went  then  to  Charley  North  and 
tried  ihe   same    experiment    with    ihe 

Ben.  Kersey  the  following: 
Yitbb  Citv,  111.,   Aug.  luih,  It" 
I  hereby  certify    iii.il  iiiii-r  tlio 
i[iVfsli>;  .iiuu  of  ;i  subject  that    I 


E.tys 


i  the  18th  of  July, 
48,  A.  F.  A  A.  M,  By  Laws,  th 
suit  that  I  haw  attributed  to  his  a. 
is  properly  attributable  to  a  cause 
which  he  iiad  no  control. 

W.  H.  RomwBo 
Mr.  Pierce  claimed  when  befori 
G.  L,  Committee  on  appeals,  that  I 
had  exonerated  Ben.  Kersey  from  all 
blamointhe  matter.  But  I  cannot  set 
it  in  that  light.  Nicholson,  North, 
Mason,  and  Bloomer  would  have  volet 
black  if  the  black  cubes  had  not  heei 
missing;  and  Maion  and  Bloomer  woult 
have    voted    black    beads    when    they 


(for 


onites  are  religiously  and  so- 
cially followers  of  Simon  Menno  who 
preached  in  Holland  in  1530,  and  one 
of  whose  doctrines  was    prohibition    of 

r  any    part  in  preparation  for    it. 

lew  Russian  law,  requiring  all 
malesubjocts  of  the  empire  to  serve  in 
the   army,  forces  this    peaceful  people, 


for  ■ 


i,   break    up    their    communities, 
and  endure  tbe  perils  of  an  ocean  voy- 
ld  new  settlements.     The  title  to 
their  real  estate  in  Russia  is  of  such  a 
■e  that  they  cannot  sell  their  lands 
provements,  which  are  said  to  be 
finer  than  can  be    found   anywhere  in 
the  United  States.      About   20,000  are 
pected  to   take  part  in  this    pilgrim- 
e,  taking  with    them  such    effects  as 
ey  can  bring  uway.  the  rest  of  their 
property  reverting  to  the   government. 
American  capital  and  Christian  sympa- 
thy Bhould  aid  a  people  so  apparently 
ing  them, 


,byt 

'■urtniaeij 


.o  light  new  seen.  Well,  the  convet 
atiou  turned  upon  a  festival  which  i 
pj. eared  they  had  in  contemplation,  i 


The  Earl    of   Derby   lately  declared 
let  never  since  the  world  began  had 

Europe  been  drilled  and  disciplined  for 

What  wo  sometimes  called  progress 
merely  oscillation,  and  tbe  latest 
elopment  of  modern  popular  ideas  on 
Continent,  the  converting  of  every 
able-bodied  man  into  a  soldier,  was 
ly  a  recurrence,  after  many  ^-a-i- 
i,  to  the  general  practice  of  prim- 
and  imperfectly 


ing  strength 


eirs-papers  la 


population.      He    thought 

that  what  waa  now  passing  in  this  re- 
njurious  and  almost 


ithe 


les.     It   is    the    duty  of  a 

lewspaper,  at  the  presenl 
e  the  alarm,  like  the  eenti- 
upproacb  of  an  insidious 
isonry.  And  1  would  sug- 
syery    friend    of  our   cause 


the 


ivbich  he  helps 


whole  duty, 


oppoi 


doit 
Chri 

great  and    bidden 
religious  paper   will   still 

arse  of    neglect   or  participation — if 

lead  of  enlightening  its    readers  on 

this   greatest  source  of  corruption  of 

the  age,  it  will   either  remain  silent  or 

wicked    apologies   for  Masonry, 

ports  of  all  bucI)  eases  should  be 

made    to  our  Secretary,  as  a   means  of 


enng 


truth 


duty.  We  should 
why  religious  papers  are  so  recret 
the  cause  which  they  profess  to 


Hobln  II... .il. 
Yobv,  Pa.,  Jan. 


ave  never  heard  the  Masons  claim 
Rubin  as  a  member,  but  if  his  biogi 
phy  speaks  truly,  this  ro'.ber  b( 
1  have  made  a  mode'  knight  of 
lystic  order.  We  a  i  told  thi 
this  wonderful  man  was  both  hold  ai 
benevolent,  and  that  his  only  failu 
nas  .i  deposition  to  take  tittle  adva 
tages  of  the  rich.  And  we  are  to! 
tbat  the  poor  ''even   heaped    blessings 

Our  York  Masonic  banditti  have  been 
reading  about  Robin's  great  benevo 
lence,  Not  long  ago  they  gave  a  pub- 
lic entertainment  to  raise  money  fo- 
our  poor.  And  I  am  waiting  very  pai 
tiently  to  hear  blessings  heaped  upon 
these  men  who  "only  rob  the  rich"  by 
selling  moonshine  and  tomfoolery  at  si 
much  a  degree. 

It  does  not  appear  that  Robin  madi 
any  pretention  to  respectability;  but  it 
must  he  remembered  tbat  these  modern 


be 


Considering  that  Mr.  Hood  really 
did  befriend  tbe  poor  with  hie  booty, 
while  Muttons  take  advantages  of  them, 


cattle, 


5,000 


,  300,000;  lumber,  1,084,093,- 
000  feet.  The  total  value  of  all  the 
oduce  received  during  the  year  was 
round  lumbers  $240,000,000. 
During  the  past  year  lar^e  inngra- 
ns  of  Mennonites  have  reaches  this 
antry  from  Europe.  Another  U 
eparing  to  leave  southern    Russia  to 


find 


The 


theii 


Conohess. — On    receiving   news   oi 
President     Fillmore's     death,     the 
House  adjourned  after  passing   appro- 
priate resolutions  anil  appointing  a  com- 


pending  business  In  the  departments  on 

the  day  of  the  funeral. — The    moiety 

system,  by  which,    under  authority  of 

Treasury  department,  gross  frauds 

i  been    practiced  on  importers    for 

alleged  dishonesty  in  duties,   is  having 

thorough   overhauling  in  the  House. 


-Chief  Justice  Wai 
is  sworn  in  on  the  4th. 
Citt, — On  Monday  evening  the  Con 
on  council  voted  in  favor  of  an  o: 
nance  opening  saloons  on  Sunda 
and  allowing   tbei 


sell  with  di 

day.— Mrs.   De  Geer, 


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Experience  Meeting* 

John  T.  Russell,  Rome.  Pa: —  1 
started  for  Driftwood,  Cameron  Co., Pa. 
January  21st,  and   arriving   there  the 


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der  for  this  book.  Twenty  ordei 
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Old  Standard  Works  on  Mutoury. 

I  am  prepared  to  furnish  a  fe< 
copies  ol  Robinson's  Proofs  of  a  Con 
spiracy,  Rarreuil's  Memoirs  of  Jocobir 

books  now  out  of  print.     1  have  made 


book    on 

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print  if  it 

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found. 

Robinso 

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Religious    Newi. 

ANTIMASONIC  TRACTS. 


On  Monday  the  Metbodi 
if  this  city  discussed  lay  work  and  the 
organizing  of  praying  bands  was  rec- 
ommended by  several.— The  case  ol 
Mr.  McCarthy,  late  of  the  Union  Para 
"it   church,   has  been  brought  be 


llione.  The  actual  incoc 
is  £500,000  which  wai 
urch   work. 


defender   of   Fi 

need  on  her  own  responsibility 
perence  movement  among  the 
i.  Last  week  she  organized  a 
woman's  Temperance  League 
tpressed  her  opinion  tbat  the 
lent  would  be  popular.  The 
daily  papers  refer  to  it  aa  a  schema 
from  which  the  public  was  to  be  shut 
aut,  but  the  reporters  knew  all  about 

Coohtrv.—  Millard  Fillmore,  ex- 
President  ot  the  United  States,  died 
.n  Buffalo,  Mar.  8th,  aged  74  years.— 
The  appointment  of  Simmons,  the 
Butler,  to  be  collector  of  Bos- 

indignation  among  the  people  of  Mass- 
hich  is  spreading  to  other 
llsdale    College,     Hillsdale, 

Mich.,  was  burned  on    Friday  morning 


Tbe  total  loss  il 

hich  there  is    $45,000 
—The  temperance   movemen 


falling  back 
In    Philadelphia  tbe  Sunday  law  is 
forced;  a  largi 

pla< 

through  local  elections.  The  great 
lerance  iB  gaining  strength 
daily  on  every  baud. — Floods  on  the 
ppi  and  tributaries  in  Arkansas 
ising  great  loss  of  property. — 
The  Louisiana  legislature  closed  on 
Thursday  last  in  a  manner  approach- 
ing a  row. 

Foreion, — The  great  Tiohbone  trial 

ay  of  February,  and  Orion,  Ihe  claim- 
it  of  the  estates   of  Sir  Roger   Tich- 

one.  was  sentenced  to  fourteen  years 
uprifionmeru  —-Dispatches  from  Pe- 
ace of  Tientsin,  and  that  all  foreign- 
rs  have  ded  from  that  district  to  Hong 
Kong.— A    riot   broke  out    in    Peath, 


n  Africa,  confirm  tbe  newi 
English  success.  Tbe  army  i 
turning  to  tbe  coast. 


MASONIC    MTTEEEE, 

SECRETS  OF  MASONRY. 

BY   ELITAPLEY 

GREAT!  GREAT  GRAND!! 
By  PHIJLO  CARPENTER. 


Extracts  From  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  ai 
Sworn  to  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Rhode  I:  land 

jgjJRT.  SS  SiSLKi  M  V.a  K'.  V™,'  ,ISw"?«. 
Hon.  John  Quincy  Adams'  Letter. 

Olvlug  His  and  Ul«  Father's  Opinion  nl  Freemasonry  (1831.) 

Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

lilviiiL-  llisdpii.mn  i,l  riYrimnonry  ll8:S->). 


Satan's  Cable  Tow. 


"Freemasonry  is  Only  152  Years  Old,'' 

fflva*  tto  tta»  end  pla«fl  qf  IL  birth, 

"Murder  and  Treason  not  Excepted." 


k  tract  Fund  for  ihe  Free  Distribution  if  Track 
"The  Antimasons  Scrap  Book," 

Address   Ezrj    A.   Cook   &    Co., 

HIST0BT0F  MASONRY. 


?  FRBEUAflONET. 
T-EXCHyDING     R 


rresmaaonry  la  tae  CJauron. 


CIUK1CTEK  AMI  KVU1IOI.S  III-'   FRIMIAMI.MIV 

Address  of  Hiagra  County  Association,  Now  York. 

Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry. 


HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D. 

Chancellor  of  the  University  of  N. 
Y..  on  Secret  Societies. 


GRAND  LODGE  MASON 


BRICKS  FOR  MASONS  TO  LAY. 


Sii  Seasons  why  a  Christian  should  not  he  a  Freemason 

ENOCH  HONETWEIVS  TRACT. 

HISTORY  OF  MASONRY 


TERMS  FOR  THE  CYNOSURE. 


ecplrauon  oraub.onpUon 


Fortnightly    Editioi 


Descriptive  Catalogue 
PUBLICATIONS 

EZRA  A.  COOK  &  CO.. 
13  Wabash  Ave. 


GEN'L  PHELPS' 


NEW  BOOK 


ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES  1 

Evory  Cltiton  of  America  ought  to  road  this  I 


FREEMASONRY*  EXPOSED, 

by  CAP'T.  WILLIAM  MORGAN. 

Vuo  Uu.   U°Wl|  *   '}'■    L  '  L  ' '  UDdldalos-  SfcM. 


THE  BROKEN  SEAX. 

By  SAMUEL   D.  GREENE, 

OPINIONS  OF  THE  PRESS. 


History  of  The  Abduction  and  Murder  of 
Cap't.  Wm.  Morgan, 


Valance's  Confession  of  The  Murder  of 
Capt.  Wna.  Morgan. 


NARRATIVESIAND  ARGUMENTS, 

"  by  FRANCIS  SEMPLE  of 


The  Amtimason's  Scrap  Bon'i. 
21  CYNOSURE  TRACTS. 


Who  Murdered  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan? 


Abduction  and  Murder 

Capt.   William  Morgan, 

Thin  in  h  Book  of  Thrilling  Intereat.  and 
shown  clearly  thai 

Wb,  Morgan  m  Murdered  by  Fran 

IN  OBEDIENCE  TO 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  MARCH  12,  1874 


"Should  Christ  appear  among  us 
pith  the  scourge  of  small  corda,  and 
iait  our  temples,  we  fear  they  would 
ie  n  terrible  scrambling  among  the 
noney  changers  to  get  out  of  the  way." 
—  Tlie  Christian. 


The  Church  mnl  The.  World. 


lu  these  degenerate  days,  when  bri- 
bery and  corruption,  seduction  and 
drunkenness,  theft  and  murder,  all 
yoke-devils  together,  stalk  boldly 
abroad,  and  lilt  un  Ihelr  unblushing 
fronts  at  noonday — when  many  of  the 
appointed  watchmen  on  Zion's  towers 
slumber  a!  their  posts,  aud  the  mass  of 
professing  Christians  conceal  from  th>. 
world  the  badge  of  their  servitude  to 
Christ,  it  is  no  wonder  that  the  faith- 
ful few  have  becomv  alarmed,  and,  in 
every  direction  are  deploring  the  low 
stale  of  religion,  and  the  inactivity  of 
of  the  church. 

A  Methodist  corespondent  of  a  N 
York  paper,  referring  to  the  fast   tl 
the    city    pastors    of  that  denuminati 
are  much  pussier]  to  know  why  the  life 
and  power  that  unci'  made  then 
of  that  church  a  terror   to   evi 
has  departed,  and  why  all  thei; 
efforts  end   so  nearly  a  failure,  asks  the 
the  following  question:     "Where  is  th- 
boundry   line  between   the  church  ant 
world  J"     He  then  goes  on  to  remark : 

••This  was  the  first  and  great  ques 
tion  settled  by  the  founder  of  Method 
ism.  He  look  God's  compass  and  chain, 
and  very  careful  to  remove  everything 
that  would  attract  the  needle, 
lines  by  the  aid  of  the  Holy  S 
ran  them  right,  And  when  he  and  his 
faithful  associates  had  established  the 
corners  and  lines,  they  founded  the 
church,  and  the  gateB  of  bell  did  not 
prevail  against  it.  There  wasamarked 
separation.     All  could  see  it     On  farm, 


A    Dangerous    Medicine. 

In  a   work  on  '  -Digestion  and  Dys- 
pepsia," Dr.  Trail  very   pertinently  re- 

■rgymen,  lawyers,  and  l-'gndatore. 

studying,  and  do  not  give  proper  atten- 
ion  10  diet  and  exercise,  are  often  ex- 
ireme  sufferers.  Were  it  proper  and 
useful  to  do  so,  I  could  give  the 
distinguished    bishops,    di- 

physicians,   who   have    been    dragged 
down    from    positions    of   honor    and 
llh,     to    moral     degradation     and 
c-rly,  because  of   this  condition  and 
medical  treatment. 
I  say  'medical  treatment' advisedly, 
condition  itself  might  have-   occa- 
od  disease,  and   even  death;  but  it 
would   not    slorie   occasion     dishonor. 
Opiates    were    given    to   relieve   pain. 
stimulants    to     support    vitality. 
Their    effects    were    only    temporary, 
as  the  cause    was   not  removed, 
f  were  frequently  repeated.      Soon 
p'uine  and    brandy    became  neces-i- 
;   and    eventually  drunkenness  be- 
ie  »  habit,   followed  in  some  instau 
by    debauchery  and    other    vices, 
ae  of  the  readeis  of  thesn  lines  may 
lember  the  sad  story   of  two  distin- 
guished   prelates,  men   of  good  name 
fame  and  unimpeachable  piety,  oc- 
cupying the  exalted  positions  of  bishops 
to  greatest  states  of  our  Union, 
New  York  and    Pennsylvania     They 
irothers.     Both    were  degraded 
from  their  high  and  holy  office   for  in- 
id  lecherous  conduct.     The 


who  is  the  power  and  the  wisdom  or 
God,  showed  them  how  it  could  be 
lone.  Let  those  who  belittle  the  work 
n'rag  accomplished  by  the  Christian 
hurch,  recall  the  wonderful  things  she 
iss  done  already  in  sympathy  and 
barity,  and  the  still  greater  wonders 
hat  she  is  destined  to  do  in  the  future. 
vhen  she  more  generally  heeds  Christ 
—sells  what  she  has  and  gives  to  the 
)oor  and   ignorant — N    T.    Witness. 


food.     Neith. 
be  kept  alive  long  in  line  flour,  meal,  or 
ains  of  any  kind.     Mixed,  however. 
tb    grass,    dry   hay.  or  straw,    they 
rive.     Tbc  walls  of  the  stomach  and 
wels  must   be  kept  apart  in    order  to 
>ve   perfect  digestion.     A  dog   lived 
twenty-one  days,  the  only  survivor  of 
:ked  vessel  at  sea,  closely  shut  up 
I  cabin,    by   eating     the    thick, 
strong    wood    and    leather    binding  nf 
Bible.      H*d   be  had  plenty    of  bard 
bread,  he  would   probably  have  died  in 
,bout  6fteen  days,  as  the  mucous  sur- 
face of    the   digestive     appan 


t    l!., 


It  1 


i  IL.  u.  Id. 


of  I 


n  the  sea,  a  Methodist   n 

auch  as  a  Quolter.     But  1 

i,  street,  store,  and    field 

ig  into  the  chun.h  during  the  hours 

ervice,  who  can  pick  out  the  Met! 
odiBtt 

"I  had    business   in  Canada   a   fei 
years  ago,  and  when  I  reached  the  line 
that  divided  the  two   nations  I  found 
there  a  grocery  store    ihat    i 
governments    much     troubli 
built  exactly  on  the   line.     The    goods 
on  one  side  were  in  the  United   Sti 
and  on  the  other  io  Canada;  hence 
trouble.    Had  the  owner  put  that  t 
twenty  feet  north  or  south  from  w 
it  stood  there  would  have  been  no 
culty,  but  he  preferred  this   mixing 
because  he  could  make  money  by  il 

'■I  can  put  my  finger  on  my 
and  on  my  cheek,  but  to  touch  the 
where  the  nose  leaves  off  and  the  cheek 
begins,  requires  one  mere  skilled  in 
anatomy  than  I  am.  I  take  a  God-fear- 
ing man  by  the  hand,  and  I  hold  ont 
that  Wetley  would  enclose  and  welcome 
into  church.  I  reach  across  the  aislt 
and  grasp  a  I1V.-.1I' ■r-g.nug,  stotk-gamb 
ling,  pleasur- -loving  man,  and  I  hold 
two  as  far  apart  in  spiritual  life  ant 
influence  as  heaven  is  from  hell 
holh  members  of  the  same  church, 
Where  does  the  church  leave  off  and 
the  world  begin)  What  concord  bath 
Christ  with  Belial?  'Come  out  from 
among  them  and  be  ye  separati 
will  be  a  father  unto  you,  and  he  shall 
be  my  sons  and  daughters,  saitb  the 
Lord  Almighty.'     2  Cor.  vi. 

I  was  once  called  to  the  bedside  of  e 
dying  young  man,  whom  I  found  ir 
great  distress  of  mind.  He  had  onct 
been  a  light  and  pillar  in  the  M.  E 
church.  He  was  unprepared  to  die. 
Why   was   this!     Why.     It   was    be 


their  trial  that  the  medicine  which  had 
forked  their  ruin  had  been  prescribed 
y  their  physicians." 

Eli  Jones  reWles  that  at  a  yearly 
leet'mg  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  in 
lanada,  the  question  was  asked, ''Ib 
he  use  of  ardent  spirits  conrjued  strict- 
ly to  medicinal  purposes!"  It  was  re- 
im  ''confined  strictly  io 
medicinal  purposes;'  whereupon  an  old 
Friend  arcsd.  and  looking  around  upon 
the  brotherhood,  said,  "Friendj,  let  us 
be  careful  HP!  to  medicine  it  too  much  I" 
Ardent  spirits  resemble  the  Yankee', 
nostrum,  which  was  ''Warranted  to 
cure  if  used  according  lo  the  directions, 
externally,  internally,  and  e-ternally.' 
But  a  medicine  which  always  helpi 
but  never  cures,  is  of  very  little  value. 
A  good  medicine  is  supposed  to  cur* 
the  patient,  and  when  he  ib  cured  it  is 
high  time  to  etop  taking  the  medicine. 
A  noted  English  physician  prescribed 

ner,  "Live  upon  a  sixpence  a  day,  anc 
earn  it."    This  prescription  would  soor 

day,  and  give  health  without,  the  aid  ol 
that  deceptive  poiBon  which  charms 
and  deludes  at  the  beginning,  but  at  the 
last  "bitetb  like  a  eerpent.and  slingetb 
like  an  adder."— Ex. 


Enjoy  the  I'r 


we  pass  by  those  tluugt 
to  trouble,  and  consider  what  is  pleas- 
ing and  prosperous,  thai  by  the  repre- 
sentations of  the  better,  the 
be  blotlod  out.     If  I  be  ov. 


left 


id  my  land,  or  I  have  a 
tuous  wife,  or  hopeful  children  or 
friends,  or  hopes.  If  I  have  lost 
child,  it  may  be  I  have  two  or  t! 
(•till  left  me.  Enjoy  the  present,  w 
ever  it  may  be,  and  benoi  . ■uliciiou- 
the  future;  for  if  you  take  your 
tr-ioi  Lli'.-  iire-en!  s  i  Hiding,  a>id    lh 


r.-i.UM 


He  attended  a 


tench  ' 


4  by 


the    church, 


donation    party 

of  cake,  and  drew  a  gold  riDg.     This 

created  an  appetite  for  gambling 

he   continued  until   he  had  spent  five 

hundred  doll. 

and  now  lay  upon  his  death-bed  in  the 

greatest   agony    of   soul,    a  sul 

charity. 

"Attending  a  church   show, 


il;  let  you 


Flats  on  the  Rhine,'  tenet 
ing  it  cheap,  we  paid  thi 
looked  ill,  and  saw  eevera 
the  rind  of  a  large  cheen 
num     beat     that  I      Quei 


fearing  you  will  want  to  drink  tl 

day.     If  to-morrow  you  should 

your  sorrow  would  o 

though  you  do  not  b 

trouble  lurry   till  its 

Enjoy    Hie    blessings  of    this   day,   if 

God  send!   them,    and    th 

bear    patiently    and    sweetly,  for  this 

day  is  ours.      We    are     dead 

terday,  and  not   yet     born  I 

xow,— Jeremy  Taylor. 


•Viei 


Can  Rar- 
,n— Whei 
Id 


does  the  church  leave  off  and  the 
begin!     Draw  the  line,  and  com 
will   be    deep   enough.      Sinneti 
know  when   they   are   converted,  and 
can  tell  ihe  congregation  for  the 
without  troubling  the  preacher 
for  them. 


In  confionting  the   enemies  of  relig- 

n,  who  make  themselves   beasts— for 

)  they  not  declare,  to  us  they  have  n 

iuIb"?— we  should  meet  them  as   celt 

ated  physicians  do  in  taking   up  th 

hardest  cases,  or  as   the   bravest   Sun 

day-school    teachers    do   in    preferring 

hardest  class  of  boys  in  the  s 

heal  and   purify 


l"g, 


the 


if  skill  and  grace  is  made  cl 
There  were  certain    demons  whom 

apostles  could  not   dislodge,  but  Chnal 


C  Food.  —Bulk, 


wells 


of  r 


sattle  e 


.i.fl.m.d 


fearfully.  Those  person?,  whos*  diet 
rather  coarse,  as  briad  of  unbolted 
flour,  largo  fruit  eaters,  bread  and  milk 
people  in  the  country,  etc,  are  exempt 
from    the  pains   of  dyspepsia.     Those 

d,    delicate     food,    washed    down 
tea,  are  gaunt  in    form,    weak 
muscle,   and  always    taking  medicine! 
Their  food  should  have  more  bulb.     i. 

appetite  with  a  crust  of  brown  bread 
His  neighbor's  darlings,  surfeited  o 
rich  c.ike,  highly  seasoned  dishes,  ani 
nurtured  in  luxury,  nre  the  life  of 
doctors  And  druggists.  So  say 
— Ex 


rom  the  earth  or  vine.'     In  Dent.  vui. 
iO,  we  find  an  express  divine   sanction 
ind     enforcement    of      this    practice: 
When   thou  hast  eaten   and    art   full, 
then     thou  sbalt   bless   the   Lord    thy 
God.'     Accordingly  from    1    Sam.    ix. 
we  learn  that  the    people   on    the 
ision  of  a  sacrificial  feast,  would  ool 
until  .i  nuuel    cam*-,  because  as  itis 
,  'he  doth  bless   the  sacrifice,  and 
afterwards  they   eat   that  be   bidden.' 
Such    being  the  prevailing   custom   of 
the.  Jews  at  the  time  of  Christ's  appear- 
ing,   the   question  arises    how   it   wns 
eated  by  him  1  as  an  unimportant  ob- 
rvauce,  orasone  of    those    righteous 
dinanoea  (-all  righteousness')  Which 
became  him  to  fulfill 

tbe;e  quotations  aoit  from  many  others 
that  could  be  adduced,  that  it  wai  cus- 
tomary in  the  time  of  Christ  and  his 
apostles  lo  give  thanks  to  God  before 
partaking  of  food.  Mark,  likewise,  the 
reasonableness,     appropriateness      and 

worthiness  of    this    saying  grace, 

ing  thanks  for  table  mercies,  es- 
pecially considering  we,  by  our    rebel- 

linve  forfeited  all  right  and  title  to 
the  least  crumb  or   particle    of    God'a 

iesB  and  mercy.     In  what  belter 


Whes  Is  Mv  Time) — Thi;   question 
is  asked  by   a  bright  little  girl  whe 
is  fond  of  talking  at  the  close  of  th« 
y    to  a  busy   father.     When    is    my 
uel    The    query    will    carry    its  owi 
moral   to  every   parent  who  reads  this- 
Letfathers  and  mother;,  whatever  duties 
may   seem  inperative,   find   "a  lime  foi 
diking  with  the  little  ones.''  Their  time 
perhaps  only  fifteen  minutes,  but  their 
time,    exclusivly  and  cheerfully.     How 
many  homes   would  be   brighter,   i 
how  many   children   counted  saved 
this  advic"  was  followed. 


Children's  Corner. 


,nks,  i 


Matt,  xxv.  30. 

'■What  think  you  of  table  tliauki 
givings  or  saying  grace,  uncle;  should 
little  folks  give  thanks  the  same  as  the 
big  folks?" 

'What  the  difference,  dear  Mary  I 
l"ok  at  the  sun's  beaming  rays  giving 
light  and  heat,  the  fruitful  showeri 
causing  the  earth  to  bring  forth  abund 
antly  for  man  and  beast.  'Who  cover 
eth  the  heaven  with  clouds,  who  pre- 
pared rain  for  the  earth,  who  maketh 
grass  to  grow  upon  the  mountains! 
He  giveth  to  the  beast  his  food,  and  Ic 
the  young  ravens  which  cry.'  Psa. 
exlvii.    8,  9, 

Look  into  the  market  houses,  be- 
hold, the  mountain  heaps  of  meats. 
fruits  and  vegetables.  Cast  your  eye 
on  the  tables  laden  luxuriously  with 
dainties  the  Choicest.  Whence  all  th« 
and  yet  more!     Do  not  the  eyes  of  all 

give  them  their  food  in  due  st 
Does  not  the  Lord  open  bin  hand  daily 
and  satisfy  the  desire  o!  every  living 
thing;  Does  not  the  same  food  that 
nourishes  the  bodies  of  the  big  folks 
nourish  also  the*  bodies  of  the  little 
ones,  the  littlest  o!  the  little?  Why 
"then  should  children,  little  girls  and 
boys  he  silent,  hold  their  peace, 
their  harps  upon  the  willows, 
taking  their  scats  at  tables  furnished 
amply  with  things  cood    and  beaut'ful 

The  Lord  Jesus  is  our  example  it 
this  act,  and  in  everything  good  an< 
beautiful,  dear  child  When  he  fe< 
multitudes  on  a  few  loives  and  fishei 
what  was  the  first  thing?  Give  thanks 
see  Matt.  xiv.  10.  It  reads  also,  'And 
Jesus  took  the  loaves;  and  when  h> 
hud  given  thankB  he  distributed  to  the 
disciples,'  etc.    John  vi.  11. 

Also  of  other    times  it  mention 
same.      Of  Paul   we  read;   'And    when 
he  had  thus   spoken  he  took  bread 
g.m-  thanks  to  God  in  the  presenc 
them  all;  and  when  he    had    broki 
he  began  to  eat.'     Acts  xxvii,  35,  The 
Jews  of  old    were   accustomed  lo  blesi 
iheir  food,  silling  down  and  rising  up. 
Doth     before    and     after    eating    thej 
'bleated'  God  for  the  gifts   of  his  provi 
dence.     The  firm  of  prayer  which  was 
used   at  the  time   of  Christ,  has    been 
preserved  by  the  Talmudists:  'Blessed 
be  Thou.  0  Lord,  our  God,  the  king  of 
the   world,    who   hast    produced   this 
food  or  this  drink  (as  the  case  ma 


friends,  old    and  young,  the    fear 

of  the  giver  of  every 
good  and  perfect  gift!— D.  F,  Newton, 
author  i'/  Apples  of  Gold,  etc. 


■   \i.  1,    ol  Kli.Mj,     l-laml 


I  was  propounded  »s  a  eadidate  for 
the  first  three  degrees  of  Masonry  in 
St.  John's  Lodge.  No.  2,  Providence 
R.  I.,  sometime  in  the  winter  of  1820 
1. 

At  the  time  I  was  propounded  to  the 
lodge,  I  had  never  seen  Morgan's  book, 
nor,  bb  I  recollect,  ever  heard  his  nam* 

the  part  of  the  secretary  in    neglecting 

of  candidates  to  be  balloted  lor,  I  wa; 
not  received  until  the  second  "cominu 
nicatton,"  after  I  was  propounded 
During  this  interval  I  heard  a  ru 
mor  about.    Morgan,  and  u    Freemasor 


0  have  my  throat  cut  across,  my  longue 
«rn  out  by  the  roots,  and  my  body 
buried  in  the  rough    sands  of  the  ses. 

low-water  mark,  where  the  tide  ebbs 
d  fi>ws  twice  in  twenty-four  hours; 
help,"  etc. 

Wliiie  repeating  these  words  I  felt 
something  hard  drawn  across  my  throat, 
bich  I  afterward  learned  to  be  the 
handle  of  the  Master's  mallet,  and 
hich  f  have  supposed  wns  intended  to 
npress  upon  the  mind  of  the  candi- 
date that  his  throat  should  be  literally 
if  he  were  ever  to  violate  M.sornc 
by  disclosing   ihe  secrets  of  the  or- 

Iu  the  Fellow  Craft  and  Master's  de- 
grees,  I   was  accompanied   by    a   Mr. 
Cheeney,  a  preacher   iu  the   Free-Wi;l 
m,   as  I  was  informed, 
who  will    doubtless   remember,  and   if 
,  be  ready  to  testify  to  tl 
through  which  we  were  mai 
The  ceremonies  in  these  d 
K cedent  to  taking  the   oath 
differ   very    materially    fro 
those  through  which  I  had  been  ma. 
pass  in  the  degree    of  Entered    A 
prentice.     But  it  is  the  penally  of   tl 
n  wit1,  which  lam  now  chic 
>rned.      That   of    the   Fellow 
Cratt  as  adrainiBtered  to    me    and    Mr. 
Cheeney,  was,    "Binding  myself  unce 
less  penalty  than  to    have   my   lef 
i«t  torn  open,  and  my  heart  and  vi 
tain  and  taken  from  thence  and  throw r 
left  shoulder  and  carried   bli- 
the valley  of  Jehosaphat,  there   to  be 
come  a  prey  to   the  wild  boasts  of  thi 
field  and  the  vultures  of  the  air,  shouii 

1  ever  prove  willfully  guilty  of  viol  it 
ing  any  part  of  this  my  solemn  oath  u 
obligation  of  a  Fellow  Craft  Mason:  si 
help  me,"  etc.  While  repeating  thi 
words  of  this  penalty,  haltered  am 
blindfolded,  I  felt  something  drawi 
hard  across  my  breast,  as  I  had  hefor 
done  across  my  throat,  in  the  degree  ol 
Entered  Apprentice, 

The  penalty  of  the  Muster   M 


show 


telligeut  Mason  in  Providence  concern 
ing  reports  from  ihe  West;  who  as- 
sured me  that  it   was  nothing  but  a  po 

ing  of  Masonry  in  Morgan's  "Illustra 
lions"  and  that  the  excitement  uevei 
would   and     never   could    reach    Nen 

England.  In  consequence  of  such  ae 
aurancea  from  him  and  other  Masons 
whose  veracity  I  had  then  no  reason  tc 
question  I  went  to  St.  John's  Lodge, 
No.  2,  lo  which  I  had  beeu  propound 
ed  before  I  had  ever  heard  of  Wil- 
liam Morgan,  and  took  the  first  thref 
degrees  nf  Masonry,  all  in  one  evening: 
not  with  Morgan's  book  in  my  pocket, 
a9  has  been  publica'ly  alleged  by  Free 
maeons;  but  perfectly  confiding  in  Ma- 
sonic veracity,  that  I  should  find  ur 
equivalent  for  my  time  and  the  atten- 
tion I  might  find  convenient  to  give  lo 
the  Bubject,  and  that  Morgan's  "111 
uatratione"  were  merely  a  piece  of  im 

Having  entered  St.  John's  Lodge. 
No.  2,  under  your  jurisdiction,  I  wat 
conducted  into  the"  P reparation  Room,'1 
divested  of  my  wearing  apparel, clothed 
with  a  pair  of  drawers  and  a  kind  of 
"lo^a,"  or  gown  of  green  color,  and 
led  into  the  lodge,  (after  the  usual 
alarm  at  the  door.)  "hood-winkt-d  and 
cU'le'toiveif'  precisely  as  described  by 
Morgnn.  After  the  usual  ceremonies 
of  prayer  and  nadiiit-  parages  ol  .Script- 
ure, I  wsb  caused  to  kneel  on  my  na- 
ked left  knee,  my  left  hand  supporting 
Ihe  Holy  Bible,  square  and  compasses, 
and  my  right  band  covering  the  same, 
In  thisi  situation  a  gentleman,  whol  nf- 
terwardB  found,  presided  as  Mnsler  ol 
the  lodge  for  the  evening,  sai'-!  to  me, 
"Mr.  Thacher,  before  you  go  any 
further,  it  ip  necessary  for  you    lo  take 

as  you  stated  in    your  address)  not  in 
terfere  either  with  your  politics  or  with 
your  religion.     Have  you   any  object 
ns  lo  taking  this  oalhl"     On  my  sig- 
fying  my  assent,    under    the    iisaur 
ice  which  he  had  given  me,    he  pro 
tided  to  administer  the  oath  of  an  En- 
red  Apprentice  Mason,    closing  with 
the    following    penalty,    ihe    words    o> 
h  he  pul  into  my  moulh:  "Bind- 
ing myself  under  no  itns  penalty,  than 


ath  t 


"Bind 


iig  myself  under  no  Ie6S  penalty  th 
io  have  my  body  severed  in  two  in  t 
midst,  and    divided    to    the  north    and 

n  the  center,   and  the  ashes   scattered 
■j\    t lit:- four  wind-  ol  heaven    ilia!  '.!. 


the  1 


Masons,  ofsovileand 

as  I  should  be    were 

willfully  guilty  of  violating  any  part  of 

this  my  solemn  oath    or   obligui.on    o 

n  Master  Mason."      While  repeating  thi 

words  of  this  penalty,  I  fell  HumeiLiiij 

drawn  hard  across    my  middle  or  bow 


hade1 


r  brer 


Ihe  Fellow  Craft's  degree,  and  aero: 
my  throat  in  tlie  Entered  Apprenlici 
After  the  ceremonies  of  this  degre< 
and  just  before  ti.e  lodge  was  closed, 
the   Master  said   to    me,    "Befor. 


sill 


of  a  book  which  has  been  published  by 

fellow  by  the  name  of  Morgan, who  h 
been  revealing  the  secrets  of  our  ordc 
This  will  be  necessary  in  order  for  yc 
to    be  able  to  visit  other  lodges;  for  » 


find  i< 


this 


ladm 


locks.' 
he  oath 


accompanied  by  what  i*  called  "Check 
degree,"  and  the  lodge  was  closed.   Af- 
ter I  left  the  lodge  I  had  some  conve 
sation  with  one  of  its  members  respc 
ine  the  practice  of 


iold 


thought  it  was  noteustomary 

I  expected  to  receive  that  evening  only 

the    degree     of  Entered    Appi 

He  replied,   "you   could   have  got   off 

very   well,    without  taking  tae  i 

said   ihey  did    not    formerly   g 


;  bute 


Mor 


gan  bo.'k  c  mi-J  out,  the 

Grand    LodgL 

of  Rhode  Island  had  issu 

ed  a    dispensa 

lion  to  all  the  lodges  un 

er  its  junadic 

lion,  that  they  should  i 

ot   conier   the 

first  degree,  without  con 

ering  ihe  aec 

ond  and  third  the  same 

vening.   Thece 

Circumstances,  ^ernl-iij- 

,   accord   per- 

fectly   with   your  ad  mis 

lon     that  Mor 

gan's  "Illustrations"  are 

genuine  Free- 

masonry;  with   which 

elude  the  penalties  of   the  obligations. 

ODB  MAIL 

Wm.  McCleary,  Hunlsv 

lie,    0.,  writes 

"I  have  the  i>lc.i-ure  lo 

day  of  sending 

,u°:m    il?t'n«* 
e  <>l    !.;..,!    lo  U' 


sily.    3d,  It  isnsafi 


ANTI-MASONIC  BOOKS, 

Christian  Cynosure 

Address,  EZRA  A.  COOE  &  CO., 


l.:n  .1 

^1..  [.,.  t-.: 


Light  on   Freemasonry, 

BY  ELDER  D.  BERNARD, 


ifpoMibU. 
Joseph    Keel,  an 

arden 

M,    E. 

brolbor 

of  ".alitor,  0.,  wri 

"But  I  cannot  get 
nature.  It  slauds  at 
we  have  yet  seen  ii 
God  bless  luc   Cyn 

the  himds'of  God  i 

atom:  witlmul 

tl.ii    miir.ht.y 
«/«,  add    lo  1 
r  a   mighty   i 

I1'.",','™ 

Rev.  C.  C.  Breed 

East 

Paw  P 

w,  111. 

with  the  reforn 
and  as  opportu 

pers  sent  to  some  needy    brother  where 

This  is  au  example  which  we  hope  o 

Nel-on  ('iilleinkr.  Sturrucca,  Pft-,  wri 
that  he  will  renew  and  send  a  new  si 
scriber  if  possible.     He  says: 


odolli 


1  ■  i " ;  1 1 1  r-.  I  [  1  ■  ' 
uu„l,an  ' 
I  In:  .■>(• 


.hI riii i:c ii ey  in  n 
■lodge  man,   dyed  In 


the  Oy, 
_   .  3g  ami 

«u,:l,  ami  tiilly  euiuckte  with 

felland  still  feel  the  stvingeucy 
paper  simply 


I'UK-y   ' 

bei  ini.-e  lie 


Wo  ■ 


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3  CHRISTIAN  PILGRIM. 


And  Notary  Pul 


WHEATON    COLLEGE! 


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Westfield,  Clark  Co.,  IU. 


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Walsh's  Review  of  Freemasonry. 

REVISED  EDITION, 


Finney  on  Masonry. 

CHEAP  EDITION, 


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mm'  tmmin  w\m 


JiiDcir,1:  hum  Eiblmd  Monitor. 
Oliver's  Histe;  of  Initiation. 


L  nGv^iiristicMi 


o  HI  v3 


bi'.A  A,  COOK  i  00  .    i  I  BUSHErtS.  CHJ.CaOO,  ILL. 


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WHOLE  NO.   127. 


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No.  11  Wabash  Avcnne,  Chicago. 


iledt 


Yet 


ing 


Oheenwocb,  Jackson  Co.,  Mo,, 
Sept.  20,  1873. 
Dbar  Sir: — I  have  just  received  a 

circular  addressed  to  me  by  the  com- 
mittee of  the  National  Christian  Asso- 
ciation Opposed  to  Secret  Societies.  In 
ibis  circular  is  contained  a  request  foi 
the  opinion  of  our  Faculty  upon  "The 
relation  which  Freemasonry  and 
kindred  orders  sustain  to  tliQ  moral, 
social  had  poli 


which  to  fight  monopolies,  and  are  ai 
ne  time  laying  trie  foundations 
of  the  most  stupendous  monop- 

oliod    that  has  ever   cursed   our   lane1. 

And  to-day  our    whole   country    is   in 


cry." 


the 


of  i 


icuity  und  Board  of  D. rectors  I  cheer- 
fully comply  with  this  request. 

1  know  of  no  plainer  or  shorter 
way  of  expressing  our  opinions  upon 
this  BUbjeet  than  by  stating  that  our 
institution  is  under  the  govern ment 
and  control  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
Synod  of  Kansas,  and  one  of  the  arti- 
cles in  our  charter  requires  that  its  ex- 
ercises shell  be  conducted  in  accord- 
ance with  the  order  and  distinctive 
principles  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
church.  And  to  show  what  the  dis- 
tinctive principles  of  the  United  Pres- 
byterian church  are,  upon  this  ques- 
tion, I  will  quote  a  few  extracts  from 
our  testimony: 

'<We  declare  that  all  associations 
whether  formed  for  political  or  benevo- 
lent   purposes,     winch    impose    upon 


their 


-ecy, 


obey  a  code   of 


cumstauces;anda!l  associations  founded 
on  this  principle  are  to  be  condemned, 
whatever  be  ihe  object  lor  which  they 

We  believe  that  this  and  opposition 
to  all  secret  associations  is  clearly  based 
upon  the  Word  of  God,  and  if  ao  then 


extends,  ne 

are  not  at  liberty  to  con- 

God'*  law 

is  our  supreme  standard. 

Obligations 

to  such  associations  are  in- 

consistent  « 

ith    our    subjection  to  that 

law.     God 

a    alone    the    Lord   of    ihe 

Conscience. 

To  place    ourselves  under 

Obligations 

i  obey  a  code  of   unknown 

law*,  is  ens 

anng  and  enslaving  to  the 

conscience. 

Obligations  losueh  associa- 

lions  are  aU 

jcleailyinconBisteniwilhai: 

the  exump) 

s  of  the  use  of  the  oath  by 

the  people 

of  God  as   we    have   them 

pru.-.iiiiii-d  i 

Hie  Scriptures.     The   ex- 

ample,  too, 

of  our  Lord    and    Master 

and  hie  apostles  left  for   our   imitati"n 

and  examp 

e,    precludes   every    thing 

like    iecree 

y,       Their    teachings    am 

works  were 

all  open  before  the  word, 

and  we  ar 

required  by    Him,  whose 

voice  to  us 

s  supreme  authority,  to  le 

o   ebino    before  the    world 

that  the  m 

n  of  the    world  seeing  ou 

good  works 

shall  glorify  our    Father  in 

heaven. 

Such  b-.i 

ig  the  ecclesiastical    eonnec 

and  < 


upc 


our  village,  when  an  order  of  ''Good 
Templar*"  could  not  be  sustained,  we 
have  not  n  place  in  which  liquir  could 
be  obtained  except  r.t  the  drug  store, 
and  ou  the  order  of  a  physician. 

'ipon  this  matter,  thus  far,  has  respect 
more  particularly  to  the  mor;.l  and  bc- 
ci  il  influence  of  those  associations  upon 
ihe  community.  But  there  is  another 
aspect  upon  Which  we  are  led  to  look 
upon  these  associations  as  equally  dan 
srermis  to  our  country.  We  mean  the 
ice  of  these  institutions  upon  the 
lal  and  political  affairs  of  the 
y.  Mmey  always°has  an  iuflu 
ipon  politics.  Multitudes  of  pec- 
huwling  lo  day  abi 


of 


forn 


of  i 


lie,  started  by    the  suspension  of   a 

;le  nionied  establishment  ;aud  to  day 

people  are    standing    aghast,    all 

r  the  country  ,  at  the   euiden   atag- 


3  Of  t 


Im-iite  money    has   over  us  and    our 
siuese,  and  at  the  influence  that  even 
ingle  tjrm  thus  has  in  disturbing  the 
m-.ui]  condition  of  the  country. 
Bui,  ahheugh  we  have    not   as    yet 
u  the  pen  of  any  one  of  ihe    writers 
linst  secrst  £Ocir Lie _■  directed  again-,-' 
this  particular  point,  we    fear  the  luflu- 
of  these  associations  in  this  direc- 
I  have  not  ut   hand  the   figures 
i   by  the  Masonic    order   for   the 
hut  I  take  as  an  illustration  the 
report  of    the  Grand    Lodge    of  Odd- 
fellows  for   the    United  S;atea  for  the 
,  from  which  it  appears  their  reve- 
amounts   to  84,201,071,12.     Of 
sumonly  $1,503,471,40  has   been 
,i  in  relief  and  charity.    OjIv  abt-U 
third   of   their    revenue    thus  ex- 
pended annually.     This  leaves  an  im- 
)f  money    unexpended  by 
ry  year,  which    must  in  a 
few  years    became  a  dangerous    power 
the  hands   of  the  order.     And  this 
but   an  illustration  of  all   the   secret 
iers  of  the  land;  und  hence  we  look 
upon  the   power  of  such  an   immense 
of    muney   in    the     hands   of 
.'  whose    workings   are  in  the 


iark, 


far 


The  Question  of  Fellowship. 


/..  immediate  separation  from  Ma- 
'tic  churches,  alt  (kings  considered. 
Se?  Arguments  pro  and  con. 
I,  In  favor  of  immediate  ft'  paration. 
1st.  When  the  faci  is  fully  estab» 
lished  that  a  given  church  is  ruled  by 
iets,  of  any  Masonic  type,  and 
there  is  no  probable,  remedy  to  this 
'il,  then  is  it  not  bad  policy  for  an 
nli-roaaon  to  continue  to  help  such  a 
lig'lOUB  body,  called  a  church,  by  hie 
inici,  influence,  labors  and  pecuniary 
ipportf  Why  should  he  do  this  after 
s  hope  ceases  of  purging  said  body 
the  sitanic  elemenll  Every  duy  he 
in ti mien  to  do  this  he  aids  and  ah 
i  evil    of  giganiK    proportion.-',  wl 

mt   cimdel   of  the   '* unfruitful  wu: 
of  darkness." 

2d.     God    has,  in  the  mo?t  cxpli 
way  possible,  forbidden  ua  to  fellowship 
audi    works.     While,    then,    wo   ma] 
giant  that  it  may  be  right, for aseason 

known  nnti-Obnstian  heresy,  holdinj 
il  under  holemn  preieat,  with  the  hopi 
of  applying  a  remedy,  we  cannot  de 
fend  slaying  In  fellowship  with  a  coi 
rupt  church  after  our  hope  of  its  reform 
is  wholly  extinguished.  Wo  must  theL 
obey  the  mandate,  '*  Come  out  ol  her 
my  people,"  with  the   f 


lli i-i    hiibject     being    ut 

briefly  slated  above,  of  course  we  have 

ao  secret  societies  in   connection    with   that   Lot  went  cut  of   Sodom.    The 

our  in  titution,     And  tv 

lie  sentiment  of   this    community    thai 

we  have  nosee((.-t  organizati 

bind  in    our    village.     An 

nude  to  silltain  even  an  organization  I      3d.     When  we  see  distinctly  that 

of    "Good    Templare,"    but     it    aoonjgreat  evil  like  slavery  or  Masonry  Is 


left  of  removing  it  therefrom;   then 

a  can  afford  to  lose  no  time  in  organ- 

ing   antagonizers  in  and   about  that 

church  to  oppose  the  accursed  thing  in 

rommunity.      Beside*    the  opportunity 

escape    ub   while   we    are    tolerating, 

ndulg'mg,  or  perhaps  nursing  the  dead- 
ly viper  right  in  the  bosom  of  our  own 
church.  Making  all  reasonable  allow- 
for  the  transition  state,  fiom  evils 
a  remedy,  both  with  regard  to  in- 
dividuals and  churches,  we  should  see 
that  we  do  not  refuse  to  abandon 
hip  when  we  see  it  must  go  down, 
and  make  the  cntastrophy  more  sure 
d  fatal  by  clinging  to  the  wreck  after 
all  hope  is  gone. 

?sides   (he  three  reasons  nl- 
in  for  immediate    separation 
from    Masonic   churches,  there    is  the 
danger,   imminent   to    the    outspoken 
oli-mnson.  amin  r  I'mro   the  diubo'ical 
iquity  of  these  ascret  workers    in  the 
church,  who  will    leave  no    means  un- 
tied  to   ruin    the    person,   estate  and 
ioral   standing  of  all   such  as   openly 
ppost^  this  "Masonic  conspiracy."    See 
he  records  of  auch  efforts,  too  BUccess- 
il,  in  auch  cases  as  that  of  Rev.  John 
ievington.     Can    a   mm   of  character 
nd   standing  afford  to  run  the    risk  of 
every  vital   interest    with    the  hope  of 
iforming    a    Masonic     ■ 
iere  is  the    chance  of 
,   remaining  in  voluntary  contact  with 
its  moral  contagion,     No  man  is  strong 
tough    to    defy    a  deadly    contagion, 
physical  or  moral.     Doss  not  the  man, 
vho,  fn  the   most  delicate  and   sacred 
if  all  human  ties,  the  church  of  ChriBt, 
euuiins  in  hourly  intercourse  with  the 
queen    of  spiritual    harlotry,    Freema- 
ry.  abide  la  continual  peril)     Might 
not  as  well,  almost,  lodge  in  a  hou:e 
bed   full   of  the  putrid  elements  of 
tbe  debauchee? 

But   now    let    us  see    what  rea- 
mny   be  found    for    holding  oar 
■bership  in  any  religious  body  con- 
trolled by  secretistB. 

In  all    such  bodies    there  may 

be  persons  who  are  open 

suppose,   may 

from  the  dominion  of  secretism,  by  tbe 

healthy    outspoken    Anti-mason ;    and 

ly    there   is    no    class  more  to  be 

such  honest  souls  who 

iv,   tlieliglit  whenever 


-.  de.me.l 


3  get  it. 


To  this  view  of  the  matter  it  may  be 
iplied,  that  the  influence  of  the  Anti- 
iuj<j:j  outside  the  church,  backed  up 
by  consistency,  would  accomplish  more 
sincere  inquirer  after  trutb, 
he  could  do  by  seeming  10 
contradict  his  t;eutiment  by  his  prsciice; 
that  is,  by  openly  condemning  secret- 
giving  it 

church  fellowship    by  staying  in    with 
the  wrong. 


2d.       By 


?Mas 


ling 


church 


the   war    into   tbe  camp  of  the 

y,  which    we   cannot   as  well  do 

we  come   out  from  among  them. 

The   object   of    doing   this    would   be 

to  demolish   the   citadel  of  the 

I  or  lo    bring  the  friends  ol  truth 

r   perhaps  both.     All  history  is 

it  the  notion  of  the/ewj  reforming 

.ail]/  in  any  religious  holy  by  Blay- 

n   it     All    the   reformers    from 

Elijah  to  those  of  the  B'xteenlh  century 

this  and  failed;  und    we  know  ot 

ibo  of  succe-B  from    tbe  first  cecli- 

ical  conflict  till   now.     Our  Ameri- 

churches  were   revolutionized    and 

urged  from   Mil  curse  ol  -livery  by 

:ivil  arm,  not  by  the  conscientious 

opposer  of  that  vile  thing  by  Staying  in 

t.  Why  did  not  John  the  G 
and  Jesus  walk  with  the  Jews 
scribes  and  Pharisees  in  order  to  r< 
them/  Hear  tbe  (item  old  pr 
exclaim,  "And  now  also  ihe  ax  is 
at  the  root  of  the  tree.'  "Hi 
thoroughly  purge  his  fijor." 

When  once  a  religious  Imdy  become* 
thoroughly  corrupted  by  some  modern 
Baal,  there  is  no  hope  of  its  radical 
reformation.  "It  has  lost  its 
and  la  henceforth  good  for  nothing  but 
to   be  cast  out  and    trodden  uude 


n!"     Sj 


nth 


lingd, 


o    with    churches 
lesisstieal  bodies.     We  can  think 
xcepliona. 


Looking  over  the  columns  of  the 
Northern  Christian  Adoccatethhmoxn- 
g  I  saw  an   article   written   both  for 


for 


was  a  cry  for  peace  when  there  in  no 
pence;  it  waB  error  surjounded  in  open 
battle  and  crying  "Holdl"  that  Bbe 
might  have  opportunity  to  lay  her 
snares  in  secret  and  n\-ht  on  her  own 
vantage  ground. 

The  writer  assails  those  opposed  to 
Masonry  and  other  secret  organ  zitionB 
for  changing  our  peace  and  harmony 
into  war  and  ditcord,  and  for  bringing 
strife  and  divisions  into  the  church  of 
Christ.  He  deduces  his  argument  from 
the  premises  that  Masons  are  respecta 
ble,  peaceful  and  law-abiding  ctizer.s, 
and  while  thus  peaceful  and  quiet  they 
be  let  alone;  but  if  disturbed  and 
ed  in  their  peaceful ness,  the  blame 
so  strife  provoked  Is  to  be  laid  at 
the  doors  of  the  f.m.i tics  and  lnH)brli-s 

0  meddle  with  other  people's  affiirs. 
Then  the  editor  is  taken  in   hand  for 

admitting  Atit;-masonic  articles  into  his 
'valuable"  and  "  highly -ebioemed  " 
>apiT,  and  threatened  with  a  Iosb  of 
ubscribera  if  they  continue  to  appear. 
Tbe  editor  gracefully  yields  the  point 
and  6aya  there  shall  be  no  more  such 
■s  published  in  his  paper.  So 
niuc'i  gained;  now  the  question  is,  will 
the  Auti-masonic  lu  urers  and  agistor.* 
quiet  and  leave  our  Masonic  "  peace- 
"  and   "law-abiding"  citizens  alone, 

1  ' '  let  them  have  peace  V 

■  re   U.i  Mlt'LlCe  tilt-   earnest  K!.lf-:-ttCrirk'- 

;  men  who  are  engaged  in  Ihis  work 
than  a  simple  threat  which  silenced  the 
o  willing  editor  of  the  Northern. 
The   cry  for   peace  and  the   editor's 
marks  have  brought  a    host  of  quer- 
ms   to  my  mind,  and  knowing    that 
the  Cynositic  ii  ever  open  to  such  con- 
ions,  I  send    them,  hoping  they 
may  he  of  value. 

Masonry  able  to  meet  the  charges 
preferred  against  it)      Are  the  charges 


,  would  1 


s  believe,  and  r 
ind  the  Chiisti 


ould   Masonry    shrink 
nd  fearless   discussioo 
:  its    merits    through   the   newspaper 
reast     If  Masonry  is   right   and    can 
ndicate    herself,  why  is  every  editor 
compelled  to  be  silent  upon  that  subject 
xcept  to  report  tbe  laying  of  corner- 
toneB,  the  dedication  of  Masonic   tem- 
ples and  such  things  as  spread  ihe  fame 
of   Masonry   before   the  people!     An- 
er  question:  Are  the  j  iurnala  of  our 
ulry  Masonic  or  pusillanimous?    Are 
religious   editors    who    fear  to  attack  a 
wn  evil    worthy  to  he  considered  as 
teachers  I 

v*eie  it  not  for  the  ignorance  of  the 

■sea  in    regard  to  tbe  Iruo    nature  of 

Masonry,  this  cry  for  peace  would  teem 

)  weak  and  puerile  as  to  scarcely  need 

tenlion;  but  it  is  calculated  to  preju* 

ice  the  minds  of  the  people  and    lead 

iem    to   took    with   distrust  upon  all 

ho  assail  tbe  lodge. 

So  we  are  to  be  silent  when  the  body 

politic  is   being  corrupted  to  its  very 

center,     because     the     outside     looks 

healthy,   if 


■-C,r 


i  are  building  their  temples  ar 
strengthening  their  stakes  in  our  vei 
midst  I  If  not,  we  destroy  the  harm 
ny  of  the  churches.  We  are  to  I 
ailent  when  our  social  life  is  rotting  ai 
an  invisible  empire  is  spreading  ov 
the  land,  corrupting  our  youth,  foitc 
ing  and  proteetmi;  crime,  breeding 
false  religion,  and  striking   at  the  very 


Chri 


t  to  bring  peace,  bo 
;ht  and  wrong  do  no 
hriatianity  and  MaBonry 
ity.  Evil  loves  dar 
and  when  dragged  fr.mi 
,11   squirm  away  and 


In  the  late  Indiana  Yearly  Meeting 
of  Friends,  of  both  branches,  the  sub 
ject  of   those  organizations  known  at 

wn    braach  ihe  consideration  was 
lhat  organizations  requiring  oaths 


dulged  in  cs 

ployed  who 


Bof  a 


lings,  were  at  va- 
riance with  a  faithful  support  of  tbe 
testimony  of  Friends  in  regard  lo  these 
evils;  consequently  no  Friend  could  be 
cousistenlly  a  member  of  any  ot  them. 
That  they  likewise  encouraged  war.  foi 
soldiers  were  among  their  most  promi- 
nent nnd  active  members.  That  many 
were  entangled  with  them  by  the  an- 
ticipation of  help  to  their  families  ic 
case  of  misfortune,  and  a3   the  imige 


rhicb  v 


tthe 


,  plai 


was  of  gold,  ao  the 
some  permanent  g 

would    pro^e  to  he 
the  Divine  life  in  tt 


ei  of  Babylc 


held  the  i. 


prophet  declared  perpetual  destruction 
to  Babylon.  Samuel  Townsend,  of 
Baltimore,  made  a  few  remarks  sus- 
taining the  sentimenlB  expressed,  and 
saying  he  had  no  doubt  that  many  in 
his  knowledge  had  been  induced  to  be- 
come united  with  these  asfo.iations  in 
the  hope  of  providing  for  their  families 
times  of  distress.  But  he  strongly 
ged  that  Friends  should  weigh  care- 
fully the  great  inconsistency  of  the 
promoted    by  these  organize 


nth  out 


cipler 


W.     II  a. 


lished  to  equalize  pne 


■eferrt 


md  pr, 


the 


which  be  believed  would 
nonopoly  and  greater 
y  of  those  eyils  they 
i.  Trade  would  seek 
level,  and  the  manifest 


leiidem  y  of  the  grange 
the  laborer  and  deprive 
right   with  themselves. 


,  lab  oi 


ted  capital  is  to  extortion,  as  it 
iOt  make  any  allowance  for  the 
stances  of  others,  and  he  ended 
by  exhorting  our  young  Friends  tn 
sland  clear  of  them,  his  language  being 
very  decided  as  to  their  evd  results. 
The  above  is  the  substance,  though  not 
lirely  the  hnguage,  of  the  speakers. 
In  Ihe  account  of  the  Indiana  Yearly 
Meeting  of  orthodox  Friend?,  us  given 
by  the  Christian  Worker,  an  epitome 
tks  by  Daniel  Hill,  one  of  the 
of  that  paper  ana  an  acknowl- 
liuister  in  that  branch,  is  giver, 
hich  I  oopy:  "The  early 
had  such  a  character  for  up 
a,  and  honesty  in  dealings,  and 
punctuality  in  complying  with  their 
ngagemenls,  that  their 
word  was  equnl  to  their  bond.  This 
Ihey  did,  not  to  gain  reputation  with 
i,  but  because  they  knew  tbe  obi', 
gatiousof  tbe  gospel  required  it.  Those 
ibligaltons  are  as  binding  on  us  as  they 
rere  on  them.  It  is  well,  not  only  to 
keep  as  far  us  poisible  to  our  word  in 
d  engagements,  but  it 
be  very  watchful  as  to 
the  character  of  engagements  we  enter 
into,  The  obligation  taken  upon  enter- 
ing into  secret  and  oath  bemd  socieiiee, 
should  not  be  lightly  assumed.  He 
warned  Frienda  not  to  be  entrapped  by 
tbe  specious  appearjuce  of  the  farm- 
ers' granges,  nor  take  upon  themselves 
the  yoke  of  any  secret  society  that  could 
not  be  easily  shasen  off,  and  could  not 
be  worn  but  at  the  hazard  of  ihe  soul. 
He  could  not  see  how  a  Christian  could 
take  a  solemn  obligation  to  do,  ( 
to  do,  a  thing  before  he  knew  what  ihe 
thing  was,"—  Christian  Worker,  lllh 
mo.,  1873,  page  323. 

To  the  above  may  be  added  the  re- 
proof, "My  people  have  committed 
two  evils,  etc.,  etc."  Our  forefathers, 
in  society,  were  a  people   having  living 


I hey    looked 
were    grenlly 


hem.     But  they 
.heir  diln.'ullies. 


h'dy  guidance.  They  knew  the  maxim, 
I  communications  have  ademoral- 
effsct,"  and   the  salvation  ol  the 


much  import- 


ance to  be  jeop,ir.li/."d  l>y 
Ihe  unsanctified  spirit  in  which  the 
commerce  of  the  world  ia  carried  on. 
Thu)  they  looked  to  the  divine  power 
only  to  preserve  from  the  extortions  of 
the  unpiincip'od  and  unscrupulous. 

If  Friends  now  leave  this  auie  rock 
of  preservation,  will  they  not  forsake 
the  living  fountain  i  This  ahould  be 
rioualy  considered.  And  thero  is 
uch  cause  to  believe  that  the  grange 
'Stem  13  now  being  brought  in  requ:- 
lion  by  politicians  lo  carry  through 
hemes   which  are  of  doubtful  good. 


I   In' 


lure,  and  if  this  is 
my  belter  I  shall  be  mistaken,  for  I 
uspect  it  to  be  a  stray  seed  from 
onah's  gourd. 

When  the  society  was  in  its  vigor 
he  evil  effects  of  uniting  with  the  cor- 
upt  in  carrying  on  any  organ  zition 
vau  clearly  seen.  Hence,  Friends 
vers  not  only  cautioned  to  avoid  : 
mg   with   eccret,  oath-bound   (i 

operation  with  Ibem  by  paym; 
nthly  or  other  sums,  or  othe 
ist  in   the  sustaining  of  them. 


for 


And  it  should  still  be 
jive  aid  to  tbe 


Those   that 


my  should    t 
op.     The  notional 
for  Friends' 


pel  led    fro 
;al  they 

pies  cannot  benefit  the  society.  War, 
ilhsand  that  bane  of  true  Christian  free- 
i>nj,  the  priesthood, that  outwardly  lays 
aim  to  the  pit  Unce  of  the  poor  as  wel 
)  the  hoards  of  the  rich,  are  sanction 
1,  sustained  and  eulogized  by  them 
>r  actions  are  more  powerful  thai 
words.  And  I  would  that  Friend: 
hould  awaken  to  the  danger  of  these 
iusy  bodies  before  the  liberty  of  the 
ruth  is  curtailed,  Truth  is  ever  open- 
faced  aud  delights  to  make  good 


,  and  if  I 


.111^;   lo  H:i   pi  J-e.    wbuLevi 

I  ultimately  tend  to  d 
ies,  and  to  loosen  the 
d  her  children  together. 
a  of  Gad  are  called  ou 
for  they  cannot 


instead  of 
f  they  do, 
stroy  her 
cords  that 
The  chil- 


E  of  Egypt, 

lants  with  the  nations  round  about,  io 
;ive  them  of  their  daughters,  etc., 
piritualty,  for  if  they  do,  they  shall 
io  into  captivity,  though  it  be  afar  off 
ind  into  a  strange  country,  —  ?7ie 
Journal,  Fhiladtlph  a. 


Ihe  1 


kiwln 


I'uhliy  Clown, 


;  so?  Is  not  tbe  habit  prev 
n  with  good  people,  oi  treat 
l  features  of  his  disease  as  ; 


augbable  performance,  and  "taking 
uini  off!"  Have  we  not  the  high  au- 
thorily  of  Mr.  Gough  himself  for  his 
er  of  putting  the  drunkard  upon 
the  stage? 

is   all    a  grievous  mistake,    good 

ds  of  the  temperance  work.     We 

carry  weight  enough    already   without 

the  addition  of  this   cru.hiog  impedi- 

DiuukcnneBS,  rightly  viewed,  is  a 
vice  wholly  tragical  and  unmitigated. 
Many  a  fine  young  fellow  in  co  lege 
— and  out  of  it  too,  I  doubt  not — 
has  becomo  n  hopek;s  drunkard  from 
a  notion,  carefully  fott'  red,  and  pop- 
ular up  to  this  day  in  tin--..  ■  ele-ln- 
ened -institution?,  ilml  il  is  funny  to 
.trunk.     I    know  the   cases,    and 


We  should  always  speak  of  tiled 
nrd    wilh   soberest    pity,    of    intemper- 
as  an  evil  with   no  alleviating  feal 

Where  we  usu  the  expressions,  "tip- 
By,"  "light,"  '"half    seas  over," 


ender,"  half  cocked,"  and  a  score  of 
thera  of  simitar  import,  we  are  guilty 
f  nn  unpardonable  frivolity  which 
weakens  still  furlher  a  public  senlt- 
nent,  deadened  already  lo  Insensibili- 
ty, and  at  Ihe  same  time  relaxes  in  us 
the  intensity  of  convictions  already  in- 
adequate. When  a  temperance  speak- 
er, or  any  other  person,  staggers,  nnd 
hiccouch?,  and  tumbles  about  in  imita- 
tion of  a  man  erai^d  with  alcohol,  h» 
does  a  mischief  which  many  earnest 
words  and  generous  deeds  may  not 
repair.  There  is  no  joke  about  in- 
temperance from  the    first  cup 


It  i 


The 


but  think  i 


side  which  can  be  bo 
as  comical  by  one  who  has  ihe  actor's 
funny,  perhaps  if  wu  could 
i  see  as  anything 
lees  terrible  than  the  frenzied  antics  of 
a  tenant  locked  into  a  burning  house 
and  struggling  lo  got  out.  But  sure- 
ly a  serious  man,  one  who  compre- 
hends their  mournful  significance, 
will  find  nothing  to  amuse  inn  drunk- 
ard's speech  or  gesture  in  all  the 
widening  range  of  bis  madness,  from 
Ihe  first  mild  idiocy  to  the  agonies  ol 
delirium.  A  dog  fight  or  a  tourna- 
ment with  wild  bulls  would  be  losucha 
man  a  apeclal.le  equally  humane. 

Let  ua  not,  therefore,  for  the  influ- 
ence on  our  boy^,  aud  a  careloaa  mul- 
titude ready  to  lose  all  fear  of  il  au  a 
danger  and  a  sin,  and  also  upon  our- 
selves as  men  whose  depth  of  wise  con- 
viction is  their  measure  of  effective 
power,  ever  speak  of  drunkenness  oth- 
erwise than  with  the  anxious  and  sad 
sobriety  which  it  so  terribly  justifies. 
— Ch.  at  Work. 


ountofn 


:ating 


elty,  though  we  should  perhaps  not  be 
disposed  to  regard  it  in  the  same  light 
here.  He  says:  "A  gentleman  holding 
a  po;itiou  of  trust  made  use  of  moneys 
not  belonging  to  him,  and  was  tempted 
to  act  so  by  unsuccessful  speculation 
and  extravagance  in  living.  The  chief 
judge,  in  passing  sentence,  took  advan- 
tage of  the  opportunity  to  read  a  whole 
some  lesson  to  the  community,  and  his 


large  sphere  of  society.  He  taid;  'You 
are  the  self-made  victim  of  a  passion 
which  seems  lo  be  seizing  on  society  a 
large,  and  which,  like  disease,  spates 
neither  age  nor  sex,  the  single  or  the 
married,  the  rich  cr  the  poor — the 
passion  forgetting  rich  by  one  or  more 
strokes  ol  luck;  by  a  process  which  ts 
as  much  open  to  the  tool  as  to  the  wise 


>knai 


ippei 


ne  hope,  one  object 
in  lite — wealth.  Respectability,  ton- 
tentiuent  with  what  we  have,  the  hap- 
piness of  our  family,  honor,  all  are  sac- 
rificed to  this  one  god  of  ihe  age  we 
live  in.  Everything  is  to  be  sacrificed 
— not  only  our  own  prospect?,  the 
prospects  of  ihosu  dearest  lo  us,  the 
prospects  of  our  wives  and  children — 
lo  the  great  mania  of  gelling  rich ;  and 
his  wealth  is  not  that  which  is  the  re- 
sult of  patient  industry,  uprightness  in 
dealings,  and  legitimate  trade,  but  the 
wealth  of  the  gamhling-lnble.'  The 
words  of  Sir  Edward  Hornby  are  like  a 
shower  of  pearls,  and  il  is  to  be  hoped 
that  the  effect  will  not  be  lost."—  Ex 


It  is  related  of  Napoleon,  that  when 
Marshal  Duroe,  an  avowed  infidel,  was 
once  lelliug  a  very  improbable  story, 
giving  his  opinion  that  it  was  Irue,  ihe 
Emporer  remarked:  "There  are  some 
men  who  are  capable  of  believing 
everything  but  tin  Bible."  This  remark 
finds  abundant  illustrations  in  every 
age.  There  are  men  all  about  us,  at 
the  present  day,  who  tell  ua  Ihey  can- 
not btlieve  the  Bible;  but  their  capaci- 
ty for  believing  everything  which  op- 
poses  the  Bible  is  enormous.  The 
most  fanciful  speculations  that  bear 
against  God's  Word,  pass  with  them  for 
demonstrated  facia,  The  greedinesB 
with  which  they  devour  the  most  far- 
fetched storiea— the  flimsiest  arguments, 
if  they  only  appear  to  militate  against 
tho  Word  of  God — is  ailonlabing. 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:      "ARCH  19,  1874. 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 


Chicago,  Tunrsdny,  March   10,    1874. 


Many  of  our  readers,  encouraged  at 
tbe  growth  of  the  Anti-masonic  reform, 
have  for  some  lime  been  pressing  for  a 
larger  paper  of  a  more  general  charac- 
ter. A  friend  from  Kansas  writes:  "  I 
long  to  see  the  Cynosure  launching  out 
into  deeper  waters,"  Others  say,  ■'! 
think  1  would  have  more  success  in 
working  for  the  paper  if  il  wan  larger.'1 
All  these  friends,  while  speaking  en- 
thusiastically of  the  morita  of  the  paper 
as  it  is  now  issued,  remember  lliat  the 
paper  was  started  in  1808  as  a  fort- 
uightly;  that  after  a  slow  but  steady 
growth  for  three  years,  in  1871  waB 
commenced  a  weekly  edition.  The 
paper,  because  of  the  faithfulness 
of  Iriends,  survived  two  fires  which 
have    visited    it,  and    now   after  nearly 

again  lo  to  be  enlarged,  mure  adequate- 
ly to  meet  tbe  demands  of  a  large  and 
intelligent  clasB  of  readers.  The  sub- 
scription list  must  be  doubled  in  order 
to  pay  tor  its  publication.  Will  you  not 
come  forward  promptly  aud  give    your 


THE  BEECHER  COUNCIL. 

It  ii  to  be  regretted  that  the  coun- 
cil called  al  the  instance  of  Storrs  and 
Buddington,  should  be  embarrassed  by 
a  partial  or  false  issue,  Tbe  question 
which  disturbs  the  peace  of  the  church 
Is  not  whether  Plymouth  Church  has 
acted  loosely  and  contrary  to  the  Scrip- 
tures   in    dropping   the    names    while 

whether  the  conduct  charged  by  Mr. 
Tilton  on  his  pastor  was  and  is  true; 
to  wit:  "that  he  (Beecher)  preached  lo 
his  mistresses  every  Sabbath."  It  will 
be  borne  in  mind  that  Mr.  Beecher's 
first  card  to  the  public,  after  yearB  of 
silenoe  under  Bowen's  and  Tilton's  ac- 
cusations, was  a  brief,  but  explicit  d  e- 
claration  that  Mr.  Tilton  bad  acted  Hon- 
orably and  bad  his  confidence!  This 
is  the  more  astounding,  as  Mr.  Tilton 
was  the  one  charged  by  West  for  slan- 
dering his  pastor;  and  if  be  told  the 
truth,  Mr.  Beecher  was  an  adulterer 
and  profligate,  and  no  result  of  coun- 
cil which  ignores  these  grave  charges, 
for  making  which  Tilton  was  charged 
by  WesL  for  slander,  will  take  the  gan- 


greni 


toft 


This 


eighty  churches,  taken  broad- 
through  the  country,  is  to  meet  now 
soon  (March  24lh  inet.,)  and  will  it- 
self be  an  important  event.  If  they 
decide,  as  they  must,  that  it  is  unscrip- 
tural  and  disorderly  for  Congre^anonal 
churches  to  drop  members  accused  of 
sins  to  get  rid  of  trying  them;  and  if 
Plymouth  Church  shall  be  thrown  out 
of  fellowship  in  consequence,  the  effect 
will  be  to  throw  sympathy  on  Ply- 
mouth Church  and  tbe  council  will  be 
a  cover  to  charges  of  a  much  graver  na- 

The  general  charge  of  West  against 
Tilton,  with  sptcificattoaa  under  it.  was 
"circulating  scandals  derogatory  to  his 
pastor."  Mr.  Beecher.     The  council,  of 


try  chai 


de  againai  Mr.  Beecher  who  is  ii 
ociation  with  Storrs  and  Bnddtnglon 
1  they   arc  damaging    to    the  wholi 


and 


why 


grounds  they  rest.  Much  au  inquiry 
neoesBary  lor  the  vindication  of  the  A 
sociation  before  the  churches,  againi 
the  charge  of  keeping  members  on  tin- 
list  who  are  charged  with  crimes  an 
immoralities.  And  il  Plymouth  Cburc 
re  (use  a  to  make  tbe  irm-ntigation,  b\ 
takes  the  ground  of  sheltering  its  men 
beri  who  are  accused  of  crimes,  tli 
Association  should  withdraw  fellowship 
from  the  church  as  walking  disorder- 
ly ;  and  if  Mr.  Beecher  remained  a  mem- 
ber, it  would  have- the  right  to  requin 
him  to  purge  himself  which  would  open 
the  case,  and  result  in  his  juslifi.-atiuc 
as  a  slandered  brother,  or  in  his  con 
damnation  as  guilty  of  tbe  sins  charged, 
True,  a  Congregational  Aseociatior 
baa  not  ordinary  disciplinary  power,  lit 
tbe  Plymouth  Church  has, to  hear  and 
try  charges.  But  it  has  power  of  self- 
preservation,  by  withdrawing  from  min- 
isters charged  with  adultery  and  whose 
ohurobes   refuse   to    investigate    those 


SlHMElCAVr  SECESSION. 

is  is  a  secession-  of  thirty  or  forty 
of  the  leading  members  of  the  Metb- 
EpiBcopal  churc>i  in  Marengo, 
III.  This  secession  has  been  caused  by 
i.ht  det.'irniiMlion  of  a  lew  Freemasons 
ride  and  suppress  the  sentiment 
of  opposition  to  Freemasonry  and  kin- 
dred orders  in  that  church.  For  some 
the  Conference  (Rock  River)  has 
hem,  at   their    request,  a   pastor 

fruitful    works   of    darkness,'  and    the 
Lurch  was    prosperous  and  contented, 


But  i 


syer 


uuidv  janizary  or  ban-dog 

of  the    lodge,  who  proceeded,  with  a 

Ligh  hand,  to  turn  out  of  office  all  who 

dared  to  take  a  stand  aga'nst  Free- 


submission  to  lodge  gi 
'cession.  They  have  chosen  the 
r,  as  they  had  a  right  to  do.  They 
raised  event!  thousand  dollars  for 
dependent  church,  and  hav  called 
their  former  pastor,  Rev.  N.  D.  Fan- 
asked  of  their  couferenoe,  but  who  was 
from  them  and  sent  to  a  thorough- 
ly Masonic  town,  Woodstock,  in  Mc- 
Henry  county.  Mr.  Fanning  has  re- 
I  hiB  Woodstock  charge  and 
ed  to  iarengo  to  take  charge  of 
?w  church.  The  good  wishes, 
■a  and  co-operation  of  all  shall  go 
his  noble  company  of  confessors. 
■espoudentof  the  Methodist  Free 
(Mr.  Levington'e  paper)   says  of 


this 


,IL_-,; 


litory  as  tbe  speakings  and 
,  of  the  mighty  earthquake,      tiod 
irehing   through    the  church  and 
i  and    will    have  a  tried  and  pure 
people.      His   demands   are  imperative 
'  at  tbey  should  come  out  and  be  sep- 
ate  Irom  the  works  of  darkness." 
This  Rock  River  Conference,  inolud- 
g  Chicago,  is  one  of  the  most  import- 
it    coaf-rencts   in    the   country,   the 
sneral    Conference    in  1803    meeting 
ithin  its  bound*.      When    this  confer- 
ee numbered  '210   preachers,  an  in- 
formant who  had  taken   pains  to  know, 
ed    that  193  of  them   were   Free- 
ona.      But    there    are,  both   nruong 
clergy  and    laity,  brethren  who  ab- 
the    lodge;  and    their   number  is 
dily  increasing-     The  struggle   will 
long,  hut  the   lodge    must  and  will 
iiually  go  down  in  that  body.     The 
doubb/ connexion  with  church  and  lodge 
absurd    and    much    worse    than 
ii*r '-liifi  in  two  neighboring  elmreb- 
For  tbe  essence  of  the  lodge  iiem^ 
pagan  aud  Christless.  Methodists  might 
just   as   properly  belong   to  a  Catholic 
:hurch  or  a  Chinese  temple,  in  addition 
o  their  own  society,  as  to  a  brotherhood 
if  Freemasons.     It  is  to  be  hoped  that 
he  new  Marengo  church  will  lay  their 
ase,  with    the    principles   involved,  in 
,n  addrvi--.  before  the  members  of  every 
ociety  in  Ruck  River  Conference. 


*  v-\>;\.c..sc,  i;r-;u  i:  ■ 


eonry  were  not  good,  certainly  if  it  were 
bad  as  Anti-masons  say,  such  great  aud 
godly  men  as  A  and  B  and  C  would 
not  adhere  to  it,  and  therefore  the 
-AutiV  must  be  mistaken.  On  the 
strength  of  this  logic  multitudes  yen- 
dark.  They  not  only  accept  as  right 
what  is  unseen,  but  presume  the 
wrong  to  be  right  when  it  is  seen  to  be, 
and  hut  for  the  moral  support  of  these 
great  names  they  would  unhesitat- 
ingly pronounce  it  lo  be  wrong.  "It 
looks  wrong,"  one  will  eay  to  himself, 
"but  these  great  statesmen  and  godly 
ministers  and  deacons  all  extol  it.  It 
would  be  a  ridiculous  vanity  in  me  to 
ret  my  little  self  against  such  an  array 
of  wisdom  and  goodness.     To  err  with 

in  good  company.  1  shall  be  less  likely 
lo  err,  confiding  in  their  superior  wis- 
dom than  in  my  own  private  judgment. 
Surely  I  shall  be  worthy  of  lees  blame 
by  accepting  their  opinion  ihan  I  would 
incur  by  proudly  and  obstinately  set- 
ting myself  up  as  wiser  and  purer  than 
all  the  great  and  good  men  whose  ver- 
inctified  and  whose  lives  adorn  the 
enl  aud  honorable  order. " 


This 


,  but 


to  rejecting  God  and  con- 
men  do  it,  and  hence  the 
appeal  to  great  names.  And 
:agerness  to  strengthen  this 
if  Masonry,  its   adyocate 


.-fill  i 


great  men  whose  authority  they  claim 
were  Masons.  They  claim  Solomon 
and  Hiram  Abiff  aud  the  Ste.  John, 
whilo  it  is  certain  they  never  had  any 
thing  more  to  d»  with  Freemasonry 
than  Pan  or  Ceres  or  Pomona  had  to 
do  with  the  granges.  But  when  it 
becomes  apparent  that  they  claim  giea 
names  falsely,  then  instead  of  strength- 
ening their  cause,  the  imposture  and 
iniquity  of  the  thing  is  discovered.  It 
is  astonishing    that    they   contini 


:laim  Washington  as  au  eminent  and 
ivalous  patron  and  master  of  the  lodge 
when  it  is  proved  to  a  certainty  that  be 
presided  over  no  lodges  and  waB  never 

nc  the  last  thirty  years  of  his  life. 
The  claim  that  John  Wesley  was  a 
Mason,  which  was  lately  put  forth 
shows  what  stress  Masonry  lays  upon 
the  authority  of  great  names  and  how 
ready  they  are  to  sieze  upon  any  false 
pretence  to  prop  up  their  fallen  system. 
For  here  again  they  have  caught  a  tar- 
tar. For  only  does  his  diary  show 
that  he  was  preaching  in  England 
when  MasonB  assert  that  he  whs  ini- 
tiated in  Ireland,  but  this  Masonic  at- 
tempt to  enroll  him  on  their  side  has 
brought  out  to  more  public  notice  his 
decisive  condemnation  of  Freema- 
sonry, His  forcefil  denunciation  of 
this  giant  evil  may  yet  become  as  well 
known  and  be  as  damaging  to  the  sys- 
tem as  his  "sum  of  all  villanies"  was 
to  slavery.  This  iB  his  language: 
"What  an  amazing  banter  upon  man- 
kind ia  Freemasonry  i  And  what  a  se- 
cret is  it  that  so  many  concur  to  keep  I 
From  what   motive?     Through  fear, or 


CHAKLES  SUMNER. 

A  great  man  is  dead.  Since  the 
funeral  of  President  Lincoln  our  na- 
tional capital  has  never  put  on  such 
sincere  mourning  as  when  on  Friday 
the  last  tokens  of  esteem  were 
paid  by  the  assembled  representatives 
of  the  government  to  the  memory  of 
Charles  Sumner.  On  Tuesday  last,  he 
was  in  his  place  in  the  Senate,  but  was 
stricken  down  in  the  evening  with  tbe 
worst  form  of  hia  old  complaint,  an 
affection  of  the  heart,  and  died  the 
next  afternoon.  Thus  iB  finished  a  life 
full  of  labor  and  crowned  with    achiev- 


in  tbe  c 
of    tw 


3  of  hu 


ighte: 


mty-t 


Senate,  which    has   placed 

among  the  leading  ngures  i. 

history  and  given  him  a  fame  to  which 

even  the  highest  gift  in  tbe  hand  of  his 

countrymen  could  add  nothing. 

1811.  He  studied  law  and  became 
eminent  in  his  profession  before  1845, 
when  he  tirst  took  part  in  politics.  In 
this  year  the  admission  of  Texas  became 
a  part-  of  the  policy  of  the  popular 
party,  represented  in  tbe  Presidency  by 
Polk;  in  November,  just  before  the 
meeting  of  Congress  which  was  to  act 
upon  that  measure.  Mr.  Sumner  deliv- 
ered an  oration  in  Faneuil  Hall,  Boston, 
against  the  admission  of  Texas  as  a 
slave  slate.  From  this  time  he  was 
recognized  as  an  opponent  of  slavery 
extension.  In  1850  Webster  resigned 
his  seat  in  the  Senate  to  become  Secre- 
tary of  State  under  Fillmore,  and  the 
next  year  Massachusetts  sent  Sumner 
to  the  place  of  the  great  statesman,  ami 
none  can  say  that  it  has  not  been  we)! 
filled. 

In  1856  came  the  Kansas  struggle, 
On  the  10th  and  20th  of  May  Sumnei 
delivered  hie  great  speech,  ' '  Tht 
Crime  against  Kansas,"  occupying  two 
days;  and  on  the  22 d,  while  writing  a1 
bie  desk  in  the  Senate  Chamber,  hi 
was  attacked  by  Praston  S.  Brooks,  o 
South  Carolina,  and  beaten  with  a  gut 
ta-percba  cane  until  he  fell  insensible 
From  this  injury  he  never  recovered 
but  was  able  to  resume  public  dutiei 
with  seemingly  restored  health  in  1859 
During  the  session  of  1859-00  he  made 
what  is  considered  the  greatest  effor 
of  bis  life — the  celebrated  speech,  '  'Th' 
Barbarism  of  Slavery."  This  speed 
contributed  greatly  to  the  eleotion  of 
Lincoln  the  next  fall.  During  tli 
Mr,  Sumner  was  an  abl~  advocate  for 
the  emancipation  of  the  slaves,  se 
in-  the  repeal  of  the  obnoxious  Fug: 
Slave  Law  in  1802,  and  when  p 
returned  gave  his  care  to  securing  for 
the  emancipated  race  a  social  as  well  a 
leg.d  equality.  Since  1870  ho  has  Ii 
bored  to  secure  the  passage  of  hi 
Civil  Rights  Bill,  to  secure  the  Bam 
rights  to  colored  men  in  public  plact 
and   conveyances   as    the    whites   no1 


II ■■[iri.'seiitativc  Hoar,   of  Mns'-aehiiHeila, 

to  "Take  care  of  my  Civil  Rights  Bill." 

Although  his  life  was  devoted  to  the 

liberty, 


tclusi 


l  of  doi 


ujoyi 


and     religious     exercises,     hi 
against  the  system  of  modern 
great  and  deserve  the  sheerest  gratitude 
of    his   countrymen.     On    the   4th  of 
July,  1845, 


Fanei 


Hall, 


Grandeurof  Nations,"  in  which  he  de. 
nounced  war  and  plead  for  the  substi- 
tution of  peaceful  arbitrament  in  set- 
tling international  disputes.  He  lived  to 
see  this  principle  carried  into  effect  be- 
tween the  two  lending  nations  of  the 
world.  Some  two  yearn  ago  he  intro- 
duced a  resolution  lo  strike  from  regi- 
mental battle  flags  the  names  of  battlea 
in  the  lalu  war.  The  justice  of  this 
appears  from  the  fact  that   but  two  ex- 


isting regiments  had  ar  organization 
ig  that  struggle,  and  the  inconsis- 
tency of  bearing  before  a  regiment  the 
s  of  battles  in  which  it  never 
fought  is  plain.  For  this  he  was  cen- 
by  the  Massachusetts  Legislature; 
but  that  body  Blowly  recovered 
an  and  rescinded  their  vote,  a 
;tion  was  publicly  announced 
enate  the  day  before  Mr.  Sum 
forever.     His  popular  lecture 


France   as  the 
ad  to  peace  in  Europe.     Had 
nsels  been  followed  the  threat- 
ening  condition    of    present   affairs  in 
nental    Europe,  and    the  prospect 


mghi   . 


Mr.  Sumner's  father  was  a  prominent 
citizen  of  Boston,  aud  was  at  one  time 
sheriff  of  Middlesex  county.  He  was 
a  Royal  Arch  Mason,  but  seceded  ,tnd 
publicly  renounced  the  institution  dur 
ing  the  "Morgan  times."  Then  a 
young  man  of  eighteen  or  twenty,  Sum- 
ner took  a  deep  interest  in  the  move- 
ment, not  only  from  its  connection  with 
his  family,  bui  from  principle.  He 
used  frequently  to  visit  the  now  vener- 
able Samuel  D.  Greene  to  hear  from 
him  the  thrilling  story  of  the  Morgan 
abduction,  now  given  to  the  world  in 
"The  Broken  Seal;"  and  his  reply  to 
a  solicitation  lo  be  present  and  speak  at 
an  anniversary  meeting  of  the  National 
Christian  Association,  while  declining 
on  account  of  ill  health,  yet  intimated 
a  fraternal  sympathy  in  a  reform  which 
must  ere  long  enlist  the  co-operation  o! 
every  patriot.  Mr.  Sumner's  religious 
convictions  were  not  so  pronounced  aa 
to  have  impressed  the  public  mind, 
He  was  opposed  To  the  Constitutional 
Reform  movement,  aud  presented,  not 
long  since,  a  petition  from  citizens  of 
Ohio  against  tin-  Religious  Amendment. 
But  whatever  bie  failings,  and  he  had 
them,  his  sacrifices  and  labors  for  human 


3  of  his 


ntrym 


The  first  general  meeting  on  the 
temperance  question  in  Chicn'j",  was 
held  on  Friday  afternoon,  March  13. 
There  were  about  six  hundred  ladies 
present.  The  topic  of  vital  interest 
was,  shall  the  Chicago  saloons  (more 
than  four  thousand)  be  allowed  to  sell 
liquor  on  the  Sabbath !  The  law  for- 
bidding open  saloons  on  the  Sabbath 
has  been  in  operation  during  the  past 
year.  Il  was  repealed  last  week  and 
the  !ndie3,  although  late  in  mc 
prayerfully  and  earnestly  decided  to 
circulate  petitions  and  do  what  the 
could.  Two  mass  meetings  were  a] 
pointed  for  the  Sabbath,  and  on  Mot 
day  the  ladies  were  to  return  the 
petitions  at  a  mass  meeting  held  in  tl: 
Methodist  church.  The  Sabbath  mee 
ings  were  well  attended.  We  give  a 
brief  report  of  the  one  held  in  the  Fi 
Baptist  church: 


Mrs.  Wirta  was  chosen  chairman  ant 
Mrs.  Sounthey  secretary.  The  congre 
gation  sang  "All  hail  the  power  o 
Jesus'  name,"  and  Rev  Arthur  Mitch 
ell  led  in  prayer.  The  chairman  thei 
told  her  experience  in  a  manner  tha1 
thrilled  every  heart.  Her  husband  had 
been  a  drunkard  and  a  gambler. 
one    time    he    was   ebol   through  both 


and 


knocked  down.      He  Hltrt 


:ed  his  wife, 


Dined 


enge  t 


But  God  in  his  mercy  called  after  her 
and  won  her  by  his  love.  Her  hus- 
band, in  the  meantime,  deserted  her, 
and  for  a  time  she  almost  abandoned 
the  hope  that  they  would  ever  be  unit- 
ed again.  But  God  in  his  mercy 
brought  him  home  two  months  ago, 
and  she  resolved  to  do  all  in  her  power 
to  have  a  Christian  home  by  at  once 
erecting  the  family  altar.  She  told  her 
husband  that  she  wished  to  have  fami- 
ly prayers  and  asked  one  of  the  family 
to  read  the  Scriptures,  after  which  (bey 
knelt  in  prayer,  her  husband  kneeling 
also,  When  they  nrose  Mr.  Wirta  was 
in  tears,  aud  a  week  afterwards  was 
graciously  converted,  and  God  look 
away  his  appetite  for  drink  She  clos- 
ed by  expressing  confidence  in  the  un- 
bounded lovo  of  God,  and  exhorted  all 
to  earnest  persevering  prayer  for  the 
success    of    the    present     temperance 

A  gentleman  then  arose  and  read  a 
portion  of  the  110th  Psalm,  This 
movement,  said  be,  is  the  "go  out 
into  dm  liujhwtnj"  Christianity.  Saloon 
keepers  are,  many  of  them,  heartily 
ashamed  of  their  business,  and  a 
still  greater  number  of  their  clerka 
and  other  employees  are  sick  of  the 
business    and    really  are  desirous   of  a 


ailar  s 


ed  by  t 


-J  ..the l 


Mrs.  C.  N.  Holden  quoted  the  Sorip- 
re.  "Those  that  sit  in  darkness  have 
?n  a  great  light;  and  to  them  that 
in  the  region  and  shadow  of  death 
light  is  sprung  up,"  and  referred  to  the 
u  of  darkening  the  front  windows 
.oore  of  saloons  with  curtainp  and 


The 


light 


dark 


ii-.- regal  ion  then  vtng 
■•  wo  are  living  wears  dwelling  in  a 
grand  and  solemn  time,"  Agentleman 
next  warned  the  ladies  not  to  consider 
a  failure  of  present  Buccess  a  real  defeat 
as  the  refusal  of  the  Common  Council 
to  regard  their  petition  might  be  the 
very  thing  needed  lo  arouse  the  com 
munity  to  their  danger.  He  referred 
to  the  first  battle  of  Bull's  Run  and 
other  facte  in  our  history  lo  6bow  how 
defeat  has  aroused  the  public  mind. 
A  gentleman  remarked  the  utter  ina- 
bility of  enforcing  the  best  temperance 

sentiment  behind  it,  as  he  had  learned 
by  experience   when   Mayor  of  a  city 
himself.     Their   moBt  important  work 
was  to  create  a  public  sentiment  in  favor 
of  temperance,  and  then  they  were  c« 
tain  ol  ultimate  victory.     Several  ladi 
made   good    general    remarks,  and  a 
Other  prayed  fervently  Tor  God'a    ble 
ing  on  the    movement;  especially    for 
courage   and   strength.     Mrs.    French 
exhorted  them  to    patience,  remarking 


lience.  "Nearer  my  God  to  Thee" 
was  sung.     Rev.  Mr.  Mo-a  said,  Has  it 

interest  of  Chicago*  shame  on  ubI 
Shame  on  Chicago !  Several  ladies  aud 
gentlemen  followed,  and  a  gentleman 
remarked  as  some  had  spoken  of  all 
past  efforts  in  this  reform  as  a  failure 
he  wished  lo  say  that  it  is  a  great  mis- 
take. No  earnest,  honest  effort  in  this 
or  any  other  reform  Las  proved  wholly  a 
failure,  but  good  had  always  been  done. 
Exhortations  to  patience  and  remarks 
from  various  persons  full  of  enthusiasm, 
wisdom  and  information  were  made, 
petitions  were  circulated  and  a  collec- 
tion for  the  Lemperauce  cause  ^vai 
taken  up.  after  which  th 


The  subject  attracted  considerable 
attention  in  many  of  the  churci 
on  the  Sabbath,  and  on  Monday 
at  3  P,  M.  the  First  Methodist 
church  was  filled.  More  than  2,000 
persons,  a  large  proportion  of  whom 
were  women  were  present.  The  peti- 
tions were  handed  in,  and  it  was  found 
aB  the  result  of  three  days  of  labor  ore 
15,000  names  of  the  -'wives,  mother 
and  daughter.;"  w. -re  obtained.     If  th 

the  energy  they  have  displayed  in  thi 
short  space  of  time,  Chicago  will  ye 
be  a  comparatively  temperate  city. 

A  committee  of  fifty  ladies  accom 
panied  by  one  hundred  and  fifty  others 
went  to  the  counsel  chamber.  After 
Nucct'ssfully  encountering  tbe  opposi- 
lion  of  the  janitor,  and  later  ol  per 
soiiSjWho  have  (with  too  much  severity] 
been  characterised  as  "brainless  broad- 
cloth and  beerrnugged  stupidity,"  the 
petition  was  read  by  the  clerk.  We 
have  room  for  only  three    paragraph: 

"Though  the  ordinance,   which  ou  tl 


i  l.y  i 


xicating 

'    "  i  be  closed 
med.     The 

Iflli'  Von-.-,  " 

-1  law.     It 


drinks 

it-quired    to  be  closed    aud 
tie  d-nie    .U--|,'i 


tbe  profouudest  h 

the  only  true,  Christ 
Is  sin  is  that  of  opt 
ousriit    lo  he  the  ] 


.uscript  of  the  d 

In  deuuuch 
.__  _  wicked.    "   " 
of  Got 

throu-h  evil  in 
the y   wisdoi 


eked.     It  is  really  only  detlau 
only  safety,; 


Wo  s 


li.atlr-, 


lent  barrier.*  ag.iiust  iut 


Permission    being    granted,     Mrs. 
es  Smith,  Chairwoman    of  the  La 

'  Committee,    advanced  inside    the 
ug.    aud,    in    a  olear,    firm     voice. 


behind  the  throne,  which   may  be    felt 

another  election  though   il   was  not 

the  last.     We  only    entreat   you   in 

.  name  of  our  Father  in  heaven,  and 

you  have  the  pergonal  responsibility 

before  you,  not  to  open  our  saloons  to 

yountr  men  and  to  our  children  on 

God'e  day. " 

The  Common  Council,  containing 
forty  members,  more  than  one-third  of 
directly  interested  in  the 
liquor  traffic,  five  bein.r  manufacturers 
intoxicating  beverages,  and  ten, 
pera  of  public  drinking  saloons, 
elected  by  a  parly  whose  backbone  was 
o  be  composed  of  the  commune, 
lievee,  the  gamblers  and  the  Cy- 
i,  could  hardly  be  expected  to  do 
thau  they  did,  viz:  listen  to  read- 
if  the  engrossed  ordinance  for 
opening  saloons  on  the  Sabbath  and 
pass  it  by  a  majority  of  twenty-two 
against  fourteen.  We  feel  that  this 
minority  considering  their  position,  de- 
serve   commendation    for    doing  their 

NOSES.     ' 

—The  fifty-fifth  anniversary  of  Odd- 
fellowship  will  hs  celebrated  with  suit- 
able blowiug  of  trumpets  on  the  27 th 
of  next  month.  Schuyler  Colfax  will 
talk  for  the  good  of  the  order  in  Dix- 
on. 111.,  on  that  occasion. 

—Robert  Laird  Collier,  Unitwiar 
preacher  of  this  city,  addressed  a  Mi 
sonic  eelci  bation  of  Washington's  birth 
day  id  Mattoou,  III.  It  is  to  be  pre 
;umed  that  Mr.  Collier  has  learned  U 
distinguish  between  a  patriotic  anri 
Masonic  honors  paid  to  the  'Father  of 
bis  country,"  the  two  being  as  v 
as  truth  aud  falsehood. 

— The  Internationals  of  New  York 
city  are  said  by  the  Tribune 
be  armed  and  drilling.  In  this  city 
-■lily  visible  effect  of  last  winter's  aj 
t_ion  is  the  estab  ishment  of  a  newt 
per  organ,  tbe  Vorbote ,  which  is  printed 
in  German.       An   opposition   journal. 

between  the  two  the  workingmen  may 
arrive  at  some  facts  which  will  prevenl 
a  repetition  of  last    winter's  threats. 

— There  is,  according  lo  the  author- 
ity of  W.  A.  A.  Carsey,  secretary  ol 
the  International  Association,  a  differ- 
ence in  the  methods  of  that  Bocioty  in  this 
country  and  Great  Britain  and  tbe  con- 
tinental branches.  He  thinaa  thai 
while  the  latter  are  willing  to  overture 
the  existing  governments  by  revolu- 
tion, the  former  believe  that  their  ob 
jecls  and  aims,  which  are  the  equality 
of  all  and  thi  stoppage  of  the  exac 
ttons  of  capitol  and  oppression  of  th' 
workingmen, can  he  i-HiaMished  by  mean 
of  the  ballot. 

— Tbe  notice  of  Freemasonry  which 
Wesley's  Journal,   (se 


tion  abnut  four  years.  The  college 
harterod  and  ihe  course  of  studies 
I  classes  are  being  brought  towards 
I'gular  college  curracculum  as  rap- 
idly as  possible.  The  iusiituliou  is 
n  to  all  colors,  conditions  and  ua- 
alities,  and    to  both    male   and    fe- 


ial)r 


fall: 


Friday,  June  18,  1773.  1  went  ti 
Bnllyiucnd,  aud  read  a  strange  tract, 
thai  prof.-s-ed  to  discover  Hho  inmost 
recesses  of  Freemasonry;'  said  to  be 
'translated  from  the  French  original, 
lately  published  at  Berlin.  I  incline 
to  think  it  is  a  genuine  accouut.  Only 
if  it  be,  I  wonder  the  author  is  suffered 


Ifil 


what  i 


upon    all    mankind  is  Fre 


i  for  the  craft  in 


— In  the    late 
the  Kansas  Legis 
made  by  two  members,  Moonlight  and 
Price  to  play  the  role  of  York  and  im 
plicate  one  of  the  candidates  in  a  brib- 
gry   cose.       Their    plan    succeeded    in 
nothing,  however,  except   lransj»arency 
and  weakness,  not  being  backed  by  the 
hatred    and    dogged  malignity    of   the 
lodge.     They  got    nothing  but  cur 
for  their  p"»in«.      York  him  e[f  has  .. 
lapsed  aud  tht  papers  of  his  own  at 
compare   him  to  Jeff.  Divis  and  Judi 
and  entitle  him   "The  Arnold  of  l£i 


Linooln  Colleok.— This  institution 
is  situated  on  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific 
R.  R.,  255  miles  west  of  Si.  Lonii 
and  25  miles  east  of  Kansas  City,  Mo  , 
where  border-ruffianism  and  bush- 
wh.ekm^  had  their  origin,  and  in  tin 
center  of  a  region  of  country  lhat  whs 
■  luring  the  war  swept  as  with  the  bi 
aom  of  des true. ion.  Bui  when  peflct 
was  restored,  and  slavery  destroyed 
these  wonderfully  fertile  lauds  induced 
a  large  influx  of  [migration  frjm 
northern  and  eastern  states. 
towo  of  Greenwood  -was  laid  out 
ciiiuiaiiy  of  northern  and  easier! 
at  the  point  as  indicated  above.  But 
in  the  center  of  their  town  plot  they 
laid  out  five  acres  of  ground  to  be 
used  for  educational  purpose.  Thh 
lot  they  offered  to  any  person  or  co  - 
pany  that  would  erect  a  building  on  j 
and  start  a  high  school.  This  propo 
Bition  was  accepted  by  Mr.  Ross,  one 
by  voluntary  contributions  a  good 
plain  but  substantial  building  has  beec 
ertuted  and  this  sohool  has    een  in  op- 


nean  you,  O  presidents,  aecretH 
and  others  belonging  to  the  anli- 
t  societies   in  New   York,  why  do 


igationsf  Such  knowledge  as 
in  give  us,  is  greatly  needed  be- 
mr  National  Convention  in  June 
Please  look  over  your  late  Cu- 
es and  see  the  card  signed  by  the 
subscriber.  See  what  is  culled  for  and 
hen  consider  yourselves.  Morally  re- 
ponsible  lo  God  and  to  the  cause  you 
profess  to  love,  to  furoisb  what  we  so 
mch  need. 

Under  the  inspiration  of  such 
leeches  as  we  hear  from  Blaiichard, 
evington  and  other  live  friend*  of  our 


i  li, 


>solute 


>rdy  i 


,nd  thei 


me  to — recupernie.  The  Masonic 
mother  witu  her  litter,  will  laugh  ub 
o  scorn,  so  long  aa  we  go  on  in  this 
vny.  A  society  here  and  another 
here  with  no  kuowledge  of  each  olh- 
;ra  existence,  strength  or  spirit,  adda 
ittle,  if  any  force  to  the  commoneause. 
We  want 

auBt  have  it.     Shall  we  call  lor  it 
in)     ia   there   not  nufficient  love 

ganizalions  to  take  this  matter  in  hand 
and   furnish  the  response  we   need) 


Dill 


Brother  Stoddard's  request  in  the  Gy- 
uosure  for  March  5th,  aud  see  that  I 
am  uot  alone  in  making  this  appeal. 
Who  will  respond  first  and  gladden 
the  hearts  of  the  live  workers,  among 
whom  count  au  ihe  humblest  of  all, 
Youre  looking  for  results, 

J,    L.  Bahlow. 


Vermont. 


rallying   io  tin   "Id  Aul 


right  to  obj'-ct  to  any  secret  society 
man  sitting  on  ajury  by  which  his  case 
is  to  be  tried.  The  objectof  this  meas- 
ure was  lo  prevent  Masonry  from  taking 
po-'ses'iion  of  the  jury  and  using  it  for 
ita  own   purposes  against    law  and  jus- 

The  first  vote  of  the  Legislature  upon 
this  bill  was  in  favor  of  the  lodge, 
which,  during  the  time  while  the  peo- 
ple were  occupied  by  the  slave-war, 
had  got  entire   possession  of  ihe  noliti- 

fidenlly    anticipated  by    the   friends  of 

the  cause  that  the  vote  of  the  coming 
Legislature  next  fall  will  show  very  dif- 
ferent figures,  perhaps  an  entire  en- 
franchisement from  the  thralldom  oi 
the  lodge. 

To  effect  this  latter  object,  however,, 
exlrnordinary  efforts  will  have  to,  be 
made;  since  tbe  Masons  are  well  or- 
ganized, disciplined  and  constantly  on 
the  allerLio  increase  their  power  and  to 
avert  the  threatened  danger  from  their 
interests,  while  the  people,  generally, 
are  untu-pecting,  i 


ised 


tot   I 


Tne  purity  of  Mr.  Sumner'a  charac- 
ter would  alone  cause  him  to  be  re- 
membered gratefully    by  hts    country. 

No  breath  of  suspicion  ever  touched 
him.  In  an  age  when  corruption  too 
often  eniers  into  public  life,  Mr.  Sum- 
ner preserved  his  character  free  frum 
all  reproaeh.  He  was  never  found  in- 
volved in  any  discreditable  s.-heine — 
he  had  nothing  lo    fear  from    "discl03- 

selutely  proof  against  the  evil  irflu- 
ei.ee-  ol  Washington — he  seldom  asked 
for  an  office  for  any  man,  and  never 
took  a  part  in  underhand  intrigues- 
His  example  in  this  respect  is  one  ot 
inestimable  value  lo  younger  men  who 
are  entering  the  field  of  politics. — JY. 
Y.   Time*. 

The  most  dignified  and  illuatrous 
mmu  which  the  Senate  has  in  recent 
yearB  borne  upon  its  rolls  haB  disap- 
peared from  them  forever.  Charles 
Sumner  has  not  only  left  no  equal  in 
the  Capitol;  he  has  carried  away  with 
him  the  traditions  of  lhat  profound 
and  scholarly  statesmanship  which  the 
world    was    once    accustomed    to  uaso- 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:  MARCH  19,  1874 


He  hi 


ibri 


sun  malice  which  ho  relenlleBaly  pur- 
sued him,  of  a  single  ilisLonest  or  die 
honorable  act.  Hie  life  has  no  con- 
trasts, no  brusque  returns,  Hia  youtl: 
was  given  to  studious  work.  Whet 
he  enlisted  in  political  life  the  device  or 
his  shield  was  known  to  all  the  world. 
He  never  betray od  u  principle,  Oi 
avoided  the 
lion.—  N.  Y.  2Vi6i 


XTews  of  our  Work, 


Tbe 


was  held  !n  Andrew's  Hi*)!,  Howell,  on 
the  18th  and  10th  ult.  The  officers 
for  the  ensuing  year  are:  President, 
Francis  Monroe  (re-elected),  of  Howell ; 
Secretary,  J.  M.  Holden,  of  Brighton; 
Treasurer,  Hannibal  Lee.  of  Brighton; 
Corresponding  See';,  J.  H,  Wilcox,  of 
Howell;  Delegates  to  tbe  National  An- 
niversary Ht  Syracuse,  J.  H.  Wilcox, 
of  Howell  «■  d  H.  M.  Rorabacher.  of 
Hamburg.  Elder  D.  P.  Rathbun,  of 
Odessa,  N.  Y„  and  Rei\  John  Levi: 
present  and  add 


leting  on  audi  t 


Interesting  BtaltmentR  of  tbe 
early  Anti-masonic  history  of  the 
country  and  incidents  of  the  Morgan 
abduction  werii  given  by  Oisin  Cham- 
berlain and  Mr.  Ost render,  two  veterans 
uf  that  early  day.  A  chariicleristic  m- 
lempt  to  break  up  the  meeting 
was  undertaken  by  the  Masons 
but  failed.  While  Eld.  K.ihbun 
was  Bncabing  a  cry  of  "fire"  was. 
raised  both. within  aud  without  the  hall, 
which  being  immediately  over   the  eu- 

tbe  '"machine"  increased  tbe  alarm; 
the  audience  started  up  and  a  rush  was 
made  lor  tbe  door.  But  Mr.  Levington 
called  cut  to  slop,  as  it  was  a  Masonic 
ruse.  Quiet  was  soon  restored,  ihose 
who  reached  the  street  returning  when 
they  found  the  sole  cause  of  alarm  to 
be  a  bonfire  of  barrets  and  straw,  satu- 
rated with  kerosene. 

Among  the  resolutions  adopted  by 
the  convention  the  following  has  agood 
ring: 

Rei 

favor    of    oath  bound 
should  and  must  have  as  ec 
sible,  a  political  party  whos 

which  parly  and  its  Candida 

decidedly     and     radical  ly 

whicli  is  fur  from  being  tru1 

litical  parties  now  in  tbe    field,  both  oi 

which,  we  believe,  have    outlived  iheir 

usefulness,  being  very    far    gone    from 

•  irgiLml  righteousness." 

Hannibal  Lee  writenof  two  meetings 
following,  at  Hamburg  on  Feb.  23d  and 
24ib,  addressed  by  both  Ratbbun  and 
Levin  g  Ion. 


of  the   po 


Caeev.  Ohio.  March  9,  1874.    " 

Bbo.  Kbllooq:— The  debate  at  Van 
Buren,  Ohio,  came  off  as  per  agree- 
ment as  to  time  of  beginning.  We 
failed  to  have  a  definite  understanding 
before  band  as  to  the  lengtb  of  time  it 
should  continue,  and  therefore  bad 
considerable  of  discussion,  and  con- 
sumed inucb  of  the  first  evening  in 
arranging  the  preliminaries.  Our  op- 
ponents consisted  of  one  Royal  Arch 
Mason  and  two  Odd-fellows.  They 
were  unwilling  to  consent  to  more  tli  tn 
one  night's  discussion,  while  we  claim' il 
it  imposbibte  to  do  justice  to  the  subjo- 
in less  lime  than  a  week.  After  much 
twisting  and  turning  they  finally  agreed 
to  debate  tbe  question  each  half  an 
hour  that  night,  and  meet  uh  next 
evening,  each  ti>  occupy  one  hour,  we 
giving  tbem  one-third  more  limo  lhan 
ourselves. 

On  the  eecond  evening. 'when  the 
second  speaker  wos  about  half  through, 
the  alarm  of  fin-  wai  beard,  and  in- 
stantly the  audience  was  on  tbe  move 
in  mass  for  tbe  door.  The  fire  origi- 
nated in  Mr.  Stotl's  store,  and  after  an 
hour  and  a  half  hard  labor  the  fiio  was 
extinguished,  not,  however,  until  much 
damage  was  done  from  lire,  smoke  and 
water.  This  made  it  r.eceaaary  (to  ren- 
der satisfaction  lo  the  people)  thai  wc 
meet  again.  Accordingly  it  was  ngreed 
that  we  meet  again  i:exl  night,  which 
I  announced  lo  the  crowd  after  the  fire 
had  abated. 

Thursday  evening  the  bouse  was  well 
tilled,  though  the  roads  were  exceed- 
ingly muddy.  The  people  paid  inosi 
strict  attention,  and,  although  Van 
tfuron  ie  noted  for  its  secrecy,  including 
Masons,  Odd-fellowe.  Sons  of  Temper- 
ance and  also  the  grangers,  yet  1  am 
sure  that  our  cause  gained  a  prestige  it 
had  not  before,  and  many  who  could 
see  nothing  specially  wrong  in  secrecy 
now  look  upon  it  as  n  gigantic  evil. 

The  points  wo  sought  to  maintain  in 


the  discussion  were  mainly  that  secrecy 
was  anlt-Cbrietian,  anti -republics 
a  dangerouB  element  to  church  and 
state.  As  to  how  far  we  succeeded  ir 
establishing  the  above,  it  does  not  be 
hoove  us  to  state;  yet  the  audienc* 
received  it  with  an  avidity  that  indicated 
a  conviction  of  its  truthfulness  in  then 
estimation  at  least.  On  the  last  even- 
ing we  not  only  liad  good  and  respect- 
ful attention,  but  there  seemed  lo  be 
much  uf  a  solemn  and  devotional  feel- 
ing prevalent  among  the  people,  Whlli 
a  collection  was  being  taken  for  the 
sexton,  I  sang,  with  the  assistant 
few  others,  the  beautiful  song,  "Jesus 
loves  even  me;"  and  it  did  awem  tlia 
heavenly  atmosphere  filled  t 
.  Oar  opponents  planted  the i 
>  mainly  upon  Ihe  morality  and 
benevolence  (t)  of  eecret  institu 

S.  Foster. 

D.  S.  Caldwei 


Lldcr  Bainl  at  FairQcl.l,  Mich. 

Fairfieo,  Mich.,  March,    1874. 
D-'iir  Cynosure: — 
The  friends   of    our  cause  doubtl 
nuld  like  (o  bear  ot  the    progress 
the  good  work  in  this  part  of  the  fie 
lists     had   begi 
would  he  no   more  lectu 
ing  their  secret  works.     But 
er:ible  effort    we    succeeded 
tring  the  services   of  Eld.  J.  R. 
for  three    lectures    which    were 
a    fie  26th,  27lh  and  26th   ult. 
The  first  one  was    held  in    a    hall,  the 
others  in   the  M.  E.  church.     At  each 
e  the  bouse  was   crowded  to  its 
t  capacity  by  a  deeply  interested 
ice.     Eld.  B.    hews    to    the  line 
he  speaks,  nnd  from  the  way  the 
hands  went  up  it   is   quite    evident  he 
at  random.       As   is  usual 
plenty  of  Maeons    who  are 
aert  that  he  (Eld.  B.)  ia  no 
that    he    learned   what  he 
t   it  trom   tbe  books.     Bui 


ollege  c 


hen  be  offered  to  be   tested 


:  or  nine  Mason 
presence  of  e 


ia]     number    ■ 


ied.      After   he  closed  his    lectures 
'flit  to  Morenci,  a  thriving    vilUge 
it  ten  miles    distant,    md   delivered 
e  more   in   the   U.    B.  church,  by 
;ilion  of  citizens  of  that  place.    Here 
sained  lo  stir  the  depths  of  the  se- 
pi.ii'l.  j'joVi"g    fi-"iii  tbe  expression 
of  their    feelings    about    him   in    the 
street.     They  characterize  him  as  low, 
iu    his  descriptions  of  Freema- 
sonry.    But  Auti-miisonsthink  it  to  be 
the  fault  of  the  subji 
peaker,  for  no  man 
faithful  description  ( 
bringing  a  tingi 


glad  tba 
nous  struggles  with  the 
"  you  do  not  forget  the  leu 
i  have  aympaihiz^trs  in  your  great 
k  here ;  although  the  secret  societies 
quite  strong,  yet  there  is,  I  think, 
a  growing  sentiment  against  them.     A 

.■w  weekBBgo,  said  to  me 
yesterday,  "I'm  growing  more  and 
more  disgusted  with  these  societiei 
ivery  day."  At  a  recent  election  ir 
jne  of  our  literary  societies  the  mem- 
»era  of  the  two  secret  societies  formed 
)]>poiition  parties,  and  after  considera- 
te "  pulling  and  hauling,"  illegal  vot- 
og,  etc.,  succeeded  in  electing  a  can. 
lidate  not  desired  by  tbe  majority  o' 
,he  society.  An  anti  secret  parly  was 
in io  d lately  formed,  t lie  election  i.r-we<] 
null  and  void,  and  tbe  proper  man 
elected.  Thus  it  is  that  these  Greek 
fraternities  are  breaking  up  the  literarv 
colleges  throughout  the 
United  States,  but  especially  in  the 
and  our  college  papers,  with  their 
losed  to  these  facts,  are  wonder- 
hat  is  causing  tbe  decline  of  our 
o  flourishing  and  beneficial  litera- 
trying  to  account  for 


cl  rather  than  tb 
to   the    cheek  ( 


.odeaty.       The    Masons  have    rushed 


less 


d,bu 


r  papei 


i  d  in  give  both  eii 
a  eond  rliHiiee  for  a  tiiorooj/lj  icl- 
ltion  oi  the  subject. 
At  tbe  close  of  the  lectures  on  Satur- 
day afternoon  tlie  t  hawing  resolutions 
B  offered,  and  after  being  amended 
ewbal  were  adopted  by  a  rising 
;  full  three. fourth  8  of  tbe  large  au- 


co  rising 


)  their  feet  on  the  al 


This    emphatic    vole    expresses    tin. 

utiment  of  the    people   here   on  tht 

subject    better    than    any    words  I.  cur. 

Resolved,  Thai  tbe  lectures  by  Eld. 
J.  R,  Baird  lo  which  we  have    listenee 


it  demands  paramount  obedience 
Therefore  w"  believe  that  in  the  exei 
cieo  of -the  elective  Iraurbise.  rinferene 
should  he  given  to   the    candidate  wb 

i  not  trammeled  by  its  oaths  and  obli 

nitons,   and   should    be    voted    for  ii 

reference  to  one  who  is. 

i".  /iuaaioeil,  That  as  its  impious  oaths 
obligations   and     initialing 


'  the 


luty  to  give  aid  t 


fawitnui,  Thai   wr   lu-ivhy    I'-ode 
hearty  thanks  lo  the  Mctbudist  so 
ciety  of  this  place  fur  the  use    of  thei: 
house  of  worship  for  our  lectures. 

It  was  also  voted  to  offer  the  resolu- 
tions for  publication  in  the  varioui 
papers  in  the  county. 

As  the  Masons  complain  so  much 
about  Eld.  U's  manner  ot*  work  * 
lend  to  get  some  one  next  time  who  will 
let  the  daylight  into  the  concern  i 
polished  blade,  though  we  do  not 
they  will  bo  any  better  aulted  than  they 
are  now.      It  is  not  light  but   datki 


for  the  Cynosure,  1  like  it  better  a 
better.  It  comes  richly  freighted  w: 
the  good  tidings  of  our  work  and  with 


such  fidelity  to  Christ  and  faithful 
niony   against    the    works    of  darkness 
that  I  feel  it   ought   to   have  a  place 
tbe    household  of   every    lover  of  t 
truth.     Yours  in  the  cause. 

C.  Quick. 


Lecture  Notes. 


The  General  Agent  is  preparing  (o 
a  thorough  work  in  spring  and  BUm- 
mer.  Ho  will  probably  Boon  go  to 
New  York  to  prepare  for  the  Syracuse 
meeting. — The  sci/oud  quarterly  mee  • 
ingoftlie  North-east  Pennsylvania  Asso- 
ciation met  Feb.25lh  and  26th  j  an  iner- 
esting  report  will  appear  next  week. — 
Bro.T.  B.  McCormick,  of  Princeton, 
Iod.,  is  still  at  work  for  the  reform. 
He  recently  delivered  eight  lectures  in 
— — ity   and   has  started  a  lively 


A  Student  on  College  Societies. 

UNiv^reiTr  of  Chicago, 

March  10th,  1874. 

Editor  Cynosure: 

Dkar,  Sir: — Allow  me  toexpresB  the 
leaeure  I  take  in  reading  the  articles 
a  "Secret  Societies  in  Colli 
hicb  appear  iu  your  paper.  I  wish 
e  could  have  more  of  them.  They 
c  just  what  we  need  to  haveincreal- 


by   sbo 


oopty  s 


so,  iiiy  hall,  and  ;ill-ging  that  tbe  e 


m  is  tbe  e 


oduced 


Your  paper  should 

lading  room  of  every  college 

A  kind  friend   sends  it  to 

which    he   has   our    hearty 

AStiuiknt. 


Letters  on  Polities. 
York,  Pa.,  March  7,  1874. 


At  our  town  election  las 

month,  the 

l-publi'.an  candidate  furc 

uucilman  in 

the  fifth  ward   being  a  Pre 

imason,  tbe 

people   elected    a    Democr 

at,  who  was 

not  a  slave  In-louying  lo  thi 

*'  old  hacd- 

maid."     I   know  to  a  cert 

intythat  it 

was    Anti-masonio    votes    that  defeated 

hi-  Republican  candidate, 

while  he  got 

l  this  ward  l 


eleel 


iw,  if  half  a  dozen  vot.cn  svill  J"feal 
ason  in  the  fifth  ward  of  York,  il 
be  that  Pennsylvania  will  be  so 

ly  coiile;t"d  in  the  great  "i'-dimy. 
376  that  a  few  thousand  votes  cast 
uti-secret  m'-n  will  d<  eid<-  the  slni^- 
n  favor  o I  that  candidate  who  will 
,  favor  our  cause.  And  the  vote  of 
state  ;.-ii'-r.Llly  decides  who  is  to 
n  the  White  House.  So  it  seems 
e  a  matter  of  very  great  iuipurluno- 
our  slit"  filxjuld  bt-  nrg/ini!;'  d  ;ind 
ting  to  get  as  many  voters  as  possi- 
ble before  the  great  political  hatlleanre 
fought.      Delays  are   dangerous.     Now 


the  I 


Lett 


;rsof 


the  old  Keystone  State  fall  iuto  lino  at 
"All  hands  on  deck!"  should 
be  the  order  on  the  old  ship  of  the  line, 
Pennsylvania.  E.  J.  0. 


Falls.  N.  Y.,  whei 
York  State  Association  « 
Decombur. — Al  the  Broo 
nacle.  T.  D.  T«.m..g.-.  pmi 


letter. — Siuce  Mr.  Hammond  c 


menced  his  labors  in  St.  Louis  the  Bap- 
tist churches  of  that  city  have  bad 
large  accessions.  The  Second  CI 
has  baptized  fifty;  theThird.seven;  the 
Fourth,  sixty-seven;  Beaumont  Sireet, 
nineteen ;  Bernard  Street,  forty-six ; 
German  Church,  twenty-two. — A  re- 
markable movement,  headed  by  a  na- 
tive, says  the  Friend  of  India,  has  si  t 
in  among  tbe  people  of  Eastern  Ben- 
gal- Tbe  leader  has  a  number  of  fol 
lowers,  who  read  the  RcriptureB  and 
endeavor  to  live  after  tbe  example  of 
the  Apostles  and  early  Chris.ians.  They 
■getarians,  and  discard  the  use  of 


B0f  8 


weeks  lo  Dundee,  Sjdand. 
with  results  similar  to  what  was  expe- 
rienced in  Edinburg  and  Glasgow.  Mr. 
Moody   has  sent  twice  for   Prof.  Blifs, 

the  popular  Sunday-school  superiutend- 

Tbe  Old  Catholics    have  now  100  paro- 
chial churches  in  Germany  and  60,000 


jews  Miuiiuury. 

Cokorecb. — But  little  business  hat 
been  transacted  in  either  house  einct 
Wednesday  last,  the  nay  of  Sumner'i 
death,  Appropriate  committees  were 
appoimed  by  both  to  attend  the  funer 
al  anda  day  was  set   apart  by  the  Sen 

nil 

Tuesday, — Tbe  House  is  considering  ; 
bill  lo  abolish  private  livery  stables  suji 
ported  by  the  departments.- — Tin 
court   of  inquiry  into    Gen.   Howard1. 

Sec'y  of  War  is  reported  to  have  de 
clared  Howard's  innocer.ee. 

Citv.  The  temperance  'fforts  which 
have  oecuoied  the  public 


ipreading.     The 


I  their 


of  Cincinnati 
work  on   Thursday 


great  ly 

New  York,  temperance  meetings  are 
L-rowing  larger  and  more  frequent.  In 
Xenia,  0.,  the  grand  jury  has  found 
nearly  400  indictments  against  liquor 
sellers.  Toe  greatest  opposition  yet 
l  Daytt 


jury  in  the  libel  suit  against  Mrs.Wood- 
and  her  BiBter  returned  a  verdict 
t  guilty.  Judge  Sutherland  de- 
clared it  as  "mo-it   outrageous." — The 


carried    New  Hamshire    in 
;  R-ligious  Amend- 


editor  of  the  R-ligious  Tt 
presided.  Dayton  is  jusi  now  absorbed 
n  the  temperance  relorm'with  a  prob- 
ability of  a  long  and  severe  battle  with 
which  is  here  strongly  en 
This  prevented  so  full  a 
had  been  expected,  otber- 
sucoessful, — Monday  wae  a 
day  of  general  mourning  in  Boston  at 
tbe  funenl  of  Charles  6umner.  Stores, 
banks  and  schools  were  closed  and  tbe 
munily  joined  in  the  last  trib 


garded.     The  body  laid  in  Doric  Hall 

/er  S.ibbith  and  the  funeral  aeni:et 
ere  held  in  the  old  Kind's  Ob  ape] 
and  the  remains  of  the   great   Senatin 


,  urg- 


preached  against  the    Prote 
ng  their  extermination,     A    mob 
formed  and  went    lo  the  house  of  Mr. 

can  Board.  The  mob  broke  in, 
Mr.  Stevenp.smashed  his  head  toa 
jslly  and  hacked  bis  body  lo  pieces. 
After  much  delay  the  mob  was  quelled 
tud  a  government  detachment  tent  to 
.he  place,— The  Pope  baa  written  lo 
.be  Emperor  of  Austria  and  the  Cath- 
olic   Bishops    of    that    country   urging 


»ly 


:;:"^r- 


ANTIMASONIC  TRACTS. 


A  Tract  Fund  fir  the  hi  Distribution  of  Tracts. 


"The  Antimasons  Scrap  Book," 

,ddre»i  BsmT.'"0oo"  s"uo.!™"' 

HISTORy'oF  MASONRY. 


MASOXTXG    MT7RDSR. 

SECRETS' OP  MASONRY. 

BY   ELI  TAI'LEV 


GREAT!  GREAT  GRAND!! 

By    PHXLO   CARPENTER. 

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Extracts  Prom  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  as 
Sworn  to  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Rhode  Island 

is„?'„s,'.  as  ;.a.a  c,s  iu  t,'.  is  »^s,r„'i- 

Hon.  John  Quincy  Adams'  Letter. 

CIVlDg  Blj  and  Uls  Father's  Oulnlon  ol  Frecmaaonry  (I831.)| 

Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

(ilylns  lllallpi,,,.,.,  ..I  IT, ,:,s.„ry  (1832). 

Satan's  Cable  To-wr. 


Frooaaasoary  la.  th.©  Chiireh. 


Address  of  Niip  C:d;  biaia,  hn  hi 
Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry. 

ie,  njmiieIIKii  on  masonry 

HOWARD  CROSBY.  D.  D. 

GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY. 


MASON£OATKJ[ULL^VqiD. 


BRICKS  FOR .MASONSJO  LAY. 


Si:  Reasons  why  &  Christian  should  not  lit  a  frsomastn 


ENOCH     EONETWEIL'S    TRACT 


TERMS  PORTHE  CYNOSURE. 


Descriptive  Catalogue 
PUBLICATIONS 

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13  Wabash  Ave. 

CHICAGO 

GEN'L  PHELPS' 


NEW   BOOK 


ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES! 


Every  Citizen  of  Amerl 


Who  Murdered  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan? 

Abduction  and  Murder 

Capt.  William  Morgan, 

Thia  ie  a  Book  of  Thrilliug  Interest,  and 
*howB  clearly  that 

Wo.  Morgan  wis  Murdered  by  kmm 

IN  OBEDIENCE  TO  MASONIC  LiWS 


FREEMASONRY*  EXPOSED, 

by  CAP'T.  WILLIAM  MORGAN. 


THE  BROKEN  SEAX. 

By  SAMUEL   D.  GREENE, 


OPINIONS  OF  THE  I 


History  of  The  Abduction  and  Mnrdor  of 
Cap't.  Wm.  Morgan, 


Valance's  Confession  of  The  Murder  of 
Capt.  Weei.  Morgan. 


NARRATIVESIAND  ARGUMENTS. 

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The  Antima8on's  Scrap  BooX 
21  CYNOSURE  TRACTS. 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE:      ""ARCH  19,  1874 


Tin-   Miirnl  Warfare. 


linking  the  Lord  would  think  it. 
Would  I  thank  you  if  yon  aaid,  Nancy, 
I'll  give  yon  tbc-  house  over  yonder — 
1  know  It  belongs  to  Captain 
Nash?  No.  no,  give  God  what  belongs 
i,  your  own  poor,  broken,  sinful 
heart.,  mid  he'll  make  it  clean,  eeo  if  he 
He'll  comfort  you  so  that  you'll 
i  all  her  dear  life  you  never  had 
such  comfort.  Oh,  my  dear  man, 
nourn  before  God  with  thin  sorrow, 
ind  you'll  blesa  the  day  my  •Muter 
ver  sent  his  poor  old    servant  to  say  a 


.i  ol  Lie 


The 


l'h 


mingled 


Then  i 


ritbc 


gether,  young    mother   and   new  born 
babe. 

Most  lovely  was  the  face  which  death 
had  altered  so  little.  The  stately  par 
lore  draped  in  bbick,  the beautiful  things 
nhe  bad  so  delighted  in,  gleam* of 
ble,  glimpses  of  rare  color  and  esq 
drapery    leni    a    strange    and    so 


>the 


Whi 


trneatly     Nancy 
looked   on    the    two  pure  faces.     Hi 

lips    trembled;   eyes    gliatened.    but 

"After  all,  Qod  knew  best;  he  haa'i 
parted  them,"  she  said  softly. 

Nancy  White  waa  known  all  oTi 
town  foi  an  honest,  blunt,  auit  (find! 
creature.  She  told  homely  truths  ov< 
the  washtub  that  many  a  lady  woul 
never  have  born  frome  an  ordinary  a 

She,  too,  stood  at  the  grave  in  her 
•cant  brown  gown  and  the  sombre  pliid 
ribbon  over  her  bonnet  Her  heart  bled 
for  the  suffering  husband,  and  when 
she  saw  him  standing  there,  white  and 
rigid  aa  the  marble  aha-fta  ou  either 
side,  she  whispered. 

"Poor  body'  there's  a  cloud  between 
him  and  the  Master." 

This  thought  haunted  her,  and  the 
oext  day  old  Nancy  toiled  up  the  steep 
hill    again,   towards     tht 


pr'>miM>     was   vermeil — at 
the  grave  of  his  wife,  or  surrounded  by 

>re  she  died: 

Blessed   are    they    that   mourn  for 
they  shall  be  comforted." 

Nancy,    she    watched  him  on 
Sabbaths  from   her  seat   in  the  corner, 

:h-door.  and  il  waa  all  the   reward 


Oyster   Christianity. 

Why  you  don't  think,  Deacon,  that 
t'j,  wicked  to  sell  oysters  and  give  the 
profits  to  the    church, do  you!"  said  I. 

"Not  at  all,"  he  replied;  "but  my 
point  is  this:  individual  Christiana  may 
io  many  things  which  are  beneath  the 
iignity  and  honor  of  the  church  (is  an 
organisation.  There  13  unquestionably 
a  wide  difference  between  the  rights 
and  duties  of  the  organized  ohurch  and 
those  of  theiudividual  members  thereof. 

Individual  Christiana  ought  to  make 
money,  all  the  money  ihey  can  honest- 
ly, and  give  much  of  it  to  the  church ; 
but  Christ's  kingdom 

money,  nor  any  right  to  go  into  trade 
and  commerce  and  put  itself  in  compe- 
tition with  the  world  as  a  rival  for  prof- 
its and  gains.  And  if  it  has  no  right 
to  do  it  all  the  yea 


bom  we  will  call    Lot 

laying   in    the    dining-room   one    day 

hen  his  father  called  out  to  him: 

"Lolbrop,  huve  you  carried  my    rnu- 

lege  bottle  into  the    nursery?     bring 

to  me."     "Yea.  pupa."  said  Lubrop, 

nd  off  he  started  for  the  nursery.  Just 

then   Mary,    the   nurse,    came  into  the 

dining-room  with   the    baby,   who  was 

lie  down  on  the  floor   and    take  her 

breakfast  out  of  the  bottle. 

Lothrop,"  said  Mary,"  run  ami  yet 
the  pillow  out  of  the  nursery  closet 
— that's  it  good  boy." 

*,"  said  Lothrop,  who  bad  a  very 
obliging  disposition,  and  was  alwajf* 
dy  to  help  anybody, 
■o  he  went  into  the  nursery,  got  the 
silage  b.'ttle  from  uffhin  desk  in  the 
ner,  and  then  went  to  the  closet  for 
the  pillow.  It  was  up  on  a  shelf.  He 
ized  it  and  pulled  it  down,  and  with 
down  came  a  beautiful  Japanese  box 
buying  to  his.  mother,  full  of  some 
her  odds  and  ends.  The  box  was 
broken  into  four  parts  by  the  fall,  and 


.gut  1< 


oaths. 


•'Tell  him  a  poor,  mea 
come    to  give   him  comfoi 
"tell   him    I    have  brougl 
from  the  Lord  of  Glory." 
fntly  Ni 


Nancy  had  often  comforted  his  pretty 
wife  before  her  trial — he  knew  that; 
and  so  while  all  bis  intimate  fr 
might  have  been  refused  ludieii..- 
poor,  homely,  blunt  creature  wa: 
milled. 

It  was  the  room  where  the  beautiful 
young  wife  had  been  wont  to  sit,  and  hi 

of  her  busy,  happy  presence,  and  sa 
there  with  bowed  head  and  'sobbing 
breath.  Nancy  came  quietly  in  and 
stood  beside  him,  her  faded  lock?  comb 
ed  back  from  her  hollow  cheeks,  her 
seamed    face     lighted   with    unearthly 


once  in    ten  years.     Christ's  kingdon 
is  not  of  this  world,  and   if   his  pcopl 

more  generous  in  giving,   the  appareu 

necessity    of  putting  his  church  in  tbi 
false  and  dangerous  attitude  would  no 

And  the  whole  thing  grows  out  o 
an  erroneous  view  of  Chrisiian  bentfi- 
cence.  Why  does  God  call  upon  ua  tc 
do  and  give  to  the  support  of  his  king' 
domf  Is  it  because  his  resources  ar< 
exhausted  and  he  needs  our  help?  Cer- 
tainly not.  It  is  to  our  honor  and  lor 
our  good.  We  need  to  give  our  money 
far  more  than  he  needs  to  have  it.  And 
all  this  sugar-couling  of  duly,  this  brib 
ing  ub  to  beneficence  with  a  stick  of 
candy  and  a  piece  of  cake,  not  only 
implies  a  sinful  reluctance  and  stingi 
ness  of  which  we  should  speedily  repent. 
but  is  destructive  of  a  precious  meant 
of  grace,  and  is  in  the  very  face  of  God't 


islful  t 


■  thoi 


tGivi 


npted 


eolei 


"The  Lord  comfort  ye!" 

the  choked  response. 

Nancy  looked  at  him  pitifully,  hei 
heavy  hands  working  one  over  tht 
other,  and  at  last  she  said,  as  if  solilo 
qui  zing 


He^ 


"Myr, 


a  good  husband  to  me,  and  he 
went  out  full  of  health  am*  strength, 
and  was  brought  home  to  ma  that 
loved  him  so,  dead.  Within  the  month 
my  two  children  died,  and  I  was  left 
alone  with  a  blind  mother   to   support, 

have  seen  poverty  in  sickness,  but 
found  God'n  Word  true  through  it  all.  1 
igged    it   to    my    heart,    and  it  grew 


.nd  bai 


and  so  it  will  to  you,  poor  man,  if  you 
will  look  to  the  Master." 

"It's  dork,  Nancy,  (.11  dura;  1  have 
buried  my  happiness," 

■'Bl-ssed  are  they  thai  mourn,  for 
they  shalt  be   eomforied,"  said    Nancy 

He  looked  up  at  her.  There  Btae 
stood,  rugged,  homely  and  humble,  and 
il  seemed  to  strike  him  all  at  once  that 
her  visit  was  entirely   uns.-ltish.  so  that 


rued  l 


■ards  he 


"Thai 


e,    sir,"   she  added. 
•'Yes,  Namy— that's  a  promise,"  be 
quietly  responded. 

''From  One  who  neve,  broke  lilt 
WOrd,  sir.  He  has  taken  the  iwo  sweet 
angels  to  himself,  lo  save  your  soul, 
sir.  You  were  rich  and  easy,  and  pros- 
perous,  and,  may  be,  forget  tine  him.' 

'■Nancy,  I  would  give  nil  the  world 
if  1  could  le.-l  a  Christian's  comfort," 
he  (aid  sadly. 

*  And  that'e  ft  brave  speech,  ti 
give  what  iso't  your  own — a  pretty  gift 


with  fun  and  frolic  and  feasting   befor 

we  will  do  what  ought 

privilege    and    great    delight?       And 

more,  the  influence  on 

ceptive    and    ensnaring,    making  them 

believe   that   this   is  beneficence 

serving    God,    when    really  they 

having  a  good  time  aud  serving  tl 

Hut  you  have  often   lold  me  that  by 
this   means    we  get  money    from 
sillers,  which  we  very   much  need, 
which  can  be  obtained  in  no  other 
Now  what  a   humiliating    c.>nfc„si, 
feebleness  and  greed  is  thttl     We 
beg  from  ihe  world,   and  that    lo 
doubtful      devices     to      support     the 
church  of  Chribtl    la  not  this  bartering 
the  other  kingdim  lo  mock  our    Was 
and    i!i'»pisr    u-=    fo;     our  niq'.firdlin 
toward    our    Saviour    who   bought 
with  his  blood? 

This  talk  about  developing  the  sot 
element  of  the  church,  and  interesting 
the  outside  world  by  getting  it  lo  give 
lOme  thing  lu  the  cause  of  Chrisi 
terly  insincere.  Tlte  avarice  of  the  old 
and  the  worldly  gayety  of  the  young  li 
the  bottom,  and  are  the  procuring 
ee  of  every  festival  in  ihe  church." 
—  Herald  and  PrtsbyUr. 

Peaoe. — Remain  in  peace;  the  fer- 
vor of  devotion  does  not  depend  upon 
yourself;  all  thai  lies  in  your  power  id 
Ihe  direction  of  your  will.  Give  that 
up  to  God  without  reservation.  The 
important  question  is  not  how  much 
you  enjoy  religion,  but  whether  you 
will  whatever  God  wills.  Humbly  con- 
fess your  faults;  be  detached  from  the 
world,  and  abandoned  lo  God;  love 
him  more  than  yourself,  and  his  glory 
more  than  your  life;  the  least  you  can 
...i  is  lo  dei  ire  and  ask  lor  such  a  love. 

God  will  i hi-ii  love  yu  and  put  his 
peacu  i"  your  heart. — Feneion. 


Children's  Comer. 


ly  and  boldly,  and  atone  for  it  in  the 
speediest  and  best  possible  manner. 

ihat  1  saw  my  neighbor 
robbing  my  wood-pile,  when  in  truth  I 
d  not  see  bun  doing  it,  this,  ifavol- 
ntsry  or  extra-judical  affidavit,  i3  a 
oral  purjury,  as  well  as  a  false  and 
ialiciou>:  libel;  but  if  I  give  such  false 
stimony  in  a  court  of  justice,  in  con- 
formity to  a  legal  judicial  aummons,  it 
both  legal  and  moral  purjury. 
Promissory  oaths,  administered  or 
taken  extra -judicially,  are  not  legal 
If  they    confirm  any  prc- 


b  spill 


ike    matters    w 

LlJlbi-Oj.i     I'HlflJ     l-lliil-    ill     !|H    ■  ■fl'iH'tS     II 

over  the  accident  that  had  folio 

mucilage  bottle  in  his  Ki  hand  had 
a  tip-over  too,  and  I  hat  a  good  part, 
of  the  mucilage  had  poured 
er  the  things  on  the  door. 
What  shall  I  do?  he  thougl 


self.      In 


:he 


his  father,  crying,    l,Pi 

pa,    papa 

I've 

pulled  mama's  nice  box 

off  the 

hell, 

and  it's  all  broken  to   pi 

"Have  you  P  said  hie 

t  itlier  iju 

etly. 

'I'm  sorry  for   that,    but   you    w 

ere  a 

good  boy  to  come  and 

ell   me   o 

'  it.' 

And   with  that  he  l< 

and 

went  on  with  bis  work. 

Lothrop  was  afraid  t< 

tell  his 

tell  the  whole  story,  but  that  required 
more  courage  than  he  could  mast' 
Lothrop  then  at  his  father's  ei 


about 

the  box.     But  n 

t  till   she  came 

down 

c.id  she  discover 

the    spilling  ol 

he  n 

ucilage,  and    by 

tnat    time  the 

substance   had    soaked    into   the 

,  aud  into  the  co 

tentrf  of  the  box 

whicl 

lay  scattered  ah 

ut  over  it,  rrmk- 

nf  a 

great   deal  of  trouble,   much  ol 

whic! 

might  have  bee 

saved    if  Lolh- 

rop  had  bad  courage  t 

tell  tne  whole 

of  tht 

truth  at  the  ou 

by  so 

doing  he  would 

lave  saved  him- 

sell  n 

talitlleofauuuc 

omfortable  feel- 

nga 

the  thoughi   that  he    had  done 

but  a 

part   of   the    duty  of  confession, 

while 

his   father    had 

praised    him  for 

doing 

it  all. 

So 

you  see-  bow  nee 

asary  it  is  for  a 

bebr 

r  girl  who  means 
»ve. — Congregati 

to  do    right    to 

wdtei. 

■  I, ill le   Uiii't. 


-1th 


it  besl  not  to  dispute  when 
probability  of  convincing, 
few  promise.;. 

Always  ppeak  the  tiuih. 

Drink  no   kind  of  iuioxice.ting    nq. 


— M 


auy  c 


a  up  to  you 


— Never  play 

—Never  borrow  if  you    can   pc 

—  ivoid  lemptalion,  through 
you  may  uot  be  able  to  withstam 

— If  any  one  Bpeak  evil  of  yo 
your  life  be  such  that  no  one  wi 
lieve  him. 

— And  as  ye  would  that  men  should 
do  to    you,    do   ye    also    to   them 
mw.—Sel. 


huloiuoii  South wfett  on  Perjury. 

Still  the  question  occurs,  are  not  th< 

oath«wchave  taken  tosupport.lbrougl 

corruption,    through    bloot 

and  slaughter,  binding  upon  us,  and  It 

not   moral  purjury.  at    least,  to    vio 

letheml 

1  boldly  answer  NOjthey  are  not  bind, 
ing,  and  instead  of  being  moral  purju 
.  it  is  a  religiouH.  a  civic  and  a  moinl 
,ly  Lo  violate  them;  a  duty  which 
i  are  solemnly  bound  lo  perform  as 
iristians,    as  faithful    citizens  and    as 

ihViW  ptijuft/  eoiiKimn  in  wilfully 
earing  fdnely  and  enli;i -judicially, 
the  existence,  eilllor  past  or  present 
some  factor  facts,  which  did    nol   or 


rof  f 


of  at 

do  . 

lanner,  to  perfoim  mhvk:  region  able, 
ghtnnil  lawful  promise;  but  it  dues 
ol  consist  in  the  breach  of  a  bad  or 
wicked  promise,  or  an  unlawful  en- 
gagement, A  weak  mind,  it  is  true, 
may  be  deluded  by    the    vulgar  max 


The  first  duly  of  all  i 

iuly,   after  having   eithe 


lulij    L 


lenliy 


milled  i 


unt.'.ry  affidavits  or  made  subservient  to 
weak  oi  wicked  engagements, 
tonal  being  will  dare  to  say 
1    not    profaned   in    the   moil 

If  il  does  not  profane  the  name  of  God 
invoke  it  to  keep  one  brother  steadfast 
the  concealment  of  another's    crimes 

then  there  is  no  possibility  of  profaning 
offending  the  maj  isty  of 
that  pure,  holy  ami  spotless  being- 
byword,  and 
throw  off  at  once  all  reverence,  all  alle- 
giance,   all    obedience    to    its    divine 

not  only  do  take  the   name  of  the 
Lord  our  Godiu  vaiu,  when  we  invoke 


individuals 

moral  perjury  to  violate  them 
the  contrary,  ihey  iufringi 
upou  obligatious  due   to   God,    lo   ou: 

r  to  individuals,  then  so  fa: 
from  being  moral  purjury,    their  viola 

I  swear   rashly    (o  slay    the    first 
>n  1  meet,  Ibis  h  a  piomiaoiy  oaili 
ariance  with  the  law  of   God 
iad  of  abiding 


lound  o 


iolale 


it  is  for  God's  glory    and   my   owi 
salvation.     So  when  I  Bwear,    that  if  1 

such  B  crime  as  murder  or    treasoi 
committed  by  another  per£on,or such  oth 

lerson    confesses  to  me  that  he    ha 

milled  such  i  crime,  I  will  conceal 
fact,  aud  shield  the  criminal,  I 
equally  guilty  of  dishonoring  God  and 
violating  hitt  law,  as  well  as  that  of  my 
country;  and  equally  bound  to  retract 
the  oath  and  expose  the  criminal. 

It  is  granted  by  the  first  of  moralists 
and  civilians,  that  if  I  promise  a  high- 
way-man who  has  robbed    me    of   my 
purse,  lhat  I  will  not  expose  him  as  to 
the  robbery,  provided  he  will  spare  my 
life     and    seal    such     promise   by 
oath,    I  am  nevertheless   absolved  ft 
this   unlawful   promise  by    my  previ 
civil  obligations;  and  it  is  my  duty 
take  every  step  in  my    power    without 
delay,  to  have  the  criminal  secured  ai 
brought  to   justice.      Aud  this    upon 
two-fold  principle,    that    the    promii 
was  not  only  unlawful,  but  extorted  by 
duress  or  force.     The  robbery    w 

only    could   either  puuihh   or   pa: 
And   here  I  may,     with   propriety. 


whod 


uth,  tu  determine    the    difference  be 

and  th;ituuder  which  lib.  unlawful  urn.' 
blasphemous  Uusonio  obligations  have 
been  taken.  But  without  adverttug 
to  the  criminal  nature  ol  Masonic 
they  are,  at  best,  of  uo  more  binding 
force  than  other  oaths  u(  allegiance 
and  yet  wo  have  seen  these  violatec 
in  all  ages  with  impunity.  Nor  havt 
ihe  violators  been  Morgan/zed;  but  or 
the  contrary  have  been  revered  if  no 
idolized  as  heioes,  sages  and  patriots. 
How  often  did  Walking tm,  and  per- 
haps every  member  of  the  Cougress  o: 
'70,  swear  to  support  ihe  British  Con 
stilulion,  nobility,  hierarchy,  monarch} 
and  all  I  And  did  they  hesitate  lo  vio 
late  that  oath  when  paramount  and 
more  sacred ob'iga'iuiiv,  is  they  thought, 
railed  upou  them  to  absolve  them' 
seivte  from  their  allegiance  to  George 
the  3d?  Again,  did  not  those  whe 
swore  lo  support  the  old  confederation 
absolve  themselves  from  that  oath,  and 
establish  our  present  federal  cor 
lion  i  Ami  did  not  those  who  often 
ewora  to  uphold  "the  old  constimt 
ly    dispenso 


pport  ihe  present  constitution  f  Tin- 
:i  i--,  '.bat  all  pr>mii;«ory  oaths,  of  II 
class  or  dinctiption,  of  which  we  a 
tow  speaking,  are  taken  with  a  vie 
■  f  future  improv.  meal  aa  well  as  pre 
ni  necessity  or  expediency.  The  6 
Ionian  maxim,  that  the  safety  of  tt 
people  ia  the  supreme    law    governs  on 


t  tin 


lof 


■■raiizm^  on    ihia    subject.      There 
positive     problbiMon     of    M.tMjine 
oaths  In  lhat  law,  which  is  the  supreme 
mnnilable  law   of   tho    universe, 
the  ■  tcrnal  and  unchnugable  God 
lecrecd  it,      Thou  shall  nol    fays 
aw,    'lid-e  the  name  of   the  Lord 
thy  Gudin  vain:  for  the  Lord  will  not 
hold    him   guiltless,     that    laketh   his 
,mc  in  vain,"     Deut,  v.  it. 
If  we  admit  lhat  in  judicial  oaths  (he 
me  ol  God  be  not   taken   in  vain,    a 
doubtful  case,  by  the  by.  in   the  minds 
if  many  Christians,  Bllll  we  cannot  nd- 
nit  lhat   this   holy    name   is  not  pro- 
faned whenever  it  is  banded  about  invol- 


Christina  St;ite-i 
Melh,>di-t  Fr* 
U-.hk-ii  U'li-e 


Free  1'ie* 
Tne  Ci.rfstian  (monthly  t 


VminL  l--olkn'Kun1lum.ntl,  ,  niM.tn,, 

Science  ■■]"  ll.nl'h    . 

.Nation  .1  .Weill'    p.     i',      I'.       .1    ,.r 

Bee-Kcerer'OfiL:  ,■    ■■ 

""llile    iliu.lier 

Chromo  with  either  -if  lust  three  -Itli 

Wood's    llu  vm  hold    MuirilKiOO  With 
Eune,!    fliri  -ti  in  .    . 


Of    i 


Mai 


i  obtig 


hl.i-piume  it  in  the  mes 
ler.and  the  sooner,  brelh 

juI  stain  of  that  blasphemy  by  ag 
nowledgiug  our  guilt  and  implorim 
he  divine  forgiveness  of  it,  the  aoonei 
hall  we  enjoy  that  peace  of  minx 
finch  the  wc 


givi 


If  Iheu  our  Ma>onic  oaths  be  tested 
y  these  just  and  rational,  moral  views 
nd  principles,  we  shall  find  them  not 
nerely  voidable,  but  absolutely  void 
from  the  beginning.  And  if  the  first 
of  moral  philosophers  have  decided  that 


ladei 


of  t 


hum 


nugatory;  how  much  more  so  ar< 
they  when  taken  In  defiance  of  that  Su- 
preme Law  of  ihe  Universe,  which  tht 
Almighty  pronounces  in  the  voice  o 
his  thunder  aud  sent  forth  on  tha  wingt 
of  hia    lightning,   from    ihe  pinnacle  o 


OUH  MAIL. 

A.  F.  Dempsey,  Blodget  51111s,  N.  Y. 

"As  the  ciiuhu  of  the   Qynomre    Is   my 


P.    M.    Daugberty,   Waitaburg,    Wu 
igton  Territory,  writes: 

"1    -rise  'he    ;>■!!■,■.    1,^1,1; 


;,;■:.,:;'. 


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Freemasonry  ought  n 


Chiuvh     ui     any     other 


ADVERSE  TO  CHRISTIANITY, 
A  Seceding  Mason  of  21  degrees. 


"™SX2: 


We  liavi.'  ijuili:  .i  rofneriaule  Iht  r,t  6'y- 
nosurs  readers  iu  Seattle,  Wmhinyloit  T*rri- 
lory,  and  quote  the  following  from  one  of 

renewed  eflorcs  in   spreading   the   princi- 


[n  one  word,  tho  territory  of  Wnshiii 

.  Daiitieli.  writes  "Prom  Lho  hig 
Is  of  Columbia,"  Qolden.Colorodo:- 

n->tbe  wiihoutyour  papur.  because 

ng-holds,  uot  only  secrecy  hui  it,  _,  i 
lizera.  Ills  till  right  on  the tonpt 
i!  question,    anil  surely    wu  ivuud  ,i 


Lig'ht  qel  Freemasonry, 

BY  ELDEK  1>.  BERNARD, 


:  Rulei 


1  identified  In  our  Con! 

i.    True,  ihere  isaniigl 
j  bultlc  army  to  carry  01 


i-  OiJ-fJiar*    i 
..'mns..:'^ 


l.'JJf.i,   iiml    1   - 
will,  Hi,,    M. 


John  Qmul,  Jr.,  nnd 


LLTIMt    U3T.- 


Cook.  Wm  Clark,  G  F  Cowan,  C 
Clingmfln.  D  ChIIow,  Mtry  Denniy,  S 
W  D.ckerson,  SD  Daily,  Geo  Deitrich 
C  Dunhum,  J  M  Donaldson,  H  S  Elliot 
K  0  Eetea,  S.iuil  Elder,  H-nry  Fry 
ThoaTolger,  Wm  Fulton,  J  F  Gibson. 
John  Gaylord  H  George,  Uotea  Gallup. 
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'rico,  A  Robiu.on,  Rev  C  ReUh8,  J  D 
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Richirdson's  Visitor  of  f  rtinury, 


mm'  tmwi  mm, 


Anti-Masonic  Ohr:atian  Hsrald. 


Ullp  «  MiHUt  uv. 

Duncan's  Vasomc  Eitul  aid  Voaitor, 
Oliver's  History  of  Initiation. 


"Writing  to  Papa." 


LITTLE   CORPORAL. 
FOLKS,  and  OLD   FOLK 

JOHN  E.  MILLER, 


■   LITTLE  FOLKS,  YOUNG 

i  Randolph  St.,  Chicago,  III. 


TheChristian  Cynosure. 


cUO..  PUBLlSHSKS.  CHICAGO.  IU, 


'In  Secret  Have  I  Said  Nothing 


WEEKLY,  S2.Q0  A  YEAR. 


VOL.  Ill  .  NO.  iJ4. 


CHICAGO,   THURSDAY.    MARCH  26,  1874. 


WHOLE  NO-   128. 


The  Christian  Cvnosure. 

So.  13  Wabash  Avenue,  Chicago. 


do  SOMETHING! 


1  gltidlj-    tfivo   >rtl  < 


Whi-i  the  guiding,  glorious  cloud 
which  directed  the  Ifirttelites  in  their 
wilderness  journey,  indicated  a  for- 
ward march,  the  whole  congregation 
journeyed,  and  because  of  this  they 
finally  reached  the  lind  of  Canaan.  If 
Mosee,  Aaron  and  Ihe  eiders  only  hud 
moved  forward,  the  correlation  not 
co-operating  and  moving  with  thein 
inusl  have  perished  in  the    wilderness. 

As  we  understand  judications,  the 
cloud  is  rising  and  we  are  preparing  to 
move  with  it  by  eulargiug  the  Ggtw 
sure.  Are  all  who  have  endorsed  this 
reform,  who  have  supported  the 
weekly  repreeenta',ive    of  the  National 


Chri 


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It   you    know    any    hooest,  sensible 


1L  It  LOLLtliLN   ON  Si-:titi:r  SOi'lE-    hardly  ! 


Chriat'nn  Aiwdutiun  : 

I  have  long   regarded  i 
i  laves  as    unnecessary    t 

bubo,  aud  dangerouB   frc 
eponsibility. 

Especially  do  I  think   that    Freen 
*  >nrv,     from    its    nature,     record  a 

r  v  d'-nce,  is  an  enemy  to  the  politi 
I    ril)  and  aoclsl  moralily  of  our  cot 

ry.  E.  K.  Hill,  Pres't. 


lb.  ir  irr 


sable  than  ihe  infamous 
as  inflicted  upon  him  by 
e  slave-power,  and  then  hardly  seeks 
undo  the  wrong — to  make    amends 

l)i  suiT-ring.  opposition    and    the  la- 
irs of  long  years,  iie  expires  1 
Such  is  the    character  of    Masonry. 
Such  is  the  reward    that  Masonry,  in 
the  guise  of  the  pompous  Grand  Army 
of  the    Republic,    bestow*   upon    illus- 


Tho  Late  Charles  Sumner. 

The  recent  death  of  this  most  dis- 
tinguished of  all  the  Senators  or  States- 
men of  the  United  States,  naturally 
brings  into  relief  some  of  the  more 
prominent  points  in  his  long  and  use- 
ful senatorial  career.  One  of  these 
points,  to  which  we  should  more  par- 
ticularly allude,  was  the  opposing 
stiod  which  he  took,  ai  one  of  the  last 
acta  of  bis  life,  against  the  aims  and 
tendencies  of  a  great  secret  society. 
The  cireumBtancts  were  these:  In  the 
f  .11  of  1872  the  Senator  visited  Europe 
in  March  of  relief  from  arduous  duties, 
lrom  the  opposition  of  friends,  and 
t'r.iin  the  pursuit  of  the  maladies  that 
(ml  haunted  him  over  since  the  birbar- 
...iis  assault  that  hid  been  made  upon 
his    pereon    at    the    instigation    of   the 


.untry 


i  for  the     opening  of 


ngll 


'■d,- 


shall  : 


.  be 


r(f> 


youra!  ii) 


m  the  army  register,  or  placed  on  the 
regimental  colors  of  the  United  States. ' 
The  propriety  of  this  measure  on  the 
grounds  of  policy,  philosophy,  frater- 
nity, and  Christianity,  is  so  evident, 
that  the  odIv  wonder  is  that  it 
could  meet  with  any  opposition  in  a 
Christian  country;  but  it  aliould  be 
remembered  that  we  are  in  a  Masonic 
country  rather  than  in  a  Christian 
one;  that  we  are  already  overshad- 
owed with  the  doublsfaoednesB  of  Jes 
uitisro,  and  that  though  Masonry 
boasts  a  great  deal  of  humanity,  fra- 
ternity, and  of  being  better  than 
Christianity,  yet  its  pbariaaical  course 
of  action  is  right  the  reverse  of  these. 
Accordingly,    the    (J rand  Army    of 

lion   offered    by    the    illuslrioi 


*rade  the  loyal  soldiers  ot  the 
nation  and  their  grand  icliievenv.'nls. 
is  resolution  of  censure,  however  ii 
ijibly  puerile  and  unslatfsmatilit-e 
y  Beem,  was  absolutely  adopted  1 
the  Legislature  of  a  stale  which  pass' 
tbe  republican  exemplar  of  the 


Do  not  be  discouraged  il  you  do  not 
ntfint  meet  with  success.  Ask  why 
is  iit — and  when  that  question  is  satis- 
factorily answered,  go  patiently  and 
resolutely  lu  work  to  remove  the  ob- 
stacles which  hinder  you. 

When  the  first  No.  of  the   enlarged 

the   go,  d   cautc    by    getting  a  friendly 
notice  oi  the  pap.  i  and  iisenlargen 
inserted  in  one   »  more  newspapei 


subscrib'-rs  fur  three    months,  and    for 

twenty  live  ,,-:  o.i  ■    fur  that    length 

We  hope.  Hint  ii,  this  way  many  of 
our  subscribe'*  ivill  avail  theniBelvcB  of 
the  opportunity  i-f  ending  the 
of  tbe  Syracuse  Convention  to  all  parts 
of  our  country. 


ined  i 


ntil 


short  time  before  the  Senator's  death. 
when  it  was  annulled.  The  annulmen 
was  not  announced  and  entered  on  tin 
journal  in  the  Senate  of  the  United 
Slates  until  the  1ml  twenty-four  hoi 
of  the  existence  of  a  man  who  had 
done  more,  probably,  to  honor  his 
stale  thin  any  one  other  of  its  many 
distinguished  citizens. 

Tho  reason  ol  a  course  of  conduct 
so  singula!-,  so  vasei  Hating,  so  unsteady 
and  inconsistent,  and  so  unworthy  ol 
the  previous  ohnrnoter  of  Massachu 
sell?,  may  clearly  be  traced,  in  oui 
opini'  ii,  to  lii-  great  ebaiige  which  ha 
been  wrought  in  Massachusetts  ebarac' 
ler  during  the  last  quarter  of  a  century 
by  that  belittling  and  stultifying  pow.-r 
called  Freemasonry.  In  an  evil  hour, 
about  the  year  1851-2,   the  polii 


Frtemo 
n  politics;  and 


olhe 


humaiiu;.', 


f  free, 
Christianity 


and   de- 


nisplaced  and  absurd  in  its  direc- 

and    perfectly   un' 

sumption.     It   imp 

the    war  for    its  own    purpasts, 

rebels  (com  the  just    penalties  ot 

the   law,     relaxes    the   arm  of   power 

justly  mined  to  strike,  r-lurJ   over   mill- 

,ry   work  in  tbe    field;  yet   claims  to 

ive  disbanded  the  armies  to  the  happy 

irsuile  of  peace,  while    keeping    up  a 

grand  organization    under  the    name  of 

ly;  and    then    eipects  by 

aoce  in  peace  to   make  up 

lor  ,m  parable  defects  in  war. 

The  first  use  made  of  the  prestige  of 
great  and  successful  war  by  Prussia, 
as  to  turn  all  that  prestige  against  the 

it  the  first  use  that  has  been  made  of 
Hilary  success  in    the  United  States, 
to  make  it  the  animating  priuciple  of 
a  great  secret  society,  or  Jesuitism    de- 
veloped, called  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic;  and   one     of     tbe    greatest 
vementa  done    under    tbe     iuflu 
the  power   and  the  swell  of  that 
body,  has  been    to   darken,   to   cloud. 
and  opprtsi  the   last  days   of  Senator 
imnerl 

But  Missachusetts  has   annulled  her 
solution  of  censure.     She    perceives 
-  disgraceful   move,  and     retraces  her 
Btept.     Very  welll     Let   her  continue 
:  her    steps;  let    her    disband 
d  Array  of  the  Republic  and 
abolish   all    her    Masonic   lodges,    and 
ivoid    still    farther   dis- 
grace   and    recover    somewhat   of   her 
goad  name  and  character. 

F.  H.  C. 


"  Dirt  . 


their  Faces.'1 


■  Mi.: 


1:— "I 


ingh 

wandering  through  that  most  interest- 
ing part  of  old  London  known  as  Siffron 
HilL  This  is  the  home  of  the  orgnu- 
griuders.  Tbe  quarter  is  ao  dirty  and 
s  that  I 


louder  that  the    health  ■ 
t   to   exist.     Here  1  ovei 


■    perron 
an   old 


leading    u  stupid    little    mo 

ros  followed  by  a  crowd  of  m 

tile  children  of  all  hues  and 

-children      from      tbe      ren 

*ra  of  the  earth,  white  and    black 

and    brown,  gyp'siee,    Israelites,    Arab: 

and    Bohemians — all    gathered  here  ii 

one  common  broiherhood    of  rags  and 

of  Freemasonry  among  them — the  dirl 
on  their  faces."  I  spoke  to  the  man 
atd  he  said  that  ii  (the  monkey)  was 
not  well  and  he  was  Inking  it  out  for  n 
walk;  "I  don't  belong  to  tho  organ- 
grinders;  I  am  a  poet." 

The  peculiar  significance  and  analogy 
of  ibe   expression    struck  us.     It  ia  to 
be  wondered  that  the  poetic  eye  of  the 
writer  caw  so  readily  the  infallible  sign 
of  the  "most  worshipful"  order.     The 
same,   without    the    dirl,    would    very 
pertinently  have  suggested    the  r 
bianco  of  the  great  *'  Mogul  "  and  his 
followers.      The    procession     with 
leader  would   hardly  haee  faikd  to  h 
■aigg'  steil.  '.'•  lii-  most  iiliuue  mind, 
unii'nibrance    that    in  that  grand    ■ 
was   limn  ii-il  tin-    •■  r.itiaikabk    ord 


Nod 


i  this  c 


lUldfl 


■ately  t 


pile  and  never  think  of  the    hereafter 


Whoa 


fond  • 


wonderful,  and  want  to  know  and 
meLuiug  more  than  your  ueigblmr. 
n;;liL  i'ong.  Here  is  the  monkey 
■o  ir  eyes  and  vanity.  He  will 
you  more  than  you  ever  dreamed 
!!■'  v.- ill  call  you  brother  and  take 
>ack  £5  tbe  identical  squash  from 
which  you  both  sprang.  If  you  want 
hing  your  neighbor  never 


,  thei 


play  i 


i  Abiff.  and  I  will    gu; 


a  do,     Yo 


who  are 


We    havi 

cielea  frequently.  Win 
fits  you  expect  to  derive 
dp; and  the  answers 
raething  like  the  folio 
First.  Social  entertainment  from  week 
week  at  the  lodge  room, 


scienlfou;-,  come  right  in;  they  are  pre- 
pared for  you  with  a  devoiional  monkey, 
any  religion  is 
better  than  no  religion,  and  Freemason- 


any     religio 


■abbie 


pii.-.i'--.'-i 


You  who  are.  ambitious.  penurious 
id  conscienceless,  come  ye  also;  your 
.on key  is  ready  to  carry  out  tbe  moat 
itupl  -le  political  chicanery  for  you  that 
le  woilJ  can  invent.  You  shall  be  in 
Boe  if  the  whole  world,  except  you 
id  the  fraternity,  u  sunk  into  irretriev- 
ile  ruin.  Money  you  shall  have, 
reason  if  you  please,  and  murder  not 
uepted.  It  matters  not,  we  have  the 
tths, besides  the  mou sanctified  prajurn 
of  these  men  to  guarantee  your  escape, 
if  you  fail,  if  necessary,  they  will 
before  you  shall  be  hurt. 


aigbt 


And 

uffiit 

nonkeys  as  men.  U  i 
that  such  a  complete  r 
of  sillinep 


tion  is  tolerated  by  a  professed 
tian  and  enlightened  age!  Is 
onder  that  •'  dirt  on  tbe  facse" 

u  they  are  readily  detected  I 


-  G,,'.  1,  o 


Why  i 


r  the  Elhopian  his  skin. 


U  l   t 


To 


uevolent,  is    palpably  absurd.     It  is 

ice  and  the  genius  of  tbe  order.  Be- 
volecce,  in  a  pecuniary  p  intof  view, 
supposes  some  one  both  helpless  and 
needy,  and  such  it  helps.  But  is  it 
iver  required  of  the  helpless  and  needy 
a  furnish  the  wherewith  to  help  their 
wn  need!  And  can  any  being  in  all 
his  world  point  to  a  building  or  ins t Un- 
ion or  society  founded  by  the  order 
bat  is  devoted  to  the  use  of  any  one 
else  but  the  order! 

As  to  tbtir  religion,  it  is  folly  to  talk 
about.  What  Jew  or  infidel  is  there 
who  will  adopt  such  a  religion  asatrue 
Christian  can  endorse!  If  the  infidel 
endorsee  Christianity  in  the  lodge,  why 
don't  he  out  of  it!  If  the  Christiau 
endorses  another  religion  in  the  lodge, 

short,  serving  the  devil  supremely, 
The  truth  is  that  religion  is  not  a  spec- 
ialty or  test  of  membership.  Is  it  any 
wonder  that  there  is  diit  in  such  men's 
faces  that  shows  whether  the  skin  be 
white  or  black!  lam  astonished  that 
the  ''health  officers"  of  morality  and 
good  common  sense  ever  allow  euch 
filth  and  corruption  to  exist,  at  least  in 
their  own  yards,  yea,  on  their  own 
steps.  I  am  sure  that  tbe  majority  of 
(he  better  class  i 
the  very  bottoi 
they  were  out.  But,  like  rab1  in  the 
trap,  they  realize,  that  ther 
to  climb  that  are  d.ffijult  to  pass,  and 
rather  than  arousu  the  keeper  they 
crouch  in  the  corner  aud  remain  qulef. 
It  is  those  who  have  long  tails  that  in 
vile  others  in.  It  is  hoped  that  before 
loug  the  monkey  will  be  led  out  on  his 
last   walk,  aud   get   far    enough  away 


A.  Coi 


ijhV,M,<. 


he  causB  of  freedom  of  the  fore; 
enulor  of  all  this  country,  whose 
i  tho  Senate  it  is  impossible  to 
a   atrikeu   him   down   in  a   way 


and  establish  ils  great  antiquity  so 
earnestly  plead  fur  il  by  some  of  its 
friends  who  have  but  lately  (vah)td 
There  can  b«  but  little  question  but 
what  the  monkey  mill  plays  his  part 

ought  to  be  poets,  or  something  else, 
are  rarely  playing  tho  part  of  ''leading 
ihe  monkey!"  Dupes  are  always  lov- 
ers of  the  wunderful;  the  scrupulously 
conscientious,  that  which  bears  a  relig- 
ious air;  the  penurious  and 


s  and  his  bones  bier 


iVaUtni  Culti-''je>  Iowa, 


i  d'.-S'-r: 


All  i 


■■He  that  doelh  truth  cometh  to  tb 
lit,  lliiit  his  dei-di.  maybe  made  mar 
it,  that  they  are  wrought  in    God. 


i  of  < 


ery  i 


kind  disobey  this  precept  of  the. Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  and  in  so  doing  w 
against  themselves  that  they  stand  in  a 
false  position  before  the  world,  I 
their  denial  of  Chri»t.  If  they 
fessed  him,  Lis  words  would  condemn 
them.     This  is  a  perilous    position  to 


y.  I  wonder  that  the  ministry 
;  Christian  world  do  not  awake 
is  alarming  feature  of  Freema- 
soury,  and  hasten  from  it.  as  Lot  did 
from  the  doomed  city.  e. 


Scm 


Societies, 
ed   mcmber-it  of  si 


inviriably 


Secondly. 


i  I  mi 


s  and  in  ob- 


lining  political  preferm 
Thirdly.     They 

ea,  and  as  eueh  tumuli  material  aid  m 
ekness  nnd  at  death. 
Fourthly.    They  take  men  to  heaven 


'ell  a 


echu: 


:erning  the  oaths 
3t  to  reveal  their 


■crat    before    they 
Well,  that  is  not  i 


what 


i  not  just  as   we    would 

obtain  tbe  benefit  of  the  good  connected 
villi  them. 

These  reason?  and  arguments  are  prob- 
hly  the  principle  motive  power  of  oil 
uch  association'',    and   certainly    they 

furnish  matter  for  reflation  on  the  part 

of  Christian  men.    Take  the  firet  reason 

—Social  entertainment. 


Of  tbo: 


sigm 


liich  degire 
i  the 
f  the 
ogs  of  salvalioi 
.il  cannot  uin.l..'1-ijjymenl  in  the  society 
Christiana,  it  is  not  to  be  wondered 
that  they  seek  a  home  in  the  lodg-- 
om,  or  in  the  Baloon  or  the  gambling 

ihe  duty  of  the  church  to  furnish  some 
enjoyment  to  such  persons. 
The  Y.  M,  C.  Associations  in  our  cities 
ng  much  in  this  line,  but  they 
do  half  what  is  required.  When 
e  have  in  every  Christian  con- 
gregation literary  and  temperance  eo- 
with  reading  rooms,  etc.,  where 


find  t 


Aidi 


friends  and  tyn 

The  second  r 
le.  Hero  again  is  work  for  Christian 
people.  We  do  not  believe  in  a  mau 
parading  his  piety  nnd  off-ring  it  as 
irket,  but  certainiy  the 
Christian  man  has  a  better  claim  on  our 
patronuge,  other  things  being  tqual, 
lhan  tbe  ungodly  man,  and  especially 
s  true  as  respects  an  henorable  ef- 
3  obtain  office.  In  fact,  the  Chris- 
s  derelict  in  duty  who  gives  his 
and  hia  vote  to  place  iu  a  position 
of  honor  and  authority  an  irreligious 
qualiy  well  qu  iliticd  (or 


thev 


lined  v 


i  religio 


The  Bible  quahOca 


■able  n 


God, 


of 


ess;"  quabfijitions  mental  and  n 
ad  certainly  notintluding  membership 
l  any  secret  society. 
The  third  reason,  Insurance  soc 
le.  t«  this  we  reply,  in  some  respects 
they  may  answer  the  eud,  but  no 

11  as  those  open  companies  which 
ontrollbd     by   law,      and    i 


froi 


that  their  auppouera  can  act  inU-Ihge. 
ly  in  the  caie.     It   is   cur    firm   belief 
that  one-half  the  funds  employed  in  any- 
one of  these  companies  will  yield  a  lar 

taiued  from  any  secret  society,  And 
then  they  are  free  from  the  objections 
of  pueriltv,  profane  oaths,  improper  asso- 
ciations, etc.  The  fourth  reason  oughl 
to  be  auffi;ient  to  lend  every  Christian 
to  leave  any  institution  which  needt 
such  a  defense.  True,  many  of  tht 
members  would  in  a  moment  repudiate 
such  a  claim,  bui  their  standard  wrilert 
do  not. 

Take  "Light  on  Masonry"  as  quoted 
by  Finnoy,  pp.  270  and  271,  when  the 
question  being  discussed  is,  requisitions 
to  mike  a  gooJ  Mason.  Among  othei 
aoswera  we  lind  the  following: 

'■Behold,  my  dear  hrother,  what  yot 
must  Ugh!  against  and    destroy    befon 
you  can  come  to  the  knowledge  of  the 
true   good   and    sovereign     bappine 
Behold   this  minster  which  you  mi 
conquer — a  serpent  which  we  detest 
an  idol  that  is  adored  by  the  idiot  a 
vulgar,  under  the  name  ol  religion." 

Here  they  come  in  competition  with 


l.'lin 


.  by  wbic 


-I  id. i 


I.  Nor  do  any  of  these  societies, 
i  we  have  been  able  to  find  out, 
i  preach  that  gospel  They  ere 
with  a  formal  morality,   which, 

is,     would,   nevertheless,    be 

worthless  fur  the  purposes  of  Eatvaliou, 

The  aposllo'a   declsration  remains  true, 

By  the  deeds  of  the  law  shall  no  flesh 

be  justified."    '-There  ia  no  other  name 

:n  amone  men  whereby  they  can  be 

:d  but  tho  name  Jesus  Christ. 

iBt  the  church  of  God  see  to  it  that 

r,  m-'li'  s  the  defects  in  ber  mode  of 

aiming   the   lost    world,   and  more 

persistently  teach   these  great,  though 

many  intolerant,  truths — "Nosalva- 

n    but   in  Christ   Jesus   the  Lord." 

nd  in  the  proportion  bb  she  is  fiithful 

11   these   opposing    institutions    lose 

eir  power,  and  finally   be  destroyed. 


Whnl 

Chri-Mo 


sof  n 


ught. 


Applause  In    Churches. 
<■  of  the  Cynt 


iHei 


\V..i 


Beech- 
use  is  given  by  the 
a  political  meeting, 
Fourth  of  July  celebration  or  theatrical 
exhibition.  Also  at  ihe  dedication  of 
the  Tabernacle  at  Brooklyn  a  Sunday 
or  two  agr-,  Mr.  Beecher,  tho  N.  Y. 
Tribune  any,  "was  greeted  with  pre- 
longed  app'ause."  Laughter,  lor-, 
to  beone  of  the  common  demo-- 
ins  of  the  popular  appreciation  of 
Mr   Beecher* *  discourses. 

When  St.  Paul  preached  to  Fel 
e  new  Testimenlaaya  thalFelixtre 
id,  which  would   aeem  to    indicat 


r  applai 


recollect  of  but  one  instance 
n  tbe  New  Testament  where  a  public 
speaker  met  with  great  applause,  and 
that  was  when  Herod  addressed  the 
people.  Ou  that  o;caeion,  '-the  peo- 
ple   gav, 


ofa. 


,  Mr. 


if  the 


N-iih- 


wealth-gelling,  which  Mr.  Beecber  fa 
vors,  evidences  ofa  pure  religious  life. 
Mr.  Beecher  has  received  great  gifts 
from  heaven,  it  is  true  he  baa  n  grei 
mind,  but  that  mind  is  small  indeed 
when  compared  Willi  tin-  relig'Ous  inter 
obIb  of  the  community.  Genius  ii 
admirable, becr,u-eit  is  agiftof  heaven 
but  go  one  is  ever  excused  on  accoun 
of  it  for  setting  aside  the  well  eetab 
lished  rules  of  good  society;  and  much 
less  should  one  be  held  excusable  foi 
violating    tbe  decorum  due  to  rtligiou 

S  inker*  may  dance,    dervishes  may 
apin  and    Stylites  may  perch  upon  tbe 
co  umns  of  ruined    temples,    and    still 
strive  to  bo  very    pious   and    reverei 
but    dancing,     spinning    and    perchii 
are    no  greater   deviations   from  reli 
ious   decorum    than   the    clapping   of 
hands,      mimicking,     applauding     and 
laughing   at   the   church    service) 
Sunday.  Puritan. 


About   Strikes. 


on  giv< 


glh, 


r.quir 


men  to  act  in  concert.  We  h: 
of  this  of  late  years  in  the  foini  ol 
labor  leagues  and  trade  uniouB.  Almost 
every  branch  of  labor  has  its  organic 
lion,  Sometimes  these  institutions  are 
simply  benevolent,  but  generally  ihej 
are  for  the  advancement  of  trade 
eBls  in  obtaining  higher  wages,  a' 


:  fav 


lelf  to  be 
coudemned.  In  the  present 
between  capital  and  labor,  in  the  sup- 
posed diverging  inlert'Hts  of  employi 
and  employee,  sueb  coiiibina'ion 
natural.  But  it  employs  secrecy  an 
organizes    "strikes."      By     producing 

forces  others  for  thi 

its   demand.     Without  discussing  the 

moral   features   of  strikes, 


Do 


pertinent  question,  for  the  immediate 
object  of  the  strike  is  better  pay.  There 
the  question  of  immediate  advantage 
and  tbe  secondary  one  of  ultimate  re- 
ults.  The  New  York  strikes  of  last 
■ear  involved  a  losi  to  the  business  of 
he  city  of  about  «U.Ol)0  000— about 
quail  >  divided  between  the  workmen 
nd  tbe  employers.  Even  if  the  nd- 
ance  ilemanded  had  beon  set  tired  in 
every  eate,  it  would  take  a  long  lime 
to  make  up  such  a  loss.  To  this  must  be 
added  the  effects  of  non-employment, 
and  the  increased  expense  of  living 
cousiquent    on   the   increased  coat  of 

Tho  strike  nmong  the  colliers  and 
iron  workers  of  Wales  lasted  two  or 
three  months,  at  a  loss  nf  $2,000, 000, 
involving  untoid  suff-rlnu,  without  tbe 
increase  of  wages  demanded.  The 
experience  in  American  mines  ia  the 
same,  In  such  cases,  the  relief  affiled 
by  the  unions  doea  not  amount  to  five 
per  cent,  of  the  loss,  and  at  host  is  only 
a  part  of  what  has  been  paid   by    those 

It  ia  a  simple  matter  of  calculation, 
Analvaccs  of  ten  per  cent.,  if  gained, 
rf qu  res  ten  d.*y'n  work  for  every  day 
idle,  before  there  is  any  gain.  A  full 
year's  woik  for  one  month 'a  strike  will 
be  required  to  place  ihe  stiikera  where 
would  have  been  without  iho 
.  In  ibe  meantime,  the  relations 
en  employer  and  employee  are 
distuibud,  and  employment  is  lees  car- 

The  crat  of  living  is  at  the  eamo  time 
advanced.  The  general  inlroduclionof 
tho  eight  hour  rule  would   add  20  per* 

purchase.  The  products  of  the  farm 
must,  therefore,  be  aold  20  per  cent, 
higher  to  save  the  producer  from  loss. 
This  the  consumer  must    pay,     How 


The 


strike 


maud. —  U nihil   f'n-n. 


Colemporary  Sottfl, 

Tbe  Patrons  of    Hu-bandry    which 
3ok  rapid  growth    in   Gentry   county 


during    the  early    win 

er    months,  ap- 

pears 

to  have   been   s 

ruck  by  a  blight 

of  lat 

a,  and  at   best, 

s  ecarc'ly    hold- 

own.     From  se 

eral  sourceB  we 

hat  members  ar 

bolting   the  or* 

:<:o.   7. 

tion;  m  one  ins 

declaring    pub- 

licly 
day  e 

bool,"  and  "an 

excellent    place 

lor  a 

ponrmintopul 

his   money  into 

ihe     pockeia    ol     the 

rich.' — Albany 

^een 

an.  (Mo.) 

It 

t  a  common  and 

pery  cheap   say- 

ingw 

tb  parties  whose 

tricks  and  meth- 

ods  a 

e  exposed,    that 

lliey  are  bene- 

filed 

o  such  aud  such 

degrees   by    tho 

perao 

s  setting  forth  these  disclosures. 

Lodg 

men  always  eay 

that  agitators  cf 

their 

sff lira  increase  th 

sir  craft.    These 

boast 

are  generally  fa 

icd  to  be  merely 

an   effort    to    keep    u 

p    appearances. 

When 

s  tothialastde- 

(ice  l 

keep  up  the  hopes  of  ils  friends, 

B  led  t 


■.    I,.-   bet 


school  somewhere.  It  would 
be  a  sight  stretch  to  conclude  that  it 
ia  necessarily  a  supporter  of  the  insti- 
tutions whose  methods  it  follows  so 
well;  but  when  it  stands  charged  with 
uueh  siippnrt,  by  good  t.uihoriiy,  the 
inference  is  not  so  f*r-fetched,  alter  all. 
In  our  opinion,  tbe  exposure  of  doubt- 
ful things  has  never  yet  helped  a  bad 
cauae.  At  least,  we  will  bear  all  the 
responsibiii  J  of  tho  bad  remits  com- 
ing from  the  exposure  of  foul  ai.d  evil 
institutions.— -Ttleacope. 
The    Weslerville   (O  )  Banner 


irking  i 


nthe 


prove  its  own  overthrow,  through  the 
selfish  trickery  of  a  few  designing  men 
who  have,  like  the    wily  serpent  in  the 


&RISTIAN      v    -'  SXTilE:  MARCH  363 


The  Christian  Cynosure. 


OUK  "FOHEI&N"   MISSIONS. 


lectin 


efull] 


studied  and   followed   up   as    '.hoy    d 
serve.     Nor  until   the    publications 
our  native  tongue    are    placed    upon 
surer  financial  footing   could   il    be   e 
pectcd.     These  ate  of  Ktat  importune 
yet  the  other  must  not  he  neglected. 
glnnoe  in    the   Chicago    directory    w 
enow  how  deeply  sunken   in  the   mil 
of  secrecy  the  foreign  born  element  of 
this  city    has    become.     Beside  socie- 
ties peculiarly  tin  ir  own.  the  Harugari 
and  Sous    of     Herman,    which     have 
twenty-five  distinct  organisations.  Free- 
mason and  Odd-fellow    lodges  are   not 
unfrequent.     In  Wisconsin  the  grange 
has  licked    up    the    English   speaking 
farmers  as  fire  the   prairie   grass;  and 


lly.  by   word,  writing,  or   circui 
:e  whata  ei  ei         Every    popish  t 
jhmenl  is  a  secret  order,  though 
not  be  a   literally  foresworn   on 
reporter  of    the    San    Francisco 
jm'cfe    lately    called     upon    Arch- 
bishop Aleraany,    the   highest   Roman 
Catholic    authority    in    California,    to 
his   opinion   of  the    grange   and 
whether  a  member  of  hiB  church  would 
be  permitted  to  join  thnt  order.     The 
irelate  said  he  had  studied  the  new  so- 
ciety carefully,  but  had  not    decided  to 
forbid  bis  people  from  it.     He  Bhould 
advice  them  personally    not  to  join,  al- 
though not  disapproving  either  its   ob- 
>r  proceedings,  but  only   because 
t)ie   grange    being  yet  in    a   transition 
ind  ita  futureconditiou  undefined. 
The  conversation  continues: 

Reporter — Its  being  a  secret   aociety 


groat 


i  for 


victims.  Behold  them  ready!  In  that 
Btate  are  some  15,000  farmers  who 
speak  English  imperfectly  or  not  at  all, 
and  the  State  Grange  has  beset  them. 
The  first  lodge  was  made  during  the 
firBt  of  this  month  at  Eagle  Point, 
Chippewa  county  and  deputies  are  at 
work  in  Manitowec  ad  Oaaukee  coun- 
ties. German  farmers  are  generally 
forehanded,  hence  the  zeal  ol 
grange.  A  German  pastor  in  Council 
Bluffs,  Iowa,  lately  sent  to  this  oflici 
for  facts  on  the  grange,  for  said  he,  " 
am  troubled  very  much   with  member. 


of  said    lodge    who 
break  upourcongreg. 

But  there  is  encou 

that  the  enemy  will  I 

Two  or  three  years  * 

A.  Riedel,  of  New  Albany,  Ind.,  pub 

lished  a  series  of  German  tracts.  Hon 


»    Split 

nth  till  lli-'H 


(id  Imp" 


F.  W. 


their 


known.     A  German  pastor  in  Wisco 
in  issued  some  time    suiee  a  panrphle 
"Christian  and   Earnest,"   which  wi 
noticed  in  these  columns .     Translatioi 
from  the  Cynosure   have   occasionally 
been  made  lor  the  German  press.   Prol. 
Servine,    late   of    Augustsna   College, 
Paxton,  111. ,  is  now  publishing  a  Swed- 
ish   paper,   'The    Augustana,"  in  Rock 
Island,   III,    which    will     oppi 
lodge,  and  has  also  translated  into  the 
same  language  tract  No.  1  of  the  Gyno- 
sure   series.        Mr.     H.  de  Jough,    of 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  has   translated 
the  Dutch  language    several    works    of 
which  he  writes: 

'•Some  timelast  summer  I  translated 
in    brief    the 

of  Henry 


whk-1.  i;.i 


L.  Valance,  and    the   almost  i 

lowed;  also   some    of  tb< 

and  the  first    three  oatha   froi 

David  Bernard's  work,  into  Dutch,  nod 

sent  it  for  publication  to  the   Wacth 

a  Dutch   church    paper,    published 

Holland,  Mich.     To  my  glad   surprise 

a  reagioue  paper 

Holland,  {where  people  know    far    lesB 

about  these  orders)  also  published 


of  ladies,  ao 
districted  b\ 


Mill. 


side  ii 


ike   and  many 
of  the  deacons  chew,  there  isno  reason 

they   choose.     The  ladies  may  there- 
,fely    relegate    the  questi 


Cathc 

>pposei 
The  Archbishop— Ni 
but  be< 


the  members    of 


ter— The  Catholic- church 
Freemasonry;  now  1  hav 
heard  that  any  of 


tianity. 


contrary  to  charity  and  Chris- 
Arcubish.ip —  Not 


far  as   thou- 

,ndts  and  thousands  know,  but  wc 
now  that  in  the  high  degrees  the 
members  have  to  take  obligations  which 
ire  contrary  to  truecharity,  and  would 
rush  Christianity,  Now  the  church 
.sin  favor  of  all  that  is  charitable,  and  is 
opposed  to  all  that  is  uncharitable;  for 
son  she  is  opposed  to  monop- 
d  all  other  forms  of  oppression, 
s    much    that  is   good  in   the 

t_B8    of   the   grangers,  but   how 

much  of  evil  may  find  its  way   in — and 

I  fear  some  may — 1  do  not  know. 

From  this   authority    the    difference 

tween  Roman   Catholicism   and  the 

lodge  is   largely  an  imaginary  one,  be- 

ng  that  of     rivals,     not     opponents. 

The  church  ignores  the  despotism,  tin 

deception,  the  license,  the  profane  oaths. 

swindling  of  the  lodge,  and  objects 

toil*  hostility  locharityandChrie- 

But   for  pretensions  of  charity    tht 
Ige  can  outface  Rome  herself, 


either;    ami 


hostile  expression^  toward  Christianity 
being  known  only  in  the  higher  de- 
grees are  of  little  weight  in    the  aggre 


t  organi 


The 


yatems,  lodge  and  papacy,  have  ; 
common  object,  the  subjugation  of  th< 
race;  and  are  reaching  for  this  end  by 
similar  means,  Their  hostility  is  a 
natural  one,  but  will  vanish  like 
morning  mist  when  Chris',  shall  appear 
mkI  men  learn  in  the  light  of  his  truth, 
to  discern  between  the  righteous  and 
the  wicked. 


TEE  TEMPERANCE 

CAUSE. 

One  of  the  m 

OBt    hopt 

ul  features  ol 

be  temperance 

t  is  this,  that 

t  was  inaugura 

ted  by  J 

ersons    whose 

hief  business 

t   was   t 

deny    them- 

elves  and   take 

up   the 

r   cross  daily 

Satan  never  cas 

s  out   Satan.     Friends 

ell  us  to  avoid 

side  isBU 

a  in  the   tern- 

perance  work. 

Let  ua 

do  so;  reserv- 

ng   the   right 

to  judge 

for   ourselves 

If  we  anticipate  the 

lodge  aud    take 

possession  of  the  field 

unsown  with  the 

tares  of  secrecy,  ther 

must  be  more 

Belf-denying  and    ear 

est  effort.      Re- 

ported.     Outside  the  largo  cities   there 

are  few  or  no   lodges 

of  foreign   bori 

citizens.     But  the  gra 

ige  has  epecioiiB 

arguments,  aud   the  first    step   on    the 

ladder  is  the  longest. 

Oocc  taken  and 

the  whole  curriculum 

of   the  lodge  in 

vites;  the  more  oaths 

the  lighter  the) 

ml  on  the  conscience 

Friends  of  the 

reform,  we  cannot  afford  to  neglect  thia 

our  "  foreign  m  iBaiou.' 

Priestly  prohibitions  and  papal  edict 
are  responsible  for  I  he  public  belief  the 
the  Romish  church  is  organically  oppm 


The 


tween  the  representatives  of  the  Em- 
peror and  of  the  Pope  in  Urnul  a  year 
ago  will  not  he  forgotten;  and  it  is  well 
known     how     uniformly    the    devout 

Catholic,  who  surrenders  all  religious 
authority  to  his  confeBsor,  is   opposed 


>thei 


orgat 


Those  only  come  under  her  ban  of 
whose  mysteries  she  has  not  the  key. 
"The  Christian  Brothers,"  or  Jesuits, 
swear,  "for  the  propagation  of  the 
mother  chutch's  interest,  to 
all      her 


agei 


pnv 


j  divulge,  directly  c 


Intompew 
sleeping,    dressing, 


,  lrink'Lg 


the  clergy    and  the 


let 

venture  to  say  that  every 
at  work  in  llita  reform,  who  is 
i  by  intelligent  convictions  that 
s  a  poison  in  its  purest  coudi- 
mt  tobacco  is  a  poison  whose 
y  iB  to  create  a  demand  for 
a  truth  to  which  "ministers," 
is"  and  many  others  can  testify 
perimenlal  knowledge,  We  say 
;ry  true  woman  would  listen 
Lention  to  the  arguments  which 
her  noble  brethren,  basing  thrown 
way  the  stupifying  tobacco,  would 
iling  concerning  the  use  of  tea  and  co- 
ogne,  and  if  shown  to  be  hurtful  would 
et  them  aside  and  thus  he  enabled  to 
/age  a  more  powerful  warfare  with 
iquor.  The  "clergy  and  deacon"  argu- 
nont  is  used  on  the  other  side  of  the 
Atlantic  ocean  in  support  of  the  sale  of 
intoxicating  drinks,  ana  aino 
far  as  it  points 


News  of  our  Work. 


proper    persoi 


npert 


nth    whom 
re  fort 


NOTES. 

■It  is  a  fact  of  so  long  standing  "k 
i  worth  notice  that    several   highly 
■d  e\ changes  quote    from    the  C'J- 
re  without  giving  the  proper  cred- 
it will  be  the  aim   to  make  a  clear 
lotion    between    the    original    and 
selected  articleB  in    these  columns,  any 
,nd   all  of  which    we    are  glad  to   see 
gain  in    print   with    proper   notice    of 
ta  origin.       "Render   therefore  to  all 
their  dues." 

— Just  before  Lent  the  Archbishop 
of  Malines  issued  an  edict  excoi 
licaliug  from  the  Papal  church  every 
member  in  Belgium  adhering  to  Fre 
masonry.  He  says  that  fix  Popes  \w 
given  their  voice  against  the   Bystem. 

—The   Second    Presbytery  of   New 
York,  United  Prea.  church,    have  no 
in  <•  ii  ii  -.i  juration  the  case   oi  the    Jami 
Street  church  of  that  city,  bo  many  of 
whose  members  are  connected  with 
secret  "synagogues  of  Satan"  that  they 
have  formerly  withdrawn  and  the    pi 
tor,  G.  D,   Mathews, with  them.     T 
purging  out  of  Ihia  unrighteous  leave 
causes  much  trial  and  anxiety,  but  t 
Presbytery  stands  firm  to  the    testin 
ny  of  the  church. 

— The  Chicago  Inter  Ocean  reports 
a  serious  difficulty  in  Iowa  Collegi 
Some  of  the  students  took  umbrage  t 
some  action  of  President  Magoun,  an 
organized  secret  conclaves  which  fina 
ly  ripened  into  an  insurrection.  On 
student  has  been  expelled  for   refusing 


t  the  front  in  this  conflic 
j  hear  often  from  bret! 
ml  Warder— Br-,  Ku- 


Thefr 

Lws. — Having 

Rev.  John   Levim»ton  without 
receiving  answer,  members  of  this    bb- 
ilion  desire  to  say  through  the  Cy- 
/■>:  that   they    «ish    I"    cornsjiori'i 
him  about  attending    their    next 
ting.     Write  to  C.  Spencer,  Myers- 
burg.  Pa. 


To  the  Friends  op  Light  Thbodc 
ie  State  of  Iowa,  Bntiiren 
Friends: -\h&se  been  wailing  anc 

mid  hoping  and  wailing  for 
among  you  of  more  physical,  if 
more  mental  vigor  than  I  can 
i,    to   move     for    the  organization 

of  a  State    Association  opposed  to  sc- 
tocieties.      But,    in  view  of  the 

approach  of  our  National    Auntvt 


.  give 


■  thii 


bal,  and  could  the  truth  be  knowi 
reason    rule,    the     malcontents  would 
see  that  they  all  deserve  the  aami 
Insubordination  in  college  is  generally  a 
uric-sid'j<i  affair  in   which  hot  blood 
youthful   conceit    stand    for   comr 
sense  and  right  reasoning. 


-The 


threat 


of  I 


"ng 


working  should  be  avoided  by  all  who 

hope  to  contend  successfully  with  this 
fearful  sin.  In  regard  to  visiting  naloofs 
different  places  require  different  meth- 
ods, but  the  work  is  only  begun  even 
though  saloons  are  closed.  Evening 
schools  conducted  by  Christian  people, 
should  be  opened  wherever  twenty. 
more  or  less,  young  people  who  cannot 
attend  in  the  daytime  nut  be  gathered 
together.     These  should  he    made   nt- 

H.1'.'      ■■■     (Villi    -!■'■'!    Ill  'I:  I'  me      '   tl-  'AW- 

and  powerful  by  teaching  the  general 
truths  of  Chris  tianity  for  a  few  minutes 
n!  each  i-essum.  Arguments  and  anec- 
dotes ehnwing  the  evils  of  intemper- 
ance Bhould  be  distributed  often  and 
with  judgment. 

The  sinfulness  of  secret  societies  from 
all  standpoints  especially  oa  promoting 
habits  of  drunkenness  should  be  re- 
proved and  wise  efforts  made  to  over- 
throw them.  The  drinking  Balnnnnnd 
the  billiard  hall  are  liberally  patronised 
by  the  freqaenters  ef  Masonic  lodges. 
Tobacco  U  a  fitting  accompaniment  lor 
liquor,  and  its  poisonous  nature  should 
he  advertised  until  the  filthy,  unholy 
smli"  h  abandoned  by  all  good  people. 
A  Chicago  daily  paper  speaks  tn  the 
following  weak  ami  mphislicnl  maiuer 
about  this  phase  of  the  temperance  re- 

"Another  side-issue  whieli    threatens 


windleB,     pledges 

i -iiUhy  citizens  of  Washington  j 
tioned  for  the  investigation,  and  i 
.■presented  by   counsel.     The  Dist 


.  Black,   the   Mai 


ted,  Jei 


ney  General,   being  one    of  their  Ii 
yera.     The     Congressional    commit 
seem  to  be  fearless    and   conscientious 
in   going  into  the  merits  of  the   c 
which  already  appears  to  be   an  ag 
gation    ol   private   Iraudj    and   Maa< 
tricks.     The    defendants    nuppo-..;d 
investigation  would    be  only  upon  such 
charges  as  had  been   presented  to  Con- 
gresB,  but  the  Committee  has  decided 
to  extend  its  inquiries  wherever  there 


manufactured  mystification,  the  observ- 
ance of  which  lowers,  degrades  ami 
stultifies. 

Ii  ;/iips,Rigu3  end  secret  understand- 
rs  were  intruded  upon  the  Lord's  ^up- 
r.the-y   would  bean  awful  deia-i-ratioe 
thai  lioly  mystery. 
During  the  reign  of  the  slave  power 
d  the  war  occasioned   by  it,   the  at- 
nlion  of  the  people  were    wholly    oc- 
cupied in  saving  their  liberties,  but  Ma- 
sonry idl  that    time  was  making  powet 
for  itself. 

Masonry    wbb  the    ally,    the    hand- 
maid of  slavery. 

slave  was  ever  permitted   to  be 
i   Mason  in  the    United   States. 
Though  pretending  to  he  a  benevolent 

Llion,  the  .very  embodiment  i 
faith,  hope  and  charity;  yet  it  n 
pelled    the   slave  from    Us    altars,    an 

oinisters  of  faith,  hope  and  charity 
While  pretending  to  honor  the  B; 
ile,  it  dishonors  that  holy  hook  by 
rrestiug  it  to  wrong  uses,  and 
iatiug   it    with    displays    of  pompous 


S,I, 


longer.     I  therefore   earnestly  request 

lely  and  either — 
1,    Designate  some  tiii<<:  ami  ylnce 
orgnoze  a  State  Association;  or, 

Say    whether    you    wish   to 

entedat   the  Annual   Meeting 

use;     .md    if     so     whom      y 

o  be  your  delegate,  and  what  you 

will  do  toward  bearing  his  expen 

ase  write  me  in  full  and  without 
delay,  your  views  on  each  of  these 
general  and  specific  points,  and  I  will 
hat  the  result,"  as  indicated  by  ■< 
majority  of  your  votes,  is  announced  in 
the  Oyuisure.     Yours  truly, 

A .  D.  Low. 
Timber  Greek,  Marshall  Co. ,   Iowa 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Executive  Coin 
ruitlee  of  the  Indiana  Christian  Anti 
secrecy  Aasoc-iation,  held  at  the  U.  P. 
meeting  house  in  Indianapolis  on  th< 
17th  of  third  mo.  (March),  it  was  re- 
solved, That  an  adjourned  meeting  of 
the  Committee  be  held  in  Westfietd, 
Hamilton  county,  ou  the  third  day, 
(Tuesday),  fourth  mouth  (.April)  14th 
1874,  at  10  o'clock  A.  M.  Alsn  thai 
the  committee  (consisting of  all  the  offi- 
cers of  the  Association)  be  notified 
through  the  Cynosure  aod  by  letter  of 
the  adjourned  meeting,  requesting  !he; 
attendance.  Important  business  will  t 
considered.  Wm.  Small, 

Sec'y  of  the  Association. 


Ins!  ructions  to  Agents. 
i  publication 


ofthi 


the    Congregft- 

hurch,     I   met  a  very    cordial 

>n  from  the  friends  of  the  cause, 

and  especially  from   Bro.   Bailey,    the 

pastor  of  the  chucch.     The    labors   of 

Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard  atthiB  place  two 

years  ago  produced  a  deep  and  lasting 

pression.     There  are  also  some  ear- 

Bt  friends  of   our  causa  at  Juda,  who 

gave  a  warm   greeting,  though  I  could 

lecture  there.     From  there  I  went 

Whitewater,     where    I   epoke   two 

ninga  in  the  Free  Methodist  church 

and   preached  on    the  Sabbath. 

much  encouraged  by  the  sympV.hy  and 

era   of    Bro.   Sinclai: 

is  preaching   an    unc 

el    with    power, 


of 


While  corrupting  the  religion  of  the 
ople  it  is  slowly,  constantly,  and 
rely    drawing    the    whole     political 

power  of    the  country    into   its   owr 

grasp. 

Honest  purposes  need  no  couceal- 
icut;  and  especially  in  a  republicat 
free  and  equal 


v.. 


r  had  i 


hi  the  United  States  for  many  ye 
ind  it  is  time  that  the  people  aht 
look  into  its  darn  and  tecret  labyrinth 
of  wicked  ways,  aud  take  their  political 
and  moral  affair:'  into  their  own  handi 
The  publications  of  the  Cynosui 
press,  which  is  the  organ  of  the  Ni 
tional  Christian  Association  Opposed  I 
Secret  Societies,  consisting  of  numeroi 
tracts  aud  boolti?,  both  Masonic  and 
Anti-masonic,  are  designed  to  enlighten 
a  free  and  intelligent  people  on  a  sub- 
ject which  the  press  of  the  country, 
and  the  pulpit,  from  politic  motivet 
or  from  fear,  hardly  ever  touch  upon. 
These  publications  treat   on    organized 


both 


showing  its  true  char  act  t  in  all  age 
bo  that  the  reader  will  have  but  litl 
difficulty  in  forming  his  opinions  co 
oerntog  ita  tendency  in  our  free  gover 


Tiioii-anda  of   youog  i; 
rawn  into  the  lodge, 


1  hav. 


howls    of    the    suapectet 


V     (voet'tii. 
■  threalen- 


;  lelt 


lof  t 


warning 

ties  in  store  for  them,  and  ibis  attempt 
to  browbeat  and  bully  extends  even  to 
the  counsel  for  the  District;  insomuch 
that  the  other  day  the  Hon.  Mr.  Black 
was  made  to  understand  by  Sen.  Thur- 
man  of  the  Committee  (hat  he  was  not 
bullying  a  board  ol  !'"hc<-  justices.  Of 
one  important  witness  there  is  said  to 
be  little  hope  of  getting  a  full  and  clear 
statement,  the  ''reasons  imp-lling  him 
to  secrecy"  being  ol  ■■unusual  weight," 
There  is  little  doubt  that  the  investiga- 
tion has  come  upon  a  Masonic  complol 
in  full  bloom;  and  Washington  is  beset 


with  (lies 
of    the    fi 


hi-  opened  to  the  very  I 


Lbotoii 

Norm.— Elder  B 

,„„!,, I,|y 

Will  ha  ni 

^er  the  leolure'Se 
1  Bro.  SlrAUon  nl 

I'-    lllll:)  iv 

e  notice  their    inv 

The  objec 
National  Christian  Association  Opposed 

to  .Secret  Societies,  is  to  disseminate  a 
true  knowledge  ol  Masonry  and  all 
other  kindred   secret  societies. 

During  the  last  l forty  years  the  spread 
of  these  societies  has  become  great  aud 
alarming.  By  a  secret  yet  continual 
growth  they  have  been  aggre.-ning  upon 
our  republican  institutions  until  the 
newspaper  press,  the  pulpit,  the  jury, 
aud  even  the  army  and  navy  are  almost 
entirely  within  their  grasp,  and  sub- 
ject to  their  Jesuitical  power. 

Few  newspapers  dare  to  publish  any- 
thing against  them,  even  in  the  mildest 

They  have  the  disposal  of  the  offices 
uf  the  country  in  their  power,  and 
will  give  them  only  to  such  as  are 
Masons  or  other  secret-society  men,  or 
audi  as  will  willingly  Berve    them. 

Andrew  Johnson  is  a  Mason;  Schuy- 
ler Colfax  iB  a  leader  of  the  Odd- 
fellows o(  the  country,  whose  chief 
service  is  as  allies  or  supporters  of  Ma- 
sonry ;  and  moot  of  the  presiding  offi- 
cers  of  Congress  of  late  ywirs  have 
been  secret  society  men. 

Congresa  contains  numerous  Grand 
Mnslera  of  Masonic  lodgea,  by  which 
political  men  in   the    United  States  are 

Masonry  of  England,  by  which  they 
ftiay  become  subject  to  improper  infiu- 

Secretism,  powerfully  organized,  and 
maintained  in  great  repute  under  the 
designation  o(  ancient  and  honorable, 
ie  a  nieaua  of  bribery  and  corruption, 
Masonry  was  invented  in  a  grog-3hop, 
in  England,  in  1717,  aud  is  not  Amer- 
ican in  any  of  its  qualities.     It  is  an  in- 


irchy, 


The  objections  against  one  secret  so- 
ciety hold  good  against  them  all.  One 
iB  uo  more  trustworthy  than  another. 
Mormonisui,  I£n  Kluxism,  Knights  of 
the  Golden  Circle, the  grange,  etc.,  are 
all  hut  different  forms  of  Masonry,  as 
Masonry  itself   is  but  a  form  of  Jesuit- 


wful 


a  of  I 


e  Chri 


the  objects   which    they 

serve.     Such  young  men  should    read 

these    publications,  and   tliui 

trap  into  which  they  have  b 

pectingly  led. 

The  first  object  of  every  young 
American  after  serving  his  Maker, 
should  be  to  save  and  perpelu 
ate  his  free  government,  cometbinj; 
which  he  will  see  he  cannot  do  by 
marching  in  the  ranks  of  Masonry, 

Masonry  is  convivial  in  its  chan 
and  leads  to  drink,  Some  of  its 
scribed  songs  or  hymns  are  sung 
the  lodge  drinks  bumpers  to 
"Mother  of  Masona."  Hence  it 
ally  of  the  grog-ahop. 

A  knowledge  of  the  true  char 
of  Masonry  should  be  possessed  by 
every  voter;  and  tbin  kuowledg> 
not  be  gained  from  the  ordinary  papers 
and  publications  of  tho 


The 


t  forth 


"Pi""-' 


From  tho  Wisconsin  Agent* 


>fv\li   l-b;o1H 

ted  Monroe, 

3  evenings 


K:— I  h*i 


lently 


Edge. 


,  Ric 


The 


ud  apoke  in  the  M.  E.  church, 
taator  received  me  with  much  kind- 
less,  but  told  me  the  trustees  wen 
nontly  Masons,  and  that  the  hall  ovei 
he  church  waa  used 
odge.  Still  I  was  perc 
here,   and    bad   a  good 


Ma-a.i'k- 


icellei 


It  i 


pla. 


the   first 
and  I 


Prom  Elder  Balrd. 

Dear  Cynosure:  1  again  altera 
silence,  would  give  your  readers  a  brief 
account  of  late   lectures.      I    spo 
Delhi  Mills,  Michigan,  Feb.   10th,  11th 
and  l'ith,  to  full  and  attentive   audien- 
ce each   night.     From  theuce    I    weni 
to  the    convention  in    the  city  of  Lock 
port.  N.  Y.      We  had  a   good    interest 
in  the  convention  although  hut   few  ol 
the    citizens   attended  till  the    second 
evening.        The    craft    endeavored 
treat  the  matter  with  great  indilh-re 
apparently      thinking      il     would 
amount    to     anything,    and    that 
would  certainly  not    dare  to    open 
their  den  ot    murder    and    concealu 
in  the  city  where  some  of  the  mur 
ers    of    Morgan    were    so    Masonic 
screened    Irom   justice     in    past  ye 
But,  they  got  their  ideas    waked  up 
found  out  that  we  meant    business. 


for  i 


vigorouw   operations   in   days   to 
Prom  there,  I   went    home  two 

and  then  to  Michigan  again,  to  Fairfield 
and  Mo.-iTiei.iu  Lena. ,'ee  county.  Then 
the  craft  got  out  a  paper  that  I  wai 
crazy,  but   it    takes  more  than    thai  It 

preacher  at  Fairfield  said  the  trustee! 
ought  all  to  be  hung  for  opening  the 
house  for  lectures,     I  think  she  i 

Zy.  J.    K.     BAI 


been  so  fully  i 
the  National 
Masonry,  Tl 
lished  in  18118,  and  is  rapidly  extend- 
ing light  over  all  the  dark,  unchrii 
tian  and  uurepnblican  ways  and  deal- 
ing* ol   all  tiie  secret   societii 

The  Anti-masonic  publical 
like  the  Masonic  ones,  are  made  cheap, 
eo  as  to  bring  them  within  the  reach 
of  the  poorest  mau.  A  list  is  here 
given  of  the  books  published  at  the 
C'l/i/tisitn  office.  Those  on  Bah-  at  the 
office  issued  by  other  publisheracan  be 
found  in  the  advertising  columns  to- 
gether with  the  prices  of  the  f  blowing 
published  here: 

SkCKKT       SoOIETlEB,      AKOIBNT       AND 

Modicun,  by  Gen'l  J.  W.  Phelps. 

History     of     tob   AnnuoTioN    and 
Murdbk  of  Cai't.  Wm.  Moroan. 

FKEEMABONftV     EXFOSBD.      by      CaPT. 

Wai.  Moboak. 

Toe  URL-KEN  Seal,  or  Personal  Rem- 

iiii#cvnstx  ujthe  Abduction    nn<>   Mur- 
der of  Wm.  Morgan. 

The  Mystic  Tie,  ok    Freemasonry  a 
Leaouk  with  the  Dbvil. 


for  tlie  Next. 

Dear  Brother  K.—Qu  the  '25th  a 
26th  inalB.,  we  held  the  second  qu 
terly  meeting  for  the  year  of  the  Chi 
tian  Association  of  North-east  Pa.,  ( 
posi-d  to  S-en-t  Societies.  Our  ape, 
ers,  whom  we  invited  from  abro 
failed  ub,  hence  we  were  thrown  up 
home  labor.  Our  disappointment 
stead  of  casting  us  down,  spurred 
up,  and  made  our  meeting  a  succu 
The  lirsi  <\>\y  ot  the  meeting  was  v( 
stormy,  which  kept  back  very  many 
our  veterans  from  the  gathering.      1 

your   humble    correspondent;  subject, 


i-th  i 


Kid.    S, 


the  Conflict  of  S 


L.iatillg  of    '.'1    ('YNOot'HI 


llowed  with  well-tune 
pertinent  remarks.  Then  n  Mi 
who  seemed  in  sympathy  with  tin 
dera."  made  a  feeble  defense  of  the 
craft.  This  was  supplimenled  by  ar 
attack  on  the  character  of  Eld.  Rath 
bun,  whom  both  Masons  and  jacks  hati 
as  Satan  doeB  truth  and  ngliteousn  *s 
On  the  2<Jtb,  had  a  Stirring  confer 
ence  and  prayer  meeting,  whicl 
brought  out  the  opposition  in  some  de 
gree,  through  the  pasior  of  the  Bap 
list  church  in  the  place.  He  is  a  good 
man,  and  ot  some   ability,   but  cai 


posing   Lin 


3  the  ii 


s.ty  t 


-daed    ptoved  a  grand 
on    and    brought 
Elda.  J.  W.   Ray  nor,  S.  E.  Miller, 

sum'    laymen,  to  good    effect.      It 
a  i-jitcj    atfur,   and  we  all    felt    iude 


*pa*l 


whoc 


iredu 


■  other  brethren,  nhoshoweret 
>.  uulaniinhi'd  In  any  spoti 
tho  gall  of  angry  words 
:ed     much    magnanimity    n 


■ed.      In 


All 

the  v 

the  evening  n  good  congregation 
gathered,  to  which  Eld.  J.  W.  Raynor, 
Presbyterian  minister  of  Uniondale,  Pa. 
gave  hie  first  Anti-masonic  speech 
Though  called  to  the  task  with  n- 
preparation,  not  expecting  to  speak,  he 
entertained  the  audience  much  to  iheii 
satisfaction,  '-bringing  down  the  huuie' 


ly  report  another  efficient  man  in 

;|d.      His  speech  waa  followed  by 

telling  remarks  by  ».  E.  Miller, 

vas  called  for  at  the  close  of   Bro. 

Rayuor's  speech.     Your  correspondent 

en  apoke  some  fifteen  minutes,    when 

tl   Baptist  pn&tor  clo'ed    the  meeting 

with  a  very  appropriate  prayer. 

Now  let   our  brethren   observe  aud 

member    that     the    third   quarterly 

meting  of  this  body  will  be  in    Fell's 

Hall,  Waverly,  Pa.,  May    the   0th  and 


7th,  commencing  at 
the  6th,  and  the  ho 
jitc    Eld.     J.     L. 

2  o'clock,  P 
cioty    voted 
Barlow,   of 

M.,of 

Heights 

»nd  Eld 
N.  Y.,t 

N.  Y..  to 
L.    N.    S 

,  In'  111"  in 

ralton,  ot  Syracuse 
eronli-.      If   Harlou 

Let  both 


notify  SiraUonin  goc 
attend  il  possible.  Tako  thfl 
W.  U.  K.  from  Biugnampton  l< 
ton  depot,  which  is  one  mile  and  a 
half  from  the  town.  A  hick  runs  from 
there  to  Waverly.  Or,  get  oil"  at  Dai- 
ton,  the  station  above,  and  go  to  Dr.  .1. 
C.  Miles',  close  to  the  depot.  The  lat- 
ter would  he  the  better  way. 

Our  brethren  thereabout  ire  holding 
weekly  meetings  in  the  school-houses, 
which  promise  much  good  to  the  cause 
of  truth.  This  mode  ot  work  was 
Btarted  by  Eld.  Charles  Parker,  ul  Ab 
ugton,  whoiaa   good    worker   in    the 


God  is  showing  us  many  "tokens 
ood,"  and  the   sky  is    briglm-ning 


begin 


change 


:.,!,:, 


Ood  in,  by  his 
,  spite  of  them,  chang- 
Wlir.ii  policy  men  see 
to  change  their  pro- 
irinciplett  will  interpose 
ih  a  change,  seeing  they 
of  very  accomodating 
Btuff.  The  end  of  the  "great  rebellion" 
gave  us  a  huge  crop  of  these  magnets 
of  the  winds. 


N.  Ca 


airniust    Seer 


Olieu  Farmer's  Club, 


Elk,  Iowa, 

Editor  of  the  Cynosure: 

Bro.  Frank  Smith,  a  local  preacher  in 
the  United  Brethren  church,  has  been 
giving  a  series  of  lectures  in  opposition 
to  secret  societies  in  general  in  Lung 
Creek  township,  which  resulted  in  the 


...iv  o 


i  of  a 


egrani 


lie  grange  w.t, 
.-  bad  not  dune 
jood,  and  yet  « 


He  i 


II,-  said 


iaid  before 
he  would  be  coerced  into  measures  he 
would  leave    the.   church.      Yours    fur 

truth,  Elba  Ohuoiin. 


A   IVew  I 


r  In  New  Ym-k. 


a   reader   of    your   valuable 


papei 


id  that  a  lew  lines  from  Pflrioh- 
ville  relating  to  the  proceedings  of 
Anti-masons  here  would  be  acceptable, 
Parishville  is  not  dead,  but  sleeping, 
it  has  been  recently  aroused  by  n  lec- 
ture by  Rev.  B.  Wardner.of  the  We*- 
leyan  Methodist  society.  Tin'  lecture 
was  delivered  at  the  Town  Hall,  Feb. 
27th.  The  hall  was  obtained  without 
much  difficulty;  aome  of  the  Maaona 
opposing.     Mr.     Wardner   ia    an   olo- 

with  interest.  Some  of  the  Ma- 
aona tried  to  ridicule,  saying  that 
hediduot  know  anything  about  Ma- 
sonry it  he  had  not  been  a  Maaon. 
When  he  hud  finished  tbey  had  little  to 
eay,  looked  sheepish  and  went  borne. 
growling  to  themselves  that  they  could 
do  better  limn  he  did.  His  spiech  was 
quite  lengthy,  occupying  some  two 
hours,  and  dwelt  mostly  on  the  first 
seven  degreea.  giving  in  full  ev<  ry thing 
from  th-  preparalion  down  to  tho  last 
penallj.  .ill  which  he  assured  the  Ma- 
aons  they  under 


His 


in-law,  Gen.  La  Chamberlain,  was  bb 
good  a  Mason  as  lived.  He  was  taken 
sick;  the  lodge  thought  it  their  duty 
to  take  care  of  him.  So  they  appointed 
nurses  and  crowded  aside  frieude  who 
would  have  been  glad  to  take  care  of 
him.  He  was  sick  awhile  aud  died, 
and  was  buried  with  Masonic  ritoe, 
When  the  estate    was   settled    one    of 


i  of  f.ii1,  aud 


ther  $6U  against  the  estate  for 
charity;    making   #lHo    Masonic 

ly  lo  be  taken  oul  uf  the  uinulha 
of  four  orphan  children,  the  mother 
having  died  before.  These  are  faote 
and  can  be  proved.  He  further  assured 
the  fraternity  that  Morgan's  hook  was 
true -md  farther  still  that  the  Worship- 
ful Master  who  organized  the  first  Ma- 
sonic lodge  in  PariBhville,  (Joseph 
Orniiby  by  name)  said  at  the   time   of 


KISTTAIn  CYNOSURE:      :ARH  2q,  XP74 


the  Mo 

of 


H.-Jy,  ( 


>lher  lecture  in  Miy  by  Mr.  Wnrd- 
ucr.  If  we  do  you  may  hear  from  us 
again.  May  God  prosper  your  most 
glorious  cauan  and  haiiton  the  day 
when  Masonry  shall  no  longer  exist. 
Geo.   Cowles. 


Correspondence. 


>n„. 


CoMBYiLMS,  Ind.,  March  !),  1874 
Editor  Cynosure— Odd-fellows  make 
a  great  flourish  of  trumpets  in  praise 
of  (he  "  charitable"  deeds  of  their 
' '  beloved "  order.  From  a  publish- 
ed report  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
twenty-first  nnniversary  of  Silcox 
Lodge.  No.  123,  I.  0.  0.  F.,  at  Dan 
ville,  Hendricks  Co. ,  Ind. ,  v/u  gain  some 
vary  important  ''light"  on  this  dark 
subject.  This  lodge,  as  may  he  infer- 
red, has  been  in  operation  for  twenty- 
one  years.  The  report  says:  '-The 
total  number  <  f  members  received  has 
been  322,  of  whom  133  are  at  present 
contributing  members — more  than  100 
having  honorably  withdrawn  by  card, 
the  balance  dropped  or  expelled.  The 
entire  receipts  have  been  over  $13,000, 
of  which  about  £3,000  have  been  paid 
out  as  sick  benefits,  nearly  §500  lor 
fune-rsl  purposes,  am]  about  $1,000  in 
charitien.  The  death  roll  numbers 
sixteen."  From  other  sources  I  learn 
that  the  property  belonging  to  this 
lodge  is  estimated  to  be  worth  $IS,000. 
If  the  ahovc  figures  arc-  a  fair  sample  of 
the  "furtherance  of  the  cause  of  be- 
nevolence and  charity  "  by  the  Odd-fel- 
low lodges,  of  Indiana;  from  such,  we 
earnestly  pray  to  be  delivered, 

I  have  lately  received  through  the 
mail  from  the  grange  head-quarters.  No. 
7(1  West  Washington  St..  Indianapolis, 
a  liltli.'  book  l"-'irin^  this  title: 

"Manual  of  Subordinate  Grange  of 
the  Patrons  of  Husbandry;  Adopted 
,nd   Issued   by    the  Naiional  Grange. 


Piiilad.-lpLi.-L:  , I.  A.  Wagensellei.  Prim- 
er, 23  North  Sixth  St.,  1873." 

This  book  corresponds  in  every  partic- 
ular with  the  "  Ritual  of  the  Grange," 
lately  published  in  the  Cynosure. 

J.  F.  Phillips. 


The  Grange  Muddle. 

My  Dear  Cynosure:— U  seems  along 
tiraeBincel  have  put  in  an  appearance  be- 
fore your  intelligent  nnd  attentive  read- 
ers. Such  itȴ  been  the  will  of  a  divine 
providence.  Bui  I  am  consoled  by 
the  hope  that  my  loss  iu  this  regard, 
has  been  gain  to  the  interests  of  the 
good  cause.  Be  this  as  it  may,  I  am 
not  discouraged.  The  truth  is  mighty 
and  must  prevail.  In  fact  it  is  prevail- 
ing. Among  the  many  evidences  of 
this,  I  have  watched  with  interne  inter- 
est the  disintegrating  process  now  ripe 
among  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry. 
which  is  perhaps  the  least  objectionable 
Bccret  society  now  in  existence.  The 
institution  seems  to  be  falling  to  pieces 
by  its  own  weight.  LetuB  look  at  a  lew 

You  are  aware  that  the  grange  fire 
caught  the  moit  readily  and  spread  the 
most  rapidly  in  the  slate  of  lowa.of  any 
state  in  the  Uuiou — so  that  the  grang- 


'■!">•' 


tup 


.tt.it    h.,i 


as  the  '  'banner  s 
ing  to  grief.  A  f-w  w 
following  article  appef 
Western  Rural. 


The  following  preamble  and  resolu- 
tions were  unanimously  adopted  by 
Swedbiirg  Gran;;.--  No,  68,  of  Saunders 
Co-,  Neb.,  at  a  late  meeting: 

Whereas,  Marion  Grange.  No,  301, 
state  o(  Iowa,  ha-  endeavored  to  bring 
reproach  upon  our  beloved  and  much 
honored  order  by  the  paueage  of  the 
following  reeolationa,  to  wit: 

[Here  followa  the  resolutions  of 
Marion  Grange,  publin  ed  in  the 
nosure,  Feb.  25  ] 


,  the 


.,ll,.i 


and   irit.rin-iiicint:  coiue 

lion   and  disun 

R?mliwl,'Y\i  t  the  i 

Marion  (Jr.ir.ge  «u<>YA  1 

i  be  held  up  .to 

the  ..ier.raiion  of«ll  Pa 

rona  ami  hones 

urjurcd  villiu 

erly   and  progress. 

ffrsalwil.   iiiiit    ilir 

Grang'-  in  .'»   direct    t    r 

principl'  d  aod    uiimiti. 

Jeho«k  Baknkll,  Seity. 
Hear  we  have  a  text  for  a  long  am 
interesting  sermon.  I  will  only  indl 
cate  a  few  poinls.  however,  showing 
the  legitimate  relation  even  of  thi 
least  objectionable  of  the  secret  orders 
to  the  old  "hand-maid  of  relig 
Speculative  Freemasonry: 

1.  The graugersare beginning  to 

ize  the  despotic  character  of  tbeir-'much 
honored  order." 

2.  Ttiey  are  also  beginning  to  exhib- 
it the  anhiivs  of  tbeir  "beloved  order" 
toward  all  that  dare  to  question  its 
vaunted  claims  to  universal  pbilaotb.ro> 
phy  and    charity. 

Now,  my  friends,  ray  good  Anti- 
ffirtsonic granger  friends  cfpeciallv;  you 
have  tl,o  text  verbal  hit.  et  literatim  ei 
pwnctuatim,  with  a  general  plan  lor  a 
discourse  before  you.  You  can  "ox- 
plain,"  ■  'criticise,"  "subdivide,"- -apply," 
and  "improve"  at  your  leisure.  Only 
be  bonest  anil  "stick  to  your  text,"  and 
I  will  warrant  your  conclusion  (o  be  all 
right  Then  if  you  wish  to  do  good  to 
your  brethien  still  in  bomlase,  give  it 
to  the  Cynosure  audience. 

1  may  add.  my  dear  Cynosure,  as 
;i  ■jiguificaut  feature  of  thiu  disintegrat- 
ing movement,  thai  indepeiidanLgcang- 
ea — embracing  all  industrial  classes  in 
their  membership — are  multiplying  all 
the  land  and  that  the  members  of 
the  orgiual  order  begin  to  clamor  for  a 
on  of  the  ritual  so  tbat  less  time 
may  be  taken  up  in  (heir  meetings 
ith  ceremony  and  tom-foolery  iu  gen- 
■al    and    more    lime    devoted    to   the 

liatever  Ibat  is. 

On  the  whole,  I  ihink  the  hand  of 
od  is  in  this  movement  and  that  it  is 
destined,  in  its  onward  progress,  to 
open  the  eyes  of  many  who  would  oth- 
e  remain  blind  to  the  despotism 
ntulerance  of  tin'  t-otire  array  of 
:  orders.  To  this  end  let  us  not 
10  pray  for  its  success.  Yours  for 
the  war.  A,    D.    Low. 


Cartraok,  N.  Y„  Mar.  16,  1874. 

Mr,  Editor: — In  your  issue  of  March 

5th,  in  relation  to  the  Briar  Hill   affair, 

awrence  Co..  N.  Y  ,  you  will  dis- 

tbal  the  Gouverneur  Herald  in 

relating  that  part  of  the  affair  where  it 

that   Collins,   fearing   that   those 


might 


:  tiled 


to  that  part  of  St.  Lawrence  Co.  on  a 
visit,  and  there  I  learned  the  facls  in 
the  case.  Instead  of  Mr.  Collins  pay- 
ing his  persecutors  §25,  they  settled 
with  him  by  paying  him  #25  apiece. 
four  of  them,  which  amounted  to  $100 
—quite  a  difference  1  But  this  was  not 
all ;  thiy  were  brought  before  the  grand 
jury  on  complaint  o(  another  party. 
and  I  am  informed  by  a  gentleman  from 
Depeytter  that  a  bill  would  have  been 
fiuind  against  them  had  they  uot  all 
been  MasoriE.  Thus  may  be  seen  how 
Masonry  defeats  the  ends  of  justice. 

Further  lo  ahow  the  deceitfuluess  of 
the  craft  I  will  state  that  iu  all  proba- 
bility the  Gouverneur  Herald  intended 
lo  misrepresent  Mr.  Collins  by  saying 
tbat  he  paid  them  $25,  and  accordingly 
throw  a  favorable  aspect  on  the  craft. 
Further,  to  confirm  my  suspicion  of 
the  Herald,  noon  after  I  was  looking 
into  the  Walertown  Post  nnd  noticed 
thai,  paper  undertook  to  copy  the  same 
accouni,  but  represented  the  affair  as 
transpiring  iu  Antwerp,  this  county, 
instead  of  Depcyster,  where  it  actually 
look  place.  And  for  the  benefit  of  the 
craft,  instead  of  stating  the  fact  as  it 
was,  that  Mr.  Griffin,  the  collector,  re- 
lated the  circumstances  to  a  number  of 
bis  Masonic  brethren,  the  Post  left  out 
the  word  "  Masonic,"  and  60  the  affair 
tapered  out,  KH  they  supposed. 

Yours  respectfully,  A.  Holt. 


i  h|iiMl:iiV_.   i,-     \  ■!'.      Y, ,  li- 


lt V 


ANTOIASONIC  TRACTS. 


Andrew  Pontiu-i,  Sycamore,  0, ,— 
I  know  the  evils  of  Masonry.  I  hav, 
taken  three  degrees  and  tried  lo  live  i 
Christian  life  and  be  a  Mason,  but  th, 
two  would  not  mix  together  more  thai 
oil  and  water.  Send  me  your  good  pa 
per  and  I  will  do  all  the  good  with  i 
I  can. 

W.  M.  Beden,  Hadley,  Mich.— Mj 
neighbor.  A,  Oldfield,  a  grey  head 
ed  old  man,  (whose  < 
from  (iondrich  we  now  and  then  se 
the  Cynosure.)  a  few  evenings  si 
while  on  his  way  lo  a  school-lions 
deliver  an  Anti-masonic  lecture, 
ceived    his    paper   (the    Cynosure) 

i  was  written  with  pencil  after  the 

slip  containing    hie  name,  "Dry    up  or 

the    consequences.       A   Mason.' 

Outof  which  Mr.  0.   is  making  capita!. 

le  P.  M.    at   Goodrich    is  a  Freema- 

bJiN-li-di  voters  are  evidently  not  yet 
favor  of  the  disestablishment  of  the 
Church  of  England,  A  correspondent 
of  the  London  Times  calls  attention  to 
the  fact  thai  of  the  sixty-one  members 
of  Parliament  who  supported  Mr.  Miall's 
disestablishment  motion  last  year, 
twenty-eight,  including  Mr.  Miall  him- 
self, have  not  been  returned  to  the  new 


of  Coi 


En -Preside  I      Fillmore,      says    the 
United  Presbyterian,   will  be   remem- 
bered more  for  his  mistakes   than   Ms 
s.     Accidentally  made  Present, 
he  abused  hie  opportunity  for  goodness 
d  greatness  by  signing  the  infamous 
Fugitive  Slave    Law;  and   during   the 
the  gratitude  he  displayed    to  the 
country  that  had  made   him   its  chief 
necutivo,  was  sympathy    with    those 
ho  tried  to  destroy  it.     Such  palriot- 
m  deserves,  as  it  receives  the  oblivion 
sited  on  it  by  a  people    too  great   lo 
arbor  a  lasting  resentment. 
Thounh  never  giving   to  the   public 
hits  definite  religious  sentiment?,    Mr. 
er  was  classed    generally   among 
the  Unitarians,  and   his   expression    of 


-The  House  has  vo 
advauce  837,000  to  the  District  t 
school  teacherr.of  Wasbingtoi 


>c'y  Richard 
NituUui*  Ln-an  bus  made  a  long  speech 
n  favor  of  currency  inflation  in  reply 
o  Carl  Scuuix  The  latter  was  absent 
■  trending  Mr.   SumQei'e  funeral. 

City. — Shortly    af'er     the    ladies 
left  the   council  chamber   on    Monday 


bed— 'Tell 


I   loi 


>  ehoi 


the  irancendentalism  of  that  gentle- 
in.     He  was,  however,  a  pew  owner 
tin-  old  Episcopal  Kind's  chapel  from 
ience  he    was  buried.  And  a  corres- 
pondent of  the  Chicago  Tribune  says 
it  he  was  heard  during  the   war  to 
wesa  hia  faith  in  the  Christian  relig- 
,  and  that    he  was   from   education 
1  choice  an  Episcopalian.     The   up- 
rightness and  integrity  of  his  character 
ever   impeached   during   a    long 
public  life,  nor  did  he  ever  become  en- 
id,  as  were  many  others  of  louder 
and  better   pretensions,  in   any  of  the 
affiliations   which    always  prove 
brotherhoods    of  dishonor   to  religious 


Obi  Standard  \ 


i  Mai- J 


m  prepared  to  furnish  a  few 
copies  of  Robinaon's  Proofs  of  a  Con- 
spiracy, Barreuil's  Memoirs  of  Jocobin- 
and  many  other  old  Masonic 
books  now  out  of  print.  I  have  made 
arrangements  with  a  large  importing 
book  establishment,  to  furnish  me  any 
book  on  this  question  in  or  out  of 
print  if  it  can  be  found. 

binson's  Proofs,  post  paid,  *4.00. 
Barreuil'a  Memoirs  of  Jacobinism, 
post   paid,  i  vols.  87.50.     To  be  sent 

the  risk  of  the  purchasers. 

Address   Jobs  G.  Rownu.   Summer 
field.  Ohio, 

3tmarl2 


Who  Shall  de  opr  NextPrei 
If  every  reader  of  the  Gynos, 

do  all  that  is   possible   for  this   reform 
during  the  next  two  years,  by  circula 

ag  the  Cynoiure  and  tracts  andbooki 

we  have  good 


II 


will  be  B 


1  the 


Experience  Meeting. 

Mas.  E.  Kiloore,    Mercer,    Pa.  :-l 

do  feel  LTieved  Hint  there  are  -o  few  In 
Mercer  and  vicinity,  who  will  take  the 
paper.  As  far  as  I  kuo*  ours  is  the 
only  one  token  in  thia  place  now.  What 
makes  it  seem  worse  is  there  are  two 
United  Presbyterian  churches  and  -  ne 
Congregational    that    profess    to  main- 


church  the  declaration  of  aentimeti-  .if 
ihe  church  was  publioly  read,  and 
those  joining  were  expected  to  give 
their  asent,  but  I  cannot  remember 
that  our  minister  has  mentioned  Hi" 
subject  in  his  sermons  more  than  once, 
and  then  very  briefly.  Wo  would  be 
glad  to  give  a  lecturer  a  home  in  our 
house  at  any  time.  It  does  seem  loo 
bad  Mir-  uburoheB  must  nlwaya  havi  ■« 
net  sin,  that  neither  minister  nor  mem- 
bers are  allowed  to  disturb  without  he- 


Mr.   Hammond  haidised   his  labors 
at  St.   Louis  and  has  gone  to   Jefl 
City  with  a  large  company    if  CI 
workers.     Multiu-I         ;■■  ■■!  -: 


iimr-m,,MOon   of   the  thousandth 

ersary  of  the   first  settlement  and  of 

i  «rant  of  a  new  constitution   by  the 

king  of  Denmark,    which  goea   into  ef- 

thc   date   mentioned.—  The  re- 

leetings    still    continue   iu    the 

Brethren   church    throughout 

nlry;  the  laat  number   of   the 

■eports  from  twenty-nine 

churches. — A.   M.    Meili,     a,    German 

Crestline,  0.,    has    renounced 

iniand  will  join  the  Presbyter- 


eek,  the  alderi 


ind  the  caune,  and  what  aldermen  be- 

-rayed     them. —  A    fire    on     Saturday 

morning    seriously   injured    the    large 

book  store  of  Keen,  Cooke,  &  Co.— Of 

e  four  Congregational  churches  invi- 

1   to  sit  with    tbo  Brooklyn  Council, 

...  Plymouth  and    Union  Park,  have 

refused,  and   the  Firiland  New  Enc- 

'  vl  eicepud. 

Coontkv. — Subterranean  rumblings 
or  Bald  Mountain,  N.  Carolina,  ter- 
ied  ocwsmoiifjer-  lo  roport  an  crup- 
mat  hand.      But  il.e.e    „    not  ...vena 


,ll-    s     :..|l.    ■     ■ 

rohbera.     Tw 
were   killed  < 


re  is  uot  well  understood. — A  G 

Indianapolis  on  Sunday   destroy 
e  twenty  stores  worth  from  $301 

lorm  present f,  low  new  features.  T 
opnosiliof)  lx"  I  hi.-  mob  and  iMHirert- 
ol"  "the  k. loons  ii  more  bitter.  In  Clei 
ind,  0.,  the  mms    K-,.     bi-'set    .u 

L'Vi'rcly  injured.  Like  demonstrate 
iirt-iii.-ii  i.-!s.,ivii..T,-.  L.-l;;1-!  process 
■  nit;  usvi   impi'l'iiMy  in    tunny  ciisuh 

Font: ion-.— A  Catholic  mob  on  t 
be  night  of  Mar.  7th  attacked  t 
Protestant    chapel  at  Puebla,  Mexii 


A  Tract  Fund  for  the  Free  Distribution  of  Tracts, 


"The  Antimasons  Scrap  Book/ 

vddre-sa  E.ka   A.   (loon    &    ■"■ 

HISTORy'oI  MASONRY. 


MASOHIO    MTTHSSR. 

SECRETS  OF  MASONRY. 

BY    ELI TAPLET 

RMW&SS .'     "    pSVftvBWS 

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Extracts  Prom  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  al 
Sworn  to  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Bhode  Island 

Hon.  John  Quincy  Adams'  Letter. 
Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

<; -  Hi.  ,  ,■<•■■ M'.iry  (IS:!2). 


Satan's  Cable  Tow. 


Freemasonry  la  the  Church. 


idrss;  if  hm  bunt;  Association,  Sew  York. 
Judge  Whitney  and  Masonry. 


.toned  the  pastor 

Oarli&t    army    of 

rchlng  on   M=.< 


ind  furniture  aud 
.  A.  Carrol  —A 
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N.'xi  number  ti  HI  dati  ''new  s 
Tith  the  Cynosure.  Lei  if  be 
stiraed  with  renewed  efforts  on  the  part 
if  every  render  "  spread  light  and 
ruth  for  Chrisi  and  his  kingdom, 


yal  among  the  students  of  ih>-  U.iiver-  jj™- 
«ity.  —  Tne    Kev.    Dr.  I'rot.-us.    tin   e*°~  1  SgSg 

(pjcnl    London    prvaeber,     ii..-    beeo  I  j,J'' 


HOWARD  CROSBY.  D.  D. 


G?AND  L0DGE  MA$0NRYl 

MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  and  VOID. 


rigio,  Otipssi  m 


BRICKS  FOR  MASONS  TO  LAY. 


Sis  ham  whj  i  Christian  should  not  l:  i  Froonuson 


ENOCH     HONEYWEIL'S    TRACT 


TERMS  FOR  THE  CYNOSURE. 


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do  Right. 

of  a   garbled   te^timonv,    lei   it   come 



from  *  church  ore  Impel,  from  Anglican 

ft  -oil 

jr  Roman.     His   venom    lurks    in    the 

unction  of  a  hierarchy,  mid  poison-  the 

,1,.,,.-  lutnlUe. 

absolution  of  the  Pope,      He  knits    his 

"  l"")j"hl- 

curdles  the  milk    in  Ihe  boBom  of  the 

sswrbood  oT  a  charity  burlesqued    and 

mocked.      The    priest  of  Baal  ia  abroad 

corrupting  our  young  men  and  maiden*, 

kidnapping   our  children    and    making 

shipwreck  of  the  laith.     He  can    thrill 

your  sense    with    solemn   ltaoies,   en- 

(liiisiiiiii  UeclBloi 


We 


think,  and  think  what  they  say.  Ar 
we  not  always  talking  like  that!  Bi 
what  think  you  of  yourself,  while  jo 
call  yourself  a  Christian,  but  will  m 
confess  the  Christ  whose  name  yo 
take!  The  uniform  of  Christ  ib  a  rw 
set  livery  for  all  the  world  to  see,  eve 
though  they  spit  upon  it — and  not 
Nessus  shirt  for  cowardly  safety,  tg  t 
slipped  on  next  the  akin — beneath  tL 
velvet  trappings  of  the  world,  or  tli 
silken    draperies    ol    fashion.      Do  ni 


>  let  i 


i  dishonesty, 


lile  ' 


neighbor,  lest  he  jeer  you.  Do  no' 
to  put  out  your  frippery  of  pro 
against  the    temporising   spirit  oi 


i  for  its  defense,  but  B 


ostracism    should    shut   you   out  frotr 
some  gay  coterie    of  Baal-worshipperu 
whom   you  cannot  leave.     Let  Elijah'i 
emphasis  thunder  through  your  cowan 
soul,  till  it  taunts  you   to    the  ohivalrj 
of  confessorship.      Let  Elijah's  attitude, 
as  he  stands  alone  before  the  royal  nn< 
sacerdotal   scoffers,   swearing    his  failt 
beaide  the  shattered  alter  of   his  God, 
rouse  up  the   man   within   you.     Look 
at  him,  with  the  glow  of  a  clear  cc 
science  in  bis  kindling  eye.     There 
no  stain  ot"  Jezebel's  wine  upon   tho 
n  shuffl 


lip, 


ndal 


may  tread  softly  in  the  idol  courts  c 

Ahab.  He  bad  never  played  a  neutral' 
dastard  part,  but  all  the  world  ha 
known  him  as  they  8'iw  him  then,  eve 
though  he  stood  alone  before  the  scon 
of  sacerdotes  and  kings;  an  athlete  and 

aide  and  against  Baal. 


of  hort 


gainst  Baal,  the  bsnner  of  hi 
,nd  the   gauntlet   of  his  bat 
a  the  errantry 


,graai 


Who.  then,  here,  is  on  the  Lord 
del  The  prieBta  of  Baal  are  aroun 
OU,  the  satellites  of  Ahab  daily  at  you 
de,  the  board  of  Jezebel  smiles  wit 
s  harlot  hire  before  thee;  but  con 
ut  from  among  them,  and 


If  the  Lord  be  God,  serve  him;  if  Bail 
then  serve  him.  Brethren,  there  is  : 
Bbh.1  priesthood  still  upon  the  earth 
eager  to  decoy  the  Christian  from  hit 
first  estate  by  the  reasoning  of  unbelief, 
or  by  the  pageantry  of  authentic  form. 
The  priest  of  Baal  is  before  you  whet 
the  learned  fool  calls  from  the  halls  o 
so-called  science  or  philosophy.   'There 


oGod."     He 


modern. voice  tii.a  wlnapera,  "'The  Bibli 
is    not  inspired;"      ''Christ  is  not  Di 

ment;"      "Prayer   is   a  useless    form.' 
The  priest  of  Baal  speaks  when  you  an 


ary  I     In  the  temple 


lilch  Mi. 


ranee  you  with  the  peal  of  the  organ, 
r  the  chant  of  the  choir,  awe  you  with 
lie  gleam  of  the  cenBer  am 
f  (he  incense,  but  he  cum 
lightning  to  leap  upon  tho  sacrifice,  or 
ommnnd  the  fire  to  dart  its  tongue  of 
old  upon  the  altar. 

Then  where  are  our  Elijahs,    for  we 

have  them  too.    They  are  down  among 

squalid  lanes,  with  the  dying  bunds 

clflsped  tight  between  their  pulma,  proy- 

sick  bedsides.     They  are   in  our 

Sabbath-schools,  teaching  the  little  oni  a 

lisp    and     love    the  name  ol  Jesue. 

They  are  in  our  village  parishes  aud 

churches,  bearing  the  sunlight    of  the 

j   Gospel  in   the   lite  and  in  the 

testimony.     They  are  in  the    pulpits, 

where  tho   burning   heart   is    pleading 

th  the  sinner,    and    rain-bowing  the 

pril    of    hia    tears  with  the  hues   of 

hope.    They  are  yonder,  on  the  parch- 

<•  btrands    of   India,   grappling    with 

lusion   and  dashing   D.itrons   on   the 

■nple-floors.     They    are   standing  on 

ch  Carme-1    ueight  where  the  icono- 

ist  has  broken  down  the    altar  of  tin 

Lord,  rearing   its   stones   and  kindling 

e   sacrifice,     They   are   everywhere, 

iere  the  voice  speska  forth   the  faith- 

I  saying,  where  the  cup  of  cold  watei 

filled    in    the    Saviour'*    name  alone, 


Of  the  tempi'.';  bu'  he  did  not  ao 

individual,  bui  as  the.  repr"*enta- 

o(    the    whole    congregation ;    the 

people  entered  in  him     He  was  to  them 

tho  way  of  God.      We  too  have  a  great 

High   Priest     through   whom   we  may 

locesa  unto  the  Father,  ev lea  US 

;  the  righteous.  Wo  might  say  that 
Jesus  Christ  ii  the  Becret  place  of  the  Moat 
High,  ''for  in  Him  dwelleth  all  the 
la  of  the  Godhead  bodily."  He  is 
the    express   glory  of  God.     "We  love 


fur  Christ's  dear  sak 
uiy  finger  points  to  C) 
vary,  and  the  focu3  of  the  effort  ai 
the  faith  is  the  Lamb  that  was  s!ai 
these  only,  are  the  Eliji 
heroines  for  Christ,  trui 
pets  of  the  old  nod  everlasting    G>sjn 


Hie  Cm 


j  of  Ripun,     before  I 


spok 


t  LeedB.  called 
repeat  with    him 
We   ask  you  fc 


Creed  of  the    AposlU 


the 

-  heart-,  ,iivJ 
ives.     Aa  you  go 
'6    name    against 


High  Charlie  deliberately  and  emphatically, 
,ecret|  Whatlaboy  of  Charlie  Luwia'd  age 
harbor  a  thief!  0m-  would  lliinli  be 
have  nothing  to  do  wi'ta  thieves. 
>ne  would  suppose  bo;  and  yet 
nob  one  thief  bo  sly  that  he  used 
mate  himself  into  Charlie's  good 
and  Charlie  used  to  go  with  him; 


Those  win 


awakens  love.  We  e 
st,  and  through  him 
jn  of  the  Divine  love. 

God  dwell  in  God,  and  God  dwells 

icm,  and  whatever    God    has    they 

have.     They  have  eternal  real;  the  joy 

of    being    satisfied     from    the    rivers  of 

God'e  pleasures;  acquaintance  with  the 

deepest   secrets   of   ihe  universe;  eon- 

with    the    richeB  and  honor  and 

which  belong  to  the  sons  of  God ; 

home  where    the   spirit  may    be 

Bootbed  amid  life's  duties,  andgladden- 

vith  the  pleasures  which  are  forev- 

ore,      Well  did  Moses,    the    man  of 

I,  exclaim, ''Lord,    thou  hast  been 

iiWeli'lIJM     ;,| 

B.  Simon. 


Among  a  lot  of  temperance  traoti 
:nt  me  by  a  friend,  one  was  headed 
Dost  thou  Smokk,  Bill?"  1  read  it, 
id    it   made    me   feel    uncoml  irtable. 

ams  copies  uf  it  had  got  into  cirrula 
3n  among  my  people  before  I  wat 
»are.  A  fine  black  young  mau  carm 
i  me  one  day  and,  after  bowing  and 
Bcraping  aud  bi'ldinb;  me ''good  mor 
iug,"  asked,  "Will  mas-apleise  give  m* 
one  little  tract?"  '-Yes,  Qu:umna,an< 
welcome;  which  will  you  have?"  "Da 
tractcalled  •Dne*!i"i  Sw>kr.  William  I 
He  thought  it  would  be  to  vulgar,  ii 
my  presence  tossy  "Bill;"  politenesi 
led  him  to  say  ''William."     I  gave  bin 


ly  stand  against  him. 
»  he  jiushcs  off  to  school,  In.  inoib- 
ids  him  "rauem&er." 
n  he  i-oes  until  he  get3  almost  ovei 
I'l.'L"*.  when  lie  slops  a  minute  tc 
lb  the  little  fishes  darting  about  in 
water  below.  He  almost  wished  he 
j  a  fish,  that  he  had  no  gratnmer  tc 
leain,  or  copy  to  write;  he  waa  sure 
fishes  muit  be  very  happy,  with  notb- 
do  the  live-long  day 


ugt 


L  1  fell  1 


imy  c 
hfully  t 


ffould  rath 
r  than  that 


nongst  the  people, 

One   night  aftei 

ving   knocked   ou 


1  scarcely 


Thei 


pie   and    unable   to   work, 

student.  His  father  whs  pour  and  could 
give  him  but  little  help.  The  severe 
and  protracted  struggle  by  which  he 
secured  an  education  gave  him  just  the 

the  bar.  He  was  soon  the.  firat  lawyer 
in  northern  Pennsylvania.  He  then 
went  to  Philadelphia,  and  soon  had  a 
practice  there  worth  $20,000  a  year. 
This  man  bud  three  sous,  all  hand 
some  and  talented,  and  who  were  the 
leaders  <imong  the  boys  of  their  age. 
Their  father  was  very  proud  of  them. 
He  was  determined  that  they  should 
befitted  to  fill  high  place-.  He  said: 
■'My  boys  shall  not  toil  and  struggle 
as  I  did.  I  will  use  my  money  freely 
to  smooth  their  way."     At   the   acade- 


told  I 

in  the  voice  which  pi 

whieh  is  mightier  th 

He    hisses   from  the 

benighted    learning,    where    martinets 

are  trying  to  explote  a  simple  faith  by 

bulwarks  of  the  soul's  eternal  hope  with 
which  blots   the 


I  have  to  work  out  thi 
with  but  little  help  from  t 
andifidleor  mischievous  th 
)  he  hired  pri 


the  specious  literatui 
Bible,  tears  the  Test 
the  blood  sealed   co 

fi-ikes  upon  the  shallow  tide  of  doubt. 
And  while  the  Baal  priest  is  calling 
thus  from  the  cold  zone  of  a  negative 
philosophy,  his  voice  is  speaking  from 
the  hot  realm  of  superstition.  He 
preaches  from  the  pulpits  where  the 
mother  is  made  equal    to    the    martyr, 


;  they  are    pla; 


with  i 


end  of  prone  before  tho 
He  juries  with  the  toys  and  tin- 
oblations  of  the  ritual,  where  a 
mery  obstruct 


He  shows   hia 


antics  at  those  altars 

is  broidored  on  the   i 

of  breathing   into   the    message.     Ho 

strata  in  the    procession,    he   skulks  in 

the  confessional,  he  hides  h's  leer  under 


the 


He  lisps  in  the  sweet  gentility 


tutors  for  thei 
their  diffieultie 
easy  for  them 
to  his   table    d 


who    would    solve  all 

3  possible.  He  invited 
ilinguishvd  men  in  sci- 
aturc,      that    his     boys 


dby  I 


Such  men  usually  look  wine  at  dinner 

and  the  boys  were  permitted  to  nlrink 
with  them,  that  they  might  acquire 
this  gentlemanly  accomplishment. 
What   was   th«  result   of  this   hot-bed 


■  ■ulf-ireJ 


in  Coi 


i.re  those  young 
ress  or  on  the  b=mch  to-day  ?  No,  uol 
ne  of  them  lived  to  be  thirty  years  oi 
ge.  All  three  of  them  Bleep  in  drunk 
rds'  graveB.  Their  father  burled  their 
nd  lived  on,  with  th 
bat  he  gained  by  the   struggl 


■■    -I    In- 


land, and 


many  parallels  in  tin 
wealth  and  luxury  in  oi 
will  have  many  more.  Lo 
love  their  children  try  lo  I 
habitB  of  industry  and  self-denial.  "It 
la  good  for  a  man  that  he  hoar  tho 
yoke  in  his  youth." 

How  shall  we  who  are.  without  deep 
affection  for  God.  find  our  way  into 
"the  secret  place  of  the  Most  High*" 
How  are  we  lo  realize  amid  tho  out- 
ward, the  glory  of  the  invisible  sHnctu- 


drs|>i.'  Mi  in  my  own 
than  I  did  at  that  moment.  From 
this  night  forth  J  vowed  Unit  I  would 
never  spend  another  penny  in  tobacco. 
So  ended  the  colloquy.  Having  asked 
God  to  forgive  me  the  great  s 
which  i  had  been  guilty,  and  to 
me  the  grace  and  strength  to  carr 
the    resolve    I    had  just    made,  I 


rell   km 


a  mother,  and  ( 


r  that 
nly  hui 


the  wa 
Charlie 


<  the 


play 

■veil  knew  that  he  bad  uol  a 
i  spare  on  the  bridge;  be- 
precisely  five  minutes  after 
lasler  fastened  the  door  for 
id  no  tardy  boy  could  get  in; 


il    authority    was  to   ; 

great  degree  paralyzed  through  the  in 
of  Freemasonry;  ami  that  th 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  state  of  Ne^ 
York  had  befitowil  gr^nnloii"  pecuni 
ary  aid  upon  some  uf  the  c  inspirator 
under  the  mock  and  insulting  iiiiwnome 
Western  Sufferers."      .       .      . 

Masons  of  high  standing  in  lodg 
ihapler  repeatedly  declared  that  i 
an  was  put  to  death  he  bail  me 
his  deserved  fate  ami  had  paid  no  mor 
ihe  life  which  he  had  forfeited  b 
fraction  of  bis  Masonic  oaths. 


prayer,', 
he  knew 

half  day's  school;  but  for  all  that  he 
kept  stopping  and  delaying.  In  fact 
lion  the  thief  was  by  his 
>  steal  his  precious  mo- 
boy  kept  stopping  and 
stopping,  thinking  nboul  the  fishes,  and 
saying,   "Oh. it   is  not  pleaanot    to   be 


ntil   i 

Hi  m-n)i»  r, ' 


inothei 


lined 


rted  up  in 
ew  back  hi 
"Hands   ol 


spoke  again  in  I 
n  hia  lounging  a 


nd  happily  got  i 
"Goot 


i  Cbarl  e 
"Good, 


-Okillgaa  glad 


as  he  could  bi 

my  escape  this  time.  1  havel  Good  bye, 

Mr.  Thief;   you  and    1   have,  1   hope, 

doiu'  having  d-'aliugs  together." 

Charlie  was  as  good  as  hia  word;  and 
from  this  time,  instead  of  being 
always  delaying,  always  hebind-hmd, 
he    became   the   very    soul  of  prorapl- 


pt>r-   and   encampments,   as   such 

'.'  engaged  in  the  c  aiipirac; ;  'h1 
-■■  f  inspirators  who  had  hendetect 
convicted  and  punished  hy  ihe  fore 

bosom  of  the  Grand    Lodge  of  tin 

!e   of  New  York  m   full    fellowship; 

that  under  the  cov-rt  of  Masonic 


has  been  fighting  J 


prub;i"!'- 


■mi    - 


the 


elded  fi 


otleman  of 
c  fraternity, 
isidered  what  is  technically 
right  Mason,"  riding  with 
return  from  Hl  Albane 
Vrenthatn,  related  Bubstan- 
llowing  circumstances :  A 
the    Maso: 


Mr,  Sajlt 


fears  since,  whom  I  will  call  J 
d  who  lived  in  one  of  'the  back 
of  Rhode  Island,  took  C.  D.  and 
him  a  Mason,  as  the  Masoni 
say,  illegally,  giving  him  sue! 
;tiocs  :hal  he  '-worked  himsel 
lodge.  C.  D.  retained  this  ille 
gal  standing  lor  no  me.  ti-ne,  and,render 
ed  himself  bo  familiar  with  the  "  work1 
that  he  obtained  an  office,  I  think  tha 
of  junior  or  senior  warden..  By  am 
by,  however,  ii  "  leaked  out"  tha 
C.  D.  had  been  made  a  Mason  ille 
by  w, 


Henderson,    Hurrisf ille,    0  , 


2  ANTI-MASONI' 

';:"  Christian  Oyuosuv  & 

Address,  EZRA  A.  COOK  a  CO., 


Light  on    Freemasonry, 

BY  ELDER  P.  BERNARD, 


i  .lHart,  Wne.non,m. 

f    A    r.lanrliard.  Wli'.at  >n 
P.  Elzea. 


S.  --hiiitn.Uiai 


:.  Taylor,  Summerlield, 
i,8yr 


Odessa,  N.  Y. 
City,  Iowa. 
"  'A.  0. 
li.Y. 
,Pa. 
,Pa. 


again 


>nd     be 


do 


young 

hat  a  bad  thing  this  prooraatinalioi 
,1     Procrastination  is  the  spirit  of  de 

lying,  of  being  behind-hand  in  all  ou 
nd^riaknigs.  and  engagements,  am 
uties.     it  is  aptly  called  a  thief,  for  i 


>  of  ( 
e.— Ohtirch  and  State. 


I  bed.     The  t 


,  day 


At  the 

sun!  lime  for  taking  the  pipe.  lh^  crav- 

ig  fo,  it  was  very  strong.     1  managed 

i  r.'sist  it,  however,  by  putting  io  my- 

ilf  a   few    plain   questions, 

What  is  the  matter  with  y 

re  you  restless   aud  unhappy?      H.m 

ou   a   headache!"     "No."  "A  tooth 


Why 


'N>„ 


-H..1 


you 

any  part  ot  your  body  )"  "No. 
you  cold?"  'No."  'Hott' 
you  hungry  ?"  "No. 


I'h'i 


■No." 


"Then  why, 


all  that  is  rational,  are  you  not  content- 
ed, and  even  lhankful  to  God  for  the 
L-strnpt-'on  from  pain  which  you  enjoy  (" 
In  this  manner  I  lectured  myself  against 
tho  unnatural  craving.  Every  time  that 
I  resisted  the  appetite  I  felt  that  1  had 
achieved  a  victory ;  that  I  was  rising 
higher  in  the  scale  of  being;  that  my 
moral  strength  was  augmented;  that  I 
was  getting  more  into  harmony  with 
God's  laws  and  my  own  conscience ;  and 
that  my  example  in  regard  to  the 
youth  of  my  congregation,  whb  hecom- 


Er»  Ion;  the 
craving  cesBed ;  the  appetite  died  away  ; 
1  was  emancipated  I  And  now  I  would 
not  he  again  enslaved  lor  ''all  the  world 
culls  good  or  great."  Most  devoutly  do 
I  thank  God  for  my  deliverance  1 — Ex. 


—It's  a  deep  my  tery — ttie  way  the 


the's 


i  the  world 


■  for  1 


all  the 
makes 

years  for  her,  like  Jacob  did  for  Rachel, 
sooner  than  have  any  other  woman  for 
the  asking.  I  often  think  of  those  words 
"And  Jacob  served  seven  veara  for  Ra- 
chel; and  they  seemed  unto  him  but  a 


-[Ada. 


had 


CJdlldrens'  Corner. 


lliirhurlnff  u  'I 


Tub   Better    Way. — Au  irreligious 

father  being  offended  that  his  eon  had 
embraced  religion,  remarked  to  him, 
"You  should  have  firsl  taken  care  tc 
estsiblish  yourself  in  business  before 
you  made    up  your    mind   about  relig 


HiBs 


intedly  repliei 
ai  advised  mi 
,d,  Seek  ye/tl 


-Father 

iiri'f  rtiulv 
/  the   kiug- 


Freemasonry  forty  Years  Up. 


sled  I 


Ubjer. 


This 


ni-ivnr) 


i.v.-r^  ilion 
brought  me  irresislably  lo  the  conclu- 
sion that  one  inherent  principle  in  Free- 
as  that  the  violator  of  Ma.- 
ehould  suffer  death.  This. 
conclusion  was  reached  by  the  following 
consideration: 

1.  The  literal  expression  of  the 
penalty  was  such  that,  if  executed, 
death  must  inevitably  ensue. 

2.  The  language  of  the  penalty, 
as  administered    to    the  candidate,  was 


left. 


rally    expreast 


«ng 


uglie 


.tbyt 


•leftbreasl  torn  open1  or  -Ihe  body 
severed  in  two,'  mean  simply  expulsion. 
I  could  not  believe  that  men  of  common 
sense  aud  common  intelligence  would 
so  far  trifle  with  their  own  understand- 
ing, as  to  bind  a  candidate  by  solemn 
oath,  under  the  imprecation  of  such 
horrid  and  barbarous  penalties  as  have 
been  recapitulat-d,  merely  to  impress 
upon  his  mind  that  if  he  violated  Ma- 
sonic law  by  revealiug  secrets  he  should 
be  expelled  from  Ihe  lodge.  1  had 
likewise  in  Ihe  Fellow  Oraft  degree 
received       the      following      peremptory 


loualy  to  support 


Llld     bt 


was  suffered 
with  Ihe  fraternity.  Soon  after  this 
A.  B.,  who  h-.d  thus  violated  his  obli- 
gations, happened  to  be  in  Providenct 
al  the  time  the  Grand  Lodge  was  ir 
session,  winch  summoned  him  t"  appeal 
e  them,  A.  B.  obeyed  the  sum. 
and    whs   by  the  Grand    Lodgt 


way,' 


lis  friends  thought,  he  had  abscc 
and  this  was  the  general  repoi 
manner  in  which  this  Inst  i 
onducted.f  understood  Mr. Say] 
e    this:     Ihe     Grand     Lodge     n 


Ins  regret  that  the  "Uorgnn 
not  been  conducted  as  se- 
d    thereby     have   prevented 


.  tiler-  h.Jnj;    aomnl.ml 


evidence  that  he  has  c 
Beveral    other  persons.      He    wil 
wise  doubtlesB  be  able  to   give 
thority,  as  I    understood  him   tl 

of  the  parlies  concerned  was  a  i 
ol  either  himself  or  his  wife.  1 
now  recollect   which. 

OUKMAIL. 

Jas.    8.     Hickman,     WclHngtoi 

heartily  i;lud  Hie  paper  i 

„„(/  mil  labor  for  iU  tuet 

■ke,  I  would  lie  pleased  to  con 

,voula  bo  glud 


and  Important  facts  of  variou 

socially  ihose  hearing  uu  seen 

societies,  from  every  part  of  the  couutry. 

Daniel  Countryman,  RocUello,  111.,  r< 

uews  his  subscription,  sends  us  four  nci 

subscribers  all  stir-named  "Countryman, 


m  Ihe  ficiet-soeiety  nutation. 
:s  Morse,  Heading.  Mass.,  writ* 
Ish  you  might 


illation.      Wc  uaut  a  gooil  lec 
nk  there  ore  AtiHumons 
inougli  in  five  von   a  good    support 


Reading  is  an  old  Antl-masonie  battle- 
field aud  has  a  good  record.  There  arc 
three  Cynosure  subscribers  there  now.  Wc 
hope  they  will  be  rcprescuted  at  the  Syra- 
cuse Convention.  Cannot  this  number  ol 
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