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CHICAGO,  MAY,  1911 


REAL  SUCCESS 

So,  then,  Elijah's  life  had  been  no 
failure,  after  all.  Seven  thousand 
at  least,  in  Israel,  had  been  braced 
and  encouraged  by  his  example,  and 
silently  blessed  him,  perhaps,  for  the 
courage  which  they  felt.  In  God's 
world,  for  those  who  are  in  earnest, 
there  is  no  failure.  No  work  truly 
done,  no  word  earnestly  spoken,  no 
sacrifice  freely  made,  was  ever  made 
in  vain. 

Distinguish,  therefore,  between 
the  real  and  the  apparent.  Elijah's 
apparent  success  was  in  the  shouts 
of  Mt.  Carmel;  his  real  success  was 
in  the  unostentatious,  unsurmised 
obedience  of  the  seven  thousand 
who  had  taken  his  God  for  their 
God. — F.  VV.  Robertson. 


CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE 

WILLIAM  IRVING  PHILLIPS 

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CONTENTS 


Order    of    Harugari. 1 

Secrets  of  Fraternal  Societies  Protected  in 

California 2 

Governor    Johnson's    Veto 2 

Order   of   Moose .  2 

A    Valuable    Movement 3 

.  Painted    Regalia 3 

Boy   Scouts  are  Opposed 3 

A  Law  to  Shelter  Crime 4 

Camorrists   and    Others 4 

The  Power  of  the  Secret  Empire.  By  Miss 

E.    E.    Flagg 5 

Contributions  : 

The   Shame  of  the  Church 8 

A  Call  to  Prayer 11 

Reminiscences.     By  Ezra  A.   Cook 11 

Editorial : 

Anti-Free-Speechism     16 

The  Camorra  16 

''Their  Altars  by  His  Altar" 17 

A.  Foreign  National  Festival , 18 

Arthur  Brisbane  to  the  Hibernians. .....  19 

Beheaded   in   China , 20 

Only    Christian,    so    Profane 20 

Homiletic   Review   Correspondence 22 

Whisky     and     Instruction     for     Colored 

Masons     22 

Beast   and    Bird    Flight 23 

^'Et  Tu,  Brute?" .24 

Testimonies    of    Pastors 25 

Testimonies  of  Seceders 26 

Testimonies   of    Statesmen 27 

New^s  of  Our  Work: 

Secretary    Stoddard's    Report 28 

/     Report  of  Indiana  State  President 29 

Agent    Davidson's    Report 30 

"What    is    Duty?".... 30 


Mrs.  Lizzie  Woods'  Letter 31 

The    Nebraska    Bill 32 

Canadian    Correspondence    32 

SERMONS  AND  ADDRESSES 

SERMON  ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

By  Rev.  Daniel  Dow,  Woodstock,  Conn.  The 
special  object  of  this  sermon  is  to  show  the  right 
and  duty  of  Christians  to  inquire  into  the  real 
character  of  secret  societies,  no  matter  what 
objects  such  societies  profess  to  have.     5  cents. 

ODDFELIiOWSHIP  A  RELIGIOUS  INSTI- 
TUTION 

And  Rival  of  the  Christian  Church.  8  pages ; 
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WHY  I  LEFT  THE  REBEKA.H  LODGE. 

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PROF.  J.  G.  CARSON,  D.  D.,  ON  SECRET 
SOCIETIES. 

A  most  convincing  argument  against  fellow* 
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cents. 

THE  "GOOD  MAN  '*     ARGUMENT. 

God's  Word  or  the  Ofher  Man's  Conscience — 
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OUGHT  CHRISTIANS  TO  HOLD  MEMBER- 
SHIP IN  MODERN  WOODMEN  OF 
AMERICA? 

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ETHICS  OF  MARRIAGE  AND  HOME  LIFE. 

Secret  Societies  in  Relation  to  the  Horae. 
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Avenue  (Moody)  Church,  Chicago.  3  pages;  post- 
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25  cents. 

MASONIC  OBLIGATIONS. 

Blue  Lodge  Oaths  (Illinois  Work)  ;  Masonic 
Penalties;  Are  Masonic  Penalti.es  Ever  Enforced? 
Masonic  Arrogance ;  Masonic  Despotism ;  Grand 
Lodge  Powers ;  Disloyalty  to  Country ;  Our  Re- 
sponsibility as  Christians;  What  Can  Be  Done? 
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FOES  OF  THE  CHRISTIAN  SABBATH. . 

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V 


"Jesus  answered  him, — I  spake  openly  to  tlie  wurid;  aad  io  secret  have  I  said  nothing."     John  18:20. 


^^OLUME  XLIV. 


CHICAGO,  MAY,  1911. 


NUMBER    1 


The  business  session  of  the  annual 
meeting  will  be  held  Thursday  morning, 
May  1 8th,  in  the  West  Chapel  of  Whea- 
ton  College,  convening-  sharply  at  ten 
o'clock.  All  interested  in  meeting  the 
agents  and  other  friends  and  hearing  of 
the  progress  of  our  work  are'  invited  to 
be  present. 

The  afternoon  session  will  be  held  in 
the  same  place,  and  among  the  speakers 
w^ill  be  Rev.  J.  E.  Hartzler,  our  Indiana 
State  President;  and  Rev.  I.  B.  Trout, 
one  of  the  editors  and  prominent  work- 
ers in  the  Church  of  the  Brethren,  will 
be  present,  no  providence  preventing.  In 
the  evening  session  we  shall  hear  Presi- 
dent Blanchard  and  Mr.  E.  Y.  Woolley, 
assistant  pastor  of  the  Moody  Church. 
He  has  had  a  many-sided  experience, 
and  his  addresses  are  always  interesting, 
informing  and  helpful. 

We  trust  that  the  annual  meeting  will 
be  a  season  of  spiritual  blessings  and  a 
renewal  of  strength  for  our  great  work. 


In  America  the  Lutheran  church  has 
57  orphans'  homes ;  33  homes  for  aged ; 
3  homes  for  defectives ;  10  deaconess 
mother-houses ;  48  hospitals ;  8  hos- 
pices ;  18  immigrant  and  seamen's  mis- 
sions ;  6  home  finding  and  children's 
friend  societies,  and  5  city  missions  and 
rescue  leagues.  These  have  a  valuation 
of  $8,181,798,  and  an  endowment  of 
$700,141. 


Every  great  Christian  reform  will  be 
successful  in  proportion  to  the  earnest, 
believing  prayers  behind  it.  We  are 
grateful  for  the  letters  commending  the 
Prayer  Circle.  No  letter  has  been  richer 
in  its  helpfulness  than  the  following : 
Orange  City,  la.,  R.  2,  April  nth,  191 1. 
My  Dear  Bro.   Phillips: 

I  have  noted  your  desire  to  form  a 
Prayer  Circle  for  the  cause  of  your  As- 
sociation.    Allow  me  to  say  that  I  have 


remembered  the  National  Christian  As- 
sociation in  prayer  every  morning  be- 
tween 5  and  6  o'clock,  since  1906,  I 
think.  This  is  my  hour  for  the  "^linistry 
of  Intercession,"  as  Dr.  Murray  calls  it. 

I  shall  gladly  continue  to  do  so  for 
the  future.  I  can  say,  that  this  work 
has  already  brought  many  a  blessing  to 
me.  Respect,  yours, 

J.   B.   Van  den  Hoek. 
Carnes'    Parsonage   Christian   Reformed 

Church. 


ORDER  OF  HARUGARI. 

Organized  in  New  York  City  in  1847,. 
at  a  time  when  the  Germans  in  the 
United  States,  among  other  foreigners, 
were  antagonized  b}^  the  dominance  of 
native  American  sentiment,  the  society 
was  made  up  exclusively  of  Germans, 
and  formed  not  only  an  asylum  or 
refuge,  but  contemplated  affording  relief 
to  its  members  in  sickness  and  distress 
and  caring  for  their  widows  and  or- 
phans. The  Order  was  formed,  in  adch- 
tion  to  the  purposes  specified,  for  the 
preservation  of  the  German  language, 
literature,  customs,  and  traditions  in 
America.  The  name  Harug'ari  was  iden- 
tified with  the  ancient  German  tribe,  the 
Cherusci,  which  was  conquered  by  the 
Romans  under  Tiberius,  but  achieved  its 
independence,  led  by  Arminius,  when  it 
defeated  the  Romans  under  Varus.  The 
name  was  taken  from  the  old  German. 
Haruc  signified  a  forest,  and  the  old 
Teutons  who  met  in  the  forests  were 
called  Harug'aris.  It  now  has  about  300 
lodges  in  twenty-seven  States  of  the 
Union,  and  a  total  membership  of  about 
30,000  men  and  women.  \W>men  mem- 
bers, wdio  number  about  7,000,  meet 
in  separate  lodges,  which  are  governed 
and  conducted  as  are  those  for  men.  One 
of  the  outgrowths  of  the  organization  is 
the  Harugari  Singing  Society,  to  which 
20,000  members  belong. 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


May,  1911. 


SECRETS  OF  FRATERNAL  SOCIETIES 
PROTECTED. 

Sacramento,  California,  March  3d. — A 
fine  not  exceeding  $500,  or  imprisonment 
not  exceeding  one  3^ear,  according  to  a 
bill  now  passed  b}-  both  houses  of  the 
legislature,  will  be  the  punishment  of  any 
person  publishing,  selling,  offering  for 
sale,  or  even  having-  in  his  possession,  the 
ritual  of  any  secret  society  or  lodge.  To 
disclose  any  secrets  is  punishable  to  the 
same  extent. — The  San  Francisco  Call. 

GOVERNOR  JOHNSON'S  VETO. 

Sacramento,  CaL,  March  24. — Gov- 
ernor Johnson  has  vetoed  Assem.bly  Bill 
718,  making  it  unlawful  for  any  one  not 
a  member  of  a  fraternal,  benevolent  or 
secret  society  to  have  in  his  possession 
or  to  print  or  sell  any  expose  or  state- 
ment of  the  secret  or  unwritten  work  of 
the  society.  Governor  Johnson  says  that 
he  does  not  approve  of  the  intent  of  the 
proposed  law  in  endeavoring  to^  protect 
something  about  which  the  law  can  know 

nothino'. 

The  bill  was  drafted  by  Attorney 
Grove  L.  Johnson,  father  of  the  gov- 
ernor, and  grand  master  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows  of  this 
state.  The  bill  was  introduced  by  As- 
semblyman Cronin,  at  the  request  of 
Johnson,  Sr. 

In  his  veto  message.  Governor  John- 
son says  that  the  proposed  law  would 
jeopardize  the  constitutional  right  of 
freedom  of  speech,  and  freedom  of  press. 
He  points  out  that  the  bill  cannot  dis- 
criminate between  good  and  bad  societies, 
and  that  there  have  been  many  secret  so- 
cieties in  the  past  whose  rituals  and  oaths 
were  inimical  to  the  government  and  sub- 
versive to  society,  and  says :  I  would  not 
make  it  a  crime  to  expose  the  secrets  of 
such  organizations. 

He  also  points  out  that  the  law  would 
be  difficult  if  not  impossible  of  execution, 
and  that  the  only  way  to  prove  that  an 
expose  was  an  expose  would  be  to  com- 
pare it  with  the  real  work  of  the  society, 
which  would  be  revealing  the  very  se- 
crets that  the  Bill  was  drawn  to  protect. 
— San  Jose  Mercury,  reprinted  in  The 
Free  Methodist. 


A  pleasant  smile  and  a  sweet  voice  are 
great  helps  on  life's  journey. 


ORDER  OF  MOOSE. 

The  Loyal  Order  of  Moose  was  or- 
ganized April  i2th,  1888,  at  Louisville, 
Kentucky.  At  a  recent  Supreme  Lodge 
meeting  at  Baltimore,  Maryland,  fifteen 
thousand  members  were  present. 

The  following  titles  are  given  to-  the 
officers  in  the  lodge :  Dictator ;  Past  Dic- 
tator ;  Vice  Dictator ;  Secretary ;  Treas- 
urer ;  and  Prelate. 

Something  of  the  character  of  this 
order  may  be  learned  from  the  trial  of 
the  Steward  of  the  Moose  Order  at 
Chambersburg  Pennsylvania,  for  selling 
liquor,  for  which  he  was  convicted, 
and  following  which  the  buft'et  of  the 
Moose  Lodge  was  closed.  The  Deputy 
Supreme  Organizer  of  the  State,  Mr. 
Stull,  on  the  witness  stand  said  that  he 
supposed  that  there  were  about  four 
hundred  lodges  in  Pennsylvania.  He 
stated  that  he  selected  the  members  when 
organizing  a  lodge  and  then  the  Su- 
preme Lodge  passed  upon  them.  He 
said  that  the  Supreme  Lodge  gave  the 
Subordinate  Lodges  a  charter  to  run  a 
buffet.  Mr.  Stull  said  that  the  lodge 
was  not  instituted  with  the  idea  of  get- 
ting around  the  license  laws.  Under 
cross  examination  Mr.  Stull  said  that  he 
knew  nothing  about  the  connection  be- 
tween the  Supreme  Lodge  and  the 
buffet.  He  said  that  the  Supreme  Lodge 
had  nothing  tO'  do  with  the  local  buffet, 
and  that  there  is  nothing  in  the  charter 
about  a  buffet.  Geary  McMichael,  bar 
clerk,  said  he  is  Past  Dictator  of  the 
lodge.  He  called  it  "an  argument" 
which  followed  when  some  of  the  mem- 
bers decided  to  open  a  buffet.  The 
lodge  never  formally  acted  upon  it.  Mr. 
W.  W.  Stitely,  a  trustee  of  the  Cham- 
bersburg Lodge,  said  that  the  proceeds 
from  the  sale  of  liquor  goes  to-  the  profit 
of  the  house,  no  individuals  profiting, 
and  that  there  is  a  lodge  treasurer  and 
a  club  treasurer.  The  club  fund  pays 
rent  for  the  house.  He  said  he  was  told 
there  would  be  a  buffet  when  he  was 
asked  to  join.  .  . 

The  above  account  of  the  trial  is  taken 
from  the  Evening  Herald  of  Waynes- 
boro, Pennsylvania,  and  it  seems 
that  a  distinction  is  made  between  the 
lodge  and  the  club.  Something  within 
the  lodge  is  formed  for  the  purpose  of 
handling    the   liquor   and    looking   after 


May,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


the  profits.  The  judge  remarked  that 
this  case  was  very  important ;  and  point- 
ed out  that  the  Moose  Lodge  had  entered 
Mont  Alto,  where  Hquor  Hcenses  had 
been  refused  retailers.  The  Moose  are 
said  to  be  closely  allied  to  the  Order  of 
Elks  and  the  Eagles.  Such  revelations 
as  the  above  ought  to  have  a  peculiar 
interest  to  temperance  advocates. 


A    VALUABLE    MOVEMENT. 

"Christian    Association    of    Houghton 
Seminary." 

''The  object  of  this  association  is  to 
gather  and  to  disseminate  information 
concerning  secret  societies  in  their  rela- 
tion tO'  Jesus  Christ  and  to  the  home, 
Church  and  State;  to  fortify  the  position 
of  the  Wesleyan  Methodist  Church 
against  these  societies ;  to  train  students 
of  Houghton  Seminary  for  aggressive 
anti-secret  work;  to  help  the  pastors  and 
Christian  workers  to  devise  and  to  op- 
erate the  best  methods  of  dealing  with 
the  subject;  and  to  co-operate  with  all 
who  are  interested." 


PAINTED    REGALIA. 

In  publishing'  what  purports  to  be  the 
description  and  history  of  an  alleged  por- 
trait of  Washington,  the  Toledo  Times 
Bee  paper  repeats  the  myth  of  member- 
ship in  Alexandria  lodge  from  the  date 
of  its  charter  until  that  of  his  death.  We 
are  aware  of  no  substantial  reason  for 
believing  that  he  ever  held  active  rela- 
tions with  any  loclge  except  the  one  in 
Petersburg.  From  this  we  think  he  was 
never  transferred,  though  other  lodges, 
including  Alexandria  lodge,  counted  him 
a  nominal  member,  and  Alexandria  made 
him  nominal  master.  It  was  purely  a 
case  of  ''absent  treatment." 

As  to  the  Master's  collar  shown  in  the 
Toledo  paper's  picture,  it  is  easy  to  paint 
one.  Judging  by  Washington's  own 
written  statements,  he  appears  to  have 
had  no  use  for  this  part  of  what  he  called 
"child's  play." 

Reference  is  made  to  what  he  wore 
when  he  laid  the  corner  stone  of  the 
Capitol.  We  have  always  doubted 
whether  he  knew  of  the  existence  of  the 
famous  apron  said  to  have  been  prepared 
by  Madame  Lafayette,  before  he  was 
rather  suddenly  invested  with  it  in  a  tem- 


porary lodge  into  which  a  Masonic  es- 
cort took  him  for  a  brief  halt  on  the  way 
tO'  the  ceremony.  Lack  of  courtesy  w^as 
not  his  failing,  and  he  wore  the  apron. 
But  he  laid  the  corner  stone  as  Presi- 
dent ;  another  man  was  there  as  Masonic 
master,  to  make  it  a  constructively  Ma- 
sonic, as  well  as  actually  presidential, 
corner  stone  laying. 

Whatever  apron  he  wore,  and  what- 
ever regalia  the  original  artist  or  any  la- 
ter one  painted  into  the  picture  for  the 
glory  of  Masonry  or  the  confirmation  of 
a  myth,  the  cut  published  by  the  Toledr) 
paper  has  no  authority  to  contradict 
words  which  the  living  man  himself  took 
pains  to  write.  Truthfulness  is  ascribed 
to  him  by  all  not  influenced  by  Masonry. 
The  notion  that  he  presided  over  lodges, 
he  called  an  "error." 


BOY   SCOUTS   ARE   OPPOSED. 

Central    Labor    Union    Sees    Danger   in    the 
Organization. 

The  central  labor  union  of  Pittsfield  has 
started  a  movement  against  the  Boy  Scouts  of 
America.  There  are  four  companies  of  the 
Boy  Scouts  at  the  Methodist  church,  while  in 
other  churches  companies  are  being  organ- 
ized. The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  resolu- 
tions adopted  by  the  union  : 

"Whereas,  an  attempt  is  being  made  by  cer- 
tain Wall  street  millionaires,  assisted  by  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association  and  vari- 
ous other  so-called  religious  societies,  to  or- 
ganize the  boys  of  our  country  into  an  organ- 
ization known  as  the  Boy  Scouts  of  America, 
a  semi-military  association  ;   and 

''Whereas,  we,  as  members  of  organized 
labor,  being  pledged  to  the  principles  of 
brotherhood  and  international  peace  among 
the  working  classes  of  the  world  and  loyalty 
to  each  other,  are  forced  to  render  an  em- 
phatic protest  against  this  movement  for  the 
following  reasons  : 

"First.  The  pledge  required  from  each  re- 
cruit requiring  him  to  submit  to  blind  obedi- 
ence to  the  orders  of  so-called  superior  offi- 
cers, which  is  a  relic  of  the  autocratic  past. 

"Second.  The  clause  (article  2,  scout  law) 
pledging  its  members  to  remain  loyal  to  their 
employers  through  thick  and  thin,  which  prac- 
tically means  the  training  of  our  young  men 
and  boys  to  become  'scabs'  and  strike  break- 
ers in  times  of  industrial  conflict. 

"Third.  The  attempt  to  arouse  and  instill 
the  spirit  of  medieval  barbarism  and  mili- 
tarism into  the  minds  of  future  generations 
of  wage  earners;  therefore,  be  it 

"Resolved  by  the  delegates  to  the  central 
labor  union  of  Pittsfield,  Mass..  in  regular 
meeting  assembled,  that  we  condemn  this  so- 
called  benevolent  movement,  which  under  the 
guise  of  philanthropy  and  the  welfare  of  our 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


May,  1911. 


children  seeks  to  make  slaves  and  traitors  of 
our  sons. 

"Resolved  that  we  request  the  membership 
of  each  union  here  affiliated  to  withdraw  all 
support  of  whate\er  nature  to  this  movement 
or  the  various  societies  engaged  in  aiding  this 
organization. 

"Resolved,  that  a  copj-  of  these  resolutions 
be  spread  upon  our  minutes ;  and  that  each 
imion  be  furnished  with  a  copy." — Springfield 
Republican,  ]\Iarch  12. 

The  last  clause  of  the  "first"  reason 
may  be  undeniable,  but  in  the  mouth  of  a 
labor  unionist  does  not  lack  drollery.  The 
first  resolution  appears  adaptable  to 
Freemasonry — more  so.  in  fact,  than  to 
Bov  Scouting'.  What  is  implied  in  the 
word  "request,"  used  in  the  second  reso- 
lution, union  members  probably  know ; 
we  do  not  assume  to  interpret  the  inno- 
cent-lookino^  word.  Yet  it  cannot  have 
hcen  used  in  such  a  place  with  expecta- 
tion of  futility. 


A  LAW  TO  SHELTER  CRIME. 

The  Oregon  law  prohibits  copying 
or  circulating  any  part  of  the  Masonic 
ritual,  one  part  of  which  is  the  pledge 
to  keep  the  secrets  of  a  fellow  member  of 
the  third  degree,  "as  inviolable  as  my 
own,  when  committed  to  and  received  by 
me  as  such,  murder  and  treason  except- 
ed— and  these,  only,  at  my  own  option." 
Murder  and  treason,  these  only,  are  ex- 
cepted ;  two  crimes,  two  only,  prove  a 
rule  which  covers  the  general  mass  of 
crime.  Crimes  against  property — theft, 
robbery,  burglary,  arson — are  secrets  to 
he  kept  as  inviolable  as  any  Mason's  own. 
Every  possible  crime  against  social  pur- 
ity and  personal  morality — adultery,  for- 
nication, incest,  rape — must  be  covered  by 
the  opaque  Masonic  veil.  To  protect  a 
Masonic  brother  whom  he  never  saw  be- 
fore, another  apron  wearer  must  sacrifice 
his  nearest  and  dearest  relatives ;  he  can 
warn  no  man  that  loss  of  property  is 
impending ;  he  can  hint  to  no  mother  that 
she  needs  to  guard  her  innocent  daugh- 
ter from  a  confessed  design ;  a  Mason's 
plans  to  do  evil  are  sacred,  if  the  evil 
does  not  involve  murder  or  treason.  This 
systematized  villainy  is  covered  by  the 
mantle  of  Oregon  law.  A  commonwealth 
offers  the  services  of  her  courts  to  aid 
clannish  concealment  of  all  crimes  save 
murder  and  treason  only. 


CAMORRISTS  AND  OTHERS. 

"It  would  be  a  mistake  to  generalize 
upon  Italian  character  from  the  revela- 
tions touching  the  Camorrists  in  the  ex- 
traordinary trial  now  going  on  at  Vi- 
terbo,"  remarks  a  well  known  daily  pa- 
per, which,  after  discussing  the  society 
and  certain  conditions  of  southern  Italy, 
proceeds  to  consider  related  or  similar 
organizations  which  have  existed  in 
America.    It  afifirms  that : 

"We  in  this  country  have  not  been  free 
from  secret  oath-bound  organizations 
terrorizing  thousands  who  took  no  part 
in  their  crimes.  The  Ku  Klux  organiza- 
tion, formed  tO'  rid  the  South  of  carpet- 
bag government,  went  from  bad  to 
worse,  and  no  doubt  crimes  of  mere  pri- 
vate vengeance  were  perpetrated  in  its 
name.  The  White  Caps  and  the  Night 
Riders  are  instances  of  the  same  sort  of 
organizations  for  different  purposes. 
.Various  oath-bound  orders,  known  as  the 
Sons  of  Liberty,  the  Knights  of  the  Gold- 
en Circle,  and'  by  other  names,  organized 
in  the  middle  West  during  the  Civil  war, 
at  first  for  the  purpose,  as  it  was  de- 
clared, of  protecting  Democrats  in  the 
exercise  of  the  elective  franchise,  grew 
into  a  dangerous,  potential  insurrection, 
having  the  object  of  releasing  Confed- 
erate prisoners,  seizing  forts,  civil  and 
military  ofihcers  and  supplies,  and  insti- 
tuting such  a  fire  in  the  rear  of  the  ad- 
ministration at  Washington  as  should 
force  an  armistice  with  the  Confederacy. 
There  have  been  many  other  such  secret 
organizations  in  this  country,  some  of 
them  wrested  from  a  comparatively  in- 
nocent or  positively  patriotic  purpose  to 
become  the  active  agents  of  evil,  which 
abundantly  proves  that  it  is  not  alone 
the  Italian  temperament  and  tradition 
that  are  favorable  to  the  growth  of  dan- 
gerous underground  influences." 


The  Lutheran  Church  has  a  larger 
per  cent  of  her  men  in  the  church  than 
any  other  of  the  leading  denominations 
— this  per  cent  being  46.1.  The  Dis- 
ciples come  next  with  40.0;  then  the 
Baptists  and  the  Methodists  each  with 
38.5 ;  the  Presbyterians  with  37.9,  and 
the  Episcopalians  with  35.5. 


May,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


Cl)e  ^otoer  of  t|)e  Secret  Cmpire 


IBp  ^t!30  (K»  ©♦  JFlafis 


XXXI. 
New  Scenes  and  Old  Faces. 

Let  the  reader  imagine  me  a  necro- 
mancer whose  magic  wand,  waved  Hghtly 
over  him,  has  the  power  of  putting  him 
to  sleep  for  about  forty  years  ;  for  though 
a  great  many  things  may  happen  in  that 
period  of  time  very  interesting  to  the 
world  at  large,  to  say  nothing  of  minor 
events  equally  interesting  in  a  smaller 
way  to  the  individual,  none  of  which 
would  be  omitted  by  a  conscientious  his- 
torian or  a  careful  biographer,  I  am 
neither  the  one  nor  the  other.  I  am  sim- 
ply telling  the  story  of  my  experience 
with  Freemasonry ;  and  if,  when  nearly 
all  the  states  passed  laws  prohibiting  ex- 
tra-judicial oaths,  and  the  churches  of 
Christ  everywhere  disfellowshipped  ad- 
hering Masons,  the  institution  had  act- 
ually died  down  as  it  feigned  to  do,  I 
should  probably  make  this  my  concluding 
chapter,  or,  what  is  more  likely,  not  have 
written  any  story  at  all,  preferring  to 
let  the  dead  bury  its  dead  in  decent  obliv- 
ion. 

But  the  wounded  dragon  of  Masonry 
did  not  yield  up  its  life  so  easily.  At  the 
South,  under  cover  of  the  night-dark 
wing  of  slavery,  it  hid  in  shame  and  dis- 
honor, to  slowly  recover  from  its  griev- 
ous hurt,  and  finally  creep  forth  again 
into  the  light — not  always  under  its  true 
name — while  brave  men  and  women, 
fighting  with  tongue  and  pen  for  the 
freedom  of  the  slave,  never  dreamed  what 
chains  were  forging  in  secret,  or  how  in 
their  own  free  North  the  time  would  come 
when,  under  the  intimidating  power  of 
the  lodge,  men  would  dare  not  freely  dis- 
cuss its  claims ;  when  editors  of  religious 
journals  would  refuse,  in  their  craven 
fear  of  losing  patronage,  to  publish  arti- 
cles ag'ainst  it ;  and  even  the  Christian 
ministers,  while  hating  it  at  heart,  should 
be  afraid — Oh,  shame  ! — actually  afraid 
to  stand  up  in  the  pulpit  and  speak  God's 
truth  concerning  it. 

But  in  passing  over  such  an  interim 
of  time,  there  must  necessarily  be  many 


scattered  threads,  which  it  behooves  me 
to  gather  up  and  knit  into  one  general 
whole  before  I  proceed  further. 

Of  the  scores  of  persons  actually  par- 
ticipating in  the  murder  of  Morgan  or 
consenting  thereto,  only  five  were  con- 
victed. Loton  Lawson  was  sentenced  to 
two  years'  imprisonment,  Nicholas  G 
Cheesboro  to  one,  and  Eli  Bruce,  Edward 
Sawyer  and  John  Whitney  to  varying 
terms  of  one  month  or  more,  and  this 
was  all  that  resulted  from  four  years' 
trials  and  investigations. 

That  these  men  were  considered  by 
their  brethren  of  the  lodge,  not  as  con- 
victed felons  but  as  martyrs  to  the  Ma- 
sonic cause,  may  be  inferred  from  the 
fact  that  they  remained  in  full  fellowship 
therewith  as  members  in  good  and  regu- 
lar standing ;  that  they  were  visited  daily 
while  in  jail  by  their  Masonic  brethren, 
in  many  cases  accompanied  by  their 
wives  and  daughters ;  that  they  wxre  fur- 
nished with  every  luxury  money  could 
procure,  and,  when  their  term  was  up, 
escorted  from  prison  in  triumph.  But 
O,  most  benevolent  Masonry,  where  were 
thy  bowels  of  compassion  for  many  an 
unfortunate  brother  confined  within 
those  very  walls,  not  for  kidnaping  and 
murder,  but  for  debt? 

Darius  Fox  came  unexpectedly  back 
to  Brownsville  about  a  year  after  his 
sudden  flight — nowise  improved  by  his 
stay  among  the  wild  and  reckless  char- 
acters of  the  Western  frontier.  Why  he 
chose  to  run  the  risk  of  returning ; 
whether  he  had  been  led  to  believe  that 
all  danger  of  conviction  was  over,  or 
whether  his  course  was  dictated  by  mere 
braggadocio,  is  more  than  I  can  say.  But 
he  talked  swaggeringly  about  having 
"come  back  to  stand  his  trial,"  and  had 
his  small  circle  of  admirers,  who  sur- 
rounded him  in  store  and  tavern,  and 
praised  and  cheered  him  as  if  he  had  done 
a  very  brave  and  plucky  thing  in  re- 
turning. 

Perhaps  he  had  overlooked  the  possi- 
bility that  some  of  his  associates  in  evil 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


May,  191L 


might  turn  state's  evidence  against  him. 
A  few  days  after  his  unexpected  appear- 
ance in  Brownsville  one  of  the  men  con- 
victed of  abducting  ^Morgan  gave  testi- 
mony in  regard  to  his  own  share  in  that 
transaction  that  would  inevitably  have 
consigned  him  to  a  felon's  cell  had  he 
not  been  found  dead  the  next  morning. 
The  cause  of  his  sudden  death  was  said 
to  be  apoplexy,  though  a  story,  never  ex- 
actlv  authenticated,  was  whispered  about 
and  believed  by  many  in  Brownsville  that 
he  had  really  hung  himself  in  a  moment 
when  remorse  and  fear  of  punishment 
so  acted  on  a  mind  unbalanced  by  drink 
as  to  drive  him  to  self-destruction ;  and 
his  family,  to  avoid  the  dishonor  attach- 
ing to  the  name  of  suicide,  had  attempted 
to  cover  up  the  fact  by  ascribing  his  un- 
timely end  to  a  cause  which  was  not  the 
true  one. 

But  whether  he  met  death  by  his  own 
hand  or  in  the  common  orderings  of 
Providence,  Darius  Fox  went  tO'  his  own 
place,  where,  in  the  course  of  years,  all 
his  companions  in  crime  followed  him ; 
into  that  dim  eternity  towards  which  the 
evil  and  the  righteous  are  alike  hasten- 
ing, where  the  deeds  done  in  the  body 
are  either  angel's  wings  ever  raising  us 
higher  in  the  scale  of  purified  being,  or 
weights  sinking  us  deeper  and  deeper 
into  the  pit  of  final  despair. 

For  three  years  the  proprietor  of  the 
Park  Tavern  tried  to  carry  on  his  busi- 
ness in  the  face  of  wrongs  and  outrages 
that  in  number  and  petty  malignity  fell 
to  the  lot  of  no  other  anti-Mason  of  those 
days.  Hear  his  own  words  on  the  sub- 
ject: 

"My  help  was  hired  to  leave  me ;  others 
sent  who,  after  being  hired,  would  get  in 
debt  and  prove  unfaithful.  Sham  sales 
of  stage  horses  would  be  made  to  un- 
principled drivers  who  would  keep  their 
horses  at  my  house  on  usual  contracts, 
and,  when  a  quarterly  bill  was  presented 
against  the  ostensible  owner,  it  would  be 
shoved  off  upon  the  driver,  who  was  ir- 
responsible and  would  abscond ;  or,  if 
sued,  pay  the  debt  on  the  jail  limits. 
Merchants  with  whom  I  had  dealt  would 
divide  my  accounts,  and  sue  me  on  each 
day's  trade,  causing  me  to  pay  unneces- 
sary costs." 

Nor   did   they   stop   short   at  personal 


violence,    as    witness    his    further    testi- 
mony : 

''My  furniture  was  injured,  and,  in  my 
attempts  to  save  it  from  destruction,  I 
have  been  choked  in  my  own  house  till 
my  family  were  alarmed  lest  my  life 
should  be  taken.  All  this  was  done  with 
the  avowed  intention  of  tempting  me  to 
commit  assault  and  battery,  or  seek  re- 
dress by  lawsuit,  that  they  might  avail 
themselves  of  the  law  to  destroy  me  ef- 
fectually.'' 

The  fight  was  too  unequal.  What 
chance  had  one  man,  however  just  his 
cause,  against  hundreds  working  in  se- 
cret conclave  tO'  accomplish  his  ruin? 
Mr.  Greene  disposed  of  his  business  in 
Batavia,  and  as  a  public  lecturer  did 
more,  perhaps,  than  any  other  man  to  en- 
lighten the  public  mind  on  the  real  nature 
of  Freemasonry. 

Undaunted  by  opposition,  undismayed 
by  danger,  though  he  once  came  very 
near  sharing  the  fate  of  Morgan,  he 
kept  on  his  way,  lecturing,  editing,  pub- 
lishing, side  by  side  with  a  young  man, 
William  Lloyd  Garrison  by  name,  who 
had  just  heard  the  bugle-call  to  another 
conflict  which  was  destined  erelong  to 
be  the  one  great  absorbing  issue  that 
should  swallow  up  all  others. 

The  Liberator  and  the  Antiinasonic 
Christian  Herald  were  both  published  in 
the  same  building  and  delivered  by  the 
same  carrier ;  but,  while  one  waxed  and 
grew,  the  other  waned  before  the  new 
struggle  for  human  rights.  And  when 
a  terrible  punishment  was  at  last  meted 
out  to  us  ;  when  every  newspaper  was, 
like  the  prophet's  scroll,  written  through- 
out with  mourning  and  lamentation  and 
woe ;  when  Rachels  wept  their  dead  in 
Northern  and  Southern  homes  alike,  who 
saw  the  secret  hands  working  in  dark- 
ness and  silence  to  prolong  the  contest  ? 

Good  patriots  on  the  Union  side 
blushed  for  the  cowardice  and  incom- 
petency that  stayed  idly  in  the  trenches 
for  weeks  and  months;  that  led  hosts  of 
brave  men  to  inglorious  slaughter  or  dis- 
graceful flight  before  the  enemy.  Could 
they  have  known  that  promotion  did 
not  depend  on  bravery  or  merit,  but  on 
the  number  of  Masonic  degrees ;  could 
they  have  witnessed  those  secret  mid- 
night meetings  when  Northern  generals 
fraternized  with  the  enemy,  they  would 


May,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


liave  had  a  better  understanding  of  the 
whole  subject.  And  when  the  guns  of 
the  Rebelhon  were  silenced  and  the 
smoke  cleared  away,  could  they  have 
seen  delegations  from  Northern  lodges 
on  a  visit  to  Southern  cities  uniting  in 
brotherly  union  with  Knights  of  the 
Golden  Circle,  these  same  good  people 
would  not  have  been  so  slow  to  recog- 
nize, grinning  under  the  mask  of  the 
Ku  Klux,  the  same  old  enemy  against 
which  Samuel  D.  Greene  so  faithfully 
warned  his  countrymen. 

He  died  on  the  threshold  of  the  on- 
coming struggle — a  new  struggle  with  an 
ancient  foe,  and  saw  not  its  end.  Pur- 
sued even  to  the  last  by  the  unsparing 
hatred  of  the  lodge  he  died  as  he  had 
lived,  boldly  testifying  to  "the  truth  as 
it  is  in  Jesus"  against  every  ''unfruitful 
work  of  darkness,"  and  now,  translated 
into  that  great  "cloud  of  witnesses,"  per- 
haps he  does  see  the  end  after  all. 

Bright,  mischievous  brother  Joe  mar- 
ried early  in  life  a  fair  acquaintance,  of 
Brownsville,  who,  I  have  reason  to  sus- 
pect, was  the  same  he  accompanied  home 
from  Jake  Goodwin's  party,  and  emi- 
grated to  Kansas  in  the  early  stages  of 
its  struggle  to  be  a  free  state,  where,  as 
a  friend  and  associate  of  John  Brown,  he 
participated  in  more  than  one  stirring 
scene  of  that  eventful  era. 

Sam  Toller  has  long  since  passed  from 
earth,  but  there  is  still  a  circle,  slowly 
narrowing,  who  hold  him  in  kindly  re- 
membrance. 

Luke  Thatcher  has  represented  his  na- 
tive state  in  the  legislature,  and  is  looked 
up  to  by  his  neighbors  as  an  honest,  far- 
seeing  man  who  is  always  on  the  right 
side  of  every  social  and  political  question. 

Mr.  Jedediah  Mills  lost  his  lawsuit  and 
his  farm — a  result  not  hard  tO'  predict 
from  the  beginning.  Anxiety  and  trouble 
SO  wore  upon  him  that  he  did  not  live 
long  after,  and  another  name  was  added 
to  that  hidden  roll  of  martyrs  to  the 
lodge  which  God  keeps  in  his  secret  place 
against  the  day  "when  he  maketh  in- 
quisition for  blood." 

Mark  Stedman's  life  has  been  one  of 
constant  warfare  with  every  prevailing 
and  popular  form  of  sin.  When  the  anti- 
Masonic  excitement  died  away,  and  even 
he  believed  that  the  lodge  had  fallen 
never  to  rise  again,  he  turned  his  atten- 


tion to  the  crime  of  American  slavery. 
At  a  time  when  the  mere  avowal  of 
Abolitionist  principles  cost  more  than  the 
present  generation  can  readily  conceive, 
he  preached,  prayed  and  worked  for  the 
emancipation  of  the  slave.  And  careless 
of  fine  and  imprisonment,  out  of  his  own 
slender  store  he  and  his  good  wife  Han- 
nah sent  many  a  fugitive  rejoicing  on 
their  way  towards  the  North  Star — a 
work  in  which  Rachel  and  I  not  infre- 
quently had  the  pleasure  of  helping,  for 
both  families  left  Brownsville  and  m.oved 
to  Ohio  about  the  same  time,  where  we 
settled  in  easy  visiting  distance  of  each 
other. 

We  are  a  staid  elderly  couple  now, 
Rachel  and  I,  with  a  number  of  grand- 
children to  spoil,  and  one  or  two  grown- 
up fledglings  still  lingering  about  the 
home  nest.  But  our  little  David  never 
went  forth  with  sling  and  stone  against 
any  of  these  moral  Goliaths  that  from 
time  to  time  have  come  out  from  their 
Philistine  fastnesses  to  defy  our  Ameri- 
can Israel.  One  bright  summer  day  we 
laid  him  under  the  green  grass  in 
Brownsville  cemetery,  and  on  another 
summer  day  as  bright,  there  came  to  our 
home  a  second  little  David.  He  sleeps 
in  his  nameless  grave  at  Antietam.  Still 
another  of  our  boys  donned  the  blue  and 
marched  proudly  away  to  die  by  slow 
starvation  in  a  Southern  prison. 

Oh,  it  is  not  in  hours  of  joy  that  hearts 
knit  tog'ether  the  closest  and  strongest ! 
From  that  mighty  baptism  of  anguish 
Rachel  and  I  came  forth  united  in  the 
grand  fellowship  of  suffering,  without 
which  love  is  like  gold  that  lacks  the  test 
of  the  crucible. 

And  now,  having  brought  ni}^  story 
down  tO'  Anno  Domini  1870  or  there- 
abouts, I  take  it  for  granted  that  the 
reader  is  sufficiently  interested  to  wait  its 
further  development,  first  promising  that 
the  end  is  not  far  off".  For  with  Rachel 
and  me  the  shadows  are  bcQinnino-  to 
stretch  eastward.  She  sits  shelling  beans 
on  the  porch,  which  commands  a  view  of 
rich  Ohio  cornfields  basking  in  the  Au- 
gust sun.  a  gray-haired,  placid-browed 
matron.  But  the  fires  of  youth  flash  still 
from  her  brown  eyes,  showing  that  she 
has  not  materially  altered  from  the  quick, 
imperious  Rachel  of  former  days. 

If  anv  one  doubts  it,  let  him  rouse  her 


8 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


^lay,  191L 


indignation  by  some  act  of  meanness  or 
duplicity,  and  if  he  doesn't  have  cause  to 
remember  that  day  as  long  as  he  lives,  I 
am  very  much  mistaken. 

(To  be  continued.) 


Cotttributtons. 


THE  SHAME  OF  THE  CHURCH. 

PRESIDEXT     BLAXCHARD's    LETTER. 

For  many  years  it  has  been  the  cus- 
tom of  various  secret  orders  to  ask  the 
privilege  of  coming"  once  a  year  into 
some  church  and  having  a  sermon 
preached  in  glorification  of  the  order. 
\\'e  have  also  known  that  on  the  occa- 
sion of  corner-stone  laying,  lodge  men 
have  been  accustomed  to  seek  some  no- 
toriety for  their  lodges  by  having  a 
place  given  to  them  in  the  order  of  ex- 
ercises. On  funeral  occasions  also 
lodges  have  been  for  many  years  accus- 
tomed to  seek  to  force  their  way  into 
homes  and  churches  irrespective  of  the 
wishes  of  the  afflicted  ones.  Few  men 
have  been  conversant  with  the  life  of  the 
Church  during  the  last  twenty-five  years 
w^ho  could  not  relate  instances  of  one  or 
all  these  lodge  impositions  on  the  church 
of  Christ. 

In  our  time,  however,  there  is  a  new 
and  a  most  humiliating  change  in  this 
respect.  Instead  of  the  lodge  begging 
for  the  notice  of  the  church,  the  church 
appears  on  her  knees  before  the  secret 
society.  So  far  as  we  are  informed  this 
movement  began  with  some  of  our  evan- 
gelists. They,  as  w^as  recently  remarked 
in  the  Cyxosure,  began  to  invite  various 
lodges  to  attend  their  meetings,  and  a 
rivalry  was  instituted  among  the  secret 
orders  to  see  which  one  could  or  would 
turn  out  the  greatest  number  of  men  at 
the  Evangelist's  meeting.  This  move- 
ment seems  to  be  on  the  increase  at  this 
time. 

It  is  natural  that  such  a  plan  should 
extend,  and  it  is  moving  in  that  direction. 


There  lies  before  me  as  I  write  the 
weekly  circular  of  a  rich  Presbyterian 
church  of  New  York  City.  It  mentions 
the  different  meetings  of  the  week,  tells 
of  the  special  music  which  is  to  be  ren- 
dered, and  then  says  that  all  the  ^lasonic 
lodges  of  the  district  in  which  it  is  lo- 
cated are  invited  to  attend  the  gather- 
ings on  Easter  day.  Of  course  all  well 
informed  people  know  that  secret  so- 
ciety men  are  not  usually  members  of 
churches  and  that  they  do  not  ordinarily 
attend  their  meetings.  It  therefore  seems 
as  if  there  is  on  foot  an  eft'ort  to  secure 
a  crowd  on  a  few  occasions  by  asking 
lodgemen  who  do  not  care  enough  for 
the  church  to  become  identified  with  it 
to  turn  out  and  give  it  a  boost. 

What  Is  the  Real  Motive? 

It  is  always  dangerous  to  judge  men's 
motives.  Wq  can  hardly  be  sure  of  our 
own,  and  of  course  to  know  those  of 
other  people  is  far  more  difiicult.  The 
natural  feeling  is  that  such  eft'orts  are 
intended  to  increase  the  contributions. 
It  would  probably  be  said  by  those  who 
adopt  these  means  of  getting  in  men 
that  the  plan  is  adopted  in  order  to  get 
men  who-  do  not  go  to  church  ordinarily 
to  come.  It  would  very  likely  be  said 
that  it  is  a  good  thing  to  get  men  to 
religious  gatherings  by  any  and  all 
means  in  order  that  they  may  be  saved. 
The  character  of  the  Evangelists  who 
have  used  this  method,  is  such  that  we 
ought  to  hope  as  firmly. as  we  can  that 
their  intentions  are  not  selfish,  but  be- 
nevolent. 

But  whatever  the  actual  motives  may 
be,  we 'are  fully  persuaded  that  the  re- 
sult of  such  attempts  will  be  evil,  and  not 
good.  Elijah  invited  the  Priests  of  Baal 
to  his  great  meeting  on  Carmel.  They 
also  came.  But  the  meeting  did  not  in- 
volve any  flattery  of  Baal  or  his  serv- 
ants. The  Evangelist  on  that  occasion 
called   for   a   decision   between   the   two 


Mav.  1911. 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


objects  of  worship,  and  when  the  people 
had  declared  that  Jehovah  was  God  he 
had  the  prophets  of  the  idols  slain.  If 
the  method  of  our  modern  preachers 
were  the  same,  there  could  be  no  objec- 
tion to  them  on  the  score  of  infidelity  to 
God's  word.  We  fear  that  they  are  not 
the  same;  From  what  we  have  seen  and 
heard  we  cannot  hope  that  prophets 
who  in  our  time  invite  lodgemen  to 
their  meetings,  are  disposed  to  draw  the 
hne  between  the  worship  of  Jehovah  and 
the  false  gods  as  Elijah  did.  On  the 
other  hand,  they  seem  disposed  to  mix 
the  two  worships  up,  and  to  intimate,  if 
they  do  not  say,  that  Jehovah  and  Baal 
can  in  our  time  work  in  perfect  har- 
mony if  their  followers  will  try  to  do 
.good. 

If  the  Bible  is  true,  this  is  an  awful 
mistake.  It  does  not  give  us  the  least 
reason  to  suppose  that  the  real  antago- 
nism between  Christ  and  his  rivals  has 
lessened  with  the  lapse  of  time.  If 
Elijah  were  to  conduct  a  meeting  in  Chi- 
cago it  would  go  forward  on  the  very 
hues  of  Carmel.  No  man  has  w^arrant 
■from  Scripture  for  proceeding  on  any 
•other.  In  fact  it  appears  to  us  a  fear- 
fully dangerous  thing  to  attempt  any 
modification  of  the  pattern  set  before 
us  in  the  mount.  We  are  not  speaking 
•of  the  death  penalty  the  prophet  inflict- 
•ed,  but  of  the  declaration  of  an  irrepres- 
sible conflict  which  he  made. 

The  Beast  and  the  False  Prophet. 

We  have  heretofore  spoken  of  these 
two  great  enemies  of  God  and  man  and 
do  not  purpose  to  repeat  the  argument. 
W^e  do,  however,  wish  to  recall  the  es- 
sential facts  and  to  give  an  illustration 
from  current  history.  The  wild  beast  of 
Revelation  is  a  representative  of  godless 
government,  and  the  False  Prophet  is  a 
representative  of  Christ-rejecting  reli- 
gions. The  godless  government  carries 
the  harlot  church,  and  the  harlot  church 


directs  the  wild  beast.  We  may,  there- 
fore, expect  to  find  members  of  the 
Christ-rejecting  lodges  in  legislative  and 
executive  and  judicial  stations,  and  to 
find  government  making  provisions  for 
defending  the  false  religions.  The  wild 
beast  carries  the  harlot,  and  the  harlot 
guides  the  wild  beast. 

The  state  legislatures  of  Ohio,  Indi- 
ana, California,  Oregon  and  Nebraska 
have  all  been  attempting,  recently,  to 
pass  laws  making  it  an  offense  punish- 
able by  fine  or  imprisonment  to  ''publish, 
sell  or  oft'er  for  sale  any  book,  pamphlet 
or  circular"  exposing  the  secret  work  of 
any  fraternal  society,  except  under  the 
supervision  and  authority  of  the  grand 
body  of  such  fraternal  society.  These 
laws  mean  that  lodges  may  organize  ^d 
sell  their  ceremonies,  oaths,  and  obliga- 
tions to  deceive,  ensnare,  humiliate  and 
paganize  the  young  men  and  women  of 
our  nation,  and  if  any  servant  of  God 
and  friend  of  humanity  undertakes  to 
prevent  the  lodge  doing  so  by  revealing 
its  traps,  snares,  and  pitfalls  to  the  pub- 
lic which  it  wishes  to  plunder  and  en- 
slave, the  state  will  step  in  and  punish 
him  for  doing  so. 

All  students  of  the  Word  of  God  will 
remember  that  both  godless  government 
and  the  false  prophet,  or  the  harlot,  are 
to  be  cast  into  the  lake  of  fire.  That  is 
to  be  the  end  of  them.  ^leanwhile  they 
will  do  all  the  evil  they  are  permitted  to 
do.  We  are  not  to  fear  them.  Satan  is 
mighty,  but  God  is  Almighty.  The  Dra- 
gon animates  and  controls  both  the  wild 
beast  and  the  false  prophet,  but  at  the 
end  he  also  will  be  thrown  into  the  lake 
of  fire.  Thus  far  these  attempts  of  god- 
less government  to  defend  Christless 
rites  and  ceremonies  have  not  succeed- 
ed very  well.  Such  attempts  will  not 
succeed  if  God's  people  are  watchful.  If 
they  slumber  and  sleep  they  will  justly 
suft'er.     But  when  the  church  is  caught 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


May,  191L 


awav  the  wild  beast,  the  false  prophet 
and  the  drai^on  will  work  fearful  havoc 
among-  the  tribulation  saints,  until  the}' 
are  cast  into  the  fiery  lake. 

A  Governor's  Excuse. 

The  Governor  of  Oregon,  one  of  the 
states   in   which   one   of   these  laws   was 
recentlv    enacted,    replying   to   a   remon- 
strance, wrote  as  follows : 
Dear  Sir  : — 

I  acknowledge  receipt  of  your  letter  of 
March  •28th.  I  have  received  in  the  last  few 
days  a  number  of  letters  of  similar  purport 
to  yours,  several  of  them  enclosing  the  draft 
of  the  bill  in  question,  and  most  of  them  being 
circular  letters  signed  by  the  party  sending 
them.  It  seems  to  me  that  those  w^ho  are 
sending  these  letters  (whose  sincerity  I  do  not 
doubt)  have  been  misinformed  regarding  this 
bill.  The  bill,  as  I  understand  it,  was  framed 
as  a  remed\-  for  recent  occurrences  in  this 
state,  in  which  a  man  who  had  formerly  been 
a  member  of  a  secret  society  advertised  him- 
self as  being  authorized  to  confer  the  de- 
grees and  teach  the  ritual  of  this  society.  In 
doing  this  he  violated  the  oath  which  he  had 
voluntarily  taken,  and  perjured  himself  for  the 
sake  of  financial  gain.  It  was  from  this  con- 
dition that  I  understand  that  the  bill  came, 
and  I  could  see  no  harm  to  it  and  filed  it  with 
the  Secretary  of  State.  I  trust  that  its  work- 
ings will  disabuse  your  mind  of  your  belief  in 
its  viciousness. 

With  kind  regards  and  best  wishes,  I  am. 
Very  sincerely, 

Oswald  West. 

But  the  law  was  as  follows : 

''Section  i.  That  it  shall  be  unlawTTil 
for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation, 
either  directly  or  indirectly,  to  write, 
print,  indite  or  circulate,  or  procure  to 
be  written,  printed,  indited,  or  circulat- 
ed in  any  language,  any  signs,  plates, 
rituals,  or  secret  work,  or  any  part 
thereof,  of  any  fraternal  order  or  fra- 
ternal society,  having  a  Grand  or  Su- 
preme lodge  in  this  state,  or  having  a 
Grand  or  Supreme  lodge  with  jurisdic- 
tion in  this  state,  without  the  written 
authority  of  such  Grand  or  Su- 
preme lodge.     Any  person,  firm,  or  cor- 


poration violating  any  oi  the  provisions 
of  this  act  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction 
thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of 
not  less  than  $50  nor  more  than  $500." 

The  reader  will  observe  that  this  law 
says  nothing  about  seceding  members  of 
secret  orders,  but  forbids  free  speech  to 
any  and  all  persons,  firms  and  corpora- 
tions. Just  as  slavery  a  few  years  ago 
would  not  permit  men  tO'  say  anything 
against  the  buying  and  selling  of  men, 
women  and  children,  so  secret  orders  in 
this  state  by  this  legislation  are  seeking 
to  gag  every  man  who  wishes  to  save  his 
fellow  men  froiii  lodge  bondage  by  re- 
vealing the  bloody  oaths  and  foolish  cer- 
emonies by  which  it  enslaves  its  victims- 

But  suppose  the  law  was  intended  to 
stop  the  mouths  of  seceding  lodgemen 
only ;  in  what  respect  would  that  im- 
prove the  situation  ?  Does  a  man  lose 
his  right  to  free  speech  when  he  joins 
a  secret  order?  If  he  finds  the  order 
evil,  has  he  not  a  right  to  say  so  and  to 
seek  to  save  men  froui  the  trap  into- 
which  he  has  fallen  ? 

Or  suppose  he  is  not  moved  by  Chris- 
tian motives  but  by  desire  of  gain,  what 
then?  Is  it  worse  for  him  to  sell  the 
secrets,  for  which  he  had  paid,  than  it  is. 
for  the  lodge  to  do  so?  Is  it  the  ofiice 
of  government  tO'  create  monopolies  in. 
secret  societies,  and  tO'  let  one  set  of  men 
sell  what  it  punishes  other  men  for  sell- 
ing? 

No  Buying  or  Selling  Without  the  Mark  of 
the    Beast. 

The  fact  is  that  we  have  here  another 
case  of  the  great  movement  above  indi- 
cated. If  a  man  wishes  to  work  and  does 
not  wish  to  pay  tribute  to  a  lodge,  put 
him  out  of  the  shop,  and  if  he  comes, 
back,  kill  him.  If  instead  of  a  man  it 
is  a  woman  who  wishes  to  earn  honest 
bread  without  the  permission  of  a  secret 
society,  then  kill  her.  And  if  some  one 
who  has   joined  one  of  these  organized 


May,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


11 


TDands  of  murderers  wishes  to  come  out 
and  warn  his  fellows  against  the  order, 
^end  a  sheriff  after  him  and  fine  him  or 
put  him  in  jail  or  do  both. 

Nullification  in  Our  Public  Schools. 
It  is  sad  to  see  that  in  some  cases  the 
officers  of  our  public  school  system  are 
failing  to  do  their  duty  in  regard  to  the 
Tdov  and  eirl  fraternities  which  were  de- 
stroying  the  morals  and  the  scholarship 
of  our  young  people.  This  seems  not- 
ably true  in  Chicago,  if  we  are  tO'  be- 
lieve the  newspaper  reports.  It  is  sig- 
nificant, however,  that  the  law  in  general 
stands  fast.  In  our  state  legislature  a 
bill  proposing  to  regulate  the  public 
schools  in  this  particular  was  referred  to 
a  committee  of  which  a  Freemason  was 
chairman.  As,  however,  he  was  also'  a 
minister,  and  is  strongly  opposed  to  the 
'liquor  business,  we  trust  that  this  will 
not  be  a  case  of  putting  the  lamb  to 
nurse  with  a  wolf.  As  all  know,  there 
are  some  Masons  who  value  their  duty 
to  the  community  more  highly  than  their 
lodge  obligations ;  we  trust  that  this  is 
such  a  case.  No'  matter  how  this  may 
be,  the  argument  is  over,  and  the  ver- 
dict is  rendered.  The  American  people 
know  that  secret  societies  are  bad  for 
young  folks,  and  even  if  they  are  foolish 
or  wicked  enough  to  unite  with  such  or- 
ders themselves,  they  dO'  not  wish  their 
children  to  do  it.  Let  us  therefore  take 
courage  and  press  on. — JVheaton  Col- 
lege. 


A  CALL  TO  PRAYER. 

The  enemy  has  come  in  like  a  flood. 
False  systems  of  philosophy,  false  wor- 
ships, science  falsely  so  called — all  these 
are  rife.  The  Sabbath  is  desecrated. 
Satan  is  ''transformed  into  an  ang"el  of 
light."  Churches,  stumbled  by  the  very 
simplicity  of  the  Gospel,  and  affrighted 
at  the  clamor  and  boasted  power  of  the 
forces  of  evil,  are  trying  to  make 
the  truth  more  attractive.     Alen  are  for- 


cross  is  ceased,"  the  truth  has  lost  its  re- 
generative power.  They  forget  the  fact, 
enunciated  so  clearly  by  the  great  re- 
former, Martin  Luther,  that  in  religion 
"What  is  not  of  God  must  needs  be  of 
the  devil." — D'Aiihigne's  Hist.,  page  146. 

How  reassuring,  how  comforting  in 
such  times  of  confusion  and  conflict  are 
God's  promises.  How  simple,  reason- 
able and  necessary  are  the  conditions  up- 
on which  we  may  claim  them.  ''If  ye 
abide  in  Me,"  if  "My  words  abide  in 
you,"  "Ask  what  ye  will,  it  shall  be 
done."  "Ask  anything  in  My  name,  I 
will  do  it."  "Nothing  shall  be  impossi- 
ble to  you."  And  how  gracious  is  God ! 
He  does  not  stop  with  promises ;  lest  a 
sense  of  our  failure  in  meeting  the  con- 
ditions should  overcome  our  faith  and 
deter  us,  he  commands  us  to  "pray  with- 
out ceasing,"  to  "continue  in  prayer." 
And  as  we  know  not  what  to  pray  for, 
oftentimes,  the  Spirit  himself  "helpeth 
our   infirmities." 

How  should  we  cry  "day  and  night," 
and  give  Him  no  rest  until  He  over- 
throws Satan's  substitutes  for  His  way  of 
salvation.  Specially  in  view  of  the  Con- 
vention of  the  National  Christian  Asso- 
ciation soon  to  be  held  in  Wheaton,  111., 
shall  we  not  pray  earnestly  that  those 
who  plan  may  have  wisdom  from  above ; 
and  that  the  power  of  God  may  rest  up- 
on all  who  attend  this  meeting  ?         K. 


REMINISCENCES. 


gettmg 


that,   when   "the   offense   of  the 


Discussion    on    C.    &    N.-W.    Train. 

BY    EZRA    A.    COOK. 

In  the  seventies  I  spent  much  time 
along  the  line  of  the  Iowa  division  of 
the  C.  &  N.-W.  R.  R. 

Early  one  Saturday  morning,  when 
speeding  eastward,  I  was  drawn  into  a 
discussion  that  lasted  more  than  an  hour. 
Our  car  had  at  first  but  twelve  or  fifteen 
passengers,  all  men.  but  the  entire  car, 
even  to  the  aisles,  was  soon  filled  from 
the  other  cars.  The  conductor,  wearing 
a  large  Masonic  32d  degree  gold  bad^e, 
standing  near  us,  was  an  in.terested  lis- 
tener, except  when  his  duties  at  stations 
called  him  away.  M}-  interrogator 
proved  to  be  a  Methodist  minister,  who 
occupied  the  seat  in  front. 

Although    many    of    the    verv    words 


12 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


May, 


1911. 


''Yes,  the  grand  hailing  sign  of 


used  in  this  debate  are  photographed  on 
mv  memory.  I  have  the  aid  of  memo- 
randa made  immediately  after  the  occur- 
rence. The  moment  I  handed  this  Ma- 
sonic champion  my  business  card  in  an- 
swer to  his  query  as  to  my  business,  he 
attacked  me  viciously,  and  as  was  doubt- 
less his  intention,  he  gave  me  little  op- 
portunity to  ask  his  name.  I  wdll  give 
the  account  in  the  dialogue  form  in 
which  it  occurred. 

^Minister  (^turning  to  me) — "What 
business  are  you  in  ?  I  handed  him  my 
business  card. 

]\Iinister — "You  publish  a  paper  op- 
posed to  Secret  Societies?" 

Cook — "Yes,  sir  ;  Christian  Cyno- 
sure. 

^Minister  (in  a  loud  tone) — ''I  met 
one  of  your  ilk  the  other  day,  and  I  gave 
him  a  drubbing  that  he  will  not  soon 
forget.  He  began  to  tell  me  how  he  got 
a  free  ride  by  giving  the  conductor  a 
^Masonic  sig:n  instead  of  his  fare." 

Cook 
distress?" 

3>Iinister — "That's  what  he  called  it,  I 
believe.  He  wanted  to  go  on  and  tell 
me  more  about  it,  but  I  shut  him  up 
mighty  quick  and  said,  'You  infamous, 
swindling  scoundrel  and  hypocrite — you 
pass  as  a  Christian  reformer,  and  yet 
confess  to  have  deliberately  swindled  a 
railroad  company.'  He  tried  to  quibble 
and  explain,  but  I  told  him  to  shut  up." 

Cook — ''For  all  you  know  he  paid  his 
fare  to  the  conductor,  after  he  had  prov- 
ed that  the  sign  he  gave  the  conductor 
worked  as  he  expected.  I  have  no  doubt 
that  he  did  pay  the  conductor.  You  say 
yourself  that  you  refused  to  give  him 
any  chance  to  explain,  and  you  boast  of 
it !  Christ's  picture  of  a  Christian  is  a 
man  who  does  not  strive  or  cry ;  biit  you 
strive  and  cry  out  about  a  man  that  you 
say  you  called  the  worst  names  you 
could  think  of,  though  you  had  not  prov- 
ed him  guilty  of  any  offense  against  law 
or  morals.  And  you  are  so  anxious  to 
proclaim  your  unfairness  that  you  raise 
your  voice  and  call  me  a  man  of  his  *ilk,' 
with  the  evident  purpose  of  bringing 
reproach  upon  me,  a  man  whom  you 
never  saw  before.  But  please  take  no- 
tice my  friend  that  I  am  ready  to  de- 
fend  the   truth   of   God,   and   my   belief 


that    Freemasonry    is    a    curse    and    an 
abomination." 

Minister — "Freemasonry  is  a  moral 
institution  established  by  virtuous  men 
wdth  the  praiseworthy  design  of  calling" 
to  remembrance  the  most  sublime  truths 
in  the  midst  of  the  most  innocent  and  so- 
cial pleasures,  and  is  founded  on  liberal- 
ity, brotherly  love  and  charity.  It  is  a 
beautiful  system  of  morality  veiled  in 
allegory  and  illustrated  by  symbols.'' 

Cook — "That  sounds  pretty  good  to 
3^ou,  doesn't  it?  I  have  read  it  and  heard 
it  before.  It  is  a  good  cjuotation  from 
Sickels'  Monitor." 

Minister — "You  outsiders  know  noth- 
ing whatever  about  Masonry.  The 
Bible  is  the  great  light  of  Masonry.  The 
best  men  that  ever  lived  have  belonged 
tO'  the  order.  The  immortal  Washing- 
ton was  our  Grand  Master." 

Cook — ^"You  need  to  keep  a  little  clos- 
er to  the  book.  Freemasonry  simply 
claims  that  the  Bible  is  one  of  the  fJiree 
great  lights,  which  are :  the  Holy  Bible, 
square  and  compass.  As  to  the  good 
man  argument,  that  hardly  holds  good, 
I  take  it,  or  if  it  does,  the  bad  man  argu- 
ment matches  it.  Aaron  Burr  was  a 
high  Mason,  and  I  believe  Benedict  Ar- 
nold was  also',  and  some  of  the  vilest 
men  that  have  ever  lived  have  been  mem- 
bers. Therefore,  according  to  your 
logic,  it  must  be  bad.  If  this  good  man 
argument  holds  water,  then  that  murder- 
ous institution  the  Ku  Klux  Klan  was 
an  ideal  institution,  for  not  only  deacons 
and  elders,  but  ministers  like  yourself, 
were  honored  members  of  that  treason- 
able order.  By  the  bye,  IMackey,  your 
great  Masonic  lawgiver,  says  that  trea- 
son is  not  Masonically  a  crime." 

Minister — "I  reiterate  nw  statement 
that  the  Bible  is  the  great  light  of  Ma- 
sonry. True,  the  square  and  compass 
rest  on  the  Bible,  but  they  are  speech- 
less, while  the  Bible  speaks  to  all  human- 
ity. I  concede  that  scoundrels  some- 
times w^orm  their  way  into  Masonry,  as 
they  dO'  into  the  Church.  You  sneer  at 
what  you  call  the  good  man  argument, 
but  I  say  the  best  criterion  of  the  char- 
acter of  any  society  is  the  men  it  pro- 
duces ;  and  the  membership  of  such  men 
as  Washington,  and  all  of  our  other 
presidents  of  the  Union,  is  the  best  possi- 
ble proof  that  Freemasonry  is  the  grand- 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


13 


est  institution  on  earth ;  and  as  I  said, 
the  Bible  is  its  standard  guide  and  law 
book.  Everywhere  throughout  the 
world  Freemasonry  is  known,  revered 
and  practiced." 

Cook — "You  say  Freemasonry  is 
known  and  practiced  all  over  the 
World?" 

Minister — "Yes,  wherever  man  is 
found  this  fraternity  blesses  him." 

Cook— "Is  the  Bible  found  on  the  Ma- 
sonic altar  in  Mohammedan  countries  ?" 

Minister — "Well,  no ;  the  Koran  is 
used  there." 

Cook — "With  square  and  compass  up- 
on  it?" 

Minister — "Yes,  of  course,  they  don't 
have  the  Bible  in  a  Mohammedan  coun- 
try." 

Cook — "Or  in  any  country  except  in 
a   Christian  country?" 

Minister — "No,  I  suppose  not." 

Cook — "Did  you  ever  take  the  Bible 

on  the  Masonic  altar  and  read  from  it, 

in  the  lodge  or  chapter?" 

Minister — "No,  we  have  Monitors, 
where  the  prescribed  Scripture  passages 
are  printed,  and  we  use  those." 

Cook — "You  say  the  'prescribed  pas- 
sages.' Then,  certain  passages  only  may 
be  read.  And  the  prayers  too  are  pre- 
scribed, are  they  not?  You  don't  dare 
pray  in  the  name  of  Christ,  but  must 
use  the  prayers  found  in  the  Monitor?" 

Minister — "Emphatically  no  !  I  pray 
as  I  please,  and  I  use  the  name  of  Christ 
always,  and  I  always  shall." 

Cook — "Even  when  Jews  are  present? 
You  know  perfectly  well  that  in  con- 
nection with  the  prayers  printed  in  the 
Monitor,  there  is  a  note  saying  that  all 
prayers  must  be  of  like  tenor,  i.  e., 
Christless. 

"You  make  a  great  ado  about  Grand 
Master  Washington.  The  Masons  could 
not  wait  until  Washington's  mouth  was 
closed  in  death  before  they  began  to  use 
his  name  as  a  bait  to  draw  men  into  the 
order.  So  generally  was  this  h'ing  story 
of  Washington's  Masonic  leadership 
published,  that  even  Rev.  Snyder,  whom 
Washington  had  appointed  his  historian, 
was  deceived  and  wrote  to  Washington 
about  it.  In  Washington's  reply  he  said 
on  this  subject:    'The  fact  is,  I  preside 


over  none,  nor  have  I  been  in  one  more 
than  once  or  twice  in  the  last  thirty 
years.'  Still  further,  Edward  Livingston 
and  Andrew  Jackson,  both  Freemasons 
of  high  degree,  were  the  two  men  who 
opposed  a  vote  of  thanks  by  Congress 
to  Washington  when  he  retired  to  pri- 
vate life. 

"After  Washington's  death  Freema- 
sons again  began  to  talk  about  Grand 
Master  Washington.  A  little  later,  in  a 
most  singular  manner,  the  question  of 
Washington's  Masonic  connection  was 
carefully  investigated,  and  it  was  not 
only  proved  that  Washington  had  never 
held  Masonic  office,  but  that  any  Ma- 
sonic honors  would  be  distasteful  to 
him.  When  it  was  proposed  to  honor 
Washington  by  Congressional  action  at 
the  close  of  his  wonderfully  noble,  self- 
denying  patriotic  services,  the  only  men 
who  opposed  such  a  vote  of  thanks  were 
Livingston  and  Jackson,  both  high  Ma- 
sons. The  man  who,  after  reading 
Washington's  farewell  address,  could  be- 
lieve him  capable  of  promoting  the  in- 
terests of  such  an  institution  as  Ma- 
sonry must  consider  him  the  champion 
hypocrite  of  the  age.  Li^ndoubtedly 
these  prominent  public  men  and  high 
Masons  knew  of  his  letter  to  Rev.  Mr. 
Snyder  and  considered  Washington  a 
seceder." 

Minister — "I  don't  care  what  the 
Monitor  says.  I  pray  as  I  think  right 
and  best.  I  am  a  Freemason  and  a  free 
man.  What  you  say  about  W^ashington 
is  a  pack  of  lies  invented  by  reckless 
men." 

Cook — ^"Well,  of  course,  you  know 
that  prayers  in  the  name  of  Christ  are 
unmasonic.  Have  you  ever  been  in  a 
lodge  with  Jews?" 

Minister — "I  don't  know,  and  I  don'r 
care.  You  anti-Masons  are  all  of  the 
time  lying  about  Masonr}-.  Of  course, 
it  depends  on  the  chaplain  as  to  the 
prayers.  Some  use  the  prayers  from  the 
Monitor,  but  I  don't." 

Cook — "Well,  I  suppose  these  gentle- 
men listening  are  perfectly  willing  to  ad- 
mit that  you  are  lawless.  Some  of  them 
will  tell  you  that,  if  you  ever  do  pra}"  in 
a  lodge  where  there  are  Jews,  the  Wor- 
shipful Master,  if  he  knows  his  busi- 
ness, will  certainly  publicly  call  you 
down.     You  brao-  of  the  universalitv  of 


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CiiRISTlAN     CYNOSURE. 


May,  1911. 


the  order,  ami  yvi  llic  'real  moral  stand- 
ard" is  the  sacred  b(">Dk  of  an\-  counti-y ; 
and  that  L^reat  li.^ht.  as  you  call  it,  is 
always  whatever  will  catch  gudgeons. 

"Doubtless  yoti  have  orated  about  the 
great  age  of  the  order.  You  know  that, 
strictK  <]H'aking,  histe)rically,  the  order 
is  abmit  1 30  }ears  of  ag'e — born  in  a 
ta\ern.  as  was  appropriate,  the  Apple 
d'ree  TaNern.  of  London,  in  i/i/.  I  am 
willing  to  admit  that  its  principles  are  as 
old  as  sin.  You  are  a  Ivoyal  Arch  Ma- 
son ?" 

.Minister — ^"Yes,  I  have  taken  the 
Holy  Royal  Arch  Degree  and  am  a  High 
Priest  of  the  Chapter,  wliich  I  consider 
a  oreat  honor,  as  several  gentlemen  here 
])resent  know.  And  1  am  not  used  to  the 
discotirteous  treatment  \  have  received 
at  \-onr  hands.  Y^ou  know  nothing  about 
?\lasonr\-,  nor  does  any  one  else,  who  is 
not  a  ?\lason,  know  anything  whatever 
of  the  character  of  this  order.  Their 
])retended  knowledge  is  a  fratid.  They 
would  show  true  wisdom  by  minding 
their  own  business.  They  can't  hurt  the 
order  which  has  lived  for  ag'cs  un- 
harmed— never  loved  and  more  highly 
appreciated  than  to-day;  while  the 
wretches  who  have  broken  their  solemn 
obligations  wn'll  rot  in  dishonored  graves. 
^^_)ti  have  made  a  great  ado  about  the 
exclusion  of  the  name  of  Christ  from 
Masonic  ])ravers.  His  name  is  not  ex- 
cluded in  m\-  lodge  or  chapter  either, 
vour  lies  to  the  contrary  notwithstand- 
ing; but  I  don't  blame  those  who  do  omit 
His  nanie.  or  even  those  who  have  n<i 
other  religious  belief  than  in  that  of  the 
(ireat  Architect  of  the  llniverse.  I  still 
insist  that  the  Ihble  is  the  great  light 
of  Masonr) ,  in  this  country  at  any  rate." 

Cook — 'Tt  seems  to  me  al)out  time  this 
discussion  about  the  r)ible  being  the  Ma- 
sonic guide  and  the  Masonic  use  of  the 
name  of  Christ  was  settled.  T  refuse  to 
adnu"t  that,  in  comparis(^n  with  Albert 
G.  Mackev.  Robert  Morris.  1).  I).,  IX.  D., 
and  Daniel  Sickels,  33(1  degree  Masons, 
men  who  have  made  Masonry,  the  Ma- 
sonic champion  here  knows  very  much 
about  Freemasonry.  It  grieves  me  to 
feel  compelled  to  say  to  him :  You  are 
not  honest  in  stating  what  you  do  know. 
You  are  not  only  a  Royal  Arch  Mason, 
but  at  the  head  of  your  Chapter — its 
Hii'li   Priest.     \'ou   have  confessed  that 


you  do  not  read  the  Scriptitres  in  either 
the  lodge  or  chapter  directly  from  the 
Bible.  Y^ou  have  tried  to  deny  the  au- 
thority of  these  books,  even  while  using 
theiu.  There  is  no  Monitor  in  as  general 
use  as  Sickels,  but  the  Scripture  read- 
ings are  the  same  in  all  of  the  Monitors. 
What  is  the  Scripture  reading  in  the 
Mark  Master  or  4th  degree,  and  in  the 
Royal  Arch  degree?" 

Minister — ^''Froiii  ist  Peter,  2d  chap- 
ter, and  2d  Thess.,  3d  chapter.'' 

Cook — ^"Yes,  Quotations  from  the 
New  Testament.  That  does  not  betoken 
a  time  immemorial  in  age,  does  it?  Nor 
does  it  confirm  as  valid  the  plea  that  the 
barbarous  oaths  of  the  order  are  the 
relic  of  ancient  lieathenism,  which 
clings  to  a  savagery  practiced  at  the 
time  this  ancient  order  was  born ;  but 
this  is  neither  the  oiily  nor  the  worst 
fraud.  In  this  Mark  Alaster's  degree 
the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus  is  cut  out 
of  His  own  Word!  In  the  Monitor  we 
read :  'Wherefore,  brethren,  lay  aside  all 
malice,  and  guile,  and  hypocrisies,  and 
envies,  and  all  evil  speakings.  If  sO'  be 
ye  have  tasted  that  the  Lord  is  gracious ; 
to  whom  coming,  as  unto  a  living"  stone, 
disallowed  indeed  of  men,  but  chosen  of 
(lod  and  precious ;  ve  also,  as  living 
stones,  be  ye  built  u])  a  spiritual  house, 
an  holy  priesthood,  to  oiTer  up  sacrifice 
acceptable  to  God.'  In  the  IToIy  Royal 
Arch  degree  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus 
is  also  cut  oitt  of  His  own  Word.  In  the 
Monitor  we  read :  'For  we  hear  that 
there  are  some  which  walk  among"  you 
disorderly,  working  not  at  all,  but  are 
Ixisybodies.  Now  them  that  are  such, 
we  command  and  exhort  that  with  quiet- 
ness they  work,  and  eat  their  own  bread." 
Thus  it  is  shown  that  in  both  of  these 
passages  Masonry  cuts  out  the  name  of 
the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  from  His  own 
Word. 

"The  truth  is  that  this  order,  fatuous, 
or  infamous,  for  its  power  to  shield  crim- 
inals and  promote  favoritism  and  misrule, 
is  infinitely  more  dangerous  as  a  false 
religion — a  religion  without  Christ,  yet 
definitely  promising  its  votaries  salva- 
tion. 

"Robert  Morris,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  says 
Freemasoiu"}^  is  a  relig-ion.  Albert  G. 
Mackey  says.  Freemasonry  is  a  religion 
in  which  all  men  can  agree;  and  in  his 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE 


15 


Ritual  he  uses  these  words,  which  are 
burned  into  my  memory  all  the  deeper 
when  I  think  of  the  murder  and  resurrec- 
tion play  which  all  Masonic  writers  say 
forms  the  basis  and  the  subject  of  'their 
Sublime  degree  of  Master  Mason.'  Most 
of  you  who  are  listening  to  this  friendly 
debate  know  exactly  to  what  I  refer;  and 
when  you  were  the  victims  of  that  mur- 
der play  some  of  you  were  Christians, 
and  probably  those  of  you  who  were  not 
promised  Almighty  God  you  would  never 
engage  in  such  a  horrible  tragedy  again 
in  any  capacity.  The  quotation  I  refer 
to  is  as  follows :  'The  Master  Mason  rep- 
resents man  when  youth,  manhood,  old 
age  and  life  itself  have  passed  away  as 
fleeting  shadows,  yet  raised  from  the 
grave  of  inicjuity  and  quickened  into  an- 
other and  better  existence.'  But  for  the 
horror  with  which  such  passages  filled 
me  (and  there  are  many  more  of  like 
tenor),  I  should  never  have  entered  the 
fight  ag"ainst  this  devils'  religion.  If 
any  of  you  object  to  my  designation  of 
the  ordei:  which  my  opponent  delights 
to  term  the  handmaid  of  religion,  please 
note  the  justice  and  accuracy  of  my  de- 
scription. All  must  agree  that  at  best 
the  religion  of  Freemasonry  is  not  the 
religion  of  Christ,  whom  they  exclude 
from  the  order,  and  whose  name  they 
even  cut  out  of  His  own  Word.  It  is  no 
more  than  just  to  say  that  Freemasonry  is 
gentile  worship.  That  great  expositor  of 
Christianity,  Paul,  says  the  things  which 
the  Gentiles  sacrifice,  they  sacrifice  to 
demons,  and  not  to  God.  Friends,  it  is 
a  terrible,  terrible  thing  to  sell  your- 
selves to  Satan.  There  is  only  'one  name 
given  under  Heaven  among  men  where- 
by we  must  be  saved,'  and  Freemasonry 
robs  yon  of  that  name  which  is  above 
every  name." 

Minister — "Of  all  the  contemptible 
screeds  to  which  I  have  ever  listened, 
this  is  the  worst — the  most  contemptible ; 
and  you,  my  lodge  brethren,  must  agree 
with  me  that  this  debate  has  gone  be- 
yond the  bounds  of  common  decency. 
This  ignoramus  insists  on  forcing  us  to 
judgment  on  statements  by  men  whose 
authority  I  dispute  and  repudiate.  I  am 
the  slave  to  nobody's  opinion  or  teach- 
ings.  As  I  have  said,  I  am  a  Freemason, 


but  a  free  man,  and  will  do  honiage  to 
no  one." 

Cook — "Well,  I  will  'appeal  from 
Caesar  drunk  to  Caesar  sober.'  This 
sounds  like  charging  the  dominie  with 
drunkenness.  I  do  not  mean  that  he  has 
been  imbibing  real  corn  juice,  but  I  do 
charge  that  he  is  drunk  with  his  own 
importance,  and  I  can  see  that  you  agree 
with  me.  More  than  one  high  Mason, 
who  knows  that  I  have  as  extensive  a 
Masonic  library  probably  as  is  found  in 
the  State  of  Illinois,  has  frankly  said, 
'Mr.  Cook,  you  know  a  great  deal  more 
about  Masonry  than  I  do.'  My  ministerial 
friend  will,  I  believe,  concede,  v.hen 
he  cools  off,  that  all  wisdom,  even  all 
Masonic  wisdom,  will  not  die  with  him. 
Gentlemen,  I  thank  you  for  your  cour- 
tesy extended  toward  me  in  this  debate.  I 
assure  you  that  the  Golden  Rule  is  the 
rule  of  my  life,  and  its  author,  Jesus 
Christ,  is  the  one  whom  my  soul  loveth. 
I  shall  meet  you  at  the  bar  of  God.  If  I 
am  to  greet  you  as  a  fellow  inhabitant 
of  a  mansion  in  glory,  I  know  it  will  be 
because  you  have  abandoned  yourselves 
to  Jesus  Christ,  and  decided  no  longer  to 
remain  in  fellowship  with  an  institution 
which  has  cast  out  as  vile  that  name 
which  is  above  every  name  in  earth  or 
Heaven." 

Wheaton !  called  a  brakeman.  I  knew 
that  we  were  nearing  the  lovely  town 
where  I  should  meet  beloved  children 
who  were  attending  what  seemed  to  me 
the  best  school  in  the  world — Wheaton 
College,  but  I  did  not  realize  that  we 
were  so  near  the  town,  and  I  was  startled 
at  the  brakeman's  cry.  And  if  I  was 
startled,  what  shall  I  say  of  my  trem- 
bling, dejected  ministerial  antagonist, 
who  an  hour  and  a  half  previously  had 
so  recklessly,  not  to  say  brutally,  at- 
tacked my  personal  character  and  the 
cause  of  Christ,  which  includes  anti-^Ia- 
sonrv  as  well? 


The  man  called  to  a  great  Avork  must 
not  waste  his  life  on  trivial  things.  He 
must  not  act  like  the  keeper  of  the 
lighthouse  wdio  gave  to  the  people  in 
the  cabins  about  him  the  oil  which  was 
intended  for  the  mighty  lanterns  of  the 
se3..—Maetc?'Ii}ick. 


lo 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


May,  1911. 


€DitonaL 


ANTI-FREE-SPEECHISM. 

Those  who  swear  men  to  blindfold  se- 
crecy, naturally  wish  to  enforce  secrecy 
upon  those  who  do  not  submit  to  their 
oaths  of  darkness.  In  their  interest,  and 
to  further  this  mediaeval  design,  the  Ore- 
gon legislature  has  subserviently  passed 
House^Bill  No.  6,  entitled,  "A  Bill  for  an 
Act  prohibiting  the  writing,  printing,  or 
circulating  of  the  secret  work  of  frater- 
nal orders  without  express  authority  of 
such  orders,  and  providing  a  punishment 
therefor. 

''Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislative  As- 
sembly of  the  State  of  Oregon : 

''Section  i.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful 
for  any  person,  firm,  or  corporation, 
either  directly  or  indirectly,  to  write, 
print,  indite,  or  circulate,  or  procure  to 
be  written,  printed,  indited,  or  circulated, 
in  any  language,  any  signs,  plates,  rit- 
uals, or  secret  w^ork,  or  any  part  thereO'f , 
of  any  fraternal  order  or  fraternal  so- 
ciety, without  the  expressed  authority  of 
such  fraternal  order  or  fraternal  society. 

"Section  2.  Any  person,  firm,  or  cor- 
poration violating  any  of  the  provisions 
of  this  act  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  there- 
of shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less 
than  $50,  nor  more  than  $500." 

We  note  a  few  implications  and  ef- 
fects of  this  inquisitional  legislation. 

1.  It  betrays  the  lack  of  previous  en- 
lightenment in  Oregon. 

2.  It  betrays  vestiges  of  the  tenth 
century   still  traceable  in  the  twentieth. 

3.  It  offers  that  protection  to  the 
Jesuit  order,  together  with  the  federa- 
tion of  societies  under  its  control,  which 
is  adapted  to  facilitate  its  purpose  to 
make  American  education  parochial,  and 
inefficient. 

4.  It  makes  a  misdemeanor,  punish- 
able upon  conviction,  of  mentioning  in 
print,  or  making  known  in  a  letter  of 
warning  to  an  intended  victim,  anything 
accounted  secret  by  any  Chinese  Tong, 
Clan-na-Gael,  Mafia,  Mollie  Maguire,  or 
kindred  conspiracy  against  public  or  pri- 
vate welfare.  A  man  cannot  write  such 
a  letter  to  a  member  of  his  family,  with- 
out breaking  Oregon  law. 


5.  The  bill  is  a  complete  endorse- 
ment of  exposures  and  rituals  as  correct 
and  true.  It  recognizes  that  the  secrets 
are  not  secret. 

6.  It  is  of  the  nature  of  the  old  laws 
belonging  to  union  of  Church  and  State. 
It  savors  of  the  colonial  mustiness  of 
some  Atlantic  coast  early  history ;  it  even 
smells  of  the  old  Spanish  dungeons. 

7.  No  more  than  the  edicts  of  earlier 
paganism,  can  this  kind  of  prohibition 
extinguish  the  light  of  Christian  civiliza- 
tion so  that  it  cannot  shine  into  the  dark 
corners  where  the  devotees  of  darkness 
wish  to  hide.  The  servants  of  Christ, 
free  elsewhere,  have  still  a  large  range 
in  which  to  teach  Christian  truth  even  in 
Oregon.  The  bill  does  not  cover  all 
Christian  service ;  it  does  not  suspend  its 
penalty  over  every  act  of  light  bearing 
patriotism.  Besides  this,  it  can  dig  a 
dark  dungeon  for  ''Giants  Pope  and  Pa- 
gan" only  within  the  fields  of  Oregon. 


THE  CAMORRA. 

"Americans  have  become  familiar  with 
the  'Black  Hand,'  an  organization  of 
Italian  criminals  which  has  instigated 
many  crimes  in  this  country,  and  which 
extorts  money  under  threats  of  violence 
and  murder.  It  is  also'  known  that  this, 
in  America,  is  a  mere  extension  to  this 
country  of  the  methods  of  what  is  known 
as  'The  Camorra,'  in  Southern  Italy.  This 
is  an  organization,  with  a  well-known 
head,  man}^  of  the  members  of  which  are 
also  known ;  but  it  is  so  skillfully  man- 
aged, and  has  so  many  members,  that  its 
crimes  can  seldom  be  traced  tO'  any  one 
person,  and  its  members  are  sO'  hig"h  in 
official  position  that  the  guilt  of  any 
member  can  seldom  be  proved. 

"The  Italian  government  has  been  try- 
ing for  years  to  suppress  the  Camorra, 
but  has  not  been  successful.  At  last,  dis- 
coveries have  been  made  which  it  is 
hoped  will  lead  tO'  the  execution  of  some 
of  the  leading  members,  and  the  break- 
ing up  of  the  organization.  About  three 
years  agO'  a  member  of  the  Camorra  was 
found  to  have  been  murdered.  His  name 
was  Genarro  Cuocolo,  and  his  wife  was 
also  found  to  have  been  murdered.  For 
three  years  the  government  detectives 
have  been  working  on  the  case,  and  have 
at  last  obtained  proof  of  the  complicity 


May,  1911. 


CHRISTL\N     CYNOSURE. 


17 


of  the  head  of  the  Camorra,  Enrico  Al- 
fano,  or  Erricone,  and  other  prominent 
leaders  in  the  crime.  They  have  been  ar- 
rested, and  the  testimony  in  the  trial  is 
expected  tO'  implicate  many  prominent 
persons  in  Southern  Italy  in  member- 
ship in  this  criminal  organization.  The 
trial  is  expected  to  last  two  or  three 
years,  and  it  will  be  one  of  the  famous 
legal  cases  of  history.  It  is  hoped  that 
the  result  will  be  a  death  blow  to  the 
Camorra,  and  Americans  are  interested 
because  it  will  also  aid  authorities  in  this 
country  in  identifying'  and  punishing 
members  of  the  'Black  Hand,'  and  in 
putting  an  end  to  its  crimes." — The 
Watchman  (Boston). 


"THEIR  ALTARS  BY  HIS  ALTAR." 

On  the  fourteenth  day  of  June,  at 
the  exactly  calculated  hour  when  the 
Masonic  grand  lodge  of  Oregon  con- 
venes at  Portland,  three  representative 
members  will  convene  a  grand  lodge  ses- 
sion on  the  slope  of  Mt.  Moriah,  at  Jeru- 
salem. Doubtless  many  of  the  more  su- 
perstitious members  of  the  order  will 
feel  this  to  be  an  impressively  closer  rec- 
ognition of  Solomon,  whose  name  is 
falsely  used  in  the  Masonic  ritual,  though 
even  high  Masonic  authority  denies  that 
he  ever  knew  anything*  about  Freemason- 
ry. Essentially  Masonic  his  conduct  may 
have  been,  when,  after  having-  built  a 
temple  dedicated  tO'  Jehovah,  he  was  se- 
duced in  later  years  into  complicity  with 
paganism. 

"For  it  came  to  pass,  when  Solomoii 
was  old,  that  his  wives  turned  away  his 
heart  after  other  gods ;  and  his  heart  was 
not  perfect  with  Jehovah  his  God,  as  was 
the  heart  of  David  his  father.  For  Sol- 
omon w^ent  after  Ashtoreth,  the  goddess 
of  the  Sidonians,  and  after  Milcom,  the 
abomination  of  the  Ammonites.  *  *  * 
Then  did  Solomon  build  a  high  place  for 
Chemosh.  the  abomination  of  Moab,  in 
the  mount  that  is  before  Jerusalem,  and 
for  Molech,  the  abomination  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Ammon." 

We  have,  in  fact,  been  assured  by  a 
Freemason  that  he  knew  of  no  reason  for 
supposing  that  Solomon  was  ever  any- 
thing but  a  Sun-worshiper.  One  of  the 
fraternity,  who  has,  longer  than  any  oth- 
er of  those  bowing  to  the  East  as  Sun- 
worshiping  Masons,   served   continuous- 


ly as  Masonic  grand  chaplain,  is  to  enact 
the  scene  at  Jerusalem,  opposite  the 
Mount  of  Offense,  in  conjunction  with 
two  companions  of  the  same  cult,  like  a 
pagan  ''suckled  in  a  creed  outworn." 

We  are  naturally  turned  back  to  Mil- 
ton, who,  reviewing  the  mustered  forces 
of  the  fallen  aspirant,  tells  us  that : 

"The  chief  were  those  who,   from  the  pit  of 

Hell 
Roaming  to  seek  their  prey  on  earth,  durst' fix 
Their  seats,  long  after,  next  the  seat  of  God, 
Their  altars  by  His  altar,  gods  adored 
Among  the  nations  round, 

>l<  :i:  ;|;  ^;  ^  ;);  ^ 

And    with    their    darkness    durst    affront    His 

light. 
First,    Moloch,    horrid    king,    besmeared    with 

blood 
Of  human  sacrifice,  and  parents'  tears. 

^  >i^  >i^  >i<  ^  >i;  >f; 

^,-     -1=     *     tj^g   wisest   heart 
Of  Solomon  he  led.  by  fraud,  to  build 
His  temple  right  against  the  temple  of  God, 
On  the  opprobrious  hill ;  and  made  his  grove 
The  pleasant  valley  of  Hinnom,  Tophet  thence 
And  black  Gehenna  called,  the  type  of  Hell. 
Next    Chemos,    th'    obscene    dread    of    Moab's 
sons, 

>!;  ;|<  ;|c  ;■<  5j;  ^  ^ 

Peor  his  other  name,  when  he  enticed 
Israel  in  Sittim,  on  their  march  from  Nile, 
To  do  him  wanton  rites,  which  cost  them  woe. 
Yet  thence  his  lustful  orgies  he  enlarged 
Even  to  that  hill  of  scandal,  by  the  grove 
Of  Moloch  homicide ;  lust  hard  by  hate ; 
Till  good  Josiah  drove  them  thence  to  Hell. 

»T»  'j^  r^  'fc  ^-»  y^  5jC 

•-!<     ^     ^     With  these  in  troop 
Came  Astoreth,  whom  the   Phoenicians   called 
Astarte,  queen  of  Heaven,  with  crescent  horns  ; 
To  whose  bright  image,  nightly  b}^  the  moon, 
Sidonian   virgins  paid  their  vows   and   songs ; 
In  Sion,  also,  not  unsung,  where  stood 
Her  temple  on  the  offensive  mountain,  built 
By   that   uxorious   king,   whose    heart,   though 

large. 
Beguiled  by  fair  idolatresses,  fell 
To  idols  foul." 

And  now,  long  afterward,  luitaught  by 
sacred  writer  or  by  poet,  the  devotees  of 
the  like  cult  return  to  the  valley  side,  to 
bow  toward  the  East  almost  opposite  the 
other  hill  where  the  ancient  high  place  of 
pag'an  abomination  affronted  the  sacred 
cit}^  and  the  Temple  of  its  God.  Already 
Mohammedan  superstition  has  mounted 
the  height;  Masonic  superstition,  crawl- 
ing after,  halts  on  the  slope.  So  mote 
it  be. 


Praise  is  encouraging;  it  brings  out  the 
best  that  is  in  a  man,  and  inspires  him  to 
do  his  duty  cheerfullv  and  faith fullv. 


18 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


May,  191L 


A  FOREIGN  NATIONAL  FESTIVAL. 

In  giving  our  readers  a  chance  to  read 
part  of  an  editorial  taken  from  the  Hi- 
bernian, we  call  attention  to  a  few  points 
on  \\hich  the  secret  order  is  congratu- 
lated by  the  editor.  It  is  the  leading  edi- 
torial,, and  its  heading,  "Our  National 
Festival,''  refers  solely  to  the  Irish  na- 
tion. It  may  be  recollected  that  a  Penn- 
sylvania priest  identified  the  MoUie  Ma- 
guires  with  the  Hibernians.  This  Ro- 
man Catholic  society  may,  for  aught  wc 
know,  be  more  exclusively  national  in  the 
Irish  sense  than  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus, but  it  shares  with  that  order  in  be- 
ing of  the  group  of  combined  secret  or- 
ders of  which  the  Jesuit  is  the  head. 

It  is  to  be  noticed  that  the  editor  is 
pleased  with  recognition  of  the  festal 
day  as  if  it  were  an  authorized  American 
holiday.  The  order  of  the  New  York 
postmaster  is  copied  in  full ;  the  same 
conditions  are  said  to  have  prevailed  in 
all  other  public  offices  in  New  York  City ; 
at  the  Catholic  Cathedral,  city,  state  and 
United  States  officials  joined  the  arch- 
bishop, who  was  formerly  chaplain  of  the 
Hibernian  society,  in  reviewing  the  pa- 
rade. The  military  marched  with  this 
secret  order  as  if  with  something  national 
in  the  American  sense.  With  the  state 
militia  was  associated  the  driUed  Hiber- 
nian Military  Company.  After  making 
these  notes,  we  now  call  special  atten- 
tion to  this  statement : 

'Tor  the  first  time  in  the  history  of 
the  postoffice  in  that  city,  St.  Patrick's 
Day  was  officially  recognized  on  exactly 
the  same  grounds  as  a  legal  holiday." 

We  quote  the  first  part  of  the  Catholic 
secret  society  editorial,  asking  the  reader 
to  note  the  points  to  which  we  have 
cahed  attention : 

"We  predicted  in  our  last  issue  that  tlie 
celebration  of  our  National  Festival  would 
this  year  be  attended  by  more  than  the 
usual  enthusiasm  and  would  surpass  all  for- 
mer demonstrations  in  numbers  and  mag- 
nificence. 

"Our  words,  we  are  glad  to  say,  have 
been  fully  verified,  and  we  can  look  back  on 
the  celebration  of  1909  as  the  most  success- 
ful, from  every  point  of  view,  that  has  yet 
taken  place. 

"In  many  parts  of  the  country  the  day 
assumed  thei  proportions  of  a  national  holi- 


day, and  citizens  of  all  classes  and  condi- 
tions, native  as  well  as  adopted,  joined 
most  heartily  Avith  our  fellow-countrymen  in 
adding  eclat  to  the  festivities. 

"In  the  city  of  New  York,  the  great  me- 
tropolis of  the  nation,  where  our  people 
abound  in  large  numbers,  this  was  especially 
the  case.  For  the  first  time  in  the  history 
of  the  post  office  in  that  city  St.  Patrick's 
Day  was  officially  recognized  on  exactly  the 
same  grounds  as  a  legal  holiday,  as  can  be 
seen  from  the  following  order  issued  on. 
March  16  by  Postmaster  E.  M.  Morgan: 

"  'The  attention  of  superintendents  of  di- 
visions, departments  and  stations  of  this 
office  is  directed  to  the  fact  that  Wednes- 
day, March  17,  1909,  will  be  observed  as  a 
holiday  by  many  of  our  citizens,  and  they 
are  directed  to  grant  excuses  from  duty  on 
that  day  to  all  employes  making  application 
therefor,  when  the  same  can  be  done  with- 
out interfering  with  the  requirements  of  the 
service,  as  has  been  done  heretofore  on  days, 
observed  as  holidays. 

"  'E.  M.  Morgan,  Postmaster.' 

"This  was  not  only  a  recognition  of  Ire- 
land's National  Festival,  'but  it  showed  the 
general  observance  of  the  day,  for  it  carries 
with  it  the  intimation  that  business  would 
be  generallj^  suspended  and  that  the  services, 
of  the  postal  officials  would  not  be  required. 

"The  same  conditions  prevailed  in  all  oth- 
er public  offices,  and  many  prominent  busi- 
ness houses  suspended  operations  for  the 
day. 

"New  York,  of  course,  surpassed  all  other 
cities  in  its  grand  parade,  which  made  a. 
magnificent  spectacle  as  it  moved  up  Fifth 
avenue  to  St.  Patrick's  Cathedral,  where  it 
was  reviewed  by  Archbishop  Farley,  pur 
former  National  Chaplain,  and  the  city,  state 
and  United   States  officials. 

"At  the  head  of  the  parade  marched  the 
military,  composed  of  the  historic  Sixty- 
ninth  Regiment,  the  First  Brigade  of  the 
Irish  Volunteers,  St.  Anthony's  Military  Ca- 
dets and  the  Hibernian  Military  Company, 
numbering  in  all  over  five  thousand  men. 
as  well  drilled  as  any  soldiers  in  the  United 
States;  clean-cut,  active  and  stalwart  in  ap- 
pearance and  marching  in  a  manner  that 
elicited  the  most  enthusiastic  applause  from 
the  hundreds  of  thousands  of  spectators  that 
crowded  along  the  line." 


A  sad  but  common  experience  of 
mankind  is  to  have  an  appreciation  of 
our  privileges  born  only  at  the  burial 
of    our    opportunities. 


May,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


19 


ARTHUR  BRISBANE  TO  THE  HIBER- 
NIANS. 

Several  months  ago  Arthur  Brisbane, 
■of  the  Nezv  York  American,  was  a 
speaker  at  a  gathering  reported  by  the 
National  Hibernian,  which  said  : 

"Undoubtedly  the  most  enthusiastic 
'godspeed'  ever  given  to  any  delegates 
bent  upon  a  mission  of  national  peace 
and  unity  was  that  tendered  by  the  Hi- 
bernians of  New  York  County  to  Rev. 
Father  Philip  J.  O'Donnell,  pastor  of 
St.  Philip's  Church,  Boston,  and  Na- 
tional President  Matthew  Cummings,  by 
over  four  hundred  members  of  our  or- 
der on  Friday  morning,  April  2,  at  Shan- 
ley's  Roman  Court,  Broadway  and  42d 
street.  New  York." 

Mr.  Brisbane  was  introduced  as  one 
who  needed  no  introduction  to  the  Irish 
of  New  York.  Early  in  his  speech  he 
remarked : 

"I  suppose  that  I  am  about  as  Irish 
as  anybody  here  really.  My  great- 
grandfather was  born  in  Dublin,  and  my 
mother  was  born  in  Sligo.  But,  at  the 
same  time,  I  will  talk  to  you  as  an  or- 
dinary American  citizen,  without  any 
special  pretensions  to  a  hearing  from 
you,  about  what  I  believe  is  the  good  in- 
fluence of  your  organization,  entirely 
apart  from  Irish  matters." 

Mr.  Brisbane  then  proceeded  at  once 
as  follows : 

''Of  course,  you  know  that  I  am  a 
newspaper  writer,  and  I  am  employed 
b)y  a  newspaper  that  expresses  dissatis- 
faction very  often  and  protests.  Now, 
I  believe  the  most  important  thing  in 
America,  as  in  Ireland,  is  eneroetic,  de- 
termined  and  continued  protest  against 
injustice.  (Applause.)  Your  organi- 
zation, which  has  lasted  under  its  pres- 
ent name  or  other  names  for  centuries, 
is  one  of  the  most  protracted,  deter- 
mined, dionified  and  ceaseless  protests 
against  injustice  that  the  world  has  ever 
known.  You  have  kept  it  up  for  cen- 
turies. You  have  seen  the  same  kind  of 
thing  die  out  in  other  countries.  You 
have  seen  rebellions — and  submissions. 
But  the  Irish  people  have  kept  up  the 
light,   and   it   is   as   vigorous   now   as   it 


has  ever  been  in  the  history  of  the  long 
struggle.     (Applause.) 

"Now,  your  own  officers  will  tell  you 
what  they  expect  to  do ;  what  they  hope 
to  accomplish  directly  in  Ireland  or  for 
Ireland.  I  want  to  tell  you  that  I  be- 
lieve that  you  are  doing  a  great  thing 
as  an  example  in  America.  The  things 
that  are  done  gradually  in  this  country 
are  as  harmful  and  threatening  in  the 
long  run  as  if  they  had  been  done  in  a 
more  brutal,  tyrannical  and  public  way 
across  the  ocean." 

Later  in  his  speech  to  the  Hibernians 
he  said : 

"The  glorious  thing  for  the  Irish  to 
remember  is  that  they  are  a  ruling  race. 
Wherever  they  go  they  rule  out  of  all 
proportion  to  their  numbers.  That  is 
an  inspiring  thing.  A  man  need  not  be 
discouraged  because  he  does  not  win 
right  away.  We  ought  to  be  conscious 
of  the  fact  that  keeping  alive  Irish  feel- 
ing and  nationality  is  the  main  consid- 
eration. There  is  not  a  man  that  can 
help  respecting  the  Jews,  for  the  reason 
that  they  have  stuck  to  their  own  peo- 
ple and  belief.  They  have  not  a  single 
bit  of  country  that  they  can  call  their 
own,  but  they  stick  together,  and  if  you 
hurt  one  of  them,  another  one  is  apt  to 
hurt  you.  The  Irish  people  have  got  that 
to  keep  in  their  minds." 

Finishing  his  address  to  this  Irish 
secret  society,  he  closed  with  these 
words : 

"This  is  almost  a  speech,  so  I  will 
end  it.  I  am  verv  much  oblis^ed  to  vou 
for  listening  to  me.  I  thank  you  for 
inviting  me,  and  I  advise  you  above  all, 
if  I  may  advise  you,  to  stick  close  to- 
gether. You  are  225,000  men  in  Amer- 
ica, and  that  is  really  a  nation,  and 
that  is  a  remarkable  nation,  because  it 
is  a  nation  of  successful  men,  picked 
men,  and  you  are  successful  men,  and 
you  possess  enough  power  in  that  to  do 
almost  anything.  The  thing  is  to  stick 
and  for  the  next  five  or  ten  years  to 
keep  up  your  protest.  You  set  a  good 
example  for  the  rest  of  the  world,  and 
you  keep  alive  the  real  Irish  nationalitv, 
which  is  Irish  thought  and  patriotism 
and  character."     (Applause.) 

At  this  point,   we   remind   the   reader 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


May,  191L 


that  Arthur  Brisbane  is  the  leading  edi- 
torial writer  of  a  newspaper  called  Tlie 
A  111  erica  Ji. 


BEHEADED  IN  CHINA. 

Secret  societies  existed  in  China  cen- 
ttn-ies  before  the  first  grand  lodge  of  Ma- 
sons was  formed  in  England,  or  the  still 
older  Jesuit  order  was  organized.  One 
of  the  first  Chinese  orders  w-as  the  Ver- 
milion Eyebrows,  the  members  of  which, 
in  order  to  scare  their  enemies,  actually 
painted  their  eyebrow^s  before  going  into 
battle.  The  Iron  Heads,  the  Brass 
Shins,  and  others  followed,  until  at 
length,  though  still  hundreds  of  years 
ago,  the  Triad,  or  Society  of  Heaven 
and  Earth,  began  its  murderous  career. 
About  that  time  warlike  monastic  Chi- 
nese had  saved  the  empire  by  defeating 
a  hostile  army,  but  their  prow^ess  having 
caused  jealousy,  the  emperor  was  per- 
suaded to  destroy  them.  Trapped  in 
their  fortress  by  night,  they  fought  des- 
perately until  all  but  five  were  slain. 
These  five  survivors  founded  the  order 
of  the  Triad. 

Their  Heaven  and  Earth  society  has 
since  then  attacked  government  officials, 
murdered  officers  wdio  killed  any  one 
connected  with  the  Triad,  fought  gov- 
ernment troops,  and  headed  every  Chi- 
nese revolution.  So  obnoxious  to  the 
government  is  this  rebellious  order,  that 
any  man  found  in  China  with  a  ticket  of 
the  society  in  his  possession  is  forthwith 
beheaded. 

The  Triad  has  extended  its  power  into 
other  parts  of  the  world  wherever  China- 
men have  gone.  Secret  societies  in  the 
E^nited  States  having  Chinese  lodges  or 
Tongs,  send  thousands  of  dollars  every 
year  to  China  for  the  support  of  the 
Heaven  and  Earth  society.  Branches  of 
the  Triad  itself  are  in  all  American  cities 
having  Chinese  settlements.  For  ex- 
ample, much  more  than  half  the  Chinese 
in  Los  Angeles  belong  to  the  Triad.  All 
of  them  could  be  sent  suddenly  to  join 
revolutionary  forces  in  China  and  fight 
for  the  overthrow  of  the  present  dynasty. 
Their  society  is  said  to  have  been  origi- 
nally formed  for  the  purpose  of  support- 
ing the  old  dynasty  of  Chinese  emperors  : 
it  is  said  to  have  for  its  present  object 


the  overthrow  of  tlie  rulers  of  the  dynas- 
t}^  bearing  rule. 

One  member  of  this  secret  society  is 
Leon  Ling,  suspected  of  the  murder  of 
Elsie  Sigel.  The  Triad  will  protect  him^ 
and  probably  no  other  Tong  w^ould  dare, 
if  it  wished,  to  fail  to  share  in  his  pro- 
tection. It  is  probable  that  he  belongs  to 
some  other  order,  if  not  more  than  one^ 
and  he  may  be  a  Royal  Arch  Mason,  un- 
der its  shield  for  crime — murder  not  ex- 
cepted. To  give  information  leading  to- 
the  arrest  of  ihis  famous,  or  infamous, 
member  of  the  Triad  fraternity,  or  to  fail' 
to  assist  him  in  trouble,  would  be  to  in- 
cur an  almost  Masonic  penalty :  both  ears 
would  be  cut  ofif,  and  one  hundred  and 
eighty  blows  would  be  laid  on  the  bare 
back.  In  America  members  of  the  Triads 
though  well  known,  can  still  live ;  in 
China  as  soon  as  discovered  they  must 
die.  Here  they  can  be  Highbinders  or 
Masons,  they  can  join  any  sort  of  Tong; 
there  they  are  sent  at  once  to  keep  only 
the  secrets  of  the  dead. 


ONLY  CHRISTIAN,  SO  PROFANE. 

"The  eyes  of  the  profane  are  upon  us 
all  as  Masons,  and  they  are  particularly 
focused  upon  those  who  are  in  atithor- 
ity.  It  becometh  us,  therefore,  to  walk 
worthy  of  the  vocation  wherewith  we 
are  called,  for  'By  their  fruits  ye  shall 
know  them.'  It  is  not  all  of  Masonry 
to  wear  a  Masonic  pin  nor  to  know  cer- 
tain letters  better  than  the  Ten  Com- 
mandments." 

The  Fraternal  Record,  which  prints 
these  words  from  a  P.  G.  M.,  adds  the 
following  from  another  Mason :  "My 
brethren,  let  us  not  forget  that  Masonry 
is  founded  on  principles  that  have  stood 
the  test  of  time.  It  stands  to-day  the 
peer  of  any  order  or  institution,  and  its 
future  is  firmly  established  as  the  Rock 
of  Ages." 

The  peer  of  any  instittition  is  the  peer 
of  each  among  all  institutions — at  least 
the  peer  of  the  best.  Masonry  is  the  peer 
of  the  family;  Masonry  is  the  peer  of  the' 
school ;  Masonry  is  the  peer  of  the  Sun- 
day-school ;  Masonry  is  the  peer  of  the 
Christian  church. 

Rock  of  Ages   is  the  name  given  ta 


May,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


21 


Christ  in  one  of  the  best  known  hymns. 
Another  hymn  sings :  ''The  church's 
one  foundation  is  Jesus  Christ  the 
Lord."  The  future  of  Masonry  is  ''as 
firmly  estabhshed"  as  Jesus  Christ.  The 
peer  of  the  church,  with  its  future  as 
firmly  established  as  Jesus  Christ,  is  Ma- 
sonry. What  madness  seems  sometimes 
to  smite  the  sun-worshipino-  mind  ! 

Another  writer  is  allowed  by  the  Rec- 
ord to  represent  "the  work  of  Masonry" 
in  a  way  that  is  no  doubt  charming  to 
the  Masonic  ear,  as  a  work  "the  full  ac- 
complishment of  which  we  are  promised 
in  that  Celestial  Lodge  where  the  Su- 
preme Architect  of  the  universe  pre- 
sides." This  should  be  encouraging  to  a 
Chinese  Buddhist,  or  a  Turkish  Moham- 
medan fresh  from  Armenian  massacres, 
or  to  a  Parsee  or  a  Hindoo  Mason. 

From  the  same  journal  we  learn  that 
ninety  years  "have  passed  since  Wiley, 
Welch,  Duncan,  Rushworth  and  Cheat- 
ham, the  original  quorum,  humbly,  yet 
in  faith,  planted  the  seeds  of  Friendship, 
Love  and  Truth  on  the  American  con- 
tinent." The  exact  ninety  year  date  was 
April  26,  1909,  hence  the  planting  re- 
ferred to  took  place  in  the  spring  of 
1819.  We  had  the  impression  that 
friendship  had  not  continued  to  be  un- 
known from  the  time  of  settlement 
through  the  Colonial  and  Revolutionary 
periods.  Ten  years  before  this  seed-time, 
Washington  died ;  five  years  later  than 
this  alleged  planting  of  Friendship,  La- 
fayette revisited  America.  We  have  had 
the  idea  that  when  he  came  to  the  rest- 
ing place  at  Mount  Vernon  he  was  re- 
garded as  a  friend  visiting  the  grave  of 
one  who  was  his  friend  until  death.  If 
there  was  friendship  between  these  two 
it  showed  itself  at  least  fifteen  years  be- 
fore this  visit  to  the  tomb. 

A  little  further  along  we  read :  "We 
turn  to  our  own  country  for  a  conspic- 
uous example  of  friendship.  Washing- 
ton and  Lafayette  were  united  in  a  com- 
mon cause,  and  history  records  that  they 
had  a  strong  attachment  for  each  other. 
Friendly  ties  bound  these  great  soldiers 
and  statesmen." 

Did  not  John  Alden  love  Priscilla  in 
Plymouth  times,  almost  two  centuries 
before  this  alleged  planting  of  the  seeds 


of  love  in  America?  Or  if  a  different 
type  of  love  is  demanded,  is  any  type 
wanting  from  the  record  of  the  colonies, 
the  Revolution,  and  the  first  score  of 
years  under  constitutional  American  gov- 
ernment? As  to  truth,  were  its  seeds 
planted  two  hundred  3^ears  after  surviv- 
ing Pilgrims  planted  the  hill  beside  Ply- 
mouth rock  to  conceal  the  graves  of  mar- 
tyrs to  the  truth  ?  Something  better  than 
boasted  Oddfellowship  came  far  earlier 
and  is  still  here. 

The  Fraternal  Record  rather  wisely 
says:  "When  you  put  a  pistol  in  your 
pocket  you  have  it  there  for  a  purpose. 
You  may  salve  your  own  conscience  by 
saying  that  you  have  it  there  to  defend 
your  own  life,  but  the  truth  is  that  you 
have  it  there  to  take  a  life  if  you  become 
offended,  and  in  your  heart  of  hearts  you 
think  that  the  provision  of  the  Constitu- 
tion of  the  United  States  permitting  the 
bearing  of  arms  justifies  you  in  what 
you  are  doing," 

But  the  Record  fails  to  proceed  and 
show  how  the  same  principle  applies  to 
murderous,  and  otherwise  immoral  lodge 
oaths.    The  Record  thus  advises  : 

"Don't  stand  on  the  corner  of  the 
street  and  growl  about  what  they  are  do- 
ing at  the  lodge.  Go  up  and  'kick.'  No 
one  may  pay  any  attention  to  you,  but  it 
won't  hurt  the  lodge,  and  the  exercise 
may  do  you  good.  The  'kicking'  at  long 
range  has  a  tendency  to  dislocate  the 
joints,  because  it  misses  the  mark  so 
often.  Close  range  'kicking'  always  does 
the  kicker  good,  and  he  is  the  brother 
who  needs  it  most." 

That  is  what  we  keep  doing. 

We  also  find  this  in  the  Record :  "The 
Master  has  a  right  to  be  firm  in  his  de- 
cisions, but  he  has  no  right  to  forget  the 
humble  origin  from  which  he  was  called, 
and  which  its  proximity  to  the  northeast 
of  the  lodge  should  ever  remind  him.  By 
slow  degrees  he  has  reversed  the  position 
in  which  he  then  stood,  but  in  this 
triumph  he  should  exhibit  self-abnega- 
tion. He  is  now  a  ruler,  he  was  then 
but  a  servant,  but  his  rule  should  be  as 
gentle  as  his  obedience  was  then  sin- 
cere." 

And  this  in  the  New  Testament,  "No 
man  can  serve  two  masters." 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


May,  1911. 


HOMILETIC  REVIEW  CORRESPOND- 
ENCE. 

In  the  department  for  Preachers  Ex- 
changing \'iews,,  a  correspondent  of  the 
Hoinilctic  Rci'lczv  who  asked  in  Septem- 
ber what  reason  can  be  given  for  asking 
Masons  to  lay  church  corner-stones  con- 
demned the  custom  as  unfit  and  offensive. 
John  Erler  rephed  in  December,  and  to 
the  complaint  that  when  a  corner-stone 
was  laid  for  a  church  some  profane  and 
godless  ]\Iason  often  read  the  prayer, 
replied  that  Masonry  never  admitted  a 
godless  ^Nlason  often  read  the  prayer, 
arise  from  using  the  word  in  two  senses. 
The  objector  could  mean  ungodly — god- 
less in  the  sense  of  being  without  God  ; 
the  defender  could  Masonically  mean  an 
Atheist.  To  him  no  other  would  be  god- 
less. Universal  Masonry  must  accept 
men  of  all  beliefs — Christian,  Moham- 
medan, or  Pagan.  No  one  is  Masonical- 
ly godless  until  he  burns  his  last  idol. 
There  is  no  Masonic  reason  why  a  Pagan 
could  not  read  the  prayer  at  a  church 
corner-stone  laying.  Though  Mr.  Erler 
indicates  truly  that  no  extreme  Atheist 
can  be  a  Mason,  he  does  not  squarely 
meet  and  fully  remove  the  objections 
made  in  September.  If  the  corner-stones 
of  Christian  churches  are  often  laid  with 
prayer  formally  read  by  profane  and  un- 
godly men,  complaint  is  merited. 

While  attempting  to  defend  the  cus- 
tom, Mr.  Erler  adds  the  claim  that  the 
Bible  is  the  only  text-book  of  Masonry. 
Yet  the  authoritative  text-book  of  Ma- 
sonic jurisprudence  would  have  taught 
him  that  the  Bible  need  not  be  on  ev- 
ery Masonic  altar.  The  New  Testament 
need  not  be  on  a  Jewish  altar,  and  the 
proper  book  for  a  Mohammedan  lodge  is 
the  Koran.  Chinese  Pagans  often  be- 
come Masons,  while  Masonic  lodges  are 
numerous  in  India'.  Can  Mr.  Erler  im- 
agine that  Masonic  Buddhists  are  Bible 
students?  Even  an  American  lodge  is 
no  Sunday-school  room,  and  any  one 
can  become  a  full-fledged  Mason  without 
reading  one  page  of  the  Bible. 


The  text-book  already  cited  says : 
"The  precepts  of  Jesus  could  not  have 
been  made  obligatory  upon  a  Jew,"  and 
declares  that  "The  Mohammedan  must 
have  rejected  the  law  of  Moses." 

In  like  manner  another  Masonic  text- 
book, "Chase's  Digest  of  Masonic  Law," 
says :  "The  Jews,  the  Chinese,  the  Turks, 
each  reject  either  the  New  Testament  or 
the  Old  or  both,  and  yet  we  see  no  good 
reason  why  they  should  not  be  made  Ma- 
sons." 

To  claim  a  book  which  multitudes  of 
iMasons  never  study  or  even  read,  and 
which  multitudes  more  of  Masons  point- 
edly reject,  as  the  sole  text-book,  is  to 
ignore  such  books,  for  example,  as  Mack- 
ey's  Text-Book  and  his  Monitor,  Webb's 
Monitor,  Chase's  Digest,  Anderson's 
Constitutions,  Sickles'  Ahiman  Rezon  or 
Ereemason's  Guide.  Only  these  need  be 
mentioned  to  disprove  that  a  largely  ne- 
glected or  repudiated  book  is  the  only 
one  that  Masons  study.  Erom  the  class 
of  works  to  which  these  belong  Masons 
can  learn  matters  pertaining  to  Masonic 
ritual,  doctrine,  and  conduct,  but  neither 
Masons  nor  any  one  else  could  acquire 
them  from  the  Bible.  The  ritual  is  not 
in  the  Bible  ;  the  doctrine  is  not  in  agree- 
ment with  the  Bible,  and  the  moral  teach- 
ings do  not  coincide  with  Biblical  mor- 
als. It  would  be  an  erratic  Mason  who 
made  the  Bible  his  only  text-book.  He 
w^ould  verify  that  high  Masonic  dictum, 
"The  fact  is  that  Masonry  has  nothing 
whatever  to  do  with  the  Bible;  it  is.  not 
founded  on  the  Bible  ;  if  it  were  found- 
ed on  the  Bible  it  would  not  be  Masonry; 
it  would  be  something  else." 


WHISKY     AND     INSTRUCTION     FOR 
COLORED  MASONS. 

The  Enterprise,  published  in  Arkan- 
sas, is  said  to  be  a  Masonic  paper  edited 
by  negroes. 

As  printed,  the  names  of  the  ''pub- 
lishers and  editors"  are  M.  A.  Clark  and 
J.  M.  Murchison.  One  of  them  has 
contributed  this  signed  letter  to  the 
paper : 

Marianna,  Ark.,  Aug.  21,  1907- 

This  is  to  certify  that  I  am  wholly 
and  solely  responsible  for  all  ads  that 
appear   in   the   columns   of   The  Enter- 


May,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


23 


prise-     That    is    part   of    my     work     as 
business  manager.    I  have  the  business 
side    of    the    Enterprise    excKisively    in 
hand,  and  the  editor  hasn't  any  right 
to  set  aside  any  business  contract  which 
has  for  its  object  the  financial  strength- 
ening  of   the    company's    project.     As 
business   manager  and   full   partner  of 
The  Enterprise,  I   reserve  the  right  to 
advertise  any  lawfully  authorized  com- 
modity   of    our    town.      The    company 
has  protested   against  whisky  ads   es- 
pecially, but  I  have  not  yet  conceded 
to    their    wishes.      The    fact    that    the 
editor  is   a   minister  and   despises   the 
drug  as  the   devil   does  holy  water,   I 
have    some     regret    that    it    becomes 
necessary  for  us  to  continue  such  ads, 
but   would   have   it  understood   that   I 
have  no  respect  for  a  certain  class  of 
men    who    speak    deridingly    of    news- 
papers that  carry  whisky  ads  when,  at 
the   same  time,  they  are  continuously 
under  the  influence  of  whisky- 

M.  A.  Clark, 
Managing  Editor. 

The  same  issue  contains  a  long  article 
on  ''The  Masonic  Order,"  in  which  it 
is  said  that  ''The  mother  of  all  Masonic 
lodges  of  the  three  craft  degrees  was 
the  Premier  Grand  Lodge  of  England, 
organized  in  1717." 

This  refers  to  the  first  Masonic 
Grand  Lodge  ever  formed  in  the  world. 
At  that  time,  we  are  not  sure  that  more 
than  one  degree  was  known,  or  that  it 
was  identical  with  any  now  existing. 
No  doubt  there  were  three  degrees  not 
many  years  afterward,  possibly  within 
ten.  The  year  is  correctly  given,  and 
we  will  add  that  the  exact  date  was  the 
17th  of  June.  The  place  was  a  London 
tavern- 

The  article  claims,  with  truth,  that 
"there  are  many  Free  Masons  in  India, 
citing,  also,  by  name,  one  who  is  a 
Parsee.  It  avers  that  "Masons  may  be 
Jews,  Moslems,  or  Christians,"  and  that 
"the  order  merely  teaches  the  larger 
doctrines  of  all  religions." 

"The  Knights  Templars  are  the  dis- 
play feature  of  the  order,  and  their 
drills  at  triennial  encampments  are  im- 
mensely popular  as  spectacles.  The 
Ancient  Order  of  Nobles  of  the  Mystic 


Shrine  is  not  a  regular  Masonic  body, 
but  only  thirty-second  degree  masons 
are  eligible  for  membership."  (Knights 
Templar  are  also  eligible. )  "The  order 
of  the  Eastern  Star  is  an  auxiliary  body, 
composed  of  wives,  daughters,  sisters, 
and  widows  of  masons.  .  .  .  Unlike 
most  fraternal  orders,  the  masons  have 
no  insurance  feature" 

When  speaking  of  the  Anti-masonic 
political  party  of  about  1830,  he  men- 
tions that  Thurlow  Weed  was  quoted 
as  saying  of  the  body  that  was  found, 
that  it  was  a  good  enough  Morgan 
until  after  election,  but  the  writer  fails 
to  explain  that  the  quotation  was  gar- 
bled, and  that  what  Mr.  AA^eed  said  was 
"a  good  enough  Morgan  for  us  until 
you  bring  back  the  one  you  carried 
off."  The  writer  also  asserts  that 
"masonry  has  long  ceased  to  afTect  or 
be  affected  by  politics."  Such  an  asser- 
tion needs  either  support,  or  qualifica- 
tion, or  retraction. 


BEAST    AND    BIRD    FIGHT. 

The     Boston     Herald     reported     that 
there  was  "a  clash  of  the  Owls  at  the 
State    House.     James    A.    Watson,    of 
Roxbury,    and    Thomas    J.    Coffey,    of 
East    Boston,    mixed    it    up.      Just   how 
it  happened,  is  a  matter  about  which 
there   is    little    agreement.      The    New 
England  order  of  Owls,  of  which  Mr. 
Coffey  is  a  member,  was  having  a  hear- 
ing before  the  legislative  committee  on 
insurance,  the  state  insurance  depart- 
ment  having  taken   exceptions   to   the 
Owls  doing  business  here  without  au- 
thority.     Therefore    the    Owls    sought 
to  incorporate  under  the  Massachusetts 
laws.     Mr.  Watson,  who  is  a  member 
of  the  independent  order  of  the  Moose, 
appeared.      Watson    says    that    Coflfey 
called   him   names.      Watson   resented 
this  with  a  blow.     A  second  afterward 
Coffey  had  Watson  by  the  neck,  and 
a   dexterous   twist   landed   Watson   on 
the    concrete    floor.      The    battle    con- 
tinued from  the  fifth  floor  of  the  State 
House    to    the    Hooker    statue    in    the 
yard.     The  Moose  representative  went 
one  way,  and  the  Owl  another." 

W.  B.  Stoddard  sagely  observed  that 
"Just    why    a    man    calling    himself    a 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


May,  1911. 


]Moose  should  object  to  another's  caUing- 
him  names  is  not  apparent."  ^Moose 
are  h.orned  cattle  any  way  and  given 
to  hght'ng,  bnt  \\hat  scn-t  of  insurance 
the  Owls  may  have  hatched  we  do 
not  know.  The  whole  flock  of  night 
birds  must  be  blinking-  Owls,  so  far 
as  knowledge  of  the  necessary  prin- 
ciples and  conditions  of  insurance  is 
concerned  ;  and  one  should  be  blind  in 
daylight,  to  risk  anything  in  such  or- 
ders without  the  most  searching  in- 
vestigation of  plans,  since  it  is  a  kind 
of  insurance  that  without  chart  or  com- 
pass has  commonly  sailed  in  the  fog 
toward  wreck.  \\'e  fear  that,  like  otlier 
flitting  flocks,  trying  to  hide  from  the 
inexorable  laws  of  mathematics,  these 
Owls  will  find  themselves  lost  in  the 
woods.  It  may  be  that  the  Massa- 
chusetts commissioners  and  the  Fra- 
ternal Congress  wnll,  between  them, 
cage  these  particular  financial  birds, 
and  compel  them  to  hang  on  a  reason- 
ablv  safe  perch  until  their  patrons  get 
tired  of  what,  even  yet,  is  liable  to 
be  unsatisfactory  insiu-ance.  Yet  if 
the  Owls  have  the  wisdom  of  Miner- 
va's bird,  they  may  surprise  us  all  and 
really  insure  their  patrons.  More  ihan 
a  fight,  how'Cver,  appears  to  be  risked. 


"ET  TU,  BRUTE?" 

Wq  have  feared  that  Brown  Uni- 
versity influence  was  too  much  thrown 
into  the  wrong  side  of  the  scale,  but 
we  are  noAv  encouraged  by  news  relat- 
ing to  an  investigation  conducted  in 
that  ancient  yet  progressive  institution. 
It  appears  that  Dean  Meiklejohn  has 
reduced  the  question  to  arithmetical 
terms,  and  ascertained  the  definite 
answer.  As  might  hav,e  been  expected, 
the  results  obtained  at  Brown  and 
those  already  discovered  elsewhere  are 
practically       identical.  Scholarship 

being  the  subject  of  inquiry,  it  is 
known  there  that  the  standard  of  fra- 
ternity scholarship  and  that  of  non- 
fraternitv  scholarship  do  not  '-orr^- 
spond.  The  difference  appears  favor- 
ably in  the  higher  standard  maintained 
by  students  not  connected  with  Greek 
letter  societies.  Above  a  lower  average 
standard,  members  of  secret  societies 
do  not  succeed  in  rising.     Scholarship 


is  evidently  put  at  a  disadvantage.  The 
prospects  of  a  student  loaded  with  this 
clog  are  less  encouraging. 

This  cannot  be  set  aside  as  the  prej- 
udiced opinion  of  an  instructor  speak- 
ing for  himself;  it  is  the  niecessary  re- 
sult derived  from  a  study  of  class 
records  in  the  form  of  regular  scholar- 
ship markings  made  without  reference 
to  this  question,  and  made  by  no  less 
competent  an  examiner  than  the  Dean 
of  a  great  University.  It  is  a  statistical 
sttidy  ascertaining  facts  by  means  of 
figures  recorded  for  a  different  purpose. 
Moreover,  the  results  are  in  distinct  ac- 
cord with  those  already  known  as  ob- 
tained in  the  same  dispassionate  and 
mathematical  way  elsewhere.  Morals 
are  not  now  the  only  consideration. 
Vice  and  virtue  are  not  solely  under 
present  inquiry.  Scholarship  has  been 
called  to  the  bar,  and  the  verdict  is 
known.  If  to  a  lower  standard  of 
morals  must  be  added  a  lowier  standard 
of  scholarship,  the  matter  is  for  one 
more  imperative  reason,  not  to  be  left 
to  students,  and  alumni,  and  faculties. 
It  is  to  be  canvassed  beforehand  in  the 
home  of  the  prospective  freshman  be- 
fore he  leaves  that  home  to  enter  col- 
lege. Parents  have  primary  and  para- 
mount rights  in  their  own   sons. 


In  answer  to  a  request  in  the  April 
Cynosure,  Rev.  J.  S.  Baxter,  1306  W. 
2y^  street,  Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma, 
writes  that  he  will  attend  a  convention  in 
Kansas,  if  oue  is  held,  and  give  one  or 
more  addresses  as  may  be  desired.  Our 
friends  in  Kansas  will  please  make  a 
minute  of  this. 


We  shall  do  so  much  in  the  years  to  come, 

But  what  have  we  done  to-day? 
Wc  shall  give  out  gold  in  a  princely  sum, 

But  what  did  we  give  to-day? 
We  shall  lift  the  heart  and  dry  the  tear, 
We  shall  plant  a  hope  in  place  of  fear, 
We     shall     speak    with   words    of   love    and 
cheer, 
But  what  have  we  done   to-day? 

— Nixon  Waterman. 


The  greatest  grief  may  be  buried 
under  a  big  dinner.  The  greatest  joy 
or  the  greatest  possibility  of  mind  or 
soul  may  suffer  a  like  fate. 


May,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


25 


TESTIMONIES  OF  PASTORS 


REV.  E.  9^,  GOODWIN,  2),  T>. 

Late  Pastor  First  Congre- 
gational Church,   Chicago 

Why,  the  very  claims  that  put  Masonry  back  into  antiquity,  if  they  arc  to  be  granted,  would 
only  prove  it  heathenish. 

A.  J.  GORDON,  D.  D. 

Late  Pastor  Clarendon  Street 
Baptist    Church,    Boston 

The  heart  cannot  be  halved;  and  he  who  attempts  to  love  the  church  of  God  with  one 
hemisphere  of  his  heart,  and  the  secret  society  with  the  other,  will  speedily  find  that  he  is  very 
much  more  of  a  lodgeman  than  a  churchman. 

REV.  B.  T.  ROBERTS 

Late     Editor     of 
The  Free  Methodist 

For  us  to  keep  silent  respecting  Masonry,  and  thus  tacitly 
endorse  the  idea  that  a  man  can  both  accept  Christ  and  deny 
Him — that  is,  be  a  good  Mason  and  a  good  Christian  at  the 
same  time — would  be  treason  to  Christ. 


REV.  B.  T.  ROBERTS 


REV.  0.  "P.  GIFFORD 

From  an  address  deli'v- 
ered  in  Boston  in  J889 

The  multitude  of  secret  societies  is  something  wonderful. 
It  would  be  easier  to  take  the  census  of  the  frogs  in  Egypt, 
or  the  lice  on  the  persons  of  Pharaoh's  people. 

They  tell  us  to  spare  this  or  that  secret  order,  but  it  will 
not  do.  They  are  all  organized  on  a  false  basis  of  morality,  and  our  eye  must  not  spare,  any 
more   than  did   Samuel  when  he  slew  Agag. 

REV.  M.  C.  "liANSEEN 

Vice-President  S%edish 
Lutheran  Augustana  Synod 

From  personal  observation,  as  well  as  from  authors  on  the  secret  lodge  system,  I  have  more 
and  more  come  to  the  conclusion  that  the  principles  underlying  the  secret  orders,  and  operating 
therein,  are  radically  different  from  the  principles  laid  down  in  the  Word  of  God,  and  governing 
true  Christianity.  Faith,  hope  and  charity  in  the  secret  societies  are  not  the  true  Christian  faith, 
hope  and  charity. 

REV.  P.  S.  HENSON,  D.  D. 

'Pastor  Baptist 
Church,  Boston 

Secret  political  organizations  are  utterly  foreign  to  the 
genius  of  our  free  American  institutions.  Whatever  plea 
may  be  made  for  their  necessity  under  despotic  governments, 
where  free  speech  is  throttled  and  death  is  the  penalty  of 
attempting  reform,  surely  there  can  be  no  excuse  for  such 
secret  oath-bound  cabals  in  a  republic  like  ours,  where  the 
people  are  the  sovereigns  and  every  man  has  absolute  liberty 
of  political  action.      *     *     * 

Wc  are  often  told  in  vaunting  speech  of  the  illustrious 
names  that  have  given  their  sanction  to  secret  societies. 
No  matter  for  that — the  name  of  Jesus  is  above  every  name, 
and  His  name  is  recorded  in  reprobation  of  them 


s>3.  r. ;;  henson 


26 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


May,  1911. 


TESTIMONIES  OF  SECEDERS 


PRESIDENT  a  G.  FINNEY,  OBERLIN,  OHIO 

T*3.stor,  E'vangelisi  and 
a  renouncing   Mason 

"  How  can  we  fail  to  pronounce  Freemasonry  an  antichrisdan  institution  ?  Its  morality  is 
unchristian.  Its  oath-bound  secrecy  is  unchristian.  The  administration  and  taking  of  its  oaths 
are  unchristian,  and  a  violation  of  a  positive  command  of  Christ.  Masonic  oaths  pledge  its  mem- 
bers to  commit  most  unlawful  and  unchristian  deeds  ;  to  conceal  each  other's  crimes  5  to  deliver 
each  other  from  difficulty  whether  right  or  wrong  ;   to  unduly  favor  Masonry  in  political  actions  and 

in  business  transactions;  its  members  are  sworn  to  retaliate, 
and  persecute  unto  death  the  violators  of  Masonic  obliga- 
tions. ^  ^'  "^"  Its  oaths  are  profane,  the  taking  of  the 
name  of  God  in  vain.  The  penalties  of  these  oaths  are 
barbarous,  and  even  savage.  Its  teachings  are  false  and 
profane.  Its  design  is  partial  and  selfish.  Its  ceremonies 
are  a  mixture  of  puerility  and  profanity.  Its  religion  is 
deistic.  It  is  a  false  religion,  and  professes  to  save  men  upon 
other  conditions  than  those  revealed  in  the  Gospel  of  Christ. 
It  is  a  virtual  conspiracy  against  both  church  and  state. 
Those  who  adhere  intelligently  and  determinedly  to  such  an 
institution  have  no  right  to  be  in  the  Christian  church. 
*  -jf  if  jf  Freemasonry  is  a  sin,  a  sham,  an  abomination, 
as  I  know  it  to  be,  and  as  you  also  know,  then  there  is  but 
one  way  open  to  us,  or  to  any  honest  man  who  knows  what 
Freemasonry  is,  and  that  way  is  to  bear  a  most  decided  and 
persistent  testimony  against  it,  cost  what  it  may.  If  any 
man  will  withhold  his  testimony  against  so  great  a  wrong 
to  save  his  infiuence    he  will  sooner  or  later  lose  it." 


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PRES.  C.  G.  FINNEY 


9?£K  m.  L.  HANEY 

Pastor  of  M.  E*   Church,  E<van- 
getist  and  a  seceder  from  Masonry 

"I  have  seen  the  church  prayer-meeting  nearly  desolate  in 
every  part  of  the  country,  because  many  of  its  members  had 
their  hearts  divided  with  the  lodge.  I  have  demonstrated,  in 
thirty  years  of  evangelism,  that  it  is  well-nigh  impossible  to 
have  a  wide,  deep,  thorough  revival  of  religion  in  any  com.- 
munity,  town,  or  city  which  has  been  honey-combed  by  the 
influences  of  the  lodge.  In  my  seventy-ninth  year,  and  before 
I  depart  to  God,  I  felt  I  must  leave  the  above  testimony." 


REV,  M.  L.  HANEY 


COL.  GEORGE  R.  CLARKE 

Founder  of  the  Pacific  Garden 
Mission  and  a  renouncing  Mason 

"I  have  been  a  member  of  several  secret  societies.  I  was  a  32°  Mason  in  Chicago 
before  the  fire;  I  also  belonged  to  the  Blue  Lodge  and  other  intervening  orders.  In  all  those  that 
I  belonged  to,  the  association  was  with  the  men  of  the  world,  without  respect  to  their  religion, 
whether  they  had  any  or  had  none  at  all.  Such  men  as  atheists,  infidels,  Mohammedans,  Catho- 
lics and  Protestants  can  all  unite  together  in  these  secret  associations  on  an  equality,  in  a  bond 
which  they  call  the  'bond  of  brotherhood. ' 


May,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


27 


TESTIMONIES  OF  STATESMEN 

T>ANIEL    WEBSTER 

Ame  rtca  n  Si  a  tes  - 
and  Jurist 


man 


DANIEL     WEBSTER 


the  formation  of  all  such  obligations,  should  be 
20,  1835. 

GENERAL  U.  S.  GRANT 


' '  I  have  no  hesitation  in  saying  that  how- 
ever unobjectionable  may  have  been  the 
original  objects  of  the  institution,  or  however 
pure  may  be  the  motives  and  purposes  of  the 
individual  members,  and  notwithstanding 
th«  many  great  and  good  men  who  have 
from  time  to  time  belonged  to  the  order, 
yet,  nevertheless,  it  is  an  institution  which 
in  my  judgment  is  essentially  wrong  in  the 
principle  of  its  formation  j  that  from  its  very 
nature  it  is  liable  to  great  abuses ;  that  among 
the  obligations  which  are  found  to  be  im- 
posed on  its  members,  there  are  such  as  are 
entirely  incompatible  with  the  duty  of  good 
citizens 5  and  that  all  secret  asiociationSy  the 
members  of  which  take  upon  themselves 
extraordinary  obligations  to  one  another,  and 
are  bound  together  by  secret  oaths,  are  nat- 
urally sources  of  jealousy  and  just  alarm  to 
others^  are  especially  unfavorable  to  harmony 
and  mutual  confidence  among  men  living 
together  under  popular  institutions,  and  are 
dangerous  to  the  general  cause  of  civil  liberty 
and  good  government.  Under  the  influence 
of  this  conviction  it  is  my  opinion  that  the 
future  administration  of  all  such  oaths,  and 
prohibited  by  law." — Letter  dated  Boston,  November 


**A11  secret,   oathbound  political  parties 
how  patriotic  the  motives  and  principles  which 

CHARLES  SUMNER 

Eminent  American  States- 
man, Senator  and  Orator 

*'I  find  two  powers  here  in  Washington 
in  harmony,  and  both  are  antagonistical  to 
our  free  institutions,  and  tend  to  centraliza- 
tion and  anarchy — Freemasonry  and  Slavery, 
and  they  must  both  be  destroyed  if  our 
country  is  to  be  the  home  of  the  free,  as  our 
ancestors  designed  it.'' — Letter  to  Samuel 
D.  Greene,  Chelsea,  Mass. 

CHARLES  FRANCIS 
cADAMS 

"Every  man  who  takes  a  Masonic  oath 
forbids  himself  from  divulging  any  criminal 
act,  unless  it  might  be  murder  or  treason 
that  may  be  communicated  to  him  under  the 
seal  of  fraternal  bond,  even  though  such 
concealment  were  to  prove  a  burden  upon 
his  conscience  and  a  violation  of  his  bounden 
duty  to  society  and  to  his  God. 

"A  more  perfect  agent  for  the  devising 
and  execution  of  conspiracies  against  Church 
and  State  could  scarcely  have  been  con- 
ceived.-' 


are  dangerous  to  any  nation,  no  matter  how  pure  or 
first  bring  them  together." — In  his  autobiography. 


.,  ^^ 


CHARLES  SUMNER 


2S 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


May,  1911. 


|l(iU0  of  §\it  Woxk 


We  have  been  privileged  to  see  a  let- 
ter written  by  Prof.  H.  R.  Smith  of 
Houghton  Seminar}^,  New  York,  which 
has  interested  us  very  much.  The  letter 
refers  to  a  movement  originating  in  the 
Seminary,  but  the  effort  extends  beyond 
the  school,  and  centers  around  the  Wes- 
leyan  JNIethodist  denomination.  The  mov- 
ers in  this  effort  realize  the  compromis- 
ing- tendency  of  all  the  reform  churches 
and  the  remedy  for  it.  Prof.  Smith 
writes :  "It  has  been  in  my  mind  for  a 
long    time    that    denominational    schools 

ought  to  play  a  more  definite  part  than 
they  do,  in  the  training  of  young  people 
for  aggressive  reform  service.  If  re- 
form churches  are  to  live,  they  must  pro- 
claim their  reforms.  They  cannot  do  this 
successfully  unless  their  schools  co-op- 
erate in  the  work." 

God  bless  the  "Christian  Association" 
of  Houghton  Seminary. 


SECRETARY    STODDARD'S    REPORT. 

Boston,  Mass.,  April  17th,  191 1. 
Dear  Cynosure  : 

Never  was  the  N.  C.  A.  work  needed 
more  than  now.  A  paper  condemning 
the  Catholic  Church  in  its  rejection  of 
the  Bible  was  applauded  by  a  gathering 
of  Pastors  here  this  morning.  A  part  of 
them  would  not  have  complimented  a  pa- 
per showing  lodge  folly  and  sin.  It  has 
been  my  privilege  to  participate  in  meet- 
ings in  the  First  Covenanter  and  First 
United  Presbyterian  Churches  of  this 
city.  A  Presbytery  meeting  gave  op- 
portunity to  speak  to  some  unacquainted 
with  the  N.  C.  A.  work.  There  is  a  no- 
ticeable tendency  to  let  down  and  give 
way  to  lodges  in  some  quarters  among 
those  who  recognize  the  evil.  There  are, 
however,  those  contending  for  the  right, 
and  some  new  ones  joining  our  ranks. 
Surely  there  is  no  reason  for  discourage- 
ment, but  every  reason  to  press  forward 
with  renewed  faith  in  God.  One  week 
from  to-night  there  is  to  be  a  public 
meeting  in  the  First  Covenanter  Church  ; 
addresses  by  Dr.  Atchison,  pastor  of  the 
Eighth  Street  Covenanter  Church,  Pitts- 


burg, Pa.,  and  Amos  R.  Wells,  of  the  En- 
deavor movement.  The  addresses  will  be 
directed  especially  in  opposition  to  the 
school  fraternities. 

Some  days  spent  at  Worcester,  Massa- 
chusetts, discovered  new  friends  and  cen- 
ters for  work.  What  is  known  as  the 
Pauline  Mission  has  been  recently 
opened  by  our  good  friend  J.  P. 
Grosvenor.  I  gladly  responded  to  an  in- 
vitation to  address  the  friends  in  this 
mission,  being  assured  there  was  no  pad- 
lock to  be  put  on  the  expressions  of  any 
needed  truth  there.  Some  members  of 
the  I.  O.  O.  F.  lodge  had  renounced  their 
lodge  allegiance  and  come  out  on  the 
side  of  Christ.  An  organization  of  our 
Free  Methodist  brethren  has  been  ef- 
fected in  Worcester.  A  desire  for  our 
aid  in  their  anti-lodge  efforts  was  ex- 
pressed. There  was  a  call  for  literature 
and  a  lecture.  Several  Swedish  pastors 
expressed  sympathy  with  our  efforts,  but 
did  not  find  themselves  in  a  position  to 
give  much  anti-lodge  light,  or  invite  oth- 
ers to  do'  so.  My  work  was  centered  in 
Pennsylvania,  in  towns  north  of  Phila- 
delphia, for  more  than  a  week.  The  Al- 
lentown,  Pa.,  Cynosure  list  was  consid- 
erably enlarged.  There  was  an  open  door 
for  addresses  in  the  Mennonite  churches 
of  AUentown  and  Zionsville.  Brother 
Preheim,who  ministers  to  this  people,  has 
attended  our  meetings  in  Chicago  when 
training  in  the  Moody  school.  He  backed 
my  effort  with  a  strong  endorsement.  An 
extensive  but  inaccurate  account  of  my 
address  was  published  in  the  AUentown 
Call. 

1  found  New  York  City  alive  as  ever. 
In  the  days  of  work  there  I  came  in  touch 
with  many  people,  and  believe  our  cause 
was  strengthened.  Stephen  Merritt  is 
alive  and  at  work.  He  is  still  with  the 
great  undertaking  establishment  bearing 
his  name.  He  had  been  nearly  blind,  but 
is  praising  God  for  the  partial  recovery 
of  -sight.  It  is  his  hope  to  again  read 
the  Cynosure.  The  copies  are  carefully 
preserved  as  they  come.  He  reported 
wonderful  blessings  and  help  in  his  mis- 
sion work  among  the  "bums,"  as  they 
are  known.  Recently  receiving  Masonic 
grips  in  his  audience  from  those  ad- 
vanced in  Masonry,  he  went  to  the  plat- 
form and  warned  against  trying  to  live 
sober  Christian  lives  while  in  connection 


May,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


29 


with  the  lodge.  As  he  had  been  Master 
of  the  largest  Masonic  lodge  in  the  State, 
he  could  of  course,  "speak  as  one  having 
authority."  Lodges  make  outcasts,  but 
do'  not  lift  the  fallen.  I  visited  several 
city  missions.  A  brother  at  the  old  John 
Street  Mission  was  giving  a  series  of 
excellent  addresses  to  the  business  men 
at  noon,  on  the  life  and  work  of  John 
the  Baptist.  He  dwelt  upon  his  fearless, 
straightforward  utterances  and  the  un- 
popularity of  his  message.  He  deplored 
the  tendency  to  cut  out  and  omit  needed 
truth,  to  please  an  unregenerate  audience. 
Reference  to  many  sins  not  commonly  re- 
buked was  made,  but  the  lodge  was  not 
of  this  number.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that 
he  was  not  afraid  of  the  opinion  of  his 
audience.  As  a  reader  of  the  Cynosure, 
he  knows  the  lodge  evil.  If  any  one 
thinks  it  is  easy  to  bear  testimony  against 
the  lodge  while  addressing  a  popular  au- 
dience, let  him  take  up  this  cross  and  try 
it !  Brethren  and  friends,  let  us  "earnest- 
ly contend  for  the  faith,"  and  when  enu- 
merating evils  of  our  day,  don't  let  us 
overlook  pne  of  the  greatest. 

God  willing,  ere  this  reaches  the 
Cynosure  family,  I  shall  be  at  work  with 
you  at  the  Center.  May  God  bless  this 
year's  Annual  Meeting  at  Wheaton,  Illi- 
nois, and  make  it  a  power  for  good. 

W.  B.  Stoddard. 


REPORT  OF  INDIANA  STATE  PRESI- 
DENT. 

Elkhart,  Ind.,  April  ist,  191 1. 
Wm.  I.  Phillips,  Chicago,  111. 
Dear  Brother  Phillips : 

Because  of  many  duties  since  my  re- 
turn home  I  have  been  delayed  in  com- 
plying with  your  request  in  giving  a  re- 
port of  my  work  during  the  past  winter 
in  the  interests  of  anti-secrecy.  In  the 
first  place  permit  me  tO'  say  that  my  du- 
ties through  the  year  have  JDeen  primarily 
along  evangelistic  lines  and  Bible  lec- 
tures. However,  as  opportunities  pre- 
sented themselves,  I  did  deliver  a  num- 
ber of  anti-secret  lectures.  My  work  for 
the  past  year  was  through  parts  of  In- 
diana, Michigan,  Ontario,  Ohio  and 
Pennsylvania.  In  many  places  the  lodge 
seemed  to  have  quite  a  strong  hold,  but 
in  every  place  the  lectures  were  well  at- 
tended and  due  respect  was  given  by  the 
audiences. 


Facts  are  stubborn  things,  yet  most 
convenient  things.  I  have  found  in  my 
earlier  experience  with  the  lodge  ques- 
tion that  the  presentation  of  the  facts 
concerning  secrecy  is  sufficient  for  any 
or  most  fair-minded  men.  Men  of  rea- 
son and  of  any  degree  of  moral  character 
or  self-respect  are  able  themselves  to 
decide  as  to  the  propriety  or  impropriety 
of  the  secret  work  and  conduct  of  the 
modern  lodge.  I  have  often  found  that 
the  revelation  of  the  secret  work  of  the 
lodge  is  sufficient  to  offset  the  intentions 
of  a  fair-minded  man  in  his  contempla- 
tion of  joining  the  lodge.  My  efforts 
have  been  largely  along  lines  of  informa- 
tion and  instruction  having  in  view  the 
object  of  prevention.  I  am  convinced 
that  what  the  coming  generation  of 
young  men  and  women  need  is  informa- 
tion concerning  the  works  of  darkness, 
and  our  victory  will  be  largely  won. 
Lodge  men  themselves  have  admitted 
this  statement  to  be  true.  In  fact,  an 
editor  of  a  newspaper  (himself  being 
a  leading  man  in  the  I.  O.  O.  F.)  con- 
fessed through  his  paper,  while  comment- 
ing on  one  of  my  lectures,  that  the  ele- 
ment of  secrecy  in  the  lodge  serA^ed  as 
one  of  the  greatest  agents  in  gaining  re- 
cruits. A  number  of  cases  have  come 
under  my  observation,  both  through  per- 
sonal interviews  and  lectures,  in  which 
men  who  were  contemplating  the  act  of 
joining,  or  had  already  joined  the  lodge, 
gave  up  such  intentions  or  were  con- 
verted and  gave  up  their  order. 

For  myself  as  an  evangelist  and  pas- 
tor, I  am  thoroughly  convinced,  and  am 
teaching  on  every  proper  occasion,  that 
modern  secrecy  is  anti-Christian ;  that  it 
robs  the  church  of  men  and  money ;  that 
it  hinders  very  materially  every  Chris- 
tian professor  (who  is  a  lodge  member) 
in  his  or  her  duties  and  relations  to  the 
church ;  that  it  hinders  in  the  first  place 
many  men  and  women  in  becoming 
Christians ;  that  the  result  of  secrecy  is 
that  of  deceiving  men  rather  than  en- 
lightening them,  and  that  it  leads  men 
away  from  God  rather  than  to  Him ;  and 
finally,  that  there  is  not  one  legitimate 
or  righteous  reason  for  the  existence  of  a 
secret  order  anywhere  on  the  face  of  the 
earth.  J.   E.    Hartzler, 

President,   Indiana   Christian   Assn. 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


May,  191L 


AGENT    DAVIDSON'S    REPORT. 

Shreveport,  La.,  April   13th,   191 1. 
Dear  Cynosure  : 

Since  my  last  letter  I  have  not  been 
very  well,  bnt  I  am  still  on  the  firing'  line. 
Some  of  the  subjects  of  the  Secret  Em- 
pire are  growing"  desperate  because 
the  CvxosuRE  is  continually  throwing 
out  the  calcium  light  of  truth  upon  their 
unfruitful  works  of  darkness,  and  re- 
proving' their  evil  deeds  of  sworn  se- 
crecy. 

A  very  prominent  grand  officer  leader 
a  few  days  ago^  accosted  me  here  and 
with  some  excitement  and  indignation 
said :  "Sir,  I  think  you  ought  tO'  preach 
the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ,  and  let  secret 
societies  alone.  Secret  societies  are  do- 
ing' Christian  work.  We  are  sending  our 
checks  .every  week  for  from  $100  to  $200 
to  the  poor.  If  that  ain't  Christian  work, 
I  don't  know  what  Christian  work  is.  I 
think  if  you  preach  the  gospel  you  will 
have  3'our  hands  full.  There  is  not  an- 
other minister  in  this  state  who  is  identi- 
fied with  the  Christian  Cynosure,  and 
who  would  dare  to  write  for  such  a  dirty 
paper,  but  you.  I  think  you  ought  to 
keep  in  touch  with  the  other  city  preach- 
ers and  sa}^  nothing  against  secret  socie- 
ties. A'^ou  are  going  to  hurt  yourself  and 
church  by  fighting  secret  societies.  The 
President  of  the  United  States  is  a  secret 
order  man,  and  all  of  the  best  people  in 
America  are  secret  order  people.  All  of 
the  leading  men  and  women  of  your 
church  are  secret  order  people,  and  it  re- 
flects on  them  for  you  to  be  associated 
with  such  men  as  are  connected  with  that 
dirty  Cynosure.  I  am  a  Christian,  and 
I  know  there  is  nothing  in  secret  societies 
that  prevents  me  being  a  Christian :  if  it 
did  I  would  leave  the  lodge  at  once." 

This  poor  man  is  a  preacher;  he  is 
held  in  very  high  esteem,  and  I  really  be- 
lieve he  is  a  good  man,  honest  and  sin- 
cere, but  he  has  simply  gone  wild  after 
the  idols  of  secrecy,  and  has  not  per- 
mitted Christ  to  reign  supreme  in  his 
heart.  I  assured  him  that  I  was  not 
ignorant  as  to  how  lodge  men  will  blind- 
fold folks  and  lead  them  captive  by  the 
penalties  prescribed. 

We  will  be  having  secret  society  anni- 
versaries in  different  churches  every 
Sunday  now  until  November.  The  senti- 
ment expressed  by  this  supposed  preach- 


er of  righteousness,  shows  convincingly 
how  the  lodges  are  victimizing  their  sub- 
jects and  leading  them  on  and  on  into  sin 
and  folly. 

I  assured  him  that  to  preach  the  gospel 
meant  to  reprove  sin  whether  in  church,, 
lodge  or  private  individual,  and  if  I 
could  not  preach  the  g'ospel  of  separation 
from  sin  in  Shreveport,  I  could  preach  it, 
and  would  preach  it  elsewhere.  I  told 
him:  "1  am  a  man,  and  I  decline  to  be 
forced  or  whipped  into  line  b}^  the  lodge 
people."  I  will  not  yield  my  private 
judgment  to  any  man  or  set  of  men,  even 
thoug'h  they  be  supreme  lodge  digni- 
taries. 

May  God  bless  the  faithful  who  are 
standing  on  2  Cor.  6:14-18,  and  enable 
them  to  be  faithful,  and  to  pray  most 
earnestly  for  the  deliverance  of  the  faith- 
ful few.  I  am  still  laboring,  preaching 
and  enduring  hardness.  I  don't  know 
what  the  lodgeites  may  resort  to^  here  to 
silence  my  tongue,  but  I  shall  continue  to 
work  while  it  is  yet  day. 

Yours  in  the  Lord, 

J.  F.  Davidson. 


"WHAT  IS  DUTY?" 

The  above  is  the  caption  of  W.  L. 
Brown's  letter  in  the  April  number  of 
the  Cynosure. 

I  have  had  similar  experiences  to  his. 


I  could  not  get  right  with  God  while  re- 
maining 


in  such  a  church.  I  took  the 
Masonic  oaths  and  read  them  to  the 
lodge  members,  and  tried  as  best  I  could 
to  show  them  how  opposed  such  oaths 
were  to  the  spirit  of  Christianity ;  that  a 
man  that  was  governed  and  ruled  by  such 
oaths  could  not  be  governed  and  ruled 
by  the  Holy  Spirit,  but  he  would  be  a 
child  of  the  Devil.  I  tried  to  show  them 
the  inconsistency  of  trying  to  live  the 
Christ-life  and  the  Masonic-life.  Their 
oaths  made  men  Masons,  but  the  Holy 
Ghost  made  men  Christians,  and  so 
Christ-like,  and  it  was  an  impossibility 
for  them  to  be  both. 

Now  the  church  is  the  body  of  Christ. 
In  the  1 2th  chapter  of  ist  Corinthians 
the  church  is  set  forth  and  described  as 
the  mystical  body  of  Christ.  Woyld  any- 
one dare  to  say  that  the  horrible  oaths  of 
Masonry  had  any  place  in  Christ's  mys- 
tical body — the  Church? 

I  was  the  means  of  many  giving  up 


May,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


31 


their  lodge,  and  I  wanted  the  church  to 
vote  it  out  of  its  fellowship ;  but  this  they 
would  not  do,  so  the  time  came  when  I 
had  to  leave  them,  that  I  might  be  right 
with  God.  I  could  not  endorse,  protect, 
uphold  and  defend  the  receiving  into  fel- 
lowship in  the  church  members  of  this 
vile,  sacrilegious,  blasphemous  and  idol- 
atrous ''masterpiece  of  Satan"  for  the 
leading  of  immortal  souls  into  hell. 
Hence  I  asked  for  and  received  a  letter 
of  dismission  from  them  and  joined  the 
Holiness  Baptist  Church,  the  members 
of  which  have  no  desire  to  belong  to  any 
such  ungodly  order  of  the  World.  In 
this  church  we  all  see  alike,  because  the 
Spirit  leads.  Any  organization  calling  it- 
self a  church  and  harboring  persons  pos- 
sessed of  the  spirit  of  the  devil,  is  not 
a  church,  but  a  synagogue  of  Satan. 

'  A.  J.  Millard. 
Little  Rock,   Ark. 


MRS.   LIZZIE  WOODS'   LETTER. 

Dermott,  Ark.,  April  nth,  191 1. 
Mr.  Wm.  I.  Phillips. 

Dear  Sir !  I  was  at  Portland  last  month 
visiting  a  woman's  meeting.  Where  I  was 
entertained  I  asked  that  night,  ''Are  all 
of  your  family  Christians?"  The  mother 
said,  "My  boy  and  I  are  Christians,  and 
my  little  girl  is  a  sinner."  She  did  not 
say  whether  her  husband  was  a  Chris- 
tian or  not. 

I  read  Psalms  85  :8 :  "I  will  hear  what 
God  the  Lord  will  speak,  for  he  will  speak 
peace  unto  his  people,  and  to  his  saints  ; 
but  let  them  not  turn  again  to  folly."  I 
said  "Let  us  examine  ourselves  and  see  if 
we  have  turned  again  to  folly."  I  looked 
to  hear  her  husband  say  a  word,  but  he 
was  silent.  I  wondered  what  was  the 
matter  with  him.  I  talked  about  back- 
sliding. I  said,  "I  believe  if  we  are  lost 
after  being  converted,  it  is  because  we 
back  our  way  into  hell."  jer.  3:12:  "Say, 
Return,  thou  backsliding  Israel."  I  said  : 
"Now,  that  verse  shows  that  we  have 
been  with  the  Lord,  but  somehow  we  have 
gotten  away  from  him  by  crawfishing, 
going  backward  to  hell.  Some  back  off 
into  the  saloon ;  some  into  the  lodge." 
When  I  named  the  lodge,  the  old  man 
straightened  up  and  said,  "Is  the  lodge 
wrong?"  I  said,  "Yes,  it  is  wrong."  He 
said,  "I  don't  think  so,  because  I  belong 
to  the  best   lodge   in  the   world  1'     It  is 


more  like  the  church  than  any  of  the  se- 
cret fraternities."  I  said,  "What  lodge 
do  you  belong  to?"  "I  am  a  Mason."  I 
said,  "Brother,  your  lodge  is  like  Jero- 
boam the  son  of  Nebat,  who  caused 
Israel  to  sin,  because  all  of  the  other 
lodges  came  out  of  yours,  and  they  have 
caused  the  people  to  forsake  the  church 
of  God."  "Do  you  belong  to  the  church?" 
He  said,  "I  used  to  belong  to  the  church, 
but  they  had  some  kind  of  a  charge 
against  me,  and  wanted  me  to  answer  to 
the  charge,  and  I  never  did  go  to  see  what 
the  charge  was."  "How  long  have  you 
been  out  of  the  church?"  He  said,  "Six- 
teen years." 

His  wife  and  son  were  so-  glad  that  I 
spoke  about  the  lodges,  for  that  was  the 
very  reason  he  quit  the  church,  his  wife 
said.  He  was  a  good  Christian,  and  is 
a  good  husband  and  father,  but  he  has 
given  up  the  church  for  the  lodge.  She 
said,  "He  tells  me,  My  lodge  came  from 
the  Bible,  and  is  as  good  as  the  church." 

He  did  not  say  any  more  about  the 
lodge  that  night,  but  next  morning  he 
asked  me  to  tell  him  how  the  lodges  were 
wrong.  I  said,  "Do  you  feel  as  safe  in 
the  Masonic  lodge  as  you  did  in  church, 
when  you  think  about  where  you  are  go- 
ing to  spend  eternity?"  "That  is  the  very 
thing  that  is  troubling  me,"  he  said,  with 
a  trembling  voice.  "May  be  you  can  help 
me  right  now,  because  I  don't  feel  safe, 
and  yet  the  preacher  says  it  is  all  right, 
all  based  on  the  Bible.  I  love  the  lodge, 
but  I  am  not  satisfied  about  my  soul." 

I  then  told  him  how  wicked  all  the 
lodges  were,  and  how  they  had  taken 
God's  people  away  from  the  church.  I 
told  him  so  many  of  his  secrets  that  he 
was  afraid  for  me.  He  said,  "I  am  glad 
you  came.  You  have  helped  me  more 
than  the  preachers."  I  said,  "Don't  talk 
about  the  preacher.  You  will  have  to  go 
back  in  fellowship  with  God.  and  when 
you  go,  the  preacher  will  be  the  ver}^  one 
to  welcome  you  back  again  into  the  fold 
of  God." 

He  says,  "Well,  I  see  my  wrongs  this 
morning  as  I  never  have  before,  and  I 
am  going  back  to  the  church.  Will  you 
pray  for  me?  I  have  started  to  go  back 
a  good  many  times,  but  when  I  see  how 
wrong  the  preacher  is,  I  get  weak."  I 
said  to  him.  "The  preacher  that  is  in  the 
lodge  is  just  as  blind  as  you  are  ;  he  is  to 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


May,  1911. 


be  pitied,  for  he  does  not  know  that  the 
lodges  are  wrong',  any  more  than  yon 
did;  he  has  lost  his  spiritual  strength, 
just  as  you  have,  and  he  don't  know  the 
cause.  The  devil  has  him  in  a  trap.  When 
the  devil  caught  him,  then  he  caught 
you,  and  most  of  the  flock,  and  all  iike 
sheep  have  gone  astray'  and  broken  out 
of  the  fold  of  God,  each  wandering  a 
dift'erent  way,  but  all  the  downward 
road." 

He  used  to  be  a  deacon  in  the  church, 
now  he  is  a  senior  deacon  in  the  lodge. 
He  said.  "Sister,  here  is  fifty  cents;  send 
me  one  of  the  old  Baptist  Hymn  Books. 
I  am  going  back  to  Jesus,  back  to  the 
church  and  fill  my  place  as  a  child  of 
God.  I  said,  "Will  yoii  give  up  the 
lodge?"  He  said,  'T  think  I  will — just 
give  me  time.  I  feel  a  peace  this  morn- 
ing in  my  soul  that  I  have  never  felt  in 
all  these  years  before,  because  I  have 
made  up  my  mind  to  go  back  to  the 
church."  I  caught  his  hand  in  mine  and 
asked  my  heavenly  Father  to  give  him 
the  moral  courage  to  go  back  to  the 
church,  and  to  gO'  to  work  for  the  Mas- 
ter, and  leave  that  old  serpent  church 
called  the  Lodge. 

"I  am  so  afraid  some  of  the  lods^e  men 
will  kill  you,  just  as  sure  as  some  of  them 
know  for  certain  that  you  are  exposing 
their  secrets  !  They  will  kill  you."  I  said, 
*'A\^ell,  I  will  die  for  the  truth,  for  there 
are  so  many  in  the  dark  as  you  were  be- 
fore I  made  it  plain  to  you,  and  some- 
body has  got  to  cry  against  this  great 
sin." 

His  wife  said,  ''We  cannot  give  you 
up,  don't  say  any  more  about  them.  I 
am  afraid  for  you,  and  yet  I  know  that  is 
the  thing  that  has  caused  my  husband 
to  backslide.  I  said,  "Well,  you  pray  for 
me  that  I  may  have  more  boldness  to 
stand  up  for  Jesus." 

Lizzie  Woods. 


THE  NEBRASKA  BILL. 

In  a  letter  under  date  of  April  12th 
John  L.  Marshall,  Jr.,  Pastor,  says ;  "The 
legislature  of  Nebraska  has  adjourned 
and  the  bill  making  it  unlawful  to  pub- 
lish the  secret  work  of  fraternal  socie- 
ties was  not  passed.     Thank  God !   He 

heard  prayer  in  the  matter. 

"The  bill  did  not  pass  either  house.  On 


March  31st  it  was  considered  in  the 
Committee  of  the  Whole  in  the  Senate 
and  indefinitely  postponed.  In  the  House 
of  Representatives  it  was  placed  on  Gen- 
eral File,  and  on  April  6th  all  bills  in  the 
House  on  General  File  were  postponed. 
"I  doubt  not  that  God  used  the  opposi- 
tion to  the  bill,  which  came  from  vari- 
ous directions,  tO'  keep  the  bill  from  get- 
ting any   farther  than  it  did." 


Wiseman,  Ark.,  April  12th,  191 1. 
Dear  Cynosure  ; 

The  Masons  and  Odd  Fellows  are 
holding  their  own  pretty  well  here.  But 
I  know  of  several  men  who  have  left  the 
lodges  in  this  part  of  the  country.  My 
brother  is  one.  He  was  an  Odd  Fellow, 
but  has  quit  the  lodge,  and  freely  admits 
the  exposition  you  publish  is  true  ;  and  he 
did  the  first  time  he  saw  it. 

I've  been  preaching  against  the  lodges 
for  the  past  three  years,  and  I  never 
heard  of  your  publications  until  about  a 
year  ago.  I  expect  tO'  sell  all  the  books 
and  tracts  I  can. 

Yours  for  the  truth, 

^   -     D.  H.  Boles. 


CANADIAN  CORRESPONDENCE. 

Coblenz,  Sask.,  April  14th,  191 1. 
Dear  Brother  Phillips ; 

I  am  still  pegging  away  endeavoring 
to  arouse  the  English,  German,  Nor- 
wegian and  French  speaking  Canadians 
on  the  lodge  question.  Quite  recently  I 
received  an  encouraging  letter  from  a 
French  Canadian  brother  in  Montreal,  a 
D.  D.,  who  says,  among  other  things ;  "I 
am  in  full  sympathy  with  the  principles 
enunciated  by  Dr.  Torrey  on  Freemason- 
ry. I  have  never  been  able  to  compre- 
hend how  Christians,  still  less  pastors, 
could  conscientiously  participate  in  these 
organizations."  Most  of  the  Norwegians 
are  Lutherans  and  opposed  to  the  lodges. 
Since  coming  to  Saskatchewan  I  have 
spent  considerable  time  among  the  Nor- 
wegians, and  I  am  now  able  to  corre- 
spond with  them  in  their  own  language. 

Your  Prayer  Circle  is  a  good  sugges- 
tion. In  order  to  cope  efifectually  with 
the  powers  of  darkness,  we  must  retain 
connection  with  the  great  Source  of  light 
and  of  power. — Moses  H.  Clemens. 


CHICAGO,  JUNE,  1911 


The 
King's  Battle  Prayer 


^  Jehovaht  there  is  none 
besides  Thee  to  help  be- 
tween the  mighty  and 
him  that  hath  no 
strength:  help  us,  O  Jeho- 
vah our  God;  for  we  rely 
on  Thee,  and  in  Thy 
name  are  we  come  against 
this  multittide*  O  Jeho- 
vah, Thoa  art  oar  God; 
let  not  man  prevail 
against  Thee^ 

—2  Chron.  14:11  (R.  V,) 


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NUMBER   2. 


THE    CONVENTION     HALL. 


We  met  in  Wheaton  College  chapel  on 
Wednesday  evening  for  prayer  and 
testimony,  and  the  time  was  fully  and 
profitably  occupied.  We  were  favored 
in  having  as  the  leader,  Rev.  D.  S.  War- 
ner of  the  Free  Methodist  Publishing- 
House,  whO'  gave  as  the  ke3^-note  of  the 
session  "Separation."  There  were  more 
prayers  than  testimonies,  which  was  an 
omen  of  good  for  the  coming  conference. 
The  remarks  of  J.  Alex.  Mackenzie  on 
the  Labor  Union  movement  made  a 
strong  impression.  To  state  his  three 
fundamental  criticisms  of  the  unions 
without  his  amplification  is  weakening, 
but  the  best  that  we  can  do  is  to  mention 
the  three  points.  First.  The  restricted 
output,  which  forbids  the  best  workmen 
to  dO'  more  than  the  poorest.  Second. 
The  level  wage  that  pays  the  infcrior 
workman  the  highest  price.     Third.  The 


closed  shop,  which  means  starvation  or 
murder  for  those  who  from  conscience 
or  other  reasons  cannot  join  the  union. 
The  Board  of  Directors  met  on  Thurs- 
day morning  preceding  the  meeting  o+ 
the  corporate  bodv,  and  held  their  final 
session  for  the  year.  It  was  impossible 
for  the  corporate  body  to  finish  its  work, 
and,  hence,  the  business  encroached  a 
little  on  the  afternoon  meeting.  AA'e  pub- 
lish some  of  the  reports  in  this  number. 
W^e  wish  that  all  might  ha\'e  Ijcen  jires- 
ent  with  us.  It  was  g'ood  to  greet  ?\[rs. 
Emma  Wdfitham  of  Pontiac,  Illinois,  at 
the  convention  for  the  third  )ear  in  suc- 
cession. AA^c  expected,  of  course,  to  see 
Mrs.  X.  F.  Kellogg',  wlio  for  -o  manv 
years  has  rendered  faithful  service  as 
recordino"  secretarv.  Init  ^\■e  are  al\v<ivs 
in  danger  of  forgetting  these  faithful 
ones  whose  (piiet  and  unrequited  service 


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June,  1911. 


refreshes  and  blesses  like  the  dew  from 
heaven.  Mr.  J.  AI.  Hitchcock  has  served 
the  association  for  nearly  a  quarter  of 
a  century  in  an  official  capacit}'  and  per- 
haps is  as  well  known  to  our  readers  as 
any  other  member  who  has  not  been  met 
by  them  personally.  Notwithstanding;- 
the  frail  condition  of  his  health,  he  glad- 
dened everyone  by  his  presence  and  by 
his  contributions  to  the  convention.  There 
was  much  sorrow  and  sympathy  felt  at 
the  breakdown  which  has  come  to  our 
brother  Ezra  A.  Cook,  and  we  feel  sure 
that  all  will  unite  in  prayer  for  his  re- 
covery. ]\Iany  have  expressed  their  in- 
terest in  his  reminiscences  which  have 
appeared  in  the  last  three  numbers  of  the 
Cynosure,  and  another  of  which  will  ap- 
pear in  this  number.  There  has  been  no 
conflict  between  righteousness  and  un- 
righteousness during  his  life  that  he  has 
not  been  actively  engaged  on  the  side  of 
his  Lord  and  Master. 

It  was  a  beautiful  sight  to  see  so  many 
of  our  Mennonite  friends  present,  both 
men  and  women,  and  to  hear  from 
Brethren  Rutt,  Leaman,  Wiens,  Hartz- 
ler,  and  others.  It  is  the  first  time  that 
we  have  met  and  heard  in  our  confer- 
ence the  Rev.  B.  L.  Olmstead  of  the 
Free  Methodist  Church,  and  Rev.  Mar- 
tin Doerman  of  the  Lutheran  Church, 
but  we  hope  to  see  them  often  hereafter. 
It  was  a  very  thoughtful  and  fit  thing  for 
the  students  of  the  North  Park  College 
of  the  Swedish  Friends  Covenant  Mis- 
sion denomination  to  send  a  delegate  and 
representative  to  our  annual  meeting 
with  their  greetings,  which  were  ably 
and  very  pleasantly  given  by  their  Mr. 
P.  W.  Rood.  The  response  was  given 
by  Rev.  E.  B.  Stewart  of  the  United 
Presbvterian   Church. 

The  crowning  treat  of  the  convention 
was  the  address  by  Mr.  E.  Y.  Woolley  on 
''A  Many  Sided  Experience."  Mr. 
Woolley  has  a  very  pleasing  and  efifective 
delivery,  and  made  a  strong  impression. 
We  were  thankful  to  see  so  many  young 
men  and  women  in  the  audience. 

There  were  many  interesting  letters  re- 
ceived and  read  so  far  as  time  would 
permit,  extracts  from  which  we  hope  to 
print  in  a  future  number  of  the  Cyno- 
sure, as  well  as  to  give  our  readers  the 
benefit  of  the  very  able  address  of  Rev. 
J.  E.  Hartzler  of  Elkhart,  Indiana. 


THE  REPORT     OF    THE    BOARD    OF 

DIRECTORS 

For  the  Year   1910-1911. 

It  would  be  difficult,  if  not  impossible, 
to  cultivate  and  bring  to  fruition  a  single 
stalk  of  wheat  all  by  itself.  The  buffet- 
ings  of  the  winds,  rains  and  hail  would 
probably  overpower  it  while  standing  as 
a  unit. 

The  farmer  has  learned  that  this  diffi- 
culty is  overcome  by  multiplying"  the  unit 
blade  a  myriad  fold,  covering  thousands 
of  acres  of  the  Dakotas'  broad  prairies. 
The  magnitude  of  these  boundless  wheat 
fields  seems  to  bid  defiance  to  the  storms. 

It  was  upon  some  such  principle  that 
the  National  Christian  Association  was 
organized  forty  years  ago. 

The  founders  were  neither  weaklings 
nor  cowards.  Like  the  Pilgrim  Fathers, 
they  were  men  of  conviction  and  daring ; 
yet  individually  and  alone  these  stalwart 
reformers  felt  inadequate  for  the  task  of 
a  formidable  opposition  to  the  rapidly 
growing  secret  organizations.  Such  were 
the  conditions  that  inspired  the  federa- 
tion of  anti-secret  forces  known  as  the 
National  Christian  Association. 

For  some  reason  the  fathers  thought 
wise  to  make  Chicago  the  storm  center  of 
this  reform,  and  the  Constitution  pro- 
vides for  the  annual  election  of  eleven 
Directors,  whose  business  is  to  care  for 
and  advance  the  interests  of  this  Associa- 
tion. No  provision  was  made  for  remun- 
erating their  services,  nor  has  any  been 
required. 

At  our  last  Annual  Meeting,  held  in 
the  Moody  Church,  Chicago,  Thursday 
and  Friday,  April  7th  and  8th,  1910,  the 
following  named  were  duly  elected  a 
Board  of  Directors :  Pres.  Charles  A. 
Blanchard,  Mr.  E.  A.  Cook,  Mr.  George 
Windle,  Mr.  George  W.  Bond,  Rev.  C. 
J.  Haan,  Rev.  E.  B.  Stewart,  Rev.  J.  T. 
Logan  and  Mr.  J.  M.  Hitchcock.  These 
eight  Directors  were  empowered  to  fill 
the  three  remaining  vacancies. 

Giving  an  account  of  our  stewardship 
is  the  object  of  this  report. 

It  is  altogether  proper  that  we  rever- 
ently pause  for  a  brief  moment  before 
proceeding  further  with  this  review,  to 
recognize  God's  hand  in  His  providential 
dealings  with  this  Board. 

It  is  not  the  first,  second  or  even  third 
time  that  death  has.  uninvited,  invaded 


June,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


our  circle.  In  this  instance  it  has  been 
our  beloved  brother,  Prof.  H.  F.  Kletz- 
ing,  who  was  removed  from  us  with  only 
a  few  hours'  warning.  He  had  served 
upon  this  Board  intermittently  for  many 
years,  and  had  endeared  himself  to  us  all 
by  his  affable,  intelligent,  industrious  de- 
votion to  the  cause.  In  our  finiteness  we 
would  have  done  differently,  but  we  rev- 
erently bow  to  the  behests  of  One  who 
doeth  all  things  w^ell. 

A  few  years  since,  almost  as  suddenly 
and  with  as  few  premonitions  of  dissolu- 
tion, our  brother,  C.  J.  Holmes,  then 
President  of  our  Board,  was  taken  from 
our  midst. 

While  yet  writing  this  report,  as  late 
as  May  9th,  191 1,  the  news  reaches  us 
that  our  beloved  L.  N.  Stratton  has  just 
fallen  asleep.  Brother  Stratton  had  for 
many  years  shared  the  labors  of  this 
Board,  and  was  always  found  to  be  a 
wise  and  safe  counselor.  His  age,  ex- 
perience and  methods  placed  him  as  a 
sort  of  connecting  link  between  the  old 
and  new  g-eneration.  We  seem  to  hear 
the  plaudit,  "Well  done,  good  and  faith- 
ful servant ;  thou  hast  been  faithful  over 
a  few  things,  I  will  make  thee  ruler  over 
many  things ;  enter  thou  intO'  the  joy  of 
thy  Lord.'' 

Some  years  previous  to  this  event  the 
Rev.  Edgar  B.  Wylie,  yet  in  the  zenith 
of  his  powers,  who  had  for  years  so 
faithfully  and  efficientl)'  served  as  Sec- 
retary of  this  Board,  was  called  to  his 
reward. 

It  is  within  the  easy  recall  of  those  on 
this  Board  that  Mr.  Henry  L.  Kellogg, 
whose  trenchant  pen  in  an  earlier  day 
contributed  so  largely  to  the  literature 
of  this  Association,  with  little  warning 
w^as  removed  from  his  sphere  of  useful- 
ness. 

Fresh  in  our  memories,  with  the  af- 
flictive wound  still  agape,  is  the  depar- 
ture only  last  year  of  our  dearly  beloved 
Samuel  H.  Swartz,  who,  despite  the  op- 
position of  his  owni  ministerial  l^rethren, 
stood  as  a  formidable  1)rcastwork  against 
the  inroads  of  secrcc)-  upon  his  denomi- 
nation. 

Such  a  mortuary  record  should  stimu- 
late us  who  survive  to  more  energetic 
action. 

It  is  the  least  we  may  do,  and  yet  pos- 


sibly all  WT  can  do,  to  make  honorable 
and  affectionate  mention  of  our  past  as- 
sociates, and  to  assure  their  surviving* 
friends  that  tlieir  meuK^ries  are  }'et  cher- 
ished. These  were  worthv  sons  of  noble 
sires.  They  all  fell  while  active  in  the 
harness,  with  breasts  hard  pressed  to  the 
collar. 

Within  the  memory  of  us  \\ho  tarry 
for  a  day.  have  fallen  the  fathcr>  of  this 
lAssociation — men  whose  shoe  latchets 
we  would  have  been  scarce  worthy  to  un- 
loose. These  have  died  unfaltering  in 
the  faith  of  the  righteousness  of  a  cause 
which  they,  one  after  another,  have  trans- 
mitted to  a  younger  generation.  Who, 
without  a  trembling  sense  of  responsi- 
bility, dares  presume  to  don  the  toga  of 
a  Jonathan  Blanchard,  a  Philo  Carpen- 
ter, a  Chas.  G.  Finney,  an  H.  H.  Hinman, 
a  James  P.  Stoddard,  a  Rathburn,  Ro- 
nayne  or  Barlow  ?  Who  can  contemplate 
the  condition  without  devoutly  praying, 
"O  Lord,  raise  up,  in  a  single  day,  giants 
to  fill  these  vacancies"  ? 

The  first  Board  meeting  for  the  year 
was  held  April  26th,  1910.  in  a  commit- 
tee room  of  the  First  National  Bank 
Building,  Chicago.  Secretary  Phillips 
announced  the  names  of  the  recently 
elected  Directors,  and  prayer  was  offered 
by  Mr.  George  W.  Bond. 

A  temporary  organization  was  eft'ected 
by  the  election  of  Mr.  George  W.  Bond 
as  Chairman,  and  J.  M.  Hitchcock,  Sec- 
retary. 

At  this  first  meeting  Prof.  H.  F.  Kletz- 
ing  and  ]\Ir.  Joseph  Amick  were  elected 
to  the  Board  of  Directors  to  fill  two  of 
the  three  vacancies. 

The  following  committees  were  elect- 
ed :  Publication :  Rev.  J.  T.  Logan,  ]\Ir. 
E.  A.  Cook  and  Mr.  Joseph  Amick.  Fi- 
nance :  Prof.  H.  F.  Kletzing,  ]\Ir.  George 
W.  Bond  and  Rev.  E.  B.  Stewart.  Build- 
ing's:  Mr.  W.  I.  Phillips.  'Mr.  George 
Windle.  Rev.  C.  J.  Haan.  Field  and 
W^ork:  Pres.  C.  A.' I'.lanchard,  :^Ir.  J.  M. 
Hitchcock  and  Mr.  W.  I.  Phillips.  "  Au- 
diting. The  Finance  Committee,  with 
the  addition  of  :\[r.  J.  P.  Shaw. 

The  services  of  Secretary  and  Treas- 
urer W.  I.  Phillii^-^,  also  the  Eastern 
Secretary  and  Lecturer.  Rev.  A\'.  B. 
Stoddard,  were  by  vote  continued  on 
same  terms  as  in  former  years.     .V  copy 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


June,  1911. 


oi  tlie  contract  with  each  may  be  found 
on  page  ^y  oi  the  Secretary's  book. 

The  services  oi  the  Rev.  C.  G.  Sterling 
were  continued  with  the  understanding 
that  his  salary  and  the  direction  of  his 
labor  be  left  with  the  Committee  on  Field 
and  Work.  Satisfactory  arrangements 
Avere  also  niade  with  the  Rev.  F.  J.  Da- 
vidson for  work  in  the  South. 

The  temporar}-  organization  of  the 
Board  was  made  permanent,  and  the 
Rev.  C.  T.  Haan  was  elected  Mce-Chair- 
man . 

At  the  Board  meeting  June  9th,  19 10, 
Mr.  Phillips  was  elected  to  fill  the  only 
A'acancy  on  the  Board  of  Directors. 

The  Committee  on  the  Annual  Meet- 
ing, which  had  served  the  Board  so-  faith- 
fully for  1910,  was  elected  on  August 
29th  to  serve  in  like  capacity  for  191 1. 

At  the  same  session.  August  29th,  the 
Chairman  and  Secretary  of  the  Board 
vcere  authorized  and  instructed  to  pre- 
pare suitable  resolutions  on  the  life  and 
services  of  the  late  Rev.  H.  H.  Hinman 
and  Prof.  H.  F.  Kletzing ;  and  it  was 
directed  that  these  be  published  in  the 
Cynosure,  and  that  copies  be  sent  to 
surviving  friends. 

At  our  meeting  on  Saturday,  Decem- 
ber 24th.  Rev.  A.  B.  Rutt,  wdio  so  fitting- 
ly represents  our  Alennonite  brethren, 
was  unanimously  elected  to  fill  the  va- 
cancy in  the  Board  occasioned  by  the 
death  of  Prof.  H.  F.  Kletzing. 

At  this  session  of  the  Board  it  was  re- 
ported that  the  services  of  Rev.  C.  G. 
Sterling  had  been  discontinued  with  the 
most  cordial  and  amicable  relations  be- 
tween himself  and  the  Association. 

The  Committee  on  Annual  Meeting  re- 
ported correspondence  with  Rev.  Chaides 
M.  Sheldon.  D.  D..  of  Topeka,  Kansas, 
and  Rev.  Dr.  J.  ]\L  Haldeman,  of  New 
York  City,  with  a  view  of  securing  their 
services  for  the  Annual  Meeting.  These 
men  were  found  to  be  in  hearty  sympathy 
with  the  objects  of  our  Association,  but 
could  not  be  present  at  our  Annual  Meet- 
ing. 

The  oft'er  to  this  Association  by 
Mrs.  Louisa  R.  Coryell  of  a  lot  near 
Mackinac  Island,  Michigan,  for  a  sum- 
mer home  for  X.  C.  A.  w^orkers,  was  ac- 
cepted with  thanks. 

A  copy  of  a  letter  to  the  Rev.  J.    W. 


Cha])man  was  read,  also  with  his  reply, 
showing  that  he  has  no  afiiliation  with 
any  secret  society,  yet  declines  to  public- 
ly antagonize  theni. 

In  most  beautiful  contrast  with  Dr. 
Chapman's  letter  upon  secret  orders  was 
an  unusually  strong  letter,  a  few  weeks 
later,  by  the  Rev.  R.  A.  Torrey,  entitled 
''Why  I  Have  Not  Joined  the  Masonic 
Fraternity."  Dr.  Torrey  enumerates  five 
reasons  for  giving  Masonry  a  wide  berth, 
any  one  of  which  should  be  sufficient  to 
keep  any  obedient  child  of  God  as  dis- 
tant as  possible  from  all  secret  orders. 
This  letter  of  Dr.  Torrey's,  in  addition 
to  being-  published  in  the  Cynosure,  has 
been  multiplied  by  the  thousands,  and 
sown  beside  many  waters,  through  the 
eft'orts  of  Secretary  Phillips.  These  let- 
ters from  Drs.  Chapman  and  Torrey 
were  secured  by  the  National  Christian 
Association,  and  serve  to  illustrate  a  fea- 
ture of  the  Association's  w^ork.  After 
the  Association  had  given  this  corre- 
spondence to  the  public,  many  church  pa- 
pers and  a  few  other  publications  made 
good  use  of  it,  and  in  this  way  Dr.  Tor- 
rey's  letter  has  been  published  in  various 
languages. 

Several  of  otn'  prominent  evangelists 
have  during  the  year  been  emboldened 
to  testify  against  the  evils  of  secrecy. 
Possibly  men  in  responsible  public  posi- 
tions are  entitled  to  more  sympathy  for 
apparent  cowardice  than  we  are  ready  to 
give  them.  The  midnight-train  passen- 
gers, reniote  from  civilization,  may  not 
necessarily  be  cowards  for  obeying  the 
command  "Hands  up"  when  confronting 
a  band  of  conscienceless  highw^ay .  rob- 
bers with  flashing  daggers  and  cocked  re- 
volvers. "Discretion  is"  often  "the  better 
part  of  valor." 

It  is  not  more  certain  that  this  Associ- 
ation is  opposed  to  the  principles  of  Se- 
cret Societies  than  that  they  are  relent- 
lessly opposed  to  us.  Even  our  courts 
and  juries  are  often  so  prejudiced  against 
this  Association  that  we  find  it  difficult 
to  secure  our  most  primar}^  and  funda- 
mental rights.  Instruments  conveying 
property  of  our  friends  to  this  Associa- 
tion are  misinterpreted,  are  tested  in  the 
courts,  and  tricks  and  chicanery  are  re- 
sorted to  in  order  to  defeat  justice. 

We  have  just  now  been  obliged  to 
compromise  a  case  which  has  been  in  the 


June,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


37 


courts  a  dozen  years,  and  all  because  of 
a  demoniacal  hatred  of  this  Association. 
Men  who  covet  darkness  become  insensi- 
ble to  light  and  to  righteousness. 

As  has  ever  been  the  case,  our  princi- 
pal means  for  enlightening  the  public 
upon  the  subject  of  secrecy  are  the 

Platform  and  the  Press. 

If  it  were  possible  to  multi])ly  the 
Stoddards  and  Sterlings  tenfold,  so  as 
to  cover  ever}-  niche  and  corner  of  our 
land  with  intelligent  lectures,  as  Mr. 
Stoddard  has  covered  some  portions  of 
Pennsylvania  and  other  States,  it  would 
seem  that  some  damaging  inroads  would 
then  be  made  upon  our  enemies'  fortifica- 
tions. But  alas  !  we  lack  the  sinews  of 
war.  Mr.  W.  B.  Stoddard,  whose  fre- 
quent reports  arc  found  in  the  Cynosure, 
seems  to  possess  a  peculiar  penchant  for 
getting-  into  the  churches  and  the  homes 
and  into  the  confidence  and  the  pockets 
of  the  people.  He  is  successful  in  se- 
curing many  subscriptions  to  the  Cyno- 
sure. The  Rev.  Mr.  Sterling  is  a  most 
pleasing,  forceful,  convincing  lecturer, 
beloved  by  'all,  yet  less  successful  in  se- 
curing openings  and  the  needed  revenue. 
Our  Southern  agent,  Rev.  F.  J.  David- 
son, is  doing  a  noble,  creditable  work, 
but  limited  for  the  lack  of  money. 

The  Christian  Cynosure,  edited  by 
Mr.  Wm.  I.  Phillips,  continues  to  be  the 
authoritative  mouthpiece  of  the  Associa- 
tion, and  is  the  only  publication  wholly 
given  to  the  consideration  of  Secret  So- 
cieties. There  are  many  other  periodicals 
thoroughly  anti-secret  in  character,  but 
Avhich,  of  course,  can  give  but  little  space 
comparatively  to  the  discussion  of  se- 
crecy. The  Cynosure  is  expected  to 
lead,  while  others  follow.  Realizing,  as 
the  editor  does,  his  responsibility,  he  is 
always  on  the  alert  for  the  latest  develop- 
ments pertaining  to  the  secret  kingdom. 
The  lodges  do  not  always  sound  a  trum- 
pet when  about  to  perpetrate  an  iniqui- 
tous act.  In  former  years  they  have  been 
content  to  come  to  our  churches  and 
schools  and  inveigle  our  young  men  into 
their  lodges,  where  thev  receive  their  first 
lessons  in  anarchy.  Recently  several  of 
our  States,  through  their  legislatures, 
have  prohibited  the  truth  being  told  about 
lodges,  that  otu-  young  men  ma^'  not  be 
ensnared  bv  them.    Throuiih  his  constant 


vigilance,  the  editor  of  the  Cynosure  has 
been  able  in  several  instances  to  contrib- 
ute to  the  defeat  of  this  diabolical  at- 
tempt at  legislation. 

One  of  the  strong  features  of  the  Cy- 
nosure continues  to  be  the  monthly  con- 
tribution of  President  Blanchc'ird's  Let- 
ter. Giant-like  in  strength,  it  is  always 
as  fresh  and  fragrant  as  the  June  rose. 

Through  the  Publication  Committee,  a 
tract  has  been  issued  entitled  "Washing- 
ton Dates,"  disproving  and  showing  the 
absurdity  of  many  statements  regarding 
Washington  as  a  j\Iason. 

The  sixth  edition  of  ''Modern  Secret 
Societies,"  by  President  Blanchard,  is 
now  out.  This  volume  has  been  given  to 
every  member  of  the  graduating  classes 
in  the  McCormick  Theological  Seminary, 
the  Moody  Bible  Institute,  the  Chicago 
Theological  Seminarv  and  the  Evaneeli- 
cal  Lutheran  Theological  Seminary.  It 
is  reported  that  the  Church  of  the  Breth- 
ren has  given  out  2,000  copies  of  this 
book  to  its  ministers. 

There  continues  to  be  a  demand  for  our 
literature,  to  supply  the  libraries  in  vari- 
ous schools  of  higher  grade.  Selected 
books  from  this  lAssociation,  as  well  as 
volumes  of  the  Cynosure,  may  be  found 
upon  the  shelves  of  the  Congressional  Li- 
brary at  Washington,  D.  C,  and  in  many 
of  the  libraries  of  our  principal  colleges. 

At  the  commencement  of  the  Associa- 
tion year  a  booklet  of  sixty  pages,  enti- 
tled "Let  There  Be  Light,"  was  issued  bv 
this  Association.  It  embodies  the  testi- 
monies of  the  ]\Ioody  Church  Pulpit 
against  Secret  Societies,  and  is  well  cal- 
culated to  strengthen  the  faith  of  the  fal- 
tering. 

More  than  of  most  organizations,  it  is 
expected  that  this  Association  will  be 
uncompromising  in  principle.  It  is  well 
for  us  to  consider  what  was  the  primarv 
object  of  this  Association.  It  is  known 
that  its  founders  stood  four  square  upon 
all  moral  subjects,  but  their  forces  were 
not  to  be  weakened  in  an  efifort  to  correct 
every  evil  under  the  sun.  All  other  re- 
forms were  to  be  subordinate  to  a  united 
eft'ort  in  opposing  the  encroachments  oi 
Secret  Societies. 

Of  all  the  moral  reforms,  \\-c  believe 
there  is  none  that  equals  the  anlisecret 
reform.     It  slioukl  challenge  the  ettorts 


3S 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


June,  1911. 


oi  the  brightest  intehects.  and  is  worthy 
of  those  of  the  devoutest  Christian.  We 
fear  none  of  its  has  caught  the  broadness 
of  God's  vision  for  this  work.  We  be- 
Heve  He  \\ould  have  us  cast  off  our  swad- 
dhng'  bands  and  launch  out  into  the  deep. 


STATEMENT   BY   SECRETARY 
PHILLIPS. 

A  few  itenis  not  given  in  the  Report 
of  the  Board  of  Directors  may  be  of  in- 
terest. The  total  number  of  copies  issued 
of  the  Cyxosure  has  been  38.100.  an  av- 
erage of  3.175  copies  per  month,  and  the 
magazine  may  be  said  to  have  paid  ex- 
penses. AMiat  a  valuable  volume  of  lit- 
erature on  the  reform  has  been  the  vol- 
ume just  closed!  I  do  not  wonder  that 
the  Librarian  of  the  Congressional  Li- 
brarv  at  Washington  wrote  asking  for  as 
manv  back  volumes  as  we  could  furnish, 
saving  that  they  would  be  well  bound  and 
kept  on  file  for  reference  in  the  Public 
Library  of  the  nation.  There  has  been  a 
wide  range  of  topics.  Let  me  mention  a 
few  important  ones.  Among  the  perplex- 
ing questions  that  pastors  have  to  deal 
with  are  the  demands  of  lodge  funerals. 
Some  of  you  will  remember,  for  example, 
the  W'oodmen's  attack  upon  Rev.  George 
Alilton  at  Elgin,  Illinois,  because  he  in- 
sisted on  following  the  widow's  wishes  in- 
stead of  the  Lodge's.  The  last  volume 
of  the  Cyxosure  treats  quite  fully  of 
Lodp-e  funerals,  and  various  ministers 
give  their  experiences.  A  related  subject, 
also  treated,  is  that  of  Lodge  Memorial 
Days  in  the  Church,  to  the  shame  of  the 
latter.  Other  articles  are  such  as  the 
Relation  of  the  Christian  to  the  Lodge, 
by  Rev.  Dr.  J.  AL  Gray,  of  the  Aloody 
Bible  Institute  ;  How  Can  Man  Be  Justi- 
fied with  God,  or  the  Two  Altars,  by 
President  Blanchard ;  The  Mission 
Church  and  Oddfellowship,  by  Rev.  Dr. 
Wm.  Dallman  ;  Shall  We  Advise  Young 
yien  to  Join  the  Lodge?  by  Rev.  Dr.  H. 
H.  George.  To  name  only  a  few  more 
I  call  your  attention  to :  How  to  Use  the 
Lodge  Ritual :  Families,  Churches,  Sen- 
ates and  Juries^ — Are  these  Secret  So- 
cieties ?  The  Benevolences  of  Lodges 
in  Settling-  a  Preacher,  in  .Supporting  a 
Teacher,  in  Prolonging  War ;  Lodges 
and  the  Law  of  the  Land  ;  Enemies  of  the 
Republic  ;   Disloyal   Secret  Oaths  ;     The 


powerful  petition  of  the  Lutheran 
Church  Against  the  "Ohio  Bill."  Al- 
though enough  has  been  said,  doubtless, 
about  the  Cynosure,  yet,  if  time  permit- 
ted, I  would  like  to  quote  from  letters 
received  from  fathers  whose  sons  have 
been  blessed,  and  from  patriots  and  pas- 
tors who  have  been  heartened  and  helped 
by  it. 

Rev.  W.  B.  Stoddard,  our  Eastern 
Secretary,  will  report  to  you  in  person. 
Perhaps  sufficient  has  been  said  in  the 
Report  of  the  Board  of  Directors  as  to 
the  work  of  Rev.  C.  G.  Sterling  and  Rev. 

F.  J.  Davidson,  but  a  word  here  about  ^ 
several  others  who  may  be  named  volun- 
teer agents  will  not  be  amiss.  President 
Blanchard  has  not  only  responded  to 
calls  for  addresses,  but  has  borne  testi- 
mony where  some  would  have  faltered. 
We  remember,  for  example,  that  in  a  let- 
ter from  Rev.  J.  A.  Alexander,  United 
Presbyterian  pastor,  for  whom  Presi- 
dent Blanchard  conducted  special  evan- 
gelistic services,  he  speaks  with  commen- 
dation of  the  words  spoken   from  time 

to  time  on  the  Lodge  during  the  revival 
effort.  At  the  next  communion,  the 
church,  as  a  result  of  the  meetings,  re- 
ceived nineteen,  and  more  were  coming. 
Such  preaching  is  likely  tO'  give  the  best 
and  most  permanent  results. 

The  work  of  Mrs.  Lizzie  Woods,  not- 
withstanding she  has  been  attending 
school  most  of  the  year,  has  lost  none  of 
its  interest  or  effectiveness.  Her  letters 
read  like  stories,  and  have  been  one  of 
the  marked  features  of  the  Cynosure. 

Few  workers'  reports  have  been  as  in- 
teresting as  that  of  Rev.  J.  E.  Hartzler, 
printed  in  this  month's  Cynosure.  His 
method  of  work  is  especially  to  be  com- 
mended. His  itineracy  extended  through 
parts  of  Indiana,  Michigan,  Ohio,  Penn- 
sylvania and  Canada. 

Rev.  G.  L.  Coffin  heard  of  the  N.  C.  A. 
work  for  the  first  time  through  an  N.  C. 
A.  tract  some  eight  years  ago,  and  he 
has  had  few,  if  any,  rivals  in  constant  and 
faithful  work  with  voice,  tracts  and 
books  up  and  down  the  Pacific  Coast. 

We  shall  take  too  much  of  your  time 
if  we  write  of  the  good  seed  sown  by 
Evangelists  F.  M.  Dalton,  J.  E.  Wolfe, 

G.  A.^egram.  ].  R.  Beveridge,  A.  J.  Mil- 
lard, L.  V.  Harrell,  J.  S.  Baxter,  A.  D. 
Cline,  George  O.  Stales  and  others,  who 


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39 


have  reported  to  your  Secretary  from 
time  to  time. 

It  ought  to  be  mentioned,  however, 
that  Rev.  John  Nelson  of  Des  Moines, 
Iowa,  and  Rev.  B.  E.  Bergesen  of  Seat- 
tle, Washington,  have  done  not  only  good 
field  service,  but  hold  themselves  ready 
to  respond  to  calls  for  addresses  or  lec- 
tures. This  is  also  true  of  Mr.  C.  G. 
Fait  of  Ellendale,  North  Dakota,  and  of 
Rev.  Moses  H.  Clemens  of  Coblenz, 
Sask.,  Canada.  Mr.  Clemens  has  begun 
a  good  work  in  his  country  in  trying  to 
bring  the  many  friends  of  this  cause  in 
the  Dominion  into  some  sort  of  contact 
or  united  effort.  The  Board  of  Direct- 
ors offered  them  space  in  the  Cynosure 
for  a  ■  Canadian  Department,  whenever 
they  might  be  ready  for  it. 

In  this  connection  it  ought  not  to  be 
forgotten  that  we  receive  every  year  a 
contribution  from  South  America  as  a 
thank  offering  for  the  helo  rendered  by 
this  Association  through  its  literature  to 
the  native  Presbyterian  Church  in  Brazil. 

Not  long  since  we  received  a  letter 
from  a  worker  in  South  Africa  who  se- 
cures his  printed  ammunition  from  our 
headquarters,  telling  of  his  work  among 
ministers  and  others.  Another  has  writ- 
ten from  Africa,  asking  the  privilege  of 
translating  President  Finney's  work  on 
Masonry  into  Dutch  for  use  in  South  Af- 
rica. 

.^  Pastor  J.  C.  Lawson  of  Allahabad,  In- 
dia, wrote  last  fall  thanking  us  for  the 
Cynosure,  and  expressing  how  glad  he 
was  for  such  an  association  as  the  N. 
C.  A.  He  says  that  it  is  easy  to  see 
the  evil  effects  of  Freemasonry  in  India. 
Hindoos  and  Mohammedans  who  are 
drawn  into  the  fellowship  of  the  Masonic 
Lodge  cannot  be  expected,  he  declares,  to 
ever  become  interested  in  Christianity. 
The  common  people  of  India,  he  say's, 
call  the  Masonic  building  Jadoogur :  The 
Home  of  Sorcery.  The  Lodge  here  in 
Wheaton  is  planning  the  erection  of  a 
"Jadoogur." 

It  is  well  to  recall  at  such  a  time  as 
this,  when  the  Lodge  is  flourishing  'like 
a  green  bay  tree."  our  thousands  of 
friends  and  co-workers  among  the  Lu- 
therans, Christian  Reformed,"  IMennon- 
ites,  Free  Methodists,  Wesleyans.  and 
others.  The  Lodge  may  be  stronger  ap- 
parently than  ever  today,  but  we  ought 


not  to  sit  down  under  a  juniper  tree, 
but  rather  remember  the  thousands  that 
have  been  helped  and  heartened  by  the 
N.  C.  A.  Alany  of  them  have  borne  wit- 
ness to  the  fact,  and  we  ourselves  are 
braced  and  encouraged  in  turn.  Not  a 
small  blessing  for  which  we  give  thanks 
to  God  today  are  the  many  church  papers 
and  magazines  that  have  given  such  clear, 
ringing  testimony  the  past  year  against 
lodgery ;  and  also  for  those  who  have 
written  books  and  pamphlets  and  tracts 
which  most  of  us  never  see,  but  which 
are  doing  their  silent  and  mighty  work 
for  God. 

We  are  seeing  again,  in  the  Interna- 
tional Sunday  School  Lesson  of  today, 
the  movement  of  the  government  of  God 
in  Palestine  and  among  the  nations,  and 
we  ought  to  be  quickened  by  the  fact 
that  here  in  the  United  States  and  among 
the  other  nations  of  the  earth  ''He  is 
just  the  same  today,"  and  that  it  is  as 
impossible  to  thwart  His  purposes  now 
as  then.  G.  Campbell  Morgan  said  in  his 
comments  on  the  Sunday  School  Lesson 
of  April  1 6,  which  related  the  Queen's 
destruction  of  all  the  seed  royal,  as  she 
thought :  "Yet  her  fury  was  restrained 
by  the  august  and  awful  government  of 
God."  And  "A  baby  [the  infant  King 
Joash]  and  God  were  against  all  the 
forces  of  evil,  and  together  moved  for- 
ward tO'  victory." 

"Blessed   are   they   that   keep   His   testi- 
monies. 
That  seek  Him  with  the  whole  heart." 


ANNUAL   REPORT. 

BY  SECRETARY  \\'.   B.   STODDARD. 

Dear  Friends  of  the  Anti-Secrecy  Cause, 
Greeting : 

It  would  be  of  little  profit  that  I  re- 
cite here  a  detailed  account  of  my  travels 
for  the  year  past.  The  principal  events 
have  been  chronicled  in  the  Christian 
Cynosure  from  month  to  month.  God 
has  supplied  health.  The  work  has  been 
pushed  in  the  usual  way,  with  good  re- 
sults. Travels  have  extended  as  far  west 
as  Nebraska,  and  to  the  New  England 
States  in  the  East. 

It  is  always  a  delight  to  present  the 
Gospel  hope.  I  have  ever  sought  to  so 
In-ing  the  light  that  the  deluded  and  be- 
fo"ec(l  in  the  lodije  \Uc\\    (hscover  a  wav 


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June,  1911. 


out,  ami  that  those  without  may  see  their 
danger. 

I  ha\-e  held  hefore  those  to  wheini  I 
have  been  privileged  to  speak,  the  great 
fact,  that  we  must  not  only  believe  in  "a 
God."  but  in  the  deity  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  and  in  His  atonement  if  we  are 
saved.  The  great  battle  that  is  in  prog- 
ress on  this  earth  is  joined  between  the 
god  of  this  W(Trld  and  the  King  of  Glorv. 
It  is  the  belief  of  many  that  Satan  is  mar- 
shaling his  forces  in  the  secret  assembly 
formed  and  now  forming ;  that  we  are 
now  on  the  very  verge  of  tremendous 
upheavals  in  the  moral  and  political 
world.  To  what  purpose  is  this  increase 
of  anarchy  and  secret  plotting? 

Why  do  millions,  before  hearing-  the 
evidence,  rise  up  to  declare  the  innocence 
of  men  with  whom  they  have  no-  personal 
acquaintance,  accused  of  the  most  dia- 
bolical crimes  that  were  ever  perpetrat- 
ed? The  National  Christian  Association 
believes  it  is  informed  as  to  the  reason, 
and  it  is  the  duty  of  her  agents  to  speak 
forth  in  trumpet  tones,  that  men  ma}^  be 
warned.  During  the  year  past  we  have 
seen  the  press  reciting  clay  after  day  the 
details  of  lodge  doings  that  chill  the  blood 
and  stir  the  soul.  The  rumblings  of 
these  volcanoes  of  sin  are  heard  every- 
where. A\Tiat  eruptions  shall  belch  forth 
upon  us,  God  only  knows.  Shall  we  be 
silent  or  careless  in  such  an  hour  as  this? 
Surel}-  the  call  to  battle  rings  in  our  ears. 
Clad  with  the  Gospel  armor,  following 
closely  the  Captain  of  our  salvation,  w^e 
haA'e  found,  and  always  will  find  victory. 

If  the  anarchists  do  ])lot,  if  the  dyna- 
miters do  destroy  life  and  property,  the 
detectives  are  on  their  track,  and  sooner 
or  later  their  sin  and  folly  will  be  made 
manifest. 

The  doors  opened  for  my  messages  of 
other  years  are  largely  open  today.  Here 
and  there  lodges  have  gotten  control  of 
churches  formerly  working  with  us,  but 
if  some  few  doors  are  closed,  others 
open.  I  always  have  more  invitations 
than  I  can  reach.  The  lodges  have  grown 
to  alarming  proportions.  The  numbers  of 
seceders  have  also  increased.  Some  of 
the  city  churches  opposing  the  lodges  are 
stronger  numerically  than  those  making 
no  protest.  That  they  are  stronger  spir- 
itually goes  without  saying.  I  have  trav- 
eled not  less  than  20.000  miles  during  the 


year.  My  expense  In  travel  has  been 
$505.42.  Collections  on  the  field,  not  in- 
cluding moneys  received  for  the  State 
conventions,  have  been  $314.31  ;  for  sub- 
scriptions to  the  Cynosure,  $887.25. 

All  the  State  conventions  have  been 
unusually  well  attended.  This  is  due,  in 
part,  no  doubt,  to  the  efforts  made  in 
their  preparation,  but  especially  to  the 
fact  that  they  were  held  in  localities 
where  our  friends  were  not  few,  the  Di- 
vine favor  of  course  being  our  principal 
aid. 

At  West  Liberty.  Ohio,  the  preparation 
w^as  not  difficult  to-  make,  our  Mennonite 
friends  opening  their  church  and  making 
us  welcome  at  once.  At  Orange  City, 
low^a,  and  Chambersburg,  Pennsylvania, 
there  was  not  only  the  usual  lodge  oppo- 
sition, but  the  fears  of  many  of  the 
friends  to  overcome.  In  each  Instance, 
however,  the  outcome  was  a  splendid 
convention,  as  we  believe,  for  the  glory 
of  God  and  the  good  of  many  souls. 

Contributions  to  the  direct  support  of 
our  Association,  though  not  large,  have 
been  more  than  usual.  This  surely  is  a 
g'ood  sign,  and  an  occasion  for  thanks- 
giving to  God.  Larger  contributions  are 
under  contemplation,  which,  I  trust,  may 
be  reached  during  the  coming  year. 
There  Is  every  reason  to  believe  compe- 
tent men  may  be  secured  to  aid  in  push- 
ing* the  work  if  funds  are  provided  for 
their  support.  The  removal  by  death  of 
some  of  our  strong  men  has  saddened 
our  hearts  and  caused  us  to  feel  more 
than  ever  our  dependence  on  Him  whose 
we  are  and  whom  we  serve.  He  wdio 
gave  us  our  leaders  in  other  years  can 
bring  forward  those  who  shall  serve  the 
present  day  and  generation.  Let  us  never 
fail  tO'  keep  our  eyes  upon  Him. 


IN  MEMORIAM. 

Every  year  our  Association  has  been 
called  to  record  the  passing  of  some  of 
its  honored  members  to  the  better  life. 
The  past  has  been  no  exception. 

Rev.  Henry  L.  Kletzing,  of  Naperville, 
Illinois,  publisher  of  the  Christian  Wit- 
ness of  Chicago,  and  for  many  years  an 
honored  director  of  the  National  Chris- 
tian Association,  was  called  suddenly  to 
his  reward.  Llis  was  a  beautiful  Chris- 
tian life,  especially  marked  in  his  untir- 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


41 


ing  labors  in  the  advancement  of  Christ's 
Kingdom. 

Edmond  Ronayne,  late  of  Chicago,  was 
a  worker  long  to  be  remembered.  His 
position  as  Past  Master  of  Keystone 
Lodge  of  Masons  gave  him  opportunity 
to  study  the  system  from  the  inside.  His 
exposure  of  the  sins  and  follies  came  at 
an  opportune  time  for  our  Association. 
The  books  which  he  wrote  have  a  wide 
circulation. 

Rev.  R.  J.  George,  D.  D.,  of  Allegheny, 
Pennsylvania,  was  a  faithful  advocate  of 
the  principles  of  our  Association.  As 
pastor  and  instructor  in  the  theological 
seminary  of  the  Covenanter  church  his 
opportunity  for  the  dissemination  of  re- 
form truth  was  great.  Through  those 
receiving  instruction  at  his  hand  multi- 
tudes will  be  influenced  for  the  right. 

Rev.  M.  S.  Steiner,  of  Columbus 
Grove,  Ohio,  was  a  man  of  sterling  integ- 
rity, trusted  and  honored  by  those  who 
knew  him  best.  He  was  a  great  leader 
in  a  great  church.  He  delighted  to  help 
our  Association,  and  served  us  as  State 
Secretary  in  Ohio  one  year. 

Samuel  Berlin,  of  Tyrone,  Pennsyl- 
vania, was  a  quiet,  faithful  friend  :  a  man 
who  loved  God  and  eschewed  evil.  His 
love  for  the  National  Christian  Associa- 
tion's work  was  manifest  in  the  provision 
made  for  an  annual  gift  in  its  support. 

Rev.  J.  A.  Richards,  of  Fort  Scott, 
Kansas,  was  a  warrior  of  many  conquests 
and  victories,  an  able  advocate  of  re- 
form, a  faithful  servant  of  Him  who  is 
"The  Light  of  the  World." 

Mrs.  Sarah  L.  Johnson,  of  Morning 
Sun,  Iowa,  was  for  many  years  a  school 
teacher,  later  the  wife  of  an  honored  min- 
ister. She  came  in  touch  with  many 
lives.  Her  testimony  in  opposition  to  the 
lodge  was  backed  by  a  generous  gift  to 
our  Association. 

Rev.  Cyrus  Smith,  of  Leon,  Iowa,  was 
a  Radical  United  I^)rethren  minister  of 
faith  and  courage.  Lie  was  truly  a  sol- 
dier of  the  Cross,  as  well  as  of  the  Civil 
War.  In  his  long  life  he  ministered 
to  many  people  in  many  places.  His  con- 
tributions printed  in  the  Cynosure  will 
be  remembered. 

Rev.  N.  L.  Stratton,  D.  D.,  of  ^^'heat(>n, 
Illinois,  was  closely  identified  with  our 
work,  and  was  for  many  years  an  officer 
in  our  Association.    His  will  be  remem- 


bered as  a  cheerful,  kindly  life.  He  did 
effective  work  as  editor,  educator,  pastor 
and  reformer.  We  miss  his  cordial  greet- 
ing at  our  annual  gathering. 

IT.  IT.  McMillan,  of  Cedarville,  Ohio, 
was  a  man  of  great  value  in  the  com- 
munity where  he  lived  and  died.  He  was 
an  Elder  in  the  Reformed  Presbyterian 
Church  for  over  forty  years.  Ours  was 
among  the  many  good  causes  receiving 
his  sympathy  and  support. 

Mr.  N.  Keyser,  of  Alameda,  California, 
was  very  helpful  in  the  circulation  of  our 
literature.  He  published  many  leaflets 
at  his  own  expense.  The  number  helped 
by  his  faithful  labors  may  not  be  known 
to  men,  but  will  be  counted  in  his  re- 
ward. 

Rev.  Isaac  Hyatt,  of  Poland,  Xew 
York,  was  an  honored  minister  of  the 
Free  Will  Baptist  Church,  and  seceding 
Mason.  His  was  a  life  counting  much 
in  this  reform  and  in  the  uplift  of  hu- 
manity. 

Elder  Samuel  M.  Good,  of  San  Diego. 
California,  was  a  secedini^  Mason  of  high 
degree,  who  spent  much  of  his  life  in 
Des  Moines,  Iowa,  where  he  had  valua- 
ble property.  After  his  conversion  to 
Christ  he  bore  faithful  testimony  against 
the  evil  character  of  the  lodge,  and  was 
well  known  in  the  cities  where  he  lived 
as  an  evangelist. 

Rev.  Samuel  F.  Porter,  of  Oberlin. 
Ohio,  lived  nearly  one  hundred  years.  He 
was  a  graduate  in  theolog}'  of  the  first 
class  of  Oberlin  College  under  Presi- 
dent Finney.  He  served  our  Associa- 
ti(:>n  in  ivjtting  libraries  into  man}'  South- 
ern colleges,  and  he  also  contributed  in 
sup])ort  of  the  X.  C.  A.  work  as  his 
mcan<  permitted. 

Philip  liacon,  of  \\"indst)r.  wa>  a  faith- 
ful worker  in  the  New  England  States. 
His  anti-lodge  principles  were  well 
known.  He  gladly  took  ui)  the  cross 
when  it  meant  much  of  persecution  to 
work  for  Christ  in  opposition  to  the  pow- 
ers of  darkness. 

Truly  these  are  all  blessed,  and  they 
rest  from  their  labors,  while  their  works 
do  follow  them. 


RESOLUTIONS. 

Whereas.  In  the  good  providence  of 
( iod  we  are  ])rought  to  another  .Vnnual 
Meeting  of  (^ur  Association,  and 


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June,  1911. 


AMiereas,  The  conflict  in  which  we  en- 
gag-e  is  not  ours,  but  God's,  therefore. 

Resolved,  ist :  That  we  praise  Him  for 
ah  the  godly  men  and  women  who  have 
labored  with  us  in  other  years  and  for 
all  the  work  that  has  been  accomplished 
in  His  name,  and  for  His  g-lory  by  our 
Association. 

Resolved  2d :  That  it  becomes  us  to- 
ever  bear  in  mind  we  are  a  Christian  As- 
sociation, and  while  we  contend  ag^ainst 
a  foe  that  assails  every  high  calling  in 
life,  its  attack  upon  Christ  and  the  Chris- 
tian Religion  is  our  chief  concern.  The 
success  of  Christianity  means  the  over- 
throw of  every  foe  to  humanity. 

Resolved  3d :  That  it  is  difficult  to 
adequately  measure  the  progress  our  As- 
sociation makes  from  year  to  year.  The 
attitude  taken  by  our  National  Educators 
reo-ardins:  the  school  fraternities  shows  a 
general  awakening  among  those  who 
study  cause  and  effect.  The  arrest  and 
exposure  of  leaders  of  labor  unions 
known  to  be  murderous  in  character  and 
teaching,  who  naturally  seek  the  secrecy 
of  the  Lodge,  give  reason  for  encour- 
agement, while  the  multiplicity  of  lodges 
increased  in  membership,  as  also  in  folly 
and  sin,  reminds  that  human  nature  is 
still  weak  and  more  likety  to  run  after  a 
humbug  than  that  which  makes  for  their 
highest  good. 

Resolved  4th :  That  we  rejoice  to  note 
that  the  truly  great  evangelists  and  the 
spiritually  strong  among  Christian  work- 
ers are  with  us,  and  feeling  the  need  of 
such  information  as  God  -is  permitting 
us  to  put  forth. 

Resolved  5th :  That  in  the  numerous 
bills  introduced  in  the  various  State  Leg- 
islatures during  the  year  past  we  note 
the  increasing  fear  that  the  so-called  se- 
crets of  the  various  lodges  may  lose  their 
charm  by  being  commonly  known,  and 
therefore  unappreciated.  As  a  rule  the 
Lodge  robs  its  members  by  giving  little 
in  return  for  what  it  asks.  The  public 
exposure  of  its  so-called  secrets  natu- 
rallv  shows  this  fact,  and  makes  mem- 
bership  undesirable. 

Resolved  6th.  That  the  increase  of  the 
Lodges,  calling  themselves  Elks,  Owls, 
Moose  and  the  like,  with  their  buffets, 
gives  just  cause  for  alarm  to  those  en- 
listed in  the  Temperance  Cause.  We 
believe  sobriety  and  clean  living  find  no 


greater    foe   than    in    the   character   and 
working  of  these  lodges. 

Resolved  7th :  That  we  pray  God  for 
more  men  and  money  to  push  our  work. 
Our  ranks  are  depleted,  but  He  who  has 
given  can  give.  We  believe  a  strong,  ag- 
gressive campaign  against  the  secret 
lodge  system  is  for  the  glory  of  God 
and  the  good  of  humanity. 

W.  B.  Stoddard.        ^'         ■' 

(Mrs.)   Amanda  Leaman. 

Geo.  Windle.  ... 

Rov  D.  Becker. 

(Mrs.)  W.  S.  Orvis.  ;■ 


Life  without  a  plan, 
As  useless  as  the  moment  it  began, 
Serves   merely  as   a   soil   for   discontent 
To  thrive  in. 

— Cowper. 


There  are  w^ays  in  which  even  silent 
people  can  belong  to  God  and  be  a 
blessing  in  the  world.  A  star  does  not 
talk,  but  its  calm,  steady  beam  shines 
down  continually  out  of  the  sky,  and  is 
a  benediction  to  many.  Be  like  a  star 
in  your  peaceful  shining,  and  many  will 
thank  God  for  your  life. — /.  R.  Miller,, 
D.D, 


HE  WAS  A  JOINER. 

He  joined  the  Elks  and  Eagles,  he  joined 
the  K.  of  P.'s,  he  blowed  in  all  he  had  to  pay 
initiation  fees.  He  borrowed  money  from, 
his  friends  and  put  them  on  the  bum  to  take 
out  life  insurance  in  El  Kafoozelum.  He  was 
a  Modern  Woodman  and  he  headed  the  pa- 
rade, an  axe  upon  his  shoulder  that  had  a 
wooden  blade ;  his  wife  at  home  was  wrestling 
with  a  gnarly  knot,  to  try  to  split  a  splinter  off 
to  keep  the  cook  stove  hot.  He  went  into  the 
.Workmen,  but  had  no  love  for  work,  a  kind 
of  lodge  bacillus  in  his  system  seemed  to  lurk, 
and  when  he  went  up  town  to  buy  potatoes, 
meat  or  tea,  he  was  very  apt  to  spend  the 
cash  in  taking  a  degree.  One  night  the  lodge 
combined  and  gave  a  banquet  rare,  and  you 
bet  your  bottom  dollar  the  "jiner"  he  was 
there.  He  ate  some  cheese  and  pickles  and  a 
plate  of  oysters  fried,  then  took  a  first-class 
founder  and  went  straight  home  and  died. 
Now  when  the  fact  was  proven  by  the  sad  and 
weeping  wife,  she  was  handed  twenty  thou- 
sand insurance  on  his  life.  She  said,  "I  see 
that  everything  has  come  my  way  at  last,"  and 
she  got  another  husband  before  the  year  had 
passed. — Franklin  Repository. 

H  life  were  but  a  plaything  this  might 

do — ^at  least  for  the  wife;  but  life  is  a 

serious  matter,  and  yet  how  many  like 

the  poor  fool  here  portrayed  are  trifling 

with  it. 


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43 


LEMUEL    NATHAN    STRATTON, 


Rev.  Lemuel  N.  Stratton,  a  well- 
known  clergyman  of  the  Congregational 
denomination,  died  of  pneumonia,  May 
9,  191 1,  at  the  home  of  his  daughter  at 
22  East  ii6th  St.,  Chicago.  He  was  yy 
years  old,  and  was  born  in  Bureau  Coun- 
ty, Illinois. 

Dr.  Stratton  was  graduated  from 
Wheaton  College  in  1860,  and  was  one  of 
the  oldest,  if  not  the  oldest,  living  alum- 
nus of  the  college.  He  had  been  for 
30  years  one  of  its  trustees.  The  Rev. 
l)r.  Stratton  was  editor  of  the  Wesleyan 
Methodist  and  other  ])ublications  of  that 
denomination  at  Syracuse,  New  York, 
for  some  twelve  years.  Later  he  was 
President  of  the  Wesleyan  Theological 
Seminary,  and  he  held  various  pastorates 
in  and  about  Chicago  until  his  retirement 
a  few  years  ago.  He  was  widely  known 
in  religious  and  educational  circles. 


He  was  one  of  the  most  active  friends 
of  the  National  Christian  Association  at 
the  time  of  its  organization  and  did  much 
valuable  work  in  the  State  of  New  York. 
He  was  for  a  number  of  years  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  our  As- 
sociation, and  always  maintained  a  lively 
interest  in  its  work. 

He  is  survived  by  a  widow  and  two 
sons  and  two  daughters.  His  eldest  son. 
Mr.  Owen  Stratton,  did  missionary  serv- 
ice in  China  for  several  years,  and  died 
there  very  suddenly  a  year  or  two  since. 

The  funeral  was  held  at  Wheaton  in 
the  College  church  on  Thursday  after- 
noon. President  Blanchard.  Rev.  J.  C. 
Armstrong,  D.  D.,  Prof.  George  H. 
Smith  and  Rev.  J-  G.  Brooks  spoke  words 
of  appreciation  of  one  who  had  credit- 
ably performed  the  work  of  a  minister. 
educator,  editor  and  reformer. 


44 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


June,  1911. 


ClJe  3^otoer  of  t|)e  Secret  Cmpire 


obh  Wi3!5  <K,  ©♦  Brno, 


r-.. 


XXXII. 

The  Mystery  of  Iniquity. 

Rachel  finished  shelling  her  pan  of 
beans  and  carried  them  into^  the  kitchen. 
Then,  in  obedience  to  a  certain  thrifty 
custom  nearly  obsolete  now  but  very 
common  with  industrious  housewives  of 
a  former  oreneration  who  did  not  choose 
to  allow  Satan  even  so  small  a  vantage 
ground  as  a  few  idle  moments  between 
sundown  and  dark,  she  took  out  a  half- 
finished  sock  on  which  her  needles  flew 
brisklv  until  she  had  knit  about  six  times 
around,  when  her  inward  musings  took 
shape  in  this  terse  sentence : 

'■'I  don't  see  into  it." 

"Don't  see  into  what,  mother?"  I 
asked.  For  we  had  now  reached  that 
comfortable  stage  in  our  matrimonial 
journev  when  to  address  each  other  by 
the  parental  title  seems  the  most  natu- 
ral thing  in  the  world. 

"How  Anson  Love  joy  can  be  a  Mason. 
Xow  I  really  like  the  man,  and  always 
have  liked  him  from  the  very  first.  But 
when  I  find  that  he  can  take  part  in  such 
ridiculous,  blasphemous  folly,  and  be 
himself  actually  Master  of  a  lodge,  in- 
itiating others  into  it,  I — well,  really,  I 
don't  know  what  to  think  except  that 
there  is  one  more  fool  in  the  world  than 
I  had  supposed." 

And  Rachel  knit  vigorously  several 
more  rounds  while  I  pondered  the  subject 
in  silence.  I,  too,  liked  ,Anson  Lovejoy 
in  spite  of  the  fact  that  he  was  not  only 
a  :\Iason,  but  held  the  office  of  Worship- 
ful Master  of  Fidelity  Lodge,  located  in 
the  flourishing  village  of  Granby,  Ohio; 
said  lodge  numbering  among  its  members 
one  or  two  ministers,  a  saloon  keeper,  one 
deacon,  several  notorious  gamblers  and  a 
general  sprinkling  of  the  lowest  char- 
acters in  the  place,  all  ''meeting  on  the 
level"  in  felicitous  union  and  fellow- 
ship. 

"Well,  mother,"  I  said,  finally,  ''a  man 
isn't  always  a  fool  because  he  does  fool- 
ish things.     The  fact  is.  I've  had  a  little 


talk  with  him  on  the  subject  of  Masonry, 
and  I  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that 
it  isn't  the  system  as  it  really  is  that  he 
admires,  but  an  ideal  existing  only  in 
his  own  imagination  of  something  it 
might,  could,  would  or  should  be  if  it 
was  only  properly  understood,  and  more 
care  exercised  in  admitting  candidates ; 
such  delightfully  impossible  conditions, 
in  short,  that  I  was  strongly  reminded  of 
the  old  couplet : 

"  'If    wishes     were    horses    beggars    would 
ride  ; 
If  'twas   a  sword  it    would    hang    by    vour 
side.'" 

"Now,  father" — and  Rachel  laid  down 
her  knitting  in  her  earnestness — "why 
don't  you  put  it  right  to  him  about  the 
oaths  and  obligations  and  ceremonies  ? 
You  have  been  through  them  yourself 
and  know  all  about  it,  so  you  are  just  the 
one.  What  if  this  man's  soul  should  be 
required  at  your  hands?" 

"I  did  'put  it  right  to  him.'  I  told  him 
he  had  sworn  to  conceal  the  criminal 
acts  of  brother  Masons,  to  warn  them  of 
approaching  danger  and  help  them  out 
of  all  difficulties,  no  matter  what  wrong- 
doing might  be  the  cause.  But  he  had 
one  answer  for  every  objection,  and  that 
was  that  he  did  not  so  understand  Ma- 
sonry, and  only  considered  its  obligations 
binding  when  they  failed  to  conflict  with 
any  superior  duty  he  owed  to  God  or  to 
Government.  I  asked  him  if  that  was 
the  way  he  explained  them  to  candi- 
dates. He  assured  me  it  was.  I  told 
him  flat  that  such  teaching  of  Masonic 
obligations  was  a  mistake  and  a  contra- 
diction ;  that  Masonry  owns  no  law  and 
no  authority  outside  of  or  superior  to 
herself;  that  when  she  ceases  to  be  a 
complete  despotism ;  when  she  allows  her 
members  to  put  their  own  interpretation 
on  the  oaths  and  penalties ;  above  all, 
when  she  elevates  the  Bible  from  a  mere 
piece  of  lodge  furniture  on  a  level  with 
the  square  and  compass,  to  be  what  the 
old  Westminster  divines  called  it,  'the 
only  sufficient  rule  of  faith  and  practice,' 


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45 


her  power  has  fled.  She  simply  cannot 
exist  under  such  conditions." 

''And  what  did  he  say  to  that?"  asked 
Rachel. 

"Well,  that  fellow  Jervish  came  in  just 
then  and  broke  up  our  talk.  I  suppose 
he  thinks  me  a  fool  and  a  fanatic.  I 
consider  him  an  honest,  well-meaninj;;' 
man,  whose  chief  mistake  is  in  thinking 
that  he  can  do  what  the  Scriptures  de- 
clare impossible — 'Bring  a  clean  thing  out 
of  an  unclean.'  " 

"Well,  I  don't  understand  it,"  repeated 
Rachel,  decidedly.  "There  must  be  some- 
thins:  wronsr  somewhere  when  a  man 
can't  see  the  plain  truth  put  right  before 
him." 

For  Rachel  was  like  most  practical, 
matter-of-fact  people,  not  subject  to 
glamours  of  any  sort.  When  she  saw 
a  truth  she  saw  it  clearly — a  sun- 
illumined  mount  of  God  piercing  heaven 
unclouded  by  bewildering  fogs  and  mists, 
and  could  not  understand  why  any  honest 
mind  should  fail  to  perceive  it,  too.  But 
I  knew  better  how  men  like  Anson  Love- 
joy  can  be  made  the  apologists  and  de- 
fenders of  a  lie ;  how  they  naturally  seek, 
the  first  disappointment  over,  tO'  reconcile 
the  teachings  of  Masonry  with  their  own 
standard  of  human  dutv,  and  onlv  sue- 
ceed  by  an  ingenious  system  of  interpre- 
tations that,  carried  into  practical  effect, 
would  annul  the  whole  thing.  My  grand- 
father so  reasoned  till  the  murder  of 
Morgan  opened  his  eyes.  But  a  man  like 
Anson  Love  joy,  who  belonged  tO'  a  gen- 
eration that  knew  not  Morgan — must  an- 
other tragedy  as  fearful  shock  the  public 
mind  and  rouse  in  even  the  dullest  that 
indignation  so  terrible  because  it  is  a 
dim  shadow  of  the  divine  wrath  against 
evil-doers,  before  he  could  be  made  to 
see? 

This  question  I  silently  asked  myself 
while  Rachel  rolled  up  her  knitting  and 
called  to  Grace,  our  youngest,  to  light  a 
lamp. 

"Yes,  mother,"  answered  Grace,  and 
rose  promptly  from  her  seat  on  the  back 
steps,  where  she  was  giving  his  first  les- 
son in  astronomy  to  a  favorite  nephew 
named  Joe,  of  whom  I  can  only  say  that 
he  had  already  begun  to  develop  a  talent 
for  mischief  that  bade  fair  in  time  t(^ 
cast  all  the  youthful  exploits  of  the  orig- 
inal  Joe   quite   into  the   shade.     At   the 


same  moment  the  gate  swung  open  and 
admitted  a  female  figure  with  a  tin  pail. 

"Mother,  there  is  Mary  Lyman  come 
tO'  borrow  some  yeast." 

"Well,  Grace,  you  can  get  it  for  her." 
And  Rachel  drew  up  her  chair  within 
the  circle  of  the  light  and  took  her  sew- 
ing, while  she  invited  the  newcomer,  \\ith 
a  kindly  smile,  to  sit  down. 

She  was  a  girl  of  not  more  than  seven- 
teen— hardly  that.  Her  large  blue  eyes, 
regular  features  and  heavy  braids  of 
tawny  gold  hair  made  her  face  one  of 
singular  beauty.  But  there  was  a  sad, 
depressed  look  about  her  mouth,  and  a 
lack  of  youthful  elasticity  in  her  na- 
tions that  made  her  seem  older  than  she 
really  was. 

She  took  her  pail  of  yeast  and  de- 
parted with  a  murmured  word  of  thanks. 
Rachel  sewed  very  fast  for  several  min- 
utes till  she  snapped  her  thread.  Then 
she  broke  out — 

"I  say,  it  is  a  shame." 

"What  now,  mother?" 

"To  keep  that  girl  as  they  do.  I 
know  how  it  is  just  as  well  as  if  I  saw 
it ;  drudge,  drudge  from  morning  till 
night.  Not  a  minute  in  the  twenty- 
four  hours  she  can  call  her  own.  No 
chance  for  improvement,  but  plenty  of 
chances  for  everything  else.  It  is  too 
bad,  poor,  orphan  child!"  added  Rachel, 
who  had  all  the  large-hearted  instincts 
of  true  motherhood,  and  its  capabilities 
of  indignation  also. 

"Weil,  I  know  it  is  too  bad;  but  she'll 
be  free  in  a  vear  or  so.  That's  one  com- 
fort." 

"I  wish  her  time  was  out  now,''  re- 
sponded Rachel.  "Grace  can't  keep 
school  and  help  me  much.  And  I  believe 
if  I  could  have  the  training  of  ]Mar}- 
for  a  while  I  might  make  something  out 
of  her  yet." 

"What!  at  eighteen?"  I  asked,  with 
natural  incredulity. 

"Y'^es,  at  eighteen,"  answered  Rachel, 
biting  her  thread  with  an  air  of  de- 
cision. "It  is  a  mistake  to  think  the  die 
for  good  or  evil  must  be  cast  at  a  partic- 
ular age.  It  all  depends  on  circum- 
stances. Now,  this  girl  makes  me  think 
of  some  tiger-lilies  I  remember  grew  be- 
hind the  barn  when  I  was  a  child.  I 
don't  know  how  they  ever  came  there, 
in   that    sunless    corner,    but    there    thev 


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June,  1911. 


were,  growing-  and  blossoming-  in  about 
the  same  fashion  that  she  is  ripening-  into 
womanhood.  All  she  wants  is  a  chance 
to  develop  herself.  If  I  could  give  her 
that  I  should  feel  that  I  had  done  one 
good  Avork  in  the  world  before  I  leave 
it.''      . 

''Why.  mother:  your  life  ha,s  been 
nothing-  but  giving-  and  doing  for  forty 
years."' 

''Well.  I  don't  know  about  4:hat,  fa- 
ther," answered  Rachel,  with  a  little 
shake  of  her  head.  But  I  could  see 
that  her  husband's  praise  was  very  sweet 
to  her.  nevertheless. 

The  girl  of  whom  we  had  been  speak- 
ing was.  as  Rachel  said,  an  orphan  w^hom 
fate,  personified  by  the  selectmen  of 
Granby.  had  delivered  over  to  be  the  vic- 
tim of  a  species  of  white  slavery  in  the 
family  of  a  Air.  Simon  Peck.  To  scrub 
^floors,  feed  the  hogs,  fetch  the  water 
and  lug  a  heavy  baby  about  wdien  there 
was  nothing  else  for  her  to  do,  was  the 
routine  of  her  daily  life,  varied  by  such 
small  tyrannies  and  exactions  from  the 
younger  Pecks  as  the  ingenuity  of  their 
own  minds  or  the  example  of  their  elders 
might  suggest.    . 

It  was  not  strange  that  all  Rachel's 
w^omanly  feelings  had  been  roused  in  be- 
half of  the  girl.  A  natural  refinement 
had  kept  her  from  assimilating-  with  her 
rough  and  coarse  surroundings,  and  she 
was  now  growing  up  to  a  dower  of  sin- 
gular beauty.  Who  should  say  whether 
it  would  prove  a  blessing  or  a  curse? 

Rachel  sewed  aw^ay  in  silence  for  a 
few  moments,  and  when  she  again  spoke 
it  was  to  recur  to  our-  former  subject  of 
talk. 

"Well.  I  don't  see.  as  I  said  before, 
how  such  men  as  Anson  Love  joy  can  de- 
fend Masonry,  but  I  think  I  understand 
the  reason  why  I  don't  understand  it." 
"What  do  you  mean,  mother?" 
"Why.  it  is  the  'mystery  of  iniquity.' 
We  talk  about  'the  mystery  of  godliness' 
that  cannot  be  known  except  by  Chris- 
tians, but  we  forget  there  is  something- 
corresponding  to  it  on  the  other  side. 
There  are  depths  of  Satanic  craft,  just 
as  there  are  depths  of  Redeeming  Wis- 
dom. We  can't  understand  either.  They 
are  beyond  us.  It  is  the  'deceivableness 
of    unrighteousness,'    'the    strong    delu- 


sion.'    Mystery;  that  is  just  what  it  is — 
the  mystery  of  iniquity."  ■     ,      ' 

And  Rachel  resumed  the  w^ork  which 
she  had  let  fall  in  her  earnestness,  while 
I    pondered    over   her   words,    and   con- 
cluded that  she  was  about  right. 
(To  be  continued.) 


REMINISCENCES. 
How  and  Why  I  Became  Publisher  of  the 
Cynosure.  \^      ^ 

•       ■         BY   EZRA   A.    COOK.  -'V'f-- 

In  the  autumn  of  1867  the  Lord  clear- 
ly and  definitely  called  me  to  enter  the 
stationery  business  at  88  La  Salle  street. 
Chicago,  of  w^hich  fact  I  am  glad  to  offer 
proof.  The  place  was  a  stone  front 
building-  on  the  Court  House  square. 
Work  for  bankers  was  the  principal  spe- 
cialty, as  I  had  just  served  a  three- 
years  apprenticeship  in  this  line.  A  one- 
storv  brick  building  in  the  rear  was  for 
my  printing  plant.  Space  was  after- 
wards secured  for  lithographing  on  the 
third  floor,  as  well  as  for  the  editorial 
room  for  the  Christian  Cynosure. 

Years  before  this,  in  answer  to  most 
blessed  communion  with  Him  on  the 
subject,  the  Almighty  and  ever-blessed 
God  my  Savior  had  been  pleased  to  en- 
ter into  partnership  with  me  for  time  and 
eternity ;  nor  was  this  partnership  vague 
and  indefinite.  I  was  overwhelmed  at 
His  marvelous  love  in  actually  inviting 
me  tO'  be  a  co-laborer  with  Him ;  and  I, 
oh,  so  gladly !  promised  that  I  would, 
by  His  grace,  never  forget  His  conde- 
scension in  not  only  inviting  this  part- 
nership, but,  amazing  grace !  adopting 
me  into  His  family,  wdiere  He  might 
wdiisper  His  plans  and  purposes  for  and 
in  me,  and  in  the  storms  of  life  "hide 
me  in  His  pavilion,"  "in  the  secret  of 
His  tabernacle." 

Oh,  how  sweet  it  was  to  have  the  Holy 
Spirit  continually  bringing  to  my  mind 
the  things  of  Christ — yes,  showing  them 
unto  me ;  and  none  were  quite  so  pre- 
cious to  me  as  those  about  the  fellowship 
of  His  suffering,  such  as  "If  we  suffer, 
we  shall  also  reign  with  Him."  Think 
of  it !  Oh,  glorious  anticipation !  My 
heart  would  in  ecstasy  cry  out,  with  the 
beloved  disciple  (Rev.  22:20),  "Come. 
Lord  Jesus !"  "Come  quickly."  How 
inexpressibly    sweet    to    dwell    on    those 


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heavenly  meditations  of  my  beloved 
Paul:  "If  children,  then  heirs;  heirs  of 
God,  and  joint-heirs  with  Christ ;  if  so 
be  that  we  suffer  with  Him,  that  we  may 
be  also  glorified  tog"ether."  (Rom. 
8:17.)  No'  wonder  the  Apostles  who 
had,  while  Christ  was  on  earth,  suffered 
with  Him,  now  that  the  promised  Holy 
Spirit  had  come  in  His  place,  were  (Acts 
5:41)  "Rejoicing-  that  they  were  counted 
worthy  to  suffer  shame  for  His  name," 
in  view  of  the  promised  seat  on  the 
throne  with  Him,  and  the  assurance  that 
they  should  "be  also  glorified  together." 
How  inexpressibly  sweet  to  know  by  ex- 
perience, and  with  Paul  (Ephesians  1:3) 
say,  from  a  full  heart,  amid  the  horrors 
of  war,  with  screeching"  missiles  of  death 
filling  the  air  every  moment,  "Blessed  be 
the  God  and  Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  who  hath  blessed  us  with  all 
spiritual  blessings  in  heavenly  places  in 
Christ."  Yes,  God  is  my  witness,  that, 
in  this  literal  reign  of  death,  I  found  a 
heavenly  place,  heaven  was  open,  and  my 
Savior  bade  me  look  up  into  His  smiling 
face. 

r 

In  July,  1868,  the  first  number  of  the 
''Christian  Banner/'  which  was  changed 
to  Christian  Cynosure,  was  issued, 
with  Ezra  A.  Cook  as  publisher.  I  well 
knew  the  intolerant,  hateful  character 
of  Freemasonry,  being  familiar  with  the 
history  of  the  abduction  and  murder  of 
Capt.  Wm.  Morgan  for  exposing  the 
order.  I  had  also  witnessed  its  hellish 
work  in  the  army,  but  the  Senior  Part- 
ner gave  me  guidance  and  courage.  I 
had  published  a  second  edition  of  the- 
minutes  of  an  anti-Masonic  convention 
held  at  Aurora,  Illinois,  a  few  months 
before. 

I  was  well  aware  that  publishing  the 
Christian  Cynosure  meant  relentless, 
cruel  persecution  ;  but  it  gave  me  an  op- 
portunity to  suffer  with  Him,  and,  won- 
drous love !  claim  the  right  tO'  reign  with 
Him  who  died  for  me,  and  wa's  now 
Senior  .Partner,  I  could  not  hesitate, 
though  I  knew  from  the  human  stand- 
point financial  ruin  was  assured.  I  also 
knew  whom  I  had  believed,  and  was  per- 
suaded that  He  would  keep  me  against 
that  day.  "I  will  never  leave  thee,  nor 
forsake  thee."  "I  will  hide  thee  in  my 
secret  pavilion."  And  I  cried :  "It  is 
enough,  blessed  Lord.      I   will  not   fear 


what  man  shall  do  unto  me.  By  thy 
grace,  dear  Partner,  I  will  be  strong  and 
of  good  courage." 

You,  dear  Cynosure  readers,  who 
took  the  Cynosure  in  1868-9,  learned, 
through  its  columns,  something  (com- 
paratively little,  however)  of  this  his- 
tory. Are  you  interested  to  know  how 
God  planned  my  life  for  me  from  in- 
fancy ;  at  times  lovingly  set  aside  my 
plans,  because  Llis  were  better,  and  be- 
cause, as  my  Lord,  He  had  agreed  to 
direct  me?  In  August,  1864,  eleven 
days  before  my  three-year  term  of  serv- 
ice in  the  Union  Army  expired,  I  was 
discharged,  because  of  the  shattering  of 
my  right  hand  by  a  bullet  and  buckshot 
at  very  close  range,  at  the  battle  of 
Drury's  Bluff,  under  the  guns  of  the  out- 
works of  Richmond,  Virginia.  Natural- 
ly, the  details  are  of  thrilling  interest 
to  me  ;  but  I  will  barely  touch  on  the 
facts. 

The  Lord  most'  clearly  called  me  into 
the  army,  took  away  absolutely  all  fear 
of  death,  and  even  g'ave  my  beloved  sis- 
ter Louisa,  two  and  a  half  years  older 
than  I,  so  positive  an  assurance  that  He 
would  preserve  my  life  that,  on  one  occa- 
sion, .when  President  Jonathan  Blanchard 
asked  her  of  my  welfare,  she  expressed 
perfect  confidence  that  I  was  to  come 
home, safe  in  due  time,  and,  when  he  said, 
"But  how  do  you  know  that  Ezra  will 
come  home,  since  thousands  are  falling 
in  battle?"  her  answer  was:  "Because 
He  has  told  me  so."  I  knew  nothing  of 
this  until  I  did  come  home. 

In  the  army  mv  blessed  Savior  gave 
me  ample  opportunity  for  Christian  serv- 
ice, for  comrades;  and.  at  one  time,  for 
several  months,  when  on  detached  duty, 
for  labor  for  the  negroes  on  the  plan- 
tation where  the  great  Southern  states- 
man John  C.  Calhoun  was  l)orn  and 
brought  up.  I  was  the  recognized  lead- 
er in  Christian  work,  by  the  L".  S.  Chris- 
tian Commission.  Except  when  I  was 
reading  it,  my  Bible  was  always  in  my 
blouse  pocket,  in  an  oiled-silk  bag,  used 
to  protect  it  'even  when  I  was  soaked 
with  rain.  I  read  it  through  seven  times 
during  my  army  service. 

When  in  battle  my  right  hand  was 
shattered,  as  related.  1  tliouoht  that  it 
might  mean  the  loss  of  ni}-  hand,  if  not 
of   mv   life;  but   I   had    God's   assurance 


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that  He  wanted  m}-  life  for  Himself;  and 
I  was  so  sure  that  He  wanted  to  use  ni}' 
right  hand  also  that  I  depended  wholly 
on  Him  for  gnidance.  Fainting  from 
loss  of  blood,  after  safely  rnnning  the 
gauntlet  of  at  least  a  hundred  shots,  a 
dear  Christian  conu-ade  aided  me  till  we 
came  to  a  pool  of  cold  swamp  water,  in 
which  I  soaked  a  large  silk  muffler  and 
wrapped  it  around  my  hand.  After  a 
walk  of  something  over  a  mile,  I  was 
helped  into  a  car  with  other  wounded.  A 
little  later,  as  God  had  used  the  cold  wa- 
ter to  stop  the  flow  of  blood,  and  I  felt 
stronger.  I  eliml)ed  out  of  the  car  when 
it  came  to  another  group  of  wounded. 
This  was  all  "of  the  Lord,"  but  soon 
after,  the  rebels,  who  outnumbered  us 
five  to  one,  captured  that  car.  with  a 
Comrade  Lenscomb.  of  my  own  com- 
pany, who,  with  a  wounded  arm,  re- 
mained in  the  car.  Poor,  dear  comrade. 
He  was  a  ]\Iethodist  brother,  and  I  trust 
a  saved  man. 

When  quinine  and  whisky  was  served 
to  the  men,  I  refused  to  touch  it.  When 
a  comrade  asked  for  my  ration,  I  refused 
to  acknowle(^ge  ownership  of  the  hell 
broth,  except  on  one  occasion,  when 
Pliney  F,  Root,  a  Christian  comrade, 
who  was  suffering'  from  bowel  trouble, 
asked  that  he  might  have  it.  Fie  was 
a  true  Christian.  He  soon  became  help- 
less, lingered  along  some  weeks,  and 
passed  away  to  heavenly  rest,  in  a  hospi- 
tal tent,  wdiile  the  officers  in  the  next 
tent,  "gloriously  drunk,"  were  having  a 
spree  on  medical  whisky.  ^  Poor  Lens- 
comb  (the  wounded  comrade  alluded  to), 
so  far  as  I  know,  never  drank  his  quinine 
and  whisky  ration ;  but  he  received  it, 
and  sold  it  to  others,  and,  sad  to  say, 
the  curse  of  God  seemed  to  follow  this, 
for  later  he  bought  from  the  regimental 
sutler  some  blackberry  brandy,  that  they 
said  was  not  intoxicating,  sold  it  to  his 
comrades,  and,  greatly  to  my  sorrow,  got 
"boozy"  on  it  himself.  When  I  reached 
home,  father  or  mother  showed  me  the 
obituary  notice  of  Comrade  Lenscomb. 
He  died  from  his  wound  (less  dangerous 
than  mine)  in  the  Confederate  hospital 
at  Petersburg. 

Although  I  witnessed  the  attack  I  have 
referred  to,  when  this  hospital  car  and 
many  soldiers  were  captured,  I  was  out 
of    sight,    neac   by.    in    the    woods,    and 


w^alked  on  to  camp  with  a  sword  which 
I  had  picked  up  on  the  way.  Surgeon 
Clark,  who  examined  my  shattered  hand, 
urged  the  great  importance  of  keeping  it 
soaking  in  cold  water.  About  thirty-six 
hours  later  a  steamer  took  me,  with  other 
wounded,  up  the  coast  to  the  great  hospi- 
tal grounds  of  David's  Fsland,  New  York 
harbor.  It  was  a  night  trip,  ending  bare- 
ly at  daybreak,  the  i8th  of  May,  1864. 
AH  night  long  I  spent  pouring  the  cold* 
ocean  water  on  the  wounds  of  mv  com- 
rades, many  of  them  far  less  dangerous 
than  my  own.  But  I  felt  the  importance 
of  keeping  my  own  hand  soaked  with  the 
cold  water,  and  so  refused  to  trv  to  sleep. 
We  landed  before  the  surgeons  went 
on  duty.  Soon  nurses  brought  each  a 
glass  of  wdiisky.  I  told  the  nurse  that 
I  wished  to  see  the  doctor  before  taking 
mine.  When  he  came  I  courteously 
stated  my  temperance  principles,  and 
asked  to  be  excused  from  taking  it.  The 
doctor  said :  "Would  you  like  some 
wine?  You  shall  have  the  best  the  de- 
partment affords."  I  asked  to  be  ex- 
cused from  taking  alcohol  in  any  form ; 
and  then  Dr.  Thompson,  who  proved  to 
be  a  most  noble  Christian  man,  told  me 
that  his  views  coincided  with  mine  per- 
fectly, but  he  was  a  man  under  authori- 
ty, and  was  obliged  to  offer  alcoholic 
stimulants  to  all  the  wounded,  but  was 
not  ordered  to  make  them  take  it. 

In  body  I  Avas  now  very  weak,  from 
loss  of  both  blood  and  sleep ;  and  I 
learned  afterward  that  not  only  the 
nurses,  but  other  surgeons,  were  greatly 
astonished  that  Dr.  Thompson  did  not 
promptly  amputate  my  hand.  He  saw, 
without  asking  me,  that  I  wanted  to  save 
my  hand,  or  that  God  wanted  it  saved, 
and  I  am  sure  that  he  prayerfully  set 
about  doing  his  part.  He  told  me  that 
taking  anything  to  deaden  the  pain  (an 
anesthetic)  would  derange  my  system, 
which  it  was  important  to  keep  in  perfect 
health,  and  I  at  once  assented.  He 
motioned  to  his  assistant  to  hold  my  wrist 
while  he  began  operations,  when,  with- 
out hesitation,  I  told  him  it  was  unneces- 
sary. Evidently  he  believed  it,  for  he 
went  right  to  work,  and  my  hand  lay 
there  on  my  cot  as  if  in  a  vise.  An 
angel  held  it !  It  was  a  miracle !  The 
doctor's  attendant  could  not  possibly 
have  held  it  as  still ;  for  there  was  not 


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49 


so  much  as  a  "twitch"  at  the  burning- 
and  cutting,  which  were  more  painful 
than  amputation  would  have  been.  This 
burning  with  bromine  daily,  and  then 
shaving  off  the  burned  flesh,  continued 
for  about  four  weeks,  until  but  a  skeleton 
hand  remained. 

The  crisis  came  when  the  torn  flesh 
had  been  burned  and  cut  away.  The  bro- 
mine did  not  seem  to  burn  the  bones  or 
tendons,  but  there  was  an  artery.  Dr. 
Thompson  was  prayerfully  watching 
events,  and  God's  angel,  who  held  my 
hand  so  wonderfully  day  after  day,  and 
saved  me  from  even  a  groan,  was  watch- 
ins:,  too,  I  believe.  Everv  shred  of  torn 
flesh  must  be  removed,  for  it  was  all 
gangrenous.  Dr.  Thompson  was  at  my 
bedside  early  when  the  last  flesh  was  to 
be  removed,  and,  when  the  artery  burst, 
he  promptly  staunched  the  blood.  I  was 
his  only  patient  that  J^^ne  day ;  for  he 
worked  over  me  the  entire  day.  going 
without  his  noon  meal,  and  leaving  my 
cot  after  sunset.  From  this  time  on  im- 
provement was  increasingly  rapid.  When 
the  healing  fairly  beo-an.  our  pavilion  was 
thronged  with  other  wounded,  often  on 
crutches,  when  the  wound  was  exposed 
for  dressing,  and  the  other  surgeons 
showered  the  good  doctor  with  compli- 
ments on  his  skill.  They  wTre  all  de- 
served;  but,  of  course,  none  knew,  as 
I  did,  about  the  angel  that  God  sent  daily 
to  hold  my  hand  :  much  less  could  they 
know  how  happy  I  was  in  spite  of  the 
agony  of  body. 

I  had  taught  those  dear  colored  peo- 
ple on  the  Calhoun  plantation  every  night 
and  Sunday  that  I  was  not  on  military 
duty,  and  the  Lieutenant  in  command  of 
the  detachment  had  ap])ointed  me  their 
guardian,  so  far  as  seeing  that  they  were 
not  harmed  by  wicked  soldiers  was  con- 
cerned. The  Christian  Commission,  hear- 
ing of  my  work,  furnished  me  primers. 
I  had  learned  to  join  in  singing  their 
weird  religious  melodies  ;  but  I  wanted 
some  good  Sabbath  school  hymns,  and 
ordered  some  Sunday  school  hymn  books 
from  New  York  a  couple  of  weeks  be- 
fore leaving  Braddock's  ]A)int,  but  they 
failed  to  arrive.  The  Sabbath  school 
was  very  popular  with  my  colored  folks, 
particularly  with  the  very  old,  at  least 
two  of  whom  must  have  passed  the  cen- 
turv   mark,    as   their    gTav-haired    great- 


grandchildren plainly  indicated  ;  yet  they, 
as  all  of  the  others,  desired  to  be  taught. 
The  Christian  Commission  primers  were 
excellent,  had  simi)lc  words  and  large 
type,  and  were  illustrated.  One  teacher 
had  been  the  most  profane  man  in  the 
regiment ;  but,  before  the  Sunday  school 
was  started,  I  believe  he  was  converted 
in  the  meetings  which  were  held  every 
night  in  the  week,  whether  I  was  present 
or  not,  and  I  w^as  there  about  three  nights 
out  of  four,  being  on  military/  duty  about 
one-fourth  of  the  time.  The  other  teach- 
ers were  a  drummer  boy,  and  several 
children  l)etween  eight  and  twelve  who 
had  somewhere  been  taught  to  read. 
These  taught  grand  and  great-grand])ai-- 
ents. 

The  delayed  Sunday  school  song  books 
referred  to,  after  having  the  address 
changed  many  times,  reached  me  at 
David's  Island  Hospital  in  time  to  prove 
a  great  comfort  to  me  and  to  comrades 
who  gathered  around  my  cot,  while  we 
made  the  pavilion  ring  with  God's  praise, 
r  think  that  I  then  fully  realized  how 
happy  Paul  and  Silas  were  in  that  old 
jail,  in  spite  of  their  bleeding  backs  and 
the  torture  of  the  stocks,  as  they  sang 
so  loud  that  ''the  prisoners  heard  them." 

And  all  of  this  story  to  tell  how  I  hap- 
pened to  be  a  business  man  and  ])ublisher 
of  the  Cynosure  instead  of  a  teacher.  I 
intended  to  be  a  teacher,  and  had  secured 
a  teacher's  certificate  before  I  enlisted. 
I  was  discharged,  at  my  request  (as  the 
doctor  said  I  was  entitled  to  stav  in  the 
hospital  for  six  months  yet,  and  draw  ni}- 
pay  besides).  Though  my  hand,  then 
but  partly  healed,  was  almost  double  nor- 
mal thickness,  and  was  twisted  almost  at 
right  angles  wdth  my  wrist,  yet  I  could 
w^rite  in  a  readable  fashion,  but  it  was 
hardly  a  fit  copy  for  a  student  to  fol- 
low. I  did  not  realize,  however,  what  a 
drawback  this  w^as  until  I  came  to  teach 
school  in  the  winter  of  '64  and  '65. 
(To  be  continued.) 


Men  mete  out  their  own  temporal 
joys  and  eternal  pleasures  by  the 
measure  of  charitable,  loving,  con- 
siderate, patient  dispositions  they 
manifest   toward   others. 


To  let  our  light  shine  is  to  be  just. 


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June,  1911. 


€5itoiiaL 


ITALIAN    CHILDREN. 

"Many  of  lis  seem  to  have  the  im- 
pression that  the  Italian  is  of  a  lawless 
nature,  especially  so  of  those  who  have 
but  lately  come  to  our  country  from  the 
south  of  Italy  and  Sicily,"  remarks  the 
Jii-i'cnile  Court  Record  in  an  article 
on  "The  Italian  child  and  the  juvenile 
court."  "Chicago  has  had  its  quota  of 
so-called  Black  Hand  outrages.  The 
police  nets  are  stretched,  and  some- 
times hundreds  of  the  residents  of  the 
Italian  quarter  known  as  Little  Italy 
are  rounded  up  to  be  searched  and 
questioned  by  the  officers  of  the  law. 
These  campaigns  against  the  secret  so- 
ciety methods  of  the  Sicilian  avail  but 
little,  and  the  police  are  generally  no 
wiser  after  the  round-up  than  before. 

"One  wonders  that  these  constant 
agitations  in  the  Italian  district  do  not 
cause  and  stimulate  more  delinquency 
upon  the  part  of  the  children  of  the 
district  than  they  do-  The  Italian 
youngster  hears  talk  of  vendettas, 
feuds,  and  secret  organizations,  from 
babyhood  up,  but  still  he  does  not  be- 
come what  we  would  justly  term  a  bad 
boy,  as  a  class." 

There  is  perhaps  no  other  country, 
reckoned     as     predominantly     Roman 
Catholic,  which  has  sent  us  a  very  large 
immiigration  within  the  last  half  cen- 
tury, and  has,  in  doing  this,  contributed 
a  more  promising  population,  so  far  as 
readiness  for  American  life  soon  after 
arrival    is   concerned.     Those   who   re- 
member more  remote  immigration  and 
who  know  the  Italians  as  they  now  ar- 
rive,   may   be   cherishing  hopes   that,   in 
shorter   time,   the   Italian   will   achieve 
respectable    success    as    an  American. 
Besides,  an  Italian  often  seems  loosely 
attached  to  Roman  Catholicism,  or  even 
alienated  from  it,  and  more  open  to  en- 
lightenrnent.    This  is  encouraging  when 
we  reflect  that  the  bar  tender,  the  graft- 
er,   the    ward    politician,    and   the    dan- 
gerous voter  would  have  been  to-day 
a  valuable  reinforcement  of  American 
citizenship,  if  only  they  had  been  evan- 
gelized when  they  came.  There  is  hope 
of  an  evangelization  of  the  Italian  im- 


migrants, which  will  be  extensive 
enough  to  secure  a  large  contingent  of 
intelligent  and  moral  citizens. 

Yet  how  much  firmer  might  have 
been  their  present  grasp  of  public  re- 
spect and  confidence  if  their  secret  so- 
cieties had  not  cast  so  wide  a  shadow 
of  distrust.  Out  of  the  "hundreds"  of 
suspects  questioned  by  the  Chicago  po- 
lice, it  is  possible  that  there  are  many 
who  belong  to  no  such  society.  At  all 
events,  it  is  easy  to  presume  that  mul- 
titudes not  called  to  account  are  as  free 
as  natives  of  this  country,  from  affilia- 
tion with  the  Mafia  or  any  similar  nest 
of  mischief-  Yet  the  suspicion  of  con- 
nection with  such  things,  or  of  charac- 
ter fit  for  such  associations,  seems  liable 
to  work  injustice  toward  many  new 
citizens  worthy  of  trust.  How  fortu- 
nate it  would  be  if  the  secret  soc'ety 
factor  could  at  once  be  eliminated  from 
the  Italiano-American  problem.  Free- 
dom from  suspicion,  with  actual  free- 
dom in  citizenship,  would  then  appear 
more  ful]}^  the  possession  of  this  new 
resident. 


TAMENESS  EMPTYING  CHURCHES? 

Dr.  J.  M.  Buckley,  in  the  Methodist 
CJiristimi  Advocate  has  this  to  say: 

"When  Christianity  dispenses  wholly 
with  controversy  it  will  be  like  a  sleep- 
ing man — harmless  and  helpless. 

"We  were  entertained  at  the  house  of 
a  friend  in  New  Hampshire,  where  Hen- 
ry Ward  Beechcr  was  spending  a  day  or 
two.  It  was  his  birthday  and  he  was 
jubilant. 

"He  conducted  prayers,  and  his  utter- 
ances were  equal  to  any  of  his  published 
prayers  in  beauty,  simplicity  and  com- 
prehensiveness. 

''Immediately  after  he  arose,  he  called 
the  writer  to  him  and  pointed  to  a  large 
picture  hanging  on  the  wall,  represent- 
ing a  huge  mastifif  sound  asleep  with  a. 
piece  of  meat  placed  before  him,  and  a 
lap-dog  quietly  drawing  it  away.  Said 
Mr.  Beecher,  pointing  to  the  sleeping 
mastilT:  'That  is  Orthodoxy,'  and  to  the 
little  dog:     'That  is  Heterodoxy.' 

"So  it  is,  and  ever  will  be.  Contro- 
versy was  the  life  of  Paul's  works — po- 
lite controversy,  brotherly  controversy, 
but  strong  in  exposing  error  and  bu-ild- 


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ing  up  the  truth.  The  Epistles  are  full 
of  controversy.  Moreover,  many  of 
Christ's  sayings  were  strictly  contronjer- 
sioL 

"It  is  more  than  a  fine  art  to  combine 
in  one  sermon  the  forcible  overthrov^^  of 
an  error  and  a  heartfelt  appeal;  but  it  is 
po.ssible  to  attain  unto  it." 


In  the  May  Cynosure  wc  called  at- 
tention to  the  number  of  eleemosynary 
institutions  carried  on  by  the  Lutheran 
church  in  this  country.  A  friend  writes 
us  that  the  fact  is  that  they  have  thirteen 
children's  friends'  societies  instead  of  six 
as  printed,  making  a  total  of  one  hun- 
dred and  ninety  charities  carried  on  by 
that  church. 


A  RIGHT  TO  KNOW. 

An  Eastern  religious  newspaper  ends 
an  editorial  on  the  question,  "Are  the 
labor  leaders  dynamiters?"  by  saying 
that  ''If  organized  labor  has  been  be- 
trayed by  its  leaders  it  is  best  for  the 
workino-meh  of  this  countrv  to  know  it." 
It  is  best  for  all  men  of  the  country  to 
know  it,  and  it  is  tO'  be  hoped  that  secret 
society  influence  will  not  be  powerful 
enough  to  so  far  suppress  knowledge  of 
truth  as  to  disqualify  any  who  wish  to 
judge  from  reasonably  demonstrated 
"facts.  The  editorial  referred  to  says  in 
part :  ''Ever  since  the  trial  of  William 
D.  Haywood,  secretary  of  the  Western 
Federation  of  Miners,  and  two  others, 
for  the  murder  of  Governor  Steunen- 
berg  of  Idaho,  and  the  confession  of 
Harry  Orchard,  a  strong  suspicion  has 
existed  that  some  unknown  parties  were 
carrying  on  a  systematic  plot  to  destroy 
the  property  and  lives,  if  necessary,  of 
those  proceeding  in  building  b}^  the  use 
of  non-union  labor." 

Allusion  is  made  to  the  alleged  con- 
fession of  McDougal,  covering  the  sacri- 
fice by  dynamite  of  more  than  a  hun- 
dred human  victims.  It  is  a  startling 
fact  that  for  the  six  months  preceding  the 
arrest  of  the  secretarv  of  the  Interna- 
tional Association  of  Bridge  and  Struc- 
tural Iron  Workers,  dynamite  outrages 
averaged  one  a  week.  It  might  have 
lielped  the  labor  unions  if  they  could 
have  kept  Gompers  quiet  at  the  time 
when    McNamara    was    arrested,    or    at 


least  have  censored  out  his  "gompering" 
whine  about  the  conspirac}'  of  capital  to 
bring  odium  u[)on  labor  by  doing  this 
dynamiting  that  was  attracting  recent 
attention.  Ital}-  holds  its  right  to  know 
about  Camorra  stilettos,  America  has  the 
right  to  know  about  no  less  secret  dyna- 
mite. 


ENCOURAGING  WORDS. 

We  have  just  now  ha]j])encd  to  see 
again  a  few  words  of  an  article  by  W.  B. 
Stoddard  which  we  saw  in  print  last 
winter,  and  there  is  something  like  spring 
sunshine  in  them.  Speaking  of  the  work 
in  which  Jonathan  Blanchard  and  his  as- 
sociates were  engaged,  he  declares  that 
"No  mortal  can  estimate  the  value  of  the 
souls  helped  in  the  right  by  this  great 
movement.  Its  accomplishments  are  too 
numerous  even  to  mention  in  this  writ- 
ing.'' If  a  v^orker  has  fallen  into  such 
a  mood  as  makes  him  ready  to  sigh, 
"Who  hath  ludieved  our  messa^'e?  and 
to  whom  hath  the  arm  of  Jehovah  been 
revealed?"  this  assurance  from  the 
grandson  of  the  champion  whom  he 
names,  and  from  one  who  has  fought  in 
the  same  ranks  as  the  associates  he  hon- 
ors, and  from  a  witness  who  knows  the 
contested  fields  of  a  quarter  of  a  century, 
is  like  a  fresh  breeze  in  a  sultrv  day. 

We  half  fear  to  follow  him  when  he 
ventures  so  far  as  to  estimate,  in  view  of 
the  check  u])on  initiations,  that  "Had  it 
not  been  for  the  National  Christian  As- 
sociation, and  the  associated  bodies,  keep- 
ing before  the  world  by  spoken  and  writ- 
ten word  the  facts  as  they  pertain  to  this 
giant  evil,  it  is  safe  to  say  millions  Avould 
have  been  misled  who  are  now  free." 
Mr.  Stoddard  speaks  of  "constantlv  meet- 
ing those  who  have  reason  to  give  thanks 
for  the  work  our  association  is  doing." 

Let  us  turn  to  our  work  with  fresh- 
ened hope:  not  all  seed  can  fall  among 
thorns.  If  discouragement  paralyzes,  so 
that  work  ceases,  then  reward  is  not 
ours:  but  if  sorrowing  }-et  rejoicing, 
weak  yet  strong,  faint  yet  pursuing,  we 
press  on.  we  shall  come  where  victorA'  is 
going,  and  where  harvests  are  ripening. 
"They  that  sow  in  tears  shall  reap  in 
joy.  He  that  goeth  forth  and  weepeth. 
bearing  seed  f(^r  sowing,  shall  doubtless 
come  again  with  joy,  bringing  his  sheaACs 
with  him." 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


June,  1911. 


MURDER  IS   MURDER. 

This  well-chosen  title  litly  heads  a  sen- 
sible article  relating  to  the  dynamite 
cases,  written  for  the  Outlook  by  ]Mr. 
Roosevelt.  The  plain  arg-ument  is  forci- 
bl}'  used  by  the  very  man  who  seems  to 
represent  the  arraignment  of  lawless  cap- 
ital, ^lalefactors  of  great  wealth  found 
a  disturber  in  that  writer,  who  says  of 
Mr.  Burns :  "He  has  proceeded  with 
impartial  severity  against  the  most  in- 
fluential politicians  and  the  richest  busi- 
ness men.  It  happens  that  the  men  whom 
he  has  now  arrested  are  members  of  a 
labor  organization;  just  as  men  whom 
he  formerly  arrested  were  members  of 
the  Republican  or  Democratic  parties,  or 
of  great  and  wealthy  corporations." 
Again  he  says:  ''It  is  grossly  improper 
to  try  to  create  a  public  ooinion  in  favor 
of  the  arrested  men  simply  because  the 
crime  of  w^hich  they  are  accused  is  one 
committed  ag"ainst  a  capitalist  or  a  cor- 
poration, and  because  the  men  who  arc 
charged  with  committing  it  are  members 
of  a  labor  union.  This  is  an  inicjuity  as 
gross  as  it  would  have  been  if,  when, 
three  years  ago,  the  Sugar  Trust  was  in- 
dicted for  swindling  operations  in  the 
New  A^ork  Custom  House,  the  forces  of 
organized  capital  had  been  put  behind 
the  indicted  men  on  the  ground  that  the 
attack  on  capitalists  guilty  of  crime 
meant  an  attack  on  all  capital."  The 
article  concludes :  "AVhether  the  man  at- 
tacked is  a  capitalist  or  a  socialist,  a 
wage-worker  or  a  professional  man,  has 
nothing  whatever  to  do  with  the  ques- 
tion ;  and  whether  the  man  attacking  him 
does  or  does  not  belong  to  any  organiza- 
tion, whether  of  labor  or  capital,  whether 
social  or  religious,  has  nothing  to  do 
with  the  question.  The  one  and  only 
question  is  as  to  the  guilt  or  innocence 
of  the  men  accused.  Any  man  who^  seeks 
to  have  them  convicted  if  they  are  inno- 
cent is  guilty  of  a  crime  against  the 
State,  and  any  man  who  seeks  tO'  have 
them  acquitted  if  guilty  is  also  guilty  of 
a  crime  against  the  State." 

This  plain  statement  of  a  principle  as 
broad  in  possible  application  as  it  is  sim- 
ple in  nature  ought  to  be  welcomed  by 
any  true  citizen.  It  should,  moreover, 
be  tested  more  widely;  for  just  as  mur- 
der is  murder,  whether  committed  by  a 
capitalist  or  a  unionist,  so,  also   gomper- 


ism  is  gomperism,  whether  practiced  by 
one  who  belongs  to  a  secret  order  call- 
ing itself  Union,  or  by  another  who  be- 
longs to  a  secret  order  calling  itself  Ma- 
son. It  may  be  that  AIcNamara  can  get 
help  from  unions,  which  is  legitimate  in 
some  features,  or  possibly  not  obviously 
so  in  other  aspects.  We  do  not  know, 
however,  that  any  trade  union  compels  a 
member  by  explicit  rule  or  sworn  oath 
to  go  all  lengths  in  aiding  a  known  crim- 
inal to  escape  the  due  results  of  his  own 
])ersonal  crimes.  If,  however,  McNa- 
mara  is  a  Royal  Arch  Mason  as  well  as 
a  unionist  it  can  no  longer  be  said,  in  the 
language  of  Mr.  Roosevelt,  "The  one 
and  only  cjuestioii  is  as  to  the  guilt  or 
innocence  of  the  man  accused."  Neither 
is  the  prisoner  any  longer  dependent  o'l 
mere  lodge  custom  or  on  such  sympathy 
as  fellow-workmen  may  show.  An  oath 
sworn  under  death  penalty  assures  him 
of  extrication  from  the  difficulty  in 
which  he  is  involved,  "Whether  he  be 
right  or  wrong."  The  sole  question  is 
not  guilt  or  innocence,  but  membership 
in  a  certain  degree  of  the  Masonic  Union 
is  the  only  question.  That  is  gomperism 
pure  and  simple,  formulated  before  Gom- 
pers  was  known.  Mr.  Roosevelt  is  an 
adherent  of  the  order  in  which  are  found 
salient  principles  of  this  kind ;  yet  the 
principle  vigorously  advocated  in  his 
Outlook  article  allows  no  exception  or 
abatement,  even  when  the  pot  calls  the 
kettle  black.  It  is  the  familiar  anti-Ma- 
sonic principle,  freshl}/-  elucidated  and 
applied. 


A  CAGED   FRATERNITY. 

The  most  striking  feature  of  the  pic- 
ture of  the  Camorra  murder  trial  which 
some  of  the  magazines  have  used  anions: 
recent  illustrations,  is  the  great  cage  in 
which  thirty-six  members  of  the  Camor- 
ra are  shut  from  the  rest  of  the  world 
within  bars  like  birds  of  prey.  The 
scene  renders  the  invisible  bars  of  the 
secret  society,  and  the  secret  segrega- 
tion of  members  from  the  rest  of  the 
world,  Adsible. 

As  a  secret  society  this  one  dates  back 
for  generations,  and  there  seems  to  have 
been  an  earlier  time  when  it  made  no 
pretense  of  concealing  its  criminal  pur- 
poses and  misdeeds.     The  present  trial  is 


June,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


53 


for  a  secret  society  murder  committed 
about  five  years  ago,  when  a  man  and  his 
wife  were  killed  after  betraying"  secrets. 
Four  members  are  said  to  have  been  del- 
egated tO'  slay  the  traitors.  Instead  of 
using  a  boat,  like  the  selected  murderers 
of  a  famous  Freemason,  they  committed 
their  murder  on  the  shore,  whither  the 
victim  had  been  enticed,  and  where  in 
a  truly  Italian  way  they  stabbed  him. 
His  widow  was  then  slain  in  her  sleep  by 
two  of  the  murderers  who  stole  into  her 
chamber. 

Hundreds  of  witnesses  have  testified 
in  one  way  or  another,  l)ut  there  is  no 
doubt  that  the  body  of  the  man  was 
found  bearing  thirty-nine  stiletto  wounds. 
This  exceeds  by  many  those  of  that 
earlier  Italian,  Caesar,  whom  the  earlier 
conspirators  g'ashed  with  twenty-three 
wounds.  The  man  now  murdered  was  a 
famous  receiver  of  stolen  goods ;  the 
woman  had  been  a  procuress  ;  both  were 
credited  with  influence  in  the  secret  so- 
ciety. 

A  Berlin  paper  remarks  that  "This 
trial  afl^ords  the  best  insight  into  the 
Latin  mind  the  northern  races  have  had." 
The  cage  stands  over  the  tomb  of  Loren- 
zo de  Viterbo,  a  costly  copy  of  one  of 
whose  paintings  has  lately  been  bought 
for  the  British  Museum.  The  tomb  is  in 
an  old  church,  where,  'Tn  the  chancel 
are  the  set  seats  for  the  three  judges, 
the  royal  prosecutor  and  the  clerk  of  the 
court.  Li  the  transept  are  seats  for  the 
jury.  In  another  transept  is  an  immense 
iron  cage  for  the  accused.  Next  to  it  is 
a  much  smaller  cage  for  the  informer, 
one  Abbatemaggio.  Between  the  transepts 
the  lawyers  and  the  witnesses  are  accom- 
modated. The  nave  accommodates  the 
clamorous  and  curious  public." 

Perhaps  the  chief  figures  among  the 
accused  are  Father  A^itozzi,  wdio  in  his 
priestly  robes  blesses  friend  and  foe  and 
administers  spiritual  consolation  to  his 
fellow-prisoners,  and  Erricone,  one  of 
the  leaders  of  the  Camorra,  a  slender, 
swarthy,  short,  and  nervous  creature, 
said  to-  have  instigated  the  murders. 

The  irresistible  power  of  the  secret 
society  made  it  impossible  to  hold  the 
trial  in  Naples.  As  a  political  machine 
the  society  appoints  official  employes  of 
the  government  with  unrelenting  favorit- 
ism.    All  the  worthy  brothers  play  into 


one  another's  hands,  and  impunity 
through  secret  society  influence  is  boast- 
ed by  members  of  the  Camorra.  ''All, 
from  the  electoral  lists  to  the  cleaning  of 
the  streets,  from  public  records  to  ])ublic 
instruction,  from  the  distribution  of  the 
water  to  the  task  of  seeing  to  the  public 
gardens,  from  the  concession  of  public 
franchises  to  the  burial  of  the  dead,  is 
tainted."  ''One  comes  across  public  of- 
ficials in  the  city  hall  a  hundred  times 
guilty,  one  hundred  times  punished  and 
meriting  dismissal,  Init  a  hundred  times 
allowed  to  remain,  receiving  instead  of 
disgrace  prizes  and  emoluments  and  hon- 
ors. 'This  seems  impossible  to  all  who 
do  not  know  what  the  Camorra  is.'  " 


SEEN  FROM  OUTSIDE. 

"It  is  eas}-  enough  for  people  in  other 
countries  to  shake  their  heads  over  these 
powerful  Italian  secret  societies,"  ob- 
serves the  London  A'cws,  "of  which  the 
Alafia  and  the  Camorra  are  the  most 
powerful  examples.  'The  present  mur- 
der trial  has  indeed  brought  home  to  all 
of  us  the  terrible  nature  of  their  work- 
ings ;  but  we  forget  that  Italy  has  but 
recently  emerged  from  a  period  of  an- 
archic government,  and  nothing  is  so  pro- 
ductive of  secret  societies  as  misgovern- 
ment.' 

"Neapolitan  characteristics  have  cer- 
tainly exemplified  themselves  in  a  mode 
bewildering  to  all  Europe  during  the  six 
weeks  that  have  elapsed  since  this  great 
state  trial  opened.  '•'  '''  '■'  There  have  been 
moments  when  the  entire  body  of  pris- 
oners in  the  cage  was  weeping  together. 
*  *  '''  Pandemonium  reigns  in  court  at 
every  tense  moment.  '•'  *  *  Women  faint 
by  scores.  Prisoners  swoon."  One  day 
George  B.  McClellan,  who  was  Mayor  of 
New  York  when  Lieut.  Petrosini  arrest- 
ed Enrico  Alfano,  the  alleged  head  of 
the  Camorra,  visited  the  court,  and  that 
(la\'  the  disorder  \\-as  excessive,  the  pris- 
oners in  the  cage  continually  interrupt- 
ing the  testimony  of  Abbatemaggio  and 
shouting  curses.  The  former  Mayor  of 
New  York  seemed  to  be  an  object  of  in- 
terest to  the  prisoners,  evcrv  one  of 
whom  may  have  known  well  not  onlv 
why  Petrosino  died,  but  also  how.  The 
American  ex-Mayor  remarked  on  the 
niethods  of  the  court,  which  to  him  were 
unusual  }et  seemed  in  many  respects  ad- 


04 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSiUiRE. 


June,  1911. 


inirable.  After  one  stormy  demonstra- 
tion which  the  court  had  difficulty  in 
quelHng',  the  witness  Sortino  turned  to- 
ward J\Ir.  jMcClellan,  saying:  *''If  we  are 
acquitted  here,  we  will  go  to  America, 
where  you  will  accuse  us  of  the  murder 
of  Petrosino." 

Ugly  epithets  and  imprecations  con- 
tinually interrupted  the  informer,  Ab- 
batemao-oio,  after  he  had  shown  that  the 
Camorra  existed  in  organized  form  in- 
side as  well  as  outside  prisons,  and  had 
included  the  explanation  of  the  way  it 
was  so  managed  that  the  members  who 
had  taken  the  final  oath  and  those  still 
on  probation  should  not  be  grouped  to- 
gether or  enabled  to  communicate  with 
each  other  while  in  prison. 

Discussing  his  experience  at  the  trial,  Mr. 
McClellan  said:  "Two  points  struck  me; 
first,  the  absence  of  red  tape,  which  enabled 
the  president  to  get  at  the  bottom  of  every- 
thing during  the  trial,  and,  second,  the  won- 
derful ability  of  Abbatemaggio  and  the  ac- 
cused Sortino.  The  whole  criminal  procedure 
differs  from  ours,  as  the  presumption  is  not 
the  same.  With  us  the  accused  is  assumed  to 
be  iimoccnt  until  he  is  proved  guilty.  Here  the 
reverse  is  the  case.  Bearing  this  fact  in  mind, 
your  procedure  seems  to  be  admirably  adapted 
to  determine  fairly  the  guilt  or  innocence  of 
the  accused. 

Mr.  McClellan  continued :  "Your  court  is 
not  confined  to  our  rules  of  evidence  and  is 
able  to  cut  many  legal  knots  with  speed,  which 
is  certainly  extremely  admirable.  The  most 
■dramatic  feature  today  was  the  confrontingof 
Abbatemaggio  Avith  Sortino,  the  proceeding 
liaving  no  parallel  in  Anglo-Saxon  countries. 
Abbatemaggio  impressed  me  as  abnormally 
clever.  He  stood  the  regular  cross  examina- 
tion by  President  Bianchi  and  a  half  dozen 
lawyers  without  a  slip  or  contradiction.  The 
other  prisoners,  like  Abbatemaggio,  are  very 
intelligent  in  appearance,  looking  hke  a  body 
of  fairly  progressive  business  men. 

"I  conversed  with  the  priest  Vitozzi,  and 
never  saw  more  expressive  facial  play  or  ges- 
tures. Alfano,  the  alleged  head  of  the  Camor- 
ra, has  as  intelligent  a  face  as  I  have  ever 
seen.  He  sits  in  the  front  row  of  the  prison- 
ers's  cage,  dominating  his  associates  and 
handling  them  like  a  prompter  in  a  theatrical 
performance.  The  trial  interested  me  pro- 
foundly. Its  scope  is  more  extended  than  the 
mere  conviction  of  the  murders  of  Cuocolo. 
The  Camorra  itself  is  on  trial,  and  every  true 
friend  of  Italy  must  earnestly  hope  that  the 
admirable  body  of  carabineers  will  succeed  in 
the  end  in  their  patriotic  mission  of  purifying 
Naples." 

The  World  To-Day  notes  that  "The 
trial  has  been  marked  by  what  seemed 
to  Americans  extraordinary  disorder  in 
the  courtroom,"  and  regards  it  as  hav- 


ing "particular  interest  to  America,  as 
there  are  springing  up  in  the  United 
States  groups  of  Italian  criminals  who, 
in  the  name  of  the  'Black  Hand,'  are 
levving  blackmail  and  committing:  mur- 
ders.  Our  government  has  not  yet  found 
a  way  of  dealing  with  these  criminals, 
but  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  this  condition 
of  affairs  will  not  be  continued  indefi- 
nitely." 

Doubtless  our  government,  as  a  whole, 
has  not  yet  found  a  way  to  deal  with 
these  criminals,  yet  Oregon  and  some 
other  States  seem  tO'  be  making  an  at- 
tempt to  find  a  way.  For  example,  the 
Oregon  Legislature  is  understood  to 
have  passed  in  its  twenty-sixth  regular 
session  House  Bill  No.  6,  which  appears 
to  make  it  unlawful  and  punishable  for 
any  person,  firm  or  corporation,  either 
directly  or  indirectly,  to  write,  to  print, 
indite,  or  circulate,  or  procure  to  be 
written,  printed,  indited  or  circu- 
lated, in  any  language,  any  such 
secrets  as  the  Camorra.  Mafia.  Jes- 
uit order,  or  any  similar  society,  may 
esteem  desirable  to  be  kept  from  the 
knowledge  of  the  government  or  of  its 
citizens.  After  all.  we  are  still  inclined 
to  fear,  with  the  editor  of  the  magazine, 
that  the  real  way  to  deal  with  the  secret 
evil  has  not  yet  been  found. 


Get  high  enough  up  and  you  will  be 
above  the  fog ;  and  while  the  men  down 
in  it  are  squabbling  as  to  whether  there 
is  anything  outside  the  mist,  you,  from 
your  sunny  station,  will  see  the  far-off 
coasts,  and  haply  catch  some  whiff  of 
perfume  from  their  shores,  and  see 
some  glinting  of  a  glory  upon  the  shin- 
ing turrets  of  "the  city  that  hath  foun- 
dations." 


"To  love  equally  as  much  the  grace 
that  comes  through  being  'instructed 
how  to  be  hungry'  and  to  suffer,  as 
you  love  the  faith  required  to  know 
how  to  be  'full'  and  to  abound  in 
health — that  is  victory.  (Phil.  4,  12.)    -; 


You  have  to  walk  in  all  the  light  to 
keep  justified.  And  if  you  have  ever 
been  sanctified  you  have  to  keep 
sanctified   by  faith.  - 


June,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


55 


Settle  of  §\tt  Pori 


LECTURERS. 

Mr.  C.  G.  Fait,  who  has  studied  the 
subject  of  secrecy  and  its  relation  to  the 
various  interests  of  our  times  for  the 
past  thirty  years,  will  answer  calls  with- 
in reasonable  distance  from  his  home  if 
his  traveling  expenses  are  paid.  Address 
Mr.  C.  G.  Fait,  Ellendale,  N.  D. 


EASTERN  SECRETARY'S  MAY  RE- 
PORT. 

Chicago,  III,  May  15,  191 1. 
Dear  Cynosure: 

I  will  send  a  few  lines  today,  as  the 
work  of  the  Annual  Meeting  will  soon 
take  my  time.  During  the  past  month 
my  work  has  been  in  New  York,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. ;  Baltimore,  Md. ;  Zanes- 
ville,  Columbus.  Cedarville,  Xenia  and 
Dayton,  Ohio;  Richmond,  Berne  and  Ft. 
Wayne,  Ind.  I  have  found  encourage- 
ment in  all  these  centers,  and  ministered 
to  the  people  as  there  was  time  and  op- 
portunity. 

Some  eighty  subscriptions  were  taken 
to  the  Christian  Cynosure  en  route  to 
this  city.  Berne,  Indiana,  conies  forward 
with  the  banner  list.  Our  Mennonite 
friends  are  there,  as  always,  in  the  lead. 

A  Sabbath  was  spent  with  the  Free 
Methodists  in  Columbus,  Ohio,  where 
Rev.  R.  B.  Niles  of  Zanesville  was  hav- 
ing successful  evangelistic  meetings.  He 
speaks  out  plainly  in  opposition  to  the 
Lodge.  A  conference  of  Ohio  Synod 
Lutheran  pastors  was  in  session  in  their 
publication  building'.  In  a  paper  read  by 
Pastor  Troutman  of  Lancaster,  Ohio, 
the  Lodge  was  mentioned  with  other 
false  worships  and  popular  deceptions. 
This  conference  gave  me  an  opportunity 
to  greet  several  friends  from  Colum- 
bus and  adjacent  cities. 

At  Cedarville,  Ohio,  I  missed  the 
genial  smile  and  kindly  aid  of  our  good 
friend  H.  H.  McMillan.  He  is  among 
those  who  have  recently  passed  to  their 
eternal  reward.  Mr.  Fred  Roggs  and 
Mr.  F.  A.  Requarth,  members  of  the 
Ohio  Synod  Lutheran  Church,  Dayton, 
Ohio,  are  also  among  our  translated 
helpers.  Their  memories  will  be  precious 
because  of  their  lives. 


Pastor  J.  Beck  of  Richmond,  Indiana, 
is  one  who  always  gives  special  cheer. 
For  more  than  twenty-five  years  he  has 
stood  faithfully  with  us.  So  many  were 
very  helpful  at  Berne,  Indiana,  I  hesi- 
tate to  make  mention  of  any.  I  was  very 
glad  to  find  Rev.  S.  F.  Sprunger,  the 
senior  pastor,  still  able  to  minister  to  his 
immense  congregation.  Rev.  J.  W. 
Kliewer,  pastor  in  charge,  leaves  in  Sep- 
tember to  take  the  presidency  of  Bethel 
College  at  Newton,  Kansas.  He  will 
carry  with  him  the  esteem  of  the  entire 
community.  Only  a  most  urgent  call 
would  have  taken  him  from  his  devoted 
people. 

Ft.  Wayne,  Indiana,  was  found  to  be 
full  of  need  for  work  in  our  line.  A 
Mardi  Gras  carnival  of  Elks  was  hold- 
ing forth  in  an  appeal  to  the  appetites 
and  passions  of  the  foolish  who  could 
be  persuaded   to  patronize  them. 

The  Bible  Training  School  reported  in 
usual  number.  The  greeting  for  vour 
representative  was  cordial  as  ever.  A 
sermon  was  preached  for  them  in  the 
morning,  and  an  address  on  the  Lodge 
evil  given  in  the  Mennonite  Mission  in 
the  evening.  Brother  King  is  getting 
several  to  give  up  their  lodges  and  be- 
come Christians. 

A  Sabbath  here  in  Chicago  gave  op- 
portunity to  minister  in  three  of  the  Men- 
nonite missions.  Am  to  speak  at  a  fourth 
(D.  V.)  tonight.  Friends  from  all  these 
missions  hope  to  be  with  us  in  our  An- 
nual Meeting  this  week.     It  is  a  great 
pleasure   tO'   note   the    extension   of   the 
Mennonite  work.  They  have  now  six  mis- 
sions in  Chicago,  supplied   with  pastors 
and  workers.     A  central  mission  build- 
ing has  been  erected  during-  the  vear  at 
a  cost  of  some  $18,000.     The  need  for 
such   work  here  is  very  great.     Let  us 
thank  God  He  is  raising  up  those  who 
are  willing  to  do  it.     A  visit  to  North 
Park  College,  sustained  by  our  Swedish 
Mission    friends,    found    them    enjoying 
their     usual     prosperity.       They    stand 
squarely  against  the  Lodge.    My  address 
to  the   student  body   was   well   received 
and  a  delegate  was  appointed  by  them 
to   carry   their   greeting   to   our   Annual 
Meeting. 

Rev.  E.  B.  Stew^art,  President  of  our 
Association,  and  pastor  of  the  Third 
L^nited    Presbvterian    Church,    this    citv. 


OO 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


June,  1911. 


gave  me  opportunity  to  address  those 
^vho  gathered  in  the  weekly  prayer  meet- 
ing". So  many  ph\ees  call  for  work,  I 
scarcely  know  w  hich  held  to  enter. 

W.  B.  Stoddard. 


MRS.    LIZZIE    WOODS'    LETTER. 

Dermott.   Ark.,   i\Iay  6,    191 1. 
^Ir.  Wm.  I.  Phillips. 

Dear  Sir:  The  writer  was  at  Luna, 
Ark.,  the  first  Snnday  in  last  month.  I 
met  a  large  congregation,  and  after  talk- 
ing over  the  needs  of  onr  school,  we  took 
lip  onr  Bible  lesson.  \A^e  fonnd  in  the 
first  verse  that  Naaman  was  a  great 
man  with  his  master  and  honorable,  bnt 
that  he  was  a  leper.  I  said :  "We  have  a 
great  many  great  men  now,  but  they  are 
lepers.  And  this  disease  is  incurable.  No 
man  can  cure  it.  It  is  a  symbol  of  sin. 
Sin  can  not  be  cured  by  man.  God  will 
have  to  take  the  case  in  hand  if  one  is 
ever  to  be  cured  of  sin.  There  are  many 
great  men  in  the  churches  of  today,  but 
they  are  lepers  ;  they  have  gone  off  into 
the  world  (James  2:15),  and  have  lost 
their  love  of  God.  Your  leaders  are  so 
wrapped  up  in  the  lodges  that  you  have 
lost  the  spirit  of  God  ( Ezek.  '13:3)." 

One  brother  said :  "It  is  our  preach- 
ers !  Sister,  right  over  here  at  Mount 
Horeb  Church  today,  not  more  than  a 
"mile  from  this  place,  they  have  an  instal- 
lation going  on.  Three  different  lodges 
are  installing  their  officers  ///  the  Jioiisc 
of  God,  and  after  it  is  over  tjiey  will 
have  wine  drinking."  I  said:  "Brother, 
not  in  the  church  ?"  He  said :  "Yes,  in 
the  church."  I  then  asked :  "Are  you 
a  lodge  man?"  He  said:  "Yes,  l)ut  I 
would  not  do  a  thing  like  that.  I  put 
mv  church  first."  "Brother,  Christ  is  the 
head  of  the  Church.  The  Church  is  the 
Body  of  Christ  (i  Cor.  12:27-28)." 
"Well."  he  said,  "my  lodge  is  just 
like  the  church."  I  said:  "I  don't 
see  anvthing  about  lodges  in  the  'Body.' 
Are  ybu  a  Mason?"  "Yes."  "Well,  we 
will  look  at  verse  28  of  the  Bible  lesson, 
and  see  if  He  set  any  Masons  in  His 
Body."  We  looked,  but  could  not  find 
anything.  He  said :  "Well,  I  am  a 
preacher  myself." 

"Yes,"  I  said,  "you  are  a  great  man, 
but  vou  are  a  leper.  You  had  better 
get  under  the  blood  and  get  baptized  and 


then  come  out  and  teach  the  people.  You 
are  the  leader."  He  said:  "Sister,  the 
biggest  men  we  have  belong  to  the  Ma- 
sons." I  answered :  "Yes,  brother,  but 
Blell  is  big  enough  to  hold  all  your  big 
men.  lAnd  Christ  has  no  big  men  in  his 
Church    (Math.    18:1-4)." 

After  the  lesson  was  over,  the  broth- 
ers and  sisters  all  gathered  around  me  to 
see  my  books  and  tracts  against  lodges. 
I  told  the  brothers  how  they  were  made 
into  lodge  men.  One  man  said:  "Sister, 
how  on  earth  did  you  get  our  secrets  ? 
W^e  Masons  can  not  stand  that.  We  will 
have  to  carry  you  in  our  ante-room — 
you  will  have  to  join  us.  You  must  be 
stopped  in  some  way  or  other."  I  said 
"By  the  other  way  is  meant  the  way 
Captain  Morgan  went."  One  woman 
said :  "Brother,  hush,  the  lodge  has  been 
going  on  ever  since  the  world  has  been 
in  existence.  Who  can  stop  it?"  I  re- 
plied :  "Sister,  God  does  not  want  to 
stop  it :  He  is  going  to  get  His  children 
out  of  it,  and  let  the  Devil  have  his  own. 
Those  that  remain  in  them  after  coming 
to  the  knowledge  of  the  truth,  are  like 
those  who  (Matt.  23:31-33,  23:9-12, 
24:15)  'compass  sea  and  land  to  make 
one  proselyte,  and  when  he  is  made  ye 
make  him  two-fold  more  the  child  of 
Hell  than  yourselves.'  " 

Brother  Phillips,  two  of  those  Masonic 
preachers  came  to  the  house  where  I 
was  stopping"  and  said :  "You  have  all  of 
our  secrets,  and  everything  you  said 
about  the  devilment  in  the  Masonic  lodge 
is  true.  It  is  the  leader  of  all  other 
lodges ;  the  headcjuarters  of  all  devil- 
ment. We  quit  them  years  ago."  I  said : 
"Have  you  told  the  people  you  are  lead- 
ing that  they  are  wrong?"  They  both 
said:  "No,  if  we  tell  it,  they  will  kill  us." 
I  said :  "If  you  don't  -^arn  the  people 
( Ezek.  33  :6 ) ,  what  will  the  Lord  do  to 
you?  Will  you  hold  your  peace  and  keep 
silence?  (Isaiah  62:'6-'/) .'^  They  said: 
"Well,  you  pray  for  us.  We  are  cow- 
ards. We  are  afraid  of  public  senti- 
ment." I  said:  "Paul  was  not  afraid  to 
lose  his  head  for  the  Gospel's  sake,  now 
what  is  the  matter  with  Clod's  preachers 
of  today?  Have  you  the  qualifications? 
(Titus  T  :6)  :  'blameless,  the  husband  of 
one  wife,  having  faithful  children,  not 
accused  of  riot,  or  unruly.  For  a  bishop 
must    be    blameless,    as    the    steward    of 


June,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


oY 


God  ;  not  self-willed,  not  soon  angry,  not 
given  to  wine,  no  striker,  not  given  to 
filthy  lucre.'  There  are  so  many  preach- 
ers striking  for  higher  wages,  or  filthy 
lucre,  leaving  one  congregation  to  go  to 
posts  where  they  can  get  higher  wages ; 
and  some  are  not  lovers  of  hospitality, 
neither  are  they  lovers  of  good  men,  nor 
sober,  just  and  holy.  Most  of  them  say 
you  cannot  live  holy — so,  iike  priest,  like 
people.'  'Blind  leading  the  blind,  and  all 
falling  into  the  ditch.'  *Ye  serpents,  ye 
generation  of  vipers,  how  can  ye  escape 
the  damnation  of  Hell?'  (Matt.  23:33)." 
I  said:  ''This  is  what  Jesus  said  to>  the 
false  leaders." 

Brother  Phillips,  one  of  those  preach- 
ers broke  down  in  tears,  and  said :  "We 
are  to  blame  for  the  way  the  people  are 
doing."  Then  I  prayed  :  "O  God,  de- 
liver these  poor  ministers." 
Yours  for  Christ, 

Lizzie  Woods. 


FROM  OUR  SOUTHERN  AGENT. 

Natchitoches,  La.,  May   10,   191 1. 
Dear  Cynosure  : 

Since  my  last  letter  I  have  really  im- 
proved physically,  thank  the  Lord. 

My  article  in  the  May  issue  created 
quite  a  stir  in  the  Secret  Empire  here. 
One  of  the  mysterious  strangers  was  so 
greatly  incensed,  he  carried  the  article  to 
a  number  of  homes  and  tried  tO'  convince 
a  number  of  good  people  that  the  article 
was  disparaging"  to  the  church.  He  de- 
clared, by  his  vow  in  the  mysterious  em- 
pire of  the  unfaithful  works  of  dark- 
ness, that  he  intended  to  stir  up  confu- 
sion in  my  church  and  make  things  in 
general  unpleasant.  This  of  course  is 
in  perfect  accord  with  his  obligation. 

Another  Baptist  pastor  told  one  of  my 
church  officers  that  he  would  come  to  the 
church  and  bring  his  congregation  to 
assist  us,  but  since  he  heard  me  preach 
against  secret  lodges  he  had  decided  to 
have  nothing  to  do  with  me  or  my 
church.  For' nine  years  past  this  same 
lodge-bound  preacher  has  been  conspicu- 
ous in  his  helping  of  my  present  church 
by  keeping  himself  absent  from  all  its 
services.  How  can  we  reconcile  this 
blind  guide,  leader  of  the  blind,  and  his 
statement  with  the  great  commission 
(Matthew  28:19-20,  Mark  16:15-16)? 
Here    is    a    man    wlio    claims    to    be    an 


apostle  of  the  lowly  Xazarene,  who,  when 
he  w^as  reviled,  resented  not.  and  when 
He  was  bruised,  opened  not  his  mouth, 
yet  this  blind  leader  has  grown  too 
prejudiced  against  a  fellow  apostle  to 
even  visit  his  church  because  its  shepherd 
dared  to  sound  an  alarm  to  the  flock 
(Ezek.  33).  These  two  splendid  speci- 
mens of  lodge  ])roducti()n  are  an  undeni- 
able proof  of  the  sin  of  sworn  secrec}'.. 

I  shall  continue  to  declare  the  whole 
counsel  of  God  though  the  sons  of  dark- 
ness froth  at  their  mouth  and  shout  de- 
fiance to  Jehovah.  I  have  preached  at 
Weils,  Alexandria  and  Natchitoches,  La., 
since  my  last  report.  It  is  sad  indeed  in 
ihis  gospel  age  to  see  how  men  and 
women  are  worshiping  idols  and  at  false 
altars  in  secret  lodge  rooms,  and  }-et 
these  same  idolaters  are  constantly 
preaching-  and  ranting"  about  the  idola- 
trous worshipers  under  Jeroboam,  Omri, 
Ahab  and  all  of  the  idolatrous  kings  and 
priests.  Although  there  arc  many  who 
will  not  read  the  Cynosure  and  who  will 
not  speak  one  good  w^ord  for  an  anti-se- 
cretist,  yet,  many  others  are  seeing  the 
light  through  its  columns.  Let  the  good 
work  gO'  on.     Yours  for  a  clean  church 


and  pure  gospel. 


F.  T-  Davidson. 


HOUGHTON      SEMINARY      ASSOCIA- 
TION. 

Though  the  Christian  Association  of 
Houghton  Seminary  has  been  in  exist- 
ence only  a  few  months,  it  has  sent  out 
letters  and  tracts  to  over  five  hundred 
Wesleyan  Methodist  elders  and  licen- 
tiates. In  answer  to  these  letters  the 
Association  has  hundreds  of  calls  for 
free  anti-secret  literature.  As  fast  as 
funds  are  furnished  to  cover  the  actual 
expense  of  postage  and  printing,  stu- 
dents and  members  of  the  faculty  of 
Houghton  Seminary  respond  to  these 
calls,  charging  nothing  for  their  work. 
This  plan  enables  AA>sle}au  ^Methodists 
or  others  to  have  antisccret  tracts  sent 
to  their  friends  witli  the  least  possil)le 
expense  to  the  cause,  and  at  the  same 
time  enables  students  to  form  the  hal^it 
of  doing  practical  and  aggressive  work 
in  reform. 

On  ]\ra\-  TOth  in  the  Seminary  Chapel, 
was  held  one  of  the  semi-annual  anti- 
secret  meetings  provided  for  by  the  As- 
sociatitin's  Constitution.     Tlie  Rev.  A.  T. 


58 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


June,  1911. 


Jennings,  editor  of  the  U'cslcyaii  Mctli- 
odist.  delivered  a  very  able  address,  treat- 
ing- recent  legislative  attempts  against 
antisecrecy.  comparing  secrecy  and 
Christianity  as  to  their  foundation  prin- 
ciples, and  setting'  forth  the  duty  of 
Christians  to  inform  themselves  thor- 
ouo-hlv  in  regard  to  the  nature  of  both 
secrecy  and  Christianitv.  Chairman  E. 
W.  Bruce  presided,  Treasurer  Harold 
Hester  spoke  of  the  work  of  the  student 
association,  and  a  quartet  furnished  good 
music.  The  interest  shown  in  this  meet- 
ing seems  to  indicate  that  Houghton 
Seminary  intends  to  do  lasting  work  in 
the  much  neglected  field  of  antisecret  re- 
form, H.  R.  Smith,  Jr. 
IMay  15,   191 1. 


from  #ur  HaiL 


Claytonville,  111.,  May  i,   191 1. 
Dear  Brother  Phillips : 

I  must  write  you  a  few  lines,  and  am 
glad  to  tell  you  that  I  am  still  at  the 
old  stand,  and  that  God  is  finding  plenty 
for  me  to  do  here  and  elsewhere. 

About  three  weeks  ago  I  had  the 
pleasure  of  talking  on  the  lodge  question 
to  Mr.  F.  Gilbreath,  our  Superintend- 
ent of  Schools.  I  began  directly  after 
supper,  and  continued  until  nearly  mid- 
night. He  is  a  Mason,  bright,  intelli- 
gent, and  conscientious,  but  nof  a  pro- 
fessor of  Christianity.  I  found  the  dear 
man  willing  and  anxious  to  hear  what  I 
had  to  say  regarding  the  lodg'e  abomina- 
tions. I  pointed  out  the  great  evils  of 
Masonry ;  and  he  never  disputed  a  single 
statement  that  I  made,  but  acknowledged 
the  truth  like  a  man. 

His  mother-in-law,  and  his  sister-in- 
law — one  of  the  best  school  teachers  in 
this  county,  and  a  devoted  Christian 
woman — were  both  present  during  the 
whole  conversation,  which  they  greatly 
enjoyed,  and  in  which  they  were  intense- 
ly interested.  The  teacher  was  at  my 
house  this  morning,  and  received  a  fine 
package  of  rituals,  pamphlets,  and 
Cynosures,  and  also  one  of  Bro.  Blanch- 
ard's  books.  She  was  influenced  into  the 
Royal  Neighbors'  lodge  not  long  ago,  but 
is  now  inclined  to  question  the  pretended 


goodness  of  that  lodge,  and  of  all  the 
other  lodges  as  well.  I  denounced  the 
whole  lodge  system,  and  spared  none  of 
them,  and  gave  what  I  regard  as  good, 
and  more  than  ample,  reasons.  She  is 
going  to  investigate  the  lodge  system 
thoroughly, 

I  might  speak  of  other  important  con- 
versations, but  will  not  do  so  now.  I 
want  to  say,  that,  of  all  the  hindrances  in 
the  way  of  the  deliverance  of  the  world 
of  captive  souls,  the  false  prophet  of  the 
false  church  is  one  of  the  greatest.  One 
might  be  led  to  think  that  there  is  about 
one  Elijah  to  four  hundred  prophets  of 
Baal,  and  one  John  the  Baptist  to  a 
whole  host  of  hypocrite  scribes  and 
pharisees.  Some  of  the  popular  modern 
churches  (so-called)  seem  to  be  paying 
homage  at  the  shrine  of  an  imaginary 
Christ,  and  an  imaginarv  God ;  and  when 
the  real  Christ  appears,  they  may  prove 
to  be  no  more  like  Him  than  were  the 
pharisees  and  sadducees  of  old. 

The  soul-infernalizlng  lodges  are  con- 
trolling many  denominations  to-  which 
men  and  women  are  looking  for  light 
and  help ;  and  hence  the  sun  refuses  to 
shine,  the  stars  are  falling,  and  gross 
darkness  covers  the  minds  of  the  people, 
and  makes  them  easy  victims  of  the  hell 
powers.  I  know  of  many  preachers, 
against  whose  injurious  influence  I  would 
shield  my  boy  as  I  would  shield  him 
against  the  old  bloat  of  a  saloon  keeper. 
These  false  prophets  would  influence  my 
boy  to  enter  intO'  the  fatal  snares  of  these 
soul-demoralizing  lodges. 

These  are  hard  things  to  say ;  but  they 
are  true,  and  who  can  deny  it?  There 
is  no  doubt  in  my  mind  that  we  do  too 
much  side  stepping  and  dodging 
around  the  stump,  and  that  the  greater 
part  of  our  energy  is  spent  in  vain,  be- 
cause it  is  spent  in  the  wrong  direction. 

Can't  you  see  the  lodge  controlling 
various  church  denominations?  and  can't 
you  see  churches  being  carried  into  per- 
dition by  the  Beast  of  pagan  idolatry?  I 
tell  you,  my  dear  brother,  if  Jesus  were 
here,  as  He  was  nineteen  hundred  years 
ago.  His  biggest  fight  would  be  with  the 
recreant  denominations,  and  the  blind 
guides  who  are  criminally  responsible  for 
the  thralldom  of  these  eternity-bound 
souls.  Your  brother  in  Christ, 

(Rev.)   L.  V.  Harrell. 


June,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


59 


ELKS,  LIONS  AND  WOLVES. 

Decatur,   111.,   Feb.   28th,    191 1. 
Dear  Cynosure  : 

Some  time  last  sprin.j;^'  I  asked  you  for 
information  regardino-  the  Elks'  lodge.  I 
consider  it  my  duty  now  to  express  my 
thanks  to  you  for  the  ample  instruction 
which  I  was  able  to  gather  from  the  De- 
cember, 1910,  number  of  the  Cynosure. 

While  waiting"  for  enlightenment  from 
you  regarding  the  character  of  the  Elks' 
lodge,  I  was  by  no  means  inactive,  but 
privately  and  openly  waged  war  against 
the  Elks  and  all  the  other  animals  of  the 
devil's  menagerie.  With  the  Lord's  help, 
through  His  Word,  I  have  won,  and  am 
positive  of  gaining  more  victories. 
Thanks  be  to  God  that  I  am  working" 
for  His  cause  in  a  church  which  openly 
opposes  all  oath-bound  secret  societies, 
and  at  present  serve  a  congregation 
which  will  not  tolerate  lodge  members  as 
communicants  or  voting  members. 

I  now  know  from  my  own  experience 
that  the  Elks  are  by  no  means  that  harm- 
less, benevolent  social  organization 
which  they  pretend  tO'  be.  The  princi- 
ples of  the  Elks  tend  to  make  those  who 
adhere  and  follow  them  unscrupulous 
and  deceitful  hypocrites.  In  this  respect 
they  seemingly  surpass  their  mother — 
Freemasonry.  A  young  man  who  had 
been  attending  my  church  regularly,  and 
had  the  intention  of  becoming  a  mem- 
ber of  my  church,  joined  the  Elks.  I 
asked  him  for  his  reasons  for  doing  so. 
He  answered  by  lavishly  praising  the 
noble  principles  and  deeds  of  the  order, 
and  the  high-grade  character  of  its 
members.  This  knowleds^e  he  declared 
to  have  been  obtained  chiefly  from  the 
constitution  and  by-laws  of  the  order  be- 
fore joining.  Though  he  has  promised, 
time  and  again,  to  furnish  me  with  a 
copy  of  this  desirable  literature,  he  has 
thus  far  failed  to  do'  so,  and  even  has 
lost  track  of  his  cop}^  He  furthermore 
insisted  that  he  had  joined  the  order 
without  giving  an  oath  or  a  pledg'e.  While 
debating  with  him  on  this  question  a 
friend  of  his  happened  along;  and,  in  re- 
ply to  a  few  questions  to  this  friend,  he 
declared  :  *'The  Elks'  lodge  is  the  most 
ironclad  oathbound  society  in  existence." 
That,  of  course,  was  a  A^ery  undesirable 
statement  just  then,  and  my  friend  gave 
in.     It  is  not  an  easv  task  tO'  induce  a 


person  who  resorts  to  such  a  shamefaced 
lie  to  ward  oft"  the  suspicion  that  he  is  an 
unprincipled  character,  to  admit  that  his 
oath  given  to  his  lodge  is  blasphemous. 
Any  intelligent  person,  knowing-  what  an 
oath  is,  namely  an  invocation  of  the  liv- 
ing God  to  be  a  witness  of  the  truth  and 
an  avenger  of  falsehood,  should  readily 
see  that  a  self-respecting  person  cannot 
give  an  oath  to  keep  a  secret,  the  nature 
of  which  has  not  and  cannot  be  miade 
known  to  him.  But  either  the  oathbound 
lodge  member. — poor,  benighted  soul — ■ 
''cannot  see  it  that  way,"  or  he  gets  an- 
gry, and  declares  that  he  "knows  his  own 
business."  It  certainly  requires  an  im- 
measurable amount  of  effort  to  rouse 
such  a  conscience. 

Frequently  members  of  Elks  and  other 
lodges  will  mention  the  fact,  which  they 
consider  to  be  praiseworthy  and  a  re- 
deeming" feature  of  the  order,  that  every- 
body who  would  join  them  must  believe 
in  a  ''Supreme  Being."  "A  person  not 
believing  in  a  Supreme  Being  cannot  be- 
come an  Elk."  If  that  is  the  case,  they 
are  doing  the  thing  which  they  most  em- 
phatically declare  they  are  not  doing; 
namely,  teaching  religion.  The  founda- 
tion of  every  religion  is  the  dogma  of 
the  God  whom  the  adherents  of  various 
religions  adore.  Teaching  a  Supreme 
Being  is  teaching  a  religion,  "eo  ipso," 
confessing  a  Supreme  Being  is  confess- 
ing a  religion.  Who  or  what  is  the  Su- 
preme Being  which  the  lodges  profess? 
Has  the  true  and  living  God,  who  has  re- 
vealed Himself  in  His  Word,  by  His 
names  and  works,  applied  unto  Himself 
names  and  acts  of  such  an  indefinable 
nature  as  would  justify  us  in  applying  to 
Him  such  an  indefinable  equivalent  as 
Supreme  Being?  "I  am  the  Lord:  that 
is  my  name ;  and  my  glory  will  I  not 
give  to  another."  Thus  we  read  in  Isaiah 
42:8. 

In  Exodus,  32d  chapter,  we  read  how 
the  Israelites  worshi]^ed  a  golden  calf, 
saying:  "These  are  thy  gods,  O  Israel, 
which  brought  thee  up  out  of  the  land 
of  Egypt."  "And  Aaron  made  procla- 
mation, and  said,  to-morrow  shall  be  a 
feast  to  Jehovah."  Thc\-  intendl^d  to 
worship  the  God  who  brought  them  out 
of  Egy])t.  But  for  choosing  their  own 
style  of  w(M-slii]Mng  God.  the  Lord's 
wrath   waxed   hoi   aijain>t   them.      If  we 


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June,  1911. 


would  worship  and  adore  the  true  and 
living  God.  it  nui>t  be  aceording-  to  His 
name  and  His  revelation  which  He  has 
made  known.  "According  to  thy  name, 
O  God.  so  is  th)-  praise  unto  the  ends  of 
the  earth."  Professing  and  worshiping  a 
"Supreme  Being."  is  idolatry.  To  me 
this  truth  seems  to  be  the  A  B  C  of 
Christianity :  yet  ever  so  many  Chris- 
tians, at  least  church  goers,  seemingly 
have  not  the  faintest  conception  of  this 
fact,  but  rather  imagine  that  thc}^  can 
worship  God  in  whatever  way  they  may 
choose,  and  to  suit  their  own  "fancy. 

\Mio  is  to  be  blamed  for  such  igno- 
rance? I  say.  that,  if  every  minister  or 
preacher  who  has  been  called  to  preach 
the  gospel  would  really  do  so,  instead  of 
devoting  his  sermons  to  other  topics — 
e.  g.,  politics,  science,  art  and  literature 
■ — then  people  would  not  be  sO'  ignorant 
and  worship  a   ''Supreme  Being." 

As  a  rule,  the  last  refuge  of  a  lodge 
man  is  the  argument:  "The  lodges  can- 
not be  bad,  since  so  many  preachers  be- 
long to  them."  Xo  doubt,  bv  this  aro-n- 
ment  a  great  many  weak  Christians  are 
entrapped  by  various  lodges.  It  has  al- 
ways been  one  of  Satan's  wily  tricks  to 
persuade  men  to  find  an  excuse  for  their 
sins  in  the  sins  of  others.  Rather  than 
to  say,  with  David  (Ps.  119:105,)  "Thy 
word  is  a  lamp  unto  ni}'  feet,  and  a  light 
unto  my  path,"  they  use  the  fact  that 
DaA'id  transgressed  the  Lord's  com- 
mandment, as  a  pretext  for  their  own 
transgressions.  In  Matthew^  23  we  read 
that  Christ  warns  his  hearers  thus :  "The 
scribes  and  the  Pharisees  sit  in  Moses' 
seat.  All  therefore  whatsoever  they  bid 
you  observe,  that  observe  and  do  ;  but  do 
not  ye  after  their  w^orks."  But  undoubt- 
edly a  great  man}^  preachers  are  sadly 
ignorant  in  those  things  which  they 
should  teach  others. 

A  young  man  of  my  congregation  was 
a  witness  not  long  ago  to  the  following 
incident :  His  employer  was  formerly  a 
member  of  my  church  (Ev.  Lutheran), 
but  was  expelled  because  he  joined  the 
lodge,  and  would  not  leave  it.  This  gen- 
tleman was  one  day  approached  by  a 
pastcTr  of  one  of  the  large  congregations 
of  our  city,  and  asked  why  he  was  not  a 
church  member.  "My  church  expelled 
me  because  I  joined  the  lodge."  Pastor: 
*'I  do  not  see  why  a  church  should  do 


that ;  there  is  nothing  wrong  in  the  lodge, 
I  myself  belong  to  several  of  them.  I 
think  it  is  a  good  thing."  Well,  my 
church  said :  "The  lodge  does  not  pray 
in  the  name  of  Jesus,  and  therefore  re- 
jects the  Son  of  God."  Pastor:  "Now, 
look  here :  Does  not  the  Lutheran  church 
use  the  Lord's  prayer?  and  in  it  the  name 
of  Jesus  is  not  mentioned ;  therefore  it  is 
not  ofifered  in  His  nam.e." 

How  is  it  possible  that  a  preacher  who 
has  grown  old  and  gray  in  the  ministry, 
and  considers  it  his  duty  to  show  people 
the  way  to  salvation,  can  be  so  ignorant? 
He  certainly  is  "a  blind  leader." 

Lately  there  has  come  to  our  city  an 
organizer  of  what  is  claimed  to  be  a  new 
lodge,  and  the  best  of  all — "The  Royal 
Order  of  Lions.'"  Of  course  every  me- 
nagerie must  have  lions.  These  lions  are 
undoubtedly  of  the  same  class  which 
Peter  warns  us  against,  saying:  "Your 
adversary  the  devil,'  as  a  roaring  lion, 
w^alketh  about,  seeking  whom  he  may  de- 
vour." 

The  dear  Cyx^osure  is  a  real  blessing 
to  many,   and   I   confidently  believe  that 
we,  with  God's  help,  will  win. 
Yours   for  the   cause, 

(Rev.)    Theo.  Lohrmann. 


Ossian,  Ind.,  May  16,   191 1. 
Dear  Brother  Phillips : 

I  heartily  commend  the  "prayer  circle" 
to  relieve  the  country  from  the  oppres- 
sion of  the  secret  lodge  system.  No  one 
but  God  knows  the  number  of  prayers 
being  ofi^ered  in  behalf  of  the  great  anti- 
secrecy  movement.        Clark  E.  Chupp. 


At  the  29th  annual  meeting  of  the 
Bethlehem  Orphan  Asylum  Association 
at  New  Orleans,  La.,  (Southern  Dist., 
Mo.  Synod)  the  total  receipts  for  the 
year  reported  were  $14,369.43.  There 
are  83  children  in  the  Home,  the  largest 
number  in  its  history. 


Love  can  neither  be  bought  nor 
driven.  That  which  goes  by  force  or 
comes  for  pay,  is  only  misnamed 
love. 


Happy  is  the  man  who  will  gladly 
suffer  wrong  to  have  the  privilege  of 
forgiving  the  actor,  and  the  enjoyment 
of  the  blessing  that  follows. 


June,  1911. 


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CONTENTS. 


Illiistratiou — 'Chicago    Aveune    (Moody's) 

Church   65 

Sunday  Class  Initiation   65 

A  Fancy  Breed  of  Goat 6C 

Fraternity  Sunday 6G 

Memorial  Services    66 

The   Ethics   of   Secrecy.     By  Rev.   A.    C. 

Dixon,  D.  D 67 

From  Edmond  Ronayne 73 

Amanda  Smith's  Address  at  Annual  Meet- 
ing     74 

Joins  Lodge ;  May  Not  Live 75 

President  Blanchard's  Letter 75 

Masonic  Head  in  Rome 80. 

A  Baptist  Testimony  81 

Cartoon — And  the  Public  Is  in  Sympathy 

with  the  Striker 82 

"Will  Watch  with  Interest"— War  on  Chi- 
cago School  Fraternities 82 

"Secret  ^Societies   and   Kindred   Evils"   in 

High  Schools   83 

Stealing  a  Part  of  Initiation  83 

"The  World  Seems  Sick" 83 

Chinese  Graduate  of  American  College. ...  83 
Letter  of  Pres.  Charles  G.  Finney  to  Mr. 

D.  II.  Harrington   84 

Troi  Arrested  Notwithstanding  Lodge  In- 
terference   *85 

Prevalent  Perjury 85 

A  Text  for  the  Master's  Workers  85 

Tennessee  Law  to  Protect  Secret  Orders..  86 

Irish  Caricatures S5 

The  Blind  Filter 88 

An  Inquiry   89 

Black  Hand  Criminals  Sentenced 89 

Quaboag  Lodge  Anniversary   89 

Grand   Army   of   the   Republic.     By   Col. 

George  R.  Clarke  89 

One  of  the  AVorkers 89 


News  of  Our  Work 90 

The  Des  Moines,   Iowa,   German   Baptist 

Meeting  ..  .' 90 

No  School  Fraternities  in  Toledo *90 

Conventions — Ohio,  Michigan,  Kansas  City, 
New  York-New  Jersey,  Indiana,  Iowa . .  90 

Mrs.  Lizzie  Woods'  Letter 91 

Michigan  Agent's  Report 92 

Agent  Davidson's  Report 93 

Secretary  Stoddard's  Letter 93 

Terrible  Effect  Upon  Children 94 

General  Officers  of  the  National  Christian 
Association,  and  State  Association  Of- 
ficers  ,  95 


SERMONS  AND  ADDRESSES 

ARE  SECRET  SOCIETIES  A  BLESSING? 

An  address  by  Rev.  B.  Carradine,  D.  D., 
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Mo.,  Jan.  4,  1891.  W.  McCoy  writes  :  "That  ser- 
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SERMON  ON  SECRETISM. 

By  Rev.  Theo.  Cross,  pastor  Congregational 
church,  Hamilton,  N.  Y.  This  is  a  very  clear  pres- 
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FREEMASONRY  A  FOURFOLD   CONSPIR- 
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Address   of   President   .J.   Blanchard.      This   is 
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SERMON  ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

By   Rev.   Daniel   Dow,    Woodstock,   Conn.     The 

special  object  of  this  sermon  is  to  show  the  right 

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character    of    secret    societies,     no    matter    what 

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FINNEY  ON  MASONRY. 

"The  Character,  Claims  and  Practical  Workings  of 
Freemasonry,"  by  hx=President  Charles  Q.  Unney, 
of  Oberlin  College. 

President  Finney  was  a  "bright  Mason,"  but  left 
the  lodge  when  he  became  a  Christian.  This  book 
has  opened  the  eyes  of  multitudes.  Cloth,  75 
cents  ;   paper.    50   cents. 

Address  National  Christian  Association,  221 
West    Madison    St.,    Chicago,    111.  i 

WAS  WASHINGTON  A  MASON? 

By  President  C.  A.  Blanchard.  Forty=eight  pages 
and  cover.     Price,  10  cents,  postpaid. 

In  the  introduction  the  author  says  :  "I  have 
for  years  been  intending  to  present  with  some  care 
the  relation  of  George  Washington,  General  of  the 
Colonial  armies  during  the  Revolutionary  War,  and 
first  President  of  the  United  States,  to  Freemason- 
ry. I  do  not  think  that  this  duty  should  be  longer 
delayed,  and  will  now  attempt  as  carefully  as  I 
can  "to  discuss  this  question,  which,  from  one  point 
of  view,  is  unimportant,  but  from  another  is  of 
the  highest  interest  to  all  thinking  people." 

Address  National  Christian  Association,  221 
West  Madison  St.,   Chicago,   111. 


"Jesus  answered  hira, — I  spake  openly  to  (ho  wurld;  aud  in  secret  have  I  said  nothing."     John  18:20. 


VOLUME  XLI. 


CHICAGO,  JULY,  1908. 


NUMBER    3 


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CHICAGO  AVENUE  CHURCH. 

■'■'    REV.  A.  C.  DIXON,  PASTOR. 


Last  month's  great  Republican  Nation- 
al Convention  recalls  an  interesting-  fact, 
that  the  first  National  Political  Conven- 
tion, for  the  nomination  to  the  chief  of- 
fice in  our  country,  was  held  by  the  Anti- 
Masonic  party,  in  September,  1830, 
which  convention  adjourned  to  meet  in 
Baltimore,  September,  1831,  the  anniver- 
sary of  the  abduction  of  Capt.  William 
Morgan.  At  this  National  Convention 
William  Wirt  was  nominated  for  Presi- 
dent and  Amos  Ellmaker  for  A'ice-Presi- 
dent. 


The  A^ezvs,  of  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  on 
I'^b.  28th  published  an  interview  with 
Charles  PI.  Thomas,  great  lieutenant 
coi.nmander  of  the  Maccabees,  in  which 
lie  stated  :  "To  the  best  of  my  knovv'.cdge 
tlic  statement  that  the  expenses  of  the  of- 
fice have  been  $75,5^^0  'he  last  y-.r.-  ^.  while 


tiie  net  gaiji  in  n  -.inbership  has  been  b  it 
400,  is  true,"  said  T'::omas  "I:  is  ii'.ie 
Stevens  added  12,000  new  members  to 
the  order  during  the  year,  but  there  was 
a  falling  off  of  11,600,  so  that  the  net 
gain  is  but  400.  Two  hundred  and  eighty 
lodges  have  suspended  in  the  past  few 
years." 

It  has  been  pointed  out  locally  that  at. 
$75,500  lor  a  net  gain  of  400  members,. 
Li;e  order  has  been  pa}'ing  $188.75  each. 


SUNDAY  CLASS  INITIATION. 

A  newspaper  report  in  a  I\Ionda}'  is- 
sue said:  "The  Forester's  celebration^ 
yesterday,  was  the  cause  of  more  excite- 
ment than  has  happened  for  many  a  Sab- 
bath day,  and  justly  so,  for  the  meeting 
was  one  of  the  largest  and  most  enthusi- 
astic ever  held  in  ihis  city.  Over  50a 
Foresters  were  present  in  the  city  hall.''" 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


July,    1008. 


Tlie  occasion  ^^'as  a  class  initiation  of  al- 
most a  IVnnclred  new  members.  The  may- 
or of  the  city,  being  introduced,  wel- 
comed the  grand  officers  and  members, 
■expressing-  also  his  appreciation  of  his 
•own  membership  in  the  Foresters. 


A  FANCY  BREED  OF  GOAT. 

Sunday  was  the  day  when  a  New  En- 
gland lodge  selected  hfteen  men  to  go 
•and  become  members  of  what  a  newspa- 
per cp/iled  a  burlesque  order,  so  that, 
after  returning,  they  could  initiate  others 
in  the  (Oriental  Order  of  Humility  and 
Perfection  i  How  wonderful  that  title 
sounds,  and  how  exquisitely  it  harmon- 
izes with  the  adjective  combination,  Nc- 
ule  Grand  I  All  who  join  must  first  be 
Odd  Fellows,  as  all  who  join  the  Arabic 
order  of  tlie  r.Iystic  Shrine,  in  its  import- 
■ed  form,  must  first  be  Masons.  The 
Llaymakers  constitute  a  similar  society, 
-Tidmitting  none  who  are  not  also  Red 
JMen. 

After  existing  in  Canada  for  some 
y^ears,  this  humble  and  perfect  order  has 
"be£:-un  to  infest  United  States  territory 
as  an  imported  pest. 


FRATERNITY  SUNDAY. 

Sunday  observance  is  growing  toward 
an  observance  of  distinctively  designated 
■days,  and  some  questions  arise  that  are 
-disturbing.  Between  customs,  requestjs 
sent  by  mail,  and  the  aggressions  of 
lodges,  a  pastor  almost  begins  to  wonder 
what  will  become  of  his  Sundays  by  and 
hy.  One  of  the  most  trying  observances, 
to  a  pastor  who  is  intelligently  conscien- 
tious, is  threatening  to  become  general, 
if  we  read  rightly  the  signs.  Flowever, 
the  shadow  may  be  settling  slowly,  for 
Holyoke,  Mass.,  a  large  manufacturing 
city,  held  its  sixteenth  annual  observance 
■of  Fraternity  Sunday,  May  loth,  when 
an  audience  of  twelve  hundred  met  in 
the  Presbyterian  church.  The  societies 
present  included  the  Knights  of  Malta 
and  the  Dames  of  Malta,  Knights  of 
Pythias,  Masons,  Odd  Fellows,  the  De- 
gree of  Rebekah,  Spanish  War  Veterans 
and  auxiliary,  Manchester  Unity  Odd 
Fellows  and  Odd  Ladies,  Sons  of  Veter- 
ans and  auxiliaries,  the  Grand  Army  and 
Woman's  Relief     Corps,     Sons     of     St. 


George  and  the  Daughters  of  St.  George, 
Caledonians  and  Ladies  of  Caledonia, 
Clan  iMcClaren  and  Ladies  of  Scotia. 

]\Iiss  Mary  E.  Woolley,  successor  of 
Mary  Lyon  of  sainted  memory,  gave  the 
address  on  "A  Modern  Interpretation  of 
an  Ancient  Teaching."  It  is  hardly  more 
startling  to  find  these  worldly  and  anti- 
christian  organizations  making  a  display 
in  the  church  suggestive  of  Knox  and 
Calvin,  and  the  strong  orthodoxy  of 
Scotland  and  America,  than  to  see  this 
teacher  involved.  In  some,  if  not  most 
of  these  lodges,  it  would  at  the  best  be 
an  unlawful  thing  condoned,  if  the  name 
of  Jesus  should  chance  to  be  used ;  and 
to  know  this  makes  such  a  display  seem 
incongruous.  Many  who  attended  church 
that  day,  when  their  lodge  could  be  glori- 
fied, wdll  likely  enough  attend  church 
little  and  theater  much,  worship  publicly 
but  little  if  at  all,  yet  dance  in  public 
places  to  the  limit,  the  rest  of  the  year. 


MEMORAL  SERVICES. 

If  angels  ever  weep  it  must  be  at  such 
services  as  the  one  held  not  long  since  in 
New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania.  It  was 
like  such  services  generally.  It  was  a 
memorial  service  for  the  dead  of  the  past 
year  who  had  been  members  of  the  sa- 
loon lodge  called  ''Eagles."  The  first 
prayer  was  by  Chaplain  Holt.  "The  ad- 
dress of  the  afternoon  was  made  by  Rev. 
C.  L.  Boring,  of  the  United  Brethren 
Cliurch,"  who  is  a  minister  of  the  pro- 
lodge  U.  B.  church,  not  the  Radical.  A 
Mason,  who  is  also  a  Presbyterian  and  a 
teacher  in  the  public  schools,  gave  a  talk 
on  Fraternalism.  The  lodge  Chaplain 
pronounced  the  benediction,  after  the 
singing  of  ''Nearer,  my  God,  to  Thee!" 

Any  one  who  has  an  intelligent  appre- 
ciation of  what  the  Eagle  lodge  stands 
for,  and  what  the  Christian  Church 
stands  for,  will  write  over  such  memo- 
rial services :  "What  communion  hath 
light  with  darkness  ?  What  part  hath  he 
that  believeth  with  an  infidel  ?  What 
agreement  hath  the  temple  of  God  with 
idols?" 


The  work  of  a  man  may  be  the  doing 
of  little  things  only,  yet  if  he  does  them 
well  his  faithfulness  is  no  little  thing. 


July,  1908. 


CHRISTIAiN    CYNOSURE. 


A.    C.   DIXON. 

THE   ETHICS  OF   SECRECY. 

Address  delivered  in  Chicago,  May  22.  1008, 
by  REV.  A.  C.  DIXON.  D.  D.,  at  the  Animal  Meet- 
ing  of   the  'National   Christian   Association. 

I  was  twenty-five  years  coming  to  the 
light  on  the  question  of  organized  se- 
crecy ;  or  rather,  not  until  I  was  over 
twenty-five  years  of  age  did  it  enter  my 
head  that  secret  societies  were  wrong. 
When  I  was  a  boy  twelve  years  old,  I 
was  inveigled  into  a  secret  order,  and  I 
discovered  .great  wickedness  within  it, 
and  was  sorry  that  I  was  in  it,  but  attrib- 
uted the  wickedness  not  to  the  secrecv, 
even  indirectly,  but  to  the  characters  of 
the  members. 

While  I  was  in  college  I  joined  a  semi- 
secret  society,  was  disgusted  with  the  ini- 
tiation and  so  much  evil  in  its  workings, 
but  it  never  occurred  to  me  that  secrecv 
was  the  cause  of  it. 

The  first  dawn  of  light  I  received  was 
at  a  funeral  in  my  pastorate  in  Asheville, 
North  Carolina,  when  I  noticed  among 
the  white-aproned  men  standing  arouncl 
the  casket  and  the  grave,  the  dead  sticks 
of  my  church — those  so  dead  that  they 
ought  to  have  been  buried,  and  the  fact 
that  they  were  not  buried  made  their 
presence  offensive.  I  mean  that  they 
were  dead  spiritually.  They  were  the 
wealthier  men,  the  more  intelligent  men, 


and  with  one  exception,  and  he  not  mucii 
of  an  exception,  the  men  in  my  church 
who  didn't  come  to  prayer-meeting,  after 
whom  1  would  put  an  interrogation  point 
as  to  their  piety,  the  men  who  in  the 
community  stood  for  the  lowest  possible 
t}pe  of  spiritual  life.  I  said  to  myself 
as  I  left  that  funeral,  "There  is  some- 
thing the  matter.''  Yet  it  did  not  dawn 
u[ion  me  clearly  that  secrecy  was  the 
cause  of  the  trouble  ;  that  organized  se- 
crecy w^as  sapping  the  life  out  of  my 
church  and  really  destroying  the  u-^c ful- 
ness of  these  men. 

I  w^ent  to  Brooklyn  and  there  was  in- 
veigled into  a  secret  order.  1  didn't 
know  I  was  joining  one — they  called  it  a 
mutual  insurance  society.  I  would  be 
ashamed  to  describe  the  initiation.  It 
^v•as  not  as  bad  as  I  have  heard  described 
this  afternoon,  but  it  was  just  as 
foolish.  When  I  got  inside  and 
found,  presiding  over  the  idiotic  or- 
my  deacon,  one  of  the  most 
in  the  church,  and  found 
h.im  putting  me  through  that  sort  of  pro- 
ceeding, and  some  of  the  prominent 
cliurch-members  with  him,  I  felt  like  a 
fool,  and  I  had  half  a  conviction  that 
they  felt  a  little  the  same  way.  I  felt  I 
had  lost  some  of  my  influence  with  these 
men  by  submitting  to  the  indignities  of 
that  initiation — such  as  boys  would  go 
through  and  laugh  over,  but  when  men 
come  down  to  them  they  are  certainly 
iiidiQiiities,  if  not  insults.    I  felt  extreme- 


gies  _ 
dignified 


'o> 


ly  undignified  and  humiliated  by  the  pro- 
ceeding, but  that  was  not  all.  Before  the 
first  meeting  was  over,  the  chairman  of 
the  Annual  Ball  Committee  made  a  re- 
]»ort  and  informed  us  that  the  tickets  for 
the  public  ball  were  there  for  distribu- 
tioii,  and  each  one  of  us  was  expected  to 
distribute  so  man^^  and  urge  his  friends 
to  attend.  "Well,  well,"  I  thought,  'T 
am  in  it ;  I  never  thought  I  would  get  in- 
to a  thing  like  this.''  So  I  did  not  have 
.'tny  more  sense  than  just  to  get  up  and 
say.  'T  am  not  in  the  habit  of  attending 
i)ublic  balls,  I  do  not  know  how  to  to  sell 
tickets  to  ])ublic  balls  ;  T  believe  that  your 
public  ball  is  an  abomination  unto  heav- 
en, and  I  cannot  advise  any  of  the  mem- 
bers of  my  church  to  go."  My  old  dea- 
con sat  there  and  looked  at  me  out  of 


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OIIUISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


July,    1908. 


the  corner  of  his  eye,  as  if  that  was  a 
sort  of  new  revelation  to  him.  When  I 
jiad  said  the  same  thing  perhaps  a  dozen 
times  to  individuals  privately,  I  went 
home  feehng  a  little  twinge  of  con- 
science; and  I  confess  1  did  not  go  to 
sleep  quite  as  early  as  usual  that  night.  I 
had  gotten  mixed  up  with  unbelievers, 
unequally  }'oked.  I  could  not  manage 
them  ;  they  had  all  the  3^oke  on  their  side, 
and  they  were  just  carrying  me  headlong 
hke  a  blind  ox  yoked  in  with  them;  I 
could  not  do  a  thing  but  kick  and  bellow, 
■and  I  did  that. 

Within  a  few  weeks  I  received  a  nicely 
printed  card,  announcing  a  progressive 
•euchre  party  under  the  auspices  of  that 
secret  order,  and  inviting  me  and  family 
.and  friends  to  come.  I  sat  down  and 
■wrote:  *'My  dear  sir — I  do  not  play  pro- 
g'ressive  euchre ;  it  is  gambling ;  and  I  do 
not  want  my  family  to  play  it.  I  there- 
fore return  the  card."  I  thought  that 
"Was  the  best  testimony  I  could  give. 

About  three  months  afterwards  anoth- 
■cr,  more  beautifully  embossed  card  came, 
inviting  me,  and  not  my  family,  to  a  stag 
party.  The  words  ''stag  party"  were  in 
quotation  marks  and  printed  in  capital 
letters.  I  said,  "What  is  a  stag  party?" 
I  found,  after  interpretation  by  one  who 
Ivnew,  that  the  stag  party  was  a  vaude- 
ville show  in  which  women  in  undress 
•danced  before  husbands  whose  wives 
were  at  home.  When  I  learned  that,  I 
sat  down  and  wrote  to  the  secretary  of 
the  lodge:  "My  dear  sir — I  don't  believe 
in  your  balls,  and  I  don't  believe  in  your 
progressive  euchre  parties,  nor  your  stag 
|)arties ;  and  as  I  cannot  influence  this 
•concern  for  good,  I  offer  my  resigna- 
tion.*' 

Xow  the  question  came  up:  What  are 
3'ou  going  to  do  next  Sunday  morning? 
There  is  your  old  deacon,  and  there  are 
twenty-five  members  of  your  church  in 
that  lodge — the  most  prominent  men. 
What  are  you  going  to  do  ?  Are  you  go- 
ing to  compromise  ?  Are  you  going  to 
flinch?  I  said,  "Lord,  I  started  out  to 
please  Thee,  and  I  told  Thee  at  ordina- 
tion tliat  if  Thou  wouldst  help  me,  I 
'\vould  simply  please  Thee,  and  try  to 
please  nobody  else  as  long  as  I  live."  (I 
liad     broken     that     resolution     once.     I 


preached  a  sermon  to  please  a  dear  old 
deacon,  on  the  subject  of  women  talking 
in  public.  He  was  opposed  to  it ;  was 
about  to  leave  the  church  with  his 
wealth}'  family.  I  thought  I  could  sail 
betv^een  Scylla  and  Charybdis,  and  satis- 
f}^  him  without  repelling  others,  and  hold 
him  in  the  church.  By  skillful  naviga- 
tion I  ran  into  both  Scylla  and  Charybdis, 
and  went  down  on  a  rock  between  the 
two.  The  man  got  so  mad  that  he  not 
only  :-left  my  church,  but  left  the  towi^ 
and  moved  from  Baltimore  to  New  York. 
I  said  then,  "Lord,  if  you  will  excuse  me 
for  that,  I  will  never  do  it  again ;  I  will 
try  to  please  Thee  ever  hereafter.") 
Well,  the  next  Sunday  morning  after  I 
sent  in  my  resignation  to  the  lodge,  I 
came  before  my  congregation  resting  up- 
on God,  and  in  as  kind  tones  as  I  could 
(I  am  afraid  they  did  not  sound  very 
kindly)  I  said,  "Brothers,  I  joined  a  se- 
cret society,  thinking  I  was  joining  an  in- 
surance society.  They  advertised  a  public 
ball  and  made  me  their  agent.  That  or- 
der had  a  progressive  euchre  party  and 
wanted  me  as  a  guest ;  they  got  up  a  stag 
paity  to  appeal  to  the  sensual  nature  of 
its  members.  I  have  resigned  from  that 
order,  and  I  call  upon  you  deacons  who 
are  members,  and  every  member  of  this 
chmxh,  to  revolutionize  that  thing  or  get 
out  of  it." 

They  didn't  do  either.  They  stayed  in 
it,  as  far  as  I  know,  and  didn't  even  get 
mad.  I  have  always  felt  that  I  did  not 
quite  do  my  duty.  They  just  went  along 
and  smiled  ;  but  I  smiled  too.  I  felt  good 
on  the  inside ;  I  felt  I  had  done  exactly 
wnat  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  would  have 
me  to  do.  Even  yet  my  eyes  were  not 
opened.  I  thought  there  was  something 
the  matter  with  the  organization  of  that 
secret  order,  but  that  all  secret  orders 
surely  were  not  bad.  I  held  this  opinion 
until  I  went  up  to  Boston.  I  had  been 
there  just  a  few  months  when  a  tall, gray- 
headed,  gray-bearded,  venerable  old  gen- 
tleman came  around  to  see  me ;  he  said, 
"I  have  been  appointed  by  the  committee 
of  our  order" — the  name  of  the  order 
was  so  big  I  cannot  recall  it,  and  his  offi- 
cial title  was  so  big  I  cannot  speak  it,  and 
the  list  of  officers  was  so  big  it  would  tie 
up  my  tongue  just  to  try  them — he  said, 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


GO 


^'1  have  been  authorized  to  invite  you  to 
innke  the  anniversary  address-  on  Sun- 
day evening-.  We  will  give  you  the  big- 
:gest  crowd  of  men  you  ever  saw,  and  we 
will  give  you  the  biggest  collection  you 
<tver  had.  Our  last  meeting  was  in  Trc- 
mont  Temple  ;  we  gave  the  largest  collec- 
rlion  that  ever  had  been  given  at  a 
Thanksgiving  service,  and  we  presented 
to  the  church  a  lectern  worth  ( I  believe 
lie  said)  about  six  hundred  dollars.  We 
-will  give  you  the  best  time  you  ever 
-saw."  I  was  getting  ready  to  do  it.  T 
:said,  ''What  does  your  order  represent  ?" 
■U^  told  me  some  good  things  it  repre- 
sented. I  said,  "What  do  you  want  me 
'to  do?"  "You  talk  about  twenty  min- 
utes." "And  what  are  you  going  to  do  .^" 
T  asked.  "We  will  have  Mr.  So  and  So 
S^ive  an  address  and  we  will  have  our 
band  there  ;  we  will  form  at  the  hall  and 
tnarcli  to  the  church  with  our  band  and 
Tegimentais,  and  we  would  like  to  have 
■seats  reserved  for  several  hundred  of  the 
•prominent  members  ;  after  we  have  ex- 
plained the  object  of  the  order,  then  you 
•can  speak."  I  said,  "Are  you  a  Chris- 
tian ?'  ■  He  said,  "Oh,  no,  I  am  not  a 
Christian."  "Ever  been  a  Christian?' 
^'Yes,"  he  said,  "I  was  a  member  of  a 
church  down  in  Maine  twenty-five  years 
:aeo  ;  I  have  had  nothins;-  to  do  with  it 
•since.  I  joined  the  church  then,  but  I 
•soon  learned  that  the  church  is  not  doing 
anything  worth  while ;  the  secret  socie- 
ties are  doing  it  all,  and  there  is  little 
need  of  any  church.  When  you  speak  to 
tis  you  will  have  something  worth  while 
to  talk  about."  Well,  well !  I  looked  at 
liirn  again.  He  struck  me  as  a  curiosity 
•on  iiict.  a  curiosity  walking  around.  I 
-said,  "Look  here,  man,  you  want  to  make 
Tny  rjiurch  an  advertising  pole  for  your 
■society,  the  very  object  of  which  you  tell 
iT.e  is  to  kill  my  church.  I  will  have  to 
think  about  that." 

1  have  been  thinking  about  it  ever 
-since  ;  I  could  not  get  over  thinking  about 
it,  and  it  settled  down  as  conviction  in 
my  soul,  that  secrecy  itself  was  at  tlie 
t)ottom  of  the  thing,  wrong  in  principle, 
?.nd  it  made  wrong  good  men  ;  it  turned 
them  aside  from  deep  spirituality,  even 
from  righteousness. 

As  a  result  of  that  conversation  with 


tlie  lodge  representative  I  made  my  maid- 
en address  against  secret  orders,  that 
I'rother  Woolley  this  afternoon  said  he 
heard  ;  that  was  the  first  time  I  attempt- 
ed to  s])eak  on  the  subject  in  public.  In 
a  few  months  it  grew  on  me  that  I  ought 
to  bear  my  testimony  to  my  church.  I 
learned  that  a  large  proportion  of  the 
members  were  members  of  secret  orders. 
A  brother  told  me,  'Tf  you  do  it  you  will 
de]:)lete  your  congregation."  A  pastor, 
you  know,  likes  a  large  congregation  ;  I 
rlo  not  remember  meeting  many  that 
liked  to  scatter  a  crowd,  and  see  them  go 
off  and  never  come  back.  I  waited  for 
5.everai  weeks  before  I  had  the  grace  to 
speak  out,  but  one  Sunday  evening  the 
burden  was  so  heavy  upon  my  heart  that 
I  just  could  not  help  it,  and  I  announced 
that  the  next  Sunday  evening  I  would 
preach  on  secret  societies.  The  people 
were  all  there,  too.  They  were  not  there 
after  that.  My  congregation  decreased 
30  per  cent,  perhaps  50  per  cent.  The 
iiext  Sun.day  there  were  vacant  seats,  but 
I  tell  you,  God  gave  us  the  victory  all  the 
same.  I  learned  this,  that  it  takes  more 
grace  to  talk  to  the  backs  of  pews  where 
people  used  to  sit,  than  it  does  to  a  crowd 
of  five  thousand  people.  I  had  one  of 
the  richest  experiences  of  my  life,  ham- 
mering the  gospel  into  the  backs  of  pews. 
In  that  I  did  just  the  best  I  could.  There 
were,  to  be  sure,  a  good  many  people 
there  to  hear,  but  33  per  cent  of  my  con- 
gregation was  gone  for  at  least  six 
weeks. 

Dr.  Armitage  of  New  York  said  that 
he  preached  enough  gospel  into  the  backs 
of  his  pews  to  run  three  theological  sem- 
inaries twenty-five  years.  I  do  not  know 
why  he  did  it,  but  there  is  a  real  joy  in 
preaching  to  the  backs  of  pews  and  chairs 
when  you  have  the  consciousness  that 
you  please  God,  and  you  can  hear  the 
Spirit  of  God  singing  in  your  soul,  and 
go  home  and  sleep  well  without  a  twinge 
of  conscience. 

So  far  as  I  know,  we  did  not  lose  a 
single  member ;  but  I  confess  I  was  a  lit- 
tle frightened  after  that  first  sermon.  T 
am  no  hero.  My  first  impulse,  ^vhen  I 
see  danger  coming,  is  to  run.  Now  you 
think  that  is  ignoble,  perhaps,  but  I  am 
talking  the  truth.     I   heard  one  of   the 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


July.   190^. 


bra^'est  soldiers  in  the  Civil  ^^'ar  say  that 
wheji  he  entered  battle  tlie  lirst  impulse 
was  to  run.  Zebnlon  A'ance,  who  be- 
came Senator,  said  once,  "On  my  first 
going-  into  battle,  I  turned  over  a  little 
brush-heap  and  a  big  rabbit  ran  back  and 
went  over  the  hill.  I  saw  the  little  cotton 
tail  going  over,  and  I  turned  around  and 
said.  'Go  on.  ^lolly  Cottontail:  if  it  were 
not  lor  ni}'  reputation,  I  would  be  with 
you.'  '" 

Idiere  is  no  doubt  about  it  in  the 
^vor]d ;  these  brave  old  soldiers  that  have 
never  run,  some  of  them  have  trembled 
mightily.  jMy  ideal  of  a  hero  is  a  man 
that  is  scared  to  death  and  won't  run  ; 
who  just  stands  up  and  fights  for  God, 
with  all  the  strength  of  God.  A  brother, 
who  was  a  member  of  a  secret  order, 
after  the  evening  service  which  depleted 
the  crowd,  came  up  to  me  and  said, 
"Have  vou  got  anybody  to  go  home  with 
you?"  'l  said,  "No."  "Weh,"  he  said, 
''1  have  a  company  of  men  here  to  go 
with  you  for  your  protection."  "Protec- 
tion from  what?"  I  asked.  "Well,"  he 
said,  "you  had  better  let  them  go  with 
you."  He  knew;  he  was  a  member  of  a 
secret  order,  and  he  knew  what  secrecy 
did  and  what  secrecy  would  do ;  and  he 
Vv'as  afraid  for  me.  I  was  ashamed  to  go 
w^th  them.  I  slipped  ofif  and  went  up  a 
bark  street,  and  ran  so  fast  that  nobody 
could  catch  me,  because  I  did  not  want 
to  go  home  with  a  bodyguard. 

Thus  my  conviction  became  more  set- 
tled, that  there  was  something  the  matter 
with  the  secret  orders — with  organized 
secrecy. 

i  was  expected  to  conduct  the  funeral 
of  a  young  lady,  a  member  of  our  Bible 
School.  I  went  around  and  had  a  little 
bit  of  a  service,  and  then  there  were  two 
or  three  orders  present  to  take  charge  of 
the  rest  of  the  services.  They  went 
through  a  lot  of  tomfoolery,  that  did  not 
mention  Jesus  Christ,  and  had  no  refer- 
ence to  the  God  that  I  loved ;  and  among 
them  were  some  as  wicked  people  as  you 
could  find  in  that  part  of  the  city.  I 
called  to  pay  a  visit  of  condolence  after- 
v;ards.  I  said  to  the  mother  of  the  girl, 
"Are  you  a  Christian?''  "No,"  she  said. 
"Do  you  ever  go  to  church?"  "No,  I 
am  a  member  of  nine  secret  societies."    I 


did  not  know  there  were  so  many  as  th.it 
a.round.  "Yes,"  she  said,  "I  have  worked 
niyself  up  to  a  high  position  in  several 
oi  them.  I  have  no  time  for  the  church."' 
She  would  not  admit  that  the  Church  of" 
Christ  had  a  place  on  earth.  "Why/'  she 
said,  "at  one  of  our  secret  society  anni- 
versaries, a  few  months  ago,  the  subject 
of  the  orator  was,  'The  Church  Efiete.'  " 
"Which  church  effete?"  "Every  cliurch 
effete ;  there  is  no  need  for  the  church 
any  more  ;  the  secret  orders  are  doing  the 
work."  She  said  her  husband  was  iit 
juember  of  seven  orders.  Sixteen  secret 
orders  supported  by  the  two!  and  they 
were  not  wealthy  people. 

I  baptized  a  woman,  the  wife  of  a. 
physician,  who  lived  just  around  the  cor- 
ner from  the  church.  He  was  one  of  the- 
eminent  physicians  of  the  community.  I 
knew  he  hated  the  church,  and  did  not 
love  me.  I  knew  he  did  not  believe  in  the- 
I'ible.  After  the  baptism  of  his  wife,  I 
thought  I  ought  to  call  around  to  pay  a: 
pastoral  visit.  I  found  that  that  man- 
was  a  member  of  twenty-one  secret  or- 
ders !  He  told  me  he  was,  and  that  he- 
was  high  up  in  several  of  them.  A  mem- 
ber of  twenty-one  secret  societies,  and  he- 
hated  the  Church,  and  hated  the  Eiblc^ 
and  hated  Christianity,  with  a  hatred! 
that  was  cruel.  He  loved  his  wife,  hon- 
ored her,  respected  her ;  but  he  had  no- 
use  for  the  Bible,  and  no  use  for  Chris- 
tianity. He  was  enthusiastic  on  the  sub- 
ject of  secret  societies. 

Well,  I  thought,  it  is  about  time  I  set- 
tled this  matter  of  secrecv.  So  I  turned! 
to  my  Bible,  and  began  to  investigate,, 
and  tried  to  find  out  the  foundation.  Per- 
haps my  first  discovery  was  that  there 
are  some  things  mentioned  in  the  Bible 
that  are  secret,  and  ought  to  be,  in  the 
sense  that  they  are  private.  We  ought 
to  go  sometimes  in  secret — certainlv  not 
with  a  view  to  publicity.  "Let  not  your 
left  hand  know  what  your  right  hand  do- 
eth."  There  is  such  a  thing  as  secret 
prayer ;  you  close  your  door  and  are  ;shut 
up  with  God ;  you  pray  in  secret  and  the 
Father  will  reward  openly.  There  i.?- 
such  a  thing  as  secret  fasting;  let  3'our 
fasting  be  with  God — between  you  an'i' 
God,  not  between  you  and  your  fellows^ 
But  in  the  cases  of  giving,  and  prajingf^ 


July,  1008. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOs;UUE. 


71 


snd  fasting,  there  is  no  real  secrecy ;  it  is 
jv-rivacy,  really.  If  you  were  to  organize 
for  the  purpose  of  making  prayer,  and 
of  fasting,  and  of  giving,  secretly,  you 
would  publish  them  by  the  very  fact  of 
_your  organization. 

The  difference  between  secrecy  and 
privacy  is  this :  A  home  is  private,  but 
not  secret,  in  the  technical  sense ;  that  is, 
you  are  not  compelled  to  swear  to  con- 
'Ceal  the  things  which  take  place  in  the 
;home.  A  secret  organization  is  a  so- 
•cicty  of  men  or  women  that  have  sworn 
not  to  divulge  anything  that  is  done,  or 
xevealed  to  them,  in  secret  sessions. 

Things  can  be  private  without  being 
^secret.  There  is  no  secret  oath  about 
praying,  or  about  fasting,  or  about  giv- 
ing, or  about  the  family.  That  was  the 
iirst  thino-  that  struck  me. 

The  next  thing  that  struck  me  was 
this:  that  organized  secrecy  is  opposed 
to  the  tenets  of  Christianity.  Christian- 
ity is  revelation,  not  concealment.  Je- 
.6US  said,  'T  am  the  Light  of  the  world." 
It  is  the  mission  of  light  to  reveal,  not  ro 
conceal.  Jesus  said  that  what  we  hear  in 
secret  we  should  proclaim  upon  the 
housetops.  "Well,"  I  said  to  myself,  "if 
that  is  true,  no  man  has  a  right  to  keep 
3.  truth  secret  that  is  good  for  the  world." 
No  man  has  a  right  to  put  under  lock  and 
"key  what  is  good  for  humanity.  No  man 
;has  a  right  to  put  into  a  back  room,  and 
just  give  out  to  a  little  coterie  of  special 
favorites,  what  he  knows  is  good  for  all 
men.  That  is  sinful.  It  is  opposed  to 
the  genius  of  Christianity.  Christianity 
would  make  us  good,  and  then  teach  us 
to  do  good  to  all  the  rest. 

And  then,  certainly  no  man  has  a  right 
to  keep  secret  what  is  bad,  just  for  the 
:sake  of  keeping  it  secret.  If  it  is  bad,  it 
•ought  to  be  revealed;  and  if  kept  secret, 
it  will  be  to  his  hurt. 

Then  I  notice  this:  the  spirit  of  caste. 
That  is  contrary  to  the  genius  of  Chris- 
tianity. I  have  been  reading  of  caste  in 
India  and  in  China,  and  missionaries  tell 
-us  that  the  greatest  obstacle  to  Christian- 
-ity,  in  some  heathen  countries,  is  caste. 
A  certain  class  of  people  think  they  are 
"better  than  other  folks,  and  they  call  on 
•each  other  and  despise  everybody  else. 
"The  workings  of  secrecy  are  marked  by 


the  same  spirit,  the  spirit  of  caste.  You 
will  find  it  in  the  public  schools  right 
here  in  Chicago  now.  I  want  to  say  that 
I  praise  God  for  the  stand  that  the 
school  commissioners  have  taken  when 
they  say  that  the  secret  societies  shall  be 
abolished  in  the  public  schools.  That  de- 
cision has  been  given  lately.  Our  public 
schools  are  divided  up  into  little  cliques 
which  are  reproducing  the  Asiatic  caste 
spirit.  Boys  and  girls  will  not  associate 
with  others  just  because  they  do  not  be- 
long to  their  secret  order  that  has  some 
little  pass-word  and  grip.  Idiat  is  op- 
posed to  the  spirit  of  Christianity,  not 
only  in  the  public  schools,  but  in  colleges 
and  in  society  everywhere. 

I  find  another  thing :  that  organized  se- 
crecy is  opposed  to  organized  Christian- 
ity. Christ  said,  ''Upon  this  rock  I  v:ill 
build  my  church,  and  the  gates  of  hell 
shall  not  prevail  against  it."  The  mo^it 
important  organization  on  this  earth  is 
the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ.  In  my  esti- 
mate it  is  more  important  than  govern- 
ment. I  mean  the  general  organization 
of  the  Church.  The  spirit  that  antago- 
nizes the  Church  of  Christ  is  the  spirit 
of  the  devil ;  and  so  far  as  I  can  see,  the 
spirit  of  secrecy  is  antagonistic  to  organ- 
ized Christianity.  Not  that  every  man  in 
a  secret  order  is  not  a  Christian ;  but  if 
he  remains  a  Christian,  it  will  be  in  spite 
of  the  things  about  him.  Some  men  have 
stamina  enough  to  go  into  a  secret  order 
and  retain  their  Christian  convictions  and 
integrity;  but  if  they  do  it,  it  is  against 
the  influence  that  surrounds  them  in  the 
order. 

I  notice  a  third  thing:  that  organized 
secrecy  is  opposed  to  free  government. 
In  a  country  where  there  is  a  tyrant  rul- 
ing, where  a  coterie  of  bad  people  man- 
age affairs,  there  might  be  some  possible 
excuse  for  the  secret  order  that  opposes 
tyranny;  but  the  genius  of  our  govern- 
ment is  cauoht  bv  Bartholdi — the  face  of 
his  statue  of  "Liberty  Enlig'htening  the 
World"  is  the  face  of  a  mother.  God 
does  not  want  the  light  put  under  a  bush- 
el, and  he  does  not  want  any  secret  so- 
cieties controlling  political  aft'airs.  The 
great  reason  given  to  a  man  why  iie 
should  join  a  secret  order  is  that  it  will 
help  him  politically,  sczially,  and  linan- 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


July,    1008; 


cially.  You  never  heard  any  one  say, 
"Join  the  secret  order  and  you  will  be  a 
blessino-  to  voiu"  countr^^  to  humanity." 
Xo  :  it  is  "Join  the  secret  order  and  you 
will  be  helped  by  it."  There  is  no  ap- 
peal to  nobility,  but  simply  to  the  selfish- 
ness that  would  seek  to  get  something 
out  of  somebody  else.  Organized  se- 
crecy is  opposed  to  the  genius  of  free 
government. 

I  find,  in  the  next  place,  that  organized 
secrecy  is  opposed  to  God's  method  of 
salvation.  Now  that  may  startle  some. 
]f  you  examine  the  books  that  give  an 
exposure  of  the  secret  orders,  you  will 
find  that  Christ  is  not  mentioned.  That 
is  the  one  thing  that  kept  me  out  of  Ma- 
sonry. 

r\Iy  dear  old  father  is  a  Mason,  anrl 
when  I  was  a  boy,  though  he  never  asked 
me  to  join,  he  kept  intimating  that  it  was 
a  very  good  thing  to  be  in  the  Masonic 
lodge.     I  don't  think  that  he  has  attend- 
ed a  lodge  for  thirty-five  or  forty  years ; 
he  is  one  of  the  silent  sort.    There  are  a 
good  many  of  the  silent  sort,  who  have 
taken  a  wicked  oath  and  think  now  that 
it  is  better  to  be  silent  and  not  to  break 
their  oath.     I  tell  you,  when  yoti  take  an 
oath  on  the  devil's  altar  yoti  wotild  bet- 
ter break  it  just  as  quick  as  you  can,  and 
take  the  oath  upon  God's  altar.    An  oath 
to  do  a  wicked  thing  is  in  itself  wicked, 
and  the  sooner  you  break  a  wicked  oath 
all  to  pieces  the  more  it  pleases  God.     I 
believe  that  Charles  G.   Finney  did  the 
right  thing.    When  he  got  into  Masonry 
and   found  it  w^as  wrong,   he  came  out 
and  exposed  it,  and  protested  against  it, 
in  the  name  of  God.    I  believe  it  is  right 
for  a  m.an  to  break  a  contract  with  hell 
just  as  soon  as  possible,  and  to  display 
it  to  the  world. 

Secrecy  is  against  God's  way  of  salva- 
tion. That  kept  me  out  of  Masonry.  I 
learned  that  I  could  not  take  Jesus  into 
the  first  degree ;  and  then  I  learned  that 
I  could  not  take  Him  into  the  second  de- 
gree— there  was  nothing  about  Him 
there — and  I  could  not  take  Him  into  the 
third  degree.  And  then  I  learned  that 
He  is  left  out  of  all  the  first  seven  de- 
grees, in  order  that  infidels  and  tnibe- 
lievers  may  go  that  far  in  Masonry. 
Somehow  I  v/as  j^-^^^^  simple  enough  not 


to  know  how  to  go  anywhere  without 
Jesus.  I  do  not  expect  to  go  into  heaven 
without  Him,  and  there  is  no  place  on 
earth  that  I  want  to  go  into,  where  I  can- 
not take  Jesus  Christ  with  me.  I  do  not 
want  to  have  anything  to  do  with  any- 
thing that  Jestis  Christ  cannot  occupy 
from  top  to  bottom,  and  which  is  not  ac- 
cording to  Him  in  every  fibre  of  its  struc- 
ture. There  is  no  salvation  through  the 
blood,  so  far  as  I  have  been  able  to  find,, 
in  secret  orders.  They  recognize  "the 
god  of  nature,"  which  is  not  explained- 
There  is  no  god  of  natiu'e  except  Jesus 
Christ — ^"all  things  were  made  by  Him,, 
and  without  Him  was  not  anything  made 
that  was  made."  He  was  in  the  begin- 
ning with  God,  and  He  was  God,  and' 
when  you  talk  about  the  god  of  natiu;e 
without  reference  to  Christ,  yoti  are  talk- 
ing about  an  idol,  a  mythical  god.  Jesus 
Christ  reveals  the  only  God  in  the  uni- 
A^erse,  and  vvhen  you  have  rejected  Christ 
you  have  rejected  the  only  real  God  there 
is  ;  and  if  you  take  any  other,  you  have 
taken  an  idol. 

And  then  I  found  I  could  not  go  into- 

a  secret  order  because  of   some  of  the 

oaths  they  administer.    My,  my,  it  makes 

your  blood  curdle !     I  read  one  of  them 

which  said  that  if  you  shotild  reveal  any- 

thinof  that  was  commtmicated  to  vou,  vou 

should  be  willing  to  have  your     tongue 

torn  otit  and  buried  at  low  v;ater  down  j^y 

the  sea  side;  and  in  another  oath,  if  you 

revealed  anything  that  was  made  known 

to  you,  yoti   should  be  willing  to  have 

your  heart  ])lticked  out  and  given  as  a 

prey  to  the  fowls  of  the  air.     Well  now,- 

if  that  is  business  somebody  has  to  do 

it ;  and  when  a  secret  order  swears  a  man 

that  he  is  to  have  his  tongue  pulled  out 

and  his  heart  cut  out,  they  expect  every 

man  there  to  do  it  when  they  tell  him  to  ^ 

and  I  tell  you  some  of  them  do  do  it,  in 

substance.    There  is  no  doubt  about  that ; 

I  am  as  clear  on  tliat  as  1  could  be.     I 

talked  with  one  man  about  it,  and  he  said^ 

'That  doesn't  mean  anything.    Of  course 

we  go  through  that  form,  but  it  does  not 

mean  anything."   'Tt  doesn't?  Well,  if  it 

doesn't  mean  anything,  you  are  guilty  of 

the  vilest  blasphemy   that  a  man  could 

ever  be  guilty  of — if  you  swear  to   da 

something  that  is  terrible  and  mean  noth- 


July,  1908. 


CHRISTIAN  CYNOSURE. 


iiig  by  it.  If  you  mean  what  you  say, 
you  are  a  murderer;  if  you  mean  noth- 
ing, you  are  a  blaspliemer."  Either  case 
is  not  a  very  attractive  picture. 

So  1  decided  not  to  go  in.  I  didn't  see 
liow  I  could. 

And  then  again,  I  found  that  in  a  cer- 
tain secret  order  they  take  an  oath  that 
they  will  stand  by  each  other  in  every- 
thing, murder  and  treason  excepted.  Ev- 
erything except  murder  and  treason  ! 
x\nd  then  in  a  degree  above  that  they 
swear  that  they  will  stand  by  every  one 
of  their  members,  murder  and  treason 
jiot  excepted.  Now  I  say  that  a  society 
like  that  is  a  menace  to  society,  and  a 
inenace  to  the  government,  and  a  menace 
to  good  morals,  and  a  menace  to  life,  and 
a  menace  to  everything  that  is  true  and 
pure  and  uplifting. 

I  believe  Dr.  Blanchard  said  that  God 
is  working  like  the  dew  and  like  the  light, 
manufacturing  lightning.  It  takes  light 
to  make  lightning.  It  is  tlie  light  that 
lifts  the  clouds.  It  is  the  light  that  forges 
the  thunderbolt.  It  is  the  dew  and  the 
light  \vorking  together— jthese  influences 
of  prayer  and  education  that  you  are 
scattering  here  and  there — by  these  are 
being  forged  gradually  thunderbolts  of 
power ;  and  the  thunderbolt  falls  with  a 
crash,  never  gradually  ;  it  does  not  work 
slowly,  it  moves  with  tremendous  rapid- 
ity. I  have  been  down  South  where  the 
lightning  is  flashing  and  the  thunder  bel- 
lowing so  you  have  to  shut  your  eyes  and 
it  makes  you  tremble.  It  is  hitting  the 
saloons  and  hitting  the  saloon  business, 
and  the  same  is  going  to  take  place  in 
regard  to  all  evil  institutions.  I  do  not 
know  how  long  it  will  take,  but  God's 
way  is  to  work  slowly,  quietly — like  the 
dew,  like  the  light — until  lie  gets  His 
thunderbolt  ready.  There  will  not  be  anv 
evils  in  the  millennium.  I  will  ventu.re 
that  secret  societies  will  be  cleaned  uj) 
quickly.  God  may  be  pleased  to  clean 
that  evil  up  now,  as  lie  did  slavery  and 
as  He  is  cleaning  up  tlie  liquor  business ; 
hut  I  am  willing  to  be  patient,  and  be 
happy  with  God,  who  bringeth  in  the 
light  and  the  dew  in  order  that  He  may 
strike  when  the  time  comes. 


FROM  EDMOND  RONAYNE. 

Harrison,  Ark.,   lune  lo,   loaS. 
Air.  AV.  I.  Phillips: 

Dear  Sir :  In  my  letter  written  pre- 
vious to  your  Convention  I  said  that 
President  Blanchard's  letter  had,  to  my 
mind,  flrst  place  in  the  May  number  of 
the  Cynosure,  but  in  the  June  number  it 
is  impossible  to  say  which  takes  first 
place,  as  it  is  all  first  and  no  second  place 
in  it. 

The  Seceders'  Conference  was  surely 
grand  ;  and  when  reading  over  the  sec- 
end  time  the  testimony  of  W.  H.  Boles, 
I  could  not  keep  back  the  tears — tears  of 
sorrow  and  deep  regret  that  along  in  the 
early  70's  in  Chicago  I  was  not  a  Chris- 
tian, and  had  not  the  blessed  privilege  of 
hearing  some  such  man  as  J.  P.  Stoddard 
or  some  other  servant  of  God  denounce 
and  expose  Freemasonry. 

I  knew  that  there  is  no  secret  in  it,  but 
yet  I  was  wedded  to  its  lodge  sociability, 
and  did  my  best  to  retain  my  position  as 
a  popular  and  well-posted  Mason.  But 
the  Lord  cared  for  me,  whether  or  no  I 
cared  for  Him,  and  He  graciously  led 
me  out  of  it  in  His  own  due  time,  and 
now  one  of  my  chief  regrets  is  that  since 
1875  I  i^ave  not  worked  for  Him  as 
steadily  and  as  faithfully  as  I  ought.  But 
during  these  fast  closmg  days,  broken  in 
health  and  living  in  this^  heathenish 
place,  I  can  truly  say,  'The  Lord  is  mv 
Shepherd,  I  shall  not  want."     Psalm  21,. 

God  is  surely  blessing  and  shall  contin- 
ue to  bless  the  efiforts  of  the  N.  C.  A., 
but  the  personal  coming  of  the  Lord  is 
the  world's  only  hope,  and  which  alone 
will  destroy  every  evil.  Oh,  that  Lie 
come  soon.    In  Him,  E.  Ronayne. 


Arise  and  toil  in  Jesus'  strength: 
Our  God  is  true!   fruit  shall  appear 

The  glories  of  the  Upper  World 
Depend  on  faithful  labor  here. 

— M.  Waterburv. 


It  is  no  sin  to  be  rich,  but  when  a  rich 
man  hoards  his  tren^ures  as  a  miser  or 
squanders  them  to  gratify  the  flesh  he 
is  a  sinner. 


To  be  near  to  God  is  life. 


The  heart  of  all  reform  is  the  reform 
of  the  heart. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


July,    1908. 


AMANDA  SMITH, 

the   ^^■elI-kno^vTl    colored   evangelist   and 

philanthropist,  of  Harvey,  Illinois,  spoke 

as  follows : 

I  have  had  two  husbands.     Both     of 

Iheni  were  members  of  secret  orders — 

the  Oddfellows 
and  Freemasons.  I 
wa'^  greatly  in  sym- 
pathy with  them 
for  many  years.  Of 
course  a  wife  is  in 
sympathy  with 
what  her  husband 
i  does.  A  woman  is 
in  sympathy  with 
everything  that  her 
husband  does  that 
is  right,  and  some- 
times with  things 
that  are  wrong, 
and  that  she  knows 
is  her  husband, 
I    thought    lodges    were 


A^IAXDA  SMITH. 


he 


are  wrong,  but 
A'ou  know.  So 
a  great  thing  in  those  days,  and  I  never 
would  have  seen  differently  had  it  not 
been  that  God  led  me  by  His  Holy  Spirit 
to  seek  a  deeper  knowledge  of  Himself. 
I  think  just  in  proportion  as  good  men's 
and  women's  eyes  are  opened  to  the  al- 
mightiness  of  Jesus  Christ,  they  are  wil- 
ling to  let  go  of  these  other  things  which 
fill  up  their  lives  but  which  do  not  sat- 
is f}-. 

There  was  a  certain  part  of  my  life 
when  I  thought,  other  people  joined  se- 
cret societies  and  made  great  spreads 
f3'0U  know  how  my  people  like  to  do 
that),  and  I  felt  it  was  right  to  be  up  to 
date,  with  the  bright  regalia  and  all  this 
kind  of  thing.  So  I  allied  myself  with 
lodges.  But  v.dien  the  Lord  opened  my 
eyes,  and  I  began  to  see  the  ridiculous- 
ness of  it,  and  how  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
could  fill  all  your  being,  and  take  all  of 
that  love  for  show  and  tinsel  out  of  it 
and  put  something  in  that  was  lasting 
and  tangible — when  I  found  that  out, 
then  I  went  to  work  to  readjust  myself, 
and  to  loosen  myself,  and  to  throw  off 
some  of  these  things  that  I  had  been  tie<l 
by,  and  I  found  it  was  very  difficult.  I 
talked  to  m.y  friends — I  thought  that  was 
the  thing  to  do  ;  I  went  to  my  society,  and 
they  ridiculed  the  idea  of  my  leaving  it. 


"The  idea!  Why,  what  do  yon  mean?' 
We  are  just  preparing  to  make  you  some 
big  officer,  and  it  will  be  such  a  pity,  and. 
you  have  paid  so  much  in,  and  you  ought 
to  go  on  with  the  society."  It  was  very 
hard  for  me  to  make  them  see  that  I  was 
honest  in  my  convictions  as  to  the  way 
God  was  leading  me;  they  could  not  see 
it  at  all,  and  they  really  thought  I  was 
getting  a  little  off  my  base,  a  little  un- 
balanced. They  complained  about  the 
way  I  did,  and,  you  know,  it  hurt  me,  it^ 
cost  me  something,  because  many  of 
these  people  were  my  dear  friends,  asso- 
ciated in  the  church  with  me,  and  in  var- 
ious departments  of  Christian  work;  I 
had  great  respect  for  their  honesty  ancL 
integrity  in  every  way,  and  when  they 
began  to  cut  me  and  kind  of  shun  me^ 
well,  it  was  very  hard.  You  know  how 
you  can  do  a  good  deal  and  not  have  to 
say  anything.  My,  how  it  did  hurt  mel' 
but  I  kept  on  believing  God  and  follow- 
ing Him  as  the  light  came  that  He  gave 
me,  and  by  the  help  of  God  I  got  a  kind 
of  independence  that  lifted  me  above  it,. 
and  I  got  to  where,  by  the  grace  of  God,. 
I  did  not  care,  and  I  got  through,  and  I 
got  out  of  the  whole  thing. 

You  know,  in  doing  woriv — say  for  in- 
stance the  work  the  Lord  has  given  me  to 
do  lately,  that  is,  taking  care  of  my  Col- 
ored Orphans'  Home — it  is  surprising^ 
how  difficult  it  is  to  get  people,  especially 
men,   who   are   not   tied   up   with   some- 


lodge, 


I  am  feeling  it  as  I  never  felt  it 


before.  When  you  are  associated  with 
people  that  are  tied  hand,  foot  and  soul,- 
it  is  tremendous,  for  it  is  up-hill  work 
and  against  the  wind  all  the  time.  You 
cannot  feel  the  power  of  the  Spirit  of  the 
Lord  unless  you  are  free. 

I  am  so  glad  that  Jesus     knows     all" 
about  these  things,  that  He  is  able  to  de- 
liver.    I  am  glad  that  a  few  people  see- 
somewhat   alike    in   this    secret      society- 
question.     I  think  this  antisecrecy  move- 
ment  is   something  like   the   prohibition' 
movement.    A  few  years  ago  prohibition 
was  away  down  the  hill,  rolling  over,  and' 
crawling,  and  tumbling  about,  but  it  has 
got  on  its  feet,  and  is  running  now.  I  am 
thankful  to-day  to  believe  that  this  great 
movement  of  antisecrecy  is     something' 
like  that.    It  is  getting  on  its  feet ;  it  will' 


Juiy,  1008. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


ay 


^et  to  running  after  a  while.  I  am  look- 
ing for  wonderful  things  to  come  to  pass 
through  this  antisecrecy  organization — 
one  of  the  organizations  that  are  work- 
ing; for  the  glory  of  God  and  the  salva- 
tion of  men. 

May  the  Lord  bless  the  National  Chris- 
tian Association. 


€0nlnbutt0n0. 


JOINS   LODGE;   MAY   NOT  LIVE. 
JVIan   Suffers     From     Injuries      Sustained 
While  Being  Initiated. 

Noblesville,  Iiid.,  March  23. — Charles  Kas- 
:«ubaiim,  aged  21,  is  critically  ill  at  his  home 
near  this  city  from  blood  poisoning,  the  re- 
sult of  an  accident  that  occurred  >yhile  he 
was  being  initiated  into  the  I.  O.  O.  F.  lodge. 
During  the  secret  work  a  gas  pipe  containing 
-powder  exploded.  The  fire  shot  out  of  the 
wrong  end  of  the  pipe,  severely  burning  one 
■of  Kassabaum's  legs.  But  little  attention 
.was  paid  to  the  accident  at  the  time,  but 
complications  have  arisen  that  make  his  re- 
covery doubtful. 

It  is  understood  that  Kassabaum  was  being 
carried  by  several  men  when  the  explosion 
occurred.  The  flash  frightened  them  and 
they  let  the  candidate  fall.  It  is  now  said 
that  the  young  man  is  suffering  from  internal 
injuries  resulting  from  the  fall. 

The  above  item  was  published  in  the 
Indianapolis  Star  of  March  24,  and 
again  shows  only  too  vividly  how  fool- 
ish, and  in  many  cases  how  hazardous, 
the  lodge  initiation  is  for  a  candidate. 
That  this  is  not  the  only  case  of  this 
kind  in  the  State  of  Indiana,  or  the 
worst  case  that  has  happened  in  an  Odd 
Fellows'  lodgeroom,  has  been  proven 
more  than  once.  The  reason  that  not 
more  of  the  brutal  and  injurious  initia- 
tion work  of  the  lodges  comes  to  light 
in  the  newspapers  is,  because  the  candi- 
date is,  either  forcibly  or  "gently,"  per- 
suaded to  keep  his  mouth  shut.  Another 
reason  is  because  plenty  of  money  is 
generally  used  to  hush  such  things  iu3, 
and  also  because  the  newspapers  of  this 
country  pander  and  cater  to  the  lodges 
and  their  works  of  darkness. 

If  every  man  who  applies  for  admis- 
:sion  into  any  lodge,  be  it  Masonry,  Odd- 
ifellowship  or  even  sensual  and  alcoholic 


Elkdom,  knew  what  a  fool  he 
would  be  made,  and  that  perhaps 
his  bones  might  be  broken  and  his 
body  bruised,  under  the  guise 
of  initiation  and  admission  into  a  grand 
and  sublime  organization,  he  would  rise 
in  his  manhood  and  throw  off  the  shack- 
les of  Satanic  delusion,  and  join  hands 
with  those  who  arc  seeking  to  open  the 
eyes  of  our  rising  generations  and  show 
them  that  all  this  lodge  business  is  mere 
mockery  and  tomfoolery  and  will  finally 
cud  Lip  in  hell.  Any  one  who  has  any 
pride  for  his  person  will  not  enter  such 
an  organization,  to  be  blindfolded  and 
maltreated  with  a  piece  of  gaspipe  load- 
ed with  power,  and  be  made  the 
laughingstock  of  all  his  "good  lodge 
bretlr.-en,"  but  he  will  go  to  those  meet- 
ings which  are  free  and  open,  without 
any  initiation,  where  the  body  is  not  in- 
jured and  where  the  soul  will  be  bene- 
fited. He  will  go  to  the  house  of  the 
Lord  and  learn  of  Christ,  the  Savior  of 
the  world,  in  whose  blood  alone  there  is 
forgiveness  and  life  eternal. — Rev  C 
W.  iJaer. 


PRESIDENT     BLANCHARD'S     LETTER. 
Growth  a   Slow   Process. 

Dear  Fathers  and  Brethren : 

(3nce  more  I  have  the  privilcGfe  of  ad- 
dressing  you  regarding  the  great  work 
in  which  we  are  all  interested.  Growtli 
is  always,  or  at  least  usually,  uncon- 
scious. This  is  true  not  only  of  our 
todies,  but  of  our  souls;  and  not  only 
of  individuals,  but  of  organizations  and 
movements.  The  analogy  between  the 
physical  and  the  spiritual  is  quite  com- 
plete. While  all  growth  is  unconscious, 
there  are  alternating  periods  in  living 
beings.  For  a  long  time  we  find  it  dif- 
ficult to  see  progress,  and  then  in  an 
hour,  as  it  were,  great  advances  are  made. 
Boys  and  girls  for  a  time  seem  as  if 
they  never  would  be  anything  else ;  and 
at  last,  in  a  few  months,  they  shoot  up 
into  men  and  women. 

No  man  can  fix  the  time  when  infanti- 
cide became  unlawful  in  the  highest  civ- 


tU 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


July,    1008. 


ilizations.  No  man  can  tell  precisely  when 
it  became  discreditable  to  kill  slaves,  or 
to  allow  aged  parents  to  die  withont  care. 
The  whole  growth  of  Christian  civiliza- 
tion has  been  divided  between  these  long 
periods  of  apparent  moral  sleep,  and 
brief  periods  of  upheaval  and  progress. 

The  conscience  of  the  American  na- 
tion protested  against  slavery  for  more 
than  one  hundred  }'ears.  Five  years  be- 
fore slavery  was  abolished — two  years, 
even  one  year — no  man  could  tell  when 
it  should  go.  There  was  no  darker  day 
for  the  friends  of  freedom  in  our  coun- 
try than  the  years  of  '57,  '58  and  '59. 
Tlien  came  the  great  national  agitation; 
and  finally,  before  we  knew  it  was  to 
vanish,  the  end  was  at  hand. 

V\'e  have  another  instance  of  the  same 
sort  in  the  present  attitude  of  the  pub- 
lic toward  the  liquor  trade.  For  nearly 
one  hundred  years  we  have  been  prophe- 
sying against  that  iniquity.  For  the  last 
dozen  years  we  have  seemed  to  be  in 
a  period  of  reaction.  It  has  been  a  dis- 
heartening time,  but  the  last  six  months 
have  been  a  time  of  wonderful  encour- 
agement. It  has  seemed  as  if  the  end 
were  at  hand:  and  we  have  occasion  to 
anticipate  not  so  many  years  of  appa- 
rently unsuccessful  labor  as  have  passed. 
Business  corporations  have  been  convert- 
ed ;  great  church  organizations  have  ceas- 
ed to  apologize  for  the  liquor  busi- 
ness; they  have  ceased,  apparently,  to 
fear  it  as  they  did ;  it  is  certain  that  they 
speak  out  against  it;  and  we  have  rea- 
son to  hope  that  this  infamy,  with  all 
its  attendant  evils,  will  shortly  be  a  thing 

of  the  past. 

More    than    Seven   Thousand. 

When  Elijah  was  lamenting  the  fact 
that  the  prophets,  aside  from  himself, 
were  all  dead,  the  Lord  rebuked  his  de- 
pression and  fear  by  saying  to  him,  "1 
have  a  great  number  of  true  witnesses  of 
whom  you  do  not  know."     It  was  even 


so.    They  were  hidden  in  out-of-the-way 

places — some  of  them  in  dens  and  caves 

of  the  earth ;  but  they  were  true-hearted, 

and  when  the  time  came  they  appeared 

and  delivered  their  testimony.    The  great 

cause  moved  on. 

There  came  to  my  desk,  .this  week,  two< 

papers,  one  printed  in  Philadelphia,  the 
other  in  Boston;  one  devoted  to  the  in- 
terests of  the  Catholic  church,  the  other 
an  advocate  of  evangelical  Christianity 
without  sectarian  affiliations.  Both  of 
these  papers  contained  articles  on  secret 
societies.  One  of  them  covered  a  full 
page  and  more — perhaps  a  page  and  a 
half ;  the  other  almost  a  page.  The  ar- 
ticle in  the  Catholic  paper  was  a  defense 
of  that  church  against  the  charge  that 
it  was  itself  a  vast  secret  society.  The 
writer,  who  is  a  rather  prominent  clergy- 
man, denied  the  charge,  and  affirmed 
that  the  only  real  secrecy  connected  with 
the  Catholic  church  had  to  do  with  the 
confessional.  Incidentally  he  shows 
that  secrecy  is  always  evil.  He  distin- 
guishes clearly  between  the  lawful  pri- 
vacy of  honorable  living,  and  the  unlaw- 
ful secrecy  of  secret  organizations.  He 
says  that  secret  societies  demand  obedi- 
ence, and  enforce  it  by  fear.  ''The  Heart 
with  the  Dagger  Aimed  at  It,''  he  says, 
is  often  a  prominent  and  suggestive  sym- 
bol in  the  halls  of  secret  societies.  It 
is  this  "Blind  Obedience"  that  introduces 
a  disturbing  element  into  the  government 
of  men.  He  says  that  in  this  world  there 
are  but  Caesar  and  Christ ;  in  other  words, 
the  state  and  the  church.  All  must  be 
subject  to  them;  and  of  them  it  is  true, 
"He  that  is  not  with  me  is  against  me." 
''The  affairs  of  secret  societies  arc  not 
open  for  the  investigation  of  either  state 
or  church.    These  societies  are  a  law  unto 

themselves." 

The  writer  speaks  of  the  sin  of  Merod. 

The  king  swore  that  he  would  give  the 

daughter  of  Herodias  what  she  should 


July,  1908. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


I  i 


ask.  He  did  not  dream  that  she  would 
ask  him  to  be  a  m.urderer;  but  he  be- 
came one — and  became  one  because  of 
his  j'path. . :  And  the  objectionable  thing 
about  his  oath  was,  that  it  was  liable  to 
call  for  that  crime  or  any  other.  He  re- 
minds us  again  of  the  murder  of  Dr. 
Cronin,  a  murder  planned  and  executed 
by  nien  prominent  in  society,  men  who 
would  naturally  shudder  at  the  thought 
of  murder,  but  who  were  made  murder- 
ers by  the  lodge  to  which  they  be- 
longed. 

The  Lodges  and  the  Church. 
This  writer  speaks  of  the  claim  of  the 
lodges  to  humanitarian  work — the  visit- 
ing of  the  sick,  the  burial  of  the  dead, 
the  feeding  of  the  hungry,  and  the  re- 
lieving of  the  widow  and  orphan.  But 
quoting  the  advocate  of  the  lodge  to 
whom  he  replies,  he  uses  this  remark- 
able sentence,  ''How  much  would  I  give 
if  not  reminded  of  it  by  my  oath?"  This 
suggests  one  topic  of  my  last  month's 
letter,  *'A  Compulsory  Benevolence." 
That  is,  the  writer  says,  'T  would  not 
give  unless  I  had  sworn  to;  because  I 
have  sworn  to,  I  will."  This  makes  the 
oath  of  the  secret  society  superior  to  the 
law  of  God — superior  even  to  the  dic- 
tates of  humanity.  And  while  profess- 
ing to  practice  the  Christian  rehg'ioh,  and 
perhaps  quoting  the  wprd  of  God,  "Pure 
religion  and  undefiled  before  God  and 
the  Father  is  this,  To  visit  the  fatherless 
and  widows  in  their  affliction,"  he  direct- 
ly affirms  that  he  would  not  keep  this 
law,  do  this  thing,  except  that  his  oath 
compelled  him.  Of  course  a  man  who 
has  this  spirit  in  him  is  not  a  Chris- 
tian. A  Christian  is  one  who  does  the 
will  of  God  from  the  heart.  One  who 
professes  to  do  the  will  of  God,  and 
with  the  same  breath  declares  that  he 
would  not  do  it  unless  a  secret  society 
had  obligated  him  to  that  effect,  is  evi- 
dently not  a  Christian  at  all. 


Religion    Does  Not  Amount  to  Anything, 

This  same  Catholic  writer,  referring 
to  the  Masonic  friend  whom  he  quotes, 
transcribes  these  words:  "IVlien  a  Man 
Goes  Through  Alasojiry,  Religion  Does 
not  Amount  to  Anything."  That  is  to 
say,  the  Christian  religion  does  not 
amount  to  anything.  This  Masonic 
writer  does  not  himself  know  that  he  is 
a  disciple  of  a  heathen  faith,  that  he  is 
worshiping  at  the  altar  of  Satan,  and  that 
the  very  spirit  which  he  exhibits  in  his 
eulogy  of  the  lodge,  shows  that  he  has 
not  the  Spirit  of  Christ.  This  Catholic 
writer  says  very  forcefully,  'AH  that 
has  ever  been  said  against  secret  so- 
cieties, and  all  that  ever  will  be  alleged 
against  them,  may  be  summed  up  in 
these  words  of  our  Lord:  ''Men  loved 
darkness  rather  than  light,  because  "their 
deeds  were  evil.  For  every  one  that 
doeth  evil  hateth  the  light,  neither  com- 
eth  to  the  light,  lest  his  deeds  should  be 
reproved." 

The  position  of  this  Catholic  writer  is 
eminently  sane.  Every  thoughtful  Pro- 
testant, who  has  studied  the  subject, 
can  echo  it  all.  And  it  is  interesting  to 
see,  as  I  have  repeatedly  reminded  you, 
that  in  the  editorial  discussions  and  the 
newspaper  articles  on  the  subject  of  high 
school  fraternities,  every  principle  which 
lias  been  affirmed  by  us  in  the  arguments 
of  forty  years,  is  declared  to  be  unques- 
tionably true  respecting  the  high  school 
lodges.  Some  persons  do  not  seem  to 
understand  as  yet,  that  the  evils  wrought 
by  the  high  school  societies  are  exactly 
like  the  evils  wrought  in  other  secret 
associations.  But  this  also  will  be  clear 
in  time,  and  we  can  wait  to  see  the  case 
grov^^      ■...•...  - 

Two    or    Three    Witnesses. 

The  other  article  is  written  by  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Society  of  Friends — a  society 
which  perhaps  might  be  considered  the 
antipode   of   the   Romish    church.      But 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


July,    1908. 


while  his  article  is  not  so  long,  and  does 
not  deal  with  the  foundation  principles 
so  full}',,  the  testiniony  is,  on  the  whole, 
precisel}-  the  same.  Some  one  had  writ- 
ten to  a  religious  weekly,  inquiring  as 
follows :  "What  opinion  do  Protestant 
ministers  hold  as  to  secret  societies?  Do 
thev  regard  them  as  inimical  to  Chris- 
tianity?'' The  religious  weekly  replied: 
*'\\q  cannot  answer  for  the  whole  body 
of  Protestant  ministers.  We  should 
think,  however,  that  very  few  regard 
them  as  inimical  to  Christianity.  Many 
ministers  belong  to  such  societies  and 
liold  office  in  them.  They  are  eminent 
and  godly  men,  who  certainly  would  re- 
pudiate the  societies,  and  give  up  their 
iriembership,  if  they  found  them  to  be 
opposed  to  Christianity." 

The  writer,  criticising  the  editor,  says 
he  should  have  informed  his  readers  that 
multitudes  of  ministers  and  of  other  good 
men,  who  had  been  entrapped  by  these 
lodges,  have  left  them.  He  quotes  Pres- 
ident Charles  G.  Finney,  of  Oberlin  Col- 
lege, who,  speaking  of  his  conversion, 
said :  ''My  new  life  instinctively  and 
irresistibly  recoiled  from  any  fellowship 
with  what  I  then  regarded  as  'unfruit- 
ful v.'orks  of  darkness.'  "  He  also  quotes 
the  great  evangelist,  D.  L.  Moody,  who 
advised  all  Christians  to  get  out  of  the 
lodge,  and  who  said  to  preachers,  'Tf 
men  will  not  hear  you  because  you  preach 
the  truth  against  lodges,  let  them  go. 
God  will  fill  their  places  with  better 
men.  When  they  are  converted  they  may 
return."'  The  writer  speaks  of  the  views 
of  Rev.  R.  A.  Torrey,  Rev.  George  C, 
Needham,  Dr.  Pentecost,  and  others,  all 
01  whom  have  repeatedly  and  publicly 
condemned  these  secret  organizations. 

This  gentleman,  writing  to  the  re- 
ligious weekly,  was  disappointed  that 
the  editor  made  no  rc^ly,  either  by  pri- 
vate letter  or  by  placing  the  informing 


note  before  his  readers.  The  managing 
editor  and  proprietor  was  then  appealed 
to,  but  it  appears  that  the  paper  still  de- 
clined to  live  up  to  its  program  and  con- 
tinued the  conspiracy  against  the  light. 
The  writer,  however,  in  the  Boston  pub- 
lication quotes  from  a  bishop  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  church,  who  wrote 

him  on  this  subject  as  follows : 

*T  am  obliged  for  your  letter  re- 
ceived this  morning.  ...  I 
simply  desire  to  say  that  I  think 
you  have  discovered  [in  treating 
of  the  adaptation  made  of  the  prin- 
ciple of  secrecy]  a  truth  which  has 
a  great  deal  of  influence  in  explain- 
ing facts  which  we  deplore.  I 
ought  to  state  to  you  that  /  am 
myself  a  Freemason,  although  I 
liave  not  attended  a  meeting  or  had 
any  t  hi  Jig  to  do  until  the  order  for 
over  thirty  years.  I  entered  it 
when,  as  a  young  man,  I  was  in 
])ursuit  of  other  young  men  in  the 
interests  of  religion.  When  I  com- 
plained to  such  young  men  that  they 
failed  to  attend  church,  they  would 
answer  me,  'We  already  belong  to 
a  religious  order,  and  we  attend 
service  at  its  Temple.'  I  desired 
to  be  able  to  say  to  them,  T  know 
all  about  that,  for  I  am  a  Mason 
myself,  and  can  tell  you  both  how 
inferior  it  is  to  the  church,  and  how 
inadequate  is  the  worship.'  I  was 
thus  able  to  get  some  influence  over 
these  young  men,  and  to  point 
them  to  something  higher.  .  . 
As  I  have  grown  older,  I  have  he- 
come  ratliet'  more  suspicious  of  all 
these  orders,  and  it  may  well  be 
that  your  dislike  might  be  justified 
if  we  knew  the  absolute  truth  about 
them.  /  should  be  glad  to  see  all 
secret  orders  abolished  on  the 
ground  that  tliey  are  all  poor  imi- 
tations of  the  Church  of  Christ,  and 
are  uiore  or  less  inimical  to  its  true 
progress."      (Italics  ours.) 

h^ollowing  the  letter  from  the  bishop, 
he  gives  an  extract  from  another  letter 
which  is  equally  decisive,  and  reads  as 
follows : 


July,  1908. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


79- 


''I  love  God's  dear  children  of 
every  name,  but  there  are  so  many 
of  them  tied  np  to  these  Christless 
institutions.  Brother,  believe  me, 
one  of  the  [;reatest  hindrances  to 
our  gospel  preachers  of  to-day  is, 
they  are  under  bondage  to  these 
lodges.  While  I  pray  for  wisdom 
from  God  to  deal  with  them,  and 
when  to  speak,  yet  I  have  no  sym- 
pathy with  them,  and  God  generally 
lets  me  give  my  testimony  against 
them.  And  yet  I  always  pray  that 
the  Lord  will  let  me  do  it  in  such 
a  way  that  all  can  see  it  is  in  love. 
This  world  is  dying  for  Gospel 
witnessing  in  love,  and  many  of  the 
saints  of  God  are  leaving  them 
[the  secret  orders]  and  witnessing 
against  them,  yet  I  wish  more  men 
who  have  been  delivered  from  them 
were  brave  enough  to  testify 
against  them.  Since  Christ  came  in 
my  life  with  the  fullness  of  grace, 
I  see  so  much  the  need  of  what- 
ever we  do  to  do  it  in  the  love  of 
Tesus,  with  a  tender,  compassionate 
heart."' 

We  ought  to  be  thankful  that  so  many 
good  men  are  disposed  to  bear  their  tes- 
timony, and  that  they  still  have  access 
to  the  public.  We  may  rest  assured  that 
in  due  time  we  shall  reap  from  all  our 
sowing,  if  we  faint  not. 
A  Sad  Case. 

I  was  yesterday  walking  in  the  rain 
down  Dearborn  street  in  Chicago.  As 
I  was  passing  the  Great  Northern  Hotel, 
a  gentleman  whom  I  did  not  recognize 
came  up  and  offered  his  hand  to  me. 
I  looked  at  him  inquiringly,  and  he  said, 
''Oh,  well,  you  do  not  have  to  speak  to 
me  unless  you  want  to,  but  I  shouldn't 
think  you  would  want  to  turn  down  an 
old  friend  this  way."  I  said,  'Tardon  me, 
sir,  but  I  do  not  know  you."  *'Well," 
he  said,  "I  know  you.  I  have  been  the 
conductor  on  your  train  for  eleven 
years."  I  said  to  him,  ''That  is  quite 
possible,  but  I  do  not  know  how  that 
is.     What  can  I  do  for  you?"     "Well," 


he  said,  "I  need  seventy-two  cents  to- 
pay  charges  on  some  baggage  that  be- 
longs to  my  wife.  I  want  to  get  it  sa 
that  I  can  go  home"  with  her.  I  have 
eighty-four  dollars  coming  to  me  to- 
morrow, and  I  will  come  around  to  your 
office  and  give  you  the  money."  Mean- 
while he  was  industriously  giving  me  the 
grip  of  the  Master  Mason.  I  said  to 
him,  ''Why  are  you  giving  me  this  Mas- 
ter Mason's  grip?  Are  you  a  Mason?" 
"Oh,  yes,  I  am  a  Mason."  "Well,"  I 
said,  'T  am  not  a  Mason,  and  I  do  not 
know  why  you  should  give  me  this  Ma- 
son's grip."  "Well,"  he  said  again, 
"give  me  the  money  anyway ;  I  need  the 
money."  I  said,  "No.  You  have  been 
drinking,  and  if  I  sliould  give  you  money 
you  would  drink  some  more.  So  I  can- 
not give  you  any  money."  "Well,"  he 
said,  "you  can  give  me  ten  cents,  any- 
way. If  I  had  ten  cents  I  could  go 
honie  with  my  wife."  I  said  to  him, 
"That  would  be  one  whisky,  or  two 
beers ;  and  I  have  no  right  to  pay  money 
to  the  saloonkeepers.  If  you  know  me, 
you  know  that  all  my  life  I  have  been 
warring  against  the  saloons ;  and  I  have 
no  right  to  take  God's  money  and  give  it 
to  them  through  you."  He  swore,  four 
or  five  times,  that  if  I  would  let 
him  have  ten  cents,  he  would  not  spend 
a  penny  of  it  for  liquor,  but  would  go 
right  home.  I  said,  "No,  I  do  not  dare 
to  trust  you.  You  are  drunk  now,  and 
you  want  money  to  drink  some  more." 
I  said,  "Did  the  Masons  teach  you  to 
drink?"  "Oh,  no,  the  Alasons  did  not 
teach  me  to  drink."  I  said,  "I  don't 
know.  Many  men  learn  to  drink  liquor 
in  the  lodges.  Perhaps  you  did.  But  at 
all  events,  I  do  not  dare  to  give  you  any 
money  while  you  are  in  this  condition. 
I  am  sorry  for  you,  and  wish  that  you 
might  become  a  real  Christian  instead  of 
a  Freemason.  Then  you  would  not  be 
drinkinof  whiskv." 


so 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


July,    1908. 


I  was  reminded  by  this  incident  of 
one  which  occurred  in  Jersey  City, 
X.  T..  many  years  ago.  1  was  lecturing  in 
the  Second  United  Presbyterian  church, 
and  was  guest  with  Dr.  Robert  Arm- 
strong, a  great-souled  child  of  God  who 
lias  now  gone  to  rest.  I  was  very  fully 
and  candidly  reported  in  the  Jersey  City 
E-Z'cuiiig  Journal,  or  some  paper  of  about 
that  name.  1  said  to  Dr.  Armstrong, 
"I  would  like  to  meet  this  reporter."  He 
said,  "He  is  a  Freemason,  but  I  will  be 
dad  to  introduce  vou."  Meeting  him, 
I  said,  "I  am  surprised  that  you  report 
me  so  intelligently  and  so  honestly,  as 
I  have  been  told  that  you  are  a  Free- 
mason." "Weh,"  he  said,  '1  suppose  I 
am.  But  I  don't  care  much  for  Free- 
masonry. No  man  has  ever  introduced 
himself  to  me  as  a  Mason  without  asking 
for  a  cjuarter  to  get  a  drink." 

As  I  remarked  in  my  last  letter,  evils 
are  akin.  One  is  naturally  associated 
with  another;  and  when  we  fight  the 
battle  which  we  are  waging  against 
lodges,  we  are  also  warring  against 
liquor  shops,  gambling  dens,  brothels, 
race  tracks,  and  all  other  inicjuities  that 
destroy  the  souls  of  men.  So  let  us  be 
of  good  courage,  and  push  forward. 
Sincerely  and  fraternally  yours, 
Charles  A.  Blanchard. 


MASONIC   HEAD   IN   ROME. 

One  Head  for  Both  the  Political  and  Re= 
ligious   Masonry  of  the  World. 

Secrecy  guards  the  door  to  every 
scheme  of  deception.  It  shielded  the  in- 
fant rebellion  in  the  South  until  it  devel- 
oped into  a  gigantic  war.  Anarchists, 
assassins  and  thugs  of  every  description 
are  indebted  to  secrecy  for  success  in 
their  hideous  business.  "Secrecy  and  si- 
lence" are  jew^els  Commended  to  the  En- 
tered Apprentice  on  his  ''first  admission 
to  a  lodge  of  Freemasons."  It  is  the 
Alpha  to  an  ingeniou  ■  "  constructed  and 
thoroughly  organized  body  of  men  only. 

The  perfection  of  this  system  is  de- 


pendent upon  a  siiii^^Ie  person  invested 
with  absolute  authority  to  wield  the  en- 
tire structure.  The  Papacy  does  obei- 
sance to  this  law  of  climax  by  proclaim- 
ing the  ''Pope,  Vicar  of  Christ"  on  earth 
liolding  the  key  to  heaven.  It  is  a  fixed 
law  in  the  nature  of  every  despotic  sys- 
tem, and  is  readily  traced  in  the  Masonic, 
order  from  the  first  to  the  last  step  in  its 
progress.  In  the  Scottish,  which  is  the 
ruling  Rite,  there  is  not  a  missing  link 
from  the  first  to  the  thirty-third  degree, 
as  may  be  learned  from  its  official  docu- 
ments and  accredited  publications. 

Until  a  comparatively  recent  date  the 
Supreme  Council  has  been  the  Ultima 
Thule  of  the  system,  so  far  as  known  Lo 
the  uninitiated.  An  English  student  o\ 
the  mysteries  has  penetrated  to  the  deep- 
er depths  of  the  structure  and  there  dis- 
covered the  one  thin^-  needful  to  com- 
plete  an  absolute  despotism.  The  ac- 
count given  by  this  author  bears  the 
marks  of  authenticity  as  the  result  of 
careful  and  thorough  research.  It  is  too 
extended  for  insertion,  even  in  abridged 
form,  but  the  gist  of  the  whole  case  is 
given  in  two  short  paragraphs,  on  pages 
211  and  212  in  his  work  entitled,  "The 
X  Rays  in  Freemasonry,"  1904,  as  fol- 
lows : 

Two    Sovereigns. 

"Albert  Pike,  Sovereign  Grand  Com- 
mander of  the  entire  ancient  and  accept- 
ed Scottish  Rite,  whose  chief  seat  was 
at  Charlestown  in  the  United  States,  and 
Mazzini  were  in  correspondence  about 
the  division  of  Masonic  power.  It  was 
finally  agreed  that  Albert  Pike  should  be 
Sovereign  Pontiff  of  Universal  Masonry, 
and  Mazzini  Sovereign  Chief  of  Politi- 
cal Action.  This  assumption  of  the  title 
Sovereign  Pontiff  *  *  "^  is  dated 
24th  Sept.,  1870.  '^"  "^^  -^  Andriano 
Lemmi  succeeded  Mazzini  as  Sovereign 
Chief  of  Political  Action  at  Rome,  and 
on  the  death  of  Albert  Pike  in  1891  the 
Sovereign  Grand  Pontificate  passed  from 
Charlestown  to  Rome." 

In  the  coronation  of  Adriano  Lemmi. 
Sovereign  Pontiff'  and  Sovereign  Chief 
of  Political  Action,  the  Masonic  structure 
is  complete  and  ready  for  action.  Its  en- 
tire force  may  be  directed  to  any  particu- 
lar point  by  the  command  of  a  single  per- 


July,  1008. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


81 


f^on,  who,  like  the  Pope,  is  Sovereign 
Pontiff  over  each  and  all  of  his  loyal 
■subjects.  Thus  it  appears  that  a  more 
perfect  despotism  does  not  exist,  nor  can 
a  more  complete  instrument  for  enforc- 
ing the  decrees  of  a  despot  be  conceived. 
It  includes  the  political  and  religious  held 
and  covers  the  entire  arena  of  liuman  ac- 
tion. 

— Extracts  from  article  by  Rev,  J.  P. 
Stoddard  in  Home  Light. 


A  BAPTIST  TESTIMONY. 

The  editor  of  The  Paeifie  Baptist,  hav- 
ing- been  asked  his  opinion  as  to  uniting 
with  a  secret  society,  replies  as  follows : 

"No  Christian  sliould  unite  witli  a  secret 
■order,  and  tlierefore  tlie  Christian  minister 
Is  emphatically  barred.  The  chief  reasons 
for  keeping  out  of  such  fraternities  are  as 
I'olloAYS :  •, 

"].  Tlie  Christian  man  in  the  act  of  bap- 
tism unites  himself  to  the  only  real  'fra- 
ternity' recognized  of  God.  'One  is  your 
Master,  even  Christ,  and  all  ye  are  breth- 
ren' 

"2.  The  Christian  man  should  never  take 
an  oath  of  secrecy,  as  his  divine  Lord  may 
demand  of  him  that  he  divulge  the  nature  of 
the  oath. 

"3.  Such  organizations  as,  for  instance, 
the  Masons,  use  many  passages  of  Scripture 
in  their  degrees,  but  the  name  of  Christ  is 
omitted  from  those  that  in  the  Bible  contain 
it.  It  is  not  enough  to  acknowledge  God. 
•Christ  must  also  be  acknowledged  as  God, 
Saviour  and  King  of  men  by  the  lodges  be- 
fore the  disciple  of  Christ  can  feel  himself 
truly  a  'brother.' 

'•4.  Men  who  at  their  conversion  are  great- 
ly iuterested  in  lodges  become  less  and  less 
so  as  they  grow  in  grace.  The  obligations  of 
the  Word  of  God  and  the  duties  and  priv- 
ileges of  the  Christian  life  leave  no  corners 
for  lodge  meetings,  ceremonies,  banquets,  etc. 
Imagine  Paul  and  Peter  as  'joiners' ! 

"5.  There  is  no  good  thing  about  the  lodges 
that  should  not  be  incorporated  into  the  work 
of  the  church. 

"G.  Joining  a  lodge  to  win  men  to  Christ 
lias  seldom  had  such  a  result.  The  way  to 
Min  men  to  Christ  is  to  join  one's  self  to 
Chris  L. 

"7.  Many  of  the  lodge  ceremonies  violate 
the  simplicity  and  sincerity  of  the  Christian 
life  and  are  pretentions,  bombastic,  even  anti- 
biblical   in  teaching. 

"8.     The  lodges  are  doing  a  good  deal  to 


alleviate  suffering,  furnish  cheap  insurance, 
etc  Full  credit  should  be  given  them.  But 
one  can  get  as  good  insurance  elsewhere,  and 
it  is  the  business  of  the  Christian  Church  to 
care  for  the  sick,  poor,  sad-hearted  and  the 
(lyiiife*. 

"0.  The  various  lodge  'hierarchies,'  with 
their  ascending  degrees,  swelling  titles  and 
childlike  appeals  to  the  imagination  and 
sense  of  mystery,  arc  all  opposed  to  the  dem- 
ocratic simplicity  aud  humility  required  of 
Christ's  flock,  where  all  arc  equal  and  there 
are  no  titles  or  special  privileges.  No,  keep 
out  of  the  lodges.  But  do  not  fight  them. 
They  are  the  best  'fraternities'  that  an  un- 
r-onverted  man  can  contrive." 
— Copied  into  TJie  Journal  and  Messenger 
(Baptist),  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  May  28, 
1908. 

A  brave  testimony,  and  a  needed  one, 
but  the  editor  strikes  a  false  note  in  his 
"do  not  light  them."  In  fact,  his  article 
is  the  very  opposite  of  his  advice.  It  is 
a  good  thing  to  raise  corn  and  potatoes, 
i,)ut  don't  fight  the  weeds !  Weeds  are 
the  natural  product  of  the  earth,  as  se- 
cret societies  are  of  the  natural  m.an.  To 
be  sure,  weeds  will  choke  and  kill  the 
corn,  just  as  lodges  do  the  souls  of  men, 
whom  they  bury  in  the  grave  in  tlie  hope 
of  tlie  resurrection  and  of  iieaven,  while 
denying  Him  who  is  the  Resurrection 
and  the  Life. 

No,  our  business  is  to  plant  corn  and 
fight  zueeds;  to  build  up  the  kingdom  of 
righteousness  and  fight  its  enemies — sa- 
loons, lodgery,  and  other  foes.  Nathan- 
iel Colver,  D.  D.,  an  eminent  Baptist  and 
a  seceding  Mason,  said,  'Tt  (Alasonrv) 
is  Satan's  masterpiece  for  the  destruction 
of  the  souls  of  men."  Let  us  fight  it 
v/ith  "the  sword  of  the  Spirit,  which  is 
the  word  of  God." 


Often  I  find  an  aiticle  in  the  Cynosu^'c 
worth  more  than  a  year's  subscription 
price — if  money  could  in  any  sense  be 
used  as  a  recompense  for  the  enunciation 
of  truth.  j\Iary  C.  Baker. 

^^d^ittle  Springs,  Tenn..  June  15,  1908. 

We  may  glorify  God  in  little  things. 
but  no  one  should  be  content  with  sucli 
a  life.  The  duty  of  every  man  is  "to  at- 
tempt great  things  for  God." 


The  saloon  is  the  hot-bed  of  anarchv 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


July,    1908. 


And  the  Public  Is  In  Sympathy  With  the  Striker. 

— From  7'he  Fort  Waijne  News. 


WILL  WATCH  WITH  INTEREST. 

A  prominent  Easterji  newspaper  pub- 
lished tlie  following  paragraph  May  6th : 

*'The  war  conclncted  by  the  board  of  ed- 
ucation of  Chicago  a.gainst  the  iiigh  school 
fraternities  is  to  be  yet  more  vigorously  pros- 
ecuted. President  Schneider  has  prepared 
a  program  to  be  applied  in  connection  with 
the  rule  adopted  proljibiting  pupils  from  be- 
ing members  of  Greek  letter  societies,  under 
the  penalty  of  expulsion,  which  is  to  become 
effective   September   1.     He   proposes   to   se- 


cure- a  written  pledge  from  every  member  of 
a  sororicy  or  fraternity  'renouncing'  the  se- 
cret society  in  consideration  of  being  permit- 
ted to  remain  in  the  public  schools.  Parents 
vxill  be  asked  by  the  principals  of  the  schools 
to  certify  in  writing  that  their  sons  or  daugh- 
t  rs  have  withdrawn  from  the  society.  Mr. 
MC'hneider  intends  to  secure  pledges  from  pu- 
pils not  members  that  they  will  not  join  any 
secret  society.  School  authorities  all  o\*er 
the  country  Avill  watch  with  interest  the  at- 
tempt to  execute  this  radical  program." 


July,  1908. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


83 


♦'KINDRED   EVILS." 

Under  the  caption  "To  Discuss  Frater- 
nities/' a  New  England  daily  said,  in 
part,  May  15th: 

"The  New  England  Association  of  School 
Superintendents  will  convene  in  Boston 'next 
Friday,  and  from  tlie  program  which  is  an- 
nounced for  the  meeting  it  is  seen  that  the 
subject  of  secret  societies  in  the  high  schools, 
a  matter  which  has  assumed  prominence  in 
Springfield  during  the  past  year  or  two,  wJU 
be  one  of  the  most  vital  subjects  considered. 
Among  the  speakers  at  the  meeting  will  be 
Prof.,  Suzzallo,  who  will  consider  'iSecret 
Societies  and  Athletics  in  the  High  Schools.' 
A  letter  sent  out  to  the  superintendents  of 
New  England  by  Iloury  D.  Ilervy,  of  Mai- 
den, the  president  of  the  organization,  says 
that  the  conviction  is  growing  that  the  only 
way  to  drive  secret  societies  and  kindred 
evils  from  the  high  schools  is  for  the  school 
authorities  to  recognize  frankly  that  boys 
and  girls  are  social  beings  and  to  make  wise 
but  adequate  provision  for  their  social  needs. 
The  responsibility  of  the  home  must  not  be 
lessened,  however.  This  is  the  burning  topic 
which  will  be  considered  at  the  meeting  of 
the  association,  and  a  wide  expression  of 
opinion  is  expected  from  superintendents 
from  all  over  New  England,  as  well  as  visit- 
ing authorities.  Athletics  also  will  not  lack 
attention,  and  it  is  evident  from  the  program 
that  many  restrictions  on  this  interest  of  the 
pupils  will  be  suggested." 


STEALING    A    PART   OF    INITIATION. 

President  Angell  ordered  the  dissolu- 
tion of  one  of  the  Michigan  University 
''frat"  lodges.  The  faculty  expelled  two 
members  who  had  been  arrested  for  theft 
and  fined  fifty  dollars.  The  young  men 
claimed  that  tlie  thieving-  was  a  part  of 
their  initiation  stunt.        ■  '  ■ 


"THE   WORLD  SEEMS   SICK.  " 

Once  during  her  college  days,  Alice 
Freeman,  afterward  the  Wellesley  col- 
lege president,  found  it  necessary  to 
teach  twenty  weeks  in  a  high  school.  In 
a  letter  to  a  college  friend  occurs  the  fol- 
lowing passage,  partly  relating  to  secret 
focicties  in  the  University  of   ■Michigan: 

"1  finished  yesterday  just  half  the 
weeks  I  liave  to  teach,  and  the  ten  that 
are  left  will  pass  too  quickly,  doubtless, 
for  the  work  which  is  to  be  done  in  them ; 
but  not  when  I  think  where  the  end  of 
them  Avill  take  me.     Once  in  a  while  I 


dread  going  back  to  college.  Not  that  it 
isn't  far  pleasanter  than  teaching.  But 
sometimes  the  world  seems  sick.  I  can't 
hel])  thinking  of  what  you  told  me  of  the 
secret  societies.  God  help  us  all !  Let  us 
pray  for  the  noble  3^oung  men  who  are 
going  down  unless  an  arm  mighty  to  save 
is  quickly  thrown  around  them.  So  S. 
has  gone,  too !  I  liked  the  boy  so  much. 
PYn-haps  it  is  better  for  him.  But  what 
a  loss  to  the  class !  Really,  in  a  year 
there  won't  be  much  of  a  class  left,  at 
this  late.  Oh,  if  we  could  only  sit  down 
and  talk  it  all  over !" 


At  the  eighteenth  annual  convention 
of  the  City  and  Borough  Superintend- 
ents of  the  Pennsylvania  Educational 
Association,  a  decided  action  was  taken 
against  the  Colleges  for  not  lessening 
the  hardships  of  the  entrance  examina- 
tions while  seemingly  putting  their  faith 
in  the  dance  hall,  card  parties,  fraterni- 
ties and  club  life. 

Superintendent  F.  E.  Downes  of  Har- 
risburg  urged  the  enactment  of  a  law  re- 
moving fraternities  from  the  lower 
schools. 


CHINESE    GRADUATE    OF    AMERICAN 
COLLEGE. 

Something  like  the  ordinary  plea  can 
be  made  for  the  Chinese  secret  society 
called  the  Flep  Sing  Tong,  for  Warry 
Charles,  president  of  the  Boston  branch, 
was  a  graduate  of  an  American  college, 
and  had  been  court  interpreter.  Nine 
members — as  has  been  previously  noticed 
— were  convicted  of  murder.  Ten  mem- 
bers were  known  as  the  jury,  and  these 
met  with  the  officers  in  a  secret  room. 
Cliarles  was  accused,  by  a  witness  who 
belonged  to  the  jury  at  the  time  of  tlie 
murders,  of  saying:  "Since  the  last  few 
years  we  are  like  dead  ones.  If  you  all 
agree,  I'll  tell  my  suggestion.  I  want 
to  do  as  they  do  in  New  York :  we  must 
kill  some  people.  '^'  '■''  "^  A\'e  wanr 
more  memljers  for  the  Hep  Sing  Tong. 
^Ve  will  attack  the  people  and  they  will 
be  afraid  of  us.  "■'  *  *  The  attack 
will  make  all  Chinese  men  join  the  order. 
*  '•'  *  If  we  can  frighten  the  people, 
they  will  pay  us  money,  and  we  will  send 
to  other  branches  of  the  society,  in  New 


I-if; 


■■  .V.  u  . 


S4 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


July,   1908. 


"^'ork,  Pliiladelphia  and  Chicago,  for 
liatclict  men  v.ho  are  nnknowrn,  because 
they  can  get  away  easier." 

An  Associated  Press  dispatch,  dated 
jNIarch  27,  said:  "A  street  murder,  which 
is  l.^eheved  to  have  been  an  outgrowth  of 
the  recent  trials  of  a  number  of  China- 
men for  murder  in  Boston  and  Philadel- 
])]iia,  intensely  excited  the  New  York 
Chinese  colony  for  a  time  to-day.  *  '•:  -^ 
P\er  since  the  successful  prosecution  of 
the  Chinese  murder  trials  in  Boston  and 
Philadelphia,  there  have  been  freqtient 
rumors,  in  Chinatowai,  that  some  mem- 
ber of  the  New  York  colony  inspired  the 
evidence  which  resulted  in  the  convic- 
tions. \\dien  the  shooting  occurred  to- 
day, it  became  noised  about  that  Ing 
Mow  was  one  of  the  men  who  had  been 
imder  suspicion.  '•''  ^'  '^  Three  China- 
men blocked  his  way.  There  was  a  short, 
sharp  argument,  the  flash  and  report  of  a 
shot,  and,  as  Ing  collapsed  and  fell  to 
the  sidewalk,  the  three  assailants  fled. 
-■■'■  «  >!«'  Chinatown  was  in  a  panic  of  ex- 
cit'^ment,  and  it  became  necessary  to  call 
out  a  big  detail  of  extra  police.  ^  ^  ^ 
Moy  Don  Yuk  and  Wan  Yon,  both  of 
whom  live  in  Mott  street,  were  taken  into 
custody." 

This  gives  opportunity  to  see  secret  so- 
ciety arrangements  in  connection  with 
people  of  a  slightly  different  color,  and 
at  a  somewhat  different  angle.  The  prac- 
tical difference  could  be  greater. 


Golden,  111.,  April  27,   1908. , 
National  Christian  Association, 

Chicago,  111. : 

My  congregation  stands  as  a  unit 
against  secretism,  opposing  it  in  every 
form  whatever.  They  are  all  stauncii 
German  Lutherans,  and  with  the  Luther- 
an church  uphold  the  tenets  of  Holy 
Scripture  over  against  lodgeism.  They 
heartily  approve  my  stand  in  devoting 
special  sermons  against  the  evils  of  the, 
fcCcret  societies. 

Wishing  you  continued  success  in  your 
work,  I  remain, 

Yours   respectfully,  ■      • 

(Rev.)  Armin  Paul  Meyer. 


€DitoriaL 


We  cannot  give  you  all  of  the  good 
things  that  remain  of  our  Annual  Meet- 
ing and  Convention  in  this  number,  but 
promise  you  more  in  due  time. 

We  had  the  privilege  of  putting  into 
type  the  address  of  President  Blanchard 
wdiich  he  delivered  before  some  6,000  in 
Des  Moines,  Iowa,  on  June  7th,  and 
sending  it  to  about  one  hundred  of  the 
leading  religious  papers  of  our  coimtry.. 
It  w^as  especially  fine  because  of  the  fun- 
damental truths  handled  and  because  of 
the  manner  in  which  they  w^ere  taken  tip. 
This  is  also  one  of  the  rich  things  in  store 
for  future  delivery  to  Cynosure  read- 
ers.      •  ■  .    ■■  ■  ^  .  •  ■ 


The  editor  recently  visited  an  old 
friend  of  the  Association,  Mr.  D.  H. 
Harrington  of  Columbus,  Ohio.  His  ex- 
perience in  connection  with  lodge-wor- 
ship reminded  us  of  ours,  when  we  join- 
ed the  Good  Templars  and  found  as 
Chaplain  one  of  the  most  profane  young 
Lien  in  the  community. 

A  short  time  after  Brother  Harring- 
ton's initiation,  a  neighbor's  hen-roost 
was  robbed  in  the  night  and  the  thief 
caught  in  the  act.  The  culprit  was  none 
other  than  the  Chaplain,  who  had  given 
him  moral  instruction  and  read  the  pray-, 
ers  over  him  in  the  lodge.         •. 

Our  readers  will  be  ver}^  much  inter-, 
ested,  we  are  sure,  in  the  following  let- 
ter from  the  late  President  Charles  G. 
Finney,  of  Oberlin,  Ohio,  written  to  Mr. 
Ilarrington  in  1873,  and  never  hereto- 
fore Dublished. 


Lvery  life  is  a  lighthouse  or  a  beacon 


of  warning.    Which  is  yours? 


Oberlin,  March  15,  1873. 
D.  H.  Harrington,  Esq. : 

J)car  Brother:  Yours  of  the   13th  in-- 
stant  is  received. 

Your  pastor  a  Freemason !  And  does 
he  defend,  and  co-operate  with  Freema- 
son^? I  often  ask  myself  how  it  is  pos- 
s'ble  that  a  Christian  can  be  an  adhering 
]''reemason,  after  all  the  light  that  has. 
been  shed  upon  this  subject.  Freema- 
sonry puts  out  the  eyes  of  conscience.  It 
destroys  all  moral  discrimination,  else  it 


July,  1908. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


85 


v^'ere  impossible  for  one  to  remain  in 
sympathy  with  the  lodge. 

As  to  your  leaving  the  church,  that 
jJionld  depend  on  circumstances.  If  the 
body  is  controlled  by  Freemasons  and 
conducted  in  sympathy  with  their  spirit, 
it  is  not  a  church  of  Christ,  although 
there  may  be  some  good  people  belong- 
ing to  it.  If  the  church,  as  a  body,  ap- 
proves of  the  horrid  oaths  of  Freemason- 
ry, and  justifies  the  selfish  principle  by 
which  Masons  live,  I  should  renounce 
their  fellowship.  But,' if  the  church  au- 
thorities, and  the  church  as  a  body,  are 
opposed  to  Freemasonry,  I  should  re- 
main in  it,  and  use  all  my  influence 
against  Freemasonry.  .    , 

As  to  the  minister,  I  should  deal  plain- 
ly with  him  before  I  refused  to  support 
him.  ]^)Ut  after  reasonable  labor  with 
him,  if  he  still  clave  to  the  lodge,  I  should 
not  bid  him  Godspeed,  or  express  any 
confidence  in  him  by  aiding  in  his  sup- 
port. 

Dear  brother,  be  Christ-like  in  love, 
and  in  firmness  oppose  and  denounce  sin 
in  every  form  whilst  personally  you  arc 
kind  to  all. 

God  bless  you.  C.  G.  Finney. 


The  natural  influence  upon  one's  mind 
of  lodge  obligations  to  aid  and  assist  a 
brother  lodgeman  is  well  illustrated  by 
the  following  incident  from  The  North 
American  of  Philadelphia,  describing  the 
arrest  of  a  lodge  member  by  a  policeman. 

''In  the  meantime  Sergeant  Fenn  was 
having  trouble  with  Troi.  The  man 
fought  like  a  wildcat,  and  was  subdued 
only  after  a  vigorous  beating*. 

''  'Save  me,  brothers  and  fellozv  lodge- 
members'  he  cried  frantically,  as  the  big 
sergeant's  grip  tightened  about  his  neck 
and  the  Italians,  with  weapons  drawn, 
surged  around  the  officer. 

''  'For  God's  sake,  sergeant,'  cried  a  cit- 
izen, wlio  vainly  sought  to  gain 
Fenn's  side,  'don't  take  that  man.  These 
fellows  will  kill  you.' 

"  'Not  yet,  friend,'  answered  the  police- 
man coolly,  'I'm  a  long  way  from  death.' 
With  one  slash  with  his  club  he  sent  two 
would-be  assailants  to  the  asphalt,  caus- 
ing the  poorly  constructed  club  to  break 
with  its  impact  upon  their  heads. 


"  'You'll  pay  dearly  for  this,'  raged  the 
frantic  Troi.  'You  are  a  marked  man. 
Remember  that — you're  marked.'  The 
next  moment  he  had  sunk  into  tempo- 
rary oblivion.  Sergeant  Finn's  remnant 
of  club  had  done  its  work."  ,.. 


PREVALENT  PERJURY. 

A  New  York  City  judge  says  that  di^ 
vorce  cases  are  packed  with  perjuries; 
and  another  judge  is  quoted  as  saying: 
"People  seem  to  have  lost  their  respect 
for  the  sanctity  of  an  oath,  and  consider 
tlie  solemn  vow  to  tell  the  truth  but  a 
panoply  for  the  more  efTective  detail  of 
matter  for  the  side  they  wish  to  succeed. 
The  time  has  arrived  when  something 
radical  must  be  done  to  stem  the  torrent 
of  perjury  which  is  engulfing  the  efforts 
to  administer  justice  in  the  courts  of  our 
community." 

Like  other  cities  and  villages.  New 
York  is  full  of  people  habituated  to  tak- 
ing oaths  in  lodges,  and  it  is  not  to  be 
assumed  that  all  take  them  seriously,  or 
observe  them  strictly.  There  is  reason 
to  question  whether  there  ds  not  a  large 
me;nbership  that  regards  a  lodge  oath  as 
an  almost  empty  form.  Taking  lodge 
oaths  lightly,  as  well  as  blindly,  might  be 
expected  to  cultivate  a  loose  habit  of 
mind.  All  oaths  would  thus  share  a  ten- 
dency to  lose  sacredness.  This  prevalent 
custom  of  swearing  as  cultivated  by 
lodges  may,  therefore,  partly  account  lor 
the  increase  of  the  crime  that  judges  ob- 
serve. 

This  is  not  the  sole  cause,  yet  it  can 
naturally  be  reckoned  as  liable  to  be 
among  efficient  causes ;  at  least  one  oath 
is  taken  in  each  degree,  and,  whether 
taken  lightly  or  not,  it  is  taken  blindly. 
Taking  oaths  blindly,  or  taking  them 
lightly,  is  a  bad  habit  to  cultivate  in 
lodges  and  practice  in  courts.  : 


A  TEXT  FOR  THE  MASTER'S 
WORKERS. 

What  we,  who  have  long  labored,  are 
now  needing  in  order  to  keep  up  hope 
and  courage,  is  the  Christian  grace  of  pa- 
tience. So  has  it  been,  also,  from  the  be- 
ginning, when  it  was  said  to  the  disciples 
of  the  first  century,  "Ye  have  need  of 
patience,   that,   after   ye   have   done   the 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


July,   1008. 


will  of  God,  ye  might  receive  the  prom- 
ise." Impatience  cuts  oil  work  midway, 
so  that  nothing  is  perfected;  therefore, 
"Let  patience  have  its  perfect  work,  that 
ye  may  be  perfect  and  entire,  wanting* 
nothing-.''  If  we  \\an.t  what  belongs  to 
tiic  final  stage  of  discipline,  losing  tliis 
through  impatience,  we  fail  of  finished 
character  ;  if  we  miss  the  conclusion  of 
an  enterprise,  we  attain,  instead, a  failure. 
The  last  few  steps  of  mountain-climbing 
arc  the  only  ones  that  touch  the  summit; 
the  last  year  of  school,  alone,  reaches 
graduation;  in  the  conclusion  of  a  busi- 
ness transaction,  lies  its  profit. 

Dangerously  strong  and  influential 
temptations  to  impatience,  are  various  in 
origin.  Physical  weariness  can  play  its 
part,  disappointment  is  not  easily  over- 
come or  forgotten,  the  sting  that  ingrati- 
tude cr  want  of  sympathetic  comradeship 
can  inflict  is  envenomed,  and  its  poison  is 
sometimes  paralyzing  or  benumbing.  In 
petulance,  or  in  discouragement,  effort 
that  ought  to  be  patiently  matured  is  lia- 
ble to  be  relaxed  or  abandoned. 

Yet  in  due  season  we  shall  reap  if  we 
faint  not ;  your  labor  is  not  in  vain  in 
the  Lord.  No  place  for  impatience  lies 
this  side  the  line  where  awaits  the  due 
season ;  until  that  line  is  reached,  labor 
does  not  cease  to  be  "not  in  vain.''  We 
should  cling  to  these  encouraging  truths, 
with  faith  in  the  Master  of  the  field  we 
cultivate.  While  He  has  patience,  we 
should ;  so  long  as  He  still  expects  re- 
sults, we  may ;  until  He  relaxes  purpose 
or  effort,  we  need  not.  We  ought  to 
reach  the  end  with  Him. 

His  parable  of  the  sower  is  an  antidote 
to  impatience,  and  to  disappointment  that 
fosters  it.  Some  seed  must  fall  where 
the  birds  will  catch  it  away,  some  where 
there  is  not  much  deepness  of  earth,  and 
some  where  it  is  choked  by  thorns.  W^e 
cannot  expect  that  ungodly  men,  already 
profane,  will  hesitate  to  take  reckless 
lodge  oaths,  nor  can  we  look  to  see  dis- 
honest men,  or  scheming  politicians, 
shocked  by  the  baseness  of  certain  secret 
obligations.  L,icentious  men  will  not  re- 
gret that  the  agreement  to  limit  vice  so 
as  to  exempt  a  few  nearest  relatives  of 
members  of  one  degree,  leaves  most  of 
the  world  unmentioned.     If  they  are  re- 


pelled by  amtliing,  it  will  be  that  limited 
agreement.  Men  of  the  world  and  wom- 
en of  fashion  cannot  be  expected  to  have 
ears  to  hear  appeals  based  on  Christian 
principles.  vSupposed  business  or  politi- 
cal advantage  can  win  men,  dancing  and 
(hsplay  attract  women,  and  those  of  this 
class  can  hear  and  weigh  arguments  like 
these;  our  arguments,  based  on  Christian 
morals  and  faith,  they  have  no  ears  to 
hear.  We  have  not  failed,  though  the 
great  multitude  throngs  still  the  broad 
road  that  leads  to  death  ;  the  narrow  path 
is  not  closed.  He  that  hath  an  ear  will 
hear;  let  us  patiently  lift  up  our  voice  for 
him. 

Surely  shallow  soil  on  rocky  ground 
will  yet  remain,  birds  of  tiie  air  will  catch 
away  our  words,  thorns  will  not  cease  to 
grow  and  choke  our  Master's  truth,  how- 
ever diligently  we  sow.  Yet  there  is 
good  ground.  There  also  remain  seven 
thousand  who  do  not  worship  Baal.  It 
was  after  two-score  years  that  Caleb, 
whose  ready  and  encouraging  words 
seemed  vain,  inherited  the  land  of  tlie 
grape-cluster,  and  drove  out  the  sons  of 
Anak,  who  had  terrified  his  early  com- 
panions. Like  him,  we  have  need  of  pa- 
tience, and  having  patience  until  the  due 
season,  we  shall  receive  what  is  prom- 
ised, for  our  confidence  hath  great  rec- 
ompense of  reward. 


TENNESSEE       LAW       TO        PROTECT 
SECRET  ORDERS. 

Protection   By   Prohibiting. 

The  law  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of 
Tennessee,  April  15,  1907,  and  printed  in 
the  Cynosure,  April,  1908,  is  entitled, 
''AN  ACT  to  protect  fraternal,  charit- 
able, and  benevolent  societies,  or  secret 
orders,  by  prohibiting  the  publication, 
sale,  or  circulation,  of  any  book,  pam- 
phlet, or  other  instrument,  purporting  to 
be  a  copy  of  the  secret  or  ritualistic  work 
of  any  such  secrv^t  organization ;  and  to 
provide  a  penalty  for  a  violation  of  the 
same." 

Review  of  the  Law. 

Section  i  declares  it  unlawful  to  pub- 
lish, print,  or  import,  or  to  sell  or  expose 
for  sale,  anything  purporting  to  be  a  copy 
of  secret  or  ritualistic  work. 

Section  4  makes  violation  of  Section 


July,  1908. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSUKE. 


87 


I  a  misdemeanor,  for  which  the  fine  must 
be  not  less  than  ten  dollars,  and  may 
be  fifty. 

Section  5  exempts  officers  of  secret 
orders. 

Section  2  authorizes  any  citizen  of 
Tennessee,  who  is  first  authorized  by  the 
chief  officer  of  an  order,  to  recover  one 
hundred  dollars  from  a  violator  of  Sec- 
tion I.  Fifty  dollars  shall  belong  to  the 
person  suing,  fifty  to  the  State. 

Section  3  empowers  any  citizen,  au- 
thorized as  required  by  Section  2,  to 
take  away  from  its  possessor  any  prop- 
erty of  the  kind  described  in  Section  i. 
"Such  citizen,  when  so  authorized,  shall 
have  the  right  to  enforce  the  provisions 
of  this  section  by  a  writ  of  replevin." 

Section  6  says  that  "this  act  shall  take 
effect  from  and  after  its  passage,  the  pub- 
lic welfare  requiring  it." 

Out   of    Harmony   With    Federal    Consti=- 

tution. 

Public  welfare  was  thought  to  require 
that  the  first  amendment  of  the  United 
States  Constitution  should  guarantee 
that  Congress  could  pass  no  law 
"abridging  freedom  of  speech  or  of  the 
press."  The  Constitution  of  Tennessee, 
adopted  soon  after  the  Civil  War,  may 
not  have  copied  this  clause  of  the  Bill  of 
Rights,  yet  any  American  law  out  of  har- 
mony with  it,  however  justifiable,  seems 
extraordinary.  It  requires  imperative 
reason. 

Section  i  is  criminal  law.  It  is  com- 
pleted by  Section  4,  and  applies  to  mat- 
ter copyrighted  under  federal  law.  One 
provision  forbids  any  person  to  import 
matter  that  is  obviously  liable  to  be 
brought  in  by  mail.  Import  might  be 
construed  to  cover  obtaining  by  mail, 
in  a  case  of  this  kind. 

However,  Section  2  of  Article  IV  of 
the  U.  S.  Constitution  guarantees  that 
"The  citizens  of  each  State  shall  be  en- 
titled to  all  the  privileges  and  immuni- 
ties of  citizens  in  the  several  States." 
One  of  these  must  be  ordinary  use  of 
the  mails. 

Tennessee  judges  cannot  ignore  this 
in  favor  of  the  State  law,  for  the-  U.  S. 
Constitution  and  laws  "shall  be  the  su- 
preme law  of  the  land;  and  the  judges 
in  every  State  shall  be  bound  thereby, 


anything  in  the  Constitution  or  laws  of 
any  State  to  the  contrary  notwithstand- 
ing." Moreover,  all  "judicial  officers 
both  of  the  United  States  and  of  the  sev- 
eral States,  shall  be  bound  by  oath  or 
affirmation  to  support  this  Constitution." 
Decisions  afl^ecting  tlie  U.  S.  mails 
appear  reviewable  by  a  federal  court; 
besides,  instead  ot  condemnmg,  State 
judges  are  sworn  to  protect  their  use. 
Apparently,  citizens  of  Tennessee  still 
share  the  universal  right  to  receive  print- 
ed and  copyrighted  matter  by  mail. 

Section  3  is  common  law.  Without 
such  terms  as  unlawful,  misdemeanor, 
and  fine,  it  prescribes  forfeiture  and  a 
method  of  enforcement.  This  might  be 
many  times  the  amount  of  the  largest 
fine. 

At   Variance   With    Common   Law. 

In  earlier  common  law,  replevin  was 
apt  to  be  restricted  to  loss  by  theft  or 
robbery,  but  now  it  includes  anything 
unlawfully  detained  from  its  rightful 
owner.  The  plaintiff  must  prove  right 
of  possession,  and  prove  the  defendant 
to  be  holding  wrongful  possession. 

Section  3,  therefore,  either  assumes  or 
creates  actual  or  constructive  ownership. 
Per  contra,  it  assumes  absence  of  owner- 
ship or  voids  title.  It  does  this  where, 
under  protection  of  Tennessee  law,  an 
ordinary  business  transaction  has  been 
effected,  with  exchange  of  value.  Cre- 
ation, destruction,  or  transference  of  title, 
without  consideration,  is  against  law, 
custom,  and  public  policy,  transcending 
even  the  right  of  eminent  domain. 

It  is  previous  ownership,  therefore, 
that  appears  to  be  assumed  for  the  plain- 
tiff, and  denied  to  the  defendant.  Own- 
ership cannot  accrue  from  purchase,  but 
exists  in  some  way  without.  For  ex- 
am.ple,  a  box  of  books  ordered,  shipped, 
and  paid  for,  in  Chicago,  is  not  the 
property  of  the  purchaser  to  whom  it  is 
delivered  in  Nashville.  Through  author- 
ization of  a  citizen  of  St.  Louis,  it  is 
the  property  of  some  citizen  of  Nash- 
ville, to  whom  its  arrival  is  a  surprise, 
and  who  was  not  aware  of  its  exist- 
ence. 

Whether  goods  shipped  in  Chicago, 
and   marked,    Montgomery,   Ala.,   could 


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July,    1908. 


be  seized  in  fransiiii  while  crossing  Ten- 
nessee, is  a  natural  question. 

If,  without  replevin,  any  person  should 
take  the  box  of  books  from  the  purchas- 
er, who  is  here  assumed  not  to  be  the 
owner,  would  the  court  construe  the  act 
as  theft,  or  would  the  apparent  thief 
onlv  become  the  defendant  in  a  case  of 
replevin  ? 

Question    for   the    Court. 

An  important  qu.estion  for  court  de- 
cision relates  to  the  effect  of  this  law  in 
case  a  book  contains  brief  quotations 
from  a  ritual,  but  as  a  whole  is  not  one 
"purporting  to  be  a  copy  of  the  secret  or 
ritualistic  work."  Not  all  antisecret  lit- 
erature is  ritual,  or  direct  exposure;  all 
is  mailable  to  Tenriessee,  and  its  posses- 
sion is  not  made  a  crime  in  the  eye  of 
Tennessee  law\ 

An   Open    Door. 

Even  though  purchase  be  construed  as 
criminal  importation,  illuminating  matter 
can  be  mailed  gratuitously  from  outside, 
flooding  the  State  with  light  as  never 
before.  Moreover,  no  section  of  the  law 
applies  to  sermons,  lectures,  or  conversa- 
tions ;  and  living  teachers  can  do  what 
is  forbidden  to  the  press.  Free  Speech 
has  survived  Freedom  of  the  Press  in 
Tennessee. 


IRISH  CARICATURES. 

Pat,  the  ignorant  laborer  who  lived  in 
a  shanty,  is  dead  and  buried,  his  son  is 
tending  bar  and  running  the  city  govern- 
ment, and  his  grandriaughter  is  teachitig 
the  public  school.  Secret  orders  have 
gathered  in  the  younger  members  of  the 
clan,  among  which  is  the  secret  society 
v/hosc  members  are  usually  called  Fliber- 
nians,  though  a  priest  of  their  church  de- 
clares that  in  Pennsylvania  it  was  the  Hi- 
bernians who  went  by  the  name  of  Moi- 
h'e  Maguires.  The  following  resolutio:-! 
has  been  adopted  by  a  state  board  of  the 
order • 

Whereas,  We  view  with  iinicli  regret  and 
iadlgnation  a  disposition  on  the  part  of  many 
persons  to  slander  onr  people,  especially  as 
St.  Patrick's  day  approaches,  hy  publication 
of  indecent  newspaper  and  magazine  carica- 
tures and  by  exliibiting  for  sale  at  news- 
stands and  stationery  stores  post  cards  that 
are  grossly  insulting  to  and  libelous  of  the 
Irish  people, 


We;  therefore,  the  members  of  the  state 
board  of  Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians,  in 
meeting  assembled  at  Lowell,  on  the  ninth 
day  of  February,  1908,  condenni  the  publica- 
tion and  sale  of  such  caricatures  and  post 
cards,  and  urge  tlie  officers  and  members  of 
our  order  to  exert  every  lawful  and  reason- 
able effort  to  suppress  the  sale  and  circula- 
tion of  such  libelous  caricatures  and  post 
cards  at  all  times,  and  particularly  now,  that 
the  feast  day  of  our  patron  saint  may  be 
observed  with  dignity  instead  of  ridicule. 


THE   BLIND   FILTER. 

It  is  not  the  only  difference  between  a 
filter  and  a  sieve,  that  one  is  for  liquids 
and  the  other  for  solids.  The  sieve  re- 
jects what  is  worthless,  and  keeps  what 
is  valuable ;  the  filter,  on  the  contrary, 
keeps  the  sediment  while  losing  what  is 
pure.  It  selects  what  it  rejects,  preserves 
what  it  loses,  or  enhances  the  worth  of 
what  it  casts  away.  What  it  keeps  with- 
in itself  when  its  work  is  done,  is  refuse. 

In  this  respect  the  filter  is  like  a  Ma- 
sonic lodge.  For  the  lodge,  also,  gath- 
ers good  and  bad  material  into  itself,  and 
while  one  stream  is  constanth-  pouring 
in,  another  of  almost  equal  volume  is 
flowing  out.  Moreover,  the  outflow  com- 
prises intelligence  and  moral  worth  which 
cafinot  be  retained  within  the  dark  and 
blind  lodge.  Like  Washington,  arnl 
Marshall,  and  a  multitude  of  wise  and 
noble  men,  the  better  members  tend  to 
swell  the  outflow.  Weak  characters,  how- 
ever, and  shallow  minds  are  retained.  The 
lodge  is  a  more  natural  place  lor  the 
thoughtless  who  do  not  consider,  the  ig- 
norant, who  without  understanding  are 
impressed  while  they  cannot  discrimi- 
nate, or  the  wxak  and  vicious,  to  whose 
tastes  the  lodge  is  not  uncongenial,  while 
it  promises  a  refuge  to  folly  or  v/icked- 
ness. 

Clinging  to  the  lodge,  like  refuse  in  a 
filter,  these  baser  elements  remain  after 
the  more  intelligent  and  better  elements 
pass  out  again.  Hence,  the  lodge  is  like 
a  filter  through  which  a  stream  of  mixed 
elemefits  is  forever  flowitig,  out  of 
which  it  catches  and  retains  the  more 
worthless  while  losing-  the  best  that  it 
receives. 


Hospitality  enlarges  the  soul. 


July,  1908. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


89 


AN  INQUIRY. 

Does  the  Bible  require  a  man  who  has 
assumed  sinful  obligations,  to  simply 
coiifess  that  the  obligations  were  sinful 
and  that  he  sinned  in  assuming  them,  or 
is  he  further  required  to  make  known  in 
detail  the  nature  and  form  of  the  sinful 
obligations  ?  What  is  the  bearing  of  Le- 
viticus 5:  4,  5,  and  other  scriptures  upon 
the  point  in  question?  Let  us  hear  from 
a  number  of  the  Cynosure  readers. 


BLACK  HAND  CRIMINALS  SENTENCED 

For  the  first  time  in  Massachusetts  a 
Black  Hand  case  has  resulted  in  convic- 
tion. The  last  day  of  March,  in  the  af- 
ternoon, Concetto  Rizzo  and  Antonio  AT  1  • 
rabito  were  sentenced  to  State  prison  for 
not  less  than  six  or  more  than  ten  years 
by  the  judge  of  the  superior  criminal 
court.  I^>bruary  20th  they  sent  threaten- 
ing letters  through  the  mail  to  Benjamin 
Piscopo.  The  court  denied  a  motion  for 
a  new  trial — the  evidence  was  competent 
and  sufficient  in  amount  and  character  to 
justify  the  jur\'.  Taking  the  accused  at 
their  own  words  in  the  letter,  they  were 
members  of  an  organization  formed  to 
kill  if  demands  for  money  were  not  com- 
plied with. 

Asked  by  the  court  w^hether  he  had 
anything  to  sa}^  upon  the  matter  of  sen- 
tence, the  district  attorney  declared  that 
the  case  differed  widely  from  ordinary 
blackmail,  wdiere  accusation  of  crime  was 
threatened  in  order  to  extort  money.  In 
Black  Bland  cases  the  forfeit  was  the  vic- 
tim's life. 


QUABOAG   LODGE  ANNIVERSARY. 

Warren,  Mass.,  has  a  lodge  that  has 
lately  reached  its  50th  anniversary  anrl 
enjoyed  a  grand  celebration.  Until  a 
late  hour  Saturday  evening,  the  exercises 
continued  with  great  success,  the  presen- 
tation of  past  masters'  jewels  being  par- 
ticularly interesting.  One  hundred  and 
twenty-five  Masons  w^ere  present,  and 
ten  of  the  fifteen  past  masters  w'cre 
present  to  be  decorated  with  jewels  at  the 
hand  of  the  Grand  Master.  The  celebra- 
tion of  the  anniversary  was  continued  in- 
to Sunday  morning,  by  going  into  the 
Congregational  church,  where  Rev.  T.  C. 
Richards  preached  on  the  subject :  'The 


Temple  Builders."  Among  the  no  m 
the  church  were  seven  officers  of  the 
Grand  Lodge.  Although  the  celebration 
jjroper  was  ended,  two  of  the  visiting 
Masons  spoke  Sunday  evening  on  "The 
church  and  the  brotherhood."  A  super- 
intendent of  schools  from  another  place 
presided  in  tlie  church  Sunday  evening, 
and  the  s])eakers  were  the  grand  lecturer, 
and  the  district  deputy  grand  inaster, 
who  is  also  principal  of  a  normal  school. 
Thus  the  church  was  extensively  util- 
ized that  Lord's  Day,  in  the  interest  of 
an  order  that  makes  a  si)ecialty  of  dis- 
honoring the  name  of  LBm  for  whom 
both  house  and  dav  were  named. 


GRAND  ARMY  OF  THE  REPUBLIC. 

In  1889  Col.  George  R.  Clarke,  found- 
er of  the  "Pacific  Garden  Mission,"  of 
Cliicae'o,  a  Christian  worker  of  national 
reputation  as  well  as  an  officer  in  the 
Civil  W^ar,  speaking  of  his  having  been  a 
thirty-second  degree  Mason  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  G.  A.  R.,  related  the  reasons 
for  his  withdrawal  from  all  secret  asso- 
ciations when  he  became  a  Christian.  Of 
the  G.  A.  R.  he  said: 

"For  the  same  reason  I  was  prevented 
from  reuniting  wdth  my  old  comrades  in 
arms  in  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Repub- 
lic. I  suppose  its  objects  are  in  the  main 
good  and  calculated  to  help  the  surviving 
soldiers  of  the  Rebellion;  but  I  think, 
though  not  as  harmful  as  some,  it  is  one 
of  those  things  which  stand  in  the  way 
of  the  coming  of  Christ  in  the  world; 
Consequently,  as  one  loyal  to  the  pre- 
cious Son  of  God  who  has  suffered  for 
us,  we  must  place  it  with  all  other  secret 
organizations,  as  harmful  and  retarding 
the  growth  of  our  religion.  Anything 
that  antagonizes  the  coming  of  our  Lord 
and  the  completing  of  His  work  ought  to 
receive  our  opposition.''  , 


ONE   OF   THE  WORKERS. 

I\Iissoula,  Montana,  April  15,  1908. 
T  think  two  young  men  that  were 
working  for  usdiad  their  eyes  opened  by 
reading  Modern  Secret  Societies  (which 
I  had  and  gave  to  them  to  read),  so  they 
will  not  try  the  societies. 

(]\Irs.)  E.  A.  Tozier. 


90 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


July,    1908. 


|lciU0  0f  §nx 


The  Association  is  represented  this 
}ear  at"  the  Christian  Reformed  Synod 
meeting  at  Muskegon,  iMichigan,  by  Mr. 
T.  M.  Hitchcock,  so  well  known  to  the 
readers  of  our  magazine.  We  anticipate 
a  good  note  from  him  for  the  August 
number.  ■ 


THE  DBS  MOINES,  IOWA,  MEETING. 

Covington,  Ohio,  June  i8,  1908. 
W.  I.  Phillips,  Chicago,' 111. : 

Dear  Editor  of  Cynosure: 

Wife  and  I  have  returned  from  our 
Annual  Conference  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 
The  meeting  was  largely  attended,  it  be- 
ing our  Bi-centennial  or  tw^o  hundredth 
anniversary  of  our  org'anization  in  Amer- 
ica. There  was  an  unusual  amount  of 
business,  and  at  times  the  discussions 
were  somewhat  animated,  or  like  that 
Conference  at  Jerusalem — recorded  in 
Acts  15.  "After  much  disputing"  a  very 
conciliatory  conclusion  was  arrived  at  on 
all  questions  before  the  meeting. 

Dr.  Blanchard  met  his  appointment  on 
Sunday  afternoon.  The  Doctor  seemed 
to  be  in  shape  for  the  occasion.  He  de- 
livered his  message  with  interest  and  ear- 
nestness. The  assembly  was  estimated  at 
from  six  to  eight  thousand.  All  seemed 
to  listen  with  absorbing  interest.  After 
his  talk  he  was  quickly  thronged  with  a 
large  number  who  wished  to  grasp  his 
'hand  in  friendship ;  among  them  were  a 
number  with  their  secret  badge-pins.  One 
of  thern  said,  "This  is  my  last  lodge." 

The  occasion  was  one  of  interest. 
,     Yours  as  ever, 

(Eld.)  I.  J.  Rosenberger. 


In  correspondence  with  his  brother  J. 
M.,  of  this  city,  Mr.  Thomas  P.  Hitch- 
cock, of  Toledo,  Ohio,  says :  "The  anti- 
secret  cause  is  attracting  more  attention 
to-day  than  at  any  other  time  since  I 
was  made  acquainted  with  it.  When  we 
stop  to  think  that  it  is  taught  to  our  chil- 
dren in  the  public  schools,  and  by  our 
best  instructors,  I  can  only  say.  Praise 
Cod  for  the  hopeful  prospects  that  are 
f»efore  us.     In  our  Citv  of  Toledo,  all 


students  who  insist  on  maintaining 
membership  in  these  societies  are  de- 
prived of  school  privileges." 


CONVENTIONS. 
The  Ohio  State  Convention  will  close 
its  deliberations  on  June  30th,  as  this 
Cynosure  is  being*  printed.  The  public 
leaders  in  Pandora  are  wiser  than  some, 
and  vvelcomed  the  Convention.  Among 
the  speakers  were  Rev.  C.  W.  Oyer,  Rev. 
W.  J.  Sanderson,  R.ev.  J.  H.  T  Gordon, 
Eld.  I.  J.  Rosenberger,  Rev.  T.  K.  Leon- 
ard, and  Rev.  F.  W.  Stanton.  A  report 
of  the  Convention  may  be  expected  in 
the  Auc-ust  number. 


The  Michigan  State  Convention  will 
be  held  (D.  V.)  on  October  7th  and  8th, 
at  Grand  Rapids,  in  the  Lagrave  Street 
Chrisiian  Reformed  church,  Rev.  Henry 
lieets,  pastor.  President  Blanchard  has 
been  secured  as  one  of  the  speakers.  A 
great  meeting  is  assured. 


It  has  been  suggested  that  during  Sep- 
tember a  Conference  be  held  in  the 
Southwest — perhaps  at  Kansas  City. 
Such  a  location  would  permit  the  friends 
in  four  States,  cornering  near  Kansas 
City,  to  attend.  Let  us  hear  from  those 
that  are  interested,  about  a  Conference — - 
say  at  Kansas  City,  on  September  28th 
and  29th. 


The  New  York-New  Jersey  Conven- 
tion will  be  held  in  October.  A  fuller 
plan  Vvdll  be  published  in  August. 

It  is  now  the  purpose,  as  we  under- 
stand, to  hold  the  Indiana  State  Conven- 
tion in  November.  We  expect  a  report 
on  it  for  the  next  Cynosure  from  Pres. 
L.  G.  Bears.       ■     . 


How  about  Iowa?  We  hear  that  Pres. 
J.  S.  McGaw  has  been  tendered  the  po- 
sition of  lecturer  for  the  National  Re- 
form Association.  Why  not  have  a  rally 
in  northwestern  Iowa,  the  last  of  this 
month — say  at  Sioux  City  ?  Rev.  W.  FJ. 
Stoddard  would  assist  in  such  a  Confer- 
ence if  desired.  We  suggest  a  Citizens' 
Conference  for  Aug.  24th  and  2qth,  next. 
What  do  our  friends  in  Sioux  City  say? 


July,  1008. 


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Would  Rev.  P.  H.  Tctley,  of  Canton,  S. 
Dak.,  second  such  a  Citizens'  meeting, 
to  take  in  the  district  comprising  the  cor- 
ners of  the  four  States  which  meet  near 
Sioux  City — Iowa,  Minnesota,  South  Da- 
kota, and  Nebraska? 


MRS.    LIZZIE   WOODS'    LETTER. 

Pine  Bhiff,  Ark.,  May  26,  1908. 
Dear  Brother  PhilH])s : 

I  have  just  got  in  from  Elerson,  Ariv. 
I  was  there  the  first  Sunday  in  this 
month,  but  they  had  lieard  of  me  and 
woukl  not  kl  me  lecture.  I  went  back 
last  Friday,  to  attend  the  sisters'  Board 
Meetino-.  You  know  that  was  the  sis- 
ters,  and  of  course  my  time  to  talk.  So 
on  last  Sunday  I  spoke  to  a  crowded 
house,  and  God  certainly  used  my  mouth. 
The  preacher  at  this  place,  and  all  the 
women  and  children,  belong  to  the  same 
order,  so  the  Holy  Spirit  inspired  me  to 
tell  the  evils  of  this  calf-worship.  When 
I  had  sat  down,  the  two  preachers  that 
were  there  (both  Masons)  Vv^ent  outdoors 
and  held  a  council  with  the  members  of 
the  church  and  the  sinners  of  the  lodge. 
They  were  angr}^,  but  the  sinners  said  I 
was  right ;  they  said  the  preachers  ought 
to  keep  out  of  lodges  and  preach  the  gos- 
pel. They  said,  "That  woman  is  right. 
God  did  tell  us  not  to  swear,  and  told  the 
preachers  to  teach  us  Ilis  command- 
ments ;  and  they  don't  say  anything  to 
us  about  swearing ;  they  swear  them- 
selves, just  to  get  a  little  money,  and  then 
they  don't  get  it  until  death."  I  had  told 
them,  while  I  was  talking,  that  they  could 
not  trust  God  to  take  care  of  them,  so 
they  hired  themselves  out  to  the  devil  all 
their  lives  for  three  hundred  dollars,  to 
be  paid  off  at  death. 

In  the  evening  three  men  came  to  me. 
Two  of  them  were  sinners  and  one  bo- 
longed  to  the  church.  They  asked  me 
where  I  learned  so  much  about  lodges.  I 
told  them,  and  gave  them  some  tract -^. 
Then  one  of  them  said,  "You  don't  know 
an3^thing  about  the  Knights  of  Pythias." 
I  answered,  "Are  you  brave?"  They 
looked  at  each  other.  Then  I  said,  "Say, 
what  is  this?  A  good  thing.  Most  peo- 
ple would  say  so.  Some  would.  O, 
would  they?  No  doubt."  When  I  said 
this  the  whole  crowd  laughed,  and  one  of 


them  said,  "What  did  you  make  her  tell 
that  for?"  Then  all  the  people  at  the  sta- 
tion began  to  laugh.  Then  one  of  the 
men,  a  sinner,  said,  "Sister  Woods,  if 
you  were  a  man  we  would  hang  you  to  a 
limb."  I  said,  "There  are  men  traveling 
and  saying  the  same  things  that  I  am  say- 
ing." He  said,  "All  right,  let  one  of  the 
scoundrels  come  down  here  and  we  will 
kill  him  before  the  water  gets  hot."  Then 
I  said,  "You  see  the  orders  make  you  a 
murderer."  The  man  who  belonged  to 
the  clnuxii  said,  "N<^.  Sister  Woods,  we 
would  not  kill  him,  Init  we  would  chain 
him  to  a  tree  and  wear  two  brand-nev/ 
buggy-whips  out  on  his  naked  back,  and 
send  him  away  from  liere  on  railroad 
time."  I~Ie  said,  "A\'e  will  let  you  talk, 
but  no  man  had  better  ever  come  here 
with  that  talk."  AA'e  all  laughed,  and  I 
kept  on  telling  their  secrets  until-  the 
train  arrived.  They  said,  "Good-bye, 
Sister  Woods  ;  come  again,  and  stay  in 
our  houses  as  long  as  you  please ;  but  no 
man  had  belter  come  ;  if  he  does,  we  will 
string  him  up." 


Tune  12,  [908. 
I  was  at  Jefferson  Springs  a  few  days 
ago,  visiting  the  Sisters'  Union,  I  lec- 
tured to  a  f idl  house.  My  talk  was  alto- 
gether on  the  sin-  of  secret  societies.  We 
had  several  ministers  m  the  meeting.  I 
showed  them  how  the  people  who  were 
in  secret  societies  \\  ere  spiritually  dead, 
and  that  the  preachers  were  the  cause  of 
it.  I  said,  "These  preachers  who  are 
preaching  these  annual  sermons  are  lead- 
ing the  people  into  the  lodges,  so  that 
they  become  spiritually  dead,  for  they 
cannot  serve  two  masters  at  the  same 
time." 

While  I  was  talking  I  noticed  that  one 
of  the  preachers  had  ou  a  Masonic  pin. 
I  pointed  at  the  pin  and  said,  "Brother, 
take  that  pin  oft*  and  throw  it  away,  and 
let  us  Christians  show  to  the  world  that 
we  belong  to  Christ  because  we  love  one 
another." 

One  of  the  preachers  was  taking  note 
of  all  I  said.  He  had  just  preached  an 
annual  sermon  the  Sunday  before  this 
meeting.  When  I  sat  down  he  got  up 
and  tried  to  help  himself  out,  but  he 
could  not  defend  himself,  for  all  three  of 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


July,    1908. 


the  other  ministers  were  on  the  Lord's 
side  and  they  told  that  hrother  to  stop 
trying*  to  defend  the  Masons.  They  said, 
*'You  know  \\'e  are  all  wrong".  We  car- 
ried the  people  upstairs,  now  let  us  come 
down  and  bring  the  people  down ;  let  us 
bring  them  back  to  the  Cliurch."  They 
said,  "Go  on,  Sister  Woods,  with  your 
books  and  tracts,  and  show  us  the  sin  cf 
the  lodges."  They  said,  "God  bless  the 
National  Christian  Association,  for  it  is 
an  eye-opener."  The  brother  that  had 
on  the  gold  IMasonic  pin  took  it  off  at 
once.  The  ministers  said,  "We  are  go- 
ing- to  fight  the  devil  and  bring-  God's 
people  out  of  his  old  money-trap." 

I  read  in  the  tenth  chapter  of  Hosea, 
the  first  and  second  verses,  and  proved 
to  them  that  the  lodges  were  idolatry. 

One  of  our  great  ministers  here.  Dr.  J. 
B.  Bolden,  preached  at  a  funeral  here 
yesterday,  of  a  w^oman  who  used  to  be  a 
ofood  Christian,  but  who  v/ent  into  the 
lodges  and  lost  all  interest  in  the  church. 
She  stuck  to  her  two  lodges  and  they  put 
her  body  in  a  fine  casket.  Accompany- 
ing the  body,  the  lodge -members  came  in, 
carrying  those  long  sticks  with  black 
crape  on  them  and  a  lot  of  little  blue 
books.  Dr.  Bolden  said,  *'Yoti  had  bet- 
ter throw  away  those  little  blue  rituals 
that  men  made.  Whatever  from  the  Bi- 
ble that  you  find  in  them  was  stolen  by 
men  and  put  there  to  make  fools  of  you. 
Put  the  old  sticks  and  books  down,  and 
get  your  Bibles  and  read  them,  and  teach 
your  chddren  what  God  would  have  them 
do.  All  of  you  are  on  your  way  to  hell." 
He  looked  down  on  their  Noble  Grand 
and  said,  "Here  is  your  leader,  an  old 
sinner  Noble  Grand,  on  his  way  to  hell, 
and  you  are  all  following  him,  and  this 
dead  woman  3^oti  brought  here  is  lost; 
f-hc  went  to  all  your  dances  and  card-par- 
ties, and  you  ought  to  have  carried  her 
straiglit  to  the  cemetery."  He  said, 
''Here  are  women  and  men  who  have  not 
been  to  a  prayer-meeting  this  year,  sit- 
ting up  here  with  your  long  sticks  and 
white  gloves  and  blue  rituals,  wanting  me 
to  say  this  vv^oman  is  in  heaven,  but  I 
cannot  say  so ;  she  followed  up  all  your 
dances  and  card-parties  and  moving-pic- 
ture shows,  so  she  died  like  she  lived." 
He  said,  "I  know  vou  are  hurt     about 


your  lodge,  but  it  is  damning  you  all,  and 
I  am  God's  watchman  and  must  tell  you 
of  your  danger ;  I  will  not  compromise 
with  the  devil  by  not  telling  you.  Go 
home  and  get  your  Bibles,  and  read,  and 
run  for  your  lives." 

The  best  thinking  people  are  ashamed 
to  have  any  one  know  that  they  belong  to 
a  lodge.  God's  ministers  are  coming  out, 
and  as  soon  as  Lot  comes  out  of  Sodom 
God  will  consume  it  with  the  sword  of 
LL's  mouth  (IL  Thessalonians  2:  8). 
Yours  for  the  work, 

(Mrs.)  Lizzie  Woods. 


MICHIGAN  AGENT'S  REPORT. 

Brown  City,  Mich.,  June  19,  1908. 

Dear  Cynosttre — After  the  National 
Convention  at  Chicago,  I  returned  lo 
hold  some  special  meetings  in  the  North 
Muskegon  M.  E.  Church.  I  preached  for 
one  week.  Eight  or  ten  expressed  a  de- 
sire publicly  to  lead  a  new  life.  The 
Christian  people  seemed  greatly  encour- 
aged. 

The  following  week  I  went  to  Hart  to 
look  after  N.  C.  A.  interests.  I  sold 
some  more  books,  and  distributed  tracts. 

On  Friday  I  came  to  Grand  Rapids. 
In  the  afternoon  I  preached  for  Rev.  H. 
A.  Day  at  Walker  W.  M.  Church,  and 
at  night  at  Grand  Rapids  W.  M.  Church. 
Both  services  were  blessed  and  helpful. 

The  following  Tuesday  and  Wednes- 
day the  Knights  Templar  of  the  State 
met  in  Grand  Rapids.  So  on  Sunday 
evening,  before  the  sermon,  I  talked  for 
half  an  hotir  on  the  history,  principles 
and  practices  of  Knights  Templarism, 
vvdiich  the  audience  appreciated.  On 
Tuesday  I  spoke  on  the  same  subject  at 
two  Christian  Reformed  schools.  It  was 
surprising  to  see  the  interest  in  and  un- 
derstanding of  secret  societies,  which 
some  of  these  young  folks  have.  I  also 
gave  instruction  on  Knight  Templarism 
to  two  or  three  group  meetings.  The 
Cynosure  re-enters  the  homes  of  two  old 
subscribers,  and  nearly  every  old  sub- 
scriber renewed. 

My  next  stopping  place  was  Flint.  Rev. 
H.  Voorhess  is  planning  to  do  more  ag- 
gressive work  against  the  Secret  Emi- 
pire. 

After  an   absence   of  more   than   five 


July,  1908. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


03 


months  I  came  to  Elkton  once  more  and 
distributed  tracts  and  sold  some  boolcs. 
Some  of  the  preachers  of  this  town  are 
casting-  their  influence  against  tlie  cause 
of  antisecrecy ;  others  are  for  the  cause, 
but  preach  against  nearly  everything  else 
imaginable,  I^ut  think  it  best  to  leave  the 
lodge  very  respectfully  alone. 

Yesterday  I  came  to  Sebewaing  to  look 
after  the  Cynosure.  It  is  difficult  to  get 
to  speak  in  a  great  many  places,  but  i 
scarcely  fail  to  get  some  kind  of  antise- 
cret  literature,  besides  tracts,  into  every 
place. 

The  cause  of  antisecrecy  moves  slowly 
in  Michigan,  but  it  moves,  nevertheless. 

Yours  for  righteousness, 

G.  A.  Peo;ram. 

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AGENT  DAVIDSON'S  REPORT. 

Centralia,  111.,  June  17,  1908. 

Dear  Cynosure :  Since  I  last  wrote 
you  I  have  attended  the  Baptist  State 
Convention  at  Duquoin,  111.,  where  I  had 
the  privilege  of  speaking".  Rev.  E.  J. 
Fisher,  of  Chicago,  and  Rev.  E.  Hall,  of 
Bloomington,  preached  powerful  ser- 
mons, during"  which  the  Secret  Empire 
received  a  severe  drubbing.  I  secured  a 
few  subscriptions  at  each  place. 

I  held  a  ten  days'  meeting  here  at  the 
Central  Baptist  Church.  Secret  societies 
are  very  strong  here.  Churches  are  not 
as  well  patronized,  even  by  professed 
Christians,  as  they  should  be,  at  any  of 
their  services.  It  is  almost  impossible  to 
get  more  than  five  or  six  at  any  prayer 
meeting.  But  the  lodges  are  usually  well 
attended  at  all  of  their  meetings.  I  have 
secured  quite  a  few  Cynosure  subscrib- 
ers here  and  am  m  hope  of  leavening 
this  city  with  antisecrecy.  I  have  dis- 
tributed quite  a  number  of  tracts,  which 
has  caused  quite  a  stir  in  lodgedom. 

I  go  next  week  to  attend  the  State  B. 
Y.  P.  U.  and  Sunday  School  Convention 
at  Rockport,  111.,  where  I  shall  endeavor 
to  give  the  lodge  a  blow.  From  there  I 
go  South.  Pray  God's  blessings  upon 
my  v.ork.     Yours  sincerely, 

F.  James  Davidson. 

502  North  Elm  street,  Centralia,  111. 


What  you  are  when  no  one  is  lookiup* 
IS  what  you  are.      .,,     


SECRETARY  STODDARD'S  LETTER. 

Bluffton,  Ohio,  June  18,  1908. 
Dear  Cynosure :  The  month  past  has 
brought  much  work,  largely  centered  in 
the  Ohio  State  Convention,  which  we 
hold,  God  willing,  in  I'andora,  June  29th 
and  30th.  ' 

.  The  N.  C.  A.  Annual  Meeting  was  in- 
deed a  season  of  refreshing.  Though  not 
quite  in  usual  health,  I  enjoyed  this  our 
best  Annual  Meeting.  The  opportunity 
to  visit  kindred  at  Wheaton  and  else- 
where was  improved.         ■ 

I  hastened  to  Ohio  that  I  might  con- 
sult with  friends  as  to  the  best  time  and 
place  for  the  Ohio  meeting.  That  there 
are  hundreds  of  places  needing  our  meei- 
ing  goes  without  saying.  I  judge  we 
h.ave  made  no  mistake  in  going  to  Pan- 
dora. The  friends  who  welcome  us  there 
are  of  the  Swiss  Mennonite  faith — an  in- 
dustrious, thrifty  people. 

En  route  to  this  section  I  held  meet- 
ings in  the  Free  Methodist  church,  Co- 
lumbus, Ohio.  This  work  was  w^ell  sup- 
ported by  both  pastor  and  people.  Rev.  O. 
M.  Shaw  has  been  laboring  among  this 
people  with  good  success.  They  are  look- 
ing forward  to  the  Annual  Conference 
which  comes  to  them  this  year.  I  was 
told  some  were  present  who  had  never 
listened  to  a  discussion  of  the  Lodge 
question,  who,  of  course  were  forming 
opinions.  Our  good  brother  Harrington 
was  not  quite  so  well,  but  enjoying  a 
bright  hope  for  the  future.  His  home 
was  mine  during  my  stay  in  the  capital 
city. 

I  have  twice  spoken,  on  invitation  of 
the  pastor  of  the  Missionary  church. 
Pandora,  Ohio,  to  good-sized  audiences 
leathered  for  oraver  meetino-s. 

CD  A.  .  ,  O 

Leading"  the  devotions  at  the  Bluffton, 
Ohio,  Mennonite  College,  I  had  opportu- 
nity to  meet  the  students  and  let  them 
know  of  my  mission.  The  college  year 
just  closing  is  reported  as  successful  in 
many  ways. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  classis  of  the  Ger- 
man Reformed  church  for  this  section  I 
was  given  a  hearing  of  fifteen  minute.^. 
There  were  two  votes  against  giving  me 
this  hearing,  the  newly-elected  pastor  of 
Marion,  Ohio,  and  the  representative  from 
his  church.     The  representative  said  'ix. 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


July,    lOOS. 


])elong'ed  to  three  lodges  and  was  prond 
of  it.  During-  the  discussion  as  to  wheth- 
er J  should  be  given  a  hearing  the  Alar- 
ion  minister  said  I  should  not,  because 
the  Reformed  church  took  no  position  on 
the  lodge  question.  Another  minister 
said  that  was  just  the  reason  why  I 
sliould  be  heard.  Dr.  John  Buchmann, 
pastor  at  Xew  Knoxville,  Ohio,  said  his 
churcli  did  not  receive  lodgemen.  My 
address  was  in  the  nature  of  invitation 
and  information  ratlter  than  discussion. 
Some  hoped  tliere  would  be  discussion 
later. 

Last  Sabbath  was  spent  with  Wesleyan 
Methodist  friends  at  Dunkirk,  Ohio. 
Some  of  the  churches  were  observing 
"Flao"  Da^■."  Mv  theme  in  the  mornin::*" 
was  "The  Christian  Ensign."  In  the 
afternoon  a  special  meeting  gave  oppor- 
tunity for  the  presentation  of  antisecrecy 
truth.  The  baneful  effects  of  the  lodges 
are  much  in  evidence  here.  Many  pas- 
tors mourn  tlie  situation ;  others  say  we 
must  make  the  be^t  of  the  situation ; 
while  still  others  sinfully  advocate  the 
lodge,  even  claiming  their  work  better 
than  that  of  the  church.  This  may  be 
true  of  some  poor,  sickly  organization  to 
which  they  minister.  President  J.  Blan- 
chard  used  to  say,  'Tt's  a  poor  bird  that 
destroys  its  own  nest,"  yet  some  short- 
sighted men  are  doing  this  very  thing ; 
and  the  worst  of  it  is,  tlie}^  are  so  blind- 
ed as  to  believe  they  are  building  the 
nest.  Brother  Omerod,  pastor  of  the 
Wesleyan  Methodist  church  at  Dunkirk, 
is  sound  in  the  faith,  and  doing  a  good 
work,  though  meeting  much  opposition 
of  course. 

I  was  glad  to  find  Rev.  F.  W.  Stanton, 
pastor  of  the  large  M.  E.  church  at  Ada, 
Ohio,  on  our  side.  He  has  seen  mucli 
of  the  evil  of  the  lodge.  It  is  his  inten- 
tion to  address  the  Ohio  convention. 

I  have  visited  towns  in  this  section  too 
numerous  to  mention,  and  have  been  en- 
couraged in  those  willing  to  ''come  up  to 
the  help  of  the  Lord  against  the  mighty.  ' 
If  I  mistake  not  the  general  feeling,  the 
Ohio  convention  is  to  be  blessed  and  to 
be  a  blessing  to  many.  A  good  program 
is  arranged.  With  the  divine  blessing, 
all  will  be  v/ell.  There  are  many  "Rad- 
ical" United  Brethren  churches  in  thi^ 


section.  The  names  of  John  Levington 
and  P.  B.  Williams  are  mentioned  among- 
the  N.  C.  A.  workers  here  in  other  years. 
Oh,  that  God  would  stir  those  on  the 
field  to  carry  the  banner  on  to  greater 
victories !  It  is  harvest  time.  Let  us 
gather  together  for  the  reforms. 

I  go  to  the.  United  Presbyterian 
church,  Huntsville,  Ohio,  for  Sabbath.. 
Several  lectures  are  arranged. 

W.  B.  Stoddard. 


TERRIBLE   EFFECT   UPON    CHILDREN. 

It  is  an  inexorable  law  of  most  all 
lodges  to  admit  no  children  under  the 
age  of  sixteen;  and  while  fathers  and 
mothers  deem  it  expedient  to  belong  to- 
a  dozen  or  more  orders  at  one  time,  what 
can  be  the  inevitable  result  of  the  neg- 
lected fireside  and  nursery  during  attend- 
ance at  these  midnight  revels?  Nothing 
but  the  natural  consequence,  that  these 
children  who  are  left  night  after  night 
until  a  late  hour,  will  divert  themselves 
as  their  own  taste  of  pleasure  dictates; 
and  small  wonder  if  the  streets,  or  ques- 
tionable resorts,  are  well  populated  by 
lads  and  lassies  of  all  ages  from  eight  to 
sixteen,  who  may  thus  soon  become  fit 
subjects  for  the  Society  for  Delinquent 
Children,  or  the  Reformatory,  to  which 
the  sad  fact  of  the  recently  established 
Juvenile  Court  has  become  a  judicial  ne- 
cessity. 

A  recent  editorial  in  the  Portland! 
Orcgonian  makes  this  statement:  "A  de- 
linquent child  presupposes  a  delinquent 
parent  or  parents,  and  a  wilful,  evil-dis- 
posed child  whose  parents  were  delin- 
quent may  become  a  neglected  waif  of 
the  streets  with  a  personality  so  strong 
that  their  vices  are  distinguishing  traits- 
of  character  for  several  generations;, 
hence  we  see  the  best  efforts  of  humani- 
tarians enlisted  in  the  attempt  to  solve 
the  problem  of  the  delinquent  child.  . 
.  .  The  Juvenile  Court  is  the  latest  fac- 
tor that  has  been  brought  into  this  prob- 
lem, and  humane,  philanthropic,  and  in- 
telligent men  and  women  are  giving  it 
their  generous,  unqualified  support." 

Can  a  sadder  picture  be  painted?-  But 
when  fathers  and  mothers  voluntarily 
stray  from  the  delicate  line  of  chaste 
honor,  and  domestic  duty,  and  wilfully 


July,  1008. 


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neglect  the  evening  fireside  at  home  with 
the  family  circle,  for  a  continuous  round 
of  initiation,  banquets,  and  midnight  de- 
bauches, untit  for  the  public  eye,  and 
yet  protected  by  public  opinion,  and  even 
legislative  power,  a  dark  cloud  lowers 
over  that  age  and  nation  that  portends  a 
surer  desolation,  and  greater  moral  death, 
than  physical  pestilence  and  plague. 

Mrs.  M.  M.  Burnap. 
Touchet,  Washington. 


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Sharon. 


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Blairsville. 

First     Vice     President — I.       N. 
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Castle   Shannon. 

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Report  of  National   Meeting 07 

Questions  and  Replies — President  Blanch- 

ard's    Letter     97 

The    Power    of    the    Secret    Empire.      By 

I    Miss  E.   E.   Flagg 102 

Wheaton   College   108 

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The    Personal    Equation.... 109 

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Promises 113 

Risky    Endorsement 114 

^National   Fraternal    Union 114 

Indiana    Antisecrecy    Convention 115 

Secretary's   Report    115 

From   President  Hartzler 110 

Raps  Lodge  as  Ruinous  in  Effect 117 

Remarkable  Allegations  by  Foes  of  Se- 
cret  Orders    118 

News    of    Our    Work 120 

Ohio   Convention   Announced. 120 

Michigan    State    Convention 120 

Indiana   and   Ohio  Work 120 

Our    Canadian    Letter 121 

'    Endorsing  Mr.   Clemens... 122 

From  Joseph  Potter  Graybell 122 

'Our  Work  in  the  South 122 

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NUMBER    4. 


REPORT  OF  NATIONAL  MEETING. 


(Continued  from 

QUESTIONS    AND    REPLIES. 
President  Blanchard's  Letter. 
Dear  Fathers  and  Brethren :       ■  ' 

It  has  been  suggested  that  I  write  you, 
replying  to  various  questions  which  were 
asked  at  our  recent  Convention,  in 
Wheaton,  and   I  accordingly  do  so. 

The^first  question  submitted  was  this: 

"Is  there  any  sen'pfiire  to  justify  the 
expression,  'The  fatherhood  of  God,  the 
brotherhood  of  man,'  often  quoted  by 
lodge  members?'' 

There  is  no  scriptural  justification  for 
these  expressions  as  ordinarily  used. 
Thev  seem  to  teach — probably  are  in- 
tended to  teach — that  all  men  are  spir- 
itually sons  of  God.  Of  course,  if  this 
were  true,  then  the  expressions  indi- 
cated would  be  quite  correct.  If  all 
men  are  sons  of  God,  then  all  men  are 

spiritually  brethren.  It  is  true  here, 
however,  as  it  usually  is,  that  there  is  a 
bit  of  truth  associated  with  a  serious 
error.  The  truth  is  relied  upon  to  give 
the  error  currency.  It  is  true  that  all 
men  are  the  creation  of  God,  and  it  is 
true  that  Jesus  Christ  has  purchased  sal- 
vation for  all  men,  that  "whosoever  will 
may  come."  On  the  natural  plane,  and 
speaking  as  mere  naturalists,  we  might 
talk  of  the  fatherhood  of  God  and  the 
brotherhood  of  men.  Rut  spiritually  all 
men  belong  to  him  whom  they  love  and, 
serve. 

Our  Lord  Jesus  spoke  directh'  to  this 
point    when    Jews    said    that    the\-    were 


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the  children  of  (iod,  that  (jod  was  their 
Father.  Fie  replied,  "Ye  are  of  }our 
father  the  devil,  and  the  lusts  of  your 
father  ye  will  do,"  and  then  he  went 
forward  to  tell  what  the  works  of  Satan 
were,  which  these  children  of  Satan 
would  perform. 

Lodges,  speaking  generally,  omit  all 
reference  to  the  mediation  of  Jesus 
Christ.  Speaking  generally,  they  all 
teach  salvation  by  the  deeds  of  the  law. 
For  this  reason  it  is  that  they  sa}-  to 
us  so  many  times,  "If  I  can  live  up  to 
the  teaching  of  my  lodge.  I  shall  be 
as  good  a  man  as  I  need  to  be."  This 
impression  is  produced  almost  univer- 
sally on  the  minds  of  secret  society  men. 
IM'ofessed  Christians  and  those  who  are 
not  professed  Christians  alike  form  this 
()])inion,  that  if  they  live  up  to  the  teach- 
ing of  their  order,  they  will  be  saved  ; 
and  this  without  repentance,  without 
conversion,  without  the  sacrifice,  with- 
out the  intercession  of  Jesus  Christ.  Of 
course  any  one  who  rests  upon  his  own 
works  for  salvation,  no  matter  how  good 
the}'  ma_\-  be,  is  a  l(^st  person. 

'I'he  expressions  therefore  shuuUl 
never  l)e  used  by  a  Christian  wiiluuit  a 
clear  cxphmation  as  to  wliat  he  means. 
If  he  is  speaking  of  the  state  of  men 
by  nature  as  the  creation  o\  God.  all 
alike  ruined  and  undone  by  sin.  he  has  a 
right  to  use  this  expression  ;  but  of  he 
means    to    speak   of   the    sj^iritual   condi- 


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tion  of  men.  then  only  those  persons  are 
sons  of  God  who  have  accepted  Jesus 
Christ  as  Savior.  "As  many  as  received 
Him.  to  them  gave  He  pOAver  to  become 
the  sons  of  Goch''  He  gave  this  power 
to  no  others,  he  gives  it  to  no  others 
now.  All  men  are  brethren  in  creation 
and  in  the  loss  and  ruin  of  sin,  but  they 
are  not  brethren  in  the  Kingdom  of 
God.  unless  they  have  received  Jesus 
Christ  as   Savior  and  Lord. 

Another    Question. 

"The  initiated  of  some  seeret  socie- 
ties assiniie  their  obligations  by  on  oath, 
zeJiile  others  assume  their  obligations  by 
ailinnation  or_  a  simple  agreement.  Is 
there  any  reason  for  this  difference  in 
the  manner  of  conferring  the  obligations 
i)i   the  different  orders?" 

Probably  there  is.  As  I  have  repeat- 
edly said  hitherto,  Freemasonry  is  the 
mother  of  modern  secret  societies.  It 
was  before  the  rest,  excepting  the  Jes- 
uits, and  Freemasons  have  been  leaders 
in  forming  the  other  societies.  Here  we 
run  across  a  bit  of  history.  In  1826 
Freemasons  murdered  AVilliam  Morgan 
for  revealing  the  secrets  of  Masonry. 
The  whole  force  of  the  executive  in  New 
York  was  used  to  bring  those  lodge  mur- 
derers to  justice,  and  the  result  was  fail- 
ure. Lodge  men  who  were  supposed  to 
be  of  the  best  character  as  citizens  either 
perjured  themselves  or  refused  to  tes- 
tif}'.  A  number  of  them  went  to  jail 
for  refusing-  to  do  so.  Ministers  and 
members  of  churches  throughout  the 
whole  country  abandoned  the  Masonic 
order.  Robert  ^Morris,  an  eminent  Free- 
mason, says  that  there  were  only  fifty 
thousanrl  Freemasons  in  the  United 
States  at  that  time,  and  that  forty-five 
thousand  of  them  left  the  lodges  during 
that  agitation.  It  was  not  until  1861 
that  the  ]\Iasonic  lodge  began  to  regain 
in  any  large  way  the  g-round  which  it 
lost  bv  that  murder. 


When  the  Civil  War  began,  yoimg 
men  entering  the  army  were  told  that 
if  they  would  join  the  Freemasons  they 
would  secure  favor  and  help  from  rebel 
Freemasons  in  case  of  need.  The  result 
was  that  the  membership  of  the  Masonic 
lodges  in  the  United  States  doubled  in 
about  five  years.  But  before  this  great 
increase  in  the  Masonic  lodges  a  lot 
of  lesser  secret  societies  had  been 
formed.  They  were  invented  and  oper- 
ated by  Freemasons,  and  their  purpose, 
so  far  as  we  are  able  to  determine  it,  was 
to  break  down  the  prejudices  existing 
against  the  principle  of  secret  associ- 
ation. People  in  general  felt,  as  all  hon- 
est people  naturally  do,  that  the  very 
idea  of  secrecv  is  abhorent  to  worthy 
people,  and  is  opposed  to  the  princi- 
ple  of  Christianity  and  fair  dealing. 
So  there  were  necessary  pretenses  of 
various  kinds  put  forth  to  get  people 
into  secret  societies,  and  the  objection- 
able features  of  Freemasonry  were  mod- 
ified in  the  new  societies.  The  temper- 
ance orders  are  a  case  in  point.  The 
pretended  object  was  to  promote  the 
cause  of  temperance.  The  ritual  was 
made  comparatively  unobjectionable.  But 
the  meetings  were  to  be  secret,  and  this 
helped  to  popularize  the  principle  of  se- 
crecy, and  at  the  same  time  helped  to 
do  away  with  the  objections  against  the 
Masonic  order.  The  Odd  Fellows  came 
in  during  those  same  years.  Their  pre- 
tense was  to  relieve  the  sick  and  suffer- 
ing", and  while  the  order  was  constructed 
on  the  same  plan  as  Freemasonry,  with 
slight  modifications,  they  put  their  ob- 
ligations in  the  form  of  solemn  affirma- 
tions instead  of  bloodthirsty  oaths. 

Statins:  the  reason  for  the  difiference 
in  the  phrasing-  of  lodge  obligations  in 
a  word,  we  would  say  that  the  orders 
which  use  the  simple  affirmation  are  the 
advance  agents  for  the  lodges  which 
impose  the  bloody  oaths,  and  the  affirma- 
tion is  used  in  the  one  case  in  order  to 


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CHRISTIAX     CYNOSURE. 


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avoid    horrifying      tender      consciences. 
When  men  have  been  trained  in  the  af- 
firming   orders,    they    become    ready    to 
take   the   oaths   in   the   others. 
The   Third   Inquiry. 

"Is  an  obligation  taken  by  an  oath 
more  binding  than  an  obligation  taken 
by  consent  or  affirmation?" 

Certainly  not.  lA  Christian  man  is 
absohitely  held  to  any  promise  which  he 
deliberately  makes.  He  has  no  more 
right  to  lie  than  he  has  to  swear  falsely. 
All  civil  conrts  so  far  as  I  am  informed 
— certainly  the  conrts  of  onr  own  conn- 
try — recognize  this  fact.  No  man  is 
compelled  to  swear  in  a  civil  conrt.  If 
he  says,  ''Yonr  honor,  I  do  not  wish  to 
swear ;  I  will  affirm,"  the  court  takes  his 
affirmation  just  as  it  would  his  oath. 
This  also  agrees  with  the  teaching  of 
Jesus  Christ.  There  are  large  numbers 
of  most  enlightened  and  worthy  Chris- 
tian people  who  entirely  refuse  to  swear, 
holding  that  Jesus  has  forbidden  even 
the  civil  oath  or  the  ecclesiastical  oath  in 
His  teaching  on  that  subject.  There  are 
many  Christian  people  who^  do  not  adopt 
this  extreme  position,  but  I  do  not  think 
there  is  any  Christian  who  would  say 
that  a  solemn  affirmation  is  less  binding 
than  an  oath.  Certainly  no  Christian 
would  say  that  it  is  lawful  for  himself 
or  any  other  Christian  to  lie,  and  if  not, 
then  the  lodges  which  bind  men  by 
])romises,  bind  them  as  thoroughly  as 
if  thev  bound  them  by  oaths. 

The  question  may  then  arise,  Wh}^ 
should  not  the  Freemasons  do  away  with 
their  oaths  and  their  bloody  penalties, 
and  thus  avoid  the  objections  which  all 
enlightened  Christians  have  to  this  part 
of  their  procedure?  The  answer  is,  that 
Freemasonry  does  not  like  to  change. 
Small  modifications  have  been  made  from 
time  to  time  in  the  ritual,  so  as  to  enable 
the  lodges  to  catch  those  who  wish  to 
enter  their  assemblies  without  taking 
their  oaths.     But  in  general,  Freemason- 


ry remains  today  what  it  was  in  the  1)C- 
ginning— a  dark,  profane,  bloody  con- 
spiracy against  the  rights  of  men  and 
the  church  of  Jesus  Christ.  They  do 
not  make  any  important  changes,  never 
have,  probably  never  will.  There  is  ev- 
ery reason  to  suppose  that,  to  the  end. 
Freemasonry  will  be  what  it  has  1)cen 
from  the  beginning. 

Question  Number  Four. 

"JVhat  should  one  do  zvho  Jias  taken 
tJie  first  degree  in  Masonry^  under  the 
assurance  tJiat  it  would  not  conflict  with 
any  of  his  duties,  when  lie  becomes  sat- 
isfied that  he  ought  to  withdraw,  but 
that  if  he  does  so,  it  will  injure  him  aiid 
his  friends?'' 

There  are  thousands  of  lodge  men  who 
are  held  to  their  obligations  and  mem- 
bership by  this  very  fact.  They  know 
that  if  they  follow  their  conscience  and 
abandon  the  lodges  their  reputation  will 
be  injured  so  far  as  possible,  their  busi- 
ness enterprises  will  be  destroyed,  and 
their  lives  will  be  actually  endangered. 
INlany  men,  from  this  fact  alone,  con- 
tinue in  the  orders,  wdio  know  they 
ought  to  leave  them,  and  who  if  they 
were  not  afraid  would  do  so. 

We  ought  always  to  be  kind  and 
sympathetic  in  our  thought  and  speech 
concerning  such  men.  No  man  is  sure 
what  he  would  do  under  those  circum- 
stances until  he  has  been  tried  :  and 
rash,  harsh  criticisms  are  not  onl\-  un- 
christian, but  they  are  extremely  fool- 
ish, even  from  the  human   standpoint. 

The  question  of  duty,  however,  is  a 
different  matter.  \\q  are  not  here  in- 
quiring what  wc  should  say  about  per- 
sons in  view  of  their  actions,  but  we 
are  asking  wliat  the  actions  of  a  Cln'ist- 
ian  man  under  certain  circumstances 
should  l)e.  ( )n  this  ground  we  arc  abso- 
lutely clear.  Jesus  said,  that  if  we  love 
father  or  mother,  or  our  own  lives  even, 
better  than  we  love  Flim,  we  are  not 
worthv    of    Him.      It    is,    therefore,    the 


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dut}-  of  all  persons  who  have  become 
entangled  in  secret  societies  to  abandon 
them  at  every  cost.  This  is  the  only  an- 
swer which  a  Christian  teacher  can 
safel}'  give  to  such  a  question  as  this. 

Another  remark,  however,  can  be 
made  respecting  the  whole  situation. 
While  God  requires  us  to  be  true  to  Him 
at  all  risks  and  every  cost,  still  He  has 
a  loving-  and  tender  care  for  His  people, 
and  those  who  are  faithful  to  Him  will 
be  protected  from  ten  thousand  ills 
which  they  naturally  fear  and  which 
would  naturally  follow.  Brother  Jacoby 
testified  that  one  of  the  things  which 
made  him  fear  to  come  out  from  his 
lodges  was  the  thoug'ht  that  his  business 
would  be  destroyed.  Yet  he  says  that 
in  the  first  year  after  he  came  out,  for 
Christ's  sake,  and  had  gone  to  work  to 
save  men,  his  business  actually  turned 
in  a  thousand  dohars  more  than  it  had 
realized  for  him  diu'ing  an}^  one  year  of 
his  business  life.  Of  course,  he  was  do- 
ing business  a  Christian.  He  was  phys- 
ically, mentally,  and  morally  in  better 
condition  for  doing  business,  than  when 
he  was  living  in  sin.  But  the  fact  that 
God  did  not  permit  his  withdrawal  from 
three  or  four  different  lodges  to  injure 
his  business  has  a  bearing  on  the  ques- 
tion which  is  before  us.  No  man  has  a 
right  to  say  that  if  a  lodge  man  for 
Christ's  sake  leaves  his  lodge  he  w^ill 
make  more  money  or  as  much  money  as 
if  he  were  to-  continue  the  bondslave  of 
the  orders.  No  man  has  a  right  to  guar- 
antee a  man  against  murder  because  he 
does  his  duty  as  a  Christian  man.  But 
we  do  have  a  right  to  say  that  God  loves 
to  see  His  children  believe  and  trust, 
and  that  in  ways  without  number,  and 
ways  that  we  could  not  anticipate.  He 
cares  for  and  protects  them. 

The  life  of  our  College  at  Wheaton  is 
a  confirmation  of  this  truth.  Secret  so- 
ciety men  for  years  have  sought  to  con- 
vert students  and  me  from  it.     If  it  had 


been  possible  they  would  have  claimed 
it  long  ago.  But  God  has  not  permitted 
this,  and  therefore  the  institution  is 
stronger  today  than  ever  before  in  its 
history.  This  is  not  the  result  of  hu- 
man forces  in  operation,  but  is  a  proof 
of  the  promise-keeping  of  God.  So'  we 
have  a  right  to  say  to  all  brothers  who 
have  been  entangled  among  the  lodges, 
''Come  out  from  among  them  and  be  ye 
separate,  saith  the  Lord,  and  he  will  be 
a  Father  unto  you."  What  can  any  saint 
desire  greater  than  this?  . 
Fifth   Question. 

This  was  not  submitted  to  me  at  the 
Conference,  but  I  know  it  is  in  the  minds 
of  many  persons,  and  I  therefore  deal 
with  it  briefly  in  this  place.  The  ques- 
tion is  this : 

"IV hat  attitude  should  Christian  peo- 
ple take  respecting  high  schools  zvhich 
train  young  people  to  violate  civil  lazvf" 

I  am  thinking  of  the  Chicago  high 
schools.  As  nearly  every  one  knows,  the 
secret  societies  were  banished  from  those 
schools  by  law  years  ago.  Appeals  were 
made  to  the  courts  and  the  courts  jus- 
tified the  Board  of  Education.  The  tes- 
timony of  the  high  school  principals  and 
of  the  high  school  teachers  was  practical- 
ly unanimous.  The  largest  boards  of  ed- 
ucation and  courts  of  justice  throughout 
the  country  all  spoke  the  same  word.  All 
said  that  secret  societies  in  public 
schools  were  injurious  and  ought  to  be 
forbidden,  or  that  boards  of  education 
had  a  right  to  forbid  them  if  they  con- 
sidered them  so.  ... 

True  to  their  lodge  nature,  the  frater- 
nity young  people,  encouraged  by  the 
older  fraternity  people,  went  forward 
and  violated  the  law — secretly  where 
they  were  compelled  to,  publicly  where 
they  dared.  Some  of  the  Board  of  Ed- 
ucation weakened  and  began  to  talk  like 
politicians,  rather  than  educators.  The 
enforcement  of  the  regulation  was  put 
off  for  a  time,  so  that  young  people  who 


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101 


had  been  violating  the  order  of  the 
Board  while  they  were  being  educated  at 
public  expense,  could  graduate  from  the 
schools. 

Df  course  when  lawlessness  comes  in, 
law  and  its  representatives  go  out.  Ac- 
cordingly the  Bible  has  been  declared  un- 
fit for  our  public  schools.  No  matter 
about  the  reason  assigned,  this  is  the 
substance  of  the  decision.  The  Bible, 
and  Christian  hymns  and  prayers,  for 
some  reason  or  other,  must  be  excluded 
from  our  public  school  system.  A 
Christian  people  may  be  taxed  for  an 
unchristian  education.  In  pursuance  of 
this  absurd  and  ridiculous,  yet  perfectly 
natural  situation,  the  Board  of  Educa- 
tion in  Belviderc  were  caused  by  a  Cath- 
olic priest  to  omit  prayer  and  the  bene- 
diction from  the  graduating  exercises  of 
the  high  school.  To  the  great  honor 
of  the  class,  be  it  said,  that  an  over- 
whelming majority  of  them  declined  to 
have  anything  to  do  with  a  graduating 
exercise  of  that  kind.  They  met  in  a 
]:)rivate  home  and  had  their  exercises  by 
themselves,  while  three  members  of  the 
class  and  a  small  audience  listened  to 
the  address  which  had  been  provided 
for  the  occasion. 

The  question  which  I  raise  respecting 
this  whole  situation  is  this :  What 
should  Christian  people  dO'  when  the 
wells  are  being  poisoned  from  which 
their  children  are  to  drink?  It  seems 
to  me  a  very  clear  case.  No  educa- 
tion at  all  is  far  better  than  one  wdiich 
shuts  out  the  Bible  and  takes  in  fraterni- 
ties, dancing  parties,  and  the  like.  Our 
fathers  who  planted  the  public  school 
system  in  this  country  were  God-fearing 
men  and  women.  They  had  no  patience 
with  idolaters  of  any  kind.  Thev  put 
the  New  Testament  at  the  foundation  of 
public  education.  The  whole  system 
was  ])ermeated  by  the  Christian  spirit, 
lluis  the}-  builded  a  magnificent  empire 
of  states  which  has  alreadv  become  the 


pattern  and  example  for  the  govern- 
ments of  the  world.  Thev  hallowed 
the  Sabbath,  they  placed  Christian  mor- 
ality at  the  foundation  of  church  and 
state.  Their  children  prospered  in  the 
land  wdiich  their  toils  had  won,  pros- 
pered beyond  all  expectation,  until  the}' 
have  now  become  the  w^ealthiest  and  in 
some  respects  the  mightiest  nation  of  the 
world. 

The  poor  and  oppressed  of  all  nation > 
have  been  flocking  by  millions  to  shelter 
themselves  under  the  temple  of  libert}' 
which  our  fathers  raised,  and  now'  what 
do  we  see?  The  very  foundations  of 
law,  order  and  religion  uprooted  b\' 
those  who  live  in  luxury  on  the  taxes 
of  a  Christian  people.  A  little  handful 
of  men  who  but  yesterday  were  in  dan- 
ger of  being  driven  out  of  house,  com- 
ing to  the  United  States  and  asking  for 
the  privilege  of  driving  the  Christian  re- 
ligion out  of  the  institutions  whose 
shelter  they  invoke. 

But  what  should  we  do  respecting 
these  matters  ?  I  w-as  reading  todav 
about  what  our  Pilgrim  fathers  did  when 
their  liberties  were  infringed,  and  the 
lives  of  their  children  were  in  danger. 
It  is  beautiful  to  read  the  story  of  that 
day.  How  strong  and  brave  and  true 
they  were !  If  the  Christian  people  of 
our  time  could  have  but  half  their  cour- 
age, this  impudent  interference  with  the 
rights  of  the  American  people  would 
soon  be  a  thing  of  the  past.  Are  we  not 
a  shameless  and  degenerate  people  if  we 
cannot  maintain  the  rights  wdiich  were 
preserved  for  us  at  such  a  price? 

With  best  regards,  I  am  now  and  al- 
ways. 

Your  friend  and  brother. 

Charles  A.   Blanchard. 


There  are  ])eople  who  would  do  great 
acts,  but,  because  the\'  wait  for  great 
opportunities,  life  passes,  and  acts  of 
love  are  nin  done  at  iiU.— -Selected. 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


August. 


i()ll. 


Cl)t  J^otoer  of  t|)e  Secret  Cmpire 


"Bh  ^i)90  ©♦  ©♦  JFlacc 


XXXV. 

Masonry      Protecting      Murderers    —    Vox 
Populi,  Vox  Dei. 

One  nio-ht  about  a  week  after  these 
events  there  was  a  meeting  of  two  men 
at  a  cross-road  a  Httle  way  out  of  the 
village  :  which  meeting  was  evidently  not 
accidental ;  for  one  of  the  two  had  been 
pacing  restlesslv  back  and  forth  for 
some  time  in  a  state  of  mingled  agitation 
and  expectancy,  and  now  greeted  the 
other  with  only  these  three  abruptly 
spoken   words : 

"SJic  is  dead!" 

His  companion  started  and  a  quick 
change  passed  over  his  face.  To  a  man 
accustomed  to  taking  a  good  position  in 
society  and  being  flattered  and  smiled  on 
accordingly,  the  vision  of  possible  arrest 
at  the  hands  of  the  law^  could  hardly  be 
an  agreeable  subject  of  contemplation ; 
but  there  is  an  old  saying  which  tells 
us  to  give  even  the  Prince  of  Darkness 
his  due,  and  I  am  willing  to  believe  that 
[NTaurice  Jervish  felt  for  one  instant  a 
real  pang  of  remorse — though  only  a 
passino;  sentiment,  quickly  overpowered 
]3v  selfish  considerations  for  his  own 
safety. 

''This  is  a  horrible  business."  he  finally 
answered.  "There  will  be  a  tremendous 
fuss  made,  I  suppose,  when  the  afifair 
comes   to  be   looked   into." 

'T  shall  have  to  lay  low  until  it  blows 
over,"  returned  the  other.  "So  now, 
Jervish,  vou  must  let  me  have  a  hundred 
dollars  :  I  can't  go  without  it ;  my  affairs 
are  in  a  devil  of  a  fix." 

"Haven't  got  more  than  fift}^  by  me." 

"Then  borrow  the  other  fifty,  can't 
you?"  said  his  companion,  impatiently. 
"T  must  clear  out  of  here  tonight  or  it 
is  a  jail  matter.'' 

"You  forget  that  this  confounded  ugly 
bu-iness  is  likely  to  get  me  into  a  tight 
box  as  well  as  you,"  said  Jervish,  un- 
easily. "But  I'm  willing  to  do  the  best  I 
can.  There's  a  private  room  in  my  of- 
fice. Come  down  there  with  me  and  we'll 
talk  the  matter  over." 


"T  know  you  are  thinking  of  your  own 
skin,  but  I've  got  some  regard  for  mine,'* 
answered  the  other,  with  cool  contempt. 
"And  I  w^ant  you  to  understand  that  the 
sooner  I'm  off  and  out  of  the  reach  of 
pursuit  the  better  for  you.  I  might  prove 
a  very  inconvenient  witness  before  the 
coroner's  jury. 

"Oh.  come."  said  Jervish,  alarmed  at 
the  threat.  "What  is  the  use  of  talking 
like  that.  I'll  "^et  the'monev  of  Mont- 
fort  or  some  other  member  of  the  lodge. 
They  won't  get  wind  of  the  aft'air  before 
to-morrow  morning,  and  that  will  give 
you  plenty  of  time  for  a  fair  start." 

"I've  got  the  night  before  me.  and, 
luckily,  a  good  fast  horse,"  returned  the 
other,  after  a  moment's  reflection.  "Per- 
haps I  had  better  go  down  to  the  oflice 
and  you  can  bring  me  the  monev  there. 
Only  be  quick  about  it." 

Jervish  handed  him  the  key  of  his 
ofiice  in  silence   and  the  two  separated. 

While  this  conversation  was  going  on, 
in  a  house  that  stood  a  little  way  back 
from  the  road  and  not  far  from  their 
place  of  meeting  lay  all  that  w^as  mortal 
of  Mary  Lyman.  The  seal  of  the  death 
angel  was  on  those  fast-closed  lids,  and 
the  lines  of  weariness  and  pain  left  by 
the  last  struggle  made  the  beautiful  face 
look  even  sadder  than  in  life,  as,  framed 
in  its  rippling  abundance  of  tawny  gold 
hair,  it  looked  up  white  and  silent,  bear- 
ing mute  but  awful  witness  that  a  deed 
of  murder  had  been  done. 

]*klean while  ^Maurice  Jervish.  in  no  en- 
viable frame  of  mind,  was  directing  his 
steps  toward  the  house  of  Colonel  Mont- 
fort.  It  was  decidedly  the  largest  and 
most  pretentious  in  the  village,  for  the 
Colonel  was  a  man  of  considerable  prop- 
erty, gained  not  so  much  in  lawfifl  busi- 
ness as  by  certain  shad}^  transactions  al- 
ready referred  to.  Ringing  the  bell  he 
was  soon  admitted  into  a  room  styled 
the  library,  though  the  Colonel  was  not 
a  man  of  scholarly  tastes,  and  spent 
more  time  smoking  than  in  reading  any- 
thing older  than  the  morning  newspaper 


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103 


— and  proceeded  at  once  to  state  his 
business,  with  which  the  reader  is  al- 
ready  famihar. 

''The  deuce !  This  is  goini^-  a  Httle 
too  far,  Jervish,  Of  course  the  lodge 
will  do  its  best  to  bring-  you  off  all  right, 
but  the  truth  is  we  have  got  about 
enough  to  shoulder  already.  A  good 
many  liere  in  Granby  are  all  ripe  for  an 
Antimasonic  excitement,  and  a  less  af- 
fair than  this  would  be  quite  sufficient 
to  kindle  one.  That  infernal  scceder, 
Severns,  is  capable  of  turning  the  whole 
neighborhood  upside  down,  to  say  noth- 
ing of  the  Methodist  parson,  his  brother- 
in-law."  And  with  an  amiable  wish  that 
he  might  see  us  both  consigned  to 
regions  unmentionable — for  I  must  stop 
to  remark  that  the  Colonel  was  a  man 
of  decidedly  profane  habits  of  speech, 
which  is  nothing  very  surprising  consid- 
ering the  fact  that  at  one  time  and  an- 
other he  had  taken  a  matter  of  several 
hundred  oaths,  each  one  far  surpassing 
in  studied  insult  to  Jehovah's  name  the 
profanity  of  an  ignorant  Irish  drayman 
— he  took  out  his  pocketbook  with  a 
rather  disturbed  air  and  proceeded  to 
count  out  some  bills  which  he  handed  to 
Jervish.  '  .    •       , 

The  latter  clutched  the  money  eagerly. 
He  had  in  truth  been  rather  impatient 
of  the  preceding  lecture  and  cared  little 
for  the  possible  "Antimasonic  excite- 
ment" so  vividly  present  to  the  Colonel's 
imagination,  in  the  narrower  and  more 
personal  subject  of  alarm  which  now 
absorbed  his  thoughts. 

The  Colonel,  left  alone,  lit  a  cigar  and 
puffed  away  uneasily.  What  was  it  to 
him — this  foul  murder  of  an  unpro- 
tected orphan  girl?  He  was  sorry  the 
aft'air  liad  happened.  It  was  really  un- 
fortunate. Rut  with  all  his  Masonic  de- 
grees of  knighthood  did  a  single  thrill 
of  indignation  at  this  double  outrage  on 
the  weak  and  defenseless,  attest  to  one 
faint  >park  lingering-  within  him  of  the 
true  knigditly  spirit  of  old?  Did  this 
■'Prince  of  ]^Iercy,''  who  had  dared  to 
take  at  the  same  profane  shrine  one  of 
the  divinest  titles  of  the  crucified  Re- 
deemer— a  title  the  most  precious  to  the 
heart  of  his  church  on  earth,  and  his 
l)riohtest  crown  of  glory  among  the 
shining  ranks  of  heaven — feel  even  a 
throb  of   pure  human   regret  or   sorrow 


for  the  young  life  whose  lamj)  had  gone 
out   forever  in   such   starless  gloom? 

I  trow  not.  He  finished  his  cigar,  sat 
down  and  wrote  a  few  liurried  lines,  ad- 
dressed tO'  the  village  sheriff,  also  a 
member  of  Fidelity  Lodge,  and  having 
sealed  the  note,  transmitted  it  by  a  trusty 
messenger.  He  had  learned  by  certain 
former  experiences  that  it  is  not  impos- 
sible to  make  an  affair  even  more  "un- 
fortunate" than  this  redound  to  the  glory 
of  the  lodge  by  a  skillful  use  of  those 
secret  tactics  which  such  men  know  so 
thoroughly. 

Among-  the  many  profane  boasts  by 
which  Masonry  and  its  kindred  order. 
Odd-fellowship,  seeks  tO'  ''exalt  itself 
above  all  that  is  called  God  or  that  is 
worshiped,"  we  hear  it  sometimes  said, 
"the  members  of  secret  lodges  hang  to- 
gether better  than  the  church."  Now 
this  matter  in  the  light  of  the  above 
scene,  is  certainly  worth  inquiring  into. 
It  is  a  deplorable  fact  that  a  band  of 
thieves  and  murderers  will  sometimes 
"hang  together"  when  a  party  of  philan- 
tliropists  will  split  asunder  over  some 
miserable  shibboleth  ;  but  the  reason  for 
this  is  not  hard  to  seek.  Selfishness  is 
a  strong  cement  of  union,  and  is  it 
strangle  that  wdth  our  imperfect  human 
race  it  is  often  stronger  than  the  bond 
of  the  most  disinterested  love?  Besides, 
it  must  be  remembered  that  a  band  of 
philanthropists  do  not  need  to  ''hang- 
together"  for  the  purpose  of  shielding 
each  other's  crimes — for  this  is  reallv 
all  the  argument  amounts  to,  though  like 
other  pieces  of  lodge  sophistry  it  palms 
itself  off-  on  many  an  honest  but  unre- 
flecting- mind  for  the  truth.  But  how 
long,  ()  ye  Christian  pastors,  will  vou 
let  "the  simple  perish  for  lack  of  under- 
standing?" How  long-  shall  these  false 
teachers  "bring  in  damnable  heresies," 
and  you.  Gallio-like,  "care  for  none  of 
these  things?" 

The  night  wore  away.  Like  a  queen 
in  gold  of  Ophir,  all  her  garments  smell- 
ing of  myrrh  and  aloes  and  cassia,  rose 
the  fair  regal  morning  without  a  cloud 
on  its  glory ;  and  the  light  of  day  fell 
at  last  on  the  white  upturned  face,  and 
slowly  the  village  of  Ch-anby  woke  to 
the  fact  that  murder  had  l:)cen  done. 

A  coroner's  ]uv\  was  speedily  im- 
paneled and  a  post  mortem  examination 


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August,  1911. 


left  no  doubt  of  the  cause  of  Alary 
T.AiTian"s  death.  The  sudden  fliqiit  of 
tlie  physician  at  whose  house  she  died 
pointed  him  out  conclusively  as  the 
i^uilty  tool,  and  a  warrant  was  at  once 
issued  for  his  apprehension. 

A  number  of  men  started  in  pursuit, 
the  majority  being  g-ood  and  honest  citi- 
zens who  owned  allegiance  to  no  power 
but  their  lawful  government,  and  to  this 
circumstance,  quite  as  much  as  the  delay 
caused  b}^  an  accident  tO'  "the  good  fast 
horse"  on  which  he  had  relied  for  safety, 
was  due  the  fact  that  the  doctor  was 
overtaken  and  brought  back  to  Granby. 

His  witness  before  the  jury  cleared 
up  all  remaining  mystery  about  the  case. 
Perhaps  he  thought  it  w-ould  be  better 
for  himself  if  he  made  a  clean  breast  of 
the  whole  affair  seeing  that  the  evidence 
of  his  gTiilt  was  too  overwhelming  to 
be  denied,  and  the  result  of  his  testi- 
mony was  most  damaging  proof  against 
Jervish,  whO'  still  stayed  about  town, 
knowing  that  his  flight  at  this  particular 
juncture  would  only  point  suspicion 
towards  him  as  the  real  author  of  Mary 
Lyman's  death. 

The  proceedings  were  cs  parte— the 
jurv's  business  being  simply  to  obtain 
evidence  against  the  guilty  parties. 
\\'hile  we  were  in  session — for,  reader, 
I  was  on  that  jury  and  know  whereof 
I  affirm — at  precisely  the  point  when  this 
new  witness,  whose  name  was  Dr. 
Forsvth,  thous^h  the  name  is  immaterial 
as  he  has  no  after  connection  with  my 
story,  was  about  to  give  his  testimony, 
we  w^ere  joined  by  lawyer  Burroughs,  a 
practicing  attorney  of  the  village  and  a 
member  of  Fidelity  Lodge,  who  appar- 
ently dropped  in  for  no  other  purpose 
than  to  kindly  aid,  with  his  legal  knowl- 
edge, the  examinations  of  the  jury.  He 
was  a  man  whose  words  were  softer  than 
oil  and  smoother  than  butter,  though  at 
need  they  could  be  sharper  than  drawn 
swords.  ,A  thrill  of  susoicion  shot 
through  m^  when  he  entered,  but  it 
seemed  like  a  breach  of  charity  to  think 
him  actuated  by  any  other  motive  than 
the  simple  desire  to  serve  justice,  so  in- 
tently did  he  listen  to  the  testimony, 
so  earnest  did  he  appear  to  have  all  the 
facts  elicited  which  had  a  bearing  on  the 
case.  But  when  the  closing  of  the  pris- 
oner's  testimony   left   us   nothing   to   do 


but  to  draw  up  a  formal  warrant  for 
the  arrest  of  Maurice  Jervish,  the  be- 
fore-mentioned attorney  looked  at  his 
watch  and  quietly  remarked :       . 

"T  need  not  stay  longer  now  the  wit- 
ness is  all  in.  I  see  it  goes  hopelessly 
against  my  client,  but  as  I  am  counsel 
for  Mr.  Jervish  I  felt  bound  to  stop  and 
see  it  through."  And  so  saying  he  left 
the  room,  unmindful  of  the  indignant 
surprise  which  was  visible  on  every  face, 
unless  I  except  the  only  Masonic  mem- 
ber of  the  jur}^  who  sat  in  a  corner 
busily  trimming  his  nails,  from  which 
engrossing  occupation  he  did  not  take 
the  trouble  to  lift  his  head  as  the  door- 
closed  behind  the  retreating  attorney. 

But  another  surprise  awaited  us.  The 
coroner  had  just  penned  the  warrant, 
and  it  only  waited  our  signatures,  when 
information  was  brought  to  the  jury- 
room  that  Jervish  had  fled,  having 
learned — no  cloubt  through  the  Masonic 
lawyer — of  Forsyth's  arrest  and  his 
own  danger.  Then,  and  not  till  then, 
did  we  realize  in  what  an  impudent  and 
shameless  fashion  the  jury  had  been 
sold. 

''Just  like  Burroughs  to  serve  us  such 
a  trick,  the  mean,  sneaking  rascal!" 
broke  out  one  of  the  jurors,  ordinarilv 
a  quiet  man,  but  just  now  roused  to  a 
perfect  white  heat  of  indignant  wrath 
over  this  example  of  Masonic  double 
dealing. 

"Well,  the  mischief  is  done,"  said  an- 
other ;  "the  best  thing  we  can  do  is  to 
sign  the  warrant  right  off  and  get  it 
into  the  hands  of  the  sheriff"  as  soon  as 
we  can." 

Quickly  each  man  wrote  his  name — 
all  but  the  A/Tasonic  juror.  Oh,  that 
precious  hour  and  a  half  wasted  in  try- 
ing to  argue  with  one  whose  stupidity — 
if  it  had  been  real  instead  of  pretended — 
ought  to  have  consigned  him  to  an 
asylum  of  imbeciles!  But  1  have  under- 
stood better  ever  since  how  one  Mason 
can  so  obstruct  the  wheels  of  law  as  to 
cause  "truth  to  fall  in  the  streets  and 
turn  justice  backward."  For  that  hour 
and  a  half  was  improved  to  the  utmost 
by  Jervish  in  making  his  escape. 

The  next  thing  was  to  put  the  writ 
in  the  hands  of  the  sheriff",  but  in 
vain  we  waited  to  hear  news  of 
Jervish's    arrest.      Sheriff'    Simonds    had 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNO'SURE. 


105 


his  own  notions  of  Masonic  duty  which 
aPTced  verv  weh  with  those  entertained 
by  Colonel  IMontfort.  The  latter's  note 
the  previous  evening  had  done  its  work, 
though  my  knowledge  that  he  influenced 
the  sheriff  to  betray  his  official  trust  by 
a  reference  to  his  Masonic  obligations, 
and  a  promise  that  the  lodge  would 
shield  him  from  consequences,  as  well 
as  other  incidents  here  related,  has  been 
pieced  out  from  the  various  disclosures 
that  leaked  out  at  different  times  either 
through  legal  investigation  or  the  less 
formal  ]>rocess  of  hearsay. 

Hour  after  hour  passed.  Men  g-ath- 
ered  in  knots,  excited,  indignant,  and 
talked  the  matter  over,  indulging  in  free 
comments  on  the  shameful  inactivity  of 
the  sheriff",  as  well  as  the  conduct  of 
Burroughs  in  contriving  to  possess  him- 
self of  all  the  testimony  against  Jervish, 
and  then  going-  straight  from  the  jury-- 
room  to  warn  his  client.  And  as  the 
talk  went  on  it  w-as  easy  to  see  that  the 
smouldering  fires  of  popular  indignation 
needed  but  slight  fanning  to  burst  into 
a  fierce  flam'e.  There  is  something  awful 
in  such  a  rising  of  outraged  justice  when 
the  people  unite  as  one  man  to  execute 
vengeance.  T  know  of  but  one  thing- 
more  terril)le  to  meet — the  face  of  the 
Judge  in  the  Great  Day  of   His   wrath. 

Before  the  sun  set  Colonel  Montfort 
-dud  his  clique  were  likely  to  get  such 
a  dose  of  Antimasonic  excitement  as 
tliey  little  calculated  on. 

"The  sheriff  is  a  Mason  and  an  Odd- 
fellow. He  don't  want  to  arrest  Jer- 
vish, that's  plain  to  be  seen,"  I  heard 
remarked  in  one  of  these  excited  groups. 
Alasons  and  Odd-fellows  are  bound  to 
stand  by  each  other.  That's  what  the\- 
all  say." 

"Well,  T  don't  know  much  about  the 
( )d(l-fello\vs,  only  thev  and  the  Masons 
seem  to  be  hand  and  glove  together," 
observed  another.  'T've  heard  it  said 
that  Masonry  was  a  good  thing  for 
some  of  our  men  w-hen  they  fell  into  the 
hands  of  the  rebels  in  the  war,  but  wlien 
it  comes  to  secreting  and  running  off" 
criminals  there's  two  sides  to  the  (jues- 
tion."  . 

"I've  got  a  story  to  tell  on  that  jwint," 
spoke  up  a  man  who  wore  a  soldier's 
coat,  "\\nien  T  w^as  in  the  army  I  used 
to  see   a   good    deal   of   Masonry — from 


the  outside  ;  I  never  was  one  myself.  I 
know  of  one  of  our  colonels  that  in  the 
battle  of  South  Mountain  would  have 
been  cashiered  for  cowardice  if  he 
hadn't  been  a  Mason.  Somehow  the 
court-martial  didn't  convict,  and  not  a 
great  while  after  he  was  promoted.  But 
that  ain't  the  story  I  was  going  to  tell. 
I  was  in  Custer's  command  and  a  batch 
of  us  were  taken  prisoners  ])y  guerrilla- 
(ieneral  Mosby.  He  ordered  that  seven 
drawn  by  lot  be  hung'  in  retaliation  for 
the  hanging  of  seven  of  his  men  by  the 
Unionists.  Among-  those  that  drew  the 
marked  ball  was  a  lieutenant  that  I  knew 
very  well.  I  never  saw  these  men  again. 
They  were  carried  off  to  a  place  near 
Sheridan's  headquarters  and  hung.  I 
and  some  others  got  exchanged  after  a 
while  and  about  a  year  afterward  I  met 
this  same  lieutenant  alive  and  well.  T 
thought  you  wan't  in  the  land  of  the 
living,'  says  I,  when  we  came  to  speak. 
M  shouldn't  have  been,'  says  he,  'if  I 
hadn't  been  a  Mason ;  that  saved  m)- 
life.'  I  tell  you  I  thought  Masonrv  was 
a  mighty  good  thing  after  hearing  that, 
and  I  had  a  great  idea  of  joining  them 
myself,  but  there's  a  sequel  to  it,  as  they 
say.  When  the  war  was  over  I  fell  in 
with  a  man  that  had  been  a  Confederate 
soldier  and  knew  all  about  the  hanging 
of  these  men- — saw  it  done.  Well,  I  asked 
about  the  lieutenant.  'He  w^as  a  Free- 
mason,' says  he;  T  saw  him  give  the 
sign  to  my  colonel  and  saw  him  return 
it.  The  colonel  went  oft"  and  a  little 
while  after  he  came  back  with  two  pris- 
oners of  his  own  that  he  handed  to  the 
(officer  who  had  charge  of  the  aft'air. 
Thev  were  placed  on  the  fatal  line  instead 
of  the  lieutenant,  who  was  set  free,  and 
their  two  lives  went  for  his."  " 

A  thrill  of  horror  ran  through  the 
group,  which  was  now  consideraldy  en- 
lareed.  The  soldier's  story  had  only 
added  fuel  to  the  fire.  Every  minute 
the  excitement  deepened  as  fresh  cause  in 
the  c(mtinued  inactivity  of  the  sheriff"  or 
seme  rumor  of  a  new  attempt  on  the 
|)art  of  the  lodge  to  thwart  justice, 
fanned  the  flame. 

Suddenh-  the  cr\-  rose  n|).  at  hrst 
from  a  single  throat,  then  caught  up  and 
repeated  by  others.  "Teai"  down  I'ur- 
roughs'  office!  L\'nch  the  Masonic 
scoundrel !" 


106 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


August.  1911. 


The  mob  spirit  was  fast  taking  pos- 
session of  the  crowd,  which,  now  swelled 
to  hundreds,  had  o-athered  about  the 
court-house,  when. a  clear,  commanding- 
voice,  addressing  them  from  the  steps 
of  the  building,  made  a  temporary 
silence. 

"These  men  are  acting  on  their  own 
responsibility  and  not  in  accordance  with 
their  obligations  as  Masons.  While  I 
utterly  denounce  the  conduct  of  the 
sheriff  as  a  most  base  betrayal  of  his  of- 
ficial duty,  I  appeal  to  you,  fellow  towns- 
men and  citizens,  to  come  to  the  aid  of 
the  law,  and  allow  no  deed  of  violence 
to  be  committed  which  will  only  obstruct 
its  course.  Justice  shall  be  done.  I  ask 
your  help  in  ferreting  out  the  murderer, 
and  when  he  is  found  rest  assured  that 
no  lodge  obligation,  real  or  fancied,  shall 
screen  him  from  the  punishment  he  de- 
serves.'' 

The  clear,  ringing  voice  penetrated 
to  the  farthest  edge  of  the  crowd.  The 
speaker  himself  stood  in  fair  Anew,  his 
dark  eyes  glowing  like  coals  of  fire  under 
the  full,  massive  brow,  his  pale  face  paler 
by  contrast.  Everybody  knew  him — 
Anson  Lovejoy,  Master  of  the  lodge. 

There  is  a  mighty  force  in  simple 
sincerity.  Not  a  man  in  that  excited 
throng'  abhorred  more  intensely  the  crime 
which  had  been  committed  than  did  he, 
or  felt  a  more  burning  desire  to  see  in- 
sulted law  avenged  in  the  speedy  arrest 
of  the  criminal.  And  when  he  threw 
the  odium  of  all  this  obstructing  of  jus- 
tice on  the  shoulders  of  individual 
Masons  instead  of  the  lodge  itself,  there 
were  enough  who  believed  him  in  the 
face  of  their  own  previous  convictions, 
not  to  say  the  evidence  of  their  own 
senses,  to  make  a  perceptible  difference 
in  the  attitude  of  the  crowd.  A  more 
calm  and  reasonable  spirit  was  succeed- 
ing the  tumultuous  excitement  which 
had  threatened  at  one  time  to  end  in 
mob  violence.  The  advocates  of  lynch 
law  were  silent  and  under  the  reaction 
thus  made  the  throng  slowly  and  by 
degrees  dispersed. 

A  few  hours  later  I  was  at  home  at- 
tending to  some  duty  about  the  farm 
when  Anson  Lovejoy  came  hurriedly  up, 
his  face  still  pale  but  settled  into  those 
grave,  determined  lines  which  speak  the 
man  whose  whole  soul  is  roused  to  meet 
a  crisis. 


''Mr.  Severns,  I  want  the  loan  of  your 
fastest  horse.  I  have  just  received  news 
that  Jervish  has  left  his  hiding  place 
where  he  has  been  secreted  all  this  time 
and  hired  a  man  by  the  name  of  Leach  to 
take  him  across  the  river.  This  Leach 
is  a  poor,  worthless  fellow,  who  never 
has  any  money  and  is  therefore  easily 
bribed." 

''What  will  Masons  think  of  your 
action  in  this  matter?"  I  said,  as  I  threw 
the  halter  over  the  neck  of  the  beautiful 
roan,  acknowledged  one  of  the  fastest 
steeds  in  the  neighborhood,  and  led  him 
out.  "Depend  upon  it,  your  part  in  to- 
day's affair  will  never  be  overlooked  or 
forgiven  by  the  lodge." 

"I  care  not,"  he  answered,  "I  am  act- 
ing up  to  my  Masonic  obligations  as  I 
understand  them.  God  do  so  to  me  and 
more  also  if  I  knowingly  leave  a  single 
stone  unturned  that  is  hindering  the  way 
of  justice." 

Tie  spoke  with  solemn,  almost  fierce 
earnestness — then,  after  an  instant's 
silence,  added  in  his  usual  tone.  "While 
you  are  getting  the  horse  ready  I  will 
speak  with  Mrs.  Severns  a  moment," 
and  so  saying  he  stepped  quickly  across 
to  the  open  side  door  where  he  had 
always  until  now  met  with  the  ready 
admittance  accorded  to  a  friend  and 
neighbor. 

What  he  was  going  to  say  to  Rachel 
I  know  not,  for  he  was  given  no  chance 
to  say  it,  but  I  think  a  desire  to  have 
her  Godspeed  in  the  task  to  which  he 
had  set  himself  prompted  the  action. 

Rachel  met  him  just  as  he  was  enter- 
ing, with  stern  face  and  forbidding  ges- 
ture. vShe  had  not  heard  his  conversa- 
tion with  me  or  very  likely  would  not 
have  addressed  him  exactly  as  she  did. 

"Not  a  step  farther.  No  murderer  or 
companion  of  murderers  crosses  my 
threshold." 

"Mrs.  Severns !"  he  exclaimed,  star- 
tled, astonished. 

"I  mean  what  I  say,"  she  answered, 
firmly.  "You  uphold  this  dark,  unclean 
system  of  the  lodge  and  thus  make  your- 
self a  partaker  in  the  innocent  blood  it 
has  shed.     Go !" 

The  reader  must  excuse  Rachel,  un- 
just as  she  was,  for  her  very  soul  was 
boiling  within  her,  and  this  passionate 
outburst  was  due  to  a  deeper  cause  than 
the  common  feeling  of  indignation  which 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


107 


possessed  the  community  at  large.  In 
divine  faith  that  she  might  yet  redeem  to 
virtue  and  happiness  the  erring  soul 
which  had  mistaken  a  cold,  deceiving- 
mirage  for  the  water  of  affection,  and 
for  whom  henceforth  society  would  have 
no  use  but  to  cast  out  and  trample  under 
foot,  she  had  planned  and  labored  as 
only  a  Christian  woman  can.  And  this 
was  the  terrible  ending !  The  prey  for 
which  she  had  wrestled  with  Satan  had 
been  basely,  cruelly  torn  out  of  her  hand, 
and  she  felt  something  of  the  fury  of 
the  bereaved  lioness  when  she  confronted 
Anson  Love  joy. 

''I  assure  you,  Mrs.  Severns,"  he  be- 
gan again,  and  again  she  interrupted 
jiim,  though  this  time  her  voice  was  a 
trifle  softer,  her  manner  a  shade  gentler. 

''I^  accuse  you  of  nothing  but  of  being 
allied  to  such  a  system.  And  that  is 
enough.  Shall  a  man  take  fire  in  his 
bosom  and  not  be  burned?  No,  Mr. 
Love  joy,  no  adhering  Mason  from 
henceforth  receives  a  welcome  under 
my   roof." 

And  she  turned  from  him  and  walked 
away,  leaving"  the  victim  of  this  severe 
castigation  to  recover  from  it  as  well 
as  lie  could.  And  certainly  for  a  moment 
Anson  Lovejoy  looked  rather  dejected. 
He  was  without  domestic  ties,  his  wife 
having  died  in  the  first  year  of  their 
marriage,  and  I  well  understood,  or 
thought  I  did,  how  this  sudden  closing 
against  him  of  a  home  where  he  had 
always  been  a  welcome  guest,  dropping 
in  at  any  time  when  his  business  per- 
mitted, thus  seeming  to  find  some  faint, 
shadowy  compensation  for  his  own  bur- 
ied joys,  would  naturally  affect  him. 

But  he  quickly  recovered  himself,  and 
going  to  wdiere  the  horse  now  stood  in 
readiness  leaped  into  the  saddle.  As  he 
did  so  I  took  occasion  to  say — 

"Rachel  has  a  sharp  tongue,  but  her 
heart  is  all  right.  Some  time  she  will 
see  that  she  has  done  you  injustice." 

'T  hope  so,  Mr.  Severns,"  he  an- 
swered. .  "But" — and  he  spoke  with  the 
grave,  slow  emphasis  of  one  recording 
a  vow — "if  Masonry  is  what  from  this 
(lay's  w^ork  I  have  reason  to  fear  it  is, 
and  I  remain  connected  with  it  an  hour 
longer  than  I  can  help,  I  shall  merit 
the  severest  denunciations  she  has  heaped 
upon  me." 


And  he  rode  swiftly  away  to  join  the 
])ursuing  party,  which  had  halted  at  an 
appointed  place  of  meeting,  and  were 
now  discussing  which  of  two  different 
roads  the  fugitive  had  j)robably  taken. 
A  few  outsiders  had  gathered  about, 
among  them  the  sheriff',  who  seemed  to 
take  an  extraordinary  interest  in  the 
settling  of  this  question  considering  his 
previous   inactivity. 

"I  tell  you,  Lovejoy,  if  you  take  the 
direction  of  Quipaw  Creek  you'll  miss 
it,"  he  said,  excitedly.  "Jervish  has 
gone  more  south." 

"My  men  are  on  the  right  track,"  re- 
turned Lovejoy,  composedly,  in  whose 
mind  the  last  lingering  doubt  whether 
he  was  really  taking  the  route  Jervish 
had  gone  was  now  dispelled  by  the  sher- 
iff's evident  anxietv  to  have  him  q:o  tlie 
opposite  way. 

"But  I  tell  you,"  repeated  the  sheriff" 
in  still  more  excited  tones,  "a  man  told 
me  not  more  than  an  hour  ago  that  he 
had  met  him  and  Leach  on  the  road." 

This  piece  of  information  made  some 
of  the  party  waver  but  had  no  effect  on 
their  staunch  leader,  who  issued  his 
command  to  set  off  at  once  in  the  direc- 
tion of  Quipaw  Creek,  at  which  the 
sheriff  called  to  his  aid  considerable  pro- 
fanity, not  necessary  to  repeat,  in  con- 
firmation of  what  he  had  said,  provoking 
from  one  of  the  number  as  they  rode 
away  this  satirical  speech — 

"Set  the  fox  to  guard  the  hen-coop, 
will  ye?  When  I  do  that  T'll  take  advice 
from  a  Mason.  If  you  knew  all  this 
about  Jervish  an  hour  ago  whv  wan't 
you  off*  after  him  instead  of  loafing  about 
with  the  coroner's  warrant  lying  idle  in 
your   pocket?" 

And  the  discomforted  sheriff',  who  had 
certainly  striven  heroically  to  fulfill  his 
Masonic  obligations,  retired  amid  more 
hooting-  and  jeering  than  was  quite 
pleasant. 

Swiftly,  steadily,  the  pursuers  pressed 
on,  and  before  long  came  in  sight  of  a 
common  farm  wagon  apparently  loaded 
with  meal-bags.  The  driver  of  the  wagon 
was  quickly  recognized  by  several"  of 
the  party  to  whom  he  was  well  known, 
as  the  man  who  had  undertaken  to  aid 
Jervish  in  his  flight.  But  Leach  sat 
alone  on  the  seat,  driving.  Where  was 
his  companion? 


1<"»S 


C  H  I'  1 STI AN     CYNOSURE. 


August,   lilll. 


An  order  from  Lovejoy  to  search  the 
wagon  soon  settled  this  question.  The 
vehicle  was  found  to  be  so  arranged  by 
sticks  laid  across — the  seeming-  meal- 
bags,  which  were  in  reality  stuffed  with 
hav.  placed  on  these,  and  high  enough 
from  the  floor  of  the  wagon  to  make  a 
hiding-  place  for  the  miserable  Jervish, 
who  was  now  ignominiously  dragg-ed 
therefrom,  and  Colonel  Montfort's 
friend,  the  elegant  man  of  society,  spent 
that  night  in  the  county  jail  to  the  great 
satisfaction  of  all  worthy  citizens  of 
Granb}'.  with  wdiom,  now  that  the  chief 
criminal  was  caught,  the  Antimasonic 
excitement  subsided  as  rapidly  as  it  rose. 
(To  be   continued.) 


WHEATON    COLLEGE. 

Many  of  our  readers  will  be  glad  to 
know  that  the  seventy-five  thousand  dol- 
lars which  was  required  to  secure  the 
gift  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars 
from  Mr.  Carnegie  has  been  raised. 
The  subscriptions  were  not  quite  all 
paid,  but  business  men  desiring  the  com- 
pletion of  'the  payment  advanced  the 
money  on  their  own  responsibility,  so 
that  the  gift  of  Mr.  Carnegie  is  now 
assured.  The  College  is  indebted  to 
these  men  and  also  to  the  Gary-VVheaton 
bank  for  their  kind  services  in  connec- 
tion with  this  fund.  The  money  was 
advanced  by  the  above  named  bank  on 
the  security  mentioned. 

One  of  the  last  year's  graduates  has 
just  been  called  to  a  principalship  in 
^Montana  at  a  salary  of  twelve  hundred 
dollars  per  year. 

A  list  of  public  ofiicers  who  are  grad- 
uates of  Wheaton  College  was  compiled 
by  some  friend  and  is  of  interest  as 
showing  that  the  training  for  leadership 
which  is  a  special  work  of  the  college  as 
distinguished  from  other  schools,  is  not 
a  failure.  Judge  O.  N.  Carter,  a  grad- 
uate of  the  class  1877,  has  recently  been 
chosen  by  his  associates  on  the  Supreme 
bench  of  Illinois  to  be  Chief  Justice  of 
that  court.  Mr.  Robert  Woolston  has 
just  been  appointed  superintendent  of 
the  Illinois  School  for  the  Blind  at  Jack- 
sonville, 111.  He  has  been  for  years  a 
successful  teacher  in  that  institution.  It 
is  remarkable  that  nearly  forty  per  cent 
of  the  leading  civil  offices  in  Du  Page 
Countv     and      Wheaton     are    filled     bv 


Wheaton  College  men.  Besides  these 
the  college  is  represented  throughout 
the  land  by  a  goodly  number  of  the  best 
pastors,  lawyers,  editors- and  teachers. 

President  Blanchard  has  preached 
three  Baccalaureate  sermons  this  sea- 
son. One  was  for  the  Bible  Training 
School  O'f  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana ;  anoth- 
er for  the  Nurses'  Training  School  and 
the  School  of  Domestic  Economy  at  the 
Battle  Creek  Sanitarium,  Battle  Creek, 
Mich. ;  the  third  sermon  was  before  his 
own  College  at  Wheaton.  He  was  also 
invited  to  give  graduating  address- 
es before  high  schools  as  follows :  But- 
ler, Indiana ;  Princeton,  Kentucky ;  Eliz- 
abeth, Illinois;  Chicago  Heights,  Illi- 
nois, and  Barrington,  Illinois.  His 
health  is  much  better  than  it  has  been 
for  the  past  two  years  and  he  is  expect- 
ing to  do  more  teaching  in  the  college 
next  year  than  for  a  number  of  years 
heretofore. 


CHINESE    TRANSLATION    WORK. 

Rev.  Myron  C.  Wilcox,  twenty-five 
years  a  missionary  in  China,  and  former 
editor  of  the  Chinese  Christian  Advo- 
cate, assisted  by  Mr.  Wong  Gang  Hwo, 
a  Chinese  Christian  and  scholar,  is 
translating  and  publishing  non-sectarian 
religious  books  for  China's  millions. 
The  books  are  printed  at  Shanghai, 
China,  in  the  Wen-li  or  classical  lan- 
guage which  is  read  throughout  the 
Empire. 

This  work  is  supported  by  special 
contributions.  All  amounts  are  wel- 
comed and  receipted  for.  A  group  photo 
of  Messrs.  Wong  and  Hwong  (in  Chi- 
nese costume)  and  of  Rev.  M.  C.  Wil- 
cox, will  be  mailed  to  each  person  send- 
ing one  dollar  or  more,  and  to  every 
Sunday  School,  Christian  Endeavor  So- 
ciety, Epworth  League,  or  other  young 
people's  soeiety,  sending  at  least  two 
dollars  for  this  work.  It  is  earnestly 
hoped  that  each  reader  will  help  and 
also  tell  others  about  this  indispensable 
form  of  mission  work.  Address  Rev. 
M.  C.  Wilcox,  Box  671,  Mt.  Vernon, 
Iowa. 


"When  you  can  stand  face  to  face 
with  waste,  folly,  extravagance,  spirit- 
ual insensibility,  and  endure  it  as  Jesus 
endured  it — that  is  victory." 


August,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


109 


tMloriaL 


LARGEST  DAMAGES. 

Two  thousand  dollars  damages  have 
been  awarded  by  the  master  to  whom 
the  case  against  the  quarry  workers  in- 
ternational union  of  North  America  and 
the  derrick  men's  international  union  of 
North  America  was  referred.  This  is 
the  largest  award  ever  made  in  the  state 
of  Massachusetts  for  alleged  interference 
by  unions  with  any  man's  work  and  pros- 
perity. The  unions  having  asked  for  rul- 
ings of  the  law  which  were  denied  by 
the  master,  it  was  thought  that  the  case 
might  go  to  the  full  bench. 

It  appears  that  in  May,  1909,  the  com- 
])lainant,  who  is  a  granite  cutter,  was  a 
foreman  of  the  Massachusetts  Pink 
Granite  Company;  and  that  in  1903  he 
had  taken  a  withdrawal  card  from  the 
quarrymen's  union,  being-  told  that  hav- 
ing become  a  foreman  he  could  not  be 
a  member.   , 

Soon  after  work  began  in  February. 
1909,  two  men  named  Dacey  and  Ma- 
honey  applied  for  work,  but  having  all 
the  men  he  could  furnish  with  work  Just 
then,  he  postponed  engaging  them  to 
such  time  as  he  could  give  them  the 
same  chance  as  any  one  to  fill  a  vacancy. 
Dacey  repeatedly  made  application,  and 
complained  that  others  seemed  to  enjoy 
a  preference.  This  charge  the  foreman 
denied.  The  master  says,  'Tt  is  this 
impression  received  by  Dacey,  regardless 
of  whether  it  had  any  reasonable  founda- 
tion, which  was  really  at  the  bottom  of 
the  trouble  which  subsequently  arose." 
No  evidence  was  brought  which  in  any 
wa}^  tended  to  show  that  the  foreman  of 
the  company  had  violated  any  agree- 
ment with  the  union.  Although  Dacey 
testified  that  others  had  paid  an  initia- 
tion fee  of  one  dollar  and  a  half,  he  had 
made  a  motion  to  compel  this  foreman  to 
be  initiated  and  to  pay  a  fee  of  fifty 
dollars.  When  he  explained  that  he  had 
a  withdrawal  card,  Dacey  denied  the 
value  of  the  card,  though  it  appears  to 
have  borne  his  own  official  signature. 

No  one  made  any  additional  complaint 
of  the  foreman.  Yet  the  president  of 
the  company  was  informed  that  a  ten 
(la}s'  strike  was  on  account  of  the  pur- 


pose of  the  men  not  to  work  under  that 
foreman.  It  is  said  that  when  the  presi- 
dent left  it  to  them  to  decide  by  vote, 
fourteen  out  of  the  thirt\-  ballots  were 
for  retaining  him.  Nevertheless,  as  there 
were  two  more  Dacey-Mahone}-  votes, 
the  president  carried  out  his  agreement 
with  the  union  by  discharging  a  good 
foreman.  Soon  afterward  tlie  same  com- 
pany employed  him  four  daAS,  but  not  as 
foreman.  At  other  quarries  where  he  ap- 
plied he  was  refused  work  because  he 
could  not  give  assurance  that  he  had 
made  a  settlement  with  the  union.  His 
wages  between  the  time  of  his  discharge 
and  the  shutting  down  of  work  at  the 
quarry  in  December,  1909,  would  have 
been  $588.  His  entire  earnings  since  his 
discharge  at  the  instigation  of  Dacey 
have  been  not  over  one  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars.  He  has  been  obliged  to  sell 
the  home  he  owned.  The  evidence 
showed  that  but  for  the  vote  taken  at 
the  quarry  his  entirely  satisfactory  serv- 
ices would  have  been  retained;  that  hi> 
inability  to  secure  other  situations  was 
due  to  the  union ;  that  the  fifty-dollar 
demand  was  unjust  discrimination  as  to 
the  initiation  fee  ;  and  that  until  the  vic- 
tim of  relentless  injustice  submitted  to 
the  union  he  would  never  be  permitted  to 
work  as  a  journeyman,  or  to  "secure  em- 
ployment as  a  foreman  in  the  trade  or 
calling  in  which  he  is  skilled,  and  the 
only  one  for  which  his  experience  and 
training  fit  him."  The  master's  decision 
is:  "If  the  court  rule  that  the  com- 
plainant is  entitled  to  recover  damages, 
then  I  find  and  rule  that  he  is  entitled  to 
damages  in  the  sum  of  $2,000,  including 
loss  of  wages  as  above  stated." 


THE  PERSONAL  EQUATION. 

In  an  article  devoted  to  the  question 
whether  Collective  Barefainino-  is  to  fail, 
the  IJ'all  Street  Journal  advocates  the 
principle,  but  shows  how  it  may  fail  in 
practice.  Describing  a  case  in  England 
which  it  regards  as  one  involving  a  new- 
test,  it  proceeds  by  saying : 

"Of  all  the  methods  of  reconciling  dis- 
putes on  the  wage  question,  the  trade 
agreement  between  representatives  of 
bt)th  parties,  known  as  'collective  bar- 
gaining,' has  undoubtedly  served  the  nur- 
pose  best.  'This  method  of  avoiding 
strikes,'  sa}s  a  recent  reviewer  of  the  la- 


no 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


August  1911. 


bor  problem,  'has  proved  eft'ective  in 
many  cases  which  involved  reliable  nn- 
ions.  such  as  railroad  brotherhoods,  the 
boot  and  shoe  workers,  the  miners'  un- 
ions and  many  others.'  Compared  with 
settlement  by  outside  arbitration  boards, 
whether  official  or  otherwise,  compul- 
sory or  voluntary,  the  collective  bargain 
is  easily  the  best  method  yet  developed. 

"The  success  of  collective  bargaining- 
depends,  in  the  last  resort,  upon  the  re- 
liability of  the  parties  to  the  agreement. 
In  the  case  of  the  British  dispute,  em- 
ployes in  the  Fern  mills  refused  to  abide 
by  the  agreement  signed  by  their  official 
representatives.  For  reasons  of  the  com- 
monest honesty,  to  say  nothing  of  the 
consequences  involved,  it  is  hardly  con- 
ceivable that  any  such  action  could  be 
justiiied.  Has  the  ruinous  British  engi- 
neers' strike  of  the  '90s  been  entirely 
forgotten  ? 

'AATthin  the  past  year  employers  in  a 
Danbury  hat  manufacturers'  agreement 
were  responsibly  charged  with  breaking 
their  own  pledges.  The  moral  fiber  of 
the  manufacturer  must  at  least  equal  in 
quality  that  of  the  other  party  to  the 
bargain." 


CHICAGO'S    CIVILIZED   PROGRESS. 

(From    the    Chicago    Daily    News.) 

A  scene  in  Chicago  on  a  certain  sum- 
mer night  in  181 2  is  thus  pictured  by 
Parrish  in  the  pages  of  "Historic  Illi- 
nois'' :— 

"That  little  stockade  O'f  logs,  erected 
on  the  southern  bank  of  the  Chicago 
river,  within  sound  of  the  booming 
waves  of  the  lake,  the  great,  silent  plains 
stretching  all  around  it,  was  an  animated 
scene  that  night  of  final  preparation. 
John  Kinzie  had  brought  his  family 
within  its  walls,  while  other  settlers  of 
the  neighborhood,  some  twelve  in  num- 
ber, had  likewise  sought  its  protection, 
so  that  sinewy  backwoodsmen  mingled 
with  the  soldiers.  .  .  .  The  reserve 
ammunition,  25  rounds  to  each  man,  was 
distributed  and  the  weary  workers  final- 
ly flung  themselves  down  for  whatever 
sleep  was  possible.  Above  them,  on  the 
narrow  platforms,  the  sentries  gazed 
anxiously  forth  into  the  black  night 
shrouding  the  prairie,  where  many  a 
warrior  skulked  and  gloated  in  fiendish 
anticipation  of  the  morrow." 


As  a  companion  picture,  take  a  Chi- 
cago scene  which  occurred  99  years 
later  at  a  new  building  now  being  erect- 
ed at  Sangamon  street  and  the  river.  The 
following  is  from  the  Dailv  Nczi's  of  ves- 
terday : — 

"Professional  labor  sluggers,  twelve  in 
number,  .  .  .  attacked  barricades 
erected  by  the  terrified  workmen  in  an 
efifort  to  get  inside  where  they  could 
use  their  clubs  and  blackjacks.  Attempt 
after  attempt  was  made  by  the  besiegers 
to  batter  down  the  doors  of  the  build- 
ing or  tear  away  the  bars  that  had  been 
placed  on  the  windows.  .  .  .  The  at- 
tack was  declared  tO'  have  been  inspired 
by  the  jurisdictional  war  that  the  ma- 
chinists are  waging  against  the  elevator 
constructors.  All  through  the  assault  not 
one  of  the  workmen  who  scurried  into 
the  building  at  the  first  cry  of  warning 
dared  appear  in  the  open  for  fear  of  be- 
ing shot  down  by  gun  men,  and  to  pre- 
vent any  of  the  latter  from  gaining  an 
entrance  through  w^indows  the  men  in- 
side stood  guard  with  heavy  pieces  of 
board,  which  they  used  in  beating  the 
heads  of  any  of  the  sluggers  that  ap- 
peared through  the   windows'   bars." 

The  police  finally  arrived,  but  there 
were  no  arrests. 

In  one  way  Chicago  is  not  as  well  off 
as  it  was  back  in  1812.  Then  its  stock- 
ade and  blockhouse  sufficed  to  shelter 
all  the  people,  at  least  temporarily.  Now 
there  are  too  many  Chicagoans  to  be  gath- 
ered together  behind  any  existing  block- 
ade and  there  protected  from  the  tri- 
umphant gun  men,  who  roam  at  will 
about  the  city.  If  Mayor  Harrison  does 
not  require  the  police  to  put  a  stop  to 
these  practices  by  the  simple  process  of 
arresting,  disarming  and  locking  up  the 
savages  who  now  spread  terror  broad- 
cast he  should  proceed  to  have  erected 
municipal  stockades  wherein  the  citizens 
may  gather  and  defend  themselves. 


Is  the  child  of  God  overwhelmed  by 
the  trials  of  the  way,  and  ready  to  turn 
his  back  in  the  day  of  battle,  because  of 
the  rage  of  the  hellish  powers?  Let  me 
remind  him  that  Samson  first  slew  the 
lion,  and  afterwards  out  of  him  got 
honey  and  to  spare. — Selected. 


August,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


11 


OBEY  OR  DO  NOTHING. 

The  Lowell  (Mass.)  Conrier-Citi.zcn 
gives  the  wo^d  of  reproof  it  finds  to  be 
called  for,  after  discussing  in  a  more 
general  way  a  subject  which  has  been 
troublesome,  as  it  plainly  recognizes,  in 
many  other  places.  In  the  second  para- 
graph it  collars  the  refractory  Frat  it 
finds  near  home.  We  are  reminded  of 
the  candidate  for  the  position  of  teacher 
in  one  of  the  schools  kept  long  ago, 
when  the  Committee  examined  the  qual- 
ifications of  applicants.  This  young  man 
was  asked  about  school  discipline. 
What  would  he  do  with  a  boy  who  act- 
ed so  and  so?  'T  should  vibrate  him." 
In  this  case  the  editor  gives  other  re- 
sponsible parties  as  much  of  a  jostling 
as  the  boy  who  needs  a  shaking  up,  and 
says : 

''One  needs  not  to  be  many  years  out 
of  the  high  school  to  realize  that  the 
high  school  fraternity  proposition  is 
about  the  silliest  phase  that  our  prema- 
turely old  youngsters  have  arrived  at. 
The  revolt  of  teachers  and  school  com- 
mittees the  'country  over  bids  fair  to 
wipe  it  out  of  existence,  and  naturally 
'there's  a  reason.'  The  course  of  things 
in  our  high  schools  through  the  past  two 
decades  has  been  increasing  in  the  direc- 
tion of  over-developing  the  social  side 
of  school  life  and  the  consequent  im- 
pairment of  the  educational  side.  As 
much  time  may  be  given  to  the  school 
hours  as  of  yore — but  the  minds  and  at- 
tentions of  a  great  many  pupils  are  un- 
duly concentrated  on  something  quite 
apart  from  the  w^ork  in  hand.  It  is  re- 
peatedly urged  that  our  high  school  chil- 
dren have  come  to  consider  the  school 
year  as  nothing  so  much  as  a  succession 
of  good  times  in  the  guise  of  parties, 
fraternity  meetings  and  the  like.  And 
in  too  manv  cases  it  is  an  indictment 
that  seems  dangerously  near  a  true  bill. 
Otherwise  the  attempt  to  cut  out  this 
fraternity  nonsense  wouldn't  be  uni- 
versal. 

"As  for  the  high  school  fraternity, 
while  it  is  by  no  means  entirely  a  mod- 
ern conception,  it  is  essentially  modern 
in  its  present  magnitude.  A  score  of 
years  ago  there  were  one  or  two  small 
clubs  in  the  Lowell  high  school — chiefly 
devoted  to  debates,  however.  At  pres- 
ent there  appear  to  be  at  least  three  fra- 


ternities, modeled  no  doubt  on  the  host 
of  Greek  letter  societies  in  the  colleges. 
And  the  mandate  of  the  school  superin- 
tendent that  these  be  abandoned  seems 
to  meet  with  a  reception  which  calls  for 
a  word  of  reproof.  It  is  reported  that 
one  fraternity  has  refused  to  obey  and 
has  elected  new  members,  another  has 
acquiesced  and  the  third  is  'noncommit- 
tal.' If  the  school  authorities  of  Lowell 
are  worth  their  salt,  however,  they'll 
all  'acquiesce,'  or  else  the  responsible 
students  well  sever  their  connection  Vvith 
the  school  system  of  the  city.  The  last 
thing  we  can  afiford  to  teach  in  our  pub- 
lic schools  is  insubordination — particu- 
larly in  an  age  where  lawlessness  and 
usurped  privilege  are  the  chief  com- 
plaints. If  parents  won't  insist  at  home 
on  obedience  to  authority  as  a  necessary 
part  of  the  child's  bringing  up,  the 
school  must.  Without  the  ready  respect 
for  authority  and  law  that  our  institu- 
tions demand,  this  countr}^  will  speedily 
fall  into  decay." 


CREDITED,    MISCREDITED,    OR    DIS- 
CREDITED. 

The  Speaker  of  the  Massachusetts 
House  of  Representatives  presided  at 
the  annual  rallv  of  new  voters  in  Bos- 
ton  one  Sunday  afternoon  in  December, 
when  a  Federal  judge  administered  an 
oath,  or  pledge,  which  runs:  'T  do  sol- 
emnly bind  myself  that  I  w^ill  give  my 
vote  and  sufi:'rage  as  I  shall  judge  in 
my  own  conscience  ma}^  best  conduce 
to  the  public  weal."  Its  designation  in 
a  newspaper  report  as  "the  ancient 
Freemason's  oath,"  gives  rise  to  ques- 
tions. 

Why  is  it  not  the  modern  as  well  as 
the  ancient  oath?  How  came  so  patri- 
otic and  moral  an  obligation  to  be  dis- 
carded? When  did  it  cease  to  l>e  even 
traditionally  secret,  so  that  it  could  be 
given  openly  in  a  public  hall,  exposed  to 
the  profane  attention  of  cowan  voters, 
and  circulated  through  the  public  press? 
Even  if  no  longer  part  o.f  a  secret  ritual, 
why  is  it  not  forever  part  of  the  secret 
history  of  the  internal  existence  of  the 
order?  Wlien  did  it  emerge  from  t!ie 
cerements  of  secret  archives?  It  seems 
worth  while  to  inquire  whether,  in  case 
that,  in  any  time  that  could  l)e  called 
ancient,   such   an   oath   or   pledge,   being 


112 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


August,  1911. 


actually  taken,  it  was  assumed  only  by 
l-'reemasons  and  was  exclusively  their 
own.  ]f  taken  at  any  time,  was  it  con- 
lined  to  that  order  ?  '    • 

Whatever  there  may  have  been  in 
times  called  ancient,  no  identical  or  cor- 
responding obligation  is  now  taken  in 
the  degrees  handed  down  from  that 
period.  Discrepancy  moreover,  seems 
to  inhere  in  an  obligation  on  one  hand 
relating  to  the  public  weal,  and  those  on 
the  other  hand  finding  an  ultimate  ob- 
ject solely  in  connection  with  a  brother 
of  a  certain  degree  within  a  certain  or- 
der. How,  after  all.  did  the  obligation, 
taken  openly  in  Boston,  happen  to  be 
reported  by  a  newspaper  as  the  ancient 
jNIasonic  oath  ? 


AN   UNFOUNDED   ASSURANCE. 

"Before  proceeding  any  further  in 
these  solemn  ceremonies,"  says  the  Mas- 
ter to  the  third  degree  candidate,  "it 
becomes  my  duty,  as  Worshipful  Master 
of  this  lodge,  to  inform  you  that  it  will 
be  necessar\-  for  you  to  take  upon  your- 
self a  solemn  oath  or  obligation  apper- 
taining to  this  degree.  It  is  one  similar 
in  its  requirements  to  that  which  you 
have  taken  in  the  preceding  degrees ;  but 
I  assure  you  upon  the  honor  of  a  man 
and  a  ]\Iason,  that  in  this  obligation 
there  is  nothing  which  can  conflict  with 
any  of  those  exalted  duties  you  may  owe 
to  God,  your  country,  your  neighbor, 
your  family,  or  yourself.  In  }'our  ad- 
vancement thus  far,  yC'U  have  repeatedly 
assured  us  it  was  of  your  own  free  wih 
and  accord;  if  3^ou  are  still  of  the  same 
mind,  and  satisfied  with  the  assurance 
I  have  given  you,  you  will  advance  to  the 
altar." 

A  word  used  three  times  in  an  address 
so  brief,  deserves  notice,  and  such  a 
word  is  assure.  "You  have  repeatedly 
assured  us,"  "I  assure  you,"  "the  assur- 
ance I  have  given  yO'U,"  are  the  three 
forms  incorporating  the  word. 

Lest  some  candidate  believe,  or  some 
adherent  claim,  that  this  assurance  of- 
fers liberty  of  judgment  and  conscience 
where  observance  of  the  letter  of  the  ob- 
ligation would  happen  to  conflict  with  a 
duty,  it  appears  advisable  to  examine  the 
true  and  precise  meaning  of  the  term. 
It  is  in  the  same  class  with  the  words 
tell,  state,  certify,  inform,  as  well  as  with 


declare,  aver,  asseverate.  Its  object 
cannot  be  a  fact  or  an  action,  but  must 
be  a  person,  who  in  the  present  instance 
is  the  candidate.  In  order  to  encourage 
him  to  swear,  the  Master  tells  him  that 
the  oath  contains  no  obligation  conflict- 
ing with  duty.  Consistently  with  this 
definition  of  assure,  an  authority  on 
synonyms  says:  "To  assure  is  to  state 
with  such  authority  and  confidence  as 
the  speaker  feels  ought  to  make  the 
hearer  sure.  Certify  is  more  formal  and 
applies  rather  to  written  documents  or 
legal  processes."' 

Hence  to  co-nstrue  this  assurance  made 
by  the  Master  into  an  agreement  or  a 
permission,  instead  of  an  assertion, 
would  pervert  English  usage  and  assume 
an  impossible  definition  of  a  plain  word. 
Such  a  construction  could  not  be  toler- 
ated by  the  lodge,  in  exculpation  of  con- 
fessed failure  to  fulfill  the  oath  literally. 
Since  to  do  away  forever  with  this  nat- 
ural freedom  is  the  very  purpose  of  the 
bond,  Masonic  obligation  and  moral  du- 
ty could  themselves  hardly  come  into 
sharper  conflict  than  would  the  oath  and 
any  cancelling  agreement  or  covenant,  in 
case  one  existed.  Therefore,  no^  ques- 
tion answerable  by  reference  to  the  pre- 
vious assurance,  can  arise  after  the 
oath  is  O'Uce  taken.  If  the  candidate  is 
so  far  satisfied  by  it  as  to  venture  to  pro- 
ceed, its  only  end  is  secured.  The  in- 
tended result  is  complete.  The  effect 
of  the  oath  itself  is  another  thing,  and 
this    remains   tmmodified  and   perpetual. 

Proof  that  the  assurance  signifies  no 
allowance  of  exceptions  not  specified, 
lies  in  the  fact  that  permitted  exceptions 
are  specifically  named.  Twelve  distinct 
obligations  are  comprised  in  the  third  de- 
gree oath,  but  only  two  are  without  ex- 
ception. If  the  assurance  superseded  ex- 
ception, ten  need  not  be  named,  yet  the 
actual  number  is  more  than  ten.  The 
particular  obligation  we  shall  cite  con- 
tains the  precise  word  "except."  The 
exception  named  is  clearly  defined  and 
limited,  precluding  further  exception. 
The  truth  is  that  the  oath  leaves  noth- 
ing to  individual  judgment,  taste,  incli- 
nation, convenience,  or  even  necessity, 
unless  allowed  within  the  oath  itself  in 
express  and  unmistakable  terms.  More- 
over, no  such  exception  is  referred  to  the 
assurance  and  thus  given  as  one  of  its 
applications.  In  actual  fact  and  practice. 


August,    IDIK 


CHRIST  1 A  X     C  Y  N  OS  V  R  K. 


113 


the  assurance  no  wise  afifects  the  obliga- 
tion and  in  no  way  or  degree  limits  its 
observance  or  force. 

That  oath  concerning  which  the  state- 
ment or  assurance  is  offered,  contains 
among  its  sworn  obligations  one  requir- 
ing the  keeping  of  personal  secrets  with 
absolute  inviolability.  These  include  all 
legitimate  secrets  which  ought  in  any 
case  to  be  kept  for  Masons  and  others 
indiscriminately.  They  moreover  in- 
clude criminal  secrets  which  ought  not 
to  be  kept  for  any  one.  From  these,  two 
crimes  are  excepted- — murder  and  trea- 
son.       .    - 

This  obligation  cannot  be  fitted  to  the 
assurance.  It  covers  crimes  far  other- 
wise treated  by  decent  men  wdio  are  free 
to  act  as  they  should  ;  it  does  not  bind 
Masons  to  conceal  crime  for  other  men  ; 
they,  no  more  than  others,  will  make  a 
rule  for  themselves  extending  this  false 
])rinciple  beyond  the  border  of  the  oath. 
lUit  within  its  limits  it  compels  each  one 
to  be  virtually  a  consenting  conspirator, 
ready  at  call  if  wanted.  It  binds  him 
separately  to  each  unknown  Mason ;  to 
a  Mohammedan  whose  hands  are  red 
from  Armenian  massacre ;  to  a  pagan 
whose  religion  is  immoral  and  vicious, 
fostering  cruelty  and  shame  instead  of 
virtue  ;  to^  a  deist  whose  ethics  are  par- 
allel with  his  theology ;  to  any  man  of 
an)'  sort  of  religion  or  irreligion,  of  any 
kind  of  moral  or  immoral  principle  ;  to 
a  man  of  the  worst  and  most  dangerous 
character.  A  refugee  from  any  country 
can  claim  all  the  power  the  obligation 
confers.  Members  of  Chinese  tongs 
whose  feuds  breed  street  massacres  in 
New  York  and  Boston  are  Masons. 
Moreover,  nothing  keeps  the  most  un- 
l)rincipled  men  in  America  out  of  the 
]\Iasonic  lodge. 

AVhoever  takes  the  obligation  which 
the  Master  of  the  lodge  declares  does 
not  conflict  with  duty,  is  as  fully  subject 
to  the  deist  who  wishes  a  crime  hidden, 
as  to  a  Christian  who  only  reveals  a  se- 
cret sorrow.  He  is  no  more  bound  to 
the  saintly  than  to  the  depraved.  No  mat- 
ter what  consequences  may  follow,  his 
warning  lips  are  sealed.  Is  he  still  "sat- 
isfied with  the  assurance"?  Does  he 
never  find  in  himself  or  observe  in  oth- 
ers a  conflict  between  the  vow  and  sa- 
cred duty?     The  value  of  an  assurance 


depends   on    its   truth,    but    no    worthless 
assurance    was    ever   more    unwarranted. 


PROMISES. 

"Never  make  a  rash  promise.  Never 
do  anything  rashly.  Let  every  promise 
be  duly  considered  before  it  is  uttered. 
See  that  it  is  right.  Tlien  ^tand  1)\'  it. 
Keep  }our  promises.  It  may  be  a  cost- 
ly business  in  some  cases.  It  pays  to 
keep  a  costly  ])romise.  If  one  has  en- 
tered into  a  contract  in  which  the  ex- 
pense is  above  his  expectation,  he  will 
gain  by  keeping  it  to  the  letter.  Tie 
that  sw^eareth  to  his  own  hurt  and 
changeth  not'  is  the  man  that  shall  re- 
ceive the  blessing  from  the  Lord." — 
Christian  A dz'oca te. 

The  Masonic  way  is  to  advise  mak- 
ing rash  promises,  and  to  name  one  who 
abandons  his  rashness  and  repudiates 
his  evil  promise  a  perjured  villain 
Whether  to  be  a  rash  villain  or  a  per- 
jured villain  is  the  Masonic  dilemma. 
The  sound  advice:  "See  that  it  is  right, 
then  stand  by  it,"  follows  the  no  less 
solid  rule,  "Let  every  promise  be  duly 
considered  before  it  is  uttered."  Lodge 
promises  cannot  thus  be  considered. 
Or  even  if  it  is  claimed  that  they  possi- 
bly could,  not  many  candidates  are  like- 
ly under  the  circumstances  to  interrupt 
proceedings  to  the  extent  required. 
Even  thouo'htful  and  conscientious  men 
are  virtually  railroaded  through.  A  ]Ma- 
sonic  lodge  is  about  the  last  place  to 
attempt  carrying  out  the  teaching  of 
Wayland's  Moral  Science  where  the 
great  college  president  says:  "Except 
in  cases  where  we  are,  from  long  expe- 
rience, fully  acquainted  with  all  the  or- 
dinary contingencies  of  an  event,  we 
ought  never  to^  make  a  promise  without 
sufficient  opportunity  for  reflection.  It 
is  a  good  rule  to  enter  uito  no  important 
engagement  on  the  same  day  in  whicli 
it  is  first  presented  to  our  notice." 

Important  indeed  are  the  Masonic  ob- 
ligations claimed  to  be.  Not  only  are 
they  taken  on  the  same  day,  but  they  are 
even  taken  on  the  same  instant  in  which 
they  are  first  presented  to  notice.  The 
candidate  can  get  the  pledges  only  at  the 
instant  when  he  gives  them.  .Vnv  one 
who  knows  how  obligations  are  inqKXsed. 
knows   what   we   mean.     The  good   rule 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


August. 


1011. 


given  ill  the  text-book  of  Moral  Science 
cannot  be  more  glaringly  violated. 

Yet  promises  are  the  ]NIasonic  stock  in 
trade.  Keeping  unfit  promises,  unfitly 
taken,  is  ]\Iasonic  virtue.  To  observe 
immoral  morals  is  the  jNIasonic  way  to 
evade  being  a  perjured  villain.  Let  him 
who  would  seek  a  clear  path  to  walk  in 
through  life,  avoid  the  dark  conclave 
where  the  way  is  hidden  and  virtue  is 
confronted  by  dilemma.  Truth  flings 
out  her  banners  on  the  outer  walls ;  its 
challenge  to  error  is  open  as  the  air ;  it 
asks  thoughtful,  protracted  and  ade- 
quate consideration.  Error  hides  in  the 
dark  recess  of  the  lodge;  it  springs  its 
snare  suddenly ;  then  it  clamors  for  the 
aid  of  conscientious  truthfulness,  to  bind 
its  captive  with  misused  chains.  The 
lodge  is  the  den  of  falsity.  ''Avoid  it, 
pass  not  by  it,  turn  thou  and  pass  away." 


RISKY  ENDORSEMENT. 

A\'e  find  the  following  among  the 
printed  announcements  of  an  CA^angeli- 
cal  church  bulletin : 

"Next  Sunday  morning,  the  annual 
Memorial  Service  of  the  Sons  of  St. 
George,  in  our  church.  Two  hundred 
and  fifty  delegates  of  this  noble  Broth- 
erhood are  expected,  and  also  their  la- 
dies* auxiliaries." 

We  admit  that  there  is  possible  rea- 
son for  thinking  that  not  every  word  of 
the  bulletin  was  written  by  the  pastor, 
yet  we  will  assume  that  the  phraseology 
of  this  notice  was  his  own.  We  do  not 
think  that  he  belongs  to  any  secret  so- 
ciety, unless,  possibly,  to  some  college 
fraternity.  It  is  consistent  with  esteem 
for  him  to  question  whether  he  knows 
enough  about  this  one  to  warrant  call- 
ing it  a  "noble  Brotherhood."  It  may 
be  so  in  some  feature ;  yet,  knowing  the 
mixed  character  of  such  societies,  we 
would  be  more  conservative  in  the  choice 
of  adjectives.  "Noble  order"  is  the 
phrase  applied  with  good  intentions  to 
another  society  by  a  good  woman  in  a 
paper  she  edited  a  score  of  years  ago. 
\A'e  are  not  without  hope  that  soon 
afterward  she  changed  her  mind.  In 
point  of  fact,  the  society  to  which  she 
misapplied  that  characterization,  though 
not  lacking  plausible  aspects,  is  yet  in 
some  features  the  opposite  of  noble. 

Unless   the   pastor  of  the  church   the 


Sons  of  St.  George  were  to  visit,  knows 
more  about  their  society  than  we  have 
any  reasoai  to  suppose,  he  was  impru- 
dent in  giving  them  such  endorsement. 
The  printed  notice  reads  like  one  ex- 
pressing a  judgment  based  on  secure 
knowledge.  Serious  utterances  of  this 
sort,  made  by  a  public  teacher,  and 
made  with  pointed  reference  to  a  reli- 
gious service  in  which  he  is  to  teach, 
distinctly  imply  a  basis  of  settled  knowl- 
edge. As  a  "folder"  used  in  soliciting 
new  members,  the  bulletin  would  have 
value ;  but  what  if  the  leading"  feature 
of  the  plan  is  deceptive  insurance?  Or 
what  if  the  society  is  best  known  in  the 
city  through  its  dances  and  card  par- 
ties? In  any  case,  a  Memorial  service 
for  deceased  members  is  announced.  If 
any  survivor  is  more  confirmed,  by  the 
phrase  he  reads,  in  his  notion  that  the 
lodge  is  one  of  numerous  gates  to  heav- 
en, the  church  bulletin  becomes  a  buck- 
ler to  protect  his  breast  from  any  shaft 
of  light  from  the  quiver  of  gospel  truth 
aimed  by  the  minister  of  Jesus  Christ. 
We  know  that  the  pastor  would  deplore 
such  an  efifect  of  an  unadvised  word. 


NATIONAL  FRATERNAL  UNION. 

"A  secret  beneficiary  society  organized 
at  Cincinnati  by  Freemasons,  members  of 
the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  in  1889, 
to  insure  the  lives  of  its  members  in 
sums  ranging  from  $500  to  $5,000,  or 
furnish  ten,  fifteen,  and  twenty-five  year 
endowments.  It  offers  regular  life,  in- 
surance on  the  assessment  basis,  or  on 
the  endowment  plan,  with  sick  and  dis- 
ability insurance,  and  its  reserve  fund  as 
loans  for  building.  Both  men  and  wom- 
en are  members.  The  six-pointed  star 
containing  a  monogram  formed  of  N.  F. 
and  U.,  encircled  by  a  chain  and  the  in- 
itials of  the  motto,  'Advancement,  Pro- 
tection, and  Fraternity,'  constitute  its 
public  emblems.  The  ritual  is  suggested 
by  the  motto,  and  includes  three  degrees, 
one  for  each  word." 


"No  place  on  earth  is  worth  the  cost 
of  our  place  in  heaven." 

Secret  oaths  are  forbidden  to  church 
members  by  some  Christian  denomina- 
tions, and  ought  to  be  by  all. — Joseph 
Cook, 


August,   1911. 


CHRISTIAN     CVXOSLRE. 


115 


INDIANA  ANTISECRECY  CONVENTION. 


SECRETARY'S   REPORT. 

The  Xorthern  Indiana  Christian  Asso- 
ciation hekl  its  annual  convention  at 
IJenlah  Chapel,  Elkhart,  Jnly  5th  and 
6th,  191 1. 

President  j.  E.  Hartzler,  in  the  chair. 

Opened  by  singing,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  G.  H.  Rutt. 

Devotional  exercises  conducted  by 
Eld.  D.  Brenneman,  of  Goshen. 

The  address  of  welcome  was  delivered 
b\-  the  local  pastor,  L  P.  Moore,  which 
in  the  absence  of  L.  G.  Bears,  was  re- 
sponded to  by  W.   B.   Stoddard. 

The  speaker  of  the  evening,  Presideiit 
Blanchard,  of  Wheaton  College,  was 
then   introduced  by   the  chairman. 

"The  Lodge  vs.  the  Home''  was  the 
subject  of  his  discourse,  and  he  showed 
how  that,  from  various  standpoints,  the 
lodge  was  antagonistic  to  the  best  inter- 
ests of  the  home :  First,  by  obligating 
its  members  to-  keep  secrets  which  they 
dare  not  even  confide  to  their  wives ; 
second,  by  demanding  of  its  members 
time  which  belongs  tO'  the  home,  and  is 
absolutely  essential  to  its  welfare ;  third, 
by  demanding-  of  its  members  a  large 
amount  of  money  which  belongs  to  the 
church  of  Christ  and  the  home.  The 
discourse  was  listened  to  with  close  at- 
tention and  profit. 

D.  Brenneman,  A.  G.  Johnson  and 
C.  C.  Kindy  were  appointed  a  commit- 
tee on  nominations,  to  report  at  the 
morning  session. 

Closed  with  singing  and  benediction 
by   Prof.   Blanchard. 

Thursday  Morning  Session. 

The]  devotional  exercises  were  con- 
ducted by  Rev.  Carson  j\Ioore,  of  the 
Free  Methodist  Church,  Elkhart. 

The  minutes  of  the  last  annual  con- 
vention were  read  and  a])proved. 

The  old  officers  were  re-elected  as  fol- 
lows :  Rev.  J-  E.  Hartzler,  Elkhart, 
]^resident ;  Rev.  L.  G.  Bears.  Albion,  vice 
president;  T.  H.  Brenneman,  Goshen, 
secretary  and  treasurer. 

The  following  resolutions  were  intro- 


duced, discussed  in  open  conference  by 
the  brethren  Hartzler.  Aioore,  Fried, 
Johnson  and  Rutt,  and  unanimously 
adopted. 

RESOLUTIONS. 

Whereas,  we  believe  the  Xational 
Christian  Association  has  been  raised 
of  ( iod  to  oppose  a  great  and  growing- 
evil   in  our  land ;  and 

Whereas,  there  was  never  greater 
need  for  the  work  of  this  Association 
than  at  the  present  time;  therefore,  be 
it 

Resolved. — L  We,  the  members  of 
the  Indiana  branch  of  the  National 
Christian  u^ssociation,  in  convention  as- 
sembled, do  declare  it  our  belief  that 
the  v/hole  Secret  Lodge  System  tends  to 
evil  and  that  continually. 

H.  We  beHeve  the  Gospel  of  Our 
r.ord  Jesus  Christ  is  opposed  to  the 
Lodge  System  as  light  is  opposed  to 
darkness. 

in.  We  believe  all  professed  Gospel 
^Ministers  who  favor  the  lodges  by  com- 
l^limentary  preaching,  or  otherwise,  are 
betraying-  their  trust  as  Christians,  and 
aiding  the  enemy  of  souls. 

IV.  We  believe  it  our  duty  to  favor 
only  such  churches  as  bear  testimony 
in  opposition  to  organized  secret  soci- 
eties. 

y.  W^e  believe  the  folly  of  lodge 
jM'actice,  as  it  is  manifest  in  name,  initia- 
tion and  general  conduct,  should  show 
any  serious-minded  person  its  true 
character. 

YI.  We  believe  secret  societies  to  be 
at  war  with  good  government  and  a 
great  enemy  to  justice. 

\'II.  We  believe  no  lodge  is  required 
in  caring-  for  the  needy ;  that  lodge  teach- 
ing and  conduct  is  more  likely  to  make 
l>eople  needy  than  to  properly  care  for 
them. 

\TII.  We  believe  it  high  time  that 
our  State  officials  ferret  out  and  destroy 
lodg-es  that  intimidate  men,  that  under 
the  name  of  college  fraternity,  labor 
union.   Black   Hand,   etc.,   are   shown   to 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


Ano-nst.   191 L 


be  working-  the  destruction  of  freedom, 
and  the  enthronement  of  tyranny. 

IX.  ^^'e  beheve  that  such  support  as 
^\•e  may  give  our  Xational  Association  is 
(Uie.  \\'e  would  aid  in  securing  lectures 
and  subscriptions  to  the  Christian 
C^vxosuRE.  distribute  tracts  and  o-ive  out 
such  information  as  we  can. 

X.  \\>  extend  a  vote  of  thanks  to 
pastors,  papers  and  people  who  have 
aided  in  holding  our  Convention,  trust- 
ino-  that  God  mav  bless  them  all. 


Thursday  Evening  Session. 

The  devotional  exercises  were  con- 
ducted by  Eld.  C.  C.  Kindy,  pastor  of 
the  Brethren  Church.  Elkhart. 

The  first  speaker  of  the  evening  was 
Rev.  A.  G.  Johnson,  of  Huntington,  w^ho^ 
told  of  the  many  remarkable  experi- 
ences which  he  has  had  in  fighting  the 
lodge,  and  declared  his  determination  to 
fight   as   long   as  he  lives. 

Rev.  Johnson's  stirring  address  was 
followed  by  a  lengthy  but  interesting 
discourse  by  Rev.  W.  B.  Stoddard,  of 
^^'ashington.  D.  C.  He  exhibited  a 
chart  which  showed  the  inner  work- 
ings of  a  Masonic  lodge.  In  jiis  com- 
ments upon  the  chart  he  showed  that  it 
is  utterly  inconsistent  for  any  Christian 
to  take  part  in  the  ceremonies  of  a  Ma- 
sonic lodge,  many  of  which  have  been 
borrowed  from  the  practices  of  the  an- 
cient and  heathen  sun-worshipers. 

The  privilege  of  asking  questions  was 
responded  to  by  a  number  of  honest  in- 
quirers. The  questions  were  answered 
by  W.  B.  Stoddard. 

The  chairman  made  a  few  closing  re- 
marks and  the  convention  was  closed 
Av'^h  a  benediction  by  Rev.  Stoddard, 
the  friends  of  the  cause  feeling  strength- 
ened and  encouraged  in  their  fight 
against  this  enemy  of  God  and  His 
church.  T.  H.  Brenneman,  Sec'y. 

Goshen.  Ind. 

Remarks — Any  one  desiring-  tO'  aid  in 
this  movement  can  become  a  member 
of  this  association  by  paying  an  annual 
fee  of  $i.oo.  The  convention  was  quite 
a  'h'ain  on  our  funds,  and  they  need  re- 
j^lenishing  preparatory  to  our  next  meet- 
ing.     Remit   to   above   address. 

T.  H.  B.     ■ 


FROM   PRESIDENT   HARTZLER. 

Elkhart,  Ind.,  July   17,    191 1. 
Dear  Brother  Phillips:  ''■' 

Your  letter  of  July  12th  has  come  to 
me.  In  regard  to  our  Indiana  State 
Convention  Avill  say  that  wt  are  very 
well  pleased  with  the  results.  The 
leading-  and  most  common  remark  since 
the  Convention  seems  to  be :  "A  small 
convention,  but  a  greater  stir  among- 
lodge  men   than  we  have  ever  known." 

Our  convention  was  not  widely  repre- 
sented by  delegates,  but  it  certainly  made 
itself  felt  in  our  city ;  and  this  to  a 
g-reat  extent  through  the  reports  in  twa 
cit}^  papers.  In  some  cases  our  Conven- 
tion was  misrepresented  by  the  papers. 
This  was  true  of  one  paper  especially, 
which  is  run  practically  by  secret  order 
men.  On  the  whole,  however,  the  peo- 
ple who'  are  honestly  concerned  know 
fairly  w^ll  what  was  done  at  the  Con- 
vention. 

The  lodge  men  of  our  town,  as  well  as 
of  most  places,  had  the  mistaken  idea 
that  the  Lodge  Question  had  been  fin- 
ally and  conclusively  settled,  and  in  their 
favor.  Certain  ministers  of  our  city  had 
been  preaching  complimentary  sermons 
for  the  different  lodges.  These  together 
have  learned  that  the  Lodge  Question 
is  not  a  settled  matter,  and  that  there 
are  some  thirty  or  forty  dillerent 
branches  of  the  Christian  Church  wdio 
are  opposed  to  Modern  Secrecy  and  be- 
lieve it  to  be  working  bad  ratlier  than 
good.  These  churches  do  not  oppose 
"fraternalism."  We  believe  in  fraternal- 
ism  ;  but  we  do^  not  believe  that  the 
so-called  fraternalism  of  Secret  Socie- 
ties is  genuine,  but  a  coimterfeit.  What 
the  churches  who  oppose  Secrecy  want 
is  genuine  charity,  g'enuine  fraternalism, 
and  genuine  salvation.  These  things 
the  lodges  do  not  furnish,  only  in  coun- 
terfeit, and  then  tO'  a  select  few  only. 

The  speakers  of  the  Convention 
were  very  considerate  and  fair.  Rev.  Dr. 
Blanchard's  lecture,  "Secret  Societies 
and  Homes  of  Men,"  was  certainly  con- 
vincing to  any  one  who  was  honestly 
seeking  the  truth.  Rev.  A.  G.  Johnson, 
bv  request,  gave  his  experience  with  the 
Lodge.  He  spoke  imhesitatingly  and 
fearlessly.  Rev.  W.  B.  Stoddard  dealt 
largelv  with  Ercemasonry.  His  lecture 
\\  as  filled  with  undeniable  exposures  of 


August,   1011. 


C  H  K I S 'I'  I A  N     C  y  K  O  S  L;  R  Yi 


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the    Lodge,    and    was    well    received    by 
the  Convention. 

I  am  sure  our  Association  is  greatly 
indebted  to  all  who  so  freely  and  kindly 
aided  in  the  success  of  our  work  in 
making  the  Convention  what  •  it  was. 
We  anxiously  look  forward  to  our  next 
year's  work,  with  great  expectations.  I 
think  that  I  am  voicing  the  sentiments 
of  many  Elkhart  friends  when  I  say  that 
we  hope  sometime  to  see  the  National 
Convention  come  to  our  city. 

Yours  for  the  uplift  of  men, 
J.  E.  Hartzler, 
President     Nortlicrn     Indiana     Cdiristian 

Association. 


Calls    Lodge    Principles    Wrong. 

"The     principles     of     the     lodge     are 
wrong,    and    as    such    the\-    make    men 


RAPS     LODGE    AS     RUINOUS     IN 
EFFECT. 

(From  the   Elkhart   Truth,  July  6,   1911.) 

Secret  societies  were  denounced  as 
ruinous  in  effect  and  thoroughly  bad  in 
T^rinciple  in  a  lecture  delivered  before 
tlie  Northern  Indiana  Christian  Associa- 
tion by  C.  A.  Blanchard,  president  of 
W'heaton  college,  last  night  at  Beulah 
chapel.  The  attack  upon  the  secret  or- 
ders by  President  Blanchard  was  made 
in  the  chief  address  at  the  opening  ses- 
sion of  the  Association,  his  subject  be- 
ing "Secret  Societies  and  Homes  of 
Meji." 

Calls  Lodge  Home  Wrecker. 

The  lodge  was  denounced  as  being  op- 
posed to  the  home  and  wholly  without  a 
redeeming  virtue. 

The  fraternalism  and  benevolence 
which  are  supposed  to  be  the  chief  prin- 
ciples of  the  modern  organization  was 
not  credited  by  President  Blanchard  with 
being  the  valuable  aid  to  the  poor  man 
and  his  family  that  the  fraternity  lead- 
ers claim. 

''We  do  not  oppose  secret  societies  be- 
cause there  are  bad  men  in  them,  but 
because  they  make  men  bad,"  said  Presi- 
dent Blanchard   in  opening  his  address. 

"The  logic  of  the  apology  that  there 
are  some  good  men  in  the  lodge,  and 
therefore  the  lodge  must  be  a  good 
thing,  is  no  more  sound  than  the  plea 
that  because  there  are  six  good  eggs 
mixed  wdth  six  bad  ones,  therefore  the 
omelet  must  be  good,"  continued  Mr. 
P)lanchard.  "One  good  egg  does  not 
make  one  bad  one  POod  ;  but  one  bad  one 
will  spoil  niany  good  ones.  It  is  the 
same  way  with  the  lodge. 


wrong^. 


"The  great  question  is:  Is  the  lodge 
a  good  thing  for  the  homes  in  Elkhart? 
There  are  two  ways  of  destroying  any 
institution:  I-'irst,  by  direct  opposition; 
and,  second,  by  substitution  ;  and  this  lat- 
ter is  the  way  in  which  the  lodge  is  de- 
stroying the  homes  of  Elkhart.  There 
are  three  things  which  make  a  home : 
Eirst,  confidence;  second,  time;  and 
third,  money.  Take  away  any  one  of 
these  and  you  have  ruined  the  home. 

"Modern  secrecy  does  not  only  take 
away  one  but  all  of  these.  Confidence 
is  ruined  and  destroyed  between  hus- 
band and  wife  and  children  in  the  home 
when  either  husband  or  wife  bind 
themselves  to  any  secret  order  where 
they  are  sworn  or  pledged  to  conceal 
matters  from  each  other  which  they  are 
at  liberty  to  talk  over  with  persons  out- 
side the  home  and  in  many  cases  with 
men  and  women  of  a  low  degree  of 
character. 

"No  intelligent  and  honest  man  will 
bind  himself  to  any  secret  body  pledging 
himself  to  conceal  things  from  his  wife. 
The  confidence  of  the  home  is  broken  the 
moment  that  he  does  this.  The  father 
or  mother  who  spend  their  time  in  the 
lodge  room  away  from  their  family  are 
robbing  that  family  of  time  wdiich  justlv 
belongs  to  them,  and  the  father  and 
mother  have  no  right  to  expect  anything 
else  than  that  their  family  of  boys  and 
girls  will  turn  out  bad.  The  man  who 
spends  his  nights  at  the  lodge  is  stealing 
from  his  home  that  which  belongs  to  the 
home. 

"The  money  spent  in  initiations, 
'feeds,'  and  lodge  dances,  is  money  abso- 
lutely wasted  so  far  as  the  home  is  con- 
cerned. 

"The  millions  of  homes  in  this  world 
need  fathers  and  mothers  wdio  will  give 
their  money,  time  and  confidence  to  the 
home.  Parents  can  have  the  kind  of 
children  they  want:  the  resj^onsibilitx- 
lies   with   them." 


The  sacred  Scriptures  teach  us  the 
best  \\a\-  of  li\-ing  the  noblest  wa\'  of 
sufi'ering,  and  ilie  most  comfortable 
\\a\-    of    (l\'im>-. — I'luTcl. 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


August,   1911. 


REMARKABLE      ALLEGATIONS       BY 
FOES  OF  SECRET  ORDERS. 

(From  the  Elkhart  Daily  Review.  July  7,  1911.) 

Xor  the  least  sensational — though 
hai\Il}-  the  most  reniarkahle — statement 
made  hy  anti-secret  society  speakers  at 
the  Thiu'sday  evening'  session  of  the 
Xorthern  Indiana  Christian  Association 
was  the  declaration  of  Rev.  A.  G.  John- 
son of  Huntington,  that  he  at  one  time 
was  ejected  from  an  Elkhart  county 
lodge  after  he  had  gained  entrance 
through  strategv,  and  that  J-  S.  Drake, 
now  circuit  judge,  and  the  late  Dr.  Bar- 
bour  oi   Bristol,   were   participants. 

The  Thursday  forenoon  and  evening 
sessions,  which  were  held  at  Beulah 
Chapel  were  satisfactory  to  the 
participants.  All  things  considered, 
the  interest  and  attendance  were  more 
than  might  have  been  expected.  The 
chapel  was  comfortably  filled  during  the 
evening  session,  among  the  audience  be- 
ing a  few  lodge  members  who  were 
present  to  hear  the  speakers'  attacks  on 
secret  organizations.  The  morning  ses- 
sion was  given  to  the  election  of  officers 
and  the  discussion  and  adoption  of  reso- 
lutions. 

The  first  address  of  the  evening  was 
given  by  Rev.  A.  G.  Johnson  of  Hunt- 
ington on  the  stibject,  "My  Experience 
With  the  Lodge  and  Why  I  am  Not  a 
^Member."  Mr.  Johnson  gave  a  very 
thrilling-  review^  of  his  early  experience 
with  the  "lodge"  and  w^as  very  decided 
in  his  opposition  to  all  organized  secrecy. 
No  One  Challenges. 

The  leading  lecture  of  the  evening  was 
delivered  by  Rev.  W.  B.  Stoddard,  of 
Washington,  D.  C,  who  is  eastern 
secretary  of  the  National  Christian  As- 
sociation and  has  been  in  the  anti-secret 
opposition  for  a  quarter  of  a  century. 
Mr.  Stoddard,  as  is  his  custom,  gave  at 
the  close  an  opportunity  for  any  one  to 
ask  questions  or  to  defend  the  lodge  if 
thev  so  desired.  Though  there  Avere 
lodge  men  present,  none  availed  them- 
selves of  the  opportunity  to  start  some- 
thing. 

Air.  fohnson,  who  is  about  sixty-five 
vears  of  age,  declared  he  had  been  com- 
bating the  "evils"  of  the  secret  organi- 
zations for  the  past  thirty-seven  years. 

'T  am  fighting  for  principle.  It  is  a 
matter  of  right  and  justice  with  me,"  de- 
clared the  speaker.     "There  is  no  great- 


er evil  today  in  the  land  than  that  of 
the  secret  lodge  system."  he  asserted, 
and  he  then  told  of  his  first  experience 
with  the  pro-slavery,  political  organiza- 
tion, the  'Tvnights  of  the  Golden  Circle," 
wdien  a  mere  youth. 

Says  Father  Withheld  Warning. 
I\Ir.  Johnson  told  of  four  alleged  at- 
tacks that  had  been  made  by  secret  or- 
ganization sympathizers  during  his  ca- 
reer. At  one  time,  he  said,  his  skull  was 
crushed  in  when  struck  by  a  hatchet 
thrown  from  a  building  he  was  passing, 
and  at  another  one  shoulder  w^as  broken 
wdien  a  brick  and  an  ax  were  hurled 
down  upon  him  from  the  same  building. 
He  made  the  extraordinary  statement 
that  his  father,  who  was  a  member  of 
the  lodge  that  had  planned  the  outrage, 
had  known  that  plans  had  been  made  bv 
lodge  members  to  attack  his  son,  but 
that  his  secret  oaths  of  affiliation  pre- 
vented him  from  giving  warning  of  the 
contemplated   attack. 

Tells  of  His   Ejectment. 

The  audience  pricked  up  its  ears  wdien 
JMr.  Johnson  stated  he  had  attended  a 
lodge  meeting"  in  this  county  several 
years  ag'o  as  a  guest  of  Dr.  Barbour, 
then  of  Bristol.  "Your  present  judge 
of  the  circuit  court  was  in  charge  of 
the  services  that  night,"  he  said.  Con- 
tinuing, Mr.  Johnson  said  that  he 
watched  the  proceedings  until  it  came 
time  to  drink  the  "wine"  wdien  he  be- 
came "ill"  and  told  the  officers  that  he 
was  sick.  "I  saw  one  of  them  give  the 
wink  and  they  started  for  me  and  ejected 
me,"  said  Mr.  Johnson,  who  asserted 
that  he  had  secured  entrance  to  the  meet- 
ing through  strategy. 

He  also  told  of  addressing  an  anti- 
secret  meeting  held  in  this  county  sev- 
eral years  ago,  when  members  of  lodges 
from  several  small  towns  in  this  vicinity, 
dressed  partially  in  their  regalia,  took 
front  seats  in  the  hall  in  an  eft'ort,  he 
alleged,  to  intimidate  the  speaker.  One 
man  in  the  audience,  he  said,  threat- 
ened to  "tear  up  his  hide  so  that  it 
wouldn't  be  capable  of  holding  corn- 
shucks"  if  he  made  the  talk  against  sec- 
ret organizations  that  he  had  intended 
making.  However,  he  said,  he  did  make 
the  address  and  the  attack  on  the  lodges, 
but  w^as  not  molested. 

Mr.  Johnson  told  of   alleged  horrible 


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119 


oaths  that  lodge  members  are  compelled 
to  take  upon  entering  some  of  the  secret 
organizations,  but  confined  his  talk 
mainly  to  an  attack  on  certain  orders, 
with  which  he  claimed  to  be  familiar. 

"None  in  Line  With  God." 

''I  know  of  no  secret  organization 
that  is  in  line  with  God,"  he  said,  con- 
tinuing. ''And  a  man  or  woman  cannot 
affiliate  with  a  secret  organization  and 
be  a  true  Christian.  If  there  is  a  lodge 
in  existence  that  indorses  Christianity 
and  does  not  go  back  on  the  Bible  in  part 
I  will  join  it.  Members  meet  you  at 
the  door  of  the  secret  organizations  and 
tell  you  to  leave  your  God  and  your 
Christianity  on  the  outside  when  you  en- 
ter," he  said,  and  then  he  stated  there 
is  nothing  worse  on  earth  than  the  oath- 
bound  secrecy  of  the  lodge. 

"I  could  not  be  a  Christian  man  and 
belong  to  a  lodge.  I  could  not  go  into 
a  lodge  and  stay  clean,"  said  Mr.  John- 
son, concluding  his  half-hour  talk. 

Seven  Varieties   of   Goats. 

Rev.  Mr.  Stoddard  declared  that  evi- 
dence secured  from  books  setting  forth 
the  lodge's  teaching  show  them  to  be 
out  of  harmony  with  and  in  reality  op- 
posed to  the  Christian  religion.  The 
general  "rejection"  of  Christ  from  lodge 
worship  brands  it  at  once  as  opposed  to 
the  gospel,  he  said.  A  large  catalogue 
advertising  supplies  furnished  to  one  or- 
der [the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America] 
was  presented,  and  it  was  shown  from 
this  that  the  furnishing  of  a  lodge,  to- 
gether with  the  regalia  and  parapherna- 
lia required,  would  cost  the  members  of 
a  single  lodge  hundreds  of  dollars.  Sev- 
en different  kinds  of  so-called  ''goats" 
are  oft'ered  for  sale,  the  more  expensive 
being  quoted  at  $30  each.  Devices  for 
"spanking,"  "branding"  and  fooling 
candidates  are  many. 

One  of  the  spankers  is  made  so  that 
a  cartridge  will  explode  as  the  instru- 
ment strikes  the  person.  The  speaker 
said  several  deaths  had  occurred  as  a 
result  of  a  misuse  of  this  paddle.  The 
cartridge  is  expected  to  explode  out- 
ward, but  in  some  instances  the  explo- 
sion has  been  made  inward  to  the  injury 
and  death  of  the  candidate. 

"Nine  million  lodge  members  wasting* 
billions    of    money    on    initiation    tricks. 


while  there  is  suffering  on  ever}-  hand,  is 
indeed  a  sad  spectacle,"  said  Mr.  Stod- 
dard, "but  this  folly  and  los^  i>  little 
compared  with  the  destruction  of  body 
and  soul  brought  about  by  these  lodges." 
An  exhibition  of  the  alleged  initia- 
tion into  another  order  [the  Freemasons] 
was  given  with  a  chart  prepared  for  that 
purpose.  It  was  represented  that  the 
"sin"  and  "folly"  there  practiced  was 
very  great. 

Why  They  Want  Preachers. 

"All  these  secret  organizations  are 
anxious  to  secure  preachers  as  mem- 
bers so  that  they  can  more  easily  fool 
the  others,"  declared  Mr.  Stoddard.  He 
told  of  the  initiatory  ordeals  inflicted 
upon  members,  and  asserted  that  every 
member  is  obliged  to  forswear  himself, 
which  is  in  direct  violation  of  the  Bible's 
commands.  He  "explained"  the  initi- 
ation features  of  some  of  the  organiza- 
tions, including  the  leading  of  the  new 
member  over  the  "holy  ground."  half 
naked,  with  a  blind-fold  over  his  eyes 
and  a  big  rope  about  his  neck.  He 
also  said  the  services  of  one  organiza- 
tion demand  that  the  member  quaff 
wine  from  a  human  skull  and  gaze  upon 
the  remains  of  a  human  skeleton  to  make 
the  service  more  impressive. 


Des  Moines,  Iowa,  May  15.  191 1, 
My  Dear  Brother  Phillips :  ■ 

Have  returned  from  my  trip  to  Colo- 
rado. Had  a  series  of  gospel  meetings 
at  Denver  and  closed  on  Tuesday  even- 
ing. May  2d,  with  a  lecture  on  "The 
Lodge  as  One  of  the  Greatest  Enemies  of 
the  Church  of  God."  The  meeting  was 
well  attended  and  we  hope  the  truth  will 
bear  fruit.  On  my  way  home  I  spoke  on 
the  Lodge  question  in  the  Swedish  ]\Iis- 
sion  Church  at  Lincoln,  Neb.  May  God 
bless  the  efforts  being  put  forth  in  warn- 
ing people  against  the  Secret  Empire,  the 
empire  of  darkness. 

Yours  in  Christ, 

(Rev.)  John  Nelson. 


"We  need  only  obey.  There  is  guid- 
ance for  each  of  us,  and  by  lowly  listen- 
ing we  shall  hear  the  right  word." 


Come  out  from  the  Lodge.  Better 
one  with  God  than  a  thousand  without 
Him. — D.  L.  Moody. 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE 


August,   1911. 


Mtm  of  ®ur  Woxk 


OHIO  CONVENTION  ANNOUNCED. 

The  ( Miio  State  Antisecrecy  Conven- 
tion will  g-atlier.  I).  \  .,  in  the  Chnrch  of 
the  ])rethren.  Sonth  Detroit  Street, 
Bellefontaine.  (  )hio,  Monday  and  Tnes- 
da^•.  Angust  14th  and  15th.  An  inter- 
esting program  is  being  arranged. 
President  C.  A.  Blanchard,  Rev.  J.  E. 
Hartzler,  and  the  State  President,  Rev. 
A\'.  S.  Gottshall.  are  among  the  speak- 
ers expected.  All  are  invited.  Those 
expecting  to  attend  shonld  write  me  at 
once    to    Bellefontaine,    Ohio     (General 

Delivery).  ■ 

W.   B.   Stoddard, 

Eastern   Secretarv,   N.  C.  A. 


MICHIGAN  STATE  CONVENTION. 

The  Convention  of  the  Michigan 
Christian  Association,  opposed  to  secret 
societies,  will  be  held  this  year  in  Kala- 
mazoo, a  beautifnl  city  in  the  southern 
part  of  the  state.  The  time  set  for  the; 
meetino-  is  Wednesdav  and  Thursday, 
October  4th  and  5th.  There  will  be  two 
sessions  on  Wednesday,  afternoon  and 
evening,  and  three  sessions — morning, 
afternoon,  and  evening — on  Thursday. 
iVIeetings  wdll  be  held  in  at  least  two  dif- 
ferent churches.  There  will  be  ad- 
dresses in  both  English  and  the  Holland 
language.  Among  the  subjects  we  note, 
"The  Lodge  r)ath,"  and  "The  Lodge 
Essentially  a  Religious  Institution." 
Among  the  speakers  expected  are.  Rev. 
J.  L  Hiemenga,  S.  Eldersveld,  Dr.  W. 
H.  Clay,  and  Rev.  J.  A.  Watson.  It  is 
planned  to  have  a  vSeceders'  Parliament, 

a  Round  Table,  and  various  devotional 
e>:ercises.  If  letters  are  received,  from 
friends  of  the  Association  or  from  lodge 
advocates,  they  will  be  read.  All  dele- 
grates  are  requested  to  correspond  with 
Rev.  J.  W.  Brink.  425  Turner  street 
Grand  Rapids,  ^Michigan,  respecting 
lodging. 


INDIANA  AND  OHIO  WORK. 
Secretary  Stoddard's  Report. 

Bellefontaine,  C^hio,  July  15,   191 1. 

Dear  Cynosure: 

I  have  been  able  to  carry  out  the  pro- 
gram for  the  month  past.  My  work  has 
been  in  Pennsylvania,  Indiana  and  Ohio. 
In  Lan.caster  and  York  counties,  Penn- 
sylvania, I  found  the  expected  support 
in  the  work.  Anti-Lodge  addresses  were 
given  in  the  Stumptown  Mennonite 
church  and  at  the  chapel  of  the  Breth- 
ren's old  people's  home  near  NefTsville. 
The  rain  did  not  prevent  a  good  attend- 
ance at  Stumptown,  for  these  farmer 
folk  are  b}-  no  means  "dry  weather 
Christians."  The  old  people's  home  must 
be  seen  to  be  appreciated.  Lender  the 
guidance  of  our  good  friend,  Elder  L 
W.  Taylor,  it  has  been  builded  into  a 
model  hard  to  excel.  Indeed,  it  is  be- 
lieved there  is  none  equal  to  it  in  point 
of  convenience,  if  not  size,  in  the  broth- 
erhood. Many  Christians  gathered  with 
the  inmates  to  listen  to  the  addresses  in 
the  chapel.  Support  was  given  our  Work, 
indicating  an  appreciation  of  my  efifort. 
At  Menges  Mills,  Columbia,  Lancas- 
ter, Lititz,  Ephrata.  etc.,  there  were  good 
friends  to  favor  the  Work,  whose  names 
I  can  not  here  mention.  May  God  bless 
them  all ! 

The  intense  heat  with  the  dust  and 
smoke  en  route  made  the  trip  froni 
Washington.  D.  C,  to  Elkhart,  Ind., 
something  of  a  trial,  but  there  was  a 
welcome  and  a  helpful  Convention  at  the 
end.  Our  good  friend.  Rev.  J.  E.  Hartz- 
ler, had  prepared  for  this  meeting.  Both 
he  and  his  good  wife  did  much  for  mv 
comfort.  Owing,  no  doubt,  to  the  pre- 
vailing heat  the  opening  session  of  the 
Convention  was  not  so  largely  attended 
as  that  of  the  second  evening,  when  the 
church  was  well  filled.  Dr.  Blanchard 
spoke  with  his  usual  clearness  and  pow- 
er. He  brought  forth  thoughts  fresh 
and  convincing.  His  address  could  not 
fail  to  do  much  good.  The  discussions 
of  the  day  session,  suggested  by  resolu- 
tions adopted,  were  animated.  Many 
important  truths  were  thus  made  mani- 
fest. Lmusual  notice  was  given  by  local 
papers.  Doubtless       the       audiences 

reached  through  this  medium  were  much 
Greater  than  those  at  the  Convention. 
Contril)utions     helped       to       meet-     the 


Angnst,    1!»1] 


CHRISTIAN     CVXOSL'RE. 


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financial  ne(^d.  The  friends  in  In- 
diana who  have  not  sent  their  contri- 
butions to  the  State  Treasurer,  Mr.  T. 
H.  Brenneman,  122  Crescent  St.,  Gosh- 
en, Ind.,  are  requested  to  do  so.  Funds 
are  needed  to  further  the  state  work. 

Following;-  the  State  Convention  I 
spent  some  days  in  Goshen,  i^ivini^  ad- 
dresses in  Goshen  College,  churches  of 
the  A'Tennonite  Brethren  in  Christ  and 
the  Brethren.  There  was  quite  an  addi- 
tion to  the  Cynosure  subscription  list, 
and  a  live  interest  everywhere  manifest. 
The  attendance  at  the  Brethren,  church 
was  especially  large.  Although  it  was 
Monday  evening  and  the  heat  consider- 
able, the  people  came  for  miles  and  gave 
an  attentive  hearing.  The  conventions 
of  former  years  have  evidently  given 
this  people  an  appetite  for  the  truth  we 
bring.  .  While  lodges  are  multiplied 
there  are  many,  thank  (lod,  who  are 
awakening  to  the  need  of  intelligent  op- 
position. Elder  Emanuel  Hillery,  a  ven- 
erable worker  of  the  Brethren  church, 
gave  very  helpful  testimony.  In  former 
years  he  was  associated  with  President 
Jonathan  Blanchard  and  President  C.  A. 
Blanchard,  and  also  my  honored  father, 
in  the  Illinois  work.  There  was  an  un- 
usual endorsement  and  recommendation 
of  the  Cynosure  in  the  earnest  prayer 
which  he  offered  for  the  success  of  N. 
C.  A.  work.  I  regretted  to  refuse  open 
doors  for  work  near  Goshen. 

Coming  to  Ohio,  I  found  our  leaders 
awake  and  looking  for  the  call  to  the 
Mid-summer  Convention.  The  situation 
has  been  canvassed  with  the  state  offi- 
cers. I  hope  to  announce  time  and  place 
of  this  gathering  in  a  few  days.  There 
are  many  questions  tO'  be  considered  in 
l)reparing  state  meetings.  The  conveni- 
ence of  pastors  and  ])eople,  the  avoidance 
of  time  of  s])ecial  meetings,  etc.,  all  come 
in  the  consideration. 

It  is  my  intention  to  give  much  of 
August  as  well  as  this  nionth  to  Ohio 
work.  A  s])ecial  0])portunity  to  speak- 
to  the  members  of  the  Friends'  church  is 
to  be  given  at  the  Yearly  JMeeting  to  be 
held  at  Damascus,  Ohio,  August  23r(l. 

State  President  Rev.  W.  S.  Gottshall, 
P)luffton  ;  State  Secretary  Rev.  Thos. 
W^eyer,  Lima,  and  State  Treasurer.  Rev. 
J.  M.  Faris.  I)ellefontaine,  are  all  giv- 
ing help  in  preparation  to  push  the  Ohio 


work.  The  day  spent  at  Pandora,  Ohio, 
gave  much  encouragement.  Your  agent 
was  given  half  the  hour  to  present  the 
.\.  C.  A.  work  at  the  prayer-meeting  in 
the  Missionary  clmrch  there. 

A  severe  hail-storm  has  done  much 
damage  to  growing  crops  in  this  section, 
but  not  nearly  so  much  damage  as  the 
lodges  have  done  to  the  spiritual  lives  of 
the  ])eo]:)le.  Is  it  not  strange  that  a- 
lodge,  which  was  never  known  to  lead 
a  single  soul  to  give  uj)  a  sinful  life, 
should  be  said  to  be  better  than  an  organ- 
ization alw'ays  lifting  toward  the  better 
life?  Yet  lodge  men  are  constantly  say- 
ing their  organizations  are  better  than 
the  church.  May  the  Lord  clear  our 
vision  and  help  us  to  walk  in  the  light. 

I  find  an  open  door  for  work  here  to- 
morrow in  the  Brethren  church. 
Yours  in  the  Work, 

W.   B.   Stoddard. 

P.  S.- — Ohio  friends  should  send  con- 
tributions in  aid  of  the  Work  to  State 
Treasurer  Rev.  J.  AI.  Faris.  Bellefon- 
taine,  Ohio.  If  you  desire  lectures  dur-: 
ing  August,  write  me  at  once,  address- 
ing 31 18  Fourteenth  St.,  X.  W..  Wash- 
ington, D.  C  Those  who  are  indebted 
to  me  for  subscriptions,  please  send  to' 
this  address.  W.  B.  S. 


OUR   CANADIAN    LETTER. 

Coblenz.   Sask.,  July  2.    loir. 

Air.  W.   I.  Phillips. 

Chicago,  111. 
Dear  I'ro.    Phillips: 

From  the  July  number  of  the  Cuklst- 
LVN  Cynosure,  which  has  just  reached 
me,  I  am  pleased  to  note  how  the  Anti- 
secrecy  cause  is  moving  forward  with- 
in the  bounds  of  your  Republic.  The  laws 
l)assed  by  some  state  legislatures  will  be 
a  dead  letter,  because  they  are  in  con- 
flict with  the  federal  Constitution  which 
guarantees  freedom  of  speech  and  free- 
dom of  the  press. 

The  proposed  Canadian  Association  is 
being  favored  by  sc^mc  and  fc^ught  b\- 
others.  In  a  recent  letter  to  me.  the 
l)resident  of  a  ])r(^minent  Canadian  uni- 
\^ersity  says:  "I  am  nc^t  a  Freemason, 
and  T  know  nothing  about  the  ritual, 
and  consequentl}'  I  am  unable  to  speak 
from  first-hand  knowledge,  but  a  great 
man}-  of  ni}-  friends  arc  Masons,  and 
the\'    are    amoni'-    the    best    men    that    I 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


Auofust  1911. 


know,  and  from  what  I  have  learned 
from  them  and  others,  I  judge  that  Dr. 
Torrey's  letter  is  most  extravagant,  and 
I  should  think  from  my  information, 
quite  unjust.  I  prefer  to  believe  the 
testimon\-  of  gentlemen  whom  I  know. 
Certainly.  I  cannot  in  any  way  co-oper- 
ate in  organizing  a  Canadian  Association 
for  the  purpose  of  scattering-  such  state- 
ments as  Dr.  Torrey  has  made.  As  I 
said.  I  am  not  in  a  position  to  deny 
them,  l^ecause  I  have  no  direct  knowl- 
edge, but  I  prefer  to  believe  my  friends 
rather  than  to  accept  such  utterances 
as  he  gives:  which,  for  all  I  know,  may 
be  on  very  partial  evidence.''  I  have 
referred  this  university  president  to  the 
National  Christian  Association  for  fur- 
ther information,  with  the  urgent  re- 
quest to  investigate  the  subject  thorough- 
ly for  himself. 

Through  their  foolish  opposition  to 
the  light  of  day,  some  Freemasons  in 
the  Province  of  Ontario  have  involved 
themselves  in  an  exceedingh^  absurd 
muddle.  However,  if  they  acknowledge 
their  error  and  show  a  real  desire  to 
conduct  themselves  decently  in  the  fu- 
ture, I  am  willing  to  forgive  the  past. 
The  Lodge  must  go  down  whence  it 
came.  Let  all  who  desire  to  be  genuine 
Evangelical  Christians  co-operate  for 
the  entire  overthrow  of  the  powers  of 
darkness.  ,   • 

I  trust  that  it  will  do  you  no  harm 
to  read  the  enclosed  copies  of  testimo- 
nials. Yours  truly, 

Moses  H.  Cleimfns. 

ENDORSING  MR.  CLEMENS. 

Berlin,  Out.,  June  21,   1909. 

To  JJlwDi  If  May  Concern: 

This  is  to  certify  that  I  am  well  ac- 
quainted with  Moses  H.  Clemens,  of 
Berlin.  I  consider  him  a  man  much 
above  the  average  ability  and  quite  capa- 
ble of  fulfilling  any  position  of  trust 
that  he  may  undertake.  He  would  make 
the  best  of  servants  for  a  government, 
as  he  would  be  a  most  useful  man  in 
sending  out  to  demonstrate  their  cause. 
Hal)its  the  very  best. 

J  NO.  R.  Edex. 
Ex-Mayor  of  Berlin,  Ont. 

Kinistino,   Sask,   Nov.    14,   1910. 
Have    twice    inspected    ]\Ir.    Clemen's 


work.  He  is  a  good  teacher.  He  has 
knowledge,  experience,  ability,  conscience 
and  power.  These,  together  with  his 
great  energy  and  industry,  have  made 
him  a  success  as  a  teacher.  His  character 
I  believe  to  be  above  reproach. 

T.  F.  Hutchison, 
Inspector  of  Schools. 


FROM   JOSEPH   POTTER   GRAYBELL. 

Big  Springs,  Calhoun  Co.,  A\'.  \  a. 

June   14,   191 1. 
Dear  Brother  Phillips : 

I  came  to  Calhoun  County  about  ten 
days  ago.  I  have  delivered  two  lectures 
on  modern  secret  societies,  one  at 
Charles    Barker's    house    and    one    at    a 

road-fork  schoolhouse. 
I  lecture  free ;  do  not 
take  up  any  collec- 
t  i  o  n.  My  expenses 
will  be  about  seven 
dollars  per  week  if  I 
go  to  Calhoun,  Gil- 
mer, Roan  e,  Wirt, 
Wood  and  Jackson 
counties  and  deliver  free  lectures  to  the 
people  there,  in  court-houses,  halls, 
churches  and  schoolhouses.  Now  the 
success  of  our  great  cause  of  antisecrecy 
requires  that  these  lectures  should  be 
free  to-  all.  If  you  will  send  me  seven 
dollars  per  week  I  will  make  reports  to 
the  Association  of  my  work,  and  de- 
vote my  whole  time  to  this  great  work 
of  opposing  the  secret  works  of  dark- 
ness. I  will  use  plenty  of  handbills  ad- 
vertising the  lectures,  free  to  all,  at  all 
times,  and  under  all  circumstances.  I 
want  to  work  here  in  this  state  for  about 
six  months.  Thousands  of  people  will 
learn  the  truth  who  are  now  in  darkness 
and  in  bondage  to  the  lodges.  The  light 
is  breaking  in  upon  their  minds,  their 
chains  are  falling  off,  and  they  are  em- 
bracing the  truth  wherever  I  preach  de- 
liverance to  the  captives.  Please  put  my 
case  before  the  National  Christian  As- 
sociation. I  can  do  a  great  work  here 
in  West  Virginia.     Yours  truly, 

Joseph  Potter  Graybell. 


OUR   WORK    IN   THE    SOUTH. 

Alexandria,   La.,  July   13,    191 1. 

Dear  Cynosure: 

I  am  here  in  preparation  for  the  extra 
session    of   the   Louisiana    Baptist    State 


August,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


123 


Convention.  I  have  just  attended  the 
Eighth  District  Baptist  Sunday  School 
Convention  at  Rapides,  La.,  Avhere  I  had 
opportunity  to  speak  and  distribute 
tracts.  I  find  Rev.  G.  W.  Davis  of  the 
Union  Church  and  Rev.  M.  P.  Frankhn 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  old- 
time  CvNOSURi-:  readers  and  anti-secret- 
ists,  still  true  to  their  Lord  and  Master. 
They  both  received  me  cordially  and  in- 
vited me  to^  preach  for  their  people.  Rev. 

J.  W.  White  is  also  loyal  to  Christ, 
which  means  he  is  an  anti-secretist,  for 
indeed  no  man  can  be  true  to  Christ  and 
true  to  the  Lodge. 

I  have  visited  the  following  places  and 
introduced  the  Cynosure  and  have  spok- 
en against  oath-bound  secrecy:  Minden, 
Reisor,  Blanchard,  Foster,  Plain  Deal- 
ing, Stonewall,  Grand  Cane.  Empire, 
Boyce,  Rapides.  Barrett  and  this  city,  all 
in  the  state  of  Louisiana.  I  found  at 
each  point  a  faithful  few  wdio  had  not 
bowed  the  knee  to  Baal,  also  a  few  who, 
after  joining  the  lodges,  had  become  dis- 
gusted with  them,  but  who  had  not  suf- 
ficient courage  to  ''come  out  from  among 
them  and  be  Separate." 

The  Sunday  I  i:)reached  at  Providence 
Church,  Stonew^all,  La.,  the  Seven  Stars 
of  Consolidation  had  their  annual  ser- 
mon in  the  afternoon,  preached  by  Rev. 
^lingo  Graham  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
p^\  Church.  The  speaker  boasted  that 
he  had  been  a  member  of  the  lodge  for 
twenty-six  years,  and  during  that  time 
the  lodge  had  done  more  than  all  other 
organizations  to  bring  the  people  togeth- 
er and  build  them  up  and  make  them 
better.  He  urged  everybody  to  join  the 
lodge,  which,  he  said,  would  make  them 
better  Christians  because  the  lodge  is  a 
Christian  society.  He  preached  from 
the  text,  "ho,  I  come  (in  the  volume  of 
the  book  it  is  written  of  Me)  to  do  Thy 
will,  O  God."  (Lleb.  10:7).  And  he 
attempted  to  connect  salvation  through 
Christ  and  the  atonement  of  Calvary 
with  secret  societies.  He  was  followed 
by  a  Rev.  Brown,  a  Baptist  preacher, 
who  found  fault  with  everybody  who 
is  not  connected  with  the  Lodge,  and 
urged  everybody  to  join  the  Lodge  for 
the  purpose  of  saving  their  money  and 
making  themselves  a  better  people.  He 
also  attempted  to  justify  the  Lodge  by 
giving   it    Bible    support.      O    God,    how 


long  will  these  blind  guides  be  per- 
mitted to  hoodwink  and  deceive  the  peo- 
ple, leading  them  to  worship  Baal 
through  oath-bound  secret  societies? 
These  prophets  of  Baal,  like  Jeroboam  of 
old,  are  deceiving  the  ];)eople  and  leading 
them  into  idolatry  ancl  l^jaalism.  b\-  hav- 
ing them  bow  down  at  secret  altars  and 
swear  to  conceal  and  never  reveal  their 
secrets.  J\fay  God  open  the  eyes  of  the 
deceived  ancl  stop  the  mouths  of  those 
false  prophets  who  are  leading  the  peo- 
ple astray  and  corrupting  the  church 
through  their  secret  lodges. 

A'ours  for  righteousness, 

F.  J.  Davidson. 


MRS.   LIZZIE  WOODS'  LETTER. 

Pine  IWufi,  Ark..  July  6.  ioit. 

Mv.  Wm.  I.  Phillips, 

Chicago.   Bl. 

Dear  Brother  in  Christ: 

I  am  just  home  from  my  trip  to  Brink- 
ley.  When  I  was  there  six  years  ago.  I 
sold  a  goodly  number  of  rituals  of  the 
Red  Men,  Woodmen,  Knights  of  Pvthias, 
Oddfellows,  the  Eastern  Star  and  the 
Masons.  I  also  distributed  about  four 
hundred  tracts.  This  is  the  place  where 
so  many  people  came  to  visit  me,  some 
from  places  ten  miles  away.  You  will 
remember  that  I  wrote  vou  about  one  of 
the  doctors  telling  me  that  I  would  be 
shot  down  on  the  streets  of  Brinklev.  Mv 
sister  lives  in  Brinkley.  and  when  she 
heard  what  the  doctor  said  to  me  she 
cried  and  begged  me  to  let  those  books 
and  tracts  alone  and  "go  and  do  mission- 
ary work."  I  said  to  her.  ''The  tract. 
'Why  I  Left  the  Rebekah  Lodge,"  caused 
you  to  leave  two  lodges  :  is  not  that  mis- 
sionary w^ork?"  She  said,  "Yes.  but 
these  lodge  men  don't  see  it  like  I  did. 
They  think  the  lodges  are  right,  and 
they  will   kill  }(ni." 

While  she  was  talking  to  me,  in  came 
a  big  Master  ]\Iason,  and  said,  "Madam. 
T  want  to  see  your  ^^^lasonic  rituals.  I 
hear  you  have  some  to  sell."  I  said.  "Yes, 
sir,  I  have  a  few  left,"  and  handed  him 
the  two  volumes  givini^"  the  thirt}-three 
degrees  of  Scottish  Rite  Masonrx".  He 
looked  at  the  books  and  took  out  his 
memorandum  book  and  began  to  write. 
After  a  while  1  said  to  him.  "How  do 
you  like  my  thirty-three  degrees?"  He 
said,  "^'(tu  have  e\-en  more  than  T  know 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


August,  1911. 


about  it."  That  night  a  committee  of 
three  waited  upon  me  to  learn  where  I 
g'ot  their  secrets.  I  told  them  all  about 
the  National  Christian  Association  and 
the  exposures  of  the  lodges.  While  they 
were  examining  the  books  I  was  look- 
ino-  at  them.  Thev  would  nudo-e  one 
another  and  look  so  queer  that  I  could 
not  keep  from  smiling  at  them,  seeing 
how  angry  they  got  over  such  tomfoolery 
as  ]^Iasonry.  I  did  not  stop  at  anything, 
they  said. 

\\'ell,  I  kept  right  on  with  my  house 
to  house  visiting,  and  left  a  tract  at  every 
house,  and  carried  them  to  the  stores,  the 
depot,  the  post-office  and  the  churches. 
One  of  the  biggest  colored  Baptist 
preachers  got  hold  of  a  tract,  and  it 
made  him  so  angry  he  said,  ''I  am  going 
into  everything  the  negrO'  is  in  but  hell." 
When  I  heard  what  he  had  said,  I  felt 
very  sorry  for  him,  and  I  said,  "Well, 
he  will  certainly  go  to  hell  if  he  follov/s 
the  negro  into  everything  that  the  ma- 
ioritv  of  them  are  in."  This  is  what  he 
thought  about  it  six  years  ago,  but  he  has 
changed  his  mind  now,  since  the  most 
of  his  members  are  in  the  lodge  and  will 
not  go  tO'  church.  He  says  now  that  if 
he  has  to  give  up  either  the  church  or 
the  lodge,  it  is  the  lodge  he  will  give  up. 
Thank  God  for  letting  him  see  what  it 
is  to  follow  the  negroes  or  any  other 
people  into  devilment. 

My  last  trip  to  Brinkley  was  quite  dif- 
ferent from  that  of  six  years  ago.  This 
time  I  had  a  long  talk  with  a  Master 
]\Iason  who  used  to  be  willing  to  die  for 
his  lodge.  He  said  to  me,  "I  am  more 
and  more  disgusted  with  lodges.  After 
I  read  the  rituals  you  brought  to  Brink- 
ley,  my  eyes  began  to  come  open."  I 
,  asked  him  if  he  was  still  the  Worshipful 
Master  of  his  lodge.  He  said,  "Yes,  but 
something  within  me  tells  me  the  thing 
is  w^'ong."  When  I  asked  him  why  he 
did  not  quit  the  lodge,  he  replied,  'T  have 
got  so  much  money  in  the  thing."  I  said 
to  him,  "What  shall  it  profit  a  man 
if  he  shall  gain  the  whole  world  and 
lose  his  own  soul?  or  what  shall  a  man 
give  in  exchange  for  his  soul?"  (Mark 
8:36.  37).  "Yes,"  he  said,  "that  is  true." 
I  asked  him  what  he  saw  that  was  wrong 
in  the  Masonic  lodge.  He  said,  "Well, 
I  will  tell  you,  since  you  know  more 
about  it  than  T  do.  The  whole  thing  is 
false.     There  is  no  Bible  in  any  of  the 


three  lodges  that  I  am  a  member  of, 
that  is,  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Odd- 
fellows and  the  Masons.  Yet  the  great- 
est sermons  I  ever  hear  nowadays  are 
these  annual  sermons  to  the  lodges.  I 
told  my  pastor  not  long  ago,  after  he  had 
preached  a  great  sermon  on  secret  or- 
ders, that  he  and  all  the  rest  of  the  inin- 
isters  who  preached  these  sermons,  did 
it  just  to  get  the  twenty-five  dollars  from 
the  lodge  ;  that  they  knew  they  could  not 
find  a  text  in  the  Bible  for  such  a  ser- 
mon." I  asked  him  what  his  pastor  said 
to  this.  He  said  he  hung  his  head  and 
did  not  answer.  .  ;  ■  - 

I  said  to  this  man,  "What  office  do 
vou  hold  in  the  church?"  He  said,  "I 
am  a  deacon."  I  said,  "Well,  you  are  a 
deacon  in  the  church.  Worshipful  Master 
in  the  Masonic  Lodge,  Chancellor  Com- 
mander of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and 
Noble  Grand  in  the  Oddfellows.  Now, 
you  have  your  choice  of  three  grand 
lodges  above.  Which  one  will  the  pas- 
tor put  you  in  when  you  die,  since  each 
of  the  three  has  a  grand  lodge  above?" 
I  said,  "They  have  not  got  anything  to 
do  with  the  church.  Christ  died  for 
the  church.  He  shed  His  precious  blood 
for  the  church,  and  when  He  comes  He 
is  coming  for  His  church"  (I  Thess. 
4:13-18).  I  said,  "My  brother.  Jesus  did 
not  have  any  secret"  (John  18:20).  He 
said,  "That  is  the  thing  that  troubles  me, 
and  I  can't  see  how  these  preachers  got 
so  tangled  up  with  the  thing.  I  believe 
they  know  better."  I  said,  "Well,  if 
they  know  better,  why  do  they  preach 
these  annual  sermons?"  He  said,  "That 
is  why  I  am  disgusted  with  them.  All 
that  preach  them  are  lying,  just  for  a 
few  dollars."  I  said,  "Do  you  think  all 
the  Judases  are  dead?  And  you  chief 
men  in  the  lodge  are  hiring  these 
preachers  to  betray  Christ."  Finally  I 
told  him  that  he  understood  the  situation 
and  that  it  rested  with  him  what  he  was 
to  do  about  it.     The  poet  says : 

"Will  you  despise  My  bleeding  love 
And  choose  your  way  to  hell, 
Or  in  the  glorious  realms  above 
With    Me   forever   dwell? 

"Say,  will  you  hear  my  gracious  voice 
And    have    your    sins    forgiven, 

Or    will   you   make    that    wretched    choice 
And   bar   yourselves   from    heaven?" 

Yours     for    Christ     and    against    the 
lodges,  LizzTi-.  Woods. 


August,   11)11. 


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CONTENTS 


Anniversary    of    Morgan's    jNIartyrdom.  . .  .  129 

The  Great  English   Strike 120 

The   Michigan   State   Convention 12!> 

"Scarcely  a  Caricature" 13(1 

Without  the  Lodge 130 

Contributions — 

Compromises.    By  Mr.  J.  M.  Hitchcock.  .132 

Workers  Together  with  God.  By  Rev. 
Amos  J.  Bailey 1.32 

Freemasonry  versus  Christianity.  By 
Rev.  J.  C.  Leacock 135 

Church  Rules.   By  Pres.  C.  A.  Blanchard.  139 
Obituary — 

Mrs.  R.  A.  Cullor 140 

The  Power  of  the  Secret  Empire.     By  Miss 
E.  E.  Flagg 141 

News  of  Our  Work — 

Ohio   State  Convention 147 

Stoddard  in  Ohio 147 

Mrs.  Lizzie  Woods'  Letter , 148 

A  Testimony  in  Kansas 140 

Davidson  in  Louisiana 140 

Work  in  West  Virginia .  .  . . 151 

Our  Canadian  Letter . 151 

A  Cry  from  West  Australia 152 

The  Prize  Oration 152 

From  Our  Mail — 

What  Friends  A.  J.  Millard,  Thomas 
Mulligan  (England),  Rev.  E.  Country- 
man, Rev.  S.  O.  lr\ine  (Canada),  Rev. 
S.  P.  Long.  Rev.  H.  A.  Thompson  are 

saying  to  cheer  and  encourage .153 

National  Reform  Convention 154 

^Modern  Brotherhood  of  America 154 

Knights  of  Columbus 155 

From  Our  Exchanges — 

Divided  Allegiance.  Bv  Mrs.  II.  R. 
Smith    1.55 

Position  of    United   Brethren   Church  on 

Secret    Societies 150 

Nest  of   Orioles 1,57 


GENERAL   OFFICERS. 

President,  Rev.  E.  B.  Stewart;  Vice- 
President,  Rev.  J.  W.  Brink;  Recording 
Secretary,  Mrs.  N.  E.  Kellogg;  Secre- 
tary-Treasurer, Wm.  L  Phillips. 
BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS. 

George  W.  Bond  (Congregational),  J. 
M.  Hitchcock  (Independent),  C.  A. 
Blanchard  (Congregational),  G.  J.  Haan 
(Christian  Reformed),  Albert  B.  Rutt 
(Mennonite),  E.  B.  Stewart  (United 
Presbyterian),  Joseph  Amick  (Church  of 
the  Brethren),  E.  R.  Worrell  (Presby- 
terian), D.  S.  Warner  (Free  Methodist),. 
T.  C.  Wendell  (Free  Methodist)  and  P. 
A.  Kittilsby  (Lutheran). 


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Shreveport,  La. 

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Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

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Rev.  B.  E.  Bergesen,  1727  West  56th 
St.,  Seattle,  Wash. 

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VOLUME  XLIV. 


CHICAGO,  SEPTEMBER,  1911 


NUMBER   5. 


In  this  month  occurs  the  eighty-fifth 
anniversary  of  the  murder  of  a  martyr 
to  the  freedom  of  writing-,  printing  and 
speaking  the  truth.     He  had  fought  for 
his  country  in  the  War  of  1812,  and  had 
served   under   General   Jackson   at    New 
Orleans.    He  left  the  service  at  the  close 
of  hostilities  as  Captain  William  Morgan. 
He  was  a  man  of  fine  soldierly  bearing 
and  of  gentlemanly  and  agreeable  man- 
ners.     He     was     a     prominent     Mason 
and     lecturer    of     his     lodge.      He    fin- 
ally,     however,      became      deeply      im- 
pressed     with      the      dangerous      char- 
acter   of    Masonry,    and    said    to    Sam- 
uel   D.    Green,    a    Mason    and    Mayor 
of  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  "If  Masonry  be  per- 
mitted to  go  on  unchecked  it  will  under- 
mine   the    Christian    religion    and    over- 
throw the  Government."     Time  is  prov- 
ing him  a  prophet.     It  is  our  purpose  to 
give  the  readers  of  the  Cynosure  the  his- 
tory of  those  times  and  a  more  correct 
estimate  of  the  character  of  that  martyr- 
patriot  than  is  generally  had,  by  publish- 
ing the  history  of  those  times  written  by 
Samuel  D.  Green,  a  personal  friend  of 
Captain  Morgan,  a  member  of  the  same 
lodge,  and  at  the  time  of  Morgan's  mar- 
tyrdom President   (Mayor)   of  the  town 
council   of   Batavia. 


What  a  Lodge  can  accomplish  in  a 
country  is  witnessed  here  in  Chicago, 
where  the  Lodge  murders  average  one 
a  month  and  no  punishment  is  meted 
out;  is  witnessed  in  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
in  the  murder  of  twenty-one  and  the  de- 
struction of  The  Times  building.  A  bet- 
ter illustration,  however,  is  that  of  the 
Camorra  of  Italy,  now  under  investiga- 
tion by  the  government.  The  Personal 
Reminiscences  of  the  Morgan  Abduc- 
tion and  Murder,  by  Mr.  Samuel  D. 
Green,  are,  therefore,  of  great  present 
interest.  The  publication  will  immedi- 
ately follow  Miss  Flagg's  story — ^The 
Power  of  the  Secret  Empire. 


THE    GREAT    ENGLISH    STRIKE. 

Another  step  has  been  taken  in  Eng- 
land towards  a  federation  of  labor  that 
shall  make  it  impossible  to  work  or  cease 
from  service  without  the  National  Union 
leaders  give  permission. 

Like  the  teamsters'  strike  in  Chicago 
under  Shea,  the  stated  reasons  for  the 
strike  were  not  the  real  reasons.  Wages 
and  hours  are  terms  to  conjure  with,  but 
the  object  of  the  labor  leaders  of  Eng- 
land is  no  more  single  unions  but  one 
great  National  federation. 

The  dockmen  started  the  strike,  and 
were  given  everything  that  they  asked 
as  to  wages  and  overtime,  after  they  had 
been  on  strike  less  than  a  week ;  but  not 
a  single  "docker"  made  a  move  to  return 
to  work.  The  pretended  reason  for  the 
strike  was  not  the  real  reason. 

Some  200,000  workers  finally  joined 
the  movement,  and  were  told  by  the 
president  of  the  strike  committee  that 
''No  man  must  return  to  work  until  the 
whole  job  is  finished,"  "There  must  be  no 
surrender,"  'Tf  vou  stick  together  the 
big  victory  will  be  won.  For  the  first 
time  in  the  history  of  the  port  of  Lon- 
don you  have  a  federation  representing 
almost  all  the  classes  of  workers  engaged. 
We  have  organized  100.000  men  since  we 
started  this  campaiii^'n.  There  must  be 
no  more  single  unions,  excent  for  the 
purpose  of  domestic  work.  For  the  pur- 
pose of  policy  and  general  conduct,  we 
must  have  tJie  union  and  nothing  else." 


MICHIGAN    STATE    CONVENTION. 

The  place  of  the  convention  is  Kala- 
mazoo, a  beautiful  city  in  the  southern 
part  of  the  state.  The  time  is  \\>dnes- 
dav  and  Thursday,  October  4  and  5. 
rSee  August  Cynosure,  pa^e  120.) 
Write  Rev.  I.  \\\  Brink.  42:;  Turner 
street.  Grand  Rapids,  ]\Iich.,  respecting 
lodging,   etcetera. 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


September,    ]0]1. 


"SCARCELY   A  CARICATURE." 

"I  was  now  very  definitely  con- 
A'inced,"'  says  the  hero  of  a  book,  "that 
•much  of  the  confusion  and  futility  of 
contemporary  thought  was  due  to  the 
jgeneral  need  of  nietaplwsical  training 
.  .  .  The  great  mass  of  people — and 
not  simpl}'  common  people,  but  people 
active  and  influential  in  intellectual 
things — are  still  quite  untrained  in  the 
methods  of  thought  and  absolutely  inno- 
cent of  an}-  criticism  of  method ;  it  is 
.scarcely  a  caricature  to  call  their  think- 
ing a  crazy  patchwork,  discontintious 
and  chaotic." 

Passive  acceptance  of  sectarian  as- 
sumptions and  active  support  of  secret 
society  pretensions,  seem  to  corroborate 
this  opinion  and  to  redeem  its  expression 
Trom  the  blame  of  petulance.  It  is  our 
constant  labor  to  help  men  think  about 
things  that  ought  neither  to  be  taken 
for  granted  nor  flippantly  rejected. 
Hardly  more  ought  such  things  to  be 
trusted  on  the  basis  of  judgment  formed 
"by  ''discontinuous  and  chaotic"  thinking, 
•or  by  any  substitute  for  thinking.  Join- 
ers are  not  always  thinkers.  Few  among 
them  can  be  supposed  to  devote  much 
thinking  to  what  they  join,  however 
thorotighly  they  may  attend  to  other 
things.  Among  the  advocates  of  Mason- 
Ty  who  appeal  to  the  prestige  of  Wash- 
ington, must  be  many,  for  instance,  who 
tiave  never  actually  thought  through 
their  own  claim  as  Dr.  Blanchard  has 
for  them.  Discontinuous  is,  indeed,  a 
word  that  seems  scarcely  to  caricature 
what  many  would  like  to  have  accredited 
as  independent  think'ng. 


V'V 


THOUT   THE   7_ODGE. 


The  New  Era  Association  styles  it- 
self ''A  fraternal  beneficiary  society, 
specifixally  authorized  to  give  fraternal 
insurance  without  the  lodge."  It  claims 
to  furnish  '"'to  men  and  women,  on 
ecfual  terms,  fraternal  insurance  with- 
out the  lod.p'ie  —  guaranteed  at  mortal- 
ity cost,  without  death  assessment."  I^ 
large  type,  it  announces  "Insurance  at 
Cost."  New  Era  Rates  are  stated  to 
"be  ''equal  to  the  wholesale  or  mortality 
cost  in  four  of  the  leading  old  line 
comjpanies  ;"  yet  almost  immediately  it 
is,  after  all.  announced  that  "at  the 
.-amounting  to   tlie   excess   charge   over 


the  actual  wholesale  cost."  Here  seems 
to  be  "insurance  at  cost"  with  "excess 
charge."  The  October  Bulletin  advised 
its  reacLers  to  "Look  out  for  a  twenty- 
five  per  cent  dividend  in  January,"  but 
prudently  added,  "This  is  only  an  es- 
timate." 

Insurance  with  neither  old  line  nor 
lodge  methods  is  not  new;  the  story  of 
its  multitudinous  failures  is  old.  This 
new^  experiment  has  not  floated  away 
with  the  innumerable  derelicts,  but 
there  are  reasons  why  one  solicited 
might  incline  to  wait  for  it  to  make 
its  own  history  match  its  own  promise. 
Confidence  is  not  encouraged  by  the 
attitude  of  the  society  organ  toward 
the  National  Fraternal  Congress, which 
seemed  to  come  into  existence  for  the 
purpose  of  making  fraternal  in- 
surance safer  and  less  visionary. 
Again,  its  tone  in  speaking  of  the 
state  insurance  department  provokes 
doubt  and  caution.  The  insurance 
commissioners  are  a  guard  posted  to 
watch  on  behalf  of  widows  and  or- 
phans. Toward  this  beneficient  provi- 
sion for  safety,  it  is  likewise  restive. 

This  spirit  of  hostility  to  safe  re- 
straint seems  betrayed  in  alleging  a  rea- 
son wdiy  "it  appears  that,  like  assess- 
ment insurance,  the  name  or  term 
fraternal  insurance  is  no  longer  an  as- 
set in  the  field  to  get  business."  It 
knows  well  that  it  does  not  exaggerate 
by  saying  "Assessment,  or  Mutual  in- 
surance companies  have  failed  by  the 
hundreds,"  but  when  it  assumes  to 
explain  Avhy  the  word  fraternal  like 
the  word  assessment  has  lost  its  charm, 
it  does  not  make  similarity  of  effect 
expose  parity  of  cause.  On  the  con- 
trary, it  attributes  the  change  to  "ade- 
quate rate  howlers,  represented  mostly 
in  the  National  Fraternal  Congress, 
backed  by  certain  insurance  com^mis- 
sioners."  "We  think,"  opines  the 
Bulletin,  "there  is  mighty  little  danger 
of  the  next  legislature  interfering  with 
the  fraternal  insurance  business  in  this 
state.  We  think  the  insurance  com- 
missioners of  this  country  have  quite 
enousrh  to  do  to  enforce  the  laws  and 
discharge  the  various  duties  of  their 
^f^^ces,  without  instructing  the  'legis- 
lative   department    of    the    gvive'-nment. 


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131 


We  would  like  to  see  a  little  more  sym- 
pathetic relationship  between  the  fra- 
ternal societies  and  insurance  depart- 
ments before  we  turn  the  business  of 
taxing  the  members  over  to  them." 
The  lack  of  sympathetic  relation  may 


be  a  still  more  cogent  reason  for  not 
turning  taxation  or  confidence  over  ta 
fraternities —  with  or  without  the 
lodge.  Possibly  the  state  insurance 
commissioners  kncjw  something  about 
insurance. 


'I  ■ 


\ 


Old   Fort   Niagara. 


Place  of   Morgan's  Confinement   at   Fort    Niagara, 


18-2 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


September,    1911. 


€0tttributton0. 


COMPROMISES. 

BY  J.   M.   HITCHCOCK. 

An  association  of  men  implies  com- 
promise. 

The  simplest,  most  common,  and  yet 
most  sacred  human  association,  is  that 
of  matrimon}',  and  this  always  suggests 
mutual  concessions.  Preferences,  tastes, 
and  choices  must  be  subordinated  to  har- 
mony. 

The  bride  and  bridegroom  have  tastes 
differing.  The  one  is  a  devotee  of  coffee, 
while  the  other  is  attached  to  his  Oolong. 
They  arbitrate  their  differences,  and 
agree  to  use  these  beverages  interchange- 
ably. The  comparative  wholesomeness 
of  these  beverages  becomes  a  question  in 
the  household,  and  a  further  compromise 
is  necessitated.  A  substitute  for  both 
tea  and  coft'ee  is  agreed  upon,  and  then 
again  preferences  manifest  themselves  as 
to  the  preparation  of  this  substitute.  One 
prefers  a  lavishment  of  trimmings,  the 
other  to  omit  them ;  and  finally,  through 
a  spirit  of  compromise,  a  happy  solution 
is  reached.  Each  abandons  the  favorite 
beverage  for  pure,  sparkling  water,  and 
the  money  thus  saved  more  than  sup- 
ports a  native  missionary. 

"All  this  could  be  done,"  says  one,  "be- 
cause no  moral  principle  was  involved  ; 
but  there  are  some  things  too  sacred  to 
barter.  Aly  ripened  judgment,  my  long 
experience,  and  especially  my  conscien- 
tious convictions,  must  in  no  wise  be 
compromised,  though  the  stars  fall." 
Certainly !  But  what  about  the  other  fel- 
low's judgment,  experience,  and  convic- 
tions ? 

I  w^ould  not  minimize  an  intelligent, 
honest  conviction,  but  more  and  more  I 
am  discovering,  in  myself  and  others, 
that  the  constituent  parts  of  what  are 
popularly  known  as  ''conscientious  con- 
victions" are  eighty-five  per  cent  mule 
stubbornness,  ten  per  cent,  egotism,  and 
the  analysis  fails  to  determine  the  exact 
ingredients  of  the  residue. 

The  Apostle  said,  'T  perceive  that  in 
all  things  ye  are  too  superstitious" — in 
other  words,  "You  have  too  much  re- 
ligion of  the  wrong  sort." 

The  tardiness  of  the  antisecrecy 
progress  is  due  in  a  large  measure  to  our 


being  shackled  through  deference  to 
church  canons,  synods,  conferences,  as- 
semblies and  presbyteries.  These  clogs 
hinder  us  from  making  a  united  assault 
upon  our  enemy.  The  assault  must  be 
made  in  our  denominational  way,  because 
"we  hold  the  truth." 

A  few  years  since,  with  Brother  W.  B. 
Stoddard,  I  attended  a  denominational 
convention.  When  in  their  church  prop- 
er, in  presence  of  pulpit,  altar,  and  bap- 
tismal font,  these  people  seemed  very 
reverential  and  devout.  To  have  dis- 
cussed the  iniquity  of  Secret  Societies  in 
this  sacred  place  would  have  been  to  de- 
file their  garments  so  as  to  call  for  sack- 
cloth and  ashes. 

But  I  noticed  that  at  the  hour  of  re- 
cess, Brother  Stoddard  met  a  large  num- 
ber of  these  brethren  in  their  lecture- 
room  below,  when  and  where  he  shelled 
them  with  grape  and  canister  on  Secret 
Societies.  The  clouds  of  tobacco  smoke 
were  so  thick  and  heavy  that  one  could 
not  recognize  his  neighbor  twenty  feet 
distant.  Stoddard  rebuked  the  evils  of 
secrecy,  but  was  silent  upon  the  evil  of 
smoking ;  nor  did  he  compromise  with 
wrong.  He  was  at  that  time  working  in 
the  interest  of  antisecrecy,  and  not  anti- 
tobacco. 

Whatever  my  opinion  of  W.  B.  Stod- 
dard may  have  been  before,  the  mer- 
cury in  his  thermometer  rose  in  my  esti- 
mation when  I  had  witnessed  this  mas- 
ter stroke  of  diplomacy,  and  that  without 
the  forfeiture  of  principle. 

Chicago. 


WORKERS  TOGETHER  WITH  GOD. 

REV.   AMOS  J.   BAILEY. 

The  laws  and  forces  of  nature  are  the 
laws  and  forces  of  God.  When  the  farm- 
er is  working  together  with  nature  to 
produce  a  harvest  of  fruit  or  grain  for 
food,  he  is  working  together  with  God. 
When  a  man  is  trying  to  invent  a  flying 
machine  he  is  trying  to  learn  what  na- 
ture will  do  to  help  him  in  the  making 
of  such  a  machine ;  for  apart  from  nature 
no  man  can  make  a  flying  machine ; 
which  is  equivalent  to  saying  that  apart 
from  God  no  man  can  make  such  a  ma- 
chine. In  the  realm  of  the  natural,  men 
make  discoveries ;  that  is,  they  learn 
how  to  work  together  with  nature  to  do 
certain  things.     Men  work  together  with 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


133 


nature  in  the  making  of  explosives,  and 
nature  does  not  inquire  what  is  to  be 
done  with  them  when  they  are  made. 
One  man  uses  them  to  blast  rocks  for  a 
highway,  another  to  destroy  buildings 
or  to  kill  men.  And  when  in  this  con- 
nection we  say  nature  it  is  equivalent 
to  saying  God.  So  then,  along  certain 
lines  at  least,  men  work  together  with 
God  and  God  does  not  inquire  as  to  their 
motives  or  their  purposes  as  a  condition 
of  the  working  together  with  Him. 

In  the   Material  Realm  There  Can   Be   No 

Permanent    Success    Against    Nature's 

Persistent  Protest. 

In  the  realm  of  nature,  in  the  use  of 
material  forces  and  substances,  God 
makes  room  for  human  responsibility. 
He  lets  men  use  this  world  and  all  that 
belongs  to  it  without  making  conditions 
as  to  the  motives  and  purposes  of  men 
in  their  use  of  the  world.  The  sun 
shines  for  the  evil  and  the  good,  the  rain 
falls  for  the  just  and  the  unjust.  But 
in  working  together  with  God  in  the 
realm  of  the  natural,  men  must  conform 
to  natural  laws.  If  a  man  goes  wrong 
he  fails,  and  the  things  that  gO'  wron.o- 
come  to  an  end,  for  the  wrong  cannot  be 
infinite  or  eternal.  But  if  men  go  right, 
if  in  all  things  their  work  harmonizes 
with  nature — that  is,  with  God  in  the 
realm  of  the  natural — there  is  no  limit 
to  the  possibilities  that  are  open  to  them. 
Science  knows  no  criterion  of  the  im- 
possible ;  and  nothing  that  is  possible  to 
God  in  the  realm  of  the  natural  is  im- 
possible to  those  who  at  every  point  win 
the  approval  of  nature.  Conversely,  noth- 
ing can  permanently  succeed  against 
which  nature  persistently  protests. 

In  the  Realm  of  Morals  No  Man  Can  Suc- 
ceed Against   Whose   Motives   God 
Protests. 

In  the  realm  of  morals  and  religion 
men  discover  how,  or  learn  how,  to  work 
together  with  God  in  the  development 
and  use  of  character  forces.  In  the 
realm,  of  the  natural,  right  and  wrong 
are  not  moral  distinctions ;  and  in  that 
realm  motives  and  purposes  are  not 
questioned.  But  in  the  realm  of  morals 
and  religion  right  and  wrong  are  moral 
distinctions,  and  therefore  motives  and 
purposes  must  be  considered.  Where 
moral  distinctions  apply  to  the  results, 
the  motives  must  be  right  or  there  can 


be  no  permanent  success.  As  in  the 
realm  of  the  natural  no  man  can  suc- 
ceed against  the  protests  of  nature,  so 
in  the  realm  of  morals  and  religion  no 
man  can  succeed  against  whose  motives 
God  protests — that  is,  no  man  can  suc- 
ceed whose  motives  are  wrong.  But  when 
men's  motives  are  right,  when  their  mo- 
tives and  purposes  are  consistent  with 
the  motives  and  purposes  of  (jod,  then 
the  possibilities  which  open  to  them  are 
infinite  and  eternal,  and  to  man,  as  to 
God,  all  things  are  possible. 

The   Realm   of   Man's   Responsibility, 

The  uncertainties  of  life,  experience, 
history,  lie  in  the  realm  of  human  re- 
sponsibility —  there  and  only  there. 
Science  cannot  predict  what  men  will  do 
in  the  realm  where  each  may  do  as  he 
wills  to  do.  It  can  predict  what  nature 
will  do  when  it  has  learned  what  nature 
is  doing,  for  nature  is  unchangeable. 
And  with  equal  certainty  can  it  be  pre- 
dicted what  God  will  do  in  the  realm  of 
morals  and  religion,  when  it  is  known 
what  He  is  now  doing,  for  Cxod  is  un- 
changeable in  character.  There  never 
will  come  a  time  when  men  can  gather 
figs  from  thistles,  or  when  they  can 
wring  golden  conduct  from  leaden  in- 
stincts— never  a  time  when  they  can 
reap  a  harvest  of  virtue  from  seeds  of 
vice. 

The    Realm   of   God's   Responsibility. 

God  made  the  world  and  it  is  God  who 
is  developing  it.  God  made  man  and  it 
is  God  who  is  making  human  history. 
In  the  developing  of  the  world  and  in 
the  making  of  history,  God  does  not  in- 
terfere with  men  in  the  realm  of  their  re- 
responsibility.  But  neither  does  He  al- 
low the  ignorance,  the  indifference,  the 
depravity  and  wickedness  of  men  to  in- 
terfere with  Him  in  the  realm  of  His 
responsibility  in  the  w^orking  together. 
The  failures  of  men  cannot  defeat  the 
purposes  of  God.  When  Jesus  said, 
''Apart  from  me  ye  can  do  nothing,''  He 
was  not  simply  giving  good  advice ;  He 
was  expressing  a  truth  as  unchangeable 
as  if  He  had  said,  "You  cannot  have 
grapes  without  grape  vines." 

In  the  realm  of  what  we  call  the  nat- 
ural we  speak  of  the  unchangeableness 
of  nature  and  the  laws  of  nature.  Neith- 
er   nature    or    the    laws    of    nature    are 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


September,  1911. 


changed  b}'  the  wih  of  man.  We  say 
that  nature  is  indilterent  to  human  char- 
acter, and  void  of  sympathy  with  human 
experience.  .\  hurricane  destro3^s  trees 
and  men  ahke  and  seemingly  without 
purpose  or  regret.  In  the  reahn  of 
morals  and  religion  does  God  care  ?  Men 
waste  and  destroy,  and  nature  does  not 
prevent  them.  Men  waste  and  destroy 
men,  and  seemingly  God  does  not  pre- 
vent them.  Why  does  God  perniit  the 
wicked  to  prevail  ?  A\'e  ask  the  qtiestion 
but  we  do  not  answer  it.  And  yet  the 
answer  is  at  hand ;  it  is  this :  God  does 
not  interfere  with  men  in  the  realm  of 
their  own  responsibility.  But  God  does 
not  abandon  or  neglect  those  who  ap- 
peal to  Him  in  the  realm  of  His  re- 
sponsibility. God  helps  and  saves  those 
who  come  to  Him  in  the  right  way  to  be 
helped  and  saved.  There  is  always  a 
place  in  human  experience  for  an  exer- 
cise of  the  will.  We  do  things  because 
"we  will  to  do  them,  because  we  wish,  or 
desire,  or  purpose  to  do  them.  There 
is  always  room  in  every  experience  for 
God  to  do  things  for  us  because  He  wills 
to  do  them,  because  it  is  His  good  pleas- 
ure to  do  them.  This  will,  whether  it  is 
the  will  of  a  man  or  the  will  of  God, 
belongs  to  personality.  The  law  of  the 
will  is  liberty  to  do  or  not  to  do  as  one 
wills,  whether  it  be  man  or  God.  The 
laws  of  the  luiiverse  are  fixed  laws,  God 
is  pledged  to  their  maintenance,  so  that 
whoever  appeals  to  them  can  depend  on 
them  with  unerrins:  certaintv ;  there  are 
no  miracles  that  can  accomplish  thing's 
contrary  to  these  hxed  laws  and  so  rob 
one  who  appeals  to  them  of  the  results 
which  they  are  designed  to  produce. 
And  one  of  tliese  fixed  laws  is  the  law 
of  personal  relations,  and  the  law  of  the 
will  which  has  to  do  with  these  personal 
relations.  We  know  the  character  of 
God.  and  we  know  that  God  is  love,  and 
that  because  of  His  nature.  His  attri- 
butes. He  cannot  do  a  wrong  thing ;  He 
cannot  do  anything  that  is  contrary  to 
His  wisdom.  His  love,  and  in  general  His 
purpose  to  promote  human  happiness 
in  time  and  eternity.  We  know  that  in 
the  realm  of  God's  liberty  there  is  love, 
and  love  onh^ 

The    Realm    of    Personal    Relations. 
All   the   uncertainties   of   life,    all   the 


problems  of  it,  and  therefore  all  of  the 
highest  and  best  hopes  of  life,  lie  in  this 
realm  of  liberty,  the  realm  of  the  will, 
the  realm  of  personal  relations.  All 
outside  of  this  realm,  that  is,  "the  nature 
of  things,"  is  good  because  God  made  it 
good.  The  universe  is  good.  In  the 
realm  of  personal  relations,  because  God 
is  good  and  God  is  love,  there  can  come 
from  His  side  in  the  working"  together  no' 
disappointments,  though  there  do  come 
many  glad  stirprises.  Outside  of  the 
realm  of  personal  relations  it  may  be 
true,  as  a  poet  has  suggested,  that  na- 
ture is  indifferent,  and  as  a  scientist  has 
suggested:  "Nattire  creates  without  pur- 
pose and  destroys  without  regret.''  But 
within  this  realm  there  is  no  indifference. 
Not  a  sparrow  falls  to  the  ground  with 
broken  wing  but  God  cares  ;  not  a  hun- 
gry lamb  bleats  for  food  but  God  hears 
and  God  cares.  And  not  a  human  soul 
but  is  of  more  value  in  the  sight  of  God 
than  birds  and  sheep.  The  winds  and 
the  sea  cannot  hear  the  prayer  of  a 
frightened  child  or  a  frightened  sailor ; 
but  Ciod  can  hear,  and  God  knows  how 
to  make  the  wind  blow  and  how  to  make 
it  cease  to  blow — the  wind  and  the  sea 
obey  His  will.  It  is  in  the  realm  of  per- 
sonal relations  with  God  that  the  mys- 
teries of  His  care  are  explained.  We 
are  workers  together  with  the  forces  of 
nature  in  the  wonderful  achievements  of 
science  and  the  arts  of  civilization.  But 
what  is  of  more  hopeful  significance  to- 
each  one  of  us  is  that  we  are — we  ought 
and  may  be — workers  together  with  God. 
Christ  came  to  save  the  world  from  sin. 
His  work  is  constructive.  Those  wha 
work  together  with  Him  will  overcome 
the  evil  that  is  in  the  world  with  the 
good  that  they  bring  into  it.  It  is  this 
personal  relation,  this  fellowship  with 
oiu'  Heavenly  Father,  that  makes  it  pos- 
sible for  men,  each  in  the  realm  of  his 
own  responsibility,  to  destroy  the  works 
of  evil ;  this  that  gives  to  ignorant  and 
erring  mortals  the  stire  hope  of  a  blessed 
immortality  with  God  in  heaven. 

Seattle,  JJ'asIiiiiaton. 


All  things  are  created  originally  out  of 
the  mud.  Some  of  us  have  not  got  very 
fa^  from  the  starting  point. 


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135 


PREEMASONRY        VERSUS        CHRIS- 
TIANITY. 

From  the   Viewpoint  of  a  Methodist   Epis- 
copal Minister. 

BY    REV.     J.     C.     LEACOCK,     SCRANTON,     PA. 

The  subject  presented  in  this  paper  is, 
no  doubt,  unpopular  with  those  who  are 
interested  in  both  Masonry  and  Chris- 
tianity. They  would  have  all  other  per- 
sons silent  upon  the  subject  to  which 
their  lips  are  solemnly  sealed.  But  the 
writer  believes,  as  a  noted  speaker  in 
the  time  of  our  Civil  War  wisely  ob- 
served when  interrupted  in  an  address 
in  behalf  of  the  Union,  that  he  "always 
held  it  to  be  an  unfailing  truth  that 
where  a  man  had  a  cause  that  would  bear 
examination  he  was  perfectly  willing  to 
"have  it  spoken  about.'' 

And,  if  the  title  of  this  paper  shall  be 
justified  by  its  contents,  the  facts  ought 
to  be  made  apparent,  and  ministers  of 
the  gospel,  especially  Methodist  minis- 
ters, should  positively  refuse  to  aid  or 
encourage  Freemasonry,  as  against  the 
cause  to  which  they  have  professedly 
given  their  lives. 

But  the  average  lodge  man  is  ever 
ready  to  deny  that  there  is  anything 
wrong  with  his  fraternity.  Edmond  Ro- 
nayne.  Past  Master  of  Keystone  Lodge, 
No.  639,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.,  Chicago,  BL, 
speaks  emphatically  on  this  point.  He 
says :  ''It  has  oftentimes  been  a  matter 
of  considerable  surprise  to  me,  even 
when  I  was  an  active  Mason  and  Wor- 
shipful Master  of  my  lodge  here  in  Chi- 
cago, how  the  oaths  and  death  penalties 
of  Freemasonry  could  exercise  such  an 
evil  influence  over  the  minds  and  moral 
character  of  even  the  best,  the  most  in- 
telligent, the  most  reputable  of  its  mem- 
bers. Men  who  under  all  other  circum- 
stances will  act  honorably,  honest  and 
strictly  truthful,  when  brought  face  to 
face  with  a  defense  of  the  Masonic  sys- 
tem— its  modes  of  preparation  and  initia- 
tion, its  oaths  and  awful  penalties  of 
death — will  not  hesitate  for  one  moment 
to  prevaricate,  to  quibble,  to  deny  the 
truth,  and  even  to  lie  outright,  if  neces- 
sary, in  behalf  of  Freemasonry,  in  order 
to  conceal  its  true  character  and  bogus 
secrets." 

A  common  wav 


agamst 


the 


lodge 


of  meeting  criticisms 
is    to    claim    that    all 


knowledge  concerning  the  matter  is  held 
in  secrecy  and  one  who  has  violated  his 
pledge  in  making  known  these  secrets  is 
a  perjurer  and  is  not  to  be  believed.  But 
it  may  be  answered  that,  instead  of  being 
a  perjurer,  a  man  v^^ho  finds  his  lodge  in- 
terfering with  his  duties  as  a  Christian  is 
absolved  from  his  oath  and  ought  to 
make  known  the  fact  for  the  benefit  of 
others. 

The  writer  confesses  he  has  never 
united  with  a  lodge.  More  than  four 
decades  ago  his  pastor  offered  to  present 
his  name  to  the  Masonic  fraternity,  to 
which  said  pastor  belonged,  but  my  re- 
ply expressed  unwillingness  to  associate 
with  men  bearing  characters  which  were 
briefly  indicated. 

While  it  is  true  that  the  outsider  must 
depend  for  information  c[uite  largely  up- 
on those  who  have  withdrawn,  yet  when 
it  is  remembered  that  in  this  country, 
soon  after  the  Morgan  tragedy,  forty- 
five  thousand  severed  their  connection 
with  Freemasonry,  and  through  more  re- 
cent years  withdrawals  and  exposures 
have  continued,  it  will  be  seen  that  the 
sources  of  information  are  ample  and 
reliable. 

The  National  Christian  Association  of 
Chicago,  BL,  is  able  to  furnish  the  com- 
plete ritual  of  the  Ancient  and  Accepted 
Scottish  Rite  of  Masonry,  by  a  Sov- 
ereign Grand  Commander,  33"^  ;  Oaths 
and  Penalties  of  thirty-three  degrees  of 
Freemasonry,  by  a  Master  Mason,  with 
many  booklets,  addresses  and  tracts  on 
the  subject,  and  a  monthly  magazine,  the 
Christian  Cynosure,  which  treats  on 
the  evils  of  secret  combinations  and  bears 
strong  testimony  against  them. 

From  the  publications  named,  from 
the  press  both  secular  and  religious,  from 
personal  observation,  and  from  the  ex- 
perience of  friends  who  have  brought  re- 
ports from  the  inside  work  of  the  lodge, 
the  facts  herewith  presented  have  been 
received.  During  the  year  19 10,  an  af- 
filiated Freemason,  who  claimed  to  have 
taken  the  full  course  of  INIasonry,  told 
the  writer  of  an  oath  he  would  not  have 
taken  had  he  previously  known  its  na- 
ture, and  added  that  he  trembled  on  hear- 
ing a  certain  other  man  take  it.  vSuch 
facts  as  these  ftu'uish  the  basis  for  the 
title  of  this  essay — ''Freemasonry  Versus 
Christianitv." 


J  36 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


September,    1911.. 


Illustrations    From    the    Ritual. 

Freemasonry  in  a  number  of  particu- 
lars we  name  is  against  Christianity.  It 
rejects  Christ  from  its  ritual — from  its 
prayers.     Here  is  an  illustration : 

'*0  God,  we  pray  thee,  thou  Grand  Ar- 
chitect of  the  Universe,  to  cast  Thy  all- 
seeing-  eye  upon  this  Sanctuary,  which 
symbolizes  the  Conscience  of  man,  and 
help  us  to  use  the  key  of  Intelligence 
within  the  Balustrade  of  Reason,  so  that 
we  may  know  ourselves,  link  ourselves 
unto  Thee,  and  become  fit  for  the  im- 
mortality Thou  hast  promised." 

The  name  of  Jesus  Christ  is  rejected 
from  Xew  Testament  quotations  as  fol- 
lows : 

''Xow  we  command  you,  brethren,  that 
ye  withdraw  yourselves  from  every 
brother  that  walketh  disorderly,  and  not 
after  the  tradition  ye  have  received  from 
us."  (2  Thess.  3  :6). 

"Xow  them  that  are  such  we  command 
and  exhort  that  with  quietness  they  work, 
and  eat  their  own  bread."  (2  Thess. 
3:12). 

From  each  of  these  quotations  is  omit- 
ted the  name  of  our  Lord,  Jesus  Christ. 

Misrepresents   New  Testament  Teaching. 

Masonry  misrepresents  New  Testa- 
ment teaching.  Note  the  following: 

Question :  "How  comes  Masonry  fal- 
len to  ruins  as  we  are  so  bound  together 
by  our  obligations?" 

Answer :  'Tt  was  so  decreed  in  olden 
times,  as  we  learn  from  St.  John,  who 
Ave  understand  was  the  first  Mason  that 
held  a  perfect  chapter." 

Q.     "Where  does  St.  John  say  this?" 

A.  "In  his  Revelation,  where  he  tells 
of  P)abvlon  and  the  celestial  Jerusalem." 

Masonry  not  only  rejects  Christ,  but  ap- 
points certain  of  its  members  to  occupy  His 
place,  with  loftier  titles  than  were  given  to 
the  Son  of  God. 

.V  few  years  as^o  the  Wilkes-Barre 
fPa.)  Record  published  the  following: 
"City  Clerk  Frank  Detrick  received  a 
Christmas  gift  on  Saturday  from  Rich- 
ard M.  Johnson.  Most  Excellent  Grand 
High  Priest,  Royal  Arch  Masons  of 
Pennsylvania,  in  the  form  of  an  appoint- 
ment as  D.  D.  Grand  High  Priest^  in 
charge  of  the  Eleventh  District,  to  take 
effect  on  St.  John's  Day,  Dec.  27th.  Mr. 
Detrick  is  a  retiring  High  Priest,  having 
served  at  the  head  of  Shekinah  Chapter, 


and  his  selection  as  D.  D.  G.  H.  P.  is  a 
reward  for  faithful  attendance  to  duty 
and  interest  manifested  in  the  welfare  of 
the  organization.  Mr.  Detrick  is  an  en- 
thusiastic ]\iason  and  none  is  more  de- 
serving of  this  honor  than  he." 

Thus  it  will  be  seen  that  the  office 
which,  according  to  the  teaching  of  the 
New  Testament,  no  one  has  a  right  now 
to  hold,  but  Jesus  Christ,  was  given  to 
Frank  Detrick,  who  was  called  Grand 
High  Priest  and  the  man  that  conferred 
the  office  was  called  Most  Excellent 
Grand  High  Priest. 

If  any  one  attached  real  importance 
to  the  office  conferred,  because  of  the 
sanctity  the  words  seemed  to  indicate, 
he  may  have  received  a  slight  shock  a 
few  days  after  the  appointment  was 
made,  on  reading  in  the  daily  paper  that 
this  same  Mr.  Detrick  was  manager  of 
a  ball  about  to  be  held  in  the  Armory. 

But  to  show  that  the  office  of  High 
Priest  is  treated  as  a  joke  in  the  Ma- 
sonic lodge,  let  me  give  the  report  of  a 
St.  John's  Day  celebration  by  the  frater- 
nity in  Tunkhannock,  Pa. :  "Bradley  W. 
Lewis,  in  presenting  the  High  Priest's 
jewel  to  John  B.  Jennings,  was  greeted 
with  a  ground  swell  of  laughter  which 
overflowed  when  a  harp  of  the  Hebrew 
variety  was  added  by  John  B.'s  friends 
who  have  long  admired  him  as  a  prima 
donna."  The  notice  in  the  next  sentence 
of  the  report  states  that  "Religion  and 
Masonry  was  the  theme  of  a  pleasing 
address  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Brown."  If  the 
remarks  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Brown  imme- 
diately followed  the  presentation  of  the 
High  Priest's  jewel,  as  the  item  indi- 
cates, it  would  seem  impossible  for  him 
to  make  an  address  which  would  be 
pleasing  to  his  hearers  and  at  the  same 
time  meet  his  obligation  as  a  minister  of 
Jesus  Christ. 
Masonry   Claims   To   Save   Men   From    Sin. 

Masonry  claims  to  do  for  men  with- 
out Christ,  what  the  New  Testament  de- 
clares can  only  be  done  through  Christ, 
that  is,  to  save  men  from  sin. 

"Believe  on  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  and 
thou  shalt  be  saved."  (Acts  16:31.) 
"Neither  is  there  salvation  in  any  other.'*^ 
(Acts  4:12.)  "He  that  hath  the  Son  hath 
life ;  and  he  that  hath  not  the  Son  of 
God  hath  not  life."  (i  John  5:12.) 

Turning   now    to    Masonic    authority,. 


September,    1911 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


13' 


you  may  read:  ''We  now  (as  Master 
Masons)  find  man  complete  in  morality 
and  intelligence,  with  the  stay  of  re- 
ligion added,  to  insure  him  protection  of 
Deity  and  to  guard  him  against  ever  go- 
ing astray.  These  three  degrees  thus 
form  a  perfect  and  harmonious  whole. 
Nor  can  we  conceive  that  anything  can 
be  suggested  more  which  the  soul  of  man 
requires."  (Sickels'  Masonic  Monitor, 
pages  97,  98.)  "Acacian — a  term  derived 
from  akakia  (innocence)  and  signifying  a 
IMason,  who,  by  living  in  strict  obedience 
to  the  obligations  and  precepts  of  the 
fraternity,  is  free  from  sin."  In  Mackey's 
Masonic  Ritualist  you  may  find  this  state- 
ment :  "The  common  gavel  is  an  instru- 
ment made  use  of  by  operative  Masons 
to  break  ofi:  the  corners  of  rough  stones, 
the  better  to  fit  them  for  the  builder's 
use ;  but  we,  as  free  and  accepted  Ma- 
sons, are  taught  to  make  use  of  it  for  the 
more  noble  and  glorious  purpose  of  di- 
vesting our  hearts  and  consciences  of  all 
the  vices  and  superfluities  of  life;  there- 
by fitting  our  minds  as  living  stones  for 
that  spiritual  building,  that  'house  not 
made  with  hands,  eternal  in  the  heav- 
ens.' " 

"On  a  Sabbath  in  July,  1899,  Dr. 
Washington  Sullivan,  president  of  the 
Ethical  Religious  Society,  addressed  a 
large  audience  in  Steinway  Hall  on  Ma- 
sonry. He  took  two  texts,  one  from 
Emerson's  essay  on  Worship,  and  the 
other  from  Kant's  Critique  of  the  Prac- 
tical Reason.  The  following  are  some  of 
his  utterances,  as  published  in  the  Ameri- 
can Tyler,  a  leading  periodical  of  the 
Masonic  craft : 

"This  purest  essence  of  the  ethic  creed 
has  been  the  inspiration  of  Alasonic 
teachings.  To  build  up  that  which  is  to 
the  soul  what  health  is  to  the  body — 
character — this  has  been  the  aim  of  Ma- 
sonry throughout  the  ages  ;  to  show  men 
that  they  may  make  of  themselves  living 
stones  whereby  a  pure,  strong,  self-re- 
liant state  may  be  raised ;  to  teach  them 
that  the  keys  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven 
are  in  the  custody  of  no  priest,  corpora- 
tion or  church,  but  in  each  man's  own 
hands ;  that  no  religion  can  make  or  un- 
make him  save  his  own  native  endeavors  ; 
that  he  must  be  born  again,  not  of  water 
or  absolution,  but  by  the  arduous  efforts 
and  persistent  determination  of  his  own 


will.  "^^  '•'  '^  P^or  this  and  other  solemn 
truth  Masonry  has  been  a  symbol  and  a 
witness ;  and  as  long  as  such  are  the  prin- 
ciples which  it  endeavors  to  inculcate,  it 
must  flourish,  like  the  mystic  city  whose 
foundations  were  laid  foursquare  and 
imperishable.  Can  there  be  a  second 
opinion  about  such  an  institution,  which 
makes  morality  the  sovereign  concern 
of  life?  Of  course,  dogmatical  churches 
of  all  colors  frown  upon  it.  To  act  as 
though  conduct  alone  were  a  sufficient 
passport  to  present  for  future  blessing  is 
to  remove  the  priest's  candlestick  out  of 
its  place.  When  Jean  Valjean  is  dying, 
his  fussy  old  landlady  pushes  her  head 
into  his  attic  and  asks,  'Shall  I  send  for 
a  priest?'  'I  have  one,'  was  Valjean's 
reply.  Valjean  was  a  Mason  and  an  Eth- 
icist.  He  was  his  own  priest,  savior,  re- 
deemer. Believe  me  in  truth  and  indeed, 
there  is,  there  can  be,  no  other.  Each 
one  stands  severely,  inexorably  alone, 
where  the  supreme  problem  of  individual 
destiny  is  concerned.  And  therefore  I 
say,  that  nothing  better  could  befall  a 
young  man,  at  the  threshold  of  his  life, 
so  full  of  possibilities  for  good  or  ill,  so 
pregnant  with  consequences  to  himself 
and  others,  than  that  he  should  fall  early 
under  Masonic  influences  and  imbibe  the 
masculine  gospel  of  self-dependence  and 
of  self-reliance." 

The  teaching  of  the  quotation  just 
made  will  compare  favorably  with  that 
of  other  man-made  religions,  when  put 
to  the  test  of  orthodoxy.  Notice  a  few 
of  the  declarations  made :  "He  was  his 
own  priest,  savior,  redeemer,"  "He  must 
be  born  again  *  -^  *  by  the  arduous  ef- 
forts and  persistent  determination  of  his 
own  will." 

Such  teaching  appeals  to  man's  natural 
pride  and  pleases  his  depraved  imagina- 
tion. Still  if  these  views  were  held  and 
proclaimed  only  by  non-professing  Chris- 
tians, they  would  accomplish  much  less 
harm  than  they  produce  under  present 
circumstances. 

The  Awful  Sin  of  Ministers. 

But  the  great  harm  done  to  the  Church 
of  Christ  through  these  teachings  is  by 
professing  Christians  and  especially  by 
ministers  of  the  gospel  who  adopt  the 
Christless  creed  and  manifest  their  ap- 
proval and  submission  by  being  stripped, 


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September,    191L. 


hoodwinked  and  led  as  captives  to  bow  at 
the  altp.r  where  only  a  human  high  priest 
is  recognized. 

This  deistic  rehgion  is  further  en- 
dorsed in  taking  obligations  wdiich  it 
would  seem  that  no  self-respecting  man, 
could  he  foresee,  would  ever  assume. 
But  faithfulness  to  the  obligations  taken 
and  the  perpetuation  of  membership  are 
evidence  of  acceptance  of  the  new  re- 
ligion and  approval  of  the  initiation  cere- 
monies with  tlieir  attendant  oaths  and 
penalties.  It  is  in  eltect  saying,  on  the 
part  of  the  Christian  layman  and  min- 
ister alike,  "I  have  tested  this  method  of 
worship  and  give  it  my  approval  and 
influence."  Thus,  Peter-like,  the  pro- 
fessing Christian  denies  Christ  wdiile 
warming  by   ^lasonic   fire. 

The  great  question  in  the  church  to- 
day is.  How  can  we  reach  and  save  men? 
They  have  been  readied  by  the  lodges, 
which  as  reported  contain  8,000,000  of 
them.  And  these  men  Jiaz'e  reason  to  be- 
Jieve  that  the  religion  of  the  lodges, 
•li'hichi  is  endorsed  by  Christian  ministers 
Z'.-ho  are  affiliated  with  tliem,  is  sufficient 
for  their  solvation. 

Here  may  be  found  the  explanation  as 
to  why  it  is  almost  impossible  to  secure 
the  conversion  of  a  Freemason.  And  the 
fact  that  the  work  is  so  hindered  among 
Freemasons  may  account  for  the  out- 
spoken opposition  to  Freemasonry  by 
leading  eA'angelists  as  Finnev,  Moody, 
Pentecost,  Dixon,  Torrey,  and  others. 

A  stock  argument  in  favor  of  Free- 
masonry is  that  good  men  are  members 
of  the  Masonic  lodge.  The  wisdom  of 
the  children  of  this  world  is  seen  on  the 
part  of  the  lodge  in  the  practice  of  re- 
ceiving and  advancing  ministers  in  the 
fraternity  without  money  cost  to  said 
ministers. 

But  it  is  a  question  whether  it  is  quite 
the  fair  thing  for  a  preacher  of  ris^ht- 
eousness  to  give  the  weight  of  his  office 
and  name  to  an  organization  which  he 
would  not  unite  with  if  a  fee  were  char- 
ged him  for  initiation  and  advancement. 

But  w^hile  great  and  good  men,  both 
of  the  past  and  present,  are  named  as 
Freemasons,  others  quite  as  great  and 
^ood  stronelv  condemn  the  organization. 
Note  the  following  testimonies : 

"I  am  prepared  to  complete  the  demonstra- 
tion before  God  and  man,  that  the  Masonic 
oaths,    obligations,    and    penalties    cannot    by 


any  possibility  be  reconciled  to  the  laws  of 
morality,  of  Christianity,  or  of  the  land." — 
John    Qjiiiicy   Adams. 

"I  am  opposed  to  all  secret  associations."— 
.tolin    Hancock.     .  .   ■ 

"They  [secret  societies]  are  a  great  evil, 
entirely  out  of  place  m  a  republic,  and  no 
patriot  should  join  or  uphold  them." — Wen- 
dell Pluliips. 

"Before  I  would  place  my  hand  between 
the  hands  of  other  men  in  a  secret  lodge,  or- 
der, class,  or  council,  and  bending"  on  my 
knee  before  them,  enter  into  combination 
witli  them  for  any  object,  personal  or  po- 
litical, good  or  bad,  I  would  pray  God  that 
that  hand  and  that  knee  might  be  paralyzed, 
and  that  I  might  become  an  ol)ject  of  pity 
and  even  the  mockery  of  my  fellow  men.'' — 
Wm.   H.   Sezvard. 

"All  secret  associations,  the  members  of 
which  take  upon  themselves  extraordinary  ob- 
ligations to  one  another,  an^d  are  bound  to- 
j^ether  by  secret  oaths,  are  naturally  sources 
of  jealousy  and  ,  just  alarm  to  others;  are- 
especialiy  unfavorable  to  harmony  and  mutual 
confidence  among-  men  living  together  under 
popular  institutions,  and  are  dangerous  to- 
the  general  cause  of  civil  liberty  and  just 
government.  Under  the  influence  of  this  con- 
viction I  heartily  approve  the  law,  lately  en- 
acted in  the  state  of  which  I  am  a  citizen, 
for  abolishing  all  such  oaths  and  obligations."^ 
— Daniel   Webster. 

"My  whole  record  is  against  tliem." — 
Frances  E.    Willard. 

"Of  all  I  wish  to  say  of  secret  societies,- 
this   is   th.e    sum  :      Secret    oaths — 

"1.  Can  be  shown,  hi.-torically.  to  have  led 
to   crime. 

"2.  Are  natural  sources  of  jealousy  and 
just   alarm  to   society   at   large. 

"3.  A-re  especially  unfavorable  to  harmony 
and  mutual  confidence  among  men  living  to- 
gether   under    popular    institutions. 

"4.  Are  dangerous  to  the  general  cause  of 
civil   liberty  and   just   government. 

"5.  Are  condemned  by  the  severe  denun- 
ciations of  many  of  the  wisest  statesmen,, 
preachers   and   reformers. 

"6.  Are  opposed  to  Christian  principles, 
especially  to  those  implied  in  these  three 
texts  : 

"  'In  secret  have  I  said  nothing.' 

"  'Be  not  unequally  yoked  together  zifith  un- 
believers.' 

"'Give  no  offence  in  anything,  tJiat  the 
mi  )i  is  try  be  not  blamed.' 

"7.  Are  forbidden  in  some  portions  of  our 
Republic  by  the  civil  law,  and  ought  to  be  in 
all  portions.  Many  European  governments- 
hold  Freemasonry  under  grave  suspicions,  as' 
a  mask  for  conspiracies  against  throne  and 
altar. 

"8.  Are  forbidden  to  church  members  by 
some  Christian  denominations  and  ought  to  be 
by    all." — Joseph   Cook. 

"I  do  not  see  how  an  intelligent,  conse- 
crated Christian  can  belong  to  a  secret  order. 
It  is  an  express  disobedience  to  God's  plairr 
command    (II    Cor.   6:14).     Furthermore,    the 


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awful  mockery  of  the  profane  prayer  in  the 
pretended  resurrection  scene  in  the  initiation 
ceremonies  of  the  Master  Mason's  degree 
must  shock  beyond  measure  any  man  of  real 
spirituality.  Some  of  the  oaths  in  higher  de- 
grees of  Masonary  must  be  horrible  Ijeyond 
expression  to  any  man  possessed  of  genuine 
Christian    sentiment." — R.   A.    Torrey. 

"Give  them  the  truth,  anyway,  and  if  they 
would  rather  leave  their  churches  than  tlieir 
lodges,  the  sooner  they  get  out  of  the  churches 
the  better.  I  would  rather  have  ten  mem- 
bers who  were  separated  from  the  world  than 
a  thousand  such  members." — Dwight  L. 
Moody. 

(To  be  continued.) 


CHURCH  RULES. 

What    Rule    is    Best    for    Securing  Young 
Men    for    the    Christian    Church. 

BY  C.  A.  BLANCHARD,  D.   D. 

The  question  submitted  to  me  is  this  : 
"'Would  it  be  better  for  churches  which 
are  opposed  to  secret  societies  to  refuse 
admission  to  young  men  who  are  con- 
nected with  various  beneficiary  organiza- 
tions, or  to  receive  them  to  membership 
in  the  church  and  seek  to  wean  them 
from  the  lodge  afterwards?" 

This  question  is  suggested  by  the  fact 
that  the  young  men  of  our  generation  are 
so  largely  hostile  or  indifferent  to  the 
church.  In  our  cities,  and  in  country 
places  as  well,  a  large  per  cent  of  the 
young  men  are  connected  with  various 
beneficiary  organizations.  Some  of  them 
are  opposed  to  the  older  orders  such  as 
the  Jesuits,  Freemasons,  Od'dfellows, 
and  the  like.  They  have  united  with 
these  fraternal  organizations  for  the 
purpose  of  insurance.  Many  of  them 
attend  the  meetings  seldom  or  not  at 
all. 

Ministers  are  raising  the  question 
whether  or  not  the  rules  which  forbid 
memberikhip  in  the  church  to  such  per- 
sons should  not  be  relaxed,  the  thought 
to  the  church  and  ultimately  from  the 
lodge. 

Not    Condemned   for    Poor    Business 
Judgment. 

The  answer  to  this  question  depends 
upon  the  character  of  these  organizations. 
That  they  are  financially  unsound  seems 
clear  from  the  very  principles  upon  which 
thev  are  constructed.  As  temporary  ex- 
pedients, while  the  greater  part  of  the 
membership  is  young,  they  may  do;  but 
when  the  membership  grows  older,  death 


assessments  become  so  'frequent  or  so 
large  as  to  cripple  or  destroy  them.  It 
is  stated  that  over  3,000  fraternal  insur- 
ance companies,  each  of  them  involving 
the  lodge  principle,  have  perished  within 
the  last  forty  years.  Almost  every  week 
some  new  name  is  added  to  this  long 
death  roll ;  but  the  church,  which 
should  indeed  care  for  the  material  inter- 
ests of  its  members,  is  not  chiefly  con- 
cerned with  them.  It  should  antagonize 
these  lodges  because  they  are  financially 
injurious;  but  this  alone  would  not  fur- 
nish a  good  reason  for  excluding  their 
members  from  church  fellowship. 

No  man  should  be  denied  the  privileges 
of  the  church  because  his  business  judg- 
ment is  poor.  The  exclusion  must  be 
justified,  if  at  all,  upon  moral  grounds — 
on  the  ground  that  these  lesser  orders  are 
one  in  principle  with  the  greater. 

Membership  in   Pagan   Religious   Organiza- 
tions   Ought   to    Debar   from    Church 
Fellowship. 

Freemasonry,  Oddfellowship  and  all 
similar  organizations  are  pagan  religions. 
The  God  whom  they  worship  is  the  god 
of  this  world.  He  is  not  God  the  Father 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  Their  prayers 
are  not  offered  in  the  name  of  Jesus,  their 
creed  is  deistic,  their  ceremonies  are  de- 
grading to  manhood  and  even  dangerous 
to  life  and  limb,  their  obligations  are  anti- 
Christian.  If  the  beneficiary  orders  are 
of  the  same  sort,  of  course  the  church 
should  require  persons  who  are  members 
of  them  to  cease  from  that  membership 
before  they  seek  to  identify  themselves 
with  it. 

Minor  and  Major  Orders  the  Same  in  Na- 
ture   and   Tendency. 

I  am  satisfied  that  the  lesser  orders, 
as  they  are  called,  are  the  same  in  nature 
and  tendency  as  those  that  are  called 
greater. 

The  Modern  Woodmen  of  America, 
when  organized,  attempted  to  omit  every- 
thing of  a  religious  character.  No  pray- 
ers were  provided,  no  Scriptures  were  to 
be  read.  The  organization  was  declared 
by  its  founder  to  be  purely  secular,  and 
to  have  no  purpose  except  the  relief  of 
suffering  and  need.  Yet  the  \\'oodmen 
have  alreadv  a  burial  service.  They  are 
now  asking  ministers  to  preach  sermons 
to  them  once  a  year,  and  are  going  on 


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September,    1911. 


the  Sabbath  days  to  the  graveyards  for 
memorial  services  there.  The  fact  is,  men 
need  some  rehgion.  They  wish  it,  and 
when  thev  are  not  wilHng-  to  be  Christians 
they  make  a  religion  for  themselves.  If 
this  be  true,  that  the  minor  and  major 
orders  are  the  same  in  nature  and  ten- 
dency, then  I  am  decidedly  of  the  opinion 
that  churches  should  instruct  young  men 
regarding  them  before,  and  not  after,  they 
become  members  of  the  church. 

If  we  allow  that  these  beneficiary  or- 
ders are  evil  in  essential  respects,  and  if 
we  hold  that  young  men  should  antago- 
to  be  determined,  first,  as  respects  her 
nize  them,  the  duty  of  the  Church  is  then 
children,   and,   second,   as   regards   those 

The  attempt  to  draw  men  into  the 
church,  leaving  them  in  ignorance  of  the 
true  character  of  the  adversaries  of  the 
church,  has  been  a  disastrous  failure. 
There  is  no  reason  to  suppose  that  it  will 
be  more  successful  in  the  future  than  it 
has  been  in  the  past.  If  the  church  will 
teach  our  young  men  what  they  ought  to 
know,  and  live  before  them  as  it  should, 
they  will  unite  with  the  church,  and  will 
not  have  to  be  coaxed  to  leave  lodges. 

What   Rule  for   Other  Young  Men? 

Respecting  the  work  for  young  men 
who  are  not  reared  in  Christian  homes, 
the  idea  of  the  Church  is  still  to  educate. 
At  the  present  time  we  hear  much  said 
about  "attracting"  people  to  the  churches. 
Various  devices  are  used  for  this  pur- 
pose, and  they  have  a  greater  or  less 
degree  of  success,  but  it  is  evident  to 
any  one  who  has  studied  the  question  that 
attracting  people  to  the  church  for  an  oc- 
casion and  attracting  them  to  an  intelli- 
gent and  constant  membership  in  it  are 
widely  different  things.  The  only  churches 
which  have  succeeded  in  doing  the  latter 
are  those  which  have  preached  the  gos- 
pel, and  thus  met  the  deeper  needs  of 
the  human  heart.  Hired  singers,  entertain- 
ments, popular  addresses  and  the  like 
may  draw  a  large  number  of  persons  to 
the  church,  but  unfortunately  they  will 
soon  fall  away  and  will  do  very  little 
good  while  they  are  present. 
God's  Standard  Ought  Not  to  Be  Relaxed, 

What  is  needed  for  the  church  is  a  com- 
pany of  men  and  women  truly  converted 
and  fully  consecrated  to  the  work  of  sav- 


ing others  from  the  death  of  sin.  These 
cannot  be  secured  by  any  hocus  pocus, 
but  only  by  the  power  of  God.  This 
power  is  not  granted  to  tricks  and  de- 
vices, but  to  penitence,  faith  and  prayer. 
Churches  and  persons  who  really  desire 
God  may  be  assured  of  His  presence  and 
blessing,  and  when  they  have  Him  they 
will  secure  all  the  favor  with  men  that 
will  be  good  for  them.  What  our  churchei 
should  do  is  not  to  lower  the  standard 
which  the  word  of  God  sets  up,  but  to 
abide  by  it  and  bring  the  people  up  to  it. 
This  is  the  path  of  duty  and  of  victory. 


iHluarti* 


MRS.  R.  A.  CULLOR. 

Just  as  we  were  closing  the  forms  of 
this  number,  word  was  received  that 
"Dear  Mother  died  this  morning  (Sat- 
urday, August  19th).  Did  not  suffer 
at  the  last — just  quietly  stopped  breath- 
ing." 

Mrs.  Laura  L.  Cullor's  memory  will 
be  precious  not  only  to  her  ten  children, 
but  also  to  all  who  love  a  godly  charac- 
ter and  a  loyal  servant  of  the  Master. 
Few  have  been  called  upon  to  bear  as 
heavy  a  cross  as  she  and  her  husband 
bore  for  fidelity  to  the  antisecrecy  cause, 
when  buildings  were  burned,  stock  pois- 
oned, tongues  of  valuable  cattle  cut  out, 
sixteen  head  of  fine  steers  stolen  at  one 
time,  besides  hogs  and  sheep;  and  also 
law-suits  were  trumped  up,  which  cost 
thousands  of  dollars  to  defend,  and  an 
abuse  of  themselves  and  family  that  is 
almost  unparalleled  in  ^present  times. 

''Nearer  and  dearer  are  the  blessed  dead 

Than  we  are  wont  to  think. 
When  with  farewells  and  tears  we  bow  the 
head 

Beside  the  solemn  brink. 

^ffi  5JC  i}^  -^  f^  'T^  5)* 

"Oh,     comforting,     sweet     thought  —  that 
though  we  stand 

On  death-divided  shores, 
Love  still  can  stretch  to  us  its  angel  hand, 

And  lay  its  heart  on  ours!" 


David  said,  "I  shall  not  want."  God 
gives  us  not  only  what  we  need  but  what 
we  want.  God  saves  us  from  all  unholy 
desires  and  we  feel  satisfied  with  holy 
delights. 


September,    1911. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


141 


Cl)e  ^otoer  of  tl)e  Secret  Cmpire 


IBp  ^100  ©♦  OB.  iFlasc 


XXXVI. 

Some    Examples    of    Masonic    Benevolence 
and    Morality. 

Half  a  dozen  summers  previous  to  the 
one  in  which  occurred  the  scenes  relat- 
ed in  the  last  chapter,  there  happened 
one  of  those  common  and  yet  most  sad 
events,  a  serious  accident  to  a  laboring 
man  with  a  wife  and  children  depend- 
ent upon  him  for  their  daily  bread.  He 
was  a  carpenter  and  fell  from  an  imper- 
fectly built  staging,  receiving  severe  in- 
ternal injuries  that  resulted  in  his  death 
after  a  year  of  lingering  illness. 

"The  lodge  will  see  to  you  and  the 
children,"  whispered  the  dying  man  to 
his  weeping  wife,  whose  always  delicate 
health  had  been  shattered  by  incessant 
watching  at  the  bedside  of  her  sick  hus- 
band, and,  knowing  that  his  death  would 
leave  her  without  a  penny,  could  not 
see  in  the  dark  night  of  approaching  wid- 
owhood the  glimmer  of  a  single  star  of 
'earthly  hope.  "I've  always  paid  my 
dues  regular  till  that  accident  happen- 
ed. The  lodge  owes  it  to  me  to  see  that 
vou  and  the  children  are  well  provided 
for." 

"They  have  given  us  in  all  but  twenty 
dollars  since  you  have  been  sick,"  an- 
swered the  wife,  who  was  only  a  woman 
and  reasoned  as  women  are  apt  to  in 
such  matters.  "That  is  but  a  fraction 
of  what  you  have  paid  them  at  one  time 
and  another.  And  I  am  sure  we  have 
needed  the  money." 

"I  know  twenty  dollars  don't  go  a 
great  ways,  but  we've  rubbed  along. 
And  now  I've  got  pretty  nigh  the  end, 
so  there'll  be  all  the  more  for  you  and 
the   children." 

His  wife  was  silent.  She  had  her 
misgivings,  but  not  for  worlds  would 
she  breathe  the  shadow  of  a  doubt  into 
the  ear  of  that  soul  that  was  passing  into 
eternity,  happy  in  the  thought  that  he 
belonged  to  a  brotherhood  which  made 
the  widow  and  the  orphan  the  objects 
of  its  especial  care. 


That  night  he  died.  The  lodge  buried 
him  with  Christless  prayers  and  dirges, 
and,  to  do  it  justice,  spared  none  of  the 
honors  to  which  a  defunct  "worthy 
brother''  is  Masonically  entitled.  The 
widow's  hopes  revived.  Surely  they 
who  would  do  so  much  for  the  dead 
would  have  a  care  for  the  living.  But 
the  lodge,  when  applied  to  for  assistance, 
viewed  the  matter  in  a  slightly  different 
light.  For,  to  state  the  simple  truth,  a 
number  of  grand  suppers  given  by  the 
fraternity,  sundry  bills  of  cost  for  re- 
galia, gloves,  aprons,  etc.,  to  say  nothing 
of  a  great  many  extras  for  wine,  beer 
and  cigars,  had  swallowed  up  so  much 
of  the  charity  fund  as  to  leave  the  lodge 
in  no  condition  to  heed  her  appeal.  But 
it  must  not  be  supposed  that  any  such 
explanation  of  the  case  was  given  to  the 
indigent  widow  when  she  asked  for  fur- 
ther aid.  Oh,  no.  She  was  coolly  told 
that  her  husband  had  not  paid  his  dues 
for  a  year,  and  they  had  done  all  that 
could  reasonably  be  expected  of  them  in 
giving  him  Masonic  burial. 

She  could  not  prove  that  the  lodge  had 
taken  her  husband's  money  and  paid 
him  back,  not  counting  interest,  scarce 
a  fifth  part  of  what  was  his  actual  due. 
The  widow  struggled  along  for  a  while ; 
a  few  individual  Masons  contributed  to 
her  relief  from  their  own  pockets,  but 
as  benevolently  inclined  persons  are  to 
be  found  everywhere  and  the  lodge  col- 
lectively had  nothing  to  do  with  these 
contributions,  it  may  be  fair  to  infer 
that  they  might  possibly  have  done  the 
same  thing  whether  Masons  or  not.  It 
was  a  hopeless  struggle  even  with  occa- 
sional aid  from  private  charity.  Her 
health  completely  broke  down  at  last. 
Her  two  children  were  bound  out,  while 
she  went  to  the  almshouse  as  her  only 
refuge,  dying  there  soon  after  of  quick 
consumption. 

Death,  in  separating  her  from  her  chil- 
dren, however,  spared  her,  as  death  so 
often  does,  the  pang  of  a  deeper  anguish 
— for   she   was   Mary   Lyman's   mother. 


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September,    1911. 


It  doesn't  matter  where  I  gathered 
these  facts.  They  are  true.  This  is  not 
-a  statistical  book  or  else  I  should  be 
tempted  to  give  a  few  figures  that  would 
demonstrate  to  the  most  skeptical  that 
the  benevolence  of  the  lodge  is  on  a  par 
with  its  morality — a  hollow  sham,  a 
Avhited  sepulchre. 

]Mary  Lyman's  father  was  a  Mason, 
hut  this  fact  did  not  save  her  from  ruin 
and  death  at  the  hands  of  a  brother  Ma- 
son who  had  solemnly  sworn  to  preserve 
inviolate  the  chastity  of  all  women  with 
near  [Masonic  kindred,  though  with  this 
very  convenient  little  proviso  attached, 
''kiwK'lnci  tlicjii   to  be  such:'' 

AA'omen  of  America,  do  you  hold  your 
pin'ity  so  lightly  that  you  can  afford  to 
countenance  such  a  system  as  this  ?  Will 
you.  knowing  these  things,  still  continue 
to  smile  on  the  lodge  and  accept  its  slimy 
favors  ?  Sisters  of  the  Church  of  Christ, 
does  it  matter  nothing  to  you  that  Ma- 
sonry rejects  His  name  from  her  ritual  as 
''too  sectarian"  and  tramples  His  aton- 
ing blood  under  foot  by  teaching  anoth- 
er way  of  salvation  ?  that  by  the  testi- 
mony of  her  own  writers  she  traces  back 
"her  origin  to  the  ancient  heathen  myster- 
ies with  their  abominable  rites  of  dark- 
ness, and  aspires,  as  we  learn  from  the 
same  unquestionable  source,  to  become 
finally  "the  universal  religion  of  man- 
"hood?"  Can  you  prav  for  the  speedy 
coming  of  Christ's  millennial  reign  and 
be  indifferent  to  the  fact  that  another 
kingdom  is  being  set  up  in  which  He  has 
neither  part  nor  lot  ?  Will  you  apologize 
for  such  a  system?  defend  it  by  your 
silence  or  worse  still  ''care  nothing  about 
it?"  As  it  rejects  Christ,  so  it  has  no 
place  for  woman,  and  should  the  day 
ever  dawn  when  Masonry  becomes  the 
tmiversal  religion,  God  help  her! 

Rachel  herself  gathered  the  flowers 
from  her  own  garden  to  lay  about  the 
dead  girl's  white,  still  form.  She  placed 
a  half -opened  rosebud  between  the  clos- 
ed fingers,  kissed,  the  cold  forehead,  and 
with  solemn  words  of  prayer  that  seem- 
ed in  their  tender,  impassioned  earnest- 
ness like  a  personal  appeal  to  that  infin- 
ite, unchanging  Pity  which  is  at  the  heart 
of  God  in  Christ,  visibly  manifested  be- 
fore his  eyes — it  was  Elder  Stedman 
who  perform.ed  the  last  services — Mary 
Li'man  was  laid  awav  in  a  corner  of  the 


potter's    field    outside    the    cemetery   to 
slumber  till  the  resurrection  morning. 

But  before  the  grave  had  set  its  seal 
of  corruption  on  the  statuesque  beauty 
of  a  single  lineament  her  murderer  was 
released  on  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus  and 
admitted  to  bail ! 

Elder  Stedman,  when  the  funeral  was 
over,  came  back  to  our  house ;  but,  un- 
heeding the  cup  of  tea  that  Rachel  pour- 
ed out  for  him,  he  paced  up  and  down 
the  room  in  stern  and  solemn  silence, 
broken  at  last  by  these  abrupt  words — 

'T  have  been  like  one  of  the  foolish 
prophets.  I  have  healed  the  hurt  of  the 
daughter  of  my  people  slightly.  God 
forgive  me.  Henceforth  every  faculty 
of  mind  and  body  shall  be  devoted  to  an 
unceasing  warfare  against  this  dragon 
of  Masonry  that  stands  like  his  proto- 
type in  Revelation  ready  to  engulf  and 
sv/allow  the  church  with  the  devouring 
flood  he  casts  out  of  his  mouth." 

"Why,  Mark;"  said  I,  "you  do  your- 
self injustice.  When  hardly  a  preacher 
in  these  parts  dares  to  mention  Masonry 
you  have  scourged  it  unsparingly  from 
the  pulpit.     What  can  you  do  more?" 

"I  tell  you,  Leander,"  said  Mark, 
pausing  a  moment  in  his  agitated  walk, 
"I  feel  as  if  I  had  only  tickled  the  mon- 
ster by  throwing  wooden  darts  at  him. 
Henceforth  it  must  be  a  hand  to  hand 
combat.  Onh^  the  iron  of  truth  can  pen- 
etrate between  the  scales  of  his  armor, 
for,  like  Apollyon,  his  scales  are  his 
pride.  I  must  lecture  as  well  as  preach 
on   this   subject." 

"But,  Mark,"  I  answered,  a  little 
startled,  "you  will  only  rouse  persecu- 
tion. A  good  many  people  seem  to  think 
Masonry  is  like  the  Giant  Pope  whom 
Christian  saw  sitting  in  the  mouth  of  his 
cave — too  old  and  decrepit  to  hurt.  But  I 
know  better.  The  lodge  don't  care  much 
for  a  few  side  thrusts,  but  attack  it  at 
close  quarters  and  you  will  find  that  it 
can  turn  with  as  deadly  vengeance  as  it 
did   in   Morgan's   day." 

"Well,"  answered  the  Elder,  quietly, 
"I  am  old  and  gray-headed  now,  and  a 
few  years  of  life  less  or  more  matters 
little  to  me.  There  is  a  conflict  coming 
and  woe  unto  me  if  I  gird  not  on  my  ar- 
mor to  meet  it.  My  old  belief  comes  back 
to  me.  This  is  going  to  be  no  ordinary 
contest.     It  is  the  battle  of  Armageddon. 


September,    ll'll. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURIC. 


14rr 


the    last   great    contiict   before    the    final 
end." 

Mark  spoke  with  the  same  kindling 
eyes  and  solemn  fervor  with  which  he 
had  dilated  on  this  very  same  subject 
forty  years  before. 

"I  have  had  some  such  thoughts 
myself,"  I  answered,  after  a  mo- 
ment's silence.  "Organized  secrecy 
seems  to  be  Satan's  last  and  most 
cunning  move.  In  the  old  pagan 
and  popery  times  he  tried  to  con- 
quer the  church  by  sheer  open  force. 
Now  he  is  trying  to  undermine  the  cita- 
del, and  the  worst  of  it  is  the  church 
won't  be  roused  to  see  her  danger.  How- 
ever, I  suppose  I  can  no  more  keep  you 
out  of  the  battle  than  I  could  Job's  war- 
horse.  Only  have  a  care  of  yourself, 
Mark,    for    Hannah's    sake." 

The  Elder  started  as  if  I  had  touched 
a  tender  chord,  for  he  and  Hannah  were 
a  lonely  couple  now.  Of  their  two  sons, 
one  had  died  in  the  service  of  his  coun- 
try, the  other  was  a  toiling  missionary 
on  the  far-off  soil  of  southern  Africa. 
But  it  was  only  for  an  instant,  then  the 
pole  star  of  his  life  shone  out  clear  and 
steady. 

"I  told  Hannah  the  day  she  married 
me  that  she  must  take  me  as  the  Coven- 
anter John  Brown  took  his  wife,  Isabel, 
with  the  assurance  that  when  she  least 
expected  it  the  hand  of  violence  might 
part  him  from  her.  We  have  learned 
to  hold  nothing  back — not  even  each 
other." 

But  while  the  Elder  was  thus  absorb- 
ed in  thoughts  of  that  great  pre-millen- 
nial  contest  which  he  believed  was  ap- 
proaching. Colonel  Montfort  was  like- 
wise thinking — though  on  a  different 
subject  and  with  a  good  cigar  to  aid  the 
process.  Two  difficult  tasks  lay  before 
him ;  one  was  the  triumphant  delivery 
of  Maurice  Jervish  from  the  hands  of 
justice,  the  other  was  the  sacrifice  of  An- 
son Lovejoy  to  violated  Masonic  law. 

The  Colonel  was  not  a  man  of  gener- 
ous impulses,  and  had  there  been  no 
other  tie  between  him  and  Mary  Ly- 
man's murderer  than  mere  friendship, 
he  would  in  all  probability  have  washed 
his  hands  of  him.  He  desired  to  shield 
Jervish,  firstly  and  primarily,  because 
the    honor    and    glory    of    Masonry    de- 


manded it.     V\  hat  was  to  become  of  the 
fraternity  if  its  members  could  claim  no- 
special  privileges  over  honest  men  ?     A 
vital  (|uestion  to  the  Colonel,  who  knew 
very  well  that  there  had  been  times  in 
his    own    political    and    military    career 
when  he  might  have  fared  badly  if  the 
shielding    of    each    other's    crimes    had 
formed    no    part    oi    lodge    obligations. 
However    hopeless    the    situation    might, 
appear  to  un-Masonic  eyes,  in  the  light 
of  these   encouraging  items   of   his  past 
experience,  the   Colonel  did  not  despair 
of  bringing  oft'  his  friend  with  flying  col- 
^)rs.      It   was   over   another   subject   that 
he  spent  the  most  anxious  thought,  andl 
constuiied  the  greatest  number  of  cigars. 
He  hated  Anson  Lovejoy  as   wicked- 
ness will  always  hate  rectitude.    He  was 
furious  that  he  had  dared  to  pursue  Jer- 
vish and  deliver  him  over  to  the  grasp 
of  the  law  ;  and  as  the  controlling  spirit 
of  the  lodge  he  was  well  aware  how  very 
easily  the  wrath  of  the  fraternity  against 
him    could   be    made   to   bring   forth   its. 
legitimate  fruit — murder.     Nor  is  it  too 
much  to  say  of  the  Colonel  that  he  knew 
he  could  at  any  moment  put  his   finger 
on   the   men   who   would  not   scruple  to- 
dispose  of  Anson  Lovejoy  after  the  most 
approved    Masonic    fashion.      The    pos- 
sibility, however,  of  another  Antimasonic 
excitement   was   a    factor   which   contin- 
ually came  in  and  disturbed  the  Colonel's 
reckoning,  for  he  was  a  man  accustom- 
ed to  weigh  duly  all  the  pros  and  cons 
before   committing-  himself   to   a    course 
of   action   which    might    entail    disagree- 
able   consequences.      But   his    hatred    of 
Lovejoy  burned  with  so  intense  a  flame 
that   for   once  passion   overpowered   the 
cool    and    calculating    selfishness    which 
with  him  as  with  most  men  of  that  pe- 
culiar caliber  was  the  governing  princi- 
ple of  his  life. 

The  sound  of  his  name  spoken  in  low 
and  cautious  tones  by  some  one  standing 
outside  broke  in  upon  the  Colonel's  med- 
itations. He  rose  and,  opening  the  long 
window,  stepped  out  upon  the  piazza. 
A  man  stood  there  in  the  moonlight,  a 
prominent  member  of  Fidelity  Lodge. 

"Oh,  it  is  you,  Mugford.  I  suppose 
all  the  arrangements  are  made  then  :  but 
don't  let  too  many  into  the  secret.  Half 
a  dozen  would  be  enough  if  the  affair 
was  managed  properly." 


144 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


September,    1911. 


"I've  talked  with  Golding  and  Peck 
and  the  others.  They  will  be  all  ready 
to  do  their  part  when  the  time  comes. 
But  \Miitby  we  can't  depend  on  I  am 
afraid.     He  hangs  back." 

The  Colonel  muttered  an  oath. 

"\\'ell,  shut  his  mouth  up  some  way. 
If  he  is  disposed  to  blab  give  him  a  hint 
that  ^^■e  know  how  to  manage  traitors, 
\\>  can  deal  with  one  as  well  as  anoth- 
er." And  after  a  little  more  conversa- 
tion of  like  tenor  the  two  conspirators 
separated. 

]\Iasonic  min-ders  would  be  mtich  more 
common  than  is  happily  the  case  if  the 
brethren  everywhere  lived  up  to  their 
obligations  :  but  just  as  the  majority  of 
slaveholders  were  far  more  humane  than 
the  system  which  gave  them  irresponsi- 
ble power,  so  ]Masons  as  a  rule  are  better 
than  the  institution  which  swears  its  de- 
votees to  bring  every  traitor  to  ^'strict 
and  condign  punishment." 

Among  the  hardened  and  desperate 
men.  the  rowdies,  gamblers  and  drunk- 
ards who  surrounded  Colonel  Montfort 
and  moved  obsequiously  to  do  his  bid- 
ding, there  was  one  who  shrank  from 
the  crime  of  secret  assassination.  The 
result  was  that  Anson  Lovejoy  the 
next  day  received  from  an  unknown 
source  a  much  crumpled  note  with  a 
rude  imitation  of  the  square  and  com- 
pass in  the  corner,  which  after  correct- 
ing some  peculiarities  of  orthography 
ran  as  follows  : 

"Don"t  go  to  the  lodge  tonight.  They 
mean  to  ask  you  to  resign,  then  drag  you 
from  the  chair  if  you  refuse,  and  murder 
you  in  the  lodge  room.  In  the  scuffle  it 
will  never  be  known  who  struck  the  blow. 
If  you  value  your  life,  stay  away. 

"A  Friend  and  a  Mason." 

"How  do  I  know  but  this  is  a  mere 
foolish  trick  to  frighten  me?"  said  Love- 
joy.  *Tt  would  look  too  cowardly  to 
stay  away.     I  can't  do  it." 

''Xo,"  I  said,  earnestly,  ''this  is  no 
trick  but  a  friendly  warning.  You  must 
heed  it." 

Lovejoy  stood  irresolute.  I  knew  he 
felt  as  a  brave  man  always  does  at  the 
thought  of  saving  his  life  by  what  seems 
like  cowardly  flight  from  a  post  of  duty. 

'T  have  thought  of  a  plan,"  I  said, 
after   a  moment's   silence.     "Go  to  the 


lodge   to-night,   as  usual,   and  your  life 
shall  be  protected." 

"How?" 

*■  Station  a  guard  around  the  lodge. 
There  are  plenty  of  Antimasons  in  Gran- 
by  that  would  rather  enjoy  serving  in 
such  a  capacity.  Take  your  seat  in  the 
chair  precisely  as  at  any  ordinary  meet- 
ing, and  as  soon  as  there  is  the  least  at- 
tempt at  violence,  give  the  signal  and 
we  will  burst  open  the  door  and  rush 
in." 

''That  will  do,"  he  said,  after  a  mo- 
mentls  deliberation.  *'No'  better  plan 
could  be  devised." 

And  with  the  understanding  that  I 
should  as  quickly  and  quietly  as  possible 
gather  a  force  sufficient  for  his  protec- 
tion, Anson  Lovejoy  prepared  to  front 
the  men  who  had  secretly  banded  to- 
gether to  take  his  life.  For  what?  For 
violating  his  Masonic  obligations.  In 
other  words,  for  daring  to  do  his  duty 
as  an  honest  God-fearing  citizen  of  this 
free  Republic,  consecrated  to  liberty  by 
the  blood  and  tears  of  our  forefathers, 
yet  fostering  in  its  bosom  a  dark  and  ter- 
rible despotism  which,  when  its  laws  are 
violated,  knows  neither  mercy  nor  for- 
giveness, allows  of  no  appeal  from  its 
sentence,  and  punishes  without  the  form 
of  trial. 

Although  the  tide  of  popular  excite- 
ment in  Granby  had  subsided  with  the 
arrest  of  Jervish,  it  left,  as  such  excite- 
ments usually  do,  a  deposit  behind  it. 
Firm  and  settled  conviction  had  taken 
in  many  minds  the  place  of  ignorance 
and  doubt.  Pronounced  Antimasons 
were  scarce  before,"  now  they  were  very 
common.  Consequently  I  found  no  diffi- 
culty in  gathering  a  force  sufficiently 
large  to  surround  the  lodge  and  prevent 
the  threatened  attack  on  Anson  Lovejoy. 

We  allowed  the  brethren  time  to  as- 
semble, and  then  marching  silently  from 
our  place  of  rendezvous  we  took  our 
stations  around  the  building,  scarcely 
daring  to  breathe  lest  some  sound  should 
escape  our  ears  from  the  upper  room 
where  the  lodge  was  meeting. 

Meanwhile  Lovejoy  had  seated  him- 
self in  the  Master's  chair  and  gone 
through  the  preliminary  exercises  with 
outward  calmness.  He  no  longer  doubt- 
ed the  truth  of  the  warning  note.    Even 


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145 


before  he  caught  sight  of  a  knife  con- 
cealed under  the  coat  of  one  of  the  mem- 
bers he  knew  himself  to  be  surrounded 
by  a  hand  of  secret  assassins,  and  felt 
that  on  his  courage  and  tact  in  co-operat- 
ing with  those  outside  his  life  depended. 

Colonel  Montfort,  as  before  hinted, 
was  a  man  that  preferred  to  do  his  dirty 
work  by  means  of  tools.  He  meant  to 
keep  his  hand  concealed  throughout  this 
whole  affair.  It  was  therefore  no  part 
of  his  scheme  to  open  the  attack  on 
Lovejoy  in  person,  but  to  put  forward 
Simon  Peck  instead,  as  the  mouth-piece 
of  the  lodge.  Peck  was  an  ignorant  and 
illiterate  man,  and  far  from  being  a 
good  spokesman,  but  he  knew  that  the 
demand  to  resign  would  be  felt  by  Love- 
joy  as  an  additional  insult,  coming  from 
such  a  quarter.  Peck  was  the  most  sub- 
servient of  tools  under  his  master's  eye, 
and  in  the  present  case  some  personal 
feeling  mingled  with  the  infuriated  hate 
towards  Lx)vejoy  which  he  shared  in 
common  with  the  other  members  of  the 
lodge,  for  so  violating  his  Masonic  ob- 
ligations as  to  arrest  a  murderer. 

Some  writer  has  said  that  everybody 
is  well  connected  in  certain  directions. 
So  also  is  the  opposite  /act  true,  espec- 
ially among  the  heterogeneous  elements 
that  compose  American  society — for 
^Maurice  Jervish,  the  personal  friend  of 
Colonel  Montfort,  was  also  some  con- 
nection of  the  Pecks.  It  was  there  he 
had  first  seen  Alary  Lyman,  and  though 
he  moved  in  a  so  much  higher  social 
sphere  than  they,  was  quite  willing  to 
take  all  the  advantage  which  his  relation- 
ship to  the  family  gave  him  in  accom- 
plishing the  ruin  of  his  victim.  Peck 
had  badgered  his  wife  into  denying  be- 
fore the  coroner's  jury  all  knowledge  of 
the  closed  carriage  that  had  been  seen 
to  stop  at  their  door  the  night  Mary  was 
missing ;  he  had  likewise  aided  in  secret- 
ing Jervish — it  was  believed  on  his  prem- 
ises, which  the  sheriff,  true  to  his  Ma- 
sonic obligations,  refused  to  search — all 
at  the  bidding  of  Colonel  Montfort,  who 
found  in  Peck  just  that  mixture  of  bigot- 
ry and  self-conceit  which  is  so  conven- 
ient in  the  underlings  of  the  lodge  when 
their  superiors  wish  to  manipulate  them 
for  purposes  of  their  own. 

Lovejoy  listened  calmly  to  the  end  of 
the  halting,  ungrammatical  speech,  which 


was  really  nothing  but  a  low  tirade  of 
abuse.  He  was  prepared  for  this  part 
of  the  programme.  Peck  sat  down  and 
wiped  his  forehead,  rather  exhausted 
with  his  effort  at  oratory,  but  supremely 
satisfied  therewith.  There  was  an  in- 
stant's silence,  during  which  Lovejoy's 
eye  looked  with  eagle  keenness  over  the 
throng  of  conspirators  which  surrounded 
him  like  a  pack  of  hungry  wolves  thirst- 
ing for  his  blood ;  and  then  he  answered 
slowly  and  firmly  : 

"If  I  have  committed  any  offense 
against  Masonic  law  I  am  willing  to  meet 
the  charge,  and  if  proved,  submit  like 
any  ordinary  member  to  the  sentence  of 
the  lodge.  I  am  denounced  as  a  traitor. 
To  resign  the  chair  under  these  circum- 
stances would  be  equivalent  to  a  plea  of 
guilty,  and  I  therefore  refuse  most  de- 
cidedly to  do  any  such  thing." 

This  reply  was  also  in  agreement  with 
the  programme.  There  was  a  murmur 
of  rage  as  Lovejoy  finished  speaking. 
and  a  forward  movement  from  the  mem- 
ber who  carried  the  concealed  dirk. 

''You  shall  resign,  3^ou  blasted  traitor!" 
he  exclaimed,  with  an  oath.  "Take  vour 
choice,  either  be  dragged  from  the  chair 
or  give  it  up  peaceably." 

'T  will  neither  be  dragged  from  the 
chair  nor  give  it  up,"  coolly  answered 
Lovejoy,  who  knew  that  the  fatal  mo- 
ment was  fast  approaching  when,  ac- 
cording to  their  pre-concerted  arrange- 
ment, the  w^iole  band  of  ruffians  would 
be  on  him.  "You  have  met  here  to  take 
my  life.  I  know  it,  and  others  know  it. 
too.  A  guard  of  the  citizens  of  Granby, 
at  least  a  hundred  strong,  now  surround 
this  lodge,  prepared  to  rescue  me  from 
}^our  hands  should  you  attempt  violence. 
I  have  only  to  give  a  certain  signal  and 
they  will  rush  in.  The  result  may  be 
a  worse  Antimasonic  excitement  than  the 
one  yon  accuse  me  of  heading.  Now^ 
take  your  choice ;  give  up  your  plan  to 
assassinate  me,  or  carry  it  through  and 
take  the  consequences." 

The  lion's  mouth  was  fairly  shut,  for 
the  most  infuriated  Mason  present  did 
not  care  to  provoke  the  popular  ven- 
geance that  would  have  surely  followed 
any  attack  on  Lovejov.  Colonel  ]Mont- 
fort,  under  his  concealing  mustache,  fair- 
ly ground  his  teeth  with  rage  at  this  un- 
looked-for miscarriage  of  his  deep  and 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


September,    1011. 


subtle  plot.  He  liad  rightly  calculated 
that  with  every  member  of  the  lodge 
pledged  to  keep  ^lasonic  silence  over  the 
altair,  and  ]\Iasonic  sheriffs  and  juries 
to  obstruct  the  course  of  justice  in  every 
possible  way,  there  would  not  be  the 
ten  thousandth  part  of  a  chance  that  the 
actual  perpetrators  of  the  deed  would 
ever  be  discovered  or  punished.  Nor 
had  it  occurred  to  his  mind  that  Love- 
jov,  even  if  he  should  hear  of  the  plot 
against  him,  would  take  any  other  meas- 
ure of  self-defense  than  simply  to  stay 
away. 

"I  have  one  more  remark  to  make  on 
this  subject,"  continued  Lovejoy,  look- 
ing round  with  unflinching  gaze  on  the 
baffled  conspirators.  "You  denounce  me 
as  being  false  to  Masonry  because  in 
the  discharge  of  my  duties  as  a  citizen, 
I  arrested  a  criminal  who'  is  also  a  Ma- 
son. If  to  be  true  to  my  lodge  obliga- 
tions requires  me  to  be  false  to  God  and 
my  country,  then  I  have  had  enoush  of 
the  system,  and  the  world  has  had  far 
too  much ;  and  the  only  thing  that  I  or 
any  other  honest  man  can  do  in  such  a 
case  is  to  quit  it." 

I  will  not  transcribe  the  ^ volley  of 
cursing  and  profanity  which  followed 
this  speech  of  Lovejoy's.  It  was  as  if 
hell  had  broken  loose.  Colonel  Mont- 
fort,  who  had  by  this  time  assured  him- 
self that  eager  ears  were  really  strain- 
ing in  the  darkness  and  silence  below  to 
catch  the  least  sound  of  tumult  or  up- 
roar in  the  lodge,  was  alarmed. 

*'The  brethren  forget  that  this  is  a 
meeting  for  business,"  he  said,  with  cool 
effronterv.  "We  are  onlv  wasting  time 
by  this  useless  talk.  Our  Worshipful 
Master  charges  the  brethren  with  a  con- 
spiracy to  assassinate  him.  I  on  my  part 
charge  him  with  un-Masonic  conduct  in 
hiring  a  mob  of  cowans  and  eavesdrop- 
pers to  surround  the  lodge ;  with  using 
inflammatory  language  designed  to  ex- 
cite the  public  mind  against  the  order, 
besides  many  other  violations  of  his  ob- 
ligations and  dutie3  as  a  Mason.  I  there- 
fore move  that  a  complaint  be  present- 
ed to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State 
against  Anson  Lovejoy,  Worshipful 
Master  of  Fidelity  Lodge,  No.  60.,  A. 
F.  &  A.  M.,  petitioning  for  his  expul- 
sion and  removal  from  office." 


Lovejoy  listened  with  calm  disdain. 
To  a  man  who  had  stood  but  the  mo- 
ment before  face  to  face  with  death  this 
was  but  the  firing  of  blank  cartridges. 
The  after  proceedings  were  unimport- 
ant, and  after  an  unusually  brief  and 
quiet  meeting  the  lodge  disbanded,  fairly 
checkmated  in  its  murderous  purpose. 

The  hushed  and  silent  crowd  kept 
vigilant  watch  till  Lovejoy  came  out; 
then  greeted  him  with  enthusiastic  cheers 
that  could  be  heard  half  over  Granby. 
He  was  the  hero  of  the  hour,  but  I  fan- 
cied that  like  some  other  heroes  he  felt 
that  there  w^as  a  certain  thing  lacking  ta 
his  triumph. 

''A  Christian  should  not  bear  mxalice, 
Mr.  LoA^ejoy,"  I  said,  as  I  shook  his 
hand.  "Give  us  a  call  tomorrow  and  al- 
low Mrs.  Severns  to  congratulate  you." 

Lovejoy  hesitated.  He  had  not  cross- 
ed our  threshold  since  the  day  Rachel 
had  forbid  his  entrance ;  and  I  could  not 
blame  him  if  he  entertained  some  rank- 
ling remembrance  of  her  harsh  and  bitter 
words. 

'Tf  you  think  I  shall  be  welcome — 
not  otherwise,"  he  answered. 

"Try  it,"  I  said,  with  a  smile.  Love- 
joy hesitated  no  longer. 

"Thank  you,  Mr.  Severns,  I  will,  if 
it  is  only  to  prove  that  I  'bear  no  malice," 
as  you  call  it,  because  your  good  wife 
told  me  the  truth.  I  was  a  companion 
of  murderers  as  tonight's  events  have 
made  me  realize.     But  I  am  so  no  lon- 


ger. 


The  next  day,  agreeably  to  his  prom- 
ise, he  came  over.  Rachel  met  him  with 
extended  hand  and  a  hearty,  "Forgive 
me,  I  was  unjust;  but  I  have  found  out 
my  mistake." 

"I  have  nothing  to  forgive,  Mrs.  Sev- 
erns," was  his  equally  sincere  and  hearty 
answer.  "The  medicine  was  harsh,  but- 
I  am  no  worse  for  it." 

Verily, 
"A  curse  from  the  depths  of  womanhood 
Is  very  bitter  and  salt  and  good." 
(To  be  continued.) 


Those    who    adhere    intelligently    and 
determinedly    to    Freemasonry   have   no 
right  in  the  Christian  Church. — Charles 
G.  Finney. 


■  :■;■■,,:',    t 


September,    1911, 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


147 


Mm$  of  ®ur  Woxk 


The  church  of  the  Brethren  in  Belle- 
fontaine  was  well  filled  on  the  first  even- 
ing of  the  Ohio  State  convention,  and 
the  interest  as  well  as  the  numbers  in- 
creased  to  the  end.  It  is  not  usual  to  see 
forty  stalwart  men,  besides  women,  pres- 
ent at  a  morning  meeting  as  early  as  9  130 
o'clock.  Not  only  the  Ohio  State  Asso- 
ciation, but  the  Church  of  Christ  gen- 
erally, owes  a  debt  of  gratitude  to  Rev. 
J.  E.  Hartzler,  of  Elkhart,  Ind.,  for  his 
consecrated,  unselfish  and  helpful  serv- 
ices in  the  defense  and  enlargement  of 
the  Kingdom  of  his  Lord. 

We  are  getting  well  toward  the  half- 
century  mark  of  the  organization  of  the 
N,  C.  A.,  and  it  seemed  remarkable  that 
in  this  State  convention  there  should 
have  been  present  three  who  were  at 
the  birth  of  the  movement.  Bishop  Dil- 
lon, Captain  Scott  and  President  Blanch- 
ard,  we  believe,  were  each  at  the  Pitts- 
burgh meeting  at  which  the  association 
was   formed. 

The  financial  statement  of  the  treas- 
urer showed  that  the  collections  during 
the  State  convention  were  $47.92,  the 
amount  in  the  treasury  $15.42,  making 
a  total  of  $63.34.  The  expenses  of  the 
convention  were  $57.95,  which  left  a  bal- 
ance in  the  treasury  of  $5.39.  The  re- 
port of  the  secretary  of  the  convention 
has  not  vet  been  received. 


STODDARD  IN  OHIO. 

Lima.  Ohio,  Aug.  16,  191 1. 

Dear  Cynosurk  : 

I  am  waiting  a  train  to  Dunkirk,  Ohio, 
where  I  go  to  meet  Wesleyan  Methodist 
friends   in   their   Conference. 

W'e  have  just  had  a  season  of  refresh- 
ing in  the  Ohio  work.  Weather  favored, 
and  the  people  attended  the  Ohio  state 
gathering  at  Bellefontaine  in  a  way  that 
cheers.  The  church  was  comfortably 
filled  at  the  evening  and  afternoon  ses- 
sions. The  morning  session  also  showed 
a  live  interest.  Had  all  come  at  once  the 
church  would  not  have  been  large 
enough. 

There  was  but  one  on  the  program 
who  failed  to  appear.  We  missed  our 
good   brother,    Hon.    H.    R.    Smith,    but 


were  assured  that  his  absence  was  un- 
avoidable, f  never  heard  Reverend 
Hartzler  and  President  Blanchard  speak 
with  greater  force  and  freedom.  Fruit 
from  their  sowing  appeared  at  once. 
Many  were  stirred,  some  converted  and 
others  were  set  to  thinking. 

We  regretted  the  illness  of  the  pastor 
of  the  church,  which  kept  him  from  this 
meeting  to  which  he  looked  with  prayer 
and  expectation.  He  has  the  prayers  of 
many  for  his  recovery.  The  coming  of 
our  general  secretary  was  appreciated. 
The  ladies  gave  us  a  happy  surprise  in 
the  good  things  to  eat  which  they  brought 
in  baskets  fresh  from  the  farm. 

When  I  began  work  in  Ohio,  about 
twenty-five  years  ago,  among  the  active 
workers  I  found  Capt.  J.  M.  Scott,  of 
Granville,  T.  C.  Speer,  of  Northwood, 
and  the  brothers,  T.  W.  and  J.  L  Stew- 
art, of  Belle  Center.  These  friends  have 
all  passed  their  three  score,  and  two,  at 
least,  their  four  score  years,  and  it  was 
an  unexpected  pleasure  to  have  them 
again  with  us  in  Convention.  They  were 
doubtless  encouraged  in  seeing  younger 
men  taking  up  the  battle  they  have  w^aged 
in  other  years.  We  were  indeed  glad  to 
join  with  Doctor  Dillon  in  thanking  God 
for  the  health  that  permitted  him  to  again 
address  us. 

Our  good  President  Gottshall  found 
it  difficult  to  leave  the  multipliea  duties 
of  his  large  field,  but  he  was  with  us  with 
his  accustomed  energy  and  blessing.  Rev. 
S.  P.  Long,  of  Mansfield,  sent  his  con- 
tribution and  reported  a  church  member- 
ship of  1,700  now  in  his  care.  He  re- 
cently delivered  the  strongest  anti-secre- 
cy address  of  his  life,  before  one  thou- 
sand people. 

There  were  some  splendid  points  in 
the  address  of  our  ex-president,  Rev.  W. 
J.  Sanderson,  of  Cedarville.  "The  lodge 
people  tell  us  they  have  some  good  men. 
Supposing,"  said  Brother  Sanderson,  "I 
should  say  I  had  a  few  good  cattle,  when 
the  buyer  came  around,  what  would  be 
the  inference  regarding  the  rest  of  the 
herd?" 

'  Doctor  Dillon's  story  of  the  hunters 
and  the  soup  brought  out  rather  aptly 
the  same  point  that  Brother  Sanderson 
made.  One  brought  a  squirrel  and  put  it 
into  the  soup.  Another  brought  a  quail 
and  put  it  in  the  soup ;  another  a  pigeon. 


us 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


September,    1911. 


and  put  it  in  the  soup,  and  another  a 
skunk,  and  put  it  in  the  soup.  "The 
last."  said  the  Doctor,  "skunked  the  whole 
business."  The  application  to  the  lodge 
is  easy. 

Friends  from  West  Liberty.  Hunts- 
ville,  Xorthwood,  Belle  Center,  etc., 
turned  out  in  good  numbers. 

\Miile  preparing  for  the  Convention,  I 
o^ave  addresses  in  three  Mennonite 
churches  in  and  near  West  Liberty,  m  the 
churches  of  the  Brethren  at  Bellefon- 
taine  and  Logan,  and  in  the  Friends' 
church,  Bellefontaine.  The  Cynosure 
subscription  list,  though  previously  very 
good  at  West  Liberty  and  Bellefontaine, 
was  more  than  doubled.  These  people 
believe  in  our  work  and  are  willing  to 
support  it. 

W.    B.    Stoddard. 


A    Postscript. 

AW  ^L  Conference  : 

Dunkirk,  O.,  Aug.  i8,  191 1. 

I  found  here,  as  expected,  an  earnest 
Christian  people  interested  in  N.  C.  A. 
work.  They  gave  me  a  seat  in  the  Con- 
ference and  an  hour  to  present  the  Cause. 
The  spiritual  atmosphere  is  good.  Four- 
teen subscriptions  are  added  to  the  Cyno- 
sure list. 

I  go  soon  to  Smithville  and  Damascus, 
Ohio.  W.  B.  S. 


MRS.   LIZZIE  WOODS'  LETTER. 

Memphis,  Tenn.,  Aug.  3,  191 1. 

Mr.  Wm.  L  Phillips, 

Chicago,  111. 
Dear  Brother  in  Christ  Jesus  : 

After  leaving  Brinkley  I  stopped  at 
Clarendon,  Ark.,  where  the  Woman's 
State  Association  convened  June  27th. 
I  distributed  tracts  amone  the  ministers. 
There  were  a  goodly  number  of  them 
there.  I  remem.ber  giving  a  tract  to  one 
preacher,  who  said  tO'  me:  ''Sister,  the 
lodges  are  wrong,  but  nothing  can  take 
men  out  of  them  but  the  Holy  Spirit." 
I  answered :  "Yes,  but  the  men  need  the 
Word  of  God  first,which  is  the  sword  of 
the  Spirit  TEph.  6:17),  then  the  Holy 
Spirit  has  something  to  work  on  in  them. 
It  is  the  Word  of  God  that  condemns  a 
man,  and  the  Holv  Spirit  brings  it  to  his 
remembrance,"  (lohn  14:26).  He  said  : 
"Yes,  that  is  true."     I  said,  "Well,  let's 


give  out  the  tracts,  and  they  will  start  a 
man  to  thinking,  and  he  will  look  up  the 
Scripture  text  printed  in  the  tract,  and 
as  soon  as  he  gets  his  eyes  on  God's 
•Word  the  Holy  Spirit  will  begin  His 
work  in  the  heart,  and  the  result  is  that 
he  will  leave  the  lodge." 

I  heard  one  of  the  strong,  leading  min- 
isters of  the  state  say  in  his  address  that 
no'  preacher  ever  found  a  text  in  God's 
Bible  which  was  meant  to  be  used  as  a 
text  for  an  "annual  sermon"  to  a  lodge. 
When  he  said  that,  I  looked  on  the  lead- 
ing preachers  of  the  Baptist  church  and 
thought,  Alas !  alas  !  What  will  become 
of  the  people  ?  For  I  looked  on  two  men 
who,  a  few  Sundays  before,  had  preached 
annual  sermons,  one  for  twenty-five  dol- 
lars and  the  other  for  twelve  dollars. 

I  left  this  meeting  and  have  been  work- 
ing in  Pine  Bluff  since.  I  have  been  vis- 
iting a  big  holiness  meeting,  where  there 
were  more  than  five  hundred  people  each 
night.  This  gave  me  opportunity  to 
speak  to  Christians  in  all  kinds  of  de- 
nominations and  secret  societies.  And 
the  Word  of  God  went  home  to  the  hearts 
of  the  people.  Some  were  mad,  but  oth- 
ers said,  "Amen,  the  truth  is  coming 
home."  One  Master  Mason  in  the  con- 
gregation said,  while  I  was  telling  the 
secrets  of  the  first  three  degrees  of  Ma- 
sonry, "If  that  isn't  Masonrv  I  never 
was  a  Mason."  Some  of  them  went 
home  asking  each  other,  "Where  did  that 
woman  get  our  secrets?"  Some  said  I 
had  been  in  the  orders  :  others  said,  "No 
we  do  not  initiate  women  in  our  orders," 
and  still  others  said,  "She  has  stolen  our 
books,  and  we  ought  to  have  her  arrested 
and  make  her  give  them  up."  Some  of 
the  people  thouo'ht  I  ought  to  be  killed, 
while  others  said,  "Somebodv  ought  to 
sDeak  for  lesus,  for  the  Church  is  nearly 
dead,  and  men  and  women,  girls  and 
boys,  with  all  their  education  and  all 
their  money,  are  on  their  wav  to  hell.'' 
Oh,  Brother  Phillips,  the  people  can  see 
that  somethinp-  is  the  matter  with  the 
preachers.  "For  the  oeople  turneth  not 
unto  Him  that  smiteth  them,  neither  do 
they  seek  the  Lord  of  hosts"  (Is. 
9-M-T7). 

A  few  ni8;-hts  ago  a  saloon-keeper  was 
having  a  game  of  cards  with  another 
man.  The  two  got  into  a  dispute  over 
the  card  fable,  and  the  saloonist  shot  and 


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killed  the  fellow  who  was  playing  with 
him.  The  sheriff  had  to  slip  the  murder- 
er oft"  to  Little  Rock  to  keep  him  from 
being  lynched.  The  next  day  a  man  said 
to  me:  ''Sister  missionary,  that  saloonist 
has  killed  six  men.  He  killed  two  negroes 
when  he  kept  saloon  at  Sherrill,  Ark., 
and  two  at  Cornerstone,  and  one  at  Du- 
mas, Ark.,  and  this  white  man  makes 
six."  I  said,  "Well,  I  reckon  he  will  be 
cleared  of  this  crime  like  all  the  rest  of 
them."  He  replied,  "No,  he  won't.  The 
man  he  killed  this  time  was  an  Eagle  and 
an  Elk  and  a  Mason  and  an  Odd  Fellow, 
and  the  murderer  does  not  belong  to  any- 
thing to  help  him  out."  I  said,  "Well, 
the  law  will  give  him  justice,  maybe.  I 
hope  so.  But  here  is  the  question  I  want 
to  ask  you :  That  poor  man  was  shot 
down  in  a  saloon  while  playing  cards. 
Now,  tell  me,  to  which  one  of  the  Grand 
Lodges  above  will  the  preacher  send 
him?"  "Well,"  said  he,  'T  had  never  no- 
ticed that  before.  I  am  a  sinner  and  I 
am  a  lodge  man,  and  I  have  heard  that 
we  would  go  to  the  Grand  Lodge  above ; 
but  I  cannot  risk  myself  on  that  promise ; 
I  want  salvation  through  Jesus  Christ, 
and  hope  you  and  all  other  Christians 
will  pray  for  me.  I  don't  want  to  be 
lost.  I  have  been  told  if  I  live  up  to  my 
obligations  I  will  go  to  heaven  when  I 
die,  but  I  am  afraid  to  trust  that."  I 
said  to  him,  "Yes,  you  are  in  the  dark. 
May  God  help  you  to  see  the  light,  is  my 
prayer." 

Yours  for  the  Master's  service. 

Lizzie  Woods. 


A  TESTIMONY  IN  KANSAS. 

Claytonville,  III.,  Aug.  ii,  191 1. 
Dear  Brothers  Phillips : 

I  have  just  returned  from  Garnett, 
Kans.,  where  I  was  called  to  preach  at  a 
funeral.  You  may  be  sure  that  I  took 
occasion  to  point  out  the  only  possible 
way  of  salvation  and  to  warn  the  people 
against  the  various  soul-traps  of  the  age. 
I  did  not  fail  to  compare  and  contrast 
the  religion  of  the  Lodge  with  that  of 
Christ  and  to  show  the  people  the  falsity 
and  the  humbuggery  of  the  Lodge  relig- 
ion. 

I  preached  to  more  than  a  thousand 
people.  I  was  on  my  old  fields  of  labor 
and  made  myself  at  home,  and  spoke  as 


one  having  God-given  authority,  and  not 
as  the  scribes.  I  preached  three  ser- 
mons, including  the  funeral  sermon.  The 
funeral  sermon  and  the  Sunday  morning 
sermon  were  preached  in  the  Radical  U. 
B.  church  house,  and  the  Sunday  evening 
sermon  was  preached  to  a  good  congre- 
gation in  the  Liberal  U.  B.  church.  Alany 
prominent  lodge-men  were  present  at 
each  meeting,  and  while  some  of  them 
manifested  considerable  uneasiness,  they 
kept  cool,  as  they  no  doubt  anticipated 
something  of  what  was  coming  to  pass. 
Others  were  there  for  the  purpose  of 
getting  more  light  on  the  issue  of  the  day. 
While  I  had  no  mercy  on  the  lodg^ 
abomination,  I  tried  to  use  good  methods, 
clear  explanations  and  sound  arguments, 
backed  by  the  Word  of  God,  and  to  be 
exceedingly  careful  lest  I  should  w^ound 
the  cause  in  behalf  of  which  I  was  plead- 


mg. 


The  Liberal  U.  B.  minister  was  not 
afraid  to  say  Amen  to  my  discourses  and 
many  of  the  people  congratulated  the 
speaker  on  what  they  called  the  much- 
needed  sermons.  It  was  rather  a  hair- 
raising  experience  for  some,  but  I  feel 
sure  that  it  will  prove  a  blessing  to  many, 
both  in  and  out  of  the  kingdom  of  dark- 
ness. 

While  I  realize  that  there  is  much 
room  for  improvement,  I  am  much  bet- 
ter prepared  for  this  work  than  I  had 
ever  hoped  to  be ;  and  while  it  means 
tribulation  of  the  old-time  kind,  I  have 
great  pleasure  in  this  important  part  of 
God's  work.  The  minister  who  will  pre- 
pare himself  for  this  great  work  and  go 
at  it  and  keep  at  it  in  the  proper,  com- 
mon-sense way  will  do  a  wonderful 
amount  of  good,  and  God  will  surround 
him  with  an  army  of  the  truest  and  best 
people  on  earth  and  be  with  him  to  the 
end  of  the  world.  I  like  this  work  of 
turning  people  "from  darkness  to  light, 
and  from  the  power  of  satan  unto  God." 

As  ever,  your  brother  in  the  N.  C.  A., 

L.  V.  Harrell. 


AGENT    DAVIDSON    IN    LOUISIANA. 

Mansfield,  La.,  Aug.  10,  igii: 

Dear  Cynosure: 

I  have  traveled  very  extensively  since 
my  last  letter  to  you.  I  am  meeting  with 
much  encouragement. 


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Septemlier,    1911. 


The  Cynosure  is  making  converts 
Avherever  it  is  "read.  The  harvest  truly 
is  ripe,  but  the  laborers  are  few.  Prof. 
Whaley  liere  is  principal  of  the  12th  Dis- 
trict Baptist  Academy.  He  is  an  earnest 
and  faithful  disciple. 

I  find  the  Lodge  strong  here  and  con- 
stantly multiplying.  I  was  kindly  enter- 
tained by  ]\Ir.  Jenks  Jackson,  a  cousin. 
He  was  stung  by  the  beast  and  received 
his  mark  (initiated  into  the  Lodge)  a 
few  vears  ago,  but  he  has  found  it  a  very 
costly  experiment  and  will  likely  soon 
give  it  up. 

At   Alexandria,    La. 

I  received  the  usual  welcome,  and  at- 
tended an  extra  session  of  the  Baptist 
State  Convention  at  Rose  of  Sharon 
Church.  The  delegation  was  not  large 
on  account  of  incessant  rains  the  past 
three  weeks.  I  was  heartily  received  by 
the  brethren  and  received  many  kind 
courtesies  and  a  small  donation  through 
the  efiforts  of  Dr.  H.  B.  N.  Brown.  I 
distributed  tracts  and  received  a  few 
Cynosure  subscriptions  and  deUvered  an 
address.  Dr.  A.  Hobbs  of  New  Orleans, 
preached  a  powerful  antilodge  sermon, 
which  was  well  received.  This  is  a  se- 
cret society  stronghold  and  yet  the  Ne- 
groes must  be  complimented  for  having 
three  splendid  brick  church  edifices  and 
half  a  dozen  very  creditable  frame 
church  edifices,  and  their  pastors  are 
very  well  supported.  They  also  own 
considerable  real  estate  and  are  con- 
ducting more  than  a  dozen  business 
enterprises.  They  also  operate  and  sup- 
port three  high  schools  aside  from  the 
public  schools.  This  is  a  progressive 
little  city  of  10,000,  very  nearly  one-half 
of  whom  are  Negroes.  Relations  be- 
tween the  two  races  are  as  friendly  as 
can  be  expected. 

At  Oakdale,  La. 

This  is  a  saw-mill  and  logging  district. 
Wages  are  very  good,  but  the  laborers 
do  not  seem  to  profit.  The  national  la- 
bor unions  have  walking  delegates  going 
through  this  country  holding  night  meet- 
ings, hoodwinking  the  laborers  and  or- 
ganizing secret  labor  unions,  which  in 
the  near  future  will  prove  a  thorn  in  the 
flesh.  Already  their  exactions  have  been 
so  unreasonable  that  several  of  the  larg- 
est plants  in  Calcasieu  and  Vernon  par- 


ishes have  shut  down  and  more  than  500 
men  are  idle  as  a  result.  I  had  no  ap- 
pointment and  remained  only  a  short 
while. 

At  Leesville,  La. 
This  is  the  seat  of  Vernon  parish,  and 
one  of  the  most  beautiful  towns  in  South- 
west Louisiana.  It  is  both  a  farming 
and  saw  mill  section.  Pine  forests  abound. 
It  is  a  very  progressive  town  of  about 
2,000,  and  the  Negroes  are  keeping  pace 
with  their  white  cousins  in  education  and 
the  accumulation  of  property.  There  are 
four  Negro  churches  and  two  lodge 
halls.  Secretism  is  pretty  strong,  but 
the  churches  are  not  so  very  generally 
neglected  for  the  lodges  as  they  are  in 
many  places.  Nevertheless  their  influ- 
ence for  evil  is  being  felt.  This  town  is 
just  three  miles  from  the  little  log  cabin 
in  which  I  was  born  October  31,  1862. 
I  hoped  to  visit  that  very  spot  after  an 
absence  of  forty-four  years,  but  oppor- 
tunity did  not  permit  it.  I  secured  a 
large  number  of  Cynosure  subscriptions, 
delivered  one  lecture  and  preached  three 
sermons  and  left  many  seriously  consid- 
ering their  Lodge  ties.  I  have  a  great 
number  of  relatives  here. 

At  Lake   Charles,   La. 

This  is  a  very  pretty  tableland  city, 
situated  on  a  beautiful  lake  from  which 
it  takes  its  name,  and  in  a  fine  prairie 
coimtry.  This  is  the  seat  of  Calcasieu 
parish  and  has  about  12,000  inhabitants. 
There  are  about  ten  Negro  churches  here. 
Educational  facilities  are  very  good  and 
the  Negroes  are  preparing  themselves 
very  well.  I  was  comfortably  entertained 
by  my  cousin,  Mrs.  M.  Jones.  I  preached 
for  Rev.  E.  W.  Renty,  and  secured  a 
few  subscriptions.  The  baleful  effect  of 
Secret  Societies  here  is  felt  very  greatly. 

At  Abbeville,  La. 
Here  I  was  greeted  by  Rev.  J,  W. 
Wiggins  and  one  of  my  old  New  Or- 
leans parishioners,  Mrs.  D.  E.  Johnson, 
who  made  it  pleasant  for  me.  I  was  also 
cordially  received  by  Rev.  Taylor  and 
preached  for  his  people.  This  is  a  great 
Creole  Catholic  center.  Yet  the  Secret 
Lodge  has  a  strong  hold  here  upon  the 
Protestants.  This  is  a  quaint,  old,  non- 
progressive town.  Ignorance  and  Cath- 
olic superstition  abound.  I  secured  few 
subscriptions. 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


151 


At  New  Iberia,  La. 
I  was  cordially  greeted  here  by  Prof. 
Jonas  Henderson,  Principal  of  Howe  In- 
stitute, gift  of  the  late  Peter  Howe  of 
Winona,  111.  Prof.  Henderson  is  as 
strong  against  the  Lodge  as  he  was  twen- 
ty years  ago.  He  assured  me  that  his 
school  is  alive  and  doing  great  work  in 
this  sugar  belt.  This  is  a  very  progres- 
sive town  and  the  Negroes  are  keeping 
well  in  the  line  of  progress.  Secret  So- 
cieties are  very  strong  here,  as  in  most 
cities  of  its  size,  but  Howe  Institute  is 
well  leavening  the  country  around  about 
and  its  influence  for  good  is  felt  and 
acknowledged  on  all  sides.  I  had  no  ap- 
pointment here. 

At  Rayne,  La. 

I  was  met  at  the  depot  by  a  committee 
of  young  ladies  headed  by  Rev.  Roy,  and 
escorted  to  the  home  of  Deacon  Kings- 
ton, where  a  bounteous  preparation  of 
dainties  was  served,  after  which  Rev. 
Roy  escorted  me  about  the  city.  This  is 
a  beautiful. old  Creole  prairie  city  over- 
flowing with  hospitality.  Secrecy  is 
strong  as  usual,  but  the  people  are  anx- 
ious for  light  on  the  subject.  Rev.  Roy 
presented  me  at  night  to  an  intelligent 
and  orderly  congregation,  to  whom  I  both 
lectured  and  preached  at  length.  There 
is  perfect  harmony  and  friendship  ap- 
parent on  all  sides  between  the  races 
here.  Rev.  Roy  has  done  and  is  doing  a 
great  work  for  the  religious,  moral  and 
intellectual  uplift  of  his  race.  He  de- 
serves great  credit  for  his  untiring  ef- 
forts. The  Negroes  own  a  good  share 
of  the  real  estate  here. 

At    Crowley,    La. 

I  received  a  warm  reception  and  hearty 
welcome  here.  I  spent  Sabbath  here  and 
lectured  and  preached  at  Israelite  Bap- 
tist Church.  My  visit  here  last  Novem- 
ber is  remembered  by  the  lodgeites.  They 
are  very  strong  and  yet  they  seem  willing 
to  give  respectful  attention  to  an  anti- 
secret  preacher.  Mr.  Ben  Smith  and 
family,  Prof.  R.  U.  Clark  and  family  and 
Mr.  E.  Edwards  and  family  provided 
nicely  for  me  and  gave  me  many  loving 
considerations. 

At   Lafayette,   La. 
This  is  the  oldest  town  in  Southwest 
Louisiana,  and  has  about  7,000  people, 
the   greater   part   of   whom   are   Roman 


Catholics,  being  full  of  Romish  ignor- 
ance and  superstition.  This  is  the  most 
ignorant  parish  in  all  Louisiana.  There 
is  but  one  school  for  Negroes  in  the  en- 
tire parish.  In  fact  the  poor  and  ignor- 
ant Cajans  in  the  interior  of  the  parish 
are  sternly  and  openly  opposed  to  Negro 
education,  and  will  not  allow  any  Negro 
schools  outside  of  Lafayette.  Rev.  A, 
Oiiver,  D.  D.,  a  correspondent  from 
Morgan  City,  La.,  for  the  Cynosure  in 
1888,  1889,  1 890- 1,  is  pastor  here,  but 
his  fight  against  the  papal  bull  of  Rome 
is  as  hard  or  harder,  he  thinks,  than  that 
against  the  Secret  Lodge  System.  I  se- 
cured a  few  Cynosure  subscriptions  and 
preached  one  sermon  at  Dr.  Oliver's 
church. 

At   Alexandria  Again. 

I  returned  here  to  meet  a^)pointments 
at  Union  Baptist,  Rose  of  Sharon  Bap- 
tist, St.  Mark's  Baptist,  Shiloh  Baptist, 
Newman's  Memorial  M.  E.  and  Beth- 
lehem Baptist  churches. 

Pray  for  truth  to  triumph  with  my 
deluded  people. 

Yours  for  righteousness, 

F.  J.  Davidson. 


WORK  IN   WEST  VIRGINIA.  '• 

Dear   Bro.   Phillii-s: 

On  July  25th  I  delivered  a  free  lecture 
on  secret  societies  in  the  court  house  at 
Grantsville,  Calhoun  county,  West  Vir- 
ginia. August  /th  I  lectured  in  the  court 
house  at  Harrisville,  Ritchie  county. 
West  Virginia.  The  evening  of  August 
19th  I  will  lecture  in  the  house  of  Elder 
Cyrus  Dotson.  in  Greenwood,  Ritchie 
county.  Brother  Dotson  is  an  elder  in 
the  Christian  church.  He  was  a  trav- 
eling evangelist  for  nine  years  and  is 
very  much  opposed  to  secret  oaths.  He 
tried  to  get  the  Christian  church  for  me 
to  lecture  in,  but  could  not.  The  power 
of  the  secret  works  of  darkness  w^as  too 
strong  for  him.  So  he  opened  his  house 
for  the  lecture. 

Yours  truly, 
Joseph  Potter  Graybell. 


OUR   CANADIAN   LETTER. 

39  Mansion  St.,  Berlin.  ()xtari(). 

Aug.   17,   191 T.     ' 
Mr.  W.   I.   Phillips, 

Chicago,  111. 
Dear  Brother : 

Mv  last  letter  to  vou  was  from  Cob- 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


September,    1911. 


lenz,  Sask.  I  am  now  at  home  in  Berlin, 
Ontario,  where  I  am  arranging  for  fur- 
ther operations. 

Book  Department  Established. 
The  Lutheran  Book  Room,  Berlin, 
Ont.,  will  keep  a  number  of  your  anti- 
secrecy  publications  in  stock,  and  I  am 
in  hopes  that  an  organization  will  be 
effected  at  this  point. 

Ways  of  Working. 

A  recent  letter  from  the  president  of 
our  provincial  university  has  this :  ''Your 
letter  with  regard  to  Freemasonry  has 
been  forwarded  to  me  here.  As  I  wrote 
you  before,  though  I  am  not  a  Free- 
mason, I  have  a  great  many  friends  of 
the  highest  character  who  are,  and  I  can- 
not as  an  outsider,  with  no  other  reliable 
sources  of  information,  help  believing 
that  in  belonging  to  the  order  they  are 
not  doing  anything  inconsistent  with 
their  religious  or  moral  profession."  I 
have  forwarded  to  him  ''The  Strange 
Case  of  yh\  Goodman,"  and  referred 
him  to  the  National  Christian  Associa- 
tion for  further  information. 

You  may  be  assured,  Bro.  Phillips, 
that  the  anti-secrecy  forces  of  Canada 
will  cause  their  presence  to  be  felt  in  the 
country. 

Yours  for  truth  and  righteousness. 
Moses  H.  Clemens. 

Editorial  Note. — We  suggest  that  each  of 
our  Canadian  readers  Avrite  Mr.  Clemens  an 
encouraging  note  of  sympathy  and  promised 
co-operation.  Follow  his  example  and  write 
your  public  men  and  furnish  them  with  lit- 
erature. 


A  CRY   FROM  WEST  AUSTRALIA. 

Secretary  of  the  National  Christian  As- 
sociation, 

Chicago,  111.,  U.  S.  A. 
Dear  Sir — Some  time  ago  you  were 
good  enough  to  forward  me  a  number 
of  pamphlets  on  secret  societies,  issued 
by  your  association.  I  distributed  all  of 
the' matter  received.  Of  all  places  this 
state  wants  teaching  on  the  subject  of 
secretism. 

I  should  like  to  know  the  constitution 
of  your  association,  and  whether  a 
branch  could  not  be  formed  here  in  or- 
der to  combat  in  some  measure  the  evils 
of  secretism  in  our  churches.  Would 
you  please  help  me  in  this  matter,  as  the 


difficulties  of  Christians  opposing  secret 
societies  are  great.  Every  walk  in  life 
seems  to  be  influenced,  and  very  often 
men  who  stand  out  find  it  most  difficult 
to  wnn  success  from  their  avocation. 

I  shall  be  glad  to  get  your  periodical, 
and  will  forward  subscription  later.  I 
shall  be  glad  of  a  prompt  reply. 

Thanking  you  in  anticipation. 
Yours  sincerely, 

J.  S.  Nelson. 

Perth,  West  Australia. 


The  first  prize  in  a  recent  annual  ora- 
torical contest  at  Houghton  Seminary, 
Houghton,  New  York,  was  captured  by 
Mr.  James  W.  Elliott  of  Pittsford,  Ver- 
mont. He  is  said  to  be  an  enthusiastic 
reformer  and  was  valedictorian  of  the 
senior  preparatory  class  of  this  year.  It 
is  especially  interesting  that  the  first  prize 
went  to  the  only  one  who  had  an  anti- 
secrecy  subject  for  his  oration.  We 
promise  our  subscribers  the  reading  of 
Mr.  Elliott's  oration  in  the  October  num- 
ber of  our  magazine.  Prof.  H.  R.  Smith, 
Jr.,  of  the  Seminary  says:  "Make  prac- 
tical reformers  of  the  high  honor  stu- 
dents of  our  anti-secret  schools  and  we 
shall  have  taken  a  long  step  toward  suc- 
cess. It  seems  to  me  that  the  only  hope 
of  our  cause  lies  in  a  systematic  cam- 
paign of  reform  instruction  for  the 
young  of  our  land." 


The  recent  Ohio  State  Convention  was  . 
honored  by  the  presence  of  Capt.  J.  M. 
Scott,  of  Granville,  Ohio,  now  in  his 
eighty-third  year.  He  has  not  yet  re- 
tired from  active  service  for  his  Lord. 
Lately  his  town  paper  gave  the  Masonic 
lodge  some  free  adA^ertising,  and  as 
usual  declared  that  its  members  were 
walking  in  the  footsteps  of  the  great 
Washington.  Captain  Scott  at  once  is- 
sued a  tract  showing  that  Washington 
was  not  a  loyal  Freemason  and  what  his 
actual  relations  of  the  lodge  were,  and 
distributed  the  tract  throughout  the 
town. 


We  ride  through  life  on  a  raft  made 
of  our  blunders.  We  are  saved  through 
our  failures.  If  we  always  succeeded 
we  would  get  the  big  head  and  be  ruin- 
ed by  our  success. 


September,    191]. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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Irom  §nx  JiatL 

FROM  AN  OLD   FRIEND. 

Little  Rock,  Ark.,  July   14,   191 1. 

Dear  Bro.  Phillips  : 

I  herewith  renew  for  another  year  for 
the  Cynosure.  I  think  it  doubtful  if  I 
live  to  renew  again.  I  am  well  along  in 
my  eightieth  year.  I  think  Joel  H.  Aus- 
tin, of  Goshen,  Indiana,  has  passed  away. 
I  was  a  regular  correspondent  of  his,  but 
I  have  not  heard  from  him  for  two  years. 
Well,  the  old  ones  will  soon  be  gone,  then 
where  are  the  others  to  take  their  places  ? 
[Note. — Mr.  Austin  died  over  a  year 
ago. — Editor.] 

I  met  a  man  a  few  days  ago,  the  Rev. 
G.  W.  Shepherd,  whose  letter  to  me  was 
published  in  the  Cynosure  a  few  years 
ago.  He  gave  up  his  Masonry  imme- 
diately after  I  had  that  controversy  with 
him.  I  am  now  working  on  another 
Methodist  preacher,  also  a  Baptist  and 
a  minister  of  the  Christian  church.  Will 
you  please  send  them  sample  copies  of 
the  Cynosure  ?  Some  of  these  people 
do  not  know^  that  there  is  such  a  maga- 
zine opposed  to  secret  societies. 

Truly  yours, 
.  A.  J.  Millard. 

A  Later  Letter. 

August  10,  191 1. 

Your  letter  came  while  I  was  away 
from  home,  attending  a  revival  meeting 
in  the  southern  part  of  the  state.  I  told 
two  preachers  who  were  there  what  they 
lacked  in  their  ministry ;  it  was  not  warn- 
ing against  the  secret  lodge !  I  took  the 
third  chapter  of  Ezekiel,  commencing  at 
the  17th  verse,  and  read  several  verses 
to  them,  and  then  showed  them  that  to 
be  a  faithful  witness  and  watchman  one 
could  not  neglect  this  important  subject, 
r  then  turned  to  the  eighth  chapter,  say- 
ing to  them  that  in  this  chapter  was  an 
almost  complete  description  of  a  Masonic 
lodge :  seven  abominations,  each  one 
greater  as  it  was  reached.  I  showed 
them  that  the  rites  of  Masonry  were  bor- 
rowed from  the  ancient  sun-worship — 
for  instance,  worshiping  the  sun  in  the 
east — and  told  them  if  they  did  not  want 
the  sensation  of  being  lifted  up  and  car- 
ried bv  the  hair  of  their  heads,  thev  had 


better  do  their  duty.  My  talk  had  its 
effect,  for  at  the  night  service  one  of  the 
preachers  opened  fire  on  all  secret  or- 
ders— Masons,  Woodmen,  Odd  Fellows, 
Farmers'  Unions,  etc.  He  asked  the 
audience  if  they  could  keep  anything 
secret  from  God?  "Don't  you  know  that 
God  is  here,  and  is  looking  at  us  right 
square  in  the  face,  and  knows  all  our 
thoughts  and  deeds?" 

The  result  was  that  this  preacher  did 
the  subject  a  better  service  than  I  could 
have  done,  so  I  am  glad  that  I  was  the 
means  of  giving  these  men  a  start.  They 
will  never  neglect  the  lodge  again. 

A.  J.  AIillard. 

1410  Gaines  St. 


A  letter  from  our  Brother  Thomas 
Mulligan,  of  Headley,  England,  prom- 
ises another  one  of  his  interesting  letters 
lor  the  Cynosure  in  the  not  distant  fu- 
ture. He  writes :  'Tt  is  wonderful  how 
fresh  and  interesting  the  old  Cynosure 
keeps.  It  seems  to  be  renewing  its 
youth. 

"The  Lodge  Systems  here  are  work- 
ing and  growing,  but  it  seems  to  me  more 
difficult  to  get  at  them  here  than  in 
America,  where  they  make  more  noise 
and  show  and  are  more  in  evidence."' 

Brother  Mulligan  is  one  of  the  work- 
ers who  has  been  for  years,  and  is  still 
doing  a  mighty  work  with  but  little 
"noise  and  show." 


Rev.  E.  Countryman,  of  Westervelt, 
TIL,  writes :  "I  have  been  'Graciously 
Delivered'  and  am  anxious  to  help  others 
out  of  the  darkness  of  lodgism,  as  the 
Lord   helped   me." 


Among  the  Methodist  Episcopal  min- 
isters in  sympathy  with  the  N.  C.  A.  is 
one  who  advises  us  in  a  unique  way  of 
his  change  of  location.  He  says  :  "Kind- 
ly change  address  of  my  copy  of  the 
Cynosure.  '■'  '•-  *  The  great  ^Teth- 
odist  wheel,  with  its  inner  wheels  (lack- 
ing eyes  sometimes)  has  performed  its 
annual  revolution,  and  I  have  fallen  on 
mv  feet  here  and  am  alreadv  workiner 
and  witnessing  for  Him  who  is  'holy, 
harmless,  undefiled,  and  separate  from 
sinners.'  " 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Septemlier,    1011. 


A  National  Reform  Convention  will 
be  held  in  Park  Street  Church,  Boston, 
Tuesday.  October  24,  under  the  auspices 
of  the  National  Reform  Association. 
Avhich  seeks  "National  Regeneration 
from  the  Reigning"  Alediator,  by  the 
Holy  Ghost,  through  the  proclamation  of 
the  Sovereignty  of  God.  the  Kingship  of 
Christ,  and  the  Supremacy  of  the  Scrip- 
tures, voiced  by  those  Christian  Citizens 
whose  loyalty  to  Christ  in  the  Realm  of 
Political  Life  makes  them  His  faithful 
and  true  witnesses,  and  this  National 
change  of  heart  evidenced  by  the  Na- 
tion's Profession  of  Faith  in  a  Constitu- 
tional Recognition  of  God  as  the  Source 
of  all  Authority,  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
as  the  Ruler  of  Nations,  th^  Bible  as 
the  Fountain  of  all  Law%  and  the  true 
Christian  Religion  as  the  Nation's  Life." 
There  will  be  a  morning  session  at  9 
a.  m.,  an  afternoon  session  at  2  p.  m.. 
and  an  evening  session  at  7  :30  p.  m. 


LETTERS    TO     OHIO     CONVENTION. 


My  church  membership  has  now 
reached  1,700  and  the  work  is  multiply- 
ing so  that  I  cannot  make  any  definite 
promises  as  to  going  away.  I  believe 
as  strongly  as  ever  that  the  spirit  of 
secret  societies  is  anti-Christian  in  the 
last  analvsis.  Do  all  3^ou  can  to  show 
this. 

(Rev.)    S.   P.  Long. 

Mansfield,  Ohio. 


A  House  Built  Upon  the  Sand. 

There  is  not  a  week  goes  by  that  I  do 
not  think  of  the  National  Christian  As- 
sociation and  God's  faithful  servants 
who  are  pushing  it  forward.  I  consider 
that  organized  secrecy  is  without  doubt 
the  great  sin  of  our  world,  and  is  doing 
much  harm.  The  advocates  and  build- 
ers have  been  rejoicing  greatly  over  their 
success,  until  lately  it  has  been  discov- 
ered that  their  great  and  glorious  work 
is  on  a  very  poor  foundation  (sand),  and 
it  is  believed  a  sense  of  uneasiness  is 
coming  into  the  minds  of  the  chief  lodge 
advocates,  and  a  feeling  that  there  is 
danger  ahead.     We  think  so. 

(Rev.)  Joseph  Hoffhines. 
Canal  IJ-inchester,  Ohio. 


From  a  Seceder. 

My  brother  is  a  INIaster  Mason.  I 
asked  him  w^hy  he  did  not  go  on  and 
take  more  degrees,  and  he  said  it  took 
too  much  money.  He  said  a  high  degree 
Mason  told  him  that  if  he  had  the  first 
three  degrees  he  had  all  the  essentials  of 
Masonry.  I  told  him  I  could  buy  a  book 
for  $1.25  that  would  give  me  all  of  that. 
I  think  when  he  went  in  he  did  like  the 
rest  of  us — he  was  utterly  unselfish — 
but  all  the  same,  he  went  in  to  make 
money.  I  hope  you  will  have  a  good 
meeting.  I  have  no  more  sympathy  with 
Masonry  than  I  have  ever  had. 

(Rev.)   FI.  A.  Thompson. 

Dayton,  Ohio. 


ATTENTION! 

Arc  you  interested  in  Gospel  Tracts?  Do 
YOU  know  that  tracts  are  one  of  the  best  medi- 
ums in  bringing  the  Gospel  to  the  lost?  If  we 
could  realize  the  wonderful  blessing  that  we 
can  impart  to  others  by  handing,  or  sending, 
them  a  good  tract,  we  would  l)e  astonished 
indeed.  Eternity  alone  can  reveal  all  the 
good  done  by  tracts.  We  would  like  to  hear 
from  you  on  the  subject. 

Our  tracts  are  sent  out  free  in  Jesus'  name. 
God  provides  the  money  to  print  and  dis- 
tribute these  tracts  by  free  will  offerings. 
To  Him  be  all  glory  now  and  forever.    Amen. 

Write  us,  pray  for  us,  and  "Be  no_t  weary 
in  well  doing,  for  in  due  season  we  shall  reap 
if  we  faint  not." — Galatians  6  :9. 

Your  brother,  in  behalf  of  the  lost. 

S.  E.  ROTH, 

Address  Peculiar  Publishing  Co.,  Wood- 
burn,   Oregon,  R.  F.  D.  Route  No.  3. 


MODERN  BROTHERHOOD 
OF  AMERICA. 

The  Modern  Brotherhood  of  America 
is  a  mutual  insurance  lodge,  in  the  same 
class  as  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  Amer- 
ica. Those  interested  in  securing  some 
literature  issued  by  this  order,  setting 
forth  its  claims,  may  do  so  by  sending 
ten  cents  to  the  Alodern  Brotherhood  of 
America,  25  North  Dearborn  street,  Chi- 
cago, Illinois. 

It  is  well,  known  that  there  are  him- 
dreds  of  difi^erent  secret  insurance  or- 
ders. The  National  Christian  Associa- 
tion furnishes  literature  upon  the  Mod- 
ern Woodmen  of  America,  including  an 
exposure  of  its  so-called  ''secrets,"  as  a 
fair  illustration  of  the  principle  and  op- 
eration of  every  one  of  the  three  or  four 
hundred  lodges  in  this  class. 


September,    1911. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


loo 


KNIGHTS    OF    COLUMBUS. 

The  Knights  of  Columbus  is  a  fra- 
ternal and  social  insurance  order.  It  was 
organized  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  March 
29,  1882,  and  incorporated  under  the 
laws  of  that  state.  "Its  objects  are  to 
promote  social  and  intellectual  inter- 
course among  its  members  and  to  ren- 
der pecuniary  aid  to  them  and  to  their 
beneficiaries.  Men  only  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  faith,  between  eighteen  and 
forty-five  years  of  age,  are  eligible  to 
jiiembership.  Death  benefits  of  from 
$1,000  to  $3,000  are  a  feature  of  the 
organization."  There  is  a  social  depart- 
ment or  side  of  the  order,  by  which  men 
may  become  members  who  do  not  care 
to  be  insured,  or  who  are  physically  un- 
able to  pass  the  examination.  "The  em- 
blem of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  is  an 
eight-cornered  cross,  ornamented  with 
representations  of  a  compass,  dagger, 
anchor  and  vessel,  having  reference  to 
the  voyage  of  Columbus  in  1492."  It  is 
not,  strictly  speaking,  a  military  order. 
Like  some'  of  the  other  orders,  it  takes 
special  pains  to  make  a  fine  showing  be- 
fore public  gatherings.  But  the  wearing 
of  a  sword  is  very  far  from  being 
"equipped  with  the  very  best  of  modern 
weapons."  We  believe  there  are  at  the 
present  time,  in  this  country,  about  350,- 
000  members  of  this  Catholic  order. 


DIVIDED  ALLEGIANCE. 

:^rRS.     If.     R.    SMITH,    LEONARDSUl'RCi.    ()HI0. 

Liberty  liell   sweet   cadence   rang, 

On  Freedom's  natal  day. 
Proclaiming  liberty  througbout  tbe 

Region  of  our  fair  America. 
Alas  !   does  the  star-spangled  lianner 

Still  \va\-e  o'er  a  land  that  is  free, 
Since  hosts  of  her  snbiects  are  in  sworn 

Allegiance  to  the  god  of  secrecy? 

Like   Ilaman   of  old,  the  secret 

Powers  are  occupied  of  late, 
Framing  decrees  to  get  control  of  the 

Mordecais  outside  of  the  gate; 
And   gallows   are  now  reared, 

In  parts  of  our  Union, 
To    force   those   whom   they  can   not  cabletow 

Into   silent  submission. 

As  the  Fugitive  Slave  law  ignited 
The    fuse    to    a    powerful    magazine. 
They   may   'ind   history  repeating  itself, 
Although   they    feel   calm  and   serene. 


Are   we   going   to   bow   to   their   edict — 

Suppression    of    free   speech — 
And   as   followers  of  the  lowly  One, 

Defer    His    holy   truths   to   teach? 

Divided    allegiance    provokes    judgments 

Of  divine   wrath. 
The  house  of  Israel  felt  it  as  an 

Avalanche  sweep  o'er  their  path. 
For  the  Lord,   He  is  a  jealous  God, 

Of  sovereignty  and  power.  .   . 

Think  you   He'll  share  His  worship, 

His   majesty,    with   another? 

He    is   jealous   of   His   honor,    and  ; 

Jealous  of  His  name, 
Jealous  of  His   holy  day — give  heed 

Not  to  profane. 
He  is  jealous  of  His  church,  - 

A  defender  of  his  creatures. 
Bowing   at   shrines    in   secret   chaml^ers,  ' 

Are   laymen   and  also   preachers. 

Look    into    the    Scripture    mirror,    which 

God  holds  up  before  us  all. 
And  see  them,  as  Ezekiel  did,  through 

A  crevice  in  the  wall ; 
In  service  of  the  temple  they  posed 

As  His  own  chosen  ones, 
But  the  "Revealer  of  secrets"  showed  Ezekiel 

'J'he}-  were  only  Baal's  sons. 

Ho  !  all  ye  who  answer  to  the 

Mystic  roll  call. 
See   not  you   the   handwriting 

That  glares  on   the  wall? 
"Weighed  in  the  balance  and   found 

Wanting,"    you    see ; 
"By    rejecting    my    Son,   ye 

Rebel  against   Me." 

No   room  in  the   lodge   for  the 

Savior   and    His    love ;  ' 

They   only   recognize   one   supreme 

Ruler   above.  i 

Thus   wid'ning  the   gate   and  '    ■ 

Broad'ning    the    way. 
For   all    religions   and    sects  •    ^ 

To  unite  harmoniously. 

Therefore  a   false  worship  is   held 

Up  to  their  view. 
Teaching  by  symbols  a  wa}'  ': 

To  pursue  '' 

.To  gain   the   fair  haven 

Of  heavenly  rest, 
In  the   Grand  Lodge  above. 

Among  their  own  blest. 

They  are  robl)ed  of  true  manhood. 

And   frankness  of  youth  ; 
They    are    boimd    to    conceal,    at    the 

Expense  of  the  truth  ;  '. 

Their  actions   and   words  become 

A  mere  tool.  ; 

Restricted   and   goxerned  by  a  ' 

Grand   Master's  rule. 

They  must  go  at  his  lidding. 

Or  come  at  his  call ; 
By  oaths  and  death  penalties 

Sworn   to   obey  all ;  ; 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


September,    1911. 


Under    cover    of    darkness,    they 

]\Ieet  ill  their  halls. 
With   banqueting  and   revelry. 

Of  dancing  and  brawls. 

They're   shorn    of    their    freedom,    their 

Birthright   from  heaven. 
Which  God  in  His  love  to  all 

Men  hath  given. 
That   conscience   unchained   her 

Dictation  might  move 
All  men  to  espouse  and  His 

H0I3-  Word  prove. 

Their  lives   as   clear  streams 

Uniting  in   one, 
Might    become    a    great    power, 

To  herald  His  Son, 
Whom   He   gave   to   this   world. 

Because  of  His  love. 
That    all    might   be    saved,    in 

His    glory    above. 

With   the   purity   of   the   lily   and 

The  fragrance  of  the  rose, 
The    seeking   shepherds    found    Him, 

In  His  humble  repose — - 
"A   diadem   of    beauty,"    ''The 

Bright    and    morning    star." 
The  wise  men,  too.  behold  Him, 

Traveled  from  afar, 

Bringing   their   offerings   of   gold. 

Frankincense,    and    myrrh. 
And  prostrate  before  Him  became 

His   worshipers. 
No  coming  to  the  Father,  save 

Through  His  lowly  Son  ; 
'Tis   high  treason  to   discard   Him, 

And   worship   but  the   One. 

"Ye  are  bought  with  a  price. 

Be  not  servants  of  men"  ; 
"Call   no   man   master,   neither   be 

Called  master  by  them." 
"For  other  foundation  can  no 

Man    put  in   place, 
"That   that   is   laid,  which   is  Jesus," 

Full   of   truth   and    grace. 

Must  the  church  be  longer  robbed 

Of   her    shekinah    glow 
Through   entanglement  in  the  net 

Spread  by  the  secret  order   foe? 
No  compromise  with  darkness, 

Or  its  cunning  variations, 
Are  allowed  in  Christ's  commands 

Of  our  entire  separation. 

We  see  those  friendly  to  the  lodge 

Close   to   the   "border   land   of   woe"; 
As   near  as   uninitiated  the   craft 

Will  let  them  go. 
They  are  longing  for  the  leeks  and 

Garlics    of    titled    sin. 
And  like   the  "silly  little   fly,"    . 

Are  being  drawn  within. 

A^"-''  behold  the  Rev.  Aarons  in 

T^'e  pulpits  of  today, 
De^'A'^*"ipg    speeches    and   memorials 

To  this   Christless  pageantry. 


Ye  must  be  perversely  blind. 

Who  fail  thus  to  see 
Prophecy  fulfilled  in  the  antichrist, — 

Fraternal   secrecy. 

This  "pestilence  which  walketh  in 

Darkness"  Jehovah's  church   assails, 
Leaving  "blight  and  mildew"  all 

Along  its  trail. 
Under  the  searchlight  of  truth 

It  cannot   exist ; 
For   before   His   "quick   and  powerful" 

Word  all  darkness  fades  as  mist. 

Take  courage,   all   who   "sigh   and   cry" 

Against  the  secret  powers. 
Wielding  the  sword  of  light  and  truth 

For  "Him  whose  cause  is  ours," 
Assured   from  His  own  written  Word, 

With  which   we   have  to   deal. 
That  on   the   "forehead"   of   His   loyal   ones 

He  places  His  "ink  horn"  seal. 

— Tlie  Wesleyan  Methodist. 


UNITED    BRETHREN    CHURCH. 
Its   Position   on   Secret   Societies, 

[editorial  in  christian  conservator.] 
In  the  first  place,  the  Constitution  of 
the  United  Brethren  Church  is  against 
the  admission  of  secret  society  members 
into  the  church.  The  Constitution  by 
which  we  are  governed  is  the  Constitu- 
tion of  1841,  unchanged,  which  says: 
"There  shall  be  no  connection  with  se- 
cret combinations."  This  Constitution 
cannot  be  changed  except  by  the  request 
of  two-thirds  of  the  whole  membership 
of  the  church.  It  was  for  this  principle 
that  the  United  Brethren  Church  con- 
tended before  1889,  then  and  now. 

Definition. 

How  does  the  United  Brethren  Church 
define  a  secret  society?  "A  secret  com- 
bination is  an  organization  whose  mem- 
bers are  pledged  to  conceal  their  initia- 
tory ceremony,  their  obligation,  or  their 
inside  workings."  Any  organization  that 
comes  under  the  above  definition  of  a 
secret  society  would  be  considered  by  the 
church  as  belonging  to  that  class  and 
therefore  its  inembers  could  not  be  mem- 
bers of  the  United  Brethren  Church. 
The  church  holds  that  these  combinations 
are  evil,  and  that  Christians  ought  not 
to  be  connected  with  them,  and  that  if 
any  individual  wants  to  be  a  member  of 
a  secret  society  he  cannot  be  a  inember 
of  the  church  of  the  United  Brethren  in 
Christ. 


September,    1911, 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


157 


Automatic   Discipline. 

We  hold  that  a  person  cannot  be  a 
member  of  a  secret  society  and  a  member 
of  the  United  Brethren  Church  at  the 
same  time.  He  may  be  a  member  of  a 
secret  society  and  be  counted  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  church,  but  not  actually  a 
member.  The  Discipline  declares :  "Any 
member  or  preacher  who  shall  connect 
himself  with  a  secret  combination  shall 
be  regarded  as  having  withdrawn  from 
the  church."  This  works  automatically. 
If  any  person  who  is  a  member  of  this 
church  joins  a  secret  society  he  is  there- 
by regarded  as  having  withdrawn  from 
the  church  and  can  only  be  retained  and 
considered  as  a  member  upon  the  condi- 
tion that  he  sever  his  connection  with 
such  combination.  No  individual  can 
become  a  member  of  the  church  who  is 
a  member  of  a  secret  society  unless  he 
severs  his  connection  with  the  secret  so- 
ciety. He  may  answer  the  questions  for 
membership  and  be  enrolled  on  the  class 
book  but  is  barred  from  membership  in 
the  church  if  he  is  a  member  of  a  secret 
society. 

Pastor's  Duty. 

Now,  in  case  we  find  the  names  of 
persons  on  our  class  records  who  be- 
long to  secret  societies,  what  is  to  be 
done?  Perhaps  the  first  thing  to  do  is 
for  the  pastor  to  visit  such  a  person  and 
seek  to  have  him  conform  to  the  rule  of 
the  church  and  if  he  will  sever  his  con- 
nection with  such  combination  he  may 
be  borne  with  and  retained  as  a  member 
of  the  church.  But  if  he  refuses  to  give 
up  the  order  there  is  only  one  thing  left 
for  the  pastor  to  do.  "And  in  the  annual 
revision  of  the  class  book  each  preacher 
in  charge  of  a  work  shall  see  to  it  that 
no  names  of  members  of  secret  combina- 
tions are  retained  on  the  class  book ; 
neither  shall  they  be  reported  to  the  an- 
nual conference  chart.  For  the  faithful 
discharge  of  this  duty,  the  preacher  shall 
be  amenable  to  the  annual  conference." 
The  pastor  must  take  his  name  ofif  the 
record. 

The  pastor  cannot  decide  otherwise. 
The  class  cannot  say  that  such  a  member 
can  be  retained.  The  (juarterly  confer- 
ence has  no  jurisdiction  in  the  matter. 
The  annual  conference  cannot  change  it. 
Even  the  General  Conference,  the  law 
making  body  of  the  church,  cannot  say 


that  secret  society  members  can  become 
members  of  the  church.  It  requires  the 
consent  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  members 
of  the  church  and  then  the  adopting  ac- 
tion of  the  General  Conference  to  admit 
them  into  the  church.  The  time  to  take 
such  names  from  the  class  record  is  at 
the  annual  revision  of  the  class  book. 
Any  preacher  who  receives  members  of 
secret  societies  into  the  church  or  re- 
ports them  to  the  annual  conference  vio- 
lates the  plain  letter  of  the  Discipline  and 
is  amenable  to  his  annual  conference. 

Lodge  Member  Excludes  Himself. 
One  more  question  we  wish  to  answer 
and  then  we  are  through.  In  case  a  per- 
son is  a  member  of  a  secret  society  and 
his  name  is  found  on  a  class  book  in 
any  society  in  the  United  Brethren 
church  ;  and  at  the  annual  revision  of  the 
class  book  the  pastor  takes  his  name 
from  the  class  record,  does  the  pastor 
turn  him  out  of  church  ?  In  answer  to 
this  question  we  say  that  he  does  not. 
If  he  is  a  member  of  a  secret  society  he 
is  not  a  member  of  the  church  and  the 
only  thing  that  the  pastor  does  is  to  take 
his  name  from  the  class  record. — Au- 
gust 2,  191 1. 


NEST  OF  ORIOLES. 

"The  local  nest  of  Orioles  was  insti- 
tuted yesterday  afternoon  in  Foresters' 
Hall  by  L.  L.  LeClair  and  suite.  Guests 
were  present  from  other  nearby  cities, 
where  nests  recently  have  been  institu- 
ted. There  are  seventy-two  charter 
members  of  the  new  fraternal  order  and 
meetings  will  be  held  the  first  and  third 
Fridays   in   Foresters'   Hall." 

The  penalty  of  the  Oriole  oath  must 
be  hanging. 


"To  die  is  gain."  This  doesn't  mean 
when  you  go  into  your  grave  at  the  end 
of  life  but  when  you  die  to  your  self-life 
you  in  like  measure  gain  the  divine  life. 
When  you  die  to  hate  you  gain  love. 
When  you  die  to  impatience  you  gain 
patience.  When  you  die  to  ])ride  you 
gain  humility,  etc. 


I  do  not  believe  it  possible  for  a  man 
to  be  an  intelligent  Christian  and  an 
intelligent  Mason  at  the  same  time. — 
R.  A.    Torrcy. 


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Obituary- — 

Ezra  Asher  Cook 161 

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Watchman,   What   of   the   Night?     Presi- . 

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Reminiscences.     By   Ezra  A.   Cook 171 

Freemasonry     Versus      Christianity.      By 

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^om  Otir  !Mail— 

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New  Reason  to  Subscribe 185 

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•'Jesus  answered  him,- 

—I  spake  openly  t»  -flie  world;  and  in  secret  have  I  said  nothing." 

John  I8:'Z0. 

.      VOLUME  XLIV. 

CHICAGO,    OCTOBER,    1911. 

NUMBER    6. 

MR.    EZRA    ASHER     COOK 


This  brother,  who  has  been  for  many 
years  a  temperance  worker,  an  advocate 
of  Sabbath  observance,  an  enemy  of  Am- 
erican slavery,  an  enemy  also  of  the  ex- 
clusion laws,  which  shut  foreigners  out 
of  our  country,  an  enemy  of  the  secret 
lodge  system,  a  friend  of  the  Christian 
Church  and  a  patron  of  the  Christian 
school,  passed  quietly  to  his  long-  rest, 
from  his  home  in' Wheaton,  Illinois,  Fri- 
day morning,  September  15th,  at  about 
4  o'clock.  ,He  had  been  seriously  ill, 
both  in  mind  and  body,  for  several 
months  and  death  came  to  him  as  a 
blessed  release. 

The  funeral  exercises  were  held  in 
the  Wheaton '  College  Chapel  on  Sab- 
bath, September  17th,  at  2:30  p.  m. 
There  were  present,  his  brother,  Mr. 
David  C.  Cook,  the  publisher,  the 
wife  of  Mr.  D.  C.  Cook,  and 
their  two  sons.  The  brother  and  sisters 
of  Mrs.  Ezra  A.  Cook  and  numbers  of 
their  children  were  also  present.  Mr. 
J.  B.  Cook,  Mr.  Lyman  Cook,  Mr.  Maur- 
ice Cook  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Aveling,  sons 
and  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ezra  A. 
Cook,  were  privileged  to  be  present.  A 
number  of  the  daughters,  with  their 
husbands  and  children,  were  hindered 
from  the  occasion  by  distance  of  abode. 
There  were  present,  besides  relatives, 
numbers  of  old  friends  from  Chicago, 
Mr.  John  Miller  and  daughter,  Mr.  J. 
M.  Hitchcock,  who  gave  one  of  the  me- 
morial addresses,  and  others. 

The  clouds  which  had  gathered  in  the 
morning  had  broken  away  and  as  the 
last  word  was  said  at  the  grave  the  sun 
was  shining;  a  blessed  token,  as  we  be- 
lieve, of  the  joyful  rest  into  which  he 
had  entered. 


In  the  absence  of  the  pastor  of  the 
College  Church,  Rev.  J.  G.  Brooks,  who 
was  seriously  ill,  President  C.  A.  Blan- 
chard  was  requested  to  conduct  the  ex- 
ercises. 

The  singing  was  by  a  quartette  com- 
posed of  Mrs.  Evans,  Mrs.  Mills,  ^Ir. 
Mann  and  Mr.  Cork.  The  second  piece 
sung  consisted  of  four  stanzas,  three  of 
which  were  written  by  Mr.  Cook  over 
forty  years  ago ;  the  fourth  stanza  he 
added  recently. 

The  exercises  opened  with  the  read- 
ing of  the  following  biographical  state- 
ment: 

Seventy  years  ago,  the  fifth  of  next  Xo- 
vember,  Ezra  Asher  Cook  was  born  with- 
in a  parsonage  in  the  quaint  village  of 
Windsor,  Connecticut.  His  father,  Rev. 
Ezra  Sprague  Cook,  was  a  highl}^  educated 
Methodist  minister,  commissioned  by  the 
great  Bishop  Elijah  Hedding  to  be  an 
Elder.  His  parents  were  themselves  of 
American  parentage,  dating  back  to  the 
early  Puritan  settlements.  Among  earlier 
English  ancestry  was  Hugh  Latimer,  the 
martyr  during  the  reign  of  Queen  Anne. 
The  Sprague  family  of  Rhode  Island  was 
represented  in  the  father's  name.  Rev.  Ezra 
Sprague  Cook.  The  family  name  Cook  was 
transmitted  from  one  Ellis  Cook,  who  left 
Southampton,  England,  about  1614.  coming 
to  Lynn.  Massachusetts,  and  subsequently. 
with  a  company,  founded  the  present  town 
of  Southampton,  Long  Island,  in  1640. 
Some  of  Ellis  Cook's  descendants  removed 
from  Long  Island  to  New  Jersey,  and  later 
to  New  York  state,  and  settled  not  far 
from  Albany.  There  a  substantial  farm 
house,  since  dcstroj'ed,  was  known  as  the 
family  residence  at  Sap  Bush  Hill  (now 
Fulton),    New   York,   for   more   tnnn    a   cen- 


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October,  1911. 


tur}'.  In  1776  the  call  of  the  Revolution 
was  answered  b}'  the  hardy  ancestors  whose 
descendant  nearh'  a  century  later  went  to 
the   battle   front   in    1861. 

^Ir.  Cook  was  the  third  child  in  a  fam- 
il\"  of  seven.  His  early  boyhood  days 
were  spent  on  the  old  family  homestead 
in  upper  New  York  state,  and  at  East 
\\"orcester,  but  at  the  age  of  tw^elve  he 
came  with  the  others  to  the  far  w^estern 
town  of  Chicago.  His  father's  broken 
health  improved  after  taking  up  a  farm 
near  Chicago,  in  wdiat  is  now  the  town 
of  Proviso.  The  children  were  carefully 
taught  by  their  father  from  infancy,  and 
later  went  to  the  primitive  district 
school.  Ezra  w^as  ambitious  to  secure  a 
college  education  and  was  unusually  dili- 
gent in  study,  and  acted  at  one  time  as 
assistant  in  Physics  in  Illinois  Institute, 
now^  W'heaton  College.  He  was  one  of 
the  charter  mem.bers  of  the  present  Bel- 
tionian  Society. 

At  the  age  of  nineteen  he  entered  the 
Union  army  and  went  to  the  front.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  39th  Illinois  regi- 
ment, which  fought  in  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac.  He  took  part  in  many  import- 
ant battles — one  of  them  being  the  Bat- 
tle of  Petersburg,  when  General  McClel- 
lan's  army  almost  captured  Richmond. 
While  in  South  Carolina  he  was  detailed 
to  care  for  the  colored  refugees  who 
came  to  his  regiment  for  protection.  He 
carried  on  a  Sunday  School  for  these 
poor  people  and  was  beloved  by  them 
all.  His  Bible  was  his  constant  com- 
panion. He  read  it  through  seven  times 
during  the  war.  His  straightforward 
abolition  principles  were  not  shared  by 
many  of  his  companions,  and  on  many 
occasions  he  valiantly  spoke  for  the 
principle  that  all  men  are  created  free 
and  equal.  He  was  severely  wounded 
in  his  right  hand  at  the  battle  of  Drury's 
Bluff.  Amputation  was  at  first  consid- 
ered necessary,  but  without  anesthetic 
he  endured  a  long  siege  of  painful,  slow 
recovery.  His  strict  temperance  princi- 
ples were  the  saving  of  his  hand,  in  the 
belief  of  his  surgeon. 

After  the  close  of  the  war  he  served 
an  apprenticeship  with  J.  W.  Middleton, 
stationer,  and  in  1867,  together  with  his 
father,  he  formed  the  firm  of  Ezra  A. 
Cook  &  Co.,  publishers  and  stationers, 
at  88   LaSalle   street,   Chicago,   opposite 


the  City  Hall.  His  prosperous  business 
was  completely  destroyed  by  the  Great 
Fire  of  1871,  and  he  was  left  heavily 
in  debt.  He  paid  all  in  full,  although 
his  creditors  themselves  offered  to  settle 
for  a  small  per  cent.  One  of  them,  later 
a  leading  business  man  of  Chicago,  burst 
into  tears  and  said,  "You  are  the  first 
man  who  has  paid  me  his  debt  since 
the  fire."  He  continued  business  on 
Clinton  street  and  on  Wabash  avenue 
until  twenty  years  ago,  when  he  moved 
to  17-19  River  street. 

Mr.  Cook  was  a  charter  member  of 
the  National  Christian  Association  and 
commenced  the  publication  of  the  Chris- 
tian Cynosure  as  a  weekly  paper.  His 
attitude  has  always  been  fearless,  and 
the  influence  of  his  publications,  since 
continued  in  that  reform,  has  been  far- 
reachins:. 

Mr.  Cook  was  early  associated  with 
the  Moody  Church,  and  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  Bethany  Church.  He  then 
joined  Dr.  Goodwin's  church — "The  Old 
First" — and  remained  for  more  than  two 
decades  a  cordial,  efficient  member,  un- 
til in  1908  he  moved  to  Wheaton  with 
his  family,  to  associate  again  with  the 
friends  of  his  youth.  His  residence 
since  1881  was  on  Washington  Boule- 
vard near  May  street,  and  though  not 
politically  ambitious  he  was  nominated 
by  Prohibitionists  for  alderman  of  his 
ward  in  1902.  As  a  Prohibition  party 
nominee  in  a  ward  conceded  to  be  as 
bad  as  the  more  notorious  First,  he  re- 
ceived the  heaviest  Prohibition  vote  ever 
cast  in  any  ward  of  Chicago  up  to  that 
time. 

The  Chicago  Sunday-Closing  League 
received  Mr.  Cook's  firm  support,  and 
by  his  own  almost  solitary  efforts  he 
collected  positive  criminal  evidence 
against  570  saloon-keepers.  Upon  them 
he  hurled  all  the  strength  of  a  great 
moral  champion,  only  to  be  scorned  by 
timid  magistrates,  backed  by  juries  of 
street  politicians.  The  superb  faith  of 
his  great  heart  was  rewarded  afterwards, 
when  the  great  Temperance  procession 
in  1908,  marshalled  by  General  Fred 
Grant  in  Chicago,  witnessed  the  rising 
Temperance  sentiment  of  the  people. 

His  benevolence  and  liberality  were 
unmeasurable.     His  interest  was  aroused 


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by  the  Chinese  Sunday  Schools  of  Chi- 
cago, and  for  many  years  he  took  a 
very  active  part,  serving  for  years  as 
the  Superintendent  of  the  Chinese  Sun- 
day School  of  the  First  Congregational 
Church,  and  later  founding  the  Orient 
Sabbath  School.  On  many  occasions  he 
assisted  the  Chinese  in  troubles  in  court 
with  marked  success.  In  1907  he  trav- 
eled to  the  Pacific  Coast,  with  the  un- 
spoken purpose  of  arousing  greater  in- 
terest in  the  Chinese  race,  and  opposing 
the  injustice  of  the  Exclusion  Law. 

Three  years  ago,  as  President  of  the 
Veterans  of  the  39th  Illinois  regiment, 
Mr.  Cook,  with  the  faculty  of  Wheaton 
College,  invited  his  old  comrades  to 
Wheaton,  and  many  of  them  said  they 
should  never  forget  his  kindness  ana 
solicitude  for  their  spiritual  welfare. 

He  appreciated  to  the  full  the  privi- 
leges of  a  college  education,  which  he 
had  hoped  himself  to  enjoy,  till  called 
to  help  his  country  on  the  battle-field. 
What  he  denied  himself,  for  his  coun- 
try's sake, -he  gave  to  his  own  children 
and  to )  other  young  people.  A  score  will 
forever  remember  his  generosity  in  this 
respect. 

Having  served  for  many  years  as  a 
trustee  of  Wheaton  College,  its  interests 
were  constantly  his  own  unselfish  ambi- 
tion. 

But  all  his  public  service  was  but  a 
small  matter  in  comparison  to  his  loving 
devotion  to  his  wife  and  children  during 
forty-two  years  of  happy  married  life. 
A  sudden  illness,  most  painful  at  first 
to  mind,  then  most  painful  to  his  body 
with  much  improvement  of  mind, 
brought  him  to  his  family's  care.  No 
word  was  more  truly  said  than  his  own 
in  the  presence  of  his  family  just  be- 
fore his  death — ''My  God !  How  I  have 
loved  you  all." 

After  the  reading  of  this  paper  and 
the  singing  of  the  first  hymn,  Professor 
Royal  T.  Morgan,  an  old  schoolmate, 
neighbor  and  friend,  was  introduced  and 
spoke  of  Mr.  Cook's  army  career  in 
brief  and  well  chosen   words. 

Professor  H.  A.  Fisher,  the  senior 
professor  in  term  of  service  in  Wheaton 
College,  then  spoke  of  Mr.  Cook's  rela- 
tions to  that  institution.  He  began  by 
saying  that  Mr.  Cook  stood  in  a  fivefold 
relation  to  the  college  :    First,  he  was  one 


of  its  students ;  second,  he  was  one  of 
its  trustees ;  third,  he  was  a  benefactor ; 
fourth,  he  was  a  patron ;  fifth,  he  was  a 
friend. 

P'^ollowing  the  remarks  of  Professor 
Fisher  came  the  hymn  composed  by  Mr. 
Cook,  sung  by  the  quartette  of  which 
mention  has  already  been  made.  The 
words  were  as  follows : 

JESUS    OUR    ONLY    REFUGE. 
Jesus,    Saviour,    now    I'm    coming 

Unto  Thee   for   peace   and  rest; 
All   earth's  joys   are   transient,   fleeting; 

All  earth's  hopes  are  poor,  at  best. 
Unto    Thee    I    come    for    refuge, 

For  in  Thee  all  fulness  dwells; 
While    I'm    singing,    while    I'm    praying. 

Unto   Thee   affection   wells. 

Vile   and   sinful,   wilt  Thou   take   me? 

Take  and  make  me  all  Thine  own" 
Now  my  prayer  to  Thee  ascending, 

Shall  it  reach  Thy  heavenly  throne? 
Yes,  I  hear  the  gracious  answer: 

"I  have  died  that  thou  may'st  live," 
O,   the   wealth   of  joy   and   comfort, 

That  sw^eet  sentence  now  doth  give! 

Saviour,   now  my  elder   Brother, 

May  I  nothing  do  for  Thee? 
Life    is    short — a    morning — evening — 

It   is   now   high    noon   with   me. 
In   the  market,  idly   standing, 

Shadows   gather   round   my   brow. 
Hark!    I   hear   a   sweet  voice   calling, 

"Come  and  labor  for  Me  now." 

Can  it  be  a  mansion  waiteth, 

Far  above  the  starry  sky; 
All    transcendent    in    its    beauty, 

Made   for   saved   ones    such   as    n 
Yes,   'tis  true;   the   Lord  hath   said   it. 

Hear    the    glad,    sublime    refrain: 

If  we  suffer  here  with  Jesus, 

Over  there   with   Him  we'll   reign. 

Mr.  J.  M.  Hitchcock,  for  many  }'ears 
an  elder  of  the  Chicago  Avenue  Church 
was  introduced  and  spoke  concerning 
his  acquaintance  with  Mr.  Cook's 
labors  for  the  National  Christian  Asso- 
ciation. 

After  sinoing-  bv  Mrs.  Mills,  who  has 
comforted  so  many  hearts  on  funeral  oc- 
casions in  our  city,  opportunity  was 
given  for  looking  upon  the  face  of  our 
departed  brother,  and  the  audience  re- 
tired to  the  cemetery  where  the  services 
were  brieflv  concluded. 


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October,  1!)11. 


fotttributione. 


WATCHMAN,  WHAT  OF  THE  NIGHT? 

It  is  one  of  the  universal  eharaeteris- 
tics  of  men  that  thev  desire  to  know  how 
the  hattle  is  o-oino-.  It  is  never  easv  to 
do  daily  duty  and  leave  events  quietly  in 
the  hands  of  God.  Within  certain  limits 
this  feeling  is  right  and  proper  as  well 
as  natural.  It  is  one  of  the  questions 
which  continually  recur  in  our  confer- 
ences on  the  lodge  question,  "Are  we 
making  progress  ?  How  are  we  getting 
on?" 

It  is  ecjually  evident  that  no  one  but 
God  can  answer  this  inquiry  in  any  full 
and  perfect  manner.  In  this  world 
whether  we  like  it  or  not  we  are  required 
to  walk  by  faith,  not  by  sight.  We  are 
all  the  time  reminded  of  our  human  limi- 
tations when  we  attempt  to  scan  the  hori- 
zon and  learn  the  situation  for  the  pres- 
ent and  the  probabilities  for  the  future. 
But  while  we  cannot  know  the  future 
except  so  far  as  it  is  revealed  there  are 
nevertheless  signs  of  the  times  and  wise 
men  can  in  humble  reliance  on  the  teach- 
ing of  the  Holy  Spirit  judge  of  what  is 
to  be  by  what  is  said  and  by  the  unveil- 
ings  of  God's  providence  from  day  to 
day. 

We  therefore  return  to  our  question, 
"A\'atchman,  what  of  the  night?"  The 
answer  of  the  prophet  was :  "The  morn- 
ing Cometh  and  also  the  night."  That 
is,  there  will  be  improvement  and  again 
there  will  be  darkness  and  storm.  I  do 
not  know  of  any  better  answer,  which  the 
prophet  of  today  can  give,  than  that 
which  the  great  preacher  of  Judah  gave 
so  man}-  years  ago,  "The  morning  com- 
eth  and  also  the  night."  That  is,  there 
will  be  alternations  of  light  and  darkness 
and  no  final  victory  for  the  truth  until 
the  King  comes. 

The   Coming   of  the   King  is   Near. 

This  is  our  great  hope  and  upon  it  we 


should  dwell  more  than  we  do.  Some- 
thing like  three  hundred  times  in  the 
Word  of  God  the  Day  of  our  Lord's 
coniing  is  mentioned  as  a  ground  of 
courage  for  his  people,  or  of  fear  for  his 
enemies.  How  constantly  then  should  we 
return  to  it  that  we  may  be  made  strong 
and  faithful  for  our  tasks,  "The  Lord  is 
at  hand."  If  this  is  true  what  have  His 
friends  to  fear  or  His  enemies  to  hope? 
"Let  us  then  lay  aside  every  weight  and 
the  sin  that  so  easily  besets  and  run  with 
patience  the  race  that  is  set  before  us, 
looking  unto  Jesus  the  author  and  the 
finisher  of  oiir  faith."  Let  the  sick,  the 
tired,  the  tempted,  the  sorrowing,  the 
discouraged  and  the  overborne  say  often 
to  themselves :  "The  Lord  is  at  hand." 
This  will  give  strength  for  battle  and 
courage  for  victory. 

Meanwhile  let  us  always  attend  to  the 
signs  of  the  times  for  God  is  continually 
showing  what  He  means  to  do  by  what 
He  does.  I  was  recently  in  Elkhart,  In- 
diana, attending  the  annual  conference  of 
the  Christian  Association  of  that  state. 
Taking  up  an  evening  paper  I  read  a  no- 
tice of  the  organization  of  a  new  lodge 
of  some  sort  or  another.  The  notice  was 
urging  young  men  to  come  into  this  or- 
der and  was  specially  insisting  oii  the 
fact  that  those  who  went  in  at  once  could 
get  lodge  standing  for  five  dollars,  while 
those  who  waited  if  they  came  in  would 
have  to  pay  twenty-five  dollars. 

This  is  by  no  means  an  isolated  in- 
stance. The  lodge  promoters  are  con- 
tinually doing  this  sort  of  thing.  I  re- 
member to  have  met  a  young  business 
man  in  our  city,  who  was  being  urged  to 
be  one  of  a  few  who  were  to  make  up  a 
new  lodge.  He  was  told  that  he  could 
come  in  for  a  very  small  fee,  that  he 
would  not  need  to  be  initiated,  etc.,  etc. 
Now  this  sort  of  canvass  shows  to  what 
straits  the  lodge  men  are  reduced.  The 
number  of  men  who  wish  to  live  by  the 
lodsfe  business  is  increased  and  the  num- 


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ber  of  men  who  are  willing  to  support 
them  does  not  increase  in  the  same  ratio. 
There  is  therefore  a  necessity  for  the  cut 
rates  and  bargain  lots  in  lodgery.  It  is 
lamentable  that  men  are  foolish  enough 
to  contribute  to  the  support  of  these 
lodge  promoters  in  any  way,  but  it  is  a 
cause  of  congratulation  that  it  is  neces- 
sary to  offer  these  inducements  to  get 
men  to  enter  these  dark  societies. 

The    Harlot's   Ways    are   Changeable. 

It  is  a  well  known  fact  that  when  a 
man  joins  one  lodge  he  is  very  apt  to 
unite  with  others.  He  is  likely  to  become 
what  is  called  "a  joiner."  It  is  in  this 
way  that  so  many  orders  are  sustained. 
The  same  man  supports  two  or  three  or 
ten.  This  makes  it  hard  for  the  wife  and 
children  and  often  impossible  for  the 
church.  It  is  very  hard  for  the  men  who 
contribute  the  dues  and  other  fees,  which 
keep  the  orders  moving,  also  to  support 
home  and  church. 

It  will  be  noted  by  all  who  study  the 
system  that  though  men  weary  of  the 
silly  ritualS;  and  go  into  other  lodges  to 
get  a  change,  they  usually  keep  on  pay- 
ing dues  to  the  orders  which  they  do  not 
care  to  attend.  In  like  manner  libertines 
change  their  mistresses,  wearying  of  one 
and  paying  blackmail  or  conscience 
money  to  the  other,  whom  they  have 
abandoned.  A  gentleman  recently  said 
to  me,  'Tt  is  strange  to  me  to  see  how 
men  go  from  one  secret  order  into  an- 
other. Here  in  our  town  it  is  first  one 
and  then  another  all  the  time."  Without 
understanding  the  reason  he  had  hit  up- 
on the  fact  stated  above. 

The  same  principle  is  at  work  in  single 
orders  among  the  dift"erent  degrees. 
Men  take  one  degree  and  are  made  sick 
and  disgusted.  They  are  assured  that  if 
they  will  only  go  on  and  take  another  de- 
gree they  will  find  something  far  better. 
They  frequently  do  this  only  to  learn 
that  all  is  of  one  piece  and  that  there  is 
nothine  in  the  entire  system  Init  a  mass 


of  deceit,  folly,  shame  and  sin.  Now 
from  one  point  of  view  this  multiplica- 
tion of  degrees  and  orders  is  dishearten- 
ing. Men  say :  Will  the  ]^rocession  never 
cease  ?  Are  the  home,  the  church  and 
the  state  never  to  have  a  fair  chance  at 
the  hearts  of  men  ?  Is  the  harlot  reli- 
gion always  to  skim  the  cream  from  the 
time,  the  money,  the  thought  and  energy 
of  our  young  people  ? 

The  feeling  is  cjuite  natural  Ijut  a  deep- 
er view  will  afford  consolation.  A  man 
who  changes  his  name,  his  clothes  and 
his  beard  every  few  days  is  not  the  man 
you  wish  your  son  to  imitate.  The  pride 
which  those  who  bear  a  name  honored 
for  centuries  have  in  it  is  reasonable.  It 
is  so  with  the  church  of  Jesus  Christ. 
Thoughtless  people  reproach  her  with  her 
unchangeability.  But  this  her  glory.  It 
goes  to  show  that  her  character  and 
work  are  such  as  to  make  it  unnecessary 
for  her  to  change.  The  position  of  an 
honored  wife  is  not  like  that  of  a  pros- 
titute. She  is  not  compelled  to  be  con- 
tinually modifying  herself  in  order  to  re- 
tain her  place  in  her  husband's  house 
and  heart.  We  ought  therefore  to  be 
encouraged  by  the  very  fact  which  is  apt 
to  discourage  us.  The  continual  chang- 
ing and  shifting,  which  is  going  forward 
in  secret  orders,  is  a  prophecy  of  their 
doom. 
The   Thoughts    of    Many    Hearts    Revealed. 

The  theory  upon  which  detectives  act 
is  that  it  is  impossible  for  any  man  to 
be  a  perpetual  hypocrite.  Some  time  or 
other  he  must  be  his  real  self.  First  or 
last  he  must  act  out  his  inniost  being. 
That  this  is  true  no  thoughtful  student 
doubts.  It  is  one  of  the  laws  b}-  which 
God  rules  the  universe  and  is  a  great 
comfort  to  those  who  struggle  for  right- 
eousness. When  evil  men  ov  institutions 
seek  to  gain  admission  into  a  communit}' 
or  a  human  heart  thc\-  al\va}'s  adopt  an 
alias  and  a  disguise.  The  men  who  are 
or^anizino-  secret  orders  sav  that  thc\-  are 


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October,  1911. 


not  secret  orders  and  those  which  Hve  bv 
appeals  to  the  baser  instincts  and  pas- 
sions of  men  for  a  time  put  aside  these 
inducements  to  sin  and  at  times  deny 
that  they  ever  use  them.  For  example 
when  the  Woodmen  came  into  our  city 
they  drew  in  a  number  of  our  good  young- 
men  by  enlarging  upon  the  hope  of  sick 
and  death  benefits  and  denying  that  the 
order  was  /;/  fact  a  secret  society. 

For  a  time  there  was  a  large  part  of 
the  Woodmen  lodge  which  insisted  that 
the  tom-fool  initiations  should  be  omit- 
ted, and  that  there  should  be  none  of  the 
dances  wdiich  from,  the  beginning  until 
now  have  corrupted  and  destroyed  the 
individuals  and  communities  which  have 
tolerated  them.  Years  have  passed.  I 
have  not  inquired  about  the  initiations, 
but  of  late  the  notices  of  lodge  dances 
held  by  this  order  have  steadily  in- 
creased. 'They  sat  down  to  eat  and 
drink  and  rose  up  to  play,"  has  been  the 
regular  order  in  lodges  from  the  time 
that  Aaron  organized  his  "Lodge  of  the 
Golden  Calf  at  the  foot  of  Sinai  until 
this  present  day. 

Now      this      self-revealing      necessity 
which  lies  in  the  nature  of  all  things  is 
an  encouragement  to  all  who  strive  for 
the   truth.      It   is   an    evidence   that   the 
lodge  cannot  forever  hide  its  real  nature 
but  must  in  the  end  be  known  to  be  what 
it   actually   is.      When   that   time   comes 
only  those  who  are  of  the  same  spirit  will 
have    fellowship   with    it.       It    becomes 
plain  that  this  is  already  becoming  true 
here  and  now.     It   is   only  a   few   days 
since  I  was  talking  with  one  of  our  busi- 
ness   men    about   the   picnic    which    the 
Woodmen  had  induced  our  community  to 
aid  and  assist.     He  said  in  the  first  place 
that  his  place  of  business  was  to  be  open 
on  the  lodge  picnic  day.     Then  he  con- 
tinued to  say  that  he  had  not  been  in  a 
meeting  of   the   lodge    for  over   twenty 
years.     He  said :     "I  am  a  business  man 
and  I  have  my  home.     I  enjoy  them  both 


and  it  is  no  object  to  me  to  leave  one 
or  the  other  for  the  intolerable  silliness 
of  lodge  performances.  Those  who  like 
such  things  are  welcome  to  them ;  for  my 
part  I  don't  care  for  them."  These  were 
not  his  exact  words  but  they  express  ex- 
actly his  thought  so  well  as  I  am  able  to 
set  it  down. 

In  Hoc  Signo  Vinces. 
I  have  frequently  said  in  these  letters 
that  the  real  difficulty  with  the  lodge  is 
in  its  religious  character.  This  is  the 
thing  that  settles  the  whole  question  for 
all  Christian  men,  who  once  get  a  sight 
of  the  facts  in  the  case.  While  attending 
our  recent  meeting  in  Ohio,  I  waited  one 
morning  for  a  friend  in  a  shop  on  the 
principal  street  of  the  city.  There  were 
present  several  gentlemen  and  they  were 
speaking  of  our  meeting  of  the  night  be- 
fore. One  of  them  complained  that  our 
speaker  had  spoken  freely  of  the  evils 
of  the  lodge,  but  had  said  nothing  of  the 
good  things  in  it. 

I  said  to  him,  "What  good  things  are 
there  of  which  he  might  have  spoken?" 
He   replied  that   its   Bible   readings   and 
prayers  should  have  been  mentioned.     I 
said  to  him :    "Those  are  to  us  the  worst 
things   about  your  order."     He   seemed 
much  surprised  and  wished  to  know  what 
objection  there  could  possibly  be  to  them. 
I  said  to  him :     "What  per  cent  of  your 
men  are  Christians?"     He  said  that  he 
did  not  know.     I  said  to  him :     "Do  you 
think  that  half  of  your  members  are  even 
members  of  the  church?"     He  thought 
not.      I    said :      "Are    a    fourth   part   of 
them?"     He  was  not   sure  but  thought 
not.     "Well,"  said  I,  "any  one  of  those 
men  who  do  not  even  profess  to  be  saved 
might  be  appointed  to  read  those  pray- 
ers  and   other  solemn  words,   might  he 
not?"     He  admitted  that  this  was  true. 
"Well,"    said    I,    "is    not    this    one    fact 
enough  to  justify  all  Christian  people  in 
opposition  to  the  secret  orders?" 

There  were  two  things  whicli  interest- 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


167 


ed  me  in  this  group  of  men.  First  was 
the  fact  that  they  had  none  of  them  seen 
the  deadly  insult  to  God,  which  is  in- 
volved in  putting  such  words  into  the 
mouths  of  such  men,  and,  second,  that 
as  soon  as  this  was  pointed  out  to  them 
they  at  once  seemed  to  understand  and 
admit  it.  This  is  a  ground  of  hope.  It 
shows  that  now  as  in  the  olden  time 
God's  people  go  into  captivity  for  lack 
of  knowledge,  and  that  when  the  infor- 
mation is  furnished  they  will  respond. 
It  shows  that  there  is  urgent  need  for 
our  work  and  encourages  us  to  press  on. 
High   School   Fraternities   Again. 

It  is  the  duty  of  the  prophet  to  deliver 
the  message  which  his  age  needs  and  to 
continue  to  speak  it  until  the  need  for 
it  has  passed  away.  It  would  be  amusing 
if  it  were  not  tragic  to  hear  of  ministers 
preaching  one  sermon  a  year  on  such  a 
subject  as  the  lodge  or  the  saloon.  For 
three  hundred  and  fifty-two  days  in  each 
year  these  powerful  engines  of  evil  send 
their  shot  and  shell  through  our  homes 
and  churches  and  we  hope  to  silence  their 
batteries  by  firing  at  them  once  a  year. 
A  child  would  know  that  the  thing  could 
not  be  done.  We  therefore  offer  no 
apolog}-  for  returning  to  this  vital  sub- 
ject. 

And  first  we  remind  you  again  that 
there  is  no  argument  against  secret  so- 
cieties in  high  schools  which  does  not  ap- 
ply with  equal  force  against  secret  or- 
ders in  college  or  anywhere  else.  We 
have  never  read  an  argument  against 
lodges  which  was  not  true,  and  we  have 
never  read  one  against  one  secret  society 
which  did  not  apply  to  all  others.  The 
essential  vice  in  a  secret  society  is  that 
it  is  secret.  This  opens  the  way  for  all 
iother  evils  of  every  name  and  kind. 
What  sane  man  can  doubt  for  a  moment 
the  demoralizing  transactions  which  go 
forward  in  a  fraternity  house?  It  is  not 
that  fraternity  men  are  different  from  or 
worse  than  other  men.     It  is  that  thev 


are  like  them  and  that  men  who  do  not 
live  in  the  open  are  sure  to  live  in  the 
dark  in  more  ways  than  one. 

In  the  second  place  I  call  your  atten- 
tion once  more  to  the  fact  that  there  is 
practically  no  difference  among  teachers 
as  to  the  ill  effects  of  the  secret  order 
in  the  high  school.  There  are  a  very  few 
teachers  who  are  lodgemen,  or  politi- 
cians, who  seek  to  please  both  parties, 
but  to  the  praise  of  the  high  school  men 
of  our  country  it  is  to  be  said  that  they 
are  practically  a  unit  against  the  orders. 
It  is  also  to  be  said  with  gratitude  that 
the  courts  and  legislatures  are  almost  as 
united  in  their  action  against  these  de- 
pravers of  our  young  people. 

And  finally  we  are  to  be  glad  that  the 
Boards  of  Education  have  been  so  de- 
liberate in  their  action.  At  times  this 
slowness  has  been  so  marked  as  to  cause 
doubt,  or  suspicion,  but  in  most  cases  it 
has  appeared  to  be  the  steady  on-going 
of  intelligent  determination.  For  all 
these  things  let  us  give  thanks  and  take 
courage.  This  world  belongs  to  God.  It 
does  not  even  owe  its  allegiance  to  good 
men  far  less  is  it  the  property  of  the 
wicked.  We  cannot  see  the  kingdom  un- 
til the  King  comes  but  even  now  we  may 
see  that  he  is  to  be  the  universal  ruler 
and  at  such  an  hour  as  we  do  not  expect 
Him  His  hand  will  be  on  the  latch,  His 
footstep  at  the  door. 

God  bless,  encourage  and  keep  you  all. 
Faithfully  yours, 

Charles  A.  Blanchard. 


Whv  wilt  thou  defer  thv  good  pur- 
pose  from  day  to  day?  Arise,  and  be- 
gin in  this  very  instant,  and  say,  ''Now 
is  the  time  to  be  doing;  now  is  the  time 
to  be  striving;  now  is  the  fit  time  to 
amend  myself."  Unless  thou  dost  ear- 
nestly force  thyself,  thou  shalt  never 
get  the  victory  over  sin. —  Thomas  a 
Kern  pis. 


K.S 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


October,   1911. 


THE  CONFLICT  AND  THE  VICTORY.* 

BY    JAMES    W.    ELLIOTT. 

The  heart  of  man  loves  the  sono-  of 
victory.  This  is  universally  true.  In  all 
ages  men  have  sacrificed  even  their  very 
life's  blood  that,  while  they  themselves 
were  dying-,  they  might  hear  their  com- 
rades singing-  the  p^ean  of  victory.  But 
always,  before  there  can  be  any  victory, 
there  must  be  a  conflict  and,  the  stronger 
the  combatants  and  the  greater  the  issue 
and  the  more  terrific  the  struggle,  the 
greater  will  be  the  victory. 

On  the  world's  battle  field  today  there 
are  two  mighty  institutions.  Freemasonry 
and  Christianity.  It  has  been  stated  on 
the  one  hand  that  these  two  forces  are 
allies,  fighting  in  co-operation  against 
wrong.  It  has  been  declared  on  the 
other  hand  that  they  are  in  terrific  con- 
flict with  each  other  over  the  greatest  is- 
sues of  the  ages.  This  second  class  is 
prophesying  which  side  will  finally  tri- 
umph ;  but,  before  any  one  can  foretell 
triumph,  it  must  be  proved  that  there 
is  a  conflict.  The  whole  question,  there- 
fore, at  present  is  whether  there  is  a  con- 
flict, not  between  the  adherents  of  these 
two  institutions,  but  between  the  funda- 
mental principles  and  requirements  of 
Freemasonry  and  of  Christianity  as 
taught  by  the  acknowledged  Masonic  and 
Christian  authorities. 

It  is  very  evident  that  Freemasonry 
and  Christianity  are  in  conflict  in  this  re- 
spect :  That  one  of  the  foundation  stones 
of  the  former  is  secrecy,  but  that  one  of 
the  fundamental  principles  of  the  latter 
is  openness.  Masonic  seceders,  truthful, 
godly  men,  whose  word  can  be  trusted, 
say  that  all  Masons  are  bound  by  terrible 
oaths  to  keep  secret  the  mysteries  of  their 
order  and  that,  in  certain  degrees,  they 
must  conceal  even  the  crimes  of  each 
other.  As  further  proof  that  secrecy  is 
a  fundamental  principle  of  Freemasonry, 
the  statement  of  an  acknowledged  Ma- 
sonic authority,  Mackey,  in  his  writings 
open  to  all,  is  offered.  He  says :  ''Free- 
masonry as  a  secret  association  has  lived 
for  centuries — as  an  open  society  it  would 
not  last  for  as  many  years." 

Christianity,  on  the  contrar}^,  loves 
light,  and  hates  darkness.     The  greatest 

*This  oration  took  first  prize  in  an  annual 
oratorical  contest  this  year  at  Houghton  Sem- 
inary, Houghton,  N.  Y. — Editor. 


Christian  Authority  declared :  'T  have 
spoken  openly  to  the  world — and  in  se- 
cret have  I  said  nothing."  He  taught 
that  whatever  is  good  for  men  ought  to 
be  told  everywhere  so  that  all  may  know 
the  truth  and  may  be  benefited  thereby, 
and  that  whatever  is  evil  ought  to  be  ex- 
posed so  that  men  may  avoid  it.  It  is 
true  that  Christianity  permits  and  even 
commands  a  certain  degree  of  privacy  ; 
but  secrecy  in  the  Masonic  sense  it  most 
severely  antagonizes.  "Woe  unto  them 
that  hide  deep  their  counsel  from  Jeho- 
vah, and  whose  works  are  in  the  dark 
and  that  say.  Who  seeth  us?  and  who 
knoweth  us?"  are  the  words  of  God.  In 
fact,  as  regards  secrecy  and  openness, 
'Freemasonry  and  Christianity  directly 
oppose  each  other. 

Again,  Freemasonry  is  in  conflict  with 
Christianity  because  it  imposes  unchris- 
tian obligations  upon  its  own  adherents 
and  sustains  an  unchristian  attitude  to- 
ward the  outside  world.  Part  of  the 
proof  for  this  is  necessarily  based  upon 
the  testimony  of  seceders.  But,  since 
the  most  reliable  and  trustworthy  men, 
who  have  left  the  order,  not  through 
spite,  but  from,  principle,  are  all  agreed 
as  to  what  are  Masonic  secrets,  it  is  per- 
fectly right  to  base  proof  upon  their  rev- 
elations. Freemasonry  requires  its  can- 
didates to  swear  to  submit  themselves  to 
conditions  the  nature  of  which  they  have 
no  knowledge  of  until  they  have  taken 
the  oath  and  which  are  determined  by 
finite  minds.  A  candidate  must  swear  to 
conceal  what  is  about  to  be  told  him 
whether  he  afterwards  believes  it  right 
or  wrong.  A  candidate  for  certain  degrees 
must  swear  also^  to  conceal  some  or  all 
of  the  crimes  of  a  brother  of  his  degree. 
Finally,  a  candidate  must  swear  to  obey 
the  Masonic  order  absolutely.  No  well 
enlightened  Christian  will  need  further 
proof  that  the  spirit  of  these  obligations 
is  directly  opposed  to  the  spirit  of  Chris- 
tian requirements. 

Furthermore,  the  Masonic  attitude  to- 
ward persons  outside  the  order  is  very 
unchristian.  Masonry  requires  honesty, 
and  righteous  action  in  many  ways, 
among  Masons  ;  but  it  requires  no  such 
thing  in  a  Mason's  treatment  of  one  out- 
side the  order.  In  fact,  the  very  specifi- 
cation of  who  shall  receive  right  treat- 
ment suggests  that  others  need  not  be  so 


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CHRISTIAN    CYiN-OSURE. 


109 


treated.  A  Mason  of  certain  degrees  is 
required  also  to  sustain  a  right  moral 
relation  to  the  women  relatives  of  a 
brother  of  his  degree.  But  the  mere 
mention  of  this  implies  that  other  women 
have  no  right  to  protection.  Again,  does 
not  Freemasonry  possess  a  most  unchris- 
tian spirit  when  it  prompts  the  cold- 
blooded murder  of  even  its  enemies? 
Does  Masonry  sustain  a  Christian  atti- 
tude toward  any  of  the  citizens  of  our 
country  when  it  tends  to  protect  crime 
and  thus  endangers  the  welfare  of  the 
whole  nation  ?  Certainly  no  sincere  well- 
informed  person  will  affirm  that  it  does. 
Freemasonry  must,  therefore,  be  in  con- 
flict with  Christianity,  not  only  because 
of  secrecy,  but  also  because  of  the  un- 
christian obligations  imposed  upon  its 
own  adherents  and  the  unchristian  atti- 
tude sustained  toward  the  outside  world. 

But  the  most  important  point  of  con- 
flict is  that  Freemasonry  proposes  to  save 
the  souls  of  men  by  a  way  which  is  very 
different  from  the  only  Christian  way 
of  salvatiqn  and  which  is  radically  op- 
posed to  the  Christian  way.  That  Free- 
masonry is  a  religion,  Masonic  authori- 
ties positively  state.  Mackev  says  em- 
phatically :  "Freemasonry  is  a  religious 
institution."  Again  he  says,  ''A  Mason, 
by  living  in  strict  obedience  to  the  obli- 
gations and  precepts  of  the  fraternity,  is 
free  from  sin."  In  fact,  no  one  who  has 
a  thorough  knowledge  of  Masonic  teach- 
ings can  truthfully  deny  that  Freemason- 
rv  professes  to  be  a  religion  which  saves 
the  souls  of  men  and  fully  prepares  them 
for  heaven. 

Wherein,  then,  do  these  two  religions 
teach  different  and  opposing  ways  of  sal- 
vation ?  The  Christian  doctrine  is  that 
salvation  can  be  secured  in  no  way  except 
through  faith  in  the  expiatory  sacrifice  of 
Jesus  Christ  and  through  strict  obedience 
to  the  Bible  and  that  personal  merit  can 
never  in  any  degree  atone  for  sin.  But 
the  Masonic  doctrine  is  directly  contrary 
to  this.  Masonry  makes  obedience  to  the 
Bible  unnecessary  in  securing  salvation. 
Mackey  says  that  Masonry  does  not 
teach  the  divine  authenticity  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures,  but  leaves  every  man  to  his 
own  opinions  upon  that  subject.  He 
says,  furthermore,  that  the  Koran  should 
be  to  the  Mohammedan  Mason  what  the 
r)ible  is  to  the  Christian  Mason.    There- 


fore, though  Masonry  teaches  a  way  of 
salvation,  it  brings  the  Bible  down  to  the 
level  of  certain  other  books  and  denies 
that  obedience  to  its  precepts  is  neces- 
sary. 

Again,  all  regular,  or  universal  Ma- 
sonry, ignores  and  opposes  Jesus  Christ. 
It  is  true  that  one  degree,  the  Knights 
Templar,  constantly  mentions  Christ. 
But  that  degree  is  not  regular  Masonry 
in  the  same  sense  in  which  the  term  is 
used  here,  because  it  is  not  one  of  the 
required  degrees  and  is  not  found  among 
the  Jews,  Mohammedans,  or  the  heathen. 
This  fact,  therefore,  is  no  exception  to 
the  statement  that  regular  Masonry  ig- 
nores Christ  by  purposely  omitting  His 
name  from  Bible  quotations  which  are 
used  in  the  lodges  and  which  originally 
mention  Him.  Christianity,  on  the  con- 
trary, makes  Jesus  Christ  the  central  fig- 
ure of  the  whole  Bible.  Furthermore, 
no  prayer  is  strictly  Masonic  which  con- 
tains the  name  of  Christ.  A  statement 
of  a  Masonic  editor  is  this  :  "All  invo- 
cations in  a  Masonic  lodge  must  be  ad- 
dressed to  God  and  to  God  alone."  With 
this  man  agree  all  acknowledged  authori- 
ties that  the  name  of  Christ  must  not  be 
used  in  a  Masonic  prayer.  But  the 
Christian  doctrine  is  that  no  one  can  even 
obtain  audience  with  God  unless  he 
comes  in  the  name  of  Jesus.  Finally, 
Freemasonry  wdiolly  ignores  the  neces- 
sity of  the  atonement  of  Christ  in  se- 
curing salvation.  This  is  perfectly  evi- 
dent from  the  fact  that  the  whole  system 
of  universal  Masonry  is  either  entirely 
silent  about  Christ  or  actually  opposes 
Hint,  and  affirms  that  some  are  saved 
who  not  only  have  no  faith  in  Him  but 
whO'  shamefully  despise  and  bitterly  hate 
Him.  In  this  way  Freemasonry  ignores 
and  opposes  Jesus  Christ ;  but  Christian- 
ity makes  Him  the  only  way  of  salvation 
atu^'  declares  that  without  faith  in  His 
atoning  death  there  can  he  no  remission 
of  sins. 

In  fact,  the  only  Masonic  requirement 
for  obtaining  salvation  is  personal  merit, 
or,  as  Mackey  says,  acceptance  of  the 
]Masonic  creed  and  obedience  to  the  or- 
der. But  what  are  these  atoning  works  ^ 
And  in  what  sort  of  worship  must  he 
engage  wdio  would  seek  ]\[asonic  salva- 
tion?* It  has  been  proved  already  that 
man\-  of  the  Masoiiic  oblioations  are  di- 


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October,  1911. 


rectly  antagonistic  to  Christianity.  Fur- 
thermore, the  ceremonies  and  symbols 
which  jMasonry  uses  to  teach  the  way  of 
salvation  are  almost  wholly  of  unchris- 
tian origin  and  spirit.  A  noted  Masonic 
writer  says :  "There  is  scarcely  a  cere- 
mony practiced  by  the  Masonic  fraternity 
which  does  not  have  its  counterpart  in 
the  ancient  mysteries."  These  ancient 
mysteries,  the  best  Masonic  authorities 
assert,  were  the  ceremonies  which  the 
heathen  countries  of  Egypt.  Syria,  Phoe- 
nicia, Phrygia,  and  others  used  in  wor- 
shipping the  sun.  These  authorities  say 
also  that  the  favorite  Masonic  legend  of 
Hiram  AbifT,  whose  so-called  death  and 
resurrection  are  symbolized  by  certain 
Masonic  ceremonies,  was  borrowed  di- 
rectly from  the  story  of  the  Egyptian 
sun-god,  Osiris,  and  that,  therefore,  the 
practice  of  these  ceremonies  is,  in  form 
at  least.  Sun-worship. 

Some  of  the  symbols  used  in  Masonry, 
it  is  true,  are  a  workman's  tools ;  but 
others  represent  the  ancient  Baal,  or 
Sun-worship.  For  example,  Mackey 
savs  that  "the  point  within  a  circle  is  an 
allusion  to  the  old  sun-worship"  and  to 
that  part  of  it  "known  among  the  an- 
cients as  the  worship  of  the  Phallus." 
This  Phallus,  he  says,  was  an  extremely 
licentious  god  and  was,  as  some  suppose, 
the  Moabitish  Baal-peor,  whose  licen- 
tious worship  brought  down  the  wrath  of 
God  upon  24,000  Israelites  in  the  wilder- 
ness of  Sin.  In  the  same  way  most  of 
the  ceremonies  and  symbols  are  heathen- 
ish, and,  in  fact,  Morris,  another  ac- 
knowledged Masonic  authority,  says  that 
Freemasonry  is  principally  a  "perpetua- 
tion of  Baal,  or  Sun-worship." 

The  amount  of  proof  that  has  been 
offered  to  establish  these  strong  charges 
against  Freemasonry  is  certainly  very 
small.  But,  if  time  and  space  would  per- 
mit, a  great  abundance  more  of  equally 
good  proof  could  be  offered  to  show^  con- 
clusively the  terrific  conflict  between 
these  two  religions.  Yet,  without  further 
arguing  these  points  of  conflict ;  with- 
out arguing  the  unchristian  origin  of  the 
Masonic  order  in  1717;  without  refuting 
the  fallacy  of  some  that  Masonry,  be- 
cause of  its  charitable  nature  and  its 
bonds  of  brotherhood,  is  in  co-operation 
with  Christianity ;  with  the  mere  men- 
tion of  the  fact  that  Masonry  ignores  the 


Holy  Spirit  as  well  as  Jesus  Christ ;  and 
without  mentioning  any  other  points  of 
dift'erence,  I  maintain  that  these  facts  are 
sufficient  proof  of  the  terrific  conflict  be- 
tween Freemasonry  and  Christianity.  To 
summarize  briefly,  these  facts  which  have 
been  proved,  are  that  Freemasonry  is 
secret,  but  Christianity  is  open ;  that 
Freemasonry  imposes  unchristian  obliga- 
tions upon  its  own  adherents  and  sustains 
an  unchristian  attitude  toward  the  rest 
of  the  world ;  that  the  Masonic  way  of 
salvation  is  directly  contrary  to  the  only 
Christian  way,  because  the  Masonic  way 
is  without  the  Bible  and  without  Christ, 
merely  through  personal  merit.  There- 
fore, since  there  is  war  between  these 
two  forces,  it  logically  follows  that  there 
is  not  co-operation,,  and,  since  it  is  the 
very  nature  of  Christianity  to  fight  for- 
ever against  its  foes  and  since  its  nature 
cannot  change,  it  follows  that,  unless 
Freemasonry  changes,  there  can  never  be 
peace  between  Freemasonry  and  Chris- 
tianity. 

Such  is  the  conflict — a  struggle  which, 
from  the  nature  of  the  case,  must  con- 
stantly become  more  terrific  until  it  shall 
finally  end  in  the  complete  overthrow  of 
the  one  and  the  supreme  triumph  of  the 
other.  But  which  is  to  be  the  victor? 
Which  one  will  be  hurled  into  the  abyss 
of  eternal  defeat  and  ignominy?  Can 
this  religion  be  defeated  which  under 
the  name  of  Judaism,  or  Christianity  or 
under  some  other  name  has  been  in 
countless  battles  like  this,  and,  while  its 
strongest  foes  have  been  compelled  to 
bite  the  dust,  it  has  stood  for  6,000  years 
absolutely  invincible — can  such  a  reli- 
gion ever  suffer  defeat?  Can  that  re- 
ligion succeed  which  tramples  under  foot 
the  word  of  God  and  rejects  our  Savior 
Jesus  Christ  ?  Every  well-informed  per- 
son must  admit  that  wdiatever  opposes 
Christianity  will  finally  fall.  The  Chris- 
tian religion  must  conquer  every  foe, 
even  Freemasonry.  But  how  ?  Will  it 
be  by  mere  fatalism?  Has  fate  decreed 
that  this  must  be  so  and  that  no  man's 
will  can  oppose?  In  no  sense  will  the 
victory  come  by  fatalism.  God  depends 
almost  wholly  upon  voluntary  human  in- 
strumentality for  the  accomplishment  of 
His  work  on  the  earth. 

The    responsibility,    therefore,   of    the 
outcome  of  the  present  conflict  rests  up- 


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171 


on  us.     Freemasonry  will  rise  or  fall  ac- 
cording to  what  we  do.    Christians,  here 
is  our  opportunity,  here  is  our  responsi- 
bility.    On  every  side  of  us  is  this  ter- 
rible   enemy.      It    is    plotting    in    secret 
against  our  religion.     It  is  trying  to  un- 
dermine our  faith.     It  has  already  shat- 
tered the  hopes  and  blighted  the  lives  of 
thousands  of  our  people.     It  would  even 
descend    to    heaven    and    dethrone  our 
King.     God   summons   us   to  immediate 
effective    action     against    Freemasonry. 
What  is  our  attitude  toward  this  call  ?   Is 
it  an  attitude  of  loyalty  and  of  active  co- 
operation  with   God?     Or  is   it  one  of 
neglect    and    indifference  ?       Christians, 
our  attitude  ought  to  be  the  first,  not  the 
second.    Then  let  us  make  it  so.     Let  us 
arise  in  the  strength  of  Jehovah  and  in 
His  name  and  power  let  us  go  forth  to 
war  against  all  the   foes  of  our  Christ 
and  conquer  them  so  completely  that  men 
everywhere  will  worship  Him  only  and 
crown   Him   Lord   of   all.     This   is   our 
duty.     God  rightfully  demands  our  serv- 
ice.    For  His  sake  and  for  the  sake  of 
Jesus   Christ,   who  died  on   Calvary   for 
us,  shall  we  not  devote  our  lives  to  the 
overthrow  of  all  that  opposes  Him  and 
to   the   building    up   of    all    that   honors 
Him? 

Pitts  ford,   J^crmont. 


Grave  on  thy  heart  each  past  red  letter 
day  ; 

Forget  not  all  the  sunshine  of  the  way 

By   which   the   Lord   has   led   thee ;   an- 
swered prayers, 

And    joys    unasked,     strange     blessings, 
lifted  cares. 

Grand   promise   echoes !      Thus   thy   life 
shall  be 

One  record  of  His  love  and  faithfulness 
to  thee. 

— Miss  Haver  gal. 


The  longer  you  read  the  Bible,  the 
more  you  will  like  it ;  it  will  grow  sweet- 
er and  sweeter ;  and  the  more  you  get 
into  the  spirit  of  it,  the  more  you  will 
get  into  the  spirit  of  Christ. — Romaine. 


O  God !  vouchsafe  to  me  of  your  Infi- 
nite all  that  is  possible  of  light  and  of 


love!— F/rfor  Hugo. 


REMINISCENCES. 

BY    EZRA    A.    COOK. 
(Ccntinued   from   June    number.) 
Evidently  God  wanted  me  to  be  a  busi- 
ness man ;  and  He  seemed  to  impress  that 
fact    upon   my    father's   mind,    for,   just 
as  I  was  closing  my  term  of  school  he 
wrote   me   suggesting   that   on   my   way 
home   I    stop   in   Chicago   and   see   if    I 
could  not  get  a  clerkship.     This  I   had 
already  decided  to  do.     I  cornxUiitted  my 
ways   unto   the   Lord,   and   claimed   His 
promise  to  direct  my  steps.     I  set  aside 
ten    dollars    as    the    limit    that    I    would 
spend  for  hotel  accommodations  in  hunt- 
ing for  a  place,  and  pledged  to  the  Lord's 
work  any  balance.  As  it  was  winter,  or 
rather,  early  spring,  I  knew  that  young 
men  from  the  country  had  eagerly  sought 
for   clerkships — as    for   the     tirne     they 
lacked  work  at  home,  even  at  the  small- 
est wages — and  for  permanent  places  if 
they  were  good.  I  thought  it  important 
to  choose  the  business  I  would  like  best, 
knowing  the   Lord   could  just   as   easily 
giv^  me  that  as  any  other,  and  decided 
on  the  book  and  stationery  business. 

I  stopped  at  the  old  Adams  House,  had 
a  refreshing  sleep,  read  God's  Word,  and 
again  asked  His  guidance.  I  had  an  ex- 
cellent recommendation,  signed  by  Presi- 
dent Jonathan  Blanchard ;  and  I  started 
out  early,   before  the  stores  were  open, 
took    a    look    at    the    town,    and,    when 
they  were  opened,  visited  the  book  and 
stationery  stores.     At  one  of  these  stores 
an  old  gentleman  greeted  me  very  cordi- 
ally, and  I  showed  him  mv  recommenda-  • 
tion.     "Well,"  said  he,  "with  that  recom- 
mendation you  have  only  to  find  a  va- 
cancy."    Much  encouraged,   I   went  on, 
and  about  ten  o'clock  entered  a  station- 
ery store  at  196  Lake  street  and  stated 
my  errand.     "Yes,"  said  the  bookkeeper, 
''we  do  want  another  clerk,  but  the  pro- 
prietor is  out."     I  waited,  saw  the  pro- 
prietor,  secured   the  clerkship,   and  was 
so   happy   and   thankful   that   I    did    not 
deduct  the  hotel  bill,  but  gave  the  entire 
ten   dollars   for   Christian' work.     Later, 
when  one  young  man  after  another  ap- 
plied there  for  a  situation,  and  said  thev 
had   spent   several     weeks      in     earnest 
search   for  a  clerkship  of  anv  kind,  the 
leading  of  my  Lord  became  very  mani- 
fest.    After  three  years'  service  here   I 
started  in  business  for  mvself. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


October,  lOlL 


This  firm  carried  a  stock  of  stationery, 
and  took  orders  for  printing,  lithograph- 
ing and  bkuik  books  to  order.  It  soon 
became  mv  cUitx"  to  secure  prices  from 
ditterent  printing  offices,  Hthographing 
estabHshments.  and  binderies,  on  all  sorts 
of  work,  but  particularly  on  bank  work, 
as  that  was  our  principal  country  trade, 
and  most  of  it  was  secured  by  sending  ' 
samples  to  bankers  and  quoting  prices  on 
same.  The  filling  of  these  orders  for 
stationery  was  also  committed  to  my 
charo-e,  and  I  was  termed  "the  man  in 
charge  of  the  work  department." 

]\Iv  employer  was  Captain  General  of 
the  Knights  Templar,  and  in  and  out  of 
the  city  (for  he  made  occasional  coun- 
try trips),  he  used  his  Masonic  connec- 
tion to  the  limit.  His  most  profitable 
business  was  work  for  lodges,  especially 
seals.  When  I  read  proof  on  a  Scottish 
Rite  petition  for  degrees,  one  entitled 
"Prince  of  Mercy,"  I  was  shocked  at 
such  impiety,  and  all  the  more  when  I 
learned  that  they  were  ordered  by  Dea- 
con T.  T.  Gurney.  of  the  Tabernacle 
Congregational  Church.  I  kept  a  copy 
of  this  petition,  and  afterwards  printed 
is  as  a  Cynosure  tract.  I  did  not  fail  to 
protest  against  lodgery  to  my  emj^^oyer. 

It  will  readily  be  seen  that  my  having 
charge  of  the  "work  department"  pecu- 
liarly fitted  me  for  taking  orders,  all  the 
more  that  I  did  not  depend  on  signs  and 
grips  for  favors ;  and  it  is  true  that, 
when  sent  out  "on  the  "road,"  my  suc- 
cess was  -  so  unusual  that  I  was  di- 
rected to  stay  at  it  several  times  as  long 
as  had  been  planned. 

But  the  facts  I  have  stated  regarding 
Masonic  patronage  will  readily  show 
why  I  wished  to  change  employers.  I 
had  no  idea  of  going  into  business  for 
myself.  My  father,  a  retired  Methodist 
minister,  had  then  come  into  the  city, 
and  when  I  spoke  of  my  purpose  to  seek 
another  place  of  employment,  I  was 
amazed  to  hear  his  question,  "Why  don't 
you  start  in  business  for  yourself,  Ezra?" 
I  think  I  must  have  shaken  with  emo- 
tion as  I  asked,  "Why,  father,  what  do 
you  mean?  You  know  that,  on  the  $6.50 
to  $7  per  week  that  I  have  received  dur- 
ing the  past  three  years,  I  have  not  been 
able  to  save  anything,  although  I  have 
lodged  in  the  store  and  boarded  myself  ; 
for  I   am  obliged  to  keep  well   dressed. 


You  have  yourself  loaned  out  my  prev- 
ious savings,  and  know  that  my  entire 
.earthly  wealth  is  less  than  $2,000,  I 
consider  it  absolutely  necessary  to  have 
a  printing  office  in  order  to  fill  orders 
promptly  ;  and,  though  we  could  get  the 
lithographing,  ruling  and  binding  done 
outside,  we  must  buy  the  stones  that  we 
have  the  engravings  put  on ;  and,  with 
a  stock  O'f  stationery  to  buy,  and  rent 
to  pay,  it  would  take  much  even  for  a 
humble   start." 

Father's  answer  to  this  statement 
showed  his  confidence  in  me,  in  such  a 
light  as  to  fairly  overwhelm  me.  It 
was  in  substance  as  follows:  "My  dear 
son,  you  know  that  when  I  exchanged 
the  Wheaton  farm  (102  acres)  for  citv 
property  I  received  a  cash  balance — more 
than  half  cash — which  has  been  bearing 
interest  since  then.  In  view  of  the  in- 
terests of  the  other  children,  I  do  not 
think  I  should  risk  all  of  this ;  but  I 
will  furnish  you  funds  liberally  as  you 
have  need.  Of  course,  those  who  know 
your  energy,  ability,  and  sterling  Chris- 
tian character,  will  be  glad  to  extend 
you  some  credit  at  the  start ;  and,  if 
they  see  that  you  are  succeeding  in 
establishing  a  paying  business,  they  will 
be  oiily  too  glad  to  extend  the  amount. 
I  think  you  may  prayerfully  try  it  for  a 
year,  anyhow.  I  will  not  be  your  partner 
in  any  legal  sense  for  the  first  year,  on 
account  of  the  danger  of  robbing  the 
other  children  ;  but,  if  the  Lord  blesses 
you  with  success,  as  I  firmly  believe  He 
will  (for  from  your  earliest  childhood 
you.  have  honored  God,  and  always 
proved  yourself  a  loving,  obedient,  help- 
ful son  and  brother  to  the  children ) ,  in 
that  case,  at  the  end  of  a  year,  I  will 
become  your  partner,  with  the  distinct 
understanding  that  you  are  to  be  the 
business  manager." 

I  will  not  attempt  to  describe,  much 
less  analyze,  my  emotions  at  this  time. 
I  knew  that  God  was  leading  in  it  all ; 
for  I  was  His  child  and  partner,  though 
to  the  world  the  sign  might  read  Ezra 
A.  Cook  &  Co.  That  my  mind  should 
now  run  over  the  past,  even  to  child- 
hood, to  see  the  loving  leading  of  my 
Lord,  is  but  natural.  That  God  had  led 
my  father  as  well  as  myself  was  plainf 
I  could  see  that  father's  confidence  had 
been  growing   for  over  twenty  years. 


October,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


173 


If  from  what  I  have  written,  any  read- 
er should  infer  that  father's  affection 
was  that  of  worldly  thrift,  for  what  he 
could  get  out  of  me,  }ou  would  greatly 
wrong  him.  I  cannot  doubt,  from  our 
sweet  confidences,  that  what  called  forth, 
more  than  anything  else,  father's  praise 
to  God  on  my  behalf,  was  ray  zeal  for 
Christ  and  His  Kingdom,  and  the  cour- 
age with  which  I  fought  for  the  over- 
throw of  the  secret  empire,  and  the 
abolition  of  slavery.  He  was  intensely 
interested  in  my  work  for  the  negroes 
while  in  the  army,  and  still  more  in  my 
fight  against  Freemasonry.  This  fight- 
ing for  the  right  on  all  occasions  ("Chris- 
tian stamina,'"  father  called  it)  gave 
father  even  more  confidence  in  my  suc- 
cess in  business  than  my  capacity  for 
work,  because  faithfulness  to  the  com- 
mands of  God  linked  me  to  the  power 
of  the  Almighty.  .  •     ' 

,  Now  that  it  was  decided  that  I  should 
start  in  business  for  myself,  I  sought, 
under  the  direction  of  my  Lord,  to  find 
a  suitable  place.  I  soon  found  the  build- 
ing at  88  LaSalle  street,  owned  by  Hon. 
Thomas  Hoyne,  unoccupied.  Mr.  Hoyne 
offered  to  make  the  rent  $150  per  month 
till  May  ist — four  months;  and  after 
that  $250  per  month.  The  location  on 
the  court-house  square  was  ideal ;  but 
the  amount  of  the  rent  scared  me.  I 
reported  the  find  to  father,  and  he  fa- 
vored renting  the  building  for  sixteen 
months.  So  I  signed  the  lease,  and 
paid  the  rent  for  the  month  of  January, 
1868.  The  half  a  month  in  December, 
Mr.  Hoyne  did  not  charge  for. 

As  soon  as  the  building  was  rented, 
the  purchase  of  stationery,  and  machin- 
ery, type  and  material  for  the  printing 
office,  was  promptly  attended  to,  and 
samples  of  bank  stationery  were  pre- 
pared and  mailed  to  prospective  cus- 
tomers. The  samples  showed  excep- 
tionally fine  work,  the  printing  being 
from  new  and  late  styles  of  type,  and 
the  lithographing  also  of  the  best  qual- 
ity. Moderate  prices  were  quoted,  and 
in  a  circular  especial  emphasis  was  laid 
on  our  ability  to  fill  orders  promptly,  as 
well  as  in  the  latest  style.  The  response 
was  all  that  could  have  been  expected. 
T  knew  that  many  would  be  chary  about 
ordering  from  a  house  they  had  never 
heard  of,  whose  talk  of  promptness,  etc.. 


might  be  mostly  "hot  air."  I  was,  there- 
fore, anxious  to  get  out  and  see  those 
that  I  had  previously  met,  as  soon  as 
possible.  Some  very  g^ood  customers 
were  secured  in  the  city,  and  father  and 
by  brother  David  C.,  now  known  as  the 
Sunday-school  man,  did  all  that  they 
could  to  aid ;  but  all  were  new  at  the 
business.  I  had,  of  course,  to  make 
prices,  not  only  on  orders  taken,  l)ut  on 
the  stock  of  stationery  when  it  arrived 
from  New  York  ;  and  even  m)'  capacity 
for  long  hours  of  labor  was  taxed  to 
the  utmost.  In  a  few  months  I  was  able 
to  make  a  hurried  trip  west.  By  this 
time  second  orders  were  coming  in  from 
bankers  who  had  sent  in  trial  orders  at 
the  first ;  so  the  prospect  was  bright.  Ex- 
penses, it  is  true,  threatened  to  eat  up 
all  of  the  profits,  and  more  too  ;  but  my 
courage  was  sustained  by  the  assurances 
of  my  Lord  and  His  evident  guidance. 

In  July  of  this  year  (1868)  we  began 
to  publish  the  Christian  Cynosure  in 
opposition  to  secret  societies.  When  a 
child,  I  promised  the  Lord  that,  to  the 
best  of  my  ability,  I  would  sustain  and 
defend  the  right,  no  matter  how  unpopu- 
lar it  might  be,  and  I  had  renewed  that 
promise  daily.  I  had  found  great  joy 
in 'suffering  shame  and  loss  for  the  name 
of  Christ,  as  I  have  related;  but  the  pub- 
lication of  the  Christian  Cynosure,  I 
saw,  before  I  undertook  it,  involved  a 
continuous  fight  with  merciless  foes 
backed  by  Satanic  cunning.  Indeed,  it 
is  no  exaggeration  to  call  these  secret 
orders  the  organized  army  of  Satan,  the 
leaders  being  possessed  of  that  peculiarly 
loathsome  character  described  as  "unto 
every  good  work  reprobate."  Following 
the  mailing  of  the  first  number  of  the 
Cynosure,  abusive  letters  (most  of  them 
anonymous)  filled  our  mail.  Some  of 
them  were  sent  and  signed  by  business 
firms,  notifying  me  of  the  withdrawal  of 
patronage ;  and  some  contained  threats 
of  revenge,  as  if  the  writer  of  the  let- 
ter had  been  personally  attacked.  .\ 
number  of  these  were  i^ublished  in  the 
Cynosure;  and  I  put  th*  nrunes  of  mv 
country  customers  on  the  Cvx(\siri-: 
mailing  list  for  six  months,  so  that  all 
might  know  just  where  we  stood.  ]^[an\ . 
if  not  most  of  these,  soon  ordered  dis- 
continuance. Strange  as  it  may  seem. 
I  still  believe  that  this  liold,  antl  by 
some    called    foolhard\'.    course    was    not 


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only  that  of  duty^  well  performed,  but 
was  far  safer  than  a  timid  course  would 
haye  been. 

Xot  only  did  scurrilous  anonymous 
letters  threaten  personal  violence,  but 
also  the  destruction  of  property.  I  have 
ample  reason  to  believe  that,  had  I  not 
been  very  cautious  when  crossing  alleys 
after  nightfall,  I  would  have  been  as- 
saulted, and  probably  killed,  except  for 
the  special  protection  of  God.  Had  not 
the  threats  to  destroy  my  property  been 
made  public,  those  threats,  I  do  not 
doubt,  would  have  been  carried  out.  I 
had,  as  my  first  bookkeeper,  a  man  from 
Lockport,  Illinois.  The  father  of  this 
young  man  was  visited  by  a  score  of 
men  that  he  had  never  seen  before,  and 
warned  to  get  his  son  out  of  my  estab- 
lishment if  he  cared  for  his  safety.  When 
this  young  man  went  home  on  a  visit, 
he  was  warned  to  quit  my  employ. 

When  several  numbers  of  the  Cyno- 
sure had  been  issued,  great  complaint 
was  received  about  not  getting  the  paper. 
In  many  cases  subscribers  knew,  from 
the  postmaster  or  clerk,  that  he  tore  up 
the  paper.  Philo  Carpenter  expressed 
distress  about  the  matter,  and  was  at  first 
quite  inclined  to  blame  us,  either  for  poor 
wrapping  or  for  faulty  addressing.  To 
test  the  matter,  he  personally  addressed 
some  well-wrapped  papers,  and  put  them 
in  with  the  rest  of  the  mail,  so  that 
they  would  go  out  in  the  regular  mail. 
Those  that  were  thus  sent  were  ad- 
dressed to  persons  who  had  previously 
failed  to  get  the  paper.  He  wrote  •  to 
each  of  these  at  the  same  time,  and  asked 
them  to  write  whether  they  received  that 
week's  paper.  Each  answered  that  the 
paper  had  not  been  received ;  so  he  exon- 
erated us. 

Last  July  (1911)  was  the  forty-third 
anniversary  of  the  founding  of  the 
Cynosure.  By  the  blessing  of  God,  it 
has  accomplished  much  for  Christ  and 
His  kingdom. 


Our  great  thoughts,  our  great  affec- 
tions, the  truths  of  our  life,  never  leave 
us.  Surely  they  cannot  separate  from 
our  consciousness,  shall  follow  it  whither- 
soever that  shall  go,  and  are  of  their 
nature  divine  and  immortal. — Thackeray. 


FREEMASONRY        VERSUS        CHRIS- 
TIANITY. 
From  the  Viewpoint  of  a  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Pastor. 

BY  REV.    J.    C.    LEACOCK. 
[Concluded  from  the  September  Cynosure.] 

I  have  already  referred  to  Rev.  Charles 
G.  Finney  as  having  been  opposed  to 
Freemasonry,  and  because  of  his  experi- 
ence and  observation  inside  the  lodge,  we 
may  listen  with  profit  tO'  his  testimony, 
which  follows :  'T  was  completely  con- 
verted from  Masonry  to  Christ. 

''Those  who  adhere  intelligently  and 
determinedly  to  Freemasonry  have  no 
right  in  the  Christian  Church.  How  can 
we  fail  to  pronounce  Freemasonry  an 
antichristian  institution  ?  For  example : 

"i.  We  have  seen  that  its  morality  is 
unchristian. 

"2.  Its  oathbound  secrecy  is  unchris- 
tian. 

"3.  The  administration  and  taking  of 
its  oaths  are  unchristian,  and  a  violation 
of  a  positive  command  of  Christ.   '  , 

"4.  Masonic  oaths  pledge  its  mem- 
bers to  commit  most  unlawful  and  un- 
christian deeds : 

"a.     To  conceal  each  other's  crimes. 

"b.  To  deliver  each  other  from  dif- 
ficulty whether  right  or  wrong. 

"c.  To  unduly  favor  Masonry  in  po- 
litical actions  and  in  business  transac- 
tious. 

"d.  Its  members  to  retaliate,  and  per- 
secute unto  death  the  violators  of  Ma- 
sonic obligations. 

"e.  Freemasonry  knows  no  mercy, 
but  swears  its  candidates  to  avenge  vio- 
lations of  Masonic  obligations  even  un- 
to death. 

"f.  Its  oaths  are  profane,  the  taking 
of  the  name  of  God  in  vain. 

"g.  The  penalties  of  these  are  bar- 
barous and  even  savage. 

"h.  Its  teachings  are  false  and  pro- 
fane. 

"i.     Its  design  is  partial  and  selfish. 

"j.  Its  ceremonies  are  a  mixture  of 
puerility  and  profanity. 

"k.     Its  religion  is  deistic. 

''1.  It  is  a  false  religion,  and  professes 
to  save  men  upon  other  conditions  than 
those  revealed  in  the  Gospel  of  Christ. 

"m.     It  is  an  enormous  falsehood. 

"n.     It  is  a  swindle,  and  obtains  money 


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from    its    membership   under    false    pre- 
tenses. 

''o.  It  refuses  all  examination,  and 
veils  itself  under  a  mantle  of  oathbound 
secrecy. 

"p.  It  is  a  virtual  conspiracy  against 
both  Church  and  State." 

If  Charles  G.  Finney  spoke  truthfully 
in  the  quotation  we  have  made,  it  is  our 
bounden  duty  thoughtfully  to  consider 
the  bearing  and  influence  of  this  great 
enemy  to  the  cause  of  Christ  and  to 
earnestly  and  intelligently  oppose  its  fur- 
ther works  of  darkness  as  against  the 
Church  of  God. 

But  regard  to  the  wishes  of  lodge  men 
to  be  left  tmdisturbed  in  their  relation- 
ship and  a  desire  not  to  suffer  boycott 
from  these  oathbound  trusts  have  sealed 
lips  that  ought  to  have  spoken  out  in  be- 
half of  the  Master's  cause  while  secret 
orders  have  been  active  in  efforts  to  se- 
cure public  recognition  and  approval  on 
the  part  of  the  Church. 

What  is  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  doing  about  it  ? 

Two  churches  within  the  bounds  of 
Scranton  District  of  the  Wyoming  An- 
nual Conference  perpetually  advertise 
Freemasonry  and  Oddfellowship  in  win- 
dows given  by  these  orders  and  bearing 
their  special  emblems ;  and  in  one  of 
these  churches  these  fraternities  had  each 
a  night  of  recognition  in  the  week  of 
dedication  services. 

In  response  to  a  question  as  to  the  fit- 
ness of  such  dedication  services  the 
Christian  Advocate,  our  leading  church 
paper,  said  editorially,  on  June  6,  1907, 
as  follows  : 

"Is  it  possible  that  any  Methodist 
church  has  done  a  thing  of  this  kind  ? 
If  so  it  violated  "every  principle  of  pro- 
priety. 

"These  societies  are  secret.  Nothing 
of  a  secret  character  has  a  claim  for  a 
permanent  place  and  recognition  in  the 
Church. 

"Even  though  it  could  be  demonstrated 
that  the  society  was  founded  on  the  prin- 
ciples of  Jesus  Christ,  if  it  was  secret, 
and  its  members  were  promiscuously  tak- 
en from  the  community,  it  would  be  a 
violation  of  propriety.  *  '•'  '^  No 
church  that  would  admit  these  things  can 
expect  to  be  regarded  reverently  by  the 
thoughtful  members  of  the  community. 


"It  is  better  to  have  np  ornamental 
windows  than  to  raise  the  money  for 
them  in  such  ways. 

"We  say  nothing  against  these  socie- 
ties, but  the  place  for  their  memorial 
v^indows  is  in  their  own  rooms  or  in  pub- 
lic halls,  not  in  edifices  dedicated  to  the 
worship  of  God — free  to  all,  whether 
they  believe  in  secret  societies  or  not — 
and  consecrated  to  a  preparation  not  only 
for  the  life  that  now  is  but  for  that  which 
is  to  come." 

But  some  one  may  ask.  Was  not  John 
Wesley  a  Mason  ? 

He  was  so  reported  by  the  Philadelphia 
Press  and  also  by  the  Masonic  Sun. 

But  the  editor  of  the  Christian  Advo- 
cate gives  convincing  proof  to  the  con- 
trary, and  closes  with  this  quotation  from 
Wesley's  Works.  Volume  4,  page  398, 
Friday,  June   t8,   1773: 

"I  w^ent  to  Ballymena  and  read  a 
strange  tract  that  professes  to  discover 
the  inmost  recesses  of  Freemasonry,  said 
to  be  translated  from  the  French,  orig^inal 
lately  published  at  Berlin. 

"I  incline  to  think  it  a  genuine  account. 

"Only  if  it  be  true  I  wonder  the  author 
is  suffered  to  live.  If  it  be,  what  an 
amazing  banter  upon  all  mankind  is  Free- 
masonry ! 

"And  what  a  secret  is  it  which  so  manv 
concur  to  keep  !  From  what  motive  ? 
Through  fear  or  shame  to  own  it." 
(Cynosure,  June,  1903.) 

As  to  ministers  giving  time  to  secret 
orders,  we  have  the  following  from  the 
Christian  Advocate: 

"A  church  in  one  of  the  Eastern  cities 
is  gradually  decaying,  while  the  minister 
seems  to  be  quite  popular  with  the  gen- 
eral public. 

"Ou  inquiry,  we  find  that  he  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Order  of  M^asons,  of  the  Or- 
der of  Oddfellows,  of  the  Order  of 
Grangers,  of  the  Order  of  United  Work- 
men, and  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public, attends  the  meetings  of  all  of 
them,  and  is  active  among  them.  No 
wonder  his  church  decays.  He  has  a 
split-up  mind,  and  probably  it  was  not 
big  enough  for  the  work  of  the  Chris- 
tian ministrv  to  begin  with. 

"Still,  there  is  a  colored  minister  of 
our  church  in  one  of  the  Southern  States 
who  belongs  to  seven  secret  societies. 

"Of   course,   we  do  not  mean   in   the 


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October,  1911. 


above  remarks  to  settle  the  great  ques- 
tion as  to  whether  a  minister  should  ever 
belong"  to  any  other  organization  than 
the  Christian  Church,  but  do  mean  just 
what  we  say — that  such  a  man  as  the 
above,  or  any  man  so  ocupied  with  other 
things  as  such  a  condition  implies,  is  un- 
fit for  the  responsibilities  of  the  pasto- 
rate." 

As  to  the  question  whether  a  minister 
can  with  propriety  lecture  for  pay  on 
such  subjects  as  'A\  hy  I  am  a  Mason," 
or  'AMiy  I  am  an  Oddfellow,"  or  "Why 
I  am  a  Knight  of  Pythias,"  the  Christian 
Ad-i'ocatc  remarks  as  follows: 

"These  are  rival  associations,  and  they 
are  secret  associations.  Many  believe 
such  secret  associations  whose  members 
are  required  to  take  oaths,  unscriptural 
and  improper  ;  and  rivalry  among  them 
does  not  always  minister  to  Christian 
unity  in  religious  societies,  but  often  oc- 
casions serious  discord.  If  a  minister 
belong  to  any  one  of  these  societies,  at 
least  if  he  takes  an  active  and  conspicu- 
ous part,  in  case  of  church  trials  or  dif- 
ferences among-  members,  it  would  be 
difficult  for  him  to  satis f 3^  all,  of  his  im- 
partiality. That  members  of  such  socie- 
ties, on  getting  into  difficulties,  have  been 
known  to  communicate  their  side  of  the 
case  to  ministers,  under  the  pledge  of 
secrecy,  and  helpfulness  expected  of 
them,  cannot  be  denied  by  any  familiar 
with  the  facts  ;  and  that  ministers  have 
been  dislodged  from  useful  pastorates  to 
make  place  for  members  of  another  se- 
cret society  than  those  to  which  the  said 
ministers  belonged,  and  in  some  instances 
because  they  would  not  belong  to  any 
such,  are  facts." 

Another  question  to  the  Christian  Ad- 
vocate and  its  answer  follow : 

''Should  the  Masonic  fraternity  be  in- 
vited to  appear  in  its  official  character 
and  lay  the  corner-stone  of  a  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church?'" 

Answer :  ''The  Alasonic  fraternity  is 
one  of  several  secret  societies  established 
primarily  for  the  aid,  protection,  and  as- 
sociation of  its  members.  It  professes  to 
have  originated  at  a  very  ancient  time, 
among  practical  masons  ;  but  after  awhile 
a  distinction  w^as  established  between 
practical  and  speculative  Masonry,  and 
everybody  could  be  invited  to  join  it  who 
was  considered  a  desirable  acquisition.    It 


has  a  liturgy  of  its  own,  which  recog- 
nizes the  being  of  God,  but  which  does 
not  recognize  the  deity  of  Jesus  Christ. 

"Neither  it  nor  any  other  secret  society 
should  be  invited  to  lay  the  corner-stone 
of  a  Christian  church,  for  these  reasons : 

"It  is  secret.  From  the  very  nature 
of  the  case  the  Christian  Church  can 
have  no  intelligent  judgment  concerning 
the  organization.  Individual  members  01 
the  Church,  by  being  members  -of  that 
body,  may  judge;  but  a  secret  body  of 
which  the  Church  as  a  whole  cannot 
judge,  should  not  be  officially  recognized 
in  any  of  the  services  of  the  said  body. 
Besides,  there  are  in  the  aggregate  many 
members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  who  do  not  believe  at  all  in  secret 
societies.  The  Church,  as  such,  has  not 
pronounced  an  adverse  judgment  on  the 
propriety  or  otherwise  of  secret  societies, 
ijut  the  fact  that  it  has  not  done  so  does 
not  justify  the  bringing  forward  of  a 
secret  society  as  such  to  perform  one  of 
its  solemn  ceremonies. 

"There  would  be  just  as  much  pro- 
priety in  inviting  the  regular  trades  union 
of  masons  to  lay  the  stone,  and  perhaps 
more,  as  spccidative  Masonry  can  have 
no  bearing  on  the  laying  of  a  stone,  and 
every  one  would  object  to  inviting;  the 
trades  union  of  masons  to  lay  the  stone, 
if  for  no  other  reason  than  that  the 
Church  in  its  official  capacity  ought  not 
to  decide  between  union  and  non-tuiion 
workmen. 

"Another  reason  is  that  a  secret  frater- 
nity, parading  with  its  music  and  re- 
galia and  acting  under  its  own  forms, 
tends  greatly  to  diminish  reverent  at- 
tention to  the  solemn  ceremonies  of  the 
Church  of  Jesus  Christ ;  all  connected 
with  it  makes  it,  and  not  the  Church  of 
Christ,  the  central  figure  of  the  occasion. 

"Still  another  objection  is  that  it  tends 
to  destroy  the  sense  of  the  supremacy  of 
the  Christian  Church  to  every  institution 
of  human  origin. 

"Through  the  political  influence  of  its 
members,  the  Masonic  fraternity  has 
often  laid  the  corner-stone  of  a  court- 
house, school  buildings,  and  other  socie- 
ties, but  this  is  no  reason  why  it  should 
be  introduced  for  such  purposes  in  con- 
nection with  the  services  of  the  Church. 
It  contributes  to  the  idea,  already  too 
common,  that  a  secret  societv,  if  it  has 


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a  liturgy,  may  be  made  a  substitute  for 
church  membership. 

''That  the  corner-stones  of  churches 
have  been  so  laid,  and  that  sometimes 
high  dignitaries  of  the  Church  have 
marched  in  the  procession,  performing 
their  functions  as  Christian  ministers  and 
at  the  same  time  wearing  the  regalia  of 
a  secret  society,  is  true ;  but  it  was  an 
aberration  of  judgment  on  their  part, 
and  has  usually  brought  religion  into 
contempt,  and  left  a  deep  and  permanent 
feeling  in  many  minds.  Indeed,  in  one 
community  it  caused  a  withdrawal  of 
one  hundred  and  fifty  members  from  our 
Church,  most  of  whom  were  not  on  prin- 
ciple opposed  to  secret  societies,  and  sev- 
eral of  whom  were  members  of  the  or- 
der of  Masons,  but  who  considered  the 
Church  ignored,  and  the  introduction  of 
an  outside  organization  of  strictly  human 
origin  and  limitations  an  imposition." 

As  to  using  a  Methodist  Church  for 
Masonic  entertainments,  the  Christian 
Advocate  says : 

"Recently  one  of  our  Methodist 
churches  was  used  by  a  commandery  of 
Knights  Templar  for  the  installation  of 
the  officers  of  the  order. 

"Afterward  the  same  knights  and  their 
ladies  sat  down  to  a  sumptuous  banquet 
prepared  by  the  ladies  of  the  church. 
Toasts  such  as  are  usual  on  such  occa- 
sions were  responded  to,  bristling  with 
wit  and  here  and  there  moistened  with 
humor. 

"No  doubt  it  w^as  a  pleasant  occasion  ; 
no  doubt  it  was  u^hoUy  improper  in  a 
church  ;  no  doubt  it  is  an  outrage  upon 
such  members  of  the  church  as  do  not 
believe  in  secret  societies,  to  use  the 
building  for  such  purposes  ;  no  doubt  it 
is  a  piece  of  inconsistency  to  allow  it  to 
one  secret  society  and  not  to  all ;  no 
doubt  there  are  many  things  being  done 
to  bring  into  contempt  edifices  dedicated 
t(^  the  worship  of  Almighty  God. 

"No  doubt  men  of  sense  and  women 
of  sense,  on  reflection — imless  they  arc 
already  so  accustomed  to  the  desecration 
of  God's  house  as  to  be  practically  color- 
blinded  on  the  subject — will  agree  with 
these  sentiments. 

"No  doubt  many  things  can  be  found 
as  inconsistent,  Init  no  doubt  that  no  more 
justifies  things  of  this  kind  than  the  al- 


ready cracked  panes  of  glass  in  a  build- 
ing will  justify  the  cracking  of  the  rest. 

"No  doubt  we  do  not  mean  any  par- 
ticular attack  upon  Masonry  or  any  other 
secret  society  by  this  criticism  of  the  mis- 
use of  a  church  dedicated  primarily  and 
solely  to  the  worship  of  Almighty  God  ; 
though  no  doubt  some  persons  will  think, 
and  the  unscruDulous  will  sav  that  we 
do." 

Just  one  more  question  and  answer 
from  the  Christian  Advocate: 

O.  "At  a  recent  Masonic  celebration 
a  Methodist  minister  made  an  address. 
The  exercises  were  closed  by  singing  the 
hymn,  'Blest  be  the  Tie  That  Binds.'  and 
the  whole  tenor  of  the  minister's  address 
was  that  the  Masonic  order  was  a  kind 
of  church,  and  if  a  person  belonged  to 
the  order  he  did  not  need  to  belong  to 
any  church.  What  is  the  effect  of  the 
use  of  such  a  hymn  and  such  remarks  by 
a  minister  at  such  a  time? 

A.  "The  effect  is  bad.  There  is  not 
the  slightest  similarity  between  Masonry 
and  a  church. 

"The  Church  is  founded  by  Jesus 
Christ;  Masonry  is  a  human  institution. 
The  Church  makes  regeneration  a  test 
of  membership ;  Masonry  does  not.  The 
evangelical  Christian  Church  requires  a 
belief  in  Jesus  Christ  as  God  made  mani- 
fest in  the  flesh;  Masonry  does  not. 

"The  evangelical  Church  has  two  sac- 
raments founded  by  Jesus  Christ — Bap- 
tism and  the  Lord's  Supper;  Masonry 
has  not. 

"The  evangelical  Church  labors  for  the 
conversioii   of   men,   holds   prayer  meet- 
higs  and   other  meetings  with  that  end 
in  view,  invites  all  men,  women,  and  chil- 
dren,   without    distinction    of    race,    and 
whatever  may  be  their  physical  or  social 
condition  ;  Masonry  does  not.     The  prin- 
ciple that   unites   Masons   is   a   love    for 
the  order  ;  the  principle  that  unites  Chris- 
tians is  a  love  for  Clu-ist.     It  is  true  that 
Masons,   in  their  liturgical   forms,   make 
references  to  God  and  to  the  Bible  :  but 
in  order  to  admit  I7nitarians  and  Univer- 
salists   and   deists  of   various   forms,   its 
prayers  in  general  are  not  uttered  in  the 
name  of  Christ.     The  hymn  referred  to, 
"'  'Blest  be  the  tie  that  binds 
Our  hearts  in  Christian  love,' 
describes  an  exi>crieiice  not  necessarv  to 


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October,   1011. 


be  a  good  Alason/  and  which  only  those 
Masons  have  who  are  true  Christians. 

"^Masonry  mav  be  an  important  and 
useful  society,  we  are  not  writing  against 
it,  but  it  is  no  iiiore  a  substitute  for  a 
church  than  a  fire  company  or  the  Union 
League  Club. 

"Of  the  right  of  ministers  of  the  Gos- 
pel to  belong  to  it,  we  say  nothing ;  but 
if  thev  do  belong  they  should  never  so 
speak  or  act  as  to  lead  any  one  to  suppose 
that  in  their  opinion  Masonry  is  any- 
thing but  'one  of  many  human  societies 
not  worthy  to  be  mentioned  or  thought 
of  in  comparison  with  the  Church  of 
Jesus  Christ  which  he  has  purchased  with 
His  own  blood.'  " 

What  may  a  minister  gain  by  becom- 
ing a  Freemason  ? 

A  member  of  the  Wvoming  Confer- 
ence  thought  of  joining  the  order,  and 
sought  advice  of  a  Mason  in  whom  he 
had  confidence  as  a  Christian,  giving  as 
his  reason  for  the  step  contemplated 
that  he  might  have  more  power  over  men 
spiritually. 

The  man  advised  him,  that  if  the  rea- 
son named  were  his  object,  he  would  bet- 
ter not  join,  and  the  advice  was  followed. 

Most  likely  the  chief  thought  that 
moves  men  to  unite  with  the  Masonic 
fraternity  is  that  it  will  secure  a  kind  of 
popularity  and  co-operation  not  to  be  at- 
tained in  any  other  way. 

But  the  popularity  thus  gained  is  at 
great  cost  and  of  questionable  quality. 
When  a  man  joins  Freemasons  he  gives 
a  first  mortgage  on  his  friendship,  and 
this  special  obligation  places  him  out- 
side the  pale  of  impartiality  that  James 
tells  us  is  a  characteristic  of  heavenly 
wisdom.     (James,  3:17.) 

To  the  extent  that  he  is  found  to  give 
prefernce  to  the  members  of  his  secret 
fraternity  he  discounts  his  good  will  to 
all  others,  and  virtually  serves  notice  on 
them  that  they  are  relegated  to  an  in- 
ferior relationship  in  his  regard. 

This  fact  is  recognized  by  those  who 
hold  no  preferred  stock  through  secret 
oaths,  and  it  is  small  wonder  if  they 
stand  together  for  the  protection  of  their 
rights  as  against  the  powerful  social 
trust. 

But  it  is  a  lamentable  fact  that  Free- 
masonry disturbs  the  fraternal  relations 
of  Christ's  ministers,  and  even  interferes 


in  making  assignments  for  work  in  the 
Master's  vineyard,  as  indicated  in  an 
item  above  cjuoted  from  the  Christian 
Advocate.  Trouble  is  made  for  the  Dis- 
trict Superintendent  who  wants  to  do  the 
fair  thing  for  both  preacher  and  charge. 
On  the  one  hand  he  is  asked  to  send  no 
oathbound  pastor  to  a  certain  charge, 
and  on  the  other  hand  the  oathbound 
man  is  sought,  and  retained  beyond  his 
usefulness  to  the  place  by  the  action  of 
his  lodge  brethren. 

And  it  should  be  remembered  that 
7vhat  is  gained  by  lodge  inMiience  rather 
than  by  ability  and  fitness,  is  secured  and 
held  dishonestly,  as  it  belongs  to  one 
more  deserving  and  capable. 

Another  point  named  in  one  of  the 
quotations  from  the  Christian  Advocate 
calls  attention  to  the  fact  that  members 
of  secret  societies  on  trial  receive  spe- 
cial help  from  ministers  who  are  affiliated 
with  them. 

We  recently  had  a  demonstration  of 
this  influence  in  the  Wyoming  Confer- 
ence. The  committee  on  the  case  de- 
clared the  specifications  and  charge  sus- 
tained, but  hesitated  to  affix  the  proper 
penalty.  There  was  delay  and  adjourn- 
ment, and  still  further  delay ;  and  finally 
a  lesser  penalty  than  the  findings  de- 
manded was  anonunced. 

After  the  committee  finally  adjourned 
a  member  of  the  same  informed  the 
chairman  that  Masonry  had  caused  the 
trouble,  and  gave  the  names  of  those 
connected  with  the  trial  who  were  mem- 
bers of  the  fraternity. 

Asked  if  he  were  a  Mason  he  answered 
in  the  affirmative. 

Freemasonry  makes  strange  compan- 
ions indeed,  and  the  fact  of  being  un- 
equally yoked  together  seems  to  be  en- 
tirely ignored,  as  the  following  report 
indicates : 

"One  of  our  Bishops  visited  the  Meth- 
odist Missions  in  India  a  few  years  since, 
and  was  feted  and  feasted  by  the  Masons 
of  Ceylon.  In  Calcutta  no  such  honor 
was  accorded  him,  and  he  told  the  delin- 
quent friends  at  dinner  table  of  the  mag- 
nificent way  he  was  received  as  a  high 
Mason  among  'Ceylon's  spicy  breezes,' 
not  forgetting  to  mention  that  Calcutta 
had  not  risen  to  its  privileges  so  noblv. 

''An  elder  brother  who  was  once  a  Ma- 


October,  J  911. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


179 


son  took  the  Bishop  to  one  side  and  in 
great  confidence  said :  'Bishop,  if  I 
were  you  I  would  not  mention  that  Cey- 
lon affair  any  more  in  India.'  The  Bish- 
op inquired,  'Why?'  'Well,'  answered 
the  brother,  'they  are  not  a  very  respec- 
table lot  out  here  in  India  to  associate 
with.'  " 

It  seems  strange  that  a  Bishop  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  would  cher- 
ish a  desire  for  any  honor  that  Freema- 
sonry might  be  able  to  confer. 

Having  furnished  convincing  evidence 
that  Freemasonry  is  against  Christianity, 
I  desire  to  close  with  questions  for  the 
consideration  of  my  Masonic  brethren : 
Does  Freemasonry  add  any  excellence 
whatever  to  the  character  of  a  genuine 
Christian?  And  does  it  in  any  measure 
or  manner  improve  the  qualifications  of 
a  true  minister  of  Jesus  Christ? 

820  Prescott  Ave.,  Scranton,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 


nm  ©ur  ItatL 


FIERCE  BUT  VICTORIOUS  BATTLES. 

Myself  and  wife  have  just  closed  our 
Summer  Union  Evangelistic  Tent  Cam- 
paign in  Saginaw,  Michigan.  It  was  a 
fierce,  but  victorious  battle.  Most  of  the 
city  pastors  were  out  of  the  city  on 
their  vacations  and  many  of  the  churches 
were  closed  on  Sunday  nights,  but  the 
places  of  vice  and  crime  were  open  and 
multitudes  thronged  the  beer  gardens, 
the  theaters  and  saloons.  But  with  God 
we  held  the  fort,  preaching  day  and 
night  to  all  who  cared  to  hear.  Our  op- 
position to  the  Lodge  System  caused  no 
small  stir. 

Great  work  was  accomplished  among 
the  children  and  young  people,  and  in 
the  Mother's  Meetings  held  by  Mrs. 
Shaw  in  various  parts  of  the  city.  In 
addition  to  the  meetings  held  in  the 
churches  and  mission  halls,  we  preached 
in  the  big  tent  night  and  day  for  six 
weeks.  We  saw  much  of  the  old-time 
power  and  glory,  and  a  goodly  number 
were  converted,  reclaimed  and  brought 
nearer  to  God.  Many  of  the  people  that 
attended  our  meetings  were  converted 
or  reclaimed  in  the  revivals  we  held  in 
Saginaw  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago.  The 


All-day  Prayer  Meetings  were  largely 
attended  and  were  times  of  great  power. 
These  meetings  were  held  every  Friday, 
and  now  that  we  have  left  they  will  be 
held  once  a  month. 

The  last  Sunday  before  returning  home 
we  drove  into  the  country  eight  miles 
and  held  half  a  dozen  services  in  the 
Wesleyan  Methodist  church,  where  we 
saw  a  glorious  victory.  A  few  prayed 
through  and  were  saved  from  the  power 
of  sin.  It  was  at  this  place  that  God 
gave  us  such  a  glorious  harvest  of  souls 
many  years  ago,  when  nearly  one  hun- 
dred were  saved  or  cleansed  from  all 
sin,  in  less  than  twO'  weeks.  Pray  for 
the  work  of  God  in  Saginaw  and  sur- 
rounding country. 

Yours  in  Christian  love, 

S.  B.  Shaw. 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 


EMPEROR  WILLIAM  NOT  A  MASON. 

An  Ohio  Synod  German  periodical  re- 
ports that  Jos.  E.  Moscombe,  editor  of 
The  American  Freemason,  states  that 
Emperor  William  of  Germany  is  not  a 
Freemason,  although  his  father  and 
grandfather  were;  indeed  the  Emperor 
is  credited  with  a  feeling  of,  if  not  actual 
hostility,  yet  of  contempt  for  the  lodge. 
The  latest  proof  of  this  attitude  came  to 
light  in  the  reproduction  of  Mozart's 
"Zauberfloete,"  (charmed  flute).  This 
opera  contains  many  allusions  to  the 
lodge  and  was  written  in  honor  of  Ma- 
sonry. The  Emperor  ordered  all  such 
allusions  to  be  expunged. 

The  same  article  states  that  King 
George  of  England  is  not  a  Mason  and 
is  supposed  to  be  unfavorable  to  tlie 
lodge.  W.  B.  S. 


Some  formal  prayers  are  like  talking 
through  the  telephone  and  no  one  at  the 
other  end  to  answer.  It's  a  one-sided  af- 
fair. God  says,  "Incline  your  ear,  come 
unto  Me,  hear  and  your  soul  shall  live." 
You  repent  of  your  sins  and  straighten 
out  your  life  and  central  will  ring  up 
and  connect  vou  with  the  Almiirhtv 


A  loving  trust  in  the  Author  of  the 
Bible  is  the  best  preparation  for  a  wise 
and  profitable  study  of  the  Bible  itself.— 
H.    C.    Trumbull . 


ISO 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


October.  1911. 


Cl)c  ^otoer  of  tl)e  Secret  Cmptre 


IB2  ^is)5  ©♦  ©»  JFiaee 


XXXVII. 
History    Repeats    Itself. 

The  community  at  large  looked  upon 
the  speedy  conviction  of  Jervish  as  a 
matter  of  course,  and  when  the  time  ar- 
rived for  the  court  to  sit  on  the  case  the 
public  mind  had  quieted  down  from  its 
state  of  excitement  to  one  of  compara- 
tive apathy.  Against  such  overwhelming 
evidence  what  possible  chance  for  any 
verdict  but  guilty  ? 

Anson  Lovejoy  thought  otherwise. 

"The  lodge  is  bound  to  clear  Jervish," 
he  said  to  me  one  day  when  the  subject 
of  the  approaching  trial  happened  to  be 
mentioned.     "And  they  will  do  it." 

Even  I,  wdio  knew  so  well  what  Ma- 
sonic craft  and  guile  is  capable  of  in  the 
way  of  perverting  justice,  was  surprised 
at  the  positiveness  wdth  which  he  spoke. 

"Impossible!"  I  said.  "No  plainer 
case  of  guilt  ever  came  before  a  jury." 

"That  may  be,"  answered  Lovejoy 
with  a  little  touch  of  satire,  "but  yoti  will 
find  that  when  a  fourth  or  even  less  of 
the  jurv  wear  Masonic  spectacles  to  as- 
sist their  imderstandings  the  plainest 
cases  have  a  faculty  of  growing  strange- 
ly involved.  Colonel  Montfort  and  the 
other  members  of  the  lodge  have  a  per- 
sonal stake  in  this  affair  quite  outside  of 
any  particular  interest  they  may  feel 
in  jervish.  It  is  a  kind  of  a  test 
question.  They  want  to  prove  to  the 
world  and  to  themselves  that  Masonry 
is  strong  enough  to  spread  its  protect- 
ing wing  over  the  vilest  criminal  and 
then  defy  the  hand  of  the  law  to  reach 
him.  My  word  for  it,  Sheriff  Simonds 
will  fill  out  the  jury  with  Masons  and 
Odd  Fellows  to  a  man  ;  with  possibly  one 
who  is  neither  Mason  nor  Odd  Fellow, 
but  whose  sympathies  or  connections  are 
all  with  the  lodge,  put  in  simply  for  a 
blinder  to  the  public — nothing  more." 

I  started,  for  this  was  the  same  dodge 
that  had  been  played  so  often  and  so 
successfully  in  the  Morgan  trials  forty 
years   before.      What   should   hinder   its 


working  equally  well  in  the  present  in- 
stance? 

The  widespread  notoriety  of  the  case 
attracted  an  unusually  large  number  to 
hear  the  trial,  and  each  day  of  the  pro- 
ceedings a  crowded  court  room  attested 
to  the  interest  it  had  excited.  The  wit- 
ness against  Maurice  Jervish  was  clear 
and  conclusive  ;  the  testimony  in  his  fa- 
vor slight  and  open  to  serious  doubt  from 
the  character  of  the  witnesses  or  the 
suspicion  that  lodge  influence  had  been 
at  work,  especially  with  Mrs.  Peck,  who 
swore  positively  to  having  no  knowledge 
where  Mary  Lyman  went  on  the  night 
she  left  the  house,  or  in  whose  company ; 
but  was  believed  by  every  candid  person 
to  have  perjured  herself  under  terror  in- 
spired by  her  husband,  who  knew  very 
well  how  to  use  the  peculiar  arguments 
of  the  lodge  with  most  impressive  effect 
on  his  weak-minded  partner. 

Lovejoy's  prophecy  had  proved  true 
to  the  letter  in  relation  to  Sheriff  Si- 
monds, who  filled  out  the  jury  with  four 
Masons  and  one  Odd  Fellow%  together 
with  a  sixth  who  was  neither  a  Alason 
nor  an  Odd  Fellow,  but  a  warm  personal 
friend  of  the  prisoner!  And  so  the  case 
proceeded — a  great  deal  of  tedious  quib- 
bling and  impudent  brow-beating  of  wit- 
nesses from  the  Masonic  lawyer  who 
was  counsel  for  the  accused,  and  did  his 
best,  though  signally  failing  in  the  at- 
tempt— for  there  are  some  things  beyond 
even  the  power  of  falsehood — to  repre- 
sent the  whole  affair  as  a  malicious  perse- 
cution of  his  client.  And  then,  the  evi- 
dence all  being  in,  the  departure  of  the 
jury  to  render  their  decision — guilty  or 
not  guilty. 

I  remember  with  what  hushed  expect- 
ancy we  waited  for  the  verdict ;  how  in 
the  stillness  of  the  court  room  the  jury's 
returning  footsteps  after  their  brief  ab- 
sence sounded  painfully  loud.  And  I  re- 
member, too,  the  half-stunned,  half-sick 
feeling  that  came  over  me,  as  if  I  saw 
Justice  stabbed  to  the  heart  and  was 
forced  to  stand  by  when  the  death-blow 


Oclol.er,  ]nu. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


l^^l 


was   struck  as  the   foreman  pronounced 
their  decision — 
"Not  Guilty!" 

The  lodge  had  triumphed.  Mary  Ly- 
man's murderer  was  free. 

Astounded,  inchgnant,  ahiiost  question- 
ing whether  my  ears  had  heard  aright,  I 
hstened  to  the  giving  of  the  verdict, 
which  was  fohowed  by  loud  applause 
from  Colonel  Montfort's  adherents,  who 
closed  around  Jervish  and  bore  him  away 
like  a  conquering  hero.  It  was  the  same 
scene  with  which  the  court  rooms  of 
western  New  York  grew  so  familiar  in 
1826  and  the  four  years  succeeding.  It 
was  history  repeated,  a  Masonic  jury 
setting  aside  the  plainest  evidence  for 
testimony  that  bore  the  stamp  of  perjury 
on  its  very  face ;  law  helpless  under  the 
heel  of  the  lodge,  and  the  same  exultant 
rallying  around  the  murderer. 

Rachel  was  silent  for  a  moment  after 
I  told  her  the  result  of  the  trial ;  then 
she  bowed  her  head  on  her  clasped  hands 
with  a  sound  that  was  half  a  groan,  half 
a  sob. 

"Mother!"  I  said,  gently. 
"I  can't  help  it,"  she  answered.  ''Shall 
secret  iniquity  triumph  forever?  I  feel 
as  if  I  could  call  upon  God  as  the  prophet 
did  to  rend  the  heaven  and  come  down." 
"But  there  is  a  day  of  reckoning  com- 
ing, you  forget  that,  mother." 

"No,  I  don't  forget  it,  but  it  seems 
such  a  great  wav  off.  What  my  heart 
cries  out  for  is  justice  now.  It  will  be 
a  ;'«itis faction  to  the  universe  no  doubt 
when  this  wretch  gets  his  deserts  at  the 
day  of  judgment,  though  it  be  a  million 
years  he^ce,  but  thinking  of  that  will 
never  reconcile  me  to  his  going  free  of 
jnmishment  here.  His  acquittal  is  a 
standing  menace  to  the  peace  and  virtue 
of  every  home.  If  the  lodge  can  defy 
law  at  one  time  and  in  one  place  it  can 
at  other  times  and  in  other  places — and 
what  is  more,  it  will." 

"Well,"  said  Anson  Lovejoy,  who  had 
come  in  to  talk  over  the  result  of  the  trial, 
"Colonel  Montfort  and  his  party  triumph 
openly  and  shamelessly  in  the  fact  that 
they  have  cleared  Jervish.  At  this  very 
moment  some  of  the  jury  are  over  at 
the  tavern  having  a  grand  drinking  fud- 
dle in  honor  of  their  victory.  Colonel 
Montfort,  I  understand,  is  preparing  a 
garbled  report  of  the  affair  for  a  Chi- 
cago  daily,    in    which    he    will    represent 


Jervish  as  a  cruelly  attacked  victim  of  a 
malicious       anti-Masonic       persecution, 
winding  uj)  with  a  glowing  account  of  his 
triumphant  vindication  before  the  jury. 
1  am  rather  glad  he  is  going  to  do  so,  for 
it  will  give  me  a  chance  to  reply.     The 
real   facts  of  the  case   should  be  placed 
before   the  people   and   signed   by   com- 
petent   witnesses,    so    that   every    honest 
man  and   woman   who   reads  it   sliall  be 
convinced  on  which  side  tiie  truth  lies." 
"That  is  a  good  idea  if  you  can  get 
such    an    article    inserted,"    I    an.-;\vered, 
with  a  vivid  remembrance  of  tlie  times 
now    grown    so    distant    and    shadov/y, 
when  from  one  end  of  the  land  to  the 
other  scarce  a  paper  dared  to  print  an 
account   of   Morgan's   abduction ;   when, 
deaf  alike  to  the  appeals  of  outraged  hu- 
manity and  violated  law,  editors  almost 
everywhere    resolutelv    closed   their   col- 
lums  to  the  whole  subject,  presenting  that 
saddest- of  spectacles  in  a  land  of  free- 
dom— an  enslaved  press. 

"Oh  !  I  think  there  will  be  no  difficulty 
about  that,"  returned  Lovejoy.  "After 
publishing  one  side  of  the  affair  they 
couldn't  for  decency's  sake  refuse  to  pub- 
lish the  other." 

"How  is  your  trial  before  the  grand 
lodge  coming  out?"  I  inquired. 

"I  hardly  know  yet.  I  sent  my  defense 
in  writing,  for  I  could  not  spare  the 
money  to  go  in  person,  and  besides  I 
have  ceased  to  consider  myself  as  being 
under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  lodge.  They 
appointed  a  committee  of  three  to  investi- 
gate the  charges  against  me  and  report 
to  the  grand  master.  As  this  committee 
was  composed  of  an  ex-governor  and  two 
ministers,  I  naturally  supposed  that  I 
should  receive  gentlemanlv  treatment 
from  their  hands — at  least  courtesy  and 
common  fairness.  Rut  this  was  not  the 
case.  They  refused  to  hear  any  testi- 
mony but  that  of  my  accusers,  and  con- 
ducted the  investigation,  which  was  the 
merest  farce  from  beginning  to  end,  more 
in  the  spirit  of  examining  members  of 
the  inquisition  than  anything  else.  I 
presume  they  rej)orted  adversely :  I  nei- 
ther know  nor  care.  Nor  shall  I  wait 
for  the  decision  of  the  grand  master  ;  I 
have  already  sent  in  my  renunciation  and 
my  reasons  for  doing  so  which  are  sub- 
stantially these — T  find  that  every  Mason 
is  under  obligation  to  conceal  a  brother 
ATason's  crime  ;  that  the  greater  the  crime 


18-2 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


October,  1911. 


the  strong-er  the  obligation  to  conceal  it ; 
that  the  lodge  has  the  power  of  life  and 
death  over  its  members  ;  and  that  if  any 
member  knows  of  his  intended  assassina- 
tion he  has  no  right  to  use  any  other 
means  of  safety  than  his  own  physical 
force  or  keeping  out  of  the  way.'  " 

Lovejov  spoke  with  slow,  solemn  em- 
phasis. He  had  learned  at  last  the  les- 
son that  Mark  and  I  learned  two  score 
years  before  from  a  page  stained  with 
martyr's  blood  and  blotted  with  the  tears 
of  the  widow.  The  iron  had  entered  into 
his  soul. 

Elder  Stedman  had  already  delivered 
one  or  two  anti-Masonic  lectures  with- 
out encountering  any  very  serious  oppo- 
sition. Another  was  advertised  to  be 
given  in  the  Quipaw  Creek  school  house 
on  Thursday  evening  of  this  same  week. 

The  party  at  the  tavern  had  a  chance 
to  see  the  notice,  which  was  put  up  in  a 
conspicuous  corner  of  the  public  room, 
and  make  their  own  peculiar  comments 
thereon.  But  remembering  that  my  read- 
ers' ears  are  unaccustomed  to  vulgarity 
and  profaneness,  I  shall  only  transcribe 
that  part  of  their  talk  which  is  of  im- 
mediate interest  in  view  of  the  events 
that  are  to  follow. 

Colonel  Montfort  himself  was  pledged 
to  settle  the  score,  and  under  the  pleasant 
stimulus  of  this  recollection  there  was  a 
general  drinking  to  the  health  of  the  gal- 
lant colonel. 

"Come,  boys,  now  for  a  rouser,"  said 
the  leader,  as  he  again  filled  up  his  glass. 
"Here's  to  Maurice  Jervish,  the  brave 
and  innocent." 

The  toast  was  responded  to  with 
drunken  enthusiasm  and  in  nauseating 
triumph  every  glass  was  drained. 

Reader,  when  the  lodge  has  reached 
what  it  takes  a  good  deal  of  pains  to  in- 
form us  through  its  orators  on  St.  John's 
day  and  other  appropriate  occasions,  is 
its  ultimate  aim  and  object ;  when  it  rules 
the  whole  of  our  beloved  country  from 
New  England  to  the  Sierras ;  when  it 
elects  all  our  public  officers  from  presi- 
dent and  governor  downwards  ;  when  it 
pulls  the  wires  at  every  political  conven- 
tion and  caucus  and  controls  every  town 
meeting ;  in  those  palmy  days  a  man  may 
do  that  which  is  right  in  his  own  eyes ; 
he  may  seduce,  murder,  rob,  cheat,  com- 
mit all  the  crimes  in  the  decalogue,  only 
provided  that  he  has  first  had  the  fore- 


sig'ht  to  learn  a  few  Masonic  signs  and 
grips,  and  has  likewise  had  the  discrim- 
ination to  select  his  victims  entirely  from 
the  ranks  of  cowans  and  outsiders.  A 
possibility  that  by  that  time  so  many  will 
join  the  lodge  from  motives  of  self-pro- 
tection as  to  seriously  limit  the  field  of 
operations  would  seem  at  first  a  slight 
obstacle  in  the  way  of  this  cheerful  pros- 
pect. But  all  the  difficulty  rises  from  a 
superficial  view  of  the  subject.  There 
will  always  be  the  cowan  in  the  land ; 
men  too  poor  or  too  shiftless  to  pay  the 
lodge  dues ;  men  too  independent  to  sur- 
render their  liberty  to  a  secret  despotism ; 
humble  followers  of  the  Lord  who  refuse 
to  bow  to  antichrist ;  besides  cripples 
and  minors,  to  say  nothing  of  the  whole 
female  sex  barred  out  by  circumstance  or 
accident  from  the  tender  charities  of  the 
lodge. 

Now,  as  the  above  mentioned  classes, 
taken  together,  form,  at  a  moderate  es- 
timate, considerably  more  than  two-thirds 
of  the  world's  population  it  will  be  read- 
ily seen  that  the  time  is  not  likely  ever  to 
arrive  when  Masonry  shall  be  restricted 
in  its  operations  by  too  narrow  a  field 
outside. 

But  we  will  leave  dipping  into  the  fu- 
ture and  go  back  to  the  party  gathered 
at  the  tavern  who  had  been  drinking  just 
freely  enough  to  be  primed  for  rowdy- 
ism. 

"I  say,  let's  go  over  to  Quipaw  tonight 
and  shut  the  mouth  of  that  confounded 
Methodist  parson,"  proposed  one.  "The 
old  rascal  needs  a  lesson.  Why  don't  he 
stick  to  his  business  and  let  other  things 
alone?" 

"That's  so,"  was  the  ready  response 
of  another  "He  ought  to  be  treated  to  a 
coat  of  tar  and  feathers,  ranting  up  and 
down  the  country,  making  trouble  in  the 
family  and  setting  wives  against  their 
husbands.  Now  my  wife  hates  Masonry 
like  the  devil,  and  ever  since  she  heard 
that  confounded  fellow  lecture  she's  been 
worse  about  it.  Now  I  say  that  Masonry 
ain't  a  part  of  a  preacher's  business.  He 
ought  to  stick  to  the  Gospel.  That's 
what  ministers  are  for." 

It  is  astonishing,  reader,  the  unanimity 
of  opinion  that  sometimes  exists  between 
two  very  opposite  classes  of  men.  The 
drunken  rowdy  who  gave  utterance  to 
the  above  edifying  sentiments  was  of  ex- 
actly the  same  mind  with  the  Rev.   Dr. 


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183 


Easy,  who  was  at  that  very  moment  ex- 
pressing to  one  of  the  deacons  of  his 
church  his  sorrow  that  Bro.  Stedman 
should  leave  his  legitimate  business  of 
saving  souls  to  attack  such  a  respectable 
institution  as  Freemasonry,  with  which 
so  many  worthy  men  were  connected. 

Meanwhile  the  Elder  was  lifting  up 
his  heart  in  prayer  for  strength  to  stand 
firm  against  the  enemies  of  the  truth  ; 
for  a  spirit  of  meekness  and  charity  to- 
wards all  who  should  oppose ;  for  the 
presence  of  Jesus  Christ  to  go  with  him 
in  might  and  power,  directing  the  battle 
to  a  glorious  victory  over  the  hosts  of 
Baal  for  the  honor  of  his  precious  name 
and  the  hastening  of  his  day  of  Millen- 
nial triumph. 

The  Elder  rose  from  his  knees  and 
walked  to  the  place  appointed,  calm  as 
the  summer  sunset.  He  would  have 
been  calm  if  he  had  known  that  he  was 
to  encounter  a  raging  mob  ready  to  tear 
him  in  pieces.  Into  that  eternal  fortress 
where  the  righteous  run  and  are  safe, 
his  soul  had  entered.  Girded  from  Je- 
hovah's celestial  armory,  with  the  sword 
of  truth  in  his  hand  that  forty  years  of 
constant  warfare  had  only  whetted  to 
a  keen  edge,  why  should  he  fear  the  face 
of  mortal  man? 

He  began  his  lecture,  which  was  on 
the  relation  of  the  Christian  religion  to 
Masonry,  in  a  comparatiAX  quiet.  It 
was  a  rather  miscellaneous  audience  ;  a 
few  earnest,  intelligent  men  and  women 
met  to  learn  what  they  could  about  a 
system  which  pretends  to  hold  in  its 
keeping  ineffable  secrets  impossible  to 
be  discovered  by  profane  gaze,  vet  with 
curious  inconsistency  binds  all  its  mem- 
bers under  awful  oaths  never  to  reveal 
the  unrevealable  !  A  few  drawn  by  cu- 
riosity ;  and  a  considerable  number, 
among  whom  was  the  party  from  the 
tavern,  whose  only  design  in  coming^  was 
to  disturb  the  meeting"  and  mob  the 
lecturer. 

In  the  course  of  his  argument  he  first 
described  in  a  few  brief,  fitting  words, 
the  nature  and  essence  of  true  religion, 
on  which  followed  naturally  a  counter 
description  of  Masonry.  Here  the  Elder 
began  to  tread  on  dangerous  ground.  So 
long  as  he  kept  to  generalities  they  could 
pfford  to  listen  with  tolerable  equanimitv. 
Thev  could  even  bear  to  be  told  that  the 


lodge  was  an  emanation  from  the  smoke 
of  the  bottomless  pit ;  a  low,  cunning 
caricature  of  Christianity,  a  revival  of  the 
worship  of  Baal  and  Tammuz,  and  every 
other  heathen  deity  mentioned  in  Scrip- 
ture. But  when  in  order  to  prove  these 
statements  he  began  a  rapid  review  of  ■ 
the  lodge  ceremonies,  the  stripping,  the 
hoodwink,  the  cable-tow,  and  the  muck 
killing  and  raising  to  life  again  of  the 
widow's  son,  they  felt  that  it  was  high 
time  to  rally  to  the  su])])ort  of  the  ancient 
and  venerable  handmaid  thus  ruthlessly 
despoiled  of  all  that  borrowed  attire  in 
which  her  heart  deligiited 

"You  are  perjured  !"  shouted  a  voice 
in  the  audience. 

"In  what  way?"  mildh-  inquired  tlie 
Elder. 

The  man  was  about  to  answer,  "By 
telling  our  secrets,"  but  the  liquor  he 
had  drunk  had  not  so  far  muddled  his 
brains  that  he  did  not  bethink  himself 
in  time,  and  as  he  had  not  taken  the  pre- 
caution to  "fill  his  mouth  w^th  argu- 
ments" beforehand,  having  filled  his 
pockets  instead  with  another  kind  of  ar- 
gument very  much  in  vogue  with  the  op- 
ponents of  unpopular  reform,  he  con- 
tented himself  with  simply  reiterating, 
"You  are  perjured,"  and  sat  down. 

The  Elder,  however,  was  armed  cap- 
a-pie  against  all  such  attacks. 

"I  am  perjured,  then,  because  I  tell 
the  truth  about  Masonry.  If  I  was  tell- 
ing falsehoods  it  wouldn't  be  ])erjury. 
Now,"  added  the  Elder,  turning-  to  his 
audience,  "this  man  who  has  just  inter- 
rupted me  is  sworn  'ever  to  conceal  and 
never  reveal'  the  secrets  of  the  order; 
but  he  has  just  revealed  them  by  the 
very  act  of  applying  to  me  such  a  term. 
Which  of  us,  then,  is  perjured?  I  speak 
as  to  wise  men.     ludee  ve." 

But  at  this  point  the  speaker's  voice 
was  drowned  in  a  storm  of  hissings, 
hootings,  stampings  and  yellings.  while 
showers  of  rotten  eggs  bespattered  him 
liberally  from  head  to  foot.  The  wild 
elements  were  let  loose.  Raging  waves 
of  the  sea.  foaming  out  their  own  shame, 
is  no  rapt  description  of  the  scene  that 
followed. 

The  Elder,  after  a  vain  attempt  to  con- 
tinue speaking,  dismissed  the  audience 
as  well  as  he  could,  and  the  respectable 
part   dispersed.      He     himself     remained 


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October,  1911. 


behind  to  gather  up  his  books.  This 
o-ave  time  "for  a  crowd  of  infuriated 
Masons  to  close  about  the  platform,  and 
Surround  him  like  a  cordon  of  wild 
beasts,  with  cries  of  "Bring  a  rail,  eg;g- 
him,  feather  him,  shoot  him."  But  then- 
most  outrageous  demonstrations  of  in- 
sult and  violence  did  not  cause  a  ripple 
in  that  heavenly  calm  which  pervaded 
the   Elder's   soul. 

To  long  to  suffer  for  the  truth's  sake 
i^  in  some  souls  almost  a  natural  instinct. 
It  was  so  with  Mark  Stedman.  He  was 
born  with  those  qualities  that  make  a 
^^-lai-tvr— dauntless  courage  and  intense 
loyaltv  to  his  convictions.  And  if  we 
add  to  this  the  fact  of  all  those  long 
years  of  service  for  his  Master,  deaden- 
ing everv  ease-loving,  self-interested 
fib're  in  his  nature ;  but  quickening  in  the 
same  ratio  every  heavenly  impulse  of 
his  soul,  till  the  ordinary  motives  that 
sway  men  had  scarcely  more  influence 
over  him  than  if  he  had  been  a  glorified 
spirit,  it  will  be  readily  seen  that  if  their 
object  was  to  frighten  the  Elder,  he 
was  about  the  worst  possible  subject  they 
could  have  selected  for  such  an  experi- 
ment. 

"Mv  friends,"  he  said,  mildly,  "y^^i  see 
that  lam  powerless ;  you  can  do  with  me 
what  you  choose.  You  can  take  my  life, 
God  rules  in  Heaven,  and  the  truth  will 
triumph  all  the  same— perhaps  quicker. 
:Mv  soul  is  in  His  keeping;  you  cannot 
harm  the  truth,  and  you  cannot  harm 
me." 

The  mob  was  silent  for  an  instant, 
overawed  by  the  meek  daring  of  this 
servant  of  God  ;  then  their  rage  broke  out 
anew  in  redoubled  yells  and  fresh  threats 
of  violence.  Suddenly  a  man  among  the 
crowd  whose  features  were  partly  con- 
cealed by  a  hat  that  he  wore,  either  by 
accident  or  design,  pretty  well  over  his 
eyes,  leaped  on  the  platform,  and  with 
one  quick  movement  extinguished  the 
lights.  The  same  friendly  hand  seized  on 
the  Elder,  who  by  the  diversion  thus 
made,  and  with  the  aid  of  his  unknown 
helper,  managed  in  the  darkness  and  con- 
fusion to  make  his  escape. 

It  was  Anson  Lovejoy,  who  had  seen 
the  notice  and  made  up  his  mind  to  at- 
tend the  lecture,  half  surmising  that  there 
mio-ht  be  trouble.    Bv  mingling  with  the 


mob  as  if  one  of  them,  he  had  executed 
his  bold  maneuver,  and  the  Elder  went 
home  unharmed  in  person  and  not  a 
whit  discouraged  in  soul. 

"The  wrath  of  man  shall  praise  him, 
and  tlie  remainder  he  will  restrain,"  said 
Mark,  in  talking  over  the  affair  a  few 
days  after.  "Outrage  and  violence  never 
really  hinder  the  progress  of  the  truth. 
I  believe  more  Antimasons  were  made 
by  that  lecture  than  by  the  two  others 
that  passed  off  quietly." 

"And  it  would  make  still  more,"  said 
Lovejoy,  "if  the  press  were  not  so  com- 
pletely dominated  by  Masonic  influence 
that  the  most  daring  attempt  to  suppress 
free  speech  passes  unnoticed.  That  Chi- 
cago Journal  has  actually  refused  to  pub- 
lish the  contradiction  to  Colonel  Mont- 
fort's  article,  though  signed  by  candid, 
intelligent  men  who  were  on  the  coro- 
ner's jury  and  knew  all  the  facts  of  the 
case." 

"Well,"  said  I,  "editors  and  ministers 
are,  of  all  men,  most  timid  about  touch- 
ing anything  that  savors  of  reform.  The 
lodge  has  pretty  much  the  same  argument 
for  both.  Editors  don't  want  to  displease 
their  Masonic  patrons  and  lose  thereby  a 
part  of  their  bread  and  butter.  Ministers 
don't  want  to  preach  an  unpopular  re- 
form and  so  run  the  risk  of  losing  a 
slice  off  their  salaries.  And  considering 
what  a  poor,  weak  concern  human  n'ature 
is,  even  at  its  best,  I  can't  say  I  much 
wonder  at  it." 

"Do  you  know  that  a  professed  minis- 
ter of  the  Gospel  was  foremost  in  the 
riotous  demonstrations  the  other  night?" 
said  Lovejoy.  "I  tell  you  while  min- 
isters and  church  members  support  Ma- 
sonry the  system  will  stand.  And  fur- 
thermore, so  long  as  ministers  and  church 
members  who  are  not  Masons  think  it 
is  a  good  institution,  so  long  as  thev  will 
excuse  and  defend  it,  so^  long  it  will  be 
impossible  to  overthrow  it." 

"I  have  been  thinking  of  bringing  up 
the  subject  before  our  next  Quarterly 
Conference,"  said  the  Elder.  "If  the 
church  is  ever  to  cast  this  viper  out  of 
her  bosom  it  must  be  through  agitation 
from  within.  If  reform  does  not  begin 
at  the  house  of  God,  judgment  surely 
will." 

(To  be  continued.) 


October,  1911. 


CHRTSTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


185 


tutorial* 


NEW   REASON   TO   SUBSCRIBE. 

Laws  lately  proposed  in  several  legis- 
latures appear  likely  to  be  followed  in 
various  states  by  similar  attempts  to  re- 
strict freedom  of  speech  and  the  press. 
If  there  is  a  concerted  movement,  it  will 
be  strongly  supported  by  powerful  forces. 
An  accumulating  mass  of  legislation  will 
be  reinforced  by  judicial  precedent  and 
executive  confirmation.  If  nothing  re- 
sists, all  this  will  happen. 

It  would  be  rather  easy,  however,  to 
make  the  path  hard.  More  ways  than 
one  to  obstruct  the  track  are  not  difficult 
to  find.  Yet  there  are  ways  to  walk  in, 
and  not  merely  places  to  talk  in.  It  will 
not  answer  to  content  ourselves  with 
declaiming  against  opposition  to  the  spirit 
of  a  federal  or  a  state  constitution.  We 
should  act  efficiently ;  and  we  can. 

With  what  weapon,  then,  shall  they  be 
armed  who  fight  against  this  darkness  ? 
With  light.  What  gun  is  the  false  foe 
trying  to  spike?  Truth.  Cannot  our  own 
forces  learn  from  the  enemy?  Will  they 
run  the  press  faster  which  the  forces  of 
silence  and  dark  secrecy  are  trying  to 
stop  ?  At  what  do  they  who  cower  in 
lodges  tremble?  They  know  that  free 
speech  is  effective  speech.  Having  sworn 
each  other  not  to  speak  or  write  openly, 
they  turn  to  attempt  binding  civil  law 
over  the  lips  of  free  Americans.  They 
recognize  free  speech  and  the  free  press 
as  dangerous  to  error.    They  are  right. 

Their  consciousness  of  danger  is  a 
true  guide  to  our  campaign.  Eagerness 
to  fortify  a  vulnerable  part  of  their  fort- 
ress marks  out  for  us  the  point  of  ad- 
vantageous attack.  The  serpent  secrecy 
is  like  the  black  snake  which  poising  its 
head  in  front  of  a  gun  looks  straight  at 
the  muzzle,  taking  perfect  aim  for  itself 
so  that  the  most  unskilled  hunter  blows 
its  head  off. 


Knowing,  then,  this  crisis,  and  the 
simple,  direct  means  of  meeting  it.  what, 
now,  will  our  readers  proceed  to  do? 
Will  they  only  wait  to  see  what  we  do? 
Doubtless  some  of  them  find  light  in  the 
Cynosure — named  for  the  Polar  star. 
How  far  does  this  candle  throw  its 
beams?  Where  and  how  is  its  light  ob- 
scured ?  Such  questions  are  in  point  at 
such  a  time.  We  write  the  articles ;  we 
print  the  magazine  ;  it  is  our  readers  who 
have  the  circulation  in  their  own  hands. 
Circulation  is  on  the  firing  line.  Sub- 
scription is  close  to  the  point  of  execu- 
tion. 

Now,  one  dollar  sends  the  magazine  to 
four  addresses  a  quarter  of  a  year;  a 
quarter  of  a  dollar  sends  it  to  one  ad- 
dress for  the  same  time.  As  soon,  then, 
as  a  muffler  bill  is  proposed  in  any  state, 
its  appearance  should  be  the  signal  for 
multiplying  such  subscriptions  by  mem- 
bers of  churches  and  other  patriots.  A 
shower  of  unasked  and  unexpected  copies 
would  thus  be  scattered  over  the  com- 
monwealth. Members  of  that  legislature 
which  must  consider  the  anti-free-press 
bill  would  soon  learn  that  their  constitu- 
ents had  suddenly  become  well  informed. 
The  lodge,  too,  will  discover  that  as  soon 
as  its  first  shot  is  fired,  the  fortress  of 
truth  replies  with  an  exploding  shower  of 
missiles  enlightening  all  the  field.  It  will 
learn  that  the  quickest  way  to  light  the 
lamp  of  exposure  is  to  kindle  the  torch 
of  legislative  destruction  of  constitutional 
liberty.  It  will  pause  and  ponder  before 
intruding  into  the  next  state  with  mediae- 
val legislation.  It  w^ill  learn  that  inevit- 
able punishment  is  prompt  and  severe. 
It  must  soon  be  well  aware  that  the  in- 
famy to  be  blanketed  is  suddenly  much 
the  more  uncovered  in  full  sight  of  the 
electoral  constituency. 

We  have  thus  indicated  one  of  several 
things  that  can  be  done.  Is  it  one  that 
ought  to  be  done?  If  so,  who  ought  to 
do  it?  If  it  is  the  friends  of  light,  they 
should  hasten  to  be  organized,  or  at 
least  to  have  a  common  understanding  of 
what  they  will  do.  At  signal,  they  ought 
to  be  ready  to  march  and  overwhelm  the 
forces  lurking  in  lodge  ravines.  There 
may  be  danger  that  darkness  will  deepen  ; 
there  should  1)e  no  danger  that  light  will 
not  broaden. 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


October,  1911. 


|letti0  of  ®ur  Port. 


MICHIGAN  STATE  CONVENTION. 

The  annual  Antisecret  Conference  of 
the  ^Michigan  Christian  Association,  op- 
posed to  secret  societies,  will  be  held 
this  year  in  Kalamazoo,  Michigan,  Wed- 
nesday and  Thursday,  October  4th  and 
5th.  All  sessions  except  that  of  Thurs- 
day evenino-  will  be  in  the  Third  Chris- 
tian  Reformed  Church,  corner  of  Wal- 
nut and  Park  streets ;  the  Thursday  eve- 
ning meeting  will  be  in  the  First  Chris- 
tian Reformed  Church,  corner  of  Wal- 
nut and  John  streets.  Following  is  a 
condensed  program  of  the  Conference : 

Wednesday,  2  :oo  p.  m.  Opening  ex- 
ercises by  Pres.  A.  B.  Bowman ;  confer- 
ence ;  written  reports  of  officers ;  appoint- 
ment of  committees ;  paper  by  Rev.  J. 
W.  Brink,  "A  Distorted  Text;"  devo- 
tional exercises. 

W^EDNESDAY,  7  45  p.  m.  Rev.  A.  R. 
Merrill,  chairman.  Devotional  exer- 
cises— special  prayer  for  the  National 
and  State  Associations  ;  singing  by  choir 
of  the  Third  Christian  Reformed  Church, 
address  of  welcome  by  Rev.  S.  Elders- 
veld,  response  by  Pres.  A.  B.  Bowman, 
address  by  Dr.  W.  H.  Clay,  "The  Lead- 
ership of  the  Lodgery"  ;  opportunity  to 
put  questions  to  Dr.  Clay,  singing  by 
the  congregation,  a  collection  being  taken 
meanw  hile ;  address  by  Rev.  J.  J.  Hie- 
menga,  ''The  Lodge  System  Essentially 
a  Religion" ;  opportunity  to  put  ques- 
tions to  Rev.  Hiemenga,  singing  by  choir 
of  the  Third  church,  devotional  exercises 
conducted  by  the  chairman. 

Thursday,  9 :3o  a.  m.  Rev.  J.  W. 
Brink,  chairman.  Devotional  exercises 
at  request  of  the  chairman,  reading  of 
minutes,  echoes  from  the  Annual  Con- 
vention of  the  National  Christian  Asso- 
ciation, reading  of  letters  and  testimon- 
ials, Seceders'  Parliament — short  ad- 
dresses— led  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Harwood  ;  de- 
votional exercises  conducted  by  the 
chairman. 

Thursday,  2  :oo  p.  m.  Rev.  J.  E. 
Harwood,  chairman.  Devotional  exer- 
cises at  request  of  the  chairman  ;  read- 
ing of  minutes,  reports  of  committees, 
election  of  officers,  singing  by  congrega- 
tion and  collection,  address  bv  Rev.  A. 


R.  Merrill,  "High  School  and  College 
Fraternities" ;  opportunity  to  put  ques- 
tions to  Rev.  Merrill,  Round  Table  and 
discussion  of  methods  of  work,  led  by 
Dr.  Charles  A.  Blanchard. 

Thursday^  7  45  p.  m.  Rev.  S.  Elders- 
veld,  chairman.  Devotional  exercises  at 
request  of  the  chairman,  music  by 
chorus,  address  by  Dr.  Charles  A. 
Blanchard,  "Christian  Ministers  and 
Secret  Societies" ;  opportunity  to  put 
questions  to  Dr.  Blanchard ;  singing 
by  congregation  and  collection,  ad- 
dress, in  Holland  language,  by  Rev. 
S.  Eldersveld,  "Den  Invloed  der 
Loge  op  het  Amerikaansch  Kerklijk 
Leven"  ;  opportunity  to  put  questions  to 
Rev.  Eldersveld,  music  by  choir,  closing 
remarks  by  the  President  and  devo- 
tional exercises. 


OHIO    STATE    CONFERENCE. 
Belief ontaine,   Ohio,  Aug.   14  and   15,   1911. 

In  the  absence  of  the  President,  W.  S. 
Gottshall,  of  BlufTton,  O.,  Wm.  L  Phil- 
lips, of  Chicago,  was  appointed  Chair- 
man of  first  session. 

Devotional  exercises  were  conducted 
by  J.  J.  Warye,  of  West  Liberty,  O., 
reading  2  Cor.,  6,  as  a  scripture  lesson, 
and  offering  earnest  prayer  to  our  Fa- 
ther. 

Elder  B.  F.  Snyder  gave  the  "Wel- 
come Address"  in  behalf  of  the  church 
entertaining  the  Conference,  and  W.  B. 
Stoddard  the  "Response."  Both  speak- 
ers were  very  earnest  in  their  support  of 
the  work. 

The  address,  "Should  the  Church  Tol- 
erate the  Lodge?"  by  J.  E.  Hartzler,  of 
Elkhart,  Ind.,  was  the  principal  feature 
of  the  evening's  program. 

Those  who  have,  on  former  occasions, 
heard  him  speak  on  this  subject,  know 
something  of  the  treat  enjoyed. 

First  the  Principles,  Oaths  and  Obliga- 
tions of  Secret  Orders  were  exposed,  as 
well  as  the  penalties  attached  to  the  vio- 
lation of  any  of  these  oaths  as  prescribed 
by  the  various  lodges. 

The  Lodge  was  pictured  as  being  dis- 
honest, deceitful  and  untrustworthy, 
these  points  being  then  carefully  proven. 
Arguments  of  Lodge  men  were  then  an- 
swered, showing  the  falsity  of  arguments 


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so  often  presented  by  those  favoring  the 
Secret  Order  System. 

Committees  were  then  appointed  on 
Resolutions,  on  State  Work  and  on 
Finance. 

Offering-  was  then  taken,  and  audience 
dismissed  by  prayer  by  C.  A.  Blanchard. 
Tuesday  Morning  Session. 

Conference  called  to  order  bv  Pres.  W. 
S.  Gottshall,  of  Bluffton,  Ohio. 

Devotional  conducted  by  Rev.  H.  R. 
Smith,  Leonardsburg,  O.,  Scripture 
reading,  i  John,  4.  Prayer  by  several 
active  workers. 

Letters  of  greeting  were  read  from  the 
following  interested  workers  : 

S.  P.  Long,  H.  R.  Smith,  S.  P.  Over- 
holtz,  O.  L.  Smith,  Oscar  Allebaugh,  J. 
E.  Hartzler,  Anna  E.  Stoddard,  H.  A. 
Day,  Thos.  Weyer,  J.  M.  Scott,  H.  A. 
Thompson,  W.  J-  Sanderson,  Jos.  Hoff- 
hines,  and  L  J.  Rosenberger. 

Committee  on  State  Work  made  their 
report,  which  was  accepted  by  the  meet- 


ing- 


Attention  was  called  to  the  fact  that 
the  work  being  done  bore  no  comparison 
to  the  need. 

''My  people  are  gone  into  captivity  for 
want  of  knowledge"  was  never  more  true 
than  it  is  to-day ;  however,  increased 
number  of  subscriptions  to  the  ''Chris- 
tian Cynosure"  was  reported,  and  many 
signs  of  an  awakening  noted. 

Report  of  Einance  Committee  was 
then  submitted,  and  approved  by  the 
meeting. 

Committee  on  Nominations  submitted 
their  report,  and  the  following  officers 
were  declared  elected  for  the  ensuing 
year: 

President,  W.  S.  Gottshall,  Bluffton, 
Ohio ;  Vice-President,  P.  E.  Brunk,  Eli- 
da,  Ohio ;  Secretary,  Mary  L.  Cook, 
Bellefontaine,  Ohio;  Treasurer,  J.  M. 
Faris,  Bellefontaine,  Ohio. 

A  very  able  address  was  then  given 
by  W.  J.  Sanderson,  of  Cedarville,  Ohio. 
Theme :     "Lodge  Goodness." 

The  much  boasted  charity,  brother- 
hood, professed  light  and  illumination, 
morality  and  religion  of  the  Lodge  was 
mentioned,  but  "things  are  not  aluravs 
what  they  seem." 

Secrecy  in  this  world  stands  for  dark- 
ness.    Everything  that  is  slv,  mean  and 


d(5shonest    always    seeks    the    covert    of 
darkness. 

''Lodge  Goodness"  is  not  what  it  seems 
to  be.  The  whitewash  used  on  the  se- 
pulchres in  the  time  of  Christ  is  not  all 
consumed  yet. 

Come  out  from  among  them,  and  be  ye 
separate,  saith  the  Lord  of  Hosts,  and  I 
will  be  with  you,  and  I  will  be  your  God, 
and  ye  shall  be  my  people. 

Forenoon  session  was  closed  by  pra\er 
offered  by  H.  A.  Studebaker. 
Afternoon    Session. 

Devotional  conducted  Ijy  P.  E.  I-irunk, 
of  Elida,  Ohio,  reading  Eph.  5:1-21,  and 
leading  in  prayer  for  power  and  guid- 
ance. 

Minutes  of  forenoon  session  \\'ere  read 
and  accepted. 

Address,  "The  Effects  of  the  Lodge  on 
Christian  Life,"  by  Wm.  Dillon.  Spring- 
field,  Ohio. 

"The  Lodge  is  sometimes  called  the 
handmaid  of  Christianity ;  but  T  am 
jealous  of  handmaids.  Sarah  became 
tired  of  waiting  God's  time  to  send  the 
promised  son,  hence  gave  her  handmaid 
to  Abraham,  but  it  caused  trouble." 

Lodge  proposes  salvation  of  man  with- 
out any  of  the  means  the  Bible  pre- 
scribes. 

Christ's  name  is  stricken  from  Lodge 
prayers,  as  well  as  from  the  Scriptures. 
Sad  condition  to  rule  Christ  out. 

"If  empty  of  religion,  one  can  fill  up 
on  Lodges ;  but,  if  full  of  religion,  no 
room  for  Lodge." 

Capt.  Scott,  of  Granville,  O.,  an  aged 
worker  of  the  Association,  gave  an  im- 
promptu, setting  forth  some  personal  ex- 
periences. "Masonry  claims  to  free  front 
sin  ;  if  this  be  true,  Christ  died  in  vain." 
"We  want  true  men,  noble  men  who  love 
truth,  and  who  will  give  their  lives  if 
need  be  for  the  right.'' 

Address,  "A  Chart  Talk — The  Inside 
Out,"  by  W:  B.  Stoddard,  Washington, 
D.  C. 

A  Catalogue  of  Supplies  for  the  ^lod- 
ern  Woodmen  Lodge  was  exposed  to  the 
public,  setting  forth  the  foolishness  of 
the  order. 

"The  Lodge  wants  men  that  will  ad- 
vertise, and  is  especially  solicitous  for 
the  minister  and  other  good  people. 

"Preacher  taken  in  free  for  advertise- 
ment." 


ISS 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


October.  1911. 


"]\[r.  ^lackey,  a  thirty-third  degree 
IMason,  who  died  in  A\'ashington,  D.  C, 
printed  a  book  as  a  help  to  feUow-Ma- 
sons." 

This  1)Ook  was  in  the  hands  of  Air. 
Stoddard,  who  gave  extracts  from  it. 

Christless  Lodge  prayers  were  men- 
tioned, also  the  fact  that,  while  the  Bi- 
ble was  used  in  lodge-rooms  in  Christian 
lands,  yet  not  so  in  IMohammedan  coun- 
tries. 

The  chart  used  as  an  aid  in  giving  this 
address  riveted  some  points  in  the  minds 
of  the  hearers  as  could  have  been  done 
in  no  other  way. 

The  follo\\'ing  report  of  Committee  on 

Resolutions  was  read  and  adopted,  item 

by  item : 

Whereas,  the  Salvation  of  the  Nation  as 
well  as  the  individual  depends  upon  a  right 
relationship  to   God  ;   and. 

Whereas  there  are  within  our  country 
an  increasing  number  of  lodges  that  are 
fundamentally  opposed  to  Christ,  through 
whom  ^^•e  are  brought  into  a  saving  rela- 
tionship -wilh  God  the  Father,  therefore 
be   it 

Rcsoh'ed,  I,  Ir^  opposing  that  which  an- 
tagonizes the  Christian  faith,  we  iind  the 
Secret    Lodge    directly    in    our    path; 

Res.  IT  As  "no  nation  can  continue  to 
exist  ])art  sla\'e  and  part  free."  we  believe 
our  free  institutions  will  be  destroyed  un- 
less the  slavery  found  in  the  Secret  Lodge 
he  checked   and  destroyed; 

Res.  111.  As  the  Church  is  the  "light  of 
the  world."  her  membership  should  be  free 
from  all  organizations  leading  into  dark- 
ness  and   sin; 

Res.  IV.  We  believe  that  Lodge  initia- 
tions arc  needless  for  good  purposes,  and 
are  usually  found  to  be  foolish  and  wicked; 

Res.  V.  No  Secret  Lodge  is  recjuired  to 
promote  any  benevolent  object; 

Res.  VI.  The  proper  maintenance  of  the 
home  demands  the  abolition  of  the  Secret 
Lodge ; 

Res.  VII.  We  are  in  favor  of  the  Na- 
tional investigations  into  so-called  trusts 
and  combinations  that  naturally  seek  con- 
cealment because  of  their  nature; 

R.es.  VI IT  The  Labor  Unions  as  com- 
monly conducted  are  allying  themselves 
with  the  Secret  Lodge  System  in  spirit  and 
conduct;  therefore  they  should  not  be  up- 
held by  those  leading  the   Christian  life; 

Res.  IX.  We  call  upon  all  Christians  to 
unite  in  giAdng  forth  light  and  truth  as  op- 
posed to  the  Lodge  darkness  and  sin;  and 
recommend  the  National  Christian  Associa- 
tion as  an  agency  fitted  frjr  such  united 
effort; 

Res.  X.  That  we  counsel  all  churches  in 
the  State  of  Ohio,  which  are  opposed  to 
Secret  Orders,  to  take  an  annual  collection 


for  the  Ohio  State  Christian  Association, 
and  also  for  the  National  Christian  Asso- 
ciation, and  to  send  delegates  to  the  an- 
nual meetings  of  both  these  associations; 

Res.  XI.  Thanks  are  due  and  are  here- 
by given  to  the  friends  of  the  Church  so 
kindly  entertaming  our  meetirig;  the  pas- 
tors and  papers  who  have  given  kindly  no- 
tice, and  all  who  have  in  any  way  contrib- 
uted to  the  success  of  this  gathering. 

C.    A.    BLANCHARD, 
J.  J.  WARYE, 
JAMES  STEWART, 
Committee    on    Resolutions. 

Rev.  Sanderson  dismissed  this  session 
with  a  very  fitting  word  of  prayer. 

Evening  Session. 

Devotional  conducted  by  S.  E.  Algyer, 
of  West  Liberty,  O.  Scripture,  Psalm 
2/,  w^as  read,  followed  by  a  fervent 
prayer. 

Minutes  of  the  afternoon  session  were 
read  and  accepted. 

Address,  "The  Effect  of  the  Lodge  on 
Our  National  Life,"  by  Chas.  A.  Blan- 
chard,  President  of  Wheaton  College, 
Wheaton,  111. 

"What  a  Secret  Society  does  to  a  de- 
cent Nation  on  one  side  of  the  Atlantic, 
it  will  do  to  a  decent  Nation  on  the 
other  side  ;  hence,  wdien  I  picture  effects 
in  America,  I  give  effect  on  any  other 
decent  Nation.'' 

"Secret  societies  tend  to  rot  out  the 
manhood  and  womanhood  of  a  Nation." 

"Most  beautiful  organization  in  the 
w^orld  is  a  home  wdiere  a  pure,  nqble 
man  loves  a  pure,  noble  wife,  with  pure, 
happy  children  playing  about  them. 
Lodge  is  destroying  this  picture." 

"Divorce  record  worse  in  the  United 
States  than  in  any  other  Nation  of  any 
age,  unless  it  be  that  of  the  Roman  Em- 
pire in  the  Dark  Ages,  when  woman 
counted  her  age  not  by  birthdays,  but  by 
the  number  of  her  marriages." 

"Judge  in  Iowa  said,  'Nine-tenths  of 
all  evidence  in  the  courts  was  open  per- 
jury. In  every  court  are  found  men  with 
secret  relations  with  other  men.' 

"This  country,  our  homes,  are  worth  a 
big  fight  to  preserve  them." 

Session  dismissed  by  prayer  offered 
by  J.  M.  Paris  of  Belief ontaine. 

Thus  closed  a  meeting  that  has  put 
men  and  women  to  thinking.  May  great 
results  be  attained. 

Mary  L.  Cook, 
Secretary  pro  tern. 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


180 


AN     EXHORTATION     TO     PASTORS? 

When  we  know  that  millions  of  Chris- 
tians and  scores  of  churches  are  opposed 
to  Masonr}',  when  we  know  that  man}- 
pastors  and  laymen  have  been  constrained 
after  becoming  converted  to  leave  the 
lodge,  when  we  know  that  Masons  do 
boast  of  their  order  having  shielded  crim- 
inals, does  it  not  appear  that  he  who  de- 
fends this  order  comes  under  the  Mas- 
ter's "Woe,"  when  He  says,  "Woe  to 
that  man  by  whom  the  offense  cometh  ?" 
If  that  Chicago  pastor  who  criticised  Dr. 
R.  A.  Torrey  lacks  the  knowledge  or 
courage  to  oppose  lodge  associations, 
which  are  objectionable  alike  to  millions 
of  his  fellow  Christians,  and  necessary 
to  none,  then,  for  the  sake  of  His  ac- 
count in  the  judgment  day,  he  should  not 
encourage  any  weak  brother  to  join  the 
Lodge,  which  he  most  certainly  does  by 
such  a  letter  as  that  of  his  which  was 
Dublished  in  the  March  number  of  the 
Cynosure. 

From  what  standpoint  of  theology, 
morals  or  logic  does  he  make  it  wrong 
for  a  person  to  break  a  sinful  oath  or 
refuse  to  keep  a  sinful  promise?  Ought 
Herod  to  have  kept  his  oath  and  killed 
John  the  Baptist,  or  ought  he  to  have 
admitted  that  he  did  wrong  in  swearing 
to  something  of  which  he  did  not  know  ? 
Ought  not  Herod  to  have  refused  to  add 
to  his  sin  of  the  oath  in  keeping  it  ?  I 
«im  willing  to  be  judged  by  this  right 
standard  myself.  When  unconverted  I 
joined  a  lodge,  I  took  its  oath  to  keep 
secret  its  ways  and  work.  I  became  a 
Christian,  and  my  eyes  were  opened  to 
the  following  wrongs : 

I.  On  being  asked  in  whom  one  be- 
lieves as  a  candidate,  he  is  supposed  to 
answer,  ''A  Supreme  Being."  But  Jesus 
says  that  he  who  does  not  have  the  Son, 
does  not  have  the  Father.  2.  The  way  to 
the  "Grand  Lodge  above,"  as  the  lodges 
nickname  heaven,  is  by  a  youth  spent  in 
learning  good,  by  a  manhood  spent  in 
doing  good,  and  by  an  old  age  spent  in 
looking  back  upon  a  well-ordered  life. 
Jesus  says :  ''No  man  cometh  unto  the 
Father,  but  by  me."  3.  In  almost  all  the 
prayers  of  lodges  the  name  of  Jesus  is 
studiously  avoided.  Jesus  says  :  "What- 
soever ye  shall  ask  the  Father  /'//  viy 
name,  he  will  give  it  you."  4.  Though 
the    rules     forbid    the    lodges    to    have 


dances,  my  order  would  have  dances  just 
the  same,  but  arranged  for  them  out- 
side of  the  regular  lodge  meetings.  Be- 
ing a  member,  I  felt  myself  to  be  parti- 
ceps  criiuiiiis;  and  the  Apostle  says:  "Be 
not  conformed  to  this  world." 

When  I  saw  this,  ought  I  to  remain  in 
the  lodge?  If  I  left  for  such  reasons, 
should  I  be  silent?  Silence,  of  course, 
pays  better  in  earthly  coin  than  to  warn 
others,  and  so  take  up  the  cross.  I 
am  glad  that  I  took  up  that  cross,  for 
j^ersecution  from  lodgemen  is  the  only 
way  that  I  have  had  the  honor  of  suffer- 
ing for  my  Master.  All  other  crosses  of 
the  ministry  have  been  insignificant  in 
comparison.  But,  then,  the  fruits  arc 
coming.  A  leading  business  man  of  one 
of  my  former  charges  was  a  Mason,  and 
openly  admitted  that  as  a  Mason  he 
could  not  accept  Christ  as  the  only  and 
necessary  mediator  between  God  and 
man ;  for  Masonry,  he  said,  taught  the 
way  to  the  Grand  Lodge  above  through 
followino;  the  teachin8:s  and  morals  of 
the  lodge.  Just  about  a  month  ago  he 
wrote  me  a  letter,  that  under  great  spir- 
itual strain  he  had  been  led  to  accept 
Christ  as  his  Savior,  and  to  see  that  be- 
lief in  Masonry's  God — the  Grand  Archi- 
tect— was  not  enough  for  salvation. 

Now,  my  beloved  Brother  Pastor  (I 
call  you  so,  hoping  that  you  accept  Jesus 
Christ  as  your  only  Savior  from  sin  and 
self),  I  w^ant  to  ask  some  important 
cjuestions  :  Have  }'ou  noticed  that  many 
Masons  are  wearing,  besides  the  sign  of 
the  cross,  the  sign  of  the  crescent — the 
sign  under  which  the  religion  of  Christ 
was  driven  from  northern  Africa? — have 
you  noticed  it  ?  Does  it  seem  insignifi- 
cant to  3'ou  ?  Have  you  noticed  that  ^la- 
sonry  has  almost  killed  the  Protestant 
missions  on  the  island  of  INIadagascar? 
Have  you  heard  the  boast  of  French  ]\Ia- 
sons,  that  they  have  driven  religion  out 
of  France?  Have  you  read  in  the  official 
report  of  the  Peace  Congress  at  Boston, 
what  I  heard  there  with  my  own  ears, 
the  declaration  of  a  prominent  ^lason, 
that  Christians  ought  not  to  take  undue 
credit  for  the  peace  movement,  as  Ma- 
sons, atheists,  and  other  unbelievers  had 
done  their  share  ^  Do  vou  see  anv  si^i'- 
nilicance  in  this  classification  of  ^Masonry 
by  a  Mason  who  ranks  high  in  his  order? 
Have  ^"(m   noticed   that   the   ( )d(l    T-'ellow 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


October,  1911. 


Sovereign  Grand  Lodqe  of  the  World  de- 
cided  not  to  reverse  the  order  of  its 
Grand  Sire,  that  "it  is  unlawful  to  men- 
tion the  name  of  Christ  in  an  Odd  Fellow 
Lodge"  ?  Do  you  see  any  significance 
in  that  fact?  Ought  not  one  to  hesitate 
as  a  Christian  to  defend  lodges,  which 
wear  the  symbols  of  Mohammedanism 
and  avoid  the  use  of  the  name  of  Christ, 
yea,  even  forbid  it?  And  do  you  not 
see  the  difference  between  unavoidable 
and  avoidable  association  with  unbeliev- 
ers? Since  you  compare  associations  in 
the  business  world  with  the  freely  chosen 
lodge  association,  do  you  not  really  see 
any  difference? 

just  ask  God  for  light,  and  it  will  be 
given.    Yours  in  the  love  of  Christ, 

(Rev.)  B.  E.  Bergesen. 

•Seattle,  Washington. 


SECRETARY    STODDARD'S    LETTER. 

New  York  City,  Sept.  i6,  191 1. 
Dear  Cynosure: 

I  am  seeking  to  do  what  I  may.  One 
in  the  midst  of  five  million  does  not 
count  for  much,  yet  each  one  has  his  or 
her  influence.  There  is  a  constant  gain 
of  N.  C.  A.  supporters  in  this  section, 
for  which  we  may  be  thankful.  During 
the  month  past  I  have  secured  over 
one  hundred  and  fifty  subscriptions  to 
the  Cynosure.  Meetings  have  been 
well  attended. 

If  evidence  were  lacking  to  prove  it 
unnecessary  'to  belong  to  a  lodge  in 
order  to  find  friends  when  traveling, 
my  experience  at  Smithville,  Ohio,  would 
be  proof  enough.  I  reached  that  town 
on  a  dark  night,  unacquainted  with  any 
person  there.  On  inquiry  I  was  told  the 
hotel  was  a  mile  distant,  but  there  was  a 
minister  of  the  Mennonite  church  living 
near.  It  is  scarcely  necessary  to  add 
that  I  found  a  welcome  and  good  care. 
The  next  morning  Preacher  Hostetter 
harnessed  the  horse  and  took  me  to  the 
undertaker's  (  !).  The  undertaker  got 
out  his  auto  and  conveyed  me  to  the 
elder,  Benjamin  Gerig.  After  an  exam- 
ination as  to  my  qualifications,  record 
and  desires,  the  elder  decided  to  allow 
me  to  speak  to  his  people.  There  were 
probably  five  hundred  persons  present  at 
our  splendid  meeting  in  the  large,  finely 
arranged    country   meetinghouse.      Most 


of   the   preaching   hour  was  given  to  a 
presentation  of  anti-lodge  truth. 

In  the  afternoon  I  was  taken  to  the 
home  of  an  old  acquaintance  of  fifteen 
or  more  years  ago,  and  given  an  oppor- 
tunity to  present  the  truth  to  the  people 
he  serves  in  the  Orrville  (Ohio)  church 
in  the  evening.  The  attendance  here 
was  good,  many  coming  in  from  the 
country. 

On  Monday  evening  I  was  happily 
surprised  to  find  the  large  church  of  the 
Brethren  near  Weilersville  filled  with 
an  expectant  congregation.  Some  thirty- 
five  (as  many  as  I  had  time  to  solicit) 
subscribed  for  the  Cynosure.  There  are 
many  open  doors  and  much  need  for  our 
work  in  that  section.  I  was  told  the 
leading  lodge  of  Smithville  had  been 
quarrelling  over  the  introduction  of  a 
pool  table.  Those  who  did  not  want  it 
were  of  course  out-voted.  When  will 
the  ''good  people"  learn  that  the  devil 
runs  the  lodges  and  cease  trying  to  keep 
them  from  their  evil  ways. 

I  found  my  next  opportunity  at  Da- 
mascus, Ohio.  I  discovered  here  a  live, 
working,  spiritual  people.  The  Yearly 
Meeting  of  the  Friends'  Church  for 
Ohio  and  adjacent  states  was  in  session. 
Our  good  brother  Lee,  of  Mount  Gilead, 
Ohio,  had  made  arrangements  for  a 
hearing  which  was  considerate  and  kind. 
This  meeting  represents  six  thousand 
or  more  in  its  membership.  Much  of 
my  address  was  copied  in  the  Minutes, 
to  be  transmitted  to  the  entire  church. 
Led  by  Brother  Lee,  not  a  few  testified 
tO'  their  deliverance  from  lodges,  and  to 
the  truth  of  what  had  been  said. 

Since  coming  east  I  have  worked  in 
Waynesboro,  Chambersburg,  Cleona, 
Philadelphia,  and  other  places  in  Penn- 
sylvania. Last  Sabbath  I  gave  the  eve- 
ning message  in  the  King's  Park 
(N.  Y.)  Methodist-Episcopal  church.  I 
go  this  evening  to  Weehawken,  N.  J., 
where  I  am  (D.  V.)  to  serve  the  West 
New  York  United  Presbyterian  church 
tomorrow.  Monday  I  plan  to  go  to 
address  a  large  conference  of  our  Swed- 
ish Congregational  friends.  Meetings 
for  this  vicinity  are  planned  to  follow. 

There  is  much  I  would  write  were 
there  time.  Let  us  praise  God  for  mer- 
cies past,  and  go  on  to  greater  victories. 

W.  B.  Stoddard. 


October,   ]!»]!. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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SOUTHERN   AGENT'S    REPORT. 
Alexandria,  La., 
Sept.  6,  191 1. 
Dear  Cynosure  : 

Since  my  last  letter,  I  have  been  ver}^ 
biLsy.  I  have  lectured  and  preached  at 
the  following  places :  Mansfield,  Han- 
na,  Dixie,  Shreveport,  Bunkie,  Ever- 
green and  in  this  city.  I  spoke  uncom- 
promisingly against  the  Lodge  at  each 
place,  and  secured  a  few  Cynosure 
readers. 

I  visited  the  Twelfth  District  Baptist 
xA^ssociation  at  Hanna,  where  I  met  a 
hearty  welcome  and  had  an  opportunity 
both  to  preach  and  lecture.  The  breth- 
ren treated  me  very  kindly,  and  paid 
close  attention  to  all  I  said,  and  made  a 
small  donation.  I  also  visited  the  North 
Calvary  Baptist  Association,  where  Drs. 
Harden,  Moore,  Cook,  and,  in  fact,  all 
of  the  brethren  received  me  with  open 
arms,  and  gave  opportunity  to  preach 
and  lecture  ;  and  they  made  a  very  good 
donation. 

I  also  pai.d  a  visit  to  the  Thirteenth 
District  Baptist  Association,  which  met 
in  Shreveport.  This  Association  is  a  hot- 
bed of  Secrecy  from  their  Moderator  on 
down.  Nevertheless  God  has  a  few 
faithful  in  it  that  have  never  bowed 
their  knees  to  Baal.  Chief  among  them 
are  Rev.  M.  G.  Green,  for  whom  I 
preached ;  Dr.  J.  H.  Henderson,  a  grad- 
uate of  the  Richmond  Theological  Insti- 
tute of  Richmond,  Va.,  and  Rev.  W.  T. 
Taylor  and  Dr.  H.  R.  Flynn.  I  was  very 
cordially  received  by  the  brethren,  but 
the  day  and  hour  I  visited  them  they 
were  so  overtaxed  with  work  that  I  did 
not  seek  an  opportunity  to  speak,  but 
contented  myself  with  privately  canvass- 
ing and  securing  subscriptions. 

I  next  visited  the  Eighth  District  Bap- 
tist /\ssociation  at  Evergreen,  La.,  where 
I  was  cordially  welcomed  by  the  entire 
delegation,  many  of  whom  were  my  old 
friends  and  associates  more  than  twenty 
years  ago.  I  was  given  absolute  libertv 
and  freedom  of  speech,  and  both 
preached  and  lectured  to  them.  Dr.  H. 
B.  N.  Brown.  Dr.  I.  Thomas  and  Rev. 
G.  W.  Davis  each  preached  great  and 
soul-stirring  sermons,  and  each  con- 
demned the  entire  Lodge  system.  Dr. 
W.  M.  Taylor,  president  of  the  Baptist 


Convention,  sounded  a  keynote  against 
the  Lodge  in  his  address.  I  spoke  to 
from  fifteen  hundred  to  twenty-five  hun- 
dred people  at  each  of  these  associations, 
and  a  good  impression  was  made.  Many 
promised  to  prayerfully  consider  their 
Lodge  oaths,  while  others  said  they  were 
fully  convinced  of  their  sin  and  folly. 

I  have  just  been  extended  a  unanimous 
call  to  become  pastor  of  Shiloh  Church 
of  this  city.  I  have  accepted,  and  am  to 
give  part  of  my  time  to  the  church.  I 
have  moved  to  this  city,  and  am  in  hopes 
of  purchasing  a  little  home  for  my  fam- 
ily and  of  settling  down  again  perma- 
nently. 

I    will    be    glad    to    fill    engagements 
with  those  who  may  desire  my  services. 
Pray  for  success  in  the  work.     I  am 
Yours  for  Heaven, 

F.  J.  Davidson. 
806  Casson  St.,  Alexandria.  La. 


MRS.     WOODS     AND     THE     ODDFEL- 
LOW. 

Trenton,  Tenn.,  Sept.  5,  191 1. 

Dear  Brother  Phillips : 

I  met  a  man  last  week  who  had  on  a 
three-link  chain.     I  said :     "You  belong 
to  the  chain  gang?"    "Yes,  I  am  an  Odd- 
fellow."    I  said :     "My  brother,  you  are 
an  idolater."     "Why  do  you  think  so?" 
I  answered :  "Because  God  made  you  in 
his  own  image,  and  did  not  charge  any- 
thing, but  since  you  have  grown  up  to 
manhood  you  have  given  up  the  God  of 
Heaven   and   are    serving    the     creature 
more  than  the  Creator."  (Romans  i  125.) 
He  replied :     "All  our  work  is  basted  on 
the  Bible."     I  said:     "Sir,  your  basting 
threads  will  break  when  you  shall  appear 
before  God  to  give  an  account  for  your 
stewardship.       And    Jesus    says     (Rev. 
22:12)  :  'Behold,  I  come  quickly.'   Broth- 
er, do  you  know  that  everv  secret  thing 
will  be  brought  into  judgment?"  (Eccles. 
12:14.)       He    said:       "My     Sister,     we 
don't  mean  to  do  any  harm  in  our  order 
(colored  Oddfellows).     We  mean  to  do 
good."    I  answered  :   "Well,  you  disobey 
God.      You    make   men    swear,   and    put 
them  under  the  penalty  of  death.     If  one 
tells  vour  secrets,  did  vou  not  swear  to 
kill   him?"     He   said :' "Yes."     I   said: 
"That   is   murder."     "No,"   said   he.   "it 
would   not  be  murder  according  to   our 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


October,  1911. 


law."  "Have  you  a  law  difterent  from 
the  civil  laws  of  this  country?"  He  said: 
*'^^'e  have  a  good  law,  and  when  a  man 
takes  the  oath,  and  then  don't  keep  it,  we 
have  a  right  tc>  put  him  out  of  the  way." 
I  said:  "\\'here  did  you  get  that  right? 
God  said  in  the  sixth  commandment, 
'Thou  shalt  not  kill'  (Ex.  20:13),  and 
the  laws  of  this  country  don't  allow  you 
to  kill  a  man  for  that  sort  of  tomfoolery. 
Now  where  is  your  right  ?  Is  that  right 
basted  on  the  Bible?"  He  said:  "Well, 
no,  but  we  have  a  law  ;  w^e  don't  compel 
men  to  take  the  oath,  but  if  he  does,  he 
must  keep  it."  I  asked:  "Are  you  a 
Christian  ?"  He  said :  "Yes,  I  am  a 
Methodist.''  "Well,  suppose  some  of 
your  church  members  did  tell  the  secret, 
who  would  kill  him?"  He  said:  "We 
would  kill  him  as  a  body.  What  we  do, 
we  have  a  law  for,  and  by  our  law  he 
ought  to  die.''  I  said:  "Yes,  it  is  easy 
for  men  inclined  to  evil  to  justify  them- 
selves, when  at  the  same  time  they  know 
they  are  lying,  and  hope  to  deceive  oth- 
ers who  do  not  know  the  facts  in  the 
case,  but  it  will  not  be  so  when  they  come 
to  the  judgment.  Christ  said  to  the 
Pharisees,  'Ye  are  they  which  justify 
yourselves  before  men,  but  God  knoweth 
your  hearts ;  for  that  which  is  highly  es- 
teemed among  men  is  an  abomination  in 
the  sight  of  God.'  " 

Sin  is  not  a  mistake ;  it  is  disobedi- 
ence to  the  light  we  have,  let  it  be  little 
or  much.  No  man  can  face  the  judg- 
ment who  has  not  a  conscience  void  oi 
offense  toward  God  and  man.  All  sin  is 
sin  against  God.  It  is  turning  a  deaf 
ear  to  His  Word.  It  is  important  to 
keep  in  mind  that  every  man  has  to  do 
with  God  personally,  and  that  all  sin  is 
disobedience  to  God  in  thought,  word  or 
deed. 

He  said :  "Well,  madam,  I  have  never 
looked  at  it  in  that  light  before  ;  but  par- 
don me,  who  made  you  so  wise  ?  and  how 
did  you  get  hold  of  our  secrets  ?"  I  told 
him  how  I  first  got  hold  of  the  tracts 
and  books  through  the  National  Christian 
Association.  He  said :  "Well,  I  will 
look  through  the  thing.  I  have  always 
thought  that  we  were  doing  more  for 
fallen  humanity  than  the  Church !"  I 
said  :  "Yes,  that  is  like  idolatry.  That  is 
Vv'hat  the  people  thought  about  their  gold- 
en calf  w^orship  in  Judah  and  Israel."     I 


said  to  him :  "You  are  mixed  up  with 
all  kinds  of  bad  men.  You  have  men 
here  you  call  'bootleggers,'  and  they  all 
belong  to  your  lodges."  He  said:  "Yes, 
but  we  who  are  Christians  don't  mix  with 
them,  only  in  a  business  way."  I  said: 
"What  did  God  say  about  mixing  with 
sinners:  Ps.  1:1,  and  II  Cor.  6:14?" 
He  replied.  "Well,  you  have  out-talked 
me  for  this  time.  Give  me  time  to  think." 
Yours  for  God  and  the  Church, 

Lizzie  Woods. 


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THE    PRAYER    CIRCLE. 

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morning,  between  five  and  six  o'clock, 
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David  said  he  would  "inquire  in  God's 
temple."  That  means  not  only  to  talk  in 
the  church  but  to  ask  for  light  and  let 
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GETHSEMANE. 

But  afterwards,  when  he  hcd  won 
through  death, 

Had  overthrown  the  grim,  relentless 
tomb 

And  come  forth  to  the  fragrant  morn- 
ing breath 

Of  that  still  Sabbath  from  the  narrow 
room, 

When  he  had  seen  the  mourners  dry 

their  tears 
And  in  the  upper  chamber  stilled  the 

cry 
Of    those    sad    watchers    wrung    with 

doubts  and  fears. 
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is  I," 

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night 
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his  face 
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light. 

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triumph  where 
He  fought  the  dreadful  battle  all  alone, 
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The  Power  of  the  Secret  Empire.    By  Miss 
E.  E.  Flagg 193 

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Balaam,  the  Son  of  Bosor,  Who  Loved 
the  Wages  of  Unrighteousness.  By. 
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M.  Hitchcock , 203 

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Freemasonry.    By   Lady   Blount 20G 

Loyal  Order  of  Moose 207 

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Great   Masonic   Distiller   Dead 208 

Voices   Inside  the  Door 208 

Economy  of  Proof 208 

Fly  in  the  Ointment 209 

A  Deplorable  Influence .  .210 

Treason    Prescribed    210 

How   One   Denomination   Looks   at   Labor 
Unions    211 

The  Grange    211 

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A   Pastor's  Testimony 212 

The   Chaplain   Prays— To   Whom  ? 213 

Testimony  of  an  M.  E.  Pastor 214 

News   of   Our  Work — 

Michigan  Annual  Convention 215 

The   Michigan   Convention 216 

Eastern    Secretary's   Activities 217 

Southern  Seed  Sowing 218 

Mrs.   Lizzie  Woods'   Letter 219 

A  Faithful  Pastor 220 

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CHICAGO,    NOVEMBER,    1911. 


NUMBER 


Cl)e  J^otoer  of  tl)e  Secret  Cmptre 


IB2  SPisjJ  <K»  (E.  JFlacs 


XXXVIII. 
Under   the   Juniper   Tree. 

There  is  a  certain  exaltation  of  spirit 
which  overcomes  the  weakness  of  the 
flesh  when  we  engage  in  a  stern  wrestle 
with  any  kind  of  moral  evil.  Hence  it 
is  that  reformers  in  every  age  have  gone 
through  life  with  the  step  of  laureled 
victors  moving-  to  the  sound  of  trium- 
phal psalms.  Yet  God  has  so  constituted 
the  human  soul  that  it  cannot  always  keep 
stretched  to  this  heroic  tension.  The  Eli- 
jahs who  climbed  the  nearest  heaven  on 
those  heights  of  sublime  daring  for 
truth's  sake  generally  find  their  juniper 
tree  somewhere  in  the  way. 

Mark  Stedman  had  encountered 
threats,  obloquy,  persecution,  with  unfal- 
tering heart.  He  expected  nothing  else. 
He  was  renewing  the  battle  at  double 
odds,  for  while  the  murderous  spirit  of 
Masonry  remained  unchanged,  as  evi- 
denced by  the  attempted  attack  on  Love- 
joy,  there  was  not  now,  as  in  the  Morgan 
day,  an  awakening  of  public  sentiment 
to  back  up  its  opposers.  To  rouse  that 
slumbering  public  sentiment,  to  lift  up 
his  voice  like  a  trumpet  and  show  the 
house  of  Judah  their  sin  he  conceived  to 
be  one  of  his  peculiar  duties  as  a  sentinel 
of  Zioii ;  and  he  made  no  account  of  pos- 
sible difficulties  in  convincing-  of  her 
guilt  a  lukewarm  church  that  had  fore- 
saken  her  first  love. 

''Really,  brother  Stedman,"  said  the 
first  of  his  brother  ministers  in  the  con- 
ference to  whom  Mark  addressed  him- 
self, 'T  ofave  VO'U  credit  for  beinsf  a  man 
of  more  sense  than  to  run  a  tilt  against 
Masonry   at   your   age.      You    might   as 


well  try  to  throw  Gibraltar  into  the  sea." 

"Amen,"  returned  the  Elder,  while  his 
dark  eye  kindled  and  his  thin  face 
flushed.  ''Every  false  worship  has  been 
called  impregnable.  But  the  God  I  serve 
is  a  God  of  the  hills  as  well  as  a  God  of 
the  valleys ;  and  moreover  I  have  Christ's 
promise,  Tf  ye  have  faith  as  a  grain  of 
mustard  seed,  ye  shall  sa}^  unto  this 
mountain.  Be  thou  removed  and  be  thou 
cast  intO'  the  sea,  and  it  shall  be  done.'  " 

"These  are  not  the  days  of  miracles,'^ 
returned  the  other,  rather  curtlv.  "And 
to  tell  the  truth,  I  don't  think  it  is  Chris- 
tian charity  tO'  indulge  in  such  wholesale 
denunciations  of  Masonry  when  four- 
fifths  of  the  ministers  in  our  conference 
belong-  to  the  lodge." 

"Counting  yourself,  I  see,"  dryly  an- 
swered Mark,  who-  had  just  caught  sight 
of  a  Masonic  pin  gleaming  under  the  coat 
of  his  charitably-disposed  clerical 
brother. 

The  latter  looked  a  trifle  embarrassed, 
not  to  say  ashamed,  at  the  discovery. 

"You  see  I  don't  wear  it  out  in  open 
sight.  If  T  was  all  wrapped  up  in  the 
institution  like  Elder  Chadband,  I  should. 
T  joined  the  lodge  a  few  years  ago  be- 
cause I  thought  it  might  increase  mv  in- 
fluence as  a  pastor.  You  know  St.  Paul 
became  all  things  to  all  men  that  lie  might 
save  a  few." 

Mark  rose  to  his  feet,  stern  and   sol- 


emn 


I  have  one  question  to  ask  :  \\'as  it 
to  save  men  or  to  o-ain  m<^re  hearers,  and. 
as  a  consequence,  more  jxipularity  and 
more  money,  that  vou  joined  an  order 
whose  badf'c   vnu   are   ashamed   to   wear 


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CHRISTIAN   CYNOSURE. 


November,  1911. 


openly?    You  need  not  answer  it  to  me. 
Answer  it  to  God  and  your  own  soul." 

And  having  launched  this  keen  arrow 
of  truth  ]\Iark  went  his  way  with  an 
inward  prayer  for  this  self-deceived 
shepherd  of  the  flock,  who  after  all  was 
not  so  blameworthy  as  his  elders  in  the 
ministry  who  had  lured  him  by  their 
example  into  such  a  path  of  hypocrisy 
and  time  serving. 

Elder  Chadband  was  an  altogether  dif- 
ferent subject  to  deal  with.  Far  from 
being  ashamed  of  Masonry  he  gloried  in 
the  many  degrees  he  had  taken,  and 
sounded  the  praises  of  the  handmaid  at 
every  funeral  and  corner-stone  laying  at 
which  the  fraternity  figured,  far  and 
near. 

He  saw  with  alarm  the  serious  trouble 
that  Mark's  fanatical  views  were  likely 
to  make  in  the  conference,  and  he  felt 
warranted  in  using  almost  any  measure 
that  might  rid  that  body  of  his  undesir- 
able presence.  But  he  believed  in  trying 
a  little  diplomacy  first,  and  to  this  end 
he  sought  an  interview  with  Mark,  who, 
on  his  part,  had  rather  avoided  any  dis- 
cussions with  the  Elder,  considering  him 
as  being  too  much  in  the  situation  of  the 
scriptural  Ephraim  to  warrant  the  hope 
that  any  good  might  arise  therefrom.  He 
v.'as  therefore  proportionately  surprised 
when  the  Elder  thus  urbanely  began  the 
conversation : 

''While  I  am  sorry  that  you  feel  it  your 
dtity  to  oppose  such  an  excellent  thing 
as  Freemasonry,  my  dear  brother  Sted- 
man,  a  system  that  in  its  leading  points 
is  drawn  from  revelation  and  teaches  in 
such  an  admirable  manner  so  many  im- 
portant moral  truths,  I  must  say  that 
your  sincerity  and  earnestness,  however 
misdirected,  is  above  praise.  And  I  wish 
that  there  was  more  of  that  spirit  in  the 
church.  We  need  a  fresh  baptism  of  the 
old-time  zeal.  There  is  too  little  of  it — 
altogether  too  little  of  it  now-a-days." 
And  the  Elder  sighed  as  if  deeply  im- 
pressed with  the  melancholy  truth  just 
uttered. 

Alark  opened  his  eyes.  What  did  it 
mean?  Was  Saul  also  among  the 
prophets  ? 

"Now,  I  believe  in  the  largest  Chris- 
tian liberty,"  continued  the  Elder,  not 
waiting  for  an  answer,  ''and  no  doubt  one 
important  use  of  having  so  many  differ- 
ent sects  is  to  make  that  liberty  possible. 


I  have  been  seriously  thinking,  my  dear 
brother  Stedman,  that  in  some  other 
church  holding  similar  views  on  the  sub- 
ject of  Masonry,  3^ou  could  preach  those 
views  without  offense,  and  thus  labor 
with  more  freedom  and  a  greater  pros- 
pect of  usefulness.  Of  course  we  should 
be  sorry  to  lose  one  of  our  most  valuable 
preachers  ;  but  our  loss  would  be  the  gain 
of  some  other  denomination,  such  as  the 
United  Brethren,  for  instance.  We  will 
give  you  letters  of  recommendation  to 
that  or  any  church  you  may  prefer." 

Mark's  eye  flashed.  He  had  been  un- 
suspicious, hitherto ;  now  he  saw  through 
the  whole  thing.  Elder  Chadband  had 
been  playing  to  perfection  the  part  of  a' 
boa  constrictor,  which  slimes  its  victim 
over  before  swallowing  it,  and  I  am 
afraid  that  Mark's  reply  to  his  proposal 
had  less  than  the  usual  savor  of  Gospel 
meekness. 

"Is  this  Christian  liberty — to  be  able 
to  declare  the  whole  counsel  of  God,  not 
freely  in  any  part  of  the  church  univer- 
sal, but  only  in  a  few  sectarian  by-ways 
and  corners  ?  No,  Elder  Chadband,  while 
I  have  Christian  fellowship  with  all  who 
walk  in  the  truth,  by  whatever  name  they 
are  called,  the  church  of  the  Wesleys  is 
the  church  of  my  adoption.  It  was  there 
my  first  vows  were  paid,  and  until  she 
casts  me  out  of  her  communion  I  will 
join  no  other." 

This  outburst  rather  startled  Elder 
Chadband.  He  had  hoped  for  a  different 
result,  not  calculating  that  there  was  still 
some  unquenched  fire  under  Mark's  meek 
countenance  and  threadbare  coat. 

"Really,  brother  Stedman" — and  there 
was  a  decided  dropping  of  the  Elder's 
urbane  tone — "I  am  grieved  that  you 
should  take  a  mere  kindly  hint  in  such  a 
spirit.  We  are  commanded  to  separate 
ourselves  from  such  as  cause  schism  and 
offense,  and  to  tell  you  the  truth,  many 
in  our  conference  consider  you  liable  to 
that  charge.  So  in  the  truest  spirit  of 
brotherly  love  I  have  pointed  out  to  you 
a  course  that  will  prevent  all  necessity 
for  such  a  painful  and  disagreeable  step.'' 

"It  seems,  then,  that  you  are  willing 
to  recommend  me  to  some  unsuspecting 
church  as  'a  brother  beloved  for  his 
work's  sake,'  while  all  the  while  I  am  ly- 
ing under  a  grievous  charge  of  'causing 
schism  and  offense.'  You  would  have 
me  act  a  lie  by  representing  that  I  seek 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


195 


another  church  from  personal  preference, 
when  I  do  it  to  avoid  the  'painful  and 
disagreeable'  notoriety  of  being  forcibly 
ejected  by  the  one  I  go  from.  Is  this 
Christian  charity  or  lodge  dissimulation  ? 
If  truth,  faithfully  preached,  causes 
schism  in  any  church,  the  worse  for  that 
church.  Elder  Chadband,  in  the  day  of 
Christ's  appearing,  how  will  you  answer 
before  Him  for  your  connection  with  a 
system  that  points  out  to  man  another 
way  of  salvation  than  through  his  aton- 
ing cross  ?  How  will  you  dare  to  stand 
at  his  judgment  bar  with  the  blood  of 
souls  clinging  to  your  skirts  that  the 
lodge  has  deluded  and  destroyed?  Woe 
unto  you  Masonic  pastors,  for  ye  shut  up 
the  kingdom  of  heaven  against  men.  Ye 
neither  go  in  yourselves,  and  them  that 
are  entering  in  ye  hinder." 

And  having  thus  delivered  his  right- 
eously indignant  soul,  Mark  left  Elder 
Chadband  in  a  more  disturbed  state  of 
mind  than  Masonic  philosophy  would 
seem  to  warrant,  and  more  than  ever 
confirmed  •  in  his  opinion  that  brother 
Stedman  was  a  dangerous  man  to  remain 
in  the  ranks  of  the  Methodist  ministry. 

Now  Elder  Cushing's  church  in 
Brownsville,  was  Baptist,  and  thO'Ugh,  as 
Mark  truly  said,  the  church  of  the  Wes- 
leys  was  the  church  of  his  adoption,  he 
always  felt  in  the  hidden  depths  of  his 
soul  a  3^earning  impulse  of  affection  to- 
w^ards  that  particular  chamber  in  Zion 
where  he  had  been  cradled.  So  when  a 
certain  Baptist  minister  came  in  his  way 
a  little  while  after,  who  "had  never  joined 
the  lodge,  and  considered  all  secret  so- 
cieties at  variance  with  the  spirit  of  the 
Gospel,"  Mark  began  with  considerable 
hopefulness  to  urge  upon  him  his  duty 
as  a  Christian  minister  to  express  those 
views  in  the  pulpit. 

*'I  have  very  few  Masons  in  my 
church ;  I  could  count  them  all  on  my 
fingers'  ends,"  said  the  Baptist  pastor, 
looking  a  trifle  disturbed  at  this  very  di- 
rect application  of  his  principles.  ''It 
would  hardly  be  worth  the  while  for  me 
to  leave  the  saving  doctrines  of  the  Gos- 
pel to  preach  on  a  side  issue." 

"You  acknowledge  that  Masonry  is  an 
evil  thing,"  returned  the  severely  logical 
Elder.  "Then  if  you  have  one  Mason  in 
your  congregation  his  soul  is  in  danger, 
and  you  can  no  more  neglect  to  warn  him 


without  incurring  guilt  than  if  there  were 
fifty  or  a  hundred." 

The  Baptist  minister  was  silent  for  a 
moment  and  then  answered  coldlv : 

"You  were  once  yourself  in  the  Ma- 
sonic order,  I  understand." 

"It  is  true  that  I  have  worn  the  mark 
of  the  beast,"  quietly  answered  the  El- 
der, "and  for  a  short  time  I  rendered 
him  faithful  service.  But  Christ's  own 
blood  washed  away  that  mark  long  ago." 

"Well,  everybody  has  his  own  ideas  of 
duty.  Elder  Stedman.  Now  for  my  part 
I  couldn't  take  the  solemn  obligations 
that  are  required  of  all  who  become  Free- 
masons and  then  feel  right  to  break  them 
afterwards.  The  just  man,  we  are  told, 
sweareth  to  his  own  hurt  and  changes 
not.  So  we  must  agree  to  differ  on  the 
other  Cjuestion.  I  think  hobbies  should 
be  kept  out  of  the  pulpit — reform  hob- 
bies as  much  as  any." 

This  was  the  taunt  that  sent  Mark 
under  his  juniper  tree— that  is  to  say,  in- 
to his  plain,  bare  little  study,  w^here  he 
paced  back  and  forth  for  a  while,  his 
whole  soul  in  one  of  those  wild  tumults 
to  which  only  the  still,  small  voice  can 
speak  peace.  But  the  earthquake  and 
the  whirlwind  must  go  before.  Where 
he  had  a  right  to  expect  understanding 
and  sympathy,  he  had  received  a  stone — 
nay,  worse ;  a  stinging  scorpion.  His 
heart  writhed  under  the  injustice  and 
cried  out  in  the  bitterness  of  its  agony. 
Why  must  he  ever  lead  a  forlorn  hope? 
Why  must  he  be  the  one  to  always  stand 
in  the  breach?  How  could  he  hope  to 
batter  down  this  grim  fortress  of  secret 
iniquity  single-handed  ?  Had  he  not  been 
very  jealous  for  the  Lord  God  of  Hosts 
when  every  pastor  around  him  was  either 
openly  committed  to  the  worship  of  Baal 
or  preserving  a  cowardly  and  shameful 
silence?  Surely  he  had  battled  long 
enough.  Death  seemed  better  than  life ; 
an  ignominious  retreat  better  than  to  con- 
tinue a  hopeless  struggle  with  the  church 
and  the  world  against  him. 

But  God  never  leaves  his  servants  un- 
der the  juniper  tree  without  sending  an 
angel  to  strengthen  them.  And  even 
now  his  ano^el  was  on  the  wav  to  streng- 
then  the  poor,  discouraged  Elder  who,  to 
spiritual  weakness,  was  beginning-  to  add 
bodily  faintness ;  though  when  there 
came  a  tap  at  his  study  door,  which  he 


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look   for   a  call   to  dinner,   he  only  an- 
swered : 

"I  think  I  won't  come  down  to-day, 
Hannah." 

Hannah  was  used  to  her  husband's  fre- 
quent seasons  of  fasting-,  and  it  did  not 
strike  her  as  anything-  unusual.  So  she 
only  replied  :  "There  is  a  stranger  wait- 
ing" below  who  wants  to  see  you.  He 
didn't  give  me  his  name." 

''Tell  him  I  will  be  there  in  a  moment." 

As  soon  as  Hannah  closed  the  door 
Mark  threw  himself  on  his  knees  and 
tried  to  pray ;  but  the  moment  passed  in 
a  wordless  trance  of  pain ;  and,  rising, 
he  went  wearilv  down  stairs  to  street  his 
luiknown  visitor. 

That  the  rough-looking  stranger  in 
blue  jean  trousers,  tucked  into  very  mud- 
dy boots,  who  shook  his  hand  with  such 
awkward  warmth,  was  just  as  divinely 
appointed  to  bring  him  help  and  comfort 
as  any  angelic  messenger  that  ever  ap- 
peared to  patriarch  or  prophet  in  the  Old 
Testament  times,  was  an  idea  that  never 
dawned  in  even  the  most  indistinct  fash- 
ion on  the  Elder's  mind. 

"I'm  glad  ye  didn't  get  no  hurt  the 
other  night,  parson,"  was  the  first  greet- 
ing of  the  unknown. 

''Thank  you,  my  friend,"  replied  the 
Elder.  "The  Lord  is  truly  a  shield  and 
buckler  to  them  that  fear  him," 

"Well,  I  went  fifteen  miles  to  hear  that 
lecture,  and  I  tell  3^ou,  parson,  I  was  just 
thundering  mad  at  the  way  you  showed 
us  up :  so  I  was  as  ready  as  anvone 
on  'em  to  bear  my  part  when  the  rumpus 
begun.  But  you  had  a  kind  of  look  as 
you  stood  there  with  the  rotten  eggs  fly- 
ing about  that  made  me  think  of  my  old 
^lethodist  mother  when  dad  used  to  curse 
and  swear  at  her  about  her  religion  and 
threaten  all  kinds  of  things  if  she  didn't 
leave  off  her  singing  and  praying.  And 
arter  all  I  don't  know  but  I  was  more 
glad  than  sorry  at  your  getting  off  so 
slick  when  that  chap  blew  out  the  lights 
and  left  us  groping  in  the  dark,  like  the 
Syrian  army  that  was  sent  to  take  the 
prophet  Elisha.  You  see  I  stumbled 
right  on  that  ar  passage  when  I  was 
hunting  up  the  eighth  chapter  of  Ezekiel. 
I  was  bound  to  find  out  if  there  was 
really  anything  in  the  Bible  about  Ma- 
sonry ;  and  for  all  it  was  two  o'clock 
when  I  got  home,  I  raked  up  the  fire  and 
went  at  it.     And  I  tell  you,  parson,  that 


ar  chapter  in  Ezekiel  is  a  stunner.  It 
just  knocked  me  flat  to  think  I'd  been 
worshipping  the  sun  like  any  heathen. 
And  now  I've  come  out  from  the  lodge 
for  good  and  all.  I  don't  want  no  more 
of  it.  The  Lord  has  come  into  my  heart 
and  taken  all  the  Masonry  clean  out  of 
me.  I  hate  it  worse'n  pizen,  I  do:  and 
now,  parson,  I  want  a  lecture  in  our  parts 
as  soon  as  you  can  come  and  give  one.. 
My  name  is  Timothy  Bundy,  and  I  live 
at  Bundy's  Flats,  just  over  the  river. 
Maybe  you  know  the  place?" 

The  Elder  had  heard  of  Bundy's  Flats. 
He  knew  it  was  a  hard  locality,  but  at 
that  moment  though  a  legion  of  devils 
had  beset  his  way  he  would  have  gone  all 
the  same.  Surely  God  had  spread  a  table 
for  him  in  the  desert  and  riven  the  rock 
at  his  need,  and  his  fainting,  discouraged 
soul  mounted  up  as  on  eagle's  wings  in 
exulting  triumph  over  all  the  powers  of 
earth  and  hell. 

It  is  in  the  fiery  furnace  that  a  form 
appears  like  the  Son  of  Man.  Scorn, 
contempt,  persecution,  still  beset  the  El- 
der's path,  and  he  saw  no  reason  to  hope 
for  anything  else  till  he  reached  the  end 
of  his  mortal  journey.  But  a  spirit  of 
divine  joy  in  doing  and  suffering  for  the 
grand  eternal  cause  of  Truth  just  as  long 
as  that  cause  needed  him,  now  possessed 
his  soul.  Was  it  not  an  earnest  of  vic- 
tory that  he  had  been  allowed  to  convert 
even  one  soul  from  the  worship  of  Baal  ■ 
to  serve  the  only  living  and  true  God  ? 

"Praise  the  Lord,  Mr.  Bundy,  for 
bringing  you  out  of  darkness  into  his 
marvelous  light,"  he  said,  as  he  grasped 
the  stranger's  rough  hand.  "I  will  gladly 
give  a  lecture  in  your  place  at  any  time 
you  may  set." 

And  having  consented  to  an  arrange- 
ment for  Friday  night  of  the  following 
week  and  seen  his  visitor  off,  the  Elder 
rose  up  from  under  his  juniper  tree  and 
did  the  most  sensible  thing  he  could  do, 
which,  we  are  told,  was  the  course  fol- 
lowed by  Elijah  in  somewhat  similar  cir- 
cumstances— he  did  eat  and  drink. 
(To  be  concluded.) 


"To  be  rich  in  everything  that  is  worth 
while,  not  only  in  the  mental  and  spirit- 
ual worlds,  but  also  in  the  physical 
worlds,  is  the  ideal  we  all  have  in  view. 
And  it  is  the  power  of  real  goodness  that 
can  make  this  ideal  come  true." 


November,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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€0ntnbutton0. 


BALAAM    THE    SON    OF    BOSOR    WHO    LOVED    THE   WAGES    OF 

UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 


Fathers  and  Brethren: 

We  are  in  the  great  faUing  away  and 
it  is  time  for  all  Christian  people  to  walk 
humbly  with  God.  The  worship  of  Baal 
Peor — the  worship  of  the  forces  of  na- 
ture— was  associated  with  the  most  loath- 
some and  disgusting  immoralities  as  all 
heathen  religions  always  have  been.  Sab- 
bath breaking,  drunkenness,  licentious- 
ness, cheating,  stealing,  lying,  and  mur- 
der are  the  commonplaces  of  our  time. 
Along  with  these  horrors  which  threaten 
the  very  foundations  of  society  is  the 
multiplication  of  secret  idolatries,  which 
in  every  age  and  land  have  been  asso- 
ciated with  these  vices  and  crimes. 
Balaam   the    Son    of    Bosor. 

Balaam  was  apparently  a  worshipper 
of  the  true  God.  He  seems  to  have  been 
empowered  to  foresee  future  events. 
There  is  every  reason  to  believe  that  he 
preferred  doing  right  to  doing  wrong. 
There  was  in  his  character  one  fatal  de- 
fect. He  loved  the  wages  of  unright- 
eousness. He  did  not  love  unrighteous- 
ness. No  man  does.  God  constructed 
the  soul  of  man  as  he  did  the  universe 
on  the  lines  of  truth,  and  no  man  goes 
into  evil  without  pulling  against  himself 
as  well  as  against  the  will  of  God,  but 
men  love  the  wages,  for  they  naturally 
love  things,  and  when  the  wages  of  un- 
righteousness seem  more  desirable  than 
the  wages  of  holy  living,  they  are  some- 
times drawn  aside  from  the  path  of  right 
and  led  into  sin  and  crime. 

It  was  so  with  Balaam.  Balak  was 
terrified  at  the  advent  of  Israel.  He 
wished  to  bolster  his  courage  with  the 
word  of  the  prophet  of  the  true  God.  He 
had  hosts  of  his  own  prophets  in  his  own 
kingdom,  but  he  sent  messengers  on  a 
long  journey  to  seek  the  presence  of  this 


man  who  had  been  reported  to  know 
God  and  to  be  able  to  speak  for  Him. 
He  made  large  promises  and  offered 
glittering  rewards.  Balaam  wanted  them. 
He  saw  that  he  could  secure  many  things 
that  he  desired  in  a  short  time  if  he 
could  gratify  the  heathen  king.  He  was 
able  to  do  it  and  no  doubt  secured  his 
reward  though  this  is  not  expressly 
stated  in  the  record. 

We  are  told  that  Balaam  died  by  the 
sword  of  Israel  among  the  heathen  whom 
he  had  served.  He  prayed  that  he 
might  die  the  death  of  a  rigtheous  man 
and  that  his  last  end  might  be  like  his, 
but  he  died  as  a  fool  does  and  was  buried 
with  the  enemies  of  God. 

Masonic  Corner  Stones. 

Years  ago  before  Masonry  was  known 
tO'  be  the  loathsome  terrible  thing  that  it 
is,  lodge  men  frequently  secured  oppor- 
tunities to  advertise  themselves  at  the  ex- 
pense of  the  government,  or  the  church. 
Whenever  a  large  building  was  to  be 
erected  by  the  United  States  government, 
by  state  governments,  by  a  school  board, 
or  by  a  church,  lodge  men  in  the  mem- 
bership obtained  the  right  to  appear  in 
public  at  the  expense  of  the  people  erect- 
ing and  paying  for  the  building.  They 
frequently  got  permission  to  put  their 
mark  on  the  corner  stone  of  the  building 
to  stand  as  a  perpetual  advertisement  to 
the  idolatrous  worship  of  those  who  laid 
the  corner  stone. 

After  the  discussion  of  the  lodge  ques- 
tion had  been  before  the  people  until  the 
character  of  the  order  was  fairly  well 
known,  there  was  a  cessation  of  tliis 
abuse  of  the  rights  of  the  public  and  the 
people. 

In  Clarinda,  Iowa,  and  in  other  cities 
lodge  men  who  had  appropriated  corner 


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stones  for  their  own  benefit  were  pre- 
vented from  carrying  out  the  plans  they 
had  made.  Time  has  passed  and  lodges 
are  lifting  their  heads  and  seeking  to  get 
back  to  the  place  they  occupied  before 
their  character  was  known.  Of  course, 
this  abuse  will  continue  until  a  protest 
is  voiced  by  the  people  which  demands 
attention. 

^^'e  are  led  to  this  line  of  remark  by 
the  report  in  the  papers  of  the  laying  of 
the  corner  stone  of  the  Berean  Presby- 
terian Church  of  a  neighboring  city.  The 
affair  seems  to  have  been  under  the  di- 
rection of  the  ''Men's  Religious  Forward 
Movement. "  Fifteen  Masonic  Lodges  in 
the  county  united  in  the  service.  'Tt  was 
a  gala  affair.  Flags  were  raised.  Bal- 
conies in  the  vicinity  were  decorated  with 
flowers  and  filled  with  the  spectators. 
Thirty-second  Avenue,  between  National 
Avenue  and  Hilda  Place,  was  lined  with 
a  succession  of  small  tents  in  which 
w^ares  were  offered  for  sale  by  pretty 
young  girls.  The  proceeds  are  to  be  de- 
voted to  the  raising  of  the  fund  of  seven 
thousand  dollars,  which  it  is  hoped  will 
be  fairly  going  before  the  dedication  ser- 
vice for  the  church." 

Balaam  Loved  the  Wages  of  Unrighteous- 
ness. 

This  heathen  church  laid  the  founda- 
tion stone  for  this  professedly  Christian 
church  in  the  midst  of  this  Fourth  of 
July  celebration.  The  lodges  of  the  coun- 
ty received  advertisement  which  was  no 
doubt  Vv'orth  any  actual  cash  they  ex- 
pended. They  will  entrap  and  snare 
hundreds  of  men  whom  they  could  never 
have  deceived  had  it  not  been  for  Balaam 
and  his  love  for  the  zvages  of  unright- 
eousness. The  church  people  wanted  some 
money.  The  Men's  Religious  Forward 
Movement,  which  is  usually  made  up  of 
men  who  profess  to  be  Christians  and  of 
those  who  make  no  profession,  arranged 
this  affair  for  the  purpose  of  getting 
money  for  the  church.  As  in  olden  times 
pretty  girls  were  drafted  into  the  service 


and  they  filled  tents  along  the  street  of- 
fering wares  of  one  kind  and  another  to 
the  passers-by.  According  to  the  report 
the  eft'ort  succeeded  as  well  as  did  that 
of  Balaam  when  he  secured  the  wages 
from  Balak.  They  got  quite  a  bit  of 
money  and  they  hope  they  will  get  some 
more. 

Dead  and  Dyinig  Churches. 
But  after  the  bands  have  ceased  play- 
ing, after  the  Masons  have  had  their 
drinks  and  laid  aside  their  regalia,  after 
the  preachers  have  counted  the  money 
and  estimated  the  receipts  of  the  pagan 
festival,  what  then?  Then  comes  along 
a  tug  for  the  life  of  the  church  and  its 
work  in  the  community.  Every  man  who 
has  anything  to  do  with  churches  can  tell 
us  that  it  is  far  easier  to  build  a  church 
than  it  is  to  support  it.  Who  is  to  fur- 
nish the  money  to  pay  the  preacher,  get 
the  coal  and  lights,  and  keep  the  place 
clean  and  attractive?  Church  members 
of  course,  are  expected  to  do  it.  If  they 
do  not,  it  will  not  be  done;  and  what 
about  those  fifteen  lodges,  marching  with 
their  banners  and  with  their  aprons  and 
with  their  music  to  lay  the  corner  stone? 
What  will  they  do  for  the  congregation  ? 
They  will  be  sitting  in  their  lodge  rooms 
or  on  their  porches,  smoking,  reading 
the  Sunday  newspapers,  playing  cards  or 
worse,  while  the  men  who  loved  the 
wages  of  unrighteousness  and  were  sorry 
that  they  could  not  get  them  without  un- 
righteousness will  be  standing  in  the  pul- 
pit and  preaching  to  the  pews.  There 
will  be  handfuls  of  women  and  children 
scattered  among  the  seats  here  and  there. 
The  whole  thing  is  a  picture  of  the  fail- 
ure which  results  when  men  undertake 
to  yoke  together  the  faith  of  Jesus  Christ 
and  the  policy  of  Balaam. 

Booker    T.    Washington    and    the    Mosaic 
Templars. 

Mr.  Washington  was  educated  in  a 
school  planted  by  the  American  Mission- 
ary  Association.      This   institution   was 


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olanted  and  has  been  maintained  by 
Christian  people  who  in  general  have 
been  opposed  to  secret  societies.  Mr. 
Washington  has  been  supported  in  his 
labors  at  Tuskegee  by  Christian  men  and 
women  throughout  the  world.  Many  hun- 
dreds of  thousands  of  dollars  have  been 
given  to  his  cause  by  men  and  women  of 
all  shades  of  belief  because  they  believed 
he  was  laboring  for  the  benefit  of  his 
people,  and  they  wished  to  help  him  in 
the  work.  It  is  said  that  Mr.  Washing- 
ton sent  a  special  messenger  to  the  great 
lodge  of  the  Negro  ''Mosaic  Templers" 
inviting  them  to  meet  next  year  at  Tuske- 
gee. If  he  did  this,  as  reported  in  the 
press,  why  did  he  do  it  ?  The  work  which 
he  is  carrying  forward  is  an  educational 
work.  Secret  societies  have  never  been 
educational  except  for  the  pagan  reli- 
gious faiths  which  they  profess  to^  teach. 
No  secret  society  has  ever  conducted  a 
school  or  done  such  woi^k  as  Mr.  Wash- 
ington is  doing.  Why  then  does  he  wish 
them  to  go  to  Tuskegee  ?  By  an  open  ap- 
peal to  the  men  of  this  country,  he  was 
educated  and  has  been  sustained  until 
now  he  has  more  than  half  a  hundred 
buildings,  fifteen  hundred  students,  and 
hundreds  of  thousands  of  dollars  of  en- 
dowment, but  he  wants  some  more.  We 
fear  he  thinks  he  can  secure  it  by  inviting 
the  Negro  ''Mosaic  Templars"  to  Tuske- 
gee. If  this  be  the  real  motive  it  is  an- 
other case  of  loving  the  wages  of  un- 
righteousness.'Why  cannot  men  be  wise? 
Why  cannot  they  continue  on  reasonable 
lines  where  they  begin?  Why  should  not 
Mr.  Washington,  who  has  received  mil- 
lions of  money  as  a  free  gift  from  peo- 
ple who  love  God,  believe  and  trust  God 
and  pray  for  the  needs  that  are  yet  to 
come? 

Balaam  must  have  had  experience  of 
God.  This  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that 
he  persistently  refused  to  do  anything 
except  what  he  was  permitted  to  do.  Why 
could  he  not  have  continued  to  trust  God 
to  do  for  him  in  the  future  what  he  had 


done  for  him  in  the  past?  Why  could  he 
not  trust  God  to  do  for  him  after  he  had 
obtained  a  large  reputation  what  he  did 
for  him  ijohilc  he  zvas  obtaining  this  repu- 
tation ?  It  seems  pitiful  that  men  who  be- 
gin with  God  should  need  buy  any  such 
poor  human  reliances  as  this.  We  trust 
that  Mr.  Washington,  for  whom  and  for 
whose  work  we  have  had  the  greatest  re- 
spect will  not  lend  himself  to  these  dread- 
ful lodges  which  are  destroying  the  souls 
of  men. 

The  Wages  of  Unrighteousness. 
It  is  horribly  interesting  to  know  what 
sort  of  a  lodge  this  Mosaic  Templars  is. 
We  received  recently  from  a  reliable  cor- 
respondent the  testimony  which  a  school- 
girl gave  after  her  initiation  into  this 
lodge.  She  says :  "I  belonged  to  two 
lodges,  the  Eastern  Star  and  the  Mosaic 
Templars  of  America.  When  they  car- 
ried me  into  the  anteroom  to  be  made  a 
Mosaic  Templar,  one  man  stood  at  the 
door  and  hit  me  in  the  hand  with  a  strap. 
They  had  a  wagon  sheet ;  and  they  had  a 
chair  that  they  called  the  goat.  They  told 
me  to  get  on  my  knees  and  pray :  'Our 
Father  which  art  in  Heaven,'  etc.,  and 
when  I  got  on  my  knees  and  had  prayed 
they  threw  me  up  and  down  on  the  wag- 
on sheet.  When  they  began  to  toss  me 
up  and  down,  I  felt  ashamed.  Just  think 
of  about  twelve  men  there  tossing  me  up 
and  down,  but  I  held  by  skirts  to  keep 
them  from  flying  over  my  head.  At  times 
I  was  a  foot  or  more  from  the  wagon 
sheet  with  my  skirts  flying  in  the  air,  so 
I  caught  them  from  going  over  my  head. 
The  women  members  laughed  when  the 
men  tossed  me  up.  They  took  me  to  a 
bush  with  some  candles  in  it  and  behind 
it  was  a  man  with  a  false  face  on,  whom 
they  said  was  God.  I  was  told  that  it 
was  the  'Burning  Bush'  and  that  the 
ground  I  stood  on  was  '  holy  ground.'  Oh 
I  am  so  disgusted  when  I  think  about 
such  sinful,  dirty  organizations — not  fit 
for  a  dog  to  join  and  yet  I  was  initiated 
into  them." 


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November,  1911. 


We  know  enough  about  ^Nlr.  Washing- 
ton to  beheve  that  he  is  in  entire  ignor- 
ance of  the  character  of  this  organiza- 
tion which  he  had  requested  to  visit 
Tuskegee.  but  ]\Ir.  ^^'ashington  is  old 
enough  to  know  that  any  secret  society 
is  naturall}'  evil,  and  that  Christian  men 
ought  not  to  have  fellowship  with  or- 
ganizations of  this  kind,  and  he  ought 
to  perfectly  understand  that  such  out- 
rageous abuses  as  are  indicated  above 
which  are  practiced  with  mock  prayers, 
recited  to  insure  the  damnation  of  the 
souls  of  those  who  are  thus  corrupted 
and  defiled,  are  naturally  the  outgrowth 
of  secret  societies.  Good  things  love  the 
light  and  evil  things  love  the  darkness. 
Sureh'  ^Ir.  Washington  does  not  need 
anybody  to  tell  him  this.  We  believe 
that  when  he  has  reflected  upon  his  posi- 
tion not  even  the  wages  of  unrighteous- 
ness will  persuade  him  to  continue  in 
such  fellowship. 

The    Wages    Are    Not    Paid. 

We  find  in  a  newspaper  clipping  an 
interesting  statement  respecting  the 
Knights  of  Pythias.  Some  eight  men  in 
Decatur,  who  carried  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  endowment  insurance  for  twenty- 
five  or  thirty  years,  have  just  withdrawn 
from  the  order's  insurance.  They  began 
more  than  thirty  years  ago,  some  of 
them,  and  paid  one  dollar  and  ten  cents 
a  month  on  each  one  thousand  dollars 
of  insurance  carried,  or  at  the  rate  of  a 
little  more  than  thirteen  dollars  a  year. 
For  the  last  twenty-five  years  they  have 
paid  at  the  rate  of  one  dollar  and  eighty- 
five  cents  per  month  on  each  one  thous- 
and dollars  carried,  or  at  the  rate  of  a 
little  more  than  $22  per  year.  At  the  be- 
ginning of  the  present  year  they  were 
notified  that  they  must  now  pay  a  much 
higher  rate  if  they  wished  to  continue 
their  insurance.  They  felt  that  they  could 
not  meet  this  new  requirement  and 
dropped  out.  This  means  that  they  will 
lose  every  dollar  that  they  have  put  in, 


unless  the  suit  which  has  recently  been 
started  against  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
company  should  be  decided  in  favor  of 
the  members.  If  it  does,  probably  the 
order  will  have  to  suspend.  If  it  does 
not  the  members  will  lose  their  money. 
This  is  not  a  new  thing  under  the  sun. 
Those  who  join  with  Baal  or  with  Ba- 
laam for  the  sake  of  the  wages  of  un- 
righteousness are  practically  certain  to  be 
cheated  in  the  end.  They  will  die  as 
Balaam  did,  among  the  enemies  of  God^ 
and  will  lose  the  wages  for  which  they 
have  sold  their  souls. 

I  conclude  this  letter  with  an  earnest 
appeal  to  the  ministers  and  members  of 
churches  who  have  been  led  to  tolerate 
the  presence  of  Baal  Peor  in  their  festi- 
vals which  ought  to  be  holy  to  Jehovah  : 
"There  is  death  in  the  pot."  Christ  de- 
clines to  draw  in  the  same  yoke  with 
Satan.  He  declines  to  be  put  on  an  equal- 
ity with  him,  and  men  who  undertake 
to  do  so  will  find  themselves  failing  irr 
the  end.  God  and  Satan,  Christ  and  Be- 
lial, light  and  darkness,  cannot  work  to- 
gether even  for  the  sake  of  the  wages 
of   unrighteousness. 

Yours  fraternally, 
Charles  A.  Blanchard. 


Let  us  all  resolve,  first,  to  attain  the 
grace  of  silence;  second,  to  deem  all 
fault-finding  that  does  no  good  a  sin. 
and  to  resolve,  when  we  are  happy  our- 
selves, not  to  poison  the  atmosphere  for 
our  neighbors  b}^  calling  on  them  to  re- 
mark every  painful  and  disagreeable 
feature  of  their  daily  life;  third,  to  prac- 
tice the  grace  and  virtue  of  praise. — 
Harriet  B.  Stozve. 


They  say  I  am  growing  old,  because 
ni}^  hair  is  silvered,  and  there  are  crows'" 
feet  on  my  forehead,  and  my  step  is  not 
so  firm  and  elastic  as  before.  But  they 
are  mistaken.  That  is  not  me.  The 
knees  are  weak,  but  the  knees  are  not  me. 
The  brow  is  wrinkled,  but  the  brow  is 
not  me.  This  is  the  house  I  live  in.  But 
I  am  young — younger  than  I  ever  was 
before. — Guthrie. 


November,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


201 


KNIGHTS     TEMPLARS— SECRET     SO- 
CIETIES    CANNOT     INJURE    THE 
CHURCH— THE   N.   C.    A.    CAN- 
NOT   DESTROY    MASONRY 
—THE  LORD  OUTSIDE 
THE  CHURCH. 

[an  unpublished  letter  and  the 
last  received  from  the  late  edmond 

RONAYNE.] 

Editor  Cynosure: 

Will  you  kindly  permit  me  to  say  a 
few  words  to  the  many  readers  of  your 
excellent  magazine,  and  first  of  all  I 
want  to  give  expression  to  the  very  great 
delight  I  felt  on  reading  the  excellent 
letter  of  President  Blanchard  about  the 
cross  displayed  on  the  clothes  of  the 
notoriously  ungodly  men  composing  the 
Knights  Templars  society. 

Every  Knight  Templar  must  first  of 
all  be  a  Mason,  and  from  the  system  of 
Masonry  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus 
must  be  rigidly  excluded,  and  not  only 
so.  but  in  the  Chapter  degrees  that  prec- 
ious "name,  which  is  above  every  name," 
is  wickedly  and  knowingly  cut  out  from 
every  Scripture  read  at  opening  the 
lodge. 

\Mio  then,  may  I  ask,  has  exerted  the 
influence  which  places  the  cross  on  the 
banner,  and  on  the  clothes  of  the  Knights 
Templars  ?  Who  but  the  personal  en- 
emv  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ — the 
Devil. 

And  right  here  I  desire  to  correct  a 
few  mistakes  into  which  even  w^ell  in- 
formed anti-IMasons  have  fallen.  They 
generally  suppose  that  the  Alasonic  sys- 
tem is  directly  opposed  to  the  Church 
and  they  mourn  over  the  fact  as  thev 
suppose  that  Masonry  and  its  brood  of 
other  lodge  systems  are  ''depleting  the 
Church" — "antagonizing  the  Church" 
and  that  the  whole  conflict  is  between 
the  Lodge  and  the  Church.  Now%  all 
this  is  entirely  wrong  and  is  due  to  the 
fact  that  the  majority  of  people  misap- 
prehend altogether  the  truth  of  the 
church. 

The  Church  is  the  mystical  body  of 
Christ,  called  out  from  among  the  Gen- 
tiles during  this  age  and  of  which  the 
risen  and  glorified  Christ  Jesus  is  the 
Head.  Every  member  of  the  true  church 
is  called  out — "blessed  with  all  spiritual 
blessings  in  the  heavenlies,"  and  ''chosen 
in  Christ  before  the  foundation  of  the 
world,"  Eph.  i  :3-4.  This  and  nothing 
else  is  "the  church  which  is  His  bodv," 


and  it  is  also  "the  fullness  of  Him  that 
filleth  all  in  all,'|  Eph.  i  122-23,  ^^^^  again 
in  Col.  I  :i8,  "and  He — the  glorified  Lord 
Jesus  is  the  head  of  the  body  the  church." 
Every  member  of  this  body  was  fore- 
known of  God  eternities  before  we  were 
born,  and  not  alone  that,  but  every  mem- 
ber was  "predestinated — not  to  be  saved 
merely  but — to  be  conformed  to  the  im- 
age of  His  Son."  "And  whom  He  did 
predestinate,  them  He  also  called  and 
wdiom  He  called  them  He  also  justified 
and  whom  He  justified  them  He  also 
glorified,"  Rom.  2:29-30.  These  chosen 
and  called  out  ones  and  these  only  com- 
prise the  church  of  God,  and  so  we  can 
exclaim  with  the  Apostle  Paul  "What 
shall  wx  then  say  to  these  things?  H 
God  be  for  us  who  can  be  against  us?" 
Rom.  8:29-31.  Can  Masonry?  Can 
lodgism  of  any  kind?  Can  Satan?  Xo, 
Blessed  be  the  God  of  all  grace,  the 
church's  place  is  in  the  heavenlies  in 
Christ,  Eph.  2,  and  nothing  w^hatevei"  can 
hurt  her  there. 

But  the  nominal  church  aroimd  us  can 
be  hurt,  the  denominations  can  be  hurt 
and,  doubtless,  the  different  kinds  of 
lodges  as  well  as  Masonry  are  drawing 
away  members  from  the  various  so-called 
churches  and  no  wonder.  The  system  of 
Alasonry  though,  like  its  founder,  is  the 
personal  enemy  and  antagonist  of  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ.  When  Gabriel,  an- 
nouncing to  the  A^irgin  that  she  was 
chosen  of  God  to  be  the  mother  of  the 
Redeemer,  said  to  her,  "Thou  shalt  call 
Llis  name  Jesus,  for  He  shall  sare  His 
people  from  their  sins/'  That  was  the 
mission  of  the  Son  of  God  to  this  earth, 
it  was  for  that  He  gave  up  "the  glory 
which  He  had  with  the  Father  before 
the  world  was."  Jno.  17  :5.  as  He  declares 
Himself,  "The  Son  of  Man  is  come  to 
seek  and  to  sazr  tJiat  ichicJi  icas  lost:" 
Luke  ig:io,  and  on  Pentecost  He  sent 
down  the  Holy  Spirit  to  proclaim  this 
glorious  truth  to  the  lost  ones,  but  the 
Church  must  first  be  called  out  from  the 
world,  judo^ed,  disciplined  and  perfected, 
that  witli  her  glorified  Head  in  the  com- 
inq-  age,  she  might  be  used  of  God  to 
bring  blessing  to  all  the  families  of  the 
earth  in  conjunction  with  Israel,  the 
earthly  seed  of  Abraham.  This  was  the 
I'Jad  tidin^^s  that  God  preached  before- 
liand  to  Abraham   (  R.  A'.)   (^al.  3:8. 

lUit  listen  again.     The  .Xj^ostle  sending- 


or.o 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


November,  191 L 


a  letter  to  the  Christians  at  Corinth  ad- 
dressed it — "To  the  Church  of  God, 
which  is  at  Corinth,  to  them  that  are 
sanctified  in  Chrisd  Jesus,  called  saints." 
that  is  saints  by  being  called,  etc.  Now, 
were  a  letter  to  come  to  Chicago,  New 
York,  St.  Louis,  Boulder,  or  any  other 
city  in  the  world  addressed  "to  the 
Church  of  God,  which  is  in  Chicago, 
Boulder,  etc.,  will  you  kindly  tell  me  to 
whom  would  the  postmaster  deliver  it? 
Every  sect  in  town  would  claim  it,  but 
to  which  of  all  the  pastors  would  the 
postmaster  hand  it?  To  none  of  them, 
of  course,  then  please  locate  the  Church 
of  God  today.  It  cannot  be  done.  How, 
then,  can  the  Masonic  system  or  any 
other  system,  or  even  ten  thousand  leg- 
ions of  demons,  hurt  the  Church  of  God? 
But  again  the  Holy  Spirit  writes  through 
Paul,  "to  the  Church  of  the  Thessa- 
lonians  in  God,  the  Father  and  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,"  and  again  in  Jude,  "to 
them  that  are  sanctified  by  God  the 
Father,  preserved  in  Jesus  Christ  and 
called."  Do  you  know  any  such  people 
as  these,  or  any  such  church  as  Paul 
writes  to  in  2,  Thess.  1:1? 

No,  Alasonry  is  not  depleting  the 
Church  of  God,  but  that  Satanic  system 
and  its  numerous  brood  of  alleged  secret 
lodges  are  the  direct  antagonists  of  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ.  Masonry  claims  that 
a  ^lason  "living  in  strict  obedience  to 
the  obligations  and  precepts  of  that  sys- 
tem is  free  from  sin/'  That  is  what 
Jesus  came  for — to  free  or  save  His  peo- 
ple from  their  sins,  Matt,  i  :2i.  A  man 
is  made  a  Master  Mason,  and  what  does 
Masonry  claim  for  him?  "We  now  find 
m.an  complete  in  morality  and  intelligence 
with  the  stay  of  religion  added  to  assure 
him  of  the  protection  of  the  Deity  and 
guard  him  against  ever  going  astray. 
These  three  degrees  thus  form  a  perfect 
and  harmonious  whole,  nor  can  it  be  con- 
ceived that  anything  can  be  suggested 
more  which  the  soul  of  man  requires." 

Let  us  stand  by  and  listen  when  a 
preacher,  a  bishop,  perhaps  a  D.  D.,  or 
some  other  such  high  dignitary,  is  about 
to  be  made  a  Mason.  He  is' ushered  into 
an  ante-room,  stripped  of  all  his  clothing 
except  his  under  shirt ;  they  hand  him 
some  old  lodge  draws  which  he  puts  on  ; 
his  left  foot,  knee  and  breast  are  made 
bare,  a  hoodwink  is  put  over  his  eyes, 
a  rope  is  placed  around  his  neck  and  a 


half  heeled  slipper  on  his  right  foot. 
Look  at  him  and  say  from  his  appear- 
ance would  vou  consider  him  "a  man  in 
Christ?" 

Surely  not.  Well,  he  is  the  pastor  of 
one  of  the  most  popular  churches,  and 
he's  about  to  be  initiated  and  to  swear 
life-long  allegiance  to  the  Masonic  sys- 
tem, but  listen:  "There  he  stands  with- 
out our  portals  on  the  threshold  of  his 
new  Masonic  life  in  darkness,  helpless- 
ness and  ignorance.  Having  been  wan- 
dering amid  the  errors  and  covered  over 
Avith  the  pollutions  of  the  outer  and  pro- 
fane world  he  comes  enquiringly  to  our 
doors  seeking  the  new  birth,  and  asking 
for  a  withdrawal  of  the  veil  which  con- 
ceals divine  truth  (E>eemasonry)  from, 
his  uninitiated  sight"  (Manual  of  the 
Lodge). 

So,  then,  Masonry  is  divine  truth,  im- 
parts the  new  birth,  cleanses  from  sin 
and  nothing  can  be  suggested  more  which 
the  soul  of  man  requires.  This  is  the 
Devil's  teaching  through  Masonry,  and 
you  can  easily  see  that  instead  of  being- 
in  any  way  opposed  to  the  nominal 
church,  it  is  in  whole  and  in  part  in  direct 
opposition  to  the  person  and  work  of 
the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

Another  great  mistake  is  to  think  that 
the  testimony  of  the  National  Christian 
Association  against  the  lodge  system  in 
general  will  sooner  or  later  destroy  Ma- 
sonry. The  opposite  of  this  is  the  truth. 
Did  the  wonderful  testimonv  of  Eli i ah 
on  Mount  Carmel  destroy  the  worship  of 
Baal  in  Israel?  (2  Kings  18.)  No, 
surely,  and  toda}^  you  have  absolutely 
the  very  same  idolatry,  only  under  a 
difi^erent  name,  in  the  Masonic  system. 
Masonry  and  its  numerous  brood  of  se- 
cret lodges  shall  be  destroyed  at  the  sec- 
ond coming  of  the  Lord,  but  not  before. 

Read  the  parable  of  the  tares  in  Matt. 
13  (Revised  Version),  and  the  Lord's 
own  explanation  of  it,  Ver.  36-43.  "The 
tares  are  the  children  of  the  evil  one," 
bound  into  bundles  in  the  end  of  the  age, 
and  then  answer  to  yourself  the  question, 
What  is  a  bundle  of  men  ?  The  numer- 
ous so-called  secret  societies  and  trades 
unions,  and  all  other  human  organiza- 
tions bound  together  by  oaths,  affirma- 
tions, pledges,  or  what  not,  are,  without 
any  doubt,  the  bundles  of  Matt.  13.  These 
bundles  were  to  be  bound  together  at 
the   end  of   this  gospel   age,  and  hence 


November,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


203 


we  have  the  sure  testimony  that  the  rap- 
ture of  the  church,  the  true  church,  is 
near. 

What  is  the  chief  characteristic  of  *'the 
last  days,"  as  given  by  the  Holy  Spirit? 
"They  shall  have  a  form  of  Godliness, 
tut  denying  the  power  thereof"  (2  Tim. 
3),  and  is  not  that  the  true  condition 
today  the  world  over?  When  a  man 
comes  to  your  door  and  knocks,  where 
is  he?  He  is  outside  the  door,  surely, 
and  that  is  the  position  which  the  Lord 
occupies  today  as  regards  the  nominal 
church.  Writing  to  the  church  of  the 
Laodicians,  He  says  "Behold  I  stand  at 
the  door  and  knock,"  Rev.  3  :20.  Then 
He  is  outside  the  door,  and  declares  that 
He  is  "about  to  spew  her  out  of  His 
mouth."  Read  the  entire  message  to 
the  nominal  church  in  Rev.  3:14  to  the 
€nd.  The  condition  of  Israel  was  never 
any  worse  than  is  the  state  of  nominal 
Christianity  today,  and  nothing  but  the 
personal  coming  of  the  Lord  Jesus  to 
set  up  His  kingdom  shall  make  things 
right,  and  for  this  every  child  of  God 
ought  earnestly  to  pray. 

E.   RONAYNE. 

Boulder,  Colo. 


AN  APPRECIATION. 


ADDRESS  OF  J.  M.  HITCHCOCK,  AT  THE  FU- 
NERAL OF  MR.  EZRA  A.   COOK,  WHEAT- 
ON,     ILL.,    SUNDAY,    SEPT.     I7TH^ 
I9II. 


Death  is  the  common  heritage,  as  well 
as  the  common  enemy  of  men.  There 
is  no  zone,  no  latitude,  no  longitude,  no 
altitude  exempt  from  its  ravages.  There 
is  no  nook  or  corner  so  sanitary,  or  so 
secluded  to  which  one  may  retire  and 
feel  secure  from  the  grasp  of  the  de- 
stroyer. 

We  are  met  in  this  sanctuary,  where 
our  departed  brother  was  accustomed  to 
worship,  not  to  unduly  magnify  the  vir- 
tues of  a  man  "Whose  breath  is  in  his 
nostrils"  (His  breath  goeth  forth,  he  re- 
turneth  to  his  earth),  but  to  refresh  our 
memories,  and  to  find,  if  we  may,  some 
lessons  in  the  life  of  the  departed  that 
may  be  stimulating  and  helpful  to  us 
Avho  tarry  for  a  day. 

The  volume   of   another   life  is   com- 


pleted. Nothing  may  be  added  or  sub- 
tracted from  its  record. 

We  learn  from,  the  good  book  that  "it 
is  better  to  go  to  the  house  of  mourning 
than  to  the  house  of  feasting."  We  trust 
that  our  brief  meditations  may  be  most 
helpful.  Were  I  personally  to  confer 
with  my  inclinations,  I  would  be  seated 
in  these  pews  with  these  mourning 
friends,  rather  than  with  these  speakers 
upon  this  platform.  I  w^as  greatly  shocked 
and  pained  to  hear  of  the  death  of 
Brother  Cook.  I  had  known  of  his  ill- 
ness, but  was  illy  prepared  to  hear  of 
his  death.  I  knew  the  deceased  only  to 
love  and  respect  him.  I  had  personally 
know^n  him  for  perhaps  thirty-five  years, 
and  in  all  this  time  had  learned  nothing 
but  good  of  him.  My  first  acquaintance 
with  him  was  as  an  official  member  of 
the  Moody  church  board.  During  this 
time  both  he  and  Mrs.  Cook  were  faith- 
ful and  efficient  teachers  in  my  Sunday 
school.  I  was  again  associated  with  him 
as  a  director  in  Wheaton  College.  I 
think  he  continued  to  be  a  director  until 
the  day  of  his  departure,  while  my  term 
of  service  for  the  college  was  limited. 
Again,  for  well  nigh  a  quarter  of  a  cen- 
tury, I  was  associated  with  him  in  the 
conduct  of  the  National  Christian  Asso- 
ciation. It  was  here  that  his  sterling 
qualities  shone  forth.  He  was  a  good 
counselor  and  punctilious  in  his  engage- 
ments. In  all  the  varied  relationships, 
I  found  Brother  Cook  to  be  a  man  of 
intelligent  Christian  convictions,  without 
a  contentious  spirit.  Of  course,  he  would 
never  compromise  a  well-settled  prin- 
ciple. But  for  the  sake  of  harmony 
was  ever  ready  to  make  reasonable  con- 
cessions. Others  have  spoken  of  his  pa- 
triotism and  his  dauntless  courage,  which 
led  him  to  the  battle  field  in  defense  of 
his  country.  Many  a  man  has  been  wil- 
ling to  endure  the  fatigue  and  hardships 
of  war,  to  face  the  cannon's  mouth  and 
even  die  for  country,  who  has  not  dared 
to  live  for  an  unpopular  truth. 

Determine,  if  you  can,  the  righteous 
side  of  any  public  issue,  and  there  you 
would  always  find  Ezra  A.  Cook  as  firm- 
ly fixed  as  the  impregnable  Gibraltar. 

Retire  to  your  houses  and  write  in 
your  journals  "an  unselfish  man,"  and 
you  will  have  a  true  description  of  this 
man's  character.  The  Apostle's  exhor- 
tation   was    "esteem   others   better   than 


m 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


November.  1911. 


Yourselves."  He  was  one  who  obeyed 
this  injunction.  This  man  came  into  the 
world  not  to  be  ministered  unto,  but  to 
minister  unti^  others.  His  crowning  great- 
ness was  his  readiness  to  be  servant  of 
all.  "Except  a  kernel  of  wheat  fall  into 
the  ground  and  die  it  abideth  alone.  But 
if  it  die  it  bringeth  forth  much  fruit." 
In  a  larger  and  truer  sense,  this  brother 
has  just  commenced  to  live.  He  has 
simply  moved  out  of  a  tenement  that  had 
become  uninhabitable,  and  gone  to  take 
possession  of  his  Heavenly  inheritance. 
His  good  works  will  follow  and  bear 
fruit  in  increasing  measure.  In  a  little 
time  we  shall  look  upon  this  pallid  face, 
as  we  say  for  the  last  time  and  then 
with  measured  step  we  shall  follow  the 
funeral  cortege  to  the  cemetery,  where 
we  shall  deposit  an  emptied  shell  in  the 
orave,  where  it  will  remain  until  the 
morning  of  the  resurrection. 

As  this  bereaved  widow  with  her  de- 
voted children  and  friends  stands  about 
his  grave  this  question  will  be  again  re- 
peated 'Tf  a  man  die  shall  he  live  again?" 
Infidelity  will  answer  the  question  nega- 
tiveh".  while  triumphant  faith  listening 
to  the  Apostles'  masterly  reasoning  found 
in  the  15th  chapter  of  first  Corinthians 
will  hear  the  Master'  sweet  voice  com- 
ing forth  from  that  grave,  saying:  "I 
am  the  resurrection  and  the  life,  he  that 
believeth  on  me  though  he  were  dead  yet 
shall  he  live."  "And  when  he  shall  say 
Ezra  A.  Cook  comes  forth"  that  remorse- 
less grave  will  lose  its  power  to  further 
imprison   its   dead. 


THE  GRAND  ARMY. 

r>V    RF.\\     li.    B.     HEM  METER. 

The  Grand  Army  of  today  is  an  or- 
ganization of  veterans  of  our  civil  war 
and  organized  separately  and  indepencl- 
entlv  of  the  regular  Armv  of  the  Repub- 
lic. ' 

Our  Lutheran  Church,  truly  patriotic, 
cheerfully  and  conscientiously,  supports 
the  Army  of  the  Republic  as  well  as  the 
veterans  who,  having  served  in  the 
ranks  of  the  army,  have  obtained  an  hon- 
orable release. 

Our  Lutheran  Church  does  not  oppose 
militarv  honors,  not  objectionable  in 
themselves,  neither  during  the  lifetime, 
nor  at  or  after  the  death  of  a  soldier. 

Our  Lutheran  Church,  however,  does 
oppose    every   mixture   of     Chtirch     and 


State  as  being  contrary  to  the  principles 
of  Christ  as  laid  down  in  the  words : 
"Render  unto  Caesar  (that  is  to  the 
vState)  the  things  that  are  Caesar's;  and 
unto  God  the  things  that  are  God's." 
^latthew  22:21. 

Otir  Lutheran  Church  moreover  holds 
that  it  must  confess  Christ  before  men, 
according  to  its  own  convictions  found- 
ed in  the  Scriptures,  and  that  it  must 
avoid  those  who  differ  with  her  in  these 
convictions,  according  to  the  word  of  the 
Apostle,  Romans  16:17,  18:  ''Mark  them 
which  catise  divisions  and  offenses  con- 
trary to  the  doctrine,  which  ye  have 
learned ;  and  avoid  them.  For  they  that 
are  such,  serve  not  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
but  their  own  belly ;  and  by  good  words 
and  fair  speeches  deceive  the  hearts  of 
the  simple,"' 

In  the  exercise  of  religious  convictions, 
our  church  accords  to  everyone  perfect 
freedom,  believing  that  this  is  the  will 
of  God.  Otir  Church,  however,  also  ex- 
pects to  receive  that  toleration  which  it 
accords  to  others  and  which  is  pro- 
claimed by  the  Constitution  of  the  United 
States  in  its  first  Amendment,  as  well  as 
by  the  Constitution  of  the  State  of  Mis- 
souri. 

The  Army  of  the  United  States  is  un- 
der the  government  of  the  first  amend- 
ment, to-wit :  "Congress  shall  make  no 
laws  respecting  an  establishment  of  re- 
ligion, or  prohibiting  the  free  exercise 
thereof."  Religious  features  or  regula- 
tions that  hinder  or  offend  any  church  in 
its  spiritual  relations  to  its  members  are 
hereby  barred  from  the  regular  army. 

The  Grand  Army,  as  veterans  of  the 
Army  of  the  Republic,  should  not  exempt 
itself  from  the  wise  provision  of  the 
Constitution  of  our  land  respecting  re- 
ligion and  religious  practices,  and  certain- 
ly should  not  claim  any  recognition  as 
the  Grand  Army,  when  it  goes  beyond 
this  acknowledged  principle  of  the  com- 
j>lete  separation  of  Church  and  State,  by 
its  introduction  and  its  use  of  religious 
services  in  its  ritual  and  meetings.  The 
veterans  of  the  Grand  Army  have  them- 
selves to  blame,  if  for  Biblical  reasons 
their  religious  services  are  barred  from 
chtirches,  and  from  church  services,  by 
such  as  claim  for  themselves  a  free  and 
undisturbed  exercise  of  their  own  relig- 
ion. 

The  veterans  and  all  others  act  con- 


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trary  to  the  spirit  of  the  Constitution  of 
the  United  States,  as  well  as  to  that  of 
the  State  of  Missouri,  when  they  frown 
on,  bluster  at  and  scold  those  who  dare 
to  enjoy  the  liberty  which  the  funda- 
mental laws  of  the  land  grants  them. 
This  liberty  we  prize  more  highly  than 
earthly  friendships  and  for  which  some 
of  our  forebears  shed  their  blood. 

As  to  Certain  Criticisms. 

No,  I  did  not  order  a  United  States 
flag  off  a  coffin.  We  honor  Old  Glory 
wherever  we  see  it,  and  are  not  oft"end- 
ed  if,  as  a  part  of  military  honors,  the 
flag  decorates  the  coffin  of  a  veteran. 
That  flag  was  taken  off  by  one  who 
claimed  an  order  from  the  owners  of  the 
flag,  in  spite  of  a  request  to  leave  it  on. 
This  act,  of  course,  was  unfriendly  to  us 
and  on  its  face  reflected  against  us 
whether  so  intended  or  not.  We  felt  this 
at  once  and  if  we  had  had  a  flag  at  hand, 
we  would  have  replaced  the  one  removed 
by  another.  We  claim  the  flag  as  our  flag 
as  much  as  it  is  anybody's,  and  we  are 
willing  to  shout  for  her  even  though  we 
should  never  hold  public  position  or  have 
a  whiff  of  a  pension.  If  the  parties  con- 
cerned will,  as  good  citizens,  cut  out 
everything  that  belongs  to  the  religious 
realm  and  leave  their  members,  who  are 
church  members  solely  to  their  respec- 
tive pastors  in  religious  affairs,  then 
there  will  be  no  trouble.  There  is  no 
trouble  about  the  flag.  What  we  want 
is  to  keep  the  flag  and  all  that  the  flag 
stands  for,  among  which,  and  by  far 
not  the  least,  is  religious  liberty. 

No,  we  do  not  keep  soldiers  out  of  our 
church  because  of  their  uniforms.  If 
anyone  at  any  time  did  not  go  into  our 
church,  that  was  of  his  own  choice.  All 
that  we  expect  of  anybody  that  comes 
to  our  church  is  that  they  submit  to 
the  rules  of  worship  laid  down  by  our 
congregation,  which  owns  and  maintains 
the  property  as  its  house  of  prayer.  Sure- 
ly no  one  ought  to  object  to  that. 

I  do  not  officiate  with  any  chaplain  at 
a  funeral  or  on  any  other  occasion.  I 
am  not  looking  for  glory  in  this  world  as 
a  minister,  nor  am  I  conducting  my  min- 
istry as  a  business.  I  attend  a  funeral 
as  a  minister,  when  it  is  my  duty  to  the 
deceased  and  the  family  of  the  deceased ; 
and  when  I  am  the  minister.  I  don't  want 
to  be  interfered  with.     Anv  one  can  dis- 


pense with  my  services  at  any  time  and 
I  will  make  them  no  trouble;  but  you 
can't  order  me  or  any  of  our  ministers 
around.  It  is  a  matter  of  principle  with 
us. 

Is  it  not  strange  that  in  our  day,  when 
every  mechanic  reserves  for  himself  the 
right  to  determine  where,  when,  and 
zvith  zvhom  he  will  work,  that  this  same 
reservation  in  a  minister  should  meet 
with  astonishment  and  opposition?  It 
seems  indeed  as  though,  in  matters  of 
religion,  very  many  people  consult  only 
their  own  minds  and  thoughts,  their  own 
likes  and  dislikes.  If  this  be  the  case,  let 
them  then  at  least  accord  the  same  priv- 
ilege to  the  minister.  If  you  want  a  chap- 
lain of  a  lodge  then  let  the  chaplain  be 
your  minister,  let  him  visit  you  in  your 
sickness,  let  him  give  you  his  communion, 
let  him  pray  with  you  and  conduct  you 
out  of  this  world  into  the  next ;  then  it 
will  also  be  appropriate  for  him  to  bury 
you.  It  is  all  in  your  hands.  Choose  for 
yourself.     But  don't  blame  the  minister. 

Yes,  I  have  been  repeatedly  asked  to 
conduct  funerals,  when  a  complication 
has  arisen  as  to  a  chaplain  taking  part. 
I  have  always  tried  in  all  love  to  make  it 
clear,  that  I  would  not  for  principle's 
sake  countenance  any  interference  in  my 
calling  as  a  minister.  I  have  not  always 
been  met  with  kindness,  but  hitherto, 
whenever  a  chaplain  had  been  noti- 
fied that  his  services  were  not  desired, 
he  has  respected  the  wishes  of  those  who 
had  the  privilege  of  determining. 

It  was  a  sad  breach  when  lately  the 
wish  and  order  of  both  the  deceased  and 
the  widow  were  ignored  by  one  who 
showed  more  temper  than  sympathy. 

The  position  of  the  writer  in  this  mat- 
ter is  not  one  of  his  own  invention,  but 
one  that  is  elementary  in  the  church  body 
of  which  he  is  a  member  and  which  is 
known  all  over  our  free  country  and 
even  in  all  religiously  informed  circles  of 
the  civilized  world.  We  all  honor  our 
veterans  and  wish  them  well,  but  in  the 
matters  of  our  faith  and  the  free  exer- 
cise thereof,  they  must  not  presume  to 
interfere.  If  the  veterans  insist  on  re- 
ligious exercises,  other  than  those  of  our 
church,  at  the  graves  of  their  departed, 
they  thereby  themselves  render  it  im- 
possible for  us  to  participate  at  such 
burials.  For  this  they  must  take  all 
the    blame,    for   thev    certainh-   have    no 


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November,  1911. 


Standing  as  a  church.  Moreover,  as  an 
organization  claiming  a  certain  national 
or  state  character,  they  are  plainly  at 
fault  with  the  very  constitution  under 
which  they  fought  and  which  we  all 
claim  as  our  countr3^'s  glory. 

God  bless  the  veterans  ;  but  let  them 
leave  religion  entirely  to  the  churches. 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 


FREEMASONRY.* 

BY    LADY    BLOUNT. 

It  may  seem  strange  for  a  lady  to 
speak  on  Freemasonry,  because  as  ladies 
are  excluded  from  lodges,  it  may  be 
thought  by  many  that  they  cannot  know 
anything  about  the  subject.  But  why 
should  ladies  be  excluded? 

I  think  it  is  possible  to  know  something 
of  an  institution  without  being  a  mem- 
ber of  that  institution.  And  further  I 
think  it  is  possible  to  know  something 
about  a  secret  society,  or  institution, 
without  being  a  member  of  that  secret 
society,  or  secret  institution.  But  I  need 
not  now  indicate  through  what  avenues 
this  information  may  leak  out,  as  I  pre- 
fer to  speak  from  the  standpoint  of  an 
outsider,  but  a  Christian  outsider.  As  a 
Christian  I  ask  why  is  the  society  of 
Freemasons  a  secret  society,  and  a  secret 
society  whose  secrets  are  protected  by 
fearful  oaths?  Looking  at  it  from  the 
standpoint  of  an  outsider,  I  should  say 
that  if  the  aims  and  operations  of  the  so- 
ciety are  good,  what  need  is  there  for  the 
members  of  the  society  to  take  solemn 
oaths  of  secrecy?  It  could  not  harm  the 
society  if  they  were  known  to  be  doing 
good,  and  only  seeking  the  good  of  their 
fellow  men.  A  good  man,  while  he 
ought  not  ostentatiously  to  display  his 
beneficence,  does  not  need  to  swear  be- 
fore his  fellow  helpers  that  he  will  never 
even  mention  the  good  he  has  been  doing. 

The  best  man  that  ever  lived  when 
falsely  accused  by  His  enemies  said,  'Tn 
secret  have  I  said  nothing."  His  work 
and  teaching  v/ere  open  to  the  public  and 
to  hostile  criticism. 

What  need  then  is  there  for  a  disciple 
of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  to  go  directly 
against  his  Master's  example. 

Surely  the  lodges  in  this  respect  do  not 
follow  the  example  nor  the  precept  of  the 


*A  lecture  delivered  by  Lady  E.  A.  M. 
Blount,  3  Beechey  Road,  Bournemouth, 
England.     Price   2  pence. 


Christian's  Lord.  This  leads  one  to  ask: 
Is  the  lodge  a  Christian  institution?  H 
it  is,  why  do  they  ignore  our  Lord's  sol- 
emn injunction  when  he  said,  ''Swear 
not  at  all,  neither  by  heaven,  for  it  is 
God's  throne,  nor  by  the  earth,  for  it  is 
His  footstool ;  neither  by  the  head,  for 
thou  canst  not  make  one  hair  white,  or 
black.  But  let  your  communication  be 
yea,  yea,  and  nay,  nay,  for  whatsoever  is 
more  than  this  cometh  of  evil." — Matt. 
Yet  members  of  the  lodges  not  only 
swear  by  their  heads,  as  one  may  say, 
but  by  their  very  lives. 

In  the  light  of  our  Lord's  words  there- 
fore, it  must  be  evil  for  members  to 
swear  by  their  lives,  or  at  the  peril  of 
their  lives,  that  they  will  never  reveal  but 
always  conceal  the  secrets  of  the  society. 

I  am  credibly  informed  that  no  mem- 
ber in  the  lodge  is  ever  allowed  to  men- 
tion, even  in  prayer,  the  name  of  the 
Lord  Jesus.  How  is  this,  if  the  lodge 
religion  is  in  harmony  with  the  Christian 
religion  ?  And  it  is  an  important  fact  that 
there  is  a  Lodge  religion,  for  they  have 
altars,  priests,  prayers,  invocations,  and 
hymns  of  praise.  But  since  in  these  pray- 
ers and  praises  they  are  not  allowed  to 
confess  our  Lord  Jesus,  it  is  self-evident 
that  the  Lodge  religion  cannot  be  the 
Christian  religion,  and  if  the  lodge  relig- 
ion cannot  be,  and  is  not  the  Christian 
religion,  what  religion  is  it? 

Our  Lord  said,  "He  that  is  not  with 
me,  is  against  me,  and  that  if  we  deny 
him  before  men,  he  wdll  deny  us  before 
his  Father." 

The  religion,  therefore,  of  Freemason- 
ry must  be  opposed  to  that  of  our  Lord, 
it  is  therefore  "anti-Christian."  Anti- 
Christian  in  its  office  and  ceremonies,  and 
also  anti-Christian  in  its  ultimate  aims 
and  resolutions.  On  Christian  grounds, 
therefore,  I  oppose  it.  And  I  feel  it  to 
be  my  duty  to  warn  young  men  especial- 
1}^  to  keep  out  of  the  lodges,  if  they  de- 
sire to  follow  the  Lord  Jesus,  and  walk 
in  his  steps.  We  cannot  serve  God  and 
mammon,  we  cannot  worship  the  Lord 
Jesus  and  the  heathen  god  Baal.  We 
may  choose,  and  finally  we  must  choose, 
whom  we  will  serve,  as  Elijah  of  old 
said  on  a  memorable  occasion.  "If  Je- 
hovah be  God,  follow  Him,  but  if  Baal, 
then  follow  him."  "No  man  can  serve 
two  masters,"  and  if  Christ  is  shut  out 
of  the  lodge  rituals,  as  he  is,  then  it  must 


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be  some  other  master,  and  some  other  sa- 
vior that  the  lodge  members  are  taught 
to  look  to. 

In  saying  these  things,  I  need  not  as- 
sure you  that  I  am  not  influenced  by  any 
personal  ill  feeling  whatever  against  in- 
dividual members  of  the  lodge.  In  fact 
there  are  many  Freemasons  whom  I  es- 
teem as  dear  friends ;  but  it  is  against 
the  institution  as  a  secret  society,  with 
secret  aims  and  purposes  that  'l  raise 
my  warning  voice. 

Many  of  the  members  especially  in 
lower  degrees  do  not  know  the  nature  of 
the  secrets  they  have  sworn  not  to  reveal. 
Neither  do  they  know  the  names  even  of 
the  higher  secret  officials  of  the  society. 
They  may  know  the  names  of  those  who 
manage  the  local  lodge  to  which  they  are 
attached,  but  they  do  not  know  the  names 
nor  the  persons  of  those  who  rule  the  so- 
ciety in  its  world  wide  ramifications.  Yet 
they  have  sworn  to  obey  these  superiors. 
For  the  most  part  I  am  pleased  to  think 
that  in  this  country  at  least  the  society  is 
ruled  by  men  of  integrity,  who  are  loyal 
to  the  national  aspirations,  but  it  might 
be  otherwise,  as  Freemasonry  aspires  to 
be  international  and  world-wide. 

But  what  about  others  in  foreign  coun- 
tries ?  And  I  may  remark  that  the  society 
is  not  national  in  its  operations,  and,  that 
it  has  not  been,  nor  will  it  always  be 
ruled  by  an  Englishman.  Why  then 
should  our  young  men  be  thoughtlessly, 
or  craftily,  induced  to  swear  allegiance 
to  a  foreign  authority  or  power?  To  all 
such,  I  say,  be  warned  in  time,  and  ''come 
out  from  among  them,  and  touch  not  the 
unclean  thing,  and  I  will  be  a  Father  un- 
to you,  and  ye  shall  be  My  people,  saith 
Jehovah." 


No  man  is  ever  laid  on  a  shelf  by  Fate. 
He  climbs  up  there  of  his  own  will  and 
lies  down  beneath  the  dust,  because  he 
lacks  the  heart  to  rise  and  face  the  busi- 
ness of  \[iQ,~Henry  Seton  Merriman. 


Smce  the  days  that  are  past  are  gone 
forever,  and  those  that  are  to  come  mav 
not  come  to  thee,  it  behooveth  thee,  6 
man,  to  employ  the  present  time,  without 
regretting  the  loss  which  is  past,  or  too 
much  depending  on  that  which  is  to  come 
— DodsJey. 


LOYAL  ORDER  OF  MOOSE. 

The  Loyal  Order  of  Moose  was  found- 
ed in  i888,  and  claims  to  be  one  of  the 
great  social  and  beneficial  fraternities  of 
the  country,  which  is  "always  ready  to 
join  hands  in  uplifting,  elevating,  and 
advancing  the  cause  of  humanity."  All 
men  of  "sound  mind  and  body,  in  good 
standing  in  the  community,  engaged  in 
lawful  business,  and  who  are  male  citi- 
zens able  to  speak  and  write  the  English 
language,  are  eligible."  "The  supreme 
headquarters  are  at  Anderson,  Indiana." 
"The  Loyal  Order  of  Moose  does  not 
tolerate  interference  with  one's  religious 
or  political  views."  It  has  an  altar,  a 
chaplain,  and  a  burial  service.  It  claims, 
we  believe,  300,000  members. 

Mr.  W.  C.  Anderson,  one  of  the  or- 
ganizers, told  the  writer  that  they  had 
recently  secured  3,600  members  in  Kan- 
sas City,  Missouri;  that  they  own  their 
own  club  house  in  that  city,  and  that  the 
bar  netted  them  $400  a  week  above  ex- 
penses. He  said  that  they  had  a  half 
million  dollars,  in  round  numbers,  in  the 
treasury  of  the  Supreme  lodge. 

The  initiation  fee  at  the  time  of  or- 
ganizing a  lodge  is  $5.00,  and  later  it 
costs  $25.00  to  join.  The  dues  are  $9.00 
a  year. 

The  Loyal  Order  of  Moose  is  estab- 
lishing a  college  for  young  Moose,  which 
shall  be  an  industrial  and  normal  school, 
with  business  course,  as  well  as  a  four 
3^ears'  college  course. 

A  circular  handed  me,  advertising  the 
order,  claims  Governor  Deneen  and  a 
number  of  other  Illinois  state  and  county 
politicians  as  members. — \N .  I.  P. 


A   pastor   says,    "My   church   has    na 
greater  enemy  than  secret  societies.  They 
have  dried  up  our  church  services,  and 
they  take  the  most  of  the  money,  so  that 
we  have  to  set  our  girls   to  selling  ice 
cream^^  to    keep    our     church     schemes 
afloat."    I  said,  "Do  you  ever  warn  your 
people    from     the     pulpit     against    the 
lodge?"     "Oh,  no!    That  would  tear  mv 
congregation   all   to   pieces,   for  a   large 
number  of  them  are  in  the  lodge."   Con- 
trast such  a  policy  with  that  of  Jeremiah 
who  knew  that  to  tell   the   whole  truth 
meant  to  go  into  a  deep,  dark,  mirv  dun- 
geon, and  yet  he  would  not  cut  out  an 
iota  of  his  testimony.— Rev.  M.  A.  Gault 
m  I  he  Christian  Nation. 


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tJttorial* 


GREAT   MASONIC   DISTILLER  DEAD. 

Many  readers  who  were  interested  in 
foreign  missions  a  score  of  years  ago, 
are  liable  to  remember  the  immense  reg- 
ular, and  continuous  shipment  of  Med- 
ford  rum  to  Africa.  The  fiery  tide  was 
like  an  oppositely  flowing  Gulf  stream. 
Aledford  rum,  famous  throughout  the 
world,  was  made  170  years  by  members 
of  the  Lawrence  family.  Samuel  C. 
Lawrence,  who  would  have  been  80  years 
old  in  Xovember  but  died  in  September, 
entered  the  business  at  the  age  of  25,  and 
continued  it  until  a  few  years  ago. 

Early  in  life  he  also  became  a  Mason, 
and  during  his  long  career  he  has  been  a 
conspicuous  figure  of  the  order,  and  one 
of  its  chief  officers.  Three  times  he  was 
grand  master  in  his  own  state.  I^e 
reached  the  farthest  limit  of  the  Scotch 
rite,  becoming  its  Sovereign  grand  com- 
mander in  1909,  but  resigning  the  next 
vear.  This  was  just  a  year  before  he 
died,  and  was  very  likely  due  to  the  fail- 
ure of  his  health  which  took  place  some 
time  before  his  death.  As  grand  com- 
mander of  the  grand  commandery  of 
^Massachusetts  and  Rhode  Island,  he  led, 
on  horseback,  the  triennial  Templar  con- 
clave in  Boston  about  the  time  of  the 
African  rum  horror. 


VOICES  INSIDE  THE  DOOR. 

In  the  course  of  an  editorial  article 
written  for  her  own  paper,  Mrs.  Anna 
E.  Stoddard,  having  occasion  to  speak  of 
attempts  to  secure  ministers  as  members 
of  lodges,  said :  "Many  have  gone  into 
them  on  the  false  idea  that  they  can  reach 
men  there  with  the  gospel  that  they  could 
not  in  any  other  way ;  but  by  so  doing 
they  weaken  their  influence  over  the  very 
men  they  seek  to  save.  A  bright  young 
business  man  of  whom  we  asked  what 
the  wordly  men  in  the  orders  thought  of 
the  ministers  and  deacons  who  belonged 
replied    in    a    straightforward    manner : 


'We  think  they  are  hypocrites ;  they  come 
down  to  our  level  instead  of  asking  us 
to  come  up  to  theirs.'  " 

A  little  later,  Mrs.  Stoddard  says :  ''A 
conscientious  young  man  with  whom  we 
were  talking  was  indignant  when  asked 
if  when  he  joined  the  church  he  was 
allowed  to  know  what  was  the  creed  of 
that  church.  He  said :  'I  would  not  join 
a  church  that  would  not  let  me  see  the 
creed  and  know"  what  they  stood  for.' 
Asked  if  he  was  allowed  to  know  what 
he  was  to  go  through  when  he  joined  the 
Odd  Fellows,  he  replied :  'No  one  is  told 
those  things ;  they  cannot  know.'  It  set 
him  thinking;  in  six  months  he  was  a 
free  man." 

Suppose  she  had  been  hopeless,  un- 
faithful and  silent ;  suppose  she  had  let 
this  opportunity  for  seed  sowing  pass; 
he  might  have  been  in  bondage  still. 


ECONOMY   OF  PROOF. 

In  a  capital  case  the  jury  must  return 
a  verdict  of  "Not  Guilty,"  if  the  prose- 
cution has  failed  tO'  prove  guilt  "beyond  a 
reasonable  doubt."  A  misgiving  is  liable 
to  be  unreasonable,  but  a  doubt  arrived 
at  through  reasoning,  and  one  for  which 
a  good  reason  can  be  assigned,  would  be 
a  rational  and  reasonable  doubt.  One 
such  insuperable  obstacle  to  settled  be- 
lief., when  fully  established  by  the  de- 
fense, is  enough.  Other  evidence  can  be 
touched  lightly  or  neglected ;  the  single 
anchor  holds. 

The  same  principle  can  be  applied  out- 
side the  court  room ;  it  should  do'  good 
service  in  pointing  out  effective  refuta- 
tion of  iVIasonic  claims  and  allegations. 
It  favors  obvious  unity ;  it  enforces  sim- 
plicity ;  it  avoids  perplexity  due  to  con- 
fusion, w^hile  it  offers  to  the  mind  ready 
and  secure  grasp.  Thought  is  neither 
embarrassed  by  a  profusion  of  new  ideas, 
nor  drawn  aside  from  the  main  issue. 
One  arrow  goes  straight  to  the  target ;  a 
single,  simple  point,  once  established, 
makes  all  clear. 

An  early  step,  then,  in  refuting  a  Ma- 
sonic claim,  is  to  weed  out,  from  its 
statement  of  the  precise  point  in  issue, 
every  word  that  can  be  spared.  Or  the 
same  end  can  be  reached  by  doing  the 
same  service  for  a  counter  statement.  For 
instance,  the  claim  that  "George  Wash- 
ington was  grand  master  of  America," 
can  be  met  with  the  more  restrictive  re- 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


209 


ply:  "Washington  was  not  a  lodge  mas- 
ter." If  the  narrower  contention  suc- 
ceeds, the  broader  claim  is  impossible. 

Resisting,  now,  the  temptation  to  mass 
proofs,  we  shall  do  what  we  have  under- 
taken by  using  very  few  facts,  and  these 
few  indisputable.  One  is  his  own  state- 
ment, written  for  Virginia  Grand  Lodge 
in  1777,  which  covers  the  first  twenty- 
five  years  of  his  life  after  initiation.  In 
this  he  refers  to  his  having  never  been 
master  of  any  lodge. 

This  restricts  the  question  to  the  re- 
maining twenty-two  years  of  his  life.  A 
second  written  statement  dated  in  1798, 
covers  twenty-one.  In  this  he  calls  the 
idea  that  he  is  a  lodge  master  an  error, 
adding:  "The  fact  is,  I  preside  over 
none ;  nor  have  I  been  in  one  more  than 
twice  in  the  last  thirty  years." 

By  these  two  statements,  he  fully  cov- 
ered the  case  for  his  whole  life,  except 
the  few  months  following  the  second  one. 
Excluding  other  facts,  from  which  a  dif- 
ferent single  selection  could  be  made  if 
preferred,  'we  can  now  cite  the  report 
of  his  death  in  1799,  n^^de  to  Virginia 
grand  lodge,  solely  by  Fredericksburg 
lodge,  of  which  no  one  claims  he  was 
master. 

It  costs  self-control  to  limit  an  argu- 
ment in  this  way ;  its  perception  by  the 
reader  costs  less  effort,  however,  in  con- 
sequence of  that  control.  The  first  step 
to  1777.  and  then  the  second  to  1798,  are 
made  easy  by  Washington  himself.  Hav- 
ing taken  them,  the  reader  holds  a  posi- 
tion from  which  he  c-m  see  clearly  back 
through  the  whole  lifetime.  The  mere 
fragment  forming  a  brief  ending  in  1798 
and  1799  is  easily  brought  within  the 
Avhole.  All  is  simple,  and  all  is  clear; 
sim])licity  and  clearness  work  powerful- 
ly  for  solid  conviction. 

This  is  not  the  only  line  of  proof  that 
could  be  pursued  in  the  same  exclusive 
and  restrictive  way,  in  order  to  attain  the 
same  result.  This  one  is  a  pattern  of 
procedure,  which  could  still  be  followed 
in  using  another  exclusive  and  restricted 
group  of  facts  proving  the  same  thing. 
We  are  not  merely  showing  that  Wash- 
ington denied  what  began  to  be  said  of 
him  while  he  was  yet  living ;  we  are  try- 
ing to  establish  the  principle  that  convic- 
tion may  sometimes  be  accomplished  bet- 
ter bv  selecting  a  few  proofs  than  by 
massing   many. 


FLY    IN    THE    OINTMENT. 

The  words  of  Dr.  Nathaniel  Colver, 
pastor  and  educator,  ought  to  be  reread 
and  newly  pondered  in  Tremont  Temple, 
Boston,  the  church  intimately  associated 
with  his  honored  name.  In  that  build- 
ing where  Tremont  Temple  congregation 
worships,  is  published  a  leading  organ  of 
the  denomination ;  and  in  that  paper 
needless  items  of  news  with  now  and  then 
other  matter,  give  aid  and  comfort  to 
the  system  of  which  Dr.  Culver  was 
once  a  bondman,  but  from  which  he 
afterward  escaped.  ''Thank  God,  I  am 
out!"  he  wrote  another  who  had  borne 
the  same  bonds. 

To  blue  pencil  items  conveying  the  in- 
formation that  "Rev.  A.  B.  of  Back- 
woodsville  has  lately  preached  a  sermon 
to  the  A.  B.  C.  or  the  X.  Y.  Z.  fake 
insurance  lodge,"  would  improve  the 
desk  work  of  the  news  editor.  Such  blots 
on  a  good  paper  are  liable  to  be  offensive 
to  many  if  not  injurious  to  all.  It  seems 
to  be  within  the  length  of  the  editorial 
cable  tow,  to  trim  even  copied  matter 
sufficiently  to  preclude  repeating  this 
kind  of  classifications :  "Has  a  church 
fulfilled  its  mission  when  it  has  attended 
the  services,  paid  the  pastor's  salar}^,  and 
met  the  apportionment  ?  Is  it  enough 
if  we  succeed  in  maintaining  year  after 
year  the  corporate  existence  of  our  par- 
ticular congregation  ?  Shall  we  leave  it 
to  the  Salvation  Army,  the  Y'^oung  ]\Ien's 
Christian  Association,  the  Free  Mason's 
Lodge,  the  Labor  Union,  the  Settlement 
House,  to  perform  those  social  tasks 
which  the  church  b\'  her  very  constitu- 
tion is  called  upon  to  perform  ?" 

Wliy  not  include  the  Beer  Garden, 
as  at  least  one  more  place  that  might 
claim  to  be  social?  To  a  casual  and  not 
intelligentl}'  discriminating  reader,  the 
impression  would  be  conveyed  that  a  task 
closely  similar  to  what  the  church  should 
have  performed  has  been  taken  up  bv 
the    lodge,    in    a    wa\-    approximately    to 


210 


CHRISTIAN   CYNOSURE. 


November,  1911. 


supply  the  neglected  service.  The  lodge 
furnishes  dances ;  it  provides  cards ;  but 
this  is  a  doubtful  way  of  doing  the  neg- 
lected work  of  a  church.  It  is  not  fair 
to  class  the  lodge  with  the  church,  or 
with  agencies  co-operating  with  the 
church,  if  others  mentioned  honor  Christ 
when  the  lodges  ban  his  name;  or  if  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  offsets  Masonic  balls  with 
evening  schools  promoting  intelligence 
and  power  to  promote  industrial  or  so- 
cial interests  of  an  elevating  type ;  or  if 
social  settlements  lift  up  those  whom 
the  dance  has  dragged  down  or  those 
whom  cards  have  ruined.  And  it  is 
doubtful  religious  journalism  that  per- 
mits its  influence  to  go,  even  in  a  sec- 
ondary or  subtle  way,  to  the  side  of 
hostility  to  the  head  of  the  church  whose 
work  the  lodge  could  not  do  if  it  tried, 
and  the  opposite  of  whose  works  it  act- 
ually does.  To  make  men  merely  social, 
no  matter  how,  is  not  the  task  of  the 
church.  To  make  men  disciples  and  fol- 
lowers of  Christ  is  not  the  purpose  of  a 
lodge  that  prohibits  mentioning  His  name 
even  in  prayer  during  its  session.  Ob- 
scuring so  important  a  distinction,  does 
not  make  the  impression  of  the  best  re- 
ligious journalism.  Quotation  marks 
seem  a  limited  refuge,  and  the  blue  pen- 
cil seems  entitled  to  freer  range. 


A    DEPLORABLE    INFLUENCE. 

Booker  Washington  says  and  does  so 
many  good  things  that  we  the  more  sadly 
deplore  his  joining  the  ranks  of  secretists 
and  throwing  the  weight  of  his  splendid 
influence  into  the  harmful  side  of  the 
scale.  He  is  president  of  the  National 
Negro  Business  League,  which  must  of 
course  be  an  open  association.  From 
twenty-five  states,, more  than  a  thousand 
delegates  met  in  New  York  a  year  ago 
to  attend  the  eleventh  annual  session.  In 
the  course  of  the  president's  address,  he 
was  reported  by  the  New  York  Times 
to  have  said  that  ''the  negroes,  too,  had 
the  right  of  organizing  as  many  secret 
societies  as  they  liked  in  this  country." 
President  Washington  said,  with  a  smile, 


"a  privilege  they  enjoy  more  than  any 
race  of  people  under  the  sun."  He  said 
he  met  an  old  negro  woman  not  long  ago 
in  Georgia  who  had  been  a  widow  a 
week  less  one  day. 

"My  ol'  man  done  me  mo'  good  in  de 
las'  six  days,"  she  said,  "dan  in  all  de 
twenty-fo'  years  we  lived  together." 

She  had  got  $600  from  a  sick  benefit 
organization. 

There  is  a  certain  humor  in  the  anec- 
dote, though  rather  grewsome,  but  the 
question  of  the  influence  of  secret  orders 
on  negro  character  is  grave  enough.  The 
secret  orders  among  white  people  are 
associated  with  drinking  and  dancing, 
with  card  playing  and  the  fouler  sort  of 
immorality.  It  seems  far  from  improb- 
able that  they  are  schools  of  vice  to  the 
negro.  Dr.  Washington  is  probably  in 
the  position  where  the  late  Dr.  Swartz 
remained  for  some  time  after  being  free- 
ly received  into  a  high  grade  Odd  Fellow 
lodge  in  New  York  city,  where  the  ordi- 
nary initiation  fee  was  $500.  He  had 
been  a  member  a  good  while  before  he 
found  that,  out  of  sight  yet  in  connection 
with  the  lodge,  were  rooms  for  drinking 
and  prostitution.  President  Swartz  said 
he  literally  bowed  with  his  face  in  the 
dust  and  promised  his  God  to  come  out 
from  the  order.  He  died  president  of  the 
National  Christian  Association.  Some 
startling  day  President  Washington's 
eyes  may  be  opened. 


TREASON  PRESCRIBED. 

A  contemporary  preacher  who  was 
once  an  advanced  Mason  makes  in  writ- 
ing the  severe  charge  that  "It  is  treason 
against  one's  country  whenever,  as  often, 
the  oath  prescribes  that  a  fellow  member 
shall  be  protected  contrary  to  law."  The 
same  writer  adds  that  "Those  Masonic 
oaths  which  require  the  Mason  to  take 
the  part  of  a  brother  Mason  in  court — 
whether  right  or  wrong — are  treason- 
able." 

The  "third  point  of  fellowship,"  which 
requires  keeping  criminal  secrets,  disfig- 
ures the  third  degree.  The  obligation  to 
extricate  one  involved  in  any  difficulty, 
and  to  do  this  "whether  he  be  right  or 
wrong,"  is  assumed  in  distinct  terms  in 
the  seventh  degree.  It  is  no  new  idea 
that  Masonry  exerts  a  pernicious  influ- 
ence in  court.     A  pledge  to  warn  a  Ma- 


November,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


211 


son  of  danger,  keeps  company  with  the 
oath  to  protect  criminal  secrets  which 
■comes  four  degrees  earlier.  It  may,  in- 
deed, be  only  at  a  time  when  circum- 
stances arise  demanding  its  fulfillment 
that  actual  treason  is  clearly  recognized 
by  some  who  know  the  oath.  Yet  is  it 
not  an  act  of  treason  to  take  a  pledge  to 
be  upon  occasion  an  active  traitor  ?  The 
evil  begins  in  taking  such  an  oath ;  and, 
begmning  there,  it  there  also  suddenly 
goes  far. 


"CHRISTIAN    SCIENCE   FALSELY    SO 
CALLED." 

BY  WM.  LEON  BROWN. 

"I  have  no  doubt  the  book  will  do 
great  good."~Safmtel  Dickie,  President 
of  Albion  College,  Mich. 

"I  like  it  well.  I  wish  every  hesitating 

soul    in   our   country   might   read   it." 

Chas.  A.  Blanchard,  Pres.  IVheaton  Col- 
lege, III 

"He  goes  straight  to  the  core  of  things 
in  a  clear  and  logical  way.  My  convic- 
tion is  that  his  exposures  of  the  fallacies 
of  the  Christian  Science  teaching  cannot 
be  successfully  answered  or  refuted.  This 
book  is  worthy  a  place  in  the  library  of 
every  Christian  home." — Rev  IV  T 
Sfackhoiise,  D.  D.,  (Gen.  Sec'y  Lay- 
men's Missionary  Movement — Northern 
Baptist  Convention). 

Price,  75  cents,  postpaid.    Address  the 
author,   Wm.   Leon    Brown,    Lawrence 
Ind.  ' 


HOW   ONE   DENOMINATION   LOOKS 
AT  LABOR  UNIONS. 

At  a  recent  conference  of  the  Christian 
Reformed  Church,  held  at  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich.,  labor  unions  were  subjected  to  a 
fair  and  square  examination.  From  the 
evidence  submitted,  the  conference  con- 
cluded that  unfair  and  illegal  measures 
are  often  resorted  to,  in  order  to  enforce 
the  demands  of  the  unions,  hence  it  was 
advised  that  the  members  of  their  church 
refrain  from  uniting  with  organizations 
so  manifestly  unfair.  The  conference 
based^  its  action  largely  on  the  follow- 
in?:  ''(i)  The  oath  required  by  most  of 
the  unions  is  unscriptural ;  (2)  the  ob- 
ject of  the  unions  is  not  inspired  bv 
broad  humanitarianism,  but  rather  by 
extreme  selfishness;   (3)   in  no  way  are 


the  religious  and  moral  faculties  of  man 
developed  by  unionism." 


THE    GRANGE. 

[from  an  editorial  in  the  wesleyan 
methodist.] 
Naturally  we  are  interested  in  the 
moral  and  spiritual  condition  of  the  com- 
munity and  church  in  which  our  ances- 
tors lived  for  several  generations,  and  a 
recent  opportunity  made  it  possible  for 
us  to  make  some  inquiries  regarding  the 
community  and  church  mentioned. 

Our  first  information  was  to  the  efifect 
that  there  had  been  organized  in  the 
community,  with  a  meeting  place  a  few 
rods  away  from  the  church  building,  a 
secret  society  known  as  the  Grange,  and 
a  large  proportion  of  the  members  of 
the  church  had  joined  this  society. 

The  second  item  of  information  was  in 
efifect  that  the  members  of  the  Grange, 
including  all  of  the  members  of  the 
church  who  have  joined  this  society,  were 
giving  themselves  up  almost  without  any 
restraint  to  dancing. 

The  third  item  of  the  information  was 
that  a  former  pastor  had  preached  faith- 
fully against  the     dancing     amusement, 
and   the   members   of   the    church   have 
withheld  support  and  opposed  him  until 
his  return  was  made  impossible  without 
the  exercise  of  arbitrary  Episcopal   au- 
thority,  and   that   a   second   pastor   had 
dealt  with  the  situation  with  equal  fidel- 
ity, and  was  being  persecuted  beyond  be- 
lief on  that  account. 

We    have   personally     known     for   at 
least   forty  years  that  the  church  men- 
tioned has  been  fearfully  cursed,  by  the 
fun  loving  spirit  of  its  members  and  by 
the  frequent  organization  of  various  se- 
cret  societies,   made  up   in  part   of  the 
members   of  this   church.     The   Grange 
was  the  first  secret  society  to  carry  the 
members  of  the  church  by  wholesale  into 
public  dancing,  but  it  is  only  a  step  farth- 
er along  m  the  way  the  church  has  been 
going  for  many  years. 
_  Subjecting  the  situation  to  every  pos- 
sible analysis  which  we  can  make  of  it  it 
brings  the  inevitable  conclusion  that  se- 
cret societies  and  sinful  pleasure  seeking 
were  twin  evils  in  that  case;  and  if  in 
that  case,  we  know  of  no  reason  why  they 
should  not  be  in  every  other  case.^   The 
facts    are   that    observation    everywhere 
confirms  this  view. 


21-2 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


November,  1911.. 


Iecc5ei'0*  Ie0tim0me0» 


1  know  that  your  exposures  of  Secret 
Societies  are  correct.  I  read  the  Orange, 
"Ro^■al  Arch/'  from  Ronayne's  book, 
audit  is  right,  for  I  took  the  degrees  my- 
self. God  saved  me  from  those  cursed 
things  eight  vears  ago.  I  was  master 
of  L.  O.  L..  Diamond  of  the  West,  No. 
891.  I  was  also  a  three  hnk  Odd  Fel- 
low and  can  praise  God  in  reality  for 
deliverance. — J.  M.   Anderson. 

Elgin,  Manitoba. 


A   PASTOR'S   TESTIMONY. 

As  I  have  been  requested  to  give  some 
reasons  why  I  have  seceded  from  the 
I.  O.  O.  F.,  K.  of  P.,  etc.,  I  will  give  the 
reader  something  to  think  about  that 
perhaps  you  had  never  thought  of.  Space 
will  not  permit  me  to  go  into  detail  on 
this  subject,  for  it  is  so  abominable  that 
one  scarce  knows  where  to  stop.  The 
lodge  is  not  the  worst  thing  the  world 
has,  not  so  bad  as  the  saloon,  yet  some 
of  the  lodges  are  dealing  out  the  damn- 
able stuff  that  makes  men  crazy  and  go 
home  late  at  night  and  rouse  the  wife 
and  children  out  of  bed,  and  in  some  in- 
stances drive  them  out  of  doors. 

I  think  the  lodge  is  the  best  thing  the 
world  has  to  offer,  for  when  you  stop  to 
think,  what  has  this  old  world  got  to  of- 
fer you,  Brother,  Sister,  anyway?  A^ou 
say  the  lodge  promotes  faith  in  God,  hope 
in  immortality,  and  charity  to  all  man- 
kind, and  in  these  three  we  have  your 
motto,  brother  Oddfellow,  "Faith,  Hope 
and  Charity,"  and  I  want  to  say  right 
here  that  you  mJss  the  spirit  of  the  les- 
«i-»n  a,  thousand  miles  when  you  are  teach- 
ing this  13  chap,  of  ist  Cor.  in  your 
lodge.  I  know  what  is  taught  in  that 
order  for  I  have  gone  the  route  via  Jer- 
icho and  have  fallen  among  thieves  and 
all  the  rest  of  the  nonsense  and  boy's 
play  that  goes  on  in  the  lodge  room. 
When  you  go  to  teach  charity  you  con- 
strue it  to  mean  dollars  and  cents  given 
to  the  sick  and  needy.  God  never  taught 
that  lesson  in  this  chapter,  for  charity 
means  love.  In  its  greatest  form,  "God's 
Love.''  Hov^  many  of  you  comprehend 
what  God's  love  is?  May  the  Lord  help 
people  to  get  their  eyes  open. 


Suppose  it  were  true  that  the  lodges 
were  promoting  faith  in  God,  hope  in 
immorality  and  charity  to  all  mankind, 
what  right  then  has  a  man  that  calls  him- 
self a  Christian  to  hide  that  Vv^ork  from 
his  wife  and  children  ?  My  dear  brother, 
get  down  your  Bible  and  read  Matt.  10: 
26-27.  "Fear  them  not,  therefore:  for  ■ 
there  is  nothing  covered  that  shall  not  be 
revealed,  and  hid  that  shall  not  be 
known.  What  I  tell  you  in  darkness, 
that  speak  ye  in  light :  and  what  ye  hear 
in  the  ear,  that  preach  ye  upon  the  house- 
tops." And  when  you  come  home  late  , 
at  night  and  your  wife  ( who  is  a  part 
of  yourself)  asks  you  where  you  have 
been,  you  say  "I  have  been  initiated." 
"W^as  there  anything  wicked?"  "No." 
"Was  there  anything  ridicidous  ?''  "No." 
"Well,  tell  me  about  it."  "I  am  not  per- 
mitted to  tell  you."  Is  this  the  valuation 
you  have  put  on  your  affections  for  your 
wife?  You  say,  "Nothing  ridiculous." 
What  about  the  obligation  you  took, 
brother  I.  O.  O.  F.,  when  3^ou  had  the 
hoodwink  lifted  from  your  eyes  and  be- 
held the  ghastly  human  bones  in  front  of 
you?  Why  then  do  you  go  about  de- 
.  ceiving  your  brother  ?  Why  is  it  you 
speak  evil  of  a  seceder?  Why  is  it  you 
won't  attend  church  because  he  does? 
What  do  you  think  of  a  man  that  will 
read  out  of  God's  Word  and  offer  a 
prayer  (  ?)  and  then  take  God's  holy 
name  in  vain  ;  and  going  out  of  the  lodge 
room,  will  stop  in  the  ante-room  to  play 
cards,  or  in  a  saloon  to  get  a  drink  of 
liquor  on  his  way  home  ?  Do  you  mean 
to  tell  me  that  this  is  not  ridiculous  ?  It 
is  worse  than  ridiculous  :  it  is  mockery, 
and  God  has  said  he  will  not  be  mocked, 
for  "whatsoever  a  man  soweth  that  shall 
he  also  reap." 

"Let  yoin-  light  so  shine  before  men 
that  they  ma}^  see  your  good  works, '^ 
Jesus  said.  Then  why  do  you  go  into  the 
third  story  of  a  building  and  pull  down 
the  blinds  to  let  your  light  shine,  that 
others  may  see  your  good  works?  Now 
there  is  only  one  way  for  you  to  keep 
your  secrets  and  that  is  to  get  a  building 
that  is  higher  than  any  other,  and  even 
then  God  knows  even  the  secrets  of  bur 
hearts,  for  the  eye  of  the  Lord  is  in 
everv  place  beholding  the  evil  and  the 
good. 

Then  there  is  another  reason  why  I 
seceded   from  the  Lodge.     God's  Word 


November,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


21^ 


tells  me,  "Be  ye  not  unequally  yoked  to- 
gether with  unbelievers :  for  what  fel- 
low^ship  hath  righteousness  with  un- 
righteousness?" How  can  you  be  a 
lodge  man  in  the  face  of  this 
vScripture  ?  How  many  believers  or  real 
Christians  have  you  in  your  Lodge  ?  You 
say  not  very  many.  Well,  why  then 
will  you  violate  (iod's  command  and 
yoke  yourself  up  with  such  an  outht  ? 

When  God's  Book  gave  us  the  story 
of  the  man  that  fell  among  thieves  He 
never  intended  it  to  be  a  secret.  Then 
why  be  so  ridiculous  as  to  have  a  man 
become  the  laughing  stock  of  forty  or 
fifty  men  by  binding  him  with  a  chain 
and  shooting  arrows  at  him? — child's 
play !  What  would  you  think  of  a  man 
astride  a  broom  handle  running  up  and 
down  the  street  ?  yet  you  would  do  it  in 
the  Lodge  room  if  they  should  ask  you; 
or  you  wdll  permit  yourself  to  be  led  by 
the  arm  blindfolded  and  allow  some  one 
or  dozen  men  to  punch  you  or  cause  you 
to  stumble  and  fall,  or  you  will  submit 
to  almost  anything  of  which  a  worldly 
mind  is  capable.  You  will  say :  Of  course 
I  would  not  do  it,  or  I  would  lick  the 
fellow  that  would  do  such  things  to  me, 
yet  those  are  some  of  the  capers  that  go 
on  in  the  Lodge  room  ;  and  you  pay  a 
nice  round  fee  at  the  door  in  advance 
to  be  made  a  fool  of.  You  say  all  the 
brainy  men  of  our  city  belong.  Well, 
this  is  a  great  exhibition  of  brain  matter! 
It  is  more  like  child's  play.  Paul  says, 
"When  T  was  a  child,  I  spake  as  a  child, 
I  thought  as  a  child,  but  when  I  became 
a  man  I  put  away  childish  things." 

Another  reason  is  the  cost  of  this  non- 
sense. Fifteen  dollars  to  get  in  and  in 
some  orders  it  costs  four  to  five  times 
that  amount.  Then  the  regular  dues — 
they  amount  to  several  times  as  much 
as  you  are  willing  to  give  to  help  save 
souls.  Think  of  these  amounts,  Sister, 
and  suppose  your  husband  should  lay 
these  amounts  at  your  feet,  would  you 
not  be  happy?  From  the  W.  B.  Statis- 
tics of  1883.  an  order  of  555,000  mem- 
bers received  $5,000,000.  Two  million 
dollars  of  that  amount  was  given  to  the 
poor  and  the  sick,  etc.,  and  it  took  all 
the  $3,000,000  to  meet  their  expenses,  so 
that  it  cost  that  fraternity  $3  to  give 
away  $2.  If  our  church  did  that  way 
there  would  be  a  laugh  all  over  the 
countrv. 


These  facts  and  a  great  many  more  I 

could   mention    convinced   me    that    if    I 

expect  Ciod's  love  to  abide  in  me  I  must 

cut  loose  from  the  things  of  this  world. 

Yours  for  His  service, 

Rev.  C.  a.  Morrison. 


THE  CHAPLAIN  PRAYS— TO  WHOM? 

Mangum,  Okla.,  March  10,  191 1. 
Air.  William  I.  Phillips, 
Chicago,  Illinois. 
Dear  Editor  of  the  Cynosure: 

First  T  thank  you  for  what  the  journal 
is  to  me,  and  while  I  read  and  study 
it  all,  1  have  thought  there  was  one  very 
objectionable  feature  in  lodgism,  which 
may  have  been  somewhat  overlooked. 
With  your  permission,  I  will  bring  this 
to  your  attention.  I  refer  to  the  name 
in  which  prayers  are  offered.  Unless  the 
secret  w^ork  has  been  much  changed  since 
I  was  one  of  them,  they  close  all  ritual- 
istic prayers,  "For  Thine  own  great 
name's  sake." 

Now,  to  be  candid,  such  praying  is  no 
praying  at  all,  and  can  never  bring  any 
results.     It  is  worse  than  vain,  for  it  in- 
sults the  only  accessible  approach  to  the- 
throne  of  Almighty   God.     Some  might 
ask,  "What's  the  dift"erence?"     It  is  all. 
Jesus  said,  "I  am  the  zvay     *     "^^     *     no- 
man  comefh  to  the  Father  but  by  me.'' 
''By  Whom  also  zve  have  access  by  faith 
into  this  grace/'    ''There  is  one  mediator 
betzveen     God    and     man     even     Christ 
Jesus:'     "There  is  no  other  name  given 
under  heaven."  ''If  ye  shall  ask  anything- 
in  My  name,  I  zvill  do  it." 

I  insist  that  no  man,  be  he  ever  sa- 
holy,  can  make  any  approaches  toward 
a  throne  of  grace  except  through  high- 
priestly  intercession,  and  when  we  leave 
the  High  Priest,  Jesus  Christ,  out  oE 
our  worship  we  destroy  our  only  way 
to  the  throne.  The  Father's  throne  is  a'. 
throne  of  justice  and  judgment  and  when 
we  approach  Him,  we  can  expect  Him 
to  hold  out  a  scepter  to  us  only  as  we 
acknowledge  the  Son.  It  is  useless — 
worse ;  it  is  vain.  Yea,  it  is  blasphemously 
sinful.     It  can  never  stand. 

Should  some  poor  child  of  God  cast 
an  eye  over  these  lines,  I  beg  of  you^ 
examine  into  this  awful  sin  as  I  did 
many  years  ago  and  separate  yourself 
from  it  before  God  separates  you  from 
your  inheritance.  "He  that  honoreth  not 
the  Son,  honoreth  not  the  Father." 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


November,  1911, 


All  the  wordy  babble  uttered  to  an 
idol,  saint  or  even  direct  to  the  Father, 
will  but  increase  the  worshiper's  damna- 
tion. God  said,  "When  I  see  the  blood  I 
will  pass  over  you/'  The  blood  means 
the  Christ.  Oh,  how  very  little  real  pray- 
ing is  done!  We  pray  for  results.  This 
is  the  proof.  Alas,  how  much  heartless, 
prayerless,  senseless,  Christless  praying 
there  is,  that  is  vapid  nothingness — pray- 
ing to  be  praying. 

We  cannot  approach  God's  favor  in 
any  other  name  but  that  appointed  unto 
man,  Jesus  Christ.  If  Satan  can  get 
the  worshiper's  eyes  off  the  Mediator, 
they  may  pray  all  their  lives,  and  to  no 
purpose. 

I  thank  you  for  this  little  place  in  your 
columns. — ^L.  F.  Gassier. 


TESTIMONY    OF   AN   M.    E.    PASTOR. 

My  desire  grows  upon  me  to  testify 
against  secretism,  and  in  the  name  of  all 
that  is  moral,  right  and  Christian,  to  ear- 
nestly plead  with  young  men  to  avoid 
these  by-ways  of  evil. 

More  and  more  I  see  the  whole  scheme 
and  fundamental  character  of  lodgism  to 
be  diametrically  opposite  to  that  of  Chris- 
tianity. 

It  gives  me  the  greatest  sorrow  to  see 
Christian  ministers  entangled  in  this  yoke 
of  bondage.  I  believe  in  the  divine  call 
of  a  minister  to  service  for  Christ,  and 
that  only  those  who  are  so  called  should 
dare  to  undertake  this  sacred  duty;  and 
I  am  as  sure  that  the  Spirit  of  God  called 
me  out  of  the  lodges  as  I  am  that  He 
called  me  into  the  ministry. 

The  following  are  the  reasons  I  had 
for  entering  the  lodge : 

I.  Curiosity  excited  by  lodge  symbol- 
ism. 2.  The  desire  for  popularity  among 
lodge  men  and  the  expectation  of  in- 
fluencing them  to  church  attendance,  and 
ultimately  to  the  acceptance  of  Christ. 
3.  The  invitation  of  close  personal 
friends.  4.  The  financial  benefit  in  case 
of  sickness  or  other  misfortune. 

I  think  this  last  one  was  the  one  which 
the  spirit  of  darkness  used  against  me 
successfully,  causing  me  to  break  over 
conscientious  scruples  and  go  headlong 
into  secrecy.  At  this  time  I  was  in  hard 
circumstances  financially,  resulting  from 


a  series  of  misfortunes,  including  sick- 
ness and  death  in  my  family,  and  the 
breaking  of  my  own  health. 

In  my  early  Christian  life  I  had  be- 
longed to  the  Independent  Order  of  Good 
Templars,  but  had  ceased  to  attend  after 
a  very  few  meetings,  because  I  was  dis- 
gusted with  the  monkey-signs,  winkings, 
wigglings,  grips  and  grimaces,  called 
lodee  "work" ;  but  most  of  all  because 
I  discovered  that  the  meetings  led  to  so- 
cial impurity. 

I  had  been  told  over  and  over  again 
by  lodge  men  that  such  lodges  were  not' 
to  be  compared  to  the  real  thing,  conse- 
quently, when  I  finally  decided  to  know 
more  about  secrecy,  I  went  from  one  to 
another  vainly  hoping  to  find  one  which 
had  no  foolishness  or  other  objectionable 
features.  I  can  testify  that  I  never  left 
a  lodge  room  after  a  meeting  without 
feeling  less  a  man  than  before  I  entered. 
I  found  the  five  lodges  to  which  I  be- 
longed alike  in  this  power  to  unmake 
character. 

For  ten  years  I  kept  up  my  dues  in 
one  of  them,  though  I  never  darkened 
the  lodge-room  door  but  a  few  times 
after  taking  my  last  degree.  Finally, 
however,  I  came  to  see  that  by  keeping 
myself  in  "good  standing''  in  the  lodge 
I  was  sanctioning  that  which  I  knew  to 
be  an  evil,  and  doing  violence  to  my  con- 
science ;  it  seemed  to  me  then  that  I 
must  come  out  of  the  lodge  or  give  up 
my  hope  in  Christ. 

At  this  crisis  I  was  not  long  in  decid- 
ing. I  came  out  to  stay  out  and  to  do 
what  I  could  to  keep  others  out  of  this 

''snare  the  fowler." 

In  conclusion  I  will  briefly  state  my 
reasons  for  leaving  the  lodges : 

I.  Secrecy  is  anti-Christian,  Christ  is 
"the  light  of  the  world,"  and  his  follow- 
ers are  "cities  set  on  a  hill  that  cannot 
be  hid."  2.  Lodge  "work"  is  foolishness. 
3.  The  association  of  evil  men  which 
cannot  be  avoided.  4.  The  waste  of  time 
that  should  be  used  for  some  good  pur- 
pose. 5.  The  late  hours  of  lodge  meet- 
ings, which  militate  against  health — 
physical  and  moral.  6.  The  misspent 
money  for  dues,  etc.  7.  Last,  but  not 
least,  the  social  impurities  that  develop 
under  lodge  auspices. — Rev.  Ernest  Lee 
Thompson,  Stockton,  III. 


November,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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Seni0  of  ®ur  Pori 


MICHIGAN    ANNUAL    CONVENTION. 

The  annual  convention  of  the  Michi- 
gan Christian  Association  opposed  to 
secret  societies  was  held  on  October  4th 
and  5th,  in  the  Third  Christian  Reformed 
church,  Kalamazoo.  It  was  certainly  one 
of  the  best  of  recent  years.  All  the 
speakers  on  the  program  except  one  were 
present  to  do  their  part.  And,  while  the 
attendance  at  the  day  meetings  was  small, 
the  people  seemed  full  of  faith  and  cour- 
age. Several  of  the  workers  came  nearly 
two  hundred  miles  to  be  in  the  conven- 
tion and  were  glad  they  came.  Dr.  Clay 
was  not  present.  President  Blanchard 
seemed  to  be  at  his  best  and  aroused  en- 
thusiasm in  all. 

Michigan  realizes  the  need  of  a  good 
man  constantly  in  the  field  tO'  lecture, 
talk  and  scatter  literature.  Plans  were 
made  to  systematically  canvass  the  anti- 
secret  churches  in  the  interests  of  this 
work.  We  confidently  expect,  before  an- 
other Annual  Meeting,  to  have  distrib- 
uted thousands  of  tracts  and  taken  hun- 
dreds of  subscriptions  to  the  Christian 
Cynosure. 

The  officials  of  the  association  remain 
as  last  year,  except  the  vice  presidency. 
They  are  as  follows :  President,  Rev.  A. 
B.  Bowman,  Wheeler ;  vice  president, 
Rev.  J.  J.  Hiemenga,  Grand  Rapids ;  sec- 
retary. Rev.  A.  R.  Merrill,  Williamston; 
treasurer.  Rev.  J.  E.  Harwood,  Hart. 

All  the  people  in  Michigan  interested 
in  anti-secret  work  are  cordially  invited 
to  correspond  with  any  of  the  officers  of 
the  association. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopt- 
ed: 

Resolutions. 

Whereas,  Man  was  created  after  the 
image  of  God  that  he  should  know,  love 
and  serve  him  and  thus  be  happy; 
Christ's  redeemed  are  delivered  from  sin, 
restored  to  spiritual  life  and  made 
temples  of  the  Holy  Spirit  that  God  may 
be  glorified  in  them  ;  God,  our  Heavenly 
Father,  gave  us  His  Word  as  the  in- 
fallible expression  of  His  will  in  order 
that  we  might  obey  it. 

And  whereas.  The  Lodge  is  a  religious 
system  of  which  every  secret  society  is 
an  organic  part,  and  this  religion  is  not 


that  of  Jesus  Christ  but  that  of  Satan. 
The  fight  against  this  secret  empire  is  a 
part  of  the  good  fight  of  faith  unto  the 
grasping  of  everlasting  life;  therefore 
be  it 

Resolved :  i.  That  the  lodge  is  a  system 
which  is  truly  repugnant  to  the  Word 
of  God,  the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ  and 
to  true  patriotism. 

2.  That  no  member  of  the  Church  of 
Jesus  Christ  should  be  a  member  of  the 
lodge  in  any  one  of  its  many  ramifica- 
tions, by  reason  of  its  principles  and 
practices. 

3.  That  every  Christian  is  in  duty 
bound  to  oppose  the  Lodge  as  aggres- 
sively as  Providence  may  provide  oppor- 
tunity and  to  do  all  possible  to  open 
the  eyes  of  those  caught  in  this  snare 
of  Satan. 

4.  That  the  Church  of  Christ  ought 
not  to  allow  its  members  to  be  members 
and  supporters  of  the  Lodge  system,  but 
it  is  called  of  God  to  lovingly  and  firmly 
labor  with  such  members  as  may  be  in 
the  Lodge  and  if  necessary  discipline 
them  in  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

5.  That  the  Michigan  State  Christian 
Association  feels  constrained  to  acknowl- 
edge its  indebtedness  to  the  good  people 
of  Kalamazoo  for  their  loving  hospitality 
during  this  convention. 

A.  R.  Merrill, 
Secretary,  M.  C.  A. 


THE   MICHIGAN   CONVENTION. 

BY    REV.    J.     W.    BRINK,    IN    THE    BANNER. 

The  Michigan  State  Christian  Associa- 
tion, against  secret  societies  met,  as  was 
announced,  on  October  4  and  5.  Five 
sessions  were  held,  three  of  which  were 
largely  executive  and  spent  in  listening 
to  suggestive  talks  and  in  laying  out  work 
to  be  carried  out  during  the  interim  be- 
tween this  convention  and  the  next.  Only 
one  of  the  speakers  disappointed  us. 

This  assembly  listened  to  some  in- 
structive and  inspiring  addresses.  All 
were  characterized  by  the  spirit  of  con- 
viction and  resolution.  Not  one  was  of- 
fensively personal.  The  Association  does 
not  fight  persons,  but  principles  and  or- 
ganizations based  on  these. 

Rev.  J.  J.  Hiemenga's  paper  was  a 
powerful  arraignment  of  the  lodge  as  a 
religious  institution,  which,  according  to 
its  own  authorities,  must  be  adjudged  on 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


November,  1911. 


this  principle.  He  furthermore  proved 
conckisively  from  their  own  writings 
that  this  rehgion  is  not  that  of  Christ. 
The  only  course  open  therefore  was  to 
x:lass  it  among  the  religions  of  Satan. 

As  Dr.  Clay  did  not  appear,  the  wTiter 
took  his  place  and  gave  a  talk  on  his  sub- 
ject. "The  Leadership  of  Lodgery."  The 
gist  of  this  talk  was  that  the  leadership 
of  the  lodge  is  inevitably  dow^nw^ard  and 
away  from  all  that  is  good  and  profitable. 

Dr.  Charles  A.  Blanchard,  whom  many 
of  TJic  Baiuicr  readers  know  in  person, 
made  the  journey  from  Wheaton,  111.,  to 
Kalamazoo,  to  take  part  in  the  conven- 
tion. He  delivered  an  address  on  Chris- 
tian jMinisters  and  Secret  Societies.  We 
were  not  privileged  to  hear  this  address 
— much  to  our  regret.  Neither  was  it 
our  privilege  to  listen  as  Rev.  S.  Elders- 
vekl  handled  the  subject,  ''De  Invloed 
der  Lodge  op  het  Amerikaansch  Kerke- 
lijk  Leven."  We  know,  though,  that 
both  addresses  were  to-  the  point  and 
unsparing  in  exposing  the  evil  of  the  se- 
cret society. 

Again  and  again  it  is  apparent  at  our 
-conventions  that  outsiders  know  much 
■more  about  the  principles  and  practices 
of  the  lodge  than  its  very  members  do. 
Many  a  man,  and  woman,  too,  for  that 
matter,  joins  the  lodge  without  at  all  un- 
derstanding what  he  is  doing.  There  is 
many  a  member  who  is  astonished  when 
"he  attends  these  anti-secret  meetings  to 
hear  of  things  done  in  the  lodge  meet- 
ings and  to  see  set  before  him  the  prin- 
ciples back  of  it  all.  Ofttimes  assertions 
made  by  speakers  are  denied  by  mem- 
bers in  the  audience.  Generally  men  get 
■angry  and  leave  the  meeting  because  they 
'Cannot  successfully  gainsay  what  is  said 
about  organized  secrecy  in  general  or 
about  some  particular  lodge. 

This  convention  had  as  one  of  its  out- 
standing features  the  amount  of  plan- 
ning done  with  an  eye  to  systematizing 
matters  and  increasing  the  efficiency  of 
the  association  in  this  state.  After  much 
deliberation  a  plan  was  adopted  which 
lias  as  its  aim  the  obtaining  of  a  bona 
fide  membership  throughout  the  whole 
state  and  a  goodly  list  of  Cynosure 
readers.  Every  pastor  present  bound 
Limself  to  endeavor  to  find  some  person 
in  his  congregation  willing  to  solicit  mem- 
-ers  for  the  association  at  tlie  cost  of  50 
cents,    or    Si     with    tlie    Cynosure    as 


premium.  This  excellent  monthly  mag- 
azine on  organized  secrecy  costs  $1  an- 
nually. It  is  well  worth  reading.  It 
reall}^  keeps  one  posted.  Furthermore,  it 
was  thought  possible  that  every  pastor 
of  the  various  anti-secrecy  churches 
would  be  willing,  if  requested,  to  find 
some  one  in  his  church  to  solicit  for 
members  as  above.  Each  pastor  present, 
took  on  himself  to  request  the  pastors  of 
his  denomination  to  do  so.  Others  are 
to  receive  a  letter  to  this  effect  from  our 
secretary. 

A  continued  effort  is  to  be  made  to 
obtain  and  maintain  in  the  field  a  lec- 
turer. Such  a  man  is  to  give  all  of  his 
time  to  the  work  of  lecturing  against  se- 
cret organizations  and  to  solicit  readers 
for  the  Cynosure.  It  may  be  difficult  to 
find  the  right  man  and  no  less  difficult 
to  support  him.  But  the  association  is 
going  to  try. 

One  thing  was  saddening,  namely,  the 
apparent  apathy  of  our  people,  their  in- 
difference to  the  work  attempted  by  the 
association.  One  gets  the  impression 
that  our  people  are  satisfied  to  leave 
matters  take  their  course  now  that  we  as 
a  Church  have  declared  ourselves  op- 
posed to-  this  evil,  the  lodge.  They  care 
nothing,  so  it  seems,  as  to  what  this  en- 
emy of  the  Church  is  doing.  They  are 
not  solicitous  b}^  reason  of  the  havoc  he 
is  working  in  other  churches.  They  are 
not  apprehensive  that  notwithstanding 
our  decided  position  as  a  Church,  Satan 
may  be  enticing  our  yoimg  men  and 
women  into  his  net,  there  to  destroy  them, 
There  is  a  mighty  lot  of  selfishness  in 
the  situation.  And  the  time  will  surely 
come  wdien  we  will  regret  it,  for  our 
young  people  are  being  drawn  into  the 
net.  And  the  easier  we  hold  ourselves 
in  this  affair  the  more  will  Satan  profit 
thereby. 

It   was   a   pleasure   to   meet   with   the 
brethren,  who  are   fighting  with  us  the  I 
fight  of  faith  and  to  subscribe  w^ith  them| 
to  the  resolutions  adopted. 


EASTERN  SECRETARY'S  ACTIVITIES.! 

Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  Oct.  17,  191 1. 
Dear  Cynosure  : 

On  the  ocean  voyage  all  through  thel 
nio'ht  the  "lookout"  calls  the  hour  andl 
announces  ''All's  well''  or  "Dangerl 
ahead,"  as  the  case  may  be.  We  mustl 
constantl)'    record    the   passing   of   lovedl 


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ones,  and  can  always  add  when  they  are 
Christian,  ''All's  well."  I  was  recently 
startled  on  learning  of  the  passing-  of  our 
good  friend,  Elder  Wm.  A.  Anthony,  of 
the  Church  of  the  Brethren,  living  at 
Shady  Grove,  Pa.  To  him  was  given  a 
great  work,  to  which  he  responded  in 
loving  service.  Many  churches  were  un- 
der his  care.  A  very  large  company 
mourn  their  loss  in  his  sudden  taking 
away.  He  was  very  helpful  to  the  writer, 
giving  much  needed  aid  in  preparation 
for  our  last  Pennsylvania  state  conven- 
tion. 

Yesterday's  mail  brought  word  that 
our  aged  friend  and  helper,  Mr.  T.  C. 
Speer,  an  elder  of  the  Northwood  Ohio 
Covenanter  Church,  had  passed  to  the 
better  life.  His  daughter  writes  that  one 
of  the  last  meetings  he  attended  was  the 
Ohio  State  Anti-Secrecy  convention  at 
Bellefontaine.  He  loved  to  do  service 
for  the  Master.  Surely  he  was  faithful 
unto  death.     We  shall  miss  him. 

In  the  coming  of  our  good  friend  and 
co-worker,  Rev.  J.  W.  Burton,  to  the 
King  Street  United  Brethren  church, 
Chambersburg,  Pa.,  our  friends  are 
greatly  encouraged,  and  the  church  much 
strengthened.  Brother  Burton  is  one  of 
the  aggressive  anti-lodge  workers. 

During  the  month  past  it  was  my  priv- 
ilege to  serve  churches  two  Sabbaths  in 
New  Jersey,  the  West  New  York  United 
Presbyterian,  near  Weehawken,  and  the 
Christian  Reformed  of  Englewood.  Both 
gave  cordial  support  and  encouragement. 
Paterson,  N.  J.,  g'ave  Jts  usual  help. 
There  were  additions  to  the  Cynosure 
subscription  list.  Our  good  friend  Weida 
of  the  German  Lutheran  church  reported 
the  circulation  of  much  anti-secrecy  lit- 
erature, and  great  success  in  keeping 
out  those  not  yet  caught  and  getting  oth- 
ers out  from  the  lodge.  Two  new  do- 
mines  have  come  to  Christian  Reformed 
churches,  and  all  seemed  encouraged. 
There  Avere  several  calls  for  lectures.  I 
found  Brother  Lagville  of  Corona.  L.  L. 
lettino-  his  light  shine  as  usual.  His  new 
son-in-law  is  much  interested  in  our 
work.  There  were  reports  of  some  be- 
ing saved  and  leaving  the  lodges,  which 
was  cheering  indeed. 

T  was  permitted  to  attend  for  a  little 
while  the  conference  of  our  Swedish 
Congregational  friends,  meeting  in  Pas- 
tor  Ohlson's   church,   Cambridge,   ]\Tass. 


They  were  a  line  appearing  body  of  men. 
The  joy  of  their  service  was  very  mani- 
fest. Several  subscribed  for  the  Cyno- 
sure. As  a  body,  they  are  opposed  to 
the  lodge.  Mrs.  Anna  E.  Stoddard,  in 
charge  of  the  New  England  anti-secrecy 
work,  reported  a  good  summer  at  North- 
field,  Mass.  Thousands  of  tracts  and 
Home  Lights  giving  the  testimony  of 
Rev.  E.  Y.  Woolley  and  others  had  been 
distributed  with  good  effect.  There  had 
been  a  good  sale  of  anti-secrecy  publica- 
tions and  prospects  for  the  fall  and  win- 
ter were  encouraging. 

The  spending  of  some  days  at  Nokes- 
ville,  Va.,  discovered  new  fields  ripe  for 
the  harvest.  President  L  N.  H.  Beahm 
has  been  the  prime  mover  in  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  much  needed  Christian 
school  at  this  place.  On  account  of  the 
poor  health  of  himself  and  wife  he  moves 
to  the  farm  for  a  time,  leaving  the  school 
to  those  who  are  well  fitted  to  carry  for- 
ward the  work.  The  student  body  now 
numbers  sixty,  with  a  faculty  of  five.  I 
spoke  twice  in  the  College,  also  in  a 
church  of  the  Brethren  in  the  country 
near  at  hand. 

In  material  things  this  country  has 
been  blessed  and  favored  much.  Farms 
that  found  little  sale  at  $15  and  $20  per 
acre  a  few  years  ago  have  readily  brought 
from  $75  to  $100  per  acre  in  the  recent 
past.  Lots  of  one  acre  on  the  edge  of 
the  new  tov/n  were  selling  for  $400  and 
$500.  The  people  seemed  happy  in  serv- 
ing the  Lord  and  building  up  the  coun- 
try. There  are  no  saloons,  and  little 
lodgery  as  yet.  Led  by  Elder  Early,  a 
dozen  of  the  leading  citizens  subscribed 
for  the  Cynosure.  ]\Iore  lectures  are 
called  for.  The  church  of  the  Brethren 
now  have  three  schools  for  higher  edu- 
cation in  Virginia.  They  are  making 
splendid  progress.  It  seemed  wise  that 
I  come  to  this  section  to  work  for  a  time. 
Many  friends  have  been  visited  in  Fay- 
ette and  Westmoreland  counties. 

At  Scottdale  I  found  the  "Aloose," 
''Elks"  and  others  of  tlieir  kind  working 
the  ruin  of  those  they  could  reach.  "Fire 
bugs"  had  set  fire  and  burned  down  some 
of  the  stores  and  attempted  the  destruc- 
tion of  several  homes,  and  the  Devil 
seemed  exceedingly  active  on  the  one 
hand,  while  on  the  other  I  found  the 
Mennonite  publishing  house  enlarging^  its 
force,   sending  out   its   millions   of   light 


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giving  pages  of  printed  matter,  and  bear- 
ing its  faithful  testimony  in  exposing  the 
works  of  darkness.  Friends  here  paid 
for  several  Cynosures  to  be  sent  to 
those  they  hoped  to  help. 

Last  Sababth  was  spent  at  Braddock, 
Pa.  There  was  an  open  door  for  our 
message  in  the  Free  Methodist  church. 
The  attendance  was  good.  God  helped 
in  the  delivery  of  the  message.  Some 
half  dozen  cheerfully  subscribed  for  the 
Cynosure.  Several  spoke  of  help  re- 
ceived. 

For  the  rest  of  this  month  I  am  re- 
sponding to  the  need  here.  God  willing, 
I  go  to  Wisconsin  the  first  of  November 
to  carry  out  the  work  being  planned  by 
our  General  Secretary.  If  any  there 
w^ish  my  help  (who  have  not  already  re- 
ported), kindly  write  to  the  Cynosure 
office  at  once. 

W.  B.  Stoddard. 


SOUTHERN    SEED    SOWING. 

Alexandria,  La.,  Oct.  ii,  191 1. 

Dear  Cynosure: 

I  was  accosted  by  a  Sunday  school  su- 
perintendent and  high  church  dignitary  a 
few  days  ago  who  said.  ''That  paper  of 
yours,  that  Christian  Cynosure,  is  one 
of  the  biggest  lying  publications  in  the 
country.  Why,  it  don't  do  a  thing  but  lie 
about  secret  orders."  I  asked  him  to 
point  to  one  untrue  statement  in  its  col- 
umns. He  replied,  ''Why,  the  whole 
publication  is  a  pack  of  lies."  I  said, 
"Sir,  I  write  an  article  for  that  publica- 
tion every  month,  and  I  defy  you  to  point 
to  one  sentence  in  my  articles  that  is  not 
true."  He  said,  "Well,  I  am  not  talking 
about  your  articles,  but  there  are  others 
that  are  not  true."  I  demanded  of  him 
to  point  out  one  untrue  sentence,  but  he 
would  not.  So  he  said,  "Well,  I  am  in 
the  lodge  for  what  my  family  will  get 
when  I  die.  My  family  will  get  $1,200 
from  my  lodges."  I  asked  him  what  it 
cost  to  keep  up  his  lodges  (seven  in  all) 
monthly,  and  he  said,  after  a  little  figur- 
ing, "About  an  average  of  $10.50  per 
month."  I  said,  "Do  you  know  that  is 
$126  a  year?"  He  paused  a  moment  and 
answered,  "Well,  I  never  counted  it  up 
before."  I  asked  him  what  it  cost  to 
join  his  seven  lodges.  He  said,  "To  join 
the  whole  seven  is  about,  let's  see,  well, 
about  $40."     I  asked,  "Do  you  have  to 


furnish  a  supper  at  each  initiation?"  He 
said,  "Yes."  I  asked,  "How  much  do 
you  pay  for  each  additional  degree?" 
He  said,  "25  to  75  cents."  I  asked,  "How 
often  do  you  have  to  pay  for  pass 
words  ?"  He  said,  "Every  three  months." 
I  asked,  "Flow  much  each  quarter?"  He 
said,  "I  pay  20  to  25  cents  to  each  lodge 
for  the  pass  word."  I  asked,  "How  much 
do'  you  pay  for  uniforms  and  regalias?" 
He  said,  "Well,  all  together,  just  about 
$75  or  v$8o."  I  asked,  "Do  you  have  to 
pay  fines  ?"  He  said,  "Yes,  if  I  miss  a 
meeting  it  is  25  or  50  cents.  HI  miss 
a  sermon  or  a  funeral  it  is  $1.  Or  if  I 
fail  to  sit  up  with  the  sick  it  is  $1."  L 
asked  him,  "How  often  do  you  attend 
prayer  meetings  or  other  church  services 
during  the  week?"  He  said,  "Sometimes 
once  a  month,  or  once  in  two  months, 
but  I  always  try  to  go  to  church  once  on 
Sunday  and  give  10  or  15  cents,  and  I 
never  miss  the  first  Sunday  in  the  month ; 
then  I  pay  25  cents  for  pastor  fees ;  and 
I  always  give  5  cents  in  Sunday  school." 
Reader,  just  think  of  it !  Here  is  a 
licentiate  local  preacher,  a  deacon  and  a 
Sunday  school  superintendent,  who  pays 
according  to  his  own  highest  estimate 
about  $13.40  to  his  church  and  Sunday 
school  per  year  to  support  his  pastor,  to 
meet  current  expenses  and  to  support 
home  and  foreign  missions,  while  he  pays 
$126  lodge  dues  and  probably  $100  or 
more  for  initiation,  suppers,  degrees,  re- 
galias and  fines.  "Oh,  consistency,  thou 
art  a  jewel."  How  can  blind  guides  lead 
the  blind?  Flow  can  such  an  idolatrous 
Baal  worshiper  feel  the  presence  of 
God's  Holy  Spirit  or  exercise  influence 
over  sinners?  I  told  him  that  at  his  age 
he  could  get  an  insurance  in  a  solvent 
company  for  $2,500,  which  would  not 
cost  him  more  than  $48  per  year,  and  no 
meetings  to  attend,  no'  fines  to  pay,  no 
regalias  or  pass  words  to  buy  and  no 
suppers  to  furnish,  no  wine  to  drink  out 
of  a  human  skull  and  no  secrets  to  keep — 
which  I  thought  by  far  more  beneficial 
to  his  family.  Fie  said  he  had  never 
heard  it  explained  that  way  before.  I 
explained  the  blasphemy  and  inconsist- 
ency of  their  blood-curdling  and  Christ- 
less  oaths  and  asked  if  he  as  a  Christian 
could  afi^ord  to  longer  support  such  an 
institution.  I  secured  his  subscription  to'' 
the  Cynosure  and  a  promise  to  more 
prayerfully  look  into  the  lodge  system. 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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Pray  for  the  glorious  triumph  of  truth 
among  these  poor  dehided  people. 
Yours  sincerely, 

F.  J.  Davidson. 


MISS  LIZZIE  WOODS'  LETTER. 

Trenton,  Tenn.,  Oct.  3,  191 1. 
Dear  Sir  and  Brother  in  Christ  Jesus : 

I  have  been  at  Dyersburg,  Tenn.,  for 
the  last  ten  days.  I  have  been  doing  mis- 
sion work  as  usual  among  the  women.  I 
get  a  chance  to  speak  to  the  men  also, 
and  in  making  the  house  to  house  visits 
I  have  a  chance  to  leave  a  tract  at  each 
house.  Some  of  the  colored  preachers 
who  belong  to  secret  orders  said,  ''We 
are  not  concerned  about  breaking  up 
lodges.  White  folks  started  them,  and 
it  will  take  them  tO'  break  them  up." 
They  also  said,  "This  woman  ought  to 
die ;  she  has  no  business  to  divulge  our 
secrets.  We  are  doing  more  for  the 
poor  than  the  Church  is."  While  I  was 
there  I  was  asked  to  speak  in  the  court 
house  square.  There  were  more  than 
200  white  people  there.  The  Holy  Ghost 
came  upon  me  mightily  and  I  reproved 
and  rebuked  and  exhorted  with  all  long 
suffering  and  doctrine.  (2  Timothy  4:2.) 
I  condemned  all  sin  and  when  I  was 
through  talking  some  one  said,  "Who 
believes  her  report  ?"  and  there  was  clap- 
ping of  hands  all  over  the  "square"  and 
the  people  answered,  "All  she  says  is 
God's  word."  They  shook  my  hand  and 
said,  "Go  on !  We  are  your  friends,  and 
no  one  shall  hurt  you  here." 

On  my  way  here,  yesterday,  while 
waiting  for  my  train  at  Newburn,  Tenn., 
I  had  a  chance  to  distribute  tracts.  Near- 
ly every  colored  preacher  you  see  wears 
a  lodge  pin. 

Well,  thank  God,  I  am  still  alive,  and 
am  determined  to  declare  the  truth  to 
my  brethren,  like  Ezekiel  (Chapter  3), 
"whether  they  will  hear,  or  whether  they 
will  forbear."  We  must  warn  them  and 
let  them  know  what  their  Heavenly  Fath- 
er says.    God  bless  the  N.  C.  A. 

Yours  for  Christ  and  against  lodges 
and  everything  else  that  is  wrong, 

Lizzie  Woods. 


Wheeling,  Mo.,  Oct.  7,  1911. 
Mr.  Wm.  I.  Phillips,  Chicago,  111. 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother :    I  am  in  a  good 
meeting  here,  and  I  have  the  lodge  people 


on  the  run.  They  are  sewed  up,  and 
don't  know  what  to  do  or  say.  I  thank 
the  Lord  that  some  of  the  people  are 
getting  their  eyes  open.  The  light  is 
shining,  and  all  Hell  can't  put  it  out.  One 
of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America 
said,  when  he  heard  me  on  the  lodge 
question :  "That  was  worth  $75  to  me." 
So  he  is  hearing  me  gladly.  But  others 
are  mad ;  I  am  glad  and  the  work  is  go- 
ing on.  One  big  fellow,  a  short  time 
ago,  went  over  to  town  to  have  me  ar- 
rested, but  he  could  not.  When  he  came 
back  I  said,  "I  want  you  to  understand 
that  you  can't  have  me  arrested  for 
preaching  the  truth  and  condemning  the 
lodge,  and  before  you  can  stop  me  you 
will  have  to  have  a  law  made,  but  that 
will  be  unconstitutional,  and  the  people 
of  this  great  country  will  not  stand  for 
it."  He  didn't  do  any  more,  and  I 
showed  up  the  lodge  in  great  shape. 

I  am  glad  to  say  that  at  one  place 
where  I  held  three  meetings,  one  lodge 
went  down.  There  were  four,  and  the 
other  three  are  nearly  dead.  Thank  the 
Lord .'  I  called  together  a  church  there 
in  the  name  of  Christ  (Col.  3:17)  with 
126  members.  So  the  good  work  is  go- 
ing on  in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  in  this 
part  of  old  Missouri. 

You  don't  know  how  bad  the  secret 
orders  are  treating  me !  But  I  am  push- 
ing on  to  victory,  in  the  name  of  Christ. 
I  am  glad  to  see  so  many  are  getting 
their  eyes  open  to  the  truth  of  God  and 
seeing  the  many  evils  in  the  orders  and 
coming  out  of  them. 

Remember    me,   brethren,  as    in    the 
Ozarks  of  Missouri,  with  all  the  Devil's 
forces  against  me.     Pray  for  me. 
Yours  for  the  Truth, 

J.  L.  Davis. 


Mr.  Richard  Carroll,  general  manager 
of  "The  South  Carolina  Industrial  and 
Home  Placing  Institution  for  the  Train- 
ing of  Destitute  Children,"  located  at  Co- 
lumbia, vS.  C,  writes  under  date  of  Sep- 
tember 30,  191 1  : 

"I  have  always  believed  in  the  prin- 
ciple taught  by  the  Christian  Cyno- 
sure. The  colored  people  of  the  south 
should  get  hold  of  your  magazine.  They 
are  deserting  churches  and  turning  more 
and  more  to  lodges.  iNIany  of  them  are 
holding  lodge  meetings  on  the  Sabbath. 


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November,  1911. 


I  would  be  glad  if  you  could  send  me 
some  literature  for  distribution  among 
-them." 


A  father  sends  $3  that  each  of  his 
sons,  whose  homes  are  in  different  states, 
may  have  the  reading  of  the  Christian 
Cynosure.  Isn't  that  a  good  plan  ?  The 
only  better  one  that  I  can  think  of  would 
be  to  make  each  a  life  member  of  the 
association,  thereby  securing  the  Cyno- 
sure to  each  for  life. 


AA'artburg,  Natal,  South  Africa, 

August  26,  19 II. 
Dear  Brother : 

Alany  thanks  for  the  twenty-five  copies 
of  Dr.  Torrev's  letter.  If  I  could  write 
to  you  in  my  own  language,  German,  I 
am  sure  I  would  be  able  to  touch  your 
"hearts,  but  in  a  foreign  tongue  I  fear 
only  to  touch  your  eyes.  I  cannot  tell 
3^ou  how  glad  I  am  to  find  that  I  can  re- 
•ceive  assistance  from  you  against  the 
greatest  enemies  of  the  Christian  Church. 
Brethren,  if  there  is  a  little  room  in  your 
Tiearts  for  an  old  worker  for  Christ, 
please  assist  him  with  your  prayers.  I 
liave  a  small  German  congregation,  and 
a  German  school,  a  native  school  and  also 
a  native  congregation  gathered  through 
the  grace  of  God  during  my  twenty-eight 
years'  work  here.  I  have  only  God  and 
my  children  for  help. 
Fraternally  yours, 

(Rev.)   Gustav  Adolph  Stielsen. 


A  FAITHFUL  PASTOR. 

Among  the  shepherds  who  are  seeking 
faithfully  to  guard  the  flock  from  the 
lodge  w^olves  is  Pastor  H.  P.  Dannecker, 
of  Ft.  Wayne,  Ind.  Noting  the  tempta- 
tion of  the  lodge  for  some  of  the  young- 
people,  he  prepared  a  pamphlet  giving  at 
length  a  discussion  of  Four  Points 
Against  Secret  Societies.  The  points 
made  are  as  follows: 

1.  It  is  wrong  to  swear  or  promise  not 
to  reveal  a  secret  before  we  know  what 
that  secret  is. 

2.  It  is  wrong  in  any  religious  worship 
to  leave  out  the  name  of  Jesus  inten- 
tionally. 

3.  It  is  wrong  to  believe  or  teach  that 
any  man  can  be  saved  without  faith  in 
Jesus  Christ. 


4.  It  is  WTong  for  a  Christian  to  sup- 
port a  society  which  does  these  things. 

In  this  pamphlet  quotations  are  made 
from  writings  and  sayings  of  the  Knights 
of  Pythias,  Woodmen,  Red  Men,  Elks, 
etc.,  showing  their  Christless  character. 

Of  the  Elks  he  asks,  ''How  do  they 
sing  the  doxology?" 

"Praise   God,    from   whom   all  blessings  flow; 
Praise  Him  all  creatures  here  below; 
Praise  Him  above  for  all  that's  good; 
Praise  God  for  our  true  brotherhood." 

The  prayer  of  the  K.  of  P.  is  quoted 
as  follows : 

"Vouchsafe  Thy  blessing,  our  heavenly- 
Father,  on  the  events  of  this  evening.  Be 
Thou  with  us.  Shield  us  from  all  harm,  and 
finally  permit  us  to  be  with  Thee  on  the  last 
great  day,  a  united  brotherhood,  to  share  the 
blessings  of  life  eternal.  Hear  and  answer 
us,  we  beseech  Thee.    Amen." 

The  Woodman  sings  : 

"So   let   him    sleep   that   dreamless    sleep, 
Our  sorrows  clustering  round  his  head; 
Be   comforted,   ye   loved   who   weep ! 
He  lives  with  God ;     He  is  not  dead." 

The  Red  Men  have  as  their  motto : 

"Freedom,   Friendship,    Charity : 
These  must  govern  in  our  order, 
From  the  center  to  the  border, 
Then  we  all  shall  happy  be." 

It  will  be  observed  this  is  all  as  hollow 
and  empty  of  Christ  as  the  tomb  of 
Joseph  after  the  resurrection. 


There  are  many  kinds  of  love,  as  many 

kinds  of  light, 
And  every  kind  of  love  makes  a  glory 

in  the  night. 
There  is   love  that  stirs  the   heart,  and 

love  that  gives  it  rest ; 
But  the  love  that  leads  life  upward  is  the 

noblest  and  the  best. 

— Henry  van  Dyke. 


I  am  glad  a  task  to  me  is  given. 

To  labor  at  day  by  day ; 
For  it  brings  me  health  and  strength  and 
hope, 
And  I  cheerfully  learn  to  say : 
"Head,  3^ou  may  think ;  heart,  you  may 
feel ; 
But,  hand,  you  shall  work  alway.'' 

— Susan  Coolidge. 


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should    acquaintance   precede   love. — Dii 
Base. 


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THE    REWARD    OF    FAITHFULNESS. 

Little  Rock,  Ark.,  Aug.  21,  191 1. 
Dear  Brother  Phillips : 

Yours  of  the  i8th  is  just  at  hand.  You 
sent  me  Dr.  Torrey's  reasons  for  not 
joining-  the  Masons :  they  are  very  good, 
but  not  as  radical  as  they  ought  to  be. 

A  few  days  ago  I  called  on  a  Baptist 
minister  who  a  few  years  ago  visited  an 
Oriental  country  in  the  far  East.  He 
related  to  his  congregation  that  he  re- 
ceived much  attention  and  courtesy  from 
the  heathen  Masons  of  that  country,  and 
•congratulated  himself  for  such  kind  treat- 
ment. 

I  called  on  him,  and  introduced  myself 
by  handing  him  my  card.  I  told  him  I 
desired  a  short  talk  with  him.  "I  un- 
derstand that  you  are  pastor  of  the  Sec- 
ond Baptist  Church  and  a  Mason."  I 
then  informed  him  that  I  was  a  Baptist 
preacher,  and  I  wanted  to  reason  with 
him  on  this  subject.  That  I  did  not  be- 
lieve a  Christian  should  belong  to  any- 
thing that  would  not  bear  reasoning 
about.  ''Come,  now,  and  let  us  reason 
together,"  says  God,  ''though  your  sins 
be  as  scarlet,  the}^  shall  be  as  white  as 
snow."  I  told  him  I  was  not  a  Mason, 
but  that  I  professed  to  know  all  about  it. 

I  said  to  him :  "The  Mason's  God  is 
a  god  without  Jesus  Christ  and  the  Holy 
Ghost."  I  then  asked  him :  "What  kind 
of  a  god  is  such  a  god  ?"  He  declined  to 
answer  my  question.  I  said  to  him : 
'"Since  you  will  not  answer,  I  will.  Such 
a  god  is  the  god  of  this  world,  a  devil's 
god,  and  hence  you  are  a  w^orshiper  of 
the  devil." 

I  said  to  him  that  Masonry  was  a  re- 
ligion, and  sends  its  victims  to  heaven 
without  any  mention  of  Christ's  name. 
This  he  denied.  I  said  to  him:  "You 
know  that  only  a  few  weeks  ago  they 
took  the  body  of  John  Kelly  to  the  Albert 
Pike  Consistory,  across  the  street  from 
the  Baptist  church,  and  held  a  Masonic 
burial  service  over  his  remains,  and,  al- 
though there  were  Presbyterian  preach- 
ers present,  they  were  not  allowed  to  say 
■one  word.  And  nothing  but  Masonic 
services  were  used.  Now,  sir,  if  our 
Bible  is  the  truth,  and  the  Gospel  of  Jesus 
Christ  is  the  power  of  God  unto  salva- 
tion, you  will  have  to  confess  that  the 
soul  of  John  Kelly  has  gone  to  hell.  And 
you   pretended   Christians   are   guilty   of 


the  awful  crime  of  sending  that  man 
to  an  awful  devil's  hell.  You  imagine 
you  are  a  Christian,  but  you  are  de- 
ceived. It  is  an  utter  impossibility  for 
a  man  to  be  a  Christian  and  a  Mason. 
Hear  what  Paul  says : 

"  'But  I  say,  that  the  things  which  the 
gentiles  sacrifice,  they  sacrifice  to  dev- 
ils, and  not  to  God.  And  I  would  not 
that  ye  should  have  fellowship  with  dev- 
ils. Ye  cannot  drink  the  cup  of  the 
Lord,  and  the  cup  of  devils :  ye  cannot 
be  partakers  of  the  Lord's  table,  and  of 
the  table  of  devils.'  " 

I  had  a  Knight  Templar's  exposition 
with  me,  and  turned  to  the  page  where 
they  were  enforcing  the  fifth  libation. 
I  told  him,  that,  if  that  did  not  picture 
things  right  out,  then  there  is  nothing 
that  does.  I  told  him  I  wrote  to  the 
former  pastor  of  his  church  and  tried 
to  keep  these  devils  out  of  his  church 
on  an  Easter  Sunday,  but  he  would  not. 

I  told  him  that  a  Mohammedan  was 
as  good  a  Mason  as  he  was,  and  they 
have  the  Koran  on  their  altar.  "Now, 
sir,  I  have  told  you  the  truth ;  you  can 
believe  it  or  reject  it.  It  takes  only  the 
carnal  mind  to  be  a  Mason,  which  is  en- 
mity against  God.  Therefore,  unless  you 
repent  and  give  up  this  damnable  sin,  you 
will  go  where  all  good  Masons  go :  to  a 
devil's  hell."  He  said  my  talk  did  not 
convince  him.  "Well,"  said  I,  "3'ou  have 
a  heart  as  hard  as  a  stone;  there  is  no 
use  talking  to  you.  But  I  want  you  to 
understand  that  I  have  brought  hundreds 
out  of  a  Masonic  lodp-e.  You  can  stav 
in  and  suffer  the  consequences." 

A.  T.  Millard. 


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Hast    thou    some    heaven    sent    task? 
With  promptness  choose  it. 

H<  '  H:  H:  ^  ^ 

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CONTENTS 


The   Power  of    the   Secret   Empii-e.     By 
Miss    E.    E.    Flagg 225 

Contributions — 

Personal  Experiences.  By  Rev.  Gil- 
bert   E.    Marting. .....232 

A  Bible  Contradiction.  By  President 
C.   A.    Blanchard ..234 

Editorial — 

Mongolian    Masons    .236 

Group    Morals 236 

Masonic  Officer  in  Murder  Trial 237 

An    Astounding    Pronouncement 238 

An    Italian    Order 239 

Many    Defects f ...  .239 

History   in    Words 239 

Madame  Blavatsky  a  Masonic  Orna- 
ment  "   240 

Is  It  a  Risky  Reliance? _ 240 

Not   Idea  but   Ism 241 

English    Ritualism    and    Masonry 242 

Good  Enough  to  Bad  Men 243 

The  Momentousness  of  Arbitration 
Treaties    • 244 

News  of  Our  Work — 

Wisconsin    State    Convention 245 

Resolutions    , , 246j 

Letters   to   the   Convention 246 

The   Eastern  Secretary  in  Wisconsin. 248 

Agent   Davidson's   Report 249 

Mrs.    Lizzie   Wood's    Letter 250 

Work  in  West  Virginia 251 

From  Our  Mail — 

An    Old-Time    Revival .251 

An  Open  Letter.    Elder  G.  T.  Dissett.252 


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CHICAGO,  DECEMBER,  1911. 


NUMBER.  8. 


Cl)e  ^otoer  of  tl)e  Secret  Cmpire 


1B2  Wi^fi  ®*  ®»  iFlaSS 


XXXIX. 

A  Foretaste. 

Mr.  Timothy  Bundy  was  a  specimen 
of  a  particular  class  of  men  once  com- 
mon in  Ohio  and  the  bordering  States. 
He  had  been  a  hmiter  and  trapper  in  his 
youth,  was  of  Herculean  frame  and  cor- 
responding strength,  and  there  was  a 
legend  current  in  the  lodge  that  he  had 
proved  a  very  troublesome  member  to 
initiate,  for  instead  of  allowing  himself 
to  be  knocked  down  quietly  and  buried 
in  due  form  under  a  pile  of  rubbish  at 
the  east  gate  of  Solomon's  Temple,  he 
had  taken  the  farce  for  a  literal  attack 
and  pitched  his  assailants  right  and  left 
to  the  imminent  danger  of  breaking 
their  bones. 

Elder  Stedman  fulfilled  his  appoint- 
ment and  lectured  at  Bundy's  Flats,  to 
a  small  but  more  quiet  and  well-behaved 
audience  than  he  had  any  reason  to  ex- 
pect after  his  late  experience  at  Quipaw, 
which  was  in  comparison  quite  a  center 
of  civilization  and  refinement.  But  truth 
often  has  the  freest  course  in  seemingly 
most  unpromising  places,  and  nowhere 
were  the  Elder's  labors  more  signally 
blessed  of  the  Lord  than  at  Bundy's 
Flats.  The  two  dollars  given  him  at  the 
close  of  the  lecture  was  certainly  meagre 
pay,  but  the  Elder  was  satisfied.  Not 
so  Mr.  Bundy,  who  took  him  aside  at 
parting  with  a  rather  mysterious  air. 

''Now,  parson,  I  want  to  tell  you  your 
life  ain't  never  safe.  One  month  ago  if 
I  had  been  picked  out  by  the  lodge  to 
cut  your  throat,  /  should  have  done  it." 

This  revelation  did  not  startle  the  El- 
der.    He  knew  too  well  what  a  terrible 


power  the  oaths  of  the  lodge  have  over 
an  ignorant  and  blinded  conscience. 

'Thank  the  Lord,  Mr.  Bundy,  that  he 
has  given  you  a  better  mind,"  he  calmly 
answered,  "and  pray  that  his  grace  may 
work  the  same  blessed  change  in  others." 

"I  know  we  orter  pray  and  not  to 
faint,  but  grace  don't  do  its  work  all  in 
a  minit,  you'll  find.  Now,  parson,  this 
ere  is  a  fust-rate  revolver,  brand  new, 
and  Fm  going  to  make  you  a  present  of 
it.  You  ain't  obleged  to  let  it  be  known 
you  kerry  one,  bein'  a  minister,  and  you 
ain't  obleged  to  use  it — I  mean  on  any 
ornary  occasion ;  but  it's  a  good  plan  to 
have  some  sich  thing  about  ye  jest  for 
a  scarecrow,  to  scare  off  folks  as  might 
want  to  meddle  with  ye  to  your  hurt 
sometimes." 

The  Elder  remembered  Peter,  and  his 
answer  to  this  warm-hearted  but  ignorant 
disciple  had  a  decided  savor  of  mild 
rebuke. 

"The  Lord  has  wonderfully  preserved 
my  life  hitherto  from  all  the  snares  evil 
men  have  set  for  it,  and  would  you  have 
me  begin  to  distrust  him  now  by  relying 
on  anything  else  than  his  own  mighty 
arm  for  protection?  'Cursed  be  the  man 
that  trusteth  in  man  and  maketh  flesh 
his  arm  and  departeth  from  the  Lord.'  " 

Mr.  Bundy  stood  irresolute.  Almost 
without  physical  fear  himself,  all  the 
more  did  he  realize  the  danoers  which 
beset  the  Elder.  His  sudden  conversion 
had  generated  a  spiritual  force  and 
fervor  that  had  as  yet  developed  in  the 
active  rather  than  the  passive  line  of 
direction,  for  like  most  men  of  his  pe- 
culiar physique  the  animal  in  him  having 


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December,  1911. 


the  start  to  begin  with,  was  not  immedi- 
ately subdued  by  days  or  even  weei^s  of 
this  new,  controlhng  spiritual  force 
which  had  arrested  him  like  Saul  of  old, 
"breathing  out  threatenings  and  slaugh- 
ter," and  bent  him  by  the  power  of  its 
mighty  mysterious  will  to  confess  and 
forsake  his  false  worship.  Still  he  felt  a 
strange  reverence  come  over  him  for  the 
meek  and  fearless  Elder.  Far  back  in 
his  rough  boyhood  he  remembered  a 
timid,  shrinking  woman  wdio,  nerved 
with  the  same  divine  courage,  had  pa- 
tiently borne  threatening  and  abuse  for 
Christ's  sake ;  and  though  for  long  years 
her  spirit  had  walked,  palrn-crowned, 
the  heights  of  Paradise,  Timothy  Bundy 
wiped  his  eyes  on  his  coat  sleeve  as  the 
vision  passed  before  him. 

"I  don't  know  but  you're  in  the  right 
on  it,  parson,"  he  said,  finally,  laying 
back  the  revolver  on  the  shelf.  "Any- 
how, take  this,"  and  he  pressed  some  bills 
into  the  Elder's  hand.  "It  was  what 
I've  been  saving  up  to  pay  my  lodge 
dues  with,  and  if  you  don't  need  it  for 
yourself  jest  take  it  to  help  on  the  work 
in  some  place  wdiere  they  are  poorer  than 
they  be  at  Bundy's  Flats." 

The  Elder  took  the  offering  with  a 
heart  of  grateful  joy.  To  him  there  was 
a  peculiar  preciousness  in  this  first  fruit 
of  his  labor.  Gladly  should  it  all  be  laid 
on  Christ's  altar ;  oh,  how  gladly ! 

"God  bless  you,  broither  Bundy,"  he 
said,  "and  fear  not  what  man's  rage  can 
do.  He  hath  preserved  me  in  six  trou- 
bles ;  yea,  in  seven  there  shall  no  evil 
touch  me." 

The  Elder  rode  home  in  a  state  of 
calm,  exultant  happiness.  There  are 
times  when  to  the  soul  of  every  sufferer 
for  God's  truth  he  gives  a  glimpse,  as  it 
were,  of  the  final  victory.  And  to  El- 
der Stedman  came  anoither  such  experi- 
ence of  joy  and  triumph  as  he  remem- 
bered having  once  before  when  the  shot 
of  the  secret  assassin  rang  through  the 
still,  green  woods,  and  but  for  the  hand 
of  protecting  providence  would  have 
terminated  his  career  on  its  very  thresh- 
old. The  years  that  stretched  behind  lay 
bathed  in  the  sunlight  of  divine  good- 
ness :  he  remembered  not  one  hard  place 
in  his  pilgrimage,  no  Slough  of  Des- 
pond, no  Hill  of  Difficulty,  no  Valley  of 
the  Shadow  of  Death.  And  over  the 
days  that  lay  before  glowed  that  same 


mellow^  Indian  summer  light.  Many  or 
few,  wdiat  mattered  it  ?  Sooner  or  later 
he  must  fall  in  this  strife  and  another 
take  his  place,  as  full  of  youthful 
strength  and  ardor  as  was  he  when  he 
hrst  stepped  into  the  ranks.  But  he 
was  willing,  nay  joyful,  to  die  on  the 
field  with  no  huzzas  of  victory  ringing  in 
his  death-dulled  ears,  for  only  a  little 
while  and  the  end  would  surely  come 
for  which  the  whole  creation  groaneth 
and  travaileth  in  pain- — the  end  of  every 
wrong,  the  triumph  of  eternal  right  in 
the  world-w^ide  reign  of  the  Lamb.  Wel- 
come persecution,  welcome  revilings, 
welcome  the  martyr's  crown  if  so  be  it 
actually  glittered  for  him  over  those  tur- 
bid waters  that  rolled  so  dark  and  chill 
this  side  of  the  heavenly  Canaan !  Living 
or  dying  he  was  more  than  conqueror. 

The  Elder  roused  himself  froiri  his 
reverie  and  spoke  a  cheery  word  to  the 
patient  steed  on  which  his  old  love  of 
animals  now  found  its  chief  outlet  and 
center.  The  intellig'ent  beast  responded 
thereto  by  breaking  into  a  brisk  trot, 
probably  accelerated  by  certain  equine 
considerations  of  the  snug  stable  and 
feed  of  oats  waiting  for  him  at  his  jour- 
ney's end. 

But  the  Elder's  lecture  had  not  failed 
to  rouse  the  baser  elements  at  Bundy's 
Flats  as  well  as  at  Quipaw^  Creek.  A  few 
nights  afterward  Mr.  Bundy  was  roused 
by  a  rap  at  his  door,  A  little  barefooted 
child  stood  without,  weeping  bitterly,  and 
in  response  to  that  worthy  man's  as- 
tonished inquiries,  sobbed  out : 

"You  won't  let  them  do  anything  to 
that  good  Elder,  will  you,  Mr.  Bundy? 
He  come  to  our  house  and  talked  and 
prayed  with  ma,  and  she  says  he  seemed 
just  like  one  of  the  angels  of  God,  only 
when  "she  said  so  before  pa  it  made  him 
swear." 

"They  shan't  do  anything  to  him  if 
I  know  it.  Come  in,  Bub,  and  tell  me 
what  you  mean,"  said  Mr.  Bundy,  who 
recognized  in  the  child  the  little  son  of  a 
consumptive  woman  who  lived  about  a 
mile  away,  and  whose  husband  was  both 
a  Mason  and  a  hard  drinker. 

I  heard  pa  and  some  other  men  talk- 
the  Elder,"  said  the  child  in 
a  frightened  whisper.  "I  was  in  bed 
and  they  were  talking  and  drinking  down 
below.  And  they  said  such  awful  things 
of  what  they  would  do  if  they  should 


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catch  him  in  the  dark.  And  they  are 
going  to  burn  his  house  down,  Mr. 
Bundy.  I  heard  them  say  so.  I  kept 
sftill  till  I  thought  they  v/ere  gone  and 
then  I  jumped  out  of  bed  and  run  over 
to  you ;  I  thought  you  could  stop  their 
doing   it." 

''Now  look  here,  Bub,"  said  Mr.  Bun- 
dy, after  staring  for  an  instant  at  the 
wee  mite  who,  with  a  courage  beyond  his 
years,  had  braved  all  the  terrors  of  the 
darkness  to  avert  the  danger  that  threat- 
ened the  Elder.  "Here's  a  prime  tur- 
key I  shot  today.  I've  been  reckoning  to 
send  it  over  to  your  ma.  Come  over  to- 
morrow and  you  can  have  it.  But  now 
run  home,  sonny,  and  get  into  bed  as 
quick  as  you  can,  and  don't  forget  to 
say  your  prayers.  I  reckon  the  good 
Lord  above  will  take  care  of  the  Elder." 

The  child  departed  somewhat  comfort- 
ed. Mr.  Bundy  hastily  dressed  himself, 
drew  on  his  boots,  saddled  his  horse  and 
was  soon  galloping  through  the  nig'ht 
with  one  hope  in  his  heart — that  the 
warning  had  not  come  too'  late  and  he 
should  get  the  start  of  the  incendiaries. 

He  never  stopped  to  question,  as  one 
ignorant  of  the  nature  of  secret  organiza- 
tions would  be  very  likely  to,  the  credi- 
bility of  the  child's  warning;  whether 
it  were  not  possible  that  one  of  such  ten- 
der years  might  have  mistaken  the  real 
tenor  of  the  talk  he  had  overheard.  A 
man  who,  according  to  his  own  confes- 
sion to  the  Elder,  had  been  so  thorough- 
ly enslaved  in  conscience  by  his  Masonic 
obligations  that  he  would  have  taken 
human  life  at  the  command  of  his  su- 
periors and  thought  we  was  only  doing 
his  duty,  was  not  very  likely  to  doubt  the 
existence  of  men  in  the  lodge  who  would 
have  no  scruple  about  committing  arson 
at  a  similar  bidding. 

"But  the  men  who  do  such  things  are 
the  scum  of  the  community  as  a  rule," 
objects  one  of  those  would-be  defend- 
ers of  the  lodge,  whose  name  is  legion, 
and  whose  sole  knowledge  of  the  Ma- 
sonic system  is  based  on  whatever  fact 
or  fiction  any  Mason  in  the  plenitude 
of  his  wisdom  may  kindlv  vouchsafe  to 
impart. 

Were  the  men  who  murdered  Morqan 
the  scum  of  western  New  York^  Were 
the  Ku-Klux  Khns  with  their  midnight 
reign  of  desolation  and  terror  the  scum 
of  the  South?     And,  granted  this  asser- 


tion to  be  a  fact,  why  does  not  the  lodge 
skim  off  a  little  of  the  aforesaid  "scum" 
by  denouncing  the  acts  and  expelling  the 
offenders?  But,  instead,  it  elevated  I\Ior- 
gan's  murderers  to  higher  honors  and 
fraternized  with  the  secret  orders  of  the 
South,  their  hands  still  crimson  with 
the  blood  of  hapless  negroes  and  unof- 
fending Union  men. 

What  is  the  language  of  facts  like 
these  ? 

It  is  true  that  in  the  present  case  a 
drinking,  profane  fellow^  who  had  as 
little  regard  for  Lindley  Murray  as  he 
had  for  the  Ten  Commandments,  had 
been  talked  and'  fuddled  by  his  fellows 
of  the  lodge  into  thinking  not  only  that 
the  safety  of  the  craft  had  been  im- 
periled by  the  Elder's  late  lecture,  but 
also  that  it  was  an  imperative  Masonic 
duty  to  teach  him  a  lesson  on  minding  his 
own  business — a  subject  on  which  it  will 
be  remembered  that  the  lodge  had  re- 
markably clear  ideas — and  that  he.  the 
individual  above  mentioned,  could  do  the 
job  more  scientifically  than  anybody  else. 

But  did  this  catspaw  for  lodge  iniquity 
who,  though  worthless  and  degraded, 
was  no  fool,  undertake  such  a  business 
without  knowing  that  he  w^as  backed  up 
by  the  oaths  of  the  whole  fraternity, 
ministers,  judges  and  officers  of  the  law 
not  excepted,  to  keep  his  crime  forever 
a  secret?  Then  where  should  the  re- 
sponsibility be  laid?  I  leave  it  to  the 
honest,  candid  reader  who  has  followed 
me  in  my  story  thus  far,  to  say. 

It  was  a  nigjht  partly  clear,  partly 
cloudy,  with  a  few  stars  peeping  out,  and 
a  brisk  wind  blowing.  The  elder  lived 
about  a  mile  the  other  side  of  the  river 
from  Bundy's  Flats. 

Mr.  Bundy  urged  his  horse  through 
the  stream,  and,  iust  as  he  emero-ed  on 
the  opposite  shore  a  tongue  of  flame  shot 
up,  reddening  the  night  heavens.  It  was 
in  the  direction  the  Elder  lived,  and  with 
a  smothered  exclamation  he  put  spurs 
to  his  steed  and  dashed  forward  towards 
the  scene  of  the  conflagration. 

The  barn  had  caught  first.  The  Elder, 
awakened  by  the  glare  Hashing  across 
his  eyes,  and  not  conscious  as  yet  that 
the  same  insidious  foe  was  bciiinnini:'  to 
wreathe  in  serpentine  rin<^s  tlie  frame- 
work of  the  house  itself,  roused  his 
sleeping  wife  and  rushed  out  intent  on 
rescuing,   if   possible,   the   faithful   horse 


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CHRISTIAN   CYNOSURE. 


December,  1911. 


that  had  borne  him  so  many  long  miles 
in  his  Master's  service.  But  it  was  too 
late.  The  hre  had  made  too  great  a 
headway,  and  the  Elder  himself,  in  his 
vain  attempt  to  rescue  the  poor  animal, 
ventured  too  far,  for  as  he  turned  to 
retreat,  driven  back  by  the  smoke  and 
flames,  he  was  struck  by  a  timber  from 
the  burning  building  and  felled  to  the 
ground. 

Rough  but  kindly  hands  instantly 
dragged  him  to  a  place  of  safety  and 
dashed  cold  water  over  his  face  and 
hands.  Mr.  Bundy's  prompt  appearance 
on  the  scene  had  saved  the  Elder's  life, 
but  none  of  his  worldly  possessions  be- 
yond a  few  valuables  hastily  snatched 
from  the  burning  house,  which  in  ten 
minutes  was  one  sheet  of  hissing,  crack- 
ling flame,  and  in  ten  more  a  smoulder- 
ing ruin. 

The  Elder's  injuries  proved  serious. 
For  days  and  weeks  it  seemed  to  him- 
self and  to  others  as  if  his  work  on  earth 
was  done.  But  he  rallied  slowly.  His 
manner  of  living,  temperate  as  an  an- 
chorite's, was  in  his  favor,  and  when 
spring  again  returned  he  was  lecturing 
and  preaching  with  all  his  old-time  zeal 
and  not  a  whit  profited  by  his  woful  ex- 
perience. 

Nobody  doubted  that  Masonic  ven- 
geance had  fired  his  buildings.  At  the 
same  time  Mark  received  that  meed  of 
sympathy  so  freely  given  to  persecuted 
reformers  in  the  anti-slavery  times :  "It 
is  too  bad,  such  a  good  man  as  Elder 
Stedman  is — but  why  can't  he  let  Ma- 
sonrv  alone?" 

XL. 

The  Victory  Over  the  Beast. 

A  very  old,  and,  in  his  day,  unpopular 
reformer  has  thus  summed  up  his  per- 
sonal experience:  "Persecuted  but  not 
forsaken,  cast  down  but  not  destroyed, 
chastened  but  not  killed ;"  thus  epitom- 
izing for  all  future  ages  the  experience 
of  those  elect  souls  who  stand  out  from 
among  their  fellowmen  with  a  prophet's 
commission  of  rebuke  and  warning,  and 
with  too  often  a  prophet's  fate  of  being 
misunderstood  and  rejected  by  the  gen- 
eration to  whom  they  are  sent.  To  Mark 
Stedman  the  Apostle's  paradox  seemed 
no  strange  thing.  Ever  since  that  hour 
of  bitter  discouragement  and  unlooked 
for    lifting    up    he    had    never    lost    the 


consciousness  of  a  victorious  divine 
power  working  in  him  and  through  him, 
turning  sorrow  into  joy  and  defeat  into 
triumph,  and  making  his  pathway  al- 
ways radiant  with  the  light  that  streams 
from  the  Paradise  of  God.  But  there 
was  one  more  cup  of  trial  for  him  to 
drink.  He  had  seen  it  looming  dimly  in 
the  distance  ever  since  his  talk  with  El- 
der Chadband — the  same  cup  which  has 
been  pressed  to  the  lips  of  many  a  de- 
voted servant  of  God.  The  church  he 
loved,  in  whose  service  he  had  grown 
gray,  was  about  to  cast  him  out,  and 
for  no  other  reason  than  because  he 
loved  her  too  well  and  served  her  too 
faithfully  to  tolerate  the  secret  iniquity 
she  cherished  in  her  bosom. 

"The  fact  is,"  said  Mark,  when  Rach- 
el and  I,  having  heard  some  hint  of  this 
new  trouble,  rode  over  to  see  him,  "it 
has  long  been  a  preconcerted  thing  be- 
tween Elder  Chadband  and  some  other 
members  of  the  conference  to  expel  me 
from  the  Methodist  church  if  they  pos- 
sibly can.  And  now  they  think  the  time 
is  ripe.  The  charges  are  frivolous  and 
unfounded,  but  they  will  cast  me  out 
whether  the  evidence  sustains  them  or 
not.  I  have  no  reason  to  expect  any- 
thing else." 

"Oh,  Mark!"  exclaimed  Rachel,  in- 
dignantly, "when  you  have  been  such 
a  faithful  shepherd  of  souls,  a  preacher 
after  Wesley's  own  heart,  instant  in  sea- 
son and  out  of  season ;  never  thinking  of 
gain  or  ease  like  others — now  to  turn 
round  and  kick  you  out  of  the  ministry. 
It  is  shameful,  abominable !" 

"I  think  I  shall  have  to  talk  to  you 
as  I  do  to  good  Brother  Bundy,"  an- 
swered Mark,  smiling  on  his  excited  sis- 
ter. "Ever  since  his  wonderful  conver- 
sion from  Masonry  to  Christ  he  has 
stood  out  against  the  threats  and  perse- 
cution of  the  lodge  as  bold  as  a  lion.  I 
shall  never  forget  how  he  came  to  help 
me  once  in  the  sorest  soul  strait  I  ever 
knew,  like  one  sent  of  God ;  or  how 
nobly  he  has  stood  by  me  ever  since.  But 
I  must  confess  there  are  times  when  I 
find  the  old  Adam  in  him  very  trouble- 
some, and  the  late  action  of  the  confer- 
ence has  stirred  him  up  to  such  a  degree 
that  I  could  hardly  talk  him  into  any- 
thing like  calmness.  He  is  a  genuine 
son  of  thunder.  H  he  had  his  way  he 
would  call  down  fire  from  heaven  on  all 


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the  lodges  in  the  land  and  burn  them 
up  .like  the  cities  of  the  plain.  But  he 
iis  a  great,  grand,  large-hearted  disciple 
nevertheless/'  -  ' 

"It  is  hard,"  said  the  Elder's  wife, 
who  had  been  silent  hitherto ;  ''very  hard 
that  Mark  should  be  turned  out  of  the 
ministry  in  his  old  age  for  the  crime 
of  being  too  faithful  to  souls.  And  I 
must  say  that  at  first  I  felt  a  good  deal 
like  Sister  Rachel.  I  couldn't  be  recon- 
ciled. But  now  I  feel  differently.  They 
who  would  live  godly  in  this  life  must 
suffer  persecution.  It  is  not  the  church 
which  is  doing  all  this  ito  Mark ;  it  is  that 
terrible  spirit  of  anti-Christ  which  has 
taken  possession  of  the  church.  God 
give  us  strength  to  'withstand  in  the  evil 
day,  and  having  done  all  to  stand.'  " 

So  spoke  the  Elder's  wife,  who  had  not 
forgotten  her  girlhood's  terrible  experi- 
ence with  ithis  same  spirit  of  the  lodge. 
It  had  persecuted  her  father  to  his  death 
in  like  manner  as  it  was  now  persecut- 
ing her  husband.  But  this  plain-faced, 
quiet-looking  woman  had  as  truly  the 
martyr's  seed  within  her  as  any  of  the 
those  worthy  women  of  old  times  who 
receive  such  glowing  mention  in  the 
Epistle  to  the  Hebrews. 

There  was  a  moment's  silence  and  then 
the  conversation  turned  to  family  mat- 
ters, for  only  the  week  before  the  last 
of  our  home-birds  had  flown  in  a  midst 
of  white  muslin  and  orange  blossoms. 
xAnson  Love  joy,  though  a  staid,  elderly 
man,  had  not  found  his  superior  years 
any  bar  to  winning  Grace.  And  thus 
Rachel  and  I  were  again  left — I  was 
about  to-  say  as  in  the  first  year  of  our 
married  life,  alone  with  each  other — 
but  there  was  one  very  important  differ- 
ence in  the  fact  that  no  lodge  oath  now 
came  between  us  to  part  asunder  those 
whom  God  had  joined  together. 

But  as  Mark  and  I  stood  by  the  open 
door  talking  over  the  matter  of  the  ap- 
proaching church  trial,  I  suddenly  no- 
ticed how  aged  the  Elder  had  grown. 
Yet  never  had  he  seemed  more  like  the 
Mark  of  old  times — with  the  intense 
ideality  and  enthusiasm  that  had  once 
led  him  such  a  fool's  chase  through  the 
swamps  and  fogbanks  of  error  when  he 
mistook  a  deluding  ignis  fa  tints  for  the 
guiding  star  of  truth — the  brave  loyalty, 
the  burning  devotion  that  had  character- 


ized his  first  surrender  of  every  world- 
ly ambition  at  the  call  of  Christ,  not 
one  whit  abated,  he  was  the  same  Mark 
Stedman  who  sat  on  the  back  stoop,  in 
the  glow  of  that  far  away  spring  sunset, 
when  we  talked  together  about  joining 
the  lodge. 

"It  has  been  a  hard  warfare,  Leander," 
he  said,  "but  I  would  not  wish  to  enter 
Heaven  with  one  honorable  scar  the 
less." 

^'Weh,  Mark,"  said  I,  "I  must  say  I 
don't  feel  easy  at  the  risk  you  are  con- 
stantly running.  There  is  an  Old  Coun- 
try proverb  that  'the  pitcher  that  goes 
often  to  the  well  gets  broken  at  last,' 
and  in  spite  of  the  assertion  lodge  men 
sometimes  make  that  'they  have  stopped 
killing  since  Morgan's  day,'  I  know  the 
last  martyr  has  not  yet  been  sacrificed 
to  the  implacable  spirit  of  the  lodge." 

"Well,  Leander,  I  have  always  said 
that  if  the  cause  of  truth  requires  the 
sacrifice  of  my  life,  I  am  willing  to  be 
offered.  But  it  seems  to  me  that  I  al- 
ready see — whether  in  prophetic  hope  or 
positive  reality  I  can  hardly  tell — the 
first  feeble  beginnings  of  a  great  reform 
which  is  destined  to  sweep  the  church 
and  nation.  Intelligent  freemen  cannot 
long  resist  conclusions  forced  upon  them 
as  they  have  so  lately  been  forced  upon 
the  people  of  Granby.  And  when  once 
this  question  is  carried  to  the  ballot  box, 
the  lodge  will  see  the  handwriting  on 
the  wall." 

I  was  about  to  answer,  but  Mark  sud- 
denly turned  pallid,  and  sinking  into  the 
nearest  chair  covered  his  face  for  a  mo- 
ment with  his  hands. 

"You  are  ill,"  I  said  in  alarm.  But 
Mark  only  made  a  deprecatory  gesture. 

"Don't  call  any  one.  Hannah  knows 
nothing  of  these  ill  turns  and  I  don't 
care  to  have  her  know,  for  I  think  they 
are  some  after  result  of  the  accident  that 
happened  to  me  last  spring,  and  I  am 
hoping  will  pass  entirely  oft'  when  I  gain 
my  full  health  and  strength.  Thank 
God  that  it  only  affected  my  body  and 
not  my  mind.  I  can  deliver  as  sturd}- 
blows  for  the  truth  as  I  ever  did." 

I  w^as  not  quite  satishe^^l,  but  my  mind 
was  too  fully  possessed  by  other  fears 
to  attach  much  importance  to  a  passing 
indisposition  which  he  himself  treated 
so  lightly,  knowing  as  I  did  that  he  had 


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December,  1911. 


gone  to  work  long  before  his  health  was 
entirely  recovered.  I  saw  him  beset  by 
mobs  or  waylaid  in  his  solitary  journey- 
ings  ;  but  I  did  not  see  that  his  brave, 
noble  heart  was  breaking  in  a  martyrdom 
slower  but  not  less  snre  than  if  the  knife 
or  the  bullet  of  the  secret  assassin  had 
been  peniiitted  to  wreak  their  deadly 
vengeance. 

As  ]\Iark  needed  me  for  a  witness  I  at- 
tended the  meeting  of  the  conference, 
but  I  will  not  trouble  the  reader  with 
any  wearisome  details  of  the  proceed- 
ings. Suffice  it  to  say  that  the  specifica- 
tions read  by  Elder  Chadband  really 
amounted  to  but  two:  "Speaking  to  the 
injury  of  his  brother  ministers  and 
neglecting  his  proper  work  on  the  cir- 
cuit to  lecture  against  Masonry." 

To  these  charges  Mark  pleaded  not 
guilty,  and  a  cross-examination  of  wit- 
nesses elicited  nothing  farther  than  the 
fact  that  on  several  occasions,  when  his 
spirit  had  been  especially  stirred  within 
him  by  the  lodge  idolatry  of  some  of 
the  leading  members  of  the  conference, 
he  had  denounced  them  freely  as  "hire- 
ling shepherds"  who  fed  not  the  flock, 
and  consequently  had  not  the  smallest 
business  to  be  in  the  ministry  at  all.  ,  As 
to  neglecting  his  proper  work  to  lecture 
on  Masonry,  it  was  clearly  proved  that 
he  had  held  on  an  average  as  many 
preaching  services  as  any  other  member 
of  the  conference;  and  it  was  also  clear- 
ly proved  that  the  leading  prosecutor, 
Elder  Chadbrand  himself,  had  been 
known  more  than  once  to  neglect  his 
regular  ministerial  work  to  participate 
in  the  ceremonies  of  some  Masonic  gath- 
ering. But  what  avails  innocence  against 
inquisitorial  power  ?  They  could  tolerate 
no  longer  the  rebuke  of  Mark's  presence 
among  them,  and  were  bound  to  cast 
him  out,  or,  to  use  Elder  Chadbrand's 
expression,  ''put  him  where  he  could  do 
the  least  harm." 

Mark  had  no  counsel  and  made  his 
own  defense  before  the  conference. 

"Brethren,"  he  said,  'T  stand  among 
you  accused  of  serious  offenses,  which 
the  witness  against  me  has  utterly  failed 
to  prove.  You,  in  your  secret  hearts, 
know  that  the  real  ground  of  the  accu- 
sation is  my  uncompromising  hostility  to 
Freemasonry.  That  hostility  will  never 
abate.  It  will  only  grow  stronger  with 
every   breath    I   draw.      I   boldly   declare 


that  the  Rules  of  Discipline  faithfully 
carried  out  wotild  expel  every  Masonic 
pastor  in  this  conference.  There  are  no 
less  than  sixty-nine  different  oaths  in  the 
first  seven  degrees  of  Masonry.  And 
this,  in  the  face  of  that  part  of  the  Dis- 
cipline which  forbids  'all  vain  and  rash 
swearing,'  and  any  taking  of  oaths  'save 
when  the  magistrate  may  require  in  a 
cause  of  faith  and  charity,  so  it  be  done 
according  to  the  prophet's  teaching  in 
justice,  judgment  and  truth.'  Is  there 
justice,  judgment  or  truth  in  these  ob- 
ligations with  their  fiendish  penalties, 
their  terrible  trifling  with  Jehovah's 
name  ? 

"I  charge  Masonic  pastors  everywhere 
with  the  sin  of  Balaam.  They  cause 
God's  people  to  err,  they  deny  the  Lord 
that  bought  them,  and  will  surely,  unless 
the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  leads  them  to  re- 
pentance, bring  upon  themselves  swift 
destruction.  'Woe  be  unto  the  pastors 
that  destroy  and  scatter  the  sheep  of 
my  pasture,  saith  the  Lord.'  Shall  I,  by 
keeping  silent,  incur  their  doom?  Nay, 
ten  thousand  times  better  be  shut  out 
not  only  from  the  Methodist  church,  but 
from  every  church  in  the  land. 

"I  have  offended  in  no  point  the  rules 
of  the  Discipline.  I  have  ever  striven  to 
go  in  and  out  among  you  with  a  con- 
science void  of  offense  and  in  a  spirit  of 
meekness  and  charity  towards  all  men. 
The  Lord  judge  between  us  and  lay  not 
to  your  charge  the  sin  of  casting  me 
out  for  no  other  reason  than  because  I 
refuse  to  bow  the  knee  to  Baal." 

Mark  sat  down.  Once  more  he  had 
flung  his  gage  of  defiance  at  the  Beast. 

The  after  proceedings  did  not  seem 
to  interest  him.  He  sat  with  a  strange 
look  on  his  face,  a  high  celestial  expres- 
sion, as  of  one  who  had  fought  his  last 
battle  and  conquered  his  last  foe,  and 
was  waiting  in  serene  silence  the  mo- 
ment of  palms  and  shouts  of  victory,  and 
lifting   of   triumphal    gates. 

The  committee  retired  and  in  a  little 
while  made  their  report,  which  was  to 
the  effect  that  they  had  found  all  the 
charges  against  Elder  Stedman  sustained 
and  therefore  adjudged  him  suspended 
from  the  ministry  of  the  church  and  all 
church  privileges. 

The  Elder  started  up  as  if  to  rise  and 
speak,  but  sank  back  in  his  chair  with 
a    groan.      The    medical    man    who    was 


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231 


hastily  summoned  could  do  nothing  more 
than  pronounce  his  verdict — a  case  of 
heart  trouble  induced  by  the  accident 
which  befell  him  on  the  night  of  the 
fire  and  suddenly  developed  to  a  fatal 
result  by  the  excitement  attending  the 
trial. 

Mark  Stedman  had  borne  his  last  tes- 
timony against  the  lodge.  Shut  out  from 
the  church  militant  .he  had  entered  the 
ranks  of  the  church  triumphant. 

''And  I  saw  as  it  zvere  a  sea  of  glass 
mingled  with  fire,  and  them  that  had 
gotten  the  victory  over  the  beast,  and 
over  his  image,  and  over  his  mark  and 
over  the  number  of  his  name,  stand  upon 
the  sea  of  glass  having  the  harps  of 
Godr 

My  story  is  ended.  It  is  the  experi- 
ence of  one  man  and  niust  necessarily  fail 
in  giving  a  complete  picture  of  that  ter- 
rible secret  system  which  binds  men's 
souls  in  a  network  of  oaths  and  obliga- 
tions to  do — they  know  not  what.  But 
such  as  it  is  let  the  facts  here  given — 
for  they  are  facts  which  can  be  indisputa- 
bly proved — speak  for  themselves. 

Freemen  of  America,  I  appeal  to  you. 
Will  you  bow  your  necks  to  wear  the 
yoke  of  the  Secret  Empire?  or  will  you 
waken  to  the  danger  before  it  is  too 
late  ?  It  has  no  respect  for  human  rights. 
It  is  monarchical,  despotic,  inquisitorial. 
It  breathed  its  first  breath  under  the 
shadow  of  throned  corruption  and  priest- 
ly rule.  It  is  as  alien  to  the  principles 
of  a  free  republic  as  light  is  to  darkness. 
And  on  you  depends  the  question,  Which 
shall  rule  this  fair  land,  the  few  or  the 
many ;  the  spirit  of  caste  or  the  spirit 
of  equality?  The  weal  or  woe  of  fu- 
ture generations  hinges  on  your  answer. 

Churches  of  America,  God  has  a  con- 
troversy with  his  American  Zion.  In 
your  midst  is  a  horrible  thing — a  gigantic 
religious  system  which  ignores  his  Son 
and  proposes  to  do'  the  Holy  Spirit's 
work  of  regeneration  for  men — a  system 
as  dark,  cruel  and  unclean  in  its  prin- 
ciples and  teachings  as  the  ancient  Mo- 
loch, tolerated  and  worshipped !  Chris- 
tian ministers  officiating  at  its  altars, 
its     dress     and     sounding"     its 


wearmg 


sounding 
Is  it  strange  that  the  wavs  of 


in  the  still,  small  voice  of  warning  and 
entreaty.  How  soon  he  may  speak  in 
the  whirlwinds  of  judgment  who  can 
tell?  Before  it  be  too  late  heed  His 
voice  who  walketli  in  the  midst  of  the 
seven  golden  candlesticks.  "Repent,  or 
else  I  will  come  quickly  and  will  fight 
against  thee  with  the  sword  of  my 
mouth." 

Members  of  the  Masonic  order,  honest 
men,  kind-hearted,  lovers  of  truth  and 
justice — for  I  know  there  are  many  such 
among  you — who  secretly  loathe  the  iron 
yoke  of  your  slavery,  to  you  I  make  ap- 
peal. Assert  your  God-given  manhood. 
Deny  the  power  of  the  lodge  to  bind 
for  a  moment  what  He  has  forever 
loosed.  Your  country  needs  you,  but  she 
wants  freemen,  not  slaves.  God  needs 
you  in  the  great  warfare  of  these  latter 
days  against  anti-Christ,  but  He  wants 
men  with  the  martyr  spirit  who  have 
overcome  the  Beast  through  the  blood 
of  the  Lamb  and  gained  the  victory  over 
his  mark. 

On  which  side  will  you  take  your 
stand?  Will  you  be  the  slaves  of  the 
lodge,  holden  with  cords  of  secret 
iniquity,  or  Christ's  freemen?  The  is- 
sue lies  before  you.  If  the  Lord  be  God 
follow  him,  but  if  Baal,  then  follow  him. 

THE   END. 


praises 

Zion  mourn?  that  the  bright  gold  is 
dimmed  and  tarnished?  The  Lord,  our 
God,  is  a  jealous  God.  He  will  not  give 
his   glory  to   another.      Lie   speaks   now 


The  Methodist  Church  proposes  to  or- 
ganize the  ''Knights  of  Methodism,"  to 
be  composed  of  all  boys  between  the  ages 
of  nine  and  twenty  years.  There  are  to 
be  three  dift'erent  degrees  according  to 
age.  The  ritual  of  each  order  is  grouped 
around  some  striking  incident  in  the  book 
of  Daniel.  The  first  degree  is  to  be  the 
Order  of  the  Loyal  Princes.  This  degree 
is  based  on  the  fact  of  Daniel  and  his 
companions  refusing  to  eat  the  king's 
meat.  The  second  degree,  called  the  Or- 
der of  Victors  has  reference  to  the  re- 
fusal of  the  three  Hebrew  children  to 
bow  down  to  the  idol  on  the  .plains  of 
Dura.  The  third  degree,  the  Order  of  the 
Lion  Hearted,  refers  to  Daniel  in  the 
Lion's  den.  They  propose  four  lines  of 
work :  first,  social ;  second,  literary ; 
third,  recreative,  and  fourth,  religious. 

"Ciod  will  not  fail  to  i^unish  sin  in  the 
life  of  individuals  and  of  nations.  Na- 
tional ruin  and  national  wickedness  are 
closely  linked  together.  'Tlie  way  of 
the  transgressor  is  hard.' 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


December,  1911. 


€0tttributi0n0. 


PERSONAL    EXPERIENCES. 

BY    REV.    GILBERT    E.    MARTING,    PASTOR   OF 
A    METHODIST   EPISCOPAL   CHURCH. 

i\Iy  sole  purpose  in  writing  is  the  glory 
of  God  and  the  highest  good  of  my  fel- 
lownien.  It  is  not  that  I  have  any  griev- 
ance with  any  member  of  any  lodge 
whatsoever.  It  is  because  I  believe  the 
entire  lodge  system  wrong  and  a  great 
enemy  to  the  cause  of  God.  In  fact, 
after  fourteen  years  of  careful  study 
of  the  system,  both  in  my  alma  mater  and 
in  the  pastorates  I  have  held,  I  have  ar- 
rived at  this  conclusion :  The  greatest 
foe  of  tJie  Church  of  Christ  in  America 
is  the  secret  fraternity  system. 

The  saloon  does  it  work  openly  in 
the  light  of  the  sun.  It  will  hardly  dare 
lay  claim  to  being  a  benefactor  of  the 
race  and  a  helper  of  the  church !  Not 
so  with  the  lodge;  it  is  a  subtle  foe;  it 
does  its  work  secretly  behind  closed  doors 
under  the  cover  of  darkness.  It  charges 
a  certain  amount  for  its  privileges  and 
then  boastfully  compares  its  "charities" 
with  those  of  the  church.  It  empties 
the  house  of  prayer  and  then  talks  of 
its  own  devotion  and  tells  us  if  men  will 
live  up  to  its  rules  they  will  get  to  heav- 
en. It  is  all  the  more  deadly  because 
of  its  subtility. 

A    Few    Biographic    ReferenceSo 

At  the  time  of  my  conversion  I  had 
no  convictions  as  to  the  harmfulness  of 
lodges.  After  my  conversion  and  call 
to  the  ministry,  I  entered  one  of  our 
largest  Alethodist  universities.  Here  I 
came  in  close  touch  with  the  secret  lodge 
system.  Some  of  my  dearest  personal 
friends  were  members  of  Greek  letter 
fraternities.  While  in  college  I  was  ap- 
proached but  once  about  uniting  with  a 
secret  society.  But  had  I  a  thousand 
propositions  to  unite  with  fraternities  I 
would  have  rejected  them  all.  During 
my  entire  college  career  I  carefully  stud- 
ied the  system  from  the  standpoint  of  an 
observer.  I  said  but  little  openly  against 
secrecy,  but  advised  some  of  my  personal 
friends  against  joining  them.  In  almost 
every  case  where  these  friends  went 
against  my  advice,  I  have  reason  to  be- 
lieve they  did  so  to  the  injury  of  their 
.souls. 


If  any  man  raises  the  objection  that  no 
one  can  judge  of  the  character  of  secrecy 
if  he  has  not  been  a  member  of  a  lodge 
himself,  I  reply  that  such  an  objection 
is  sheer  nonsense.  "By  their  fr^iits  ye 
shall  know  them."  I  do  not  need  to  take 
strychnine  to  know  that  it  is  a  deadly 
poison.  It  has  killed  thousands.  I  do 
not  need  to  drink  whisky  to  know  that 
it  will  make  men  drunken.  I  have  seen 
hundreds  of  men  reel  under  its  baleful 
influence.  Observation  is  almost  as  good 
a  teacher  as  experience,  and  is  less  ex- 
pensive. I  have  seen  young  men  come 
to  college  full  of  the  Holy  Ghost  and 
fire.  They  came  to  give  their  lives  to 
Christ  as  his  ministers.  I  have  seen  se- 
crecy rope  them  in.  I  have  seen  the  fire 
of  Divine  love  burn  lower  and  lower  in 
their  lives  and  in  some  cases  burn  out 
entirely.  One  of  these  dear  boys,  who 
was  thus  ensnared,  had  been  an  earnest 
seeker  after  perfect  love  on  entering  col- 
lege. I  have  heard  him  say  in  our  col- 
lege devotional  meetings  that  he  believed 
that  there  was  a  deeper  work  of  grace 
for  him — ^that  he  was  seeking"  a  clean 
heart.  The  last  time  I  ever  saw  him  was 
at  a  table  where  I  boarded.  To  my  sor- 
row he  sat  and  argued  infidelity  before 
a  house  filled  with  young  people.  I  have 
seen  other  young  men  who  came  to  col- 
lege to  study  for  the  ministry  backslide 
from  God  after  uniting  with  secret  so- 
cieties, and  go  out  of  college  to  practice 
law  or  in  some  other  secular  pursuits. 
These  fields  of  labor  are  honorable  for 
some  men,  but  they  are  not  the  place  for 
the  man  whom  God  has  separated  unto 
the  gospel  of  Christ.  Why  did  these  boys 
go  back  on  their  call?  Did  fraternities 
have  a  hand  in  their  downfall?  Let 
these  men  answer  now  at  the  bar  of  their 
own  conscience  and  hereafter  at  the  bar 
of  God. 

Restored    to    the    Favor    of    God. 

A  very  dear  friend  of  mine  united  with 
a  Greek  letter  fraternity,  although  I 
counseled  him  not  to  do  so.  He  did  not 
become  as  worldly  as  many  of  the  boys 
who  do  as  he  did.  He  is  now  a  powerful 
gospel  preacher  and  a  great  soul-winner. 
But  this  honest  man  said  to  my  brother, 

'T  guess   I   was 


Roland,   in   later  life. 


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CHRISTIAN   CYNOSURE. 


233 


backslidden  while  in  college."  He  had 
done  like  any  other  honest  man  will 
have  to  do  to  have  power  with  God. 
After  he  left  college  he  had  cnt  loose 
from  such  worldly  conformity  and  had 
been  restored  to  the  favor  of  God.  Now 
he  has  old-fashioned  revivals  of  religion. 
One  evening  I  called  on  one  of  my 
friends  in  a  prominent  fraternity.  I  was 
shown  into  the  parlor.  There  sat  the 
majority  of  the  boys,  smoking,  playing 
cards  and  telling  jokes.  When  my  friend 
appeared,  I  said  to  him  before  them  all : 

*'M ,  is  this  the  way  you  boys  spend 

your  evenings?"  He  looked  ashamed  as 
well  as  somewhat  annoyed  at  my  plain- 
ness and  replied:  "Oh,  the  boys  are  just 
having  a  social  game."  I  would  not  in- 
timate   for   a   moment   that    my    friend, 

M ,  ever  engaged  in  cards,  but  it 

has  always  seemed  to  me  that  for  a 
Christian  minister  he  was  very  ''unequal- 
ly yoked  together  with  unbelievers.'* 

Political  Power, 
Another  thing  that  I  observed  was  the 
political  power  of  these  fraternities.  Once 
when  on  a  committee  to  help  select  offi- 
cers for  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  of  our  college, 
I  had  occasion  to  observe  the  way  secrecy 
maniplates  affairs.  The  Y.  M.  C.  A.  is 
not  as  Christian  as  the  church  was  be- 
fore the  Holy  Ghost  was  given.  The 
apostles  on  choosing  a  sucessor  of  Judas 
appointed  two  and  prayed  and  said, 
"Thou,  Lord,  which  knoweth  the  hearts 
of  all  men,  show  whether  of  these  two 
thou  hast  chosen,"  leaving  the  matter  in 
the  hands  of  God  to  make  choice  by 
guiding  them  in  their  voting.  These  fra- 
ternity men  decided  on  the  basis  of  an 
equal  representation,  one  from  each  fra- 
ternity and  one  from  non-fraternity  men. 
At  the  international  Y.  M.  C.  A.  gather- 
ing at  Lake  Geneva,  Wis.,  being  a  dele- 
gate from  my  Alma  Mater,  I  had  occa- 
sion to  observe  the  same  selfish  wire- 
pulling spirit.  As  this  spirit  obtains  no- 
where in  so  conspicuous  a  manner  as  in 
fraternities,  is  not  secrecy  a  dangerous 
foe  to  the  Church  of  Christ,  if  secrecy 
were  its  only  bad  element  ?  I  know  where- 
of I  speak  when  I  say  that  a  great  many 
of  our  leaders  in  the  Church  are  secret 
order  men.  I  think  without  exception 
every  district  superintendent  that  I  have 
ever  labored  under  has  been  a  Mason — 
by  their  own  testimonv  to  me.     How  did 


they  get  their  high  office?  By  pure  merit? 
Possibly ! 

If  it  be  objected  that  college  fraterni- 
ties are  very  different  from  the  older  and 
larger  orders  outside  of  colleges,  I  reply 
that  they  are  modeled  after  the  g'reater 
orders  and  that  the  same  spirit  dominates 
both.  They  are  a  recruiting  ground  for 
the  greater  foe  of  Christ — the  lodges. 
They  both  bear  the  mark  of  the  beast 
"in  their  right  hand  or  in  their  fore- 
heads." 

I  am  convinced  that  all  secret  orders 
are  of  the  devil.  This  is  not  a  rash  or 
hasty  conclusion  on  my  part.  It  is  my 
candid  opinion,  formed  after  years  of 
prayerful  thought.  Wendell  Phillips,  the 
great  orator,  Christian  philanthropist, 
and  reformer,  said,  ''Secret  societies  are 
not  needed  for  any  good  purpose,  and 
may  be  used  for  any  had  purpose  what- 
soever. In  my  opinion,  such  societies 
should  be  prohibited  by  laiv." 

In  my  pastorate  of  about  ten  years 
God  has  given  me  many  souls.  Some  of 
these  happy  converts  have  cut  loose  from 
the  world  and  gone  on  to  perfection — 
even  the  fullness  of  Christ's  love.  Oth- 
ers have  failed  fully  to  consecrate  them- 
selves to  God  and  have  gone  back  into 
sin.  In  many  cases.  I  have  been  able  to 
trace  their  failure  directly  to  the  baleful 
effects  of  the  lodge. 

Strange    Sights    Are    Seen. 

Again.  I  have  beheld  a  strange  sight 
under  the  sun.  I  have  beheld  men  who 
were  so  tired  themselves,  and  their  horses 
likewise  so  tired,  that  they  could  not 
drive  a  mile  or  two  to  a  prayer-meeting. 
But  these  same  people  could  drive  their 
tired  horses,  one,  three,  five,  yea.  nine 
miles  to  a  lodge  meeting!  Dr.  Dorner 
of  Berlin  once  said :  "The  Church  in 
America  must  stand  as  one  man  a2:ainst 
Freemasonry  or  it  will  be  destroyed." 
Surely,  this  word  is  seeing  its  fulfillment 
in  this  generation.  Lodges  flourish  every- 
where. The  churches  languish.  The 
prayer-meeting  is  dead  in  most  places, 
dying  in  others.  Two  or  three  men  and 
a  half  dozen  women  constitute  the  crowd. 
The  lodoe  halls  are  full  of  men.  Where 
ithe  lodge  is  entrenched  a  real,  Holv 
Ghost  revival  is  almost  impossible.  When 
will  the  Church  awake  to  its  peril  ? 

Again,  another  strange  sight,  I  have 
beheld  under  the  sun.     I  have  seen  men 


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December,  1911. 


who  solemnly  vowed  before  God  and 
man  that  they  would  give  themselves 
wholly  to  the  ministry  of  the  word  of 
God,  turn  into  abusers  and  revilers  of 
God's  true  children  and  become  expon- 
ents and  champions  of  the  lodge  even  in 
the  pulpit  where  they  are  supposed  to 
hold  forth  the  word  of  life  and  to  ex- 
pose all  manner  of  sin  and  worldly  con- 
formity. Let  me  quote  on  this  point 
President  C.  A.  Blanchard  of  Wheaton 
College:  "Alost  of  all  these  revilings  of 
the  Church  in  the  interest  of  lodgism  are 
frequently  in  the  mouths  of  professed 
Christians.  Men  who  are  supported  by 
the  Church  often  spend  their  time  in 
drumming  for  the  lodg*es,  which,  so  far 
as  they  succeed  destroy  the  very  insti- 
tutions which  give  these  traitors  bread. 
It  is  not  strange  that  the  churches  lan- 
guish when  such  wolves  in  sheep's  cloth- 
ing tend  the  flock." 

To    My    Ministerial    Brethren. 

]My  brethren  in  the  ministry,  beware 
lest  you  be  among  them  of  whom  it  is 
written,  "And  the  beast  was  taken,  and 
with  him  the  false  prophet  that  wrought 
miracles  before  him,  with  which  he  de- 
ceived them  that  had  received  the  mark 
of  the  beast,  and  them  that  worshipped 
his  image.  These  both  were  cast  alive 
into  a  lake  of  fire  burning  with  brim- 
stone." 

You  may  be  able  to  work  miracles,  cast 
out  devils,  and  do  many  wonderful 
works,  but  that  will  not  save  you  from 
eternal  burnings.  Nothing  but  entire 
consecration  to  God,  separation  from  the 
world,  and  the  purification  of  the  heart 
by  the  blood  of  Jesus  will  render  you  ac- 
ceptable to  God. 

"I  beseech  you  therefore,  brethren,  by  the 
mercies  of  God,  that  ye  present  your  bodies 
a  living  sacrifice,  holy,  acceptable  unto  God, 
which  is  your  reasonable  service.  And  be  not 
conformed  to  this  world:  but  be  ye  trans- 
formed by  the  renewing  of  your  mind,  that  ye 
mav  prove  what  is  that  good,  and  acceptable, 
and  perfect,  will  of  God."     Rom.   12:1,  2. 

"Be  ye  not  unequally  yoked  together  with 
unbelievers,  for  what  fellowship  hath  right- 
eousness with  unrighteousness?  And  what 
communion  hath  light  with  darkness?  And 
what  concord  hath  Christ  with  Belial?  or 
what  part  hath  he  that  believeth  with  an  in- 
fidel? and  what  agreement  hath  the  temple  of 
God  with  idols?  for  ye  are  the  temple  of  the 
living  God;  as  God  hath  said,  I  will  dwell  in 
them,  and  walk  in  then ;  and  I  will  be  their 
God.    and    they    shall   be    my   people. 

"Wherefore  come  out  from  among  them, 
and  he  \e  set>arate,  saith  the  Lord,  and  touch 


not  the  unclean  thing ;  and  I  will  receive  you, 
and  will  be  a  Father  unto  you,  and  ye  shall 
be  my  sons  and  daughters,  saith  the  Lord  Al- 
mighty."    2   Cor.   6:14-18. 

''If  we  ivalk  in  the  light j  as  He  is  in  the 
light,  we  have  fellowship  one  with  another, 
and  tJte  blood  of  Jesus  Christ,  his  Son,  cleans- 
eth  us  from  all  sin."    1  John  1 :7. 

Consecration,  separation,  fellowship 
with  Christ,  cleansing-  from  all  sin !  This 
is  not  the  salvation  taught  by  the  Christ- 
less  lodges.  Jesus  Christ  is  purposely  set 
aside  in  most  of  the  orders.  If  God  may 
be  pleased  to  use  these  words  from  my 
pen,  which  have  sprung  from  an  honest 
heart,  to  bless  and  turn  some  of  my  old 
colleg"e  chums  away  from,  this  form  of 
modern  idolatry,  I  shall  be  happy. 

And  if  the  Great  Head  of  the  Church 
will  smile  upon  this  little  effort  and  use 
it  to  warn  some  of  His  children  to  avoid 
the  lodge  and  others  to  come  out  of  it, 
I  shall  be  doubly  repaid. 


A   BIBLE   CONTRADICTION. 

BY  PRESIDENT   C.    A.   BLANCHARD. 

In  Cjalatians,  sixth  chapter,  second  and 
fifth  verses,  we  have  mention  made  of 
burdens :  "Bear  ye  one  another's  burdens 
and  so  fulfill  the  law  of  Christ"  *  *  ^- 
"For  every  man  must  bear  his  own  burd- 
den."  A  careless  reader  going'  through 
with  this  chapter  and  finding  these  two 
verses  so  near  together  would  almost 
certainly  say  to  himself,  "How  can  both 
these  verses  be  Divine?  One  says  that 
men  should  bear  each  other's  burdens, 
the  other  says  that  men  should  bear  their 
own  burdens."  Here  is  an  evident  con- 
tradiction in  teaching. 

It  is  about  four  hundred  years  since 
this  translation  was  made.  It  is  found  in 
what  is  called  the  version  of  King  James. 
This  version  is  the  most  magnificent 
monument  of  English  literature.  It  made 
the  English  language  for  the  English 
people.  All  other  English  books  are 
tested  by  it  as  to  purity  of  diction  and 
rhetorical  force  and  fire.  I  make  this 
remark  because  I  am  about  to  criticise 
the  translation  above  indicated. 

The  thoughtful  reader  of  Galatians 
Sixth  will  turn  to  his  Greek  testament, 
if  he  reads  Greek;  if  not,  will  turn  to 
some  good  concordance  like  Strong'^s  or 
Young's,  to  find  out  what  the  Greek 
words,  translated  burdens  in  these  two 
verses,  mean.  As  soon  as  he  does  this 
he  ^\''ii\  learn  that  the  word  in  the  sec- 
ond verse  is  "Bara"  and  the  word  in  the 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


235 


fifth  verse  is  "Portion."  I  cannot  re- 
produce the  Greek  letters  here,  so  I  give 
the  pronunciation  in  the  Roman.  13 ut 
a  man  does  not  have  to  be  a  Greek 
scholar  to  see  that  the  two  words  are 
widely  different.  Bara  means  heavy, 
tiresome.  It  indicates  an  infirmity  or  de- 
fect, a  trouble  or  pain.  Fortion,  on  the 
other  hand,  means  a  task,  an  assignment, 
a  duty.  The  moment  one  sees  these  two 
words  properly  translated  the  whole 
passage  becomes  luminous.  "Bear  ye  one 
another's  infirmities,"  for  every  man 
must  do  his  own  work.  Sympathize  with 
one  another's  sorrows,  griefs,  for  every 
man  has  his  own  task  to  perform.  I  am 
carrying  a  heavy  load  of  work,  but  I 
have  neuritis  in  my  right  arm ;  it  has 
troubled  me  for  a  month.  Much  of  the 
time  I  could  not  sleep.  It  is  a  "Bara." 
Meanwhile,  I  am  to  teach,  to  preach,  to 
write  letters.  This  is  my  "Fortion,"  my 
assignment.  My  friends  have  fulfilled 
this  scripture.  They  have  sympathized 
with  my  pain  and  have  done  so  the  more 
because  I  have  tasks  to  perform.  If  I 
had  no  duties  I  would  not  need  so  much 
compassion  for  my  sufTering.  If  I  did 
not  have  to  bear  my  "Fortion"  other  peo- 
ple would  not  need  to  bear  my  "Bara." 
How^  beautiful  and  how  true  to  life  the 
word  of  God  is. 

I  stop  a  moment  to  remind  you  of  an- 
other beautiful  fact  connected  with  this 
paragraph  from  Galatians  sixth.  Fortion 
is  a  diminutive.  Strictly  translated  it 
means  little  task,  small  duty,  light  as- 
signment. "Bear  ye  one  another's  bur- 
dens, griefs,  infirmities  for  every  man  has 
his  own  little  work  to  do.  At  first  thought 
many  will  say,  "But  my  task  is  not  light, 
my  task  is  large,"  yet  when  we  think  how 
God  considers  our  tasks  and  how  we 
ourselves  consider  them,  when  measured 
against  the  great  need  of  the  world  and 
the  great  power  of  our  Heavenly  Father, 
we  can  say  that  the  diminutive  is  quite 
right.  Our  tasks  are  small,  though  they 
are  large  to  us ;  and  they  are  made  larger 
because  of  our  infirmities,  our  difficul- 
ties, our  griefs,  our  "Baras."  When  you 
think  of  your  task  as  a  little  one,  the  very 
thought  makes  it  lighter,  for  you  thus 
are  led  away  to  the  thought  of  the  larger 
things,  and  especially  to  the  thought  of 
the  great  strength  which  is  at  your  com- 
mand for  the  performance  of  your  duty. 

Let    us    from   this   brief   lesson    learn 


two  things,  h'irst,  tlm  tlie  Bible  is  the 
Word  of  God,  and  that  our  difficulties 
with  it  arise  not  from  our  learning,  but 
from  our  ignorance.  And  let  us  in  the 
second  place  try  to  do  these  things  which 
are  mentioned.  Let  us  seek  faithfully  to 
perform  our  own  tasks  and  at  the  same 
time  to  help  our  brothers  w^ith  their  in- 
firmities. Thus  we  shall  fulfill  the  law 
of  Christ. 


tbitorial* 


Those  wishing  to  get  a  view  of  funda- 
mental causes  effecting  character  will 
read  the  editorial  "Group  Morals." 
The  effect  upon  our  national  life  is 
abundantly  illustrated  in  the  Union  labor 
war  upon  free  laborers. 


Dr.  James  McCosh,  one-time  Presi- 
dent of  Princeton  University,  brings  out 
the  same  idea  of  the  effect  of  group 
morals  in  his  book,  "Psychology ;  the 
Motive  Powers,"  page  214:  "I  have  no- 
ticed that  those  who  have  been  trained 
in  secret  societies  *  *  *  have  their 
sense  of  right  and  wrong  so  perverted 
that  in  the  interests  of  the  body  with 
which  they  have  identified  themselves 
they  will  commit  the  most  atrocious 
crimes,  not  only  without  compunction, 
but  with  an  approving  heart  and  with 
the  plaudits  of  their  associates." 


A  murder  trial  in  Louisiana  in  October 
created  state  wide  interest.  The  prisoner 
was  a  woman.  The  following,  from  the 
press,  is  another  evidence  illustrating  the 
editorial  in  this  number  on  the  trial  of 
Dr.  Cleminson  in  this  city : 

"That  Masonry  and  politics  will  play 
prominent  parts  in  the  trial  was  apparent 
again  when  the  prosecution,  in  a  more 
veiled  manner  than  yesterday,  referred 
to  Sheriff  Swords's  affiliation  with  the 
Eastern  Star,  the  secret  order  which  is 
aiding  the  accused  woman  in  her  fight 
for  life  and  freedom.  Everv  venireman 
is  questioned  as  to  his  views  with  regard 
to  the  Masonic  order,  and  it  is  patently 
the  object  of  the  state  to  exclude,  if  pos- 
sible, every  man  who  belongs  to  or  is  in 
sympathy  with  this  order. 


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CHRISTIAN   CYNOSURE. 


December,  1911. 


North  Yakima,  Wash.,  Nov.  2. — 
^^'oodme^  of  the  World  of  this  city  have 
pledged  a  fund  for  the  payment  of  attor- 
neys for  the  defense  of  Fred  Eveland, 
formerly  of  this  city,  and  a  member  of 
the  lodge,  who  is  charged  with  the  kill- 
ing of  David  Mannasau. 


The  associated  press  dispatches  of  No- 
vember loth  gave  this  item  of  interest  in 
connection  with  the  second  trial  of  Dr. 
B.  Clark  Hyde  for  murder:  one  of  the 
jurymen  chosen  "is  a  member  of  the 
same  lodge  as  Dr.  Hyde,  the  accused 
man,  and  the  state  made  a  desperate  fight 
to  disqualify  him."  The  state  did  right. 
It  is  folly  to  allow  a  man  on  the  jury 
who  has  sworn  in  the  lodge  to  help  the 
prisoner  and  "extricate  him  from  the" 
difficulty  "if  in  my  power,  whether  he  be 
right  or  w^rong." 

It  was  said  at  the  time  of  the  trial  of 
employes  of  the  American  Sugar  Re- 
fining Company  in  1909,  that  the  most 
dramatic  moment  of  the  trial  was  when 
Deputy  Surveyor  Richard  Parr,  the  man 
behind  the  original  fraud  exposures,  was 
asked  to  drop  the  matter  because  "we 
are  all  Masons."     He  testified : 

"A-fter  I  came  out  on  the  dock  Spitzer 
met  me,  took  me  by  the  arm  and  said: 
This  thing  must  be  fixed  up.'  I  said 
there  was  no  fixing  up  to  be  done.  Spitz- 
er said  that  we  were  all  Masons  and  this 
would  make  trouble  for  every  one 
around.  I  said  that  I  could  not  help  that ; 
they  had  made  the  trouble  themselves. 

"He  said  I  should  report  the  scale  out 
of  order  and  I  could  name  my  price.  He 
said  he  had  already  fixed  others  the  same 
way  and  would  sooner  cut  his  arm  ofif 
than  give  anyone  away.  I  told  him  Ma- 
sonry had  nothing  to  do  with  this." 


that  the  meeting  will  be  held  annually. 
It  would  be  interesting  to  know  which 
governed  the  selection  of  the  "Book  of 
the  Law,"  laid  on  the  altar  when  the  Chi- 
nese Masons  were  sworn :  the  race  of  the 
initiates,  or  the  country  in  which  the 
lodge  was  found.  By  the  former  rule 
the  Books  of  Confucius  w^ould  seem  en- 
titled to  the  place ;  by  the  latter,  the  Bi- 
ble, as  in  other  lodges  located  in  Amer- 
ica. These  Chinese  are  in  either  case 
regular  Masons,  entitled  to  the  protec- 
tion of  secrets  like  any  other  Freema- 
sons. Another  interesting  question 
would  be  w^hether  the  immunity  of  Elsie 
Sigel's  murderer  is  promoting  the  influx 
of   Chinamen  into  the  Blue  Lodge. 


After  reading  the  editorial,  "An  As- 
tounding Pronouncement,"  ask  yourself 
why  men  paid  to  be  leaders  of  the  Church 
of  Jesus  Christ  and  who  accept  its  money 
will  then  betray  it  into  the  hands  of  the 
enemy. 

MONGOLIAN  MASONS. 

Several  candidates  are  reported  to  have 
received  de.erees  in  a  blue  lodge  meeting 
in  Springfield,  Mass.,  where  an  important 
United  States  Armory  is  located.  A  lo- 
cal new^spaper  says  that  "it  is  understood 


Any  of  our  friends  west  of  the  Rocky 
Mountains  wishing  the  services  of  an 
evangelist  for  a  longer  or  shorter  time 
during  the  winter  and  one  who  is  in 
hearty  sympathy  with  the  N.  C.  A.  will 
do  well  to  address  S.  B.  Shaw,  Cheyenne 
Wells,  Colorado,  where  he  is  now  hold- 
ing meetings. 

GROUP  MORALS. 

A  railroad  man  who  is  also  a  promi- 
nent editor,  while  delivering  an  address 
before  a  men's  club  in  an  interior  city, 
called  attention  to  the  morality  of  men 
considered  collectively : 

"The  code  of  morals  which  governs  men 
when  acting  together  in  groups,  or  when 
dealing  with  others  associated  in  groups,  dif- 
fers widely  from  the  code  of  morals  by 
which  they  are  governed  in  dealing  with  in- 
dividuals as  individuals.  The  moral  princi- 
ples on  which  all  act  are  apt  to  be,  not  those 
of  the  most  conscientious  but  of  the  least 
scrupulous.  When  the  group  which  we 
know  as  a  corporation  and  the  group  which 
we  know  as  the  public  deal  with  each  other, 
it  is  something  extraordinary  if  either  clear- 
ly recognizes  the  fact  that  the  other  has 
rights  which  it  is  under  any  moral  obligation 
to    respect." 

This  principle  of  human  nature,  or  the 
tendency  to  follow  the  bell-wether  and 
the  flock  over  a  wall,  cannot  be  forgot- 
ten by  one  who  watches  the  ways  and 
notions  of  joiners.  The  obligation  to 
keep  and  protect  criminal  secrets  for 
criminals  who  may  not  yet  have  arrived 
as  foreign  immigrants  fleeing  from  jus- 
tice, would  be  refused  by  many  among 
those  who  take  it  "acting  together  in 
groups."  A  school  girl  would  not  dis- 
figure the  face  of  a  schoolmate  with 
lunar  caustic,   save  as  acting,   after  the 


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manner  of  girls,  gregariously.  College 
fraternities  commit  outrages  of  which 
the  members  could  not  be  guilty  save  as 
Frats,  or  as  some  sort  of  hazing  group. 
A  man  doing  the  same  things  alone  would 
be  merely  a  miscreant.  The  men  who 
actually  do  them  in  groups  would  not 
do  such  things  alone.  Referring  to  the 
same  extract  from  the  business  man's 
adress  to  the  men's  club,  the  Homiletic 
Review  says  in  part : 

"Accordingly  we  get  a  code  of  group  mor- 
als, operative  under  our  modern  competitive 
system,  which  depresses  the  conscience  of 
even  the  best-intentioned  man  to  the  ethical 
plane  of  the  least  scrupulous.  The  system 
is  deadly,  once  it  has  caught  its  victims.  Any 
one  can  observe  the  evil  effects  of  this  group 
morality.  Most  people  still  proceed  on  the 
principle  that  a  corporation  is  soulless,  hav- 
ing, like  cats  and  dogs,  no  moral  and  legal 
standing,  and  can  therefore  be  defrauded 
with  impunity  and  with  a  good  conscience. 
The  average  man  will  scorn  to  pick  a  pocket; 
but  when  it  is  a  question  of  paying  taxes,  or 
buying  a  railroad  ticket  for  a  child  of  ques- 
tionable age,  or  using  a  corporation's  stamp 
and  stationery,  the  conscience  abdicates  and 
a    new    code    steps    in." 

In  this  phrase,  Group  Morality,  we 
probably  have  the  key  to  a  few  things 
locked  up  in  mystery.  Facts  that  cast 
shadows  on  personality  seem  slightly  less 
personal.  Personal  morals  retiring  give 
place  to  group  morals.  "Everybody"  is 
the  name  of  an  idol  before  which  bow 
many  devotees.  To  keep  step  with  the 
throng  is  easy,  and  when  plausible  repre- 
sentations are  reinforced  by  gilded  claims 
is  easier.  Safety  lies,  however,  in  sail- 
ing wide  of  worldly  currents ;  prudence 
notes  betimes  the  evil  drift.  The  way  to 
insure  not  being  swept  along  by  the 
group  pressing  into  the  broad  road  is  to 
seek  the  narrow  one.  Conventional 
morality  is  often  found  to  be  immorality, 
and  group  morals  are  sometimes  not 
moral. 


MASONIC   OFFICER   IN   MURDER 
TRIAL. 

Evidence  that  there  is  a  foundation  for 
the  charge,  frequently  made  against  the 
Masonic  lodge,  and  often  denied  by  the 
more  respectable  of  its  adherents,  that 
it  is  a  policy  of  the  order  to  shield  crim- 
inals who  are  its  members,  is  furnished 
by  the  decision  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Illinois  in  the  notorious  Cleminson  case, 
reported  June,   191 1,  in  Volume  250  of 


Illinois   Supreme    Court    Reports,   page 
135.    Dr.  Cleminson  is  a  Mason. 

In  reviewing  the  testim.ony  of  Police 
Sergeant  O'Brien,  a  witness,  the  court 
says  (page  143)  :  "Witness  then  asked 
defendant  if  he  felt  like  talking  to  him 
about  the  matter.  Defendant  inquired  if 
the  witness  was  a  Mason,  and  on  being 
informed  that  he  was  not,  said  he  was 
sorry ;  that  if  he  were  a  Mason  he  might 
confide  in  him."  This  conversation  took 
place  on  the  morning  following  the  mur- 
der, and  after  Dr.  Cleminson's  story  that 
his  wife  had  been  chloroformed  by  bur- 
glars had  been  proved  false,  and  after 
Dr.  Cleminson  had  admitted  to  the  wit- 
ness that  it  was  false. 

A  little  later  in  the  day  another  wit- 
ness.   Officer    George    McGowan,    asked 
Cleminson    why   he   didn't    tell    Captain 
Kane  how  the  matter  happened ;  that  it 
would  be  better  for  him.     Defendant  re- 
plied  that   he   didn't   know   the   Captain 
well    enough,   but   that     if    the    witness 
would  get   Clinton  Woolridge    (another 
officer)  he  would  talk  to  him.     The  de- 
fendant belonged  to  the  same   Masonic 
lodge     to    which     Woolridge     belonged 
(page  145).    On  page  161  the  Court  says 
that  Woolridge's  "testimony  showed  him 
to  be  friendly  to  defendant  and  appar- 
ently desirous  of  doing  him  as  little  harm 
as  possible,  and  he  pretended  to  be  un- 
able  to   remember    anything   more    than 
the  merest  outlines  of  the  conversation 
he  had  with  the  defendant,"  and  on  page 
162  the  Court  says,  "If  the  prosecution 
had  put  him  (Woolridge)  on  the  stand, 
his    apparent    friendliness   to    defendant 
and  frequent  lapses  of  memory  were  such 
that  the   Court   would  have  been   justi- 
fied   in    permitting,     and     undoubtedly 
would  have  permitted,  the  prosecution  to 
ask  him  leading  questions."    The   judg- 
ment against  Cleminson  was  affirmed  by 
the  Supreme  Court  of  Illinois. 

Reading  of  the  extracts  from  the  de- 
cision of  the  Supreme  Court  which  we 
have  quoted,  is  convincing  evidence  that: 
(i)  Dr.  Cleminson,  now  a  convicted 
wife  murderer,  believed  that,  as  a  IMa- 
son,  he  could  safely  tell  the  truth  about 
his  wife's  death  to  a  stranp'er,  if  he  were 
a  brother  Mason,  but  not  otherwise.  This 
belief  was  certninly  bnsed  on  wh^t  Clem- 
inson. as  a  Mason,  knew  about  the  ob- 
ligations of  his  order. 

(2)    That    a   police   officer    who    was 


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December.  1911. 


Cleniinsoii's  brother  Alason  was  unwill- 
ing' to.  antl  strove  to  avoid,  telling  the 
whole  truth  on  the  witness  stand,  to  the 
detriment  of  his  brother  Mason,  the  nat- 
ural inferences  being  first  that  this  wit- 
ness considered  himself  bound  by  his 
]\Iasonic  obligations  to  withold  evidences 
which  the  law  required  him  to  give,  and 
second  that  in  a  conflict  betw^een  his  ob- 
ligations as  a  jNIason  on  the  one  hand 
and  as  a  sworn  witness  and  officer  of  the 
law  on  the  other  hand,  Woolridge  pre- 
ferred to  perform  his  Masonic  duty,  and 
violate  his  oath  as  a  witness  and  his  duty 
as  an  officer  of  the  law\ 


ASTOUNDING    PRONOUNCEMENT. 

An  amazing  statement  was  made  by 
ihe  toastmaster  in  a  banquet  of  a  Ma- 
sonic lodge  located  in  a  w^ell-known  East- 
ern city,  and  it  w^as  the  more  unaccount- 
able as  made  by  a  minister,  yet  the  less 
surprising  because  he  was  a  minister 
who  was  insensible  to  the  gross  unfitness 
of  his  position  as  a  Masonic  toastmaster. 
Still  less  was  it  to  be  wondered  at,  after 
all,  under  such  circumstances,  since  in 
responding  to  his  introduction  as  toast- 
master  he  has  averred  that  "next  to  be- 
ing a  Minister  he  rejoiced  in  the  fact  that 
he  was  a  Mason." 

In  the  course  of  his  remarks  he  com- 
pared Masonry  and  Christianity  to  the 
disparagement  of  the  latter  and  the  lati- 
dation  of  the  former,  declaring  that 
"Masonry,  like  the  Christian  church, 
took  as  its  primary  principles  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  Fatherhood  of  God  and 
the  brotherhood  of  man.  Freemasonry," 
he  continued,  "has  preached  this, doctrine 
for  the  past  i,ooo  years;  the  Christian 
church  has  awakened  to  its  significance 
only  in  the  last  half  century."  "There's 
richness  for  you !"  That's  history  as  "she 
is  spoke." 

If  we  have  recovered  our  breath,  let 
us  ponder  a  little  on  this  surprising  news 
— fairly  enough  news  as  the  assurance 
handed  out  to  a  group  of  Freemasons  by 
a  Doctor  of  Divinity,  in  flattery  of  their 
unchristian  organization.  It  is  a  double 
statement,  and  both  halves  of  it  are  fic- 
tions. Everyone  knows  that  speculative 
Masonry  is  not  a  quarter  of  a  thousand 
years  old.  There  is  no  proof  that  early 
stone  workers  of  any  sort  in  England, 
or  out  of  it,  gave  themselves  to  teaching 
morals  and  doctrine,  unless,  indeed,  one 


could  find  some  previous  wild  and  crazy 
claim  to  pile  this  one  upon.  The  thou- 
sand-year size  of  this  big  dose  over- 
strains the  swallowing  capacity  of  the  ut- 
most crediflity. 

Again,  in  what  single  year  within  a 
thousand,  or  a  hundred,  or  ten,  has  Ma- 
sonry taught  the  brotherhood  of  initiated 
Brothers   and  profane  outside  Cowans? 

But  this  is  not  altogether  serious ;  one 
might  smile  at  such  gufif  if  it  were  not 
seriously  offered  as  related  by  contrast- 
ing shadow,  or  eclipse,  to  the  work, 
teaching  and  life  of  the  Christian  church, 
and  especially  if  the  speaker  were  not 
pastor  of  a  church.  However  high  the 
relief  into  which  he  wished  to  throw 
his  flamboyant  decoration  of  an  order, 
it  ill  became  him  to  darken  the  back- 
ground by  careless  aspersion  cast  on  the 
church  he  represented. 

Having  heard  his  general  statement, 
we  are  prepared  to  listen  while  he  am- 
plifies it  into  something  more  explicit 
and  definite  in  detail.  In  which  year  of 
the  last  50  did  some  church  first  take 
notice  of  such  an  idea  as  the  Fatherhood 
of  God?  How  far  had  we  entered  with- 
in the  half  century  period  when  some 
venturesome  preacher  dared  to  elucidate 
Paul's  argumentum  ad  hominem  drawn 
from  Greek  poetry  when  he  stood  on 
Mars  Hill?  What  church  was  so  fortu- 
nate as  to  hear  him,  and  so,  though  com- 
posed of  the  unenlightened,  to  stand  in 
a  kind  of  Cowan's  court  of  the  gentiles 
fast  by  the  oracle  of  Masonry?  Or, 
again,  how  long  ago  did  Florence  Night- 
ingale carry  with  her  to  the  Crimea  the 
sympathy  of  the  churches  of  the  world? 
Did  Wilberforce  or  Howard  arise  within 
the  last  fifty  years?  And  when  did 
chuiches  begin  to  take  frequent  collec- 
tions for  the  poor?  Are  all  hospitals 
and  homes  so  new  as  to  have  had  their 
cornerstones  laid  since  the  Civil  war? 
When  did  Dr.  Howe  teach  Laura  Bridg- 
man  to  see  things  unseen,  or  when  did 
Dr.  Gallaudet  first  teach  the  deaf  to 
hear  with  their  eyes,  or  the  dumb  to 
speak  with  their  hands.  And  when  did 
churches  begin  to  co-operate  with  benev- 
olent institutions,  or  have  benevolent  so- 
cieties of  their  own. 

This  banquet  was  jubilant  because  its 
"thousand-year-old  teacher  of  universal 
brotherhood"  was  about  to  open  in  one 
place  in   its  commonwealth,   a   Masonic 


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239 


home  with  doors  closed  against  all  who 
had  not  been  in  its  own  lodge.  Did  the 
toastmaster  think  that  this  was  a  greater 
thing  than  to  throw  wide  the  portals 
of  hospitals,  asylums  and  homes,  asking 
no  questions,  giving  no  clannish  chal- 
lenge, and  testing  by  no  words  or  signs  ? 
Yet  this  had  already  been  done  by  Chris- 
tian churches,  and  by  Christian  govern- 
ment and  Christian  civilization. 

The  speaker  is  not  a  native  of  this 
country  and  may  be  less  to  blame  for 
imagining  that  all  things  he  finds  are 
new — except  Masonry.  We  have  reason 
to  think  that  he  himself  is  also  new,  very 
new,  to  Masonry.  Sometime  he  may 
know  more  about  its  real  history,  and 
about  the  history  and  early  practices  of 
churches  this  side  the  Canada  line. 


AN   ITALIAN    ORDER. 

Early  in  September  the  Italians  of  an 
American  city  formally  organized  a  lo- 
cal branch  of  the  Italian  Catholic  order 
of  Our  Lady  Maria.  The  program 
seemed  to  consist  in  good  part  of  the 
features  of  a  festival  held  on  a  park.  It 
was  proposed  to  make  a  demonstration 
unequaled  by  anything  previously  exhib- 
ited by  Italians  in  that  city.  A  regi- 
mental band,  with  the  band  from  a  neigh- 
boring city,  was  to  furnish  music,  and 
fireworks  were  to  be  exhibited  each  of 
the  two  evenings  of  the  festival.  On  the 
first  evening  the  regimental  band  would 
give  a  concert  on  the  principal  public 
square  ;  on  the  second  there  would  be  a 
parade.  The  whole  festival  would  con- 
clude with  fireworks. 


the  book  which  we  have  seen,  Professor 
Hart  appears  to  concede  to  the  lodge 
usefulness ;  yet  it  "has  so  many  defects 
that  the  best  that  careful  observers  can 
say  of  it  is  that  it  is — on  the  whole — a 
good  thing."  The  qualifying  clause,  ''on 
the  whole,"  emphasizes  the  phrase, 
"many  defects."  It  leaves  the  lodge 
"Damned  with  faint  praise." 

Some  of  their  own  race  have  watched 
negro  joiners  longer.  The  results  of 
their  study  at  first  hand  are  not  all  un- 
known to  readers  of  the  valuable  south- 
ern correspondence  of  this  magazine. 
North  or  south,  white  or  black,  lodge 
guides  are  blind  leaders  of  the  blind. 
Cardinal  principles  are  themselves  among 
the  "many  defects"  of  a  Vv^hite.  black  or 
yellow  lodge ;  and  "Who  can  bring  a 
clean  thing  out  of  an  unclean?" 


MANY   DEFECTS. 

A  book  published  in  1910  by  D.  Apple- 
ton  &  Co.  and  entitled  "The  Southern 
South"  treats  with  careful  fullness  con- 
ditions which  result  from  joint  occu- 
pancy by  two  races.  The  author  of  this 
scholarly  work  is  Professor  Albert  Bush- 
nell  Hart  of  Harvard  University,  who 
traveled  widely  and  studied  carefully  on 
the  ground  where  the  negro  is  at  home. 
He  measured  the  progress  of  the  freed- 
man,  and  estimated  his  prospects.  With 
similar  care  he  noted  the  attitude  and 
ideas  of  the  white  man.  He  did  not  fail 
to  perceive  difficulties. 

The  lodge  is  too  active  and  prominent 
an  agent  of  good  or  evil  for  the  negro 
to  escape  attention.     From  the  review  of 


HISTORY  IN  WORDS. 

McCall's    Magazine   has   published   an 
interesting  article   written   by   Professor 
Oscar  E.  Olla,  relating  to  "The  history 
that  is  in  words,"  and  showing  how  their 
significance  is  drawn     from     the     past. 
"Some  one  has  said/'  remarks  the  pro- 
fessor, "that  words  are  like  empty  sacks, 
and  the  experience  of  men  fills  them  up. 
...    In  one  respect,  hov/ever,  the  word 
is  unlike  a  sack ;  you  may  empty  a  sack 
and  put  in  new  material ;  but  the  word, 
either   by    form    or    derivation,    suggests 
its  old  meaning,  however  much  its  appli- 
cation may  be  changed.     You  can  never 
quite  empty  it."     Among  many  illustra- 
tions cited  are  the  days  of  the  week,  all 
named  for  pagan  divinities  ;  as  Sunday — 
Sun's      day;      Monday — Moon's      day; 
Wednesday — Woden's   day  ;    Saturday — 
Saturn's  day.     This  recalls  Constantine's 
edict  ordering  the  observance  of     "The 
venerable    day    of    the     Sun."    It    also 
brings  to  mind  the  ancient  and  modern 
connection  between  Sun  worship  and  the 
secret  cult. 

"  'Digits,'  used  for  figures  in  arithme- 
tic, shows  that  the  ancients  counted  on 
their  fingers.  'Calculate'  tells  us  that  the 
Romans  performed  arithmetical  oper- 
ations by  means  of  pebbles,  calculi.  And 
now  we  apply  the  name  to  the  most  ab- 
stract department  of  mathematics,  'cal- 
culus.' "  Omitting  more  extended  as 
well  as  exceedingly  interesting  illustra- 
tions, we  add  to  these  only  that  which 
treats  the  origin   of   the  name    of     this 


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December,  1911. 


magazine,  or  rather  the  last  word  in  the 
name. 

"Vv'e  often  read  in  society  reports  how 
a  noted  personage  entered  the  room  and 
immediately  became  'the  cynosure  of  all 
eyes.'  A  cynosure  is  for  us  what  at- 
tracts the  attention  of  all,  what  every 
one  looks  at.  But  cynosure  is  the  Greek 
name  for  the  north  star.  It  was  so 
named  because  it  was  the  chief  star 
forming  the  tail  in  the  constellation  of 
'the  dog' — cynos  in  Greek.  From  earli- 
est times,  up  to  the  discovery  of  the 
magnetic  needle,  men  traveling  by  night 
on  land  or  on  sea  took  their  directions 
from  the  north  star.  Every  one  turned 
his  eyes  toward  the  'cynosure.'  This  his- 
tory we  have  embodied  in  our  present 
use  of  the  word." 


MADAME    BLAVATSKY    A    MASONIC 
ORNAMENT. 

'Tn  Germany,  in  1776,  women  were 
admitted  into  the  order  called  the  Asso- 
ciation of  Mopses,  which  was  simply 
Freemasonry  under  another  name  with 
slightly  different  regulations  in  order  to 
avoid  the  Pope's  ban.  About  1742  De 
Chambonnet  started  an  order  (which 
was  partly  Masonic  in  character)  called 
La  Felicite,  to  which  women  were  ad- 
mitted. These  were,  however,  different 
from  the  Lodges  of  Adoption  to  which 
women  were  "and  are  admitted  and 
which  were  started  by  the  Grand  Orient 
of  France.  These  were,  and  are,  not 
regular  Masonic  lodges,  and  are  not  rec- 
ognized by  any  Masonic  authority  in  the 
w^orld.  In  1877  the  highest  Masonic 
distinction  was  conferred  upon  Mme. 
H.  P.  Blavatsky,  her  diploma  bearing 
the  signatures  of  John  Yarker,  33d  de- 
gree, Sovereign  Grand  Master ;  M.  Cas- 
par!, 33d  degree.  Grand  Chancellor;  and 
A.  D.  Lowenstark,  3'3d  degree.  Grand 
Secretary."  —  Theosophic  Messenger, 
June,  I  pop. 

The  initiation  of  a  woman  who  had 
already  discovered  Masonic  secrets  has 
occurred,  if  we  may  believe  evidence 
that  need  not  be  doubted.  Yet,  as  stated 
in  the  foregoing  extract,  women  are 
only  in  lodges  of  so-called  Adoptive 
Masonry,  which  is  not  Masonry  in  the 
true  sense.  Women  belonging  to  such 
lodges  can  no  more  visit  Masonic  lodges 
than  male  cowans.  Masons,  on  the  oth- 
er  hand,   can    come   into  theirs.      That 


there  is  no  avoiding  this  rule  is  obvious 
because  every  Mason  qualified  to  vote 
on  the  admission  of  members  is  already 
bound  by  the  following  sworn  obliga- 
tion, or  at  least  one  taken  in  equivalent 
terms.  In  the  Illinois  Grand  Lodge 
jurisdiction  it  has  been:  "Furthermore, 
that  I  will  not  assist  in,  or  be  present  at, 
the  initiating,  passing,  or  raising,  of  a 
woman,  an  old  man  in  dotage,  a  young 
man  under  age,  an  atheist,  a  madman  or 
a  fool,  I  knowing  them  to  be  such."  We 
have  never  seen  any  form  that  omitted 


mentioning    a    woman. 


IS    IT   A    RISKY    RELIANCE? 

A  circular  issued  by  an  association 
having  intimated  that  fraternal  is  safer 
than  old  line  insurance,  the  state  in- 
surance commissioner  of  Utah  wrote 
the  president  of  the  society  advising 
withdrawal  of  the  misleading  docu- 
ment. Startling  information  is  given 
by  this  letter.  It  applies  to  the  claim 
of  safety  the  test  of  legal  standing.  No 
institution  can  be  entrusted  with  mon- 
ey or  property  which  does  not  meet 
that  requirement  of  legal  competency. 
Real  security  finally  lies  in  the  pos- 
sibility of  appeal  to  the  court.  Every 
reliable  obligation  can  be  legally  en- 
forced ;  all  genuine  debts  can  be  legally 
collected ;  every  kind  of  business 
shares  this  protection,  and  no  contract 
incapable  of  enforcement  will  be 
signed. 

Regular  insurance  is  no  exception  to 
the  general  rule;  not  one  policy  can 
be  written  which  could  not  be  carried 
into  court.  If  this  is  not  true  of  some 
other  kind,  the  same  neglect  should  be 
accorded  to  it  as  would  be  given  to  any 
other  business  whatever.  This  lack 
would  seem  to  add  another  fallacious 
feature  to  attempted  or  pretended 
cheap  insurance,  the  long  record  of 
which  is  one  of  disappointment  and 
failure.  Those  who  blindly  trust  such 
supposed  insurance,  are  authoritatively 
shown  to  be  imp,eriled  rather  than  in- 
sured, when  the  state  commissioner 
tells  the  president  of  that  association 
which  puts  forth  the  claim  that  frater- 
nal is  safer  than  old  line  insurance:  'T 
have  been  aware  all  the  time  of  the 
nature  of  this  association  and  have  con- 
sulted a  number  of  times  with  the  at- 


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torney  general  of  the  state  regardi/ng 
such  organizations.  We  have  con- 
cluded that  they  are  not  under  our 
law  at  all ;  and  that  any  citizen  of 
Utah  who  chooses  such  an  association 
to  carry  his  insurance  is  entirely  out- 
side the  law  and  not  entitled  to  its 
protection.  In  the  event  of  loss  he  is 
entirely  at  the  mercy  of  the  manager 
and  membicrs  of  the  association  and 
may  not  secure  any  aasistance  what- 
ever from  the  courts  of  our  state  in 
recovering  indemnity.  In  short,  he  is 
practically  carrying  his  own  insurance, 
at  thie  same  time  that  he  is  paying 
money  to  the  association  in  the 
thought  that  they  are  insuring  him. 

■  "I  do  not  say  that  these  people 
would  refuse  to  pay  in  case  of  loss,  but 
I  simply  say  that  they  could  refuse  if 
they  chose,  and  you  would  have  ab- 
solutely no  recourse.  It  is  a  very  un- 
satisfactory form  of  protection,  and  its 
weakness  is  so  pronounced  that  the 
small  saving  of  money  effected  is  Hot 
compensated  for.  I  am  not  giving  this 
simply  as  my  personal  opinion,  but  it 
is  the  consensus  of  opinion  of  all  the 
insurance  commissioners  and  all  insur- 
ance experts  and  officials  in  the  United 
States." 


NOT   IDEA  BUT  ISM. 

Nearly  a  thousand  persons  composed 
the  mixed  audience  which  listened  to 
Dr.  Orrin  P.  Giflford  when  he  delivered 
the  Ford  Hall  address  in  Boston,  Sunday 
evening,  December  25.  On  this  Christmas 
evening  Dr.  Gifford  spoke  of  the  Social 
Idea.  'From  a  printed  abstract  of  the  ad- 
dress of  this  distinguished  Baptist  preach- 
er, our  readers  are  served  with  a  portion. 
We  think  they  will  find  it  "strong  meat" 
suited  to  those  of  full  age. 

"Definition  is  to  a  speaker,  what  di- 
agnosis is  to  a  doctor.  What  do  you 
mean  by  the  'Social  Idea?'  It  is  very 
hard  to  define  'Idea.'  The  Comprehen- 
sive Standard  Dictionary  says,  'Any 
product  of  mental  apprehension  or  ac- 
tivitv,  a  conception,  notion,  a  purpose 
or  plan,  a  mental  image.'  The  word 
'Social'  is  defined  as  'pertaining  to  so- 
ciety, disposed  to  hold  friendly  inter- 
course, companionable,  constituted  to 
live  in*  society.'  It  is  very  hard  so  to 
join  these  two  definitions  as  to  define 


the  Social  Idea.  Let  us  say:  Men  liv- 
ing as  companions,  quite  aside  from 
differences  of  race,  religion,  education, 
business,  politics.  The  brotherhood  of 
man. 

"It  is  much  easier  to  define  an  Ism 
than  an  Idea.  An  idea  is  the  ocean, 
an  ism  is  a  bay — a  little  of  the  idea 
shored  in,  making  safe  anchorage  for 
thoughts.  You  can  measure  and  sound 
a  bay,  and  feel  quite  safe  and  snug  in 
it;  but  a  sea  is  so  large,  and  the  boat 
is  so  small !  The  Christian  religion 
is  more  than  all  the  isms  that  hollow 
like  bays  on  the  continent  of  humanity. 
Socialism  is  a  theory  of  civil  polity 
that  aims  at  the  public  collective  own- 
ership of  land  and  capital,  and  the 
public  collective  management  of  all 
industries.  A  socialist  is  one  who  ad- 
vocates socialism.  You  see  how  easy 
it  is  to  define  an  ism,  and  an  ist,  but 
how  hard  to  define  an  idea.  You  can 
define  bits  of  earth,  but  not  the  wind ; 
the  sunshine,  the  perfume  of  flowers, 
and  ideas,  are  above,  not  below; — isms 
are  below. 

"You  cannot  put  God  into  a  sacra- 
ment, phrase,  building;  nor  an  idea  in- 
'.0  a  sentence.  Free  Masonry  is  not  an 
idea,  it  is  an  ism;  it  shuts  out  more 
men  than  it  encloses.  Trades  union 
is  not  an  idea,  but  an  ism;  it  excludes 
more  than  it  includes.  A  political 
party  i?  an  ism :  a  church  is  not  an 
idea,  but  an  ism ;  it  excludes.  The 
social  idea  includes  humanity.  If  you 
had  the  American  Republic  organized 
into  a  Socialistic  form  of  government ; 
public  ownership  and  control  of  all 
earth  and  machinery  within  the 
bounds ;  and  had  a  tariff  wall  a  foot 
high ;  and  shut  a  man  out  because  black, 
or  brown,  or  red,  or  yellow,  you  would 
not  have  the  social  idea,  but  an  ism. 
Socialism  is  economic  and  political ; 
the  Social  Idea  is  human  and  friendlv. 
One  is  a  method,  the  other  a  spirit. 
*  *  *  *More  law  without  more  love, 
would  do  little  good  save  to  shift  the 
freight.  AA^hat  we  need  is  not  so  much 
more  machinery,  as  more  manhood. 
Israel  and  Judah  fouc>-ht  each  other 
bitterly,  even  under  the  land  laws  of 
Moses. 

"Christ  used  the  cross  he  found,  to 
offer  himself  for  the   world's   redemp- 


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tioii;  and  he  sa3'S,  'II  any  man  will 
be  my  disciple  let  him  deny  himself, 
take  up  his  cross,  and  follow  me.'  'The 
times — it  seems — are  out  of  joint  be- 
yond question  because  we  are  busy 
with  isms,  and  are  ists  defending  isms. 
Oiice  we  get  the  horizon  Christ  had 
on  the  cross-crowned  Golgotha,  giving 
instead  of  seeking  to  get,  the  times  will 
be  in  joint  again.  Rub  the  quicksilver  off 
your  mirrors,  and  make  w^indows;  seek 
not  self,  but  the  other  man." 

Many  foreigners  wtve  in  the  crowd- 
ed hall  when  the  address  was  deliv- 
ered, and  apparently  there  were  many 
in  the  audience  who  were  strong- 
ly inclined  to  socialism  in  some  of  its 
extreme  phases."  It  appears  to  have 
been  wdse  and  opportune  to  point  the 
Ford  Hall  audience,  including  these 
foreigners,  from  the  ism  to  the  idea. 
Back  of  an  ism  is  liable  to  be  discover- 
able the  idea  by  which  it  is  produced 
and  impelled.  Fronting  the  same  ism 
is  liable  to  be  another  idea  antagoniz- 
ing it.  If  Freemasonry  is  an  ism, 
what  is  the  idea  that  formed  it?  What 
is  the  idea  which  perpetuates  its  ques- 
tionable existence?  If  an  ism  is  an 
exponent  of  an  idea,  or  is  its  product ; 
if  every  ism  is  likely  to  be  antagoniz- 
ed by  an  idea,  good  or  bad  :  betw^een 
what'  antithetic  ideas  is  Freemasonry 
to  be  found?  Another  question  is, 
whether  its  main  or  root  idea  is  iden- 
tical or  harmonious  with  those  of  cer- 
tain details  of  the  ism.  Or,  finally, 
has  the  lodge  mirrors,  hanging  on  in- 
ward walls,  or  windows  opening  out- 
wardly toward  that  world,  beloved  of 
God  but  excluded  by  man,  for  which 
lesus,  fired  with  the  social  idea,  could 
not  forbear  to  die? 


ENGLISH      RITUALISM      AND 
MASONRY, 

"If  the  blind  guide  the  blind  both 
shall  fall  into  a  pit,"  said  the  Master; 
and  His  word  comes  to  mind  when  we 
see  the  Living  Church,  an  organ  of  the 
Church  of  England,  trying  to  guide  En- 
glish Freemasons.  We  do  not  claim 
the  Teacher's  wisdom  to  apply  or  re- 
frain from  applying  His  teaching  to  a 
specific  case  like  this,  neither  are  we 
sure  that  a  reader  who  knows  ritualism 
only   in   its   external    aspect   and   formal 


character,  will  be  qualified  to  perceive 
all  that  the  article  wdiich  we  copy  vir- 
tually contains.  Ritualism  is  more  than 
formalism  as  a  display  or  manifesta- 
tion ;  it  reaches  down  to  the  foundations 
of  life  by  its  roots  of  sacramental  grace 
and  efficacy.  It  is  linked  with  sacerdo- 
talism, including  power  to  grant  abso- 
lution, and  to  make  Christian  by  means 
of  ceremony.  The  ritual  is  not,  there- 
fore, a  mere  vehicle  framed  to  give 
freedom  to  the  expression  of  faith  and 
love,  rendering  to  a  devout  soul  the  same 
aid,  for  instance,  as  a  hymn.  While  it 
is  partly  this  it  is  in  part  more. 

"As  the  Church  of  England  was  his- 
torically the  'Ritualistic'  church  of 
Christendom,"  says  the  Living  Church, 
"so  the  curbing  of  its  ritualism,  first 
by  popes  and  then  by  Puritans,  was  al- 
ways due  to  foreign  influence.  It  only 
became  finally  triumphant  and  ingrained 
into  the  English  system  when  English- 
men acquiesced  in  a  government  of  for- 
eigners, for  foreigners  and  by  foreign- 
ers. And  then  arose  Freemasonry,  with 
all  its  wealth  of  ritualism  and  its  warmth 
of  brotherhood.  Is  it  not  clear  that  it 
was  because  men  yearned  for  that  which 
had  been  effectually  stamped  out  of  their 
religion,  that  the  Masonic  orders  spread 
so  rapidly  among  them?  In  theory  the 
Masonic  ritual  embraces  bodily  worship 
of  the  Incarnate  Son  of  God,  as  did  the 
worship  of  the  earlier  church."  (We 
pause  in  quoting  here  to  remark  that  this 
amazing  assertion  sharply  contradicts 
authoritative  Masonic  statement,  as  well 
as  the  regular  practice  of  the  Blue  Lodge 
which  is  the  essential  foundation  of  all 
Masonic  degrees,  and  includes  every 
member  of  any  degree).  "Its  symbols 
have  the  same  foundation  as  the  symbols 
of  Catholic  ceremonial,  and  Freemason- 
ry is  the  standing  disproof  of  the  com- 
mon contention  that  Anglo-Saxons  are 
not  a  ritualistic  race. 

"So  inbred  is  the  love  of  dignified  cere- 
monial in  our  racial  characteristics,  that 
when  ritualism  was  driven  out  of  the 
church,  Englishmen  allowed  themselves 
to  be  driven  out  with  it,  and  Englishmen 
and  ritualism  were  together  established 
in  the  Mrsoriic  orders.  How  can  it  be 
po-Fi'^le  for  Fnglish  or  American 
churchmen.  A^ewing  the  history  of  the 
evolution  of  their  own  race,  to  acquiesce 


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to-day,  when  both  of  them  are  free  from 
the  rule  of  foreigners,  in  manner  of  wor- 
ship that  is  foreign  to  all  their  racial 
traits?  To-day  the  Masons  have  the  rit- 
ual— and  the  men.  And  the  church  has 
the  reality  for  which  the  ritual  stands — 
and  in  the  great  majority  of  our  churches 
the  Eucharist  is  celebrated  before  empty 
pews.  Does  it  not  seem  incredible  that 
educated  churchmen  not  only  acquiesce 
in  the  condition,  but  glory  in  it?  And 
is  it  not  the  height  of  absurd  inconsis- 
tence that  Masons  themselves  are  often 
among  the  most  intolerant  anti-ritualists 
in  a  parish?  The  lodge  reverences  the 
Bible  ;  but  the  church  is  the  author  and 
interpreter  of  the  Bible. 

"And  herein  is  the  distinction  between 
a  life  of  morality  based  only  on  teaching, 
and  a  life  of  spirituality  based  on  the 
sacrafnents,  clearly  shown."  (Italics 
ours.  Note  the  connection  of  this  with 
our  own  introductory  paragraph.) 
"Freemasonry  has  produced  good  men, 
but  no  saints.  Among  those  w^ho  are  Ma- 
sons, but  not  churchmen,  we  shall  find 
no  Sir  Galahad,  no  Sir  Perceval,  no 
Launcelot  Andrewes,  no  Thomas  Kent, 
no  John  Keble,  no  Pusey,  no  Gladstone, 
no  Wilberforce,  no  Edward  King.  Un- 
til Knights  Templar  can  obtain  for  their 
order  the  Holy  Grail,  they  cannot  fulfil 
their  own  ambitions  and  ideals  ;  and  that 
they  can  only  have  when  their  conclaves 
center  abo^ut  a  corporate  communion, 
when  they  restore  to  the  church  the  rit- 
ual which  they  took  from  it,  and  when 
they  place  the  reality  of  the  body  and 
blood  of  Christ  upon  the  altar  before 
which  they  bend  the  knee.  We  call 
upon  churchmen  who  are  also  Masons, 
to  demand  that  all  the  wealth  of  ceremo- 
nial which  they  find  dignified  and  help- 
ful in  the  lodge,  be  restored  also  to  their 
churches.  We  would  have  them  be  not 
worse  Masons,  but  better  churchmen. 
We  would  have  them,  as  Knights,  find 
the  Holy  Grail." 


GOOD  ENOUGH  TO  BAD  MEN. 
If  we  ask  to  what  class  of  Masons  the 
lodge  oflFers  what  they  approve  as  a 
''good  enough  religion."  a  former  de- 
fender of  the  order,  who  is  now  pastor 
of  a  church  in  one  of  our  largest  cities, 
gives  a  plain  answer  to  the  question. 
Masonry  seems  good  enough  to  a  bad 
man ;  it  may  sometimes  appear  so  to  a 


thoughtless  or  ill  instructed  one.  It  sure- 
ly favors  the  apathy  and  conceit  of  men 
who  would  escape  the  lash  of  conscience 
or  evade  the  burden  of  duty.  Hence  this 
former  knight  can  ask:  "Is  it  strange 
that  worldly — yes,  sinful — men  say,  'Ma- 
sonry is  a  good  enough  religion  for  me' 
— as  the  mayor  of  the  city  once  said  to 
me?  Later,  his  life  of  gross  sin  and  im- 
morality had  forfeited  the  respect  of  his 
fellow  citizens,  lost  him  his  office,  em- 
bittered his  home ;  and  I  realized  why 
he  said  it.  Yes,  it  is  a  good  enough  re- 
ligion for  a  man  who  wants  to  continue 
in  sin :  a  religion  without  repentance ; 
without  faith  ;  without  a  Saviour ;  with- 
out hope,  and  without  heaven." 

Here  is  a  true  test.  Some  things  are 
good  enough  for  some  men.  For  what 
kind  of  men  is  Masonry  a  good  enough 
kind  of  religion?  Their  approval  must 
be  tried  by  their  ability  to  judge,  and  by 
the  standards  to  be  attained.  Some 
tribes  think  a  hovel  a  good  enough  home. 

An  ultimate  test  of  anything  lies  in 
its  purpose  or  use.  A  rowboat  is  good 
enough  for  crossing  a  river ;  the  best 
steamer  is  none  too  good  for  crossing 
the  ocean.  A  knife  good  enough  to  prune 
a  tree  is  not  good  enough  for  a  surgical 
operation.  What  is  the  purpose  of  re- 
ligion? What  use  or  end  does  godliness 
serve?    These  are  test  questions. 

Masonry  seems  to  bear  neither  kind 
of  test:  the  test  of  person,  or  that  of 
purpose.  The  best  men  have  better 
standards ;  the  better  class  of  its  adher- 
ents find  some  better  standard  outside. 
They  are  not  confined  wnthin  its  narrow- 
ness. They  do  not  bend  willingly  to  its 
moral  distortions.  They  do  not  respond 
with  hearty  amen  to  its  spiritual  perver- 
sions. It  is  not  good  enough  for  its  ow^n 
best  men. 

Neither  does  it  prove  good  enough  to 
carry  out  best  purposes  or  serve  best 
uses.  What  soul  could  it  save?  Is  not 
its  failure  fatal  at  the  vital  point  of  life 
eternal?  Ethically  deficient,  also,  it 
stammers  over  an  incomplete  morality; 
worse  than  deficient,  it  binds  its  adher- 
ents to  things  that  are  immoral.  Defi- 
ciency is  not  the  only  fault  unfitting  it  to 
serve  the  ends  of  morality  and  religion. 
An  amplified  claim  would  therefore  read : 
"Masonry  is  a  good  enough  religion  for 
me,  because  I  am  content  with  what  is  in- 


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December,  1911. 


ferior  and  satisfied  with  what  is  incom- 
plete and  perverted.  Since  I  do  not  seek 
what  is  true,  nor  care  for  what  is  morally 
perfect,  nor  aspire  to  assured  promise 
and  confident  hope,  Masonry  is  a  good 

1  i  •  •  ,-  »  » 


enough  religion  for  me." 


MOMENTOUSNESS       OF       ARBITRA- 
TION TREATIES. 

Perhaps  the  movement  toward  Inter- 
national Peace  and  World  Unity  has 
never  reached  a  more  critical  moment  in 
its  history.  One  might  even  say  that 
Christianity  itself  faces  a  strategic  mo- 
ment, for  the  failure  to  pass  these  treat- 
ies, which  have  been  offered  by  the 
United  States  to  Great  Britain  and 
France,  means  setback  of  years  to  the 
movement  which,  through  the  leader- 
ship of  all  good  men,  has  reached  such 
encouraging  proportions.  On  the  other 
hand,  their  final  adoption  marks  the  be- 
ginning of  the  end. 

We  do  not  mean  that  they  will  at  once 
make  wars  to  cease,  but  we  do  mean 
that  they  mark  one  of  the  first  great 
steps  toward  that  happy  consummation. 
In  the  first  place,  if  these  treaties  are 
signed,  it  puts  the  United  States  and 
Great  Britain  and  the  United  States  and 
France  out  of  the  war  zone  forever,  for 
these  treaties  are  so  framed  as  to  cover 
practically  all  disputes  that  might  ever 
arise  between  the  two  nations.  Indeed, 
they  are  the  first  arbitration  treaties  ab- 
solutely unlimited  to  be  negotiated  be- 
tween two  of  the  great  nations  of  the 
world. 

In  the  second  place,  these  treaties  are 
momentous  because  other  nations  will 
immediately  follow  after  these  three ; 
that  is,  vv^hen  the  United  States  has 
signed  these  treaties  with  the  two  na- 
tions above  named,  some  great  nation  of 
Europe  or  Asia  will  immediately  offer  to 
become  signatory  to  the  same  treaties. 
Indeed,  there  are  already  rumors  that 
Japan  and  Sweden  are  ready  to  immedi- 
ately sign  similar  treaties  with  our  na- 
tion if  these  two  are  signed.  Others  will 
follow  and  thus  the  great  and  good  work 
will  go  on,  and  it  is  highly  prboable  that 
before  the  end  of  a  decade  the  United 
States  will  have  signed  a  dozen  of  these 
treaties  with  the  leading  nations  of  the 
world,  so  that  our  country  itself  will 
stand  practically  on  a  peace  footing  with 


all  the  nations  with  whom  there  is  any 
danger  or  possibility  of  war. 

But  better  still,  these  treaties  mean  the 
beginning  of  the  end,  because  these  other 
nations  which  will  sign  treaties  with  the 
United  States  will  begin  to  consider  the 
signing  of  similar  treaties  between  each 
other.  Thus  if  the  United  States  and 
Great  Britain  sign  this  treaty  and  the 
United  States  and  France  sign  it,  im-. 
mediately  Great  Britain  and  France  will 
begin  to  consider  the  drawing  of  the 
third  line  of  the  triangle,  so  that  we  shall 
thus  have  a  compact  of  nations  into 
which  others  will  seek  admittance  in  due 
time.  Think  what  it  means  for  the  peace 
of  the  world  if  Great  Britain  and  France 
should  sign  a  treaty  agreeing  to  abolish 
war  between  themselves  forever !  Read 
the  historical  plays  of  Shakespeare  and 
see  how  they  deal  with  hardly  anything 
else  than  continual  warfare  between 
England  and  France;  the  two  nations 
spent  practically  all  their  time  and  re- 
source preparing  to  fall  upon  each  other. 
The  favorite  past-time  of  England  was 
the  devastation  of  France,  and  France 
cast  equally  covetous  eyes  upon  Great 
Britain  even  though  she  did  not  invade 
her  shores  so  often.  But  now  we  should 
have  two  of  the  leading  nations  of  the 
Western  Continent  bound  together  in  an 
eternal  pledge  of  friendship,  and  not 
only  would  it  be  a  great  blessing  to  these 
two  nations  themselves,  but  it  would 
bring  benefit  to  the  whole  continent  of 
Europe  and  would  set  an  example  that 
others  would  follow.  And  so,  as  this 
might  happen  between  Great  Britain  and 
France,  so  it  would  happen  with  those 
other  nations  who  would  become  signa- 
tory to  the  treaties  with  the  United 
States. 

Arain,  it  marks  the  besrinnin^  of  the 
end  because  it  would  be  the  first  real 
practical  step  toward  disarmament.  The 
nations  of  the  world  are  groaning  under 
a  burden  of  armament  that  is  not  only 
embarrassing  them  financially,  but  is 
draining  their  very  life  blood.  Any  na- 
tion w^hich  desires  with  all  her  heart  to 
come  out  from  under  this  great  load 
cannot  at  present  see  the  way.  It  is  use- 
less to  talk  of  one  nation  disarming  while 
the  other  nations  go  on  piling  up  ships 
and  ammunition  of  war  with  increasing 
pace.  Nations  can  never  disarm  ;  nations 
can  never  cease  war  and  preparations  for 


December,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN   CYNOSURE. 


245 


war  until  something  in  which  they  have 
confidence  has  been  offered  in  the  place 
of  these  things.  But  now  the  moment 
the  United  States  signs  this  treaty  with 
Great  Britain  she  need  not  consider 
Great  Britain  in  her  naval  appropria- 
tions, neither  need  Great  Britain  consider 
the  United  States  in  making  up  her  bud- 
get. The  same  applies  to  the  United 
States  and  France.  With  each  new  na- 
tion added — as  other  nations  are  sure 
to  be — ^to  this  compact  of  good  will  with 
the  United  States,  the  problem  of  dis- 
armament grows  smaller  and  smaller,  be- 
cause the  consideration  of  each  one  may 
be  left  out  of  the  budget  and  so  disarm- 
ament will  proceed  in  the  natural  way 
until  the  United  States  shall  have  no 
need  of  a  navy  except  one  large  enough 
to  act  as  a  police  force  and  perhaps  be 
a  part  of  that  international  police  which 
would  be  required  after  the  gradual  dis- 
armament of  the  world. 

These  treaties  are  momentous  also  in 
this  regard :  They  become  the  biggest 
act  of  Peace  Propaganda  that  has  been 
seen  since  the  first  Hague  Conference. 
Yes,  perhaps  they  will  attract  more  at- 
tention than  even  the  Hague  Conferences 
themselves.  Already  in  the  preliminary 
discussions  of  these  treaties,  the  papers 
of  the  United  States  and  Great  Britain, 
and  even  of  Germany  and  France,  have 
been  full  of  the  discussion  of  peace.  If 
the  treaties  are  passed  then  they  will 
stand  before  all  the  world  as  an  object 
lesson  of  the  possibility  of  taking  this 
great  step  up  out  of  the  old  order  of 
strife  and  war  into  the  new  order  of 
peace  and  law.  All  nations  in  all  the 
world  will  be  writing  and  speaking  of 
these  treaties.  All  men  will  have  before 
them  daily  the  talk  of  arbitration  instead 
of  the  talk  of  war,  and  our  thought  hab- 
its are  largely  determined  by  universal- 
ity of  a  principle.  People  are  accus- 
tomed to  think  in  the  language  of  that 
which  is  continually  before  them  in  the 
press  and  literature  of  the  world.  So 
these  treaties  become  the  most  mo- 
mentous step  in  the  beginning  of  the 
twentieth  century  toward  that  federation 
of  the  world  of  which  the  poets  have  so 
long  sung  and  that  unity  of  mankind 
which  all  good  people  seek,  and  that 
reign  of  brotherhood  and  good  will  which 
is  the  end  and  aim  of  Christianity  itself. 


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WISCONSIN     STATE     CONVENTION. 

In  three  weeks  of*  effort,  Secretary 
Stoddard  has  delivered  some  dozen  ad- 
dresses in  Wisconsin,  visited  many  indi- 
viduals, taken  forty  subscriptions  for  the 
Cynosure,  and  carried  through  a  con- 
ference of  four  sessions,  held  in  the 
Christian  Refomed  church,  Kenosha, 
that  promises  to  be  the  begining  of  a  for- 
ward movement  in  Wisconsin  that  will 
have  far  reaching  results  for  good.  Dur- 
ing these  three  weeks  programs  and  let- 
ters have  been  sent  quite  generally  to 
the  ministers  throughout  the  state  as 
well  as  to  Cynosure  subscribers.  Many 
neglected  the  opportunity  of  sending  a 
word  of  encouragement,  but  there  were 
others  unable  to  attend  who  did  write 
and  in  so  doing  added  strength  to  the 
Convention.  Extracts  from  some  of 
these  letters  will  appear  in  this  number. 

The  state  organization  was  revived  and 
the  following  officers  elected :  President, 
Rev.  E.  J.  Tanis,  Kenosha ;  Vice-Presi- 
dent, Rev.  J.  W.  Kendall,  Milwaukee; 
Secretary-Treasurer,  Rev.  D.  Zwier, 
Oostburg.  There  was  a  good  audience 
the  first  night,  which  listened  with  close 
attention  to  Rev.  G.  J.  Haan  of  Chicago, 
one  of  the  members  of  the  Board  of  Di- 
rectors of  the  National  Christian  Associ- 
ation. A  crowded  house  greeted  the 
speakers  on  the  second  evening — Rev. 
Wm.  Dallman  of  Milwaukee,  and  Rev. 
M.  Doermann  of  Blue  Island,  Illinois. 
These  speakers  have  had  a  rich  experi- 
ence in  their  pastorates  in  connection 
with  secret  society  problems. 

The  day  sessions  were  not  largely  at- 
tended, but  were  important  meetings 
from  the  fact  that  there  were  from  twen- 
ty to  thirty  ministers  present  deeply  in- 
terested in  the  questions  before  the  con- 
ference. Among  those  taking  part  were 
Rev.  Buenger  who  stated  the  position  of 
the  Lutheran  Church  in  regard  to  unit- 
ing in  prayer  with  the  members  of  other 
churches.   The  Cause  has  no  more  earn- 


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December.  IDll. 


est  friends  and  workers  than  the  Luth- 
eran pastors.  Their  strong  words  of 
commendation  of  the  National  Christian 
Association  and  the  Cynosure  were 
good  to  hear.  The  writer  regrets  that 
he  cannot  recall  the  names  of  the  vari- 
ous pastors  who  took  part. 

Rev.  J.  G.  Brooks  of  the  Congrega- 
tional Cliurch,  AMieaton,  Illinois,  gave  a 
helpful  and  interesting-  address  on 
"Christian  IMinisters  and  Secret  Soci- 
eties." He  laid  special  stress  on  the  duty 
of  publicly  testifying  against  the  lodge 
and  by  his  illustrations  showed  that  the 
influence  of  faithful  testimony  canot  be 
over-estimated. 

]\Iuch  interest  was  shown  in  the  dis- 
cussion of  the  resolutions  which  are 
printed  herewith. 

Resolutions. 

Whereas,  God  in  infinite  wisdom  has 
provided  for  man  certain  institutions  to 
aid  in  his  proper  development,  and 

Whereas,  The  destroyer  has  inaugur- 
ated certain  other  institutions  through 
Avhich  he  leads  to  himself  multitudes  in 
luirighteousness,  therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  First :  It  is  the  belief  of  our 
association  that  the  whole  Secret  Lodge 
Svstem  is  the  expression  of  an  effort  on 
the  part  of  Satan  to  dethrone  Christ  to- 
gether wnth  the  institutions  of  divine 
origin,  and  enthrone  himself  in  the  hearts 
of  men. 

Resolved,  Second :  In  view  of  the  fact 
that  many  millions  of  the  people  of  our 
beloved  land  have  been  enslaved  by  this 
iniquitous  system,  every  lover  of  right- 
eousness should  not  only  be  awakened  to 
a  knowledge  of  the  situation,  but  aroused 
to  an  active  opposition. 

Resolved,  Third  :  As  Christians  "over- 
coming evil  with  good,"  we  can  over- 
come the  Lodge  folly  and  sin  by  leading 
those  ensnared  to  Christ,  and  by  a  proper 
giving  of  light,  keeping  the  uninitiated 
from  being  deceived. 

Resolved,  Fourth :  We  discover  the 
cunning  of  the  Arch  Deceiver  in  the  in- 
stitution and  formation  of  the  various 
lodge  organizations,  appealing  to  the  self- 
ishness, the  love  of  display,  the  appetite, 
the  passion,  etc.,  of  those  being  led 
astray. 

Resolved,  Fifth:  We  believe  the  sad 
lack  of  piety  seen  in  many  of  the  church- 
es is  largely  to  Jbe  attributed  to  the  con- 


nection of  their  members  with  soul  de- 
stroying lodges.  Nor  can  we  hope  for  a 
better  condition  until  there  be  a  separa- 
tion from  such  allegiances. 

Resolved,  Sixth :  No  family  can  exist 
as  God  intended,  while  either  party  is 
sworn  to  conceal  from  the  other ;  and  we 
believe  that  the  lod^e  is  one  of  the  causes 
for  the  alarming  number  of  divorces  and 
for  the  improper  religious  training  many 
children   are   receiving. 

Resolved,  Seventh :  The  secret  and 
unjust  requirements  of  lodges  make  them 
especially  dangerous  in  a  government 
like  ours. 

Resolved,  Eighth :  In  the  more  recent- 
ly organized  lodges  taking  the  names  of 
birds  and  animals,  do  we  especially  see 
great  and  growing  evil,  as  they  are  built 
up  at  the  expense  of  the  character  and 
lives  of  their  members. 

Resolved,  Ninth :  In  the  National 
Christian  Association  we  have  an  able 
and  efficient  working  force  that  should 
have  the  co-operation  and  support  of  all 
Christians. 

Resolved,  Tenth :  A  vote  of  thanks  is 
due  and  is  hereby  given  to  the  pastor 
and  people  who  have  entertained  us,  and 
to  the  papers  who  have  given  notices  of 
the  Convention. 


LETTERS  TO  THE  CONVENTION. 

Beaver  Dam,  W^is.,  Nov.   19,  '11. 

The  Free  Methodist  Church  of  Beaver 
Dam,  Wisconsin,  to  the  Christian  Con- 
vention at  Kenosha,  sends  greeting. 
Dear  Brethren  and  Sisters  : 

We  rejoice  in  your  zeal  and  labor  of 
love  for  righteousness,  which  prompts 
you  to  engage  in  striving  to  stay  the  tide 
of  false  worship  that  is  sweeping  over 
our  land.  May  God  bless  your  "labors 
and  add  to  your  numbers,  is  our  sincere 
desire  and  prayer. 

By  Pastor  E.   N.  Hawley. 

Three  dollars  for  the  expense  of  the 
Convention  accompanied  the  above  letter. 


New  Lisbon,  Wis.,  Nov.  10,  191 1. 
_  I  wish  that  I  could  attend  the  Conven- 
tion, but  I  cannot  at  this  time  as  I  am 
not  earning  any  money  now.  I  am  eighty- 
two  years  old.  I  am  praying  for  all  the 
lecturers  of  the  Association.  All  the 
members  of  the  Association  should  re- 
member its  work  in  oraver  at  least  once 
ci'cry  day.  Elder  Wm.   Plant. 


December,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN   CYNOSURE. 


247 


Bancroft,  Wis.,  Nov.   i8,   191 1. 

I  cannot  see  my  way  clear  to  make 
any  statement  apart  from  this  that  I  am 
not  connected  in  any  way  with  any  of  the 
orders  and  never  expect  to  be,  knowing 
what  I  do  about  them.  Mr.  Torrey  and 
others  have  put  into  expression  just  what 
I  think  and  beheve  on  this  subject.  You 
have  my  prayers  and  if  I  can  help  in  any 
way  I  will  l3e  glad  to  do  so.  Trusting 
that  you  may  be  very  successful  in  ex- 
posing the  whole  thing-  and  in  putting  it 
down,  I  remain,    Yours  in  Him, 

Rev.  Jas.  W.  Gillespie. 


Baldwin,  Wis.,   Nov.   17,   191 1. 

I  am  thankful  for  the  invitation,  but 
seeing  I  am  over  three  hundred  miles 
from  Kenosha,  I  cannot  attend.  I  cer- 
tainly am  in  sympathy  with  the  object  of 
the  Conference.  I  have  no  special  prob- 
lems or  specific  cases  just  now  to  refer 
to  or  any  particular  questions  to  ask.  I 
enclose  one  dollar  to  help  the  good  work 
along. 

Wishing  you  and  all  your  co-laborers 
Godspeed,  I  remain. 

Respectfully  yours. 

Elder  Van  Vorloor. 


Berlin,  Wis.,  Nov.  18,  191 1. 

The  Association  asks  me  what  they 
may  expect  of  me  in  their  fight  against 
the  lodges.  I  shall  be  with  them  body 
and  soul  fighting  the  ungodly  principles 
of  the  secret  societies. 

Wishing  you  God's  blessing,  I  am, 
Yours  very  truly,  J.  W.  Krueger, 
Pastor  of  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church. 


A  Congregational  pastor  writes : 
"I  have  your  letter  of  the  14th  and 
note  what  you  say  about  a  convention  in 
your  city  next  week.  I  think  it  is  too 
bad  that  yon  have  not  had  this  advertised 
long  ago.  I  am  much  interested  in  the 
undertaking  and  would  like  to  know 
where  I  may  be  able  to  secure  some  read- 
ing matter  on  the  subject.  I  am  after 
information. 

"I  wish  I  could  be  at  the  convention 
but  that  is  impossible  at  this  late  hour, 
besides  being  expensive  from  this  part 
of  the  state." 


Kennen,  Wis.,  Nov.  17,  191 1. 

I  am  glad  to  hear  of  the  conference 
your  association  is  going  to  hold.  May 
it  accomplish  gratifying  results  in  the 
work  it  has  so  fearlessly  undertaken ! 
Personally  1  think  it  high  time  to  voice 
against  the  lodges  and  their  anti-biblical 
system.  I  am  convinced  by  the  Word 
of  God  (2  Cor.  6:  14-18;  Isaiah  48:  16; 
St.  John  18,  20,  etc.)  that  no  Christian, 
be  he  a  minister  or  a  layman,  or  who- 
soever he  may  be,  can  belong  to  any 
secret  society.  The  Word  of  God  is 
against  them  and,  therefore,  our  church 
(Synodical-Conference)  does  not  tolerate 
them  among  our  midst.  We  do  not  ac- 
cept any  lodge  members  into  our  congre- 
gations, nor  do  we  let  them  partake  of 
the  Lord's  Supper.  We  fight  against 
them  with  the  only  sword,  the  Word  of 
God,  and  our  work  has  been  crowned 
with  an  abundance  of  success  from  above. 
God  has  stood  by  our  side,  and  by  His 
future  aid,  we  will  be  able  to  fight  vic- 
toriously the  Lodge,  the  enemy  of  God 
and  the  church  of  our  dear  Lord  and 
Saviour  Jesus  Christ. 

If  your  association  will  continue  to 
carry  on  the  fight  against  the  Lodges 
with  God's  Word,  it  will  surely  not  be 
without  great  success. 

Respectfully  yours,  • 

O.  L.  Messerschmidt. 


One  pastor  writes :  "I  regret  to  say 
that  in  my  opinion  the  insurance  lodges 
have  gained  such  a  foothold  in  many  of 
our  churches  that  very  little  can  be  done 
to  oppose  them.  Personally  I  should  en- 
joy very  much  meeting  Mr.  Stoddard, 
but  local  conditions  here  are  such  that  a 
meeting  would  cause  much  antagonism, 
I  fear,  which  I  do  not  feel  able  to  face 
now.  The  question  of  the  lodge  and  the 
church  has  not  been  debated  here,  and 
therefore  we  have  some  members  in  our 
church,  but  not  manv,  as  far  as  I  know. 


Appleton,  Wis.,  Nov.  16.  191 1. 
I  regret  that  I  can  not  be  present  at 
the  Convention  the  20th  and  21st  inst. 
While  T  am  never  rabid  in  mv  opposition 
to  secret  orders,  I  do  believe  that  they 
tend  strongly  to  wean  people  from  the 
religious   life   and   that   the   trend   is   al- 


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December,  1911. 


ways  toward  a  worldly  life.  This  is 
especially  true  of  the  social  life  of  the 
secret  orders. 

I  pray  God  to  bless  you  in  all  your  de- 
liberations and  decisions.  You  do,  I  be- 
lieve, have  the  secret  sympathy  of  many 
people  who  hesitate  to  declare  themselves 
as  opposed  to  the  lodge.  As  I  view  the 
many  movements  that  have  some  good 
attached,  and  see  how  church  members 
are  so  prone  to  put  their  religious  duties 
in  a  minor  place,  I  am  led  to  cry  out 
■'How  long.  O  Lord,  how  long?"  It 
seems  to  me  that  the  one  hope  for  the 
many  ills  of  society  is  fJic  return  of  our 
Lord.  I  am  not  speaking,  rather  writing 
because  of  failure  in  my  work,  nor 
because  people  do  not  attend  upon  my 
preaching,  for  I  have  a  successful  and 
growing  work.  I  fail,  however,  to  see 
that  our  churches  are  in  any  large  way 
exhibitino-  to  the  world  the  mien  of  a 
conquering  force.  There  seems  to  be  a 
decided  scattering  of  our  forces  and  a 
hesitation  in  the  face  of  difficult  prob- 
lems, and  a  decided  decline  in  evange- 
listic zeal.  Now  the  cause  is  not  entirely 
chargeable  to  secretism,  but  I  do  think 
that  ihat  is  one  of  the  main  sources  of 
the  prevailing  worldliness  that  is  so 
crippling  the  church.  May  zvisdom  and 
knozvledge  and  ::eal  be  granted  us  to  deal 
with  this  problem  as  we  ought.  And 
may  you  be  greatly  blessed  in  your  con- 
ferences on  this  important  topic. 
Very  sincerely  yours, 

Everson  R.  McKinney. 


'      THE  EASTERN  SECRETARY  IN 
WISCONSIN. 

Parsonage.  Christian  Reformed  Church, 

Kenosha,  Wis.,  Nov.  17,  191 1. 
Dear  Cynosure  : 

This  finds  me  at  work  in  the  Badger 
state  up  where  the  gentle  (?)  breezes 
blow  off  Lake  Michigan.  In  many  re- 
spects this  is  a  delightful  country  where 
have  lived  many  of  the  good  old  reform- 
ers of  other  years.  Once  Wisconsin 
stood  in  the  front  of  the  reform  states 
but  alas  of  late  the  reform  fires  have 
burned  low.  The  fathers  have  gone  and 
the  children  have  not  all  been  faithful. 

As  had  been  the  hope,  God  has  blessed 
the  effort  we  are  now  putting  forth. 
Doors  are  wide  open  and  there  is  oppor- 


tunity everywhere.  Since  coming  to  this 
state  I  have  spoken  to  twelve  audiences, 
rano:ing  in  attendance  from  ten  to  three 
hundred.  I  judge  the  Cynosure  sub- 
scription list  for  this  section  has  been 
doubled,  for  nearly  every  day  I  find 
those  glad  to  join  in  the  N.  C.  A.  ef- 
fort. Offerings  amounting  to  $31.97  have 
been  received  in  connection  with  our, 
meetings.  Many  have  spoken  of  help  re- 
ceived and  not  a  few  expressed  their  in- 
tention of  attending  our  State  Conven- 
tion in  which  m}'-  efforts  have  been  cen- 
tering. My  addresses  have  been  given  in 
the  two  Free  Methodist  churches  of  Mil- 
waukee, in  the  Christian  Reformed 
church  of  Oostburg,  the  Mt.  Olive  Luth- 
eran church  of  Milwaukee,  the  Pente- 
costal Mission,  the  Schools  of  the  St. 
John's  and  First  German  Lutheran 
churches,  Racine.  The  St.  John's  is  of 
the  Missouri  Synod.  The  First  is  of  the 
Wisconsin  Synod. 

There  has  been  nothing  unusual  at  my 
lectures.  Good  attention  has  been  given. 
Some  liked  what  w^as  said,  a  few  did  not. 
A  man  in  Racine  who  said  he  w^as  a  dea- 
con in  the  Baptist  church,  declared  he 
was  a  Mason  and  proud  of  it.  He 
claimed  also  to  belong  to  a  half  dozen 
or  more  other  lodges  which  he  named. 
When  I  asked  if  he  thought  it  the  proper 
thing  for  a  Christian  to  swear  that  he 
would  have  his  throat  cut,  and  his  tongue 
torn  out  if  he  told  the  truth  about  the 
initiation,  when  he  took  the  first  degree 
in  Masonry  he  gave  an  evasive  answer 
asking  if  I  ever  knew  of  such  a  penalty 
being  enforced.  I  tried  to  impress  on 
his  mind  that  whether  the  penaltv  was 
enforced  or  not,  it  was  both  a  sillv  and 
wicked  thing. 

Pastor  Tollefsen  told  of  his  initiation 
into  a  lodge  calling  itself  the  Royal  some- 
thing. He  has  not  been  to  the  lodge 
since  his  initiation.  He  found  that  they 
did  not  do  as  they  promised ;  thev  had 
cheated  members  out  of  money — and  in 
short  were  not  so  royal  as  was  claimed. 
He  hopes  to  be  at  the  convention  and  I 
trust  will  have  opportunity  to  give  his 
experience  with  the  so-called  Royal  or- 
der. 

During  part  of  my  stay  in  Racine  I 
was  the  guest  of  my  former  schoolmate 
at  Wheaton  College,  Mr.  L.  E.  Park. 
Brother  Park  is  an  Elder  in  the  Presbv- 


December,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN   CYNOSURE. 


249 


terian  church,  Superintendent  of  their 
Sunday  school  and  a  citizen  highly  re- 
spected. While  my  expenses  of  travel 
have  been  considerable,  my  hotel  bills 
have  been  unusually  light,  as  I  found 
everywhere  earnest  Christian  friends 
who  have  ministered  to  my  needs.  It 
would  be  pleasant  to  mention  all,  but 
space  will  not  permit.  May  the  Lord 
bless  each. 

After  my  last  report  I  visited  Alenno- 
nite  friends  in  Altoona,  Martinsburg, 
Roaring  Springs  and  Belleville,  Pennsyl- 
vania. I  spoke  in  the  Mennonite  Mis- 
sion, Altoona,  at  a  Bible  meeting  in  the 
Pleasant  Grove  church,  and  three  times  in 
the  Mennonite  church  near  Belleville.  I 
was  unusually  successful  in  securing 
Cynosure  subscriptions  at  Belleville. 
These  people  know  a  good  thing  when 
they  see  it,  and  are  generously  disposed 
toward  the  N.  C.  A.  department  of  the 
Lord's  work. 

There  was  a  fine  crop  of  apples 
through  central  Pennsylvania.  Farmers 
were  picking  and  selling  their  winter  ap- 
ples as  low  as  30  cents  a  bushel  or  90 
cents  per  barrel.  In  Washington,  D.  C., 
the  grocers  and  marketmen  were  asking 
15  cents  per  quarter  peck  for  the  same 
kind  of  apples,  at  the  same  time.  Evi- 
dently there  is  something  wrong  with 
the  commercial,  as  well  as  religious  mat- 
ters in  this  country. 

My  meetings  are  arranged  ahead  into 
next  week ;  tonight  in  the  German  Luth- 
eran hall  here  in  Kenosha.  Next 
\^'ednesday  evening,  Elder  Daniel  Bry- 
ant invites  me  to  address  a  Mass  ]\Ieet- 
ing  in  Zion  City,  Illinois.  Since  Dr. 
Dowie's  death  the  people  there  have  been 
much  divided,  but  are  generally  opposed 
to  the  lodge. 

The  first  man  I  met  on  my  arrival  at 
Zion  City  gave  me  a  paper  with  his  pic- 
ture on  the  front  page  and  above  the 
picture  was  the  statement  in  large  let- 
ters that  he  was  the  only  loyal  elder  left 
of  the  Dowie  kind.  I  was  told  there  were 
others  making  similar  claims.  Voliva  has 
a  majority  at  present. 

The  outlook  for  our  State  Convention 
meeting  here  in  Kenosha  Monday  and 
Tuesday,  November  20  and  21,  is  very 
encouraging.      If    half  the  ministers  at- 


tend who  have  announced  their  intention 
to  be  present,  the  numerical  success  is 
assured. 

We  are  happy  in  having  on  our  pro- 
gram along  with  other  able  men  Rev. 
William  Dallman  of  Milwaukee,  Rev.  G. 
H.  Haan  of  Chicago,  and  Rev.  M.  Doer- 
man  of  Blue  Island,  111.  It  goes  without 
saying  that  these  men  will  bring  im- 
portant facts  that  will  be  presented  in. 
the  fear  of  God  with  lasting  results. 

Friends,  let  us  work  while  it  is  day 
''and  so  much  the  more  as  we  see  the  day 
approaching."  May  God  save  our  nation 
and  honor  his  cause. 

W.  B.  Stoddard. 


AGENT    DAVIDSON'S    REPORT. 

3^Iinden,  La.,  November  11,  191 1. 
Dear  Cynosure: 

Since  my  last  letter,  I  have  visited, 
preached,  lectured  and  distributed  tracts 
at  the  following  places,  viz. :  Lena, 
Zimmerman,  Boyce,  Quadrate,  McNutt, 
Lamott  and  Weils,  all  in  the  state  of 
Louisiana.  I  am  here  attending  the 
Louisiana  Baptist  State  Convention.  I 
was  royally  received  by  the  brethren,  and 
accorded  ^very  privilege.  I  preached 
one  of  the  annual  sermons.  I  find  that 
the  seed  sown  there  last  June  has  brought 
forth  fruit  to  the  glory  and  honor  of 
God.  This  is  a  stronghold  of  secretism, 
but  God  has  a  faithful  few  here  who 
have  not  worshipped  at  the  shrine  of 
secrecy. 

There  is  a  very  large  delegation  of 
prominent  ministers  and  laymen  from  all 
over  the  state.  Several  great  sermons 
have  been  preached.  I  find  a  great  many 
here  who  are  willing  to  acknowledge 
privately  that  the  lodge  is  an  evil  and 
heathen  institution,  but  they  have  not 
moral  courage  and  faith  enough  to  open- 
ly denounce  the  secret  lodge  system. 
Others  are  defiant  and  ever  ready  to 
praise  the  lodge  and  attempt  to  quote 
Scriptures  to  prove  their  allegations  in 
defense  of  their  order.  It  is  very  unfor- 
tunate that  the  poor  deluded  negroes  in 
their  ignorant  superstitious  state  should 
be  so  deceived  and  wrapped  up  head  and 
ears  in  these  Christless  and  heartless  in- 
stitutions of  secrecy.  Already  there  are 
agents  of  the  devil  (the  secret  lodges) 
at  work  in   Alexandria  to  stir  up  strife 


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against  nie  in  Sliiloh  Church,  but  I  shall 
cry  out  and  spare  not. 

Yours  for  a  pure  church, 

(Rev.)   F.  J.  Davidson. 


MRS.   LIZZIE  WOODS'  LETTER. 

Brownsville,  Tenn.,  Oct.  23,  191 1 
^.Ir.  Wm.  I.  Phillips, 

Chicago,  Illinois. 
Dear  Brother  in  Christ : 

All  last  week  I  taught  Bible  lessons  in 
Jackson,  Tenn.,  and  on  Sunday  night 
lectured  to  a  crowded  house.  The  Spirit 
of  God  came  upon  me  mightily  and  I  was 
able  to  speak  strongly  against  the  Secret 
Empire.  We  told  the  secret  sins  of  sev- 
eral societies  and  especially  the  secrets 
of  the  IMasonic  lodge.  I  told  them  of  the 
awful  sins  of  the  Masonic  Order  until 
they  were  utterly  dumbfounded.  I  said, 
''Brother  and  sister  in  the  Lord,  I  knew 
the  time  when  the  old  Baptist  and 
Methodist  Church  had  power  with  the 
living  God,  when  men  in  their  meetings 
would  cry  out,  'What  must  I  do  to  be 
saved?'  but  since  the  Church  has  become 
mixed  up  with  this  heathen  worship  it  is 
weak."  The  poor  preachers  do  not  know 
w^hy  their  churches  are  dead.  The  ad- 
versaries of  Judah  and  Benjamin  (Ezra 
4:1-5)  were  mixed  up  with  idolatry,  yet 
they  wanted  to  help  build  the  Lord's 
house,  but  Israel  refused  to  let  them.  I 
said,  "See  how  the  poor  preacher  of  to- 
day mixes  up  with  the  lodges.  The  devil 
helps  the  lodge  to  lay  the  cornerstones 
for  our  churches  and  then  walks  in  and 
takes  the  members,  after  binding  the 
preacher  with  his  cable  tow." 

The  people  took  their  medicine  so  nice- 
ly that  I  hardly  knew  what  to  make  of 
it.  At  the  close  a  Baptist  minister 
walked  up  to  me  and  said,  "You  are 
right.  I  joined  the  lodge  and  stayed  in 
it  one  year,  and  found  that  it  had  killed 
me  spiritually.  That  is  why  I  quit."  I 
said,  "Thank  God  for  your  decided  stand 
against  the  devil." 

The  next  day  I  learned  that  ten  years 
ago  the  Masons  met  a  man  who  knew  so 
much  about  their  secrets  that  they  grew 
suspicious,  and  upon  questioning  him 
closely  they  found  that  a  brother-in-law, 
a  Mason,  had  given  him  his  information. 
A  few  weeks  later  the  Masons  gave  a 
big  dinner  at  their  hall,  and  the  next 
morning  the  poor  brother-in-law  was 
found   dead   at   the   foot   of   the    stairs. 


Some  of  the  people  said  that  the  Masons 
killed  him  for  telling  their  secrets,  but 
the  Masonic  doctor  said  that  he  had  a 
spell.  They  carried  his  body  tip  into  the 
hall,  and  would  not  let  his  own  wife 
see  him  until  he  was  ready  for  burial.  A 
number  of  women  in  Jackson  told  me 
about  the  affair,  and  I  w^ondered  down 
deep  in  my  soul  if  it  were  true.  I  said, 
'Tf  that  is  the  truth,  how  can  the  poor  ■ 
preachers  of  today,  who  are  Masons, 
preach  a  saving  Gospel  and  remain  in 
the  lodges?"  May  the  Lord  help  these 
ministers  to  see  this  great  sin. 

Yesterday  a  man  came  to  me  and  said, 
"Was  Solomon  a  Mason?"  I  said,  "How 
readest  the  Scripture?"  He  said,  "Well, 
I  don't  know,  I  never  read  the  Scripture.  ' 
I  told  him  that  Solomon  was  the  king  of 
Israel  and  if  he  was  a  free  and  accepted 
Mason  I  never  heard  of  it  or  found  it  in 
the  Bible.  He  said,  "That  is  the  part  of 
the  Bible  that  we  are  based  on."  I  said, 
"Yes,  Solomon  had  a  thousand  wives. 
Maybe  that  is  the  part  that  you  are  based 
on."  He  said,  "No,  we  are  sworn  to  take 
care  of  the  women.  We  treat  our  broth- 
er's wives  and  daughters  right  and  take 
care  of  the  widows.  Don't  you  think  that 
is  religion?"  I  said,  "God's  standard  of 
religion  is  pure  and  undefiled  (James 
1  :27),  and  we  are  to  keep  ourselves  un- 
spotted from  the  world.  When  he  said 
that  he  was  trying  to  do  what  was  right 
in  the  sight  of  God,  I  asked  him  if  he 
thought  it  was  right  to  swear  to  have 
your  throat  cut  from  ear  to  ear.  He 
wanted  to  know  how  I  learned  their 
secrets,  and  I  showed  him  a  copy  of  the 
Cynosure  and  asked  him  if  he  ever  saw 
Jubela,  Jubelo  and  Jubelum.  He  laughed 
and  said  that  the  man  that  told  oug-ht  to 
be  killed.  I  said,  "Now,  you  are  a  Bap- 
tist preacher  and  still  you  say  that  these 
men  ought  to  die."  "Well,"  he  said, 
there  is  something  wrong  and  I  want  to 
do  what  is  right."  "Well,"  I  said,  "in 
order  to  do  that,  you  will  have  to  leave 
the  lodge."  He  said,  "You  know  more 
about  Masonry  than  I  do  myself,  and 
just  to  help  you  out  I  am  going  to  take 
that  magazine."  So  he  handed  me  fifty 
cents,  and  a  lady  who  was  sitting  near 
said  that  she,  too,  wanted  to  know  some- 
thing about  Masonry,  so  she  gave  me 
twenty-five  cents  for  the  Cynosure. 
God  bless  you.    Yours  for  Christ, 

Lizzie  Woods. 


December,  1911. 


CHRISTIAN   CYNOSURE. 


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WORK  IN  WEST  VIRGINIA. 

Viola,  Marshall  Co.,  W.  Va., 
October  30,  191  [. 
Dear  Brother  Phillips : 

Thinking*  that  you  and  the  friends 
would  like  to  hear  what  I  have  been  do- 
ing in  this  great  cause,  I  will  say  that 
I  have  been  steadily  at  work  lifting  up 
my  voice  in  testimony  and  distributing 
tracts  in  the  endeavor  to  give  the  facts 
which  are  so  greatly  needed  in  this  state. 
And  as  long  as  my  dear  Heavenly  Father 
gives  me  health  and  strength,  I  will  con- 
tinue the  fight  with  tongue  and  pen 
against  the  hidden  powers  of  darkness. 
I  have  been  mobbed  twice  recently.  Right 
in  the  middle  of  my  lecture  in  Tuttle 
schoolhouse  in  Calhoun  County  they 
threw  stones  and  eggs  through  the  win- 
dows. They  scared  the  women  and  the 
children  worse  than  they  did  me.  I  will 
give  them  credit  for  this,  that  every  Qgg 
thrown  through  the  windows  was  sound. 
There  was  not  a  rotten  egg  in  all  that 
they  pelted  me  with. 

I  secured  a  hall  in  Green  County, 
Pennsylvania,  and  distributed  about  one 
hundred  handbills,  advertising  my  lec- 
ture. About  one  hundred  men  came  to 
it.  They  reminded  me  of  the  night 
riders  of  Kentucky — a  howling,  yelling, 
half-drunken  crowd.  Not  one  woman 
came,  so  I  had  a  crowd  of  drunken 
toughs  to  contend  with.  Notwithstanding 
the  kind  of  audience,  I  commenced  to  de- 
liver my  lecture,  "Modern  Secret  Soci- 
eties," and  at  the  same  time  the  toughs 
commenced  howling-  and  barking  like 
dogs,  hooting  and  yelling  like  wild  In- 
dians, making  such  a  noise  and  uproar 
that  the  decent  part  of  the  audience  could 
not  hear  me  with  any  degree  of  satisfac- 
tion. Then  they  tried  to  put  a  rope 
around  my  neck.  I  went  into  a  corner 
of  the  hall  and  asked  them  if  they  want- 
ed to  kill  me,  and  told  them  that  if  they 
did  to  go  on  with  the  killing,  but  that  they 
would  have  to  suffer  the  full  penalty  of 
the  law.  There  were  men  there  who 
wanted  to  hear  my  lecture,  but  could  not 
because  of  the  disturbance,  so  as  soon  as 
the  mob  started  for  their  homes,  I  told 
the  respectable  part  of  the  audience  to 
come  the  second  night  to  the  hall  and 
I  w^ould  lecture  on  the  same  subject.  They 
said  that  they  would.  So,  on  the  second 
evening  I   spoke  to  a  nice,  orderly,  re- 


spectable audience  of  men,  women  and 
children.  They  listened  with  respect 
and  kept  the  very  best  of  order,  and  by 
the  blessing  of  the  Almighty  I  think  that 
the  seed  sown  by  me  in  West  Virginia 
and  Pennsylvania  will  spring  up  bearing 
fruit,  some  thirty,  some  sixty  and  some 
one  hundred-fold. 

Pardon  a  little  personal  sketch  or  ex- 
perience. I  left  Virginia  for  a  short  visit 
to  my  wife  and  son  and  daughters,  and 
also  to  my  fifteen  grandchildren.  The 
occasion  was  the  Graybell  reunion  of  the 
descendants  of  Joseph  and  Barbrea  Gray- 
bell,  who  emigrated  in  1806,  from  near 
Johnsville,  Frederick  County,  Maryland, 
to  Washington  County,  Pennsylvania,  to 
what  was  then  known  as  "The  Ten  Mile 
Wilderness."  It  was  estimated  that 
there  were  about  three  hundred  descend- 
ants of  these  pioneers  present.  We  had 
a  cornet  band  of  seventeen  musicians,  and 
with  a  great  blare  of  trumpets,  three 
hundred  of  us  Pennsylvania  Dutch  Gray- 
bells  sat  down  to  dinner  together  at  a 
long  table.  There  was  a  formal  program 
of  speeches  and  songs.  A  good  sermon 
was  preached  to  us  by  Garmon  Shronts, 
himself  a  descendant  of  the  pioneer 
Graybells  mentioned  above.  I  saw  a 
good  opportunity  to  deliver  my  lecture  on 
"Modern  Secret  Societies,"  but  I  was  not 
invited  to  speak. 

I  ask  the  prayers  of  all  anti-secret  peo- 
ple  for  me  and  my  great  work  in  this 
section  of  the  country.     Yours  trulv, 
Joseph  Potter  Graybell. 


from  ®ur  SlatL 


AN    OLD-TIME    REVIVAL. 

Myself  and  wife  have  just  returned 
from  the  eastern  part  of  the  state  where 
we  held  an  old-time  revival  at  the  Dice 
Wesleyan  Methodist  Church.  The  whole 
community  was  greatly  stirred  and  con- 
viction was  so  deep  that  some  of  the 
seekers  could  not  rest  night  and  day 
until  they  surrendered  themselves  to 
(lod.  Many  were  converted,  revived  and 
brought  nearer  to  God.  The  whole 
church  was  greatly  roused  and  the  mem- 
bershi])  was  more  than  doubled  as  a  re- 
sult of  the  revival.  People  say  it  was 
the  greatest  revival  since  we  were  there 
over  a  ciuarter  of  a  century  ago.  when 


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nearly  one  hundred  people  were  con- 
verted or  sanctified.  IMany  of  the  con- 
verts in  this  meeting  were  grow^n  chil- 
dren of  the  parents  that  were  converted 

A  STeat  manv  of  the 


in  our 


meetuigs. 


people  converted  in  this  former  revival 
have  passed  away.  Plans  are  being  made 
for  a  Union  Camp  Meeting  to  be  held 
next  summer  in  charge  of  myself  and 
wife. 

We  start  tomorrow  for  Cheyenne 
Wells.  Colo.,  where  we  will  engage  in 
evanoelistic  meetings  with  the  pastor  of 
the  M.  E.  Church,  A.  G.  Voight.  We 
expect  to  remain  in  the  West  during  the 
winter.  W^e  have  a  few  open  dates,  and 
would  be  glad  to  receive  calls  west  of  the 
Rocky  Mountains.  If  the  Lord  opens 
CYNOSURE— Gal  i6  KERR 

the  way  would  be  glad  to  spend  the  win- 
ter or  part  of  the  spring  on  the  Coast. 
Pray  for  us.  Pastors  wishing  to  write 
us  should  address  us  at  our  home  ad- 
dress, 1080  S.  Division  street,  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich.,  and  the  letters  will  be  for- 
warded to  us. 

Yours  in  Christian  love, 

S.  B.  Shaw. 


AN    OPEN   LETTER. 

To  Elder  W.  A.  Humphreys,  Presiding 
Elder  of  the  West  Plains  District, 
St.  Louis  Conference  of  the  M.  E. 
Church,  South : 
Dear  Brother : 

As  I  have  never  had  the  pleasure  of 
meeting  you  personally,  permit  me  to  say 
that  this  letter  is  not  written  by  an  enemy 
of  Methodism.  On  the  contrary  Metho- 
dist parents  dedicated  me  to  God  by  the 
holy  rite  of  infant  baptism,  in  Halters 
Bay,  a  suburb  of  Kingston,  Canada,  more 
than  sixty-five  years  ago.  I  was  con- 
verted to  God,  in  Jackson  Street  M.  E. 
Church.  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  under  the  labors 
of  Elder  Daniel  Cobb,  in  February,  1866, 
and  in  the  year  following  entered  into 
the  experience  of  ''perfect  love." 

For  more  than  forty  years  I  have  been 
a  Methodist  minister,  and  am  a  regular- 
ly ordained  elder.  As  such  I  have 
preached,  solemnized  marriages  and  as- 
sisted in  the  administration  of  the  Lord's 
Supper,  even  in  the  bounds  of  your  dis- 
trict, with  ministers  of  your  conference. 
About  twelve  or  fourteen  years  ago  I 
asked  for  and  was  granted  my  Letter  of 
Standing  as  an  Elder  in  the  Kansas  Con- 


ference of  Wesleyan  Methodist  Church, 
and  moved  here,  near  New  Salem  M.  E. 
Church,  South,  in  Shannon  County,  Mis- 
souri. 

As  a  certain  class  of  interested  persons 
seem  to  make  the  impression  on  the 
minds  of  many  people  that  I  am  well 
paid  for  antagonizing  secretism,  or 
lodgery,  permit  me  to  say  that  they  great- 
ly err,  if  they  do  not  wilfully  misrepre- 
sent the  matter.  The  fact  is,  that  I  go 
out  *'by  faith,"  anywhere,  as  the  Lord 
opens  doors,  homes  and  hearts  to  receive 
the  truth,  and  never  ask  any  man,  or  con- 
gregation, for  a  penny,  or  a  contribution 
for  myself. 

I  received  a  salary  when  laboring  as 
pastor  and  believe  ''That  they  which 
preach  the  gospel  should  live  of  the  gos- 
pel." But  I  adopted  this  course  because 
I  believe  the  ungodly,  who  frequently 
slander  God's  servants,  cannot  say  that 
I  seek  money  rather  than  souls. 

Of  course,  I  accept  what  is  given,  or 
is  sent  to  me  as  from  the  Lord,  and  judge 
that  the  contributors  have  been  moved  by 
the  Holy  Spirit  to  make  it.  To  all  such 
I  am  grateful,  and  assure  them  that  they 
shall  ''be  recompensed  at  the  resurrec- 
tion of  the  just."     Luke  14:14. 

This  letter  is  written  on  the  above 
basis,  under  peculiarly  trying  circum- 
stances, but  which  are  exceeded  by  con- 
sideration of  the  crying  needs  of  the 
Church  and  the  importance  of  its  salient 
features  to  the  salvation  of  souls. 

I  made  the  acquaintance  of  a  number 
of  the  ministers  of  your  conference ; 
your  doctrines  are  scriptural,  and,  I  be- 
lieve, identical  with  mine.  Furthermore, 
you  are  hereby  congratulated  on  having 
as  fine  exegetical  preachers,  lovable,  de- 
voted men — many  of  them,  Em  sorry  to 
say.  Masons — in  your  district,  as  I  have 
met  anywhere.  When  we  consider  that 
by  means  of  the  ministry  and  the  Church, 
God  the  Holy  Spirit  has  unsealed  the 
Scriptures  to  the  benighted  millions  of 
earth,  it  is  a  safe  proposition  to  declare 
that  the  mission  of  the  Christian  prophet 
is  the  one  paramount  to  all  other  call- 
ings. I  believe  most  profoundly  in  a 
Divine  call  to  preach  the  Gospel.  What 
finite  mind  can  estimate  the  value  of  one 
soul,  or  determine  the  punitive  resources 
of  perdition  on  the  basis  of  eternal  dura- 
tion?   Therefore,  I  praise  God  for  what 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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is  being  done  along  salvation  lines  today 
and  am  exceedingly  optimistic  as  to  the 
future.  Why?  The  Scriptures  tell  us 
that, 

''When  the  enemy  shall  come  in  like  a 
Hood,  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  shall  lift  up 
a  standard  agaiiist  him!'     Isaiah  59:19. 

When  ''the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  shall  lift 
up  a  standard"  at  any  time,  or  place,  who 
is  he  that  will  dare  to  put  it  down,  if  he 
is  not  the  arch-fiend,  or  one  of  his 
servants  ? 

Moral  qiuestions  are  not  settled  by 
human  majorities ;  otherwise  Elijah 
would  have  been  defeated  on  Carmel,  the 
three  Hebrew  children  destroyed  by  fire, 
Daniel  eaten  by  lions,  and  John,  the  be- 
loved disciple,  cooked  in  the  caldron  of 
oil. 

If  this  were  not  an  open  letter,  much 
of  its  didactic  character  could  be  dis- 
pensed with,  but  it  is  otherwise  to  make 
some  things  clear  which  are  obscure  to 
the  ordinary  observer. 

You  need  not  be  told  that  there  never 
have  been  such  multiplied  methods,  such 
vast  and  complicated  machinery,  set  in 
motion  by  human  hands,  for  the  reform- 
ation of  society;  in  short,  there  never 
have  been  such  strenuous  eiforts  put 
forth  by  the  Holy  Catholic — not  Roman 
Catholic — Church  for  the  saving  of 
souls,  as  there  have  been  during  the  past 
twenty  years,  and  we  are  compelled  to 
acknowledge  that,  to  this  day,  they  have 
fallen  far  short  of  what  our  fathers  ac- 
complished with  less  money,  less  machin- 
ery, and — shall  I  say  ? — less  effort. 
What  Is  Wrong  with  the  Church? 

"Methodists  Losing  Ground. — The 
decrease  in  membership  of  the  Church 
was  the  principal  discussion  at  Toronto 
the  last  week  of  the  Ecumenical  Metho- 
dist Conference,  which  contained  dele- 
gates from  all  quarters  of  the  world. 
All  the  reports  showed  that  a  decrease 
had  taken  place  the  world  over  during 
the  last  decade. 

"The  W^estern  section  comprising  the 
Methodist  churches  in  the  United  States, 
Canada  and  Japan,  reported  a  loss  in  net 
membership  in  the  past  ten  years. 

''The  Eastern  section,  covering  the 
churches  in  Great  Britain,  Ireland, 
France,  South  Africa,  Australia,  and  the 
mission  field,  showed  an  absolute  loss  in 
membership. "—i^a^i^ya.?  City  Star,  JW^d., 

Oct.    TT,    TOIL 


If  this  be  the  record,  which  the  peo- 
ple who,  "are  at  it  and  are  always  at  it," 
make  against  themselves,  the  record 
made  by  other  evangelical  churches  can- 
not improve  upon  it. 

"The  old  ship  Zion"  has  struck  the 
doldrums  and,  like  a  vessel  in  a  current 
near  the  equator,  is  carried  backward  by 
a  wind  from  some  quarter  faster  than 
she  is  wafted  onward  by  the  winds  of 
Heaven. 

''Say  not  thou,  what  is  the  cause  that 
the  former  days  were  better  than  these, 
for  thou  doest  not  inquire  wisely  con- 
cerning this." — Ecclesiastics   7:10. 

The  fact  is,  that  the  Holy  Spirit  is 
grieved  with  us,  and  what  was  true  once 
in  Hebrew  history  is  true  today  in  the 
Church. 

''There  is  an  accursed  thing  in  the 
midst  of  thee,  O  Israel!  Thou  canst  not 
stand  before  thine  enemies,  until  ye  take 
azvay  the  accursed  thing  from  among 
you.'' — Joshua  8:10. 

Secretism  has  honeycombed  our  en- 
tire social  fabric.  God  either  loves 
secretism — Freemasonry  and  kindred 
secret  societies — or  He  hates  it.  If  He 
loves  it,  it  will  bear  examination;  if  He 
hates  it,  it  demands  investigation.  For 
it  is  today,  in  my  judgment,  the  Babylon- 
ish garment  and  the  wedge  of  gold  hid- 
den in  the  tabernacles  of  Zion,  which  is 
retarding  the  Church  in  her  sublime  mis- 
sion on  earth. 

Consider  the  time  wasted  by  ministers 
and  church  members,  mixed  up  in 
lodgery,  "unequally  yoked  together  with 
unbeliez'ers/' — with  Jews,  deists  and 
spiritualists — in  false  worship.  Consider 
the  talents  buried  in  lodge  saturnalia,  for 
degrees,  feasts,  dances,  conclaves  and 
street  parades,  coupled  with  personal 
adornment  in  "gold,  pearls  and  costly 
array !" 

Ministers  of  your  conference  and  also 
church  members  have  asked  me  ''Why  do 
you  not  join  our  conference?"  On  stat- 
ing my  views  as  g-iven  above,  and  that  I 
am  a  seceder  from  Freemasonry — or 
secretism — for  Jesus'  sake,  and  preach 
against  it,  I  have  asked,  "How  would  it 
do  for  me  to  join  your  conference?"  and 
they  have  quickly  and  decisively  an- 
swered, "Oh,  it  would  never  do  at  all !" 
(Elder)  G.  T.  Dissett. 

Congo,  Mo. 

(To  be  continried.") 


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CONTENTS 


Murder    as    a    Fine    Art.      By    President  ■ 

C.    A.    Blanchard :..,...  i 257 

Lawyer    Morals    ,...,.;.;,; 261 

Elks'  Tribute  to  Honored  Dead .261 

Typographical   Union    Obligation 262 

Robert    M.    La    Follette.... 262 

The     Broken     Seal.       By     Samuel      D. 

Green ...263 

The    Farmer    Joiner............. 269 

Editorial — 

Tasks  for  a  Year 270 

Knights  of  the  Royal  Arch 271 

No    Secrets    Today. . , 272 

Sarcophagus  and  Mission   Schools 272 

A    Proposed    Precedent 273 

Incompatible   and   Inimical 273 

Ancient   Antimasonry 274 

Inaugural   Imprecation .  .275 

!     Fraternities   of   Assassins .........275 

■  Obituary — 

Mrs.  Emma  R.  Whitham .277 

News  of  Our  Work •, . .  .V! . .  .277 

From  Our  Mail 283 


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tary-Treasurer, Wm.  L  Phillips. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS.       , 

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M.  Hitchcock  (Independent),  G.  A. 
Blanchard  (Congregational),  G.  J.  Haan 
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T.  C.  Wendell  (Free  Methodist)  and  P. 
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VOLUME  XLIV. 


CHICAGO,    JANUARY,    1912. 


NUMBER  9. 


MURDER  AS  A  FINE  ART. 

CHARLES   A.    BLANCHARD,    D.   D. 

In  the  city  of  Los  Angeles  there  re- 
cently plead  guilty  to  the  crime  of  dyna- 
miting, two  men  who  have  for  years 
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admitted  was  twenty-one. 

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to  death. 

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the  jury  box  or  wholesale  subornation  of 
perjury  on  the  witness  stand  could  pos- 
sibly have  prevented  a  verdict  of  guilty. 
Under  these  circumstances  these  men 
who  had  committed  the  two  crimes  con- 
fessed, and  as  the  evidence  goes  to  show, 
many  others  plead  guilty. 

The  Death  Clocks. 
It  is  a  horribly  fascinating  story. 
These  men,  and  others  who  co-operated 
with  them,  bought  large  quantities  of 
the  most  powerful  explosives.  They 
rented  buildings  in  out-of-the-way  places 
in  which  to  store  them.  When  they 
wished  to  destroy  property  or  lives  or 
both  they  would  go  to  these  depots,  take 
out  the  amount  of  explosives  which  they 
wished,  ride  longer  or  shorter  distances 


in  passenger  coaches  or  Pullman  cars, 
place  the  dynamite  where  it  could  do  its 
work  and  arrange  a  clock  so  that  at 
some  hour  designed  the  mine  would  be 
fired  and  the  property  destroyed.  In 
some  instances  the  circumstances  were 
such  that  there  might  be  no  loss  of  life. 
It  was  possible,  however,  in  any  case, 
that  innocent  passersby  might  be  blown 
into  fragments  in  an  instant  of  time. 

The  particular  instance  to  which  Mr. 
J.  B.  McNamara  plead  guilty  was  the  de- 
struction of  the  office  of  a  newspaper 
in  Los  Angeles.  He  says,  in  his  so-called 
confession,  that  he  did  not  wish  to  kill 
anybody,  that  he  was  very  sorry  men 
were  killed,  that  if  the  giving  up  of  his 
own  life  would  bring  back  their  lives  he 
would  gladly  lay  it  down.  The  judge  in 
sentencing  him  told  him  that  he  did  not 
believe  what  he  said  and  Mr.  Burns,  the 
detective  who  gathered  the  evidence  of 
the  crime,  says  that  before  he  fired  the 
explosive  he  filled  the  building  with  gas 
so  that  there  would  be  a  double  certainty 
of  destroying  it.  The  representative  of 
this  tniion  knew  that  at  the  time  chosen 
for  the  explosion  the  building  would  be 
full  of  working  men.  As  it  happened 
twenty-one  were  killed. 

A  Grewsome  Story. 

The  pictures  of  these  two  men  who 
have  plead  guilty  to  the  crime  of  dyna- 
miting- and  murder  generally  represent 
them  as  smiling.  The  newspaper  de- 
scriptions speak  of  their  cheerful  ap- 
pearance and  of  the  jocular  conversa- 
tions which  they  have  with  one  another 
and  others.  It  seems  incredible  that  men 


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guilty  of  such  offenses  should  be  so 
happy  and  apparently  feel  so  funny 
about  it.  One  would  suppose  that  they 
had  been,  engaged  in  some  practical  joke 
which  had  furnished  a  good  deal  of 
amusement,  and  had  done  no  harm  to 
anyone.  It  seems  hard  to  believe  that 
twenty-one  men  were  buried  from  this 
one  building  which  they  destroyed  and 
no  one  knows  how  many  others  from  the 
other  crimes  of  like  sort  which  they 
committed.  We  do  know,  however,  that 
there  were  over  forty  persons  killed  in 
the  mining-  regions  of  the  West,  apparent- 
ly by  a  similar  society,  and  that  the  same 
attorney,  who  is  said  to  have  received 
$50,000  for  conducting  the  defense  of 
these  last  murderers,  was  the  attorney 
who  defended  the  men  indicted  for  one 
of  the  mining  murders  above  referred  to. 

It  is  also  an  interesting  coincidence 
that,  as  in  this  last  case,  the  tangle  be- 
gan to  unravel  with  the  confession  of  a 
confederate,  so  in  the  former  case  Harry 
Orchard  gave  a  full  account  of  the 
facts,  w^hich  a  jury,  under  the  skillful 
manipulation  of  lawyers  who  are  paid 
large  sums  of  money  to  defend  murder- 
ers, decided  were  not  facts  at  all.  I 
have  seen  a  letter  from  Harry  Orchard, 
written  after  the  miscarriage  of  justice 
in  Idaho.  In  this  letter  he  says :  ''Every 
word  of  my  confession  was  true  and  will 
so  appear  in  the  judgment  of  the  Great 
Day." 

A  Hundred  Explosions. 

This  method  of  using  clocks  and  dy- 
namite to  destroy  property  and  lives  was 
carefully  and  diligently  pursued  until 
years  had  passed  and  more  than  one 
hundred  different  instances  of  this  de- 
struction had  taken  place. 

For  some  reason,  possibly  because  the 
editor  in  Los  Angeles  was  making  a  de- 
cided stand  against  the  unions,  they 
seem  to  have  had  a  special  hatred  for 
that  city  and  one  of  them  is  reported  to 
have  declared  in  substance,  that  if  they 


could  not  unionize  Los    Angeles     they 
would  level  it  with  the  ground. 

The  use  of  the  clocks  enabled  the  mur- 
derers to  take  trains  and  be  far  removed 
from  the  scene  of  the  explosion  at  the 
time  when  it  occurred.  Of  course  dis- 
guises were  used  and  false  names  were 
employed  and  the  whole  arrangement 
showed  the  utmost  deliberation  and  care- 
ful planning.  If  ever  crimes  could  be 
said  to  have  been  committed  with  de- 
liberate purpose  and  intent,  these  crimes 
were  of  that  character. 

Evil   Cannot   Be   Hidden.  . 

Nearly  two  thousand  years  ago  our 
Lord  in  warning  men  against  evil  doing 
said  to  them:  "There  is  nothing  hidden 
that  shall  not  be  known  and  come 
abroad."  It  proved  so  in  this  case  as  it 
has  in  so  many  others ;  as  one  has  said. 
The  entire  universe  is  confederated 
against  evil  doers. 

Bombs  were  placed  near  houses  and 
either  failed  to  explode  because  the  ma- 
chinery was  in  some  way  defective  or 
were  picked  up  before  the  hour  for 
which  the  explosion  had  been  timed.  The 
depots  for  dynamite  were  discovered. 
The  persons  who  rented  the  houses 
were  ascertained.  The  aliases  of  the 
persons  who  did  the  deadly  work  were 
learned.  The  confession  of  a  confed- 
erate laid  the  whole  matter  open,  and  the 
persons  guilty  of  crime  were  arrested. 

It  should  be  remembered,  in  this  con- 
nection, that  this  sort  of  work  was  not 
only  criminal  but  was  also  expensive. 
When  McNamara  set  out  for  Los 
Angeles  to  destroy  the  Times  Building 
and  kill  the  twenty-one  men  who  died, 
he  carried  the  explosive  in  a  satchel, 
handed  it  to  a  Pullman  porter  to  be 
cared  for  and  paid  the  latter  a  dollar  for 
his  trouble. 

The  little  home  where  the  mother  of 
these  two  men  lived  looks  like  the 
humble  home  of  a  working  woman.  One 
would   never   suppose  that   she   or   her 


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sons  would  be  able  to  furnish  the  means 
for  carrying  on  such  a  wholesale  de- 
struction of  property  and  life.  No  sane 
man  believes  that  they  did  so.  Thus 
large  sums  of  money  were  furnished,  be- 
yond doubt  by  the  workingmen's  so- 
cieties with  which  they  were  connected. 
The  destructions  and  murders  were  com- 
mitted in  the  interests  of  that  society. 
Personally  the  McNamaras  had  no  more 
need  for  destroying  this  property  and 
these  lives  than  have  the  persons  who 
are  reading  these  words  at  this  time. 

If  the  country  could  be  sufficiently 
terrorized,  if  a  sufficient  amount  of  prop- 
erty could  be  destroyed,  if  a  sufficient 
number  of  men  could  be  killed  to  make 
employers  consent  to  unionism,  and 
make  laboring  men  afraid  not  to  be 
unionized,  the  expense  of  this  murderous 
campaign  could  be  met  from  the  fees 
and  dues  of  those  who  should  become 
connected  with  the  orders.  Can  any  rea- 
sonable person  assign  any  other  motive 
than  this  one  for  the  expensive  work 
which  was  being  done? 

A   Storm  of  Lies  and   Slanders. 

No  sooner  had  the  tireless,  costly  and 
dangerous  work  of  the  detectives  been 
performed  than  a  roar,  such  as  secret 
societies  always  send  out  when  their 
members  are  detected  in  criminal  acts, 
was  heard.  It  was  so  when  Mr.  Morgan 
was  killed,  it  was  so  when  Cronin  was 
murdered,  it  was  so  when  Heywood 
was  on  trial.  ''Capital  was  seeking  to 
destroy  labor."  ''The  dynamite  had  been 
purchased  by  the  detectives  and  was 
found  where  they  put  it."  "The  men 
who  committed  the  murders  were  high- 
minded,  well-bred  gentlemen.  The'r  ar- 
rest and  arraignment  was  an  outrage." 
"Capitalists  would  find  that  the  rights  of 
the  laboring  men  could  not  be  infringed 
in  this     manner,"    etc.,     etc.,    etc.,     ad 

nauseam.    From  Mr.  Gompers  down  the 

whole  machinery  of  the  unions  was  set 


in   motion   to   discredit  the  government 
and  to  deliver  the  murderers. 

Mr.  Gompers  says  he  did  not  know 
the  facts  in  the  case,  but  Mr.  Burns  says 
that  he  did.  As  between  the  two  men 
the  public  will  probably  believe  Mr. 
Burns.  Certainly  the  public  will  not  be- 
lieve that  the  McNamaras  furnished  the 
money  for  their  program  of  destruction 
and  death  and  carried  it  out  for  their 
own  purposes,  at  their  own  expense,  and 
no  one  denies  that  when  they  had  been 
arrested  and  when  it  was  necessary  to 
have  hundreds  of  thousands  of  dollars 
to  hire  lawyers  whose  trade  it  is  to 
make  murderers  safe,  instantly  the 
money  was  forthcoming. 

That  thousands  of  laboring  men  con- 
nected   with    the   unions    knew    nothing 
whatever  of  what  was  being  done  is  un- 
questionably true.      That  is  true  in  all 
secret  societies.    The  leaders  in  these  so- 
cieties do  not  wish  the  common  members 
to  know   what   is   being   done.      Multi- 
tudes  of   them   are     honest     men    and 
would  not  remain  connected  with  the  or- 
ders if  they  knew  what  their  real  work 
was,  but  in  this  case  the  leaders  knew, 
and  must  have  known.     How  else  could 
the  money   have  been   raised    and   how 
else  could  the  men  have  been  sent   so 
safely  and  for  so  long  a  time  about  their 
work?     How   else   could   the    roar     of 
slander  and  accusation  have  burst  forth 
in  so  many  quarters  at  the  same  instant, 
if  the  leaders  had  not  been  informed? 
A    Strange    Phenomenon. 
Well,  the   explosions   are  over   for   a 
time ;    the    murdered     men    have   been 
buried ;  the  widows  and  orphans  are  be- 
ing cared  for  by  friends,  or  by  the  pub- 
lic,  or   are    struggling   along   by    them- 
selves.    The  evidence  has  been  accumu- 
lated until  the  high  priced  lawyers  know 
that  it  is  conclusive  and  that  their  clients 
cannot  be   acquitted  if   fairly  tried.      A 
compromise  or  bargain  is  made  up.     Do 
these   murderers    confess    to     anything 


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which  is  not  proved?  Not  at  all.  Do 
they  name  their  confederates  in  the 
crime?  Not  at  all.  Do  they  exhibit 
any  sorrow,  shame  or  regret  for  what 
they  have  done?  Not  in  the  least.  They 
laugh  and  joke  and  smile,  but  the 
widows  and  the  children  of  the  men 
whom  they  have  killed  do  not  smile.  On 
such  a  flimsy,  insignificant  basis  as  this 
is  raised  a  cry  for  clemency.  These 
murderers  "believe  they  had  a  right  to 
commit  the  murders."  ''They  consider 
themselves  soldiers  in  the  ranks  of  labor 
warring  against  the  unreasonable  exac- 
tions and  the  vast  power  of  capital."  ''If 
they  should  be  hanged  it  would  embitter 
the  unions."  "If  they  should  be  sen- 
tenced to  prison  for  a  while  and  then 
should  be  turned  loose,  as  such  men 
usually  are,  that  would  produce  a  very 
fine  impression  on  the  unions."  "They 
would  be  greatly  afifected  by  this  exhibi- 
tion of  magnanimity,"  etc.,  etc.,  etc., 
and  in  the  end  these  men,  covered  with 
the  blood  of  their  fellows,,  are  sent  away 
for  a  little  while  to  the  State  prison.  For 
how  long  a  time  no  one  can  even  guess. 
What  the  rule  in  such  cases  is  we  all 
know. 

It  is  strange  that  in  this  whole  news- 
paper discussion  there  is  nowhere  any 
apparent  recognition  of  the  fact  that 
these  crimes  are  the  natural  result  of  se- 
cret association,  and  that  when  lodge 
men  have  been  detected  in  crimes  it  is 
the  custom  of  the  lodges  to  deliver  them 
from  the  punishment  which  is  due.  In 
this  manner  the  War  of  the  Rebellion 
closed  with  no  man  punished  for  his 
treason.  The  United  States  certified  to 
the  world  that  if  treason  could  be  made 
sufficiently  strong,  if  it  could  cost  the  ex- 
penditure of  a  sufficient  amount  of  money 
and  the  loss  of  a  sufficient  number  of 
lives,  it  shall  be  passed  out  of  the  list  of 
crimes,  if  it  did  not  pass  into  the  list  of 
commendable    acts.      Is    it    strange   that 


with  such  examples  before  our  eyes, 
common  murder  is  becoming  a  matter  of 
every-day  occurrence  and  courts  are 
coming  to  deal  with  that  as  they  do 
with  these  lodge  murders  of  which  we 
have  been   speaking? 

It  is  reported  in  the  daily  press  that 
in  Chicago  nearly  six  hundred  persons 
have  been  killed  since  a  man  was  hanged 
for  the  crime  of  murder,  and  this  man 
was  a  poor  negro  without  a  dollar  in 
money  or  a  friend  in  the  world. 

A  little  group  of  cold-blooded  assas- 
sins, who  killed  an  honest  laboring  man 
under  circumstances  of  most  horrible 
atrocity,  now  lie  under  sentence  of  death 
in  Chicago.  If  they  have  not  money  to 
hire  good  lawyers,  and  if  the  courts  do 
not  interfere,  as  they  have  been  accus- 
tomed to  do,  it  may  be  supposed  that 
these  men  will  suffer  the  penalty  of  their 
crimes. 

It  Is  the   Lodge's  Work. 

This  widespread,  almost  universal 
contempt  for  law  and  for  the  rights  of 
man,  is  to  be  laid  directly  at  the  door  of 
the  secret  societies  of  our  country.  I  said 
to  a  hardware  merchant  in  Peoria,  years 
ago,  who  asked  me  what  the  trouble  with 
Masonry  was,  that  it  was  training  men 
to  be  murderers.  He  said  that  the  state- 
ment was  ridiculous,  but  directly,  being 
questioned,  he  said  that  any  man  who 
violated  his  Masonic  oath  ought  to  be 
killed.  It  is  but  a  step  from  this  attitude 
to  the  position  of  the  labor  unions. 
"Men  who  break  their  oaths  ought  to  be 
killed,"  and  still  further,  "men  who  ob- 
ject to  what  the  lodges  are  doing  and 
whO'  do  not  become  properly  submissive 
ought  to  be  killed,  too." 

I  do  not  know  whether  our  country 
will  ever  awaken  to  the  horrible  work 
of  these  lodges  or  not.  If  it  does  not 
it  will  not  be  because  there  is  a  lack  of 
evidence.  We  have  a  right  to  hope  that 
our  people  will  at  last  be  aroused. 


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Wendell  Phillips  said  to  be  years  ago, 
at  his  home  on  Exxes  St.,  Boston,  that 
secret  societies  in  his  judgment  should 
be  prohibited  by  law.  Of  course  they 
should  be  prohibited  by  law.  What 
need  have  honest  men  for  a  se- 
cret society?  Every  one  can  see 
why  murderers  like  those  in  Cali- 
fornia need  a  secret  society.  They 
need  it  in  order  to  do  their  work,  and 
they  need  it  in  order  to  protect  them- 
selves when  their  work  is  discovered ; 
but  honest  men  need  nothing  but  the 
institutions  which  God  has  established. 
If  an  honest  man  has  a  family,  a  church 
and  a  nation  which  he  can  call  his  own, 
he  has  all  that  he  needs.  There  is 
plenty  of  work  for  secret  societies  to  do, 
but  it  is  such  work  as  is  revealed  in  the 
terrible  reports  which  we  have  been  con- 
sidering. . 


LAWYER  MORALS. 

Clarence  Darrow  has  set  a  goodly 
part  of  the  thinking  world  musing  over 
the  strange  ways  of  a  man's  mind.  He 
is  not  alone  in  his  class,  not  alone  by 
thousands  and  thousands ;  nevertheless 
his  statements,  made  after  the  confes- 
sions of  the  McNamara  brothers,  call  at- 
tention to  a  most  curious  and  most  vi- 
cious   tendency   of    human    intelligence. 

This  lawyer  is  reported  as  having  said 
that  his  motive  in  urging  the  two  crimi- 
nal brothers  to  plead  guilty  was  only  to 
save  their  lives.  He  considered  that  his 
highest  duty.  And  that,  for  one  thing, 
is  very  strange. 

It  is  passing  strange  that  a  man  who 
has  ideals  of  any  height  at  all  should 
consider  it  his  business  in  life  to  accept 
guilty  clients  who  are  in  danger  of 
death,  and  then,  forgetting  all  the  claims 
of  the  social  and  the  civic  world  upon 
him,  should  deliberately  set  himself  to 
the  task  of  saving  these  men's  villain- 
ous lives,  no  matter  what  else  might  be 
at  stake. 

Again :  the  only  reason  that  this  law- 
yer gives  for  finally  urging  these  men 
to  alter  their  perjured  plea  of  "Not 
guilty"  is  that  he  saw  it  was  useless  to 


try  to  oppose  the  case  which  the  state, 
through  its  lawyers,  had  builded  up. 
Here  again  is  some  very  vicious  reason- 
ing. The  inference  is  that  the  lawyer 
knew  these  men's  diabolical  guilt  all 
along,  but  continued,  until  forced  to  an 
opposite  view,  to  believe  that  he  might 
find  some  weakness  in  the  state's  case. 
What  kind  of  a  citizen  is  a  lawyer 
who,  even  when  he  knows  that  a  man 
has  committed  a  grievous  crime  against 
the  state,  will  defend  the  man  as  long 
as  he  is  confident  that  the  state  cannot 
make  a  clear  case  against  him?  Does 
such  procedure  not  hold  within  itself 
the  elements  of  treason? 

It  is  time  that  we  should  have  more 
high-minded  lawyers,  men  who  have 
heard  what  God  said  when  He  inspired 
Solomon  to  write,  "He  that  justifieth 
the  wicked  and  he  that  condemneth  the 
just,  even  they  both  are  abomination  to 
the  Lord."  It  is  not  to  be  wondered  at 
that  in  honest  people's  minds  the  entire 
realm  of  the  lawyer  is  looked  upon  as 
a  sphere  of  questionable  repute.  It 
should  occasion  no  surprise  to  see  a 
knowing  smile  curl  upon  people's  lips 
when  the  fact  that  a  man  is  a  lawyer  is 
mentioned. 

Would  it  be  impossible  for  honest 
lawyers  to  exist?  Would  it  be  impos- 
sible to  draw  the  fame  of  the  bar  (and 
with  it  the  fame  of  the  bench)  higher 
than  it  now  stands  ?  Clarence  Darrow 
has  spoken.  His  words  are  not  calcu- 
lated to  steady  the  hands  of  blind- 
folded justice  as  she  holds  the  scales 
aloft.  We  dare  only  trust  that  they  may 
serve  to  set  in  motion  certain  currents 
of  public  thinking  and  public  expression 
which  may  after  a  while  bring  about  bet- 
ter conditions. — Lutheran  Standard. 


ELKS'  TRIBUTE  TO  HONORED  DEAD 

Representative  Moris  Sheppard  gave 
the  address,  in  which  he  said:  "Those 
in  whose  memory  these  exercises  are 
held,  are  not  dead,  but  have  entered 
into  a  higher  life,  which  the  grave  can- 
not destroy.  Their  immortalities  will 
blend  in  joyous  immortality  with  their 
God." — The  Washington  Times,  Dec.  6, 
1909. 


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TYPOGRAPHICAL     UNION     OBLIGA- 
TION. 

I  (give  name),  hereby  solemnly  and 
sincerely  swear  (or  affirm)  that  I  will 
not  reveal  any  business  or  proceeding  of 
any  meeting  of  this  union,  or  any  other 
subordinate  union  to  which  I  may  here- 
after be  attached,  unless  by  order  of  the 
union,  except  to  those  whom  I  know  to 
be  members  in  good  standing  thereof ; 
that  I  will,  without  equivocation  or  eva- 
sion and  to  the  best  of  my  ability  abide 
by  the  constitution,  by-laws  and  the 
adopted  scale  of  prices ;  that  1  will  at 
all  times  abide  by  the  decisions  of  the 
majority,  and  use  all  honorable  means 
within  my  power  to  procure  employment 
for  printers  of  any  union  working  under 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  International 
Typographical  Union  in  preference  to 
others ;  that  my  fidelity  to  the  union  and 
my  duties  to  the  members  thereof  shall 
in  no  case  he  interfered  zvith  or  trenched 
upon  by  any  allegiance  that  I  may  now 
or  hereafter  ozve  to  any  other  organisa- 
tion, social,  political,  or  religions,  secret 
or  otherwise ;  that  I  will  belong  to  no  so- 
ciety or  combination  composed  wholly 
or  partly  of  printers,  with  intent  or  pur- 
pose to  interfere  with  the  trade  regula- 
tions or  influence  or  control  the  legisla- 
tion of  this  union;  that  I  will  not 
wrong  a  brother  or  sister  member  or  see 
him  or  her  wronged,  if  in  my  power  to 
prevent.  To  all  of  which  I  pledge  my 
most  sacred  honor. — From  the  Consti- 
tution and  By-Lazvs  of  the  Typograph- 
ical Union. 


ROBERT  M.  LAFOLLETTE. 

BY    REV.    H.    A.    DAY. 

The  following  quotation  from  the  au- 
tobiography of  Robert  M.  La  Follette, 
now  being  published  in  the  American 
Magazine,  expresses  so  clearly  the  con- 
ditions political,  social  and  religious,  un- 
der which  we  are  now  living,  that  I  de- 
sire the  notice  of  readers  of  the 
Cynosure  directed  to  them.  The  hidden 
significance  of  some  statements  will  ap- 
pear to  practical  anti-secret  men  as  they 
will  not  to  those  who  have  given  the  sub- 
ject little  or  no  thought. 

Mr.  La  Follette's  statement  in  the  be- 
ginning of  his  autobiography  may  act  as 
guide  to  some  characteristics  in  this 
comparatively  new  man  in  public  affairs, 


from  the  exercise  of  which,  better  things 
may  be  hoped  for  in  this  country  should 
he  ever  attain  the  supremacy  which  we 
have  reason  to  expect  he  will.  May  it 
be  that  his  present  outspoken  fearless- 
ness may  not  wane  before  the  pressure 
of  corrupt  influence  should  he  ever  reach 
the  presidential  chair  in  these  United 
States ! 

Following  are  the  quotations.  First, 
Mr.  La  Follette  speaks  of  his  University 
experience. 

''At  that  time  college  life  was  domi- 
nated by  two  secret  fraternities ;  they 
controlled  the  student  meetings,  and  di- 
rected the  elections.  Most  of  the  stu- 
dents, of  whom  I  was  one,  were  out- 
siders, or  'Scrubs,'  having  little  or  noth- 
ing to  say  about  the  conduct  of  college 
affairs." 

The  second  quotation  to  which  I  refer 
is  as  follows :  "During  my  service  as 
district  attorney  I  began  to  see  some  fur- 
ther aspects  of  boss  rule  and  misrepre- 
sentative  government,  although  I  had 
little  idea,  then,  what  it  all  meant.  It 
was  a  common  practice  for  men  caught 
in  the  criminal  net,  or  the  friends  of 
those  men,  not  to  go  forward  honestly 
and  try  their  cases  in  the  public  tri- 
bunal, but  repair  to  the  boss,  and  thus 
bring  underhanded  and  secret  influence 
to  bear  in  blocking  the  wheels  of  jus- 
tice. *  *  >:<  I  began  to  feel  this 
pressure  in  all  sorts  of  cases.  They  did 
not  attempt  to  reach  me  directly,  know- 
ing that  I  had  defied  the  boss  in  my  elec- 
tion, but  it  came  about  in  the  curious 
ways  in  which  witnesses  faded  out  of  the 
reach  of  the  sheriff's  office,  in  the  dis- 
agreement of  juries,  and  the  like." 

By  the  above  tokens  we  discover  two 
things.  First,  as  enlightened  anti-se- 
cretists  we  can  see  from  whence  origi- 
nated the  "curious  ways  in  which  wit- 
nesses faded  out  of  reach  of  the  sheriff's 
office,"  although  Mr.  La  Follette  does 
not  seem  to  know.  Second,  we  think  we 
see  quite  clearly  that  this  remarkable 
man,  at  least,  is  not  in  sympathy  with 
secret  society  methods,  and  possibly  may 
not  be  affiliated  with  any.  However, 
there  is  little  hope  that,  until  our  King 
shall  come,  this  monstrosity,  organized 
secretism,  a  product  of  modern  civiliza- 
tion, will  ever  have  its  illegitimate  power 
and  authority  broken  in  either  the  po- 


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litical,    commercial,    social,    or    religious 
world.     Till  then,  let  us  hope  and  pray. 


THE  BROKEN  SEAL. 

BY  SAMUEL  D.  GREEN. 
From  the  personal  reminiscences  by 
Samuel  D.  Green  of  the  abduction  and  mur- 
der of  Captain  WilHam  Morgan  were 
taken  some  of  the  facts  so  vividly  brought 
out  in  Miss  Flagg's  "Power  of  the  Secret 
Empire,"  which  ended  in  the  December 
number  of  the  Cynosure.  The  story  has 
created  so  wide  an  interest  that  we  pro- 
pose to  give  our  readers  in  the  next  few 
months  some  of  these  facts  as  recorded 
by  Mr.  Green,  an  eye-witness. — Editor. 
How  I  Became  a  Mason. 
I  was  born  in  the  town  of  Leicester, 
Massachusetts,  on  the  7th  day. of  Feb- 
ruary, 1788.  My  great  grandfather, 
Thomas  Greene,  was  the  first  Baptist 
minister  in  that  town,  and  through  his 
agency  the  first  Baptist  meeting-house 
was  built  there.  In  my  childhood,  the 
country  was  just  emerging  from  the 
fatigue  and  burdens  of  the  long  war  of 
the  Revolution.  It  was  the  day  of  small 
things.  Society  was  in  a  rude  and  sim- 
ple condition,  as  compared  with  the 
present. 

At  the  age  of  seventeen  I  was  em- 
ployed to  teach  a  district  school  in  the 
neighboring  town  of  Oakham.  I  was 
examined  by  the  parish  minister,  Rev. 
Daniel  Tomlinson.  This  Mr.  Tomlinson 
was  a  quaint  and  original  man.  In  the 
time  of  a  long  and  obstinate  quarrel, 
when  the  members  in  church  meeting  as- 
sembled were  accusing  each  other  vari- 
ously, the  minister  finally  rose  and  said : 
''Brethren,  this  must  be  stopped.  If  the 
Lord  will  have  a  church  in  Oakham,  he 
must  have  it  out  of  such  materials  as  we 
have  here."  He  is  the  same  man  also  to 
whom  a  church  member  once  went  com- 
plaining, and  wanting  a  letter  of  dismis- 
sion to  the  church  in  a  neighboring  town. 
Said  the  church  member,  "There  are  so 
many  Achans  in  the  camp  here,  that  I 
want  to  get  away  to  another  church." 
"O,"  said  the  minister,  'T  guess  I 
wouldn't  go.  We  can  take  care  of  the 
Achans  here  as  well  as  they  can  any- 
where." 

In  the  intervals  of  my  teaching  I  was 
attending  school  at  Leicester  Academy, 
and  in  1807,  at  the  age  of  nineteen,  I  en- 
tered the  Sophomore  class  in  Brown 
University.     Here  I  remained  for  more 


than  two  years,  when  I  was  employed  as 
assistant  teacher  in  the  principal  school 
of  Providence,  and  took  my  dismission 
from  college  at  the  close  of  the  first  term 
of  my  senior  year.  And  here,  on  the 
29th  of  March,  1810,  I  was  married  to 
Miss  Susan  Gibbs. 

In  1 812  began  the  war  with  Great 
Britain.  The  country  was  in  a  very  de- 
pressed and  uneasy  condition.  New 
England,  especially,  suffered  during  all 
that  season. 

In  the  year  1816  I  prepared  to  re- 
move, with  my  family,  to  western 
New  York,  to  cast  in  my  fortunes  with 
the  new  and  chaotic  society  then  form- 
ing in  that  portion  of  the  country.  The 
only  place  of  much  importance  in  west- 
ern New  York  had  been  Buffalo.  That 
was  burned  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  was 
now  slowly  rising  again.  The  region  far 
around  was  in  a  wild  or  half-broken 
state.  Accordingly,  in  1816  I  took  my 
wife  and  two  little  children,  and  start- 
ed for  the  west.  It  was  a  long  and  toil- 
some journey,  of  about  five  hundred 
miles,  over  a  rough  country.  At  that 
time  it  was  a  laborious  enterprise,  re- 
quiring weeks   for  its  execution. 

Our  first  residence  was  at  Pembroke, 
about  twenty-eight  miles  east  of  Buft'alo, 
where,  for  a  time,  I  kept  a  public  house, 
and  engaged  in  various  occupations, 
such  as  are  natural  in  a  new,  rough,  and 
sparsely  settled  country.  My  house, 
called  the  Brick  Tavern,  at  Pembroke, 
was  a  convenient  and  natural  stopping 
place  for  teams ;  and  not  infrequently  it 
would  happen  that  from  fifty  to  a  hun- 
dred horses  must  be  provided  for  at  my 
barns  for  the  night,  and  the  teamsters 
taken  care  of  in  the  house.  The  life 
these  men  lived  was  a  rough,  hard,  and 
adventurous  one,  and  brought  out  the 
strong  and  sharp  qualities  of  character, 
rather  than  the  refined  and  graceful. 
This  was  before  the  days  of  the  tem- 
perance reformation,  and  no  small  part 
of  the  business  of  the  tavern-keeper  was 
to  provide  suitable  liquors  for  travelers, 
and  for  the  dwellers  around. 

In  1822  we  removed  from  Pembroke 
to  Batavia,  eleven  miles  farther  east,  and 
near  the  center  of  Genesee  County.  This 
was  the  county  seat.  Soon  after  going 
there  I  opened  the  County  House,  as  it 
was    called,  opposite  the  Court  House.  In 


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about  a  year  I  admitted  into  the  house  a 
private  female  school.  The  Presbyte- 
rian minister  of  the  place  was  Rev.  Cal- 
vin Colton,  since  well  known  by  his 
writings.  His  wife,  a  woman  of  very 
superior  education  and  character,  had 
charge  of  the  school  that  was  kept  in 
my  house.  J\Iy  wife  and  I  connected 
ourselves  with  Rev.  Mr.  Colton's  church, 
and  our  children  were  baptized  by  him. 
Batavia  at  that  time  had,  perhaps,  two 
thousand  inhabitants,  and  was  a  place  of 
great  importance,  as  the  land  office  was 
there. 

In  Batavia  was  a  Freemason's  lodge, 
known  as  Lodge  No.  433.  Some  of  the 
principal  citizens  of  Batavia  were  con- 
nected with  it.  The  oldest  deacon  of 
our  church  was  a  strong  and  enthusiastic 
Alason,  and  was  wont  to  say  that  he 
should  as  soon  think  of  speaking  against 
the  God  of  heaven  as  against  the  insti- 
tution of  Masonry.  Dr.  Dibble,  the  phy- 
sician in  my  family,  was  one  of  our 
church  session.  He  was  also  an  earnest 
Mason. 

My  house  was  known  now  as  the 
Park  Tavern,  or  County  Hotel.  The 
building  stood  opposite  the  new  park. 

About  this  time  an  effort  was  made, 
in  Batavia,  to  increase  the  interest  in 
Masonry,  and  to  gather  nev/  members 
into  the  lodge.  Significant  hints  and  in- 
vitations were  given  me  from  time  to 
time,  and  I  was  at  length  prevailed  upon 
to  allow  myself  to  be  a  candidate  for  ad- 
mission into  the  order.  Mr.  Ebenezer 
Mix,  then  surrogate  of  G^esee  County, 
resident  at  Batavia,  proposed  me  as  a 
member,  and  I  was  admitted  to  Lodge 
No.  433  in  the  month  of  December,  1825, 
taking  the  first,  or  entered  apprentice's 
degree,  and  in  a  week  more  I  took  the 
second  and  third  degrees  the  same  night. 

Everything  is  so  contrived  in  Ma- 
sonry, that  there  shall  be  no  going  back 
when  one  is  fairly  launched  upon  the 
stream.  There  are  many  degrees  in  Ma- 
sonry ;  but  the  mischief  is  concentrated 
in  the  Entered  Apprentice's  oath.  At  the 
very  outset,  and  before  this  oath  is  taken, 
the  candidate  is  so  drawn  in  and  entan- 
gled  with  promises  of  one  kind  and  an- 
other, that  he  sees  no  possibility  of  turn- 
ing back.  He  is  put  throus^h  a  course  of 
preliminary  nonsense,  offensive  to  his 
moral  sense,  and  degrading  to  his  man- 


hood ;  but  he  sees  no  chance  of  breaking 
away  without  raising  about  him  a  scene 
which  he  has  not  at  the  time  the  courage 
to  encounter. 

Before  the  oath  is  taken,  the  candidate 
is  divested  of  all  his  apparel — shirt  ex- 
cepted— and  furnished  with  a  pair  of 
drawers,  kept  in  the  lodge  for  the  use  of 
candidates ;  the  candidate  is  then  blind- 
folded, his  left  foot  bare,  his  right  in  a 
slipper,  his  left  breast  and  arm  naked, 
and  a  rope  called  a  cable-tow  round  his 
neck  and  left  arm,  in  which  condition 
he  is  conducted  to  the  door,  where  he 
gives,  or  his  conductor  gives  for  him, 
three  distinct  knocks,  which  are  an- 
swered by  three  knocks  from  within,  and 
a  voice  calls  out  three  times,  ''Who 
comes  there?"  The  poor  fool  on  the  out- 
side is  then  made  to  say,  or  his  conduc- 
tor says  for  him,  in  answer  to  this  mo- 
mentous question,  "A  poor  blind  candi- 
date, who  has  long  been  desirous  of  re- 
reciving  and  having  a  part  of  the  rights 
and  benefits  of  this  worshipful  lodge, 
dedicated  to  God,  and  held  forth  to  the 
holy  order  of  St.  John,  as  all  true  fol- 
lowers and  brothers  have  done,  who 
have  gone  this  way  before  him."  After 
a  deal  more  of  idle  ceremony,  includ- 
ing prayers  and  forms  semi-religious, 
the  candidate  is  at  last  brought  in  a 
kneeling  posture  with  his  left  hand  un- 
der the  Bible,  square  and  compass,  and 
his  right  hand  upon  them,  and  in  this 
attitude,  blindfolded  and  half  naked,  and 
with  the  assurance  that  what  he  is  do- 
ing shall  not  affect  his  politics  or  re- 
ligion, he  takes  the  Entered  Appren- 
tice's oath. 

In  December,  1825,  I  took  this  oath, 
going  through  all  the  attendant  non- 
sense. Until  the  oath  was  imposed  upon 
me,  I  had  no  adequate  conception  of  its 
nature.  Many  a  man,  on  going  through 
these  first  ceremonies,  has  been  utterly 
shocked  and  horrified  at  what  he  has 
done,  and  at  the  frightful  obligations  he 
has  taken  upon  himself.  His  first  dis- 
position is  to  draw  back,  and  have  no 
more  to  do  with  an  institution  which 
uses  such  awful  sanctions  to  cover  and 
conceal  what  is  of  no  real  consequence 
to  mankind.  His  whole  moral  nature  is 
shocked  at  such  profane  and  enor- 
mous trifling.  Many  who  take  this 
oath,    as    soon    as    may    be,    withdraw 


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from  all  active  participation  in  the  af- 
fairs of  the  lodge,  finding  that  they  have 
been  deceived,  and  have  embarked  upon 
a  course  which  their  moral  sense  cannot 
approve.  But  it  is  difficult  to  do  this  at 
once,  and  abruptly.  Many  men,  how- 
ever, who  have  no  keen  moral  sense, 
who  are,  in  fact,  only  boys  of  a  larger 
growth,  seem  to  find  great  delight  in  the 
foolery  of  this  institution.  The  big 
words  and  sentences,  which  have  to  be 
mouthed  over  so  often,  exactly  suit  their 
taste.  The  endless  forms  and  cere- 
monies, to  be  gone  through  with  night 
after  night,  continue,  to  their  undiscern- 
ing  eyes,  to  wear  the  semblance  of  a  ma- 
jestic greatness.  As  children  find  a  cer- 
tain delight  in  playing  with  edged  tools, 
so  they  handle  these  awful  sanctions, 
these  oaths  and  penalties,  with  a  strange 
fascination.  There  is  about  the  whole 
institution  a  certain  barbaric  glitter  and 
pomp  exactly  fitted  to  please  swelling 
and  half-developed  men ;  and  these  will 
stay  fast  by  the  lodge,  and  make  it  the 
great  glory  of  their  lives  to  manage  its 
affairs,  and  mouth  over  its  illustrious 
names  and  titles. 

Of  the  thousands  and  tens  of  thou- 
sands, who,  by  one  influence  and  an- 
other, are  enticed  within  its  folds,  not 
many  are  at  once  launched  upon  such 
a  wild  scene  of  excitement  and  terror  as 
it  was  my  lot  to  encounter.  Little  did 
I  dream,  when  I  took  upon  myself  the 
entered  apprentice's  oath,  what  was  so 
speedily  to  follow ;  that  then  and  there, 
in  Lodge  433,  was  to  take  place  that 
which  would  fill  the  whole  land  with  in- 
tense excitement,  moral  and  political, 
and  would  bring  the  institution  itself  of 
Masonry  almost  to  the  verge  of  destruc- 
tion. By  the  act  of  that  night  in  De- 
cember, 1825,  I  had  brought  myself  into 
the  midst  of  a  conflict  of  thoughts  and 
feelings  hard  to  be  described,  and  where, 
at  times,  it  was  exceedingly  difficult  to 
know  what  to  do,  or  whither  to  turn. 
Captain  William  Morgan  and  Colonel  David 
C.  Miller. 

At  the  time  I  joined  the  Masons  Cap- 
tain William  Morgan  was  my  neighbor, 
and  I  was  in  free  and  daily  intercourse 
with  him.  He  was  a  man  of  fine  personal 
appearance,  about  fifty  years  of  age,  of 
remarkable  conversational  powers,  so  that 
he  was  everywhere  known  as    a     good 


talker.  He  was  a  native  of  Culpeper 
County,  Va.,  and  was,  by  trade,  a  brick- 
layer ;  but  for  several  years  before  coming 
to  Batavia,  he  had  been  otherwise  em- 
ployed. He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of 
18 1 2,  and  brought  his  title  of  Captain 
from  the  army  during  that  war.  He 
had  served  under  General  Jackson,  at 
New  Orleans,  and  was  a  man  of  fine 
soldierly  bearing.  He  was  gentleman- 
ly and  agreeable  in  his  manners.  In 
later  years  the  Masons  charged  him 
with  being  a  drunkard,  but,  in  my  judg- 
ment, without  reason.  He  was  doubt- 
less a  convivial  man,  and  at  times  would 
drink  freely,  according  to  the  fashions 
of  the  day.  I  myself  have  seen  him 
when  he  had  been  drinking  more  than 
was  good  for  him ;  but  he  was  not  what, 
in  the  general  acceptation  of  the  word 
at  that  time,  or  at  any  time,  would  be 
called  a  drunkard.  It  was  the  period  of 
hard  and  general  drinking,  and  certain- 
ly it  ill  becomes  Freemasons  to  charge 
men  on  this  score,  for  no  body  of  men 
among  us  have  done  more,  from  genera- 
tion to  generation,  to  promote  drinking 
habits  than  they. 

After  the  close  of  the  war,  Mr.  Mor- 
gan remained  in  Virginia  until  182 1, 
when  he  went  to  Canada,  and  was  en- 
gaged in  the  brewing  business,  near 
York,  in  Upper  Canada.  Here  he  was 
successful,  and  was  in  a  prosperous  con- 
dition ;  when  suddenly  his  establishment 
was  destroyed  by  fire,  and  he  was  re- 
duced from  a  state  of  ease  and  comfort 
to  complete  poverty,  and  was  forced  to 
return  to  hi&  old  trade  of  bricklaying. 
For  this  purpose  he  came  to  Western 
New  York,  settling  first  at  Rochester, 
and  then  at  Batavia,  where  he  was  liv- 
ing as  before  mentioned.  During  a  part 
of  the  time  at  Batavia^  while  he  was  su- 
perintending the  building  of  a  brick 
house,  he,  with  his  men,  boarded  with 
me. 

His  wife  was  much  younger  than  him- 
self. They  were  married  in  18 19,  when 
she  was  not  more  than  sixteen  years 
old.  She  was  the  daughter  of  a  ^leth- 
odist  minister  in  Virginia — Rev.  Joseph 
Pendleton.  In  the  deposition  which  she 
was  called  to  make  in  September,  1826, 
she  describes  herself  as  "  Lucinda  ]\Ior- 
gan,  aged  twenty-three,  the  wife  of  Wil- 
liam Morgan,  of  Batavia."     She  had  at 


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the  time  of  this  deposition  two  children, 
one  two  years  old  and  one  about  two 
months  old. 

Captain  ^Morgan  was  a  prominent 
member  of  Lodge  433,  in  Batavia,  and 
was  what  is  called  a  Lecturer.  He  was 
much  at  my  house  at  the  time  I  joined 
the  ^lasons,  and  it  was  but  natural  that 
I  should  be  in  frequent  communication 
with  him  touching  matters  pertaining  to 
the  institution.  In  fact,  he  lectured  me, 
as  it  is  called;  i.  e.,  he  w^nt  over  with 
me.  at  the  dead  of  night,  the  long  far- 
rago of  nonsense  necessary  to  be  gone 
through  with  in  order  to  advance  in 
^lasonic  knowledge.  I  was  committing 
these  forms  of  words  to  memory  to  be 
used  at  the  lodge  in  taking  the  second 
and  third  degrees,  and  he  was  acting  as 
my  guide  and  teacher.  My  wife,  over- 
hearing the  talk  between  us,  and  having 
her  curiosity  excited  by  the  strange  ac- 
cents, rose  in  her  night  clothes,  and 
stood  in  the  dark  to  listen.  After  all  was 
over,  and  I  retired  to  bed,  she  said  to 
me,  ''Husband,  husband,  how  can  you 
be  so  great  a  fool  as  tO'  repeat  such  stuff 
as  that?" 

During  the  winter  following  my  initia- 
tion, I  was  a  regular  attendant  upon  the 
lodge ;  but  in  the  spring  I  began  to  tire 
of  such  performances,  and  to  feel  some- 
what disgusted  with  the  whole  business. 
In  fact,  in  the  month  of  May,  1826,  I 
withdrew  quietly,  and  did  not  find  it 
convenient  to  attend  the  meetings.  And 
so  I  should  have  continued  to  do,  except 
for  the  remarkable  events  which  soon 
followed.  In  the  latter  part  of  July, 
after  I  had  absented  myself  froiri  the 
lodge  some  two  months,  I  received  a 
special  notice  and  invitation  to  attend, 
and  w^as  told  that  business  of  a  very  im- 
portant character  was  to  come  before  the 
body.  I  went  to  the  meeting.  Mr. 
Ebenezer  Alix,  surrogate  of  the  county, 
who  had  proposed  my  name  for  member- 
ship in  the  lodge,  read  a  letter  in  which 
it  was  charged  that  Captain  Morgan 
was  writing  out  the  secrets  of  Masonry, 
and  that  Colonel  David  C.  Miller,  ed- 
itor and  published  of  the  Batavia  Advo- 
cate, was  about  to  publish  the  book 
which  Morgan  was  preparing,  and  that 
David  E.  Evans,  a  rich  man,  had  been 
applied  to  for  money.  The  matter  was 
regarded  as  one  of  the  most  momentous 


interest.  I  never  saw  men  so  excited  in 
my  life.  They  seemed  to  be  laboring  un- 
der the  strongest  passions  and  emotions. 
Committees  were  appointed  to  do  this 
and  that,  and  everything  went  forward 
with  a  kind  of  frenzy.  I  could  not  but 
be  amazed  at  the  fierce  passions  dis- 
played ;  but  for  the  present  I  saw  that 
safety  for  myself,  no  less  than  the  power 
to  be  of  service  to  my  neighbors,  depend- 
ed upon  my  disguising  my  feelings,  and 
seeming  to  act  cordially  with  the  rest. 
I  thus  entered  upon  a  policy  which  some, 
I  know,  will  consider  doubtful,  and 
which,  at  times,  was  exceedingly  diffi- 
cult to  be  carried  out.  But  I  believed 
then,  and  believe  now,  that  I  was  neces- 
sarily driven  to  this  by  the  circumstances 
in  which  I  was  placed.  Whether  justly 
or  unjustly,  however,  that  was  the 
course  I  adopted. 

As  I  have  already  said,  I  had  silently 
withdrawn  from  the  lodge  in  the  month 
of  May,  having  become  fully  satisfied  of 
its  iniquities  by  my  own  knowledge,  and 
should  probably  never  have  visited  the 
place  again,  had  I  not  been  regularly 
summoned  in  this  way.  But  when  told 
that  business  of  the  utmost  importance 
was  to  be  transacted,  I  could  not  well 
absent  myself  without  exciting  suspicion. 
At  this  meeting,  and  after  the  special 
business  had  been  brought  forward,  I 
saw  enough  to  induce  me  to  believe  that 
it  was  my  duty  further  to  attend  the 
lodge,  to  learn  the  wicked  plans  con- 
cocted there  against  my  neighbors  and 
friends,  and,  if  possible,  hinder  their 
execution. 

At  this  meeting  there  was  a  great 
amount  of  violent  talk  in  a  roundabout 
and  half-enigmatical  way.  Morgan  was 
declared  to  be  a  wicked  and  perjured 
wretch,  who  ought  to  receive  upon  him- 
self the  penalties  of  the  oaths  which  he 
had  taken  and  broken ;  and  it  was  said 
that  *'all  honest  Masons  would  see  that 
they  were  executed."  Although  no  one 
in  particular  said  he  would  do  it  himself, 
yet  one  rich  man  did  say  that  he  would 
find  whips  and  cords  as  long  as  others 
would  use  them.  But  the  most  curious 
talk  that  went  on  there  was  of  a  broken 
kind,  one  man  uttering  part  of  a  sen- 
tence, and  another  taking  it  up  and  car- 
rying it  on,  and  then  another,  as  though, 
by  dividing  up  the  sentence  in  this  way,. 


January,  1912. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


2G7 


no  one  was  specially  responsible  for  it. 
An  Episcopal  minister,  member  of  the 
lodge,  for  example,  would  take  up  his 
parable  and  begin  as  follows :  ''Should 
one  of  your  neighbors  kill  another,  and 
be  proved  guilty  of  murder  in  the  first 
degree,"  (then  another  person  takes  up 
the  sentence)  ''And  should  he  be  sen- 
tenced by  the  judge"  (another)  "To  be 
hung  by  the  neck  till  he  is  dead,  dead, 
dead,"  (another)  "Do  you  think  the 
country  would  lay  it  to  heart?"  (an- 
other) "No ;  would  not  men  rather  re- 
joice that  the  country  was  rid  of  the 
murderer?"  Then  the  minister  would 
begin  again.  "Morgan  has  violated  the 
laws  of  the  most  moral,  benevolent,  and 
I  had  almost  said  Christian  institution," 
(another)  "And  should  he  be  taken 
away,"  (another)  "and  executed,  would 
Masons  lay  it  to  heart ?"(  another)  "No; 
would  they  not  rather  rejoice  that  there 
could  be  found  no  track  or  trace  of  so 
vile  a  wretch  as  he?"  Then  some  other 
train  of  thought  would  be  started,  as  fol- 
lows. The  lodge  was  directly  opposite 
the  office  of  Mr.  Miller's  paper,  the  Ba- 
tavia  Advocate,  and  some  one,  looking  out 
of  the  window  would  begin.  "The  Advo- 
cate'':  (another)  "Can  the  secrets  of 
Masonry  be  published  there?"  (another) 
"That  which  has  defied  the  world,  and 
been  kept  from  time  immemorial?"  (an- 
other) "It  would  not  be  surprising  if  you 
should  see  the  flames  of  it  ascend  to 
heaven." 

These  are  given  simply  as  specimens 
of  the  kind  of  talk  which  went  on  at  that 
meeting.  Then,  again,  the  utterances  of 
the  meeting  would  take  another  turn.  At 
that  time  DeWitt  Clinton  was  governor 
of  the  State  of  New  York,  and  was  a 
Freemason  of  the  highest  order,  stand- 
ing at  the  head  of  the  institution  in  the 
United  States.  From  this  circumstance, 
the  Masons  counted  upon  doing  what 
they  pleased  with  impunity.  And  so,  at 
this  lodge  meeting,  they  would  say, 
"Who  is  your  governor?  Who  are  your 
military  officers  ?  Who  are  your  sheriffs  ? 
Who  are  your  judges  and  your  jurors, 
and  your  county  clerks?  Who  are  your 
constables  and  justices  of  the  peace? 
What  can  a  mouse  (meaning  the  govern- 
ment of  the  people)  do  with  a  lion?" 
They  made  great  account  of  their  means 
of   communicating    information    swiftly 


and  secretly.  They  talked  much  of  the 
vast  advantage  they  had  over  people  who 
were  not  intrusted  with  their  secrets. 

Then,  again,  the  Master  of  the  lodge 
lectured  the  Masons  of  the  lower  orders, 
especially  the  Entered  Apprentices. 
"Think,"  said  he,  "of  your  pozver.  What 
cannot  yon  do  when  guarded  by  our  se- 
crets ?"  This  shows  the  mode  in  which 
Masons  of  the  higher  orders  operate 
upon  those  of  the  lower  degrees,  by  re- 
ferring to  their  oaths.  Much  was  done 
at  this  meeting  with  the  direct  intent  of 
waking  a  spirit  of  murder  and  destruc- 
tion in  the  hearts  of  all  present.  The 
aim  was  unmistakable.  The  lodge,  after 
a  wild  and  exciting  session,  adjourned  to 
meet  again  on  the  15th  of  August. 

Soon  after  this  meeting  on  the  25th  of 
July,  Morgan  was  taken  in  custody  by 
the  sheriff  of  Genesee  County,  on  the 
suit  of  one  Nathan  Follett,  a  Mason. 
He  obtained  bail,  and  so  was  allowed 
liberty  within  the  jail  limits.  At  this 
time  he  was  boarding  at  a  Mr.  vStew- 
art's,  in  the  center  of  the  village  of  Ba- 
tavia ;  but  for  the  purpose  of  security, 
and  to  avoid  interruption,  he  spent  his 
time  mainly  in  an  upper  room  of  a  Mr. 
Davids,  on  the  other  side  of  Tonawanda 
Creek,  and  out  of  the  noise  of  the  vil- 
lage. 

As  one  of  the  ways  of  acting  on  the 
public  mind,  and  getting  things  in  readi- 
ness for  that  which  was  to  come,  the 
following  advertisement  appeared  on 
the  9th  of  August,  in  a  paper  printed  in 
Canandaigua : 

"NOTICE  AND  CAUTION. 

"If  a  man,  calling  himself  William 
Morgan,  should  intrude  himself  on  the 
community,  they  should  be  on  their 
guard,  particularly  the  Masonic  Frater- 
nity. Morgan  was  in  this  village  in  ]\Iay 
last,  and  his  conduct,  while  here  and 
elsewhere,  calls  forth  this  notice.  Any 
information  in  relation  to  Morgan  can 
be  obtained  by  calling  at  the  Masonic 
Hall,  in  this  village.  Brethren  and  coin- 
panions  are  particularly  requested  to  ob- 
serve, mark,  and  govern  themselves  ac- 
cordingly. 

"Morgan  is  considered  a  swindler  and 
a  dangerous  man. 

"There  are  people  in  this  village  who 
would  be  happy  to  see  this  Captain  Mor- 
gan. 


'JtiJ 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


January,  1912. 


"Canandaigua,  August,  9,  1826." 
From  the  meeting  of  the  lodge  in  July, 
violence  was  so  manifestly  intended 
against  the  persons  and  property  of 
Morgan  and  ]\Iiller,  my  friends  and 
neighbors,  that  I  resolved  to  remain  in 
the  lodge,  and  attend  the  meetings  for 
the  sole  benefit  of  those  who  were  in 
danger.  The  language  of  the  above  no- 
tice, read  by  a  Mason,  could  mean  noth- 
ing else  than  violence.  The  call  upon 
"brethren  and  companions"  to  "observe, 
mark,  and  govern  themselves  according- 
ly," was  a  distinct  summons  to  acts  of 
violence,  and  to  spread  the  intelligence 
far  and  wide,  which  I,  with  my  inside 
knowledge,  could  not  fail  to  compre- 
hend. At  length  I  formed  the  deter- 
mination, when  the  right  time  came,  to 
make  known  the  doings  of  the  lodge  to 
some  one  without,  in  whom  I  could  con- 
fide, and  who  would  take  measures  to 
thwart  the  wicked  designs  of  the  Ma- 
sons. I  was  some  time  in  coming  to  this 
conclusion.  I  attended  two  or  three  ad- 
journed meetings  of  the  lodge  in  the 
month  of  August.  The  committees 
which  had  been  appointed  at  the  earlier 
meetings  would  make  their  reports,  not 
in  a  clear  and  detailed  way,  but  in  a 
blind  and  confusing  style.  But  so  thor- 
oughly was  I  convinced  that  the  action 
of  the  body  meant  murder  and  destruc- 
tion, that,  after  one  of  these  meetings,  I 
went  home  to  my  chamber,  and,  kneel- 
ing down,  asked  God  what  I  should  do. 
I  had  been  brought  into  a  place  of  great 
difficulty.  I  certainly  would  do  nothing 
to  promote  the  wicked  plans  concocted 
at  the  lodge.  On  the  other  hand,  if  I 
should  absent  myself  from  these  meet- 
ings, and  take  my  stand  openly  in  oppo- 
sition to  these  proceedings,  I  should  not 
only  expose  myself  to  great  personal 
danger,  but  should  lose  the  power  of 
helping  those  who  were  already  in  im- 
minent peril. 

A  significant  event  transpired  in  Ba- 
tavia  on  the  loth  of  August,  1826.  Gov- 
ernor De  Witt  Clinton  came  to  the  vil- 
lage, and  called  upon  the  grand  com- 
mander of  the  encampment — a  political 
enemy — and,  after  a  short  stay,  left 
abruptly.  Morgan  was  now  on  his  bail, 
living  in  the  village  after  the  manner 
before  described.  It  began  to  be  cur- 
rently  reported   among  the  people  that 


he  was  secretly  writing  out,  and  that 
Miller  was  about  to  publish,  the  upper 
degrees  of  Masonry  to  the  Royal  Arch. 
Some  of  the  Master  Masons  were  quite 
pleased  at  this,  for  they  thought  they 
should  get  the  upper  degrees  cheap.  But 
the  Royal  Arch  Masons  were  greatly  of- 
fended, and  said  that  Morgan  and  Miller 
would  never  live  to  accomplish  their  pur- 
pose. 

As  time  went  on,  Morgan  himself  did 
not  longer  seek  to  conceal  his  purposes. 
He  had  been  deeply  impressed  with  the 
danger  likely  to  befall  the  country 
through  this  institution.  Twice,  at  least, 
he  said,  in  substance,  in  my  presence, 
that  Masonry  had  been  kept  a  secret 
quite  long  enough ;  that  it  had  become  an 
alarming  evil,  and  it  was  due  to  the 
world  that  it  should  be  exposed;  that  if 
permitted  to  exist,  and  go  on  its  way 
unchecked,  it  would  undermine  the 
Christian  religion,  and  overthrow  the 
government.  Morgan  was,  in  theory,  at 
least,  a  Christian  man.  He  was  deeply 
impressed  with  the  idea  that  only 
through  general  intelligence,  and  through 
Christian  influence,  could  our  free  gov- 
ernment be  maintained.  Many  times  I 
have  heard  him  say,  in  substance,  "Take 
down  your  pulpits,  destroy  your  Bible 
and  your  Sabbath,  let  men  feel  no  sense 
of  accountability,  and  your  republican 
government  is  at  an  end." 

He  used  to  say,  that,  as  a  Mason,  he 
was  well  aware  his  life  was  in  peril,  but 
if  he  knew  that  the  Masons  would  take 
his  life,  he  should  go  forward,  and,  if 
possible,  expose  their  pernicious  secrets. 
"My  life,"  he  would  say,  "is  the  property 
of  my  country,  and  my  countrymen  have 
a  claim  upon  my  utmost  faculties  and 
powers  for  the  preservation  of  all  that  is 
dear  to  intelligent  freemen.  The  bane 
of  our  civil  institutions  is  to  be  found  in 
Masonry,  already  powerful,  and  daily 
becoming  more  so.  If  my  life  must  be 
forfeited,  I  owe  to  my  country  an  ex- 
posure of  its  dangers.  Not  that  there 
are  not  good  men  in  the  order,  but  there 
are  many  evil  ones." 

He  had  been  especially  impressed  with 
the  action  of  a  Masonic  council  that  had 
recently  been  convened  in  Charleston, 
S.  C,  in  which  the  purpose  of  establish- 
ing a  kind  of  oligarchy — an  imperium 
in   iniperio,   had   been   openly   broached 


January,  1912. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


269 


among  them.  He  deeply  felt  that  he  had 
a  solemn  duty  to  discharge.  He  was  no 
vain  trifler,  who  had  resolved  to  do  what 
he  was  doing  because  of  some  fancied 
wrong  or  personal  slight.  It  was  be- 
cause the  land,  in  his  opinion,  was  in 
danger  from  the  workings  of  a  corrupt 
and  secret  institution. 

As  a  man  born  at  the  South,  and  hav- 
ing held  a  military  office  in  the  then 
late  war,  he  thought  he  knew  what  was 
passing  in  the  Southern  mind,  and  he 
fully  believed  that  a  plot  was  concocting 
for  the  overthrow  of  our  liberties,  and 
that  this  scheme  was  secretly  fomented 
under  the  covering  wing  of  Masonry.  It 
was  not  very  long  after  this,  it  will  be 
remembered,  when  South  Carolina  un- 
dertook to  nullify  the  acts  of  the  gen- 
eral government,  and  if  we  had  had  a 
James  Buchanan  or  an  Andrew  John- 
son in  the  presidential  chair,  at  that 
time,  instead  of  an  Andrew  Jackson, 
no  one  can  tell  what  might  have  hap- 
pened. 

At  any  rate,  Morgan  was  so  impressed 
with  the  dangers  threatening  the  country 
through  this  institution  (whether  his 
impressions  were  right  or  wrong),  that 
he  resolved,  at  all  hazards,  to  let  in  the 
free  light  of  heaven  upon  the  Masonic 
lodges.  He  had  formed  his  plans,  and 
had  associated  with  himself  Colonel  Mil- 
ler as  his  publisher ;  and  when  his  pur- 
pose was  discovered,  he  did  not  deny  it 
or  attempt  to  conceal  himself,  but  boldly 
remained  at  his  post,  resolved  to  take  the 
consequences. 

The  Masons  on  the  other  hand  were 
resolved  that  the  revelation  should  not 
be  made — that  the  book  should  not  be 
published,  if  it  was  in  their  power,  even 
by  the  most  extreme  measures,  to  pre- 
vent it.  Soon  after  the  notice,  as  above 
given,  was  published  in  the  Canandaigua 
paper,  it  was  caught  up  and  published  in 
all  the  Masonic  papers  east  and  west.  A 
thrill  of  excitement  had  run  through  the 
whole  Masonic  fraternity.  They  talked 
about  a  traitor  in  the  camp,  and  this  lan- 
guage, to  a  Masonic  understanding, 
meant  one  who  had  revealed  the  secrets. 
They  called  upon  all  Masons  everywhere 
to  ''observe,  mark,  and  govern  them- 
selves accordingly,"  which  was  no  other 
than  a  summons  to  violent  and  extreme 
measures. 


Mr.  David  C.  Miller  (or  Colonel  Mil- 
ler, as  he  was  familiarly  called)  was 
living  at  Batavia  at  the  time  I  became 
a  resident  there,  and  was  pursuing  his 
business  as  proprietor  and  publisher  of 
the  Republican  Advocate.  He  had  taken 
one  degree  in  Masonry,  in  the  city 
of  Albany,  some  twenty  years  before. 
The  circumstances  under  which  he  took 
that  degree  were  these :  He  lived  at 
Saratoga,  and  was  known  to  be  publish- 
ing a  new  edition  of  "Jachin  and  Boaz," 
an  old  book,  first  published  in  1762,  and 
designed  to  reveal  the  secrets  of  Mason- 
ry. The  Masons  thought  if  he  could  be 
got  into  their  order  it  would  stop  his 
work  on  that  book.  He  was  according- 
ly beset  with  solicitations  to  become  a 
Mason,  to  which  at  length  he  yielded.  He 
went  to  Albany  and  took  the  first  degree. 
As  soon  as  he  had  taken  it,  he  saw  that 
it  was  the  very  same  that  he  was  already 
publishing.  He  was  disgusted,  rather 
than  pleased,  with  the  whole  business. 
Captain  Morgan,  therefore,  when  he 
wished  to  publish  abroad  the  secrets  of 
Masonry,  found  in  Colonel  Miller  a  man 
ready  to  co-operate  with  him. 
(To  be  continued.) 


THE  FARMER  JOINER. 

Some  men  would  rather  be  the  Su- 
preme High  Gastricutis  of  the  Ancient 
Order  of  Woodchoppers  than  be  elected 
to  Congress  or  act  as  marshal  at  the 
county  fair.  The  chances  are  that  when 
a  farmer  finds  his  chief  delight  in  swing- 
ing a  48-cent  gavel  and  studying  an  ex- 
purgated edition  of  the  Masonic  ritual  his 
cornfield  will  be  so  choked  with  squirrel 
grass  that  the  neighbors  can't  tell  it  from 
head  lettuce.  We  have  known  men  who 
could  quote  Robert's  Rules  of  Order  un- 
til their  bellows  creaked,  but  they  couldn't 
make  a  160-acre  farm  pay  4  per  cent  net 
without  forcing  a  trial  balance  that  was 
as  crooked  as  a  grape  vine.  As  a  deadly 
scourge  the  lodge  fever  makes  the  Asi- 
atic cholera  look  as  harmless  as  a  frost 
bitten  ladybug.  It  is  more  fatal  to  the 
ambitions  of  some  men  than  to  have  their 
notes  called  in  at  the  bank  with  a  noise 
like  a  peg-legged  man  falling  on  a  tin 
roof. — H.  L.  Rann. 

— Indianapolis  Star. 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


January,  1912. 


€J)itorial, 


TASKS    FOR    A   YEAR. 

At  the  beginning  of  a  year's  work  we 
pause  to  confer  with  our  readers  and 
helpers  about  certain  things  that  ought 
to  be  done  in  the  course  of  issuing 
twelve  numbers  of  the  magazine.  What 
good  ends  can  the  Cynosure  serve  this 
year? 

For  one  thing,  it  ought  to  catch  the 
attention  and  bind  the  interest  of  new 
readers.  Many  of  these  do  not  now  so 
much  as  know  its  name. 

To  secure  them  it  must  contain  mat- 
ter prepared  in  such  a  way  as  to  win  and 
not  repel  sincere  souls.  It  is  not  enough, 
even  though  indispensable,  that  its 
words  be  true;  they  must  be  ''fitly 
spoken/'  conforming  to  the  Biblical  rule 
"Be  courteous."  Thus  will  prejudice 
against  our  cause  be  not  intensified  but 
disarmed,  while  instead  of  exciting  foes 
we  shall  win  allies. 

It  is  not  enough,  however,  to  produce 
a  useful  magazine,  or  even  one  adapted 
to  win  readers.  It  must  reach  new  read- 
ers. Success  at  the  point  of  production 
could  be  canceled  at  the  point  of  cir- 
culation. 

Editors  and  writers  are  at  the  begin- 
ning of  the  line,  all  others  at  the  end. 
The  man  nearest  the  new  reader  is  the 
old  reader.  The  editors  begin  the  year 
intending  to  write,  and  some  readers 
may  be  intending  to  secure  wider  atten- 
tion to  what  is  written.  What  we  pro- 
duce they  can  distribute.  This  would 
promote  the  ends  for  which  they  are 
glad  to  have  us  labor ;  it  would  increase 
that  knowledge  which  they  long^  to  see 
increased. 

The  magazine  ought,  also,  to  help  the 
helpers.  It  should  be  to  them  a  maga- 
zine in  the  sense  of  depositary  of  sup- 
plies or  ammunition.  Public  speakers 
helping  the  cause,  should  find  their  re- 
sources amplified  by  fresh  items  of  in- 
terest sent  in  from  the  field,  or  by  new 
arguments  or  new  forms  of  presentation 
provided  by  fresh  employment  of  old 
ones  in  the  columns  of  the  magazine. 
Every  public  speaker  needs  fresh  re- 
sources and  added  help,  and  our  helpers 
who  speak  should  be  spoken  to  month 


by  month  through  printed  words  that 
give  their  voice  a  new  or  stronger  tone. 
What  has  been  said  of  speakers,  holds 
its  force  when  applied  to  writers.  Every 
writer  for  the  Press  succeeds  in  pro- 
portion to  his  ability  to  adapt  his  work 
to  his  paper  or  magazine.  While,  there- 
fore, it  remains  true  that  its  writers  are 
helping  the  Cynosure,  the  magazine 
ought  meanwhile  to  help  them  by  pro- 
viding a  share  of  the  supply  for  such 
needs  as  writers  share  with  speakers. 
Method  and  matter  ought  to  be  sug- 
gested by  its  pages,  to  every  contributor 
who  has  the  heart  to  aid  with  his  pen. 
It  is  obvious,  then,  that  the  year  is 
opening  wide  the  door  to  this  class  of 
helpers,  whose  peculiar  privilege  it  is 
thus  to  help  one  another. 

As  what  is  said  of  public  speakers  ap- 
plies to  writers,  so  also,  much  of  what 
can  be  said  of  both,  is  true  of  any  who 
render  their  help  partly  or  wholly 
through  conversation.  Some  combine 
the  three  forms  of  service ;  others  no 
doubt  make  selection,  or  employ  them 
in  diverse  proportion.  In  private  as  in 
public  speech,  the  first  help  needed  is 
something  to  say.  But,  in  conversation, 
resources  and  abilities  are  liable  to  be 
taxed  suddenly  and  peculiarly.  A  writer 
is  alone  with  his  subject;  a  speaker  goes 
along  his  chosen  line  in  the  presence  of 
spectators  who'  are  silent ;  but  conversa- 
tion implies  response.  Questions  sudden- 
ly asked  must  be  promptly  answered. 
Objections  must  be  met,  contradictions 
refuted.  Helpers  who  need  emergency 
help,  should  not  look  in  vain  to  the 
magazine. 

These  are  some  of  the  tasks  at  hand 
in  doing  which  we  wish  to  join  with 
readers  of  the  Cynosure.  New  readers 
are  to  be  sought  by  old  readers,  and 
won  by  what  they  read ;  helpers,  public 
and  private,  are  to  be  helped.  The 
magazine  must  be  a  magazine  of  ammu- 
nition for  another  year's  campaign. 


The  name  of  the  Honorable  J.  A. 
Conant  of  Willimantic,  Connecticut,  was 
a  familiar  one  in  days  past  to  many 
readers  of  the  Cynosure,  and  they  will 
be  interested  to  know  that  he  is  still 
alive  and  serving  his  day  and  generation 
as  of  old. 


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271 


Many  readers  have  asked  whether  the 
'Tower  of  the  Secret  Empire"  which 
has  been  running  during  the  past  year 
was  substantially  true  as  to  facts,  and  in 
replying  to  our  readers  we  wish  to  say 
that  while  Miss  E.  E.  Flagg's  story  is 
fiction,  yet  it  has  a  basis  of  facts 
throughout,  as  those  know  who  are 
familiar  with  the  ''Broken  Seal,"  a  his- 
tory written  by  Samuel  D.  Green,  who 
was  master  of  the  lodge  of  which  Cap- 
tain Wm.  Morgan  was  a  member,  and 
also  at  one  time  president  of  the  town 
council  of  Batavia.  Further  facts  made 
use  of  by  Miss  Flagg  are  found  in  the 
story  of  Mary  Lyman's  wrongs  as  re- 
lated by  Judge  Whitney  in  his  "De- 
fense" before  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illi- 
nois. We  believe  that  it  will  be  of  spe- 
cial interest  to  those  who  have  read  Miss 
Flagg's  story,  to  read  at  least  a  portion 
of  the  history  of  that  time,  as  written 
by  Mr.  Samuel  D.  Green,  and  hence  we 
shall  begin  its  publication  in  this  num- 
ber, and  continue  it  as  long  as  it  seems 
profitable  to  do  so. 


President  Blanchard's  letter,  review- 
ing the  McNamara  matter  which  closed 
last  month  in  Los  Angeles,  will  be  read 
with  interest.  It  was  good  to  read  Ex- 
President  Roosevelt's  statement  in  the 
Outlook  that,  "That  murders  committed 
by  men  like  the  McNamaras,  although 
nominally  in  the  interest  of  organized  la- 
bor, difi:er  not  one  whit  in  moral  culpa- 
bility from  those  committed  by  the 
'Black  Hand'  or  by  any  band  of  mere 
cut-throats,  and  are  fraught  with  in- 
finitely heavier  menace  to  society."  The 
outcome  is  cause  for  national  rejoicing. 
The  witnesses  and  the  documentary  evi- 
dence secured  came  from  over  twenty- 
five  different  states.  It  is  stated  by 
President  Blanchard  that  one  of  the 
chief  objects  of  a  campaign  like  that  of 
the  McNamaras  is  to  compel  all  laboring 
men  to  be  unionized.  McNamara  him- 
self maintained  that  he  had  no  intention 
of  taking  life,  but  that  his  object  was 
only  to  scare  the  "Scabs." 

It  is  incredible  that  the  work  of  the 
dynamiters  could  have  been  carried  on 
in  so  many  different  places,  and  for  so 
long  a  time,  without  the  heads  of  the 
labor  unions  being  cognizant  of  their 
work,   nor   without   the   leaders    having 


furnished  the  men  with  the  large  sums 
of  money  necessary.  The  end  is  not  yet. 
Those  are  to  be  tried  who  attempted  to 
bribe  the  jury  in  the  McNamara  case. 
Will  the  labor  unions  furnish  money 
for  their  defense  as  for  the  Mc- 
Namaras ?  Attention  is  called  to  the  re- 
view of  the  course  of  the  leading  attor- 
ney, which  appears  in  this  number  un- 
der the  title,  "Lawyer  Morals,"  and 
is  an  editorial  from  the  Lutheran  Stand- 
ard. 


KNIGHTS  OF  THE  ROYAL  ARCH. 

The  official  organ  of  this  secret  liquor 
lodge  is  the  "Washington  Royal  Arch 
Journal."     We  quote  the  following: 

"The  Royal  xArch  is  not  a  political  or- 
ganization." 

"While  it  is  true  the  liquor  business 
is  more  or  less  subject  to  whims  and  dic- 
tates, yet  it  will  be  my  policy  to  keep 
the  organization  out  of  politics  except 
where  forced  to  protect  itself  against 
those  who  would  legislate  it  out  of  busi- 
ness." 

If  there  is  any  subject  in  politics  to- 
day it  is  the  saloon  question.  No  one 
realizes  this  more  acutely  than  the  liquor 
business,  and  none  are  more  active  in 
politics  than  the  liquor  interests,  and  yet 
this  secret  saloon  lodge,  Knights  of  the 
Royal  Arch,  copying  other  secret  so- 
cieties, declares,  "The  Royal  Arch  is 
not  a  political  organization." 

Like  other  members  of  the  Secret  Em- 
pire it  is  pious.  We  quote  again  from 
the  official  organ : 

"Whereas,  The  Valiant  Grand  Com- 
mander of  the  Universe  in  His  infinite 
wisdom,  has  seen  fit  to  remove  from  our 
midst,  and  to  the  Supreme  Lodge  on 
high,  the  following  named  members  of 
our  subordinate  lodges     *     ''^     *" 

Public  opinion  on  the  saloon  question 
has  created  such  a  standard  that  Ma- 
sonry and  Odd  fellowship  and  some  other 
lodges  have,  in  recent  years,  passed  reso- 
lutions of  various  kinds,  barring  bar- 
tenders from  holding  membership.  Not- 
withstanding this,  it  does  not  seem  to 
reduce  very  greatly  the  number  of  sa- 
loon men  who  are  members  of  these 
various  lodges.  However,  the  movement 
has  been  strong  enough  to  lead  to  the 
organization  of  quite  a  number  of  strict- 
ly   pro-saloon    lodges.      We    publish    in 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


January,  1912. 


this  number  a  few  testimonies  from  W. 
C.  T.  U.  leaders,  and  of  course,  with  a 
little  effort,  could  secure  a  large  num- 
ber. \Miy  is  it.  however,  that  this  great 
organization  refuses  to  take  any  posi- 
tion antagonistic  to  secret  societies  of 
any  kind  ?  Has  its  leadership  to  a  large 
extent  fallen  into  the  hands  of  ambitious 
lodge   women  ? 


and  not  copyrighted  exclusively  by  the 
claimants  under  the  new  law.  Such  a 
return  of  Catalinian  conspirators  recalls 
Cicero's  exclamation,  "Ubinam  gentium 
sumus?  in  qua  urbe  vivimus?  quam  re- 
publican! habemus  ?" 


NO    SECRETS   TODAY. 

A  recent  magazine  article  on  The 
Trend  of  the  Times  contains  one  para- 
graph relating  to  the  open,  universal, 
and  speedy  circulation  of  current  in- 
formation, the  closing  sentence  of  which 
will  interest  our  own  readers. 

"Anything  of  importance  that  now 
transpires  is  telegraphed  all  over  Chris- 
tendom. We  send  a  message  around  the 
world  in  eight  minutes ;  and  we  travel 
that  distance  in  one-half  the  time  in 
which  Jules  Verne's  hero  made  his  rec- 
ord-breaking tour.  We  can  call  up  the 
Czar  of  Russia  at  supper-time  and  get 
his  reply  before  breakfast.  We  tele- 
phone across  the  continent.  There  are 
no  secrets  today,  and  this  is  a  thing  that 
all  secret  societies  admit  for  the  first 
time  in  all  history." 

.  This  admission  seems  to  render  more 
absurd  that  mediaeval  legislation  lately  at- 
tempted, and  perhaps  enacted,  which 
treats  ]\Iasonic  or  Jesuit  secrets  as  in 
such  sense  the  property  of  the  order  as 
to  entitle  a  society  officer  to  replevin 
proceedings.  A  man's  premises  may  be 
diligently  searched  for  a  book  which 
must  be  confiscated  if  it  literally  copies 
from  a  Jesuit,  Masonic,  or  other  similar 
ritual.  Since  it  is  admitted  that  the 
matter  thus  taken  away  from  its  pur- 
chaser is  not  secret  in  other  states,  or 
even  here,  how  can  what  the  supposed 
owner  has  paid  for  be  in  any  sense  the 
property  of  the  order?  Under  what  con- 
struction of  property  rights  can  it  be 
subject  to  replevin?  Under  what  color 
can  a  demand  be  made  that  any  citizen 
open  his  doors  to  searchers  for  prop- 
erty which  he  and  no  one  else  has  pur- 
chased, if  the  items  of  mummery  it  con- 
tains are  admittedly  not  so  secret  as  to 
be,  for  that  reason,  the  peculiar  and  in- 
alienable property  of  an  organization 
that  makes  use  of  them?  Aggravation 
of  the  absurdity  is  obvious  when  the 
very  books  sought  for  are  copyrighted, 


SARCOPHAGUS    AND    MISSION 
SCHOOL. 

William  T.  Ellis,  "widely  known  as 
a  newspaper  man,"  contributed  an  article 
to  the  S.  S.  Times  for  Dec.  3,  on  "New 
Yeast  in  Old  Turkey."  He  finds  a  type 
of  what  has  preceded  the  young  Turk 
movement,  noting  that  "an  exhumed 
marble  sarcophagus  is  a  favorite  drink- 
ing trough  in  the  Turkish  Empire.  I 
have  seen,"  says  he,  "dozens  of  such ; 
for  it  is  easier  in  the  Levant  to  scratch 
the  surface  of  the  earth  and  uncover 
antiquities  for  present  use  than  it  is  to 
quarry  new  stone.  The  sarcophagus 
water  trough  is  a  type  of  Turkey ;  it  has 
been  living  from  its  dead  past,  and  no 
new  springs  have  been  permitted  to  burst 
forth. 

"And  what  a  past !  The  great  high- 
ways of  ancient  history  ran  through 
what  is  now  Turkey;  and  over  them 
marched  the  hosts  of  the  Caesars,  the 
Persians,  the  Babylonians,  the  Assyr- 
ians, the  Phoenicians,  the  Israelites,  the 
Arabs,  the  Turks  and  the  Crusaders.  A 
journey  over  the  highway  across  Asia 
Minor  and  through  the  Cilician  Gates  is 
like  taking  the  world's  history  in  tabloid 
form. 

"Most  of  the  glorious  capitals  and 
centers  of  empire  in  antiquity  were 
here — Troy,  Byzantium,  Sardis,  Alex- 
andria, Tarsus,  Antioch,  Tyre,  Sidon, 
Jerusalem,  Palmyra,  Nineveh  and  Baby- 
lon. In  ruins,  Turkey  is  the  richest  na- 
tion in  the  world.  It  holds  what  remains 
of  the  oldest  civilizations. 

"The  holy  places  of  the  earth  are  also 
mostly  within  the  borders  of  the  Sultan's 
domain,"  Writing  in  an  interesting  way 
about  these,  he  at  length  says :  "The 
Garden  of  Eden  is  usually  located  in 
Mesopotamia,  which  like  the  equally  un- 
known reaches  of  Arabia,  is  under  the 
red  flag  with  the  white  star  and  cres- 
cent. What  a  huge,  old,  and  inert  mass 
is  this  to  be  leavened  by  the  yeast  of  to- 
day !  Nevertheless,  the  leaven  is  at 
work." 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


273 


Later  in  the  article  this  newspaper 
man  says :  "After  careful  observation  I 
have  come  to  the  conclusion  that  the  best 
assets  Great  Britain  and  the  United 
States  have  in  Turkey  are  the  American 
Mission  Schools.  These  have  done  more 
to  enhance  the  prestige  of  the  English- 
speaking  nations,  and  to  offset  the  deter- 
mined efforts  of  certain  European  pow- 
ers, than  all  the  arts  of  diplomacy." 

We  have  followed  the  writer  thus  far 
in  order  to  arrive  at  a  few  words  in- 
cluded in  the  paragraph  that  ends  the 
article.  ''Back  of  all,  stands  the  new 
government,  still  an  experiment,  pledged 
to  modern  ways,  but  forced  to  strike 
hands  with  the  reactionaries.  The  Young 
Turks  are  not  good  Moslems,  though  up- 
holders of  Islam's  rights.  They  have  a 
marked  Jewish  strain,  and  are  prac- 
tically all  of  them  Masons;  indeed,  the 
Young  Turk  movement  is  essentially 
Masonic." 

In  borrowing  Masonry  directly  or  in- 
directly from  England,  they  have  doubt- 
less conformed  to  the  rule  to  place  on 
the  lodge  altar,  with  the  Square  and 
Compass  of  the  Mason,  the  "Book  of 
the  Law"  belonging  to  whatever  country 
includes  the  lodge  in  its  domain.  In 
Turkey  this  is  the  Koran,  which  Ma- 
sonic authority  recognizes  as  the  book 
which  should  there  displace  the  Bible. 
The  presence  of  Freemasonry  in  addi- 
tion to  Mohammedanism,  seems,  if  pos- 
sible, to  intensify  the  need  and  impor- 
tance of  those  American  mission  schools, 
needed  as  a  bulwark  against  both  sys- 
tems of  error. 


There  is  no  valor  in  secrecy !  Valor 
shows  its  hand !  and  scorii«  the  secrecy 
of  the  assassin.  They  are  the  "whis- 
perers" that  St.  Paul  classes  with  the 
haters  of  God  and  murderers.  They 
are  (the  manipulators  of  the  game)  a 
relic  of  the  barbarous  "Ku  Kluxers" 
who  attempt  to  put  the  yoke  upon  the 
necks  of  better  men  than  themselves.-- 
The  Patriarch. 


A   PROPOSED    PRECEDENT. 

That  government  game  law  expert 
who  is  responsible  for  a  plan  which,  if 
we  have  understood  rightly,  would  make 
the  order  of  Elks  the  official  custodian 
of  elks  distributed  in  the  public  parks 
and  zoological  gardens  of  the  country, 
may  be  a  good  zoologist,  yet  not  good  at 
everything.  To  make  a  secret  order  an 
ex  officio  element  of  the  executive  de- 
partment of  a  democratic  government, 
would  be  a  preposterous  scheme. 

People  naming  themselves  after 
beasts,  are  not  therefore  entitled  to  be 
herded  with  beasts  by  the  government 
and  fed  from  the  same  treasury  trough. 
Why  should  a  single  kind  of  animal  be 
taken  out  of  the  skilled  care  of  keepers 
of  zoological  gardens,  and  committed  to 
a  lot  of  joiners  in  white  aprons?  Are 
the  beavers  to  be  fenced  off  in  the  same 
way? 

If  the  precedent  is  followed  far 
enough,  there  will  be  cages  for  owls  and 
eagles  under  special  lodge  auspices,  and 
how  many  beasts,  birds,  or  reptiles,  will 
in  the  end  be  left  without  patron  lodge 
saints,  no  one  can  tell.  What,  after 
that,  would  be  left  for  Oddfellows,  vari- 
ous kinds  of  Knights,  and  humble  com- 
mon people  to  do,  except  to  let  all  ani- 
mals alone,  leaving  them  to  the  devices 
of  official  custodians,  authorized  by  the 
open  government,  conducted  by  the  peo- 
ple, yet  appointed  solely  as  a  secret  and 
solitary  clan,  does  not  appear, 

INCOMPATIBLE    AND    INIMICAL. 

A  general  order  issued  from  the  Post- 
office  Department  at  Washington,  and 
received  here  in  Chicago  the  first  day  of 
December,  required  all  secret  societies 
composed  exclusively  of  employes  of  the 
Department  immediately  to  disband. 
Most  of  these  men  in  Chicago  belonged 
to  the  National  Federation  of  Post-office 
Clerks,  and  this,  in  turn,  belonged  to 
the  American  Federation  of  Labor.  The 
Department  regards  membership  in  this 
kmd  of  secret  organization  as  incom- 
patible with  an  employe's  oath  of  serv- 
ice, and  so  "Inimical  to  the  interests  of 
the  government." 

Yet  it  seems  hardly  probable  that  any 
obligation  is  assumed  by  the  member 
which  is  so  open  to  such  condemnation 
as  certain  obligations  of  Free  IMasonry. 
Obviously  reasonable  as  far  as  it  goes. 


274 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


January,  1912. 


the  Department  rule  is  less  reasonable 
in  its  limitations.  It  strains  at  a  gnat 
and  swallows  a  camel.  The  post-office 
clerk  cannot  belong  to  a  union,  but  can 
be  a  ^lason,  bound  to  keep  criminal  se- 
crets for  other  employes,  or  a  Royal 
Arch  ]\Iason.  bound  in  addition  to  help 
them  out  of  trouble  resulting  from 
crime. 


The  political  power  of  Masonry  in 
the  state  of  Ohio  was  evidenced  in  the 
life  of  one  of  her  citizens,  said  at  one 
time  to  have  been  the  highest  Mason 
in  the  State.  He  w^as  buried  with  the 
highest  honors  in  Masonry.  This  man 
secured  a  high  position  in  the  public 
schools,  but  was  finalh^  compelled  to  re- 
tire because  of  complaints  as  to  his  lead- 
ing young  men  into  evil  ways.  Having 
means  and  a  high  social  standing,  it  was 
declared  that  he  held  secret  functions 
in  his  own  private  room,  where  he  had 
gathered  certain  select  young  men  and 
at  which  time  gaming  and  drinking  were 
indulged  in.  He  wished  to  marry  a 
wealthy  w^oman,  but  when  it  was  found 
that  her  w^ealth  would  be  alienated  in  the 
case  of  her  marriage,  he  married  another 
wealthy  w^oman.  It  is  said,  however, 
that  he  often  visited  the  former  woman 
at  the  hotel  in  the  city  where  she  lived. 
One  night  he  attacked  his  wife  after  she 
had  retired,  and  tried  to  beat  her  to 
death  with  a  bag  of  sand.  Her  screams 
brought  a  servant  and  she  was  rescued. 
If  he  had  succeeded,  he  would  have 
gained  the  large  wealth  of  his  wife,  and 
could  have  married  the  woman  of  his 
choice. 

There  w^as  no  defense  possible,  and  he 
was  found  guilty  of  attempted  murder, 
and  sent  to  a  sanitarium  for  temporary 
insanity.  In  that  institution,  he  was  at 
once  appointed  bookkeeper  at  a  good 
salary.  After  his  discharge  he  became 
County  Treasurer  and  to  him,  under 
protests,  the  citizens  had  to  pay  their 
taxes.  Such  is  declared  by  his  neighbors 
to  be  the  character  of  the  man,  and  yet 
at  his  death  he  received  the  highest 
honors  of  Masonry,  and  the  press  ex- 
erted itself  to  do  him  honor. 


ANCIENT    ANTI-MASONRY. 

'Tf  I  have  beheld  the  sun  when  it  shined, 
Or  the  moon  walking  in  brightness. 
And  my  heart  hath  been  secretly  enticed. 
And  my  mouth  hath  kissed  my  hand ; 
This  also  were  an  iniquity  to  be  punished 

by  the  judges; 
For  I  should  have  denied  the  God  that  is 

above."  Job.  ji:  26,  28. 

The  expression  here  indicating  one  of 
the  forms  of  Pagan  worship,  in  its  origi- 
nal Hebrew  order,  reads :  'Tf  my  hand 
hath  kissed  my  mouth."  A  similar  if  not 
identical  act  of  devotion  is  indicated  in  I 
Kings,  19:18,  "Yet  w^ill  I  leave  me  seven 
thousand  in  Israel:  all  tlie  knees  which 
have  not  bowed  under  Baal,  and  every 
mouth  which  hath  not  kissed  him." 
Something  like  the  same  reprobated  act 
of  pagan  worship  probably  reappears  in 
Hosea  13  :2 :  ''And  now  they  sin  more 
and  more,  and  have  made  them  molten 
images  of  their  silver,  even  idols  accord- 
ing to  their  own  understanding — all  of 
them  the  work  of  the  craftsmen ;  they 
say  of  them :  'Let  the  men  that  sacrifice 
kiss  the  calves.'  " 

It  is,  indeed,  the  act  of  a  heathen,  or 
a  partaker  with  heathen,  to  kiss  the  hand 
devoutly  to  an  idol,  or  to  an  imaginary 
divinity,  or  a  principal  in  nature,  or  a 
visible  work  of  the  Creator,  set  above  the 
world  and  shining  in  the  heavens ;  and  it 
is  an  equivalent  act  to  kneel  or  in  any 
way  express  veneration,  adoration  and 
religious  devotion  of  the  same  purport 
and  kind.  Disguised  by  wdiatever  ver- 
bal evasion,  renamed  by  whatever  term, 
excused  by  whatever  subterfuge  chosen 
to  veil  the  reality,  it  is  actual  worship. 

It  might  seem  otherwise  if  worship 
were  accredited  only  to  the  voice,  but 
an  act  of  worship  need  not  include 
prayer,  or  praise,  or  any  use  of  words. 
Attitude  rather  than  speech  can  be  the 
primary  and  essential  idea.  The  same 
cult  that  would  have  "denied  the  God 
that  is  above"  is  exposed  in  Ezekiel  8:16, 
by  the  prophet  to  whom  w^as  shown  great 
and  "greater  abominations."  Egypt  knew 
it  in  early  times ;  it  scorched  the  groves 
of  Athens  and  the  hills  of  Rome;  it 
wound  its  serpentine  way  amid  the  vales 
and  rivers  of  the  Levant.  Even  yet  it 
lingers  beside  the  Indus  and  the  Ganges, 
thous^h  missionaries  carry  thither  a  light 
above  the  brightness  of  the  sun. 


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Its  forms  are  never  absent  anywhere 
from  the  Masonic  lodge,  and  speculative 
Masonry  looks  back  to  its  ancient  shrines 
as  the  antecedents  of  its  own.  "Our  an- 
cient brethren  worshiped  on  the  highest 
hills,"  says  Masonic  authority,  referring 
to  the  idolatrous  "high  places ;"  and  a 
Freemason  has  declared :  "I  know  of  no 
sufficient  reason  for  supposing  that  Sol- 
omon was  ever  anything  but  a  sun  wor- 
shiper." Pierson,  too,  asserts  in  the 
"Traditions  of  Freemasonry,"  that  "the 
identity  of  the  Masonic  institution  with 
the  ancient  mysteries  is  obvious  from 
the  striking  coincidences  found  to  exist 
between  them,"  and  avers  that  "The 
legend  and  traditions  of  Hiram  Abiff 
form  the  consummation  of  the  connect- 
ing links  between  Freemansry  and  the 
ancient  Mysteries."  The  "Freemasons' 
Guidge,"  by  Sickles,  teaches,  moreover, 
that  "Osiris  and  the  Tyrian  Architect, 
i.  e.,  Hiram  Abiff,  are  one  and  the  same 
—not  a  mortal  individual,  but  an  immor- 
tal -principle,"  Avhile  the  "Lexicon  of 
Freemasonry"  also  explains  that  "Osiris 
was  the  sun."  It  is  in  connection  with 
a  dramatic  use  of  the  Pagan  Sun  Myth, 
which  is  acted  out  in  the  completing  in- 
itiation of  the  third  degree,  that  the 
Third  Pbint  orf  Fellow^ship  binds  the 
candidate  to  shelter  criminal  secrets  con- 
fessed to  him  by  members  of  that  de- 
gree. False  worship  never  fails  to  be 
linked  with  false  morals. 


INAUGURAL  IMPRECATION. 

"A  more  rhetorical  note,"  observes  the 
Springfield  Republican^  "than  is  common- 
ly expected  from  a  college  president  re- 
sounded in  the  inaugural  address  of  the 
new  president  of  the  University  of  Ver- 
mont, Dr.  Guy  Potter  Benton.  Yet  while 
part  of  his  discourse,  as  for  example  the 
fervid  eulogy  of  the  college  yell,  is  rath- 
er overdone,  the  address  contains  much 
sound  advice.  *  '•'  ^''  On  such  a  festive 
occasion  even  a  remote  allusion  to  pain- 
ful subjects  like  aortists  or  logarithmic 
functions  might  have  cast  a  gloom  over 
the  assembly,  yet  there  is  quite  as  much 
need  for  a  pronunciamento  in  regard  to 
the  value  of  hard  w^ork  as  for  such  im- 
passioned rhetoric  on  the  spirit  which 
animates  young  manhood  and  woman- 
hood. 'There  is  no  music  so  sweet  to  me,' 
declares  this  university  president,  as  the 


yell  of  the  college  student.'  Ter,  quater- 
cpte  beams!  He  is  likely,  after  so  broad 
a  hint,  to  get  enough  to  satisfy  even  his 
robust  ear. 

"  'Every  time  a  boy  yells  for  his  college 
or  his  university,  he  is  drawing  its  colors 
about  him  a  little  more  securely,  and  thus 
he  is  laying  the  foundation  for  that  larger 
patriotism  w^hich,  in  later  years,  will  ac- 
centuate his  love  of  country.  Let  that 
fossil  who  declaims  against  football  be  rel- 
egated to  the  museum  of  the  antiquities. 
Let  dumbness  strike  him  who  would  use  his 
voice  against  the  songs  and  shouts  of  joy- 
ous college  men  when  they  triumph  in  ora- 
tory or  debate.  Restrained  be  the  arm  of 
the  tyrant  who  would  reach  out  a  hand  to 
throttle  class  spirit.  Blinded  be  the  eyes 
of  him  who  will  see  nothing  but  evil  in  de- 
votion to  fraternity.'  " 

It  appears  that  the  inaugural  orator 
has  heard  something  about  college  fra- 
ternities from  men  not  yet  as  blind  as  he 
wishes  them.  He  may  have  glanced  with 
averted  eye  at  statistics  of  comparative 
scholarship  which  showed  a  balance 
sheet  lacking  in  rhetorical  flourish  but 
cogent  in  its  inferences  and  indications. 
His  imprecation  will  blind  none  save  the 
already  purblind  whom  it  dazzles,  and 
men  who  have  observed  facts  will  con- 
tinue to  see  them  as  before. 


FRATERNITIES   OF  ASSASSINS. 

An  article  copied  in  May,  191 1,  from 
Tit-Bits  by  a  daily  newspaper,  gave  an 
alarming  account  of  European  secret  or- 
ders, declaring  that  "The  whole  conti- 
nent of  Europe  is  honeycombed  with 
such  societies,  who  set  all  laws  at  defi- 
ance and  are  a  constant  terror  to  law- 
abiding  people." 

The  continental  police  knew  as  the 
desperate  leader  of  the  "Zmowa  Robot- 
nicza"  gang,  Morountzefif,  wdio  escaped 
when  twelve  members  were  captured  and 
hung,  but  was  finally  shot  accidentally 
by  a  fellow  criminal  during  an  attempted 
burglary  at  Moundsditch.  These  vil- 
lains devoted  themselves  to  violence  and 
robbery,  and  in  their  outrages  seven  per- 
sons were  killed.  The  Mafia,  too,  is  a 
terrible  fraternity,  which  has  been  the 
terror  of  Sicily  for  several  generations. 
Like  Freemasonry,  it  can  boast  a  mem- 
bership invading  all  classes.     With  out- 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


January,  1912. 


laws,  thieves  and  sharpers,  it  includes 
mayors,  judges  and  members  of  Parlia- 
ment. They  assist  smugglers  and  make 
a  specialty  of  blackmail.  This  secret  or- 
der has  been  characterized  as  *'an  un- 
approachable and  multiform  union  of 
persons  of  all  classes,  who  aid  each  other, 
in  spite  of  the  law  and  morality,  to  mur- 
der, to  intimidate  and  sequestrate  land- 
ed properties,  to  raise  a  ring  in  the  corn 
market,  to  forge  wills,  to  influence  the 
results  of  trials,  and  to  push  their  best 
men  into  government  offices." 

The  ]\Iafia  is  an  impressive  example 
of  powerful  secret  organization,  and  its 
resistless  operation  is  shown  by  cases 
that  deserve  to  be  pondered  by  any  who 
think  lightly  of  the  influence  and  operat- 
ing force  of  secret  orders.  ''One  day  a 
large  case  arrived  at  the  Palermo  cus- 
toms labeled  'Biscuits.'  The  customs  offi- 
cials opened  it,  and  discovered  half  a 
million  francs  in  forged  bank-notes.  Not 
one  of  them,  however,  dared  to  speak. 
The  case  was  reclosed  and  sent  on  to 
its  destination,  a  well-known  and  'hon- 
orable' merchant,  w^ithout  a  word.  In 
another  case  the  young  son  of  a  certain 
prince  w^as  kidnaped  and  a  sum  of 
£100,000  w^as  demanded  for  his  return. 
The  prince  immediately  sent  the  money, 
without  breathing  a  syllable  to  a  single 
soul  about  the  incident,  which  only  be- 
came known  to  the  police  some  time  later 
from  a  discovery  of  the  letters  of  nego- 
tiation." 

The  Camorra  reaches  much  farther 
than  the  Mafia,  infesting  Turkey  and  be- 
ing influential  in  almost  the  whole  of  the* 
Levant.  This  fraternity  of  assassins 
arose  in  the  former  kingdom  of  Naples, 
where  it  terrorized  the  country.  It 
stopped  at  no  crime  for  which  it  was 
hired,  and  it  carried  on  for  itself  such 
business  as  smuggling  and  plundering. 
Like  Masons  these  hypocrites  are  sancti- 
monious, swearing  a  fearful  oath  of  se- 
crecy on  an  iron  cross.    After  long  pro- 


bation the  candidate  receives  two  knives 
of  peculiar  form.  By  these  the  brothers 
recognize  each  other. 

Recently  the  Camorra  has  been  ac- 
credited with  three-quarters  of  all  fires 
in  Constantinople.  The  method  is  to 
clear  a  selected  house  or  shop  of  all  val- 
uable contents,  saturate  its  walls  and 
floors  with  petroleum,  and  set  fire  to  it. 
Any  agent  refusing  to  pay  the  insurance 
money  pays  with  his  own  life,  being 
assassinated  without  delay.  The  Ca- 
morra is  at  the  service  of  those  who  can 
pay  for  assassins.  A  jealous  wife  can 
get  rid  of  a  rival,  and  business  can  be 
settled  if  threats  fail.  A  stab  in  the 
dark  is  unseen,  even  by  the  one  whom 
the  Camorra  bleeds  for  the  bloody  serv- 
ice. Like  Masonry,  the  Camorra  as  well 
as  the  Mafia  can  boast  the  membership 
of  all  classes  and  conditions  of  men. 
While  v/crkingmen  are  represented,  so 
also  are  men  of  fashion ;  humble  citizens 

are  brothers  w^ith  those  of  rank. 

The  Czar,  Alexander  I,  belongs  to  the 

Hetaira,    and   through   his    whole   reign 

Napoleon  III  was  subject  to  the  grand 

master  of  the  Carbonari  which  he  had 

joined  when  young.     It  is  evident  that 

the   exculpation  to   which   Freemasonry 

is   wont   to   resort   is   also    available   to 

other  organizations  of  the  secret  kind, 

for  they  can  claim  high  patronage.     It 

shares  v/ith  them  likewise  in  suspending 

the  death  penalty  over  initiates  who  do 

not  bend  low  to  ?ts  will. 


CENSURE    FROM    A    SUBORDINATE 
LODGE. 

A  newspaper  in  an  adjacent  state  re- 
ported August  25  that  the  recent  dis- 
courtesy to  President  Taft  shown  by  cer- 
tain high  officials  of  the  Connecticut  state 
grange  is  denounced  by  the  grange  at 
Washington,  Ct.,  as  "gross  and  unwar- 
ranted ;"  and,  furthermore,  the  members, 
"in  sorrow  and  not  in  anger,  express  our 
keen  regret  that  the  representatives  of 
our  order  have  by  their  conduct  brought 
the  blush  of  shame  to  every  loyal  and 
patriotic  member  of  the  grange." 


January,  1912. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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ibttuarti* 


EMMA  R.  WHITHAM. 

SEPTEMBER   4,    1852 NOVEMBER    7,    I9II. 

The  second  member  of  the  corporate 
body  of  the  National  Christian  Associa- 
tion to  join  the  heavenly  ranks   within 


the   past    few   weeks    was   Mrs.    Emma 
Rhodes  Whitham. 

Though  of  a  quiet,  retiring  disposi- 
tion, she  was  a  woman  of  more  than 
ordinary  force  of  character.  She  was 
a  warm  friend  of  our  Association  and 
blessed  with  her  presence  a  number  of 
our  Annual  Meetings.  It  seems  to  the 
writer  that  Mr.  H.  L.  Terry's  verse 
breathes  the  spirit  of  Mrs.  Whitham's 
hfe: 

I   love   my   home,  my  cheery  hearth, — 

I  love  the  true  and  .^ood  on  earth. 

And  all  that  warms,  and  all  that  cheers. 

And  all  that  drives  away  our  fears; 

And  Him  who  blesses  my  dear  home, 

And  guides  my  footsteps  where'er  I  roam. 

Our  friend  was  born  in  Geneva, 
Wisconsin,  and  died  at  her  home  at 
Pontiac,  Illinois,  from  a  severe  cold 
which  rapidly  developed  into  pleuro- 
pneumonia. Besides  her  many  friends 
and  her  aged  mother,  she  leaves  her  hus- 
band and  four  children  to  mourn  her  de- 
parture. 

She  was  converted  early  in  life  and 
joined  the  Baptist  Church,  in  which  she 
taught  a  large  Sunday  School  class. 

She  always  took  an  active  part  in 
whatever  was  for  the  best  interests  of 
the  community.  Besides  her  interest  in 
the  anti-secrecy  reform,  she  was  active 
in  the  temperance  cause,  being  at  the 
time  of  her  death  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary and  Superintendent  of  evangelistic 
work  for  the  W.  C.  T.  U.  in  her  county. 


BANS   MASONIC    FUNERAL. 

New  York,  October  26. — Following 
the  decision  of  the  Missouri  synod  of 
the  Lutheran  church  that  "Freemasonry 
conflicts  with  the  Christian  Church,"  the 
Rev.  J.  P.  Riedel  prohibited  a  Masonic 
funeral  in  his  church. 


3letti0  of  §nx  Wotk 


We  are  pleased  to  be  able  to  introduce 
to  our  readers  a  new  worker.  Elder  S. 
D.  Murphree,  pastor  in  the  Christian 
church  of  Cherokee  City,  Arkansas.  He 
is  a  seceder  from  Masonry  and  Odd  Fel- 
lowship and  has  been  letting  his  light 
shine  with  good  effect  in  his  State.  Our 
brother.  Evangelist  L.  J.  Davis,  of  Lun- 
dy,  Missouri,  sent  him  a  copy  of  the 
Cynosure,  concerning  which  favor 
Brother  Murphree  writes  to  us,  ''A  copy 
of  the  Christian  Cynosure  has  fallen 
into  my  hands,  and  I  cannot  express, 
in  words,  my  gladness !  I  am  bitterly  op- 
posed to  all  secret  orders,  and  am  glad 
to  know  of  other  people  who  are  also 
opposed  to  them." 


Russell  L.  Jones,  Pastor-Evangelist, 
Oxford,  Nova  Scotia,  writes,  'T  am 
starting  a  free  tract  depot  for  the  prov- 
inces, and  am  planning  to  send  out  all 
tracts  free  to  the  Lord's  people  who  will 
agree  to  circulate  same.  I  recognize  the 
evil  of  secret  societies  and  our  church 
will  not  receive  into  its  membership  any 
who  are  bound  to  secret  orders." 

Who  among  our  Canadian  subscrib- 
ers will  send  us  money  so  that  we  may 
supply  the  above  mentioned  depot  with 
the  tracts  which  the  brother  says  he  will 
send  out,  two  in  each  one  of  his  pack- 
ages? Let  us  sow  the  seed.  Some  is 
sure  to  fall  on  good  ground. 


SECRETARY    STODDARD'S    REPORT. 

Norristown,  Pa.,  Dec.   i6th,   1911. 
Dear  Cynosure: 

Stopping  for  lunch  at  a  restaurant  on 
North  Twentieth,  near  Lehigh,  Philadel- 
phia, the  other  day,  I  found  the  pro- 
prietor talking  to  a  gentleman  about  his 
lodge.  He  had  supplied  a  "feed"  for 
them  at  cost,  but  did  not  wish  to  do  so 


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CHRISTIAN   CYNOSURE. 


January,  1912. 


again,  because  of  the  work,  etc.  I  in- 
quired what  lodge  he  was  connected 
with ;  he  repHed  "The  Red  Men." 

I  then  asked  several  questions  which 
brought  forth  repHes  of  interest:  *'You 
doubtless  have  a  good  many  members 
in  vour  lodge?"  ''Yes,  we  are  growing 
verV  fast.  We  had  a  hell  of  a  time  at 
our  last  meeting.  Prizes  are  given  to 
those  getting  the  most  members.  I  have 
only  been  a  member  three  months,  but 
I  have  brought  in  live  new  members. 
There  were  so  many  to  be  initiated  at  the 
last  meeting  that  the  degree  team  want- 
ed to  send  some  away,  and  I  was  mad, 
for  I  had  invited  them  to  come." 

"It  must  be  pretty  hard  on  the  degree 
team  to  initiate  so  many  at  once."  "Oh, 
they  could  do  it  all  right,  they  could 
change  and  get  others  to  help." 

•'What  are  these  prizes  that  are  being 


given 


oM    << 


^ 'Oh,   some   get   buttons,   some 

rings  or  watch  fobs,  according  as  they 
get  members." 

"Out  in  Columbus,  Ohio,  when  they 
were  initiating  a  Tale  face'  they  made 
such  a  noise  that  the  people  living  near 
called  on  the  police  to  get  them  to  be 
more  quiet."  "I  suppose  you  have  pretty 
noisy  times?"  "We  have  cut  out  a  lot  of 

that  d nonsense,    some    would    not 

stand  for  it,  and  it  got  very  monotonous 
after  you  had  seen  it  two  or  three  times. 
Of  course,  there  is  plenty  of  that  in  the 
haymakers  degree." 

What  a  pity  that  Christians  should  be 
so  indifterent  to  whether  their  neighbors 
are  having  '"a  hell  of  a  time"  or  a  heaven 
of  a  time.  If  a  restaurant  keeper  can 
work  hard  to  get  members  in  this  soul- 
degrading  thing  for  a  button,  how  much 
more  should  we  work  that  othe*:s  may 
know  the  "joys  of  salvation!" 

My  work  during  the  month  has  pro- 
gressed as  usual.  "The  goods  were  de- 
livered" in  our  Wisconsin  convention,  as 
the  business  men  say.  There  was  surely 
reason  to  thank  God  for  what  was  ac- 
complished in  the  Badger  State. 

The  meeting  at  Zion  City,  Illinois,  was 
well  sustained,  all  things  considered. 
The  night  was  dark  and  rainy.  Elder 
Bryant  was  very  kind  and  considerate. 
There  were  several  Cynosure  friends 
present,  whom  I  had  not  seen  for  years, 
all  seemed  glad  to  hear  and  help. 

Zion  City  has  not  progressed  of  late. 


There  have  been  many  factions,  and 
much  to  discourage.  One  of  the  city  of- 
ficials compared  the  paying  of  the  peo- 
ple's money  to  pouring  water  into  a  rat 
hole.  They  saw  it  disappear,  but  that 
was  all.  The  city  is  well  located,  and 
new  industries  are  anticipated,  and  bet- 
ter times  expected.  The  people  are  gen- 
erally moral  and  industrious.  Lodges 
are  among  the  things  excluded.  Your 
representative  was  assured  there  would 
be  a  large  hearing  when  another  lecture 
should  be  given. 

On  Sababth,  Dec.  3d,  I  met  with  the 
people  of  the  Friends  church,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  for  worship.  Benjamin  True- 
blood,  of  the  America  Peace  Association, 
was  speaking  and  working  for  the  pro- 
posed treaties  that  are  now  before  the 
nation.  There  is  surely  reason  for  re- 
joicing in  the  successes  being  attained  in 
this  direction  of  universal  peace.  We 
must  all  labor  and  pray  for  the  exalta- 
tion of  the  "Prince  of  Peace." 

Philadelphia  has  given  her  usual  sup- 
port to  the  N.  C.  A.  cause.  Our  work 
is  strengthened  in  this  great  center  with 
the  passing  of  the  years.  I  found  op- 
portunity to  present  the  truth  to  the  peo- 
ple of  the  "Whole  Gospel  Mission 
church,"  and  in  the  first  Reformed  Pres- 
byterian church,  the  latter  meeting  be- 
ing largely  attended  and  a  contribution 
taken  for  the  work.  The  session  of  this 
church  invites  here  another  of  our  State 
conventions.  Rev.  Dr.  Stevenson  is  to 
be  congratulated  on  the  success  of  his 
church  in  the  new  location. 

I  have  gathered  a  good-sized  list  of 
Cynosure  subscriptions  in  this  section. 
There  is  lack  of  time  for  lectures  want- 
ed. The  evening  paper  announces  my 
presence  in  this  city  and  invites  the  peo- 
ple to  a  "rare  opportunity"  to  hear  my 
proposed  addresses. 

On  Tuesday  evening  (D.  V.)  I  am  to 
speak  in  Faith  Tabernacle,  Philadelphia. 
Their  class  in  training  for  gospel  work 
is  larger  than  ever,  I  am  told.  They 
have  given  me  a  splendid  hearing  in  oth- 
er years. 

It  would  seem  as  if  our  cause  should 
make  splendid  advance  this  winter.  With 
the  McNamaras  in  jail,  the  detectives 
and  government  officials  working  to  dis- 
cover those  who  stood  back  of  them,  we 
should  not  fail  to  use  the  opportunity  to 


January,  1912. 


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show  that  secret  societies  may  be  used 
for  the  zvorst  of  purposes  and  that  all 
good  citizens  should  seek  to  put  them 
out  of  existence. 

W.   B.   Stoddard. 


AGENT     DAVIDSON'S     ITINERANCY. 

Melville,  La.,  Dec.  8th,  191 1. 
Dear  Cynosure: 

.Since  my  last  letter  I  have  been  busy 
about  the  Master's  work.  I  left  the 
Baptist  State  Convention,  at  Minden, 
La.,  and  went  to  Shreveport,  spending  a 
day  and  night  there  giving  out  some 
tracts.  From  there  I  went  to  Mansfield, 
spent  the  Sabbath,  took  a  few  subscrip- 
tions and  distributed  tracts.  On  the 
twelfth,  I  preached  for  Rev.  Richards 
at  the  Corinthian  Baptist  church.  The 
District  Baptist  Academy  is  accomplish- 
ing much  good  under  the  able  direction 
of  Prof.  J.  H.  Whaley  and  his  wife. 
After  leaving  Mansfield,  I  went  to  my 
home  in  Alexandria,  where  I  preached 
for  Rev.  Smith,  pastor  of  the  Colored 
M.  E.  church.  This  man  of  God  does 
not  cease  to  tell  his  people  of  the  awful 
evils  of  secretism,  and  God  has  gracious- 
ly stood  by  him. 

There  are  a  great  many  unbecoming 
practices  among  the  colored  people  in 
their  churches.  Of  course,  they  are  dis- 
guised by  some  religious  name.  This  is 
especially  noticeable  at  what  they  call 
their  ''Church  Rallies."  At  these  gath- 
erings a  number  of  preachers  assemble, 
some  representing  churches,  and  others 
representing  lodges.  Each  speaker  ha- 
rangues the  audience  for  fifteen  or  twen- 
ty minutes,  and  then  some  one  leads  off  in 
a  song  and  such  a  "rapping  of  jubba" 
and  "dancing  of  Jim  Crow"  you  never 
heard.  Then  half  a  dozen  men  and 
women  get  right  out  into  the  ailse  and 
dance  a  regular  quadrille  or  Irish  jig. 
Such  a  course  of  procedure  is  absurd, 
ridiculous,  and  an  outrage  on  the  name 
of  Christianity.  Some  of  these  ignorant 
and  superstitious  preachers  declare  that 
unless  they  permit  such  nonsense  in  their 
churches,  their  people  will  not  give  any 
money.  I  attended  such  a  meeting  a  few 
weeks  ago,  and  said  at  the  time  that  I 
hoped  that  the  time  would  soon  come 
when  the  negro  preachers  would  prepare 
themselves  to  preach  the  simple  gospel, 
and  lift  themselves  and  their  people 
above    such    ignorance    and    nonsense. 


When  I  had  finished  speaking,  the  pas- 
tor, a  young  man,  rose  and  administered 
a  scathing  rebuke  to  me,  and  declared  as 
to  himself :  'T  come  here  and  found  dis, 
an  de  peepul  gwinter  keep  it  up."  Until 
the  negro  ministers  prepare  themselves 
to  preach  and  lead  their  people  properly, 
the  masses  cannot  be  lifted  to  higher 
ground. 

At  Elba,  where  I  next  visited,  I  met 
Mrs.  A.  B.  King,  as  busy  as  a  bee  teach- 
ing a  rural  school.  The  discipline  main- 
tained by  her  in  her  school  is  commend- 
able indeed.  The  Mount  Pleasant  Bap- 
tist church,  seventeen  years  ago  when  I 
preached  for  them,  was  one  of  the  finest 
congregations  in  the  State.  They  kept 
every  branch  of  their  church  work  alive, 
but  in  those  days  there  were  no  secret 
societies  on  the  Atchafalaya  River.  Their 
present  pastor,  who  is  a  Royal  Arch  Ma- 
son, could  not  be  content  until  he  had 
a  lodge  of  "Tabernacles"  organized  in 
the  church  and  had  coaxed  a  large  num- 
ber of  his  members  to  join.  As  a  result, 
the  church  is  spiritually,  financially  and 
intellectually  dead.  They  hold  few  ser- 
vices in  the  church,  unless  their  lodge 
pastor  is  on  hand.  The  sexton  did  not 
open  the  church  for  me  to  preach,  but  I 
gave  out  a  few  tracts,  secured  a  few 
readers  for  the  Cynosure,  and  had  sev- 
eral private  home  conferences  which  I 
feel  sure  will  bear  fruit. 

Here  at  Melville,  I  paid  a  visit  to  the 
public  school  under  Professor  J.  H.  Gaf- 
fey.  I  found  fifty  pupils  all  busy  and 
receiving  the  very  best  attention.  I  dis- 
tributed tracts,  secured  a  number  of 
Cynosure  subscriptions,  and  preached 
for  Rev.  L.  J.  Campell.  The  lodge  is 
not  as  strong  here  as  it  is  in  most  places 
of  this  size.  A  lodge  organized  by  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  died  for  lack  of 
support.  The  Odd  Fellows  have  organ- 
ized a  club  here  preparatory  to  organ- 
izing a  lodge,  but  I  hope  to  check  any 
such  action  by  means  of  the  tracts  and 
Cynosures  left  here. 

I  was  kindly  received  at  Bunkie  by  the 
family  of  Rev.  J.  W.  White,  and  paid  a 
visit  to  the  Baptist  Academy  there, 
where  I  learned  of  the  good  work  being 
done  by  Professor  Willis.  I  added  a  few 
Cynosure  readers  to  my  list  and  depart- 
ed.   Yours  for  a  pure  Gospel  Church, 

F.  J.  Davidson. 


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January,  1912. 


SOWING  THE   SEED. 

Cedaredge,  Colo.,  Nov.  25th,  191 1. 
Dear  Brother  Phillips : 

]\Iy  health  has  been  so  poor  this  fall 
that  I  have  not  been  able  to  attend  pub- 
lic services. 

I  enjoy  reading  the  Cynosure  from 
month  to  month.  I  believe  what  is 
needed  in  our  day  is  for  those  of  us  who 
know  the  evils  of  the  secret  system  to 
stand  by  our  convictions  and  give  the 
trumpet  "no  uncertain  sound.''  This 
can  be  done  by  placing  in  the  hands  of 
those  in  the  lodges  reading  matter  on  the 
question. 

It  was  reading  matter  showing  the 
system  to  be  unchristian  that  decided  me 
to  drop  my  lodge  nearly  thirty  years  ago. 
and  I  have  never  regretted  the  step  I 
took.  I  am  satisfied  there  are  many  poor 
souls  all  over  the  country  who  are  hold- 
ing onto  the  lodge,  that  would  come  out 
if  they  could  be  convinced  that  they  were 
unchristian. 

I  received  a  letter  a  few  days  ago 
from  a  friend  telling  me  of  loaning  my 
book  ''My  Lodge  Experience,"  and  how, 
after  carefully  reading  it,  he  left  the 
lodge. 

May  the  Dear  Lord  bless  you  in  put- 
ting out  reading  matter  on  this  question, 
and  may  it  convince  many  honest  hearts 
that  there  is  something  so  much  better 
that  they  will  have  no  time  or  money  to 
spend  in  that  kind  of  way. 

While  I  am  still  unable  to  do  any  pub- 
lic work,  still  I  am  doing  all  I  can 
through  correspondence  and  putting  out 
reading.  I  received  a  letter  from  an  en- 
tire stranger  a  short  time  ago  saying  he 
had  read  an  article  from  me  that  Chris- 
tians should  keep  out  of  secret  societies, 
and  that  he  and  several  others  were 
members  of  the  church  and  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  too.  He  said,  "We 
worship  God  above  all.  If  a  man  is  not 
a  good  Christian  he  cannot  do  his  duty 
as  a  knight.  So  let  me  know  soon  what 
you  have  against  an  order.  Send  me  a 
sample  of  your  paper."  The  poor  man 
is  holding  onto  the  lodge  simply  from 
the  lack  of  knowledge.  I  sent  him  read- 
ing matter  showing  that  as  defenders  of 
the  gospel,  and  as  leaders  of  the  people, 
every  Christian  should  "Be  not  unequal- 
ly yoked  together  with  unbelievers ; 
wherefore  come  out  from  among  them 


and  be  ye  separate,  saith  the  Lord." 

George  O.  States. 


EXPERIENCES      AS      PASTOR      AND 
EVANGELIST. 

rev.   g.  a.   pegram. 

In  response  to  Brother  Phillips'  kind 
invitation  to  write  a  letter  for  the 
Cynosure,  I  will  briefly  recite  a  few  of 
my  experiences  and  observations  since  I 
last  met  with  the  Cynosure  family. 

The  secret  society  system  has  not  died  : 
neither  have  I.  It  has  not  ceased  to  op- 
pose the  true  religion  of  Christ,  in  all  of 
its  purity,  power  and  richness ;  neither 
have  I  ceased  to  warn  people  of  the  mon- 
umental errors  of  this  modern  idolatry. 

One  cannot  turn  around  in  modern  so- 
ciety, business,  church,  school  or  politics 
without  being  confronted  with  this  poly- 
cephalous  idol.  Its  names,  forms  and 
kinds  are  legion. 

When  I  quit  reform  work  proper,  I 
re-entered  the  pastorate.  I  served  two 
different  churches.  I  followed  a  Ma- 
son at  one  place,  and  an  Odd  Fellow  at 
the  other.  When  I  left  each  of  these 
churches  according  to  our  itinerant  sys- 
tem, a  Mason  was  appointed  to  follow 
me  at  each  place.  The  district  superin- 
tendent has  never  failed  to  find  a  lodge 
minister  to  follow  me,  except  in  one  in- 
stance. 

In  the  two  cases  specified,  both  the 
district  superintendents  were  Masons, 
and  both  belonged  to  other  orders.  When 
I  went  to  each  one  of  these  churches, 
the  district  superintendents  tried  to  run 
me  into  the  hands  of  their  Masonic 
brethren.  I  know  the  tricks  of  lodge 
superintendents  in  advance,  and  refused 
to  be  corralled  in  the  interest  of  any 
lodge,  or  worked  by  any  lodge  whatso- 
ever. It  is  needless  to  say  that  every 
lodge  man  and  superintendent  implicated 
became  offended  when  they  found  that 
I  would  not  squeak  when  they  squawked, 
and  sneeze  when  they  sneezed.  There 
was  one  Odd  Fellow  who  was  an  excep- 
tion. He  was  true  to  the  last.  But  the 
superintendent  became  offended  at  him 
because  he  was  fair  and  true. 

One  district  superintendent  insisted  on 
me  joining  the  Odd  Fellows.  I  refused. 
He  asked  why?  I  told  him  because  I 
did  not  consider  it  was  the  place  for  a 
Christian,  and  especially  a  Christian  min- 


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ister.  He  straightway  told  some  of  the 
Odd  Fellows  who  attended  my  church 
that  I  said  no  Odd  Fellow  could  be  a 
Christian.  Several  Odd  Fellows  ceased 
to  attend  church,  for  which  the  superin- 
tendent blamed  me.  One  who  has  had 
nO'  experience  can  scarcely  realize  the 
consummate  meanness  of  even  Christian 
ministers  actuated  by  the  real  lodge 
spirit. 

But  there  happened  to  be  a  few  Odd 
Fellows  and  Masons  connected  with  that 
church  who  had  a  little  principle.  These 
stood  loyally  by  me  through  thick  and 
thin ;  while  a  few  dropped  out.  My  bit- 
terest enemies  were  a  Mason  and  an 
Odd  Fellow  and  their  families,  both  of 
whom  were  beer  guzzlers,  even  while  of- 
ficers in  the  church.  Suffice  it  tO'  say  that 
these  abused  the  lodge  men  who  were 
friends  to  me. 

At  one  of  the  conferences  I  attended, 
serious  charges  were  preferred  against 
one  district  superintendent.  These  were 
signed  by  nineteen  official  members  of 
a  church  on  his  district.  Several  of 
them  were  at  conference  to  testify 
against  him.  Many  of  those  who  could 
not  go,  wrote  letters  to  be  used  against 
him.  But  presto !  The  bishop  was  a 
Mason,  and  the  district  superintendent 
was  a  Mason,  and  the  bishop  positively 
would  not  let  the  matter  come  up  at  all. 
All  the  district  superintendents  were 
Masons,  and  the  committee  on  confer- 
ence relations  were  Masons,  and  so  the 
whole  thing  was  smothered. 

But  wait  till  the  judgment  day  and 
Almighty  God  will  bring  all  their  mean- 
ness to  light,  and  reward  them  for  their 
wickedness. 

While  at  this  same  Conference  I  heard 
of  a  case  similar  to  this :  A  district  su- 
perintendent in  another  conference  had 
serious  charges  lodged  against  him  from 
different  appointments  on  his  district. 
Twenty  or  more  men  w^ent  from  differ- 
ent parts  of  the  district  to  testify  against 
him.  But  here  was  another  Masonic 
bishop  back  of  another  Masonic  super- 
intendent. When  these  witnesses  could 
not  get  a  regular  legal  hearing,  they 
went  to  the  bishop's  place  of  entertain- 
ment, and  called  him  out.  He  came  out, 
and  said :  'T  hold  here  in  my  hands 
charges  against  this  district  superintend- 
ent from  eight  different  churches  on  his 


district,  charging  him  with  lying,  dis- 
honesty, maladministration,  and  un- 
christian conduct  and  spirit.  I  only  con- 
sider them  so  many  recommendations  for 
him.  Good  day,  gentlemen."  Say  isn't 
it  fine  to  be  a  Mason  ?  You  can  scarcely 
bring  one  to  justice  even  in  a  conference 
of  Methodist  ministers.  No  wonder  they 
are  dead  spiritually. 

I  know  this  bishop  and  this  superin- 
tendent. I  have  talked  with  that  bishop 
on  Masonry.  He  said  he  would  not  ad- 
vise any  one  to  join.  Faith  \vithout 
works  is  dead.  But  works  may  be  very 
much  alive  without  any  faith  !  See  !  The 
only  time  I  ever  heard  this  district  su- 
perintendent he  was  addressing  a  lodge, 
and  the  manner  of  his  address  showed 
very  plainly  that  his  principal  object  was 
to  get  a  lodge  pull. 

At  one  of  these  churches  I  saw  a 
woman  brought  to  trial  for  lying  and 
dishonesty,  etc.  She  belonged  to  the 
Eastern  Star,  and  her  husband  to  the 
Masons.  A  Masonic  minister  was  ap- 
pointed to  preside  and  conduct  the  trial. 
He  had  a  private  talk  with  the  defend- 
ant. He  would  never  divulge  what 
passed.  His  Masonic  oaths  forbade  it. 
But  was  it  not  strange  that  in  a  city  of 
1,200  or  1,500  Methodists  he  could  not 
lind  any  suitable  persons  to  appoint  on 
the  committee  except  some  Masons  and 
personal  friends  of  this  woman.  Her 
witnesses  contradicted  themselves  and 
one  another.  But  that  does  not  matter, 
when  it  is  in  behalf  of  a  ]\Iason,  or 
against  an  anti-Mason.  The  trial  was  a 
mere  farce.  The  Masonic-ridden  com- 
mittee said,  *'Not  guilty."  But  the  church 
and  community  at  large  rendered  a  far 
different  verdict.  The  church  itself 
voted  her  out  of  every  office  unanimous- 
ly. This  was  a  far  more  just  verdict 
than  was  that  of  the  packed  jury. 

Let  us  see  now  how  these  same  people 
treat  an  anti-Mason.  In  the  same  city, 
one  of  the  ablest  and  oldest  ministers 
had  quietly  renounced  IMasonry.  and  had 
nobly  lent  his  support  to  this  and  other 
reforms.  None  of  this  Masonic  gang 
liked  him  very  much.  The  Masonic 
bishop  and  Masonic  superintendent  an- 
noyed and  harassed  him  till  he  resigned 
through  loss  of  health  and  strength.  He 
moved  to  his  farm.  He  was  a  trurtee  of 
a  denominational  school  not  far  from  his 


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January,  1912, 


home.  The  board  of  trustees  promptly 
elected  him  tinancial  agent.  At  confer- 
ence this  same  tyrannical  bishop  who  re- 
fused to  entertain  serious  charges  against 
a  ^Masonic  brother,  now  refuses  to  ap- 
point a  seceder  to  a  position  to  which  he 
was  duly  elected.  On  the  other  hand  he 
proceeds  to  appoint  him  to  a  position  at 
the  other  end  of  the  conference,  as  as- 
sistant pastor  to  a  man  who  was  far  his 
inferior.  But  he  was  a  Mason,  don't 
you  see  ? 

Here  in  this  state  was  another  case. 
A  young  minister  became  convicted  on 
the  propriety  of  his  belonging  to  a  lodge. 
It  was  during  revival  meeting.  He  de- 
termined to  settle  it.  So  he  prayed  all 
night  over  it.  It  resulted  in  his  with- 
drawal. The  next  night  there  were 
seventy  people  came  to  the  altar  because 
of  his  message.  But  what  of  that?  At 
the  next  conference  his  charge,  almost 
unanimously,  invites  him  to  return.  But 
his  Masonic  bishop  and  Masonic  district 
superintendent  said  "Go,"  and  that  settled 
it.  It  nearly  broke  up  the  charge  he 
left.  I  am  acquainted  w^ith  the  facts,  for 
I  have  held  two  meetings  on  it.  But 
^\Iasonic  bishops  and  superintendents  do 
not  care  w^hen  it  is  to  carry  out  a  Ma- 
sonic scheme. 

I  see  the  evidences  of  the  secret  hand 
everywhere  in  my  evangelistic  work. 
Nearly  all  the  opposition  I  ever  meet 
comes  from  the  saloon  and  lodge. 

I  never  feel  that  I  have  done  my  whole 
duty  as  a  Christian  minister  till  I  have 
declared  the  counsel  of  God  against 
needless  mixing  with  the  world.  While 
it  nearly  always  offends  some,  I  never 
fail  to  find  sincere  sympathizers  and 
staunch  supporters.  And  in  several 
places  men  have  renounced  their  lodges. 

After  I  closed  my  revival  services  at 
Gatewood,  ten  or  twelve  different  fam- 
ilies asked  me  to  give  some  Bible  lec- 
tures on  the  lodge.  I  gave  three,  the 
second  and  third  being  asked  for  at  the 
close  of  the  preceding  lectures.  In  fact, 
I  was  requested  to  give  two  or  three 
more.  The  house  was  crowded.  Good 
order  prevailed.  Even  most  of  the  lodge 
men  agreed  with  most  that  I  said.  Five 
or  six  became  offended.  Two  or  three 
hotheads  did  nearly  all  of  the  spluttering. 


To  hear  them  talk,  one  would  think  near- 
ly all  the  world  was  on  their  side.  They 
said  I  had  won  everybody  by  my  ser- 
mons, and  lost  them  all  by  my  lectures. 
But  the  next  time  I  passed  through  that 
community  I  received  seventeen  or  eight- 
een invitations  to  be  entertained.  About 
half  a  dozen  renounced  their  lodges. 
Several  more  quietly  dropped  them. 
Even  lodge  men  said  the  lodges  in  that 
community  would  never  recover  from 
the  effect  of  those  lectures.  The  anti- 
secret  men  say  the  same. 

In  some  places  I  cannot  start  a  re- 
vival till  I  preach  some  against  the  lodge. 
And  the  places  I  have  preached  the  most 
against  the  lodge,  I  have  had  the  most 
success.    ■ 

At  the  next  place  I  held  a  revival, 
there  was  a  great  outpouring  of  the 
Spirit.  Twenty-eight  or  thirty  sought 
the  Lord,  twenty-five  were  converted,  all 
but  two  or  three  of  whom  would  lead 
in  prayer  and  testify,  which  is  something 
remarkable.  But  two  or  three  lodge 
men  began  to  misrepresent  the  work. 
They  said  my  last  meeting  was  a  great 
meeting,  but  that  I  spoiled  it  all  at  the 
last  by  lecturing  against  the  lodge. 
Everything  reported  was  found  to  be  ab- 
solutely false  when   investigated. 

One  of  the  tricks  and  lies  of  lodge 
men  is  to  report  at  each  new  place  I  go, 
something  derogatory  to  my  last  meet- 
ing. The  purpose  is  always  to  injure  if 
possible  the  meeting  which  is  just  being 
held.  It  is  needless  to  say  that  nearly 
every  report  is  found  to  be  absolutely 
false,  and  often  without  my  assistance  or 
knowledge. 

Other  evangelists  who  have  been  op- 
posed to  lodges  have  told  me  that  they 
had  the  same  difficulty.  One  evangelist 
said  that  the  lodge  always  reported  his 
opposition  to  the  lodge  in  any  town 
where  he  was  tO'  preach  before  he  ar- 
rived.— Parral,  W.  Va.,  Dec.  i6,  191 1. 


Our  good  worker  in  Missouri,  Evan- 
gelist J.  L.  Davis,  has  sent  us  subscrip- 
tions during  the  past  month,  as  well  as 
ordered  books.  We  are  greatly  heart- 
ened by  the  knowledge  of  his  work,  and 
many  like  him  in  various  parts  of  our 
land  and  in  other  countries. 


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from  ®ttr  JiatL 


A  NOTABLE  EXPERIENCE. 

"Himself  Hath  Done  It." 

Once  it  was  the  blessing, 

Now  it  is  the  Lord. 
Once  it  was  the  feeling, 

Now  it  is  His  Word. 
Once  His  gifts  I  wanted, 

Now   Himself   alone. 
Once  I  sought  for  healing. 

Now  the  Healer  own. 

Once  'twas  a  painful  trying, 

Now  'tis  perfect  trust. 
Once   a  half   salvation. 

Now  the   uttermost. 
Once   'twas  ceaseless   holding, 

Now  He  holds  me  fast. 
Once   'twas   constant   drifting. 

Now  my  anchor's  cast. 

Once    'twas    busy    planning. 

Now  'tis  trustful  prayer. 
Once  'twas  anxious  caring. 

Now  He  has  the  care. 
Once  'twas  what  I  wanted, 

Now  what  Jesus  says. 
Once  'twas  constant  asking, 

Now  'tis  ceaseless  praise. 

Once  it  was  my  working. 

His  it  hence  shall  be. 
Once  I  tried  to  use  Him, 

Now  He  uses  me. 
Once  the  power  I  wanted. 

Now  the  Mighty  One, 
Once  I  asked  for  glory, 

Now   His  will   alone. 

Once  I  hoped  in  Jesus, 

Now   I   know   He's   mine. 
Once  my  lamps  were  dying. 

Now    they    brightly    shine. 
Once  for  death  I  waited, 

Now  His  coming  hail. 
And  my  hopes  are  anchored, 

Safe  within   the  veil. 

— /.    B.    G. 


SOME  W.  C.  T.  U.  TESTIMONIES. 

•  Naperville,  111.,  Dec.  6,  1911. 

Editor  Cynosure: 

I  have  been  asked  to  write  my  opinion 
of  secret  lodges.  I  have  been  told  that 
as  I  have  never  been  a  member  of  one, 
I  should  not  judge  them ;  but  if  '*by  their 
fruits  ye  shall  know  them,"  then  there 
are  many  ways  by  which  we  may  form 
opinions  of  these  organizations.  I  be- 
lieve them  wrong  in  principle  and  in- 
jurious to  character. 

There  are  better  methods  for  doing 
philanthropic  work  which  do  not  require 
unconditional  and  absolute  secrecy.  That 


the  lodge  injures  the  church  can  readily 
be  seen  by  any  thoughtful  observer. 
Men  who  are  active  in  secret  orders,  as 
a  rule,  are  not  aggressive  in  Christian 
work.  If  these  secret  orders  could  be 
abolished,  we  would  soon  see  a  better 
condition  prevailing  in  public  and  pri- 
vate life,  and  in  our  governmental  af- 
fairs. Our  churches  would  grow  in  num- 
bers and  in  spiritual  power,  and  our 
temperance  reform  would  take  a  long 
stride  forward. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 
Louisa  M.  Steck,  President  W.  C.  T.  U. 
for  DuPage  County. 

Verona,  111.,  Dec.  12,  191 1. 
I  deeply  deplore  the  weakening  effect 
the  lodges  are  having  on  our  W.  C.  T. 
U.  ranks.  It  is  making  the  work  doubly 
hard  for  us  in  Grundy  County,  and  I 
think  the  same  conditions  exist  in  other 
counties,  too.  I  would  love  to  do  any- 
thing to  better  the  situation  either  with 
tongue  or  pen,  or  in  any  other  way  pos- 
sible, but  am  too  crowded  for  time  just 
now,  to  write  an  article. 

I  am  yours  in  the  work  for  God  and 
Home  and  every  land. 

(Mrs.)    Cora  Aker,   President, 
W.  C.  T.  U.,  Grundy  County,  Illinois. 


California,  Dec.  8,  191 1. 

Several  of  my  intimate  friends  belong 
to  the  P.  E.  O.  society,  and  a  few  are 
D.  A.  R's.  These  people  are  all  mem- 
bers of  churches,  and  seem  to  have  the 
same  interest  in  the  church  that  the  ordi- 
nary church  member  has.  Perhaps  they 
are  not  fair  representatives  of  members 
of  secret  societies,  as  it  seems  to  me  that 
the  P.  E.  O's  and  the  D.  A.  R's  are 
more  like  clubs  than  they  are  like  secret 
societies. 

I  remember  a  little  incident  that  hap- 
pened several  years  ago.  I  had  to  spend 
a  few  days  at  a  hotel  in  a  little  town  in 
Eastern  Oregon.  The  landlady  had  a 
daughter  in  another  State  who  was  soon 
to  return  home.  She  wrote  her  mother 
that  she  was  intending  to  join  the  church, 
but  would  wait  till  she  came  home  so 
that  the  mother  and  she  could  join  at 
the  same  time.  To  this  the  mother  agreed, 
but  in  telling  me  about  it  she  said  she 
belonged  to  the  ''Rebekahs,"  and  it  hard- 
ly seemed  necessary  to  join  the  church 


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as  the  lodge  meetings  were 
and  made  her  feel  just  as 
been  to  church. 

I  can  recall  the  names  of 
people  who  are  members  of 
orders.  Two  at  least  joined, 
the  insurance,  and  two  are 
who  examine  candidates,  so 
of  these  four,  it  seems  to  be 
only. 


so  solemn, 
if   she  had 

about  four 
the  regular 
I  think,  for 
physicians 
in  the  case 
for  revenue 
W. 


Aurora,  III,  Nov.  6,  191 1. 
From  years  of  observation,  I  can  say 
that  I  believe  that  secret  societies  are 
most  detrimental  to  the  church  and  the 
Temperance  Cause.  A  good  working 
church  member  or  temperance  worker 
who  is  a  good  lodge  member  is  hard  to 
find.  One  Sabbath  this  summer  as  I 
came  from  church,  a  young  man  said  to 
me,  "Where  have  you  been?"  I  said,  "To 
church.  Wh}'  were  you  not  there?"  Pull- 
ing his  watch  from  his  pocket  and  show- 
ing me  his  Alasonic  emblem,  he  said, 
'This  is  my  church."  I  said  to  him, 
"Young  man,  that  is  not  a  church.  That 
is  a  man-made  institution.  It  can  never 
take  the  place  of  God's  church,  and  you 
are  making  a  grave  mistake  if  you  are 
depending  on  the  Masonic  lodge  to  get 
you  to  heaven." 

I  have  helped  to  organize  a  W.  C.  T. 
U.  twice  in  one  place  in  my  county.  It 
was  killed  both  times  by  "Royal  Neigh- 
bors," "Mystic  Workers,"  "Rebekahs," 
etc.  Although  the  women  seemed  to  feel 
the  need  of  the  work,  there  was  no  day 
left  in  the  week  for  the  W.  C.  T.  U. 
The  lodge  was  first.  Other  good  workers 
in  our  county  have  become  so  interested 
in  lodges  that  their  temperance  zeal  has 
waned  and  the  consequence  is  that  our 
county  has  fallen  behind  in  its  member- 
ship.    This  is  my  testimony. 

Margaret  E.  Cromer. 


EASTERN  STAR  ORDER. 
"This  Is  My  Experience  in  Secret  So- 
cieties." 
"In  1893  I  went  to  Elgin,  Illinois,  and 
I  had  a  hungry  longing  for  Christian 
companionship  in  a  strange  place.  Hear- 
ing of  the  Eastern  Star  Order  a  little  bit, 
and  ro^necting  with  the  name  the  star  of 
Bethlehem,  or  the  light  of  Jesus,  I  sup- 
pose^! it  would  bring  me  in  closer  com- 
munion with  His  people ;  so  I  was  ini- 


tiated into  the  Order  about  September 
of  1893. 

"After  going  through  the  initiation, 
that  comprised  a  certain  obligation  that 
bound  us  to  protect  one  another's  char- 
acter and  in  love  to  do  all  we  could  to 
promote  truth  and  love  to  one  another, 
there  is  an  intermission,  and  they  all 
gather  round  you,  and  shake  hands  with 
you,  and  welcome  you  into  the  Order. 

"One  very  nice,  refined-looking  old 
lady,  with  gray  hair  (old  enough  to  have 
been  my  mother)  came  and  sat  down  by 
me,  and  after  the  usual  preliminaries  of 
asking  questions,  she  began  to  tell  me 
about  the  Worthy  Matron,  whom  she 
said  kept  company  with  people  of  ill- 
repute,  and  she  herself  was  said  to  have 
questionable  company  at  the  house  when 
her  husband  was  away  (who  was  a  rail- 
road man). 

"I  had  promised  God  that  if  anybody 
came  to  me  with  gossip  of  this  sort  that 
I  would  try  and  bring  the  two  together, 
and  stop  the  nonsense.  This  I  did,  mak- 
ing a  very  fine  row,  and  one  thing  led  to 
another  until  they  had  a  trial  in  the 
Chapter  room,  which  resulted  in  the 
breaking  up  of  the  Order,  inasmuch  as 
out  of  120  members  ninety  or  more  start- 
ed a  new  Chapter  under  the  name  of 
Bethel  Chapter.  The  loving  'Brothers' 
sometimes  came  up  to  the  ladies,  while 
standing  talking  and  slipped  their  arms 
around  your  waist,  and  several  tried  the 
same  on  me  and  when  my  anger  arose, 
they  would  laughingly  say :  'We  are 
brothers  and  sisters ;  don't  get  angry. 
Miss  Drake.'  But  I  did  get  angry,  as 
I  always  remember  a  motto  given  me 
when  a  young  girl :  'First  the  waist,  then 
the  lips,  then  the  girl's  gone.' 

"In  over  a  year's  time  I  came  back 
to  the  city  from  Elgin  Chapter  No.  212. 
Before  placing  my  demit  in  the  city  I 
visited  Queen  Esther  Chapter,  one  of  the 
largest  chapters ;  Butler  Chapter,  Golden 
Rod  Chapter  and  other  chapters.  The 
Golden  Rod  Chapter  seemed  to  have  the 
purest  Christian  atmosphere.  So  I 
placed  my  demit  with  them,  and  after  be- 
ing in  there  some  time,  I  found  that 
they  were  no  better  than  any  of  the  oth- 
ers, and  that  the  jealous  feelings  existed 
against  those  that  held  the  highest  of- 
fices, the  same  as  Elgin  Chapter  No.  212, 
because  they  wished  to  gain  the  oflices 


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285 


for  themselves.  The  unlawful  and  un- 
holy relations  between  some  of  the  men 
and  women,  who  had  the  reputation  of, 
and  the  appearance  of  being  the  best 
educated  and  the  most  refined  in  the 
Chapter,  was  the  cause  of  the  charter  be- 
ing taken  from  them  by  the  Grand  Chap- 
ter. 

"I  asked  for  my  demit  from  Golden 
Rod  Chapter  before  going  to  New  York 
in  1895,  and  the  secretary  promised 
faithfully  to  send  it  to  me,  but  I  failed  to 
receive  it,  if  she  sent  it,  and  therefore 
cannot  give  my  demit.  To  be  sure,  the 
beautiful  banquets,  etc.,  are  in  certain 
ways  very  pleasant,  as  well  as  expensive, 
but  altogether  they  are  better  let  alone. 

''This  is  a  mere  outline  of  the  experi- 
ence which  cost  me  quite  a  good  deal  of 
money,  time  and  unhappiness ;  and  if 
these  few  words  will  prevent  others 
from  making  the  same  mistake,  and 
glorify  our  Lord  and  Master  Jesus 
Christ,  I  shall  be  very  thankful. 
''Your   sister   in   Christ, 

"Miss  Ella  N.  Drake." 


ANOTHER   COMMENDATION. 
My  Dear  Cynosure  People : 

"The  Power  of  the  Secret  Empire" 
should  by  all  means  be  published  in  book 
form,  and  if  it  is  done,  I  pledge  myself 
to  take  at  least  one  dozen  copies,  pro- 
vided a  moderate  price  be  put  on  it.  Do 
all  you  can  to  get  out  this  book.  It  will 
prove  an  untold  blessing. 

I  shall  not  stop  at  one  dozen  copies  if 
it  lies  in  my  ability  to  dispose  of  more. 
Yours  very  truly, 

(Rev.)   F.  W.  Abieht. 
317  Jay  street,  Detroit,  Mich.,  Dec.   12, 

1911. 


AN  OPEN  LETTER. 

(Continued    from    December    Number.) 
To  Elder  W.  A.  Humphreys,  Presiding 

Elder  of  the  West  Plains  District,  St. 

Louis     Conference     of     the     M.     E. 

Church   South : 

I  was  present  and  heard  your  sermon 
iiud  address  over  the  remains  of  the  late 
C  J.  Waggoner,  a  deceased  Royal  Arch 
Mason,  at  the  cemetery  near  Corinth 
schoolhousc,  in  Shannon  County,  Mis- 
souri, August  8th,  191 1. 

In  your  closing  address  you  declared 
that  "Freemasonry  will  not  save  a  man's 
soul,  it  is  not  a  religious  organization." 


To  my  certain  knowledge  there  were 
both  ladies  and  gentlemen  present — 
members  of  your  church — who  know  all 
the  so-called  "secret  work  of  Freema- 
sonry," and  also  that  Masonry  authori- 
tatively teaches  the  very  reverse  of  both 
of  your  above  propositions. 

Consider  what  follows  which  is  from 
the  highest  authorities  in  Masonry,  as 
we  inquire : 

Is  Freemasonry  a  religions  institution 
or  organization" f     Mark  her  reply. 

"As  Masons  we  are  taught  never  to 
commence  any  great  or  important  under- 
taking without  first  invoking  the  bless- 
ing and  protection  of  Deity,  and  this  is 
because  Masonry  is  a  religious  institu- 
tion, and  we  thereby  show  our  depend- 
ence on  and  our  trust  in  God'' 

Mackay's  Masonic  Ritualist,  page  44. 

What  kind  of  a  religion  is  Masonry? 

"The  truth  is,  that  Masonry  is  un- 
doubtedly a  religious  institution — its  re- 
ligion being  of  that  universal  kind  in 
which  all  men  agree."  Mackay's  Mason- 
ic Jurisprudence,  page  95  : 

"The  religion,  then,  of  Masonry  is  pure 
theism,  on  which  its  different  members 
engraft  their  own  peculiar  opinions ;  but 
they  are  not  permitted  to  introduce  them 
into  the  lodge,  or  to  connect  their  truth 
or    falsehood  with  the  truth  of  Masonry." 

Mack  ay's  Lexicon,  Article  Religion. 

"The  Jews,  the  Chinese,  the  Turks, 
each  reject  the  New  Testament  or  the 
Old,  or  both,  and  yet  we  see  no  good  rea- 
son why  they  should  not  be  made  Ma- 
sons. In  fact  Blue  Lodge  Masonry  has 
nothing  whatever  to  do  with  the  Bible. 
It  is  not  founded  on  the  Bible;  if  it  was 
it  would  not  be  Masonry ;  it  would  be 
something  else."  Chase's  Digest  of  Ma- 
sonic Lazif,  page  207. 

Jesus  says :  ''That  all  men  shoidd  hon- 
or the  Son,  ez'en  as  they  honor  the  Fa- 
ther/'    (John  V,  23.) 

Does  the  follozving  omission  of  allu- 
sion, to  the  Sainor  of  mankind  ''honor 
the  Son,"  and  exalt  Freemasonry  in  your 
estimation  f 

"The  Blazing  Star  is  said,  by  Webb, 
to  be  'commemorative  of  the  star  which 
appeared  to  guide  the  wise  men  of  the 
East  to  the  place  of  our  Savior's  na- 
tivity.' This  which  is  one  of  the  ancient 
interpretations  of  the  symbol,  being  con- 
sidered as  too  sectarian  in  its  character. 


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January,  1912. 


and  unsuitable  to  the  universal  religion 
of  Masonry,  has  been  omitted  since  the 
meeting  of  Grand  Lecturers  at  Baltimore 
in   1842."     Mackay's  Ritualist,  page  56. 

Does  not  Freeinasonry  regard  every 
ca}ididate  seeking  initiation  as  an  unre- 
generate  sinner,  zvhether  he  he  a  min- 
ister of  the  Gospel,  a  saloonkeeper,  a 
deist,  or  a  Jezv? 

^^lasonry  replies  as  follows : 

** There  he  stands  without  our  portals 
on  the  threshold  of  this  new  Masonic 
life,  in  darkness,  helplessness,  and  igno- 
rance. Having  been  wandering-  amid  the 
errors  and  covered  over  with  the  pollu- 
tions of  the  outer  and  profane  world,  he 
comes  inquiringly  to  our  doors,  seeking 
the  new  birth,  and  asking  the  withdrawal 
of  the  veil  which  conceals  divine  truth 
from  his  uninitiated  sight."  Mackay's 
Masonic  Ritualist,  pages  22,  23. 

Again  we  are  told  that : 

''The  shock  of  entrance  is,  then,  the 
symbol  of  the  disruption  of  the  candi- 
date from  the  ties  of  the  world  and  his 
introduction  into  the  life  of  Masonry. 
It  is  the  symbol  of  the  agonies  of  the 
first  death,  and  the  throes  of  the  new 
birth,".     Ibid.,   page  24. 

Rather  mixed  for  a  symbol,  but  Ma- 
sonry utters  her  voice. 

What  does  Masonry  profess  to  have 
done  for  the  salvation  of  its  candidate 
zvhen  he  has  passed  through  the  three 
Bine  Lodge  degrees  and  becomes  a 
Master  Mason  f 

Again  she  definitely  replies  as  fol- 
io w^s  : 

''We  now  find  a  man  complete  in  mo- 
rality and  intelligence,  with  the  stay  of 
Religion  added,  to  insure  him  of  the  pro- 
tection of  the  Deity  and  guard  him 
against  ever  going  astray.  These  three 
degrees  thus  form  a  perfect  and  har- 
monious whole ;  nor  can  we  conceive 
that  anything  can  be  suggested  more 
which  the  soul  of  man  requires."  Sick- 
els,  Monitor,  page  97. 

//  one  man,  or  an  ''association''  of 
men  deliberately  corrupt  the  Scriptures, 
in  order  to  strike  out  the  name  of  ''Our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,"  are  they  not  all  li- 
able to  eternal  damnation,  as  declared  in 
Revelation,  XXII,  18,  29.? 

Masonry  deliberately  interpolates  the 
Holy   Scriptures   and   substitutes   words 


of  her  own  conception  instead  of  the 
name  of  "Our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,"  as 
may  be  seen  in  two  places  and  in  two 
verses  of  the  3d  chapter  of  II  Thessa- 
lonians  from  the  6th  to  the  i6tli  verses. 
Compare  these  with  what  she  publishes 
to  be  the  very  same  inspired  language,  as 
you  may  see  in  Mackays  Masonic  Rit- 
ualist, pages  348,  349.  Also  in  Webb's 
Freemanson's  Monitor,  page  120. 

If  the  Holy  Spirit  requires  one  soul  to 
renounce,  "The  hidden  things  of  dishon- 
esty," does  He  not  require  all  to  do  so? 

"Submit  yourselves  therefore  to  God; 
resist  the  devil,  and  he  zvill  flee  from 
you."     {James  IV, 'j). 

We  can  multiply  cjuotations,  such  as 
are  given  above  from  the  highest  Ma- 
sonic authorities  that  prove  conclusively 
that,  Freemasonry  is  a  religion  without 
Jesus  the  Christ,  that  it  ignores  the 
work  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  adopts  an- 
other process  of  regeneration,  and  that 
it  interpolates  the  Scriptures  to  strike 
out  the  name  of  Jesus. 

That  Satan  can  and  does  use  talented 
ministers  like  yourself,  in  his  business, 
is  evident  all  over  Christendom,  and  this 
is  "the  enemy"  that  has  "come  in  like  a 
Hood,"  and  his  secret  society  people  di- 
vide the  church — create  divisions  in  it. 
The  church  is  spiritually — if  not  literal- 
ly— disrupted,  its  unity  destroyed,  Jesus 
is  dishonored  and  the  Holy  Spirit  is 
grieved,  while  Satan  triumphs  over 
every  efifort  to  reach  such  sinners  with 
the  gospel   message. 

(Elder)  G.  T.  DIssette. 

Congo,  Mo. 

(To  be  continued.) 


Dr.  Martin  Luther: — "A  reformer  who 
altered  the  entire  course  of  history." — 
Dean  Farrar. 


"Luther's  Catechism  is  the  gem  of  the 
Reformation."— Prof.  McGiffert  of  Un- 
ion Theological  Seminary,  N.  Y.  city. 


"To  rescue  Europe,  one  of  those  great 
instruments  that  Providence  reserves  to 
awake  or  restore  the  hopes  of  nations, 
was  summoned  —  Martin  Luther." — 
Blackwood's  Mag.,  25 :  26,  200,  A.  D. 
1829.     • 


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Counterfeit  [Money  and  Other  Counter- 
feits.     By   Elliot   Whipple,   Ph.    D....289 

A    Golden   Jubilee 291 

To  Defend  Dishonest  Officers.  By 
Charles  A.    Blanchard,   D.   D 292 

The  Broken  Seal  or  Freemasonry  De- 
veloped.    By  Samuel  D.   Greene 294 

Editorial — 

The    Birthday    of    the    Father    of    His 

Country    ......300 

Harmonious   Opinions    .....  ... .  ,,. 301 

Asking"  in  His  Name ..... .301 

Hunting  Owls 302 

Law    or    Anarchy — Which?. 302 

Obstinate   Connivance  Applauded.  ...  .303 

Weighty  Resolutions 303 

New    Mexican    Penitentes. , .' 305 

Concord    with    Belial 306 

The  Oldest   Oddfellow  Lodge-^ 306 

"His  Way  Into  Various  Societies".  ..  .306 

"After   Us    the    Deluge" 307 

News   of   Our  Work — 

Pennsylvania  Convention    307 

Field   and    Pastoral   Work. 308 

Evangelist    Pegram's    Experiences.  .  .  .309 
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Spirit  Filled  Watchmen  Needed.  ....  .312 

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NUMBER  1") 


COUNTERFEIT  MONEY  AND  OTHER 
COUNTERFEITS. 

BY   ELLIOT   WLIIPPLE,    PH.   D. 

Webster  defines  a  counterfeit  as  that 
which  is  made  in  imitation  of  something 
without  lawful  authority,  and  with  a 
view  to  defraud  by  passing  the  false  for 
the  true. 

Some  of  the  oldest  of  you  can  remem- 
ber the  time  when  counterfeit  money  was 
so  common  that  ticket  sellers  and  bank 
tellers  had  to  have  at  their  elbows  a  book 
of  directions  for  detecting  counterfeits, 
and  private  individuals  were  often 
chagrined  to  find  that  they  had  become 
possessed  of  a  counterfeit  coin  or  bill, 
and  must  stand  the  loss  of  its  value. 

It  often  happened  that  the  person  who 
passed  the  counterfeit  did  not  know  it  to 
be  a  counterfeit,  yet,  nevertheless,  the 
transaction  was  null  and  void. 

Now  the  United  States  Court  has  for 
many  years  exercised  such  care  in  de- 
tecting and  punishing  counterfeiters 
that  we  accept  without  scrutiny  all  kinds 
of  money  and  are  very  infrequently  im- 
posed upon. 

Those  of  you  who  have  not  expe- 
rienced the  inconvenience  and  occasional 
losses  that  occurred  fifty  years  ago,  can 
hardly  appreciate  the  advantages  of  pres- 
ent conditions. 

Adulterated  goods  are  similar  in  char- 
acter to  counterfeit  money,  and  the 
"Pure  Food  Law"  is  desig-ned  to  accom- 
plish a  similar  result  for  consumers  of 
goods.  Certainly  it  will  be  a  great  relief 
when  every  package  is  correctly  labeled 


both  as  to  the  quality  and  quantity  of  its 
contents. 

It  would  be  good  for  the  country  if  a 
law  could  be  enacted  and  enforced  to  se- 
cure us  against  counterfeit  patriots  who 
are  so  overflowing  with  love  for  the 
country  and  so  devoted  to  the  interests 
of  the  dear  people  that  they  are  willing 
to  sacrifice  even  their  private  affairs  in 
order  to  offer  themselves  as  candidates 
for  public  offices,  but  who,  when  elected, 
hasten  to  join  those  who  ''stand  pat"  in 
the  service  of  the  great  monopolistic  cor- 
porations that  are  accumulating  enor- 
mous fortunes  by  robbing  us  on  all  the 
great  highways  of  the  land,  and  increas- 
ing the  price  of  many  of  the  necessities 
of  life. 

In  the  sphere  of  politics,  however,  no 
law  can  be  framed  to  meet  the  case.  Pri- 
mary election  laws,  the  initiative  and  ref- 
erendum, and  the  recall  may  do  some- 
thing to  alleviate  the  condition,  but  we 
must  be  saved,  if  saved  at  all,  by  honest, 
intelligent,  wide-awake,  and  patriotic 
voters  who  will  be  their  own  detectives 
and  learn  to  discriminate  between  true 
and  counterfeit  patriotism. 

Religion  is  the  most  important  matter 
with  which  we  have  to  do,  because  our 
relation  to  God  determines  our  welfare 
for  the  whole  of  this  life  as  well  as  for 
the  life  to  come,  and  in  this  sphere,  too, 
there  are  numerous  counterfeits''',  against 


For  we  wrestle  not  against  flesh  and 
blood,  but  against  principalities,  against 
powers,  against  the  rulers  of  the  darkness 
of  this  world,  against  spiritual  wickedness 
in  high  places — Eph.  6:12. 


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February,  1912. 


which  no  law  of  the  State,  no  decree  or 
doctrine  of  the  Church,  can  guard  us. 

If  the  soul  of  a  free  moral  being  ever 
comes  into  right  relation  to  his  Maker,  it 
must  be  by  his  own  free  choice.  The 
application  oi  an  external  force  of  any 
kind  destroys  the  freedom  of  the 
decision. 

In  these  days  there  is  much  said  about 
the  good  there  is  in  all  religions,  and  we 
even  hear  this  nonsense  voiced  from  the 
pulpit  and  read  it  in  so  called  religious 
publications. 

in  making  counterfeit  money,  great 
pains  is  taken  to  have  it  as  like  real 
money  as  possible,  but  however  many  of 
the  qualities  of  the  true  article  it  may 
possess,  or  however  closely  it  may  imi- 
tate its  appearance,  if  it  lacks  proper  au- 
thorization, it  is  utterly  worthless  as 
money. 

Counterfeit  religions  could  never  find 
acceptance  if  they  did  not  imitate  true  re- 
ligion, and  this  explains  the  gradual 
change  we  see  taking  place  in  the  publi- 
cations and  public  utterances  of  current 
religious  counterfeits,  whereby  they 
may  appear  to  bring  their  doctrines  to 
resemble  those  of  Christianity  so  close- 
ly that  one  may  sometimes  listen  to  a 
complete  service  without  hearing  any- 
thing to  reveal  the  fact  that  he  is  not  in 
a  Christian  church. 

Here  the  question  may  be  raised,  why 
counterfeits  so  closely  resembling  Chris- 
tianity are  not  just  about  as  good.  Real 
money  pays  debts,  but  when  counterfeit 
money  is  passed  the  obligation  remains  in 
full  force.  True  Christianity  provides 
for  us  an  all-wise,  all-powerful  Friend 
and  Helper  who  takes  a  personal  inter- 
est in  our  wellfare,  "even  as  a  father 
pitieth  his  children,''  and  so  satisfies  the 
unlimited  aspiration  of  our  souls.  It 
provides  an  atonement  for  the  guilt  of 
past  sins  by  the  sacrifice  of  Jesus  Christ. 
It  offers  the  grace  of  Christ  sufficient  to 
overcome    any   temptation    and    save    us 


from  the  power  of  sin  in  future.  It  pro- 
vides the  Holy  Spirit  as  a  daily  com- 
panion to  lead  us  into  all' truth.  It  sus- 
tains us  in  times  of  inexplicable  afflic- 
tion with  the  assurance  that  "All  things 
work  together  for  good  to  them  that  love 
God."  It  removes  the  fear  of  death  by 
the  clear  and  explicit  promise  of  ever- 
lasting life.  These  are  the  glorious 
things  that  Christianity  undertakes  to  do 
and  does  do  for  us,  when  truly  and  sin- 
cerely accepted. 

A  careful  study  of  heathen  religions 
and  of  the  various  counterfeits  now 
springing  up  in  this  country  will  show 
how  far  short  they  come  of  doing,  or  of 
even  attempting  to  do,  any  of  these 
things. 

Instead  of  an  intelligent,  loving,  per- 
sonal God  and  Father,  they  offer  some 
kind  of  an  indefinite  combination  of  law 
and  force,  some  inscrutable  first  cause, 
some  pantheistic  conception  of  a  God 
who  is  identical  with  the  universe— an 
error  as  old  as  the  earliest  recorded  hu- 
man speculation. 

Compare  these  two  conceptions,  and 
"Choose  ye  this  day  whom  ye  will  serve." 

It  is  a  special  characteristic  of  modern 
counterfeits,  with  the  exception  of  Mor- 
monism,  that  they  omit  any  provision  for 
an  atonement  for  the  guilt  of  sin,  indeed 
the  sacrifice  of  Christ  is  the  one  thing  to 
which  they  most  strenuously  object. 

One  system  attempts  to  get  rid  of  the 
guilt  of  sin  and  overcome  its  power  by 
the  simple  process  of  thinking  that  it  is 
non-existent.  Imagine  a  murderer,  con- 
fronted with  the  body  of  his  victim,  at- 
tempting to  obliterate  the  whole  trans- 
action by  being  willing  to  think  that  he 
did  not  commit  the  crime!    And  yet  the 

author  of  this  nonsense,  in  another  place 
speaks  of  the  atonement  of  Christ,  as  if 

accepting   it   in   the    Christian    sense — a 

good  example  of  an  attempt  to  make  the 

counterfeit  resemble  the  true. 

Usually  sin  is  ignored,  or  else  treated 


February,  1912. 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


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as  an  imperfection  to  be  removed  by 
education,  improved  social  conditions,  in- 
doctrinating with  good  moral  precepts, 
or  other  merely  human  agencies. 

One  system  proposes  to  knock  off  the 
rough  edges  of  character  and  so  fit  more 
perfectly  for  entrance  to  heaven.  Sin  is  a 
great  and  awful  reality  and  whoever 
comes  face  to  face  zvitji  a  consciousness 
of  his  guilt  and  attempts  to  overcome  the 
pozver  of  sin  in  his  soul,  discovers  the 
utter  futility  of  all  counterfeit  religions 
to  meet  his  needs. 

Since  the  discrediting  of  the  ancient 
oracles,  the  most  conspicuous  example  of 
an  attempt  to  supplement  the  lack  of  hu- 
man wisdom  by  counterfeiting  the  guid- 
ance and  enlightenment  offered  by  the 
Holy  Spirit,  is  found  in  the  pretended 
communications  from  the  spirit  world. 
''By  their  fruits  ye  shall  know  them,"  and 
the  futile  nature  of  these  communica- 
tions are  sufficient  evidence  of  their  ut- 
ter worthlessness. 

When  we  are  brought  into  circum- 
stances of  deep  affliction  whose  cause  and 
purpose  are  alike  unknown  to  us,  none 
of  the  counterfeits  provide  any  adequate 
relief.  When  we  are  called  upon  to  lay 
away  in  the  grave  the  still  and  cold 
forms  of  our  dear  ones,  or  when  we  are 
brought  to  a  realization  of  the  inevitable 
certainity  that  we  too  must  depart  from 
this  life,  how  utterly  inadequate  are  the 
provisions  made  by  counterfeit  religions ! 

Some  promise  a  reincarnation  in  some 
other's  human  body,  better  or  worse  con- 
ditioned than  at  present,  according  to 
how  we  have  improved  oiir  present  op- 
portunities. Often  it  is  some  kind  of 
vague  merging  with  the  infinite  that  is 
offered.  Sometimes  it  is  nothing 
more  than  a  burial  ceremony  or  the  drop- 
ping into  the  grave  of  a  sprig  of  "aca- 
cia," which  may  indicate  that  the  depart- 
ed may  have  a  future  life. 

None  of  these  speculations,  intima- 
tions, or  promises  are  supported  by  any 
sanctions  or  evidences  of  being  author- 
ized by  God,  that  are  deserving  of  a  mo- 
ment's consideration. 


Christianity  not  only  promises  an  un- 
ending personal  life  of  joyful  sen'ice  in 
the  presence  of  God,  but  it  sanctions  this 
promise  by  the  resurrection  of  Jesus 
Christ,  which  is  as  well  attested  as  any 
fact  in  history  can  be. 

Many  false  religions  contain  excellent 
moral  precepts,  for  example  the  saying 
of  Buddah,  "Do  not  do  unto  another 
what  you  wouldn't  like  to  have  him  do  to 
you,"  but  a  comparison  of  this  with 
Christ's  golden  rule,  "Do  unto  others 
what  you  would  that  they  should  do  to 
you,"  reveals  the  essential  inferiority  of 
the  former.  x'\t  the  most,  it  only  pro- 
hibits injuring  others,  while  the  latter  re- 
quires active  effort  to  help  others. 

The  supreme  test  of  the  value  of  a 
religion  is  found  in  the  results  it  pro- 
duces. The  counterfeits  now  spreading 
in  this  country  have  not  been  in  existence 
long  enough  to  show  what  manner  of 
fruitage  they  will  bear,  but  in  the  old 
world  we  find  several  great  religious  sys- 
tems that  have  thoroughly  possessed 
whole  nations  for  many  centuries,  and 
there  we  may  find  out  exactly  what  they 
do  for  mankind. 

Compare  the  condition  of  the  masses 
of  the  people  in  Turkey,  India,  and  China 
with  that  of  the  common  people  of  coun- 
tries in  which  protestant  Christianity  pre- 
vails. In  the  former  we  find  ignorance, 
extreme  poverty,  disease,  unspeakable 
moral  degradation,  and  despair;  in  the 
latter,  intelligence,  comfort,  improving 
sanitary  conditions,  plagues  stamped  out, 
disease  minimized,  a  high  and  rising 
standard  of  morality,  and  hope  for  bet- 
ter things  in  the  future. 

Pasadena.  California. 

(To  be  continued.) 


A    GOLDEN   JUBILEE. 

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blessings  upon  Mr.  L.  F.  Watkins  and 
his  wife  Mary  E.  Watkins  of  Philomath. 
Oregon,  who^  celebrate  this  month  a  half 
century  of  the  bond  of  strong  holy  love 
as  huband  and  wife,  into  which  they  en- 
tered fifty  years  ago  this  month.  Their 
home  has  long  given  an  honored  place 
to  the  Cynosure  and  its  teachings,  and 
four  sons  and  a  daughter,  also  true  chil- 
dren in  the  principles  of  their  father  and 
mother,  gladden  the  parents"  hearts  at 
this  anniversarv. 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


February,  1912. 


TO  DEFEND   DISHONEST  OFFICERS. 

From  an  editorial  in  a  Chicago  paper 
suggested  by  the  present  trial  of  police 
officers  in  Chicago,  I  take  the  following 
paragraph : 

It  is  inevitable  also  that  the  police  de- 
partment must  permanently  rid  itself  of  a 
secret  political  organization  that  exists 
mainh-  to  defend  dishonest  police  officers 
from  the  consequences  of  their  dishonesty. 

I  have  many  times  asked  secret  so- 
ciety men  what  need  an  honest  man  has 
for  belonging  to  a  secret  society.  I 
have  never  yet  had  any  satisfactory  an- 
swer to  the  question.  Everyone  knows 
that  men  who  conspire  against  the  laws 
may  profitably  employ  a  secret  society. 
It  will  help  them  in  many  ways  and  if 
judges,  jurors,  witnesses  and  sheriffs 
can  be  secured  as  members  in  the  same 
organization  to  which  the  dishonest  men 
belong  it  goes  far  to  assure  them  of  pro- 
tection in  time  of  trouble.  Over  and 
again  we  find  men  living  for  years  in 
violation  of  the  law  and  yet  sustained  in 
positions  of  trust  by  men  who  should 
know  of  their  dishonesty,  whether  they 
do  or  not. 

Cases  of  this  kind  are  so  frequent  that 
they  will,  no  doubt,  come  to  the  memory 
of  all  who  read  these  words.  The  last 
case  before  the  public  is  the  one  which 
suggested  the  editorial  from  which  I 
quoted.  It  has  been  proved  that  the  po- 
lice system  of  Chicago  was  in  league  and 
collusion  with  all  the  centers  of  vice  and 
crime.  Persons  engaged  in  the  horrible 
business  of  marketing  white  women  to 
the  slums  of  Chicago  were  able  to  se- 
cure police  officers  to  escort  their  victims 
from  one  infamous  resort  to  another. 
Saloon  keepers  were  able  to  violate  laws 
in  any  way  they  chose,  with  no  inter- 
ference from  the  police  authorities. 
Gambling  house  keepers  and  dealers  in 
unlawful  drugs  were  able  to  carry  on 
their  business  year  in  and  year  out. 

Every  one  could  see  that  police  offi- 
cers were  living  in  fine  houses,  riding  in 


autos  and  doing  other  things  which  hon- 
est men  could  not  do,  but  until  the  recent 
exposure  no  one  could  fasten  crime  up- 
on them.  Now  they  have  been  adjudged 
guilty,  have  been  dismissed  from  their 
positions  and  the  offices  which  some  of 
them  held  are  being  abolished. 

Even  a  secular  paper,  which  has  no 
objection  to  secret  societies  in  general, 
sees  that  secret  societies  among  these  po- 
licemen are  dangerous  to  the  public  and 
declares  for  the  abolition  of  such  socie- 
ties. The  United  States  authorities  have 
recently  been  moving  in  the  same  direc- 
tion respecting  secret  societies  among 
officers  in  the  postal  department.  In  fact, 
everywhere  it  seems  that  the  common 
sense  of  mankind  is  leading  to  the  con- 
clusion which  has  been  advocated  by  the 
National  Christian  Association  for  many 
years,  namely,  that  ^'secret  societies  are 
needless  for  good  purposes,  are  capable 
of  all  bad  purposes,  and  therefore  should 
be  abolished  by  law."  This  quota- 
tion was  framed  by  the  great  Wen- 
dell Phillips,  but  it  has  been  the 
continual  testimony  of  the  National 
Christian  Association  from  the  begin- 
ning in  1867  until  the  present  year.  It 
is  true  that  our  testimony  has  not  been 
heeded  as  it  should  have  been.  It  is  also 
true  that  such  infamies  as  have  been  re- 
vealed in  the  police  department  in  Chi- 
cago have  been  going  forward  in  greater 
or  less  measure  in  every  city  or  town  of 
our  country.  There  have  been  six  hun- 
dred murders  in  Chicago  since  a  man 
was  hanged  for  murder.  It  is  also  true 
that  the  testimony  of  the  Christian 
church  in  general  has  been  neglected  or 
rejected.  People  have  gone  on  their  own 
wild,  reckless  way,  but  the  truth  re- 
mains, the  word  of  God  abides  and  in  the 
end  everything  which  sets  itself  against 
the  kingdom  of  God  will  be  overturned 
and  destroyed. 

Balaam,  the  Son  of  Beor. 

It  is  a  pitiful  thing  that  our  churches 


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293 


feel  compelled,  in  these  days,  to  cater  to 
Godless  and  wicked  organizations  in  or- 
der to  build  up  their  churches.  I  do  not 
mean  to  say  that  all  do,  some  do  not.  I 
mean  to  say  that  many  do,  and  when  they 
get  a  crowd  by  these  appeals  to  Balak 
they  feel  glad,  and  when  they  get  large 
collections  from  the  Moabites,  they  think 
they  have  accomplished  a  great  work, 
but  there  is  a  curse  on  the  crowds  and  on 
the  money  which  comes  by  Balak's  as- 
sistance. 

A  friend  has  sent  me  the  following  ex- 
tracts which  I  submit  in  full  for  the  en- 
lightenment and  the  warning  of  all  who 
are  tempted  to  these  godless  methods 
of  serving  God's  cause.  Here  are  boot- 
blacking  shops,  lodges  of  all  sorts  and 
kinds,  and  finally  a  lot  of  Elks,  an  or- 
ganization formed  by  actors  and  at  its 
beginning  one  of  the  most  wretched  of 
all  the  secret  societies,  turning  in  and 
working  together  for  a  Sunday  School 
contest,  and  when  one  of  the  Sunday 
Schools  had  beaten  the  other  the  news 
was  published  through  the  whole  coun- 
try. One  of  the  towns  gave  a  dinner  to 
the  men  from  the  other  town. 

I  will  not  say  that  no  good  was  ac- 
complished by  such  a  performance,  but 
I  do  not  think  any  sane  man  believes 
that  the  good  resulting  ought  for  a  sin- 
gle instant  be  compared  with  the  wide- 
spread demoralization  which  will  result. 
How  Satan  must  laugh  and  rejoice  when 
the  bride  of  Jesus  Christ  grovels  in  the 
dust  before  these  organizations ;  but  here 
are  the  extracts : 

"One  Hundred  Men  Wanted. 

"Free  shines  will  be  given  to  one  hundred 
men  if  they  will  meet  at  the  Big  Four  bar- 
ber shop  on  the  northeast  corner  of  the 
square,  Sunday  morning,  and  march  in  a 
body  to  the  Presbyterian  Sunday  School  to 
help  defeat  Bushnell. 

"Come  early  and  avoid  the  rush,  so  that 
Spike  can  finish  his  work  in  time  to  go 
with    them." 


"Presbyterian. 

"  'The  Great  and  Good  Things  in  Lodges' 
is  the  subject  of  the  address  by  Rev.  W.  T. 
Rodgers  for  the  men's  class  next  Sunday 
at  the  First  Presbyterian  church.  The  class 
extends  a  hearty  invitation  to  all  the  mem- 
bers of  all  the  lodges  of  Macomb  to  be  the 
guests  of  the  class  next  Sunday.  You  are 
requested  to  meet  at  your  lodge  rooms  or 
on  the  public  square  next  Sunday  morning 
at  9:30  sharp,  and  march  to  the  church  in 
a  body.  Not  only  lodgemen  but  all  the  men 
of  Macomb  and  vicinity  are  invited  to  come 
and    bring   their   friends   with   them. 

"Let  every  man  in  Macomb  stand  by  his 
town  and  help  Macomb  win  against  Bush- 
nell."   

"Elks'   Sunday   School   Special. 

"There  are  few  things  that  your  average 
orthodox  Elk  (of  the  two-legged  species) 
will  not  tackle;  and  few  things  that  he 
tackles  that  he  does  not  bring  to  success. 
So  when  the  lodge  of  that  order  in  this  city 
took  hold  of  assisting  the  Men's  Bible  Class 
of  Macomb  in  its  contest,  they  didn't  just 
sort  of  do  things  and  then  sit  down.  In- 
stead, after  enrolling  all  of  themselves  and 
all  of  their  friends  to  go,  they  naturally 
went  to  Manager  Mapes,  of  the  Macomb 
and  Eastern  Illinois  Railway,  and  hired  a 
special  train  from  Industry,  which  was  load- 
ed to  standing  room  with  'men  only'  who, 
arriving  in  Macomb  as  a  delegation,  marched 
over  200  strong,  to  the  Presbyterian  church, 
arriving  as  opportunely  as  was  the  coming 
of  Blucher's  army  at  Waterloo.  And  the 
pestiferous  Elks  paid  the  bill  with  a  hearty 
smile  and  a  willing  hand;  asking  'no  help 
and  no  odds  of  nobody.'  Only  thanking 
those  who  accepted  their  cordial  invitation 
by  as   cordially  coming." 

The  duty  of  Christian  churclies  and 
men  is  obvious.  We  are  not  required,  as 
Lincoln  said,  to  succeed,  but  we  are  re- 
quired to  be  honest.  We  are  not  required 
to  extirpate  evil,  we  are  required  to  bear 
testimony  against  it.  God  will  tend  to 
completing  the  work  in  his  own  time  and 
way;  it  falls  to  us  to  keep  our  own  tes- 
timony clear  and  our  own  hands  clean. 

Balaam,  son  of  Beor,  died  by  the 
sword  among  the  enemies  of  Israel  and 
all  the  enemies  of  God  will  perish  in  due 
time.    Jesus  must  reign,  this  is  the  Bible 


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February,  1912. 


word,  "must,"  until  every  enemy  is  un- 
der his  foot,  so  let  us  be  patient  and  lov- 
ing and  persevering  and  God  will  give 
victory  at  the  appointed  day. 

With  best  wishes  and  good  hope  and 
I  am, 

Fraternally  yours, 
Charles  A.  Blanc  hard. 


courage. 


The  Tongs  in  the  Chinatown  of  New 
York  and  Pacific  Coast  cities  keep  under 
pay  their  own  military  bodyguards,  ad- 
minister their  own  courts  and  execute 
their  own  death  sentences  without  any 
reference  to  the  laws  of  the  United 
States. 


^ 


«^ 


From  the  personal  reminiscences  by  Samuel  D.  Greene  of  the  abduction  and  mur- 
der of  Captain  William  Morgan  were  taken  some  of  the  facts  so  vividly  brought  out  in 
Miss  Flagg's  "Power  of  the  Secret  Empire,"  which  ended  in  the  December  number  of 
the  CYNOSURE.  The  story  has  created  so  wide  an  interest  that  we  propose  to  give  our 
readers  in  the  next  few  months  some  of  these  facts  as  recorded  by  Mr.  Greene,  an  eye- 
witness.— Editor. 


CHAPTER  IV. 
The  Storm   Gathering. 

So  matters  stood  in  the  village  of  Ba- 
tavia,  in  the  middle  of  August,  1826. 
Captain  Morgan  was  boarding  with  his 
young  wife  and  two  little  children  at  a 
Air.  Stewart's,  in  the  center  of  the  vil- 
lage, but  kept  himself  during  the  day, 
for  the  most  part,  at  a  Mr.  Davids'  on 
the  opposite  side  of  Tonawanda  Creek, 
about  a  mile  out  of  the  noise  and  stir  of 
the  village.  It  had  now  become  gener- 
ally understood  that  he  was  writing  out 
the  secrets  of  Masonry,  and  it  was  evi- 
dent that  a  storm  of  wrath  was  gather- 
ing- to  burst  upon  his  devoted  head. 

Colonel  Miller  was  still  pursuing  his 
work  of  publishing  the  Batavia  Advo- 
cate ;  but  he  understood  that  his  per- 
son and  property  were  in  danger,  and 
he  was  living  in  apprehension  of  what 
might  befall  himself  and  his  family. 

About  this  time  I  attended  an  ad- 
journed meeting  of  the  Master  Masons' 
lodge.  Some  of  the  committees  asked 
leave  to  report.  The  Episcopal  minister, 
before  referred  to,  objected  to  any  de- 
tailed report.  He  said  this  was  not  the 
place  to  report.  They  must  open  these 
matters  in  the  Chapter;  but  he  would 
assure  the  lodge  that  the  committees 
had  done  their  duty — that  the  book 
should  be  suppressed,  and  their  plans 
carried    out,    even   though    Morgan   and 


Miller  should  be  lost  to  society.  It  was 
sought  to  be  impressed  upon  all  Masons 
that  they  should  take  a  decided  stand  in 
this  crisis,  that  it  was  an  awful  crime 
not  to  do  so,  and  that  the  judgment  of 
Heaven  would  surely  overtake  all  who 
did  not  use  their  utmost  efforts  to  pre- 
vent the  publication  of  the  book.  A  let- 
ter was  introduced  into  the  lodge,  pur- 
porting to  be  a  copy  of  a  letter  which 
Governor  De  Witt  Clinton  had  written, 
saying,  in  substance,  "You  must  sup- 
press the  secrets  of  Masonry  at  the  ex- 
pense of  blood  and  treasure;  be  careful 
to  observe  secrecy,  but  if  you  are  de- 
tected you  shall  be  protected.  If  you  are 
convicted  you  shall  be  pardoned,  for  I 
have  the  pardoning  power." 

This  Episcopal  minister,  named  above, 
was  a  great  man  in  the  lodge — a  kind  of 
oracle,  from  his  rank  and  station,  among 
the  Masons.  He  was  a  man,  however, 
extremely  fond  (to  use  the  technical 
language  of  the  Masons)  of  "passing 
from  labor  to  refreshment."  He  was 
addicted  to  the  glass  and  was  often  as- 
sisted home  from  the  lodge,  being  un- 
able to  make  his  way  by  himself. 

It  was  evidently  the  intention  of  the 
Masons  of  the  higher  degrees  not  to 
have  matters  too  much  talked  of  in  the 
lodge,  for  they  felt  there  might  be  spies 
in  the  camp.  They  did  not  then  know 
what  was    passing    in    my    own    mind, 


February,  1912. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


295 


though  it  was  observed  that  I  was  not 
so  loud  in  my  demonstrations  as  were 
most  of  the  members  of  the  lodge.  There 
were  suspicions  and  anxieties  lest  some 
should  not  prove  true  to  their  Masonic 
oaths,  and  so,  as  Masons  met  together 
in  the  street,  it  was  a  common  form  of 
question  among  them,  "Do  you  think 
Freemasonr}^  can  be  published  in  Bata- 
via?"  If  the  answer  was,  ''No!  Batavia 
would  rock  to  her  center  first,"  or  some 
other  answer  in  a  similar  spirit,  all  was 
regarded  as  right.  I  never  could  make 
quite  the  right  answer  to  suit  them;  but 
a  certain  Mr.  Wood  took  it  upon  himself 
to  vouch  for  me  that  I  was  true. 

About  the  middle  of  August  there 
came  to  Batavia,  from  Canada,  a  man 
by  the  name  of  Daniel  Johns.  He  pro- 
fessed to  have  heard  what  Morgan  and 
Miller  were  about,  and  to  be  deeply  in- 
terested in  the  enterprise.  He  wished 
to  associate  himself  in  business  with  Mr. 
Miller,  and  offered  to  advance  all  the 
needed  money  for  the  purpose.  He  so 
won  upon  their  confidence  by  his  flatter- 
ing manner,  that  he  was  taken  into  part- 
nership. This  man,  as  it  afterwards  ap- 
peared, was  a  Mason  of  one  of  the  high- 
er orders — a  Knight  of  Templar — and 
he  took  this  method  to  discover  the  se- 
crets of  Morgan  and  Miller,  and  inter- 
rupt their  designs. 

It  was  on  the  19th  day  of  August, 
1826,  on  a  Saturday,  that  three  men, 
residents  of  Batavia,  and  Masons,  in 
company  with  Daniel  H.  Dana,  a  con- 
stable from  the  neighboring  town  of 
Pembroke,  appeared  suddenly  at  the 
house  of  Mr.  Davids,  where  Morgan 
had  his  room.  There  were  two  families 
occupying  the  house,  the  one  already 
named,  and  the  other  of  the  name  of 
Towsley.  When  the  four  men  came  to 
the  house,  they  first  inquired  for  Mr. 
Davids  and  for  Mr.  Towsley ;  and 
learning  they  w^ere  not  at  home,  they, 
without  further  inquiry  or  remark, 
rushed  up  stairs  into  the  room  where  Mr. 
Morgan  was  writing.  Here  the  constable 
presented  a  warrant  for  his  arrest.  It 
was  upon  some  claim  that  a  Mr.  Thomas 
McCully  held,  or  professed  to  hold, 
against  Morgan,  that  this  warrant  was 
served.  It  was  well  understood,  how- 
ever, that  the  case  was  one  got  up  for 
the  occasion,  tO'  give  vent  to  the  Masonic 
rage  against  Morgan.     The  sheriff"  was 


suspected  of  being  a  party  in  the  trans- 
action. He  was  seen  in  company  of  the 
men,  as  they  were  going  to  Mr.  Davids' 
house,  though  he  staid  back,  and  did  not 
actually  enter  the  house  with  them. 

Mr.  Morgan  was  in  his  chamber,  writ- 
ing, with  various  papers  about  him.  He 
was  seized  with  the  papers,  and  without 
delay  was  hurried  off  to  the  county  jail. 
The  story  of  his  arrest  spread  quickly 
over  the  village,  and  some  of  his  friends 
started  at  once  to  find  the  ofiicers  of  the 
law,  and  secure  his  release  on  bail.  But 
it  was  evident  that  the  officers  of  the  law 
were  out  of  the  way  by  intention.  The 
sheriff,  who  was  visible  just  before  the 
arrest,  and  who  was  not  known  to  have 
any  business  calling  him  from  the  place, 
was  sought  for  in  vain.  Men  hastened 
hither  and  thither — to  his  house,  and  to 
all  his  usual  places  of  resort ;  but  he  was 
nowhere  to  be  found.  The  jailer  also 
strangely  disappeared  immediately  after 
Mr.  Morgan  was  lodged  in  jail.  The  mo- 
tive for  all  this  was  apparent.  It  was  Sat- 
urday. If  the  officers  could  keep  them- 
selves out  of  sight  until  twelve  o'clock 
Saturday  night,  Mr.  Morgan  would  have 
to  lie  in  jail,  at  least,  till  Monday  morn- 
ing. In  this  they  succeeded.  The  friends 
and  neighbors  of  Morgan  were  eager  to 
give  bail  for  him,  but  nobody  could  be 
found  to  transact  the  business.  On  the 
same  day,  at  evening,  the  men  who  had 
arrested  him  went  to  the  house  of  Mr. 
Stewart,  in  the  village  where  Mr.  Mor- 
gan boarded  with  his  family,  and  where 
Mrs.  Morgan  then  was.  They  professed 
to  be  in  search  of  property  on  which  to 
levy  for  debt.  They  asked  questions  at 
random  of  Mrs.  Morgan ;  but  their  chief 
business  evidently  was  to  ransack  among 
Mr.  Morgan's  household  effects,  in  hopes 
of  finding  papers.  They  searched  trunks, 
boxes,  drawers,  etc.,  examined  the  con- 
tents of  letters,  and  took  off*  with  them  a 
small  trunk  of  papers,  saying,  if  these 
papers  were  useful  to  Mr.  Morgan,  they 
would  return  them.  The  reason  of  this, 
as  it  afterwards  clearly  appeared,  was, 
that  thev  had  not  found  at  Mr.  Davids' 
house  the  papers  they  hoped  to  find  ;  and 
it  was  surmised  that  these  might  be 
found  at  Mr.  Stewart's,  where  he  board- 
ed. They  did  find  a  part,  but  not  all  that 
they  were  after. 

Mr.  IMorgan  remained  in  jail  until 
Monday  morning,  lAugust  21,  when  he 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


February,  1912. 


was  released  on  bail.  During  the  Sab- 
bath, many  persons  visited  him.  There 
was  much  sympathy  felt  for  him  by  those 
who  were  not  Masons,  and  by  some  wdio 
were.  I  myself  went  to  the  jail,  and 
talked  with  him  through  the  grate,  tell- 
ing him  that  he  w'as  in  danger.  I  had 
become  well  aware,  from  what  transpired 
in  word  and  act  at  the  lodge  meetings, 
that  both  ]\Ioro;an  and  Miller  were  in 
peril,  and  through  the  grated  window  I 
communicated  this  idea  to  Morgan  on 
that  20th  of  August.  He  did  not  believe 
that  he  was  really  in  any  serious  per- 
sonal danger.  He  knew,  of  course,  from 
what  was  then  passing,  that  there  was  a 
disposition  on  the  part  of  the  Masons  to 
vex  and  annoy  him.  But  he  did  not  think 
matters  would  go  beyond  this.  He  ex- 
pressed the  behef  that  the  laws  of  their 
country  would,  in  the  final  resort,  have 
more  influence  over  members  of  the  lodge 
than  their  Masonic  oaths.  I  told  him 
that  I  had  formerly  thought  so  too,  but 
that  it  W'as  now  my  belief  that  violence 
was  intended,  and  that  he  should  be 
strictly  on  his  guard  in  reference  to  the 
movements  going  on  about  him. 

How  Consciences  are  Warped. 

As  I  have  already  said,  I  had  been 
long  in  coming  to  this  opinion.  At  first 
I  could  not  think  that  my  neighbors, 
some  of  whom  were  high  officers  in  the 
church  and  state,  would,  in  obedience  to 
their  Masonic  oaths,  be  guilty  of  actual 
violence  towards  a  fellow-man.  I  thought 
they  meant,  if  possible,  to  frighten  Mor- 
gan, and  make  him  desist  from  what  he 
was  doing.  But  that  they  could  be  so 
blinded  and  infatuated  as  to  harbor  mur- 
der in  their  hearts,  out  of  their  devotion 
to  ^Masonry,  I  could  not  for  a  long  time 
believe.  But  as  I  had  attended  the  vari- 
ous meetings  of  the  lodge,  and  seen  the 
signs  and  nods,  and  heard  the  significant 
words  uttered,  and,  more  than  all,  as  I 
had,  little  by  little,  become  aware  of  the 
awful  hate  which  was  cherished  against 
Morgan  and  Miller,  I  saw  how  easy  and 
natural  it  was  that  violence  should  spring 
out  of  it.  I  saw  that  the  consciences  of 
men  were  warped,  and  in  the  conflict  be- 
tween Masonic  duty  and  public  law,  the 
former  actually  had  the  supremacy  in 
their  thoughts.  Moreover,  under  cover 
of  the  darkness  of  a  secret  institution, 
they  somehow  deemed  it  safe  and  right 


to  do  what  they  never  would  have 
thought  of  doing  in  the  open  day. 

It  was  here,  and  under  these  circum- 
stances, that  I  had  the  best  opportunity  of 
studying  Masonry  in  its  internal  tenden- 
cies and  laws.  I  had  connected  myself 
with  the  institution  only  a  few  months 
before,  under  a  misrepresentation.  I  had 
been  told  that  it  should  not  militate 
against  my  politics  or  my  religion ;  but  I 
found  it  at  war  with  both.  I  soon  dis- 
covered that  I  was  in  a  strange  bondage 
to  a  power  that  I  could  not  respect,  and 
that  imposed  upon  me  services  that  I 
could  not  honestly  render.  I  soon  began 
tO'  go  to  the  lodge  unwillingly,  and  to  re- 
turn from  it  with  a  kind  of  moral  dis- 
gust. At  the  best,  it  was  pompous  non- 
sense and  false  pretension.  ,At  the  worst 
it  was  deeply  corrupting  and  immoral.  It 
used  the  names  and  forms  of  religion 
only  to  dishonor  and  belittle  them.  It 
employed  the  Bible  and  prayer,  and  semi- 
religious  ordinances ;  it  made  use  of  the 
name  of  God  in  a  way  to  make  the  most 
holy  things  and  the  most  sacred  words 
only  as  the  playthings  of  an  idle  hour.  It 
put  forth  its  claims  to  a  vast  antiquity, 
vmd  brought  into  its  records  venerable 
personages  of  the  remote  past,  without 
the  slightest  regard  to  truth.  It  paraded 
itself  before  the  ignorant  and  unlearned 
as  if  the  chief  care  of  God  over  this 
world  had  been  to  foster  and  keep  alive 
this  institution  from  generation  to  gen- 
eration, as  though  it  were  something  far 
more  ancient  than  the  Christian  church, 
and  not  second  in  importance. 

As  soon  as  I  was  fairly  within  the  en- 
closures of  the  lodge,  I  discovered,  con- 
trary to  all  my  expectations,  that  I  was 
in  a  place  where  half-educated,  swelling, 
and  unscrupulous  men  had  an  ample  field 
for  the  exercise  of  their  powers.  Such 
men  stood  in  the  fore-front  in  the  goings 
on  of  the  Masonic  order.  Men  who  de- 
light to  be  dressed  up  in  a  little  brief  au- 
thority, on  however  small  a  scale ;  men 
who  bustle  about  in  aprons,  and  feathers, 
and  all  sorts  of  glittering  gewgaws ;  men 
who  have  no  scruples  in  letting  fiction 
pass  for  truth,  and  pretence  for  reality — 
these  are  the  men  who  find  Masonry 
something  altogether  to  their  mind.  They 
hurry  hither  and  thither  to  do  its  bid- 
ding ;  they  bustle  about,  on  St.  John  the 
Baptist's  and  other  days,  under  the  sin- 
gular delusion  that  they    are    important 


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persons — that  caps,  and  sashes,  and 
bands  can  make  men  great.  A  masonic 
lodge  is  a  mutual  admiration  society  of 
the  most  intense  order.  It  lives,  moves, 
and  has  its  being  in  a  system  of  the 
most  enormous  self-complacency.  Tried 
by  the  touchstone  of  sober  truth  and  real- 
ity, it  withers  in  a  moment.  Its  benevo- 
lence, on  which  it  so  prides  itself,  can 
never  pass  as  genuine.  It  is  benevolence 
for  a  consideration. 

When  men  band  themselves  together 
to  gain  and  keep  for  themselves  such 
earthly  advantages  as  they  could  not  oth- 
erwise enjoy,  it  is  often  the  most  con- 
centrated form  of  selfishness.  It  is  a 
kind  of  secret  conspiracy  against  the  rest 
of  mankind  in  behalf  of  their  own  set.  It 
is  no  new  thing  for  men  of  the  worst 
character  to  be  bound  together  as  mutual 
helpers ;  and  within  a  certain  range  they 
must  exhibit  what  is  called  kindness,  and 
show  all  the  tokens  of  good  fellowship, 
else  the  confederacy  formed  for  selfish 
and  wicked  ends  will  fall  to  pieces. 
Eyes    Opened,    Hands    Bound. 

In  the  winter  of  1825-6  I  had  become 
fully  satisfied  that  Masonry  was  no  insti- 
tution for  me.  I  had,  as  before  stated, 
gradually  ceased  to  attend  the  lodge 
meetings,  just  as  thousands  and  tens  of 
thousands  of  others  have  done,  through 
a  certain  inward  weariness  and  disgust. 
But  I  did  not  wish  to  signalize  my  non- 
attendance  by  making  talk  about  the  mat- 
ter, or  by  any  outward  demonstrations.  I 
wanted  everything  to  pass  in  silence  and 
quietness.  And  if  nothing  of  an  unusual 
character  had  arisen,  I  should  probably 
have  taken  practical  leave  of  Masonry  in 
the  spring  of  1826,  never  more  to  mingle 
in  its  councils.  But  as  soon  as  the  high 
excitement  about  Morgan  and  Miller 
arose,  I  could  not  absent  myself  without 
exciting  suspicion,  and  after  a  little  I  did 
not  wish  to  withdraw,  but  preferred  to 
remain  and  study  the  atrocious  plans 
which  were  forming.  It  was  a  delicate 
part,  no  doubt,  that  I  was  playing,  and 
was  attended  with  no  little  difficulty  and 
hazard ;  but  I  seemed  to  be  called,  by  a 
kind  of  providence,  to  stand  in  that  lot, 
and  incur  the  incidental  risks.  I  was 
studying  Masonry  now  under  new  and 
peculiar  conditions.  I  was  learning  what 
it  was,  and  what  it  would  do,  when  vio- 
lent passions  are  kindled  and  a  vindic- 
tive hate  aroused. 


For  a  long  time  I  kept  my  own  coun- 
sel. I  had  abundant  food  for  reflec- 
tion, but  I  had  not  divulged  to  any  per- 
son or  persons  outside  what  was  going 
on  in  the  lodge.  I  had  occasionally  ven- 
tured, in  the  lodge,  and  in  my  conversa- 
tions with  Masons,  to  try  and  give  things 
a  milder  turn.  But  after  a  few  attempts 
of  this  kind,  which  only  turned  attention 
towards  me  to  no  purpose,  I  preferred  to 
hold  my  peace,  to  think  my  own  thoughts 
and  make  my  own  plans. 

As  has  been  already  stated,  Morgan 
was  released  on  bail,  after  his  confine- 
ment in  jail  over  the  Sababth,  and  mat- 
ters went  on  much  as  before.  In  the 
search  which  was  made  for  papers  on  the 
day  of  Morgan's  first  arrest,  August  19, 
some  were  found,  and  among  the  manu- 
scripts taken  was  the  Royal  Arch  De- 
gree, which  Morgan  was  writing  out. 
This  is  the  seventh  Masonic  degree  in 
order.  This  was  brought  up  into  the 
lodge  room,  and  those  Masons  who  had 
taken  this  degree  were  permitted  to  ex- 
amine the  manuscript.  I  had  only  taken 
three  degrees,  and  did  not  share  in  this 
privilege.  This  degree  was  afterwards 
sent  by  Charles  C.  Church  to  Canandai- 
gua,  and  from  thence  it  was  forwarded 
to  New  York  city  by  express,  to  the 
Grand  Chapter,  which  was  then  in  ses- 
sion. 

So  matters  went  on  until  the  morning 
of  Friday,  September  8,  1826,  which  was 
an  eventful  day  in  my  history ;  and  many 
things  in  my  subsequent  life  date  from 
that  day.  A  messenger  of  the  lodge 
came  to  notify  me  that  about  three  hun- 
dred Masons  were  in  and  about  the  vil- 
lage of  Batavia,  gathered  from  all  direc- 
tions, met  for  the  express  purpose  of 
burning  and  destroying  Mr.  Miller's 
printing  office,  and  by  open  violence  pre- 
venting the  publication  of  Mr.  Morgan's 
book.  The  cant  phrase  was  again  em- 
ployed, that  this  book  must  be  suppressed 
if  Morgan  and  Miller  were  lost  to  society. 
I  had  learned  to  know  what  that  lan- 
guage meant.  The  notice  was  given  us 
in  the  field,  as  I  have  stated,  and  we  were 
expected  to  govern  ourselves  according- 
ly. For  my  own  part,  I  saw  that  the  time 
for  action  had  come.  The  recollection 
of  all  that  had  transpired  at  the  lodge  for 
weeks  before  now  came  back  upon  me. 
and  I  realized  that  what  I  had  feared  was 
really  about  to  take  place.    Peaceful  and 


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February,  1912. 


persuasive  measures  were  no  longer  to 
be  used ;  but  violence,  even  unto  death,  if 
need  be,  was  intended  by  the  present 
movement.  Up  to  that  time  I  had  man- 
aged to  keep  my  feelings,  in  a  great 
measure,  secret  from  the  other  members 
of  the  lodge;  and  though  they  had,  at 
times,  thought  me  wanting  in  Masonic 
zeal  and  energy,  they  had  not  apparently 
suspected  me  of  faithlessness  to  my  Ma- 
sonic oaths,  or  dreamed  that  I  would,  in 
the  last  resort,  seek  to  protect  Morgan 
and  ]\Iiller  from  Masonic  rage. 

That  morning  I  w^as  in  trouble.  I  saw 
that  it  needed  only  some  slight  act,  on 
ni}-  part,  to  reveal  my  secret,  and  put 
me  in  the  same  category  with  Morgan 
and  Miller.  Madness  was  abroad  upon 
the  wind.  The  wild  elements  were  let 
loose.  An  infuriated  crowd  swarmed 
about  Batavia,  and  the  storm  might  burst 
at  any  moment.  To  add  to  my  care  and 
responsibility,  I  was  at  the  time  one  of 
the  trustees,  or  guardians  of  the  village. 
This  was  one  of  the  methods  of  civil  gov- 
ernment and  protection  adopted  by  the 
young  villages  of  Western  New  York.  A 
board  of  trustees  was  chosen  to  guard 
the  village  against  dangers  of  whatever 
kind,  external  or  internal,  and  also  to 
promote  its  general  welfare.  I  held  the 
office  of  trustee  at  this  time,  and  my  as- 
sociates had  chosen  me  superintendent  of 
the  village.  Holding  this  office,  and 
knowing  also  what  had  been  secretly  con- 
trived against  the  place  in  Masonic 
lodges,  I  was  brought  into  peculiar 
straits.  I  called  upon  the  sheriff,  whose 
duty  it  was  to  aid  in  preserving  the  peace. 
He  was  a  Mason  in  regular  standing,  and 
full  of  Masonic  zeal.  I  cautiously  said  a 
few  words,  indicating  in  some  measure 
my  feelings  in  this  crisis,  when  he  warned 
me  into  secrecy,  and  reminded  me  of  the 
binding  character  of  my  Masonic  oaths. 
This  man  was  a  member  with  me  of  the 
Presbyterian  church.  I  called  on  another 
Mason,  who  was  an  elder  in  our  church, 
and  tried  to  open  my  heart  to  him ;  but 
before  I  had  fairly  committed  myself 
he  warned  me  to  take  care,  and  reminded 
me  also  of  my  oaths.  I  turned  from  men 
to  God,  and  made  my  appeal  unto  him. 
He  knew  all  that  was  passing  in  my 
thoughts.  I  remembered  his  promise, 
'Tor  in  the  time  of  trouble  he  shall  hide 
me  in  his  pavilion,  in  the  secret  of  his 
tabernacle  shall  he  hide  me;  he  shall  set 


me  upon  a  rock."  I  gathered  comfort 
from  this  assurance.  I  committed  my 
way  unto  God,  and  resolved  within  my- 
self that  Mr.  Miller  should  know  of  the 
dangers  threatening  him,  so  that  he 
might  be  upon  his  guard,  and  that  I 
would  assist  him  to  escape  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  enemy. 

There  was  in  the  village  of  Batavia  a 
man  whom  I  knew  well,  and  highly  es- 
teemed— Mr.  George  W.  Harris.  He 
was  by  trade  a  silversmith,  and  had  a 
shop  in  the  central  part  of  the  village.  In 
him  I  thought  I  could  confide.  Accord- 
ingly I  went  to  my  desk,  and  on  a  piece 
of  paper  wrote  out  briefly  the  informa- 
tion I  had  that  morning  received.  I  made 
the  request  that  Harris  shuld  transcribe 
my  note,  burn  the  original,  and  com- 
municate at  once  to  Mr.  ]\Iiller  the  mes- 
sage I  had  communicated  to  him.  I 
stated  also  upon  the  paper,  that  as  a 
trustee  of  the  village,  I  was  under  obli- 
gation to  see  that  the  persons  and  prop- 
erty of  the  inhabitants  were  protected.  I 
wished  to  have  a  guard  set;  but  for  the 
present  I  wished  my  own  name  kept  a 
profound  secret  from  Mr.  Miller  and 
from  every  one  else. 

Compressing  this  paper  into  a  shape- 
less wad,  so  small  that  it  might  be 
crowded  into  a  thimble,  I  called  at  Mr. 
Harris'  door,  and  said  to  him,  "I  have 
important  intelligence  to  communicate  to 
you,  and  in  doing  so  I  shall  throw  my- 
self upon  your  mercy.  If  my  intelli- 
gence is  not  improper  will  you  do  what 
I  request  you?"  He  hesitated  a  moment, 
and  I  repeated  the  question.  He  an- 
swered in  the  affirmative.  I  threw  the 
roll  upon  his  counter,  and  left  him  sud- 
denly. I  left  him  thus  without  any  fur- 
ther observations,  in  order  to  show  him 
that  I  had  put  implicit  confidence  in  him. 
He  opened  the  note  and  read  it,  and  pro- 
ceded  at  once  to  carry  out  its  suggestions. 
He  acted  in  good  faith  with  me,  not  re- 
vealing in  any  way  the  source  from 
which  he  obtained  his  information.  The 
guard  was  set  and  measures  for  safety 
and  protection  adopted.  It  was  soon 
noised  abroad  what  was  going  forward. 
The  village  was  astir  with  excitement. 
Men  gathered  in  the  streets  to  talk  over 
these  exciting  topics.  Masons  were 
about,  here  and  there,  trying  to  quiet  the 
alarm,  but  more  busy  in  seeking  to  dis- 
cover how  the  information  got  out.  No 


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299 


one  could  tell;  only  Mr.  Miller  had  re- 
ceived the  information  through  the  post 
office.     The  guards  were  set,  and  no  vio- 
lence was  attempted  that  day  or  night. 
The  next  day  Mr.  Harris  called  on  me 
secretly  to  inquire  what  this  quiet  meant, 
and  whether  the  Masons  had  dispersed.  I 
told  him  they  had  not,  but  had  been  re- 
enforced,    and   he    must    strengthen    the 
guard.  He  did  so,  and  this  day  and  night 
all   was  still.     This  brings  us   along  to 
Sunday,  September  lo.     By  this  time  it 
began  to  be  thought  that  a  false  alarm 
had  been  given,  and  that  there  was  really 
no  danger  of  an    attack.     The    guards 
were    no    longer    set.      Mr.    Miller    also 
changed  his  mind.     On  Saturday  he  had 
armed   himself   thoroughly   for   defense, 
having  placed  a   swivel   so  as   to   com- 
mand the  entrance  of  his  printing  office, 
and  he  had  armed  men  with  him  in  the 
office;   but   he   began   to   think   he    had 
been  needlessly  alarmed.     He   resolved, 
therefore,  to  pass   Sunday  night  in  his 
office  without  any  guard.    When  I  knew 
that  this  was  the  determination,  and  that 
he  was  to  pass  the  night  at  his  office,  I 
sent  word  to  him  through  Mr.  Harris, 
cautioning  him  not  to  attempt  to  leave 
the  office  during    the     night,     however 
much  he  might  be  alarmed.     I  knew  that 
nothing  would  be  more  in  harmony  with 
the  wishes  and  plans  of  the  Masons  than 
to  catch  him  in  the  open  street  by  night. 
What    we    have    called    Mr.    Miller's 
printing  office,  was,  in  reality,  two  of- 
fices, or  rooms,  one  on  each  side  of  a 
narrow  passage-way,  called  Printer's  Al- 
ley.  In  one  of  these  was  printed  the  Re- 
publican Advocate  and  in  the  other  the 
work  on  Mr.  Morgan's  book  was  going 
forward.    These  rooms  were  in  the  most 
thickly-settled  portion   of     the     village. 
They  were   in  the   second   story  of  the 
buildings,  and  stairways  led  up  to  them 
from  the  outside.     Underneath    one    of 
these  rooms  a  large  family  was  living, 
consisting  of  a  man  and  wife  and  eight 
children.     I  was  sorry  that  more  credit 
was  not  given  to  my  information,  so  that 
the  guard  should  be  kept  set,  as  on  the 
two  previous  nights.     But  as  these  had 
passed  in  such  comparative  quiet,  it  be- 
gan to  be  thought,  even  by  Mr.  Harris, 
that   I   might   be   misinformed,   or   that 
fear  had  unduly  magnified  the  affair  to 
my  apprehension.     And  so  the  night  of 


Sunday,  the  loth  of  September,  was 
passed  without  any  extraordinary  pre- 
cautions. 

Life  and  Property  Attacked. 

That  night  the  attempt  was  made  to 
set  both  of  the  buildings,  in  which  these 
offices  were  on  fire.     Combustible  mate- 
rials were  placed  underneath  the  outside 
stairways,   turpentine   was     freely    used 
about  the  wood-work,  and  the  buildings 
were  fired  at  the  dead  of  night,  notwith- 
standing that  the  family  of  ten  persons 
were  asleep  in  one  of  them.     This  fire 
was     instantly     discovered     and     extin- 
guished in  a  way   that  the   incendiaries 
had   not   counted   upon.      Late   at   night 
there  had  come  into  the  village  several 
teamsters,  with  their  teams,  to  load  with 
flour  early  in  the  morning,  and  start  for 
the  canal.     The  hotels  being  all  closed, 
they  had  lain  down  to  sleep  in  their  wag- 
ons.    These   wagons   were   standing  on 
the  other  side  of  the  street,  directly  op- 
posite  Mr.   Miller's  offiices.     No   sooner 
were  the  fires  set  than  these  teamsters 
discovered  them,     sounded     the     alarm, 
aroused    the    neighbors,    and    had    the 
flames     extinguished    before    they    had 
gained   any   considerable  headway.      So 
close  were  they  upon  the  work  of  the  in- 
cendiaries, that  they  saw  the  villains  run- 
ning away.     They  gave  chase,  and  com- 
pelled the  runaways  to  drop  their  torches 
and  the  dark  lantern  they  had  used ;  but 
they  did  not  succeed  in  capturing  them. 
The  events  of  this  night  satisfied  ^Ir. 
Harris    that    my    information,    secretly 
conveyed  to  him,  was  correct,  and  that 
the  quiet  of  the  two  previous  nights  was 
due  solely  to  the  precautions  taken.  The 
Masons,  who  were  banded  together  for 
violence,  understood  well  that  if  they  at- 
tacked Mr.  Miller's  office  on  Friday  or 
Saturday    night,    they    would   be    likely, 
some  of  them,  to  come  to  grief.     But  as 
soon  as  it  went  abroad  that  there  was  no 
danger,  and  care  was  relaxed,  instantly 
the  conspirators  returned  to  their  work. 
It  was  on  Saturday,  September  9,  that 
Daniel  Johns,  before  spoken  of,  who  had 
come  from  Canada  as  a  spy,  and  by  his 
arts  had  worked  his  way  into  Mr.  ]\Iil- 
ler's  confidence,  and  been  taken  in  as  a 
partner  in  his  business — it  was  on  Sat- 
urday that  he  suddenly  took  himself  oft*, 
carrying  with  him  one  of  the  manuscripts 
of     Morgan — Mark     Master's     Degree. 


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February,  1912.. 


which  was  in  jMr.  ^liller's  hands  to  be 
printed. 

So  matters  stood  on  the  night  of  Sun- 
day, September  lo,  1826,  in  the  village  of 
Batavia.  The  fires  which  had  been  set 
had  been  providentially  extinguished ; 
but  worse  tilings  were  immediately  to 
follow. 

(To  be  continued.) 


CMtorial 


THE   BIRTHDAY 
Of   the    Father   of   His   Country. 

The    birthday   of    Washington    occur- 
ring near  the  beginning  of  the  year  and 


the  date  of  his  death  still  nearer  its  end- 
ing, peculiar  fitness  belongs  to  any  rec- 
ognition of  either  date  in  these  columns 
because  here  his  memory  is  in  one  par- 
ticular peculiarly  defended.  For  until 
now,  from  even  before  his  death,  a  secret 
order  which  he  valued  lightly  and  neg- 
lected through  many  mature  years,  has 
tried  to  borrow  prestige  for  what  he 
called  its  "child's  play,"  together  with 
what  he  sagely  detected  as  its  adaptation 
to  the  "worst  of  purposes,''  from  his 
trusted  name. 

At  his  funeral  this  neglected  society 
was  prompt  and  "determined"  to  crowd 
itself    into   prominence;    and    from   that 


time  it  has  made  the  most  for  itself  of 
his  early  initiation,  adding,  moreover, 
vaporing  fictions  to  the  nucleus  of  reality. 

It  is  more  than  a  decade  since  the  Ma- 
sonic sesqui-centennial  observance  of  the 
date  of  his  death  evoked  the  National 
Christian  Association's  defence  of  bio- 
graphic truth  from  the  aggressions  of 
error.  Many  of  our  readers  must  re- 
member the  long  preliminary  campaign 
which  forced  the  secret  society  to  use 
the  short  period  of  demonstrative  ex- 
ploitation after  a  longer  one  of  dissemi- 
nation of  biographic  knowledge.  What 
Freemasonry  would  have  ventured  to  at- 
tempt if  its  fictions  had  not  been  dis- 
credited beforehand,  may  never  be 
known. 

Time  has  passed,  and  a  fresh  attempt 
to  utilize  the  name  and  fame  of  Wash- 
ington has  now  been  projected.  Yet,  as 
before,  the  perverters  of  history  have  in- 
cited rekindling  the  torch  of  truth.  As 
before,  the  N.  C.  A.  has  forestalled  error. 
This  seems  to  have  been  done  in  part 
with  no  special  reference  to  the  Alexan- 
dria Lodge  demonstration  to  which  we 
here  allude.  Nevertheless  it  was  an  im- 
portant service  in  this  line  of  work,  as 
well  as  a  notable  event  in  the  history  of 
the  association,  when  the  standard  essay 
written  by  President  Charles  A.  Blanch- 
ard  of  Wheaton  College  appeared  in  this 
magazine,  and  was  reprinted  as  a  pam- 
phlet. The  chronological  method  used 
in  this  essay  was  an  element  strikingly 
conclusive. 

Again,  in  January,  191 1,  the  magazine 
provided  an  abstract  or  outline  of  proofs 
in  condensed  form  and  birds-eye  view, 
under  the  title  "Classified  Washington 
Dates."  Reprinted  as  a  small  tract  it  is 
of  convenient  size  for  a  vest  pocket  mem- 
orandum. In  November,  an  article  of 
more  general  application,  entitled  "Econ- 
omy of  Proof,"  illustrated  the  method  of 
discussion  it  advocated  for  general  use 
by  borrowing  a  very  few  dates  with  the 
brief  memoranda  attached  to  them,  in 
order  to  show  how  these,  taken  alone, 
secured  a  complete  conclusion.  Of 
course,  it  added  in  this  way  to  its  service 
in  the  specific  matter  furnishing  the  il- 
lustration, being  a  concise  disproof  of 
the  assertion  that  Washington  was  Mas- 
ter of  a  lodge. 

So  it  may  fairly  be  claimed  that  while 


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the  lodge  has  been  busy  the  association 
has  not  been  idle.  Now  it  remains  for 
us  to  continue  our  work  as  occasion  may 
require,  and  for  our  readers  tO'  avail 
themselves  of  its  results  while  they  ex- 
tend our  work  through  their  own.  Alex- 
andria Lodge  demonstrations,  or  any 
other,  should  catch  none  of  us  napping. 
We  should,  for  instance,  be  already  well 
informed  that  Washington  was  neither  a 
Master,  a  member,  nor  even  an  attend- 
ant of  Alexandria  Lodge,  which  bor- 
rowed his  name  after  he  died.  That  the 
same  lodge  borrowed  the  same  name  for 
one  earlier  year  so  as  to  make  a  nominal 
member  a  nominal  master,  need  not  be 
denied  by  any  one  who  can  add  that,  dur- 
ing the  time,  the  nominal  master  was  not 
in  a  single  instance  a  less  nominal  at- 
tendant than  any  Cowan  in  Alexandria. 
This,  with  other  truths,  ought  to  be  al- 
ready well  understood  by  our  readers  be- 
fore they  are  confronted  anew  by  reiter- 
ated fictitious  claims. 


that  of  Morgan,  and  his  pen  amplified 
the  written  words  of  Sumner. 


HARMONIOUS  OPINIONS. 

There  is  a  striking  resemblance  be- 
tween what  Captain  William  Morgan 
said  to  Mayor  Samuel  D.  Greene,  of  Ba- 
tavia.  New  York,  and  what  Senator 
Charles  Sumner  wrote  to  the  same  man. 
Captain  Morgan  was  lecturer  of  the  Ma- 
sonic lodge  of  which  Mayor  Greene  was 
also  a  member,  but  Senator  Sumner  was 
not  a  Mason.  The  Masonic  lecturer  said 
privately  to  the  other  member  of  his 
lodge:  'Tf  Masonry  be  permitted  to  go 
on  unchecked,  it  will  undermine  the 
Christian  religion  and  overthrow  the 
government."  The  orator  of  the  Sen- 
ate and  champion  of  American  freedom 
wrote :  "I  find  two  powers  here  in  Wash- 
ington in  harmony,  and  both  are  antag- 
onistical  to  our  free  institutions  and  tend 
to  centralization  and  anarchy — Freema- 
sonry and  slavery  ;  and  they  must  both  be 
destroyed  if  our  country  is  to  be  the  home 
of  the  free,  as  our  ancestors  designed  it." 
A  surprising  degree  of  justification  for 
such  opinions  quickly  followed  the  ut- 
terance of  Captain  Morgan's  estimate, 
and  took  forms  which  will  be  described 
by  an  eye  witness  and  participant,  in  the 
int(?'/esting  account  we  are  about  to  re- 
print in  this  magazine  from  "The  Brok- 
en Seal,  of  which  Ex-Mayor  Greene  was 
the  competent  author.    His  voice  echoed 


ASKING    IN    HIS    NAME. 

As  we  associate  the  Sermon  on  the 
mount  with  the  opening  of  the  public 
ministry  of  Jesus,  so  we  hear  the  Paschal 
discourse  almost  as  the  dying  words  of  a 
teacher  and  friend.  The  former  is  in- 
structively monitory,  the  latter  comfort- 
ingly instructive.  Near  the  end  he  re- 
curs to  what  he  mentioned  in  the  portion 
which  we  find  near  the  middle  of  the 
fourteenth  chapter  of  John,  where  he 
gives  the  assurance :  "W^hatsoever  ye 
shall  ask  in  my  name,  that  will  I  do" ; 
repeating  it,  "If  ye  shall  ask  anything  in 
my  name,  that  will  I  do."  (Am.  Rev.) 
The  other  portion  referred  to,  is  near  the 
end  of  the  sixteenth  chapter :  "\'erily, 
verily,  I  say  unto  you :  If  ye  shall  ask 
anything  of  the  Father,  He  will  give  it 
you  in  my  name.  Hitherto  have  ye  asked 
nothing  in  my  name ;  ask  and  ye  shall  re- 
ceive, that  your  joy  may  be  made  full. 
*  *  *  In  that  day  ye  shall  ask  in  my 
name." 

This  is  what  Jesus  says ;  what  the 
lodge  says  is,  "Ye  shall  not  ask  in  His 
name."  This  is  the  rule  a  certain  chap- 
lain was  censured  for  disregarding.  At 
his  initiation  he  had  demurred,  hesita- 
ting to  repeat  after  the  Master  such 
words  as  belong  to  those  which  a  ^lason 
confessed  had  sometimjes  made  his  blood 
run  cold.  At  that  time  he  was  led  for- 
ward by  the  assurance  that,  while  in 
early  ages  the  language  justly  objected 
to  doubtless  had  significance,  it  was  a 
necessary  but  meaningless  form  of 
words  now.  "We  have  all  taken  it,  and 
no  account  is  made  of  it  around  here." 
Thus  assured,  he  proceeded. 

Having  become  chaplain  of  the  lodge, 
he  offered  a  prayer  in  which  he  used  the 
name  of  his  Lord  as  he  would  anywhere. 
He  was  then  made  acquainted  with  the 
irregularity  of  such  unmasonic  prayer. 
In  another  meeting  the  chaplain  again 
prayed  as  a  Christian ;  after  the  prayer 
closed  he  was  sharply  reprimanded.  A 
third  time  he  mentioned  the  interdicted 
name,  when  the  gavel  came  down.  Rap! 
Into  the  prayer  broke  the  lodge  master 
vehemently  denouncing  the  chaplain  for 
mentioning  his  own  Master.  This  time, 
the   rebuke   was    severe   and   stern.      At 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


February,  1912. 


length  the  chaplain  asked :  "What  do  you 
propose  to  do?"'  "Do  you  remember  the 
penalty  of  your  oath?"  "I  do;  but  you 
told  me  that  it  meant  nothing."  "William 
2^1organ  found  that  it  meant  something — 
and  he  is  not  the  only  man." 


however ;  we  would  not  place  great  risks 
in  the  care  of  Owls. 


HUNTING  OWLS. 
Sunday.  Dec.  lo.  two  Owl  organizers 
were  arrested  in  a  Massachusetts  city 
where  they  were  about  to  build  an  owl 
nest.  They  were  charged  with  violating 
the  state  insurance  law  by  soliciting  with 
reference  to  an  organization  lacking  the 
approval  of  the  state  insurance  commis- 
sioner. The  deputy  supreme  president 
owl  for  ^Massachusetts  and  Nova  Scotia 
testified  in  the  trial,  giving  at  some 
length  an  account  of  the  constitution  and 
methods  of  the  order.  From  his  evidence 
and  that  of  other  witnesses,  it  appeared 
that  each  member  of  the  order  pays  a 
tax  of  40  cents  a  year  which  goes  to  the 
supreme  lodge  or  "nest"  at  South  Bend, 
Ind.  This  pays  the  running  expenses  of 
the  supreme  lodge,  including  salaries  of 
supreme  president,  supreme  secretary 
and  supreme  treasurer.  The  residue  is 
kept  as  a  fund  for  paying  benefits  to  wid- 
ows and  orphans  of  members.  The  su- 
preme lodge  does  not  interfere  with  the 
benefits  paid  locally  by  subordinate 
lodges.  Local  nests  are  allowed  to  im- 
pose any  kind  of  fees  on  members  and 
they  are  at  liberty  to  pay  sickness  and 
death  benefits  as  they  will.  There  ap- 
pears to  be  no  regular  and  uniform  rule. 

The  prosecuting  attorney  made  the 
contention  of  the  commonwealth  include 
denial  that  the  society  is  a  fraternity.  He 
held  it  to  be  an  insurance  company  and 
as  such  not  exempt  from  the  statute  re- 
quiring the  permit  of  the  commissioner. 
Because  it  had  no  representative  govern- 
ment, and  because  the  dues  paid  to  the 
supreme  lodge  are  the  private  gain  of  the 
supreme  officers,  he  found  the  organiza- 
tion not  of  the  fraternal  type.  Both  these 
representations  were  denied  or  disputed 
by  the  Chicago  lawyer  who  is  chief  coun- 
sel for  the  order  of  Owls. 

Whether  the  court  decided  to  classify 
Owls  with  Eagles,  Beavers,  Elks,  and 
other  specimens  collected  in  the  fraternal 
insurance  menagerie,  we  have  not 
learned.  Of  one  thing  we  are  pretty  sure, 


LAW  OR  ANARCHY— WHICH? 

An  article  contributed  by  Fremont  L. 
Pugsley,  Esq.,  to  the  Watchman  and 
Morning  Star,  under  this  caption,  de- 
serves wide  circulation  on  account  of  its 
clarifying  discussion  of  matters  funda- 
mental in  government,  with  its  clear  rec- 
ognition of  their  relation  to  recent  con- 
ditions and  events.  From  this  article  we 
cull  a  few  selections. 

"Statements  made  in  the  public  print 
by  many  editors  and  other  writers,  and 
reported  from  the  addresses  and  ser- 
mons of  numerous  prominent  persons 
since  the  confessions  of  the  McNamara 
brothers,  reveal  such  gross  and  alarming 
ignorance,  or  wilful  perversion  of  the 
fundamental  principles  of  law  and  gov- 
ernment in  this  country,  that  nO'  honest 
citizen  who  understands  those  principles 
should  allow  the  authors  of  such  state- 
ments to  go  un rebuked.  "^  *  *  It  is  time 
that  honest  men,  and  especially  men  of 
the  legal  profession,  bring  forward  and 
boldly  declare  the  truth  according  to  law. 

"In  the  ultimate  legal  analysis  of  the 
body  politic  "^  ^  *  two  separate  and 
distinct  entities  only  are  recognizable, 
namely,  the  citizen  and  the  state.  -^  =5^  * 
The  second  is  necessary  because  of  the 
nature  of  the  first.  The  state  is  the  will 
of  the  majority  of  its  citizens  "^  '''  * 
guidance,  restraint,  and  control  are  nec- 
essary to  prevent  the  individual  citizen 
from  trespassing  upon  the  rights  of  other 
citizens.  *  '•''  ^  The  state  *  *  *  is  the 
very  best  instrument  that  has  ever  been 
or  can  ever  be,  devised  by  man  to  estab- 
lish his  rights  and  defend  and  control 
him  in  his  proper  exercise  of  them.  In 
such  a  state,  the  citizen  has  no  right  to 
invent  and  use  other  means  for  such 
purpose,  because,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  no 
other  rational  means  for  such  purpose 
ever  did,  or  ever  can,  exist.  *  *  "^  With- 
in the  scope  of  our  constitutions  and 
laws,  there  is  absolutely  no  room  for  the 
theories,  principles,  and  practices  of  la- 
bor unionism — such  as  today  exist.  To 
our  constitutions  and  laws  as  now  exist- 
ing, or  however  altered  or  amended,  so 
long  as  they  represent  the  will  of  the  peo- 
ple, the  aforesaid  theories,  principles,  and 


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practices  are  wholly  and  radically  alien 
and  repugnant  "^  *  *  to  be  obedient  to 
them,  one  must  be  in  rebellion  against 
the  state.  *  *  '''  'No  man  can  serve  two 
masters.'  *  ''^  *  The  gigantic  conspir- 
acy to  which  the  McNamaras  have  re- 
cently confessed,  is  now  the  crowning 
evidence.  *  *  *  The  true  method  for  so- 
lution of  these  problems  provided  by  our 
constitutions — though  not  yet  by  our 
laws — is,  as  I  have  many  times  pointed 
out  in  the  last  thirty  years,  addition  to 
our  present  judicial  system  of  a  suf- 
ficient number  of  industrial  courts  *  *  * 
the  laborer  would  have  no  need  for  a 
labor  union  or  of  any  combination  what- 
ever at  his  back  to  aid  him  in  maintain- 
ing his  proper  standing  as  a  social  unit, 
or  to  adjust  with  equity  his  wages  and 
his  relations  to  his  employers." 

The  writer  also'  demands  that  these 
courts  be  inexpensive,  simple  in  proced- 
ure, and  free  from  encumbering  ''legal 
rubbish."  He  obviously  wants  courts 
such  as  a  day  laborer  could  seek  with 
confidence  that  without  delay  he  would 
either  obtain  his  real  right  or  plainly  see 
his  own  duty. 


OBSTINATE      CONNIVANCE      AP- 
PLAUDED. 

A  well  known  paper  which  produces 
matter  worth  copying  and  copies  matter 
worth  producing,  culls  this  from  the 
Philadelphia  Public  Ledger.  The  moral 
principle  noted,  can  be  appHed  beyond 
the  limits  of  its  discussion: 

"Popular"   Preachers. 

Thackeray  had  a  character  in  "The  New- 
comes,"  a  clergyman  named  Honeyman,  who 
always  preaches  the  kind  of  sermon  people 
want  to  hear.  A  Public  Ledger  correspond- 
ent wants  to  know  whether  Philadelphia  is  the 
place  of  first  resort  for  the  mountebanks  of 
the  ministerial  calling,  judging  by  the  desper- 
ate efforts  of  one  of  them  to  call  attention  to 
himself  by  his  flamboyant  preachments  upon 
the  follies  of  1911.  And  now  another  Phila- 
delphia pastor  offers  Coatesville  the  gratuitous 
counsel  to  "keep  mum,"  to  render  no  assist- 
ance to  the  authorities  in  their  effort  to  locate 
the  guilt  of  Zack  Walker's  lynching  and  ap- 
prehend the  chief  malefactors. 

"I'm  against  the  man  who  tells  on  others 
to  save  his  own  neck,"  says  this  spiritual  guide 
and  philosopher  to  his  flock.  It  is  "a  play  to 
the  galleries."  He  makes  a  hero  of  the  man 
who  withholds  information  which,  as  a  citizen, 
it  is  his  duty  to  communicate.  He  applauds 
the  obstinate  refusal  of  "thousands  of  people" 
tc  tell  what  they  know,  in  the  endeavor  to  re- 


move the  stigma  upon  the  fair  fame  of  their 
city.  He  professes  to  find  something  noble  in 
their  conspiracy  of  silence. 

This  clergyman  is  a  Honeyman,  who  is  try- 
ing to  say  the  most  popular  thing.  As  a  min- 
ister of  God's  law  it  is  his  duty  to  side  with 
the  forces  making  for  law  and  order,  even 
though  that  is  the  unpopular  course.  In  his 
views,  as  he  expresses  them,  he  follows  the 
line  of  least  resistance,  instead  of  taking  cour- 
ageous exception  to  those  who  strive  to  justify 
the  easier  way  of  glossing  over  the  mob 
violence  of  Sunday,  August  13. 

After  the  exposure  of  such  absurdity 
follows  the  question,  by  what  means 
were  the  ideas  of  a  moral  teacher  con- 
fused and  made  immoral  ?  Upon  what  de- 
bilitating diet  has  the  speaker  fed?  In 
what  cross  current  has  this  moral  pilot 
been  drifting  out  of  the  charted  latitude 
or  longitude?  How,  indeed,  has  it  come 
to  pass  that  the  editor  has  withstood  the 
preacher  to  the  face  because  he  was  to  be 
blamed?  The  pulpit  orator  ''professes  to 
find  something  noble  in  this  conspiracy 
of  silence" ;  it  may  be  because  he  has  al- 
ready bowed  in  abject  approval  of  the 
same  collusion  enjoined  and  practiced  by 
what  he  fancies  a  noble  order. 

Evidently  he  is  a  man  of  distorted 
ideas,  of  perverted  notions  such  as  are 
neither  new  nor  hard  to  find.  Again  and 
again,  he  may  have  heard  this  obligation 
repeated :  "I  will  keep  the  secrets  of  a 
worthy  Master  Mason  as  inviolable  as 
my  own,  when  committed  to  and  re- 
ceived by  me  as  such,  murder  and  trea- 
son excepted ;  and  these,  only,  at  my  own 
option."  From  the  third  he  may  have 
advanced  to  the  seventh  desfree  wdiere 
his  ear  has  become  accustomed  to  the 
same  obligation,  made,  if  possible,  more 
despicable  yet  by  complete  removal  of 
conscientious  option,  and  of  the  excep- 
tion that  proves  the  criminal  rule.  Dazed 
by  accessories  of  the  abnegation  of  con- 
science, any  one  might  be  expected  to 
rank  such  characters  as  the  protestors  of 
criminals  outside  the  degrees,  among  the 
noblest  of  mankind. 


WEIGHTY  RESOLUTIONS. 
A  large  and  important  denominational 
convention,  representing  churches  in  the 
whole  northern  portion  of  the  United 
States,  "spoke  with  no  uncertain  sound 
concerning  the  separation  of  Church  and 
State,  and  the  necessity  of  resisting  every 
attempt  to  obtain  public  moneys  for  sec- 


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February,  1912. 


tarian  purposes."  Questions  of  sectari- 
anism in  politics  are  of  first  importance, 
and  the  subject  involved  ought  to  be 
studied  in  the  light  of  history.  Too  little 
is  known  by  American  citizens  of  Euro- 
pean conditions,  together  with  our  own 
in  early  times.  One  of  the  original  con- 
stitutional thirteen  states  refused  to  make 
reli2:ious  libertv  constitutional  at  the  time 
of  its  constitutional  convention  m  1820. 
The  point  was  finally  carried  by  the 
friends  of  freedom  in  1833.  The  next 
year  the  law  went  into  effect.  Even  yet, 
the  same  state  cannot  improve  the  phrase- 
ology of  its  constitution  in  order  to  fore- 
stall evasion  of  its  terms.  Only  recently, 
the  speaker  of  the  House,  who  has 
wished  to  be  governor  of  the  state,  ap- 
pointed such  a  committee  as  would  kill 
the  proposed  revision  and  not  allow  it  to 
come  before  the  House. 

This  helps  to  show  how  important  an 
act  it  is,  when  a  great  and  immensely 
representative  convention  adopts  ''the 
following  significant  resolutions,  which 
should  be  kept  handy  for  reference." 

''Whereas,  the  peaceful  assimilation  of 
alien  races  and  of  diverse  religious  sects, 
has  been  and  is  being  accomplished  in 
the  Republic  of  the  United  States  in  a 
most  remarkable  and  gratifying  manner ; 
and 

Whereas,  the  experiment  of  religious 
liberty  and  the  organic  separation  of 
Church  and  State,  with  free  public 
schools  and  compulsory  education 
therein,  are  recognized  as  essential  to  the 
perpetuation  of  our  republic ; 

Resolved,  i.  That  the  appropriation 
of  public  funds  to  religious  institutions 
(however  commendable)  for  use  in  ad- 
ministration of  sectarian  ministries,  tends 
to  create  useless  and  undesirable  division 
among  peaceful,  law-abiding  citizens, 
and  is  un-American  in  spirit,  and  should 
be  rendered  unconstitutional  in  every 
state  in  the  Union. 

2.  That  the  division  and  diversion  of 
public  school  funds  to  any  institution 
of  learning  not  owned  and  controlled  by 
the  state,  is  also  un-American,  and  should 
be  rendered  unconstitutional  in  each 
state  of  the  Union. 

3.  That  the  free  public  schools  of  the 
United  States,  supported  by  taxation  of 
all   the  people  representing  conceivable 


shade  of  religious  conviction,  should  not, 
in  the  present  state  of  society,  undertake 
the  religious  training  of  the  youth." 

If  the  fundamental  principles  involved 
in  such  resolutions  are  vital  as  well  as 
true ;  if  the  conditions  named  "are  essen- 
tial to  the  perpetuation  of  our  Republic"  ; 
what  then  can  be  said  in  behalf  of  special 
legislation  in  the  interest  of  any  "good 
enough  religion"  representing  any  cult, 
and  in  the  interest  of  superstitious  Ma- 
sonic suppression  of  free  speech?  Laws 
that  forbid  exposure  of  evil  secrets,  cher- 
ished by  men  who  think  they  are  free, 
as  individuals,  to  shelter  crime  in  the 
shadow  of  the  lodge,  are  laws  that  pro- 
tect the  injurious  designs  of  Jesuits, 
Knights  of  Columbus,  and  all  other  or- 
ders hostile  to  free  institutions,  freedom 
of  public  education,  and  freedom  of 
conscience.  The  mantle  of  Masonic  law 
covers  sectarian  graft,  and  shields  de- 
signs against  American  public  schools. 
Masonry  is  a  great  ally  of  its  kindred 
superstition,  Romanism. 

NEVER  HEARD  IT. 

In  a  certain  lodge,  the  District  Deputy 
was  instructing  the  officers  and  mem- 
bers how  to  do  various  things,  and 
among  them  was  how;  to  introduce  a 
visiting  member,  especially  how  the 
committee  would  get  into  the  lodge  room 
after  examining  the  visitor.  One  of  the 
committee  men  said  he  had  never  heard 
that  explained  before.  The  district 
deputy  asked  him  how  the  committee 
got  into  the  lodge  room  after  examining 
a  brother.  He  answered  that  they  did 
not  get  in ;  they  staid  out  in  the  ante- 
room, and  smoked  the  remainder  of  the 
session  ! — ^Secret  society  paper. 

Why  is  not  some  such  plan  worth  con- 
sidering? It  might  be  commended  also 
to  candidates,.  They  need  not  even 
smoke,  but,  anyway,  a  good  many  might 
prefer  smoking  to  swearing. 


The  new  possession  of  Alaska  is  of 
such  size  that  its  northern  point  would 
touch  the  Canadian  border,  its  South- 
ern point  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  its  eastern 
point  the  Atlantic  Ocean,  and  its  West- 
ern point  would  cross  the  Mississippi. 


February,  1912. 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


30: 


NEW    MEXICAN    PENITENTES. 

"It  was  a  Friday  night  during  Lent, 
and  a  cold  night,  unwarmed  by  the  yel- 
low moonlight,"  and,  as  Ida  Louise  Ken- 
ney  relates  in  the  September  Overland, 
"When  the  wild  shriek  of  the  fife  struck 
the  travelers'  ears,  they  turned  quickly 
from  the  canyon  road  and  took  a  path 
that  lost  itself  among  the  pines  on  the 
mountain  side.  From  behind  such  a 
comfortable  screen,  they  watched  the 
little  procession  file  by  on  the  road  be- 
neath them.  At  the  head  of  the  line  was 
the  fifer,  full  of  pride  in  his  position  as 
leader.  Following,  came  four  brothers. 
Over  each  head  was  drawn  a  large  black 
cap,  such  as  is  worn  by  those  who  go  to 
the  gallows.  They  were  naked  to  the 
waist,  and  their  legs  were  covered  only 
with  white  cotton  drawers.  Feet  were 
bare,  leaving  blood  on  the  rocks.  The 
right  hand  of  each  flagellant  carried  a 
cruel  whip  of  stiff,  bristling  fiber,  which 
at  each  step  he  threw  backward  over  one 
shoulder  and  along  the  back,  then  in  the 
same  way  over  the  other.  Their  backs 
were  soon  streaming  with  blood,  yet  the 
whip  was  laid  as  firmly  on  the  raw  flesh 
as  over  the  unbroken  skin,  and  never  a 
murmur  was  heard. 

"Holy  Friday  morning  the  procession 
started  early  along  its  line  of  march  from 
the  town  to  the  Campo  Santo,  or  burying 
ground,  and  return.  As  always,  the  pro- 
cession was  headed  by  the  fifer,  after 
whom  came,  this  morning,  more  than  a 
dozen  flagellants,  followed  by  two  score 
women  who  were  constantly  wailing  dis- 
cordant chants  and  hymns.  The  whips, 
already  soaked  with  blood  and  dried 
many  times,  cruelly  tore  the  backs  of  the 
Penitentes  starting  this  morning.  By 
this  time  most  of  the  backs  were  in  dread- 
ful condition,  raw  and  swollen,  inflamed 
and  red.  One  brother,  known  to  be  old 
by  his  wrinkled  skin,  his  wavering  step, 
and  his  bent  form,  had  slightly  inflamed 
places  on  his  back,  which  were  beginning 
to  purple  and  fester.  He  had  not  the 
vigorous  blood  of  youth  to  heal  the  lacer- 
ations that  had  commenced  a  month  be- 
fore. But  w'hen  he  stumbled,  there 
were  those  who  encouraged  him  with  a 
harsh  thrust  of  cactus  thorns  that  pierced 
his  sensitive  side." 

While  ten  plied  the  bloody  lashes,  two 
bore  burdens  on  their  naked  backs,  this 


morning,  the  one,  a  bundle  of  cactus 
bound  so  tightly  to  his  back  with  a  stout 
rope  that  the  thorns,  sharp  as  needles, 
yet  stiff  as  wire,  pierced  his  flesh  in  un- 
counted places,  while  blood  flowed  to  the 
ground ;  the  other,  a  huge,  heavy  cross, 
the  end  of  which  dragged  along  the 
ground  about  twenty  feet  from  its  top. 
Many  trips  to  Santo  Campo  and  back 
were  made  on  Holy  Friday,  on  one  of 
which  the  procession  entered  an  old 
adobe  building,  where  they  sang  and 
marched  up,  down,  and  across  one  large 
room,  some  of  them  carrying  images  of 
the  Virgin. 

This  was  in  the  afternoon,  and  at  the 
door  the  cross  was  left,  while  the  man 
who  had  carried  it  lay  prostrate  before 
the  altar  during  the  half  hour  in  which 
others  were  carrying  images.  Then  the 
procession  re-formed,  and,  marching 
forth,  came  to  the  spot  where  three  of 
the  brothers  began  to  dig  a  hole  in  the 
ground.  When  it  was  several  feet  deep, 
the  foot  of  the  cross  was  dragged  to  it. 
Promptly,  he  who  had  carried  the  cross 
stretched  himself  upon  it  with  arms  ex- 
tended. 

Heavy  rope  was  quickly  bound  about 
his  wrists  and  ankles,  and  drawn  so 
tightly  that  in  a  few  moments  the  hands 
and  feet  were  purple  and  rapidly  swell- 
ing. This,  however,  was  not  sufficient 
agony;  for,  when  all  other  preparations 
were  complete,  a  short,  heavy  blade  was 
handed  El  Capitan,  and,  bending  over 
the  purpling  form,  he  gashed  the  right 
side,  letting  the  blood  pour  out  in  a 
stream.  A  long,  deep  cut  it  was,  not  a 
mere  breaking  of  the  skin.  Then  sev- 
eral of  the  brothers  grasped  the  cross 
with  its  burden,  slipped  the  end  into  the 
hole  prepared  for  it,  and  let  the  weight 
drop.  The  hole  in  the  earth  about  the 
cross  was  quickly  filled.  "As  the  last 
shovelful  w*as  tramped  down,  the  Peni- 
tente  who  had  worn  a  bundle  of  cactus 
threw  himself  at  the  foot  of  the  cross. 
the  load  still  roped  tightly  across  his 
shoulders,  the  thorns  piercing  deeper 
than  ever  as  his  weight  drove  them  into 
his  body." 

Every  Penitente  is  a  Roman  Catholic : 
but  some  declare  that  the  order  has  been 
kept  in  existence  so  long  by  politicians, 
who  wish  to  reach,  through  the  influ- 
ence of  the  order,  certain  political  ends. 
Many  of  the  brothers  are  outlaws,  horse 


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February,  1912. 


thieves,  murderers  and  depraved  men. 
Their  agonies  are  endured  during  Lent, 
their  flagrant  crimes  perpetrated  during 
the  rest  of  the  year. 

Initiated  members  alone  can  see  the 
book  of  rules,  yet  some  of  their  laws  are 
known  outside.  For  instance,  when  a 
brother  injures  another  member  of  the 
order  in  property,  a  heavy  punishment  is 
decreed  by  the  Hermano  Mayor,  whose 
authority  is  absolute.  One  fraternal 
chastisement  is  scourging  with  a  whip 
made  of  many  wires  bent  at  the  ends 
so  as  to  tear  the  flesh ;  another  punish- 
ment is  burial  to  the  neck  all  night. 
Secrets  of  the  order  must  be  kept,  under 
no  less  a  penalty  than  being  buried 
alive. 


CONCORD  WITH  BELIAL. 

Considerable  time  has  elapsed  since 
some  one  made  the  following  proposi- 
tion, declaring  that  ''the  time  for  moral- 
izing is  past.  Action  is  now  in  order,  and 
I  suggest  that  if  none  of  the  stronger 
religious  bodies  will  initiate  the  move- 
ment, our  General  Board  of  Missions 
take  measures  to  secure  a  conference  of 
representative  men  from  each  of  said 
bodies  to  devise  the  best  methods  of 
bringing  the  influence  of  the  church  of 
God  to  bear  for  the  destruction  of  the 
saloon,  for  the  protection  of  our  public 
school  system,  and  for  the  co-operation 
of  Christians  in  every  good  word  and 
work.  Such  a  movement  would  draw 
to  it  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation, the  Young  People's  Christian 
Endeavor,  the  "W.  C.  T.  U.,  the  Masonic 
and  other  fraternities,  and  would  wel- 
come the  twentieth  century  of  the  Chris- 
tian era  wdth  a  suitable  preliminary  to 
'the  new  heavens  and  the  new  earth 
wherein  dwelleth  righteousness.'  " 
■  We  adopt  the  comment  of  The  Inde- 
pendent, that  "The  proposition  that  the 
Masonic  and  other  fraternities  which 
have  not  a  definite  religious  purpose, 
should  be  brought  under  the  wing  of  such 
a  church  union  is  something  which  is 
startling  and  not  essential  to  the  plan," 
—excepting,  however,  the  relative  clause, 
"which  have  not  a  definite  religious  pur- 
pose." Make  it  "Christian  purpose"  and 
we  will  withdraw  the  exception.  If  bare- 
ly irreligious,  a  fraternity  of  worldly  ad- 
herents would  of  course  have  to  argue 


on  behalf  of  any  claim  to  be  classed  with 
religious  organizations  of  any  kind,  or 
with  churches.  If  anti-ehristian  in  doc- 
trine and  morals,  it  could  make  no  reas- 
onable claim  to  recognition  as  included 
in  Christian  fellowship.  That  Free- 
masonry is  fully  open  to  this  objection, 
many  intelligent  students  of  its  princi- 
ples and  practices  fully  believe.  It 
would  hardly  tell  the  whole  truth  which 
they  distinctly  see  and  understand,  to  say 
that  this  proposed  feature  is  not  essential 
to  the  plan;  it  is  not  consistent  with  the 
plan. 


The  oldest  Oddfellow  lodge  in  west- 
ern Massachusetts  was  instituted  in 
1848,  and  is  therefore  sixty-four  years 
old.  When  it  celebrated  the  89th  anni- 
versary of  the  order  of  Oddfellows  in 
this  country,  its  exercises  began  with 
an  address  in  a  Universalist  Church, 
and  continued  in  the  hall,  with  a  mis- 
cellaneous entertainment  and  dancing. 
"And  the  people  sat  down  to  eat  and  to 
drink,  and  rose  up  to  play."     Ex.  32  :6. 


"HIS    WAY    INTO    VARIOUS    SOCIE- 
TIES." 

A  contributor  to  the  September  Homi- 
letic  Reviezv  uses  an  illustration  drawn 
from  his  own  observation.  We  notice 
that  the  pastor  of  whom  he  speaks  was 
led  into  various  societies  as  well  as  into 
clubs,  and  thinks  it  fair  to  guess  that 
some  of  these  were  secret  societies. 

"I  recall  the  case  of  a  clergyman  who 
was  called  to  the  pastorate  of  a  large 
church  about  five  years  ago.  It  was 
large  in  the  sense  that  the  building  was 
spacious  and  of  finest  granite,  the  ap- 
pointments were  perfect,  the  salary  was 
high,  and  the  people  were  of  the  socially 
exclusive  kind.  The  'largeness'  of  a 
church  is  too  often  estimated  by  these 
measurements.  He  had  a  happy  en- 
trance into  his  new  parish.  His  officials 
opened  the  way  into  various  societies, 
and  paid  his  fees  and  dues  into  the  best 
clubs.  Mingled  with  their  many  and 
dazzling  kindnesses,  were  hints  as  to 
the  kind  of  preaching  they  liked,  the 
things  they  would  rather  not  have  him 
denounce,  and  the  methods  he  should 
not  use.  The  opiate,  being  sugar- 
coated,  was  easily  administered.  But 
he  went  too  far  in  pleasing  them.     He 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


SOI 


speedily  divested  himself  of  all  his  indi- 
viduality. He  no  longer  denounced  evil. 
He  ceased  to  fight  against  enthroned 
wrong.  His  preaching  became  tasteless, 
his  manner  artificial.  All  you  could  say 
of  his  sermons  was  that  they  were  pol- 
ished. His  laymen  soon  tired  of  their 
made-over  pastor ;  but,  forgetting  their 
part  in  the  disastrous  process,  they  as- 
cribed the  reason  for  the  change  to  a 
few  gray  hairs  on  his  temples.  Just  be- 
fore they  discovered  their  state  of  mind 
toward  him,  he  had  the  offer  of  a  pro- 
fessorship. They  raised  his  salary,  and 
persuaded  him  to  stay.  In  less  than  a 
year  they  ruthlessly  cast  him  out." 

The  laymen  cited  the  gray  hairs ;  the 
author,  the  hints  of  the  laymen ;  but  we 
can  hardly  leave  out  of  consideration 
the  influence  of  associations  and  affilia- 
tions in  the  clubs  and  various  societies. 
*'Be  ye  therefore  followers  of  God,  as 
dear  children."  "And  have  no  fellow- 
ship with  the  unfruitful  works  of  dark- 


ness. 


"AFTER   US    THE   DELUGE." 

It  has  been  to  us  a  matter  of  surmise 
or  wonder,  what  would  result  when  civil 
war  veterans  disappeared  from  the 
Grand  Army  Lodge.  Naturally,  the 
sons  of  veterans  were  thought  of  as 
liable  to  virtually  perpetuate  the  order, 
or  at  least  inherit  the  lodge  rooms.  The 
Relief  Corps  set  the  example  of  gather- 
ing in  women  willing  to  join,  without 
much  reference  to  military  relatives. 
The  old  soldiers,  however,  naturally 
kept  their  lodges  for  themselves.  After 
the  Spanish  war,  there  appeared  a  new 
possible  direction  in  which  to  look  for 
lodge  recruits. 

We  have  seen  another  order — prob- 
ably the  United  Workmen — represented 
by  its  uniform  or  regalia  in  a  country 
graveyard  on  Memorial  Day,  and,  at  a 
recent  national  convention  of  Foresters 
of  lAmerica.  a  law  was  passed  that,  when 
possible.  Foresters'  graves  should  be 
decorated  on  the  same  day  as  soldiers' 
graves.  Three  courts  of  this  order — 
one  composed  of  Italians — arranged 
with  the  Grand  Army  for  a  joint  ob- 
servance, which  it  is  said,  would  have 
added  about  500  in  phalanx  to  the  mili- 
tary and  civil  attendants ;  but,  after  all 
plans  were  made,  one  court  of  Foresters 


withdrew.  Is  it  possible  that  a  time  is 
approaching  when  those  who  have  rights 
and  mournful  interests  in  quiet  ceme- 
teries where  their  dead  are  sleeping,  will 
be  compelled  to  protest  against  annual 
invasions  by  various  holiday  hordes  bent 
on  parade  and  ostentatious   decoration? 


A  New  England  newspaper  says,  in 
an   editorial   paragraph : 

Although  the  New  York  police  have  been 
proclaiming  a  "  wave  of  innocence,"  the 
pawn  brokers  say  that  conditions  indicate  to 
them  that  there  are  more  burglaries  than  ever 
in  the  metropolis.  Furthermore  it  is  said  the 
detectives  are  slow  to  give  out  lists  of  stolen 
goods  for  fear  they  will  get  to  the  newspapers 
and  create  an  impression  that  the  city  is  not 
so  innocent  as  it  is  made  to  appear.  Are  the 
pawn  brokers  mistaken,  or  are  the  police  pur- 
suing the  foolish  policy  of  putting  secrecy 
above  efficiency? 

If  secrecy  can  be  put  above  morality, 
why  not  above  efficiency? 


Utm  of  ®ut  Pori 


PENNSYLVANIA  CONVENTION. 

Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  Jan.  16,  191 2. 
Dear  Cynosure  : 

The  time  approaches  for  the  holding 
of  the  Pennsylvania  State  Convention. 
My  thought  had  been  to  locate  it  in  the 
Oil  City  district.  It  now  looks  as  if  that 
would  not  be  the  wisest,  as  weather  and 
other  conditions  are  likely  to  prevent  the 
preliminary  work  needed.  We  have  many 
friends  in  the  Pittsburgh  district,  and 
should  be  able  to  get  a  rousing  convention 
with  the  efifort  that  wq  expect  will  be 
made.  I  have  not  consulted  with  the  state 
officers,  but  it  looks  now  as  if  Tarentum, 
in  Allegheny  County,  would  be  the  place, 
and  March  nineteenth  and  tzvoitieth  the 
time  for  this  gathering.  Tarentum  is  an 
old  battle  ground  in  the  anti-secret  work. 
Over  thirty  years  ago,  Rev.  J\Ir.  Tim- 
mous  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church 
of  that  city  conquered  grandly  in  a  dis- 
cussion with  a  representative  Mason  and 
put  the  lodge  in  disrepute ;  but  alas  for 
humanity,  there  are  but  few  who  remem- 
ber that  conflict  and  victory  !  All  man- 
ner of  Birds  and  Beasts  may  now  be 
found,  if  we  are  to  judge  by  Lodge 
names. 

Friends,  shall  we  rally  for  Tarentum? 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


February.  1912. 


The  call  with  further  information  may 
be  expected  next  month.  Pray  for  this 
meeting,  and  plan  to  attend  as  far  as 
possible. 

]^I}-  work  for  the  past  month  has 
moved  steadily  forward.  It  w^as  said 
that  my  meetings  in  the  Brethren  Church, 
Xorristown,  Pa.,  were  more  largely  at- 
tended than  were  the  usual  services. 
Brother  Xedrow  has  been  a  good  help  to 
this  people,  and  they  much  appreciate  his 
self-sacrificing  labors.  He  is  fearless  in 
his  declaration  of  the  truth  in  opposition 
to  the  Lodge  error. 

My  meeting  in  Faith  Tabernacle,  Phil- 
adelphia, was  by  far  the  largest  ever  held 
by  me,  though  the  meetings  in  years  past 
have  been  well  attended.  All  who  receive 
instruction  there  know^  how  Brother  An- 
kins  stands  on  the  Lodge  question.  They 
always  welcome  and  support  the  writer's 
efforts.  Attendance  at  the  Friends' 
meeting,  Fourth  and  Arch  streets,  Phila- 
delphia, gave  opportunity  for  the  renewal 
of  old  friendships  and  the  making  of 
new.  "Friends"  quite  naturally  have  an 
aversion  to  "things  that  are  dark  and 
tricks  that  are  vain." 

Because  of  urgent  invitation,  I  sought 
to  give  the  Gospel  message  in  the  Breth- 
ren church,  Washington,  D.  C,  the  Sab- 
bath I  was  home.  The  Lord  helped,  and 
those  who  liked  the  truth  seemed  glad.  I 
came  on  New  Year's  night  to  McKees- 
port  and  spoke  before  leaving  in  the  Free 
Methodist  church,  and  later  in  the  Men- 
nonite  church  near  Masontown,  and 
then  in  the  Free  Methodist  church  at 
Apollo.  I  attended  a  ministers'  meeting 
of  the  Joint  Synod  of  Ohio  Lutheran 
pastors,  and  later  heard  an  address  given 
by  our  good  friend  and  co-laborer,  Rev. 
J.  S.  McGaw,  to  the  students  of  the  R.  P. 
Seminarv ;  and  then  attended  the  West 
End  revival  service  conducted  by  our 
good  friend  Stamp.  About  seventy  have 
given  me  their  subscriptions  to  the 
Cynosure  during  the  month  of  January, 
and  still  there  are  more  to  follow. 

Friends,  this  is  a  splendid  time  to  push 
the  canvass.  Tell  your  neighbors  that 
the  things  of  darkness  are  being  brought 
to  light,  and  they  will  want  to  know 
about  it.  We  are  not  yet  through  with 
the  McNamaras,  though  they  are  now 
where  the  Lodge  cannot  hire  them  to 
continue  their  devilish  work. 


I  almost  forgot  to  write  of  mv  attend- 
ance at  a  meeting  in  the  Eighth  Street 
R.  P.  church  to  hear  about  the  Men  and 
Religion  Forward  Movement.  It  would 
seem  this  is  a  movement  to  set  the  other 
men's  movement  to  move.  They  try  to 
get  men  under  religious  influences.  Eight 
days  are  to  be  given  to  this  very  soon,  we 
were  told.  The  wish  is  that  all  Chris- 
tians move  together.  Of  course,  there 
are  many  who^  will  get  on  the  "Band 
Wagon"  who  will  not  move  without  the 
"Band  Wagon."  Well,  let  us  move 
forward.  W.  B.  Stoddard. 


FIELD  AND  PASTORAL  WORK. 

Alexandria,  La.,  Jan.  3,  1912. 
Dear  Cynosure: 

I  rejoice  to  be  able  to  say  that  I  am  still 
among  the  living  and  that  my  purpose  is 
to  do  more  efficient  and  effectual  work 
during  the  coming  year  and  thus,  if  pos- 
sible, hasten  the  coming  of  our  Lord 
Jesus. 

On  account  of  the  continued  rain  and 
cold  during  the  last  forty  days,  quite  un- 
precedented for  this  balmy  section,  I 
have  been  unable  to  accomplish  as  much 
during  December  as  I  had  hoped  to, 
but,  thank  God,  I  have  been  the  instru- 
ment in  His  hands  of  doing  some  very 
effective  work  against  the  Secret  Em- 
pire. I  was  the  principal  speaker  at  the 
celebration  of  the  forty-ninth  anniver- 
sary of  the  signing  of  the  Emancipation 
Proclamation  by  President  Lincoln 
which  was  held  at  the  Union  Baptist 
Church  in  this  city.  I  showed  the  evil 
influences  of  secret  societies  upon  both 
the  Church  and  State,  the  direful  effect 
that  they  are  having  upon  the  young  of 
both  races,  but  especially  upon  the  negro 
whose  educational  advantages  are  few. 
I  received  many  demonstrations  of  ap- 
proval during  the  address  and  an  ova- 
tion at  its  conclusion.  I  also  presented 
statistics,  recently  obtained,  showing  the 
great  advance  that  the  negro  is  making 
in  America  and  then  showed  how  much 
more  rapid  would  be  the  advance  were 
it  not  for  the  saloon  and  secret  societies. 
I  submitted  my  report  as  pastor  of  the 
vShiloh  Baptist  Church  just  as  the  new 
year  dawned  on  Monday  morning.  In  it 
I  dealt  at  considerable  length  with  the 
evil  of  oath  bound  secret  societies.  I 
urged     the     establishment     of    a     Poor 


February,  1912. 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


809 


Saint's  Treasury  for  looking  after  the 
widows,  orphans,  sick  and  poor,  there- 
by obeying  the  Scriptures  and  removing 
the  greatest  and  most  reasonable  ex- 
cuse for  Christians  joining  the  lodges. 
The  report  was  unanimously  and  en- 
thusiastically received  and  five  hundred 
copies  were  ordered  printed.  Thus  far 
I  have  been  loyally  supported  by  the  ma- 
jority of  the  church  in  my  efforts  to  lift 
higher  the  moral  intellectual  and  indus- 
trial standard.  Of  course  I  have  some 
opposers,  but  they  are  greatly  in  the 
minority  and  have  little  influence  in  the 
city.  The  Christian  Cynosure  is 
wielding  great  influence  and  doing  much 
good  here. 

I  am  planning  a  great  soul  saving  revi- 
val to  begin,  God  willing,  March  3d.  Dr. 
James  Gordon  McPherson  of  Los  Ange- 
les, California,  is  expected  to  conduct 
the  meetings  during  which  the  antagon- 
ism of  oath  bound  secret  societies  to  gos- 
pel truth  and  principles  will  be  made 
plain,  and  transgressors  will  be  pointed 
to  the  ''Lamb  of  God,  which  taketh  away 
the  sin  of  the  world." 

Rev.  G.  W.  Davis,  pastor  of  the  Union 
Baptist  Church  of  this  city,  an  uncom- 
promising opponent  of  the  Lodge,  a 
reader  of  the  Cynosure,  and  a  lover  of 
God  and  His  righteousness  is  a  great 
helper  to  me,  both  in  my  church  and  N. 
C.  A.  work.  His  church  membership 
is  five  hundred,  and  only  a  very  small 
percentage  of  them  are  secretists.  The 
Shiloh  Churchy  of  which  I  am  pastor,  is 
encumbered  with  a  debt  of  fifteen  hun- 
dred dollars,  and  it  will  take  at  least 
thirty-five  hundred  dollars  to  properly 
finish  the  great  brick  edifice.  The  fact 
that  this  debt  hangs  over  us  has  been 
the  cause  of  much  anxiety  on  the  part 
of  some  of  the  truest  members.  They 
fear  the  opposition  of  the  lodge  men  if 
anything  is  said  against  secretism,  but  I 
gave  them  to  understand  my  position  to- 
ward the  Lodge  from  the  very  begin- 
ning, and  now  even  my  bitterest  oppon- 
ents are  loud  and  outspoken  in  their 
declarations  that  more  has  been  accom- 
plished under  my  four  months  of  minis- 
try than  under  the  former  two  pastors 
during  the  last  four  years.  I  advise 
them  to  "Resist  the  devil,  and  he  will 
flee  from  you.  Draw  nigh  to  God,  and 
he  will  draw  nigh  to  you."  My  aim  is  to 
complete  the   church,   God   willing,   pay 


off  its  debt,  erect  a  parsonage  and  res- 
cue home,  and  get  my  missionary  sisters 
busy  in  meeting  all  trains  and  in  dis- 
tributing wholesome  literature,  and  in 
endeavoring  to  save  the  large  number  of 
young  girls  and  women  who  are  flock- 
ing to  this  growing  city,  and  who  are 
being  led  off  into  lives  of  shame.  1  also 
want,  as  soon  as  possible,  to  establish  a 
free  reading  room  at  the  church  where 
good  books  and  especially  N.  C.  A.  and 
W.  C.  T.  U.  books  and  tracts  can  be 
found  at  all  times.  This  seems  an  ardu- 
ous and  burdensome  undertaking,  but 
we  are  servants  of  a  great  God,  there- 
fore we  must  attempt  great  things  for 
Him,  and  expect  great  results  from 
Him.  I  ask  the  prayers  of  all  God's 
people  that  I  may  he  able  to  accomplish 
these  things  and  lift  my  poor  deluded 
race  out  of  this  mesh  and  mire  into 
which  the  heartless  sin  cursed  saloon 
and  the  oath  bound  lodges  have  led 
them. 

I  shall  be  glad  to  meet  engagements 
to  preach  or  lecture  on  the  lodge,  or  sa- 
loon question  at  any  time  and  place 
where  my  expenses  and  a  small  allow- 
ance are  assured. 

Let  us  rejoice  in  Him  again  ever- 
more, for  His  mercy  endureth  forever. 
Yours  for  a  pure  Gospel  Church. 

F.  T.  Davidson. 


EVANGELIST       PEGRAM'S       EXPERI- 
ENCES. 

(Continued  from  January  Number.) 
I  had  a  sad  experience  recently.  I  was 
called  to  visit  a  man  who  had  been  ill  for 
a  long  time.  He  was  unsaved.  I  tried 
to  get  him  to  surrender  to  God,  and  to 
pray.  He  could  not  be  persuaded  to 
pray  or  to  make  any  promises  to  become 
a  Christian.  He  said  it  was  of  no  use 
for  himself  or  any  one  else  to  pray  for 
him,  for  there  was  no  hope  for  him.  He 
said  he  had  cursed  God,  Jesus  Christ,  his 
children,  and  his  own  soul. 

I  saw  a  Masonic  chart  on  the  wall,  and 
wondered  if  he  had  trusted  in  the  ^la- 
sonic  lodge  for  salvation  till  he  had 
sinned  away  the  day  of  his  grace.  I 
heard  his  Masonic  brethren  praising  him, 
saying  ''what  a  good  man  he  was."  But 
can  any  man  be  good  who  will  curse 
God,  Jesus  Christ,  his  children  and  his 
own  soul  ? 

Recently  a  man  gave  me  considerable 


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February,  1912. 


insight  into  the  working  of  labor  unions. 
He  said  that  several  years  ago  he 
was  connected  with  one  in  a  mining 
district.  He  said  that  no  man  could  be 
a  Christian  and  belong-  to  a  union  run 
like  that  one  was.  For  instance,  they 
did  not  like  one  of  the  mine  superin- 
tendents. They  voted  to  get  rid  of  him 
in  some  way.  After  this  decision,  bal- 
lots were  prepared.  AH  of  them  were 
blank,  except  one,  which  had  written  up- 
on it  the  word  "Assassination."  The  one 
who  received  this  ballot  was  to  do  the 
deed.  If  he  did  not,  he  was  to  suffer 
the  penalty  himself.  While  the  ballots 
were  being  distributed  my  informant 
opened  a  window,  got  out  and  dropped 
to  the  ground  (the  meeting  was  in  a 
school  house).  The  man  who  got  the 
ballot  and  was  to  do  the  deed,  did  not 
do  it.  It  was  reported  that  he  left  the 
country.  He  was  never  heard  of  again. 
What  became  of  him?  This  union  was 
"all  founded  on  the  Bible!"  Why,  of 
course  it  was. 

This  same  imion  paid  a  man  $3.00  per 
dav  to  go  to  a  certain  mine,  which  em- 
ployed non-union  men.  He  was  to  let 
accidents  happen ;  let  mules  get  crippled ; 
let  cars  run  off  of  the  tracks,  and  was 
quietly  to  persuade  all  the  men  he  could 
to  leave  there.  The  mine  operators  paid 
him  $5.00  per  day  while  the  Union  paid 
him  $3.00  more.  This  part  of  their  pro- 
gram was  all  carried  out.  Some  others 
beside  the  McNamaras  ought  to  make  a 
confession.  No  wonder  it  is  hard  to 
reach  union  men  with  the  gospel ! 

A  man  skipped  a  board  bill.  The  laws 
m  West  Virginia  are  very  strict  against 
swindling  hotels  and  boarding  houses. 
He  was  "arrested.  His  case  was  up  for 
trial.  It  just  happened  (?)  to  leak  out 
that  he  was  a  Mason.  Straitway  there 
was  a  hitch  in  the  proceedings.  Judge, 
lawyers,  jurors — in  fact,  nearly  every- 
body connected  with  the  trial  balked. 
Immediately  it  was  learned  that  he  was  a 
poor,  honest,  needy  man  (jumping  a 
board  bill  is  not  dishonest,  you  know) 
who  had  been  having  a  very  hard  time 
and  deserved  pity  and  help.  Nearly  all 
of  these  men  who  had  evidence  that  he 
bad  jumped  his  board  bill  made  him  up 
money  enough  to  pay  his  bill  and 
stopped  the  proceedings.  This  was  not 
thwarting  justice,  it  was  simply  benevo- 
lence !     One  of  the  men  v/ho  was  on  the 


jury  told  me  all  about  it.  No  one  doubted 
his  guilt  and  no  one  denied  it. 

I  told  a  crowd  of  lodge  men  about  the 
Masons  using  a  variety  of  schemes  to 
get  Chas.  W.  Morse  out  of  the  Federal 
prison,  and  about  their  appealing  to 
President  Taft  on  the  strength  of  his 
Masonic  oath  to  pardon  him.  A  young 
Mason  present  said  "That  was  all  right. 
It  was  their  duty  to  help  one  another  out 
of  trouble."  I  told  him  they  could  not 
then  be  good  citizens,  because  they  were 
particeps  criminis,  and  accessories  after 
the  crime.  And  they  could  not  be  good 
Christian,  because  they  were  "partakers 
of  other  men's  sins"  and  were  calling 
"evil  good  and  good  evil."  I  Tim.  5  :22 ; 
Isa.  5  :2o. 

In  one  of  my  meetings  a  young  man 
confessed  that  when  he  was  seeking  the 
baptism  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  he  felt  that 
he  must  renounce  his  lodge,  and  that  he 
could  never  get  it  unless  he  did.  He 
professed  to  get  the  baptism  of  the  Spirit 
in  my  meeting.  But  some  time  later, 
between  a  lodge  bound  district  superin- 
tendent, and  lodge  members  of  the  church 
he  was  led  to  renounce  his  renunciatio;i, 
and  is  now  defending  the  lodge.  It  is 
needless  to  say  that  he  lost  his  bright  ex- 
perience, too. 

G.  A.  Pegram. 

Parrall,  W.  Va. 


Among  the  volunteer  workers  that 
seem  to  have  the  right  idea  of  what  is 
due  from  them  to  their  neighbors  and 
friends,  are  Mr.  B.  Erickson,  — • , 


Texas,  and     Mr.     H.  Von     Ohsen     of 

,  South  Carolina.    In  one  of  the 

notes  from  the  latter,  he  speaks  of  a 
church  having  been  dedicated  by  lodge 
ofificers,  and  of  his  having  gone  to  the 
pastor  and,  protesting,  showed  why  it 
should  not  have  been  permitted.  The 
pastor  promised  that  he  would  not  rest 
until  he  had  his  church  rededicated. 


Forest  fires  during  the  first  ten  years 
of  the  twentieth  century  caused,  in  the 
United  States,  the  loss  of  the  lives  of 
100,000  people,  and  a  property  loss  of 
$60,000,000. 


The  Weather  Bureau's  forecasts  are 
worth  $15,000,000  annually  to  agricul- 
turists and  the  shipping  interests. 


February,  1912. 


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Hart,  Mich.,  Jan.  12,  1912. 
Dear  Brother  Philhps : 

The  January  number  of  the  Cynosure 
is  especially  good,  and  I  wish  that  it 
could  be  placed  in  every  home.  I  am 
praying  that  God  will  give  the  anti-secret 
workers  a  very  successful  year.  I  realize 
more  and  more  that  we  must  have  knowl- 
edge to  carry  on  the  work. 

Mrs.  Bessie  Newell. 


Sacaton,  Arizona,  Jan.  8,  1912. 
Dear  Brother : 

I  prize  the  Christian  Cynosure  far 
above  any  other  religious  journal  I  now 
have.  Having  lived  among  the  Pima 
Indians  for  over  forty-one  years,  and 
having  seen  the  way  in  which  the  Indians 
are  treated  by  the  Secret  Empire,  I  can 
only  wonder  that  the  people  who  call 
themselves  Christians  can  claim  to  be 
members  of  secret  societies. 

Rev.  Chas.  H.  Cook, 
Missionary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 


WHEATON    COLLEGE. 
An    Open   Letter. 

To  Readers  of  the  Cynosure: 

I  am  communicating  from  time  to  time 
as  I  have  opportunity  with  pastors  east 
rind  west,  north  and  south.  As  leaders 
of  thought  and  examples  to  the  young 
they  occupy  places  of  peculiar  privilege 
and  responsibility. 

Our  nation  is  fairly  crazed  respecting 
education.  Thousands  of  schools,  hun- 
dreds of  thousands  of  teachers  and  many 
millions  of  money  are  lavished  each  year 
on  the  training  of  the  young.  While 
there  are  exceptions,  glorious  excep- 
tions, I  fear  that  as  a  rule  this  education 
is  secular  rather  than  religious.  Knowl- 
edge of  earthly  things  and  desire  for 
sport  seem  to  be  the  dominant  interests 
of  most  of  the  schools.  That  there  are 
many  thousands  of  earnest  Christian 
teachers  who  really  desire  better  things 
for  their  pupils,  I  am  glad  to  believe, 
young  man  or  woman  should  leave  a 
good  home  for  an  education  and  then 
be  spoiled  in  faith  or  corrupted  in  char- 
acter. That  this  frequently  occurs,  all 
people  know.  That  it  ought  never  to  oc- 
cur, is  unquestionably  true. 


I  send  this  letter  to  the  Cynosure,  re- 
questing its  readers'  kind  co-operation 
in  the  work  which  we  have  undertaken. 
While  we  do  not  neglect  the  physical  and 
intellectual  culture  of  our  young  people, 
our  great  thought  and  care  is  that  they 
may  come  to  be  the  sort  of  people  that 
the  world  needs.  As  Christian  men  and 
women  I  feel  sure  that  you  will  help  v<i 
as  you  can.  Though  it  is  probably  un- 
necessary, I  suggest  the  following  meth- 
ods by  which  you  may  be  fellow  work- 
ers with  us.  First  in  directing  the 
thought  of  young  people  who  wish  to 
enter  either  college,  academy,  commer- 
cial or  music  courses  toward  Wlieaton 
College.  I  can  promise  you  our  best  ef- 
forts for  those  who  come  from  your  con- 
gregation and  community  for  any  one  of 
these  courses.  Second,  by  leading  giv- 
ing men  and  women  of  your  community 
to-  think  of  the  college  as  a  good  place 
for  investment.  Pluman  lives  end,  but 
corporations  live  on.  There  are  now 
Were  it  not  so,  our  educational  situation 
would  be  far  less  hopeful  than  it  is. 

Christian  faith  and  character  are  the 
foundation  of  all  excellence  and  lofty  at- 
tainments. This  is  just  as  true  in  what 
are  called  the  secular  pursuits  as  it  is  in 
the  professions.  A  man  cannot  be  a  good 
merchant,  blacksmith,  or  mill  owner  if 
he  is  not  a  worthy  Christian  man.  The 
experience  of  all  Christian  people  as- 
sures them  that  the  time  for  men  to 
come  to  Christ  is  when  they  are  young. 
To  this  end,  the  Christian  home,  the 
Christian  church  and  the  Christian 
school  ought  to  co-operate.  Wlien  we 
have  had  all  the  help  along  this  line 
which  we  can  get,  we  will  have  had  none 
too  much.  It  seems  a  tragedy  that  a 
educational  institutions  at  work  which 
have  been  in  service  for  nearly  or  quite 
a  thousand  years.  No  human  mind  can 
estimate  the  force  for  good  of  such  an 
investment  as  that.  Generation  after 
generation  passes,  but  the  work  still  con- 
tinues. If  we  knew  that  our  Lord  was 
to  return  tomorrow,  we  should  not  build 
schools,  but  He  has  told  us  that  no  man 
knoweth  the  day  or  the  hour  of  His  com- 
ing, and  for  good  or  ill  the  young  people 
of  our  time  must  be  fitted  for  their  life 
tasks.  It  is  always  pleasant  to  remem- 
ber that  when  our  Lord  does  come,  all 
these  agencies  of  good  which  good  peo- 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


February,  1912. 


pie  have  erected  will  be  doing  an  en- 
larged and  beautiful  service  through  the 
thousand  years. 

Our  office  is  glad  to  welcome  pastors 
and  teachers,  and  our  Cynosure  friends, 
at  any  time.  Wc  are  also  pleased  to  send 
to  them  any  printed  matter  which  we 
have  that  would  be  of  interest  to  them  or 
their  people.  We  are  hoping  to  co-op- 
erate in  every  possible  way  w^ith  all  good 
folk  for  the  accomplishment  of  the  lofty 
ends  which  we  have  so  imperfectly  dealt 
with  in  this  letter.  May  I  hear  from 
you?  If  you  wish  any  of  our  college 
people  to  visit  your  region,  that  also  will 
be  a  pleasure ;  and  while  it  will  forward 
the  object  which  we  have  specially  in 
view,  it  would,  I  think,  be  helpful  to 
your  people  in  many  other  ways.  At 
least  this  is  the  testimony  of  those  with 
whom  we  have  been  permitted  to  labor. 

With  best  regards  and  wishes,  I  am, 
Very  truly  yours, 

Charles  A.   Blanchard. 

Wheat 011^  Illinois. 


SPIRIT  LED. 

We  are  permitted  to  make  an  extract  from  a 
letter  recenth^  received  in  the  city  from  one 
who  says  of  himself  that  he  is  working  under 
the  auspices  of  the  American  Mission  as  the 
pastor  of  a  Protestant  church  in  Ourfa,  Tur- 
key in  Asia,  near  the  old  Haran.  We  were 
able  to  send  him  President  Finney's  work, 
"Character,  Claims  and  Practical  Workings  of 
Freemasonry,"  and  other  literature.  We  trust 
that  our  readers  will  remember  this  brother  in 
prayer  that  he  may  be  a  special  blessing  to  all 
m  that  cou^tr3^ — Editor. 
Dear  Brother  in  Christ: 

Since  the  giving  of  the  Constitution, 
atheistic,  rationalistic  and  socialistic 
teachings  have  been  flooding  into  our 
country,  even  into  the  churches,  from 
Europe  and  America.  I  feel  storry  for 
our  young,  as  I  see  many  of  them  going 
astray  because  of  their  not  having 
knowledge  that  is  according  to  the 
Truth  of  the  Word  of  God.  Then  you 
can  see  how  I  hold  myself  responsible  to 
know  the  Truth  and  to  teach  it  tO'  them. 
Praise  God !  He  blesses  me  and  uses 
me  for  His  name.  Yet  I  see  the  need 
of  much  more  knowledge. 

May  I  ask  you  to  answer  some  ques- 
tions for  me,  brother? 

What  is  Freemasonry?  Can  a  Chris- 
tian be  a  member  of  a  secret  society  and 
be  loyal  to  the  Gospel?  I  do  not  know 
anything  about  masonry,  but  there  are 


some  missionaries  and  native  pastors 
here  who  have  been  Masons,  and  they 
say  that  it  is  Christiaiiity.  Is  this  so? 
I  feel  that  I  myself  do  not  need  to  be 
anything  else  but  a  child  of  the  Heavenly 
Father,  but  I  wish  to  know  the  truth 
about  the  matter  in  order  to  teach  and 
guide  the  young  men  who  are  being  led 
into  masonry  by  those  here  who  speak 
well   of   it. 

Yours  in  the  coming  Lord, 

A.  Z.  Yeghoyan. 


SPIRIT   FILLED   WATCHMEN 
NEEDED. 

Racine,  Wis.,  January  3,    1912. 
Dear  Brother  in  Christ: 

As  to  the  Cynosure,  if  I  should  say 
that  I  am  in  hearty  sympathy  with  it, 
that  would  be,  perhaps,  no  special 
recommendation  for  it,  but  your  maga- 
zine is  doing  something  more  than  op- 
pose selfish  ''special  interests."  It 
throws  light  upon  these  ''special  inter- 
ests." I  begin  to  see  their  homes.  But 
how  are  we  to  solve  the  question  be- 
tween the  capitalist  and  laboring  class? 
The  capitalists  can  buy  their  "rights"  in 
any  place,  yea,  even  at  the  pulpits  and 
altars  of  a  host  of  churches,  not  to  speak 
of  their  ability  to  turn  any  wheel  of  their 
ow:n  political  machine,  which  seems  to 
have  its  belts  on  every  imaginable  busi- 
ness wheel  in  the  world ;  and  that  in  the 
sole  spirit  of  selfish  interest. 

I  think  the  reason  that  the  laboring 
people  have  not  yet  arisen  in  a  body 
against  these  fellows,  is  the  power  that 
the  gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  has  over  the 
majority  of  the  laboring  classes. 

I  am  not  against  the  condition  that 
some  men  are  rich  while  others  are  poor, 
but  against  a  condition  of  poverty  caused 
by  the  injustice  of  the  rich.  Instead  of 
the  rich  helping  to  make  it  possible  for 
the  poor  to  properly  feed,  clothe,  and 
shelter  themselves,  they  hang  all  these 
things  so  high  that  they  are  out  of  reach. 
I  never  believed  that  the  labor  unions  of 
the  present  type  can  bring  about  a  satis- 
factory solution  of  the  problem ;  nor  will 
the  present  "Socialism."  I  believe  the 
only  solution  is  for  the  "Watchers  on 
the  Walls  of  Zion,"  under  the  direction 
of  the  gospel  and  in  the  power  of  the 
Spirit  to  sound  their  trumpets. 

Oh,  that  we  would  look  to  God  for 
our   temporal   provisions,   instead   of   to 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


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the  capitalists,  and  to  the  Holy  Ghost 
for  church  members  instead  of  the  secret 
societies !  Christianity  would  then  soon 
leaven  society. 

I  do  not  intend  to  make  you  believe 
that  I  am,  or  ever  thought  that  I  was, 
an  authority  in  our  Norwegian  Lutheran 
Church  of  America,  but  I  do  think  that  I 
voice  the  sentiment  of  the  Norwegian 
Lutheran  Church  about  these  special  in- 
terests and  their  only  solution.  Nearly 
every  congregation  has  a  clause  in  their 
constitution  for  the  exclusion  of  mem- 
bers of  secret  societies.  This  does  not 
mean  that  we  have  no  secret  society 
members,  but  in  most  cases  they  are  in 
minority,  and  in  all  cases  they  are  so, 
as  far  as  spiritual  and  financial  inter- 
est are  concerned. 

Fraternally  yours, 

Nels  Carlson, 


A    FRIENDLY    WORD. 

Elgin,  Manitoba,  Jan.   lo,   1912. 
Dear  Editor : 

Just  a  few  lines  to  let  you  know  how 
we  appreciate  the  Cynosure.  May  the 
Lord  bless  you  in  your  efforts  in  expos- 
ing the  works  of  darkness.  I  have 
Ronayne's  works  showing  the  secrets  of 
the  Orange  Association,  and  am  sur- 
prised that  Orangemen  who  profess  to 
be  Christians  will  deny  what  he  says  re- 
garding this  order.  Having  been  a 
member  of  that  lodge  for  a  number  of 
years  previous  to  my  conversion,  and  be- 
ing lecturer  at  that  time,  I  can  say  that 
what  I  have  read  of  his  works  regarding 
the  Orange  order  is  correct.  Our 
churches  are  dead  spiritually,  and  I  be- 
lieve it  is  largely  due  to  our  ministers 
being  in  connection  with  these  Godless 
secret  societies. 

Wishing  you  success,  I  am 
Yours  truly, 

C.  W.  Maguire. 


COMMENTS    ON    ELDER    DISSETTE'S 
LETTER. 
Omaha,  Nebr.,  Jan.  13,  191 1. 

Editor  of  Christian  Cynosure  : 

I  have  read  Elder  G.  T.  Dissette's  su- 
perb ''Open  Letter"  irt  the  January  is- 
sue with  the  greatest  interest.  As  a 
Lutheran  pastor,  and  consequently, 
aside   froni  being  a  Christian,   a   mortal 


foe  of  the  heathenism  of  Masonry,  I  re- 
joice to  hear  such  testimonies. 

The  method  of  comparison  between 
utterances  of  great  Masonic  authorities 
and  the  Word  of  God,  is  a  superior  one, 
and  brings  home  conviction  more  speed- 
ily than  mere  polemics. 

In  fact,  I  think  that  one  great  weak- 
ness in  the  anti-secrecy  work  has  been 
the  lack,  too  often,  of  this  calm,  unbrib- 
able  and  thorough  comparison  of  classic 
Masonic  utterances  and  Scripture.  At 
least  we  Lutheran  Christians  are  very 
sensitive  on  that  point.  It  is  in  vain  to 
convince  us  by  mere  inflaming  polem- 
ics. They  eft'ect  nothing  with  us.  But 
give  us  Martin  Luther's  giant  method  of 
pitting  the  darkness  of  this  world's  wis- 
dom against  the  light  of  the  Word  of 
God,  and  our  consciences  are  taken  cap- 
tive. 

The  same  thing  applies  to  published 
anti-secret  manuals.  We  care  nothing 
for  mere  polemics.  We  wish  powerful 
and  skilled  comparisons  between  central 
Masonic  utterances  in  liturgies  and 
classic  authorities,  and  the  Holy  Scrip- 
tures. 

If  it  be  permitted  I  would  also  add 
one  more  word:  It  is  frequently  said, 
against  us  uninitiated  "Gentiles,"  that 
it  may  be  true  that  Christ  is  left  out  of 
the  Blue  Lodge,  but  afar  up  in  the  high- 
est orders  he  is  proclaimed.  This  ar- 
gument is  ceaselessly  used.  It  were 
well,  if  light  would  be  thrown  on  this 
point  in  articles  published.  Let  the  com- 
parison between  the  highest  degrees  and 
Scriptures  be  made,  in  a  calm,  sensible, 
but  conscience-compelling  manner.  We 
would  need  to  have  such  material  to  aid 
us  in  guiding  those  who  on  that  point 
seek  or  need  information.  Let  our  anti- 
masonic  specialists  rivet  attention  on 
this. 

God  bless  all  efforts  that  tend  toward 
the  breaking  down  of  the  kingdom  of 
Satan,  who  is  notably  powerful  through 
his  seductive  blending  of  stolen  frag- 
ments of  God's  Word  and  ridiculously 
pilfered  bits  of  heathen  religion,  those 
religions  whose  moral  and  spiritual  re- 
sults Paul  has  described  so  vividly  in 
the  first  chapter  of  Romans. 

Yours  very  sincerely, 

Adolf    Hult, 
Pastor  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church. 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


February,  1912. 


AN   OPEN  LETTER. 

(Continued    from    Januar}^    Number,) 
To  Elder  W.  A.  Humphreys,  Presiding 
Elder  of  the  West  Plains  District,  St. 
Louis     Conference     of     the     M.     E. 
Church   South : 

I  was  present  and  heard  your  sermon 
and  address  over  the  remains  of  the  late 
C.  J.  Waggoner,  a  deceased  Royal  Arch 
Mason.  In  your  address  you  declared 
that  "Freemasonry  is  not  a  religious  or- 
ganization." 

In  the  January  number  of  the  Cyno- 
sure I  showed  that  you  were  mistaken ; 
that  Freemasonry  claims  to  be  a  religion ; 
and  now^  I  wish  to  show  What  the  Ma- 
sonic religion  is. 

All  ]\Iasonic  historians  and  all  Ma- 
sonic rites  and  ceremonies  with  one  voice 
declare  it  to  be  the  lineal  descendant  of 
Sabeism,  or  Sun-worship — the  Baal  wor- 
ship of  antiquity. 

We  cannot  enlarge  upon  this  phase  of 
the  subject,  but  refer  our  readers  to  the 
published  works  of  the  Order,  in  which 
it  finds  ample  confirmation ;  yet  we  judge 
that  this  letter  would  be  incomplete  if  we 
leave  this  statement  entirely  without  sup- 
port, therefore  we  let  Freemasonry  state 
the  origin  of  her  religion  in  her  own 
words,  as  follows: 

"In  the  rite  of  circumambulation  we 
find  another  ceremony  borrowed  from 
the  Ancient  Freemasonry  that  was  prac- 
ticed in  the  mysteries.  In  ancient  Greece, 
when  the  priests  were  engaged  in  the 
rite  of  sacrifice,  they  and  the  people  al- 
ways walked  three  times  round  the  altar 
while  singing  a  sacred  hymn.  In  mak- 
ing this  procession  great  care  was  taken 
to  move  in  imitation  of  the  course  of  the 
sun.  Among  the  Hindoos  the  same  rite 
of  circumambulation  has  always  been 
practiced.  ^-  ^  *  Xhe  priest  having 
first  adored  the  sun  while  directing  his 
face  to  the  East  then  walks  toward  the 
West  by  way  of  the  South  saying  at  the 
same  time  'I  follow  the  course  of  the 
Sun.'  The  same  ceremony  was  in  use  in 
Druidical  rites." 

— Pierson's  Traditions,  Pages  32-23- 
"The  lodge  represents  the  World ;  the 
three  principal  ofBcers  represent  the  sun 
in  his  three  principal  positions ;  at  rising, 
at  meridian  and  at  setting.  The  circum- 
ambulation, therefore,  alludes  to  the  ap- 


parent course  of  the  solar  orb  through 
these  points  around  the  world." 

— Mackay's  Masonic  Ritualist,  Page 
27- 

"The  identity  of  the  Masonic  institu- 
tion with  the  Ancient  Mysteries  is  obvi- 
ous from  the  striking  coincidences  found 
to  exist  between  them.  The  latter  was 
a  secret  religious  worship,  and  the  de- 
pository of  religion,  science  and  art. 
— Pierson's  Traditions,  Page  13. 

"We  readily  recognize  in  Hiram  Abiff 
one  of  the  Grand  Masters  of  Freema- 
sons— the  Osiris  of  the  Egyptians,  the 
Mithras  of  the  Persians,  the  Bacchus  of 
the  Greeks,  the  Dionysius  of  the  Frater- 
nity of  Artificers,  and  the  Atys  of  the 
Phrygians,  whose  passion  death  and 
resurrection  were  celebrated  by  these 
people  respectively.  For  many  ages  and 
everywhere  Masons  have  celebrated  the 
death  of  Hiram  Abiff." 

— Ibd.,  Page  240. 

"At  Tyre  the  mysteries  of  Bacchus  had 
been  introduced  by  the  Dionysian  artifi- 
cers, and  into  their  fraternity  Hiram  in 
all  probability  had,  as  I  have  already 
suggested,   been   admitted. 

"Freemasonry,  whose  tenets  had  al- 
ways existed  in  purity  among  the  imme- 
diate descendants  of  the  patriarchs,  added 
now  to  its  doctrines  the  guard  of  se- 
crecy which,  as  Dr.  Oliver  himself  re- 
marks, was  necessary  to  preserve  them 
from  perversion  or  pollution.  This  then, 
it  seems  to  me,  is  the  true  connection 
between  the  mysteries  and  speculative 
Freemasonry." 

— Mackay's  Lexicon  Article  Myste- 
ries. 

Do  not  the  quotations  here  given  show 
conclusively  that  Freemasonry  is  of 
heathen  origin  and  unchanged  in  char- 
acter? They  are  endorsed  and  published 
to  the  world  under  the  stamp  and  seal  of 
Masonry  and  have  never  been  questioned, 
or  doubted  by  any  one.  Most  of  the  craft 
content  themselves  with  the  esotery,  or 
what  is  claimed  to  be  the  secret  teach- 
ings of  Masonry,  and  do  not  concern 
themselves  about  the  published  works  of 
the  Order;  therefore  much  of  the  above 
may  be  new  reading  matter  to  many  min- 
isters of  the  Gospel,  who  have  been 
"hoodwinked"  into  the  lodge. 

But  a  man — a  minister — is  responsible. 


>A.')al 


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not  only  for  what  he  knows,  but  for 
what  he  may  know ;  yet  I  have  met  those 
who  seemed  to  consider  ignorance  of  the 
evil,  to  which  we  here  direct  your  atten- 
tion, to  be  a  virtue  to  be  cultivated, 
rather  than  to  study  secretism  and  de- 
termine its  effect  on  every  phase  of  hu- 
man society.  For  knowledge  of  the  evil, 
places  responsibility  upon  them. 

Here  we  inquire,  are  the  oaths  admin- 
istered in  lodges  lawful ;  can  you  find 
them  in  the  civil  code  of  our  country; 
could  a  clerk  of  the  court  swear  a  wit- 
ness according  to  their  form  and  is  it 
ever  done ;  can  God  be  a  party  to  a  Ma- 
sonic oath  with  its  penalties ;  are  they  ad- 
ministered by  legally  appointed  officers, 
such  as  notaries,  justices  and  judges? 

Can  a  man  who  does  violence  to  an 
oath,  taken  in  any  lodge,  be  arrested, 
tried  and  convicted,  before  any  tribunal 
of  justice  in  our  land? 

To  all  these  questions  there  can  be 
only  the  truthful  reply,  Of  course  not! 
They  are  extra-judicial  oaths — wicked 
oaths.  God  can  be,  and  is  a  party  to  a 
lawful  oath,  lawfully  administered,  but 
lodge  oaths,  with  their  bloody  penalties, 
He  abhorrs. 

.  We  admit  that  this  old  "Handmaid  of 
religion" — Masonry — has  bitten,  can  bite, 
and  has  not  lost  her  teeth ;  although  she 
nearly  lost  her  head  at  the  hands  of  the 
outraged  citizens  of  this  republic,  when 
she  kidnapped  and  murdered  William 
Morgan  in  1826.  Masonry  is  bloody  and 
blood-guilty. 

"O  my  soul,  come  not  thou  into  their 
secret;  unto  their  assembly  mine  honor 
be  not  thou  united:  for  in  their  anger 
they  stem  a  man,  and  in  their  self-will 
thev  digged  dozvn  a  zvall."  Genesis 
XLIX,  6. 

The  very  stairs  up  which  I  walked,  to 
enter  the  "Preparation  Room,"  Masonic 
Lodge  No.  530,  at  Maquon,  Illinois,  were 
stained  with  human  blood,  though  I  was 
not  aware  of  it,  until  I  was  Masonically 
informed  of  it,  after  reaching  the  degree 
of  Master  Mason,  in  the  year  1872. 

According  to  the  statements,  Mason- 
ically given  to  me,  two  Masons,  one  of 
whom,  if  not  both,  had  taken  all  of  the 
degrees  known  in  America,  quarreled 
and  charged  at  each  other  across  the 
room  in  ''open  lodge,"  with  drawn  knives. 
Others  interposed  only  to  be  slashed  at 


by  the  sanguinary  wretches,  who 
clenched,  stabbing  each  other,  until,  from 
loss  of  blood  and  sheer  weakness,  they 
fell  in  a  pool  of  blood  on  the  floor.  Then 
they  were  parted  and  carried  dripping 
with  blood,  down  the  lodge  stairs  to  their 
homes,  a  lodge  surgeon  was  called,  also 
lodge  nurses  and  watchers ;  while  Ameri- 
can citizens  were  entertained  by  a  tale — 
the  lodge  tale — of  a  night  struggle  with 
thugs  and  murderers.  They  recovered 
and  used  to  "meet  on  the  level  and  part 
on  the  square,"  up  to  the  time  that  I  re- 
moved from  that  place.  Masonic  salva- 
tion did  little  for  them,  but  to  put  murder 
in  their  hearts  and  knives  in  their  hands. 

What  if  plain  un-Masonic  citizens  had 
engaged  in  such  a  bloody  com1>at,  on  the 
street  in  open  daylight,  would  they  not 
be  required  to  give  an  account  of  it  in 
court?  Were  those  Masons  ever  tried, 
or  even  arrested?  Never,  that  I  am 
aware  of. 

What  if  one  of  those  men  thus  wound- 
ed, had  breathed  his  last,  do  you  suppose 
his  Masonic  murderer  would  have  been 
called  to  account  at  the  bar  of  justice? 

The  craft  succeeded  in  washine  out  all 


'^5 


blood-stains  from  the  lodge  floor  but 
found  it  impossible  to  eradicate  them 
from  the  stairs  and  that  itself  is  sugges- 
tive— every  step  in  Masonry  is  blood- 
stained. 

If  "Masonry  has  nothing  whatever  to 
do  with  the  Bible,"  why  does  it  use  it 
in  its  religious  teachings,  swearing-  its 
candidates  into  its  "Mysteries,"  and  carry 
it  at  the  head  of  its  funeral  processions  ? 
Is  it  not  to  cast  dust  in  the  eyes  of  the 
uninitiated  masses  and  lure  conscientious 
young  men  into  the  Order  ? 

Are  secretists  friendly  to  public  inves- 
tigation of  their  principles,  do  they  not 
endeavor  to  stifle  free  speech  and  close 
public  buildings — school  houses,  halls  and 
churches — against  the  prophets  of  re- 
form, when  they  are  announced  to 
preach,  or  speak  in  them? 

Is  it  not  a  fact  well  known  here,  that 
one  Sabbath  a  few  years  before  you  came 
on  this  district,  an  old  prophet  of  reform 
— a  Methodist  minister — began  to  preach 
on  "The  Anti-christian  Character  of  Se- 
cretism," according  to  previous  appoint- 
ment, in  New  Salem  Church,  now  in 
your  district,  when  a  Royal  Arch  Mason 
— who  well  knew  of  the  interpolations  of 


3Ui 


CFIRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


February,  1912. 


Scripture  by  Freemasonry  above  noticed, 
and  who  feared  the  consequences  of  such 
a  sermon — at  the  head  of  a  mob  of  Ma- 
sons, women  and  "Iczcd  fcUozvs  of  the 
baser  sort/'  created  a  disturbance,  as  he 
arose,  interrupted  the  preacher  and  an- 
nounced that  he  was  authorized  by  the 
trustees  of  the  church  to  forbid  that  min- 
ister to  hold  that  service  and  ordered  him 
down  out  of  that  pulpit  and  turned  him 
and  his  congregation  out  on  the  public 
highway?  Were  not  both  people  and 
preacher  actually  turned  out,  on  the  pub- 
lic road  in  the  rain,  according  to  the  pro- 
gram thus  declared  ? 

Did  that  Royal  Arch  Mason  have  the 
authority  which  he  claimed  and  exer- 
cised? 

Justice  to  that  board  of  trustees  de- 
mands that  I  should  say  that  they  had 
nothing  to  do  with  that  wdiole  episode ; 
some  of  them,  if  not  all  of  them,  had 
been  approached  by  that  Royal  Arch  Ma- 
son, and  solicited  to  delegate  their  au- 
thority to  him,  for  the  purpose  of  closing 
the  church  against  that  minister  and  con- 
gregation, but  they  positively  refused  to 
do  so.  One  of  them  when  thus  ap- 
proached said  substantially : 

"Let  that  preacher  alone,  if  what  he 
alleges  against  the  lodge  be  false,  he  will 
break  his  own  neck,  if  it  is  true,  you  are 
fighting  against  God,  therefore  I  say,  let 
that  preacher  alone." 

Those  disturbers  of  public  worship 
have  gone  unwhipped  of  justice  ever 
since. 

The  service  which  you  held  at  Corinth 
cemetery  furnishes  another  case  in  point, 
illustrative  of  the  determination  oi  Free- 
masons to  stifle  free  speech. 

I  could  not  understand  why  so  many 
men,  whom  I  knew  to  be  Masons,  were 
in  that  assembly  without  any  insignia,  or 
sign  of  their  relation  to  the  Order,  or  to 
the  craft  engaged  in  those  rites  at  the 
grave  of  the  deceased.  I  did  not  know 
that  they  were  a  committee  appointed  by 
the  lodge  at  Birch  Tree  to  lay  violent 
hands  on  me.  I  did  not  know  that  it  was 
currently  reported,  that  I  was  there  with 
the  design  and  intention  of  making  a 
speech  and  that  such  a  report  was  in  cir- 
culation before  the  funeral  cortege  start- 
ed to  the  cemetery.  But  I  was  told  that 
the  Birch  Tree  Lodge  did  not  fail  to 
"Bring  forth  vestments  for  all  the  wor- 


shipers of  Baal;'  in  a  wagon  from  that 
town,  in  order  that  those  resident  in  the 
country  might  appear  at  that  funeral 
"properly  clothed,"  in  apron  and  white 
gloves. 

One  of  them,  Rev.  Marion  Pierce, 
came  and  greeted  me  with  unusual 
warmth,  extending  his  hand  and  calling 
me  "Brother."  After  the  assemblage 
was  dismissed  and  I  was  well  on  my  way 
toward  home  this  Mason  was  seen  rush- 
ing excitedly  in  and  out  of  the  crowd, 
looking  for  me.  He  hastily  approached 
a  Methodist,  whom  he  asked  where  he 
could  find  me  and  stated  that  it  was  com- 
monly reported  that  I  intended  to  ad- 
dress the  people  when  the  funeral  cere- 
monies ended,  and  that  he,  with  several 
other  Masons,  were  a  committee  appoint- 
ed by  the  Birch  Tree  Lodge  to  lay  vio- 
lent hands  on  me  if  I  attempted  to  speak 
on,  or  near  the  grounds  of  that  cemetery, 
and  he  was  there  to  execute  those  orders ! 

Since  then  a  lodge  member  has  as- 
sured me  that  if  I  had  attempted  to 
speak  on  that  occasion  "It  would  not 
have  been  healthy  for  you ;  you  would 
have  been  stopped,  even  if  blood  had 
been  shed." 

Here  let  me  say  that  such  a  thing  as 
attempting  to  speak  at  a  Masonic  funeral 
never  entered  my  mind,  much  less  of 
attempting  tO'  speak  at  that  of  the  identi- 
cal Royal  Arch  Mason  who,  at  the  head 
of  the  mob  above  noticed,  created  that 
disturbance  in  the  church  on  the  Chris- 
tian Sabbath  and  drove  the  minister  and 
congregation  out  in  the  rain  without  any 
authority    whatever ! 

Why  did  not  Rev.  Marion  Pierce  say 
to  me  when  he  met  me  on  the  ground 
near  the  cemetery,  that  he  was  the  repre- 
sentative of  the  lodge,  and  acting  with 
other  Masons,  under  orders  from  their 
Worshipful  Master,  to  forcibly  compel 
me  to  be  silent  on  that  occasion?  Did 
he  act  more  wisely  by  letting  the  oppor- 
tunity pass  and,  as  the  people  were  dis- 
persing, go  round  in  great  trepidation  of 
mind  inquiring  for  me?  Why  was  his 
"committee"  and  himself  without  aprons 
and  gloves?  Was  it  because  they  in- 
tended violence  and  hoped  to  escape 
identification  among  the  many  who  were 
present?  The  gloves  and  aprons  would 
positively  identify  them  as  Freemasons 
and     place     the    responsibility     for   any 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


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trouble     where     it     originated — on     the 
lodge. 

I  went  to  that  funeral  as  a  plain  Amer- 
ican citizen,  to  pay  the  last  tribute  of 
respect  tO'  a  kind  neighbor,  if  he  was  a 
Royal  Arch  Mason — for  my  religion  has 
taught  me  to  recognize  the  good  that  is 
in  every  human  soul,  when  I  find  it — 
and  the  deceased  was  a  kind  neighbor. 
(Elder)  G.  T.  Dissette. 

Congo,  Mo. 

(To  be  continued.) 


LETTER   TO   THE   EDITOR   OF   "THE 
MENACE." 

Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  Jan.  6,  1912. 

Rev.  Theo.  C.  Walker,      " 

Editor  ''The  Menace/'  Aurora,  Mo. 

Dear  Sir : 

The  issue  of  your  paper  of  Dec.  9, 
191 1,  containing  as  its  first  article,  two 
and  one-half  columns  entitled  ''A  Word 
to  Secret  Orders,"  has  been  called  to 
my  notice.  From  the  assertions  made 
one  would  think  the  writer  considered 
himself  authority  relative  to  the  subject 
in  hand.  But  many  statements  appear 
strange,  and  others  are  unwarranted  by 
the  facts. 

The  assertion  is  made  that  "Freema- 
sons were  hung,  shot  and  burned  at  the 
stake  in  Italy,  Spain,  and  Brazil  for  no 
other  crime  than  the  'heresy'  of  being 
Freemasons."  In  what  history  and  by 
whom  is  this  recorded?  Again  I  quote, 
''The  truth  of  the  matter  is  that  Free- 
masonry, as  we  call  it  now,  has  gone 
under  many  different  names  in  the  past 
and  is  thousands  of  years  older  than  the 
Church.  Christianity,  as  it  originated 
two  thousand  years  ago,  was  a  secret  so- 
ciety itself  and  it  built  upon  the  same 
foundation,  and  was  buried  as  such."  I 
will  give  one  thousand  dollars  for  the 
proof  that  this  statement  is  true. 

Again  I  quote :  ''There  are  many  oth- 
er (than  Freemasonry)  organizations  of 
special  character,  professing  and  prac- 
ticing some  one  or  more  of  the  orig- 
inal tenets  for  which  Christianity,  and 
before  that,  other  organizations  stood." 
The  writer  is  acquainted  with  many  se- 
cret societies,  but  knows  of  none  that 
are  practicing  any  tenets  of  Christainity, 
original  or  otherwise.  Kindly  point  out 
a  few. 

Permit  me  to  quote  once  more,  "Ma- 
sons will  scarcely    forget    the    Morgan 


farce  engineered  by  the  Jesuits.  This 
attack  did  not  hurt  Masonry,  but 
it  came  very  near  disrupting  the  Union 
and  destroying  the  work  done  by  our 
Masonic  ancestors  in  building  up  this 
nation  and  her  laws.  The  Morgan  epi- 
sode made  bitter  enemies  of  protestants. 
Christian  was  set  against  Jew,  and 
Catholic  against  Protestant.  Bibles 
were  burned,  state  legislatures  were 
turned  into  courts  of  inc|uisition.  A 
great  political  party  was  formed  upon 
the  issue  of  anti-Masonry  with  a  dead 
body  as  the  slogan."  Doesn't  this  strike 
you  as  rather  peculiar  reasoning?  Here 
was  a  "farce"  that  came  near  disrupting 
the  Union,  and  playing  the  mischief 
with  things  generally.  But  this  did  not 
hurt  Masonry.  Of  course  not,  it  was 
only  an  "episode." 

I  may  not  quote  more  of  this  article  of 
which  I  give  but  a  few  specimens.  If 
your  paper  is  not  to  be  a  "menace"  to  all 
who  read  it,  you  will  need  to  be  more 
careful  as  to  the  facts.  If  you  will 
agree  to  publish  the  facts  regarding  the 
Morgan  abduction  and  murder,  the 
writer  will  be  pleased  to  furnish  them 
to  you. 

Such  statements  as  are  made  in  this 
"Word  to  Secret  Orders"  are  not,  of 
course,  likely  to  deceive  the  well  in- 
formed, who  are  presumed  to  be  readers 
of  your  paper.  Lest  there  should  be 
some  of  the  other  kind  the  writer  takes 
the  liberty  to  address  you,  Mr.  Editor, 
trusting  you  may  call  attention  to  these 
errors  and  substitute  the  facts. 

As  a  wise  Editor  you  should  know 
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used  when  trying  to  secure  patronage  of 
orders  in  whose  behalf  they  are  made. 
Give  your  readers  facts  or  nothing  is 
the  advice  for  which  the  writer  charges 
nothing.  ^ 

Rev.  W.  B.  Stoddard. 


The  Hague  Tribunal  is  estimated  to 
have  saved  $51,500,000  for  the  nations 
of  the  world  by  arbitration  in  the  last 
five  years. 


The  white  slave  traffic  last  year  was 
heavier  than  the  negro  slave  traffic  at 
any  time  during  the  slave  trading  to  the 
United  States. 


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CONTENTS 


Pennsylvania   Convention    .  . '. 321 

Freemasonry    and    Civil    Liberty,    b}'    Pres.     \ 

C.    A.    Blanchard '.  .  .  .321 

An  Old   Soldier's  Plea,  by  Rev.  A.  Thom- 
son      325 

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Counterfeit  Money  and  Other  Counterfeits, 

by  Elliot  Whipple,   Ph.   D... :...:.. 326 

A  Testimony,  by  Rev.   Chas.   G.  Finney... 329 

A  Frisky   Goat 329 

Scottish   Made   Masons — The    initiation    of 

the   Colored  Pugilist,  Jack  Johnson 329 

The  Broken  Seal,  by  Samuel  D.  Greene.  .  .  .330 

Obituary— John  Milton  Hitchcock 333 

Editorial- 
Credited  to  .a   Sermon 342 

A     Masonic     Bank-wrecker     (Chas.     W. 

]\Iorse)    Pardoned    342 

A  Crushing  Defeat 343 

No   Other   Reason 343 

News  of  Our  Work — 

Harvest    at    Woodburn,     Indiana 344 

The    Pennsylvania    Convention 344 

Everything  Beautiful  In   Its  Season 346 

Offer  to  Reading  Rooms,  by  Rev.   G.  A. 

Pegram     347 

Labors    in   Kansas,   Nebraska   and    Towa, 

by  Mr.  William  Little 347 

A    Confession    by   a    Seceder    from    Ma- 
sonry     '. 348 

An   Open  Letter  to   l^llder   W.   A.    Hum- 
phreys, by  Rev.  G.  T.  Diskette 348 

Knights    Templars'    Ball < 351 

Riot  in  the  Woods  Among  Modern  Wood- 
men  351 


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President,  Rev.  J.  W.  Brink;  Recordii^ 
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tary-Treasurer, Wm.  I.  Phillips. 
BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS. 

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M.  Hitchcock  (Independent),  C.  A. 
Blanchard  (Congregational),  G.  J.  Haan 
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VOLUME  XLIV. 


CHICAGO,    MARCH,    1912. 


NUMBER   11. 


Pennsylvania  Convention, 

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FREEMASONRY     AND      CIVIL 
LIBERTY. 

There  are  many  cases  where  duty  is 
clear,  and  where  no  honest  man  needs 
to  be  in  doubt.  There  are  other  cases 
where  one  needs  to  hesitate  before  he 
makes  up  his  mind.  One  of  these  latter 
instances  is  brought  very  forcibly  to  our 
attention  in  a  letter  from  a  Presbyterian 
minister  in  Brazil.  The  statements  of 
fact  in  his  letter  are  in  brief  these : 

1st.  The  Presbyterian  church  in  Bra- 
zil has  had  a  very  sharp  and  prolonged 
discussion  on  the  subject  of  Masonry. 
The  result  of  this  agitation  has  been  the 
division  of  the  church,  one  party  allow- 
ing its  ministers  and  members  to  unite 
with  the  lodges,  the  others  declining  to 
do  this  and  insisting  on  absolute  separa- 
tion from  the  order. 

2nd.  The  letter  declares  that  the  Ma- 
sons in  South  America  have  never  been 
accused  of  such  crimes  as  they  commit- 
ted in  our  country  ;  that  they  "broke  the 
back"  of  the  Roman  hierarchy  in  Brazil 
by  legally  punishing  certain  archbishops 
for  violatincr  certain  laws,  and  have  ren- 
dered  great  service  in  the  war  with  the 
Jesuits. 

3rd.  The  writer  is  familiar  with  the 
attitude  of  the  American  churches,  which 
exclude    Freemasons    from    membership. 


He  knows  of  the  religious  prosperit}-  of 
some  of  these  organizations.  He  ques- 
tions whether  the  prosperity  of  these 
anti-lodge  churches  has  arisen  from  the 
fact  that  the}^  were  opposed  to  lodges, 
or  from  their  fidelity  to  their  duties  as 
teachers  and  preachers  of  the  Gospel. 

4th.  In  Brazil,  he  declares  that  the 
Catholic  orders  are  making  a  great  effort 
to  destroy  the  republic.  The  Masons, 
he  says,  are  republicans,  and  stand  for 
liberty  of  the  press  and  religion.  Is  it 
best  for  the  Presbyterian  church  to  sep- 
arate itself  from  the  Masonic  fraternity, 
or  occupy  a  sympathetic  attitude  toward 
it  ?  Should  the  church  prohibit  Freema- 
sons from  its  membership  ?  or  should  the 
church,  ministers  and  members,  enter  the 
lodges  ? 

5th.  He  says  that  many  ministers  have 
become  Masons,  but  most  of  them  have 
withdrawn  from  the  lodges,  while  not 
one  of  them  denounces  the  order.  The 
question  which  arises  in  the  minds  of 
himself  and  his  brethren  is,  'AVhat  ought 
to  be  done?"  The  Masonic  theory  is 
understood,  and  in  part  at  least  con- 
demned ;  but  this  brother  desires  to 
know  what  the  relation  of  churches  in 
Protestant  countries  has  been  to  secret 
societies,  as  a  means  of  deterniinino' 
their  duty  in  this  country,  where  the  dis- 
cussion is  new,  and  arises  from  tlie  cir- 
cumstances above  stated. 

Fixed    Principles. 

Rules  for  action  frequcntU  change, 
but  principles  of  action  do  not  change. 
A   Christian   must   alwa\s  be   Christian  : 


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March,  1912. 


but.  in  his  exercise  of  Christian  faith 
and  duty,  he  will  sometimes  do  one  thing, 
and  sometimes  another.  The  real  ques- 
tion which  is  in  the  mind  of  this  brother 
who  writes  from  South  America  is 
whether  or  not  the  attitude  of  a  Chris- 
tian n.iinister  toward  Freemasonry  is  one 
of  the  variables;  whether  it  might  be 
right  and  proper  for  a  Christian  at  one 
time  to  oppose  Freemasonr}'.  while  at 
another  time,  because  of  different  condi- 
tions, it  might  be  proper  for  him  to  sym- 
pathize with  and  support  it ;  and  this 
question,  again,  is  to  be  determined  by 
the  facts  in  the  case.  He  desires  to 
know  what  the  relation  of  churches  and 
lodges  is  in  Protestant  countries,  that 
he  may  form  a  reliable  opinion  as  to  the 
dut"\'  of  the  Presbyterian  church  in  the 
new   country  where  he  is  laboring. 

When  I  was  in  New  York  attending 
a  meeting  of  the  Evangelical  Alliance,  I 
asked  Dr.  Christlieb,  of  Bonn,  what  the 
relation  of  Freemasonry  to  the  churches 
of  Germany  was,  and  he  said :  "Freema- 
sonry and  the  churches?  They  have  no 
relation.  The  Masons  are  all  atheists." 
It  did  not  seem  to  have  occurred  to  Dr. 
Christlieb,  that,  possibly,  if  the  Freema- 
sons had  not  been  Freemasons,  they 
might  have  been  Christians ;  but  this 
seems  an  obvious  inference.  In  that 
same  AUiance  I  had  the  privilege  of  a 
brief  conversation  with  one  of  the  strong 
men  in  the  French  Protestant  church.  If 
I  remember  correctly,  he  was  from  Paris. 
Mentioning  to  him  the  fact  that  the 
question  was  up,  he  replied :  "The 
church  in  America  must  stand  as  one 
man  against  Freemasonry,  or  it  will  be 
destroyed."  Speaking  with  other  lead- 
ing men  on  the  subject,  I  found  them 
reluctant  to  take  any  position.  They 
seemed  afraid  to  declare  themselves,  lest 
there  might  be  unfavorable  reactions  at 
home.  I  do  not  remember  a  single  one 
of  the  strong  men  in  that  meeting  of 
the  Alliance  who  justified  Freemasonry, 


or  who  believed  it  to  be  consistent  with 

vigorous  and  healthful  life  in  the  church. 

Not  Many  Books. 

Our  friend  from  the  South  would  like 
a  book  history  of  this  subject.  We  fear 
that  he  will  not  obtain  it.  It  is  one  of 
the  characteristics  of  secret  societies 
that  they  are  secret,  and,  being  so,  of 
course  they  conceal  from  the  public  so 
far  as  possible  all  the  facts  which  might 
be  injurious  to  their  reputation  and  pros- 
perity;  and,  where  meetings  are  held  at 
night  in  secret  halls  by  men,  some  of 
whom  are  and  some  of  whom  are  not 
known  to  be  connected  with  them,  it 
would  be  unnatural  to  suppose  that  a 
clear  revelation  of  the  actual  facts  con- 
cerning such  orders  on  the  charges  would 
be  easily  ascertained. 

The  question  "What  the  effect  of 
lodges  on  churches  is,"  may  be  deter- 
mined in  two  ways :  first,  by  an  exam- 
ination of  the  principles  involved ;  and, 
second,  by  a  study  of  the  results  so  far 
as  can  be  ascertained.  If  we  know  that 
Freemasonry  is  anti-Christian  in  its  fun- 
damental characteristics,  we  know  per- 
fectly well  what  it  will  do  to  churches, 
and  we  know  what  the  churches  should 
do  to  it. 

A  man  who  knows  what  strychnine 
is,  and  what  the  human  body  is,  does  not 
need  to  discuss  the  effect  of  strychnine 
in  killing-  quantities  on  a  human  frame. 
It  will  kill ;  and,  if  he  wants  to  remain 
alive,  he  had  better  let  it  alone.  All  the 
time  he  may  spend  in  reasoning  as  to  its 
probable  effects  is  time  thrown  away. 
Just  so,  if  Freemasonry  is  hostile  to 
Christian  faith  and  duty,  it  will  injure, 
if  it  does  not  ruin,  Christians  and 
chtirches  who  have  fellowship  with  it. 
So  much  for  the  reason  of  the  case.  It 
is  clear,  and  it  is  decisive. 

The  question  as  to  the  hostile  effects 
of  lodges  on  churches  is  not  so  easily 
determined,  because  the  testimony  will 
conflict.        Churches   which  admit  lodge 


March,  1912. 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


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members  to  membership  have  become 
great  in  numbers  and  in  wealth.  Church- 
es which  exclude  lodge  members  from 
membership  are  generally  smaller.  To  a 
person  who  looks  at  nothing  l3ut  money 
and  numbers,  this  would  be  enough  for 
deciding  the  question. 

Not  Counted,  But  Weighed. 
A  minister  was  once  asked  whether 
he  had  a  large  church  or  a  small  one. 
He  replied,  "That  depends  on  whether 
my  members  are  counted  or  weighed." 
The  pebble  that  David  fixed  in  the  sling 
with  which  to  destroy  Goliath  was  one 
stone,  and  Mont  Blanc  is  also  one ;  but 
the  two  are  very  different  from  one 
another,  though  each  is  one.  Lodge  men 
tell  us  that  the  churches  where  lodge 
men  are  freely  received  are  as  spiritual 
and  effective  for  Christ  as  churches 
where  they  are  excluded.  This  is  a 
question  of  fact,  and  can  only  be  de- 
termined by  an  examination  of  in- 
stances ;  a  universal  agreement  respect- 
ing it  is  not  to  be  expected.  There  is, 
however,  one  fact  which  is  obvious  even 
to  people  who  can  only  count,  and  that 
is,  that  the  male  membership  of  church- 
es which  receive  lodge  men  is  propor- 
tionally very  much  smaller  than  in 
churches  which  exclude  them.  This  is 
an  exact  reversal  of  what  would  natur- 
ally be  thought  would  be  the  case.  One 
would  judge,  a  priori,  that  the  churches 
which  receive  men  who  are  members  of 
lodges  would  get  more  men  in  propor- 
tion to  women  than  churches  which  ex- 
clude lodges ;  but  we  find,  in  fact,  that 
the  organizations  which  will  not  receive 
members  of  secret  societies  into  mem- 
bership have,  in  general,  about  the  same 
number  of  men  and  women,  boys  and 
girls,  while  the  organizations  which 
freely  admit  lodge  men  to  membership 
enroll  from  three  to  five  women  and  girls 
for  each  man  and  boy.  Of  course,  our 
friend  in  South  America  will  see,  that, 
if  this  state  of  fact  should  continue,  the 


receiving  of  lodge  members  may  work 
a  great  weakening,  if  not  a  ruin,  of  the 
churches. 

The   Facts  in  the   Case. 

Everybody  who  has  studied  Freema- 
sonry thoroughly  has  learned  several 
things  about  it.  First,  he  notes  that  it  is 
a  secret  society,  and  therefore  different 
from,  and  so  far  as  its  constitution  is 
concerned  opposed  to,  the  church  and 
Jesus  Christ.  He  also  has  learned  that 
this  secret  organization  is  bound  to- 
gether by  oaths  which  are  not  adminis- 
tered by  any  competent  civil  or  religious 
authority.  The  master  of  the  lodge  is 
not  an  officer  of  the  state  or  the  church  ; 
he  is  a  member  of  a  voluntary  organiza- 
tion, and  has  no  more  right  to  administer 
an  oath  than  a  boy  in  the  streets.  He 
has  also  learned  that  these  oaths  are 
enforced  by  death  penalties. 

Our  friend  from  South  America  inti- 
mates that  the  South  American  Freema- 
sons have  not  got  to  killing  men  who  re- 
tire from  the  order.  That  might  be  be- 
cause no  men  have  renounced  it ;  and, 
then  again,  he  may  be  mistaken,  and 
there  may  have  been  many  men  slain  by 
the  lodge  in  its  secret  halls.  What  is 
the  secret  societ}^  for  if  it  does  not  en- 
able men  to  operate  in  secret  ?  Still 
further,  this  organization,  which  is  se- 
cret, oathbound,  and  held  together  by 
murderous  penalties,  professes  to  be  a 
religion.  It  begins  and  closes  its  exer- 
cises wath  prayer.  It  says  that  people 
who  live  according  to  its  teachings  go  to 
heaven  when  they  die,  and  this  impres- 
sion has  become  so  thorough  and  wide- 
spread that  the  members  of  the  organiza- 
tion generally  believe  that  this  is  true, 
and  that,  if  they  remain  faithful  to  their 
lodges,  they  are  assured  of  eternal  life. 

Once  more,  he  will  learn  that  this 
proposed  salvation  is  to  be  obtained 
without  any  reference  to  the  sacrifice 
and  intercession  of  Jesus  Clirist.  The 
lodi?'es    teach    that    men    are    sa\'ed    bv 


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what  the\-  do.  and  not  by  what  Jesus 
Christ  has  done.  Every  Christian  min- 
ister teaches  that  men  are  saved  by  what 
Christ  has  done,  and  not  by  what  they 
do.  If  the  church  is  right,  the  lodge  is 
wrong,  and  this  wrong  is  not  a  trifling, 
unimportant  one,  but  is  an  error  of  abso- 
kitely  vital  character.  If  salvation  comes 
through  Jesus  Christ  alone,  any  system 
which  teaches  anvthins:  else  than  this  is 
false  and  ruinous  to  the  souls  of  men. 
In  South  America  or  in  North  America, 
in  Europe  or  Asia  or  islands  of  the  sea, 
this  will  be  true. 

What  Shall  It  Profit  a  Man? 

Allowing  that  the  facts  above  stated 
are  not  overdrawn,  what  shall  we  say  to 
our  brethren  in  South  America  who  find 
the  Freemasons  struggling  for  a  repub- 
lic ^\■]^ich  includes  civil  and  religious  lib- 
erty i^  The  answer  is  obvious :  They  are 
to  be  glad  of  whatever  good  may  come 
through  this  or  any  other  agency ;  but 
the}-  have  no  right,  for  temporal  and  gov- 
ernmental advantages,  to  consent,  even 
for  so  long  as  one  instant,  to  fellow^ship 
with  an  organization  which  is  anti-Chris- 
tian in  character.  Satan,  who  is  the  an- 
tagonist of  Jesus  Christ,  knows  perfectly 
well,  that,  if  men  do  not  have  the  Savior, 
it  matters  little  what  else  they  have.  A 
republic  wdiich  is  outside  of  Christian 
faith  is  no  better  in  its  ultimate  than 
despotism,  h^or  a  while,  it  may  seem  ad- 
vantageous to  have  liberty  of  speech  and 
assembly ;  but  what  will  this  do  for  a 
people  w^ho  are  Christless  and  Godless  in 
character?  It  profits  a  nation  as  little 
as  it  does  a  man  to  gain  the  whole 
world  and  lose  its  own  soul,  and  Jesus 
Clirist,  who  is  the  rightful  ruler  of  men, 
is  also  the  rightful  ruler  of  nations. 

This  leads  me  to  say  that  there  is  no 
reason  to  suppose  that  Freemasonry  or 
any  similar  organization  will  ultimately 
and  really  oppose  despotism.  Such  or- 
ganizations may  oppose  one  kind  of  des- 
potism, but  they  always  furnish  another 


for  the  one  which  they  antagonize. 
Take,  for  example,  the  organization  of 
Freemasonry.  The  master  is  supreme  in 
his  lodge.  All  the  common  Mason  has 
to  do  is  to  submit.  The  authority  of  the 
grand  lodge  over  the  local  lodge  is  equal- 
ly absolute.  The  grand  lodge  can  take 
away  the  charter  of  a  local  lodge,  and 
refuse  the  men  who  belong  to  it  the  priv- 
ilege of  meeting  as  Masons  if  it  chooses. 

Take  the  organizations  called  labor 
unions,  which  are  constructed  on  the 
same  secret  society  principles.  They  do 
not  even  allow  men  to  w^ork  except  on 
conditions  wdiich  they  name.  They  do 
not  allow  a  man  to  teach  his  son  his 
trade  without  their  permission,  and,  if 
men  decHne  to  fraternize  with  them  and 
submit  to  their  authority,  they  kill  them. 
Secretly,  of  course ;  and,  when  they  have 
murdered  them,  they  will  defame  their 
characters,  and  claim  that  the  agitation 
which  arises  because  of  the  murder  is  a 
persecution  of  labor  on  the  part  of  capi- 
tal. It  was  so  when  Morgan  was  mur- 
dered, when  Dr.  Cronin  w^as  murdered, 
wdien  those  twenty-one  men  were  killed 
by  McNamara  in  Los  Angeles.  A  great 
roar  ran  through  the  whole  secret  soci- 
ety— they  holding  that  the  person  who 
was  killed  deserved  to  be  killed,  though 
the  secret  society  wdiich  murdered  him 
had  nothing  whatever  to  do  with  it.  It 
is  a  small  thing  for  organizations  w^hich 
will  murder  to  tell  lies.  In  North  Amer- 
ica we  have  learned  this  lesson  pretty 
thoroughly.  They  will  learn  it  in  South 
America  if  secret  societies  continue  to 
operate  there. 

The  Conclusion  of  the  Whole  Matter. 

I  would  say  to  the  brethren  in  this 
faraway  land,  with  whom  we  sympathize 
so  deeply,  that  there  is  no  road  but  the 
straight  road  which  will  take  a  man 
through  the  world.  Lodgism  is  op- 
posed to  Christianity.  Popular  govern- 
ment is  the  fruit  of  Christianity.  Lodg- 
ism may  antagonize  despotism  for  a  time 


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and  for  selfish  reasons  of  its  own,  but 
no  non-Christian  country  has  ever  yet 
become  soHdly  and  really  free.  We  have 
no  reason  to  suppose  that  we  shall  ever 
see  such  a  sight.  Satan  changes  his 
method  of  attack,  but  he  never  changes 
his  character.  If  he  did,  he  would  not 
be  Satan.  Our  brethren  in  South  Amer- 
ica will  find,  that,  if  they  have  no  fellow- 
ship with  the  unfruitful  works  of  dark- 
ness, if  they  do  not  try  to  unite  believ- 
ers and  infidels,  if  they  do  not  consent 
to  Christ-rejecting  organizations  for  any 
reason  whatsoever,  God  will  maintain 
their  right  and  their  cause.  They  may 
gain  temporal  advantages  by  following 
a  different  course  of  action ;  but  they 
will  not  have  the  Divine  approval,  and 
they  will  not  have  ultimate  success.  One 
with  God  is  a  majority,  and  no  man  is 
really  a  free  man  whom  the  truth  does 
not  make  free. 

Fraternally  yours, 
Charles  A.    Blanchard. 


AN  OLD  SOLDIER'S  PLEA. 

BY   REV.    A.    THOMSON. 

I  am  an  old  soldier  with  the  most 
kindly  and  tender  feelings  towards  my 
old  comrades.  In  all  their  welfare  I  am 
deeply  interested,  and  feel  keenly  ag- 
grieved that  I  am  so  completely  shut 
out  from  their  fellowship. 

I  do  not  believe  that  my  old  comrades 
are  engaged  in  their  lodges  in  any  con- 
spiracy against  anything  they  hold  good. 
I  do  not  believe  they  have  any  secrets 
that  threaten  the  well  being  of  the  com- 
munity or  the  nation,  except  so  far  as 
the  Grand  Army,  like  all  other  secret 
societies,  rests  upon  certain  wrong  prin- 
ciples that  are  so  clearly  and  fundament- 
ally wrong  that  I  have  never  been  able 
to  join  it. 

Twice  when  invited  to  become  a  mem- 
ber, I  have  made  this  proposition,  "Let 
me  read  your  obligation,  I  do  not  believe 
there  is  anvthino-  essentiallv  wrong:  in  it, 
and,  if  I  find  it  all  right.  T  will  gladly 
unite  with  vou." 


I  am  shut  outside  of  the  lodge,  which 
I  deeply  regret.  It  is  a  real  hardship 
and  disappointment  that  I  am  thus  sep- 
arated from  my  old  comrades.  But 
there  is  no  help  for  it.  I  cannot  cliange, 
and  they  will  not. 

Fundamentals  with  Regard  to  the  Lodge. 
Now,  why  cannot  I  change?  \\h\'  do 
I  assume  that  I  am  right,  and  the> 
wrong?  Wh}'  do  I  set  up  my  judgment 
as  against  that  of  so  many  good  men  ." 
Am  I  conceited  and  obstinate?  I  hon- 
estlv  think  that  at  least  in  this  case  1 
am  not.  When  I  say  that  it  is  wrong 
for  a  man  to  promise  to  keep  secrets 
the  natiu-e  of  which  he  does  not  know, 
and  to  keep  an  obligation  he  has  not 
heard,  I  am  simply  stating  a  truth  that 
must  be  believed.  The  mind  has  no 
power  of  objection.  I  do  not  need  elab- 
orate argument  to  prove  that  the  whole 
is  equal  to  the  sum  of  its  parts  ;  but  is 
it  less  self-evident  to  a  rational  mind, 
that  men  should  not  promise  to  keep 
secrets  they  do  not  know,  or  to  be  loyal 
to  an  obligation  that  they  have  never 
heard?  Yet  this  false  principle  lies  at 
the  root  of  every  secret  society.  It  is 
self-evident  that  there  must  be  some 
way  found  of  meeting  the  fundamental 
objection. 

The  cure  for  the  objection  in  this  case 
is  as  bad  as  the  disease.  The  lodge  guar- 
antees that  nothing  in  the  obligation 
shall  clash  with  a  man's  duties  as  a  citi- 
zen or  a  Christian.  That  is,  the  lodge 
assumes  to  act  as  conscience  for  the 
man ;  but  it  must  be  eternally  wrong  for 
any  man  or  organization  to  assume  to  be 
conscience  for  me  in  a  matter  where  I  am 
personally  responsible.  A  very  dear 
friend  said  to  me,  "Air.  Thomson,  if  I 
personally  assured  you  that  there  was 
nothing  in  the  obligation  you  could  not 
take,  would  you  not  be  willing  to  take 
it?"  Now,  I  have  known  that  man  since 
we  were  boys  together,  and  have  always 
known  him  to  be  honorable  and  truthful. 
What  was  my  reply  to  his  question? 
''No,  my  friend,  I  cannot  take  the  obli- 
gation. I  cannot  let  even  my  l^est  friend 
be  a  judge  for  me  of  what  is  to  bind 
my  conscience  and  my  acts." 

Here,  then,  are  two  fundamental  ob- 
jections to  all  secret  societies:  ist.  They 
require  a  promise  to  kee]>  secrets  which 


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the  man  does  not  know.  2nd.  They  as- 
sume to  be  conscience  for  a  man  in  mat- 
ters for  which  he  is  personally  respon- 
sible. 

I  have  often  stated  these  objections, 
and  never  yet  have  found  a  single  in- 
stance where  a  man  has  even  tried  to 
turn  the  edge  of  their  truth,  except  by 
such  a  statement  as,  "The  Lodge  has 
never  done  any  harm  to  me;"  but  a 
strong  building  was  never  constructed 
upon  a  rotten  basis.  The  poison  in  a 
system  may  be  slow  in  its  operation ; 
but.  if  the  poison  is  there,  it  will  make 
its  power  manifest  in  the  end. 

One  of  the  most  deadly  effects  of  the 
minor  secret  orders  is  that  they  form  a 
wall  of  defense  to  orders  whose  influ- 
ence in  society  is  most  dangerous.  If  a 
man  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army, 
his  testimony  against  the  whole  secret 
system  is  broken  down.  He  naturally  im- 
bibes the  clan  spirit,  and  generally  joins 
the  great  army  that  would  throttle  free 
speech  on  the  cjuestion  of  the  Secret  Em- 
pire. So  serious  has  this  become  in  our 
good  land  to-day,  that  there  are  large 
sections  where  the  man  who  opposes  the 
lodge  system,  who  in  kindest  words 
seeks  to  give  the  reason  for  his  position, 
thereby  becomes  in  a  great  measure  sub- 
ject to  a  boycott  of  the  most  formidable 
kind,  aft'ecting  all  departments  of  his 
business  and  social  life, — not  altogether 
a  conspiracy  of  silence,  but  a  conspiracy 
to  secure  silence.  The  preacher  dare 
not  preach,  the  press  dare  not  publish, 
the  lecturer  dare  not  speak ;  for  a  voice 
that  seldom  threatens  in  vain  will  warn, 
and  a  hand  that  comes  out  of  the  dark- 
ness will  smite  and  think  it  is  doing  God 
service. 


Alexander  Campbell :  "I  know  no 
Temperance,  Odd  Fellow  or  Freemason 
fraternity  that  does  not  recognize  a 
brotherhood  with  the  world.  'They  are 
of  the  world,  they  speak  of  the  world 
and  the  world  heareth  them.'  Christians, 
though  in  the  world,  are  not  of  it.  Any 
union,  then,  for  moral  purposes  with  the 
world  that  brings  us  to  commune  re- 
ligiously with  it,  by  the  laws  and  usages 
of  the  institution  itself,  is  opposed  to 
the  law  and  kingdom  of  Jesus  Christ." 


COUNTERFEIT  MONEY  AND  OTHER 
COUNTERFEITS. 

BY    ELLIOT    WHIPPLE,    PH.    D. 

The  supreme  test  of  the  value  of  a 
religion  is  found  in  the  results  it  pro- 
duces. The  counterfeits  now  spreading 
in  this  country  have  not  been  in  existence 
long  enough  to  show  what  manner  of 
fruitage  they  will  bear,  but  in  the  old 
world  w'e  find  several  great  religious  sys- 
tems that  have  thoroughly  possessed 
whole  nations  for  many  centuries,  and 
there  we  may  find  out  exactly  what  they 
do  for  mankind. 

Compare  the  condition  of  the  masses 
of  the  people  in  Turkey,  India  and  China 
with  that  of  the  common  people  of  coun- 
tries in  which  protestant  Christianity  pre- 
vails. In  the  former  we  find  ignorance, 
extreme  poverty,  disease,  unspeakable 
moral  degradation,  and  despair ;  in  the 
latter,  intelligence,  comfort,  improving 
sanitary  conditions,  plagues  stamped  out, 
disease  minimized,  a  high  and  rising 
standard  of  morality,  and  hope  for  bet- 
ter things  in  the  future. — From  February 
number,  page  2<^i. 

Verily,  false  religions  are  not  about  as 
good  as  the  true,  nor  anywhere  near  as 
good,  while,  on  the  other  hand,  they  do 
much  positive  harm  in  two  ways : 

1.  By  false  and  immoral  doctrines, 
such  as  the  Mohammedan  promise  that  a 
soldier  killed  while  fighting  for  the  faith, 
no  matter  what  his  character,  shall  go 
at  once  to  a  paradise  of  sensual  pleas- 
ures, or  such  as  the  Mormon  pretended 
revelation  favoring  polygamy. 

2.  By  gaining  possession  of  the  hearts 
and  minds  of  the  people  so  that  it  is 
very  difficult  to  get  them  to  consider  the 
claims  of  the  true  religion. 

And  the  more  of  truth  a  false  religion 
contains,  the  more  nearly  its  doctrines 
approximate  to  those  of  Christianity,  the 
more  difficult  it  becomes  for  the  truth  to 
reach  its  adherents. 

Illustrations  of  this  principle  are  seen 
in  the  results  of  missionary  efforts  among 
different  peoples. 

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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


327 


Islands  are  changed,  whole  communities 
of  them,  in  a  single  generation,  from 
idle,  naked  cannibals,  living  in  the  low- 
est possible  stage  of  moral  degradation, 
and  having  no  religion  except  the  sim- 
plest and  most  unreasonable  forms  of 
fetichism  and  superstition  that  can  be 
imagined,  to  industrious,  respectable 
Christian  people,  sustaining  schools  and 
churches,  and  living  in  comparative  com.- 
fort. 

A  far  greater  expenditure  of  money 
and  missionary  labor  during  a  longer  pe- 
riod of  time  among  the  people  of  India 
has  failed  to  produce  anything  like  pro- 
portionate results,  notwithstanding  their 
far  higher  intellectual  ability,  and  the 
high  character  of  many  of  the  precepts 
of  their  national  religion. 

Mohammedanism  is  more  nearly  like 
Christianity  in  its  doctrines  than  any 
other  false  religion,  in  that  it  teaches 
that  there  is  but  one  God,  who  is  believed 
to  be  an  intelligent  personal  being,  and 
many  of  its  precepts  as  to  temperance, 
justice,  and  mercy  are  of  a  high  charac- 
ter ;  but,  SO'  far,  missionary  labors  have 
produced  almost  no  results  on  adherents 
of  the  Mohammedan  faith.  It  is  true 
that  much  has  been  accomplished  in 
countries  under  Mohammedan  rule,  but 
the  converts  have  nearly  all  been  from 
among  non-Mohammedan  people,  such  as 
Armenians,  Nestorians,  Greeks  and  Bul- 


garians. 


That  false  religions  contain  many 
good  precepts  cannot  be  denied ;  that 
they  have  done  much  good,  and  some- 
times have  elevated  the  standard  of  mor- 
als of  a  whole  people  for  a  considerable 
period  of  time,  may  also  be  admitted  ;  but 
it  is  probably  true  that  each  and  every 
one  of  them  has  on  the  whole  done  much 
more  harm  than  g'ood,  and  it  would  have 
been  far  better  if  no  one  of  them  had 
ever  found  acceptance  anywhere  on  the 
earth. 


The  saloon,  with  its  social  cheer  and 
free  lunch  counter,  does  some  little  good  ; 
but  its  general  effects  are  so  harmful 
that  it  is  being  rapidly  banished  from  all 
intelligent  communities.  The  political 
boss  does  many  kind  and  generous  acts 
in  behalf  of  the  people  of  his  ward,  but 
political  bossism  is  so  damaging  an  ele- 
ment in  our  political  system  that  we 
would  gladly  be  rid  of  it. 

Perhaps  we  may  better  understand  the 
puzzling  mixture  of  good  and  evil  in 
false  religions  if  we  investigate  their  ul- 
timate source  and  origin. 

When  a  murder  has  been  committed, 
detectives  investigate  carefully  to  find 
out,  if  possible,  who  had  a  motive  for 
having  the  victim  killed,  and  in  this  way 
usually  get  a  clew  that  leads  directly  to 
the  criminal. 

Who  has  a  motive  for  having  man  led 
into  evil  ways  by  false  doctrines,  or  for 
filling  his  mind  with  some  mixture  of 
truth  and  error  which  may  so  effectually 
blind  and  prejudice  him  as  to  prevent  his 
accepting  truth  ? 

It  is  quite  common  now  to  ridicule 
the  idea  of  the  existence  of  a  personal 
devil,  but  the  Bible  clearly  reveals  his 
existence  and  active  interference  with 
the  affairs  of  men. 

That  he  is  an  actual,  intelligent,  per- 
sonal being  is  shown  by  such  passages 
as  the  following:  Just  before  Peter's 
denial  of  Christ,  the  latter  tried  to  put 
him  on  his  guard,  and  said :  "Simon, 
Simon,  behold,  Satan  hath  desired  to 
have  you,  that  he  may  sift  you  as  wheat" 
(Luke,  22:31).  ''Your  adversary  the 
devil,  as  a  roaring  lion,  walketh  about, 
seeking  whom  he  may  devour"  (i  Pet., 
5:8).  And  numerous  others  might  be 
quoted,  which  clearly  reveal  him  as  a 
being,  capable  of  sinning,  and  having 
desires,  purposes  and  the  other  qualities 
of  personality. 

His  interference  in  the  affairs  of  men 


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is  revealed  in  the  following  passages : 
"In  whom  the  god  of  this  world  hath 
blinded  the  minds  of  them  which  believe 
not.  lest  the  light  of  the  glorious  gospel 
of  Christ,  who  is  the  image  of  God, 
should  shine  unto  them"  (2  Cor..  4:4)  ; 
"Lest  Satan  should  get  an  advantage  of 
us :  for  we  are  not  ignorant  of  his  de- 
vices" (2  Cor..  2:11)  :  "For  Satan  him- 
self is  transformed  into  an  angel  of 
light"  [2  Cor..  11:14)  ;  "And  that  they 
mav  recover  themselves  out  of  the  snare 
of  the  devil,  who  are  taken  captive  by 
him  at  his  will"  (2  Tim.,  2:26)  ;  "Resist 
the  devil,  and  he  wdll  flee  from  you" 
(James,  4:7)  ;  "Put  on  the  whole  armor 
of  God.  that  ye  may  be  able  to  stand 
against  the  wdles  of  the  devil"  (Eph., 
6:11)  :  and  many  other  passages  which 
reiterate  the  same  idea. 

Evidently  the  Bible  does  not  represent 
the  devil  as  a  mythical  personage,  nor 
as  a  creation  of  human  imagination,  but 
as  an  actual,  personal  being,  who  pos- 
sesses great  subtlety,  has  power  to  work 
lying  wonders,  is  seeking  to  separate 
men  from  God  and  bring  them  under  his 
owai  control,  and  pursues  them  with  the 
ferocity  of  a  wild  beast ;  and  one  of 
W'hose  favorite  methods  is  to  blind  the 
minds  of  men  to  the  light  of  the  "glorious 
gospel  of  Christ." 

Is  it  not  evident  that  the  devil  has  a 
motive  for  deceiving  men  by  getting 
them  to  accept  counterfeit  religions, 
w^hose  blinding  influence  may  prevent 
their  receiving  the  gospel  of  Christ, 
wiiich  is  the  only  agency  that  can  save 
them  from  his  dark  designs  ?  Further- 
more, is  it  not  evident  that  he  has  super- 
human intelligence  and  power  with 
vvhich  to  accomplish  his  purposes? 

We  have  already  noted  that  counter- 
feit money  is  made  to  resemble  true 
money  as  closely  as  possible,  so  that  it 
may  be  accepted,  and  we  know  that  the 
most  dangerous  counterfeits  are  those 
that  most  closelv  imitate  the  true. 


Crude  forms  of  idolatry  may  serve  to 
mislead  ignorant  and  degraded  peoples ; 
but  as  men  become  more  intelligent  the 
counterfeits  with  which  the  devil  de- 
ceives them  are  made  to  include  many  of 
the  truths  of  Christianity ;  in  fact,  the 
one  thing  which  they  all  omit  is  the  one 
thing  to  which  the  devil  is  most  des- 
perately opposed,  the  one  vital  and  essen- 
tial thing  in  the  gospel  of  Christ,  namely^ 
salvation  from  sin  through  faith  in  the 
atonement  accomplished  by  the  death  and 
resurrection  of  Jesus  Christ. 

The  absurdities  of  polytheistic  and 
idolatrous  religions  served  the  devil's 
purpose  for  many  ages,  and  serve  yet 
with  more  than  half  of  the  world's  in- 
habitants. 

When  a  portion  of  mankind  could  no 
longer  be  deceived  in  this  manner,  the 
monotheism  of  Mohammedanism  was 
introduced  ;  and  by  virtue  of  its  greater 
reasonableness  and  closer  resemblance  to 
the  truth,  it  has  so  far  almost  absolutely 
prevented  Christianity  from  reaching  its 
adherents. 

But  idolatry,  polytheism  and  Moham- 
medanism are  too  palpably  unreasonable 
to  find  acceptance  among  people  reared 
in  communities  blessed  with  the  advan- 
tages of  Christian  civilization ;  so  here 
the  devil  comes  upon  the  scene  in  his 
most  popular  and  successful  role  as  an 
angel  of  light,  adopts  most  of  the  doc- 
trines and  precepts  of  Christianity,  uses 
its  familiar  phrases,  sometimes  calls  his 
bands  of  adherents  by  a  Christian  name, 
and  their  places  of  assembly  churches,, 
and  In  some  cases  even  has  the  effront- 
ery to  ask  that  his  organizations  shall 
be  recognized  as  Christian  denomina- 
tions. 

He  is  quite  willing  that  men  should 
accept  and  practice  much  that  Is  true, 
provided  they  can  be  kept  from  accept- 
ing atonement  for  sin  through  the  sacri- 
fice of  Jesus  Christ.  For  as  Peter,  being 
filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost,  said,  "Neither 


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is  there  salvation  in  any  other :  for  there 
is  none  other  name  under  heaven  given 
among  men,  whereby  we  must  l3e  saved." 

The  agency  of  the  devil  in  introducing 
and  maintaining  false  religions,  though 
not  apparent,  is  none  the  less  real. 

It  is  a  part  of  his  subtle  plan  to  work 
through  human  agencies,  leading  men  to 
suppose  that  his  suggestions  originated 
in  their  own  minds,  or  even  that  they  are 
inspired  by  God  himself. 

How  the  devil  works,  we  do  not  fully 
understand ;  but  the  reality  of  his  agency 
was  expressed  by  St.  Paul  when  he  said  : 
"Put  on  the  whole  armor  of  God,  that 
ye  mav  be  able  to  stand  against  the  wiles 
of  the  devil.  For  we  wrestle  not  ag^ainst 
flesh  and  blood,  but  against  principalities, 
against  powers,  against  the  rulers  of  the 
darkness  of  this  world,  against  spiritual 
wickedness  in  high  places,"  and  "that 
they  may  recover  themselves  out  of  the 
snare  of  the  devil,  who  are  taken  captive 
by  him  at  his  will." 

The  same  thought  is  implied  by  St. 
John  when  he  says :  "He  that  commit- 
teth  sin  is  of  the  devil ;  for  the  devil 
sinneth  from  the  beginning.  For  this 
purpose  the  Son  of  God  was  manifested, 
that  he  might  destroy  the  works  of  the 
devil." 

Pasadena,  Cal. 

(To  be  continued.) 


Charles  G.  Finney:  "God  demands 
and  the  world  has  a  right  to  expect,  that 
the  church  will  take  due  action  and  bear 
a  truthful  testimony  in  respect  to  this 
institution.  She  cannot  now  innocently 
hold  her  peace.  The  light  has  come. 
Fidelity  to  God  and  to  the  souls  of  men 
require  that  the  church,  which  is  the 
light  of  the  world,  should  speak  out,  and 
should  take  such  action  as  will  plainly 
reveal  her  views  of  the  compatibility  or 
incompatibility  of  Freemasonry  with  the 
Christian  religion." 


A  Frisky  Goat. 

A  prominent  daily  paper  remarks  that 
Brother  Jack  Johnson,  of  the  Masonic 
lodge  of  lujrfar  and  Kincardine,  Scotland, 
a  recent  initiate,  is  the  cause  of  a  little  stir 
within  the,  order.  Some  *f  the  brothers 
hardly  welcome  the  accession,  and  it  is  hint- 
ed that  there  were  scandalous  carryings  on 
in  connection  with   the  goat  riding. 

We  hardly  understand  how  "some  of 
the  brothers"  failed  to  blackball  Brother 
Johnson  if  he  was  unwelcome  enough 
to  cause  a  stir ;  possibly,  however,  he 
became  obnoxious  afterward  instead  of 
beforehand.  Otherwise  it  is  a  mystery 
how  it  happened,  that  night,  to  be  clear 
in  the  east,  clear  in  the  south,  and  clear 
in  the  west.  As  to  the  scandalous 
actions  at  the  time  of  the  goat  riding : 
Were  the  Three  Ruffians  unusually 
rough  ?  Or  was  some  discordant  varia- 
tion introduced  into  the  tune  borrowed 
as  Pleyel's  Hymn?  Or  were  the  pre- 
tended attempts  to  raise  the  dead,  so 
conducted  as  to  raise  a  living  rumpus, 
or  raise  the  dander  of  the  live  candidate? 


Scottish    Made    Masons. 

The  scandal  over  the  initiation  of  the 
colored  pugilist.  Jack  Johnson,  in  a 
lodge  in  Scotland,  has  resulted  in  action 
being  taken  by  the  Grand  Lodge. 
Amending  the  regulation  regarding  ap- 
plications for  initiation,  it  will  be  neces- 
sary in  future  for  candidates  to  have 
specified  residence  near  the  lodge  to 
which  application  is  made,  and  two 
brethren  must  vouch  for  the  character 
and  qualifications  of  candidates. — Free 
Mason,   Toronto,   Canada. 


Of  the  joys  that  winter  brings  us. 
We  would  like  to  write  a  lay, 

But  we  hate  the  frost  that  stings  us, 
And  we  wish  that  this  were  May. 

— 5.  E.  Kiser. 


"God  does  not  want  our  hearts  to  be 
full  of  love  and  our  heads  full  of  fool- 
ishness. The  love  with  which  we  are 
to  be  filled  is  to  abound  more  and  more 
in  knowledge." 


An  American  sky-scraper  is  of  pre- 
cisely the  same  construction,  as  a  bridge 
set  on  end.  • 


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March,  1912. 


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^ 


From  the  personal  reminiscences  by  Samuel  D.  Greene  of  the  abduction  and  mur- 
der of  Captain  WilHam  Morgan  were  taken  some  of  the  facts  so  vividly  brought  out  in 
Miss  Flagg's  "Power  of  the  Secret  Empire,"  which  ended  in  the  December  number  of 
the  CYNOSURE.  The  story  has  created  so  wide  an  interest  that  we  propose  to  give  our 
readers  in  the  next  few  months  some  of  these  facts  as  recorded  by  Mr.  Greene,  an  eye- 
witness.— Editor. 


CHAPTER  V. 
Abduction  of  Morgan. 

The  events  of  Sunday  night,  Septem- 
ber lo,  had  demonstrated  that  Batavia 
was  full  of  the  elements  of  mischief ; 
that  the  conspirators  had  not  dispersed, 
but  were  on  hand,  watching  their  oppor- 
tunities. 

In  the  early  morning  of  Monday,  Sep- 
tember II,  while  everybody  was  busy 
talking  over  the  exciting  events  of  the 
night  before,  the  rumor  ran  abroad  that 
Captain  Morgan  had  been  seized  and 
taken  off. 

He  went  out  of  his  boarding-house,  a 
little  before  sunrise,  into  the  street,  and 
not  returning  to  breakfast  as  usual,  in- 
quiry was  made  for  him,  when  it  ap- 
peared that  he  had  been  taken  about  7 
o'clock,  had  been  roughly  forced  into  a 
stage,  and  carried  off  in  the  direction  of 
Canandaigua. 

A  man  by  the  name  of  Nicholas  G. 
Chesebro,  of  Canandaigua,  who  was 
Master  of  the  Masonic  lodge  in  that 
place,  had  obtained  from  the  justice  of 
the  peace  there  a  warrant  for  the  arrest 
of  Mr.  Morgan  on  a  charge  of  theft. 
It  was  alleged  that  Mr.  Morgan,  while 
boarding  at  Canandaigua  some  time  pre- 
vious, had  stolen  a  shirt  and  cravat  from 
one  Kingsley,  an  innkeeper.  This  Kings- 
ley  afterwards  made  deposition  that  he 
had  of  himself  no  thought  or  intention 
of  publicly  making  any  such  charge, 
but  was  moved  to  do  it  on  some  slight 
grounds  of  suspicion  by  Chesebro  and 
his  associates.  They  wished  to  find  some 
possible  ground  for  his  arrest,  and  this 
case  was  worked  up  out  of  some  old 
surmJses  to  meet  the  exigency. 

Canandaigua  was  the  shire  town  of 
Ontario  County,   and  was   distant   from 


Batavia  about  fifty  miles  to  the  east. 
Ever  since  the  ''Notice  and  Caution," 
published  in  a  Canandaigua  paper  of 
August  9  (referred  to  in  Chapter  III.), 
it  had  grown  to  be  a  kind  of  cant  phrase 
among  the  Masons,  that  Morgan  ''might 
be  seen  traveling  east" ;  and  it  was  inti- 
mated that  Brant,  the  Indian  Chief  of 
the  Mohawk  tribe  in  Canada,  would  at- 
tend to  his  case,  and  put  him  out  of  the 
way.  Many  people,  doubtless,  regarded 
this  as  the  mere  talk  of  an  idle  hour; 
but  others  saw  serious  intentions  lurking 
under  the  cover  of  this  style  of  language. 
In  those  days  of  staging,  and  in  a  coun- 
try, as  yet,  comparatively  new,  the  jour- 
ney to  Canandaigua  was  an  affair  of 
considerable  labor  and  time. 

As  soon  as  I  heard  that  Morgan  had 
been  taken  in  this  way,  my  worst  fears 
were  aroused  for  his  safety.  Captain 
Davids,  the  man  at  whose  house  Morgan 
had  been  writing,  came  over  verv  soon 
to  see  me.  He  wished  to  borrow  my 
saddle.  I  tried  to  persuade  him  to  take 
my  horses  and  saddles,  and  start  out 
twenty  men  on  Morgan's  track,  and 
never  lose  sight  of  him.  Unless  this  was 
done,  it  was  my  opinion  that  we  should 
never  see  him  again. 

But  here  the  Masonic  agency  and  in- 
fluence came  into  full  play  to  silence 
suspicion  and  lull  the  people  to  sleep.  It 
was  at  once  the  talk  over  all  the  village 
that  Mr.  Morgan  had  been  taken  to 
Canandaigua  on  a  charge  of  theft.  The 
impression  was  sought  to  be  made  that 
this  was  something  to  be  regretted,  in- 
deed, but  could  not  be  helped.  This 
requisition  had  come,  and  he  was  obliged 
by  law  to  yield  to  it,  and  all  others  must 
yield.  No  intimation  was  given  that 
this  was  a  trumped-up  case ;  but  the  gen- 
eral  idea   conveyed   was,   that  it  was   a 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


331 


matter  which  had  come  about  in  the  reg- 
ular and  ordinary  course  of  law. 

Great  stress  was  laid  upon  the  high 
respectability  of  the  men  who  were  prom- 
inent in  the  transaction,  and  who  had 
gone  off  with  Mr.  Morgan.  The  pre- 
tense was,  that  they  were  his  friends, 
and  that  they  had  come  out  to  see  that 
he  had  fair  play.  Would  such  men, 
persons  of  such  high  standing  in  church 
and  state,  stoop  to  do  a  wrong  or  mean 
act?  O,  certainly  not.  The  idea  was 
preposterous.  This  was  the  kind  of  talk 
that  went  on  all  that  day  in  the  streets  of 
Batavia,  and  in  consequence  of  it  the 
first  excitement  and  alarm  were  allayed, 
and  no  pursuit  of  the  abductors  was 
made. 

Morgan's  Abductors  Men  of  Standing  and 
Character. 

And  here  is  a  circumstance  worth 
noting.  Morgan's  abductors  were  re- 
spectable men,  in  the  common  accepta- 
tion of  that  term.  Jndas-like,  they  did 
pretend  to  be  his  friends.  They  lent  him 
their  company  under  the  garb  of  pro- 
tection. 

It  is  a  significant  fact,  as  showing  the 
corrupting  nature  of  Masonry,  and  its 
power  to  work  mischief  in  the  dark,  that 
these  men,  who  were  the  leaders  in  this 
plot  against  Morgan  and  Miller,  were 
men  of  standing-  and  character.  They 
were  at  the  time  holding  the  most  im- 
portant offices  in  church  and  state.  They 
were  judges  and  justices,  sheriffs  and 
constables,  military  officers  of  high 
standing,  ex-members  of  the  legislature, 
ministers  of  the  gospel  and  deacons, 
members  of  churches,  etc.,  etc.  It  was 
perfectly  apparent  to  me,  who  knew  the 
inside  working  of  things,  that  what  was 
then  going  on  in  Batavia  was  no  mad 
freak  of  low  and  drunken  fellows.  Ev- 
erything had  been  considered  and  deter- 
mined upon  by  the  very  highest  authori- 
ties in  the  Masonic  councils.  The  orders 
were  issued  from  the  chief  places  of  the 
fraternity,  and  men  of  all  classes  con- 
nected with  the  lodges,  with  here  and 
there  an  exception,  lent  themselves  to 
do  the  bidding  of  these  upper  circles. 

It  was  one  of  the  cant  excuses  of  the 
Masonic  order  afterwards,  that  there 
acts  of  violence  against  Morgan  and 
Miller  were  the  work  of  a  few  worth- 
less men,  who  acted  contrary  to  the  true 
principles    of    the    institution.      But    can 


any  man  be  credulous  enough  to  believe 
that  a  few  worthless  men,  acting  not 
only  against  the  general  laws  of  society, 
but  also  against  the  rules  and  wishes  of 
the  Masons  themselves,  could  manage  to 
baffle  the  whole  State  of  New^  York, 
cheat  justice,  and  escape  the  punishment 
due  to  such  atrocious  crimes  ?  No ;  a 
few  worthless  men  have  no  such  wide- 
spread influence  as  this. 

The  course  of  events,  for  a  long  time 
after  the  abduction,  showed  plainly  that 
there  was  a  secret  power  at  work  against 
justice,  vast  and  widespread  in  its  range, 
with  which  it  was  almost  useless  to  con- 
tend. It  was  evident  that  the  Masonic 
fraternity,  taken  as  a  whole,  justified 
these  acts  of  violence,  and  were  deter- 
mined, at  all  hazards,  to  save  from  pun- 
ishment the  men  who  had  committed 
them.  Whichever  way  you  might  turn, 
and  whatever  course  you  might  pursue, 
to  bring  the  guilty  authors  of  these 
wrongs  to  justice,  you  were  met  by  a 
power  in  the  dark, — a  powder  seemingly 
omniscient  and  omnipresent, — tireless, 
and  never  sleeping.  Judges  upon  the 
bench  were  corrupted ;  jurymen  failed  to 
see  the  truth ;  witnesses  upon  the  stand 
would  swear  falsely;  and  how^ever  just 
might  be  one's  cause,  he  was  soon  ready 
to  cry  out,  ''Vain  is  the  help  of  man.'' 

Whatever  crimes  were  committed 
against  Morgan  and  Miller  in  Batavia  in 
the  year  1826,  are  not  to  be  regarded  so 
much  as  the  crimes  of  individual  men 
as  of  the  wdiole  Masonic  order,  as  then 
and  now  existing-. 

Tracing  the  Abductors. 

But  let  us  go  back  and  trace  minutely 
the  course  of  events  after  Mr.  Morgan's 
arrest,  on  the  morning  of  September  11. 
Immediatel}'  after  his  seizure,  he  was 
taken  to  a  tavern  kept  in  the  eastern  part 
of  the  village  of  Batavia  by  a  Mr.  Dan- 
olds,  where  the  party  made  a  short 
pause.  Wdiile  there.  Air.  Miller  came  to 
the  house  to  insist  that  Mr.  Morgan 
should  not  be  taken  away  from  Batavia. 
as  he  w^as  there  on  the  jail  limits,  as  has 
been  before  stated,  and  he  (Mr.  ?^[iller') 
was  one  who  had  given  bail  that  he 
should  remain  within  the  limits.  P>ut 
Miller  was  violently  thrust  aside  In 
Danolds.  the  tavern-keeper,  while  Mor- 
gan was  taken  into  the  stage,  and  tlic 
party  pushed  off"  towards  the  e'^st. 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


March,  1912. 


The  company  who  took  Mr.  Morgan 
awav  was  composed  of  about  thirty  per- 
sons. When  they  started  from  Mr.  Dan- 
olds'  tavern,  a  part  of  them,  with  Mr. 
]^Iorgan,  were  in  a  stage  which  had  been 
chartered  for  the  purpose.  Mr,  Chese- 
bro,  who  had  brought  the  warrant  from 
Canandaigua,  was  on  the  seat  with  the 
driver.  The  rest  of  the  company  started 
to  go  on  foot  out  as  far  as  the  ponds, 
as  thev  were  called,  a  mile  or  more  from 
the  village,  where  some  carriages  were 
in  waiting  for  them.  The  stage  had  not 
gone  more  than  eighty  rods  from  Mr. 
Danolds'  tavern,  when  the  driver,  becom- 
ing sensible  that  he  was  mixed  up  with 
a  great  amount  of  violence  of  some  kind, 
and  not  knowing  very  w^ell  what  it  all 
meant,  became  alarmed,  and  refused  to 
go  on  with  his  team.  Chesebro,  fearful 
of  all  delay,  on  the  other  hand,  was  urg- 
inor  the  driver  to  make  haste  and  get  out 
of  the  county.  The  driver  was  at  length 
prevailed  upon  to  go  on  as  far  as  Gan- 
son's  tavern,  which  was  six  miles  from 
Batavia. 

This  tavern  of  Ganson  was  a  grand 
rallying-point  for  the  conspirators,  who 
had  slathered  in  from  all  directions.  It 
was  in  the  town  of  Stafford.  On  Friday 
before,  September  8,  Ganson  received 
orders  from  one  Nathan  Follett,  an 
active  Mason  of  the  Batavia  lodge,  to 
have  supper  prepared  for  between  forty 
and  fifty  men,  who,  it  was  said,  would 
be  at  his  house  that  night.  They  did 
sup  there,  and  at  a  late  hour  started  for 
Batavia,  on  their  wild  errand  of  burn- 
ing and  destroying  Miller's  offices,  but 
were  deterred  from  their  purpose  by  the 
setting  of  guards,  as  has  been  already 
explained.  So  on  Sunday  night,  when 
this  party  came  on  from  Canandaigua 
for  the  arrest  of  Morgan,  their  grand 
rallying-point,  before  going  to  Batavia, 
was  this  Ganson's  tavern,  at  Stafford. 
And  here,  in  the  forenoon  of  Monday, 
they  gathered  back  again,  with  their 
prisoner  in  their  keeping. 

On  reaching  the  tavern,  Ganson,  who 
knew  the  stage-driver,  had  a  talk  with 
him,  and  gave  him  such  assurances  of 
safety  that  he  was  induced  to  go  on.  So 
the  party  went  forward.  On  reaching 
Le  Roy,  several  miles  farther  on,  one  of 
the  border  towns,  but  within  the  limits 
of  Genesee  County,  Hayward,  the  con- 


stable who  had  served  the  warrant,  of- 
fered to  take  Morgan  before  the  justice 
of  the  peace  who  had  indorsed  the  war- 
rant, and  allow  him  to  give  bail  if  he 
chose.  The  warrant,  as  we  have  already 
stated,  was  made  out  at  Canandaigua  by 
a  justice  of  the  peace  of  Ontario  Coun- 
ty ;  but  as  the  party  had  come  on  to  Ba- 
tavia, they  had  stopped  at  Le  Roy,  and 
had  had  the  warrant  indorsed  by  a  justice 
of  the  peace  for  Genesee  County, 

One  of  the  noticeable  things  about  all 
these  proceedings  of  the  Masons  at  this 
time,  was  their  care  to  keep  within  the 
semblances  and  forms  of  law,  while  they 
were  breaking  through  all  law,  and  that, 
too,  on  the  largest  scale.  But  they  must 
have  their  warrant  properly  made  and 
vouched,  though  founded  on  a  mere  pre- 
tense, before  they  could  go  forward  and 
arrest  Morgan.  And  now  here,  on  the 
borders  of  Genesee  County,  they  pro- 
posed to  admit  him  to  bail,  which  they 
refused  to  do  at  Batavia,  because  they 
knew  that  there  he  had  friends  who 
would  instantly  come  forward  and  give 
bail  for  him,  while  here  he  was  a 
stranger,  and  the  offer  of  bail  was  only 
a  solemn  mockery  and  farce.  As  Mor- 
gan knew  that  his  effort  to  procure  bail 
here  would  almost  certainly  prove  un- 
availing, he  declined  to  make  the  at- 
tempt, stating  that  he  preferred,  on  the 
whole,  tO'  go  on  to  Canandaigua,  and  that 
when  there,  he  was  confident  that  he 
could  convince  Mr.  Kingsley  that  no 
theft  on  his  part  was  intended,  and  that 
if  the  missing  articles  had  been  taken  by 
him,  it  was  purely  by  accident. 

Mr.  Morgan  himself  had  not  yet  had 
his  eyes  open  to  know  the  full  meaning 
of  what  was  passing.  He  still  innocent- 
ly supposed  that  this  charge  from  Can- 
andaigua was  made  in  something  like 
good  faith,  and  that,  if  he  could  con- 
vince the  prosecutor  that  he  was  not 
guilty  of  the  charge,  he  would  go  free. 
But  those  who  had  him  in  keeping  had 
no  thought  of  letting  him  slip  out  of 
their  hands  in  any  such  easy  way  as  this. 
They  had  him  on  a  criminal  charge,  and 
if  this  failed  Avhen  the  crisis  came,  as  it 
doubtless  would,  and  as  they  were  very 
willing  it  should,  they  had  other  plans 
in  store  for  continuing  their  grasp  upon 
him. 

The   party,   after   a   hard   and    weari- 


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some  day's  journey,  reached  Canandai- 
gue  at  nightfall.  Here  Morgan  was  at 
once  taken  before  the  magistrate,  to  see 
if  there  was  evidence  enough  against 
him  to  bind  him  over  for  trial.  There 
was  not,  nor  did  the  men  who  had 
brought  him  all  the  way  from  Batavia 
suppose  there  was.  They  would  have 
been  very  sorry  to  have  had  him  com- 
mitted on  a  criminal  charge,  because  his 
person  would,  in  that  case,  have  been 
taken  out  of  their  hands.  The  magistrate 
ordered  his  discharge.  But  as  soon  as 
he  was  set  free,  Chesebro  produced  a 
claim  against  him  of  two  dollars,  due  to 
one  Aaron  Ackley,  who  kept  a  hotel  in 
Canandaigua,  and  stated  that  the  said 
Ackley  had  empowered  him  to  collect 
this  money.  When  this  new  claim  was 
brought  in  so  suddenly,  Mr.  Morgan  ap- 
parently had  a  glimpse  of  what  all  this 
business  meant.  He  chose  to  admit  the 
claim,  and  pulling  off  his  coat,  desired 
the  constable  to  levy  on  that  as  security 
for  the  debt.  Hayward,  the  constable, 
however,  refused  to  do  this,  and  at  about 
ten  o'clock  that  night,  after  all  the 
strange  events  of  the  day,  Morgan  was 
committed  tO'  jail  in  Canandaigua. 
(  To  be  continued. ) 


JOHN  MILTON  HITCHCOCK. 

Few  have  exerted  a  stronger  per- 
sonal influence  upon  the  work  of  the 
National  Christian  Association  for  the 
past  quarter  of  a  century  than  Mr.  J. 
M.  Hitchcock  who  went  to  his  corona- 
tion so  suddenly  on  Sabbath  morning, 
February  nth,  in  his  seventy-ninth  year. 
His  name  has  been  familiar  to  Cyno- 
sure readers  for  many  years  not  only 
as  an  officer  of  the  Association,  but  as 
a  writer.  Through  our  city  press  he 
aided  and  sustained  the  School  Board 
in  the  suppression  of  the  High  School 
fraternities.  One  of  his  last  acts,  just 
a  few  days  before  his  departure,  was  a 
letter  written  to  a  Bible  teacher  of  na- 
tional fame,  urging  him  to  send  out  his 
students  instructed  as  to  the  relation  of 
the  church  to  the  lodge  so  as  to  enable 
them  to  meet  the  most  subtle  and  pow- 
erful influence  with  which  they  would 
have  to  contend  when  they  had  left  his 
Bible  Institute. 

Finishing  his  studies  in  Oberlin  Col- 
lege to  which  he  had  gone  from  his  boy- 


hood home  in  Michigan,  he  taught 
school  in  Ohio,  Michigan,  Kentucky, 
Iowa  and  Missouri,  and  had  in  two 
states  an  opportunity  to  study  the  sla- 
very system  close  at  hand.  Coming  to 
Chicago,  in  1868,  he  was  met  on  the 
street  by  a  man  who  requested  him  to 
distribute  some  dodgers  for  a  religious 
meeting,  which  he  did,  and  thus  first 
met  D.  L.  Moody,  with  whom  he  was 
in  close  fellowship  to  the  time  of  Mr. 
Moody's  home  going. 

Were    a    star    (luenched    on    high, 

For  ages  would  its   light, 
Still    traveling    downward    from    tlie    sky, 

Shine    on    our   mortal   sight. 

So   when   a   good  man   dies, 

For  years  beyond  our  ken, 
The  light  he  leaves  behind  him  lies 

Upon   the   paths   of  men. 


[The  funeral  services  at  the  Aloody 
Church  on  February  14th  were  under  the 
supervision  of  the  acting  pastor.  Rev.  E.  Y. 
Woolley,  whose  beautiful  tribute  to  the 
character  of  Elder  Hitchcock  will  be  read 
with   much   interest. — Editor.] 

Mr.  E.  Y.  Woolley:  In  1868  ^Ir. 
Hitchcock  met  Rev.  Charles  M.  Morton 
and  for  forty- four  years  their  friend- 
ship has  been  unbroken.  He  expressed 
the  wish,  not  long  ago,  to  his  dear  friend, 
Mr.  Phillips,  that  Mr.  Morton  and 
President  Blanchard,  if  it  were  possi- 
ble, might  say  something  at  his  funeral. 
In  the  providence  of  God,  they  are  both 
here  to-day,  and  I  am  going  to  ask  Rev. 
Charles  M.  Morton,  who  has  labored 
for  the  Lord  in  this  church  in  past 
years,  to  speak  to  us. 

Rev.  Charles  M.  Morton  :  In  order 
to  make  clear  wdiat  I  have  to  say  this 
afternoon,  I  will  give  a  few  words  of 
my  own  history.  After  the  war  closed 
I  found  myself  on  the  streets  of  Chi- 
cago, in  company  with  thousands  of  sol- 
diers returned  from  the  war,  looking  for 
something  to  do,  and  among  the  last 
places  I  called  to  find  something  to  do 
was  at  the  Young  Men's  Christian  As- 
sociation. When  I  spoke  to  Mr.  Gibbs. 
at  the  desk,  he  said :  'AVe  haven't  very 
much,  Mr.  Morton,  for  anybody  to  do, 
and  I  do  not  know  as  you  can  be  of  ser- 
vice just  now.  We  do  not  need  any- 
body but  a  man  to  take  care  of  the 
rooms."  I  said,  "How  nnich  will  you 
give?"   He  said.   ''Six   dollars  a  week"; 


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March,  1912. 


and  I  said,  "I  will  take  it."  and  I  took 
it,  and  worked  away,  and  in  the  course 
of  a  few  years  was  Superintendent  of 
the   Association. 

hi  those  years  the  Association  did 
not  have  much  help,  and  I  had  to  do 
three  or  four  kinds  of  work,  and  I 
wilted  under  it.  The  Rev.  E.  A.  Davis 
had  just  come  to  Chicago,  and  I  said: 
"Don't  you  think,  if  I  should  go  aw^ay  a 
few  days,  that  you  and  George  Thomp- 
son could  take  care  of  the  Association?" 
He  thought  they  could,  and  I  went  away 
up  the  ^Mississippi  River,  and  stayed  a 
few  days,  and  came  back,  and  found 
that  ^Ir.  Thompson  and  IMr.  Davis  had 
not  agreed,  and  INIr.  Thompson  had  quit. 
Mr.  Davis  said,  'T  did  not  know  what 
to  do.  so  I  employed  another  man,  a 
stranger ;  and,  if  it  is  all  right,  he  can 
keep  on.  and  if  not.  you  can  let  him  go." 
I  said.  "What  is  his  name?"  He  said, 
"His  name  is  J.  M.  Hitchcock."  He 
came  in  pretty  soon,  and  I  will  admit 
that  he  did  not  impress  me  very  favor- 
ably, though  I  didn't  say  anything.  I 
made  up  my  mind  I  would  keep  him  a 
few  days.  It  went  on  a  few  weeks,  not 
many  weeks  after  he  came  in  with  tears 
in  his  eyes  one  day  and  said :  "Mr.  Mor- 
ton," (I  do  not  remember  whether  it 
was  his  mother  or  sister,  but  some  very 
near  relative  down  in  Ohio,  where  he 
came  from,  had  died),  "I  ought  to  go 
to  the  funeral,  and  I  have  not  got  the 
means  to  go."  I  said:  "Hitchcock,  I 
will  fix  that."  I  went  to  the  stiperintend- 
ent  of  the  road  and  got  passes  for  him, 
and  he  attended  the  funeral. 

When  he  returned  we  had  a  talk.  He 
said:  ''Mr.  Morton,  I  knew  you  did  not 
like  me.  You  never  said  so.  but  I  know 
you  did  not."  Then  he  went  on  to  tell 
me  about  his  life  before  he  came  to  the 
Association.  He  had  made  traveling  his 
immediate  employment  before,  in  con- 
nection with  a  doctor.  I  do  not  remem- 
ber what  kind  of  a  doctor  it  was,  but  I 
guess  it  was  one  of  the  great  doctors.  T 
do  not  know  how  long  he  was  with  that 
doctor,  a  year  or  two  perhaps :  and  then, 
in  some  way  or  another,  he  and  the  doc- 
tor disagreed,  and  Hitchcock  brought  up 
in  Chicago.  He  hired  a  room,  and  lived 
there  by  himself ;  and  then  he  came  to 
the  Association.  His  life  story  touched 
my   heart,   and   I  began   to   like   him.   I 


could  realize  that  he  had  had  a  hard 
time,  just  as  I  had  had  before  I  came 
to  the  Association. 

Time  went  on,   and   I  took  on   addi- 
tional duties.     We  had  an  employment 


J.   M.    HITCHCOCK,   1875. 

office  of  the  Association,  w^e  had  a  read- 
ing room,  and  there  was  the  general 
business  and  correspondence  of  the  As- 
sociation. They  finally  made  up  their 
mind  that  I  ought  not  to  manage  the  em- 
ployment office  any  more,  and  they  ad- 
vertised for  a  man  to  take  care  of  it.  I 
remember  they  tried  one  or  two.  and 
they  didn't  suit  at  all.  Mr.  Chapman, 
Chairman  of  the  Employment  Commit- 
tee, was  a  little  cranky,  and  he  came  to 
me.  and  said,  "Morton,  what  are  we  go- 
ing to  do  for  an  employment  agent ;  I 
cannot  find  one."  I  said  take  Hitch- 
cock. He  said,  "What,  take  him?"  I 
said,  "Yes,  take  him ;  he  will  make  a 
good  one."  Chapman  didn't  believe  it ; 
but  they  gave  Hitchcock  a  trial,  and  for 
twenty  years  or  more  he  was  the  em- 
ployment agent  of  the  Association  and 
satisfactory  everywhere.  They  tell  of 
him  with  gratitude  to-day,  and  what  a 
great  work  he  did.     Hundreds  and  thou- 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


33o 


sands  of  men  and  women  think  of  him 
to-day  with  gratitude  for  what  he  did 
for  them. 

Well,  I  being  superintendent  of  the 
Association,  and  Mr.  Moody  being 
President  of  the  Association,  naturally 
Hitchcock  would  go  over  where  we 
worked  at  the  Illinois  Street  Mission. 
He  had  been  a  professing  Christian ;  but 
he  told  me,  with  the  tears  running  down 
his  cheeks,  that  his  heart  had  got  cold. 
And  so,  when  he  came  to  the  Illinois 
Street  Mission,  which  is  now  the  Chi- 
cago Avenue  Church,  it  took  him  a  lit- 
tle while  to  get  started.  But,  little  by 
little,  he  got  started ;  and  he  went  on, 
and  went  on,  until  he  came  to  be  the 
best  superintendent  that  your  Sunday 
School  ever  had.  And  to-day  this  gath- 
ering shows  the  love  and  respect  that 
that  community  had  for  him,  and  has 
for  his  wife  and  children.  And  I  am 
so  glad  to  give  my  testimony  to  his 
faithfulness  as  a  friend  and  brother. 


Mr.  Woolley  :  Friends,  there  is  one 
on  this  platform  who  occupies  a  unique 
place,  in  this  respect :  That  he  represents 
both  the  church,  the  Moody  Institute 
and  the  Sunday  School.  As  Chairman 
of  the  Church  Committee,  as  appointed 
representative  from  the  Institute  to  be 
here  this  afternoon  as  a  token  of  their 
sympathy  and  respect,  and  as  Elder 
Hitchcock's  successor  in  the  Sunday 
School  as  superintendent,  Mr.  Gaylord 
will  speak.  Mr.  Hitchcock  loved  Mr. 
Gaylord,  he  loved  the  Moody  Institute, 
and  it  is  very  fitting  that  our  brother 
should  speak  of  his  predecessor  at  this 
time. 

Mr.  a.  F.  Gaylord  :  Sunday  evening 
I  was  coming  down  on  the  train  from 
my  home,  and  turning  in  the  seat  to  a 
lady,  not  now  a  member  of  this  church, 
but  a  member  of  another  church,  I  said : 
"Have  you  heard  of  the  home  going  of 
Mr.  Hitchcock?"  She  said:  "You  know 
he  was  my  Superintendent,  and  I  am  so 
sorry" ;  and  those  words  linger  in  my 
ear,  because  they  come  over  and  over 
again.  Over  and  over  again  have  I 
heard  the  words,  ''my  Superintendent" ; 
and  that  means  that  he  was  just  a  little 
closer  to  the  scholars  and  teachers  than 
an  ordinary  superintendent ;  he  was  "my 
Superintendent." 


My  first  recollections  of  Mr.  Hitch- 
cock were  twenty  years  ago,  when,  in 
the  gallery,  visiting  the  Sunday  School, 
I  saw  him  stand  at  the  side  of  the  desk, 
as  I  am  standing  now,  with  a  little  baton 
in  his  hands,  raised  for  order,  and  then 
gently  tapping  it,  and  saying.  "My  chil- 
dren, let's  come  to  order."  I  wish  that  I 
might  pause  on  those  emphatic  words. 

Later  on,  as  his  successor,  shall  I 
ever  forget  how  he  came  to  me.  then  an 
untried  and  unknown  superintendent  or 
worker  with  children?  and  shall  I  ever 
forget  that  gentle  touch  which  he  gave 
when  he  said:  "Gaylord,  I  have  done 
my  very  best  for  twenty-one  years  in 
the  school,  and  now  you  can  use  me 
just  as  much  as  you  are  a  mind  to,  or 
you  need  not  use  me  at  all.  I  shall  not 
l3e  hurt,  believe  me ;  and,  at  any  time 
that  I  can  be  of  any  help  come  to  me?" 
And  then,  that  characteristic  way  in 
which  he  has  said  to  me  so  many  times 
personally  since,  "Gaylord,  in  the  Sun- 
day School  work,  and  in  all  of  our  work, 
it  is  necessary  to  keep  in  the  middle  of 
the  road."  I  cannot  tell  you  how  those 
words  have  come  with  force  upon  me 
again  and  again,  and  helped  to  mold  me 
in  my  Christian  life  and  in  my  service 
for  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  Oftentimes, 
when  one  man  would  propose  an  ex- 
treme measure,  I  have  heard,  again  and 
again,  the  words,  "Gaylord,  keep  in  the 
middle  of  the  road"  :  and  it  has  helped 
me  in  my  Sunday  School  work,  it  has 
helped  me  in  my  Institute  work,  it  has 
helped  me  in  my  church  work,  and  it 
has  helped  me  as  a  Christian  man  more 
times  than  I  am  able  to  tell  this  after- 
noon. Those  who  have  put  in  their  life 
for  twenty-one  years  as  a  Sunday 
School  superintendent,  know  what  it 
would  cost  to  bear  that  testimony  of 
Mr.  Hitchcock's,  "Use  me  as  much  or 
as  little  as  you  like" ;  and  yet  they  were 
sincere  words,  and  time  proved  to  an 
absolute  certainty,  as  his  years  length- 
ened out  afterwards,  that  he  was  sin- 
cere. 

But  T  must  not  dwell  upon  the  Sun- 
day School  side.  T  do  want  to  speak 
just  a  word,  and  I  would  I  might  more 
ably  express  it,  from  the  Executive 
Committee  of  the  Moody  Qiurch — dea- 
cons, elders,  trustees  and  officers  here 
represented    on    the   platform,    I    would 


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:\Iarch,  191J. 


that  I  might  be  able  more  definitely  and 
abl}"  to  express  them  in  sentiment  and 
word ;  and  in  all  the  years  that  I  have 
been  on  the  Executive  Committee,  when- 
ever in  health,  there  has  been  one  place 
always  occupied,  and  that  was  by  Mr. 
Hitchcock.  regularly  and  promptly 
ever}'  week. 

There  was  also  one  other  feature :  I 
have  asked,  in  the  last  few  days,  of  dif- 
ferent, men,  "Did  you  ever  see  Mr. 
Hitchcock  cross?"  "Did  you  ever  see 
him  ansfrv?"  In  all  the  vears  in  mv  dif- 
ferent  experiences  in  the  committee 
work.  I  have  never  yet  seen  Mr.  Hitch- 
cock irritated.  I  have  never  seen  him 
irritated  in  any  place.  There  was  al- 
ways that  hopeful  aspect  of  his  charac- 
ter; there  was  always  a  joyful  note  in 
his  word  of  appreciation  of  what  some 
one  else  was  doing,  and  just  a  word  of 
encouragement  to  some  one  else  in  the 
committee  work  and  in  the  church  work : 
and  how  often  have  I  seen  him  come 
and  say :  "Well,  this  is  a  work  that 
ought  to  be  done;  I  think  D.  L.  [refer- 
ring to  Mr.  Moody]  would  have  done 
it  this  way.     Come  on,  let's  do  it." 

In  the  committee  meeting  and  in  the 
committee  room,  there  is  a  place  that 
will  not  be  filled,  it  cannot  be  filled.  As 
the  years  have  passed  on,  only  those  who 
have  known  Mr.  Hitchcock  can  appre- 
ciate his  ripened  experience,  from 
which  came  such  ripening  counsel  again 
and  again.  I  have  remarked  to  my  wife 
how  ^Ir.  Hitchcock,  especially  in  the 
last  two  years  of  his  life,  was  enabled 
to  diagnose,  and  forecast  into  the  future, 
certain  coming  conditions  pertaining  to 
the  dear  old  church,  and  to  do  it  in  a 
way  which  was  to  me,  at  least,  most  re- 
markable. 

Speaking  on  behalf  of  the  Institute, 
shall  I  ever  forget  the  early  days  when 
]\Ir.  ]\Ioody  used  to  speak  about  Mr. 
Hitchcock,  and  then,  later  on,  at  the 
time  of  Mr.  Moody's  home  going,  how 
Mr.  Hitchcock  would  say,  "Gaylord," 
and  then  he  would  speak  to  me  about 
the  work,  and  would  say  how  much  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ  could  do.  I  would 
that  I  might  be  able  properly  to  express 
it— how  the  Institute  recognized  the 
merit  in  the  man  who  has  gone  on  be- 
fore us  to-day.  ■  •  •  - 
'  I  came  in  close  touch  with  Mr.  Hitch- 


cock on  many,  many  occasions ;  and, 
after  discussing  problems  in  the  per- 
sonal life  again  and  again,  he  would 
say,  "Now  I  think  we  had  better  pray 
about  it."  Shall  I  forget  those  seasons 
of  prayer,  or  him  who  is  gone  on  be- 
fore us  ? 

I  would  not  be  true,  I  believe,  to  his 
wishes,  if  I  did  not  say  for  him:  Do 
not  exalt,  do  not  magnify,  what  I  have 
done,  for  it  is  by  the  grace  of  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ  that  I  am  what  I  am.  And 
it  was  by  the  grace  of  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  that  Mr.  Hitchcock  has  been  en- 
abled to  bear  this  testimony  through 
the  years  of  service  for  the  Lord  Jesus 
Jesus   Christ ;  it  is  all  of  grace. 


Mr.  Woolley  :  The  impression  is  very 
strong  on  me  that  this  hour  is  just  as 
our  beloved  friend  would  have  had  it, 
these  years  of  service  for  the  Lord 
hearts.  One  of  the  men  he  loved  and 
admired,  and  loved  to  talk  about,  is  per- 
mitted to  be  here,  and  speak,  and  will 
now  speak  to  us,  his  friend.  President 
Blanchard,  of  Wheaton  College. 

Pres.  Charles  A.  Blanchard  :  One 
feels,  on  such  an  occasion,  strangely 
torn  apart  in  his  mind.  There  are  so 
many  things  that  we  wish  we  might 
say,  and  there  are  so  few  moments  in 
which  to  say  them ;  and  yet,  I  am  sure 
that  I  must  turn  to  the  Word  a  moment, 
and  I  will  read  for  you  just  a  verse  or 
two  from  the  nth  of  Acts:  "Then  tid- 
ings of  these  things  came  unto  the  ears 
of  the  church  which  was  in  Jerusalem ; 
and  they  sent  forth  Barnabas,  that  he 
should  go  as  far  as  Antioch. 

"Who,  when  he  came,  and  had  seen 
the  grace  of  God,  was  glad,  and  exhort- 
ed them  all,  that  with  purpose  of  heart 
they  wotild  cleave  unto  the  Lord. 

"For  he  was  a  good  man,  and  full  of 
the  Holy  Ghost  and  of  faith,  and  much 
people  was  added  unto  the  Lord." 

I  imagine,  that,  if  all  the  people  here 
in  the  room  who  knew  Brother  Hitch- 
cock, those  on  the  platform  who  knew 
him  longest  and  best,  and  those  in  the 
hotise  who  have  loved  him  these  many 
years,  should  get  together  and  try  to 
make  a  photograph  of  this  dear  saint 
who  is  in  the  paradise  of  God,  they 
could  not  do  any  better  than  that. 

Whenever  he  found  that  God's  work 


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was  going  on  he  was  glad,  and  it  was 
his  custom  to  exhort  people  that  with 
purpose  of  heart  they  should  cleave  unto 
the  Lord ;  so,  because  he  was  a  good 
man  himself,  and  was  full  of  the  Holy 
Ghost  and  of  faith,  I  imagine  that  the 
same  testimony  which  the  Holy  Spirit 
gives  concerning  Barnabas  might  be 
truthfully  spoken  concerning  him. 

Last  Saturday  morning  I  said  to  Mrs. 
Blanchard,  "I  am  afraid,  if  I  do  not  get 
in  to  see  Brother  Hitchcock  pretty  soon, 
I  will  not  have  a  chance  to  talk  with 
him,  and  I  want  to  get  in  and  have  a 
little  visit."  So,  as  soon  as  I  had  cleared 
up  the  office  work,  I  took  the  train  and 
went  out  to  his  house ;  and,  when  1 
looked  upon  him,  1  was  greatly  sur- 
prised, because  he  seemed  so  well,  his 
voice  was  so  clear  and  resonant,  and  we 
had  for  quite  a  while  a  most  delightful 
interchange  of  thought  and  feeling.  He 
told  me  about  the  dear  old  mother,  and 
how  she  raised  a  large  family  of  boys, 
and,  I  think,  some  girls ;  how  she  worked 
for  them  and  prayed  for  them ;  and  I 
suppose  that  men  that  come  out  of 
homes  where  there  are  mothers  of  that 
kind  are  apt  to  be  good  men,  full  of 
faith  and  full  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 

Then,  in  his  life,  he  had  two  great 
teachers.  When  he  was  a  boy  he  came 
early  under  the  teaching  and  instruc- 
tion of  Charles  G.  Finney,  of  Oberlin 
College,  one  of  the  greatest  of  our  re- 
ligious teachers,  one  of  the  greatest  of 
cur  evangelists,  a  man  under  whose 
preaching  the  people  used  to  drop  on 
their  knees  and  burst  into  tears  and  cry 
aloud  for  mercy,  until  the  place  of 
preaching  became  a  very  Bochim. 

After  he  came  into  his  life  in  this  city, 
as  you  have  heard  and  know,  he  was  the 
lifelong  disciple  of  the  great  man  whose 
name  this  church  bears ;  and  there  are 
i.one  of  us  who  have  lived  near  Mr. 
Hitchcock  but  have  heard  him  say,  over 
and  over  again,  that  to  these  two  men 
he  owed  the  character  of  the  spiritual 
life  that  he  possessed.  So  I  think  we 
might  say  it  was  not  strange  that  he 
was  a  man  full  of  faith  and  full  of  the 
Holy  Ghost,  when  we  consider  the  home 
from  w^hich  he  came,  and  the  religious 
teachers  that  he  had  the  privilege  of 
^■itting  before. 

There  are  two  or  three  things  which 


resulted  from  this  combination  of  cir- 
cumstances, of  which  I  beg  you  to  think 
for  a  single  moment ;  and  hrst  he  be- 
came an  active  not  a  passive  Christian. 
There  are  in  the  world  the  active  quali- 
ties and  the  passive  qualities.  There 
are  the  people  who  do  good,  and  the 
people  who  do  not  do  harm.  Of  course, 
persons  who  do  great  good  must  be  also 
possessors  in  a  measure  of  the  passive 
virtues ;  but  the  possession  of  the  pas- 
sive does  not,  unfortunately,  always  car- 
ry with  it  the  possession  of  the  active. 

Now,  Brother  Morton  knew^  Brother 
Hitchcock  before  I  did.  I  knew  him  in- 
timately for  thirty  years.  I  knew  him 
less  intimately  for  about  ten  years  be> 
fore ;  but  ever  since  I  knew  him  w^ell,  he 
was  what  might  be  called  an  active 
Christian  man.  That  is  to  say,  that,  do- 
ing no  harm,  he  was  all  the  time  actively 
engaged  in  doing  good. 

I  remember  that  employment  agency 
in  the  Association  rooms,  and  how  it 
was  moved  into  a  dark  place,  with  the 
entrance  from  the  alley,  and  how  pa- 
tiently and  cheerfully  that  dear  man 
used  tO'  stand  or  sit  there  from  early 
morning  until  late  at  night,  seeking  to 
save  poor  fellows,  tossed  up  on  the 
stream  of  life,  amid  the  snares  of  a 
great  city,  not  one  of  them  lacking  a 
friend  as  long  as  J.  M.  Hitchcock  knew 
about  his  condition.  Then,  it  was  nat- 
ural that  he  should  believe,  not  that 
people  needed  to  be  improved,  but  that 
people  needed  to  be  born  again ;  and,  be- 
lieving that  they  did  need  to  be  born 
again,  it  was  perfectly  natural  that  an 
active  Christian  like  Mr.  Hitchcock 
should  seek  to  secure  this  result ;  and  I 
think  the  officers  of  this  church  w'ill  tes- 
tify, if  called  upon,  that  he  was  not 
only  a  faithful  man  in  the  meeting  of 
the  official  board,  but,  w^henever  he  had 
health,  he  was  a  wonderfully  faithful 
man  in  the  meetings  which  were  de- 
signed to  bring  people  into  subjection 
to  Jesus  Christ  as  maintained  in  this 
church. 

The  experience  I  had  with  Mr.  Hitch- 
cock led  me  to  the  opinion  that  that  was 
always  his  characteristic.  But  he  was 
not  only  an  active  as  well  as  a  passive 
Christian,  he  was  also  what  might  be 
called  an  aggressive  Christian.  He  lived 
in   our   country   at   a    time   when   three 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


March,  1912. 


great  movements  Vere  agitating  the 
public  mind,  questions  upon  which  the 
American  Church,  unfortunately  and  to 
our  shame,  we  must  say  it,  divided.  One 
question  was  this:  "If  a  black  man  and 
a  white  man  were  standing  side  by  side, 
which  one  is  it  that  owns  the  black 
man?"  The  church  of  Jesus  Christ  did 
divide  on  that  question,  and  slavehold- 
ers asked  to  be  recognized,  and  were 
recognized  as  preachers,  elders  of  the 
church  and  members  in  good  standing. 
From  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific,  men 
held  that  the  black  man  did  not  belong 
to  himself,  that  he  did  not  own  himself, 
that  he  had  no  right  to  his  wife  and 
children.  In  other  words,  they  stood 
with  Chief  Justice  Taney  when  he  de- 
clared. "A  black  man  has  no  rights 
which  a  white  man  is  bound  to  respect." 

In  these  days  that  horrible  doctrine 
seems  so  horrible  that  we  can  hardly  be- 
lieve a  Christian  man  ever  held  it,  yet 
then  it  was  the  accepted  doctrine  in  the 
political  world,  the  social  world  and  even 
in  your  own  religious  world  for  more 
than  a  hundred  years.  In  those  dark 
days  this  man  stood  cheerfully  and  al- 
ways with  the  little  handful  of  people 
who  in  that  time  declared,  that  Ameri- 
can slavery  was  a  crime  against  human- 
ity, and  a  sin  against  Almighty  God  ;  and 
that,  if  the  Nation  did  not  rise  up  and 
put  away  that  sin,  it  would  be  washed 
out  in  blood.  Of  course,  men  like  Mr. 
Hitchcock  did  not  expect  those  who  had 
justified  human  slavery  to  repent,  and 
acknowledge  their  fault.  Most  of  them 
did  not.  They  are  gone  to  their  account, 
and  now  he  has  gone  to  his  account ; 
but  I  am  sure,  this  afternoon,  as  he 
looks  into  the  patient,  thorn-crowned 
face  of  Jesus  Christ,  and  remembers 
how  He  came  to  seek  and  to  save  the 
lost,  he  is  thankful  that  in  that  day  he 
was  true  to  the  humblest,  the  most  de- 
spised and  wretched  of  His  children. 

There  was  another  tremendous  strug- 
gle at  that  time,  which  is  still  on ;  the 
war  against  the  sale  and  use  of  intoxi- 
cating liquor.  It  went  side  by  side  with 
the  war  against  slavery  but  it  is  still 
on.  As  Mr.  Hitchcock,  all  his  life  long, 
was  opposed  to  oppression,  so  he  was 
opposed  all  his  life  long  to  the  traffic 
in   strong  drink.     It  seemed  to  him,  as 


it  seems  to  me  this  afternoon,  an  incredi- 
ble thing  that  a  civilized  nation  should 
tolerate  for  an  hour  a  thing  like  the 
wdiisky  business  as  you  have  it  in  Chi- 
cago. He  could  not  see  how  it  could 
be.  He  saw  the  poor  wrecks  drift  into 
the  evangelistic  meetings  in  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association,  and  in  this 
church,  and  into  every  church.  He 
knew  the  character  of  these  despairing 
men,  who  doubted  whether  there  was 
power  enough  in  the  throne  of  God  to 
deliver  them  from  their  appetites ;  he 
saw  their  wives,  hungry  and  ill  clad, 
starving  and  freezing  in  a  winter  like 
this ;  he  saw  their  little  children,  with 
their  poor  food  and  ragged  clothes, 
marching  up  and  down  the  streets  of 
Chicago  ;  and  it  seemed  tO'  him  an  incred- 
ible thing  that  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ 
should  be  silent  and  passive  in  the  face 
of  a  thing  like  that.  And,  while  I  do 
not  suppose  he  himself  ever  had  any 
temptations  in  regard  to  the  use  of 
strong  drink,  he  was  willing  tO'  put  him- 
self, with  all  that  he  had,  into  the  strug- 
gle for  the  church  and  for  righteous- 
ness and  humanity  against  the  saloons, 
against  every  phase  of  every  sin  against 
mankind. 

In  these  days  it  was  customary  to  use 
the  word  "crank"  and  "fanatic"  and 
"bigot,"  and  he  was  told,  just  as  men 
are  now :  "If  you  have  an  interest  in 
beating  your  brains  out  against  a  stone 
wall  you  have  the  privilege,  but  sensible 
people  don't  do  things  of  that  kind" ; 
but  he  held  that  Christian  men  have  no 
right  to  save  themselves  from  such  re- 
proaches when  the  bodies  and  souls  of 
their  fellow  men  are  in  danger. 

During  the  thirty  years  Mr.  Hitch- 
cock was  deeply  interested  in  the  nK)ve- 
ment  against  secret  societies  as  special 
enemies  to  the  homes  of  men  and  the 
churches  of  Jesus  Christ.  Through  his 
association  with  Charles  G.  Finney  and 
D.  L.  Moody,  and  men  of  that  type,  he 
came  to  believe  thoroughly  that  men 
who  did  not  know  Jesus  Christ  were 
lost.  He  knew  practically,  you  might 
say,  all  of  the  great  evangelists  and  sing- 
ers for  forty  years  in  this  country.  He 
knew  them  in  personal  association — his 
life  with  these  men  had  borne  into  his 
heart,  that  the  man  that  does  not  get  to 


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Jesus  Christ  is  lost ;  and  because  he 
did  not  wish  men  to  be  lost,  he  wanted 
them  to  get  to  Jesus  Christ. 

He  found  slavery  on  the  one  hand  de- 
nying people  the  right  to  worship  God ; 
and  the  liquor  business  was  degrading 
men,  so  that  unless  they  could  triumph 
over  it  they  could  not  worship  God : 
and  then  he  found  the  great  secret  so- 
ciety system,  telling  men  that  really  it 
was  not  necessary  for  them  to  worship 
Jesus  Christ  at  all.  It  was  necessary 
for  them  to  be  worthy  men ;  if  they 
should  unite  in  fraternal  societies  it 
would  be  all  right ;  it  was  all  right  for 
them  to  have  certain  prayers  and  certain 
religious  exercises,  but  it  was  of  no  use 
to  worship  Jesus  Christ ;  if  they  be- 
longed to  the  universal  religion  in  which 
all  men  agree  it  would  save  them.  Mr. 
Hitchcock  believed  that  salvation  and 
sanctihcation  of  the  Spirit  and  life 
eternal  come  solely  and  only  through 
Jesus  Christ,  the  Savior  of  the  World. 

He  planted  himself  against  the  whole 
secret  society  system  of  our  times.  Over 
and  over  again  he  has  said  to  me:  "Mr. 
Blanchard,  the  trouble  with  the  people 
is,  they  fool  them  with  these  little  socie- 
ties ;  they  lead  them  on  with  a  little  bit 
of  insurance ;  they  promise  them  a  little 
something  or  other  for  their  wives  and 
children  if  a  man  should  die,  and  in  that 
way  they  cheat  men  of  their  own  souls, 
and  cheat  the  church  of  Jesus  Christ  out 
of  the  men  of  our  day."  I  do  not  pro- 
fess to  report  his  words,  I  report  his 
thoughts  as  well  as  I  can,  and  he  said 
them  to  me  over  and  over  again. 

Now,  it  is  a  great  thing,  in  a  day  like 
this,  when  it  is  so  natural  for  people  to 
ask.  "What  shall  I  eat?  and  what  shall 
I  drink  ?  and  wherewithal  shall  I  be 
clothed  ?  and  where  shall  I  get  a  house  ? 
and  where  can  I  secure  proper  furni- 
ture?"— it  is  a  great  thing,  in  a  day  like 
this,  to  find  a  man  who  cares  for  men, 
and  who  loved  and  cared  for  the  poor 
and  despised  man.  I  was  proud,  last 
Saturday,  to  sit  in  that  little  cottage 
home  where  this  great  child  of  God  has 
lived  these  forty  years.  T  thank  God, 
there  was  a  man  willing,  for  the  sake  of 
his  testimony  to  Jesus  Christ  and  the 
church,  to  live  the  simple  life  which  he 
lived :  and  I  praise  God  that  followers 
of  Jesus  Christ  in  actual  fact  are  living 


in  this  world  of  sorrow,  that  still  there 
are  men  full  of  faith  and  the  Holy 
Ghost,  and  that  because  there  are  such 
men,  there  are  still  people  "added  to  the 
Lord." 

I  cannot  tell  you  of  our  conversation, 
how  sweet  it  was,  how  glad  I  am  as  I 
think  back  upon  it  to-day.  He  said :  "I 
do  not  know,  brother;  I  thought  J  was 
through,  but  I  think  perhaps  1  am  going 
to  help  the  boys  down  on  the  corner 
yet"  ;  and,  when  I  was  looking  up  into 
his  blessed  saint's  face  and  heard  his 
strengthening  voice,  I  said:  "Brother 
Hitchcock,  I  came  to  pay  you  a  last  visit. 
I  never  expected  to  see  you  again  until 
the  resurrection  morning;  but  it  looks 
now  as  if  it  might  be  so,  and  I  am  glad ; 
but,  whether  it  is  or  not,  you  and  I  do 
not  have  to  care.  How  thankful  we 
ought  to  be  for  the  religion  of  Jesus 
Christ,  which  is  an  actual  fact !" 

Shall  I  say  one  word  more?  If  so,  let 
it  be  this  :  I  never  go  to  funerals  with- 
out saying  to  myself :  "It  is  a  great  pity 
that  funeral  gatherings  do  so  little  good 
as  they  do."  People  come,  and  think 
kind  thoughts,  and  speak  kind  words, 
and  listen  to  beautiful  music,  and  go 
away,  and  straightway  forget  what  man- 
ner of  people  they  are.  What  good  is 
it  for  me  to  stand  and  praise  my  broth- 
er who  is  gone,  if  I  must  shame  his 
Captain  when  the  test  of  my  religion 
comes?  Of  what  use  is  it  for  you  men 
and  women  to  sit  here  and  remember  to- 
day these  many  years  when  he  has  gone 
up  and  down  the  aisles  of  this  church, 
fairly  trembling  with  eagerness  to  see 
the  people  come  in  and  see  souls  brought 
under  the  power  of  the  Holy  Spirit — of 
what  use  if  we  live  exactly  tl\e  same 
way  as  before,  we  came  here?^ 

I  say  the  most  ripened  saint  in  this 
room  ought  to  take  strength  and  cour- 
age and  energy  out  of  an  occasion  like 
this :  ought  to  feel  the  pulse  of  the  Holy 
One  throbbing  in  him  and  ruling  him, 
as  that  man  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost 
did  ;  we  ought  to  be  rid  of  the  sin  that 
so  easily  besets  us,  and  we  should  run 
with  patience  the  race  set  before  us  look- 
ing always  unto  Jesus  the  author  and 
finisher  of  our  faith.  I  heard  a  man 
once  say:  "How  seldom  we  run.  how 
oftentimes  we  fail  to  walk ;  how  some- 
times wc   fail  even  to  stand."     But  we 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


March,  1912. 


should  ridi  in  the  way  of  God's  com- 
mandments :  and  I  know  I  speak  for  him 
when  I  say  to  you,  that,  if  there  should 
be  a  soul  here  this  afternoon  who  has 
neglected  Christian  duty:  a  man  before 
me  who  has  allowed  the  family  altar  to 
be  broken  down ;  a  man  who  calls  him- 
self a  Christian  and  yet  whose  children 
have  never  heard  him  pray;  or  if  there 
should  be  a  man  drifted  in  by  what  you 
might  call  mistake,  not  knowing  what 
was  going  on ;  who  came  in  because  peo- 
ple were  coming  in,  wdio  has  never 
known  of  Jesus  Christ — every  such  one 
ought  now  to  resolve  on  higher  and  bet- 
ter things.  Jesus  is  here  and  he  has 
power  to  save  and  to  keep  to  the  utter- 
most ever}'  soul  that  now  will  trust  him. 
I  know  I  speak  for  him  when  I  say, 
that,  if  there  should  be  one  man  here 
who  will  say:  "That  man's  life  is  not 
the  kind  of  life  I  have  been  living:  it  is 
the  kind  of  life  I  ought  to  live ;  and  by 
the  grace  of  God,  it  is  the  kind  of  life 
I  will  live,"  our  brave  brother  would 
rejoice  with  the  many  angels  who  are 
glad  when  one  sinner  repents. 

Does  one  here  say,  "Is  it  possible  for 
a  man  to  be  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost 
and  w^ith  faith?  Is  it  true  that  there  was 
a  man  who  was  filled  with  the  Holy 
Ghost  and  with  faith  ?  Is  it  true  that 
here  lies  the  tent  of  one  who  was  that 
type  of  man.  full  of  the  Holy  Ghost  and 
of  faith?  Is  it  possible  for  me  to^  be 
filled  with  the  Holy  Spirit  and  with 
faith?"  If  such  a  man  as  that  puts  out  a 
trembling  hand  and  touches  the  seam- 
less robe  of  Jesus  Christ,  let  him  know 
that  there  will  be  gladness  in  the  pres- 
ence of  the  angels  of  God,  and  no  heart 
will  throb  with  more  honest  joy  then 
that  of  this  dear  brother  of  mine,  who 
will  not  look  you  in  the  face,  nor  speak- 
to  you  again  until  the  resurrection  morn- 
ing. 


rooms  will  seem  without  him !  Ever 
since  these  walls  were  erected  he  has 
been  an  almost  daily  visitor  at  this 
church.  Almost  everything  here  is  as- 
sociated with  him.     Even  the  very  pic- 


Mr.  Woolley  :  I  know  that  the  ade- 
quate words  have  been  said ;  but  before 
this  service  closes  I  must  take  a  mo- 
ment to  speak  a  word  of  personal  appre- 
ciation for  my  friend.  Your  presence 
here  shows  your  sympathy  and  respect 
and  love. 

Our  friend  has  gone,  a  friend  of 
everybody,  the  man  we  all  loved.  How 
we  shall  miss  him !   How  lonesome  the 


J.    M.   HITCHCOCK,    I9II. 

tures  on  the  walls  were  placed  here  be- 
cause he  wanted  them  there.  The  piano 
he  got :  this  old  pulpit,  the  only  relic  we 
have  of  the  Illinois  Street  church,  which 
was  burned  in  the  great  fire — his  influ- 
ence helped  to  place  here  after  the  fire. 
And  so  it  is  throughout  the  entire 
church,  he  was  a  part  of  everything. 

We  shall  miss  his  pleasant  greeting, 
his  good  cheer,  his  Christian  optimism, 
his  Avords  of  testimony.  This  entire 
people  will  miss  and  mourn  him  from 
the  youngest  to  the  oldest.  We  shall 
muss  him  at  the  dedication  and  baptism 
of  the  children.  Like  Simeon,  he  loved 
to  take  the  little  babes  in  his  arms  and 
to  hold  them  up  before  the  Lord  and 
bless  them.  We  shall  miss  him  at  the 
special  gatherings  of  the  Sunday  School, 
at  well-nigh  every  service  and  in  well- 
nigh  every  organization  in  the  church. 
Our  eldest  elder,  and  the  longest  in  ac- 


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CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


341 


tive  service  of  the  church  of  any  of  our 
members.  Over  forty  years  have  passed 
since  he  commenced  to  work  with  Mr. 
Moody.  Pie  was  the  historian  of  the 
church.  What  a  large  share  he  has  had 
in  the  making  of  its  history ! 

You  know  what  I  have  liked  to  call 
him — the  Abraham  Lincoln  of  the 
Moody  Church — tall  in  figure,  a])t  in  rep- 
artee, sensible  and  practical  in  all 
things,  kind,  tender  hearted,  thoughtful 
of  others,  a  peacemaker,  yet  one  who 
always  stood  for  the  right,  even  though 
in  an  unpopular  cause,  seeking  ever  for 
the  emancipation  of  the  down-trodden 
from  the  slavery  and  ruin  of  sin.  Truly 
he  was  our  "father  Abraham." 

He  was  an  ideal  Christian  citizen,  in- 
terested in  everything  and  everybody,  "a 
man  who  lived  in  the  house  at  the  side 
of  the  road,  a  friend  of  man."  Hun- 
dreds, yes  thousands,  throughout  this 
city  who  are  not  here  to-day  revere  his 
memory.  I  have  been  with  him  in  the 
marts  of  trade,  and  seen  men  hail  him 
with  afifection  and  respect ;  they  had 
been  under  his  molding  influence^ — his 
Sunday  School  boys  of  over  a  score  of 
years  ago.     It  was  so  all  over  this  city. 

He  was  frank,  yet  not  unkind ;  he  was 
straight,  yet  not  straight  laced  ;  he  was 
square,  yet  not  angular ;  he  was  talented 
yet  humble ;  a  reformer  who  put  regen- 
eration before  reform ;  a  patriot  who  put 
Christ  before   country ;   a    radical    who 
was  reasonable ;  intense  in  his  ideals  but 
not  lopsided ;  unswerving  in  his  loyalty 
to  his  convictions,  but  gentle  as  a  child. 
What  a  rare  combination  !  His  character 
and   his    reputation    were   twins.      They 
were  so  much  alike  that  you  could  not 
tell   them  apart.     An   exceptional   man ; 
a  man  among  men,  the  loving  friend  of 
all.     He  loved  his  country,  he  loved  his 
city,  he  loved  his  community,  he  loved 
his    church,    he    loved    his    Christ ;    yea 
verily,   how   he   loved   his   Christ !   How 
eagerly,  to  the  very  last,  he  listened  to 
the    wonderful   gospel    of    the   grace    of 
God.     I  can  see  him  now  walking  down 
to  the  front  with  the   Scriptures  under 
his  arm,  only  a  fortnight  ago,  to  listen 
with    the   unflagging   interest   of   a   new 
convert  to  the  preacher's  word.  Nothing 
that  concerned  Jesus   was  too  large  or 
too  small   for  his  devoted  interest.  Has 
there  ever   been   a   man   in   the   Moodv 


Church  who,  without  salary  or  financial 
return,  has  given  so  many  hours  to  the 
work  of  the  Lord  as  he  ?  Time,  thought 
and  heart's  devotion  he  lavished  at  the 
Savior's  feet.  He  believed  in  the  salva- 
tion of  the  drunkard  and  the  harlot,  but 
also  in  the  salvation  of  the  respectable 
sinner  and  of  the  little  child.  He  be- 
lieved God  loves  us,  that  Jesus  saves 
us,  that  His  precious  blood  cleanses, 
and  the  living  Lord  is  willing  and  able 
to  keep.  He  believed  in  this  Book 
from  beginning  to  end.  He  was  look- 
ing for  the  return  of  his  Lord.  This 
tabernacle,  so  lifelike,  so  peaceful,  is 
empty.  He  is  not  here — "Absent  from 
the  body,"  "present  with  the  Lord." 
What  a  life!  the  three-score  years  and 
ten  nearly  rounding  out  into  four-score 
years!  It  is  not  finished,  it  is  just  begun. 
The  past  is  but  "a  watch  in  the  night," 
compared  to  the  glorious  future  in  the 
heavenlies  into  which  he  has  entered.  To 
depart  and  be  with  Christ  is  far  better. 
To  this  bereaved  widow,  our  beloved 
sister,  his  daughters  and  these  dear  rela- 
tives and  friends,  I  say,  though,  he  will 
not  return  to  you,  you  may  go  where  he 
is.  Lie  has  left  you  the  true  riches  of 
an  honored  name,  an  unblemished  life,  a 
husband's  unwavering  devotion,  a  fath- 
er's big-hearted  love  and  the  tender  rec- 
ollections of  a  friend's  friendship  worth 
having. 

The  precious  memories  of  a  life  sweet 
and  fragrant  as  sandalwood  will  linger, 
but  look  forward  and  not  back,  look  up 
and  not  down. 

"Shall   we    meet   beyond    the    river,  '"    ' 

Where  the   surges   cease   to   roll? 

Where  in  all  the  bright  forever  ^" 

Sorrow  ne'er  shall  press  the  soul?        '      ' 

Yes,   we'll  meet  in  yonder  city,  '  , 

Where  the  towers  of  crystal  shine, 

Where  the  walls  are  all  of  jasper, 
Built  by  workmanship  divine. 

We  shall  meet  there  many  a  loved  one, 
That  was  torn  from  our  embrace. 

We  shall  listen  to  their  voices, 
And   behold  them   face   to  face. 

We    shall    meet   with    Christ   our   Savior 
When  He  comes  to  claim  His  own 

We  shall  know  His  blessed  favor, 
And   sit  down  upon   His  throne.'" 


''A  good  deed  is  never  lost.  He  who 
sows  courtesy  reaps  friendship,  and  he 
who  plants  kindness  gathers  love." 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


March,  1912. 


tutorial. 


CREDITED    TO    A    SERMON. 

Some  one  who  preached  in  Michigan 
City.  Ind..  Sunday,  Jan.  21,  may  have 
gone  to  hed  that  night  tired  and  dis- 
couraged. Perhaps  he  was  blamed  by 
some  parishioner  who  complained  that 
he  went  out  of  his  way  to  attack  mat- 
ters that  did  not  belong  to  him.  A  dig- 
nitied  member  of  his  church  possibly 
went  so  far  as  to  say,  "You  do  not 
preach  the  gospel."  Yet  there  may,  nev- 
ertheless, have  been  joy  in  heaven  over 
one  sinner  who  repented.  For  that  night 
a  man  gave  himself  up  to  the  police  in 
order  to  face  a  charge  of  embezzlement 
in  Boston,  where  he  was  a  member  of 
the  legislature  in  1904  and  1906.  In 
1910  he  was  treasurer  of  a  Boston  lodge 
of  Owls,  and  the  charge  is  that  he  em- 
bezzled $2,200  of  lodge  funds. 

Possibly  the  preacher  was  pastor  of  a 
little  country  church  outside  the  city, 
who  saw  a  stranger  in  his  audience  with- 
out seeing  a  sign  of  guilt  or  of  interest- 
ed attention.  Other  preachers  who 
reached  hearts  that  day  may  never  know 
the  good  they  also  have  done.  Yet  read- 
ing this  news  may  have  freshened  their 
courage  and  renewed  their  hope. 

Is  it  unfair  to  call  attention  to  the 
lack  of  credit  to  the  principles  and  in- 
fluence of  the  lodge?  Thfese  did  not  save 
an  officer  versed  in  them  from  his  crime. 
Attending  Owl  meetings  resulted  in  less 
advantage  to  defrauded  Owls  than  at- 
tending church.  Nothing  in  the  brief 
news  report  aids  disparagement  of  the 
church  through  comparison  with  the 
lodge. 


A      MASONIC      BANK-WRECKER 
PARDONED. 

Charles  W.  Morse,  a  prominent  Free- 
mason, and  banker  of  New  York  City, 
was  convicted  of  illegal  use  of  bank 
funds  some  two  years  ago,  and  sen- 
tenced to  fifteen  years  in  a  United 
States  prison.  Immediately  an  appeal 
was  made  to  President  Taft,  on  Ma- 
sonic ground,  to  come  to  the  rescue  of 
hi-  brother  ^lason.  This  appeal  v/as 
widely  published  and  sent  broadcast  over 
the  country  in  an  eiifort  to  secure  a  mil- 
lion signatures  to  a  petition   for  the  re- 


lease of  Mr.  Morse.  A  ministerial  as- 
sociation about  the  same  time  adopted  a 
patriotic  resolution  of  which  the  press 
published  the  following : 

"Believing  that  Charles  W.  Morse,  a 
former  New  York  banker,  who  was  sen- 
tenced to  serve  fifteen  years  in  prison 
for  illegal  use  of  the  bank's  funds, 
should  serve  the  entire  term  behind  pris- 
on bars  and  that  the  petition  which  his 
friends  are  preparing  asking  for  his 
pardon  would  be  in  violation  of  justice, 
the  ministerial  alliance  by  resolution 
this  morning  voted  to  start  a  petition 
in  opposition  to  his  release  until  the  ex- 
piration of  his  sentence." 

During  Mr.  Morse's  incarceration  in 
the  United  States  prison  one  of  the  of- 
ficials declared  that  Morse  tried  to  bribe 
him — be  that  as  it  may,  Brother  Taft 
finally  came  to  the  relief  of  Brother 
Morse,  wdio  with  his  w^ife  and  son  sailed 
last  month  on  the  Hamburg-American 
liner  Kaiserin  Augtista  Victoria  for  the 
Mediterranean. 

Ministers  are  handicapped  in  petition- 
ing a  president  not  to  interfere  in  the 
punishment  of  a  Masonic  criminal  be- 
cause of  the  President's  oath  to  "fly  to 
the  relief"  of  a  brother  Mason  who 
gives  the  "grand  hailing  sign  of  dis- 
tress." 

The  editor  of  the  Saturday  Evening 
Post,  ignoring  the  part  Masonry  had 
in  the  release,  says  editorially:  "Scarce- 
ly any  statutory  crime  is  more  injuri- 
ous to  society  than  bank-wrecking — no 
other  crime  brings  more  sufi:'ering  to  in- 
nocent peo]3le.  Pardoning  Morse,  the 
bank-wrecker,  was  a  hiunane  act ;  but 
he  was  able  to  get  the  pardon  not  be- 
cause he  had  not  been  a  great  criminal, 
or  because  he  was  sick,  or  because  he 
had  an  innocent  family — but  because  his 
crime  was  of  the  genteel  sort  and  he 
had  influence.  If  he  had  blown  open  a 
post-office  safe  and  abstracted  the  reg- 
istered mail  he  wouldn't  have  been  par- 
doned." 


No  matter  how  much  you  have  to  do, 
remember  you  can  only  do  one  thing  at 
a  time.  You  can  get  through  it  all  by 
doing  one  thing  at  a  time,  and  that's  the 
only  way  you  can  get  throtigh.  You  are 
lost  if  you  try  any  other  way. — E.  K. 
M^arreu. 


March,  1912. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


343 


CRUSHING    DEFEAT. 

A  leader  in  the  Federation  of  Roman 
Catholic  secret  societies,  who  is  also  a 
close  friend  of  Archbishop  O'Connell, 
says,  in  speaking  of  that  prelate's  ap- 
pointment as  a  Cardinal : 

"Archbishop  O'Connell's  elevation  means 
a  crushing-  defeat  for  Modernism  in  this 
country,  which  has  urged  as  one  of  its  spe- 
cious arguments  that  American  Catholic 
interests  were  not  understood  or  were  ig- 
nored by  the  Vatican.  No  one  can  ques- 
tion the  extraordinary^  ability,  courage,  and 
prudence  of  the  new  Cardinal,  and  no  one 
dares  to  insinuate  that  he  is  not  intensely 
loyal  to  the  church  and  to  the  flag  of  his 
native   land." 

Yet  there  may  be  some  who  are  so  ill 
informed  as  to  imagine  that  he  has  any 
purpose  of  tolerance,  except  such  as  is 
compulsory  during  the  period  the  secret 
orders  will  seek  to  abbreviate,  with  the 
first  amendment  of  the  United  States 
Constitution,  or  with  its  corresponding 
section  in  the  bill  of  rights  in  the  con- 
stitution of  the  State  whose  capital  is 
the  central  seat  of  his  hierarchical  do- 
minion. To  fasten  Popish  schools  and 
other  institutions  on  the  body  politic,  in 
order  that  they  may  leech  the  veins  of 
public  taxation,  is  one  great  feature  of 
Irish  loyalty  to  church  and  flag  when 
they  are  viewed  together.  The  Federa- 
tion of  Catholic  secret  societies  will  pow- 
erfully co-operate  with  every  plan  of 
Rome  to  bleed  the  American  treasuries. 
Two  cardinals  are  now  to  be  in  this 
country  ready  to  attend  to  political  plans, 
while  a  high  official  intimately  convers- 
ant with  everything  in  Washington  is  to 
be  henceforth  in  Rorne  as  a  cardinal. 
Working  with  all  and  through  all  the 
societies,  is  the  great  secret  order  of  the 
Jesuits,  whose  head  is  called  the  "Black 
Pope."  Yielding  and  temporizing  only 
so  long  as  it  must,  this  society  ever  im- 
poses the  oath  which  includes  such  sen- 
timents as  these : 

"The  Pope  .  .  .  hath  power  to  depose 
heretical  kings,  princes,  states,  common- 
zvealths,  and  governments,  all  being  illegal 
without  his  sacred  confirmation;  and  .  .  . 
they  may  safely  be  destroyed  ...  I  do 
renounce  and  disown  any  allegiance  as  due 
to  any  heretical  king,  prince,  or  state,  named 
Protestant," 

More  of  similar  tenor  is  in  this  oath, 
and  the  men  who  take  it  are  among  the 
world's  more  astute  and  skillful  poli- 
ticians.     When   an    American    diplomat 


observed,  in  a  Roman  banquet  that  Card- 
inals ate  meat  on  Friday,  and  asked  what 
it  meant,  he  was  answered :  "The  parish 
priest  attends  to  that,  our  business  is 
political." 


The  World's  Seventh  Sunday  School 
Convention  is  to  be  held  in  Zurich, 
Switzerland,  July  8-15,  1913. 


NO    OTHER   REASON. 

Defining   Chastity,    the    Century   Dic- 
tionary   cites    two    lines    of    Salisbury's 
spirited  reply  to  King  Henry  VI : 
Who  can  be  bound  by  any  solemn  vow 

To    force   a    spotless    virgin's    chastity? 

Since  the  accredited  date  of  Shakes- 
peare's Henry  VI  is  1590-1,  this  point- 
edly antimasonic  sentiment  anticipates 
a  cardinal  vice  of  Grand  Lodge  Ma- 
sonry by  a  period  extending  forward  a 
century  and  a  quarter.  Much  as  Chief 
Justice  Show  declared  that  "A  law 
which  is  not  just  is  not  a  law,"  so  the 
great  poet,  earlier  than  the  jurist,  put 
into  the  lips  of  an  English  Earl  the  prin- 
ciple that  an  oath  which  is  not  virtuous 
is  not  an  oath.  It  is  startling  to  find  an 
argument  against  one  of  the  special 
claims  of  Freemasonry  worked  out  in 
the  passage  from  which  the  two  lines 
are  taken,  and  prepared  so  long  before 
the  Grand  Lodge  was  born.  It  is  found 
in  the  second  part  of  King  Henry  VI, 
Act  V^  Scene  I. 

The  Earl   of  Salisbury. — My   lord,   I 
have  considered  with  myself 
The  title  of  this  most  renowned  duke ; 
And    in    my    conscience    do    repute    his 

grace 
The    rightful    heir    to    England's    royal 
seat. 

King. — Hast  thou  not  sworn  allegiance 
unto  me? 

Salisbury. — I  have. 

King. — ^Canst  thou  dispense  with  heav- 
en for  such  an  oath  ? 

Salisbury. — It   is   great   sin   to   swear 
unto  a  sin, 
But  greater  sin  to  keep  a  sinful  oath. 
Who  can  be  bound  by  any  solemn  vow 
To  do  a  murd'rous  deed,  to  rob  a  man, 
To  force  a  spotless  virgin's  chastity, 
To  reave  the  orphan  of  his  patrimony. 
To  wring  the  widow  from  her  custom'd 
right, 


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March,  1912. 


And  have  no  other  reason  for  this  wrong 
But  that  he  was  bound  by  a  solemn  oath  ? 

Ouccii. — A  subtle  traitor  needs  no 
sophister. 

K'uig. — Call  Buckingham,  and  bid  him 
arm  himself. 

Vork. — Call  Buckingham,  and  all  the 
friends  thou  hast, 
I  am  resolved  for  death  or  dignity. 

"Whether  he  be  right  or  wrong,"  says 
the  Royal  Arch  Mason,  save  for  his  oath 
having  no  reason  in  law  or  morals  for 
his  pledged  action.  "Whether  he  be 
right  or  wrong,''  potentially  includes,  "If 
he  be  wrong.''  To  swear  this,  is  to 
swear  unto  a  sin.  and  long  before  this 
wicked  vow  was  formulated,  Shakes- 
peare made  an  English  Earl  says :  "It 
is  a  sin  to  swear  unto  a  sin." 


THE  PENNSYLVANIA  CONVENTION. 


Setti0  of  ®ur  Work 


Last  month  President  Blanchard  gave 
three  addresses  at  Woodburn,  Indiana, 
east  of  Fort  Wayne.  There  were  four 
seceders  who  testified,  and  another  who 
declared  after  the  meeting  that  he  ought 
to  have  done  so.  One  Modern  Woodman 
of  America  publicly  renounced  the  lodge. 
One  man  testified  that  the  lecture  had 
kept  him  from  uniting,  and  a  young 
man  from  a  neighboring  city  urged  that 
more  meetings  of  this  kind  be  held.  He 
said  that  nearly  all  of  the  young  men  in 
the  section  in  which  he  lived  had  been 
swept  into  the  lodge,  and  that  many  of 
them  could  have  been  saved  if  such  a 
meeting  had  been  held  in  his  town.  "Pray 
ve  therefore  the  Lord  of  the  harvest, 
that  he  will  send  forth  laborers  into  his 
harvest." 


TJie  Christian  Evangel,  the  organ  of 
the  Central  Illinois  Conference  of  Men- 
nonites,  a  magazine  of  forty-eight  pages 
and  cover,  beautifully  gotten  up  and  full 
of  valuable  matter,  prints  in  full,  in  its 
February  issue,  President  Blanchard's 
article,  "Murder  as  a  Fine  Art."  The 
Association  appreciates  the  sympathy 
and  good  will  shown  by  the  management 
of  this  magazine  in  publishing  a  half- 
page  advertisement  of  our  anti-secrecy 
books  and  of  the  Christian  Cynosure 
on  their  own  initiative. 


Tarentum,  Pa.,  Feb.  17,  1912. 
Dear  Cynosure: 

I  have  never  been  more  conscious  of 
the  leading  of  the  divine  hand  than  dur- 
ing the  preparation  for  our  Pennsyl- 
vania State  gathering.  The  invitation 
extended  by  pastor  and  people  here  is 
most  cordial.  Brother  Crosby,  formerly 
pastor  of  the  U.  P.  church  in  Aurora, 
111.,  is  now  pastor  of  that  body  here. 
He  speaks  very  highly  of  his  acquaint- 
ance with  President  Blanchard,  and  the 
good  work  he  is  doing.  There  has  been 
no  difficulty  in  securing  speakers.  Strong 
talented  young  men,  new  to  the  anti- 
secrecy  work,  are  to  address  tis.  The 
program  will  show  what  may  be  expect- 
ed. The  Free  Methodist  Church,  in 
which  we  meet,  is  central,  on  the  street 
car  line,  and  near  the  depot. 

We  only  wait  the  blessing  of  God  and 
the  generous  co-operation  of  friends 
throughout  the  State,  to  make  this  one 
of  the  most  helpful  conventions  ever 
held.  It  is  to  be  a  success.  Let  us  make 
it  a  large  success,  friends.  May  I  ask 
that  each  friend  interested  sit  down  at 
once  and  write  a  brief  letter  telling  of 
the  Lodge  situation  in  their  community, 
of  what  is  being  done  to  enlighten  the 
people,  together  with  what  they  would 
like  to  help  to  do,  and  send  it,  together 
with  such  contribution  as  they  wish  to 
make  in  aid  of  the  cause.  Don't  miss 
the  blessing  promised  the  "cheerful 
giver!"  Some  likely  hesitate  contribut- 
ing because  they  are  not  able  to  give  five, 
ten  or  more  dollars.  If  it's  a  dollar  or 
less,  don't  hesitate.  All  helps.  Send 
the  letter  telling  of  conditions,  or  giving 
suggestions,  if  you  are  not  able  to  con- 
tribute otherwise. 

Read  this  splendid  program  and  come 
up  to  the  help  of  the  Lord  against  this 
lot  of  weak  sinners.  They  are  strong  in 
number,  but  weak  in  spiritual  power. 
Provision  is  being  made  along  lines  of 
entertainment.  If  you  are  coming,  don't 
fail  to  let  the  writer  know.  Address  let- 
ters to  "W.  B.  Stoddard,  Tarentum, 
Pa."  I  am  writing  this  next  door  to  the 
Elks'  headquarters.  I  see  by  the  door 
crates  labeled  "Sun  Pop."  Some  of  the 
sons  have  been  getting  drunk  here.  Is 
this  where  they  were  popped? 


March,  1912. 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


345 


Since  my  last  report  I  have  delivered 
three  lectures  in  Lutheran  churches.  In 
Fair  Haven  and  Pittsburg,  N.  S.,  Pa., 
and  Youngstown,  Ohio.  The  first  two 
churches  are  connected  with  the  Joint 
Synod  of  Ohio,  the  last  with  the  Mis- 
souri Synod.  All  were  well  sustained. 
Collections  were  taken  in  support  of  our 
work.  We  are  happy  to  have  Rev. 
Sheatsley  of  the  Fairhaven  church,  as  a 
speaker  at  our  State  Convention.  I 
missed  our  good  friend.  Rev.  Mr. 
Brownell,  on  my  visit  to  West  Middle- 
sex, he  having  passed  to  the  better  life 
during  the  year.  Our  good  friend  Irvine 
Caldwell  helped  the  good  cause,  as  he 
always  does.  The  United  Presbyterian 
Church  of  West  Middlesex,  is  to  be  con- 
gratulated in  having  as  their  new  pastor 
Rev.  M.  D.  Telford. 

The  2 1st  of  January  was  a  day  of 
hard  work.  I  walked  some  six  miles, 
spoke  three  times,  and  attended  two  Sab- 
bath schools.  The  meetings  were  in  the 
F.  M.  church  in  New  Brighton,  Pa.,  the 
Union  Chapel,  Fallston,  Pa.,  and  the  F. 
M.  church,  Rochester,  Pa.  I  probably 
addressed  four  hundred  people  at  these 
different  services.  Lodge  people  were 
present  at  Fallston.  A  request  for  anti- 
secrecy  lectures  for  that  place  was 
urged. 

After  my  usual  return  home  for  a  few 
days  I  worked  for  a  time  in  the  Cumber- 
land valley.  The  seed  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania State  Convention  at  Chambers- 
burg  is  bearing  fruit.  There  was  an  en- 
largement of  the  Cynosure  subscrip- 
tion list  among  our  Mennonite  and  Rad- 
ical United  Brethren  friends. 

I  reached  Greencastle,  Pa.,  at  lo 
o'clock  Saturday  night,  Feb.  3.  In  the 
morning  I  surprised  our  Radical  U.  B. 
friends  by  appearing  at  church.  They 
want  no  idlers  there ;  I  was  set  to  teach- 
ing a  class  of  boys.  Called  upon  to  ad- 
dress the  Sabbath  school,  and  then  to 
preach  the  sermon.  All  of  which  I  did 
to  the  best  of  my  ability.  Three  invita- 
tions to  dinner  w^ere  given.  As  I  could 
only  accept  one,  two  had  to  go  on  the 
waiting  list.  Brother  John  Hussong 
handed  me  a  dollar,  and  said  he  felt  the 
Lord  would  have  him  give  it  in  aid  of 
our  work.  T  replied  that  I  thought  the 
Lord  would     have     me     send     him     the 


Cynosure,  so  he  could  see  whether  the 
dollar  was  well  expended. 

Bro.  Burkholder,  v;ho  is  pastor  here, 
has  reason  for  encouragement  in  the 
progress  of  his  work.  Pastor  Roth 
thought  the  lodges  at  Chamber sburg 
were  dying.  It  was  reported  that  they 
could  scarcely  get  a  quorum  to  trans- 
act business.  Brother  Lankey  thought 
the  lodges  at  Fayetteville  had  largely 
given  up  business.  Surely,  it  should  be 
so.  Men  can  hardly  help  getting  tired 
of  the  silly  initiations.  The  Satanic 
witchery  of  the  false  worship  part  is 
not  so  easily  broken,  however ;  Satan 
has  different  ways  of  holding  his  man  in 
the  lodge.  So  far  as  I  could  reach  the 
valley  friends,  there  was  good  cheer, 
and  support  given. 

For  some  years  we  have  been  expect- 
ing Brother  Smeltzer,  of  Oberling,  Pa., 
to  die.  He  had  a  long  pull,  but,  thank 
the  Lord,  he  is  quite  well  now.  May  he 
live  long,  to  do  much  good.  A  visit  to 
the  home  of  Brother  John  S.  White 
found  him  cheerful,  and  full  of  faith, 
though  the  slack  work  in  the  mills  made 
the  financial  situation  trying.  The 
friends  at  Flizabethtown,  Pa.,  came  up 
splendidly  with  their  renewals  and  new 
Cynosure  subscriptions.  A  friend  pays 
to  send  the  Cynosure  to  the  new  Ma- 
sonic Home  under  construction  at  that 
'place.  This  Home  will  doubtless  be 
worthy  a  better  cause.  What  a  pity  so 
much  money  should  be  used  to  advance 
a  false  worship ! 

In  the  Brethren  colleges  at  Elizabeth- 
town  and  Huntingdon,  I  addressed  the 
students  in  their  morning  worship  pe- 
riod. There  were  said  to  be  150  pres- 
ent at  the  former,  and  225  at  the  latter 
place.  The  Brethren  children  are  seek- 
ing that  which  will  make  them  strong 
in  life's  battle.  Some,  I  hope,  will  take 
up  the  anti-secrecy  lecture  w^ork.  Three 
addresses  were  given  to  about  five  hun- 
dred people  in  the  Brethren  Church, 
Lancaster,  Pa.,  and  its  mission  school. 
Good  support  was  given  to  our  work. 

A  run  to  Quarryville  discovered  our 
good  friend,  J.  W.  Wilson,  now  in  his 
ninetieth  year.  He  gladly  gave  aid  to 
our  work,  as  in  other  years.  A  man 
here  said  he  was  not  now  "an  Odd  Fel- 
low," but  had  been.     His  statements  fa- 


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voring  tlie  lodge  were  more  common 
tlian  wise.  He  was  not  verv  odd.  At 
Xew  Providence,  it  was  reported  there 
had  been  (juite  a  gathering  of  Eagle  peo- 
ple. Some  of  those  who  marched  in 
procession  were  dressed  to  represent  the 
devil.     They  acted  their  part  well. 

Lectnres  are  on  for  Lutheran. Church 
(^lissouri  Synod),  North  avenue,  North 
Side,  Pittsburgh ;  the  Covenanter 
Church.  Parnassus,  Pa.,  etc.  Don't  for- 
get dates  of  Pennsylvania  State  Conven- 
tion, friends,  the  third  Monday  and 
Tuesda}"  in  ]\Iarch. 

Yours  for  victory, 

.  W.  B.  Stoddard. 


EVERYTHING     BEAUTIFUL     IN     ITS 
SEASON. 
Alexandria,  La.,  Feb.  3,  1912. 
Dear  Cvxosure  : 

Since  my  last  letter  there  has  been 
little  change  in  weather  conditions,  and 
the  continued  rain  and  cold  have  greatly 
hindered  my  work  here,  and  upset  my 
plans  for  operations  abroad,  but,  God  be 
praised,  there  is  now  every  indication  of 
a  better  season.  The  sun  is  shining 
brightly,  the  dirt  roads  are  drying,  the 
birds  are  singing,  and  everything  is  put- 
ting on  the  garments  of  springtime. 

The  Secret  Empire  is  on  the  alert,  and 
already  they  are  making  preparations  for 
their  annual  sermons,  parades,  picnics 
and  gala  days,  which  will  commence  the 
fourth  Sunday  in  March,  and  continue 
through  the  summer,  practically  every 
Sunday  until  November,  greatly  retard- 
ing the  spiritual  growth  of  the  churches. 
I  am  standing  firm  upon  the  rock  of 
God's  Word,  and  against  the  Baal  wor- 
ship of  secret  societies,  and  every  other 
abominable  iniquity. 

Some  of  the  lodge  dignitaries  here  are 
terribly  wrought  up  over  my  opposition 
to  their  Christless  oaths  and  clannish 
worship.  They  are  unable  to  see  any- 
thing good  in  my  work  here,  and  are 
magnifying  every  imaginable  molehill 
into  a  great  mountain,  in  order  to  create 
a  division  in  my  church  ;  but  "our  rock 
is  not  like  their  rock,"  our  God  is  a 
''stronghold,"  yea,  "3.  very  present  help 
in  trouble." 

The  Secret  Empire  tried  hard  to  de- 
feat my  re-election ;  they  canvassed  and 
met    secretly,    and    set    traps ;    but    God 


baffled  their  efiforts  and  upset  their  plans. 
On  the  day  of  the  election,  January  15th, 
I  was  unanimously  re-elected  to  the  pas- 
torate, and  not  a  dissenting  voice  was 
raised.  Dr.  H.  B.  N.  Brown,  D.  D., 
General  Superintendent  of  State  Mis- 
sions, and  a  member  of  my  church,  was 
present  and  presided.  After  the  election 
he  delivered  a  powerful  address.  He 
complimented  my  work,  and  declared 
that  my  call  was  a  godsend  to  the  church, 
and  that  the  strong  hand  of  the  Lord 
was  well  able  to  make  the  work  succeed 
despite  lodge  influence  and  opposition. 
He  urged  that  the  church  give  me  their 
imited  support.  When  it  was  learned, 
the  next  day,  that  I  had  been  re-elected, 
some  of  the  lodge  men  almost  frothed  at 
the  mouth.  One  little  "big  fellow"  whose 
aspirations  in  the  race  for  church  leader- 
ship are  far  above  his  ability,  declared 
that  the  church  had  blundered  in  its  ac- 
tion, and  that  he  was  sorry  for  it.  He 
then  discussed  my  report  made  to  the 
church  on  the  ist  of  fanuarv,  and  tried 
to  show  that  my  reference  to  the  Secret 
Empire  would  array  all  of  the  lodges 
agaijist  the  church,  and  prevent  them 
from  preaching  their  annual  sermons 
there,  thereby  greatly  lessening  our 
chances  for  financial  success.  This  poor 
lodge-deluded  man  seems  to  be  ignorant 
of  the  fact  that  the  "earth  is  the  Lord's, 
and  the  fullness  thereof ;  the  world,  and 
they  that  dwell  therein,"  and  that  Je- 
hovah saith,  "The  cattle  upon  a  thou- 
sand hills  are  mine."  This  kind  of  lodge 
reasoning  and  opposition  to  the  Chris- 
tian Church  is  one  of  the  strongest  rea- 
sons why  Christians  should  "have  no 
fellowship  with  the  unfruitful  works  of 
darkness,  but  rather  reprove  them.  For 
it  is  a  shame  even  to  speak  of  those 
things  which  are  done  of  them  in  secret." 
It  is  true  that  there  are  good  men  in  the 
lodges ;  but,  according  to  the  Bible,  there 
are  some  pretty  good  men  and  women 
in  Hell,  for  it  says,  "Lord,  Lord,  have 
we  not  prophesied  in  thy  name?  and  in 
thy  name  have  cast  out  devils  ?  and  in 
thy  name  done  many  wonderful  works?" 
but  the  answer  is,  "I  never  knew  you  ; 
depart  from  me,  ye  that  work  iniquity." 
H  the  Christian  Church  will  only  take 
high  gospel  grounds,  and  "come  out 
from  among  them"  God's  merciful  prov- 
idence will  overshadow  them  and  make 
their  work  succeed.  (2  Cor.  6:  14-18.) 


March,  1912. 


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I  ask  the  prayers  of  God's  faithful 
everywhere  for  power  over  sin,  and 
strength  to  withstand  these  workers  of 
iniquity  who  have  banded  themselves  to- 
gether in  secret  conclaves  to  oppose  gos- 
pel truth  and  withstand  the  works  of 
righteousness.  If  I  can  succeed  in  liqui- 
dating this  debt  on  the  church,  it  will  be 
a  great  and  glorious  triumph  over  lodge 
boasting  and  opposition. 

Yours  for  a  pure  gospel  church  and 
the  uplift  of  depraved  humanity. 

F.  J.  Davidson. 


Rev.  G.  A.  Pegram,  former  State 
Agent  for  Michigan,  offers  to  send  the 
Cynosure  to  the  reading  rooms  of  col- 
leges, seminaries  and  high  schools,  pro- 
viding the  management  will  agree  to 
keep  the  Cynosure  in  the  reading  room 
for  the  use  of  students  for  at  least  a 
month,  and  thereafter  on  file  for  refer- 
ence. How  many  of  the  readers  of  the 
Cynosure  will  secure  a  place  in  the 
schools  in  their  vicinity  in  accordance 
with  the  above  requirement  ? 


Our  friend  Mr.  W.  G.  Waddell,  of 
New  Athens,  Ohio,  writes :  ''Dr.  Blanch- 
ard's  'Murder  as  a  Fine  Art,'  is  a  strong- 
article  indeed,  and  truthful  in  every  sen- 
tence. The  song  of  the  Cynosure  shall 
one  day  be  the  song-  of  the  victor." 


One  of  our  earnest  friends  and  co- 
workers, Mrs.  M.  M.  Burnap,  has  re- 
cently been  called  to  mourn  the  going 
home  of  her  husband,  who  was  in  his 
seventieth  year  and  had  been  her  com- 
panion nearly  a  half  century.  He  was 
a  Sergeant  of  Company  E,  7th  Missouri 
Cavalry,  in  the  Civil  War.  We  express, 
I  am  sure,  the  sincere  sympathies  not 
alone  of  ourselves,  but  of  every  Cyno- 
sure reader,  for  Mrs.  Burnap. 


A  gentleman  in  Creal  Springs,  111., 
wrote  us  an  interesting  letter  of  his  dis- 
covery recently  of  an  old  number  of  the 
Christian  Cynosure.  He  writes:  "I 
am  very  much  interested  in  it  for  the 
reason  I  once  belonged  to  the  lodge  and 
found  it  nil — I  discovered  a  subtle,  in- 
sidious influence,  which  I  could  not  en- 
dorse, so  I  stepped  down  and  out  twenty 
years  ago."  What  a  great  work  could 
be  done  if  each  subscriber  would  pass 
on  his  Cynosure  to  some  neighbor. 


In  a  letter  to  Rev.  Dr.  Torrey,  a  native 
])astor  of  a  church  way  up  near  Haran, 
in  Asia,  writes  asking  what  to  him 
seemed  a  very  important  question,  as 
indeed  it  is :  "Let  me  not  forget  to  ask 
you  to  let  me  know  about  Free  Mason- 
ism.  This  is  a  new  thing  for  us  here 
and  we  know  almost  nothing  about  it, 
but  some  of  our  pastors  and  professors 
say  that  Masonism  is  all  Christianity. - 
Christ  was  a  Mason,  they  say,  but  1  can- 
not understand  why  they  are  not  open. 
Can  you  send  me  a  book  about  this  sys- 
tem written  by  a  Christian,  or  can  you 
yourself  give  me  a  full  knowledge  of 
it?"  The  request  was  forwarded  to 
the  association  and  full  information  giv- 
en the  brother.  This  is  one  of  the  ways 
in  which  your  contributions  do  good  and 
reach  far  beyond  what  you  have  ever 
suspected. 


South  Haven,  Mich.,  Jan.  2/,  19 12. 
.  The  last  Cynosure  was  one  of  the 
best  that  T  have  ever  read.  I  would  no 
more  think  of  doing  without  this  maga- 
zine than  I  would  think  of  doing  without 
my  church  paper. 

Rev.  L.  V.  Harrell. 


Our  friend  and  co-worker,  Rev.  A.  N. 
Bullock,  of  Ferry,  Michigan,  writes,  in 
ordering  a  good  quantity  of  our  tracts  : 
"I  endeavor  judiciously  to  pass  around 
these  instructive  tracts,  praying  that  the 
Lord  of  light  and  grace  and  glory  may 
through  these  shine  to-  the  awakening  of 
the  many  who  are  now  in  worse  than 
Egyptian  darkness." 


Farral,  W.  Va.,  Jan.  26,  1912. 
Was  told  last  week  that  my  three  lec- 
tures at  Galenwood  caused  thirteen  men 
to  withdraw  from  their  lodge,  and  kept 
four  more  out  who  intended  to  join.  The 
man  said  that  he  counted  that  many, 
and  that   there   micjht   have   been   more. 


Isn't  that  orood? 


G.    A.     L^ECRA^I. 


Marissa,  111.,  Feb.  2.  1912. 
Editor  LiiRiSTjAX   C^■^■os^Rl■:: 

I  have  been  away  from  home  for  more 
than  two  months,  visiting  and  traveling 
through  Kansas,  Nebraska  and  Iowa, 
and  noticing  the  prevalency  of  secretism, 
and  especially  the  effect  of  the  lodge  up- 
on the  churches.     I  have  found  a  ^tow- 


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iiii^-  dissatisfaction  because  of  the  power 
that  the  lodge  wields  in  the  churches, 
which  in  many  ways  is  detrimental  to 
the  cause  of  Christ,  and  especially  in  the 
matter  of  foreign  missions.  The  average 
lodge  member  of  the  church,  after  his 
pa\ment  of  lodge  dues,  has  often  noth- 
ing left  to  give  for  spreading  the  gospel. 
He  nuist  pay  his  dues  to  his  lodge  or  be 
expelled  :  his  church  may  be  ever  so  need> 
for  nione\'  to  carry  on  its  work,  but  he 
retains  his  membership  in  it  without  fear 
of  expulsion.  The  lodge  fares  sumptu- 
ously, while  the  church  languishes.  In 
some  of  the  churches  that  fellowship 
secret  society  members,  ministers  are 
leaving  their  pulpits,  and  going  into  oth- 
er callings  to  make  a  livelihood,  because 
their  churches  are  unal^le  to  give  them 
a  support.  These  ministers  are  begin- 
ning to  learn  that  somehow  the  money 
that  should  be  forthcoming  from  church 
members  is  used  in  paying  lodge  dues. 

The  Cvxosi'RE  is  doing  a  splendid 
work  in  its  efforts  to  open  the  eyes  of 
the  people  in  regard  to  the  evils  of  the 
lodge  system.  May  its  power  in  expos- 
ing these  "hidden  things  of  darkness" 
be  increased ! 

Fraternally  yours, 

Wm.   Little. 


A    CONFESSION. 

Sacaton,  Ariz.,  Feb.  6.  1912. 

Dear  Cyx^osure  : 

I  received  my  early  religious  training 
in  Germany,  and,  because  of  mv  great 
esteem  for  a  certain  professor,  who'  was 
a  Unitarian  and  a  Liberal,  I  was  led  to 
embrace  his  views.  Before  my  re-en- 
listment in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac, 
during  the  Civil  War,  some  friends  per- 
suarled  me  to  join  the  benevolent  order 
of  J'reemasons.  A  few  months  after- 
ward f  was  led  by  some  Christian  sol- 
diers to  become  a  Christian.  I  had  mem- 
orized nmch  of  the  Bible  in  the  old  coun- 
try, but  up  to  that  time  it  had  been  a 
sealed  book  to  me. 

Some  of  the  passages  which  made  a 
great  impression  upon  me  after  mv  con- 
version were  those  in  the  fifth  chapter  of 
]\Latthew,  where  the  Lord  says,  "Thou 
shalt  not  forswear  thyself,  but  shalt  per- 
form unto  the  Lord  thine  oaths,"  and 
the  thirty-seventh  verse  of  the  same 
chapter,  "But  let  your  communication 
be,  Yea,  yea ;  Xay,,  nay :  for  whatsoever 


is  more  than  these  cometh  of  evil."  Real- 
izing that  One  was  my  Master,  and  that 
I  was  not  my  own,  but  bought  with  a 
price,  and  that  now  the  whole  human 
race  was  my  neighbor,  I  buried  my  beau- 
tiful gold  Masonic  pin  in  Virginia's  soil. 
May  the  time  speedily  come,  when  it 
shall  not  be  said,  "For  the  nation  and 
kingdom  that  will  not  serve  thee  shall 
perish  ;  yea,  those  nations  shall  be  utterly 
wasted"  (Isaiah  60:12),  but  when  "the 
earth  shall  be  full  of  the  knowledge  of 
the  Lord,  as  the  waters  cover  the  sea" 
(Isaiah    11  :g) . 

(Rev.)    C.  H.  Cook. 


AN   OPEN  LETTER. 

BY  A   SECEDER  EROM   THE  GOOD  TEMPLARS. 
ODD    FELLOWS    AND    MASONS. 

To  Elder  W.  A.  Humphreys,  Presiding 

Elder  of  the   West   Plains  District, 

St.  Louis  Conference  of  the  M.  E. 

Church  South. 

In     the     last     two    numbers     of     the 

Cynosure  I  showed  you  that  Masonry 

claimed  to  be  a  religion,  and  what  kind 

of  a  religion,  and  that  your  oration  at  the 

grave  over  the  said  Royal  Arch  Mason 

was  deceptive.     In  this  letter,  I  wish  to 

give  you  some  of  my  personal  reasons 

for  seceding  from  the   Good  Templars, 

Odd  Fellows  and  Masons. 

At  the  recent  "Old  Settlers'  Annual 
Picnic"  at  Congo,  the  secretists  stilled 
free  speech,  in  the  manner  following : 
"The  Committee  of  Arrangements"  en- 
gaged the  writer,  some  time  before,  to 
deliver  an  address  on  that  occasion.  I 
went  there  according  to  invitation  and 
appointment,  and  was  informed  by  the 
committee  that  they  were  given  tO'  un- 
derstand, that,  if  I  attempted  to  speak, 
there  would  be  a  general  disturbance ; 
that  the  funds  for  the  expenses  of  the 
picnic  were  in  Masonic  hands ;  that  there 
were  Masonic  threats  o-f  violence  to  me 
if  I  attempted  to  speak,  and  that  the 
funds  might  not  be  available  if  I  made 
an  address !  Whereupon  I  left  the 
grounds,  and  there  was  no  public  speech 
delivered  there.  This  is  another  evidence 
of  the  determination  of  the  Lodge  to 
stifle  free  speech,  and  rule  over  Ameri- 
can citizens. 

Much  of  this  letter  may  seem  like 
pages  from  the  history  of  the  thirteenth 
century,   and   the   administration  of   the 


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349 


infamous  Inquisition  in  Europe,  rather 
than  a  narrative  of  the  deportment  of 
the  members  of  a  secret  "reUgious  insti- 
tution ;"  but  Freemasonry  is  doing  its 
evil  work  as  did  the  Inquisition  of  old, 
and  it  is  as  vindictive  and  bloodthirsty 
as  the  present  state  of  society  will  per- 
mit. : 

If  the  press  can  be  relied  on,  Dr. 
Hyde — accused  of  the  murder  of  those 
people  in  Kansas  City — a  Mason,  has 
been  granted  a  new  trial.  Does  any  one 
think  he  will  be  convicted  ?  What  will 
clear  him?  Masonry.  What  shielded 
and  tried  to  clear  the  wretches  who  dyna- 
mited the  Times  building,  and  killed  so 
many  people  in  Los  Angeles  ?  and  what 
shields  labor  rioters  all  over  the  world 
to-day  ?  Organized  secretism.  To  come 
nearer  tO'  the  cemetery  where  the  craft 
was  so  in  evidence,  we  ask  what  shielded 
Minnick,  who  shot  and  killed  Mr.  Mill- 
saps,  near  Alton,  and  cleared  him  of  the 
crime  ?  Secretism — Masonry.  The  Holy 
Spirit  asks,  "Shouldest  thou  help  the  un- 
godly, and  love  them  that  hate  the 
Lord?"  (II  Chronicles  19:2.)  What 
moral  effect  was  produced  upon  sinners 
by  your  oration  on  the  virtues  of  Ma- 
sonrv,  eternitv  alone  will  reveal.  Can 
we  wonder  that  the  darkened  minds  of 
unregenerate  men  hug  this  false  system 
to  their  breasts,  shouting,  with  manifest 
delight,  "Masonry  is  a  good  enough  re- 
Hgion  for  me,"  especially  when  eloquent 
ministers,  like  yourself,  high  in  the  coun- 
cils of  the  church,  publicly  glorify  this 
anti-Christ,  wearing  his  vestments,  and 
shouting  for  the  Masonic  Baal? 

W^hat  is  true  of  Freemasonry,  as 
above  noted,  is  also  true  of  Odd  Fellow- 
ship and  kindred  secret  societies ;  they 
reject  the  precious  name  of  Jesus  from 
their  ritual  in  their  religious  teachings, 
to  please  His  enemies,  and  do  so  especial- 
ly in  order  to  admit  Jews,  deists,  spiritu- 
alists, and  others  to  their  fellowship.  In 
short,  secret  orders  are  Satan's  imitation 
of  the  Church,  and  counterfeits  of  true 
religion. 

I  joined  the  Good  Templars ;  but  the 
last  time  I  was  in  a  Good  Templar 
lodge  the  Worthy  Chief  was  so  drunk 
that  he  was  kept  from  falling  by  the 
energy  and  united  efiforts  of  the  two  la- 
dies, his  ''Right  and  Left  hand  Support- 
ers !"      The    male    members    could    have 


carried  Illinois  for  prohibition,  at  that 
time,  if  they  had  kept  their  vows  as  Good 
Templars.  So  I  took  my  card  from  that 
lodge,  but  I  continued  to  vote  as  I 
prayed. 

I  joined  the  Odd  Fellows  at  La  Salle, 
111.,  and  found  myself  in  fellowshi])  with 
spiritualists,  deists  and  Jews,  all  of 
whom  hated  Jesus  the  Christ.  I  with- 
drew from  that  order,  and  have  my  with-- 
drawal  card  from  it  at  the  present  time. 

I  had  an  exalted  opinion  of  Freema- 
sonry, and  joined  Maquon,  111.,  Lodge, 
No.  530,  in  Knox  County,  Illinois. 

On  receiving  the  first  degree,  I  was 
so  shocked  by  the  Christless,  deistic 
prayer,  that  I  begged  them  to  let  me 
leave  the  order ;  but  I  was  informed 
that,  figuratively  speaking,  I  was  in  the 
"Old  Dispensation"  while  an  Entered 
Apprentice,  and  that  on  receiving  the 
third  or  Master's  degree,  I  would  be  in 
the  "New  Dispensation,"  and  w^ould 
hear  enough  allusion  to  Jesus  Christ  to 
satisfy  my  conscientious  scruples. 

I  went  on  through,  and  still  could  not 
rest.  In  the  hope  of  reconciling  me  to 
the  order,  the  Worshipful  Master  made 
me  the  Chaplain  of  the  lodge.  He  called 
on  me  to  pray  one  night  when  he,  as 
Jubelum,  had  metaphorically  killed  the 
candidate,  and  the  latter  was  lying  prone 
upon  the  floor  shamming  death,  as  Hi- 
ram Abiff.  I  prayed,  as  you  would  pray, 
in  the  name  of  Jesus.  When  the  lodge 
closed  that  night,  the  Worshipful  Mas- 
ter came  to  me  with  Webb's  "Freema- 
son's Monitor,"  and,  as  he  presented  it, 
open,  said : 

"Here !  All  the  prayers  of  Blue  Lodge 
Masonry  are  to  be  found  in  this  book. 
Confine  yourself  to  the  ritual  as  you  find 
it  here.  The  way  you  prayed  to-night 
may  be  Christianity,  but  I'll  assure  you 
it  is  not  Blue  Lodge  Masonry," — and 
he  was  quite  right  in  that  particular. 

I  immediately  thrust  it  back  to  him, 
and  said,  "Take  your  book,  and  don't  you 
ever  call  upon  me  to  pray  in  this  lodge 
again;  it  is  this  that  troubles  me,  and 
I'll  have  to  leave  you  yet." 

As  long-  as  I  considered  my  lodge  ob- 
ligations binding,  and  its  oaths  to  be 
sacredly  kept,  I  was  in  more  or  less  spir- 
itual unrest.  I  finally  wrote  the  follow- 
ing request  to  the  lodge,  after  being  re- 


550 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Marcli,  1912. 


peatedly    warned   aiid   counseled   to   the 
contrary. 

Maquon,  III,  iMonday,  May  20,  1872. 
Worshipful   blaster.   Fellows  and   Brethren: 
I    would    respectfull}'   ask    leave    to    v/ith- 
draw   from  the   Order,   as    I   can   no   longer 
conscientiously   remain   a   Mason. 
Yours   fraternally, 

G.     T.     DiSSETTE. 

Was  my  request  granted?  Not  at  all. 
Several  weeks  elapsed,  if  my  memory  be 
correct,  before  I  heard  from  it,  and  it 
ended  by  the  Worshipful  Master  order- 
ing me  to  attend  the  lodge,  as  I  had 
sworn  to  do  when  ordered,  or  sum- 
moned. 

To  this  day  they  have  never  granted 
my  request,  nor  called  on  me  for  dues, 
nor  notified  me  that  they  have  discon- 
tinued or  expelled  me  as  a  member  of 
that  lodge,  so  that  I  consider  that  I  have 
been  held  as  a  member  contrary  to  my 
will  and  request,  ever  since  that  time,  for 
I  had  paid  all  my  lodge  expenses,  and 
there  w^ere  no  dues  in  arrears  when  I 
left. 

I  paid  about  sixty  or  seventy-five  dol- 
lars for  wdiat  I  learned  of  Masonry,  as 
I  had  not  seen  an  exposition  of  it,  and 
about  thirty  dollars,  more  or  less,  for  a 
lodge  feast.  And,  be  it  more  or  less,  I 
would  have  gladly  given  it  all  and  my 
right  hand  with  it,  to  recall  the  whole  of 
my  ]\Iasonic  experience.  Yet  I  was  not 
permitted  to  withdraw,  and  was  warned, 
that,  if  I  ever  lifted  my  voice  against 
^Masonry,  they  would  follow  me  with 
vengeance.  Of  course  I  cannot  say  how 
far  their  vengeance  has  followed  me, 
but  I  am  morally  certain  that  they  have 
retaliated,  from  the  time  I  bade  fare- 
well to  the  lodge,  to  this  very  day.  They 
forward  a  seceder's  character  to  other 
lodges,  or  to  the  one  nearest  to  wherever 
he  may  reside.  Although  I  was  assured 
that,  if  I  did  not  actively  antagonize  Ma- 
sonry, I  would  be  permitted  to  pursue 
my  w^ay  in  peace,  I  had  learned  enough 
of  lodge  government  and  polity  to  know 
that  any  such  assurance  could  not  be  de- 
pended on.  Moreover.  I  liacl  been  Ma- 
sonically  assured  to  the  contrary,  viz., 
that  there  w^ere  members  of  Maquon 
Lodge  w^ho  would  ''travel  three  thousand 
miles"  to  inflict  the  penalties  on  any  man 
who  would  "go  back  on  Masonry,"  or 
do  violence  to  his  "obligation  as  a  Ma- 


son. 


>> 


Did  not  the  treatment  accorded  Rev. 
Stephen  Brink,  in  that  town,  and  the 
satisfaction  it  gave  to  the  members  of 
that  lodge,  w^arrant  me  in  believing, 
that,  when  a  man  withdrew  from  that 
lodge  for  conscience'  sake,  he  would 
soon  have  reason  to  believe  that,  if  the 
tribunal  of  the  Inquisition  was  abolished 
in  Em-ope,  its  archetype  is  set  up  in  the 
Masonic  order  in  America,  and  is  doing 
business  according  to  the  methods  of  its 
prototypes  ? 

Rev.  Stephen  Brink  was  a  member  of 
the  above-named  lodge  before  I  was  ini- 
tiated, and  he  was  also  a  member  of  the 
Central  Illinois  Conference,  and  preached 
in  Maquon.  I  never  met  him  in  the 
lodge,  or  knew  him  personally,  although 
I  have  seen  him  a  number  of  times  and 
heard  him  preach.  But  I  was  Masonic- 
ally  given  to  know  that  his  horse's  mane 
and  tail  were  shaved  clean,  his  harness 
cut  up,  as  were  also  his  buggy  top  and 
cushions,  and  then  smeared  with  ordure 
in  the  darkness  of  the  night. 

Twenty  years,  more  or  less,  after  the 
above  incident,  I  was  pastor  at  Little 
River,  in  Rice  County,  Kansas,  and 
learned  that  Brother  Brink  was  sta- 
tioned at  Sterling,  about  twelve  or  fif- 
teen miles  southwest  of  my  circuit.  I  de- 
termined to  visit  him,  but  when  I  finally 
went  there  he  had  removed.  He  had 
gone,  after  passing  through  great  tribu- 
lation and  victory.  The  lodge  vengeance 
could  not   dent  his   "shield." 

There  have  ever  been  two  altars  bless- 
ing and  cursing  our  race — the  altar  of 
Baal  or  the  altar  of  Baal's  lineal  descend- 
ant, the  lodge,  and  the  altar  of  Christ. 
Tw^o  systems  of  religion  have  ever  been 
connected  with  those  altars,  one  of  which 
is  true,  and  one  of  which  is  false  ;  one 
leads  the  soul  to  Christ  and  Heaven,  the 
other  is  of  Satan,  and  will  land  the  soul 
in  Hell.  "Am  I  therefore  become  your 
enemy,  because  I  tell  you  the  truth?" 
(Gal.  4:16.)  "For  God  shall  bring  every 
work  into  judgment,  with  every  secret 
thing,  whether  it  be  good,  or  whether  it 
be  evil."  (Eccle.  12:14.) 

From  a  mere  human  point  of  view,  it 
has  certainly  cost  me  almost  all  my  pros- 
pects in  this  life  to  renounce  Freema- 
sonry. It  has  lined  my  path,  and  often 
surrounded  my  home,  with  alert,  active, 
yet  hidden  enemies,  and  were  it  not  for 
"the  grace  of  God  that  bringeth  salva- 


March,   1912. 


CHRISTIAN     CYNOSURE. 


351 


tion,"  and  the  Holy  Spirit,  who  enhght- 
ens  my  understanding,  I  might  have  been 
cheated,  by  the  Masonic  worship  of  Baal, 
out  of  all  my  prospects  "of  that  which  is 
to  come."  Is  it  not  amazing  that  such  a 
despotic  and  anti-Christian  system  of  re- 
ligion as  Freemasonry  is  favored,  fos- 
tered and  admired  in  this  enlightened 
age  and  nation?  How  can  you,  a  Presid- 
ing Elder,  believe  the  absurdities  taught 
and  practised  in  such  a  system  ?  You 
believe  in  them,  or  you  do  not.  If  you 
believe  in  them,  you  are  not  fit  to  be  a 
presiding  elder,  not  fit  to  be  a  member 
of  the  church  in  any  capacity;  if  you  do 
not  believe  in  them,  you  are  too  good  a 
man  to  be  in  the  lodge,  and  cannot  get 
out  of  it  too  soon  for  the  salvation  of 
your  soul.  'The  man  that  wandereth  out 
of  the  way  of  understanding  shall  re- 
main in  the  congregation  of  the  dead." 
(Prov.  21  :i6.)  'The  way  of  under- 
standing" is  the  way  in  which  the  Holy 
Spirit  leads ;  and  it  is  out  of  the  lodge, 
not  into  it.  What  is  good  for  you,  is 
good  for  "the  rank  and  file"  of  Chris- 
tians. Hark,  the  voice  that  commanded 
demons  on  Galilee's  shore,  to  "Go !"  is 
heard,  in  tones  of  love  and  compassion, 
calling  to  you.  "Come  out  of  her,  my 
people,  that  ye  be  not  partakers  of  her 
sins,  and  that  ye  receive  not  of  her 
plagues."   (Rev.  18:4.) 

Every  secret  order's  secrets,  so  called, 
are  faithfully  published  to  the  world,  as 
any  one  may  learn  by  addressing  the  Na- 
tional Christian  Association,  850  West 
Madison  Street,  Chicago,  111.,  and  ob- 
taining their  catalogue  of  publications. 
Yours  in  His  name. 

(Elder)  G.  T.  Dissette. 
Congo,  Mo. 


KNIGHTS  TEMPLARS'  BALL 


**The"    Event    of   the    Season    Attracts    Big 
Attendance. 

The  annual  ball  of  St.  Paul  command- 
ery,  Knights  Templars,  which  in  late  years 
has  taken  the  leading  place  in  the  social 
events  in  the  city,  was  held  last  evening  in 
Odd  Fellows'  hall  and  the  Wellington  ho- 
tel, and  was  a  success  in  every  particular. 
The  decorations  were  elaborate,  green  and 
white  being  the  predominating  colors.  The 
music,  both  for  concert  and  dance,  by  the 
Salem  cadet  orchestra  of  15  pieces,  was 
excellent,  and  the  attendance  left  nothing 
to  be  desired  except  an  increased  amount 
of   room    in    the    hall,    for   during   the    early 


hours   the   dance   floor  was   crowded   to   the 
limit   of  its  capacity. 

When  the  line  entered  the  ballroom  from 
the  lodge  rooms  adjoining,  the  electrical 
decorations  were  flashed  on  and  the  full 
beauty  of  the  hall  was  revealed.  The  ceil- 
ing was  a  tent-like  canopy  of  white  and 
green,  the  walls  paneled  by  the  same  col- 
ors, and  on  each  panel  was  an  electrically 
illuminated  emblem  of  the  order.  The  back 
of  the  stage,  on  which  was  stationed  the 
orchestra,  was  decorated  with  a  huge 
Maltese  cross  framed  in  electric  lights  and 
when  all  the  lights  were  turned  on  the 
room  was  flooded  in  a  brilliant   blaze. 


RIOT  IN  THE  WOODS. 

An  adjourned  meeting  of  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America  in  Chicago,  gave 
play  to  vigorous  insurgency  by  which  a 
plan  of  the  head  officers  of  the  society 
was  boldly  opposed.  The  officials  con- 
fessed that  the  rate  would  soon  fail  to 
secure  the  pretended  insurance,  and  thev 
advocated  that  plan  of  increase  which 
has  been  adopted  by  sixteen  other  secret 
orders.  Their  plan  was  conformed  to 
the  recommendation  of  the  insurance 
commissioners  who  met  in  Mobile,  Ala., 
still  earlier,  and  who  prepared  a  uniform 
law  or  rule  adapted  to  the  use  of  all  fra- 
ternal insurance  societies.  Against  adopt- 
ing the  insurance  commissioners'  recom- 
mendation the  fight  in  Chicago  was 
made. 

Head  officers  of  the  Woodmen  submit- 
ted figures  showing  that  in  two  years 
the  society  would  not  have  available  as- 
sets adequate  to  cover  the  face  value  of 
its  insurance.  The  plan  involved  ma- 
terial elevation  of  rates,  but  it  was  pro- 
posed to  scale  them  for  members  more 
than  53  years  old  so  as  not  to  drive  them 
out  of  the  insurance  altogether.  This  is 
an  old  story  often  told,  and  the  side  of 
the  society  is  not  the  only  one.  L^nex- 
pected  swelling  of  rates,  disappointing 
shrinkage  of  returns,  with  virtual  forc- 
ing out  of  old  patrons,  show  the  melan- 
choly side  of  those  who  have  trusted 
too  fully  such  a  word  as  "cheap"  or 
"fraternal."  It  is  no  very  fraternal  act 
to  trifle  with  a  man's  care  for  his  family, 
or  with  a  woman's  means  of  caring  for 
her  children  with  herself  after  the  death 
of  their  father  and  her  husband. 


I  have  lived  to  thank  God  that  all  my 
prayers  have  not  been  answered. — Jean 
fugelow. 


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Annual  Meeting  Call 
Women^s  Lodges 


Brave  Men  of  Old 


Modern  Woodmen  Agitated 

Masonic  Office  Holders 

News  of  Our  Work 

Counterfeit  Money  and  Other 
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CONTENTS 


X.    C.  A.  Annual   Meeting 353 

The   AA'oman's    Lodge,   by   Rev.   Alexan- 
der  Thomson    353 

Modern    Woodmen    Agitated 354 

Brave    yien    of    Old,   A    Poem,    by    Rev. 
William    X.    Tobie....^ 355 

Masonic   Office   Holders,  by  Pres.   C.   A. 

Blanchard 356 

"The  Wiles  of  the  Devil,"  by  Rev.  E.  R. 

Worrell    361 

Union   Evangelistic   Campaigns,   by  Rev. 

^lilford    H.    Lyon 362 

Counterfeit   Money   and   Other    Counter- 
feits, by  Elliot  Whipple,   Ph.  D 363 

The  Broken  Seal,  by  Samuel  D.  Greene ;366 

Editorial —  . 

Churches  Friendly  to  the  X^.  C.  A 369 

Pastoral   Settlement    369 

Mormon   Woodmen    369 

Knights  Assail   X'egroes 369 

Damage   and    Damages 370 

Treaties    Coolly    Treated 370 

A   Lonely   Death ...371 

Simon    A.    Hershey,    obituary 371 

News  of  Our  Work — 

Secretary   Stoddard's    Report 373 

Pennsylvania    Convention    Report 374 

"Lizzie   Woods'    Letter" 374 

A   Xew   Book 375 

In  Perils   of  False  Brethren 375 

Index  Volume   XLIV .  .377 


GENERAL   OFFICERS. 

President,  Rev.  E.  B.  Stewart;  Vice- 
President,  Rev.  J.  W.  Brink;  Recording 
Secretary,  Mrs.  N.  E.  Kellogg;  Secre- 
tary-Treasurer, Wm,  I.  Phillips. 
BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS. 

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M.  Hitchcock  (Independent),  C.  A. 
Blanchard  (Congregational),  G.  J.  Haan 
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Presbyterian),  Joseph  Amick  (Church  of 
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NQMBER    12. 


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THE   WOMAN'S   LODGE. 

REV.    ALEXANDER   THOMSON. 

When  pastor  of  the  Congregational 
church  in  Washburn,  Wisconsin,  I  was 
in  very  intimate  relations  with  the  pas- 
tor of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
This  gentleman  was  an  unusual  man, 
able,  scholarly  and  thoughtful.  One  day, 
in  conversation,  our  thoughts  turned  to 
the  question.  Why  are  there  not  more 
men  in  the  church?  Washburn  was  at 
that  time  a  new  town  of  considerable 
size,  perhaps  three  or  four  thousand,  but 
in  our  two  churches,  the  leading  ones  in 
the  town,  there  were  only  about  twelve 
men  members.  Surely  then,  the  ques- 
tion. Why  are  there  not  more  men  in  the 
church?  was  a  pressing  one  to  us.  I 
thought  I  knew  the  cause,  and  questioned 
my  friend.  I  said,  ''My  brother,  I  know 
you  are  a  Mason.  You  are  inside  of  the 
lodge.  I  am  outside.  I  have  thought 
that  the  lodges  are  stealing  the  hearts  of 
the  men  away  from  the  church.  What 
are  your  views?"  Instantly  his  thought- 
ful face  became  sober  as  he  replied,  "Air. 


Thomson,  I  am  both  a  Mason  and  an 
Oddfellow,  and  I  know  that  what  you 
say  is  true,  to  an  extent  that  }0u  cannot 
understand." 

A  few  )'ears  after  that,  I  \\"as  spend- 
ing my  vacation  in  a  little  town  in  ^lich- 
igan,  and  attended  the  prayer-meeting  in 
the  Congregational  church  there.  The 
pastor,  who  led  the  meeting,  was  an  old 
man.  kindly,  gifted  and  earnest,  and  I 
knew  him  to  be  a  man  of  more  than  com- 
mon ability,  and  earnestly  serving  the 
Master.  There  were  present  at  the  meet- 
ing a  number  of  women.  The  minister, 
another  man  and  m3^self  were  the  only 
gentlemen  present.  It  was  a  tine  sum- 
mer evening  with  nothing  tr»  interfere 
with  the  prayer-meeting.  This  minister 
was  a  Knight  Templar,  and  wore  his 
sign.  When  the  service  was  over,  I 
walked  home  with  him  in  earnest  con- 
versation. As  we  walked.  I  sought  the 
views  of  this  good  man.  I  said  in  sub- 
stance. "My  brother,  you  know  how 
manv  men  were  at  the  prayer-meeting 
to-night.  I  find  the  same  condition  pre- 
vailing everywhere.  Our  women  attend, 
but  where  are  the  men  ?  You  arc  a 
Mason.  I  know.  Do  you  believe  that  the 
lodge  has  a  hand  in  this?"  The  sub- 
stance of  his  reply  was  as  follows.  "Mr. 
Thomson,  you  see  I  wear  a  Knight  Tem- 
plar's pin.  T  received  it  from  a  dear 
friend  when  lie  was  dying.  I  wear  it  for 
his  sake.  I  am  a  [Mason,  and  I  know 
that  the  lodge  is  responsible,  in  part  at 
least,  for  the  non-attendance  oi  men  up- 
on the  services  of  the  church." 

Now  it  was  about  this  time  that  T  ven- 
tured to  make  a  prediction  to  some  of 
my  friends.  It  was  this.  'Tf  the  day  ever 
comes  when  the  women  go  into  the 
lodges  as  the  men  do  to-da}'.  it  will  be 
death  to  many  of  our  churches."  That 
dav  has  now  fullv  come,  and  T  leave  all 


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R 1  S T I . \ X    C V N Q S VRE. 


March,  1912. 


thought tul  people  to  judge  as  to  the 
truth  of  m\-  predietion. 

\\'hen  in  one  of  my  helds.  I  had.  as  a 
member  of  ni}'  chiu'ch,  a  tired  mother 
caring  for  her  home  and  two  little  chil- 
dren who  were  hard  to  manage.  On  my 
visits  to  her  home,  she  often  expressed 
regret  that  she  was  unable  to  attend  the 
prayer-meeting.  I  replied  that  with  her 
work  and  cares,  her  duty  might  be  at 
home,  for  as  she  said,  she  could  not  well 
lea\"e  her  babies.  That  lady  joined  one 
of  the  woman's  lodges  and  was  out  until 
ten  or  eleven  o'clock  at  night  without  her 
babies !  Now  the  woman's  lodge  is 
everywhere.  There  is  hardly  a  town 
where  there  are  not  as  many  of  them 
as  there  are  churches,  and  sometimes 
there  are  more.  What  have  been  the  re- 
sults ? 

First,  a  great  loss  to  the  Woman's 
Christian  Temperance  Union.  Fifteen 
years  ago  that  noble  organization  was 
strong  in  every  town  and  village,  at  least 
so  far  as  I  knew.  The  white  ribbon 
movement  was  the  right  hand  of  the 
church.  Now  the  W.  C.  T.  U.  has  ceased 
to  exist,  or  nearh^  so.  in  the  small  towns 
and  villages,  and  it  has  become  rather 
rare  to  see  the  white  ribbon  upon  a  wo- 
man's breast. 

Second,  the  nature  of  the  social  life, 
largely  directed  by  women,  has  greatly 
changed.  It  is  now  the  card  party,  many 
times  with  the  valuable  prize  that  makes 
it  real  gambling,  and  the  ever  attractive 
dance.  In  some  towns  well  known  to 
me.  the  card  party  and  the  regtilar  lodge 
dance  are  almost  the  only  factors  in  so- 
cial life  that  strongly  appeal  to  the  peo- 
ple. How  far  these  women  have  wan- 
dered from  the  noble  ideals  of  the  W.  C. 
T.  U.,  we  need  not  stop  to  inquire. 

Third,  the  prayer-meeting  in  many 
churches  has  received  a  deadly  blow,  in 
some  a  death  blow.  It  was  largely  for- 
saken by  the  men  before,  and  now,  in 
places,  it  is  nearly  forsaken  bv  the 
women.  In  some  churches  the  poor  min- 
ister who  loves  the  praA'^er-meeting,  and 
knows  that  it  is  that  which  largely  reg- 
isters the  condition  of  the  church  life, 
is  not  sure  that  there  will  be  any  one 
present  besides  himself  and  the  sexton. 
In  not  a  few  cases,  the  prayer-meeting 
has  become  a  thing  of  the  past. 

Fourth,  the  increasing  difficulty  of  se- 
curing women   who  can  be   relied  upon 


for  faithful  Sabbath  School  teachers.  A 
night  at  a  card  table,  or  one  at  a  lodge 
dance  is  not  a  very  good  or  favorable 
preparation  for  Sabbath  School  work. 
The  women  do  not  really  want  to  occupy 
a  false  position,  and  therefore  do  not 
take  part  in  the  w^ork  of  the  Sabbath 
School.  • 

Fifth,  a  large  amount  of  money  that 
once  found  its  way  into  the  treasiuy  of 
the  church,  now  finds  its  way  into  the 
revenues  of  the  lodge,  with  the  most  dis- 
astrous results  to  church  life  and  ex- 
pansion ;  and  finally  the  man  of  God 
whose  soul  is  in  his  work,  when  he  comes 
before  his  people  on  the  Lord's  day,  with 
a  messap"e  warm  from  his  heart,  and 
looks  into  the  faces  of  his  audience, 
misses  that  spiritual  support  which  once 
shone  in  the  earnest  faces  of  the  noble 
women,  wdio,  in  the  great  battle  for  the 
Kingdom,  so  strongly  and  earnestly  held 
up  his  hands. 

Endeavor,  Wis. 


MODERN  WOODMEN  AGITATED. 

The  Modern  Woodmen  have  come  to 
it.  January  26  they  raised  their  rates  47 
per  cent.  Within  four  years  there  would 
have  been  a  deficiency  of  two  hundred 
and  eighty  million  dollars.  It  was  about 
time  that  some  action  was  taken.  When 
bankruptcy  is  only  four  years  off,  even 
the  most  luxuriouslv  furnished  manager's 
office  begins  to  feel  very  hot  and  stuffy. 
Of  course,  these  gentlemen  do  not  admit 
that  they  knew  all  these  years  what  was 
in  store  for  their  "brethren,"  drawn  into 
membership  by  the  lure  of  rates  53  per 
cent  of  what  they  should  have  been.  Oh, 
no ;  these  officials  have  been  actuated  by 
the  most  benevolent  motives  in  adding  47 
per  cent  to  the  yearly  premiums.  Says 
Head  Consul  Talbot :  "We  were  deter- 
mined to  get  the  best  possible  insurance 
that  could  be  computed."  As  if  no  better 
insurance  had  been  computed  previous  to 
1912! 

One  hundred  years  ago  the  rates  on 
which  an  honest  insurance  business  or 
mutual  benefit  arrangement  in  case  of 
death  can  be  established  had  been  com- 
puted from  many  years'  experience  by 
German,  French,  and  English  actuaries. 
Insurance  companies  organized  on  this 
basis  in  1797  (Pelican  of  London),  1813 
(Union  of  London),  1827  (Gothaer), 
and  1828  (Lubecker)  are  doing  business 


March,  1912. 


Cf^RlSTlAN    CYNOSURE. 


today.  They  have  not  at  any  time  been  a 
trade  secret.  The  second  edition  of  the 
Encyclopedia  Britannica,  printed  a  hun- 
dred years  ago,  contained  the  gist  of  the 
whole  matter,  as  did  every  encyclopedia 
since. 

But  there  are  people  who  found  it  con- 
venient to  forget  that  there  is  such  a 
thing  as  a  multiplication  table  and  a  table 
of  mortality.  They  organized  fraternal 
insurance  societies — lodges.  Their  sys- 
tem of  rates  appealed  to  people  who  have 
the  get-something-for-nothing  idea.  The 
class  that  imagines  all  laws  suspended 
that  govern  ordinary  business,  when  it 
comes  to  figuring  insurance.  And  so 
they  went  into  "cheap  insurance,''  that  is 
to  say  into  the  most  expensive,  the  lodge 
kind;  went  in  by  shoals,  squadrons,  and 
platoons. 

And  all  went  merry  as  a  wedding  bell 
until  the  table  of  mortality  did  its  fine 
work.  When  the  rate  of  mortality  among 
the  older  members  reaches  a  certain 
point,  the  reserve  fund,  upheld  for  a  time 
by  the  rapid  influx  of  new  members,  is 
wiped  out,  and  then  there  is  the  choice 
of  a  reduction  from  the  face  value  of  the 
policy,  or  increased  rates,  or  bankruptcy. 

There  are  more  than  150  fraternal  or- 
ders (secret  societies,  lodges)  doing  bus- 
iness now  in  the  United  States  on  the 
hot-air  rate  plan.  Every  one  of  them 
must  raise  its  rates  or  go  out  of  business. 
None  can  survive  until  1924  under  the 
present  system.  In  sixteen  states  they 
are  prohibited  by  law  from  writing  poli- 
cies. In  these  states  their  business  is 
rated  on  one  level  with  that  of  card 
sharps  and  shell-game  artists  ;  they  must 
reform  or  quit.  In  six  states  the  same 
legislation  is  pending.  And  even  if  there 
were  no  legislation,  the  combined  forces 
of  the  table  of  mortality  and  the  multi- 
plication table  (the  "two  tables"  of  in- 
surance law )  will  within  a  very  few 
years  strangle  the  life  out  of  every  order 
trying  to  write  death  benefit  certificates 
at  less  than  cost. — Lutheran  Herald. 


The  January,  1912,  number  of  the 
Cynosure  was  out  of  stock  before  the 
month  ended.  We  could  use  extra  num- 
bers with  advantage  to  the  cause  and 
hence  ask  those  who  can  do  so,  having- 
no  further  use  for  it,  to  send  your  Jan- 
uarv  Cynosukr  to  this  offi;ce. 


BRAVE    MEN    OF    OLD. 

KKV.     \\]JJ..AKD    N.    TOmi-:. 

Brave    men    (jf    old!    who    stood    against    the 

world 
Of  constituted  wrongs   in  Clnircli  and  ^tale. 
Defied  the   principalities,  and  hurled 
The  truth  against  the  serried  ranks  of  liate. 
That    for  tlie   hist  of  worldly  power  and  gold 
linslaved    the    world,    haptized    the    earth     in 

blood, 
Rode   down    each   hrave   revolt   for   truth,   and 

sold 
The   lil)crties   of   men — a  Judas  hrood, 
That  used  the  holy  name  of  Christ  to  grace 
ddieir  demon   deeds  of  cruelty  and   ^hame — 
Brave    men !    to    front    such    foe    with    steady 

face — 
Yea,  men  of  God — and  worthy  of  the  name. 

Where  learned  ye  to  defy  the  sword,  the  flame, 
Tlie  Inquisition's   rack,  the  pope,  the  king, 
Tlie  anti-Christ   of  every  form  and  name? 
Whence   came   your  boldness?     Courage  high 

to  lling 
Awa}'  your  lives  in  martyrs'  altar  fires 
For   shadowy  dreams  impalpable  as  air  ? 
To   call   these   crowned   and   crosiered  t^-rants 

liars. 
Who  christened  crime?     Their  heartless  wrath 

to  dare? 

Not  from  beneath  that  power  to  dare  and  die; 
No     sense-l)orn     dreams     these     lofty     deeds 

inspire 
That  brave  the  legalized,  W'Orld-ruling  He. 
Your  souls  were  bathed  in  pentecostal  fire 
That    issued    from    the    heart    of    Him    who 

waged 
Contention  wdth  the  ruthless  powers  of  night. 
Unmasked  the  canting  hypocrite,  and  raged 
Against  the  temple-thief,  and  flashed  the  light 
Of  love  and  truth  on  selfishness  and  lies. 
Bared   His  heroic  breast  to  priesth-  hate. 
On   king  or  rabble  looked   wdth   fearless  eyes. 
Blanched    not    at    death,    bur    highly    met    His 

fate. 

Shall  we,  blest  children  of  the  better  years. 
Contend  less  bravely  'gainst  our  time's  decay? 
Shall  we  01  gentler   foe  ha^•e  greater  fears? 
They    faced  the   fagot  in  the  elder  day, 
The  lion,  reeking  dungeon,  Roman  cross — 
Now  gone   fore\er — thanks   to  them  who  liled 
To  bring  these  gentler  times.     A  petty  loss. 
A  stinging  word,  a  sneer,  a  loaf  of  bread 
Boycotted   from   the  hand,  official   place 
Denied — (oft   ])etter    in    the   loss    tlian    gain  1  — 
Such  dangers  look  us  moderns  in  the  face — 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


April,   1912. 


And   rarch"  worse — a   scratch,  a  paltr}-  pain — 
Dangers  our  fathers  would  have  scorned.   We 

lighr 
The     same    old    dragon,    but    his    claws    are 

clipped. 
Shall   we.   then,   be   less   valiant   for   the   right 
Against  a  foe  of  ancient  terrors  stripped? 

Nay !       Shame    on    cowards    in    this    milder 
day  :— 

Rise.    men.    be    valiant  I      ]\Ieet   the   times'    de- 
mand I 

Be  worthy  of  your  sires  I     Fling  fear  away! 

Remember  Christ's  brave  heart  and  pierced 
hand  I 

— -V.  W.  Christian  Advocate. 


MASONIC    OFFICE    HOLDERS. 

I  was  recently  attending  a  meeting  of  a 
City  Council.  I  was  not  personally  ac- 
quainted with  all  of  the  officials  but  I 
recopTiized  three  of  the  aldermen  as  mem- 
bers  of  a  masonic  lodge,  one  of  them 
had  I  think  been  what  they  call  the 
"Worshipful  Master."  I  knew  the  mayor 
not  to  be  connected  with  the  masonic 
order,  and  one  of  the  aldermen  I  knew 
to  be  opposed  to  secret  societies. 

There  are  hundreds  of  votes  cast  each 
year  in  our  city.  The  members  of  the 
masonic  lodge  are  comparatively  few. 
The  question  arose  in  my  mind,  how  did 
so  many  Free  Masons  chance  to  be  elect- 
ed to  the  positions  which  they  hold.  Was 
it  because  they  were  men  of  such  large 
ability  and  public  spirit  that  their  neigh- 
bors and  fellow  citizens  insisted  upon 
their  occupying  this  position  ?  Was  it 
because  they  wished  it  and  got  their 
brother  lodge  men  to  help  them  to  se- 
cure an  election?  Was  it  because  they 
desired  the  ofBce  and  worked  for  it  and 
secured  it  without  the  particular  aid  of 
their  brethren  in  the  lodge?  All  these 
questions  naturally  arise,  especially 
since  we  know  that  members  of  lodges 
generally  like  public  office  and  secure  it 
in  some  way  or  other. 

What  Difference  Does  It  Make? 

The  question  may  legitimately  arise, 
What  difference  does  it  make  how  lodge 


men  secure  public  office,  or  indeed 
whether  public  officials  are  lodge  men  or 
not?  3klembers  of  secret  orders  gener- 
ally say  that  they  do  not  use  their  lodge 
membership  to  secure  public  positions ; 
that  they  are  not  elected  because  they 
are  lodge  men  but  for  other  reasons,  and 
that  their  lodge  relations  have  no  influ- 
ence upon  the  performance  of  their  pub- 
lie  duties,  so  that  really  it  concerns  no- 
body to  know  whether  public  officials  are 
lodge  men  or  not.  On  the  other  hand 
very  many  careful  students  of  public  af- 
fairs have  believed  that  lodge  men  are 
continuously  using  their  lodge  relations 
to  secure  public  office,  and  the}^  believe 
that  lodge  men  are  incapable  of  properly 
fulfilling  public  duties  by  reason  of  the 
special  obligations  which  they  owe  to 
their  fellow  lodge  men.  Their  theory  is, 
in  a  word,  that  a  public  official  should  be 
in  a  position  to  do  equal  and  exact  justice 
among  all  the  people  over  whom  he  is 
trusted  to  rule.  They  feel  that  a  member 
of  a  lodge,  especially  of  a  masonic  lodge, 
is  under  such  peculiar  obligations  to  his 
brother  Free  Masons  that  he  is  unable 
properly  to  exercise  his  duties  as  a  public 
official. 

What  Are  the  Lodge  Obligations? 

In  a  word,  to  stand  by,  aid  and  assist 
brethren  of  the  order,  whoever  they  may 
be  and  wherever  they  may  be  found.  The 
application  of  such  an  obligation  when  it 
is  taken  in  secret,  and  the  persons  who 
are  to  be  favored  are  unknown  is  obvious. 
Let  it  be  a  question  of  taxation.  Sup- 
pose a  public  official  should  wish  to  get 
some  money.  He  is  a  lodge  man  and, 
after  or  before  a  lodge  meeting,  he  con- 
fers with  a  number  of  brother  lodge  men 
who  are  with  him  in  the  lodge  meeting. 
He  says  to  them,  'Tf  we  could  put  in  a 
public  improvement  at  the  expense  of  the 
people  I  should  get  so  much  money  for 
my  work  in  connection  with  that  improve- 
ment." It  is  obvious  that  his  brother 
lodge  men  might  make  an  arrangement  to 


April.  1912. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


)0< 


help  him  at  the  expense  of  the  tax  pay- 
ers. It  may  be  said  that  tax  payers 
could  prevent  the  improvement  which 
the  lodge  committee  have  decided  upon. 
Undoubtedly  they  could,  but  also  un- 
doubtedly in  many  instances  the  labor, 
expense  and  trouble  which  would  be  in- 
volved will  not  be  taken,  so  that  the  pub- 
he  monies  may  be  distributed  for  the 
benefit  of  the  lodge  brother  involved.  O'f 
course,  if  the  masonic  official  were  a 
judge,  he  might  be  called  upon  every  day 
to  befriend  brethren  in  ways  which 
would  be  inconsistent  with  public  inter- 
est. 

We  return  to  the  original  statement  of 
the  principle  involved :  a  public  official 
should  be  in  a  position  to  serve  equally 
and  impartially  all  the  persons  over 
whom  he  is  trusted  to  rule.  He  should 
never  put  himself  into  a  position,  or  re- 
main in  a  position  zvhere  he  will  be 
tempted  to  use  his  trust  as  a  public  offi- 
cial for  the  benefit  of  his  lodge  brothers. 
Then   What   Use   Is  There   of  the  Lodge? 

I  imagine  that  this  question  will  arise 
in  the  minds  of  almost  all  lodge  men 
who  are  office  seekers.  They  will  say  to 
this,  if  it  were  not  for  the  lodge  and  the 
help  that  I  get  from  my  lodge  brethren, 
I  could  not  get  office.  I  am  not  elected 
because  of  my  ability,  I  am  elected  be- 
cause of  the  friendship  of  my  brethren 
in  the  order,  and  if  I  should  put  myself 
on  my  standing  as  a  man  in  the  commun- 
ity, irrespective  of  my  lodge  relations, 
there  is  little  or  no  reason  to  suppose  that 
I  should  occupy  the  position  which  I 
hold.  Of  course  if  this  is  true,  it  is  in 
itself  an  objection  to  the  masonic  order, 
and  is  a  reason  why  members  of  that 
order  ought  not  to  be  elected  to  public 
positions. 

Men,  who  are  entrusted  with  the  sol- 
emn duty  of  ruling  over  their  fellow- 
men,  ought  to  be  of  such  a  character  as 
would  naturally  commend  them  to  the 
suffrages  of  their  fellow  citizens  without 


any  such  secret  aid  as  is  involved  in  ma- 
sonic membership.  If  they  are  elected  to 
office  because  they  are  masons,  the  pri- 
vate conferences  which  nominate  them 
being  attended  by  masons  only,  there  is 
every  reason  to  suppose  that  they  will 
use  their  positions  for  the  benefit,  not  of 
the  people  whom  they  profess  to  serve, 
but  of  the  lodge  brothers  who  have  put 
them  into  their  places. 

Aside  from  the  obligation  to  favorit- 
ism, which  is  a  fundamental  objection  to 
such  positions  there  are  special  obliga- 
tions which  are  more  serious  in  character. 
For  example,  take  the  obligation  which 
every  Free  Mason  is  under,  to  recognize 
the  signs,  summons  and  tokens,  given, 
handed,  sent  or  thrown  by  a  Mason  or  a 
lodge.  No  living  man  can  tell  when  he 
swears  that  oath  what  he  will  be  askea 
to  do  in  order  to  fulfil  it,  and  if  he  wishes 
to  secure  a  public  office  and  to  be  called  a 
judge,  a  sheriff,  an  alderman,  or  what 
not,  he  can  never  know  from  day  to  day 
what  he  will  be  asked  to  do  to  make  that 
obligation  good.  Of  course,  the  principle 
involved  applies  to  all  secret  societies, 
but  it  is  particularly  weighty  in  the  case 
of  the  masonic  order  because  the  masonic 
obligations  furnish  the  pattern  by  which 
all  the  other  lodges  work,  and  they  ex- 
press clearly,  what  the  obligations  of 
other  orders  often  merely  imply. 

What  Should  a  Lodge  Man  Do? 

It  is  clear  that  if  he  wishes  to  be  a 
good  public  official  he  should  at  once  re- 
nounce his  lodge  obligations,  at  least  for 
the  full  term  for  which  he  is  nominated 
or  elected  to  public  office.  If  he  recog- 
nizes these  oaths  and  attends  the  lodge 
meetings,  he  is  practically  certain  to  be 
in  lodge  caucauses  respecting  the  pu'hlic 
interests  from  which  any  high  spirited 
man  would  most  seduously  keep  himself. 
We  were  told,  years  ago  in  our  city,  that 
the  masonic  lodge  regularly  held  cau- 
cuses on  the  eve  of  all  public  elections, 
the  purpose  of  these  caucuses  being  to 


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CHRTSTIAX    CYNOSURK. 


March,  1912. 


secure  the  election  of  lodge  men  c^r  of 
those  who  were  friendly  to  lodges  to  pub- 
lic positions  whenever  it  was  possible.  Of 
course  these  conferences  were  not  held 
in  open  lodge,  at  least  they  need  not  have 
been,  luu  might  easily  have  been  ar- 
ranged before  or  after  the  lodge  had 
been  opened  or  closed.  It  is  equally 
plain  that  when  lodge  men  are  thus  cau- 
cusing to  secure  control  of  their  neigh- 
bors, and  the  handling  of  the  taxes,  they 
will  desire  and  attempt  to  secure  other 
advantages  b^-  reason  of  the  position 
which  the}-  occupy.  There  may  be  occa- 
sionallv  men  who  will  spend  time  and 
mo^e^■  in  thus  planning  and  w^orking  for 
pul)lic  station,  who  do  so  simply  because 
they  desire  to  be  officials,  but  the  public 
plunder  which  is  going  forw-ard  in  every 
part  of  our  country  at  this  time,  shows 
ver\-  plainlv  that  men  who  work  for  office 
generally  hope  and  expect  to  get  some- 
thing out  of  them  for  themselves.  In 
the  wa}-  of  relief  from  taxation,  in  the 
way  of  special  appropriations,  in  the  way 
of  grafting  of  some  sort  or  other.  It  is 
fair  to  presume  that  men  who  use  secret 
methods  for  securing  office  will  use  secret 
methods  to  make  the  office  they  get 
profitable. 

We  repeat  that  a  high  spirited  man, 
who  belongs  to  a  lodge  and  washes  to 
hold  public  office,  ought  to  free  himself 
from  all  his  lodge  relations  for  the  full 
term  for  wliich  he  is  elected.  When  he  no 
longer  desires  to  be  a  public  official,  if  he 
can  think  it  profitable  to  identify  himself 
with  the  masonic  order,  of  course,  that  is 
a  matter  which  must  be  referred  to  his 
own  conscience,  but  while  he  is  a  public 
official,  that  subject  is  not  only  of  interest 
to  him  but  it  is  also  of  interest  to^  all  his 
fellow  citizens.  They  have  a  right  not 
simply  to  hope  but  to  knozv  that  he  will 
be  in  a  position  to  do  equally  and  impar- 
tially b}'  all  men,  if  he  seeks  to  rule  over 
all.  ^ 


A  Case  in  Point. 

I  was,  years  ago,  visiting  the  Treasury 
Department  in  Washington.  I  have  for- 
gotten the  name  of  the  head  of  the  Secret 
Service  at  that  time,  but  I  think  it  was 
Col.  Brooks.  That  is  immaterial.  The 
office  in  which  he  sat  had  on  the  w^alls 
the  pictures  of  scores,  I  think  I  could 
truly  say  of  hundreds,  of  criminals  whom 
he  and  his  subordinates  had  arrested. 
Counterfeiters,  mail  robbers  and  what 
not,  all  w^ere  there.  I  said  to  him,  "Are 
you  connected  with  any  secret  societies?'' 
He  replied,  'T  used  to  be  a  Free  Mason." 
I  said  to  him:  "Why  did  you  leave  the 
masonic  lodge?"  He  said:  ''Because  I 
found  that  in  this  position  I  w^as  being 
coiistantl)'  appealed  to  by  criminals  for 
relief  under  the  masonic  signs  and  tokens 
and  obligations."  He  said:  'Tt  became 
unendurable.  I  could  not  refuse  to  recog- 
nize my  masonic  obligations  to  men 
who  evidently  w^ere  Free  Masons,  and  I 
could  not  falsify  mv  oath  to  administer 
my  office  honestly.  I,  therefore,  w^ent  to 
my  lodge  and  told  them  that  they  must 
excuse  me  from  my  lodge  obligations  as 
long  as  I  was  at  the  head  of  the  Secret 
Service."  This  action  on  the  part  of  this 
public  official  is  clear  and  to  his  credit  as 
a  man.  I  not  long  afterw^ard  met  a  sub- 
ordinate of  that  same  service.  He  told  me 
that  he  was  a  member  of  three  secret 
orders.  I  asked  him  if  in  the  transaction 
of  his  work  he  Avas  not  constantly  ap- 
pealed tO'  by  criminals  because  of  his 
lodge  relations.  He  said  that  he  was,  but 
that  he  invariably  refused  to  recognize 
those  men  as  members  of  the  orders  and 
did  his  duty  to  the  government.  Of 
course  this  is  what  he  ought  to  do  but  he 
was  from  choice  in  an  essentially  false 
position.  He  was  under  oath  to  recognize 
those  men  who  made  themselves  known 
to  him  as  members  of  their  respective 
lodges.  Fie  was  under  oath  to  do  for 
them  certain  things  which  they  wanted 
done.     He  was   also  under  oath  to   the 


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8.59 


United  States  to  perform  his  duties  as  a 
public  official  and  these  oblij^ations  con- 
flicted. He  cut  the  (lordian  Knot  by 
saying,  ''I  will  not  recognize  the  lodge 
signs,  summons  and  tokens  when  given 
to  me  by  men  whom  I  am  hunting  down. 
Some  lodge  men  would  commend  him  for 
this,  others  would  condemn  him,  but 
whether  approved  or  condemned,  he  was 
still  in  this  false  position.  He  should 
have  done  what  the  head  of  the  Secret 
Service  did,  that  is,  he  should  have  said 
to  his  lodges,  "you  will  have  to  excuse  me 
from  my  lodge  obligations  as  long  as  I 
am  in  a  public  position."  That  is  what  all 
lodge  officials  ought  to^  do.  If  they  have 
not  courage  enough  or  strength  of  char- 
acter enough  to  do  this  they  should 
promptly  resign  from  public  position  and 
should  not  become  candidates  for  such 
positions  again.  A  man's  honor,  as  a 
man,  is  too  choice  a  thing  to  be  needless- 
ly subjected  to  such  strain. 

When  a  man  offers  himself  for  the 
suffrage  of  his  fellow  citizens  he  ought  to 
be  able  to  look  them  all  in  the  face  with 
the  knowledge  that  he  is  absolutely  im- 
partial and  in  a  position  to  do  equal  and 
exact  justice  to  them  all.  It  will  save  him 
from  a  thousand  temptations  to  little, 
tricky,  mean,  underhanded,  secret  accom- 
modations and  actions  and  put  him  in  a 
position  to  act  a  part  that  will  be  honor- 
able to  himself,  beneficial  to  the  commun- 
ity and  a  satisfaction  to  the  worthy  men 
who  know  of  his  action.  We  cannot  too 
frecjuently  remember,  that  public  officials 
are  under  obligations  to  the  public.  The 
partisanship  of  our  age  has  led  men  often 
to  forget  or  to  neglect  this  obvious  truth. 
The  Republican  too  frequently  imagines 
himself  to  be  the  servant  of  the  Repub- 
lican party.  The  Democrat  tries  to  please 
Democrats  and  this  natural  tendency  is 
terribly  re-inforced  when  the  partv  to 
which  the  man  belongs  is  a  secret  one, 
hiding  as  far  as  possible  its  work  from 
the  public,  which  is  compelled  to  bear  the 


expense  of  government  and  to  suft'er  in 
case  the  work  is  not  honestly  done. 

Publicity  is  one  of  the  cries  of  our 
times  and  while  there  is  no  one  device 
which  will  make  dishonest,  tricky 
men  honorable  and  public-s])irited,  there 
is  no  question  but  that  jniblicity  is  .'i 
great  protection,  b(jth  to  the  official  and 
to  the  communit} .  ( )ne  of  the  great  oIj- 
jections  to  all  secret  societies  is  that  they 
train  men  to-  secret  methods.  It  is  easy 
for  persons  who  learn  to  wink  and  gri]) 
and  otherwise  communicate  with  a  small 
minority  of  the  people  for  one  purpose, 
to  do'  the  same  sort  of  thing  for  another. 

Men   of   Honor  Honorable   Men. 

No  man  is  under  obligation  to  hold 
public  office  unless  his  character  and  abil- 
ities are  of  such  a  sort  that  he  can  render 
a  service  to  the  state  which  could  not  by 
others  be  equally  well  performed.  But 
when  a  man  does  solicit  or  accept  at  the 
request  of  others  public  station  he  is  un- 
der obligation  to  serve  the  pul)lic  in  that 
position,  and  not  only  to  serve  the  public 
but  to  have  his  relations  and  actions  of 
such  a  character  that  the  whole  world 
may  know  that  he  does  this.  To  go  into 
a  City  Council,  or  a  State  or  National 
Legislature  and  see  groups  of  lodge  men, 
who'  are  under  secret  oaths  to  one  anoth- 
er, and  to  know  that  they  get  together  as 
lodge  men  to  talk  over  their  relations  to 
one  another  and  other  purposes  is  in 
itself  a  most  unfortunate  situation.  When 
the  tax  payer  looks  over  the  governing 
body,  with  wdiich  he  has  to  do,  he  ought 
to  know  that  everyone  of  those  men  is 
under  as  serious  an  obligation  to  him  as 
to  anyone  else  in  the  community.  ''Fair 
play  is  a  jewel,"  and  fair  play  cannot  be 
when  men  are  obtaining  secret  advan- 
tages over  their  fellowmen. 

Throats  Cut  and  Tongues  Torn  Out. 

I  find  it  difficult,  if  not  impossible  to 
understand  whv  ooocl  friends  of  mine, 
whom  I  know  to  be  Freemasons  can  toler- 
ate the  penalties  which  are  repeated  over 


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April    1912. 


and  again  in  the  masonic  lodge.  Every 
time  a  ^lason  addresses  the  master,  en- 
ters the  lodge,  or  retires  from  the  lodge, 
he  is  obliged  to  give  the  token  which  re- 
minds him  of  his  penalt3\  It  seems  to 
me  that  it  would  become  intolerable  to  a 
high  spirited  man  to  be  continually  re- 
minding himself,  and  reminding  others 
that  he  had  sworn  under  penalty  of  hav- 
ing his  throat  cut  across,  his  tongue  torn 
out.  his  heart  and  vitals  taken  out,  and 
his  body  cut  in  two.  What  right  has  any 
lodge  to  put  American  citizens  under  ob- 
ligations like  these?  No  church  does  it. 
No  civil  authority  does  it.  These  bloody 
oaths  belong  exclusivel}^  to  secret  socie- 
ties. \Miy  are  they  used  ni  a  day  like 
this  ?  My  friends,  who  are  lodge  men, 
tell  me  that  they  do  not  mean  anything, 
that  the  lodge  never  executes  them,  that 
they  are  a  relic  of  a  barabrous  age  con- 
tinued in  our  own  time.  I  am  afraid 
that  they  are  mistaken.  That  these  pen- 
alties have  been  enforced  in  numbers  of 
instances  we  positively  know,  but  I  im- 
agine that  their  principal  purpose  is  not 
to  secure  killing,  but  to  secure  obedience. 
Lodge  men  are  not  anxious  to  cut  some- 
body's throat,  but  they  are  anxious  that 
men.  who  have  sworn  under  that  penalty, 
should  continue  to  stand  by  them  in  case 
of  need.  I  think  that  this  is  the  secret 
of  the  continuation  of  these  penalties. 
Such  bloody  imprecations  make  it  still 
more  important  that  men  who  are  to  ex- 
ercise public  office  should  do  as  I  have 
suggested  above.  Every  lodge  man 
should,  when  he  offers  himself  for  the 
suffrage  of  his  fellow  citizens,  publicly 
announce  that  if  intrusted  with  power  he 
will  hold  himself  absolutely  free  from  his 
lodge  or  lodges  during  the  term  for 
which  he  is  elected. 

"It  Will  Never  Be  Done." 

I  have  heard  this  ever  since  I  was  a 

child  about  every  great  need  of  human 

society.    When  I  was  a  boy  those  who 

protested  against  American  slavery  were 


told  it  would  never  come  to  an  end. 
When  we  protest  against  the  liquor  trade 
we  are  answered  in  the  same  manner. 
When  we  speak  for  the  kingdom  of  God 
against  gambling — the  fashionable  and 
professional ;  the  dances  where  young 
men   and   women   are    ruined   bodv   and 

r' 

soul ;  the  Sabbath  breaking  which  chains 
millions  of  our  fellow  men  to  ceaseless 
toil ;  when  we  urge  any  action  against 
powerful  and  entrenched  evils  we  are  told 
the  thing  cannot  be  done.  It  is  said  that 
when  Mirabau  was  told  by  his  secretary 
that  a  certain  thing  was  impossible  he 
started  to  his  feet  and  shouted  out,  "Im- 
possible!  Never  again  name  to  me  that 
blockhead  O'f  a  word."  I  do  not  mean 
that  it  is  impossible  that  men  who  hold 
public  office  should  be  honorable  men. 
Many  of  them  are  not,  many  of  them 
never  will  be,  many  of  them  are  and  more 
of  them  will  be,  and  one  is  a  fool  who 
sits  down  in  the  presence  of  unquestion- 
able evils  and  says  that  it  is  impossible 
that  they  should  be  changed.  Anything 
which  is  wrong  can  be  made  right,  and 
before  God  is  through  with  this  world, 
wrong  things  will  be  made  right. 

O'f  course  all  intelligent  people  know 
that  there  are  lodge  men  who  hold  pub- 
lic office  who  abide  by  their  obligations 
to  the  public  rather  than  to  their  fellow- 
lodge  men.  Everyone  wdio  is  fairly  intel- 
ligent knows  that  there  are  other  lodge 
men  who  do  differently.  The  trouble  is 
that  no  one  can  tell  how  any  particular 
man  will  do  until  he  is  tried.  The  fact  is 
he  cannot  tell  himself.  The  men  who 
murdered  William  Morgan  were  as  good 
men  as  there  were  in  western  New  York 
at  that  time.  They  did  not  kill  him  be- 
cause they  wished  to,  but  because  they 
felt  that  they  must  do  so  in  order  to 
protect  the  lodge  and  keep  their  obliga- 
tions. 

The  purpose  of  this  article  is  to  urge 
all  worthy  men,  who  belong  to  secret 
societies  and  who  hold  or  desire  to  hold 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


361 


public  office,  to  put  themselves  in  a  posi- 
tion where  they  can  be  free  to  live  out 
their  lives  in  honorable  and  effective  fash- 
ion with  no  interference  from  the  lodge 
oaths  and  brethren.  We  believe  it  is 
entirely  within  the  scope  of  reason  and 
possibility  that  such  a  thing  should  take 
place.  Faithfully  yours, 

Charles  A.  Blanchard. 


And,  as  the  path  of  duty  is  made  plain, 
May   grace   be   given   that   I   may   walk 

therein, 
Not  like  the  hireling  for  his  selfish  gain, 
With    backward    glances    and    reluctant 

tread. 
Making  a  merit  of  his  coward  dread — 
But    cheerful    in    the    light    around    me 

thrown  '■ 

Walking  as  one  to  pleasant  service  led; 
Doing  God's  will  as  if  it  were  my  own, 
Yet    trusting    not    in    mine,    but    in    His 

strength   alone. 

John  Greenleaf  Whittier. 


"THE   WILES    OF   THE    DEVIL." 

REV.   E.  R.   WORRELL^  D.  D. 

"We  are  not  ignorant  of  his  devices," 
writes  Paul,  and  thus  suggests  that  a 
knowledge  of  Satan's  methods  pertains 
to  a  sound  Christianity.  Now,  a  device 
is  anything  formed  by  design — a  strata- 
gem (Greek,  stratagos,  a  general)  ;  i.  e., 
a  mode  of  operation  which  displays  gen- 
eralship. The  war  of  the  evil  one  against 
Christ  is  not  carried  on  by  chance  or  by 
guess.  Ignorance  here  is  disastrous  to 
the  cause  of  truth,  and  will  not  be  tol- 
erated by  earnest  Christians. 

The  devil  foments  religious  wars  in 
which  the  brother  delivers  up  the  brother 
to  death,  and  thus  makes  religion,  which 
is  the  only  hope  of  man's  salvation,  the 
most  powerful  engine  for  his  destruc- 
tion. The  first  war  of  religions  was 
waged  between  brethren  in  the  first  fami- 
ly of  the  human  race.  Cain,  in  behalf  of 
a  false  religion,  attacked  and  slew  Abel, 
who  represented  the  true. 

In  talking  to  Abel  (Gen.  4:8),  I  con- 
ceive Cain  made  three  definite  proposi- 
tions :  ( I )  to  substitute  the  religious 
ceremony  he  (Cain)  had  devised  for  the 
sacrifice  of  Abel,  which  was  made  by 
faith,  Heb.  11  :4;  (2)  to  construct  a  new 


religion  by  the  admixture  of  ceremonies 
with  faith;  (3;  death  to  Abel  in  case  he 
refused  to  do  either  and  insisted  on  faith 
alone.  Poor  Abel !  Perhaps  he  could 
not  decide  which  of  two  evils  was  the 
least,  so  chose  neither  and  died.  He  was 
murdered  by  his  brother  according  to  the 
flesh,  who  was  no  longer  his  spiritual 
brother ;  for  Cain  became  a  child  of  the 
devil  when  he  championed  ceremonies 
for  a  religion  as  opposed  to  faith.  Thus 
ended  the  first  campaign  of  a  war  that 
is  still  going  on.  Though  Abel  died,  it 
was  a  decided  victory  for  righteousness, 

for 

"...   saints  in  all  this  glorious  war 
Shall  conquer  though  they  die." 

Mohammed  may  have  acted  madly  in 
the  propagation  of  his  false  faith,  but 
there  was  method  in  his  madness.  He 
offered  men  the  Koran,  tribute  or  death. 
The  Koran  meant  substitution  of  Mo- 
hammedanism for  other  religions.  This 
might  easily  be  done  by  all  w^ho  had  no 
faith  in  their  own  religion.  Those  who 
paid  tribute  might,  in  form,  maintain 
their  own  faith,  though  in  reality  they 
would  be  nourishing  Islam.  And  the 
sword — well,  ''all  that  a  man  hath  will  he 
give  for  his  life"  is  a  statement  of  the 
devil  that  holds  true  all  too  frequently. 
But  some  refused  both  Koran  and  trib- 
ute, and  died.  To  them  there  was  a  deep 
meaning  in  the  words,  "He  that  loseth  his 
life  for  my  sake  shall  find  it."  They  be- 
lieved God,  and  thereby  established  their 
kinship  to  faithful  Abraham. 

As  an  illustration  of  this  ancient  de- 
vice of  Satan,  I  refer  the  reader  to  the 
antagonism  between  the  church  and  the 
lodge.  This  variance  is  much  like  that 
between  Cain  and  Abel,  which  was,  pure 
and  simple,  a  war  of  religions.  Cain  had 
no  atonement — no  blood  in  his  offering. 
The  lodge  has  no  atonement — no  Christ 
in  its  prayers.  It  does  not  confess  itself 
to  be  anti  (against)  Christ,  but  simply 
without  Christ,  and  is  therefore  con- 
demned in  the  Scriptures  as  anti-Christ, 
I  John  4 :3. 

This  lodge  system,  in  order  to  the  es- 
tablishment of  itself  in  power,  boldly 
teaches :  ( i )  Substitution  of  its  Christ- 
less  ceremonies  for  saving  faith.  Substi- 
tution of  loyalty  to  a  wicked  oath  for 
every  duty  to  his  fellows.  The  church 
must  give  the  lodge  member  up.  The 
rights  of  the  family  are  ignored.     Courts 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Marcli,  ]i)l-2. 


have  no  authority.  By  this  two-fold  sub- 
stitution the  law  of  love  to  God  and  love 
to  men  is  displaced.  In  other  words,  the 
lodge  becomes  supreme.  (2)  Tribute. 
All  outside  of  the  lodge  are  to  pay  trib- 
ute in  praise  or  silence.  Platform  (pul- 
pit included)  and  press  are  to  pay  in 
either  coin  they  wish,  but  they  must  pay. 
(3)  In  case  of  non-compliance  with  one 
or  otlier  of  these,  social  ostracism,  secret 
persecution,  death  and  horrible  mutila- 
tion of  the  body  after  death,  according 
as  the  lodge  is  able,  with  safety  to  itself, 
to  inflict. 

Thus  Satan  pushes  on  the  battle 
against  Christ ;  but  "we  are  not  ignorant 
of  his  devices.""  This  has  been  his 
method  from  the  beginning.  It  will  con- 
tinue to  be  his  method  until  every  "ref- 
uge of  lies"'  is  destroyed  and  he  is  com- 
pelled to  take  the  open  field  for  a  last 
stand,  when  a  battle  shall  be  fought  in 
which  no  flag  of  truce  shall  be  waved,  no 
quarter  shown,  and  the  Lamb  shall  over- 
come him. 


UNION       EVANGELISTIC 
PAIGN?. 


CAM- 


REV.    ^11 LFORD    H.    LYON,    DIRECTOR. 

Wheaton,  111..  Jan.  28,  191 1. 
A\'.  I.  Phihips,  850  Madison  St.,  Chicago. 

Dear  Brother  :  In  reply  to  your  request 
for  a  statement  of  my  position  regarding 
secret  societies  I  will  say  that  I  never  have 
joined  any  such  organization  myself  and 
have  both  privately  and  publicly  advised 
others  to  refrain  from  doing  so.  While 
an  undergraduate  student  in  university  1 
was  convinced  that  the  evils  of  the  college 
fraternity  system  far  outweighed  their 
vaunted  benefits.  This  belief  has  been 
confirmed  in  observing  the  efifects  of  this 
system  in  society  at  large. 

I  have  been  impressed  that  the  secret 
societv  principle  has  a  tendency  to  estab- 
lish fellowship  and  fraternity  upon  a 
false  and  untenable  basis,  not  of  com- 
mon aims  and  purposes,  but  rather  of 
-elf  interest,  oatlis  and  unnatural  and  un- 
reasonable obligations. 

Likewise  this  system  has  tended  to 
fetter  the  free  workinij  of  the  will  and 
conscience  of  the  individual.  It  has  obli- 
gated him  to  partisanship  and  favoritism, 
fre^uiently  at  the  expense  of  his  better 
judgment,  and  he  has  decided   from  the 


M.     H.     LYON. 

standpoint     of     oaths     and     expediency 
rather  than  right  and  reason. 

Furthermore,  as  a  Christian  I  could 
not  endorse  the  lodge,  as  it  teaches  in  the 
main  a  gospel  of  salvation  by  works 
rather  than  by  faith  in  Jesus  Christ.  It 
gives  men  a  religious  confectionery  that 
dulls  the  appetite  for  any  wholesome 
spiritual  food.  It  blinds  the  vision  from 
beholding  the  only  true  basis  for  brother- 
hood ;  viz.,  the  Lordship  of  Jesus,  the 
Son  of  Goci.  "One  is  vour  Master,  even 
Christ,  and  all  ye  [His  disciples]  are 
brethren." 

i^^ralernally  yours  in  Hi-n, 

M.  H.  Lyon. 


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E.  81st  Street  Clevei;ind.  Q 


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•^^y^ 


COUNTERFEIT  MONEY  AND  OTHER 
COUNTERFEITS. 

r>Y    ELLIOT     WHIPJMJ:.     I'll.     1). 
(Continued  from  March   luimher,    page  o^G.) 

False  religions  have  another  and  even 
more  dangerous  purpose  than  to  keep 
men  from  coming  into  right  relations  to 
God.  That  alone  does  not  satisfy  the 
devil.  He  wants  to  secure  them  as  his 
servants  and  worshipers. 

He  offered  to  give  Christ  all  the  king- 
doms of  the  world  and  the  glory  of  them, 
if  He  would  but  fall  down  and  worship 
him.  In  appearance,  this  offer  would 
have  made  it  easy  for  Christ  to  secure 
all  that  He  came  here  to  accomplish ;  and 
many  a  good  man,  before  and  since,  seek- 
ing to  benefit  mankind,  has  been  cap- 
tured by  a  similar  snare,  and  so  become 
an  agent  in  turning  men  from  the  wor- 
ship of  the  true  God  to  some  form  of 
devil  worship,  with  all  its  fearful  conse- 
quences. 

That  all  false  religions  are  forms  of 
devil  worship  is  a  truth,  which,  though 
ignored  in  much  of  current  theological 
teaching,  is  abundantly  recognized  in  the 
Bible.  In  the  17th  chapter  of  Leviticus, 
precise  directions  are  given  for  offering- 
sacrifices,  so  that  the  people  should  "no 
more  offer  their  sacrifices  unto  devils." 
In  Deut.  32:16,  17,  it  is  said:  "They  pro- 
voked Him  to  jealousy  w^ith  strange  gods, 
with  abominations  provoked  they  Him  to 
anger.  They  sacrificed  unto  devils,  not 
to^God." 

When  Jeroboam  headed  the  secession 
of  the  ten  tribes,  in  order  to  prevent  the 
people  from  going  u]:>  to  Jerusalem  to 
worship  Jehovah,  and  so  being  led  to 
"return  to  their  allegiance  to  the  house 
of  David,  he  took  counsel  and  made  two 
calves  of  gold,  and  said  unto  them:  "It 
is  too  much  for  you  to  go  up  to  Jeru- 
salem :  behold  *thy  gods,  O  Israel,  which 
brought  thee  up  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt."  ''And  he  ordained  him  priests 
for  the  high  places,  and  for  the  devils, 
and  for  the  calves  which  he  had  made." 

Of  course  Jeroboam  did  not  conscious- 
ly go  about  to  institute  devil  worship, 
nor  did  the  people  of  Israel  consciously 
and  intentionally  substitute  devil  wor- 
ship for  the  worshin  of  the  true  (lOfl; 
but  the  results  amply  justify  the  state- 
ment of  the  Bible  that  it  was  devil  wor- 
ship, for  from  that  time  on  the  history 


of  the  ten  tribes  is  one  of  rapid  dete- 
rioration, until  they  were  destroyed  as 
a  nation,  and  the  ])eo])le  carried  awa}'  ])\' 
Shalmaneser,  king  of  Ass3Tia,  into  a 
captivity  so  absolute  and  final  that  no 
trace  of  this  portion  of  the  Hebrew  race 
has  ever  been  discovered  in  the  subse- 
(|uent  history  of  the  world,  l)ecause,  as 
we  are  told  in  the  I7t]i  chapter  of  2d 
Kings,  they  had  "feared  other  gods," 
and  "set  them  up  images"  and  "served 
idols."  And  in  Psalm  106:36,  37,  it  is 
written,  "And  they  served  their  idols: 
which  were  a  snare  unto  them.  Yea. 
they  sacrificed  their  sons  and  their 
daughters  unto  devils."  And  in  i  Cor.. 
10:20,  Paul  says:  "But  I  say.  that  the 
things  which  the  Gentiles  sacrifice,  the>' 
sacrifice  to  devils,  and  not  to  God  ;  and 
I  would  not  that  ye  should  have  fellow- 
ship with  devils."  False  religions  are  of 
the  same  nature,  and  will  have  the  same 
results  to-day  that  they  did  in  the  days 
of  Jeroboam  or  of  St.  Paul. 

We  often  hear  it  said  that  it  doesn't 
make  much  dift'erence  wdiat  a  man  be- 
lieves, provided  he  is  sincere  in  his  be- 
lief :  but  it  is  only  in  moral  and  spiritual 
matters  that  any  such  fallacy  is  tolerated. 
An  honest  belief  that  a  counterfeit  coin 
is  good  does  not  confer  upon  it  the  pow- 
er to  pay  debts.  A  farmer's  belief  that 
he  i5  planting  good  seed,  however  firmly 
and  sincerely  entertained,  does  not  se- 
cure a  good  crop  from  poor  seed.  \\^  in- 
vestment in  worthless  mining  stocks  will 
not  be  profitable,  however  sincere  the  in- 
vestor may  be  in  his  belief  that  lie  has 
found  a   bonanza. 

A  young  lady  of  my  acquaintance 
W'hose  beauty,  amiabilitv  and  excellence 
of  character  won  the  admiration  and  es- 
teem of  all,  one  dav,  after  she  had  become 
head  of  a  family,  gave  to  her  sick 
child  a  dose  from  a  bottle  of  i:)oison  tliai 
stood  on  the  mnntel  lieside  the  healing 
medicine  the  physician  had  given  her : 
but  her  undoubting  belief  that  A\q.  was 
using  the  rioht  preparation  did  not  save 
the  life  of  her  darling,  nor  her  own  life 
from  the  cloud  of  a  great  and  permanent 
grief. 

.\  sincere  belief  in  the  righteousness 
of  their  cause  did  not  make  it  right  fc^r 
Stonewall  Jackson  and  numerous  othc 
Confederate  soldiers  to  light  to  over- 
throw the  best  government  the  world 
has  vet  seen,  in  order  to  establish  a  slave 


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empire.  St.  Paul  verily  thought  he  ought 
to  join  in  persecuting  the  followers  of 
Christ  even  unto  death,  but  such  a  be- 
lief did  not  make  his  persecution  of 
Christians  right. 

The  proposition  we  are  considering, 
like  many  another  of  the  devil's  counter- 
feits, has  gained  acceptance  because  it 
contains  a  half  truth.  An  essential  ele- 
ment in  true  religion  is  sincerity  of  be- 
lief, but  this  is  not  the  only  essential  ele- 
ment. It  is  equally  necessary  that  what 
is  believed  should  be  true,  and,  as  we 
have  already  seen,  it  is  one  of  Satan's 
subtlest  snares  to  get  the  worship  of  men 
directed  toward  hitnself  while  believing 
they  are  worshiping  God. 

It  may  be  asked.  "What  else  can  a  man 
do  than  adhere  to  what  he  believes  to 
be  the  truth?"  To  which  it  must  be  re- 
plied, ''Nothing  else."  And  this  ren- 
ders it  all  the  more  important  that  his 
belief  shall  be  a  right  one.  If  it  be  ob- 
jected that  God  will  not  punish  men  for 
obeying  a  belief  honestly  held,  the  reply 
is,  that,  in  all  the  other  affairs  of  life, 
as  we  have  already  seen,  men  do  suffer 
the  full  consequences  of  obeying  mis- 
taken beliefs ;  and.  if  the  same  God  rules 
the  moral  and  spiritual  realms,  that  in- 
stituted the  course  and  constitution  of 
nature,  then  it  is  reasonable  to  suppose 
that  the  same  methods  will  prevail  in  the 
one  as  in  the  other,  and  this  argument 
is  confirmed  by  the  indescribable  degra- 
dation and  misery  that  have  resulted 
from  the  dominance  of  false  religious 
beliefs  all  through  human  history. 

One  method  of  counterfeiting  is  by 
raising  the  denomination  of  true  money, 
and  one  of  the  later  and  most  successful 
of  Satan's  devices  is  to  lead  men  to  adul- 
terate true  religion  with  man-made  ordi- 
nances, commands,  or  creeds,  and  then 
to  magnify  the  importance  of  these  at- 
tachments until  they  come  to  take  the 
place  of  faith  in  Christ  and  a  full  and 
complete  surrender  to  His  will.  This 
scheme  owes  its  great  success  to  the  fact 
that  men,  conscious  of  sin.  and  fearful 
of  what  may  happen  beyond  the  grave, 
are  v/illing  to  do  almost  anything  rather 
than  accept  the  atonement  of  Christ  and 
chano-e  their  lives  into  conformity  to  his 
teachings.  This  explains  the  ease  with 
which  money  was  secured  to  rear  mag- 
nificent cathedrals  in  times  when  there 
was  little  true  piety  in  the  church,  and 


little  wealth  among-  the  people,  and  the 
readiness  of  men  to  voluntarily  under- 
take the  severest  penances  that  human 
ingenuity  can  devise. 

Nor  is  this  evil  confined^  to  Roman 
Catholicism  and  other  degenerate  forms 
of  Christianity.  It  was  not  very  long 
ago  that  preachers  of  one  of  the  minor 
protestant  denominations  explicitly  de- 
clared that  whoever  had  been  baptized 
by  their  method  might  fitly  be  received 
into  membership,  and  would  surely  be 
saved :  and  not  infrequently,  in  all  prot- 
estant denominations,  mere  intellectual 
belief  in  a  creed  and  outward  conform- 
ity to  the  practices  of  the  church  are 
substituted  for  true  faith  in  Christ. 
Whatever  men  come  to  think  of  as  es- 
sential, or  even  very  important,  for  sal- 
vation, is  apt  to  get  between  them  and 
Christ,  and  thus  they  are  prevented  from 
abiding  in  Him,  without  which  they  can 
have  no  true  Christian  life. 

Occasionally,  when  a  particularly  dan- 
gerous form  of  counterfeit  money  has 
been  put  into  circulation,  the  Govern- 
ment seeks  to  guard  the  people  against 
accepting  it,  by  issuing  a  special  warning. 
So  Christ  uttered  a  solemn  and  striking 
message  to  those  who  rely  for  salvation 
upon  professions  of  religion.  It  is  re- 
corded in  Matt.  7:21-23:  ''Not  every  one 
that  saith  imto  me,  'Lord,  Lord,'  shall 
enter  into  the  kingdom  of  heaven ;  but 
he  that  doeth  the  will  of  my  Father 
which  is  in  heaven.  Many  will  say  to 
me  in  that  day,  'Lord,  Lord,  have  we 
not  prophesied  in  thy  name?  and  in  thy 
name  have  cast  out  devils?  and  in  thy 
name  done  man}^  wonderful  works  ?'  And 
then  will  I  profess  unto  them  'I  never 
knew  you ;  depart  from  me,  ye  that  work 
iniquity.'  " 

And  Christ  has  not  failed  to  give  us  a 
test  by  which  we  may  find  out  what  kind 
of  a  religion  we  possess.  "By  their 
fruits  ye  shall  know  them,"  and  in  Gal. 
S  -.22,  23,  "But  the  fruit  of  the  Spirit  is 
love,  joy,  peace,  longsuffering,  gentle- 
ness, goodness,  faith,  meekness,  temper 
ance ;  against  such  there  is  no  law."  It 
is  well  worth  while,  then,  for  us  to  ap- 
ply this  test  to  our  character  as  mani- 
fested in  our  daily  lives,  that  we  may 
know  whether  or  not  we  are  growing 
into  likeness  to  Jesus  Christ. 

When  Satan  cannot  impose  upon  men 
with    false   religions,   nor   ensnare   them 


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365 


with  perversions  of  true  religion,  he  ha.^ 
yet  another  snare,  perhaps  more  danger- 
ous than  any  other.  It  is  not  necessary 
that  an  institution  should  be  labeled  as 
a  religion  in  order  to  do  its  deadly  work 
of  separating  men  from  Christ.  xAny  de- 
vice that  benumbs  and  obscures  the  sense 
of  guilt,  and  produces  in  men's  minds  a 
feeling  of  security  as  to  the  next  life, 
accomplishes  the  devil's  purpose.  Among 
the  methods  employed  are  symbols,  burial 
ceremonies  that  imply  that  the  dead 
man's  soul  has  gone  to  a  better  world, 
and  sometimes  a  more  explicit  promise 
that  faithful  adherents  shall  go  to  a  place 
of  happiness ;  always  without  any  hint  of 
the  atonement  of  Christ.  Sometimes,  in- 
deed. His  name  is  cut  out  of  passages  of 
Scripture  which  are  prescribed  for  use 
in  their  rituals. 

Yet  it  is  usually  true  that  such  insti- 
tutions have  been  founded,  and  have 
often  been  promoted,  by  men  with  no 
conscious  purpose  to  do  aught  but  good 
to  their  fellows.  Their  evil  results  may 
be  understood  if  we  consider  how  they 
usually  affect  their  adherents.  If  one 
vv'ho  unites  with  such  an  organization  is 
not  a  Christian,  he  is  generally  rendered 
impervious  to  the  gospel  of  Christ  there- 
after. If  a  member  of  a  Christian  church 
already,  one  of  twO'  things  is  likely  to 
happen ;  either  his  relation  to  the  rival 
institution  will  be  purely  formal,  or  else 
his  interest  in  the  work  of  the  church 
will  visibly  decline;  he  will  no  longer 
have  the  time  or  the  desire  to  attend 
prayer-meetings,  and  will  graduall}^  fall 
into  a  backslidden  condition,  if  he  does 
not  drop  his  church  relation  entirely. 
Thus  it  is  coming  about  that  our  churches 
are  losing  their  hold  upon  their  various 
communities  without  seeming  to  be 
aware  of  the  true  cause  of  their  decline. 

We  are  so  accustomed  to  deal  with  the 
visible  that  it  is  hard  for  us  to  realize 
the  existence  and  power  of  the  invisible ; 
yet,  even  in  the  most  practical  affairs, 
more  and  more  we  are  coming  t«o  utilize 
invisible  forces.  Unseen  by  the  eyes  of 
men,  the  power  of  a  waterfall,  trans- 
formed into  electricity,  is  carried  scores 
of  miles  to  furnish  light  and  heat  for 
great  cities,  and  motive  power  for  great 
manufactories.  By  wireless  telegraphy 
messages  are  transmitted  without  visible 
means  of  connection  to  and  from  vessels 
a  thousand  miles  from  land.    At  the  Cen- 


tennial Exposition  there  was  exhibited 
a  small  model  of  a  steam-engine,  made 
entirely  of  glass;  but,  when  men  gath- 
ered about  it  to  see  how  steam  does  its 
marvelous  work,  there  was  nothing  to 
be  seen  in  the  cylinder,  for  when  steam 
pushes  the  piston  back  and  forth,  it  is  in 
the  form  of  an  invisible  gas.  W'e  see  the 
results  accomplished;  but  what  human 
eye  ever  saw  any  of  the  great  funda- 
mental forces  of  nature,  such  as  gravita- 
tion, magnetism,  cohesion,  chemical  af- 
finity? It  is  not  strange,  then,  that  we 
fail  to  recognize  the  powers  that  are  at 
work  in  spiritual  realms. 

According  to  the  plain  and  unmistak- 
able teachings  of  the  Bible,  a  tremendous 
spiritual  battle  is  going  on  in  the  world, 
in  which  a  being  of  inconceivable  ma- 
lignity, great  cunning,  and  superhuman 
though  not  unlimited  power,  is  contend- 
ing for  the  souls  of  men  with  Jesus 
Christ,  who,  with  unbounded  love,  un- 
limited wisdom  and  unlimited  power,  in- 
vites our  allegiance  and  promises  salva- 
tion from  sin  in  this  life  and  eternal  life 
in  the  next.  And  we  may  rely  upon  His 
promises  to  the  uttermost,  assured  that 
no  one  shall  be  able  to  pluck  us  out  of 
His  hand,  assured  that  "we  all,  with  open 
face  beholding  as  in  a  glass  the  glory  of 
the  Lord,  are  changed  into  the  same 
image  from  glory  to  glory,  cacu  as  by 
the  Spirit  of  the  Lord." 

The  supreme  test  of  a  counterfeit  coin 
comes  when  it  is  put  into  the  refining 
pot.  Then  is  the  gold  separated  from 
the  dross.  So,  too,  is  there  to  come  a 
time  when  the  worshipers  of  God  shall 
be  separated  from  the  -worshipers  of 
Satan.  "When  the  Son  of  man  shall 
come  in  his  glory,  and  all  the  holy  angels 
with  him.  then  shall  he  sit  upon  rhe 
throne  of  his  glory ;  and  before  him  shall 
be  gathered  all  nations  ;  and  he  shall  sep- 
arate them  one  from  another,  as  a  shep- 
herd divideth  his  sheep  from  the  goats : 
and  he  shall  set  the  sheep  on  his  right 
hand,  but  the  goats  on  the  left.  Then 
shall  the  King  say  unto  them  on  his  ri^lit 
hand,  'Come,  ye  blessed  of  m\'  Father, 
inherit  the  kingdom  prepared  tor  you 
from  the  foundation  of  the  world."  '^'  '■''  * 
Then  shall  he  sav  also  unto  them  on 
the  left  hand,  'Depart  from  me.  ve 
cursed,  into  everlasting  fire,  prepared  for 
the  devil  and  his  angels.'  "^  ""■'  '■'  And 
these  shall  go  away  into  everla-tinsr  pun- 


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March,  1912. 


ishmeiu :     but     the     righteous     into     Hfe 
eternal." 

c )  God,  we  thanlv  thee,  "that  neither 
death,  nor  Hfe.  nor  angels,  nor  principal- 
ities, nor  powers,  nor  things  present,  nor 
things  to  come,  nor  height,  nor  depth, 
nor  any  other  creattu'e,  shall  be  able  to 
separate  us  from  the  love  of  God,  which 
is  in  Christ   jesus  our  Lord." 


A  man's  hand,  a  whale's  flipper,  a 
bird's  wing  and  a  horse's  hoof  are  all 
developments  of  the   same   formation. 


There  are  100,000  children  less  than 
fourteen  years  of  age  at  work  in  the 
United  States ,;  30,000  of  them  are  less 
than  ten  years  of  age,  20,000  of  them 
are  working  more  than  twelve  hours  a 
day,  18,000  of  them  are  at  night  work, 
and  10,000  of  them  are  younger  than 
eight  years. 

The  world  is  made  economically  poorer 
every  year  by  unscientific  agriculture, 
the  worth  of  the  land  being  taken  out 
and  nothing  done  to  restore  it. 


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N 

^ 

From  the  personal  reminiscences  by  Samuel  D.  Greene  of  the  abduction  and  mur- 
der of  Captain  William  Morgan  were  taken  some  of  the  facts  so  vividly  brought  otft  in 
Miss  Flagg's  "Power  of  the  Secret  Empire,"  which  ended  in  the  December  number  of 
the  CYNOSURE.  The  story  has  created  so  wide  an  interest  that  we  propose  to  .give  our 
readers  in  the  next  few  months  some  of  these  facts  as  recorded  by  Mr.  Greene,  an  eye- 
witness.— Editor. 


CHAPTER    V. 
Abduction  of  Morgan  Continued. 

Let  us  turn  back  now  to  Batavia,  and 
see  what  was  transpiring  there  during 
this  same  day,  from  another  point  of 
view.  The  deposition  of  Mrs.  Morgan  is 
in  itself  so  clear  and  touching  a  docu- 
ment, and  so  well  calculated  to  throw 
light  upon  these  transactions,  that  we 
give  it  entire. 

The    Wife's    Sworn    Testimony. 

Gene?ee  County,  ss.  Lncinda  Morg^an, 
a^ed  tv/enty-three.  the  wife  of  WiUiam 
Morgan,  of  Batavia,  in  said  county,  being 
duly  sworn,  deposeth  and  saith,  "That  on 
Monday  last,  about,  or  a  short  time  before, 
sunrise,  her  said  husband  left  his  house, 
and  went  into  the  street  of  the  village. 
That,  finding  he  did  not  come  home  to 
breakfast  as  usual,  she  made  inquiries  for 
him,  and  was  told  that  he  had  been  forci- 
bly taken  away  by  six  men,  and  put  in  a 
carriage  and  taken  to  Canandaigua.  That 
during  the  whole  of  Monday  she  remained 
in  ignorance  of  what  way  he  had  been 
taken,  or  who  had  taken  him.  except  by 
loc^e  information  that  an  officer  fr-^m  Can- 
andaieua  had  taken  him..  That  on  Tuesday 
morning,  soon  after  breakfast,  she  sent  for 
William  R.  Thompson,  the  sheriff,  and  re- 
nuested  to  know  of  him  if  he  knew  on 
what  pretext  her  hu^^band  had  been  taken 
away.      Said  Thompson   told   her   he   under- 


stood he  had  been  taken  under  a  charge  of 
having  stolen  a  shirt  and  cravat,  and  that 
he  presumed  it  was  merely  a  pretext  to 
get  him  away,  or  carry  him  away.  That 
thereupon  this  deponent  asked  him  if  he 
thought  Mr.  Morgan  could  be  got  back, 
or  brought  back,  if  she  gave  up  to  the  Ma- 
sons the  papers  she  had  in  possession.  Said 
Thompson  answered  that  he  thought  it  was 
very  likely  that  Mr.  Morgan  would  be 
brought  back  if  she  would  give  them  up; 
but  he  would  not  obligate  himself  or  un- 
dertake to  say  that  he  should  be  brought 
back.  That  thereupon  said  Thompson  pro- 
posed that  this  deponent  should  go  to  Can- 
andaigua, and  take  the  papers,  and  give 
them  to  Morgan,  or  to  them,  or  give  them 
up;  and  deponent  agreed  to  go  and  take 
the  papers  accordingly.  Thompson  then 
asked  this  deponent  if  there  was  any  per- 
son or  friend  whom  she  would  like  to  have 
go  with  her.  She  mentioned  Mr.  Gibbs 
(meaning  Horace  Gibbs),  and  asked  if  it 
would  do  for  him  to  go.  Said  Thompson 
said  it  would  not  do  for  him  to  go,  as  he 
was  not  a  Mason,  and  added  it  would  not 
do  for  any  person  to  carry  her  there  but 
a  Mason.  She  asked  him  twice  if  Mr. 
Gibbs  was  not  a  Mason,  and  he  said  he 
was  not.  and  then  asked  deponent  if  she 
was  arquainted  with  Mr.  Follett.  Deponent 
spid  she  was  not.  Thompson  said  he  was  a 
nice  man.  and  a  gentleman  with  whom  she 
could  safely  trust  herself.  Said  Thompson 
departed,  and  sonn  returned,  and  told  de- 
ponent that  Mr.  Follett  was  not  willing  to 
go.  unless  she  would  let  him   (Follett)  and 


March,  19J2.  CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE.  :V;7 


Mr.    Ketchnm    see    the    papers;    he    did    not  1  shall  see  you  day  after  to-morrow."    They 
want  to  go  on  a  Tom  fool's   errand.     This  then    proceeded    to    Avon,    and    stayed    all 
deponent  then  objected  to  these  papers  be-  night.      The    next    day    they    again    started 
ing  seen  by  them.     Thompson  then   said  it  for    Canandaigua,    where    Ketchnm    put    the 
was    useless;    he    should    do    no    more,    and  papers    into    this    deponent's    trunk.      They 
he  could  not  send  her  out  there  unless  they  arrived    at    Canandaigua     about     twelve     at 
could  see  the  papers.     Deponent  then,  with  noon,   and   stopped   at  a   tavern   at   the   cor- 
great    reluctance,    finally    consented    to    let  ner  of   the   main    street.     After  being  there 
them  see  the  papers,  if  they  would  take  her  some    time,    this    deponent    asked    Ketchum 
to  see  her  husband.  This  second  visit  lasted  if  he  had  heard  of  Mr.   Morgan.     Ketchum 
about    twenty    minutes,    during    which    time  said    he    had    not;    that    the    Masons    would 
Thompson  urged  deponent  to  let  the  papers  not    talk    to    him;    he    could    rot    see    them; 
be  seen.     Deponent  told  him  she  was  afraid  they  seemed  iealous  of  him;  thought  him  a 
they    would    take    the    papers    away    from  friend   of   Mr.   Morgan,   and  were  afraid   he 
her,   if  she  let   them   see   them.     Thompson  had  come  to  get  him  away  from  that  place. 
said    they    would    not.      She    offered    to    let  Then  he  asked  her  where  the  papers  were; 
Mr.    Thompson    see    the    papers.      He    said  he    took   them,    and    said    he   would   go   and 
that    would    not    answer;    they    would    not  make    further    inquiries    for    Mr.    Morgan; 
take    his    word.      Thompson    then    told    her  and  if  he  could  find  him,  or  w-here  he  was, 
he  would  go  to  Humphrey's  and  stay  until  or    where    they    had    taken    him,    he    would 
she  had  got  the  papers,  and  she  must  then  let    her   know   all   he    could    find   out.      This 
make   a   sign   to   him   when    she  was   ready.  was  about  dinner  time.     He  returned  again 
Accordingly,    a    short    time    afterwards,    she  a   short  time  before  night,  and  told  her  he 
made  a  sign  to  Mr.  Thompson,  then  stand-  had  heard  Mr.  Morgan  had  been  there;  had 
ing  on  Humphrey's  stoop,  and  immediately  been  tried  for  stealing  a  shirt,  and  cleared, 
after,  he,  with   Mr.  Follett  and   Mr.   Ketch-  and    had    been    put    in    jail    for    a    debt    of 
um,   came  to  her  apartment,  when  Thomp-  two    dollars;     and     that    Tuesday    night     a 
son    introduced    Follett    and    Ketchum,    and  man  had  come  from  Pennsylvania,  who  said 
said  they  had  come  to  see  the  papers,  which  he    had    a    warrant   against    him    for   a    debt 
this   deponent  then  handed  to  them.     They  he  owed  there;   that  he.  the  man.  had  paid 
all    looked    at    them     a     short    time;     and  the   two   dollars,   and   taken   him   awa}-   in   a 
Thompson  then  asked  her  if  she  was  ready  private  carriage  on  Tuesday  night,  and  that 
to    go,    saying    Mr.    Follett    was    ready    to  he   had   no   doubt   he   was   gone;   and   asked 
take    her.      Follett    then    said    he    would    go  this    deponent    when    she    would    go    home 
home  with  the  papers  and  look  them  over,  again.      The    deponent    then    expressed    her 
and   told    Ketchum   to   stop   for   him   at   his  anxiety    to    return    speedily,    on    account    of 
gate.  Accordingly,  about  four  o'clock  in  the  having  left  her  child  of  two  years  old,  and 
afternoon      of    Tuesday,     deponent     started  having  with  her  a  baby  of  two  months  old. 
with  said   Follett  and   Ketchum,  in  a   small  Ketchum    then    went    out,    as    he    said,    to 
wagon,    and    proceeded    to    Stafford,    where  take   a   passage   in   the    stage,   and   returned 
they    stopped    at    a    house,    where    she    was  after  candle-light.     This  deponent  was  then 
conducted    into    a    back    room,    into    which  walking  the  room   in  great  distress,   and  in 
Follett  and  Ketchum  came,  and  were  joined  tears.     She  asked  him  if  he  could  hear  noth- 
by   one    Daniel   Johns,    and   by   James    Gan-  ing    of    Mr.    Morgan.      He    then    seemed    to 
son;    all    of    wdiom    immediately    proceeded  pity   deponent,  and   told   her   not   to   be   un- 
to  examine   the  papers  with   much   earnest-  easy  and  after  looking  at  her  a  short  time, 
ness,  and  held  much  low  conversation  with  told  her  to  come  and  sit  down  by  him,  and 
themselves    in    under    voices.      Ganson    ap-  asked    her    if   she    would   feel    any   better    if 
peared    to    speak    the    most.      One    of    them  he  told  her  what  he  knew.     Being  answered 
asked  Johns  if  those   were   the  papers   that  yes,   he   then    said   that    Mr.    ]\Iorgan   would 
were    in    the    office    when     he     was    there.  not  be   killed;    that  he   would   be   kept   con- 
Johns    answered    that    there    was    one    de-  cealed  until   they  could  get  the   rest   of  the 
gree  back,  and  then  took  a  piece  of  paper,  papers.      She   asked    him  what   papers   were 
and   folded   it   up,  and   said  the   papers   that  back.      He   said   there  were   some   sheets   of 
were  back  were  folded  so.     They  then  held  the    Mark   ]\Iaster's   Degree   back;   and   they 
considerable    more    conversation    in    voices  wanted  also   to   see   the  printed  sheets   that 
too  low  to  be  heard.     Follett  then  turned  to  Miller    had    printed    on    the    three    degrees, 
deponent   and   said,   he   did   not   see   that   he  He  then  said  he  wanted  to  take  the  papers 
could  go  with   her;   that  Mr.   Ketchum   was  which   he   had   received  from   this   deponent 
going   to    Rochester,    and   would   be    w^illing  to    Rochester,   and    he    thought   thr(Tugh    the 
to  take  her  to  Canandaigua  to  see  Mr.  Mor-  means  of  them  he  could  find  out  where  ^Nlr. 
gan;  said  he  was  not  much  acquainted  with  Morgan  was;  it  was  a  secret  where  he  was. 
him   (Ketchum),  but  took  him  to  be  a  gen-  Said  he    had    j^aid    her    passage,    and    gave 
tleman;    and    Ketchum    then    said    he    called  her  two  dollars  to  bear  her  expenses  home, 
himself  a   gentleman,   and   she   need   not   be  H'e  then  wrote  his  name  with  a  pencil  on  a 
afraid  to  trust  herself  with  him.     Ketchum  scrap  of  paper,  hereto  annexed,  as  follows: 
then   took   the  papers   and   tied   them  up   in  "George    Ketchum.    Rochester.'"   and    prom- 
his    pocket    handkerchief,    and     took     them  ised  to  write  to  her  if  he  could  hear  of  ]\Ir. 
with    him    into    the    wagon    in    which    they  .Morgan.      He    then    told    her    if    she    would, 
rode.     Johns  then  got  into  the  wagon   and  by  any  means,  get  hold  of  the  papers  that 
rode    to    Le    Roy.    where    he    got    out,    and  Miller    had.    or    find    out    where    they    were 
bade    Ketchum    good-bye.    saying,    "I    hope  deposited,    so    that    he    could    get    hold    of 


OOC' 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


April,   1912. 


them,  he  would  give  her  twenty-five  dol- 
lars out  of  his  own  pocket,  and  he  had  no 
doubt  the  lodge  would  give  her  one  hun- 
dred if  she  could  get  what  Miller  had  now. 
Deponent  told  him  she  would  not  try  to 
get  the  papers  Miller  had,  and  would  take 
no  money,  and  would  not  let  him  have  the 
papers  she  had  delivered  to  him,  but  on 
condition  he  would  try  and  find  out  where 
Mr.  Morgan  was,  and  let  her  see  him.  He 
then  repeated  his  promise  to  tr^^  and  find 
out.  and  said  he  would  write  to  her  as  soon 
as  he  got  to  Rochester,  and  urged  her  to 
write  to  him  immediately  on  her  return, 
and  let  him  know  about  the  papers,  and 
what  the  people  were  doing  generally,  at 
Batavia.  and  whether  they  were  making  a 
great  rumpus  about  Mr.  Morgan.  Deponent 
then  expressed  her  fears,  that,  if  she  did 
give  him  any  information  about  the  papers, 
he  would  not  keep  his  promise  about  let- 
ting her  see  him.  but  would  keep  him  con- 
cealed until  they  got  all  the  papers,  and 
finally  kill  him.  Ketchum  then  said,  "I 
promise  before  miy  God  that  I  will  not  de- 
ceive you.  but  will  do  all  I  can  to  find 
out  where  he  is,  and  let  you  see  him.  I 
have  no  doubt,  when  I  get  back  to  Roches- 
ter. I  can  find  out  more,  and  I  think  I  can 
find  out  where  he  is."  He  then  again  urged 
her  to  find  out  w^here  the  papers  were  and 
let  him  know.  In  the  course  of  his  con- 
versation, he  said,  "that  if  Mr.  Morgan  had 
managed  rightly,  he  could  have  made  a 
million  of  dollars  if  the  work  had  been 
published."  Ketchum  then  departed  for 
Rochester,  leaving  this  deponent  at  the 
tavern:  she.  the  same  day,  started  for  Bata- 
via. The  papers  taken  away  by  the  said 
Ketchum  were  numerous,  and  formed  a 
very  large  bundle;  they  were  written  in  the 
handwriting  of  her  husband,  excepting  a 
few.  which  were  written  by  a  person  who 
sometimes  assisted  her  husband  by  copying, 
or  taking  down  as  he  dictated  to  him.  The 
deponent  further  says  she  has  no  knowl- 
-edge  of  the  place  Vv^here  her  husband  now 
is.  or  what  is  his  situation,  and  feels  the 
most  anxious  fears  for  his  life;  that  she  was 
born  in  Virginia,  and  is  a  stranger  with- 
out intimate  friends  or  relations  in  this 
county,  and  is  left  with  two  infant  children, 
without  any  money,  except  what  is  left  of 
that  given  to  her  by  said  Ketchum,  and 
"has  no  property  or  any  means  of  support- 
ing herself  and  children,  her  constitution 
l^eing  very  feeble,  and  her  health  being  bad 
most  of  the  time.  L.  Morgan. 

Sworn  the  twenty-second  day  of  Septem- 
"ber,   1826,  before  me. 

Daniel  H.   Chandler,  J.   P. 

"The   Tender   Mercies   of  the   Wicked." 

It  needs  but  slight  help  from  the  im- 
agination, while  reading  this  afBdavit,  to 
find  in  it  a  pitiful  story  of  sorrow  and 
distress — of  labor,  weariness,  and  anxi- 
ety, all  to  no  purpose.  How  utterly  false 
and  cruel  this  treatment  w^as,  will  appear 
when    we    remember    that    Mr.    Morsran 


had  been  in  jail  in  Canandaigua,  and  this 
Ketchum,  without  doubt,  knew  where  he 
had  gone.  The  story  of  the  man  from 
Pennsylvania,  who  paid  the  two-dollar 
claim,  and  took  Mr.  Morgan  away  to 
parts  unknown  on  another  claim,  was  a 
piece  of  fiction,  based  on  certain  facts, 
and  worked  up  to  serve  the  purposes  of 
the  moment. 

On  her  sad  journey  home,  with  her  in- 
fant child,  when  she  reached  Le  Roy, 
James  Ganson,  before  mentioned,  who 
kept  the  tavern  at  Stafford,  got  into  the 
stage  with  her,  and  told  her  that  he  was 
on  the  way  to  Batavia,  "to  make  arrange- 
ments for  her  support/'  He  went  on  to 
give  her  the  information,  that  her  hus- 
band was  still  alive,  but  that  she  need 
not  be  surprised  if  she  did  not  see  him 
again  for  a  year;  and,  in  fact,  if  she 
never  saw  him  again,  she  should  be  well 
taken  care  of,  and  her  children  should  be 
sent  to  school  as  soon  as  they  were  old 
enough.  When  she  reached  Batavia,  and 
had  been  home  only  a  few  hours,  she  was 
called  upon  by  Thomas  McCuUy,  the 
man  on  whose  claim  Mr.  Morgan  was 
arrested  in  August,  and  made  to  pass  the 
Sabbath  in  jail.  He  came  also  to  assure 
her  that  he  had  been  appointed  by  the 
lodge  to  look  after  her  support,  and  pro- 
vide accommodations  for  herself  and 
children.  He  proposed  to  board  them 
at  the  tavern  of  Mr.  Danolds,  in  the  east 
part  of  the  village,  where  her  husband 
had  been  taken  immediately  after  his 
arrest  the  Monday  before.  Who  shall 
say  that  Masonry  is  not  a  kind  and  be- 
nevolent institution  after  this?  Mrs. 
Moirgan,  however,  promptly  answered 
that  she  should  accept  no  aid  from  the 
Masons,  for  she  regarded  them  as  the 
guilty  authors  of  all  her  troubles,  and 
she  should  not  consent  to  take  the  bread 
of  charity  from  their  hands. 

Her  case,  however,  was  one  that  ap- 
pealed most  strongly  to  her  old  neigh- 
iDors  and  friends.  She  was,  in  the  truest 
sense,  an  object  of  pity.  As  far  as  pos- 
sible, her  wants  were  supplied,  and 
everything  done  that  could  be,  to  soothe 
and  comfort  her.  An  agent  was  dis- 
patched on  her  behalf,  to  go  to  Canan- 
daigua, and  try  to  discover  the  facts 
about  Mr.  Morgan.  He  did  discover 
facts,  portentous  facts,  and  such  as 
aroused  the  unmasonic  part  of  the  popu- 


April,  1912. 


CHRISTJ.VX    CYNOSURE. 


369 


lation  of  Batavia,  and  the  region  about, 
to  a  n?ost  unwonted  pitch  of  excitement. 
Up  to  that  time  people  had  been  inclined 
to  believe  the  Masonic  talk.  They  thought 
that  Morgan,  in  the  hands  of  men  of 
such  high  standing,  could  certainly  re- 
ceive no  wrong.  They  trusted  in  the 
idea  that  these  men  had  gone  along  with 
him  to  see  that  he  was  treated  fairly  at 
Canandaigua,  and  that  no  harm  should 
be  done. 

(  To  be  continued.) 


foundation.  Naturally,  college  friends 
would  continue  to  be  friends  afterward ; 
but  if  the  interests  of  the  Kingdom  are 
proved  to  be  made  secondary  to  those  of 
society  membership,  where  those  who 
were  not  in  the  same  college  are  affected, 
churches  as  well  as  pastors  have  a  right 
— not  to  say  a  duty — of  protest,  exposure 
and  resistance. 


tMtoriaL 


'     CHURCHES    FRIENDLY    TO    N.    C.    A. 

Let  us  look  into  each  other's  faces.  If 
we  cannot  do  so  personally,  wt  can  by 
proxy.  Let  us  get  together.  The  N.  C. 
A.  annual  meeting  occurs  Alay  23  and 
24  in  this  city,  as  per  notice  in  this  num- 
ber. A  great  blessing  would  come  to  the 
churches  as  well  as  to  the  Association  if 
ever}-  testifying  church  would  elect  a 
delegate  and  pay  his  expenses  to  the 
meeting  on  May  23  and  24.  Bring  this 
matter  before  your  church  at  its  next 
meeting.  The  expense  would  be  but  a 
small  contribution  to  this  warfare.  The 
life  and  welfare  of  the  churches  would 
be  conserved  beyond  what  any  of  us  can 
estimate.  Advise  the  editor  of  the  Cyno- 
sure, Chicago,  at  your  earliest  opportu- 
nity as  to  the  name  and  address  of  your 
delegate. 


PASTORAL    SETTLEMENT. 

A  religious  paper  published  in  Ken- 
tucky  says : 

"A  brother  preacher  remarked  the  other  day 
that  he  thought  that  the  secret  fraternities  of 
the  colleges  are  having  much  to  do  with  crea- 
ting ministerial  rings,  that  have  much  to  do 
with  the  locating  and  dislocating  of  pastors. 
May  be  so.  Anyway,  the  churches  have  very 
little  to  do  with  it  any  more ;  except  in  the 
country,  and  may  be  not  there." 

There  may  be  an  extreme  condition 
in  Kentucky,  or  the  statement  itself  may 
be  extreme,  yet  in  another  State,  far 
distant,  it  w^as  noticed  that  the  "Deke" 
seemed  to  figure  in  an  almost  obnoxious 
way.  Of  course,  a  just  judgment  any- 
where requires  comparativelv  wide  and 
continuous  observation,  and  neither  of 
these  opinions  may  have  had  an  adequate 


MORMON  WOODMEN. 

A  Sunday-school  missionary  in  Wy- 
oming reports  that  ''the  work  goes  stead- 
ily on  in  Jackson,  in  spite  of  opposition 
and  indifference.  The  Sunday-school  at- 
tendance has  been  very  good  *  '■'  * 
While  the  Mormons  here  are  not  as 
much  Mormon  as  in  Utah,  they  are  in- 
fected with  the  cunning  peculiar  to  their 
cult.  As  an  example,  the  women's  auxil- 
iary of  the  Woodman  lodge  leased  the 
club-house  for  the  coming  year.  Leading 
members  of  this  auxiliary  are  ?\Iormons 
or  warm  friends  of  theirs,  and  the  ma- 
jority of  the  others  are  opponents  of  re- 
ligion or  indifferent  to  it.  Once  in  the 
management,  they  announced  a  chil- 
dren's dance  every  other  Saturday  even- 
ing. This  would  not  have  been  so  far 
reaching,  but  the  Mormon  element  then 
told  certain  children  that  they  could  not 

dance  if  they  kept  on  attending  the 

Sunday  school,  for  the were  strictly 

against  it.  This  is  a  sample  of  the  ef- 
forts to  take  the  children  from  our 
school.  But  truth  and  right  must  pre- 
vail. While  the  battle  here  will  not  be 
easy  or  short,  we  shall  conquer."  The 
closing  words  are  cheering.  Though  thev 
do  not  come  from  a  National  Christian 
Association  worker,  they  are  neverthe- 
less from  an  ally,  a  servant  of  our  Mas- 
ter able  to  set  us  the  example  of  Chris- 
tian patience  and  confidence. 


KNIGHTS  ASSAIL  NEGROES. 

A  legal  race  war  has  resulted  in  one 
defeat  for  the  colored  men,  who  defend- 
ed their  title  to  the  name  "Knights  of 
Pythias."  but  lost  their  case  in  the  su- 
preme court  of  Georgia.  Damon  would 
none  of  Pythias.  In  February,  briefs  of 
arguments  were  filed  for  the  colored 
lodge  with  the  supreme  court  of  the 
United  States,  before  which  the  case  was 


CHRIST! AX    CYNOSURE. 


March,  1912. 


opened.  On  one  brief  as  counsel  for  the 
colored  men  was  Alton  B.  Parker,  former 
candidate  for  the  presidency  of  the  Unit- 
ed States. 

The  case  calls  to  mind  that  of  a  man 
who  many  years  ago  became  anxious  to 
enter  a  masonic  lodge  in  a  well  known 
manufacturing-  city.  Having  made  appli- 
cation he  showed  elation  at  the  prospect. 
But  while  he  waited  with  a  member  of 
that  lodge  in  another  room,  he  received 
the  disappointing  word  that  he  had  been 
blackballed.  He  himself  w^as  much  cha- 
grined ;  but  his  masonic  friend  in  telling 
the  story  said,  "I  didn't  pitv  him."  In  a 
somewhat  similar  way  we  would  be  rath- 
er glad  for  the  colored  men  if,  losing 
their  case,  they  should  also  lose  confi- 
dence in  the  whole  secret  clan  system 
which  likes  to  call  its  exclusive  cabal  fra- 
ternal. A  good  many  white  people  have 
found  room  to  live  in  the  world  outside 
the  lodge,  and  colored  men  can.  We 
were  sorr}-  when  their  fathers  were 
slaves,  but  to  be  feathery  knights  is  not  a 
necessarv  alternative. 


the  World  did  not  have  to  hear  another 
explosion  making  bare  the  dignified  se- 
crets of  their  noble  order  in  open  court. 


DAMAGE   AND    DAMAGES. 

A  large  audience  gathered  in  the  court 
room  at  Newark,  X.  J.,  ^larch  5,  but  left 
the  place  disappointed.  A  ten  thousand 
dollar  damage  suit  drew  added  interest 
from  the  prospect  of  testimony  relating 
to  a  secret  initiation.  It  appears  that 
John  A.  Hetzel  conceived  it  to  be  for  his 
profit  to  go  into  the  business  of  a  Mod- 
ern Woodm^an.  So  he  ventured  into  the 
Bloomfield  camp,  where  he  was  struck, 
not  by  a  falling  tree,  but  with  what  the 
newspaper  story  of  the  case  calls  a  "slap 
stick  which  contained  a  blank  cartridge." 
This  is  not  the  first  time  we  have  had 
news  of  this  important  implement  of 
initiation.  The  report  moreover  states 
that  he  was  struck  across  the  small  of  the 
back,  which  we  think  not  to  be  the  part 
of  the  back  for  which  slap  sticks — other- 
wise paddles — are  designed.  The  cart- 
ridge is  said  to  haA'e  been  improperly 
placed,  whether  the  paddle  was  improp- 
erly applied  or  not.  In  March  the  victim 
of  misplaced  confidence  was  yet  suft'er- 
ing  the  efi"ects  of  the  explosion  which 
occurred  in  August,  and  he  seemed  to 
think  his  lodge  benefits  oueht  to  amount 
to  ten  thousand  dollars.  But  he  settled 
the  case  and  the  ^Modern  W^oodmen  of 


TREATIES    COOLLY    TREATED. 

An  unusually  large  meeting  assem- 
bled in  the  Hibernian  hall  of  a  promi- 
nent manufacturing  city  of  New  England 
the  second  Sunday  in  February,  and  dis- 
cussed the  pending  arbitration  treaties  of 
this  country  with  France  and  Great  Bri- 
tain. In  the  discussion  the  treaties  were 
quite  uniformly  condemned.  The  follow- 
ing resolutions  were  given  to  the  press, 
and  copies  were  forwarded  to  the  Massa- 
chusetts senators.  Lodge  and  Crane.  AVas 
it  for  the  purpose  of  impressing  the  emi- 
nent "scholar  of  politics,''  Henry  Cabot 
Lodge,  that  the  Flibernians  furnished  in 
their  very  first  sentence  the  freshly  mint- 
ed word  "Nationhood"  ? 

"Resolved,  that  we,  the  chosen  representa- 
tives of  1,500  members  of  the  Ancient  Order 
of  Hibernians  of  the  city  of  Holyoke,  Mass., 
in  meeting  assembled,  earnestly  ask  the  United 
States  Senate  not  to  ratify  the  pending  ar- 
l)itration  treaties  with  Great  Britain  and 
France. 

"Resolved,  that  the  sentiment  of  nationhood 
instinctively  revolts  at  the  suggestion  of  for- 
eign interference  in  any  shape.  And  the  un- 
limited arbitration  treaties  in  proposing  to 
constitute  a  commission,  composed  one-half 
v)f  foreigners,  runs  counter  to  the  feeling  of 
national  pride  with  which  every  patriotic 
American  is  imbued.  We  believe  also  that 
the  ratification  of  these  treaties  at  this  time 
with  two  nations  which  were  on  the  verge  of 
war  with  Germany  a  few  months  ago,  and 
may  be  at  war  in  the  very  near  future,  would 
not  tend  to  create  peace,  but  instead  would 
act  as  breeders  of  war." 

However  an}-  sentiment  may  revolt, 
arbitration  is  already  far  past  the  line  of 
experiment,  and  it  has  worked  well.  A 
secret  order,  sul^ject  to  Italian — or  Ro- 
man— influence,  may  drag  behind  the  ad- 
vancing sentim,ent  of  civilization,  and 
hug  a  misleading  sentiment  musty  with 
medi^evalism ;  but  whatever  becomes  of 
the  particular  treaties  in  question,  arbi- 
tration is  an  established  fact  as  real  as 
international  commerce.  There  is  a  cer- 
tain drollery  in  the  horror  which  this 
Irish  clan  affects  when  it  catches  a 
glimpse  of  foreigners. 


March,  1912. 


CHRISTIAX    CYNOSURE. 


371 


A    LONELY    DEATH. 

About  the  end  of  January  there  died 
in  Paris  the  grand  niece  of  a  famous 
hero  of  our  own  navy,  who  himself  died 
there  one  hundred  and  ten  years  ago  next 
July.  It  was  his  hand  that  hrst  displayed 
the  American  flag,  when,  as  senior  lieu- 
tenant, he  hoisted  it  on  the  flagship  Al- 
fred. He  it  w^as,  also,  who  commanded 
the  Ranger,  when  for  the  first  time  a 
foreign  power  saluted  this  new  national 
emblem.  Both  at  home  and  abroad  he 
received  significant  gifts  and  distinguish- 
ed honors,  for  services  no  less  distin- 
guished. 

At  some  time  he  was  initiated  in  a 
Masonic  lodge,  and  five  years  ago  it 
came  to  the  knowledge  of  certain  Free- 
masons that  a  lady  living  in  Paris  w^ould 
sell  records  made  by  him.  His  grand 
niece  w^as  found  at  the  point  of  starva- 
tion, earning  four  sous  a  day.  Being  in 
deep  distress,  this  aged  widow  parted 
w^ith  treasures  to  which  her  family  had 
always  clung  until  now.  Together  with 
things  of  less  value  went  a  pistol  used 
in  the  engagement  of  the  Bon  Homme 
Richard  with  the  Serapis,  the  command- 
er's own  written  report  of  the  fitting  out 
of  the  Ranger,  and  the  decoration  which 
Congress  permitted  him  to  accept  from 
the  king  of  France.  It  is  rumored  that 
the  poor  woman  retained  until  death  a 
miniature  portrait  of  her  great  uncle, 
and  she  is  said  to  have  left  a  locket 
containing  a  lock  of  his  hair,  and  a 
sword,  all  of  which  the  landlord  is  re- 
ported to  have  seized  for  debt  since  she 
died. 

Born  in  Charleston,  S.  C,  she  was 
sent  to  a  private  school  near  Gramercy 
Park,  N.  Y.,  where  she  became  pro- 
ficient in  several  languages,  including 
French  and  German.  Her  marriage  to 
a  Frenchman  made  Paris  her  home. 
Though  her  husband  was  prosperous, 
yet  before  he  died  his  affairs  began  to 
decline,  and  the  widow  fell  from  afflu- 
ence into  destitution.  Being  a  person 
of  sensitive  pride,  she  concealed  her 
need,  fighting  bravely  w'hile  the  wolf 
ever  threatened   her   door. 

Already  three-score  years  old  when 
left  a  widow,  she  was  handicapped  by 
age  when  time  and  again  she  sought  em- 
ployment in  the  shops  of  Paris.  At 
length  she  turned  to  acting  as  guide  for 


tourists  visiting  the  French  capital.  She 
died  at  67,  and  it  was  five  years  earlier 
when  she  was  found  addressing  letters 
while  she  starved  on  her  four  miserable 
sous  a  day.  In  that  dire  strait  she  sold, 
to  the  wealthy  American  distiller  who 
held  eminent  rank  in  Freemasonry,  a 
few  of  the  precious  family  heirlooms. 
At  that  time,  five  years  ago,  there  was  a 
little  talk  about  a  plan  whereby  the  ban- 
queting order  here  in  her  native  coun- 
try would  provide  during  the  remnant 
of  her  lifetime  means  to  keep  her  from 
starving.  Nothing  came  of  it,  and  she 
starved. 

When  her  body  was  found,  she  had 
been  some  time  dead.  She  died  of  starv- 
ation, and  she  died  alone.  That  once 
proud  form  of  a  w^ealthy,  cultured  wom- 
an lay  uncared  for.  Then  the  landlord 
seized  the  treasured  links  that  had  clasp- 
ed her  failing  life  to  the  history  of  her 
family  and  her  fatherland.  The  Masons, 
however,  retain  the  glory  of  having  per- 
formed their  mummery  over  John  Paul 
Jones. 


SIMON  A.  HERSHEY. 

Mr.  Hershey  w^as  born  January-  28, 
1847.  and  died  at  his  home  in  Landis- 
ville,  Pennsylvania,  October  10,  191 1. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Church  of  God 
for  twenty  years,  and  a  subscriber  to  the 
Christian  Cynosure  for  a  like  period. 

He  was  induced  to  join  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  lodge  at  Mt.  Joy,  Pennsylvania, 
and  he  told  the  writer  that  he  never  fell 
so  near  hell  in  his  life,  a'^  on  the  nis:ht  of 
his  initiation.  He  resolved,  if  he  lived 
to  get  out,  that  he  would  never  enter 
such  a  place  again. 

To  his  inheritance  he  added  consider- 
able during  life.  He  never  married.  He 
spoke  several  times  to  the  writer  of  his 
intention  to  contribute  largeh-  to  the 
National  Christian  Association  and  to 
his  church  interests.  He  died  sooner 
than  he  anticipated,  and  many  of  his  ex- 
pectations were  not  realized.  How  glad 
he  would  be  now  if  he  had  provided  for 
the  distribution  of  his  property  as  he  had 
intended  I  "That  thou  doest,  do  quick- 
ly," should  come  with  special  force  to 
those  who  would  contribute  in  aid  of 
work  like  that  which  the  National  Chris- 
tian Association  is  prosecuting. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


April   1912- 


iem0  of  ®ur  Pori 


The  N.  C.  A.  national  convention,  be- 
ginning ]\Iay  23,  is  to  be  held  this  year  in 
the  Pentecostal  Nazarene  church,  which 
has  nearly  six  hundred  members  in  this 
city.  At  the  session  of  their  General  As- 
sembly in  Nashville,  Tennessee,  last 
vear,  they  passed  a  law  forbidding  mem- 
bership to  members  of  secret  societies. 
This  Church  is  mainly  a  separation  from 
the  ]^Iethodist  Episcopal  Church.  It  has 
nearly  doubled  its  membership  within  the 
past  three  years.  It  has  about  twelve 
hundred  members  in  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia. When  the  pastor,  Rev.  I.  G. 
]^Iartin,  of  the  church  in  which  the  con- 
vention is  to  meet,  was  asked  if  he  would 
like  to  have  our  conference  in  his  church, 
said,  ''It  will  delight  my  heart  to  have 
vou  meet  here,  and  there  will  be  no 
charge  for  the  church  or  for  any  services 
that  we  can  render." 


One  address  on  lodges  changed  a  con- 
gregation's sentiment  on  that  line,  so 
that  it  voted  at  its  next  meeting  never 
in  the  future  to  accept  lodge  members. 
It  was  the  Norwegian  Lutheran  Church 
at  Arlington,  Washington,  Rev.  E.  Baal- 
son,  pastor.  The  lecturer  was  Rev.  B.  E. 
Bergesen  of  Seattle.  Groups  of  farmers 
inside  and  outside  the  church  discussed 
the  question  after  the  lecture,  and  the 
church  paper,  "Pacific  Herald,"  said  that 
some  of  the  listeners  spent  a  sleepless 
night  after  the  address.  The  truth  sets 
men  free  and  strengthens  the  church. 


Upon  the  invitation  of  President 
Weidner  of  the  Lutheran  Theological 
.Seminary,  President  Blanchard  was  se- 
cured to  give  an  address  last  month  be- 
fore the  students  of  that  school.  One 
result  was  the  renunciation  of  Masonry 
on  the  part  of  a  ministerial  member  of 
the  school  who  confessed  that  the  posi- 
tions taken  by  President  Blanchard  were 
correct.  He  wrote  to  his  lodge  refusing 
longer  to  be  considered  a  member. 


Upon  the  request  of  the  ]\Iennonite 
brethren  of  Normal,  Illinois,  President 
Blanchard  gave  four  consecutive  ad- 
dresses on  the  Lodge  last  month  in  their 
church.  .... 


Seldom,  if  ever,  has  the  Pennsylvania 
Association  met  with  greater  head  winds 
in  preparation  for  a  convention,  and  will 
experience,  we  hope,  more  far-reaching 
benefits  from  this  convention  than  from 
any  in  the  past.  A  partial  report  was 
sent  us  before  the  convention  adjourned 
which  we  give  our  readers  this  month, 
and  they  may  hope  for  a  fuller  report 
next. 


Daniel  Kaufifman,  editor  of  The  Gos- 
pel Herald,  Scottdale,  Pa.,  writes  to 
Secretary  Stoddard  that  his  article  will 
be  printed  in  an  early  number  of  The 
Gospel  Herald,  and  adds,  "May  God 
speed  the  day  when  all  'Owls,'  'Eagles,' 
'Elks,'  and  other  birds  of  the  secret 
chamber  may  be  no  more." 


There  are  twenty-four  states  of  the 
Union  in  which  some  measure  of  suf- 
frage is  granted  to  women. 


Illinois  voters  of  the  Prohibition  ticket 
will  be  interested  in  an  article  in  this 
number  on  "The  Wiles  of  the  Devil,'* 
by  E.  R.  W^orrell,  D.  D.,  who  is  candi- 
date for  Governor  of  this  state. 


Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Feb.  29,  1912. 
At  one  time  I  was  a  member  of  a 
lodge,  but  I  thank  God  for  calling  me 
out,  saying  to  me,  ''Be  ye  separate."  We 
are  making  great  progress  in  our  "Bible 
Training  School"  this  3^ear,  and  we  give 
God  all  the  glory  for  it. 

Melvyn  M.  Lawton. 


Mr.  Joseph  Potter  Graybell  of  Viola, 
West  Virginia,  writes  that  he  lectured 
recently  in  Greene  County,  Pennsylvania. 
He  is  also  contemplating  a  lecture  tour 
through   portions   of    Pennsylvania    and 


West  Virginia. 


For  several  months  our  readers  have 
been  wondering  what  had  become  of 
Mrs.  Lizzie  Woods,  and  we  are  sure  they 
will  gladly  welcome  her  back  in  this 
number  of  the  Cynosure,  as  well  as  offer 
their  congratulations  upon  her  marriage 
to  Rev.  E.  D.  Roberson.  We  propose  to 
retain  the  old  and  familiar  heading  to 
her  contributions. 


April,  1912. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


373 


SECRETARY    STODDARD'S    REPORT. 


Tarentum,  Pa.,  March  i6,  1912. 
Dear  Cynosure: 

We  are  on  the  eve  of  the  State  Con- 
vention. I  have  worked  hard  to  make 
this  meeting  what  it  should  be,  a  help  to 
many  in  great  need. 

I  do  not  think  that  in  all  of  my  trav- 
els I  have  ever  found  a  section  where 
lodge  idolatry  had  a  stronger  grip  on 
minister  and  layman  than  in  this  valley. 
Fully  one-half  of  the  ministers  are  in  the 
lodges  (usually  the  masonic)  and  most 
of  the  other  half  are  afraid,  shall  I  say — 
at  least  are  unwilling  to  bear  public  testi- 
mony ag-ainst  organized  secrecy.  Here 
and  there  a  minister  asserts  his  freedom 
and  rebukes  what  many  of  them  know 
to  be  evil.  I  am  told  that  the  situation 
was  much  the  same  in  the  ante-bellum 
days  with  reference  to  slavery. 

Ministers  declare  to  me  that  they  have 
been  Masons  for  years  and  "never  saw 
anything  wrong  in  it."  The  first  ques- 
tion asked  me  is :  Have  you  been  a 
member?  This  is  followed  by  the  declar- 
ation: If  you  have  not,  you  don't  know. 
If  you  have  left  the  lodge,  you  are  per- 
jured, and  cannot  be  believed. 

It  is  the  same  old  foolish  lodge  song 
everywhere.  The  worst  thing  about  it 
all  is,  that  these  people  have  thought 
wrong  so  long,  it  is  exceedingly  difficult 
to  get  them  to  think  right. 

Some  of  the  friends  have  recognized 
this  condition,  and  expressed  their  ap- 
preciation of  this  efijort  in  their  midst 
bv  their  contributions.  They  have  my 
thanks.  Collections  have  not  come  in  as 
at  other  times,  perhaps,  because  it  is 
March,  but  God  has  never  failed  me,  and 
I  o-o  forward  with  confidence. 

I  have  found  the  usual  number  of  op- 
portunities to  address  the  people.  At 
Vandergrift  Heights  fifteen  minutes  was 
given  prior  tO'  an  evangelistic  sermon. 
A  revival  was  in  progress.  Our  good 
Covenanter  friends  at  Parnassus  came 
through  rain  and  hail  in  goodly  numbers. 
They  gave  a  collection  and  subscribed 
for  the  Cynosure.  On  Washington's 
birthday  I  lectured  in  Pastor  Horst's  Lu- 
theran church ,  North  Side  Pittsburg, 
with  good  result.  In  a  trip  to  Hickory, 
Washington  County,  I  found  encourage- 
ment.    I  greatly  missed  our  good  friend. 


J.  P.  Morris.  He  was  an  earnest,  faith- 
ful Christian,  a  pillar  in  the  United 
Presbyterian  church,  a  generous  contrib- 
utor to  many  good  causes.  Our  loss  is 
undoubtedly  his  gain. 

Providence  indicated  that  I  should 
spend  a  Sabbath  at  Washington,  Penn- 
sylvania. Here  I  attended  and  took  part 
in  several  services.  Our  good  friend, 
B.  C.  McGrew,  superintendent  of  the 
W^est  Side  M.  E.  sabbath  school,  with 
two  hundred  and  seventy  members,  in- 
troduced me  to  the  children  by  telling 
them  that  I  was  not  an  Elk,  Moose, 
Eagle  or  Owl.  He  would  let  me  tell 
them  what  I  was.  I  told  the  children  I 
had  seen  a  picture  of  a  beautiful  child 
surmounted  by  pictures  of  three  owls, 
with  the  statement  underneath,  "The 
owls  protect  me!"  This  is  a  lodge  sym- 
bol, and  a  very  poor  one  even  if  it  were 
true  that  lodges  protect  children.  The 
owl  is  a  stupid  thing  that  cannot  see  in 
the  light,  lives  on  vermin — who  ever 
heard  of  an  owl  protecting  anything!' 
It  does  not  protect  itself.  It  would  be  a 
better  symbol  of  an  enemy  to  children. 

Standing  in  front  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
in  New  Kensington,  Pennsylvania,  I  saw 
in  blazing  letters  F.  O.  E.  I  asked  a 
young  man,  ''Wliat  foe  is  that?"  He  re- 
plied ''The  Eagles."  They  evidently  ad- 
vertise correctly. 

At  Kittanning,  I  discovered  Rev.  Mr. 
Large,  whom  I  found  also  to  be  gener- 
ous !  Through  his  kindness  I  was  per- 
mitted to  address  large  audiences  in  the 
Free  Methodist  church.  An  offering 
was  taken. 

My  judgment  is  that  we  shall  have  a 
convention  worthy  the  time  and  money 
being  expended.  The  enemy  is  already 
angry.  The  friends  are  praying  and 
working.  Look  for  a  brief  report  of  the 
convention  in  this  Cynosure.  , 

The  Lord  our  God  hath  done  great 
things  for  us  whereof  we  are  glad. 

W.  B.  Stoddard. 


HOUSE  FOR  SALE. 

Anyone  desiring  to  purchase  a  home 
in  Wheaton,  Illinois,  will  do  well  to  write 
the  Editor  of  the  Cynosure  for  particu- 
lars about  a  seven-room  house,  modern 
improvements,  two  lots,  and  within  three 
blocks  of  two  depots,  and  about  the  same 
distance  from  \Mieaton  Colleee. 


371 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


March,  1!»12. 


PENNSYLVANIA  CONVENTION. 
First  Day's   Sessions. 

An  address  of  welcome  was  given  by 
Rev.  C.  F.  Johnson,  pastor  of  the  Free 
^lethodist  church,  which  was  responded 
to  hv  Secretary  Stoddard.  Rev.  A.  G. 
Dornheim.  pastor  of  the  EvangeHcal 
church  in  Beaver  Falls,  addressed  the 
Conference  on  the  subject,  "Cietting 
Light."  Rev.  J.  A.  Alexander,  pastor  of 
the  United  Presbyterian  church,  Crafton, 
took  as  his  topic,  "Is  Lodge  Connection 
Helpful  to  the  Christian  Life?"  An  ad- 
dress. "Lodge  Effect  on  Church  and 
Home,"  was  given  by  Professor  W.  J. 
Swigart  of  Huntingdon  College. 

Of  the  first  day's  sessions  Secretary 
Stoddard  writes,  "The  Convention 
opened  with  bright  weather  and  pros- 
pects. Our  Yice  President,  who  was  ex- 
pected to  preside,  was  detained,  but  oth- 
erwise the  program  was  carried  out  as 
published.  There  was  a  fair  attendance 
at  the  opening  session.  Several  respond- 
ed in  the  "Introductions"  with  testi- 
monies and  discussions  of  profit,  and 
much  light  was  given  both  by  the  one  ad- 
dressing us  on  "Getting  Light,"  and  by 
those  who  followed.  The  evening  ad- 
dresses w'ere  delivered  by  Masters.  The 
addresses  were  different  both  in  matter 
and  presentation,  and  held  the  luidivided 
attention  of  the  large  audience  that  filled 
the  church. 

Dr.  Alexander  kindl}'  responded  to  the 
request  of  the  convention  to  send  Cyno- 
.SL'RE  readers  the  substance  of  his  ad- 
dress. Huntingdon  College  may  w^ell  re- 
joice in  such  a  man  as  Prof.  Swigart  to 
represent  her  principles.  We  look  for  a 
great  day  tomorrow. 


"LIZZIE   WOODS'   LETTER." 

Dyersburg,  Tenn.,  ?\larch  13,  1912. 
Dear  Cvnosuke  : 

I  have  not  written  to  you  for  more 
than  three  months,  but  don't  think  that  I 
have  been  asleep  on  the  lodge  question. 
]\I}'  health  failed  after  I  left  Browns- 
ville, Tennessee,  the  twelfth  of  Novem- 
ber.   T  was  sick  about  two  weeks. 

1  taught  Bible  Lessons  to  a  class  of 
women  in  Memphis,  Tennessee,  for  a 
week,  and  there  was  not  one  woman  in 
the  Bible  Band,  that  I  organized,  that 
belonged  to  a  lodge.  A  good  many  of 
them  had  been  members,  but  thev  had 


given  them  up,  and  said  they  were 
wicked. 

I  went  to  Memphis  to  organize  the 
Band,  and  also  to  visit  the  State  Lloli- 
ness  Convocation.  One  night  while  a 
minister  was  inviting  sinners  up  to  the 
front  for  prayer,  I  went  back  to  the  rear 
of  the  church  to  talk  to  some  poor  sin- 
ner women.  While  talking  to  them,  a 
Presbyterian  minister  came  up  the  aisle, 
and  said  to  me,  "I  don't  see  just  how  it  is 
that  I  am  not  living  up  to  what  that  text 
says,  and  I  am  shepherding  a  flock." 
The  text  was  I  Thessalonians  3:13.  He 
said,  "Now,  what  do  you  think  about  it? 
There  is  something-  wrong." 

I  said,  "Well,  the  Word  of  the  Lord  is 
right.  Perhaps  you  belong  to  a  secret 
society."  He  said,  "Well,  yes,  I  do  carry 
a  little  insurance  in  the  Oddfellow 
lodge."  I  answered,  "That  is  your  trou- 
ble. You  want  to  die  the  death  of  the 
righteous,  and  you  want  Balak  gold. 
(Numbers  23:10).  You  are  like  the 
Irishman  w^ho  said  while  he  was  dying, 
'Oh,  good  God,  good  Devil !'  His  wife 
said,  'Why  do  you  call  on  God  and  the 
Devil  too?'  Lie  said,  'Well,  I  don't  know 
whose  hands  I  am  going  to  fall  into.' 
Now,  you  are  an  Oddfellow^  and  you  are 
the  shepherd  of  Christ's  flock.  How  can 
you  be  both?  'If  the  Lord  be  God,  fol- 
low him  ;  and  if  Baal,  then  follow  him.'  " 

He  said,  "You  think  I  am  astride  the 
fence,  then?"  I  said,  "Y'es,  and  if  you 
do  not  get  off  the  fence — do  not  decide 
w^hom  to  serve,  you  are  'halting  between 
two  opinions.'  (I  Kings  i8:2T.)  Mr. 
Lapton  says  in  his  Character  Sketches 
that  if  you  'stay  on  the  fence  the  devil 
wall  take  you  off.'  " 

The  minister  said  that  he  meant  to  do 
right,  and  serve  God  wnth  his  whole 
heart;  that  if  the  lodge  was  wrong,  he 
did  not  know  it,  but  that  he  knew  that 
there  was  something  lacking  in  his  life. 
I  could  see  that  he  was  in  earnest,  and  I 
plead  with  him  to  give  up  Baal,  and  take 
God  for  his  needs.  Lie  said,  "Pray  for 
me,  that  the  Lord  may  lead  me  into  the 
light."  Oh,  friends,  I  am  sorry  for  the 
men  of  God  who  are  tied  up  with  the 
devil's  rope,  calling  it  a  "cable  tow." 

When  I  left  Memphis,  I  went  to  Tren- 
ton, Tennessee,  to  spend  the  holidays, 
On  the  twenty-sixth  of  January  the 
Masons  in  Trenton  gave  a  big  banquet. 


March,  1912. 


CHRIST] AX    CYXOSURI.. 


J  t  J 


They  set  two  large  tables,  one  for  the  vis- 
itors and  one  for  the  Masons  and  their 
wives.  When  all  was  ready  for  the  sup- 
per, the  Masons  and  their  wives  marched 
up  to  their  table.  Among  them  were 
professors,  deacons,  Methodist  and  bap- 
tist preachers,  bootleggers  and  gamblers. 
One  of  these  ]\lasons  w^as  a  man  who 
had  left  his  wife  for  another  woman, 
and  as  he  came  up  to  the  table  one  of 
the  masonic  bootleggers  began  to  kick 
about  it,  and  said  to  the  ^lost  Worship- 
ful Master,  'Tf  this  man  is  going  to  eat 
at  our  table,  I  don't  want  anything  to 
eat.  My  wife  don't  believe  in  you.  That 
is  why  I  can  never  get  her  to  come  to 
these  suppers  ;  and  if  she  were  here  to- 
night, she  should  not  go  to  that  table." 
The  professors  and  preachers  tried  to  get 
him  to  keep  still,  but  he  said,  'T  won't 
keep  still.  That  man  is  a  deacon  and  a 
Mason,  and  he  left  his  own  family  for 
this  woman,  and  do  you  all  think  that  I 
would  eat  with  him  ?"  They  nea'rly  broke 
up  in  a  row,  but  rather  than  eat  without 
that  man  and  his  mistress,  they  changed 
the  tables  and  let  visitors  and  all  eat  to- 
gether. The  bootlegger  got  mad  and  went 
home  and  told  his  wife  all  about  it.  His 
wife  is  a  Christian,  but  he  is  unsaved. 
He  told  her  that  professors,  deacons, 
preachers  and  class  leaders — all  were 
protecting  that  man  and  woman. 

The  bootlegger's  wife  told  it  the  next 
morning  and  said,  "I  tried  to  kee])  my 
husband  out  of  that  crowd,  but  he  would 
not  listen  to  me.  They  kept  him  selling 
whiskey  until  he  was  ])ut  in  prison,  and 
now  they  are  showing  him  some  more  of 
their  secret  deviltry. 

"They  tell  him  that  ^Masonry  came 
from  the  Bible.  Xo  wonder  he  rejects 
Christianity !" 

I  encouraged  her  to  pray  for  her  hus- 
band, telling  her  that  he  had  seen  some 
of  the  wrong  in  the  lodcje,  and  that  he 
would  soon  see  it  all,  and  ciuit  tlie  whole 
business.     Yours   in   tlie   Master's   work. 

I.IZZIE   WODDS   Roi'.KRSON. 


A   NEW    BOOK. 

Hie  Cnited  1  brethren  Publishing  Es- 
tablishment lias  just  ])rinted  a  sixteen- 
page  book  for  Rev.  L.  \'.  Harrell,  South 
Haven,  Alich.  The  title  of  the  book  is 
"The  Condemnation  of  Secret  Socie- 
ties."    Rev.  Mr.  Harrell  was  one  of  the 


speakers  at  tlie  Xati(jnal  Christian  Asso- 
ciation's convention  in  1910,  and  gave  an 
interesting  account  of  how  he  successful- 
ly met  the  lodge  intluence  in  his  parish 
b)'  calling  week  day  meetings  and  read- 
ing out  of  first  one  secret  ritual  and  then 
another,  and  commenting  upon  them. 
The  outcome  of  his  study  of  the  lodge  is 
the  present  booklet,  wdiich  sells  for  ten 
cents,  and  will  be  sent  to  any  address  Ijy 
the  author.  Rev.  L.  \'.  Harrell,  South 
Haven,  Michigan. 


IN    PERILS     OF    FALSE    BRETHREN. 

Alexandria,  La.,  March  8,  1912. 
Dear  Cynosure  : 

Since  my  last  letter,  the  Secret  Empire 
has  been  greatly  stirred.  My  letter  in 
the  March  issue  of  the  Cynosure  caused 
a  great  deal  of  murmuring,  and,  true  to 
their  oath  bound  obligations,  they  set 
about  to  entrap  me. 

Early  in  the  afternoon  of  Tuesday, 
March  5,  Mr.  Kelso  ]\1.  Johnson,  a 
deacon  of  my  church,  accompanied  me 
to  the  home  of  one  of  the  sick  members 
of  my  church  for  the  purpose  of  admin- 
istering the  Communion,  but  before  en- 
tering her  home,  a  preacher  hailed  me, 
and  said  he  desired  me  to  step  inside  of  a 
restaurant  a  moment,  as  he  desired  to 
discuss  a  matter  with  me.  This  man  be- 
ing a  minister,  I  entertained  no  thought 
other  than  that  he  was  sincere  and  de- 
sired to  discuss  some  matter  pertaining 
to  our  denominational  work.  On  enter- 
ing the  restaurant,  I  very  soon  discov- 
ered from  his  rough  speech  that  a  con- 
spiracy of  some  kind  was  on  foot,  so  I 
beat  a  hasty  retreat  to  the  street,  fol- 
lowed by  this  masonic  minister,  who  be- 
gan talking  very  loud  and  excitedly,  and 
in  less  time  than  it  takes  to  tell  it,  a 
number  of  gain1)ling.  drunken  secretists 
had  gathered,  whose  every  appearance 
was  that  of  a  mob  bent  on  carrviiiir  into 
execution  the  obligation  oi  the  entered 
apprentice  degree.  Mr.  Johnson  and  1 
entered  the  la(l\"s  home  to  discharge  our 
duty,  and  the  masonic  preacher  followed 
us  even  into  the  woman's  bedroom, 
where  she  remonstrated  :  he  then  retired. 
When  T  had  concluded  m\-  labors  and 
attempted  to  leave.  I  found  him  .sitting 
bv  the  frcMit  door  to  prevent  my  exit.  T 
attempted  to  avoid  him  and  get  outside, 
but  he  got  between  me  and  the  door  and 


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CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


April,   1912. 


began  to  advance  toward  me,  and  to 
breathe  out  threats  to  the  effect  that  I 
had  been  talking  about  him,  interfering 
with  his  church  ati'airs,  and  he  intended 
to  hold  me  personally  responsible,  and  he 
shook  his  tinger  in  my  face.  Seeing  the 
impossibility  of  getting  away  from  him 
otherwise,  I  struck  him  a  blow  over  the 
head  with  my  walking  stick,  and  walked 
out.  By  that  time,  one  of  his  whiskey 
drinking  associates  raised  the  old  fami- 
liar lodge  cry  of  distress  and  that  I  had 
assaulted  an  innocent  brother  for  noth- 
ing. This  occurred  on  Lee  street,  one  of 
the  prominent  business  thoroughfares  of 
the  city,  and  by  this  time  a  few  of  my 
friends  and  Mr.  K.  M.  Johnson  were  on 
the  scene,  and  further  violence  was  re- 
strained. In  a  short  time  a  complaint 
was  made  out  against  me,  and  two  po- 
licemen came  to  my  house.  They  showed 
me  great  consideration ;  they  notified  me 
to  go  to  the  police  and  give  bond,  but  did 
not  place  me  under  arrest.  Meantime 
Mr.  C.  L.  Williams  had  heard  of  the 
trouble,  and  he  at  once  came  to  me  and 
accompanied  me  to  the  station  and  put 
up  a  cash  bond  to  prevent  me  being  in- 
carcerated, thus  proving  that  he  prized 
his  religious  duty  far  above  oathbound 
lodge  obligations.  I  am  informed  from 
a  reliable  source  that  some  of  the  lodge 
men  tried  to  persuade  Mr.  Williams  not 
to  sign  my  bond.  Their  hope  was  to 
humiliate  me,  but  Mr.  Williams  refused 
their  counsel,  knowing  as  he  did  the 
whole  thing  was  a  trumped  up  con- 
spiracy. 

Wednesday  morning  the  case  was 
called  for  trial  before  Judge  Hove.  The 
masonic  preacher  was  on  hand  early  with 
a  number  of  his  henchmen  ready  to 
perjure  themselves  and  condemn  me.  One 
of  his  chief  witnesses  was  a  drunken, 
gambling  negro  who  knew  absolutely 
nothing  about  the  affair.  He  came  up 
just  after  the  blow  had  been  struck;  but 
he  svvore  in  court  that  he  knew  all  about 
it,  and  that  I  was  the  aggressor,  and  that 
his  masonic  preacher  was  absolutely  in- 
nocent, and  that  I  had  not  only  imposed 
upon  him,  but  that  I  had  struck  him  for 
nothing.  Another  one  of  his  witnesses 
also  swore  to  what  he  knew  were  ma- 
licious and  wanton  falsehoods,  but  he 
told    enough   to   convince   any   unbiased 


mind  that  his  testimony  was  largely  a 
fabrication.  After  hearing  all  of  the 
testimony.  Judge  Hove,  in  a  very  digni- 
fied and  honorable  way,  reviewed  the 
case,  deplored  ministers  of  the  gospel 
bringing  their  differences  before  courts 
to  be  settled  instead  of  before  a  church 
committee.  He  gave  the  masonic  preach- 
er to  understand  that  the  evidence  pro- 
duced showed  him  to  be  the  aggressor. 
He  then  dismissed  the  case  and  sent  it 
back  to  the  churches  for  settlement. 

Reader,  are  you  a  Christian  ?  Are  you 
an  honest  man  ?  If  so,  how  can  you  have 
fellowship  and  association  with  men  who 
are  bound  by  an  oath  to  come  to  the  de- 
fense of  a  secret  order  brother — right  or 
wrong,  no  matter  who  he  is  or  what  he 
has  done  ? 

I  have  preached  several  sermons  lately 
which  have  inflamed  the  Secret  Empire, 
and  the  church  of  which  I  am  pastor  has 
expelled  three  of  its  prominent  masonic 
members,  all  of  which  has  filled  the  air 
with  rumors  of  masonic  vengeance. 

I  am  to  attend  the  Executive  Board 
of  the  Eighth  District  Baptist  Associa- 
tion at  Bunkie,  Louisiana,  next  week, 
where  I  shall  not  fail  to  sound  the  alarm. 
I  also  have  an  invitation  from  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  First  District  Baptist  Asso- 
ciation to  attend  his  association  in  New 
Orleans,  and  preach  one  of  their  ser- 
mons. 

Mrs.  Davidson's  health  continues  un- 
favorable, although  she  is  not  confined  to 
her  bed.  She  recently  returned  from 
New  Orleans,  where  she  had  gone  for  an 
operation,  but  the  physicians  declared  an 
operation  would  be  very  dangerous,  and 
would  quite  likely  prove  fatal.  She  there- 
fore prefers  to  suffer  as  she  is. 

I  forgot  to  say  that  as  a  tribute  of 
their  confidence  in  my  integrity,  a  num- 
ber of  the  members  of  Shiloh  Church 
and  their  friends  gave  us  a  pound  party 
surprise,  on  the  same  day  that  the  ma- 
sonic preacher  attacked  me.  The  church 
is  standing  loyally  by  me  thus  far. 
Yours  for  a  pure  church, 

F.  T.  Davidson. 


One  and  one-half  letters  and  postal 
cards  per  person  are  sent  through  the  U. 
S.  mails  in  each  and  everv  week. 


April   1912. 


CHRISTIAN    CVXOSURE. 


377 


INDEX  TO 


VOLUME  XLIV. 


For  the  twelve   months   ending  April,   1 91 2.) 


Note. — Articles  marked  thus  "  were  print 
ed  without  regular  heading  but  are  indexed 
under  titles   showing  their  general  bearing. 

"After    Us    the    Deluge" 307 

^Aggressive    Reform    Service 28 

American    Yeomen 79 

Ancient    Anti-Masonry 274 

Annual  Meeting  N.  C.  A 


33 

Letters     77 

Report  by  Sec'y  Stoddard 39 

Anti-Free-Speechism     16 

Arthur  Brisbane  to  the  Hibernians 19 

Asking  in  His  Name 301 

Astounding    Pronouncement 238 

Balaam,  the  son  of  Bosor  who  Loved  the 
Wages    of    Unrighteousness.      C.    A. 

Blanchard    197 

Beast  and   Bird   Fight 23 

Beheaded  in  China 20 

Bergesen,    Rev.    B.    E.      An    Exhortation 

to    Pastors 189 

Bethlehem   Orphan  Asylum  Assoc 60 

Bible  Contradiction.     C.  A.   Blanchard.  .234 
Birthday  of  the  Father  of  His  Country.. 300 
Blanchard,   Charles  A.     Balaam,  the  son 
of  Bosor,  who  Loved  the  Wages  of 

Unrighteousness     197 

Bible    Contradiction 234 

Church    Rules 139 

Freemasonry  and  Civil  Liberty 321 

Masonic     Office     Holders 356 

Questions  and  Replies 97 

Shame  of  the  Church,  The 8 

To  Defend  Dishonest  Officers 292 

Boles,   D.   H.      (Letter) 32 

Book  Notices. 

Chinese   Translation    Work 108 

Freemasonry  Made  Plain 88 

Boy  Scouts  Are   Opposed 3 

Brave  Men  of  Old.     Rev.  W.  N.  Tobie. 

(Poem)    355 

Broke-n  Seal,  The.  S.  D.  Greene 

263.  294.  330,  366 

Caged  Fraternity,  A 52 

Call  to   Prayer,  A 11 

Camorra,  The 16 

Camorrists  and  Others 4 

Censure   from   a   Subordinate    Lodge.... 274 
Chaplain  Prays — to  Whom?     L.  F.  Cass- 
ler   213 


Chicago's  Civilized  Progress 110 

^Christian    Cynosure 38,   185,  270,  347 

Christian  Science  Falsely  So  Called.     W. 

L.   Brown 211 

*Church   and   Freemasonry.      C.    G.    Fin- 
ney     329 

Church  Rules.     C.  A.  Blanchard 139 

Clemens.  Moses  H 32,94,  121.  151 

Coffin,  G.   L.      (Letter) 94 

Comments    on    Elder    Dissette's    Letter. 

Adolf    Hult 313 

Compromises.     J.   M.   Hitchcock 132 

Concord  with  Belial 306 

Confession.  A.     Rev.  C.  H.  Cook 34 

Conflict  and  the  Victory.     J.  W.  Elliott.  168 

Cook,   Rev.   Charles  H. 311,  348 

Cook,   Ezra  A.     Reminiscences. .  11,  46,  171 
An  Appreciation  by  J.  M.  Hitchcock.  .203 
Counterfeit   ]Mone3'  arid   Other    Counter- 
feits.    Elliot  Whipple 289,  326.  363 

Credited,   Miscredited,   or  Discredited. ..  Ill 

Credited  to  a  Sermon 342 

Crushing    Defeat 343 

Cr}'  from  West  Australia.     J.  S.  Nelson.  152 

Damages   and   Damages    370 

Davidson.   F.  J 30,  57, 

93,  122,  149,  191,  218,  249.  279,  308.  346 

Davis,  J.  L .94.  219 

Deplorable   Influence,  A ; '.  .210 

Did  Method  React  on  Motive? ......   90 

Dissette,   G.  T.     An  Onen  Letter ,. 

:...252.  235..  314.  348 

Divided  Allegiance.     Mrs.    H.    R.   Smith. 

(Poem)    '. 155 

Drake.  Ella  N.     Eastern  Star  Order.... 284 

Economy  of  Proof \  .  .  .208 

Editorial     

...16,  50,  87.  109.  185,  208.  235.  270.  300 
Elks,    Lions    and    W^olves.      Rev.    Theo- 
dore   Lohrmann 59 

Elks'  Tribute  to  Honored  Dead 261 

Elliott,  James  W.    The   Conflict  and   the 

Victory    168 

Emperor  William  not  a  Mason. 179 

Encouraging  Words 51 

English   Ritualism   and  Masonrv 242 

"Et  tu.    Brute?".... ." 24 

Evangelist     Pegram's      Experience.       G. 

A.  Pegram 309 

Exhortation    to    Pastors,    An.      Rev.    B. 
E.     Bergesen 189 


37S                                                        CHRISTIAX  CVNOSl'RE.                                       March,  1912. 

Experiences    as    Pastor    and    Evangelist.  King's  Battle  Prayer,  The June  Cover 

Rev.    G.    A.    Pegrani 280       Knights   Assail   Negroes 369 

Eaithtul    Pastor.    A 220      Knights    of    Columbus 155 

l'\aithtul  Witness.   A 93       Knights  of  the  Royal  Arch 271 

Earmer    Toiner,   The 269  Knights  Templars.     Edmond  Ronayne.  .201 

Eield  and  Pastoral   Worl: 308       Knights  Templars'  Ball 351 

Pierce  .  hut     Victorious     Battles.      S.    B.   ^  LaFollette.   Robert   Al.    Rev.  PI.  A.  Day .  .262 

Shaw    179      Largest    Damages 109 

I'^inney.     Charles     G.       The    Church    and  Law  or  Anarchy — Which?.  . 302 

J-"reemasonr}'    329      Lav/  to  Shelter  Crime,  A 4 

1-dy   in    the   Ointment 209      Lawyer     Morals 261 

Foreign   National   Festival,  A 18       Lawton,  Melvyn   M.     A  Seceder 372 

l-'raternities     in     High     Schools.       J.     M.  Letter   to   the    Editor   of   "The    Menace." 

Hitchcock   ^  . 71  W.   B.   Stoddard.  .  .  _. 317 

I'raternities   of   Assassins 275       Letters  to  the  Convention 246 

Freemasonry.      Lady   Blount 206      Little,   William 347 

I-Teemasonrv   and    Civil    Liberty.      C.    A.  Lohrmann,  Rev.  Theodore.     Elks,  Lions 

BlanchaVd   -■■.■■. .321  and  Wolves 59 

Freemasonrv    versus    Christianitv.      Rev.  Long,   Rev.    S.    P 154 

T.  C.  Peacock '..  ..135,   174      Loyal  Order  of  Moose.    W.  I.  P 207 

Friendlv  Word,  A.     C.  W.  Maguire  ^  .  .  .  .313      ^Lutheran  Church  in  America 1,     51 

Frisky  Goat,  A 329      McNamara    Case 271 

From    Editor   Daniel    Kauffman 372  Madame     Blavatsky    a     Masonic     Orna- 

From  Our  Mail..  ..58.  153,  179,  251,  283,  311  ment 240 

Gethsemane.     T.    E.    Kennedy.      (Poem)  Many    Defects 239 

.November   Cover  Masonic   Bank-Wrecker   Pardoned,  A... 342 

Golden   Jubilee 291  Masonic   Office   Holders.     C.  A.   Blanch- 
Good  Enough  to  Bad  Men .  243          ard 356 

Grand    Arm}-.    The.      Rev.    H.    B.    Hem-  Masonic  Officer  in  Murder  Trial.. 237 

meter 204      *Masonry     235,  236 

Grange.    The 211       Michigan  Annual  Convention ....215 

Gravbell,  Joseph  Potter 122.  151,  251       Michigan  State  Convention 186 

Great  English  Strike.  The ....129      Millard,  A.  J 30,  153,  221 

Great   Masonic   Distiller   Dead 208      Modern  Brotherhood  of  America 154 

Greene,   Samuel   D.     The   Broken   Seal..  Mormon   Woodmen    369 

^      •  •  •  •  •  •  '■  \ ^^^'  S^'  ^^9      Modern  Woodmen  Agitated 354 

uroup    Morals. 235,  236      Mongolian   Masons 236 

uu"^^    V    '""^ Qo  Murder  as  a  Fine  Art.     C.  A.  Blanchard.257 

Halt  Truth 89  nv^       ,        •      t» r       ,                                                   co 

Harmonious   Opinions 301       ^r'''^''    '\   ^^"^^^i '  : ^\% 

Harrell,  Rev.  L.  V 58,  149,  347       ^-  C-  A.  Annual  Convention 353 

Hartzler    IE  29  Annual     Meeting 33 

He   Was   a'  Joiner ."  '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.  '.  '.'.'.'.'.'.   42  Cash     Contributions 192 

-Himself     Hath     Done     It."      J.    B.    G.  Letters     ._ 77 

(Poem)    283  Questions    and    Replies 97 

''His  Way  into  Various  Societies" 306  Report  of  the  Board  of  Directors 34 

History  in  Words 239  Report   of  Sec'y   Stoddard 77 

Hitchcock,  J.   M.     An  Appreciation 203  Resolutions    41 

Compromises     132       National    Fraternal    Union 114 

Hofthmes,   Rev.  Joseph 154      Nebraska  Bill,  The 32 

Homiletic  Revie\v  Correspondence 22  Nelson,   J.    S.      A    Cry   from   West   Aus- 

-^Houghton     Seminary ..152  tralia                                                                 152 


Houghton  Seminary  Association 57 

How    One    Denomination    Looks    at    La- 


Nelson,    Rev.    John 119 


bor    Unions 211       ^:^-^^  of  Orioles 157 


Hult.    Adolf.      Comments   on   Elder    Dis- 


Never   Heard  It 304 


sette's     Letter 313       New  Mexican   Penitentes    305 

Plunting    Owls ....................  .302      Newell,   Mrs.   Bessie 311 

In     Perils     of     False     Brethren.      F.    J.  News  of  Our  Work 28, 

Davidson     375  55,  92,   120,    147.   186,  215,  245,  277,  307 

Inaugural    Imprecation 275      No  Other  Reason 343 

Incompatible    and    Inimical 273       No    Secrets    Today 272 

Indiana    and    Ohio    Work.      Sec'y    Stod-  Not  Idea  but  Ism 241 

dard's    Report 120      Obey  or  Do  Nothing Ill 

Indiana  A.ntisecrecy  Convention  ....  115,   116  Obituary  Notices. 

Is  It  a  Risky  Reliance? 240  Bacon,    Philip 41 

Italian     Children 50  Berlin,    Samuel 41 

Italian    Order,  An .239  Cook,    Ezra   Asher 161,  203 

Jesus  Our  Only  Refuge.     (Song) 80  Cullor,  Mrs.   R.  A 140 

Johnson's    Veto 2  George,  Rev.  R.  J 41 

Jones,  Russel  L 277  Good,  Samuel   M.. 41 


March,  1912. 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


379 


Hershey,    Simon    A 371 

Hitchcock,    John    M 333 

Hyatt,   Rev.   Isaac 41 

Johnson,  Mrs.  Sarah  L 41 

Keyser,    N 41 

Kletzing,  Rev.  Henry  L 40 

McMillan,   H.   H 41 

Porter,   Rev.   Samuel   K 41 

Richards,   Rev.  J.   A 41 

Ronayne,    Edmond 41 

Smith,    Rev.    Cyrus 41 

Steiner,   Rev.   M.   S 41 

Stratton,   Rev.   L.  N 41 

Whitham,   Emma   R 277 

Obstinate   Connivance  Applauded 303 

Ohio  State   Convention 147,   152,   180 

Old  Soldier's  Plea,  An.     Rev.  A.  Thomp- 
son     325 

Old  Time  Revival,  An.     S.  B.  Shaw 251 

Only  Christian,  so   Profane 20 

Open  Letter,  An.     G.  T.  Dissette 

252,  285,  314,  348 

Open   Parliament.      (Report  of  N.   C.   A. 

Meeting)     ^■^ 

Open   Societies  in   Boston   Schools "61 

Order  of   Harugari 1 

Order  of  Moose 2 

Our    Canadian    Letter.      M.    H.    Clemens 

94,      120 

Painted    Regalia 3 

Pastoral   Settlement    369 

Pastor's    Testimony.      Rev.    C.    A.    Mor- 
rison    212 

Pegram,  G.  A 347 

Pennsylvania   Convention.     W.   B.   Stod- 
dard  307,  344 

Personal   Eciuation,  The 109 

Personal  Experiences.     Gilbert  E.  Mart- 

ing     232 

^Personal    Reminiscenes    of   the    Morgan 
Abduction   and   Murder.     Samuel   D. 

Greene     129 

Pertinent    Paragraph,    A %1 

*Political   Power  of  Masonry 274 

Power  of  the  Secret  Empire.     Miss  E.  E. 

Flagg 

5,  44,  81,  102,  141,  180,  193,  225,  271 

*Prayer    Circle 1,   60,   192 

Promises    113 

Proposed  Precedent,  A 273 

Questions  and  Replies.     C.  A.  Blanchard  97 

Raps  Lodge  as  Ruinous  in  Effect 117 

Real   Success May  Cover 

Remarkable  Allegations    by   Foes  of   Se- 
cret   Orders 118 

Reminiscences.      Ezra   A.    Cook..  11,   46,    171 
Report   of   Pennsylvania    Convention ...  .374 

Right  to   Know,  A 51 

Riot  in  the  Woods 351 

Risky    Endorsement 114 

Sarcophagus   and    Mission   School 272 

■'Scarcely    a    Caricature" 130 

Scottish   Made    Masons 329 

*Seceders    344,  347,  348 

Seceders'   Testimonies 91,  212 

CAMORRA. 

Caged    Fraternity,    A 52 

Camorra,  The 16 

Camorrists  and   Others 4 

Pertinent    Paragraph,    A 88 

Seen   from   Outside 'h'}) 


ELKS. 

Elks,  Lions  and  Wolves.     Rev.  Theodore 

Lohrmann     59 

Elks'  Tribute  to  the  Honored  Dead 261 

To  Defend   Dishonest   Officers 292 

FRATERNITIES. 

Fraternities     in     High     Schools.      J.    M. 

Hitchcock    71 

Obey  or  Do  Nothing Ill 

HIBERNIANS. 

Arthur   Brisl^ane  to  the   Hibernians 19 

Foreign   National   Festival,  A 18 

INSURANCE    LODGES. 

Is  It  a  Risky   Reliance? 240 

Modern   Brotherhood  of  America 154 

National    Fraternal    Union 114 

Without  the  Lodge 130 

KNIGHTS   TEMPLARS. 
Knights  Templars.     Edmond  Ronayne  .  .2(J1 

Knights    Templars'    Ball 351 

LABOR  UNIONS. 

Did   Method   React   on   Motive? 90 

Great  English  Strike,  The 129 

How  One  Denomination  Looks  at  Labor 

Unions     211 

Largest    Damages 109 

Law    or    Anarchy— Which  ? 302 

'''M  cNamara    Case 271 

Murder  as  a  Fine  Art.     C.  A.  Blanchard. 257 

Alurder    is    Murder 52 

Right  to   Know,   A 51 

Typographical    Union    Obligation 262 

MASONS. 

Ancient     Anti-Masonry 274 

Asking  in   His  Name 301 

Astounding    Pronouncement 238 

Birthday  of  the  Father  of  His  Country.. 300 
*Church    and    Freemasonry,   The.      C.    G. 

Finney     329 

Comments    on     Elder    Dissette's    Letter. 

Adolf  Hult 313 

Confession,  A.     Rev.  C.  H.  Cook 348 

Conflict    and    the    Victorv,    The.       I.    W. 

Elliott    .^ 168 

Credited,    Miscredited,   or   Discredited ...  Ill 

Economy  of   Proof 208 

English    Ritualism  and   Masonry 242 

E.xhortation     to     Pastors?       Rev.     B.     E. 

Bergesen   189 

Freemasonry.     Lady  Blount 206 

I'recmasonrv    and    Ci\'il    Lil)erty.      C.    A. 

BlanchaVd 321 

iM-eemasonry    versus    Christianity.      Rev. 

J.    C.    Leacock 135.   174 

Frisky    Goat.    A 329 

Good  Enough  to  Bad  Men 243 

Great   Mason    Distiller  Dead 208 

F I  armonious   Opinions 301 

li(^miletic   Rc\iew  Correspondence 11 

Letter    to    the    Editor   of   "The    Menace." 

W.    B.   Stoddard ^17 

Madame     Blawitsk}-     a     Masonic     Orna- 
ment    240 

Masonic    Bank-Wrecker    Pardoned,   A... 342 
Masonic   Office    Holders.      C.    A.    Blanch- 
ard      356 

Masonic    ()rficer   in    .Murder   l^rial ITil 

M  ongolian    M  asons I'SC') 


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April,   1912. 


Only  Christian,  so  Profane 20 

Open  Letter.  An 252,  235,  314,  348 

^Political   Power  of  Masonry 274 

Scottish   Made   Masons 329 

■■Their  Altars  by  His  Altar" 17 

Treason    Proscribed 210 

Unfounded  Assurance,  An 112 

"What    is    Duty?" 30 

Whisky    and     Instruction      for     Colored 
Masons    22 

MODERN   WOODMEN. 

Mornum    Woodmen    369 

jNIodern    A\'oodmen    Agitated 354 

Riot  in  the  Woods 351 

*  Woodmen  of  the  World 236 

ODD  FELLOWS. 

Open  Letter,  An 348 

Pastor's     Testimony,     A,       Rev.     C.     A. 
Morrison .212 

OWLS. 

Beast  and   Bird  Fight 23 

Credited  to  a  Sermon .  •  342 

Hunting    Owls 302 

MISCELLANEOUS  LODGES. 

"After  Us  the  Deluge"  (Foresters) 307 

American    Yeomen 79 

Balaam,   the  Son   of   Bosor,  who   Loved 

the  Wages  of  Unrighteousness 197 

Beheaded  in  China 20 

Censure    from     a      Subordinate     Lodge. 

(Grange) 276 

Chaplain  Prays — to  Whom?    L.  F.  Gass- 
ier      ..213 

Church  Rules.     C.  A.  Blanchard 139 

Concord    with    Belial 306 

Deplorable  Influence.  (Negro  Lodges). 210 
Eastern  Star  Order.  Ella  N.  Drake. .. .  .284 
Experiences    as    Pastor    and    Evangelict. 

Rev.   G.   A.   Pegram 280 

Faithful  Pastor,  A.  (H.  P.  Dennecker)  .220 
Faithful  Witness,  A.     F.  J.  Davidson...   93 

Fly   in  the  Ointment 209 

Fraternities   of  Assassins 275 

Half    Truth 89 

Knights   of   Columbus 155 

Knights  of  the  Royal  Arch 271 

Law  to  Shelter  Crime,  A 4 

Loyal  Order  of  Moose.    W.  I.  P 207 

Nev^  Mexico  Penitentes .305 

Old  Soldier's  Plea,  An.     Rev.  A.  Thomp- 
son.     (Grand  Army) 325 

Open  Letter,  An.     (Good  Templars)  ..  .348 

Order  of  Harugari 1 

Order   of   Moose 2 

Personal  Experiences.     Rev.  G.  E.  Mart- 

ing 232 

Promises    113 

Questions  and  Replies.     C.  A.  Blanchard.   97 

Raps  Lodge  as  Ruinous  in  Effect 117 

Remarkable  Allegations  by  Foes  of  Se- 
cret   Orders 118 

Seceders'    Testimonies .• .  .91,  212 

Secrets  of  Fraternal  Societies  Protected.  2 
Shame  of  the  Church.  C.  A.  Blanchard.  8 
Some  W.   C.  T.  U.  Testimonies.  ..  .283,  284 

Sons  of  Hermann 79 

To    Defend    Dishonest    Officers.      C.    A. 

Blanchard     292 

Voices   Inside  the   Door 208 


Secrets  of  Fraternal  Societies  Protected.     2 

Seen    from    Outside 53 

Smith,  H.  R.,  Jr 57 

Smith.   Mrs.   H.   R.     Divided  Allegiance. 
(Poem) 155 


Sowing  the  Seed.     G.  O.  States, 


280 


Spirit    Filled    Watchmen    Needed.      Nels 

Carlson    312 

Spirit  Led.     A.  Z.  Yeghoyan 312 

Statement  by  Sec'y   Phillips.     (N.  C.  A. 

Meeting)     38 

Stielsen.  Rev.   G.  A 220 

Stoddard,  W.  B 29,  55,  92, 

120.  147,  179,  216,  248,  277,  307,  317,  344 

Annual   Report 39 

In    Ohio 147 

Stratton,  Rev.  Lemuel  N 43 

Tameness    Emptying    Churches 50 

Tasks  for  a  Year 270 

Testimonies    of    Pastors 25 

Testimonies  of  Seceders. 26,  91,  212,  213,  214 

Testimonies  of   Statesmen 27 

Testimony  in  Kansas.  L.  V.  Harrell.  . .  149 
Testimony    of    an    M.    E.    Pastor.      Rev. 

E.   L.   Thompson 214 

Testimony  of  Evangelist  M.   H.   Lyon.. 362 

"Their  Altars  by  His  Altar" 17 

Thompson,    Rev.    A.      An    Old    Soldier's 

Plea 325 

Thompson,    Rev.    H.   A 154 

Thomson,    Rev.    Alexander.      The    Wo- 
man's Lodge    353 

To    Defend    Dishonest    Officers.      C.    A. 

Blanchard  292 

Tobie,  Willard  N.    Brave  Men  of  Old.. 355 

Treason    Prescribed 210 

Treaties    Coolly    Treated 370 

Typographical   Union    Obligation 262 

Unfortunate 90 

LTnfounded  Assurance,  An 112 

United  Brethren  Church 156 

Valuable  Movement.  A 3 

Voices   Inside  the  Door 208 

Watchmen,   What   of  the   Night?     C.   A. 

Blanchard     164 

*Wave   of  Innocence. . 307 

Weighty   Resolutions 303 

"What  is  Duty?"     A.  J.  Millard 30 

What    Should     Be     the     Attitude    of   the 

Christian    Minister   Toward    Modern 

Secrecy?    65 

Wheaton     College 108 

Wheaton  College.  C.  A.  Blanchard. ..  .311 
Whipple.  Elliot.     Counterfeit  Money  and 

Other  Counterfeits 289,  326.  363 

Whisky    and     Instruction     for     Colored 

Masons    22 

*White   Slave  Traffic 317 

"The   Wiles   of   the    Devil."     Rev.   E.    R. 

Worrell 361 

Wisconsin    State    Convention 245 


Without    the    Lodge 


130 


Woman's  Lodge,     The.     Rev.  Alexander 

Thomson     353 

*Woodmen  of  the  World 236 

Woods,   Mrs.   Lizzie 

....... .31,  56,  93,  123,  148,  191,  219.  250 

Workers  Together  With   God.     Rev.   A. 

J.     Bailey ...132 

Worrell,  Rev.  E.   R.     "The  Wiles  of  the 

Devil" 361 


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